Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 302 Edo is destroyed! Meiji surrenders!
If the Franco-Prussian War had not broken out, it would have been difficult for Su Yi to directly attack Japan, because he would have encountered strong opposition from Britain.

It may even lead to changes in British foreign policy.

But after the Franco-Prussian War, the German Empire would become a challenger to the European order. By that time, the British Empire would no longer care about China, and would even turn to China in many aspects.

Another point is that the British Empire's interests in China are now too huge.

Therefore, Su Yi can be willful.

Apart from Britain, the biggest opponent of the war against Japan was the United States.

At this stage of the United States, Su Yi didn't pay much attention to it, even though its industry was already number one in the world.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Amid strong opposition from Britain, the United States, France and other countries, Xu Youren and Jurgen led a powerful fleet and directly launched round after round of shelling on the buildings in Tokyo.

Over Tokyo, thick smoke billowed and flames shot into the sky.

Xu Youren looked at the map and drew the targets on it with a pen.

This is not a random explosion.

The focus is on industrial areas.

Many factories of the great powers in Tokyo were directly bombed.

Of course, the British Empire's factories in Japan were all but avoided.

But in the remaining countries, factories cannot control so many.

If you protest, you can protest as you please.

Anyway, I blew it up by mistake.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime strategic opportunity. If you miss this time, it will not be easy to take direct action against Japan.

After round after round of shelling.

Next, a fierce landing battle began.

The Japanese army tried its best to resist, but...the power disparity between the two sides was too great.

At this time, Japan had not yet had time to develop. The Restoration had just begun, industrialization had just begun, and the new army was only in its infancy.

Whether it is military quality or weapons and equipment, they are all very different.

But...bravery has been shown.

Facing the indiscriminate bombardment of the powerful navy, they still refused to retreat.

But nowadays, with the great changes in the world's military, this kind of bravery is actually meaningless in the face of weapons generation differences.

Three days later, the East Asian coalition forces still landed on Tokyo.

The brutal street fighting officially broke out.

The total number of Japanese garrison troops totaled almost over 100,000, nearly twice the number of the Chinese army.

But that doesn't make sense either.

In terms of the firepower density of both sides, the Chinese army is more than two or three times that of the Japanese army.

Su Yi's orders to Xu Youren, Duolong'a, Lai Wenguang and others were very simple. There was no need to pursue war speed, but they had to cause more casualties, destroy more buildings, and carry out a completely devastating blow to the entire Tokyo.

These generals implemented this perfectly.

Massive artillery plowed through bit by bit.

Don't be afraid of wasting artillery shells. Su Yi has been preparing for this war for many years. He has stocked up on steel plants and arsenals, and he doesn't know how much ammunition he has hoarded.

The annual fiscal revenue of nearly 200 million taels of silver is an astronomical figure. Even in the world, this is a very top level of wealth.

Therefore, war can be fought with relative luxury.

Therefore, the entire Tokyo suffered a devastating blow.

Unfortunately, most of the houses here are made of wood and have not been blown up at all.

One shell fell and the whole house was leveled to the ground.

A few days and nights later!

I saw a corner of Tokyo completely reduced to ruins, completely.

Moreover, the ruins are still growing.

Japanese casualties are also increasing.

Even Xu Youren and other generals were surprised that the regent seemed to have a special dislike and hatred for this country.

In his order, he did not say anything about protecting civilians and not harming civilians.

Su Yi's original words were that the people in this country are very contemptuous at heart. The worse you beat them and the more you kill them, the more well-behaved they become.

A typical person who fears power but not morality.

The momentum of this nation is about to rise. We must break their backbone once and for all and knock this momentum right down.

It was with this will that the coalition forces carried out a devastating blow to Tokyo.

Ministers from the United States, France, and Russia came to protest over and over again.

Even the British Minister to Japan issued warnings again and again.

