Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 197 Su Yi’s black hand! Abyss! Emperor’s reward

Suzhou battlefield.

Seeing all this, Shi Dakai felt cold all over.

He simply couldn't understand what was happening.

Previously, Su Yi's army was difficult to defeat inside the camp's defense line, so he accepted it.

When Su Yi's new army rushed out, he could be said to be ecstatic, because he also felt that his Taiping Army was invincible in the field and would definitely be able to completely annihilate Su Yi's new army.

But... I didn't expect it.

Su Yi's new army that rushed out was even more terrifying.

Just standing motionless like this, he directly defeated his 20,000 to 30,000 Taiping troops.

Facing the fleeing brothers, Shi Dakai could not stop him.

He knew that Suzhou City would definitely not be taken, so he ordered a full retreat.

it is more than words.

Xu Youren's wives and concubines once again stepped forward to salute and thank Su Yi for saving his life.

I didn't expect that Master Su Yi's army would be so powerful. It was simply unimaginable.

"Wan Sheng!"

Because Su Yi himself had never expected such a result. In fact, after the city wall was blown open, he rushed out with the expectation of defeat and the determination to suffer heavy casualties.

After a long while, they cheered loudly and cried with joy.

Second, due to the tricky relationship with Suzhou City, the Taiping Army's artillery was completely unable to exert its power.

"I will support your important matter to the end."

"Wan Sheng!"

But next, Su Yi still couldn't stay.

It was not done for his son, but for all the fallen soldiers, Xu Zhenyi was just one of them.

The Suzhou defenders on the city wall and the Taiping troops retreating everywhere still couldn't believe what they were seeing.

Su Yi led the new army into the city. Jiangsu Governor Xu Youren, Zhang Guoliang, Feng Zicai and other generals all knelt down and said, "Thank you, Mr. Su Yi, for saving my life."

Jiangsu Governor Xu Youren held a simple funeral ceremony for his son Xu Zhenyi.

At this time, Su Yi knew that there were two most critical reasons for achieving this result.

The Suzhou war was won.

Unexpectedly, he was saved from a desperate situation.

Su Yi didn't speak, but just held the other person's arm tightly.

Then, he couldn't help but said: "Perhaps, I should have rushed out earlier, but..."

"Anyway, I picked up this life. Even if I lose this black gauze hat in the future, it won't matter."

I was really in despair just now. I thought it was definitely over and the city must be broken.

He actually won!

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"Master Xu is victorious!"

Cleaning up the battlefield must be left to others.

Then, Xu Youren hugged Su Yi's arm and whispered in his ear: "Today, Mr. Su Yi saved my whole family and the whole of Suzhou. Then it's my turn to repay you."

"Master Su Yi is victorious!"

Even they themselves woke up from the extremely stressful environment, and they were stunned by the result.

"When you need me to do something, just send someone to tell me!"

Moreover, this new army has many recruits, and such a victory is also a huge encouragement to them.

"Whether it's wind, water, or fire, I will be there as promised to fight with you!"

But no matter what, the hand-to-hand combat and terrible casualties that I imagined did not happen.

Finally, he held Xu Youren's arm and said, "Master Xu, my condolences!"

Su Yi arrived.

First, the Taiping Army only rushed from one direction and ran into the most intense and intensive firepower of its own army.

"It's just that no one thought that your army would fight so well. It's really amazing!"

Su Yi's new army did not pursue him either.

This is a great thing.

"If anything happens in the future, you will be the first to come, and I will follow immediately! Even sometimes, if it is inconvenient for you to come, I will come!"

"Needless to say, needless to say..." Xu Youren said: "Master Su Yi, I know that no one expected this result. In fact, the moment you gave the order to rush out, I didn't expect you to do this at all. In my opinion, It seems that if you rushed out at that time, you were seeking death, and you were risking your life to save us."

Su Yi quickly stepped forward and helped Xu Youren and others up.

Su Yi bowed and saluted.

