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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 374: Accidental Contact

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    On the way to Petropavlovsk, Muravyov received news that the Temple Street Fortress at the entrance of Heilongjiang Province had been lost. After learning that this time there were at least several thousand infantry and cavalry troops in the British and French combined fleet, Muravyov  Vyov immediately ordered all Russian troops defending Sakhalin and other places on the Kamchatka Peninsula to withdraw to Petropavlovsk for defense.

    Sakhalin Island is located in the eastern part of the Heilongjiang estuary. It faces the Sea of ??Okhotsk to the east and north, is separated from the Tatar Strait and the Neverskoy Strait to the west, and is opposite Cape Soya, Hokkaido, Japan, across the Soya Strait to the south.  In April 1853, Tsar Nicholas I ordered the Russian-American Company to immediately occupy Sakhalin Island, and ordered Nevelskoy to establish a post on the east and west coast of Sakhalin Island.  In August of the same year, Nevelskoy landed on the east coast of Sakhalin Island and established a post named after Muravyov, the governor of Eastern Siberia of Tsarist Russia.  And openly declared that "Sakhalin belongs to Russia."  Tsarist Russia raised the Russian flag at the northern end of Sakhalin Island, declared its possession of the land, and sent troops to attack Jiuchungudan.  Tsarist Russia sent envoy Puchachin to Japan to discuss the ownership of Sakhalin Island, but the result was unsuccessful.

    Three days after the Russians left Sakhalin, the British and French Pacific forces landed on the island and occupied the occupied area that originally belonged to Russia.  After Tan Shaoguang landed, he ordered the expansion of docks and ports. Many houses and facilities originally built by the Russians on the island were occupied by the Taiping Army.

    After Grant left a squadron to the Taiping Army, he led most of the ships north to find the Russian fleet.  Grant always felt that the Russian fleet must be destroyed first to ensure the safety of his own transport fleet and troop transport fleet.  But he did not know that Muravyov had ordered all Russian ships to retreat into the Petropavlovsk naval port.

    The southern part of Sakhalin Island is regarded as its own territory by the Edo Shogunate of Japan and belongs to the Matsumae Domain.  Tan Shaoguang garrisoned troops in North Sakhalin Island. Because he did not have enough troops at the moment, he did not go south for the time being.  On the seventh day after landing, a group of Japanese came to see Tan Shaoguang.

    Tan Shaoguang was very surprised why the Japanese would send people here.  You should know that although Japan claims that Sakhalin belongs to the Matsumae Domain, there are very few Japanese on the island.

    In the original Russian military camp, Tan Shaoguang met the representative of the Japanese, the then Japanese Edo shogunate, who was responsible for the designation and implementation of the coastal defense.  There was no one in Tan Shaoguang's army who could speak Japanese, but fortunately, there were people in Chuanlu Shengmo's entourage who could speak Chinese. After a detailed conversation between the two sides, Tan Shaoguang understood the intention of the Japanese.

    Although the Japanese have always believed that South Sakhalin Island belongs to Japan, in 1785, the Edo shogunate sent five people including Tetsugoro Yamaguchi, an official from the Ministry of Industry, and his entourage to survey the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island in two ways, and came to the conclusion:  "The northern part of Sakhalin Island belonged to the Qing Dynasty of China." Until now, the Japanese still believe that northern Sakhalin Island belongs to China.

    After Russia sent troops to occupy Northern Sakhalin Island last year.  It has been continuously invading the southern part of Sakhalin Island and occupied the entire island at the end of last year.  Subsequently, Russia sent envoys to Japan to discuss the ownership of Sakhalin Island. The intention was very clear, which was to force Japan to recognize that all of Sakhalin Island belonged to Russia.

    At that time, Kawaji Shomo, as a receptionist, went to Nagasaki together with Masanori Kanai, Shigeyoshi Arao, and Masu Koga to negotiate with our envoy Ritingcha in accordance with the above-mentioned policy.  Chuanlu's diplomatic skills are extremely skillful.  As a result, it was decided to discuss the border issues of the Thousand Islands and Sakhalin Islands after an on-site investigation, and did not give a definite answer to the issues of port opening and trade.  Only MFN terms are allowed.

