The main fleet of the Nanyang Navy has been in Korea? And is coming to Tianjin at full speed? What does that mean? Monk Lingqin, Yizeng, Zaizhao, and Guiliang were all one after another, looking at him speechless for a long time.

Although the British and French joint fleets have divided into a detachment, the main fleet gathered in the sea of Tianjin still has more than 200 warships, and the number of third-class and fourth-class ships is far from being comparable to that of the Nanyang Naval Fleet.

Monk Lingqin was the first to come back to his senses, and when he saw that several people were standing, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to give up his seat, and he gave up the first place he was sitting.

Seeing this situation, Gui Liang's eyelids jumped, now that Yi Zhishu has resigned from all positions, there is only one empty viscount left, the third-class duke, who actually sat in the first place, which is extremely unruly, after all, Seng Lingqin is the king of the county, he himself is a scholar of Dongge University, Yizeng is the general of Shengjing, and even Zai Zhao, the admiral of the Beiyang Naval Division, is also holding the title of the commander of the Beiyang Coastal Defense, so it is not Yi Zhi's turn to sit in the first place.

However, Monk Greenqin, Yizeng, and Zaizhao all had a natural look, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he sat down under Monk Greenqin, and Zaizhao couldn't wait to say as soon as he sat down: "The Nanyang Navy has recently added a large number of warships?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "The sail warship is already on the verge of elimination, why spend a lot of money to buy a warship?" ”

"That's the annihilation of the British East India Fleet, and quite a lot of captures?" Yi Zeng said with a suspicious face: "But I heard that all the warships of the East India Fleet have sunk by themselves, is the rumor wrong?" ”

"Rumors are correct." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "All the warships of the British East India Fleet have indeed sunk themselves. ”

Hearing this, Seng Lingqin and the others couldn't help but be confused, neither added warships, nor captured, just more than 100 warships of the Nanyang Navy fleet, and mainly small auxiliary ships and steam gunboats, what did Baba rush to Tianjin for? Yi Zeng couldn't help but said: "The principal should know that the British and French combined fleets are trying in every possible way to find the decisive ........ of the main fleet of the Nanyang Navy. ”

"I am also doing everything possible to find the opponent's main fleet for a decisive battle." Yi Zhishu smiled: "Bohai is a good place, you can close the door and beat the dog!" ”

Shut down the door and hit the dog? The four of them couldn't help but look at each other, more than 100 warships want to annihilate more than 200 warships? And it is also a fleet dominated by Britain and France, did you hear it wrong, or did the other side say it wrong?

After a little hesitation, Monk Greenqin said: "Guocheng's appetite is really big enough, are you sure?" ”

"For this battle, I have been deploying for four or five years, how can I not be sure?" Yi Zhishu said in a relaxed tone: "At the beginning, I insisted on taking Jinjing as the main battlefield, in order to close the door and fight the dog!" ”

Zai Zhao reacted the fastest, and hurriedly said: "Yuan Qi has invented a powerful new artillery?" ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhizhi said with a full jaw: "Yuanqi Military Factory has not been idle over the years, and has successively developed new rear-loading guns, this battle, we have an absolute advantage in weapons, even if the fleet is small, it is completely able to win more with less!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a loud "report." ”

Listening to Feng Renxuan's voice, Yi Zhizu said loudly: "Come in." ”

Feng Renxuan, who was dressed in a straight military uniform and wearing riding boots, strode in, saluted a few people, and said, "Report to the principal, the military columns are too dense to unload the car in time, so I implore the troops to cooperate." ”

Too dense? How dense can it be? Can't even unload the truck? Monk Greenqin hurriedly said: "This king will arrange for soldiers to go to the railway station to assist in unloading the car. ”

Zai Zhao also said: "The officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division in the city can also go to assist. ”

"I'm tired." Yi Zhisuff arched his hand with a smile, "Time is urgent, there will be a steady stream of military trains arriving in Tianjin in the past two days, and the railway station needs someone to unload the train day and night." ”

Tianjin Railway Station, at this time has been busy into a pot of porridge, not only stevedores, just got off the Yuanqi recruits have joined the handling team, in less than two hours, there are eight military trains into the station one after another, although Tianjin is a big station, several platforms are all full, if you can not unload as soon as possible, it will inevitably greatly affect the follow-up military train.

Boxes of ammunition, grenades, cigarettes, medicines, canned food, and other baggage were quickly carried off the train and stacked on the platform, and then transported by carts, carriages, mule carts, and donkey carts.

