Chapter 179: Gotta Do It First Update!
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"This Bai Sven is hateful, and Lord Ryan is also hateful!"
In the principal's office of the Yaleizhou Military Academy, Zuo Zongtang said in a deep voice. He is still dressed as a scribe, his head is still smooth, and he does not have short hair like Zhu Jishi. Zhu Jishi and Zuo Zongtang had just said goodbye to Zhu Mo and Zhu Jianyu before returning to Yaleizhou, and Luo Xiangju personally sent an urgent report from Guangyi Hall. Regarding Bai Siwen's suggestion to exchange the opium ban for Zhu Jishi's head, Zuo Zongtang didn't take it seriously at all - Lin Zexu was not stupid, how could he use his reputation to be the ladder for Bai Siwen to be promoted to an official and make a fortune? If Emperor Daoguang wants to betray the country, he can bring it up himself, and he will bear this infamy for all generations. However, Zuo Zongtang did not dare to take Lord Lai's suggestion lightly.
"Lord Lyne once served as Guan Tianpei's deputy, commanding the Guangdong Navy Division to fight the British army many times...... Of course, they were all fiascos. However, he became a famous general, a famous main battle faction, and he was more impulsive, so he might really do something about attacking Deep Water Bay at night. We are not afraid of this grand array, but the matter of the surprise attack is really difficult to talk about, so let's get rid of this famous general from the position of the admiral of the Guangdong Navy Division as soon as possible! ”
"Advisor, you said this lightly, but this matter is not easy to handle." Zheng Hong shook his head and said.
His own position was the Minister of the Navy of the Grand Duchy of Lan Fang, but he was not in Lan Fang, but commanded the fleet of Canton ships in Hong Kong to do coolie trade, and the liaison between Daming Mountain and Hongmen Shantang in Guangxi and Fujian was also in charge of him. Actually, it's a bit of a spy boss. But it's not internal. Zhu Jishi also has a brocade guard in charge of the internal guard, which is jointly controlled by Luo Xiangju and Wang Yunjiao's two concubines. Furthermore. The Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, also under the management of Mrs. Duran, has become a department specializing in intelligence work for Westerners. These three add up. constituted Zhu Jishi's spy organization.
"What's so bad? Won't a few battles blow Lord Ryan away? Zuo Zongtang twisted his beard and said, "His Guangdong Navy Division has a battalion of soldiers on Lantau Island, about hundreds of people, let's send troops to take down Lantau Island and destroy his soldiers and horses." He is the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division, and he has the responsibility of defending the territory, so he will inevitably send troops to counterattack, and if he loses a few more battles, his official position will naturally not be guaranteed. ”
The attack on Lantau Island had long been in Zhu Jishi's Jihua, and for this reason, he secretly stationed 10 companies of soldiers in Ap Lei Chau. also recruited Han Si from Lanfang.
"There's no problem with the Navy, right?" Zhu Jishi is not worried about the army, 1,200 infantry trained in Western France, plus the artillery team of the Ap Lei Chau Military Academy, it is really hellish that he can't beat Lantau Island. However, things at sea are not easy to do, and Western-style armed merchant ships cannot be used. These ships all have Western captains and sailors, and they are used to go to war with the Manchurian Commander...... This is tantamount to a Sino-British war, and it is difficult to explain in all aspects, so it can only be attacked with a Canton fleet.
Zheng Hong laughed and said, "What can be the problem?" Our eyeliner has long been all over the Guangdong Sailors, and he is Lord Rain, and Wu Mu can't beat us in the next generation! ”
"Since the Navy is fine. This Lantau Island is ours! Zhu Jishi said this in a solemn voice, and the matter of attacking Lantau Island was finalized, and at the same time, it also opened the prelude to the war against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
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"Attacking Lantau Island? That island is bigger than Hong Kong Island! You have to bring at least 9 infantry companies and 1 light infantry company. 1 artillery company, 1 engineer company, ammunition must be prepared! A few more boatloads of grain! ”
It was Su Yuniang who spoke. She is now an auditor at the Ap Lei Chau Military Academy and has been attending classes for three months. Progress has been rapid, and he has basically mastered Western-style combat at the battalion and company level. This is the difference between an officer who has been beaten on the battlefield for many years and an ordinary non-commissioned officer. Speaking of which, the most haode military school is still the battlefield!
"Hmm...... A small Guangdong Navy Division Dapeng right battalion, can afford to invest so many troops? ”
Zheng Hong didn't pay attention to the battalion of Qing soldiers on Lantau Island at all. In fact, although there are nominally hundreds of soldiers in this battalion, I don't know if there are fifty people who are really defending the Qing Dynasty in the barracks? The rest are either fishing or farming, and some have gone to Hong Kong to work.