But... so what does it mean that China's Admiral Jurgen is still a British aristocrat?
This kind of protest is doomed to be powerless.

What else can you do? Making a real threat?
Tsarist Russia, France, we are already at war with you.

America, are you going to start a war with me for Japan at this time?

No matter how you think about it, it's impossible. What a big joke. How much benefit do you have in East Asia?
Just like that, it ran over round after round.

The morale of the Japanese army is also declining.

This is not the period of the Russo-Japanese War, and the spirit of their army has not really risen yet.

This battle was so desperate.

Once defeated, defeated again, defeated again.

Each time they were defeated so completely that there was almost no hope of victory.

The Chinese army far surpasses them in terms of firepower, combat literacy, and warfare methods.

Even if we use twice as many troops or even three times as many troops, we still cannot win.

The armies of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Korean Kingdom, and Vietnam Kingdom were completely satisfied.

It turns out that following dad to fight monsters can be so satisfying.

After Dad's army bombarded the front and completely defeated their opponents, these coalition forces rushed to clean up the battlefield.

The Chinese army does not care about killing prisoners, looting, etc.

Whatever you do.

Therefore, these more than 10,000 vassal country coalition forces turned into wild beasts.

Madness ravaged the land.

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In comparison, the battlefield in the north is much more difficult.

The Chinese military has gained control of the air, has richer supplies, and has better weapons and equipment.

But... the whole battle situation is still very see-saw.

It was really like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

The ground for hundreds of miles was densely covered with artillery fire.

There were corpses everywhere.

The heavy machine gun did not create the glory of the Battle of the Somme, but it was already very impressive.

The most important point is that with the support of stronger weapons, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army has at least equaled that of the Tsarist Russian army.

Therefore, at least on every front, the Chinese army has the upper hand.

but……

The whole war was still very difficult.

Almost every line of defense is in turmoil.

In this era, the combat effectiveness of the Russian army still exceeded that of Japan.

And for Tsarist Russia, this is also a war that it cannot afford to lose.

But...you still have to lose in the end.

Not only the Chinese army made such a judgment, but also the Tsarist Russian army almost made the same judgment.

Although the results of the Chinese army are not very great, at least they have been winning.

It's just that the final price will be very high, but winning... must be won.

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After the Sino-Vietnamese coalition defeated the French army and recaptured Hanoi, the war did not stop, but there was no need for as many as 50,000 or 60,000 troops.

Feng Zicai, Liu Yongfu and others led 30,000 troops to stay in Vietnam, preparing to cross the sea and go south, and then help Vietnam recover the three provinces of Nanqi.

The ultimate goal is to completely drive France out of the Indochina Peninsula.

At this time, the Franco-Prussian War broke out, and France no longer used force to increase its troops in East Asia.

Chen Yucheng led the other two divisions of troops to sail northward to join the battlefield in the north and Tsarist Russia.

Although three hundred thousand troops were invested, it was still not enough.

We still need to continuously increase our troops.

This is a war destined to be won. The key is how much price to pay and how many casualties to pay.

At least it won't cost as much as the Russo-Japanese War.

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For many, none of the three wars was over.

But for a small number of people, the outcome of these three wars has been decided.

Russia, France and the United States have conducted secret consultations again and again.

Try every means to interrupt China's rhythm.

The most extreme methods have been proposed.

Assassinate the Queen Mother, assassinate the Emperor, and create civil strife.

Assassinate Su Yi's family members.

Inciting internal rebellion and so on.

Even related implementation has been paid.

But without exception, all failed.

These countries within China do not have that much power to complete such a difficult assassination.

As for inciting civil unrest? Su Yi's purge in the country was still continuing. Zuo Zongtang, Ma Xinyi, Li Hongzhang and others were very ruthless, using the imperial examination fraud case to kill many people.

Moreover, it is no longer just a fraud case.

There are also tax evasion, selling illegal salt, raising private soldiers, land annexation and so on.

