Xianfeng's mood was very complicated, he was a little helpless to be forced, he was a little expectant, and at the same time he was a little worried. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Heilongjiang is vast and sparsely populated, which is the reason for the frequent armed invasions of the Russians, and it is also the reason why Heilongjiang is unable to resist the invasion of the Russians.

The sharpness of firearms is no longer able to compete with cavalry and archery, this sentence hits the key point of the Qing Dynasty, and the most important purpose of banning the Northeast is to preserve the strong and pure Eight Banners in the Northeast.

That being the case, what is the need to insist on the blockade of the Northeast, it is better to fully lift the ban and encourage the people to immigrate to the Northeast to enrich the frontier, which can not only prevent the invasion of the Russians, but also develop the Northeast, increase the imperial court revenue, and the most important thing is to increase the source of troops.

He saw it very thoroughly, musketeers are easy to train, muskets can now be produced quickly in large quantities with machines, and in the future war, it is the strength of the troops, which is also the reason why he is determined to completely lift the ban on the Northeast, and the Northeast needs to attract more immigrants to ensure that there is enough soldiers.

What worries him is that the northeast, especially Jilin and Heilongjiang, although fertile and thousands of miles away, is a bitter cold land, and even if the ban is lifted, I am afraid that it will not be able to quickly attract many immigrants to it.

After implementing the two-hundred-year ban policy in the Northeast and completely lifting the ban, Mu Zhang'a was also in a complicated mood, and he couldn't judge whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, so he kowtowed tremblingly: "The emperor is sage." ”

Xianfeng glanced at him and said, "Who is suitable to lead the troops into Heilongjiang to fight the Russians?" ”

Mu Zhang'a didn't hesitate, and said: "The slave secretly thinks that Yizeng and Zaizhao can both be used." ”

Yi Zeng and Zai Zhao are both from the Nanyang Navy, and have a lot to do with Yi Zhi, and Zai Zhao is Yi Zhi's brother-in-law, Mu Zhang'a recommended these two people to lead the troops to Heilongjiang, making it clear that they are content with Yi Zhi, and it is convenient to ask for silver and arms, and another reason is that both of them have actual combat experience.

Xianfeng pondered for a while, and then said: "Zai Zhao has not yet returned, Yi Zeng led the troops to the battle, and Zai Zhao took over the Beiyang Naval Division." After a pause, he continued: "Now that the ban has been fully lifted in the Northeast, it is time to lay a telegraph. ”

Shanghai, outside the gate of Zhenhai Mansion.

A beautiful four-wheeled carriage slowly stopped outside the gate, and as soon as the door opened, the well-dressed British Minister to China and Governor of Hong Kong came out of the door, and then stepped into the gate under the courteous captain, who had only arrived from Hong Kong yesterday.

Yi Zhicontent, as always, stood outside the door of the study to greet him, only yesterday he received the Anglo-French combined fleet in the Tatar Strait to completely annihilate the Russian fleet in the Far East, today Bao Ling rushed to Shanghai, obviously it will not be for this matter, let Bao Ling run from Hong Kong to Shanghai, obviously it will not be a trivial matter.

He couldn't figure out what it would be for a while, and it shouldn't be related to the war, but for him, Bao Ling came in time, and he was looking for an opportunity to talk to the other party in detail, and the other party took the initiative to come to the door.

As soon as they met, Yi Zhixiang smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Congratulations to the British and French fleets for destroying the Russian fleet in the Far East." ”

Bao Ling said with a smile: "This is also thanks to the great assistance of your navy. ”

"Russia is our common enemy, and rightfully so." Yi Zhishu withdrew his hand and immediately showed it, courteally inviting the other party to enter the door.

After entering the room and taking a seat politely, Bao Ling said slowly: "The Russians have scuttled their Black Sea Fleet, and on March 20, Tsar Nicholas I committed suicide by poisoning himself in despair and remorse, Your Excellency should have heard of it, right?" ”

Tsar Nicholas I committed suicide by poisoning? Yi Zhi's contentment was very surprised, although the Russians scuttled the Black Sea Fleet, but the war is not over, the Russians are still purchasing arms and food in the northwest, preparing to fight back in the Crimea, how could Nicholas I commit suicide by poisoning in despair?

