Chapter 181 The Sky Is Falling and Approaching the Capital (Congratulations to the New Leader Xiao Chenyu)

Chapter 181 The sky is falling! Approaching the capital! (Congratulations to the new leader Xiao Chenyu)

(Congratulations to Xiao Chenyu for becoming the new leader of this book, thank you)

It is said that when a person is at the last moment, the passage of time will be very slow. It may even feel like another life has passed.

From Weng Tongshu, it seems that he has seen the clue.

Before he died, his gaze towards Su Ye became extremely complicated and ever-changing.

First, he was extremely horrified.

Even if he thought about it eight hundred times, he would never have thought that Su Ye would use this method to solve it.

As an enemy, he once put himself in Su Ye's shoes to think about the problem, and found that it was completely unsolvable.

De Xing'a went to Yangzhou to grab military power, and Su Ye had no solution.

He Weng Tongshu went to Jiujiang to be the prefect and stabbed him in the back, and Su Ye also had no solution.

He even imagined what means Su Ye would use to fight and what method he would use to drive him Weng Tongshu away.

I really didn't expect that Su Ye's method was so simple.

Physical elimination!

Which provincial governor in the history of the Qing Dynasty dared to do this?

This... this is treason.

Kill two imperial envoys at once? What do you think, Su Ye?

Don't you want a future?

You, Su Ye, are so smart, why do you do this?

I, Weng Tongshu, am about to die. Before I die, am I not qualified to listen to your true words?

Don't let me die with my eyes open!

Facing Weng Tongshu's eyes, Su Ye frowned slightly.

Is your heart crooked? Why didn't you die with this knife?

Then, he pulled out the dagger and aimed it more.

Then, he stabbed it in again.

"Ah..." Weng Tongshu made a strange sound in his throat.

Then, he finally died completely.

Full of infinite unwillingness, reluctance, and fear.

Even, there was begging.

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Hong Renli stepped forward and slapped Su Ye with his palm.

He felt that he shouldn't kill people himself.

"You are also a man with children, so try to do less by yourself in the future." Hong Renli said, then took the dagger from Su Ye's hand, cut off Weng Tongshu's head with a gentle circumcision.

Then he grabbed De Xing'a's braid and cut off his head with a gentle circumcision.

Your technique is too neat.

Is it like a butcher cutting an ox?

"Now that you are like this, you should hurry up to marry Shang'er as a concubine. The brothers of the Taiping Army in the future will have a greater sense of belonging with you." Hong Renli lifted the two heads and shook them gently to shake off the remaining blood.

"If you do this today, Lin Qirong and Zeng Tianyang will definitely be very happy. You have proved with facts that we are the same people." While speaking, Hong Renli kicked the remaining bodies of Weng Tongshu and De Xing'a out of the cabin one by one.

At this time on the shore!

Hundreds of headless bodies were neatly arranged.

Hundreds of soldiers were digging an extremely huge pit.

Almost done, it's big enough.

Then the hundreds of headless bodies were thrown down together.

Dozens or hundreds of barrels of oil were poured on them.

Then a torch was thrown down.

Suddenly, flames shot up into the sky!

The Taiping Army was using lime to nitrate heads one by one, and then neatly placed them in boxes.

Even the bodies of Dexing'a and Weng Tongshu were not left behind, and they were burned.

The flames shot up into the sky, and still attracted people.

A group of cavalry came, about a dozen people.

I don't know if they are from Huai'an or Yangzhou.

They discovered all this from a long distance.

And Su Ye and Zeng Tianyang's people, more than a thousand people, were silent.

In the firelight, they looked at the dozen cavalry indifferently.

The dozen cavalry seemed to be in a nightmare.

They dared not move.

They will never forget this scene in their lives.

Especially many soldiers with disheveled hair, who were seriously nitrifying heads and then placing them in large boxes one by one.

The fire was soaring into the sky, and no one knew what was burning. It should be countless corpses.

In fear, the dozen Qing cavalrymen even forgot to run away.

Hong Renli saw it and waved his hand.

Dozens of soldiers raised their rifles and aimed at the cavalrymen.

Suddenly, the dozen Qing soldiers woke up from a dream and fled frantically!

But Hong Renli did not order to shoot after all.

The dozen Qing cavalrymen who survived the disaster cried with joy.

We didn't see it, we didn't see anything.

Thank you for your mercy.

Thank you for your mercy!

According to common sense, all these witnesses should be killed.

But it doesn't matter. It's even better to have these witnesses.