I don’t know how many people were killed and how many wealthy families were wiped out.

This group of people cursed secretly, but rebellion?

If you really don’t have this power, how many soldiers do you have? The Green Battalion, the regiment training force, was disbanded a few years ago.

Of course, you can incite the people to besiege the government offices and the imperial commissioner's residence.

However, if you dare to besiege you, I will kill you.

These imperial ministers came with the garrison division.

As long as you besiege, it is rebellion.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a scholar or a farmer.

Those who don’t know the truth and are being used are useless.

How many people have I, Zuo Zongtang, killed in the northwest? Where have you been?

I love you as a group, but it’s specific to a certain person or a certain group of people.

Just ask me to see if my butcher knife is good or not.

Killed three waves in total, too many to count.

The most important thing is that the genocidal attack on the mastermind behind the scenes has made many wealthy families completely stop thinking about this aspect.

So far, this great purge has spread not only to local clans but also to the imperial court.

Some of the six ministers, three ministers and nine ministers, the military aircraft department, the study room and other key departments were demoted.

About ten first- and second-grade officials were also killed.

The ministers of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes felt happy and said nothing.

In the past few years, the regent has been tormenting us and killing us until we were about to die.

You Han officials are enjoying watching it, looking aloof.

Now, it's your turn to be tortured, and we are watching the show.

Now it seems that the regent treats everyone equally.

Be ruthless to us, and be ruthless to you Han people.

You spineless people, why don't you say you are sick at home? You don't have to go to court.

At that time when the regent was repairing us, half of us did not go to court or go to the Yamen for office work.

Now it's your turn. You don't even dare to go on strike. You are really cowards.

We banner people still have backbone.

Hahaha, strike?

At this time, don't tell the court that you are not sick. Even if you are sick, you will not dare to ask for leave and still show up in the court.

Are you recuperating at home?
What's the meaning? Is this dissatisfaction with the regent? Or are you dissatisfied with the two queen mothers?

The regent is not here.

However, these executioners were inside the court.

Especially the two thieves Ma Xinyi and Li Hongzhang, they wanted to kill as many people as possible, and they wanted to dye their tops red with blood and heads.

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"Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone on the road, everyone on the road knows it!"

"After this crazy killing, who will dare to ask the emperor to rule personally in the future?"

"This battle has been going on for more than half a year. It's a brutal and brutal battle!" Prince Dun Yipei roared.

But Prince Chun Yixuan was silent.

Now, it is already 1871. This year the emperor will be sixteen years old (in lunar age), which means he has reached adulthood.

But can these three wars end this year?
In this environment where butcher's swords are everywhere, who dares to mention the emperor's personal administration?
If you are not afraid of death, what about your family?

When Su Yi was in the capital, he was fine and seemed a bit tolerant, but he was not in the capital, but on the northern battlefield.

Zuo Zongtang, Ma Xinyi, Li Hongzhang and others were not lenient at all when they exterminated their clans.

It just so happens that the power of the Westernizationists is too great now. After the destruction of many powerful families here, the vacuum of power created by the Westernizationists over there will be filled immediately.

Now the Su Yi faction is clearly telling the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world that I am not indispensable to you.

After the Manchus entered the customs, the bones of you people became soft.

Could it be that after being enslaved for hundreds of years, the bones have somehow become hardened?

This year is a critical year, and there is no mention of the emperor's personal rule this year.

Seventeen years old, eighteen years old, nineteen years old, that may not be mentioned by anyone.

Prince Dun Yi said: "After these three battles are over, will Su Yi usurp the throne?"

Prince Chun still remained silent.

Yi Pei said: "The emperor is our nephew. If Su Yi dares to usurp the throne, I will fight with him even if I am shattered to pieces."

"Is it possible that Aixinjueluo's empire will fall into the hands of Jueluo?"

Prince Chun Yixuan didn't say anything, but he said in his heart that he might not be willing to be Jueluo.

