Although Britain and France, the two major powers in the world today, have clearly announced that they should protect Shanghai and prohibit the Qing and Russian coalition forces from using force in Shanghai, the Wu army in Shanghai still did not dare to take it lightly. They were ready to fight early, did not dare to put all their hopes on the verbal promises of the British and French powers, and also made the determination to fight to the end with the Qing and Russian coalition forces.

However, the Shanghai Wu army led by Zhou Tenghu, Deng Siyuan and Jin Anqing soon discovered that they were very wrong, and also found that the Shanghai Wu army could only pin all their hopes on the verbal promises of the British and French powers.

Because the strength of the Qing and Russian joint fleet was too strong, the main force of the Qing army naval division under Wu Quanmei's troops had more than 150 large and small red single ships and more than 2,000 artillery pieces. They may not be the opponent of the Shanghai Wu army on land, but the firepower of the side gun alone was enough to razed the Wu army fortification facilities outside Shanghai city to the ground.

Not to mention the Tsarist Russian fleet, there were twenty-one steam gun ships of all sizes, two of which were the new iron-shelled warships snatched from the Taiping Navy. They were strong enough to sweep the Yangtze River, ignoring whether the Wu Navy and the Taiping Navy joined forces.

In addition, the Tsarist Russian fleet also had twelve sail battleships, six barges, eight ships, and a total force of about 5,200. Many of them were Tsarist Russian veterans who participated in the Crimean War. The experience and skills of naval battles were far superior to the eight streets of the Wu army naval divisions that had been nesting in the inland river for many years.

There is something worse. With the help of the French, the Wu army in Shanghai also obtained an important information in advance, that is, Tsarist Russia learned the lessons of the Crimean War and successfully imitated the flowering shells used by the British and French armies. It was unknown where to get the secret of picy acid from. Therefore, not only did there be an unknown number of flowering shells in the Tsarist Russian fleet, but it was also likely to have picy acid shells!

While waiting with fear, the Qing and Russian joint fleet, which was strong enough to crush the Wu army in Shanghai, finally arrived at Wusongkou. Zhou Tenghu and Jin Anqing and other Wu army leaders all raised their hearts to their throats. What they were afraid of was that the Qing and Russian coalition forces refused to pay attention to the British and French warnings and insisted on attacking the Wu army in Shanghai. The Wu army in Shanghai had no choice but to give up the factory outside the city, the docks and barracks retreated to the county town.

Fortunately, the verbal warnings between Britain and France were really effective. The Tsarist Russian fleet, which had just been pulled by the British and French coalition forces in the Crimean War, did not dare to provoke them. They were stationed at Wusongkou and did not drive the fleet into the Huangpu River. They just sent unarmed barges to Shanghai's concession dock to supply coal and food. The same was true for the Manqing Navy. The warship did not enter the Huangpu River, but only sent cargo ships to the concession dock to supply.

During this period, Britain and France also warned the Wu army in Shanghai, demanding that the Wu army in Shanghai remain restrained and not provoke the Qing and Russian joint fleet, otherwise the Qing and Russian coalition forces would be allowed to launch an attack on the Wu army in Shanghai.

When things came to this point, if Zhou Tenghu and Deng Siyuan and other Wu army leaders dared to provoke the Qing and Russian coalition forces, they would undoubtedly have their heads in their heads. Therefore, Zhou Tenghu could only agree while using the plan of rewarding the troops proposed by Jin Anqing to send envoys to contact the Qing and Russian coalition fleet.

Jin Anqing, who was very brave, volunteered to serve as the envoy of the Wu army, and rushed to Wusongkou with the letter of Wu Chaoyue asking for peace, which was allowed by the comprador of Wu's comprador, and asked for help to introduce the letter of French Consul Aishang, who was close to the old Wu family. He successfully met Novosilisky, the commander of the Tsarist Russian fleet, and presented the letter of peace written in the usage.

