Chapter 285 The Red Corps' Secret Hand

"I'm glad to meet you, His Excellency Secretary of State.

Guo Jinzhang attended the welcome ceremony for Bayard in the state government office building... Originally, some people thought that he should continue to stay in Everett without giving this Secretary of State face. After all, there are so many presidents, prime ministers and secretary of state who have fallen in his hand city in recent years. No one can say anything if he is just Bayard, even if he doesn't show up, he will not say anything. Maybe even Bayard himself will feel a little relaxed. However, Guo Jinzhang finally came over.

"I'm also honored to meet you, General Guo!" Bayard didn't expect that he could meet Guo Jinzhang. Although Seattle is far from the political and economic center of the United States, everyone has paid a lot of attention here. Since the establishment of the Washington State Government, Guo Jinzhang has hid in Everett and started scientific research, many people know about it. Even before this guy led the Red Corps to invade Canada, some unidentified lawmakers thought he was "Washington among the yellow people", saying that like Washington, he took the initiative to give up the authority he got and returned the rights to everyone. He was a very moral person. Even he thought so at one time. Although everyone's yellow people are different from white people, he also treated Guo Jinzhang during that period.

I admire it very much. However, soon, this "illusion" was exposed by Guo Jinzhang himself... Because of the Chinese workers on the Pacific Railway, when this guy issued an order in Everett, the entire Red Corps brazenly "invaded" Canada regardless of international rules, and caused a series of tensions. If it weren't for the extreme restraint measures in the end, Britain, the United States, and Canada, this guy wouldn't know how great a disaster would bring to Washington State. However, no matter what, this guy won. Although hiding behind the scenes to engage in dictatorship is a very despicable villain act and an act that the Americans feel most unacceptable, Bayard had to admit that after these years, Guo Jinzhang has become the most powerful and powerful politician in the United States of America, and even more deterrent than the president.

"What general, just talk and playful." Guo Jinzhang shook his head and laughed, "The guys from the Federal Army are now eager to surrender me to a lieutenant."

"You are really good at joking. With your 'achievement', I think no matter who it is, you will feel that you are fully in line with your current military rank." Bayard smiled calmly.

"Is that true?" Guo Jinzhang asked with a smile.

"Of course." Bayard nodded, "especially your reform of machine gun tactics has changed modern war to a certain extent. Just like in Southeast Asia a few months ago, the French used only a few dozen Green guns to easily resist the Centre* team several times their..."

"Are you talking about the war that brought French Prime Minister Rufeili down?" A trace of gloom flashed in Guo Jinzhang's eyes. Bayard was clearly trying to stab him... The machine gun cluster tactics were first used on the battlefield. As a result, 30,000 US troops were almost wiped out by the banks of the Ortamaho River, and even the commander-in-chief of the Federal Army Sherman became a dead soul under the gun. That battle was his most famous record, because of this war, the United States not only lost an amazing general, but also lost former President Grant... According to legend, the United States not only lost a great general, but also lost former President Grant...

It is reported that the number one hero in the north of the Civil War failed to win the battlefield and lost his best comrades, and became depressed and died a few months later on the desk. Before his death, he had just completed his memoirs... These made Guo Jinzhang seem to be standing above Grant and Sherman in the history of the United States. However, no one expected that after the feng shui changed and the tactics of the machine gun cluster received attention from countries around the world, the first country to "enjoy" was actually the hometown of these Chinese workers: China!

A few months ago, the veteran Qing Dynasty general Feng Zicai led his army to counterattack against the invading French team and won the Zhennan Pass. After that, the Qing army took advantage of the victory and pursued Wenyuan and Langsan. But in Langjia, the French formed a blocking position with dozens of Green cannons, repelled countless attacks by the Qing army, and caused heavy casualties. Although in the end, Feng Zicai ordered the newly established grenade team to attack from the side, approached the French position and then raided with grenades, breaking through the French defense line,

But the Qing army had lost the ability to continue pursuing, and the French army had already regrouped and took the opportunity to launch a counterattack... The two sides started a war in Langjia. One side used a large number of machine guns, and the other side used grenades on a large scale, both of which were both defeated. Because the Qing army's grenades were supported by Tangzhou, there were not many, and they could receive nearly continuous support like the French, so the Qing army finally retreated and retreated to the north of Lang Son.