Maybe, the person's surname is Su.

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Under this killing.

Yehenala was also completely frightened, and so was the little emperor.

I didn't dare to make any unnecessary movements.

Previously, many Han ministers tried to get closer to the young emperor and the Queen Mother of the West, taking the opportunity to protect their own interests, hoping that there would be forces in the court that could compete with Su Yi.

And now...

The Queen Mother of the West and the young emperor did not dare to contact these Han officials.

And these Han officials even stayed away to avoid suspicion.

"Mother, are you going to be this useless all your life, like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty?" the little emperor couldn't help but ask.

"Shut up, shut up." Yehenara said: "From now on, don't say a word like this."

The little emperor said: "Isn't this in front of the queen mother? In front of other people, my son and minister didn't say a word."

Yehenala said: "Don't say a word in front of me."

Then, she said: "Next, you should keep writing to your Master Su. In it, you will ask him for a lot of knowledge. You will say that you miss him very much and ask him when he will return to Beijing."

The little emperor said: "My son knows."

Next, Yehenala went to Zhongcui Palace to see the Empress Dowager Ci'an, and she had an idea.

She misses her daughter Su Jue. Can she take care of her again?

Ci'an refused directly. In order to avoid it, you hid far away after giving birth to this daughter. Now I want to take it back for adoption, how is that possible?

I have raised this daughter for several years and she has become my darling. How can I give up?
After being rejected, Cixi just smiled and did not insist.

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In three battles.

The scale of the Vietnam battlefield was already very small, but the French were still retreating steadily because their battlefields in Europe were even worse.

And along with the defeat on the battlefield, the French Emperor wanted the Prussian army to surrender in Sedan a few months ago, and 100,000 French troops surrendered.

The so-called Second French Empire had perished and was replaced by the Third French Republic.

Of course, even at this time, the French colonists in East Asia still had great autonomy, but that was only if the battlefield went smoothly.

Now facing the increasingly powerful Sino-Vietnamese coalition forces, the colonial army has little power to resist.

It is only a matter of time before he is completely expelled.

And the first thing to end was still the Japanese battlefield.

After Xu Youren and other generals thoroughly implemented Su Yi's destructive policy, two-thirds of Tokyo was in ruins.

Japan, on the other hand, organized military counterattacks again and again.

But, it failed again and again.

In the end, the Japanese army completely lost morale.

Then, Meiji sent envoys to the Chinese army to ask for peace.

The two sides then engaged in a tug-of-war of negotiations that lasted for several months.

The Chinese representative proposed that Japan become a vassal state and expel the relevant powers.

In addition, in terms of diplomacy and military affairs, we must accept our country’s guidance.

Another important point is that the emperor and the shogun formed a coalition government, one in the east and one in the west, to jointly govern Japan.

There is no doubt that Meiji will not accept such conditions, and even the shogun will find it difficult to accept.

However, our representative is not in a hurry, and it is even better for you not to agree so quickly.

Because now this war has begun to make a profit.

The results of the robbery were too rich.

It is absolutely possible to fight and talk at the same time and make a fortune at the same time.

But in the end, the two sides completed the truce.

Meiji agreed to the relevant conditions, especially changing domestic policies and moving towards isolation again.

Furthermore, he promised to form a coalition government with the shogun.

In addition, compensation of 40 million taels of silver was made to China.

However, conditions such as the number of troops to be stationed are still being debated.

But no matter what, our country's war on Japanese soil is basically over.

This war lasted for nearly a year and brought a devastating blow to the entire Edo.

Countless Japanese soldiers and civilians were wiped out.

This country has not yet begun to rise, has just begun to show its buds, and has just begun to reform, but its backbone has been completely broken, its skin has been peeled off and cramped.

In the foreseeable future, there will no longer be any substantial threat.

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Note: It’s still 5,000 words, sorry, sorry, but the pace is still pretty fast.

(End of this chapter)