Almost all the officials and gentry in Suzhou were present.

Their eyes were filled with gratitude when they looked at Su Yi. Before the war, many of these wealthy businessmen and gentry had gone to Shanghai, but many industries could not be transferred, so only some people could be left to take care of them.

I really didn't have any hope at first, but I didn't expect that I actually won.

His family property was also saved.

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After attending the funeral of Xu Zhenyi and others, Su Yi immediately left Suzhou.

He still has a lot to accomplish.

Shi Dakai still has more than 40,000 remaining troops, and they will probably retreat directly to Changzhou.

This army is still a huge threat to Suzhou.

Su Yi still had to find a way to get Shi Da to drive back to Tianjing, otherwise his future business operations would not be possible.

A city that is constantly facing the enemy cannot conduct good commerce and trade.

Three days later!

During the meeting in the Yangtze River, Su Yi once again met with Lin Shaozhang for a secret talk.

At this time, Lin Shaozhang looked at Su Yi with complicated eyes.

Su Yi said: "Prime Minister Lin, the battle in Suzhou just now will not affect the friendship between us, right? Weakening Shi Dakai will be beneficial to the king of heaven, and it will also be beneficial to you."

"I believe you can also see that this time Shi Dakai competed for the Eastern Expedition's coach, he actually wanted to leave the Kingdom of Heaven and run away to establish a new business. Now that he has suffered a big defeat, it's time for him to live in peace."

"For the benefit of the King of Heaven, you should immediately summon Shi Dakai back to Tianjing."

Lin Shaozhang said slowly: "Lord Su Yi, do you want us to give up the land we conquered in southern Sunan? This is completely impossible."

Next, the two sides engaged in fierce arguments and negotiations.

Ultimately no agreement was reached.

But from beginning to end, Su Yi never issued a threat of war.

Because he still wants to do business with Tianjing.

If the negotiation was not successful today, we will continue the negotiation tomorrow.

As a result, early the next morning, we encountered several ships from Jiujiang.

Waitabu walked out of the bow and said, "Who is this sir?"

Hong Renli walked out of the ship and said in surprise: "Waitabu? Where is your Excellency? How is the battle in Suzhou?"

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Su Yi boarded the battleship where Hong Renli was.

The warship was to take Bashar to Shanghai, and then immediately return to London for business.

The reason why Hong Renli was on this battleship was that she wanted to rush to Suzhou immediately to fight and return to Su Yi.

But he didn't expect that the battle was already over.

And it was such a huge win.

Hearing the news, Hong Renli was overjoyed, with a hint of astonishment.

Have times really changed?

"A Li, you came at the right time." Su Yi said, "The negotiation between Lin Shaozhang and I has broken down. I'll leave it to you to talk next."

"Okay!" Hong Ren said.

Hong Renli is still very capable of dealing with the old brothers in Heaven.

Su Yi said: "Our bottom line is that the Taiping Army gives up Wuxi. They can send troops to garrison Danyang and Changzhou, but the total number must not exceed 15,000, and they are not allowed to send troops to attack Wuxi and Suzhou within two years. In addition, Shi Dakai We must return to Tianjing, this person is too aggressive."

Hong Renli said: "Otherwise?"

Su Yi said: "Otherwise, I will personally lead the troops to recapture Wuxi and Changzhou."

"In short, there must be a buffer and barrier between Suzhou and the Taiping Army."

Hong Renli said: "Okay, I understand."

Su Yi nodded and went to talk to Basia Li.

As a result, Hong Renli grabbed him, and while no one was around, the two kissed fiercely for a while.

If we didn't have to negotiate with Lin Shaozhang next, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as simple as kissing.

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Basharli said: "I will go to London to see Prince Albert and ask him to send a royal envoy to witness your seven-province secret agreement, sign it, and participate in the establishment of the seven-province economic cooperation in the south as a third party. . Regarding matters in Fujian, Bao Ling will be back in a few days. It will be more secure for him to take over my duties in Fujian, and his prestige will be higher."

