During the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army, we must also praise the performance of the Qing court. In the case of half of the country falling, the Qing court led by Ci'an, Cixi and the Japanese Six, with less than 30% of the money, grain and tax revenue, was reduced and sold out. It always ensured that the food and military supplies on the front line were sufficient and the military pay was paid normally. The Qing army in Zhili could finally survive until the Taiping Army was in chaos and turned defeated into victory. The coup group in the capital actually had to remember the first merit.

In terms of employment and delegating power, Ci'an, Cixi and the Japanese Six were more than ten times stronger than Emperor Xianfeng. Out of inertia, they were forced to first take the monk as the commander, and found that the monk was still unable to support the wall. Ci'an, Cixi and others didn't even blink, and immediately took the risk of changing the commander to let Guan Wen get on the horse. Then Guan Wen took the initiative to abandon Dagukou, and burned food without hesitation. The Qing court never asked about even a word, nor did they interfere with Guan Wen's commander. They boldly delegated power without doubt, giving the old fox Guan Wen enough room to play, which led to the subsequent victory in Tianjin and the Taiping Army was defeated and collapsed.

No one knew how much pressure Ci'an, Cixi, Guizi Liu and others were under during this period, and how much frightened they were. No one knew that when the good news of Tianjin's victory was sent to the capital, Guizi Liu just said lightly on the surface, just win, but in fact he cried behind his back. Ci'an and Cixi also cried wet their pillows and were so excited that they couldn't sleep all night.

However, a few days later, Ci'an, Cixi, Guizi Liu and others found that they were so happy that they were too early. The number one traitor of the Qing court, the number one scum among the Qing ministers, and Wu Chaoyue, the most evil and vicious enemy of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, was so despicable that he was so despicable that he secretly joined forces with the defeated Taiping Army, using the Taiping Army as bait, to use the most reliable and loyal army of the Qing court, the main force of the Manchu and Mongolian Iron Cavalry, and introduced the ambush circle of Wu cavalry, and annihilated the main force of the Manchu and Mongolian Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop!

"Wu Chaoyue will not be eliminated, and the Qing Dynasty will never have peace!" This is the truth that Ci'an, Cixi, the Japanese Liu and all the Qing ministers unanimously recognized!

No matter how you know this, it is useless. Not to mention that the current financial and economic economy of the Qing court is almost collapsed, even if there is enough money and food to support the Qing court to continue fighting, the Qing court could not find a Qing army that was sure to defeat the Wu army, and there was no way to find a general who was sure to compete with Wu Chaoyue on the battlefield.

Therefore, the Qing court generally believed that it should first attack the Taiping Army, which had been severely damaged, regain the land, money, grain and population robbed by the Taiping Army, and then turn around to deal with Wu Chaoyue to be sure. It is natural that it is necessary to try to stabilize Wu Chaoyue's strategic suggestions to concentrate all his efforts on dealing with the Taiping Army, and soon put it in front of the Qing court.

The first thing to propose this was Bao Yan, the military minister of the military affairs minister of the Guizi Six. Out of respect for Guizi Six, Bao Yan mentioned this matter to Guizi Six alone in private and suggested trying to negotiate with Wu Chaoyue, first trying to make Wu Chaoyue standstill with the Qing court, then make some appropriate concessions to stabilize Wu Chaoyue, luring Wu Chaoyue to first attack the Taiping Army, which was already seriously injured, and then take advantage of the geographical advantages of the Qing court to regain some of the wealthy areas, while reorganizing the army to prepare for war, accumulate strength, and finally launch a decisive battle with Wu Chaoyue.

Finally, Baofeng said to the Japanese Lion again: "Prince Gong, the official knows that Wu Chaoyue's rebel thief will definitely ask the court to punish you in the negotiations, but it doesn't matter. We can make some concessions to Wu Chaoyue's rebel thief in other aspects in exchange for him to give up his harsh demands about you. The peace talks are not impossible to succeed."

The Japanese devil Liu thought for a long time before speaking, and said with a wry smile: "Old Bao, I know that you say this because of your loyalty to the court. I can also put the words here. If the peace talks can really stabilize Wu Chaoyue's rebel thief for the time being, and lure him to attack Changmao first. The court will hand me over to Wu Chaoyue's rebel thief and let him deal with it. I am happy! But Lao Bao, this trick is useless, and that rebel Wu Chaoyue will not be fooled!"

"Why?" Bao Jing asked in confusion: "Zhili is poor, far less prosperous than Jiangnan. Wu Chaoyue's rebel thieves sent troops from Hubei to Zhili, and the road is far away, and it is inconvenient to transport grain. The military and civilians of Zhili support our Qing court very much. Changmao is not popular with the people, and the land occupied is fertile. Now it is still very damaged. Money, grain, roads and geography. No matter which aspect, the Wu thieves are the most correct to attack Changmao first? With the treacherous thieves of Wu, it is impossible to see this point?"