Although the war finally made the French feel unbearable to bear the losses and forced the Rufeili Cabinet to fall, the victory of China, which was originally supposed to be in history, disappeared. If Feng Zicai had not fought his life, if Tangzhou had not happened to support a batch of grenades to the Qing court, facing the powerful firepower of the French, the Qing army might have been driven back to Zhennan Pass again, or even further north.

But that doesn't count. After the war, peace talks were discussed. Originally, the Qing court had Li Hongzhang, a firm peace talk and Zuo Zongtang, the firm war fighter. The two sides had been arguing endlessly about whether to fight or to reconcile. However, because of the defeat on the battlefield, Li Hongzhang won an overwhelming victory, and Zuo Zongtang... was so angry that he became ill at the end of July.

Zuo Zongtang is dead, and Tangzhou doesn't have to worry about his secret date with the British being leaked. Because after Zuo Zongtang made the request of the warship, he has been talking to Li Hongyi and has no time to deal with these matters, so naturally he has no chance to spread these secrets. As for the others, Liu Tongfu has already completed the task and nothing will happen.

But Guo Jinzhang still felt unhappy.

Zuo Zongtang is a real hero and a patriot. At the moment of national danger, he slapped the table and stood up. In Chinese history, who was as invincible as Zuo Zongtang and recovered a large area of ​​land with an iron fist? Su Wu drank blood and fucked meat, and was mighty and unyielding; Zhang Qian kept thousands of miles of passes through the Western Regions; Ban Chao threw his pen and joined the army, but the Western Rong did not dare to cross the Tianshan Mountains; Zu Ti heard the rooster dance and beat the oars in the stream; Shi Kefa was generous in his country, and his soul was surrounded by plum blossoms... What they left behind were only heart-wrenching stories, the tragic roaring towards the sky, and the heroic spirit that made future generations admire and sigh infinitely, and no one could compare to Zuo Zongtang for his descendants to recover one-sixth of the great rivers and mountains, leaving behind a vast battlefield where I could gallop.

Since junior high school, Zuo Zongtang has been Guo Jinzhang's idol.

However, this idol stopped his last breathing in the early morning of July 27th of that year.

Zuo Zongtang died on the post of the imperial envoy of Huanghua Pavilion, North Gate of Fuzhou. His death means that the last pillar of the Qing Dynasty fell. Although Guo Jinzhang did not have any favors for this dynasty, no matter what, at this moment, the corrupt bastard dynasty still represents China. The pillar of the Qing Dynasty is also the pillar of China.

After receiving the news of Zuo Zongtang's death, Empress Dowager Cixi's edict immediately distributed to various provinces: posthumously awarded Zuo Zongtang as the Grand Tutor, and was named "Wenxiang", and rewarded 3,000 taels of silver for mourning. According to legend, one night after Empress Dowager Cixi issued the edict, Fuzhou was raining heavily. Suddenly, a thunderstorm broke out. The city wall in the southeast corner was torn apart a few feet long, and the residents under the city were safe and sound. The people said that Zuo Zongtang's death was God's will, and he wanted to destroy our Great Wall.

Zuo Zongtang died, and his death declared the end of a strong voice of the times. This was an era of rising up to fight against foreign aggression. Zuo Zongtang was the mainstay. Zuo Zongtang, who had seven titles, including "Second Class Kejing Hou, Grand Secretary of the Dongge, Prince Taibao, First-class Light Cavalry Commander, Award-winning Yellow Jacket, Governor of Liangjiang, and Minister of Commerce in Nanyang", this man who had been in full swing for half his life finally withdrew from the stage of history.

