Update time: 2014-06-0314:41:45148. Chapter 148 Beishou

Tang Ning was unable to participate in the grand event of the Italian Unification War and was handed over to Mazinni for command because Tang Ning had more important things to do - to return to the Qing Dynasty.

The second Jiangnan camp established by the last regular army of the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by the Taiping Army Li Xiucheng, which means that the Qing Dynasty had lost the last hope of sending troops to suppress bandits by the state, and in the future, all had to rely on the Hunan army led by Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi and others. The war in the south reached a critical moment, and the British and French coalition forces made a comeback and invaded Tianjin again.

The Qing soldiers used various unfavorable navigation objects to block the waterway, trying to block the landing of the coalition forces. The first thing the coalition forces did after approaching was to clean up these objects. They went smoothly. On the surface, there was not a single Qing army at the Dagukou Fort, but it seemed that the Qing soldiers were already frightened and fled. In fact, the cavalry of the Mongolian Prince Senggelinqin, who had suffered from the British and French coalition forces, were quietly ambushing nearby. Just wait for the foreigners to relax their vigilance, and he could beat the foreigners to amaze the waters with thunder.

The Mongolian cavalry was the most powerful military force that Emperor Xianfeng could use, and the last hope of the Qing Dynasty.

Foreigners also knew that the Qing soldiers might have ambushed, but they didn't take it seriously. With their past experience, the Qing soldiers were just a joke. Unexpectedly, Senggelinqin really had a few tricks and launched a fierce charge while the coalition forces were not yet firmly established, and the coalition forces were defeated.

When the news reached the court, the Forbidden City was filled with a happy ocean, and barbarians were just like this. As Zeng Guofan once said, "Warning mainly depends on people. Although firearms are good, they cannot play a decisive role." Even the more enlightened Zeng Guofan saw this. This is why the Hunan Army has not yet fought the Taiping Army, which was severely damaged by the internal strife of the kings. The Taiping Army of Li Xiucheng and others prefers to use firearms more than the Qing soldiers and Hunan Army. The God Cult has a lot of connection with the religion of foreigners and does not reject the Western Technological Taiping Army at all.

Xianfeng felt that it was almost time to "use both kindness and power, and be soft and distant," so he played a trick of red and white faces with Senggelinqin, and then made a spell of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, announcing the abolition of the Treaty of China and Britain and China-France. However, it was thought that the Treaty of Tianjin of the foreigners were obedient. If he was willing to "repent to seek peace", he could establish a new contract according to the Treaty of China and the United States, and exchange it for the agreement in Shanghai.

It seems that sick cats are also powerful, and rabbits may bite people. The British and French troops in the south continue to move north. This time, they must be careful. The Chinese are cunning.

This time, the foreigners became serious. The Qing army's fire sticks were not enough. Soon, under the bombardment of advanced artillery fire, Tianjin was lost. The British and French coalition forces were not enough and they did not have the ability to occupy Tianjin. All public security and other government affairs were handed over to the local merchants, and the coalition forces continued to march into the capital.

After being captured by the coalition forces, Tangning's fleet, which had been defending Nagasaki Port in Japan, finally set off.

At the beginning of the war, Britain and France occupied Dalian and Yantai, which guarded the entrance of the Bohai Bay. The patrolling warships discovered Tangning's fleet, a group of six 3,000-ton sky-blue ships. Because they were going to land at informal ports, they were not using large Oriental-class ships. The latest army flag of the East India Company was floating on it - the black Indian fox silhouette with a blood-red background. They were called the Vampire Duke flag by the outside world who was unknown.

The original intention of Britain and France to blockade the Bohai Bay was to prevent any third parties from interfering, but they could not see that the East India Company's warships dared to fire. There were people from the East India Company in the British army! They sent out a wireless telegram asking for a meeting to communicate, but the six warships ignored them and continued to go deeper.

Because Tangning's warship used propellers that were very consistent with the fluid mechanics curves from turbine steam engines and CNC machine tools, it was twice as fast as the British and French patrol ships. As the warships that broke into the warships were running farther and farther away, the captain of the patrol ship was so angry that he blew his beard and quickly reported to his superiors.

The East India Company is not a vassal for the British order. Downing has a strong ability and will to act. Take the Italian War as an example. It was the British Royal Navy who helped Garibaldi land on Naples. However, the Lombardy Kingdom ruled by Downing became Garibaldi's opponent. Later, Britain gave up its support for Garibaldi because Garibaldi was so angry that she was unwilling to negotiate with the Lombardians.

The commander of the British and French coalition forces did not dare to take the initiative without authorization and reported it to the British Prime Minister and the French Emperor. When questioned by Parmesun, Tangning called back that "non-hostile operations are underway" and did not explain too much. The British and French patrol ships had lost the trace of six Sky Blue Warships, and Damn it was running too fast. The roundness of the earth was so far away that it would be invisible as long as the distance between the two sides exceeded a certain number of kilometers.

This small accident was soon forgotten by Britain and France. Although I don’t know what Tangning wants to do, it’s not a hostile action. Parmesun and Napoleon III still have a little confidence in their friendship with the Duke of London.

Coincidentally, the distance between Tianjin and Beijing is almost exactly the same as the distance between Turin and Milan. Soon, the Qing Dynasty said, "Why are you here to fight us? This is a misunderstanding! Come to Beijing to change your appointment, we are waiting for you." After the appeal was ineffective, the main forces of both sides fought a decisive battle at Bali Bridge, Tongxian, in the eastern suburbs of Beijing.