He smelled a smell of palace changes, he didn't think much about it, and said with a slight chin of his head: "This is shocking news, but you should be congratulated on getting out of the quagmire of Crimea as soon as possible." ”

"Although Nicholas I had committed suicide by poisoning, the war was not over, and the siege of Sevaspor was in full swing." Bao Ling changed his head as he spoke, "However, we suffered a huge blow in Kerch, the logistics center of the Russian army, with more than 5,000 casualties, and the damned Russians suddenly got a large number of Mini guns. ”

Kerch is at the eastern end of the Crimean Peninsula and is the logistics center of the Russian army, where the supplies transported from the Russian interior are piled up, leaving heavy guards.

Yi Zhixiang was secretly refreshed, the other party obviously suspected that Yuan Qi was selling Mini guns to the Russians, this thing can not be said, don't count the other party has no evidence, that is, the evidence is conclusive, he also killed and did not admit it, what kind of joke, this matter has to be admitted, it is tantamount to declaring war on Britain and France!

"The Russians have a large number of Minnie guns?" He frowned slightly, then nodded and said: "Sure enough, the gains outweigh the losses, in the autumn of 1852, we were fighting with the Russians for a gold mine in the northwest, and the Russians captured a small team ........ ”

The Russians were able to mass-produce Mini guns? Bao Ling was a little puzzled, the Mini gun has no technical content, it is easy to imitate, and the difficulty is in large-scale production, after all, the requirements for the Mini gun ammunition system are very high, and there must be a high enough level of mechanical processing before mass production is possible.

After hesitating, he asked directly, "Yuan Qi is transporting a large amount of arms to the western part of your country?" ”

"Your Excellency is really well-informed." Yi Zhizu grabbed a sentence, slowly lit a cigarette, and then said: "There is no need to hide this, the Russians have invaded and occupied a lot of territory in the northwest of our country over the years, and His Majesty the Emperor of our country intends to send troops to the northwest to recover the occupied territories, not only in the northwest, but also in the northeast........ ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then changed his words, "Your country has always hoped to contain Russia and block Russia's access to the sea, right?" ”

Bao Ling groaned slightly, and then said, "Why do you say that?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "This war between your country and Russia is not only limited to the Crimea, but also the Caucasus battlefield, the Baltic Sea battlefield, the Kamchatka battlefield and the White Sea battlefield.

Containing Russian expansion in the Far East and preventing Russia from owning ports in the Far East and the Pacific should be the common goal of our two countries, and after two years our navy has recovered all the strongholds established by the Russians near the mouth of the Heilongjiang River and on Sakhalin Island, and has sent a fleet to occupy Petropaprovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula. ”

After all, the Russians are not vegetarians, and the Russian Baltic Fleet is not something that the current Nanyang Navy can compete with, so he hopes that Britain can actively support the Qing Dynasty to occupy the Kamchatka Peninsula, and only with the support of Britain will the Qing Dynasty not swallow and spit it out!

Bao Ling was very surprised, he really didn't expect the Qing Kingdom to have such a good appetite, and actually wanted to occupy the Kamchatka Peninsula from the Russians, Britain and France were not interested in the Kamchatka Peninsula with a harsh climate, long winters, sparse population, and barren land, it was too remote and distant, and it had no value for the two countries.

If the Qing State occupies the Kamchatka Peninsula, it will be equivalent to completely erasing the foothold of the Russians in the Far East, and it will greatly curb the expansion of the Russians into the Far East, which is not a good thing.

Moreover, with this entanglement, the relationship between Russia and the Qing State is bound to be bad, which can be said to be beneficial and disadvantageous for the British Empire, so why not?

Of course, he was very disdainful of Qing Guo's behavior of picking up cheap, in addition to the Kamchatka Peninsula, Qing Guo also planned to pick up cheap in the northwest, and no one was happy!

After a slight sigh, he spoke: "China has leased Hong Kong for more than 10 years, but the situation is not optimistic, even Macao, I hope that your country will allow Chinese merchant ships to be registered in Hong Kong, fly our national flag, and enjoy the treatment of our merchant ships, so as to attract many businessmen to Hong Kong." ”

Is this a condition? Yi Zhifu didn't think much about it, and then said: "However, I need Britain, France, China, and Russia to sign a treaty to officially occupy the Kamchatka Peninsula." ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured, I will do my best to bring this to fruition, but this will not be until the end of the Crimean War." Bao Ling smiled, he didn't plan to ask about the Mini gun anymore, the Qing State wanted to send troops to Russia in the northwest and northeast, and also wanted to occupy the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, how could it be possible to sell a large number of Mini guns to Russia?