The whole train station is busy, inside and outside the station can be seen everywhere in the station with loaded guns and patrols of the Yuanqi new army, Gui Liang, Yi Zeng two people into the train station noticed these loaded soldiers, both of them have personally led the Eight Banners recruits, very familiar with the Minny gun, at a glance found that the guns in the hands of these soldiers are different, obviously, it is Yi Zhifu said that the rear loading gun.

The two glanced at each other, and slowly walked towards the nearest soldier, in addition to the gun, the two also found that there were two more things on the soldier's waist, Gui Liang couldn't help but say, "Can you show your gun to the main department?" ”

Want to see a gun? Are you kidding? Lu Xiaoqiao raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them, he didn't say anything, he didn't know how to speak, it was not good to refuse, it would not work if he didn't refuse, how could the gun in his hand be easily given to people? In fact, from the time the two of them got off the sedan chair, he noticed that the eight sedan chairs, the ruby top, and the complements were cranes and unicorns, and they were proper first-class civil and military officers, but this had nothing to do with him, their Yuanqi New Army was not the Eight Banners Green Battalion, so he simply didn't speak.

Seeing that a soldier on the other side actually ignored him, Gui Liang estimated that he was scared of the other party, but a personal guard behind him scolded: "This is the master of the stage, and he is not polite!" ”

"Presumptuous! Where do you have to speak here? Yi Zeng scolded softly, after all, he had been in the Nanyang Navy for a few years, and he knew that the Yuanqi New Army respected the equality of officers and soldiers, and the salute was to return the salute, and this little soldier probably saw them wearing official robes, so he hesitated and didn't know whether to salute.

Lian Jiang Lianhai, who saw this scene from a distance, had already trotted over, and when he arrived, he stood up and saluted, and then said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are on a guard mission, what is the matter?" ”

"Company commander." Lu Xiaoqiao said aggrievedly: "They want to get my gun." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Lianhai's face turned cold, "We are on a mission!" If you want to see the firearms, you can go to the platform. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Please——。 ”

What do you call down your gun? Be looking at your guns! Gui Liang was not easy to explain, so he didn't say anything immediately, and walked straight, but Yizeng nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "It's us who are abrupt, please also report it, Gui Zhongtang came to the train station to inspect and see if there is still a need to send more manpower." ”

Gui Liang walked all the way with his head stuffy, and the attitude of the junior officer was very cold and blunt, which made his heart a little unhappy, because he knew very well that the new army attached great importance to the grassroots officers, and the attitude of these grassroots officers towards the imperial court members could also be said to be the attitude of the Yuanqi New Army towards the imperial court.

Entering the platform, he caught a glimpse of the rows of large and small artillery on the platform, and the piles of various cargo boxes, he couldn't help but be shocked, so much baggage, how many troops did Yuan Qi mobilize to come to Tianjin?

After a while, Yizeng turned around, and said with a smile: "Yuanqi is really a big deal, the Beijing-Hangzhou line and the Shitai line have all stopped operating, and today is a day, and it is planned that thirty military trains will arrive in Tianjin ......." ”

Gui Liang asked softly, "Do you know how many troops Yi Guocheng has mobilized to come to Tianjin?" ”

Yizeng glanced at him, "What are you worried about?" ”

"I'm worried about Kyoshi." Gui Liang said and pointed to the rows of large and small artillery, "If Yuan Qi suddenly attacks, can the Eight Banners New Army stop it?" ”

"Unstoppable." Yi Zeng shook his head solemnly, "Has the emperor left Beijing?" ”

"Not yet." Gui Liang groaned: "Shouldn't we join hands and ask the emperor to leave Beijing and go to Rehe as soon as possible." ”

After a slight sigh, Yi Zengcai said: "If the emperor goes to Rehe, he will inevitably transfer the new army of the Eight Banners to accompany him, and the Beijing division will also deploy troops to defend, and he will not be able to participate in the ....... in the battle of Tianjin and Beijing." ”

At dusk, Gui Liang and Yi Zeng returned to the Haiphong Office, and as soon as they entered the gate, the two found that the soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division who were originally on duty at the gate had been replaced by the Yuanqi New Army.

The two of them went straight to the courtyard where the monk king lived, and the monk who had just eaten dinner and was walking in the courtyard saw the two people come in, greeted him a few steps, and asked, "How is the situation?" ”

"3,000 people were dispatched from Beiyang and Luying to take turns to go to the railway station to assist in unloading the truck." Gui Liang turned his head as he spoke, "Why is there a new army of Yuanqi here?" ”

Monk Lingqin said lightly: "The Haiphong Office has now become the headquarters of the Yuanqi New Army, so it is natural to change the defense. ”

The three of them entered the room, turned on the lamp, and Yi Zeng continued: "This battle, Yuan Qi can be said to have made a bloody investment, several platforms at the railway station are piled up, and there are one hundred and fifty large and small artillery pieces that have arrived at present, and I heard that there are also a large number of mortars similar to mountain howitzers, in addition to the soldiers are equipped with Baoshan-style rifles - rear-loading rifled guns, as well as grenades, in addition, the bullets have also changed a lot, all of them are copper shell bullets .......

