Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 71 The Victory Division
In order to let more people and corrupt officials of the court see what kind of troops defeated a French army that seemed impossible to defeat at the time.Therefore, a part of the Navy, Lu Yiwei, Liu Mingchuan, Dong Liang, and the Black Banner Army who participated in the war were specially selected to come to the capital to show the demeanor of the new army that killed the enemy and defended the country.

On the Dagu Wharf in Tianjin, it is already full of human heads.After several years of construction, Dagu Wharf already has dozens of berthing berths, making it very spacious.On both sides of the port, there is the majestic Dagu Fort, which has been replaced with the latest German Krupp fortress gun, which can sink any warship within 5000 meters. Dagu has truly become the guardian of the capital. An insurmountable iron gate.

As early as the day before yesterday, the people near the capital had learned from the "Daqing Daily" that the army that defeated the French devils would return to Beijing triumphantly.In order to celebrate the victory of the Sino-French battle, Guan Xuqing specifically asked all civil and military personnel above the fourth rank in Beijing to come out of the city to greet them.The new army landed in Dagu, Tianjin, walked into the capital from Tianjin, and then received the emperor's reward after completing a circle around the capital.This is nothing to the troops who usually go over mountains and mountains.

Shopkeepers in the capital, workers from various factories in Tianjin, students from Tsinghua University, and other citizens all flocked to move, and the alleys were empty.From the Dagu Wharf to the Guang'an Gate in the capital, there were crowds of onlookers everywhere. The admiral of the Nine Gates, Prince Chun, sent out all the ten battalions guarding the capital to maintain order.

The crowd was waiting for the victorious army to return to the north by boat. The anxiety, fear, and uneasiness of the past year seemed to have come to an end today.This large-scale war between China and France, which was caused by helping Vietnam defend, finally ended with France taking the initiative to seek peace. Although France did not admit defeat until the end, anyone with a discerning eye could see that France had really suffered a big loss. Tens of thousands of soldiers were captured, and the entire naval force in the Far East was wiped out. The refusal to admit defeat was just to keep the last piece of fig leaf.

As for the Chinese people, they only know that their country, which has been bullied by foreigners for decades, has finally washed away the humiliation of the Opium War and won a big victory.Especially the people near the capital, many of them still remember the scene of the French burning, killing and looting all the way into Beijing after disembarking in Dagu more than 20 years ago.In everyone's impression, those foreign devils can defeat thousands or even tens of thousands of Chinese with only a few hundred people. Today, an army has won the victory and captured tens of thousands of devils. How could they not come to see it? .

But not everyone is happy.Outside Guang'an Gate, in a small circle surrounded by troops from the infantry camp, Prince Li Shiduo, Prince Qing Yikuang, King Duanjun Baylor Zaiyi and others all had dark faces.

Zaiyi looked contemptuous this time, pointing at the soldiers of the infantry battalion who were busy going forward and back, and said: "Look, that little emperor won the battle with Han people, and even asked us to come to maintain the team for them, I don't know he Is it the emperor of our Manchus or the emperor of other Han people."

King Yikuang of Qingjun frowned and said, "Who said it wasn't? I heard that the emperor is going to let the soldiers braid their braids. I think he's getting more and more wrong." Guan Xuqing ordered all officials above the fourth rank in Beijing to go out of the city to greet them. It made them, the aloof princes, feel very uncomfortable.

At this time, the siren finally sounded on the sea.

From a distance, I saw a huge fleet coming towards the wind. The 5700-ton displacement of "Ride the Wind" and "Break the Waves" that bear the brunt made him look like an elephant, and the speed that was faster than other warships seemed to Like a galloping cheetah.In contrast, the five ironclad ships behind them, "Triumph", "Long Victory", "Undefeated", "Victory", and "Brave", all of which are 4800 tons, did not show their brilliance at all.After the ironclads came the battalion troop carriers, loaded with triumphant armies.And the three cruisers "Nanji", "Nanxiang" and "Yangfan" surrounded the troop carrier airtightly, one on the left, one on the right and one behind.Finally, the four super giants "Zhenyuan", "Dingyuan", "Weiyuan" and "Jiyuan" returned from Germany. The entire formation is tight and thick!After continuous battles, many warships were damaged, but this time before departure, both the captured French warships and the original Nanyang navy had painted the exterior of the same five new warships as the five new warships returned from Germany. Black, such a fleet looks mighty and hideous.

The fleet slowly approached the port, and the people at the port could already clearly see the navy on the warship.They stood straight on the side of the ship, looking at the direction of Dagu port one by one, looking proud and proud, but some of them shed tears.I don't know how many brothers died in the sea for today.

Seeing the warships tens of meters high, the people on the pier all showed amazement, and some even opened their mouths. "These iron boats belong to the Qing Dynasty?" The crowd was full of disbelief.

"Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves" first arrived at the pier.Walking out of the "Chengfeng" were the sailors of the former cruiser "Yang Wei". They had to abandon the ship, and the "Changsheng" took them back to the voyage.Today, they control the best cruisers in the world.

They stepped out of the warship, strode down the gangplank, and lined up neatly in front of the vacated space at the pier.Although the movements were quick and concise, the soldiers didn't seem to notice the surrounding crowd at all, and the noisy voices didn't have any effect on them.All they listened to were orders coming from the command mouthpieces ahead.

Once a team is lined up, it immediately moves forward under the command of the officer, and it is by no means like looking around.The unique temperament coupled with the navy blue military uniform made the surroundings ten degrees colder.Those who were close could only feel a murderous aura rushing towards their faces, and couldn't help but gasp, what kind of team is this?

All the soldiers lined up neatly and set off from Dagu Wharf to cross Tianjin City and then enter Beijing.Unlike the welcome teams of later generations with flowers and flags flying all over the sky, long walls of people lined up on both sides of the road, even passing through the countryside between Beijing and Tianjin, and many rural people even ran after the team. It is extremely novel for such a team that I have never seen before.

After entering Beijing, the enthusiastic atmosphere reached a peak. Although the news of these troops was reported in the newspaper every day, and Zheng Guanying even dedicated a page for them, the feeling of seeing these tiger and wolf troops with his own eyes is completely different. , everyone understood why they were able to defeat such a powerful foreigner the moment they saw them.And seeing a thicker cannon behind the carriage, the faces of all the people in the capital were full of excitement.

Duan County King Belle Zaiyi, who was cursing at first, stopped cursing at this time, and stood aside with an ugly face.But Prince Li Shiduo was full of shock in his heart, he had led soldiers before, and he knew what kind of soldiers would have such a temperament.In contrast, the ten battalions guarding the capital were indeed only guards of honor.He felt even more uneasy, the little emperor had such an army, who would dare to oppose him, wouldn't the future government be governed by his temper?Shi Duo looked at the new army with even colder eyes.

Guan Xuqing's soldiers did not go out of the city to meet the triumphant army like other officials, and he did not use that hypocritical attitude in front of the army he built with his own hands.

At this time, he was standing with his back in front of the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, which was the focus of the new army's parade.

The Old Summer Palace was destroyed in the Second Opium War and has not been restored.All I can see is the faintly discernible stone foundations, winding waterways and trails, and only a few stone pillars of Dashuifa and Yuanyingguan still standing there, overlooking the ruins and tiles, messy and hazy, like a sad monument .

Guan Xuqing stood like this, immersed in the desolate atmosphere of Yuanmingyuan.Behind him, groups of soldiers lined up neatly, silently.Seeing that the emperor and the soldiers were standing still, the crowd of onlookers gradually became quiet.

Finally, Guan Xuqing turned around and looked at the soldiers below.

"You should all have heard of this place. It used to be the largest royal garden in the Qing Dynasty, which is also my home. The French robbed all the treasures here 20 years ago, and then set fire to destroy my house. Home. They couldn’t make our ingenious treasures by themselves, so they robbed us, even if they couldn’t take away the bricks and tiles, they wouldn’t leave us. This time you defeated the French and helped me report the destruction of the house Qiu, I thank you." Guan Xuqing bowed deeply to all the troops below.

The eyes of the soldiers below changed when they heard this, they became proud and fanatical, and every word Guan Xuqing said touched their hearts.Seeing the emperor give such a big gift to him, he was a little panicked.

Under the leadership of Dong Liang, Liu Mingchuan, Lu Yiwei, and Liu Yongfu, everyone knelt on one knee and shouted to Guan Xuqing: "Loyalty to the emperor, defend the homeland."

Then, more than [-] people who were waiting for the award came up.The leaders are Zuo Zongtang, Dong Liang, Liu Mingchuan, Liu Yongfu, and Lu Yiwei.Guan Xuqing put gold medals with the Great Wall painted on them on their chests. This is the "Medal of Protecting the Nation" designed by him.

There are also people like Feng Zicai, Ding Shichang, Feng Xianghua, Wang Feng, Zhang Linhu and so on.

After the award was over, Guan Xuqing looked at them and said, "Remember, the honor of a soldier is above everything else. You should cherish this honor on your body."

At this moment, everyone stood up straight, while the soldiers of the infantry battalion, Xiaoqi battalion, forward battalion, and guard battalion who blocked the crowd were full of envy and affection. It is good to have fine clothes and fine food, but a person wants to prove himself more the value of.

Although the brief military parade ended soon, the impression left in the hearts of the people, students, and Mongolian soldiers was very deep.It can be said that what they have seen today is still unimaginable to this day.

(End of this chapter)