After all, there are more than a thousand people here, all dressed in Taiping Army.

The best way to distinguish the Qing Army from the Taiping Army is the hair.

Everyone was even calm.

After the fire was extinguished, hundreds of soldiers threw soil and buried the five hundred headless bodies.

Then everyone boarded the ship, turned around, and returned to Yangzhou.

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On the ship.

"Lord Su, this is a good thing for us." Zeng Tianyang suddenly said: "Before in Jiujiang, we would rather commit suicide than surrender to you, because we felt that we were not the same kind of people, but now we inexplicably feel that we have become close friends."

Su Ye smiled, raised his glass and said: "Respect to the old general."

Zeng Tianyang said: "Things are much better in Tianjing now than before. King Yi is more obedient. Lin Qirong, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng are in charge of the military. Together, they can suppress Shi Dakai. It feels like the situation is getting better and better."

Hong Renli beside him sneered disdainfully.

"Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about these things." Zeng Tianyang said: "It depends on each other's luck."

Then, he took out a bamboo jar, took out a cigarette, lit it up and took a puff.

"Good stuff, good stuff..."

Zeng Tianyang said: "You should send more over. The brothers are all addicted. After eating, especially when going to the toilet, they don't stink after smoking."

Hong Renli left directly.

Su Ye said: "Old General, I'm giving you a batch of cigarettes for your brothers to smoke. You're old, and this stuff is not good for your health."

"Nonsense." Zeng Tianyang said: "After I smoked it, I felt energetic, my joint pain was relieved, and the moisture in my body was much better. It's obviously a good thing."

Su Ye was speechless and couldn't explain it all at once.

"The key is that this thing is much better than the tobacco in the pipe. It's fragrant and strong. How did you make it?"

Su Ye said: "Then do you think this thing is easy to sell?"

Zeng Tianyang said: "It's easy to sell, of course it's easy to sell. Just transport it, I guarantee it will sell well. Tianjing City lacks everything, but not silver."

"However, you can't use bamboo barrels to pack it. There are many people in Tianjing who pretend to be powerful. You have to give them face and sell it at a higher price."

Su Ye laughed and said: "It's almost there, it's almost there."

Then, the two of them downplayed it.

A lot of business will be done with Tianjing City in the future.

Hong Xiuquan and his group, no matter how much silver they robbed, they simply couldn't spend it.

Moreover, these people were very unsophisticated. They couldn't open their eyes and scrambled for anything that was a little better.

Su Ye would feel sorry for himself if he didn't make some money from Hong Xiuquan.

The fleet left the canal and headed for Gaoyou Lake.

The river section that was about to return to Yangzhou would pass through the Shaobo Town Camp.

This time!

The patrol boats of the Qing army still came to intercept.

As usual, one hundred taels of silver were handed over.

Then, this lazy officer was about to let them go.

However, an officer on the shore was shocked to find that these boats were actually stained with blood and traces of fighting.

"Stop them, stop them."

Then, the Qing army on the shore rushed over.

"Dangdangdangdang..."

The bell rang.

The Qing army in the Shaobo Town Camp rushed out like a tide.

And at this time!

Zeng Tianyang's ship suddenly opened the gun cover and opened fire directly.

Hundreds and thousands of soldiers raised their foreign guns and opened fire fiercely.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Caught off guard.

All the Qing troops on the river were killed.

A large number of Qing troops on the shore were also knocked down.

Then...

All the Qing troops in Shaobo Town immediately lay on the ground, hiding behind the bunkers, motionless.

Zeng Tianyang and Su Ye's fleet continued to sail, calmly left the Yangzhou section of the river and entered the Yangtze River.

When they were far away, they could not see their backs.

The soldiers on the Shaobo Town camp shouted loudly: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Then, hundreds of people fired at the river.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Crackling, it lasted for a quarter of an hour.

Then, the commander of the Shaobo Town camp said: "Go to Yangzhou to report the victory, report to Lord Tuo Ming'a, and say that the anti-water army attacked and was repelled by us, with countless casualties!"

The staff member next to him said: "Sir, you can't report the victory, just pretend nothing happened."

The commander said: "Why?"

The staff member said: "This group of anti-water army entered the canal, and there was blood everywhere on the boat. Who knows what they did? Let's pretend we don't know first, so as not to bring trouble to ourselves."

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General Jiangning, the commander of the Jiangbei camp, Tuo Ming'a, was in a state of confusion at this time.

He didn't know what to choose.