"It is because Wu Thief was too treacherous that he would never attack Changmao first."

The Japanese devil Liu sighed and said, "Wu Thief knew that growing hair was unpopular and could never be his opponent; he also knew better than growing hair, although our Qing court is relatively weak at present, once we recover and prepare for war, we will soon become enemies that are far more difficult to deal with than growing hair. So he will not make mistakes, will not give us a chance to breathe, and will only find various shameless excuses to fight us to the end, destroy us alive, and overthrow us in one fell swoop."

"Don't say I'm an alarmist." Guizi Liu added: "From the point of the Changmao Remnant, we can see who Wu Zhe should deal with first. If Wu Zhe really wants to take advantage of the situation to rob Changmao first, he will definitely seize the opportunity to completely annihilate Changmao's remnants. But not only did he not do this, he also allowed Changmao Remnant to rely on his protection to rest and reorganize his troops. From this point, we can see that Wu Zhe still wants to stabilize Changmao first and deal with us first."

Bao Jing had nothing to say, and after a while he said hatefully: "They are all Han people who are unsatisfied and like to engage in internal strife. Why did the two monsters Wu Chaoyue and Yang Xiuqing appear? There are so many deep hatreds but they are not engaged in internal strife, and they are just staring at us all over the world?"

"Wu Chaoyue's thief is smart. He knows that fighting in the nest will only give us a free gift." The Japanese said in a word: "Yang Xiuqing was afraid of being beaten by the Wu thief. He knew that he could beat the Wu thief, so he dared to beat us. If Yang Xiuqing had this confidence, just Wu Chaoyue's thief occupied the geographical location of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Changmao and Wu thief would have already made a human brain."

The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. After hearing what the Japanese said, Bao Jing suddenly moved his heart and said hurriedly: "Prince Gong, since you think Yang Xiuqing is afraid of the Wu thief, so you dare not start a war with him, why don't we try to urge Yang Xiuqing, first cease with Changmao, and concentrate our efforts to deal with the Wu thief first?"

"Old Bao, you can think of it." Guizi Liu smiled even more bitterly and said, "Who is Yang Xiuqing? He publicly called out the Han people who expelled the Tartars. Whenever he went to a place, he first killed all the long-haired men of Zaijue! How could he accept our pleading?"

"I don't think this is impossible at this time, and there is another moment." Baosheng pointed out: "Changmao's defeat in the Northern Expedition has been severely damaged, and it also takes time to recuperate and reorganize his troops. Now the ceasefire with us will not only benefit him without any harm, but also use our hands to weaken the Wu thief. As long as Yang Xiuqing's Changmao has a little brain, he will not be unable to see this."

"Hey, why did I forget this? Now the haired bandit also needs rest and recuperate?"

When the Japanese heard this, they were very moved, and suddenly remembered a tactic that the Tsarist Russian Minister Ignatiyev had discussed with him several times to hit Daye from the Yangtze River and destroy Wu Chaoyue's only industrial base! So after thinking about it for a while, the Japanese Russian led the Baoqiu and said, "Go and go to the palace to see the queen mother."

He hurriedly led Bao Yan into the Cining Palace. After meeting Ci'an and Cixi, the Japanese Lion first explained Bao Yan's proposal, and then said to Ci'an and Cixi: "Two sisters-in-law, my brother, just reminded him that he suddenly thought of a solution. If this method can be successful, we can not only severely damage Wu thieves, but also make Wu thieves and Yang Xiuqing turn against each other and turn the current passive situation around and reverse the current passive situation in one fell swoop."

"What are the tricks of my sixth brother? Tell me quickly." Ci'an said quickly.

"Borrow the road to the long-mao fake king Yang Xiuqing to challenge Wu!"

The Japanese Liu said the point loudly, and then said with striking remarks: "My brother has reported to the two emperor sisters before that Wu Chaoyue's biggest advantage is that his Daye Iron Factory can produce its own guns and cannons. It does not have to be like our Qing court. Every gun and bullet must be purchased from foreigners. Not only does it cost more money, the supply will be difficult to guarantee."

"But if our Qing court could capture Daye and destroy the Daye Iron Factory of the Wu bandits, it would immediately damage the Wu bandits and reverse the gap between the guns, cannons and ammunition between the court army and the Wu bandits' army. Because the Wu bandits are in the inland and have only one Yangtze River channel with the outside world, it is very inconvenient to purchase guns, cannons and ammunition, and the waterway may be blocked by long-haired at any time. However, our Qing court did not have such weakness, and it is very convenient to contact overseas."

"Before this, my brother had discussed with the Russian Minister of Rakshasa Ignatiev many times the possibility of directly attacking Daye from the water. However, he was worried that Changmao and the Wu thiev were colluding with each other at that time, and sent troops from the water not only would not only be blocked by the Changmao Fortress along the river, but it could also lead to Changmao and Wu thiev's navy joining forces to fight with the Qing Dynasty navy. He was not sure of success, so he did not implement it."