"Is there anything else you need to explain?"

At this time, Hong Renli had already left the ship and went to negotiate with Lin Shaozhang.

And the ship continued to sail towards Shanghai.

The situation is tense, and Bashir needs to return to London as quickly as possible.

Su Yi was silent for a while. Shen Baozhen had previously asked Shen Baozhen to pass on the message. Although the plan was perfect, it was not good enough.

After more than a day of thinking, I have become more mature.

Taking a deep breath of cigarette, Su Yi said: "We can make this plan bigger, more perfect, and more profound."

Bashar said politely: "Speak directly of your purpose."

Su Yi said: "Two purposes. First, to oust Count Elgin from his position as minister to China and supreme commander of the Far East."

"Second, start the campaign to oust the Northern Emperor."

After Sir Basiali heard Su Yi's words, he immediately said in disbelief: "Sir Su Yi, you... you are crazy."

"Are you overestimating our influence? Do you know how deep Earl Elgin's roots are in the British Empire? Not even Prince Albert can dislodge him from his position as Minister to China."

"Moreover, you want to implement two goals at the same time? How is this possible?"

Su Yi said slowly: "These two things are actually the same thing."

"We want to prevent one thing, that is, Count Elgin and the emperor join forces to deal with me."

"Without my existence, of course Elgin and the emperor would be at odds with each other. For now, because of my existence, they will have a brief union."

"Therefore, we must find a way to oust Count Elgin from the position of commander-in-chief of the Far East and replace him with someone else."

"And this person may be the key to ousting the emperor."

Ba Xiali forced himself to calm down. Every crucial conversation with Su Yi was so thrilling.

His smoking hand was shaking slightly. After a long while, he said, "Tell me about your plan."

Su Yi said: "It's very simple. You secretly go to London and ask Prince Albert to send a special envoy of sufficient weight to visit Jiujiang. This person should have a high status, preferably a member of the royal family, and be completely a direct descendant of Prince Albert. .”

Ba Xia said politely: "Then what?"

Su Yi said: "This royal guest is visiting secretly. Should we send out all fleets to escort him?"

Bashar said politely: "Of course!"

Su Yi said: "Seeing that we have mobilized our troops and left the Yangtze River estuary, will Count Elgin be angry? Will he send a fleet to attack us and truly disarm us? Then he will bombard our fleet and the royal family. The ship on which the envoy traveled.”

"Is it responsible for attacking the direct royal family?"

"So, this royal envoy must be crazy enough, bold enough, wild enough, and noble enough."

Baxiali's whole body was trembling, and his lips were white.

Su Yi said: "In this way, can Count Elgin be driven away from China?"

Basia said politely: "Yes, of course."

"but……"

"but……"

Ba Xiali said a few words, but he closed his eyes and calmed himself down.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and said: "I am a subject of the British Empire, I am loyal to the Queen, and I am loyal to Prince Albert. I must report this plan to His Royal Highness and get his approval before it can be carried out. .”

Su Yi said: "Of course, I have never wanted to hide His Highness the Prince. Prince Albert of London must be very passive now and has been criticized. I believe he also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to fight back and suppress the opponent's arrogance. So I said we must choose a wild, bold, crazy, and noble member of the direct royal family as the special envoy."

Basharli said: "I am loyal to the prince, and I will convey your plan, but I will not carry out any incitement!"

Su Yi was silent for a while and said: "Sir Basiali, do you trust me?"

Ba Xiali thought for a while and nodded.

Su Yi said: "You don't need to tell me my plan, you just need to say that we invite the royal envoy to visit Jiujiang secretly. And that Count Elgin is preparing to use force against the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone and forcibly disarm our mercenary fleet. You just need to report it truthfully, and I believe that with Prince Albert’s wisdom, he will come up with this plan himself.”

This seems more clever and allows the other party to take the initiative to propose the plan.

but……

Su Yi quickly denied it.