He had received the news from the court in advance.

Several bigwigs in the Military Affairs Office and several princes in the court secretly sent messengers to him.

Su Ye was completely out of favor, and he was going to be unlucky next.

The emperor sent Weng Tongshu as the governor of Jiujiang, and the Jiangnan camp would allocate 5,000 troops to Weng Tongshu.

Therefore, after Weng Tongshu arrived in Jiujiang, he would confront Su Ye.

De Xing'a also came, and went south in the name of the imperial envoy, to take Wang Shiqing's new army to Tianjin to fight against the foreigners.

The order from above asked him to cooperate with Tuo Ming'a.

If Wang Shiqing's new army revolted, the main force of his Jiangbei camp would suppress it.

De Xing'a's people had not arrived yet, but his handwritten letter came by express boat.

In his words, he kept calling Tuo Ming'a his brother.

It was not only that he had forgotten the past, but he was almost ready to be brothers again.

Weng Tongshu's letter was the same, deeply reviewing his past mistakes and saying that he would follow his brother Tuo Ming'a's lead in the future.

Including Tuo Ming'a's backers in the capital also sent letters.

There was only one content!

Don't misjudge the situation, learn to stand in line.

Su Ye is going to be unlucky, and he will step down in a few months at most.

So, let Tuo Ming'a draw a clear line with Su Ye in time.

Also, let him get along well with Dexing'a and Weng Tongshu.

The most important thing is not to disappoint the emperor.

Tomin'a is loyal, but his loyalty is limited. It cannot exceed the wealth and honor of the emperor, let alone his life and property.

And now he has made up his mind.

He will not do anything to take advantage of Su Ye's misfortune.

But he will not get close to Su Ye.

Unconsciously, draw a clear line.

Then he must take some action to show his political attitude.

Personally welcome the imperial envoy's fleet.

So, early this morning, as the commander of the Jiangbei camp, Tomin'a, with many senior generals and officials from Yangzhou Prefecture, went to the canal wharf to welcome the imperial envoys De Xing'a and Weng Tongshu.

This is also a statement that Tomin'a always supports the emperor.

According to the letter, it was probably this morning.

At the entire canal wharf, more than a hundred officials were eagerly waiting.

Among the crowd was the commander of the new army, Wang Shiqing.

He was full of indignation at this time. When Marshal Su Ye passed through Yangzhou, no one from Jiangbei Camp and Yangzhou Prefecture went to the dock to greet him.

Even when Lord Su Ye passed by the city, no one left the city, not even to say a few words.

Now, Lord Su Ye's political enemy, Jiujiang Prefect Weng Tongshu, is coming, and the Vice Commander of the Bordered Blue Banner De Xing'a is coming, but you are going out in full force to greet him?

If this is not to say that it is too much, what else can it be?

However, officials from Jiangbei Camp and Yangzhou Prefecture have been waiting at the dock.

The imperial envoy's fleet has not come.

At this time, it is not just Jiangbei Camp that is waiting.

Jiangnan Camp is also waiting, because the emperor has already sent a secret decree that Weng Tongshu will come to Jiangnan Camp to borrow 5,000 troops before going to Jiujiang to assist in the defense of Jiujiang.

In name, Su Ye's new army was transferred to Tianjin, worried that Jiujiang's defense would be empty.

For He Guiqing, Su Ye was already an absolute political enemy at this time.

At the beginning, the two sides still had a relationship.

But since He Guiqing failed in the negotiations in Guangzhou, he was half a political enemy.

And now, he is a complete political enemy.

Especially not long ago, Su Ye's fleet clashed with He Guiqing's fleet of the Lijin Bureau, and Bai Fei's fleet directly broke through the checkpoint and opened fire.

Directly made the contradiction between the Jiangxi Governor's Office and the Governor-General of Liangjiang public.

Su Ye's move can be said to have made him, the Governor-General of Liangjiang, lose all face.

Therefore, Weng Tongshu wanted to go to Jiujiang to fight Su Ye, and He Guiqing certainly supported him with all his strength.

Not only did he come to the Jiangnan Camp in person, he must let Weng Tongshu get 5,000 troops as soon as possible. And he, the Governor-General of Liangjiang, would personally send Weng Tongshu to take office and support Weng Tongshu, the prefect of Jiujiang.

As a result, he waited in the Jiangnan Camp until the afternoon, but no one showed up.

He frowned thickly, could it be that Weng Tongshu was still staying in the Jiangbei Camp?

