Yixin gently beat his forehead and replied, "Bao Aiqing, what you said is good, what are we going to do with others?" What about soldiers? What about weapons? Who will lead the army? You? Zeng Aiqing? Or who? ”

In fact, whether it is Bao Chao or Zeng Guofan, Yixin is not optimistic about them, the era of the Hunan army has passed, even if the Hunan army is still there, it is impossible to resist the Russian army with such a strong force......

"Your Majesty, don't we still have Wang Huanzhang? He is a good hand in war, and the minister is willing to recommend Wang Huanzhang to lead the army north......"

Cao Yuying on the side said in a low voice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Wang Huanzhang?"

Yixin frowned, not that he didn't appreciate Wang Huanzhang, but that he had always been at ease with this Wang Huanzhang, after all, this guy was Guo Ye's descendant at the beginning, if he was allowed to lead the army independently, once he had two hearts, then he didn't need to do it with Lao Maozi, but I was afraid that the devastated Manchu government would definitely not be able to support it.

"Let him lead the army independently, only afraid of ......"

Yixin hesitated.

Bao Chao said excitedly: "Your Majesty, no matter whether he Wang Huanzhang dares to go out on the expedition or not, as long as the emperor has an order, the minister is willing to charge into battle and never give up, although there is no Hunan army now, but the Sheng army trained by the minister these days has also become an army, and the minister is willing to lead the army north and fight to the death with Tsarist Russia!" ”

As the No. 1 general of the Hunan Army, although Bao Chao is getting older now, Jiang Gui's temperament, old and strong, is not afraid of the strength of the Russian army at all!

Yixin's spirit was shocked, and he said slowly: "Okay, Bao Aiqing, since you mean this, I will order you to lead the army north!" ”

"Your Majesty, no!"

Zeng Guofan, who was on the side, said urgently, "Your Majesty, now that the Russian army has dispatched no less than 200,000 troops, it is definitely not something that tens of thousands of us can resist, and when the time comes, the jade will be burned, and the mountains and rivers will be broken, I am afraid that millions of subjects of the Qing Dynasty will all suffer......

Originally, the population of the entire Northeast was only three or four million, because some of the old and young people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty still had thoughts about the Qing Dynasty, so they left the Guannei and came to the Guanwai, and now the population outside the Guanxi has exceeded 400, close to five million.

Yixin was dissatisfied: "Otherwise, what are we going to do?" ”

Zeng Guofan gritted his teeth and replied: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, we still salute first and then soldiers, and conduct peace talks with Tsarist Russia, even if we promise them certain benefits, as long as our Qing Dynasty can be stable, the rest are secondary, otherwise, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty will be ......."

Yixin was silent, Zeng Guofan said well, fight? Really fight, don't say that the current Qing Dynasty, even the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, in the face of 200,000 Tsarist Russian troops, there is no chance of winning, if the Tsarist Russian Lao Maozi comes tens of thousands of people, maybe he can still fight, these 200,000 people, not to mention that the Tsarist Russians are extremely vicious, fierce in battle, just the strength of the army, are far from others, even if you add the strength of Wang Huanzhang of Shanhaiguan, the current Great Qing Kingdom is only a hundred thousand troops.

Bao Chao hurriedly said: "Di Shuai, you ......"

Zeng Guofan's face darkened, and he shouted: "Bao Chao, you stop talking, confront the Tsarist Russian army, you are beyond your strength, how many Sheng troops have you trained?" Less than 30,000! There are 20,000 people in Tsarist Russia, you have to know that they are Tsarist Russian foreigners, extremely vicious, not the original long-haired Taiping bandits, your little strength is not enough to stuff people's teeth, do you want to make the Qing Dynasty ruin the country? ”

Zeng Guofan was really anxious, and at this time to start a war with Tsarist Russia, there was only one way to lose the country.

"Hateful! If it weren't for Guo Ye establishing himself as king and leading his troops to rebel, why would the Qing Dynasty be like this? ”

Yixin is full of remorse, regret not at the beginning, this Guo Ye is a white-eyed wolf, in vain he regards him as a pillar of the Qing Dynasty, but he didn't expect that at the most critical time, he stabbed the Qing Dynasty in the back......

But Yixin didn't want to think about it, how did he treat Guo Ye in the first place? I can't wait to disband the entire Lu army and wipe out Guo Ye's descendants to please foreigners, how can I blame Guo Ye? It's just that it's just that they don't fight for themselves.

"Di Gong, what should we do if there are peace talks? Who to send to the peace talks? ”

Yixin asked.

Zeng Guofan's eyes slowly closed, and it took a long time before he opened his eyes and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to Heihe, hoping to reach an agreement with the Russians and let them withdraw their troops......

Zeng Guofan was also reluctant to borrow this errand, but if he didn't accept such an errand, who would he let pick up? Who else has the ability to do this? Cao Yuying had two hits, but Cao Yuying was weak and sickly, so she was afraid that when she arrived in Heihe, she would throw away half her life......

Zeng Guofan continued: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to rely on his incorruptible tongue to mobilize the envoys of Britain and France and other countries to come forward to participate in the mediation between China and Russia, and use the strength of Britain and France and other countries to put pressure on Tsarist Russia, hoping to force back the Tsarist Russian army." ”

Yixin nodded and replied: "For the sake of today's plan, this is the only way, to pass on the decree and appoint Zeng Guofan as the minister of the special envoy of the order, responsible for this negotiation, in charge of the affairs of various countries......"

As soon as Yixin's words fell, the Wuren below had already jumped out, and the green tendons jumped out of the old high, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is resolute, the Qing Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, and now he has repeatedly bowed to foreigners, how can he be worthy of his ancestors and ancestors?" Besides, Tsarist Russia has always been insatiable, and they intend to annex the entire Qing Dynasty, not for petty profits, otherwise they would not have sent 200,000 troops, how can such negotiations be discussed? Do you want to give them all the country? ”

Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly: "Gong Genshan, the national domain is not willing to do such a thing, who wants to be this traitor who loses his power and humiliates the country, but do we have a way out?" Could it be that if we use force, we will be able to protect the Qing Dynasty? We now have only 100,000 troops to the country, and there is a shortage of firearms, how can we compare with Tsarist Russia? Don't I know their wolf ambitions? This matter cannot be solved by relying on the power of the Qing Dynasty alone, and the ministers of various countries can only be asked to mediate, otherwise, even if all the troops are pressed to Heilongjiang, it will definitely be a drop in the bucket and useless......"

Wu Ren was stunned, he was not good at military affairs, but as a generation of Confucianism, he naturally knew that the splendid rivers and mountains were fought to the death by the ancestors with a knife and a gun, so he gave it to others? Where's that?

"Digong, no matter what, if you can't beat it, you have to fight, otherwise, what will we become, cut the land again and sue for peace? Give people money as compensation? When is it a game to cut back and forth like this? ”

"Then accumulate strength in order to get up later, Genshan Gong, this is not the time for us to fight hard......"

(To be continued.) )