Prince Albert was not Emperor Xianfeng, so some tricks would be counterproductive if used on him.

"No, no, no..." Su Yi said: "It's better to tell my plan truthfully and say that I said it myself."

"In this way, although I am suspected of being disrespectful and taking advantage of the royal family members, I am at least honest!"

"At this critical moment, honesty is more important than anything else."

Sir Basia Li looked at Su Yi for a while and said, "Just because of your words, I'd like to toast you!"

Then he poured two glasses of wine. Su Yi said: "In order to drive away Earl Elgin."

Sir Basari said: "To drive away your emperor."

"cheers!"

The two drank it all in one gulp.

Su Yi said: "Sir Basiali, you have to act quickly, because someone in your Congress has already proposed to support Japan. Even Earl Elgin will soon visit Japan on behalf of the United Kingdom to inspect Japan."

Ser Basari hissed, "How do you know?"

"This must be stopped."

Once the British Empire decided to support Japan, the consequences would be disastrous.

Why did Su Yi know?

Because that's what history is.

Next, the two people reviewed the details of the entire plan over and over again, and even considered every line of dialogue.

This matter is really too important and too big.

Have to be cautious.

Two hours later, Su Yi and Basia Li separated, and he took another boat back to Jiujiang.

Bazar headed to Shanghai and then, without stopping, to London.

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After the Yangzhou War.

Victory retained 10,000 troops and stayed in Yangzhou.

Ronglu led the new army and another 10,000 troops to regain Xincheng and Liuhe one after another.

And Wang Youling led the remaining army back to Huai'an.

Before leaving, Shengbao held Wang Youling's hands and said: "Yingjiu, a strong man knows a loyal minister, and a strong wind knows a strong grass! It's not easy for you, you are very good, very good, very good!"

In Shengbao's view, Wang Youling was a supremely loyal minister.

When Huai'an fell, former Jiangsu governor Zhao Dezhe was lazy and lazy in politics. Instead, Wang Youling immediately recruited an army and worked non-stop to regain Huai'an.

Moreover, the great achievement of regaining Huai'an is completely enough. He actually does not need to save Yangzhou. The reason is very good. Huai'an is an important water transportation town, and guarding Huai'an is the most important.

However, Wang Youling still obliged and led troops to aid Yangzhou.

Such loyal ministers are rare in the world.

Shengbao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will report your loyalty and your great achievements to the emperor. I will definitely let the emperor know your loyalty and your merits."

Wang Youling bowed and said: "My army is vulnerable, which makes the two adults laugh. The person who deserves the greatest credit for this battle is Mr. Ronglu. Compared to your new Tianjin army, my army is simply unsightly."

Ronglu said: "Brother Yingjiu, can you call me Zhonghua? Your army is all temporary recruitment. To have such a record is already your great ability. There are not many people in the world that I, Ronglu, can admire. You Wang Ying-jeou is definitely one of them!"

Wang Youling said: "Two adults, I will take my leave now."

Ronglu said: "Brother Yingjiu, goodbye! See you in the court in the future."

This was considered a good blessing. He was sure that he would enter the center, and he also wished that Wang Youling would be able to enter the center of the court one day.

At this time, Ronglu was still a little contented.

Then, Wang Youling led his army to leave.

After leaving, he sneered slightly in his heart. This Ronglu was already floating, but Lord Su Yi said that he wanted to make him float, the more floating the better.

He discovered that each of these people's words really sounded better than the last.

On the contrary, Su Yi didn't say nice things, but at critical moments, he directly intervened to save lives.

If I say I want to win the governorship for you, I will win it for you.

In comparison, which one is higher and which one is lower can be known at a glance.

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Two days later!

Ronglu led the Tianjin New Army and Shengbao's 20,000 troops to leave Yangzhou and rush to the Luzhou battlefield.

Shengbao looked at his back and said nothing, just smiled softly.