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Time kept passing.

Tuo Ming'a, who led the Jiangbei camp and the officials of Yangzhou Prefecture, became even more anxious.

Ordinarily, they should have arrived long ago.

This... it's already afternoon.

Everyone was talking about it.

Although everyone had sent people to deliver wine and food at noon, they were not very hungry.

"Lord Su Ye, this time it's considered a failure."

"According to this situation, at most three to five months, we will welcome another group of imperial envoys to announce the dismissal of the imperial envoy of the Jiangxi governor."

"Why? It's not worth offending the emperor for running a bird factory."

"Why didn't the imperial envoy fleet come? Could it be that Huai'an Prefecture flattered them and took the people away first, and they have to stay in Huai'an Prefecture for a day before coming?"

"Not really, not really. The military situation is urgent, so they must come to Yangzhou first."

"That's right. Without the military power of Su Ye's new army, the court is uneasy. I'm afraid the imperial envoys can't wait to fly over."

And at this time!

Several warships approached from afar.

Someone from the Jiangbei camp immediately shouted, "Is the imperial envoy's fleet coming? How far is it?"

But the faces of the people on these warships were full of panic and horror.

Before they got close, the people on this warship shouted loudly, "Sir, something bad is happening, something bad is happening!"

"The imperial envoy's fleet was attacked!"

"The big ship is covered with scars."

"There is no one on the ship!"

When these words came out, Dexing'a almost couldn't believe his ears.

Attacked? No one?

How is this possible?

This, this is on the canal.

The Fa Ni Shui Division never enters the canal.

This, this is the imperial envoy's fleet with hundreds of guards.

Did the imperial envoy's team run away after being attacked? Where did they run to?

"Where? Where?" Tuo Ming'a trembled.

"In the canal between Huai'an and Yangzhou."

Tuo Ming'a was determined to ignore everything and ignore everything.

However, he was the general of Jiangning, and he was the boss of the entire defense of Jiangbei. This was his responsibility.

"Prepare the fleet, prepare the navy, and go investigate the scene!"

"Go and rescue the imperial envoy with all your strength."

He still didn't believe that someone would dare to be so bold as to raid the imperial envoy's fleet.

Did the people below make a mistake?

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The next morning!

Tuomin'a led thousands of people to the ambush site.

Most of the ships were hijacked.

The remaining ships did not sink, but were circling on the canal with holes all over them, stuck somewhere.

Yes, this is the imperial envoy's official ship.

The flag on it is still there.

Each ship was covered with blood, which showed how fierce the battle was.

But there was no one in these ships, not even a corpse.

Where did they go?

Even if they escaped, they should have left the corpse behind.

At this time, Tuomin'a was still feeling lucky, maybe the imperial guards escaped and hid now.

"Sir, here, here..." Suddenly someone shouted.

"Everyone is here, you, you come and see... Ugh!"

Tuomin'a led everyone to see.

Suddenly, the whole person was horrified.

Almost fainted.

I saw that the big pit was filled with charred corpses.

Lost their heads.

Hundreds of them.

This... This... They were all killed?

Oh my God? Oh my God!

Who did this?

Who is so bold?

Did the traitor do this?

But why did the traitor target Weng Tongshu and Dexing'a?

Besides, how did the traitor know the imperial envoy's itinerary?

After a little thought, a name came to mind.

Suddenly, he felt dizzy.

He was cold all over.

Endless fear enveloped his whole body.

No, it couldn't be him.

He was not crazy. To do such a thing meant rebellion.

It meant that the whole family would be killed.

But no matter who did it, it was a great disaster.

After a long while, Tuomin'a trembled and said, "Quick, send someone to Beijing as quickly as possible to report to the emperor!"

"The imperial envoy's fleet was attacked and probably all destroyed."

Then, Tuomin'a couldn't bear it anymore and sat on the ground.

For him, even for the whole of Jiangbei.

The sky fell!

The sky really fell!

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Tianjin battlefield!

Zhili Governor Tan Tingxiang led seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses, abandoned Dagukou, and fled desperately.

He kept running with his head down.

It took a day and a night to run more than a hundred miles.

Finally escaped to Tianjin City.

Then, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This kind of big city can still give people a sense of security.

After entering Tianjin, he fell into another kind of uneasiness.

What should I do next?

Now the emperor is waiting for him to send a good news every day.

Now, Tan Tingxiang finally understood Ye Mingchen's situation at that time. The emperor seemed to be addicted to good news.