According to preliminary estimates, the advantage of the Baoshan rifle in terms of firing range is not very obvious, but the advantage in terms of rate of fire is too obvious, it can be increased by at least two or three times, and the shooting posture is more free, even if it is lying on the ground, it can be loaded and shot, in addition, the killing range of the grenade is not small, at least 20 meters ....... ”

Gui Liang continued: "The army mobilized by the new army of Yuanqi to come to Tianjin is initially estimated to be about 60,000, so we must not be unprepared...... He should pray that the emperor should go to Rehe as soon as possible. ”

Monk Lingqin said softly: "The emperor has a telegram and will not leave Beijing. ”

The emperor will not leave Beijing? Gui Liang was stunned, "What if...... In case of....... He said two whatevers, but after all, he didn't dare to say that Yuan Qi rebelled and attacked Jingshi.

"This king also feels that it is better for the emperor not to leave Beijing." Monk Lingqin said slowly: "It's neither summer nor autumn at the moment, what is the name of going to Rehe?" Summer? Hunting? The Battle of Jinjing, but the emperor went to Rehe, what do the people of the world think? Besides, if Yuan Qi has the intention to make trouble, the emperor will go to Rehe, and the Eight Banners New Army will also divide the troops, which is equivalent to giving up the Beijing division to Yuan Qi. ”

That's better than being wrapped in dumplings by Yuanqi's new army and served in one pot! Gui Liang didn't say this, he secretly planned to return to Jingshi early tomorrow morning, no matter what, he had to persuade Xianfeng to go to Rehe to avoid it and stay in Jingshi, it was too dangerous!

Yizeng actually didn't want Xianfeng to go to Rehe, he was worried that Xianfeng would send him to follow him, such a big war in Jinjing, and this battle was easy to be content and completely victorious, staying in Tianjin might still have a chance to participate in the war, 10,000 steps back, even if there was no chance to participate in the war, this is also a rare opportunity to observe!

After a slight sigh, he said: "What the prince said is not unreasonable, the emperor stayed in the capital, which is a holy move." ”

Seeing that he also agreed, Gui Liang couldn't help but say: "Since Yuan Qi has developed rear-loading guns and copper-shelled bullets, and is sure to annihilate the combined fleet of Britain and France in the Bohai Sea with more than 100 warships, why should he choose the battlefield in Jinjing?" Why not Guangzhou? He can completely annihilate the Four-Nation Alliance in Guangzhou! ”

"Ahem." Monk Greenqin coughed lightly and said: "As far as this king knows, when he proposed to use Tianjin and Beijing as the main battlefield, Yi Guocheng made it very clear that Tianjin Jingshi was the target of the British and French alliances, and Guangzhou and Shanghai, including Manila, could not be determined, so from the very beginning, the main fleet of the Nanyang Navy had been hidden in Korea. ”

Gui Liang didn't argue with him, he knew that he couldn't win the argument, anyway, he always felt in his heart that Jinjing's battle was easy to be content.

In a small conference room.

Zhao Wenlie held a candlestick and looked at the large map, and said slowly: "Dalian is only more than 200 nautical miles away from Tianjin, tomorrow morning, the coalition fleet will arrive at the mouth of the Haihe River, and the main fleet of Nanyang will rush to Dalian from Pohang, North Korea, how long will it take?" ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said, "Huifu is worried that the British and French four-nation alliance will withdraw their troops after learning that Yuan Qi has greatly increased his troops in Tianjin?" ”

Zhao Wenlie nodded and said, "The big shopkeeper has already made arrangements?" ”

"Of course." Yi Zhizhi said: "In addition to Dalian and Fushan counties, all the cable telegraphs in the coastal prefectures and counties of Bohai Bay have been cut off, and private ships are strictly prohibited from entering the sea. As for the journey from Pohang to Dalian in North Korea, it is only more than 600 nautical miles, and it can be reached in four or five days. ”

In other words, there was at least a day's gap in between, Zhao Wenlie glanced at him, and was faintly worried in his heart, Tianjin is a northern crow. The most active place for smuggling, there is no one, he is sure that there should be many officials in Tianjin and even many high-ranking officials and nobles in Tianjin. piece smuggling, whether these people will leak the news, but it's hard to say!