Young people are so eager to make contributions and wish they could take all the credit.

He is the imperial envoy and supervises all military affairs in Anhui, but he is not in such a hurry to rush to the battlefield in Luzhou.

Because the current Luzhou battlefield is already lively enough.

Li Xubin of the Hunan Army and Li Hongzhang of the Huai Army have now gone to Ronglu. Next, Guiliang will be killed from the north.

He is still quite arrogant when it comes to winning the battle, so he won't join in the fun yet. He will go after he really can't win.

Anyway, he has done enough for this battle.

At least, he has key contributions to Yangzhou's ability to avoid losing.

After some time!

The largest war broke out in northern Anhui.

Historically, Li Xubin was defeated in Sanhe Town.

This time, the Taiping Army's 70,000 troops guarded Sanhe Town and Luzhou.

Li Xiucheng is the coach and Wu Dinggui is the assistant coach.

On the Qing army's side, Li Xubin waited for reinforcements from Hubei, totaling 15,000.

Li Hongzhang's Huai army was three thousand.

There are more than 20,000 people with honor and salary.

Immediately afterwards, Guiliang led 20,000 people into the battlefield.

The strength of both sides is evenly matched!

The war broke out.

After ten days of fierce fighting, it was difficult to distinguish.

Both sides suffered numerous casualties, and there was no clear winner.

The defense line of Sanhe Town was lost, and Li Xiucheng led his army into Luzhou City to defend.

The Qing army attacked Luzhou City and did not retreat for several days.

Zeng Guofan in Hubei was extremely anxious. Because Luzhou City could not be defeated, all his efforts would be in vain.

Even if it is defeated, if it is not the first victory, it will be an advantage to Ronglu and Guiliang.

He also hoped to regain Luzhou, make Li Xubin the governor of Anhui, and make himself the governor of Liangjiang.

I have put in so much effort and am about to get my first achievement.

At this time, Zeng Guofan was like a red-eyed gambler who could only advance but not retreat.

So, he personally came to Jiujiang and asked Su Yi to borrow two battalions of artillery.

He also promised that he would do his best to protect the artillery of these two battalions from harm.

Su Yi owed the other party a lot of favors before, but now she agreed.

Moreover, the artillery of these two battalions cannot be borrowed in vain.

Since you, Zeng Guofan, have come to borrow troops, you have expressed your attitude.

Then, Hunan Army generals Peng Yulin and Luo Zenan once again led 15,000 people to the Luzhou battlefield.

At this point, the Qing army's strength had a huge advantage.

In particular, the Hunan Army fought tooth and nail to attack the city in order to gain the first victory.

Su Yi's two battalions of artillery also showed amazing combat effectiveness in this battle, which shocked Ronglu.

The artillery of the Hunan Army is so powerful?

In order to confuse the fake with the real one, Su Yi's artillerymen even wore fake whips.

Finally, in this extremely fierce battle, Li Xiucheng couldn't hold it anymore. He abandoned Luzhou City and led the army to retreat to Anqing to temporarily avoid the Qing army.

As a result, the Qing army officially recovered Luzhou.

Li Xubin fulfilled his mission and was the first to lead his troops to the top of Luzhou City. He was covered in blood and scarred.

Made the first contribution.

At this point, the war that lasted for two or three months was officially over.

On the surface, the Qing court achieved a huge victory.

Recover Huai'an, recover Luzhou, recover Wuxi, great victory in Yangzhou, great victory in Suzhou.

But in fact, there is a pair of big hands controlling everything.

Use this war to achieve your greatest strategic goal.

Moreover, he is still preparing for the next more deadly attack.

Push all enemies into the abyss!

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The capital, the court.

"Six hundred miles to expedite, six hundred miles to expedite!"

"The Emperor is overjoyed, the Emperor is overjoyed!"

"Great victory in Luzhou, great victory in Luzhou!"

This period was one of the emperor's proudest moments.

Great victories in the south came one after another.