"This is a rare opportunity for military training, and it is time for non-commissioned officers and students from military academies to participate in some actual combat. Moreover, it is easy to attack Lantau Island, but it is difficult to defend Lantau Island, no matter what Lord Lai says, he is a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, we must not take it lightly, and we must be prepared for a big fight. ”
Su Yuniang paused, frowned, and said eloquently: "Lantau Island is close to Hong Kong, if it is lost, Lord Rainne will definitely think that it is our Jishijun who did it." Therefore, if he does not counterattack, he will come, and once he counterattacks, he will come out. The Guangdong Navy Division had more than 20,000 personnel on its books, more than 300 warships, several large ships with broadside guns, and a Western-style armed merchant ship. If the Western-style armed merchant ships of the Nanyang Company do not participate in the war, our navy may not be an opponent. Lantau is likely to face a siege, so it is necessary to be prepared for a decisive battle with the main force of the Cantonese Navy Division on Lantau Island! In this battle, the Guangdong Navy Division must be crippled and defeated! ”
In the end, she is the bandit leader who has fought with the Qing soldiers, and she knows that the green camp of the Qing Dynasty is not full of wine bags and rice bags, otherwise this country would have been lost a long time ago.
And at this moment, at the Central Pier in Hong Kong, a large Guangzhou ship with a rice flag has just docked, followed by two men who look like local tyrants and a girl who looks a little charming, surrounded by a group of teenagers, walked across the trestle bridge, got on the wide and flat wharf, and looked at the surrounding magnificent western-style buildings, a low surprise suddenly sounded.
"What a magnificent house!"
The person who sighed was the bewitching girl, although she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, she had already come out of the body to have a figure, to have a face, and the most amazing thing was the blurred eyes, no matter how dignified she was, she gave people a feeling of being glamorous.
"I don't know if Lord Zhu's house is so magnificent?"
The girl smiled and asked a little fat man dressed as a local tyrant next to her. The little fat man smiled and pointed to an extraordinary foreign house building not far away and said: "Sister Xuanjiao, do you see it, that house is the Jishi Foreign Business Hall, which is Lord Zhu's industry." There are more than one such merchant houses, one each in Singapore and Pontianak, no less than ten in Europa, and one in the United States of America in the New World. I heard that this shijie is rich, and Lord Zhu should be the first. ”
Accompanying this little fat man was a middle-aged man, dressed in silk and satin, with some rough gold and jade hanging on his belt, the standard dress of a rich man in the countryside.
"Look at Zhu Jishi's oil and water, our Xuanjiao sister can't marry casually, we have to ask him to give more dowry, no matter how much he gets 10,000 taels of silver!"
The girl giggled and said, "Brother Renfa, you shouldn't talk about the dowry, you should say that you should buy a concubine, and the little sister still has this bit of self-knowledge." ”
The middle-aged tyrant hurriedly laughed.
"With the appearance of Xuanjiao's sister, are you afraid that you won't be favored? It is only a matter of time before it is straightened. ”
"I don't want to correct my little sister, what is the Zhu family? What is the identity of our Hong family? can give such nobles as concubines, the little sister is already content. It's just ......" The bewitching girl's eyebrows frowned slightly, looked at the little fat man and said, "Brother Renji, what are you and Brother Renkun up to?" The position of the prince, are you not satisfied? ”
This little fat man turned out to be Hong Xiuquan's brother Hong Renji. The middle-aged tyrant is Hong Renfa, Hong Xiuquan's eldest brother-in-law. This gorgeous girl is the famous Hong Xuanjiao, Hong Xiuquan's sister, but her parents died early, so she was raised by Hong Xiuquan's father.
Hong Renji listened to this girl's words, and shook his hand with a smile: "Brother Renkun has great ambitions, I, who is a brother, just run for him, I don't know so much, Sister Xuanjiao, if you enter Lord Zhu's house, you also need to remember that you are the Hong family." ”
Hong Renfa on the side was excited, waved his hand and said: "What a big ambition, it's purely a brain burned out, Xuanjiao sister, if you are favored by Lord Zhu's side, just say a few good words for your brother Renfa, and give me the advantages of finding a comprador in Jishixing, in the future, I will have money, and I will also buy a big house in Hong Kong, and bring our parents to enjoy the blessings, so as to save worrying all day long." ”
Hong Xuanjiao snorted and said with a smile: "I listen to Brother Renfa, if the lord spoils me, I will never forget the good of my father and grandma." ”
However, this Hong Xiaomei, who was quite confident in her appearance, soon heard a disappointing news that Zhu Jishi was not on Hong Kong Island. (To be continued......)