Once you send him a good news, you have to send it every day, and send several waves of people to urge him every day.

And it must be a good news.

Once you send a good news at the beginning, if you don’t send a good news later, or it’s not so good, the emperor will be unhappy.

What should I do now?

Dagukou was lost.

Tan Tingxiang racked his brains and thought of various ways.

Put the blame on Ronglu, saying that it was all his fault for the Tianjin New Army, which led to the loss of Dagukou?

No, he, Tan Tingxiang, was the commander-in-chief, and he couldn’t escape the main responsibility for the defeat.

Moreover, Tianjin and Beijing are too close, and the emperor has many people here.

It can’t be concealed.

After fighting for many days, we will move to Tianjin to lure the enemy deeper?

This won’t work either!

After a while, the governor of Zhili and the general of Tianjin entered and asked Tan Tingxiang to order how to deploy the defense of Tianjin City.

Tan Tingxiang said: "Our Tianjin is a big city with high and thick walls. The foreigners have only more than a thousand land forces. How can they not break in?"

"When the foreigners attacked Guangzhou, they had tens of thousands of land forces."

"The foreigners' naval guns are on the sea and can't hit Tianjin City. Only a few ships along the Baihe River can reach Tianjin."

"The emperor ordered me to resist for a month and wait for Wang Shiqing's new army to come to help."

"Then, it's the same to defend Tianjin City for a month."

"We have tens of thousands of troops to defend such a big city as Tianjin. It's impossible that we can't defend it for a month."

"Since Su Ye's new army is so powerful, let alone Su Ye's new army."

The governor of Zhili was so negative, let alone the people below.

Next, although the generals at all levels were also deploying defenses, their morale was completely different.

At Dagukou, many Qing troops still had a spirit of blood and courage.

But now, they only feel frustrated!

And at this moment!

There was a piercing bell outside.

Then, the soldiers rushed in.

"Marshal, it's not good, it's not good!"

"The foreign fleet is coming."

Tan Tingxiang was shocked.

Are the foreigners crazy? I just withdrew to Tianjin City with my army, and your warships are coming?

Then, Tan Tingxiang climbed the city wall and looked out.

Sure enough, the Baihe River was densely packed with foreign warships. (Baihe River, now called Haihe River)

They did not open fire first, but kept gathering.

Next, the entire Tianjin City fell into extreme anxiety.

Countless people hid in their homes.

Although tens of thousands of soldiers were guarding their respective positions, their morale was low and they were panicked.

There were more and more Western warships on the Baihe River.

Then...

Fire again!

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Historically, Western warships only bombarded the suburbs of Tianjin.

At this time, these naval guns bombarded the Tianjin city wall.

The whole city was in extreme anxiety.

There was a bombing almost every half hour!

However, the entire Tianjin garrison planned to just be a turtle.

Moving.

And then, something even more terrifying happened.

The Western Marines landed again, about two thousand people.

This army appeared outside Tianjin.

This time, the panic in Tianjin reached its extreme.

Just when everyone thought that the foreign army was going to formally attack Tianjin.

The British commander just looked at the top of Tianjin City with contempt.

Then!

The Western warships on the Baihe River actually moved.

However, they did not move towards the Bohai Sea.

Instead, they went up along the Baihe River.

This... is it going to enter Beijing?

Beyond the Baihe River, there is the Yongding River.

The Yongding River leads directly to the capital.

Although a section of the Yongding River is silted up and impassable.

But the small warships of the foreigners can really approach the capital infinitely along the Yongding River.

Then, two thousand British and French marines, along the south bank of the Baihe River, under the protection of warships, continued to march towards the capital.

Zhili Governor Tan Tingxiang was horrified.

What does the foreigners mean by this?

This, they are not going to attack Tianjin, but they are going to attack Beijing directly?

Are the foreigners crazy?

But no matter whether the foreigners are crazy or not, Tan Tingxiang is definitely going crazy.

Dagukou fell, and he Tan Tingxiang may not die.

Even if Tianjin City fell, he may not die.

But... if the foreign army is allowed to reach outside the capital, then he, the governor of Zhili, will die!

At this time, he can't care about anything else.

Shouted: "Hurry up and send people to Beijing, send people to Beijing, and inform the emperor!"

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Note: I woke up after sleeping for more than three hours, so I wrote this chapter until eleven o'clock.

I can't think of a way to ask for monthly tickets, so I'll knock on the desktop for everyone! Thank you for your monthly tickets, I'm going to sleep.