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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 622: The general trend is like water

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    After the words "fight to the death" were spoken, the two were silent for a while. After a while, Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "Thank you, Qingyun.¦ç"

    Xingzhen blinked and said, "Thank me for what?" Xiao Yungui sighed softly and said, "Thank you for telling me the limits of the Qing Dynasty. I know you can't do much by yourself."

    Xingzhen stood tall and charming, covered her mouth and smiled slightly: "Sure enough, you can understand what I mean." At this point, she sighed softly: "Standing in the position of an old classmate, what can I tell you?  I've told you everything, but your old classmate can't do anything. If I go back and bring the Qing Dynasty to surrender as you said, I'm afraid people will think I'm crazy before the edict is issued. I issued it  Orders will also become random orders, and no one will respect them."

    Xiao Yungui said oh, smiled sinisterly and said: "Actually, if you want to do it, you can arrange for your close Han people to take over the military power. In this way, even if you issue an order to surrender, you can suppress it even if you have the military power in your hands.  Aren't Peng Yulin, Li Hongzhang, Yuan Jiasan and other Han generals who carry military talismans?"

    Xingzhen sighed quietly and said: "Do you think I haven't tested it? Peng Yulin can be regarded as a person who dares to say that he dares to do it. However, it was Peng Yulin who proposed the establishment of a constitutional monarch and the return of power to the Han Dynasty. Li Hongzhang and Yuan Jiasan urged  If the imperial court cannot do anything, it will abandon the capital and retreat to Shaanxi, Gansu or Mongolia. In short, it will continue to resist. In fact, these Han people in the north, for the sake of their own glory and wealth, always hold on to the last trace of illusions about the Manchus, or are stupid  Loyalty, or greed for power, or worry about settling accounts after the peace and autumn, in short, it is not to the point where the tree falls and the hozens scatter. Even if I arrange it in advance, people's hearts are far away from each other, and I am not careful. Maybe someone has done it, Yuan Shikai, who betrayed Emperor Guangxu, can't say  Definitely."

    Xiao Yungui nodded silently. At this time, he understood Xingzhen's difficulty.  As the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this status naturally separated her from the Han people under her command.  No matter how hard she tried, she could not gain the trust of her Han people. Even if Peng Yulin, Li Hongzhang and others had any disloyal feelings in their hearts, they would not dare to have a heart-to-heart relationship with her.  Xingzhen also had the same concerns. She didn't know the true thoughts of her subordinate Han Chen, so how could she dare to reveal all her inner plans?  Although she is now the powerful Empress Dowager Cixi, the basis of all this is because of her identity, Xianfeng's wife, the biological mother of the current emperor, and her orthodox Manchu origin.  If one day.  If she does anything that harms the interests of the Manchus and satisfies the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, except for a few people around her such as Li Lianying, she is afraid that even Prince Gong and Prince Chun will rise up against her.

    She is like dancing on a few eggs. Tonight, she can tell all the negotiation conditions that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties may agree to, which is her limit.  Although her heart was with Xiao Yungui, she was completely powerless.  Maybe she can give up her identity regardless of everything, but when she gives up her identity, she will have nothing and even lose her only son.

    "You guys give up the capital. We retreat to the outside world and Mongolia. We won't use any weapons for three years!" Xiao Yungui said after a long silence: "When things reach this point, we must take responsibility for historical responsibilities."

    Xingzhen smiled slightly and said: "Agui, I think you are a little crazy. It's good that we all have historical responsibilities, but for the sake of historical responsibility, you can't tie your hands and feet. That's right. The complete city of Beijing will be handed over to the government.  It was certainly good in the hands of the Han people, but have you ever thought about it? The Revolution of 1911 was successful in later generations. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was destroyed and the Qing Emperor abdicated. Whether Beijing City was handed over peacefully, Japan surrendered and handed back Beijing City, or Fu Zuoyi's uprising returned Beijing City,  In which case did the attacking side not have an absolute advantage? In the Revolution of 1911, eighteen provinces joined forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Yuan Shikai forced the Qing emperor to abdicate. He had already taken control of the capital, so Beijing was handed back peacefully. Not to mention the surrender of Japan, even Fu Zuoyi  You were besieged by a million troops and forced to revolt. But what about now? There are more than 40,000 Taiping troops besieging the city, and there are still more than 100,000 Qing troops besieging the city. Your power is far from reaching the point of surrender."

    At this point, Xingzhen paused, and Beiqi opened her mouth slightly and continued: "The world is like water, and when it comes, it will fall into place. It's not that I don't want to help you, but the current situation is indeed not one where the Taiping Army has the upper hand, and I can't do anything about it. One day, one day,  When millions of Taiping soldiers are approaching the city, and the situation has become overwhelming, no one will say no to you anymore."

    Xing Zhen couldn't help but gently caress Xiao Yungui's scarred face with her hand, and said softly: "Now, if you want to get the city of Beijing you dream of, you can only choose to attack by force. But I also know that even if the Taiping Army can attack by force now,  Beijing City, that was also a tragic victory, and it will be unable to face the counterattack of the British and French coalition forces, right?"

    Xiao Yungui laughed, and then asked: "I wanted to ask you just now, how do you know that our Taiping Navy's maximum capacity can only transport more than 40,000 troops northward?"

    Xingzhen smiled slightly and said: "I naturally have spies among the Manchu rebels. If Ronglu can instigate my people, I can also instigate his people. Do you think I will do nothing? Foreigners are interested in your sea.  ??The strength is clearly known, and through my eyeliner there, I can naturally know it clearly.  "

    Xiao Yungui smiled brightly and said: "That's good, I thought there was something wrong with me internally."