The reason why the forged letters of Wu Chaoyue was written in this era is that the upper class of Western society felt that French was more elegant and was widely communicated in French. He deliberately did it in order to show respect for Novosilisky. However, Novosilisky's arrogance and rudeness exceeded the previous expectations of the Wu army in Shanghai. Even in front of the French consul Ai Shang, Novosilisky tore the letters of Wu army and scolded in Russian: "Damn yellow-skinned monkey, can you find a Slavic translation? Writing a letter to me, the major general of the Russian Empire, actually in dirty French?"

Novosiliski's luck was a bit bad. Although the Russian translation present did not translate his swear words, the French stationed in Shanghai Aishang made a little Russian and understood the words dirty French. So Aishang immediately sank his face and said, "General Novosiliski, if you do not take back the insults to my motherland's mother tongue and apologize to me, I have the right to suspect that you are interested in provoking the dignity of the Second French Empire, report to our minister, and request our government to submit a protest to your country."

"Mr. Ai Shang, you misunderstood. I have no intention of insulting your language. I just said the wrong thing when I scolded the yellow monkey in the Qing Dynasty. I apologize to you and ask for your forgiveness."

The true face of Tsarist Russia's foreign power and strong man was fully revealed in Novosiliski. Novosiliski, who dared not cause diplomatic disputes to affect his future, quickly apologized to Ai Shang in a low voice, then quickly changed the subject and scolded Jin Anqing: "Say, what do you want to do, a yellow-skinned monkey?"

The general translator sent by the Qing court deliberately translated Novosiliski's swear words truthfully, while Jin Anqing confronted him and said, "Tell the Russians of Rakshasa that if he must scold him, I will accompany him to the end."

The Qing Dynasty translation was very happy and truthful. Novosiliski immediately glared at his eyes and clenched his fists. Ai Shang there saw that something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Mr. Novosiliski, it was you who insulted Mr. Jin first. Please pay attention to your demeanor and don't let the medal on your chest be shamed."

He did not dare to offend any foreigner. The Qing Dynasty translated Ai Shang's words honestly. As a result, Novosiliski restrained a little and shouted: "Say, what are you doing?"

"On behalf of our Qing Dynasty, the King of the Kings and the Marshal Wu Chaoyue, the Grand Marshal Wu, requesting negotiations with the army."

Jin Anqing then changed his kind tone and said, "Dear General Novosiliski, our two countries have been friendly for generations. Unfortunately, an illegal coup occurred in our capital. The rebels and traitors shamelessly occupied our Qing court. General Wu raised troops to fight against rebellion and restored the orthodox Qing country. Western countries supported him one after another. Only your country was deceived by the rebellion in the capital and was hostile to our Qing army."

"Mayor Wu is considering the friendly and friendly relationship between our two countries. He hopes that your country can stop interfering in our civil war, stop all support for the illegal coup group in the capital, and stop the war with Hubei, which inherited the orthodox Qing Dynasty, to stop the war, negotiate and negotiate with the Hubei army."

Of course, Jin Anqing's high-sounding words should be more shameless and more shameless, and more shameless. However, Novosiliski's answer was even more shameless and shameless. He said in a big way: "Wu Chaoyue wants to negotiate and? Of course, it is OK. As long as he can accept the conditions for cease war issued by the Great Emperor of our country and recognize and inherit all the treaties signed by the Qing court and the Great Emperor of our country, we can consider stopping the attack, and even help you kill all the rebellious parties in the capital."

Hearing this, the Russian translation sent by the Qing Dynasty court to Novosiliski was gray and hesitantly did not dare to translate. As a result, at this moment, the anxious voice of the Qing Dynasty's special envoy Xiang, the imperial envoy of the Qing Dynasty court, came from beside the gate, "Mr. Novosiliski, I heard that the Wu thief sent an envoy to see you. Where is the Wu thief? The Wu thief is unparalleled. You must not be fooled, you must not be fooled!"