    ? Subsequently, Russia was tired of dealing with the Crimean War.  He did not continue to persecute Japan, but Kawaro Shomo still asked the shogunate to send him to Sakhalin in person.  When Chuanlu Shengmo and his party arrived at Sakhalin Island, they happened to encounter the Russian retreat.  After asking, I found out that it was the allied forces of the British and French Taiping Rebellion.

    I have also heard on Sichuan Road that a rebel army in southern China established a country called the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.  Chuanlu and other Japanese people had always believed that this was just a short-lived local separatist rebel force that could not stand up to the powerful Qing Dynasty. However, they did not expect that at this time they would encounter the Taiping Army, which had joined forces with Britain and France.  Chuanlu was worried that after the Russians left, the Taiping Army would invade South Sakhalin Island.  So come and make contact.

    After listening to Chuan Lu's narration, Tan Shaoguang smiled lightly and said: "Our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's northern expedition is mainly to attack the Russian old Maozi. We will not ask about the South Sakhalin Island for the time being, but the Northern Sakhalin Island originally belonged to the Qingyao Court.  The island now belongs to our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

    This time we go north.  What Tan Shaoguang saw and heard felt very strange. Not to mention the desolate Sakhalin Island, the northeastern land of China was also very vast and sparsely populated.  Just like the huge Sakhalin Island, the Russians sent hundreds of people here and built a few outposts before they dared to declare that the island belonged to Russia.  Seeing this scene, Tan Shaoguang couldn't help but think of opening up territory for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

    During the few days he spent on Sakhalin Island, he discussed a strategy in detail with the generals of the staff and reported it to the Western King of Suzhou, Tan.Guang and others agreed that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could actually send thousands more troops and recruit tens of thousands of refugees to move to the Northeast or Sakhalin. Compared with southern Jiangsu, which does not have enough land, the land in the Northeast is really  You can seize it first.  Tan Shaoguang and others felt that since the Russians could travel thousands of miles to occupy it, why couldn't the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

    So Tan Shaoguang did not say anything, nor did he admit that South Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands belonged to Japan. He just said that he would not care about it for the time being.

    " But Chuan Lu Shengmo was also a good diplomat, and he also heard the ambiguity in Tan Shaoguang's words, and immediately frowned.  Since the Black Ship Incident, Japan's door has been knocked open by foreign powers one after another. As the United States, France, Britain, Russia and other countries forced Japan to sign a series of unequal treaties, Kawaji and other young Edo ministers began to wake up. They began to feel that things would go on like this forever.  If this continues, Japan will sooner or later be carved up by the great powers.

    In February 1854, Commander Perry of the U.S. Fleet led the U.S. fleet to Uraga Port in view of the various benefits that the British Navy had discovered in Japan.  This time there were seven warships, equipped with one to two hundred cannons, and more than 1,000 sailors, who used force to force the shogunate to negotiate.  As a result, the Japan-US Friendship Treaty was signed in March of the same year.  Chuanlu also saw the warships of the great powers during that negotiation.  At this time, he began to be surprised that the great powers would actually join forces with a rebel and separatist force like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In Tan Shaoguang's military camp, Chuanlu saw many British and French naval officers who came ashore, and they were actually very polite to Tan Shaoguang.

    As a member of the Asian yellow race, Chuanlu was deeply hurt in his heart. South Sakhalin Island was occupied by the Russians.  Although Japan was indignant, it did not have the courage to send troops to regain the lost territory.  But now he saw that the Chinese actually sent troops, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which they had always thought was just a peasant uprising army, and heard that the Taiping Army killed two to three thousand Russians in a single battle at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River.

    This fact surprised Chuanlu very much. The Yamato tribe is a very peculiar nation. They respect the strong. Therefore, Chuanlu also had another purpose of coming here this time, which was to see what kind of army the Taiping Army was.