"My brother thinks that the opportunity has come now. As Lord Bao said, after the defeat of Changmao's Northern Expedition, his vitality has been greatly damaged. He is in urgent need of time to recuperate and reorganize his troops. A temporary truce with us will be beneficial to Changmao without any harm. At the same time, the imperial army broke through Daye and destroyed the iron factory of the Wu bandits. It is also beneficial to Changmao. As long as the Changmao fake king Yang Xiuqing has a little brain, he will never see this!"

"So my brother suggested that the court might as well choose an eloquent person to meet Yang Xiuqing, tell him the truth that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, tell him that the Wu thief would start a war against him sooner or later, advise him to negotiate with the court, and take the opportunity to borrow a way out from him to attack Wu."

"Once this move is successful, our Qing Dynasty navy and the Rakshasa Russian Far East Fleet can join forces to attack Daye and destroy the Wu Zhe's iron factory guns and cannon bureau! At the same time, Wu Chaoyue's rebels will definitely hate Changmao's move to take advantage of the road. At the very least, there will be disputes with Changmao, and at worst, there will be wars and fight to the death! Because without the Daye Iron Factory, Wu Zhe will never tolerate Changmao being able to block his estuary at any time, and can only use force to open up the Yangtze River channel!"

After listening to the Japanese Liu's statement, and discussing it in a low voice, he found that even if this fails, the loss will be just a messenger and a few followers, but once it succeeds, he will gain a lot. Ci'an and Cixi immediately made up their minds and ordered Japanese Liu: "Lao Liu, go and give it a try. This matter is left to you with full authority and try to get it done."

"Also, the faster the better." Cixi also reminded: "The newly appointed Shandong Governor Ruilin has repeatedly sent a letter to the emergency, saying that the Queshi Valley can no longer be defended, and strive to get this done before the Wu thief army breaks through Queshi Valley, so that it may be able to protect Taiyuan and half of Shanxi."

With the permission of Ci'an and Cixi, the Japanese Liu of course found the Russian Minister Ignatiev at the first time and discussed with him the tactical plan to attack the Wu Army's industrial base by using the road. What made Japanese Liu overjoyed was that Ignatiev, who had always been plucking his hair, not only agreed to join forces with the Qing army to attack Daye, but also did not make any territorial requests for the first time, but only asked the Qing court to bear military expenses and supplies, and also let the Qing army navy serve as the vanguard.

Finally, Ignatiev said in a big way: "King, your Qing court has finally become smart once. In fact, you should have tried to contact the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and join forces to deal with the damn traitor Wu Chaoyue. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also has their own interests. As long as they are willing to provide help to you for their own interests, they do not have to directly use the army, but just block the downstream channel of the Yangtze River. Wu Chaoyue, that damn bastard, will go crazy."

The devil nodded repeatedly, thanked Ignatiev repeatedly, and was very clever and did not mention how to thank Tsarist Russia in the future. Ignatiev was also not careful, but snorted coldly in his heart: "There is no way to do this time, I must let you go. Otherwise, in terms of the current situation of your Qing court, we Russia will not be sure to eliminate Wu Chaoyue, no matter how much military aid we give you, we can only help you destroy the bastard's industrial base, and we Russia can get the greatest gain at the lowest price."

After the joint efforts of Tsarist Russia were successfully completed, Guizi Liu immediately began to select the candidates for envoys to Nanjing. However, what angered Guizi Liu was that he had selected several officials as the envoys in succession. The parties involved kowtowed and refused, and cried and begged Guizi Liu to take back his life. They all said that the hair was unreasonable and did not understand etiquette. If he went there, he would definitely die in vain. He would rather lose his official position or even be exiled to prison than serve as the envoys to Nanjing.

We have to call these Qing officials here for injustice. It’s not that they are greedy for life and fear of death, but that Yang Xiuqing killed Qing officials too ruthlessly. Not only did the Manchu Banners kill all the whole family, but ordinary Han officials never let them go, and even castrated many descendants of Qing officials into slavery. With these pearls and jades in front, other Qing officials naturally did not dare to repeat the same mistakes.

Originally, Guizi Liu could have forced these officials to contact Yang Xiuqing, but considering that it would be useless to force them to death, Guizi Liu had to give up this idea. As a result, when Guizi Liu was worried about this, Prince Qiechun Yihuan suddenly found him and said to him: "Brother Liu, there is a slave under my disciple who heard that you want to find an official to go to Jiangning to contact the long-haired bandits. He ran to me and recommended himself. He wanted to take this mission. Have you found a suitable person? If not, how about meeting him?"

"Who is so brave? Dare to take on this mission?" asked the sixth Japanese devils.
Chapter completed!