The Eight-Nation Coalition continued to advance, and after a few days, reached the island of Duwan Island.

They picked up the artillery, first on the shore, and fired several rounds.

The sand and gravel on the shore were splashed.

But there was not a single figure to be seen.

This made the Eight-Nation Coalition feel strange.

And the commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance, British Major General General Haning, also noticed that something was wrong: "Come on, send a small force down." ”

"Yes. ”

Originally, the Eight-Nation Coalition dared to go down with such a big stab. For them, whether it is the so-called Oriental or African, they are just barbarians. The barbarians can't make any impact, and they can be killed at will.

However, before He Xuan rushed onto the boat alone, he brutally killed a stupid ship, so that ordinary muskets would not hurt him, such a terrible, such a horror.

Intimidated by He Xuan's amazing power, and the possibility that He Xuan may not be dead.

Therefore, they did not dare to be careless, and the characters who were sent off the ship were still trembling, and walked around the coast and found no one.

"No one, what is the reason? Isn't there a 50,000-strong Taiping army in Duwan?" Major General Haning was extremely strange in his heart, seeing that everyone was waiting for him to issue an order, he did not hesitate, and said directly: "Then, leave 5,000 people to guard the boat, and the other 30,000 people follow me to get off the boat." Be careful when disembarking. Both the men guarding the ship and those who went ashore had to carry machine guns. ”

"Yes. ”

The Eight-Nation Coalition came ashore and advanced at a slow pace on the island.

However, advancing and advancing, the Eight-Nation Alliance finally affirmed one thing, the Taiping army on Duwan Island was gone.

So the Taiping army fled. General Haning frowned: "It seems that the Taiping army also knew that our army was unstoppable and took the initiative to escape." ”

"So what should we do now? continue to hunt down these Taipings?" the American general asked.

"It's not time to chase it. Anyway, what we promised the Qing government and the Japanese government was to kill He Xuan and attack Duwan Island. We've done it completely. Why chase it?" said General Haning, the British general.

The others were stunned, and they instantly understood what the British General Haning meant.

Yes, now He Xuanshen is haunted, and he can't even be sure if he is dead or not.

It's too much trouble to find him.

Anyway, now I'll collect the silver first, 100 million taels.

If He Xuan says it again, he can collect the second money at that time.

The excuse for the explanation is also simple, didn't you say that He Xuan can be reborn? We killed He Xuan, and He Xuan was reborn, how simple it was.

Of course, the second money could not have 100 million taels, this time, the Qing court and Japan were also squeezed to the limit, and the next time they estimated that they could take out up to 50 million taels.

As for whether the Qing court and Japan dare not give it? Of course they don't dare, the Eight-Nation Alliance, such a noble adult, helped you kill He Xuan, what kind of trouble do you still make, don't give it, and directly open fire on you.

In this way, the Eight-Nation Coalition returned the "victory", and the Qing court and Japan honestly paid 100 million taels of silver.

And the Eight-Nation Alliance, out of its own face, did not say that He Xuan might not die, and declared to the outside world: "Countless heavy machine guns and machine guns have killed the young king of the Taiping Army alive at sea." ”

The Qing court and Japan thought that He Xuan was really dead, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Cixi, the empress dowager of the Qing court, said bitterly: "Eighty million taels of silver." However, now, the young king of the Taiping army has finally died, and Duwan Island has also been recovered. The world is decided. I, the Qing Dynasty, can rule this country again for thousands of years. ”

"Long live the Qing Dynasty. ”

"The Queen Mother is a thousand years old. ”

Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and other ministers all knelt in the court and congratulated the Empress Dowager Cixi. One by one, they were not cheeky, and the good words were put on one after another, and it was very comfortable to pat Cixi.

Of course, there is a stalk and a thorn in everyone's hearts.

He Xuan was resurrected once.

So, can he be resurrected a second time?

After he was resurrected, he became stronger once, so that the bullet could not penetrate it.

So, if he is resurrected again, will he become stronger?

If he becomes stronger, when the time comes, will the Western musket be able to restrain him?

Of course, now is the day of great joy for the Empress Dowager Cixi, and no one would be stupid enough to mention this. Someone said, "Do you want to hunt down the remnants of the Taiping army?" They all fled to Southeast Asia. ”

"Southeast Asia is too far away, and our naval strength is not enough to support it. Li Hongzhang said in a deep voice, he is now the first minister of the Qing Dynasty.

Since Li Hongzhang said so, this matter is decided.

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And among the folk teahouses.

"Have you heard that the eight Western countries formed a coalition army to conquer the Taiping Army. It is said that Western countries have a super powerful weapon called a machine gun. The young king of the Taiping Army, although he is known as a god, can make ordinary rifle bullets unharmed. But he could not resist the machine gun and was killed in the sea. A tea guest said.

"What, the young king of the Taiping army died on the sea. "It's a pity that the person who spoke wanted to say it, but he immediately realized that something was wrong, now that the Taiping army has been defeated and the Qing Dynasty has reunified China, he can't talk nonsense.

"The weapons of Western countries are really advanced. ”

"Yes, those are the most developed countries in the world. ”

"However, the young king of the Taiping Army has always been said to be reborn, he will be reborn for the first time, and I don't know when he will be reborn for the second time. ”

"Once the young king of the Taiping army is reborn, it is estimated that the Qing court will cry. "The person who spoke was so bold that everyone next to him was shocked. Only then did this man realize that he had said the wrong thing, and his face changed, and he immediately slipped away.

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And somewhere on the southeast coast.

"Your Majesty, there are rumors of your death everywhere now, do you want to clarify it. Strike a blow at the pride of the Qing court and the Western countries?" said a hall master of the Heaven and Earth Society, standing in front of He Xuan.

"Then they don't need it, they will pass it on, so that the Qing court will be happy for a while. Let me rest and rest, too. When I'm strong again, I'll challenge the machine guns of the Western countries. He Xuan thought about it, and in his impression, machine guns were quite advanced weapons within a few decades of being discovered. It was only at the time of World War I that the weapons of the Western countries were renovated.

Therefore, as long as it can block the machine gun, it will be stable in the next two or three decades.

In this kind of world of great contention, it is really tragic to be a superman.

Soldiers who could obviously hang cold weapons were hit by an endless stream of new weapons.

He Xuan was idle, and continued to lie half-on the boat, looking at the stars in the sky.

The stars are beautiful.

The sea breeze was cool.