The Qing army dispatched an Eight Banner Army and the Mongolian cavalry team to a total of about 30,000 troops, and the British and French coalition forces each had more than 4,000 people, totaling more than 8,000 people.

This is the decisive battle between China's thousand-year traditional cavalry impact, the decisive battle between cold weapons melee combat and the Western firepower war with artillery as the core after the Napoleonic War and the Industrial Revolution. The flesh and blood body could not resist the invaders' new guns and cannons.

The tragic shouts of the brave Mongolian knights disappeared, and the 17th-century stone single-hole bridge ended the end of the cavalry era. The capital was shaken, and Emperor Xianfeng seemed to feel the dragon chaise under his butt being shaken.

Emperor Xianfeng led his trusted ministers to the Rehe Palace in Chengde, calling it "Northern Hunting". Well, the situation is in turmoil. When I go to Rehe to hunt and relax, I will show that my Qing emperor is calm and composed.

The real Emperor Xianfeng was not so calm. He sat in his dragon chariot and sighed. His father, Emperor Daoguang, experienced the first Opium War and signed the first "unequal" treaty in the Qing Dynasty for more than two hundred years. He was ashamed of his ancestors and demanded not to enter the Taimiao after his death. Unexpectedly, Emperor Xianfeng was even worse than Daoguang and was lost to the capital. I wonder if I, the Qing Dynasty, could survive this catastrophe.

Sitting beside Emperor Xianfeng was his unreliable counselor, the biological mother of the eldest son Aisin Gioro Zaichun (Tongzhi). Concubine Yi sighed when she saw the emperor sighing again. She couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Foreigners will leave sooner or later. The Qing Dynasty's country is still ours. Zeng Guofan said that the war in Jiangnan was tense and he could not go north to serve the king. This is right! As long as the Guangdong bandits are wiped out, the world will be peaceful. My Qing Dynasty is so rich that it is nothing to pay some money and cut some land. Just treat it as rewarding foreign countries."

In fact, Zeng Guofan's policy of not going north was determined by his aide Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang said: "The Guangdong bandits are fierce and storm the sky. It is the critical moment of Jiangnan. You must not transfer heavy troops away, otherwise the Guangdong bandits will become more and more uncontrollable. The city of Beijing is thousands of miles away. When our Hunan Army arrives, the daylily will be cold. If Senggelinqin can resist foreigners, it will be fine. It is not, it is just a cede of land and compensation. I can guarantee that when our army arrives in Beijing, a new treaty has been signed there. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, Guangdong bandits should be the top priority."

Zeng Guofan hesitated and decided to adopt Li Hongzhang's opinion and submitted it to the court, saying that the Hunan Army was not familiar with the geography, climate, and situation in the north, and could not catch up if it wanted to go, which instead delayed the great cause of bandit suppression.

Concubine Yi was still comforting the weak emperor with kind words, but the dragon chariot suddenly stopped. The emperor was weak and unclear, but Concubine Yi was more alert. There were many palaces that were resting in the middle from Beijing to Rehe. Some palaces were relatively large in distance and the terrain was relatively rugged. If there was an ambush, it would be quite unfavorable. Concubine Yi felt that the sudden pause was a not very auspicious place.

Concubine Yi lifted the curtain and asked, "Why did you stop?"

The chief guard's voice was already stern: "Bold madman! The emperor is here, so he should not retreat quickly!"

Next was the sound of pulling swords with clanging sounds, and the martial artists liked the sound of scaring the grass people to the point of urinating. However, this time they made the wrong plan and the "crazy" who blocked their way was unmoved at all.

A voice said lightly: "Kill the guard."

The guard was shocked and shouted: "The thief has firearms! Be careful...ah!"

The unique gunshots of the Desert Eagle sounded for the first time on the real battlefield. The continuous deafening gunshots scared the emperor, ministers, queens, concubines, and eunuchs all to death. The shouts of "protecting the carriage" came one after another.

The deserters who encountered ambush were the least combat-free. Moreover, Xianfeng fled in a hurry and did not bring many people. As soon as he left the Old Summer Palace, he was all under the control of spies for many years. "Holding the emperor to command the princes" was of great importance. Tang Ning personally brought two thousand people, one thousand of whom were Chinese hunters trained in Singapore by Qi Taiyu, and the other thousand were miscellaneous troops formed by Britain, Luxembourg, Hesse, India, Malay, Japan and other countries. (http://.). The main Chinese were the Chinese, and the Hesse Imperial Guards, whom he trusted the most, had a total of 1,000 people. After passing through the Bohai Bay, the miscellaneous troops stayed in Qinhuangdao to occupy the local area to observe the current situation. They could reinforce and retreat. Although Tang Ning was already quite confident in his army, he had to make any preparations in a complex war.

The imperial guards sounded so majestic, but unfortunately, these Eight Banners who were negligent in training were no longer worth mentioning the most basic force value, let alone their cold weapons were instantly defeated under the attack of the well-trained hunters' sharp desert eagle, and fled in scattered places. While fleeing, they shouted "protective" loudly, as if they were avoiding themselves to allow their colleagues to better protect their cars.

One thousand people were enough to wipe out the guards who were in a hurry to hunt north, and most of them had surrendered and begged for mercy on the ground. The "bold madman" turned into "heroes to spare their lives."
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