    At this time, he heard the ambiguity in Tan Shaoguang's words and couldn't help but worry.  If the Taiping Rebellion was supported by Britain, France and other powers, and after the war with Russia ended, the Taiping Rebellion forcibly occupied the island, what would Japan do?

    When he walked into the military camp just now, Chuan Lu saw how powerful this army was.  The soldiers of the Taiping Army were all young people aged 17 or 18. They were all tall, strong and capable.  Everyone was equipped with a musket.  That kind of chilling military temperament amazed Chuan Lu, and he gained a new understanding of the power of the Taiping Army.

    Tan Shaoguang was unprepared for this contact with the Japanese. When he came, the King of the West did not explain how to deal with the Japanese, but he had the mentality of only taking advantage and not losing, and not to lose the majesty of the kingdom of heaven.  , assumed a tough stance from the beginning, which made Chuanlu even more afraid.  But Chuan Lu didn't dare to speak clearly.  He could only temporarily agree with Tan Shaoguang's vague words. He did not dare to provoke the other party.

    In the end, Chuan Lu gave the gifts he brought to Tan Shaoguang. These gifts were originally intended for the Russians on the island, but now they have become gifts for the Taiping Army.

    Tan Shaoguang didn¡¯t refuse either.  Fifty muskets were presented to the Chuanlu group as a return gift.  These arms were seized from the Russians during the Battle of Temple Street. The Taiping soldiers all had rifled guns and could no longer use such guns. Most of the seized guns were brought to Sakhalin Island by Tan Shaoguang.  But if Xiao Yungui knew that Tan Shaoguang actually returned the gift to the Japanese, he would definitely scold him. Why should he be polite to the Japanese?

    After receiving the fine musket as a gift in return, Chuanlu was very happy and began to ask if there were any such guns available and they could pay to buy them.  And Tan Shaoguang was worried about how to deal with these arms. It would be a pity to lose them. It would be a long way to transport them back to Shanghai, and these muskets would gradually be eliminated in the Taiping Army. It would be a pity to transport them back.  You may lose money on shipping costs.  Unexpectedly, Chuan Lu was interested in purchasing arms. Tan Shaoguang was immediately overjoyed and discussed selling arms with Chuan Lu.

    Japan has also purchased arms from Britain and France and other countries, but the arms from Britain and France are very expensive and limited in quantity (because most of them were bought by the Qing Army and the Taiping Army), so it is rare to encounter such a batch of arms at a reasonable price.  Tan Shaoguang and Chuan Lu soon negotiated a price. The Taiping Army sold more than 1,200 muskets and other arms seized to Japan, and Chuan Lu agreed to purchase these arms for 103,000 taels of silver.

    Tan Shaoguang was very happy that he finally got rid of this batch of arms. He never thought of informing the British and French allies. In fact, logically speaking, this batch of arms should be regarded as a joint seizure of the coalition forces. However, without Grant's knowledge, this batch of arms  It was sold by Tan Shaoguang.  I don¡¯t know if Grant will be furious when he comes back.  But Tan Shaoguang didn't care. After collecting all the wine and liquor distributed to the Taiping soldiers, he sold them to the British and French fleets."The sailors made a lot of money, and this incident made Grant very unhappy, and he didn't care if it happened again.

    The two parties did not reach any agreement, because neither party was actually prepared for this contact. It was just that Tan Shaoguang disposed of the batch of muskets.  But then Chuanlu made up his mind to go back and report the matter to the shogunate as soon as possible, and sent people to the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to have a look. It has always been a good habit of the Japanese to learn from others. This time Chuanlu felt that Japan should look for helpers in Asia.  Allies of his own country, but he did not know that the allies he strongly advocated for in the "Sakhalin Kankyoshu" he went back to present to the Edo shogunate this time would become Japan's disaster star in the future, and this would later bring Japan  The written statement of decades of suffering is also called the "Chuanlu Statement" by historians.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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