The French breathed a sigh of relief. They were still capturing Taiwan Island, and their warships were still showing off their power in the East China Sea. Zuo Zongtang made a decisive battle with them and issued a mobilization order to "cross the sea and kill pirates". After suffering from Zuo Zongtang's great losses, they knew that he was a lion. A lion led a group of sheep, each of them was a lion; and a group of lions were led by a sheep, and each became a sheep. As soon as Zuo Zongtang died, he had no heads.

The British were relieved. The British consul had a sign in the Shanghai Concession that said "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter". Zuo Zongtang found it and ordered the guards to destroy them immediately and confiscate the park, arresting the prisoners. Zuo Zongtang, sitting in a green sedan chair carried by eight people, was wearing a yellow jacket, a gem top, three-eyed peach feather, and a goose fan in his hand. His face was full and majestic. As soon as he entered the Concession, the concession authorities immediately changed into the Chinese dragon flag, and foreign soldiers and police whipped the whip. Zuo Zongtang was dead, so he didn't need to be so respectful to the Chinese.

The Russians breathed a sigh of relief. Zuo Zongtang drove them away from Xinjiang, took back the Ili they occupied, and even used military vehicles to transport the coffin to move the Suzhou camp forward hundreds of kilometers to Hami. "The hero sang long and no longer felt that going out of the frontier was a hard time" and prepared to fight the Russian army to the death. Once Zuo Zongtang died, China would have no hard bones.

Li Hongzhang also breathed a sigh of relief. He signed the Treaty of the Sino-French Conference in Tianjin. Although he did not know that in the original history, he signed such a treaty that was humiliating after the Sino-* team achieved a major victory on the battlefield, and he did not know that his behavior was an unprecedented strange story in the history of world diplomacy. He only thought that this was the best choice for China without a decisive victory, but Zuo Zongtang firmly led the way to oppose his behavior, saying, "For China, ten French generals are not as bad as one of Li Hongzhang's", and said: "Li Hongzhang misled all the people and would be accused of eternal aging". This caused an uproar in the national public opinion and anger, making him Li

The second gentleman was in a mess. Li Hongzhang was angry that the Hunanese did not understand China's national conditions, so he decided to take the other party's subordinates and kill the chicken to show the monkey. He also instructed his confidants Pan Dingxin, Liu Mingchuan and others to frame Wang Debang, the leader of the "Kejingding Border Army", and exiled him. Zuo Zongtang wrote a letter to complain to his subordinates and complained to him. He was about to turn over the case. Zuo Zongtang died. Well, the flag of the pro-war faction fell down. Li Hongzhang, who was hiding in the capital, finally breathed a sigh of relief in the face of the death of this political enemy who had fought with him for more than 30 years. He no longer had to worry about it. He could hunch his waist in front of the world's powers, and trembled and signed the constant unequal treaties... although he himself didn't want to.

But Guo Jinzhang couldn't breathe a sigh of relief.

After Zuo Zongtang's death, Li Hongzhang was in charge of China. Although the old man was also very smart and had the intention to strengthen China, he was too weak. Facing a small Japan, he actually let the powerful Beiyang Navy defend and fight... If he dared to let the Beiyang fleet go to the four islands of Japan, would the little Japan dare to be so rampant? Li Hongzhang, Liang Qichao regarded it as China's Bismarck and Ito Hirobuki, unfortunately, he failed to stop the division of China by the great powers, could not stop Japan and Russia from fighting in China, nor could the Eight-Nation Alliance invade Beijing... He worked hard all his life and could not save China, but instead made China sink more and more. After his death, China, or the Qing Dynasty, was completely helpless, until later generations ushered in a certain ideology from a country with ulterior motives in the north...

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"You are right, I mean the war that took place in Southeast Asia." Bayard had been observing Guo Jinzhang's expression carefully, and also felt the anger that Guo Jinzhang had after he mentioned the Sino-French War... But the more he was, the happier he was. The group of Chinese people in front of him did not regard themselves as Americans. In this case, he would not feel any guilt about his purpose, although he had basically no psychological barriers.