If the Kamchatka Peninsula can be successfully occupied, it will be extremely beneficial to the purchase of Alaska and the annexation of Eastern Siberia, and it can also greatly curb the momentum of Russia's expansion to the northeast.

Henan, Lanyang County, Tongwaxiang Town.

Tongwaxiang is a prosperous ancient town with a history of 1,000 years, it is also a famous Yellow River crossing, the Yellow River comes from the west, and it turns southeast here, because the northeast section of the terrain is low-lying, and the Kaifeng area breaks the river more than this to rush to the Liangshan area, therefore, this section of the river has been the danger of river defense since the pre-Ming Dynasty.

Every flood season, there are people on the river to patrol day and night, the Yellow River is not better than the Yangtze River, there are flood seasons all year round, respectively called peach flood, Fu Xun, autumn flood, Ling Xun, summer and autumn two seasons of Fu Xun and autumn flood together called "Fu Qiu Flood", is also the most worrying.

In the past few days, the Yellow River has been flooded, the water is fierce, the downstream water level has risen one after another, in just two days, the water level has risen suddenly by more than one foot and one foot, the heavy rain has stopped, and many people have come to watch the water situation on the river, looking at the turbid river water that is surging and roaring down is not far from the top of the embankment, everyone is worried, for fear that the river will overflow the embankment.

There is a way to be afraid of what to come, after dark, it is a heavy rain downpour, the dense rain makes everyone scared, the next morning, the sky is bright, the river on the sound of dense gongs, this is the alarm signal of the top of the water embankment, the whole copper tile box is in a panic, some people panic out of the town to flee, and some people shout to organize the young and strong to prepare materials, do the preparation of the embankment.

At this time, standing on the river and looking at the past, the river water has leveled the river embankment in many places, and the entire embankment is precarious and dangerous, but the team patrolling the river on the river embankment has always stuck to the river lift.

In the morning, the section of the three fort embankments of the copper tile box was the first to collapse, the breach was not big, but three or four zhang, the young and strong who had been prepared immediately signed the pile box in an orderly manner, threw the masonry to block the breach, for a whole day, although the break was not blocked, but it was not expanded.

Play at night, it rained heavily again, and the wind was fierce, the wind was fierce because of the rain, the rain helped the wind, the wind swept wildly, the waves lifted the sky, the breach that was not blocked all day, and finally collapsed, "boom" sounded, a large section of the river embankment collapsed, a river storm poured down from the breach, in the blink of an eye, the thousand-year-old town was flattened by a drum, and sank to the bottom of the river.

The copper tile compartment breaks the embankment, the break is 100 zhang, the whole river snatches away, like a yellow dragon rolling down, Lanyang, Xiangfu, Chenliu, Qixian is a vast ocean, far and near villages, half-exposed treetop roof.

In Shanghai, Cao Gensheng, who was drinking water, was choked on when he finished reading the telegram, and the embankment burst again? It's only been a few years? Finally stopped coughing, he couldn't help but sigh, this time the Yellow River burst the embankment is really not the time, soldiers are being used everywhere, even Yuan Qi can't take out the silver!

Jingshi, Xianfeng looked at the verdant garden in a daze, and was speechless for a long time, and finally recruited the Twist Army, expelled the Taiping Army, and then the Gurkha invasion of Tibet, and the Russian invasion of Heilongjiang, and finally settled them one by one, thinking that they could breathe a sigh of relief, the Yellow River broke the embankment again, can it still be stopped?

Having a telegram is convenient, and soon, the nearby prefectures and counties that were flooded by the flood came to report the situation one after another, but after repeatedly confirming the situation, Xianfeng, who had always been quite concerned about the flooding of the Yellow River, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, this is not as simple as the Yellow River bursting its embankment, but the diversion of the Yellow River! Great diversion!

Originally, the Yellow River flowed into the Yellow Sea through Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu and finally flowed into the Yellow Sea in Jiangsu Binhai.

What does the diversion of the Yellow River mean? Xianfeng's face turned extremely pale in an instant! This is not only a rare catastrophe, but also means that the yellow plague that will continue for many years to come, in an instant, he decided to come down and block the breach, and he must block the breach at all costs!

A day late, Yi Zhicontent knew that this Yellow River burst was not an ordinary embankment burst, but a major diversion of the Yellow River, and it was the sixth major diversion with great impact in history. There is no silver for the embankment, and it is still a big diversion!