    Xingzhen smiled sweetly and said: "I also sent people to infiltrate your interior. Unfortunately, your interior is very tight and difficult to penetrate, causing me to lose a lot of people."

    Xiao Yungui no longer dwelled on this topic. His big hand followed Xingzhen's jade hand caressing his face, and finally grabbed her jade hand. The other hand wrapped around her slender waist and pulled her into his arms.  Hearing a cry from the beauty in his arms, followed by the sound of rapid breathing, Xiao Yungui no longer hesitated, lowered his head and kissed her fiercely.

    After a long time, the two of them separated. Xingzhen's face was flushed, and she looked at Xiao Yungui breathlessly. Xiao Yungui smiled and said softly: "After talking to you, I understand what the problem is. You can return to the palace in peace."  Well, wait until I bring you an army of one million to pick you up. At that time, I will arrange your identity for you. You don¡¯t have to work so hard to be the Empress Dowager Cixi!" After that, Xiao Yungui laughed and turned around.  .

    ???

    "Emperor's sister-in-law, Emperor's sister-in-law," Yiyi called.  Xingzhen broke away from the memories just now, raised her tea cup and took a sip to hide her panic.  Unfortunately, the tea has gone cold.

    "If Master Qi has something to say, just go on, I listen." Xingzhen put down the teacup and said slowly: "Where did you just say?"

    Yiyi is not as smart as Yi?  In today's terms, he is still a bit young, and there is no doubt that he has his Yiyi said: "Emperor's sister-in-law, my brother has been thinking about it repeatedly just now, and I just feel that now is not the best time to negotiate with Changmao. Now, although Changmao is here  The power in the south of the Yangtze River is strong, but we and Changmao have been defending Huaishang for a long time, and we are not completely unable to fight back. Although Changmao is besieging the capital at this moment, he wants to go deep alone without any external support. It will not last long, as long as we can hold on for a period of time  , the situation is bound to change. When the veterans of the Changmao Division are tired and want to retreat, we can use the remaining power of the victory to negotiate with Changmao to achieve greater results. By then, even if we talk about dividing the river to rule, it will not be unreasonable.  Possibly. Once we can draw a river to control the country and temporarily stop fighting, we will rest for a few years and then unite with the foreigners to march southward. The day of Changmao's defeat will come."

    Xingzhen smiled slightly. Yiyi seemed to be growing up. He could think of so many things calmly. He was indeed no longer the shy big boy he used to be.  At that moment, Xingzhen smiled gently and said: "Master Qi is right. Now is not the time to negotiate with Changmao. Changmao will not agree to our terms until he is defeated. But right now, our army's morale is low and our equipment is insufficient.  . The seventh master should first consider how to get out of the predicament, and the best thing to do is to think about how to defend the capital."

    Yiyi nodded heavily and said, "That's what the emperor's sister-in-law mentioned. If we can't defend the capital, everything will be like a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water. I will discuss this matter with my sixth brother after I go back."

    Xingzhen hummed.  Then he said: "There is no need to let your sixth brother know what happened tonight. He is a very verbose person. If he knew that I was going out of the palace to mess around, he would definitely make a fuss again."

    Hearing this, Yiyi thought to himself that if he told Sixth Brother that he would be punished for accompanying the Queen Mother to fool around, naturally he would not say anything, so he bowed his hands and left.

    After Yiyi left, Xingzhen looked at the candlelight on the table and said quietly to herself: "Your Taiping Army has 40,000 people besieging the city, but there is no backup for food, ammunition, etc. How can you last? Even Yiyi  Everyone can see your disadvantages, don't you know it? What other options do you have?"

    Indeed, since the Western King came to power, the Taiping Army has become a modern pure firearms force. Although its combat effectiveness is very strong, it still has a shortcoming that is inevitable for all firearms forces, and that is over-reliance on logistics.  Food and other supplies are okay, and it may be possible to raise them locally, but the ammunition required for muskets and artillery is impossible to raise locally.

    The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to defend the Jianghuai area for a long time was because the Sword of Damocles was chosen by the Taiping Army. That is, the Yellow River in the Kaifeng section of Henan was still under the control of the Qing army. Xiao Yungui had always been worried about the  The Jianghuai area was too oppressive for the Qing army. Once the Qing army was determined to dig out the Yellow River embankments, it would bring considerable losses to the Taiping Army. At the same time, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other areas would form a huge Yellow River flood area.  .  Historically, the impact of the Yellow River diversion during the Xianfeng period lasted until the Republic of China, which was a huge disaster for people in several provinces.

    At the same time, once the Yellow River Flood Zone is formed, it will also bring difficulties to the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army. The reason is that the Northern Expedition Army needs a stable logistics supply line. In this way, the army cannot transport supplies through the Yellow River Flood Zone, and in the end it will be forced to change its route from Jingxiang to the Northern Expedition.  , which will cause a lot of cost waste.

      The Taiping Army now approaching the capital is also facing the same problem. How to solve the logistical supply problem?  If the capital cannot be captured quickly, the Taiping Army's ammunition will be reduced every time it is fired. Once the Manchus grit their teeth and hold on, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable for the Taiping Army in the future.

    Could it be that Xiao Yungui couldn't see this?  But it can be seen from the fact that the Taiping Army did not rush to attack the city. They wanted to make a plan before moving and did not plan to attack the city hastily. This shows that Xiao Yungui knew his shortcomings, but why could he smile so calmly before leaving?

    Thinking of this, Xingzhen also fell into deep thought. Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, and exclaimed with a somewhat pale face: "Did he decide to join forces with foreigners because he couldn't come to an agreement with me?!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature,  The novel is better and updated faster!
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