Great victory in Huai'an.

Great victory in Suzhou, great victory in Yangzhou.

Now comes the finale.

Luzhou was officially recovered.

This series of great victories gave the emperor great encouragement.

This allowed him to regain his confidence from the defeat at Dagukou.

Especially Ronglu's Tianjin New Army, which won consecutive battles and victories, was invincible.

This brilliant record is no less than that of Su Yi's new army.

What does this prove?

What Su Yi can do, Ronglu can do too.

This proves that Su Yi is not unique.

This made him even more certain that the reason why the battle at Dagukou was lost was because of the incompetence of coach Tan Tingxiang.

If Senggelinqin, Shengbao and Ronglu were to play, the probability of winning would be very high.

Didn’t you watch the Battle of Dagukou and the battle was very good a few days ago?

When Ronglu comes back, he will be rewarded greatly!

Then, discuss the candidate for governor of Anhui.

There are two important things before us now.

The first thing is how to overturn the "Tianjin Treaty", because foreigners came to urge it again, saying that they would go to the capital to exchange the contract. It was signed by Guiliang before, and it would need to come to the court to exchange the contract before it could officially take effect.

The second thing is to deal with Su Yi!

There was originally going to be a big move before, but it was blocked by the broken war situation in the south.

This caused the court to compromise with Su Yi and agree to almost humiliating conditions in exchange for Su Yi going to save Suzhou.

Now, everything has settled, and the imperial court has won an unprecedented victory, which can be used to solve Su Yi's problem.

Moreover, Shengbao's army, Guiliang's army, and Ronglu's army were all in the south at this time.

If there is really any movement, these armies can go to Jiujiang to suppress it.

Su Yi's rescue of Suzhou this time also resulted in the loss of many soldiers and generals, and his strength was greatly reduced.

Therefore, the emperor summoned his close friends and ministers to discuss the matter.

Du Han said slowly: "Your Majesty, these two things can actually be merged into one!"

The emperor said: "How to say?"

Du Han said: "No matter what, Su Yi saved Suzhou and deserved credit. On the surface, we cannot treat the meritorious officials harshly, but we can ask the British to help us deal with Su Yi."

"Aren't Elgin and Su Yi political enemies?"

"Don't the British want to change the contract? Let's just say that you, the British, violated the agreement first. Now that the treaty has not come into effect, why has the British fleet entered the Yangtze River waterway?"

"If you want to negotiate an exchange of contracts, you British should first destroy Su Yi's fleet on the Yangtze River and surrender it."

"Otherwise, there is no need to discuss anything."

The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up. This Du Han was indeed unparalleled in his wit and scheming, killing two birds with one stone.

Then Du Han said: "In addition, the emperor can summon Su Yi to Beijing."

Kuang Yuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs next to him, said: "Su Yi, probably won't come to Beijing. He has resigned from all official positions."

Du Han said: "Then use his irrefutable reasons to let him come to Beijing!"

The emperor said slowly: "I know the reason."

Then, the emperor said: "Draw up a decree and ask Guiliang to set off from Anhui to Shanghai to negotiate with Elgin."

"We must use the hands of the British to destroy Su Yi's Yangtze River Fleet."

"Ask Zuo Zongzheng of the imperial family to go to Jiujiang to convey the decree. The auspicious day is approaching and ask Su Yi to go to Beijing immediately to marry Princess Shouxi!"

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A few days later!

Zuo Zongzheng of Zongren Mansion, a king of the imperial court, came to Jiujiang to announce the decree.

"According to the imperial edict of the Emperor, Su Yi has made great contributions to saving Suzhou. The auspicious day is approaching, and Su Yi is ordered to go to Beijing to marry Princess Shouxi, so as not to delay the wedding. I appreciate this!"

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Note: Here is the first update. I stayed up all night to complete other writing tasks and wrote this chapter one after another, and finally finished it.

My benefactor, if you have a monthly ticket, can you continue to give it to me?

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