"That was indeed a war worthy of attention. The French could even compete with a big country thousands of miles away, which was quite good. The Qing Dynasty was so useless... It was so embarrassing to be defeated by a group of foreigners at the door of his house." Guo Jinzhang said coldly.

"Yes, it's indeed like..." Hum? Beard was suddenly stunned. When he looked at Guo Jinzhang again, he was seeing the almost unconcealed contemptuous look that the other party projected over... The Qing court was incompetent, so you Americans could do it? The Qing court failed to win the French, and it could even be said to have failed. But at least they were not captured by me like you, and they also captured almost all political officials, including the president... When you mention this kind of thing, do you want to express your contempt for the Chinese, or do you want to add salt to your wounds?

"What's wrong, Your Excellency Secretary of State? What did you... think of?" Guo Jinzhang asked again.

"No, nothing." Beard showed a difficult smile. He just wanted to stimulate the Chinese people's dissatisfaction with the great powers, but why did he go around and around the United States himself? Did the Chinese have discovered their purpose here? The new Secretary of State responded to Guo Jinzhang and others with a smile, and kept thinking about all the details...

Bayard was not here to discuss with the Tangzhou government about taxation or reclaiming various independent powers, but he was indeed here to "frame" Tangzhou and the Chinese in Tangzhou. As for the reason, it has to be said to former President Chesser Arthur, who had just stepped down.

It is undeniable that from Ruther Bird Hayes to the newly appointed Grover Cleveland, the one who had the deepest contact with the Chinese and had the longest dealings among the four US presidents was Chessert Arthur who "came cheap and miserable". During his tenure, the Chinese defeated the federal army and occupied Washington; during his tenure, the Chinese forced the US government to sign the Treaty of Washington; during his tenure, the Chinese made great progress and developed the Alaska gold mine; during his tenure, the Chinese sent troops to Canada, forcing the Canadian government to admit their mistakes to compensate for their work in China, and ceded land and concessions... Everything made the President, who was fed by the vice president, feel great pressure. Especially after the signing of the Treaty of Washington, this was even more so.

Chesther Arthur always wants to take revenge!

However, both the internal environment and the external environment made him unable to achieve this goal, and even James Brian, who had endured that kind of shame with him, eventually left him.

However, Chessert Arthur did not give up on his efforts.

He was always staring at Tangzhou, staring at the group of Chinese who nailed him to the pillar of historical shame. He also had close contacts with former Minister of War Alexander Ramsey and others in order to find a chance to revenge together. However, he did not expect that this time would take so long... It was not until two months before he left office that he discovered something that was enough to alert the upper class of the United States: the Chinese, the guys from Tangzhou, had been secretly training troops in Panama, and the scale of this army was not small, with five or six thousand people.

After receiving this news, Chessert Arthur wanted to announce it immediately, but as soon as the idea arose, he suppressed it: the Chinese did not violate any agreement signed with Washington. Moreover, according to the agreement, the Red Corps is actually the National Guard of Washington State, which is the militia. How big is they? Whether there are troops inside or outside are free? Who told them to have the power to be independent? Therefore, even if he makes these things known to everyone, it is just to cause some small trouble for the Chinese. Instead, they must be careful.

Because a force stationed in Panama is not weak and may threaten the eastern United States along the Atlantic at any time, which is enough to have a certain impact on the east coast of the United States. Therefore, Chesert Arthur also understood why Guo Jinzhang dared to take the initiative to attack Canada, and why Li Asheng dared to clamor for the three Canadian provinces. Because, even if Canada sends troops to fight, when their troops advance westward, a force that suddenly appears in its east can take advantage of the situation and repeat the scene of the Red Corps advance team raiding and occupying Washington.

"They were actually prepared for a long time. They didn't just think about defense from beginning to end. No matter who they were with, they were thinking about attacking...especially us!" Chessert Arthur told his ally Ramsey. After receiving the news, the former Minister of War immediately thought of the reason why this unit existed and almost lost the idea of ​​revenge.

"It's really hard to deal with an opponent who thought about the possible situation a few years ago and made corresponding preparations... Can we win?"
Chapter completed!