When the Qing Dynasty interpreter quickly translated Xiang's words to Novosiliski, Jin Anqing also recognized that Xiangxiang had seen him in the concession when he was on a business trip to Hong Kong and passed Shanghai. At that time, Jin Anqing was not polite and immediately smiled at Xiang: "Sir, I have been struggling for a long time. I have been struggling to death and still refuse to surrender and reduce my crimes. Are you really afraid that when our Marshal Wu breaks through the capital, he will destroy your entire family?"

"Jin Anqing, you are a down-and-out provocateur who commits rebellion and is a traitor to the party, Wu Chaoyue, you will not die sooner or later!" Xiang gritted his teeth and said, "Look, after our Qing army conquered Wu Chang and captured Wu Chaoyue, there is something you can see!"

"Oh, it seems that your army of chaos seems to be invincible." Jin Anqing smiled and said, "Without the support of the Russians, your navy of the chaos, let alone Hubei, may not dare to come to Wusongkou?"

After saying that, Jin Anqing smiled and said, "Also, don't think that with the support of the Russians, you can really be on the Yangtze River. Don't be afraid to tell you the truth. After Ronglu, the rioters of you went to Jiangning to find Changmao to borrow a way, Changmao immediately sent someone to tell us Marshal Wu and asked us to join forces with them to deal with you. He had already arranged a net of heaven and earth in front to wait for you, waiting for death."

Not to mention, considering that Yang Xiuqing's consistently firm anti-Manchuria and anti-Qing stance, Xiang really believed Jin Anqing's words, so Xiang did not question the truth or falsehood, but just sneered: "So what? Even if you join forces with the long-haired bandits, what can you do to us? Do you Wu thieves dare to fight head-on with the Russian fleet?"

Jin Anqing's shamelessness was far beyond Xiang's imagination. When she heard Xiang's answer, Jin Anqing immediately said to Novosiliski: "General Novosiliski, let the general interpreter translate Mr. Xiang's words to you, and I guarantee you will be surprised."

Novosiliski couldn't understand it, but after seeing Jin Anqing talking to him, Novosiliski still asked the Manchu Qing Dynasty to translate. When the translator quickly asked Xiang's decision, Novosiliski also let out anger and roared and forced him. The translator was helpless and translated the words of Jin Anqing and Xiang. As a result, Novosiliski disagreed when he heard it and laughed: "What if you join forces with the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Have you won us?"

The translation quickly, but Jin Anqing smiled even happier and said, "General Novosiliski, maybe you can defeat us on the water battlefield, but don't forget the turret along the river, the Taiping Army's turret along the river, the Taiping Army's turret along the river, and the Taiping Army's turret along the road. If the Taiping Army's turret suddenly opens fire on your fleet, how many soldiers will you die? How many blows will you suffer?"

After the general translation of the words to Novosiliski, Novosiliski, who participated in the defense of the Sevastopol Fortress, was a little cautious. After thinking about it, Novosiliski also asked Xiang through the translator: "Can you guarantee that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's riverside fortresses did not suddenly fire on my fleet? This must be confirmed. I don't want my fleet to be attacked by the group of yellow-skinned monkeys of the Taiping Army."

"General Novosiliski, please rest assured about this." Xiang quickly replied: "In our navy fleet, there is a senior Taiping general who just surrendered. He will help us grasp the attitude and position of the Taiping Fort in advance, and can even help us to rebel against the Taiping Fort. We will definitely not be attacked."

When the Qing Dynasty translated Xiang's words to Novosiliski, Jin Anqing quietly lowered his head, and smiled at the corners of his mouth, because Jin Anqing knew very well that his trip had not been in vain...

Because the translator was from the Qing court, the result of Jin Anqing's negotiations with Novosiliski was of course of no gain, but it didn't matter. The Wu army in Shanghai had never expected to convince Tsarist Russia to retreat in just a few words. At the same time, negotiations with Tsarist Russia were also something that Wu Chaoyue was worried about. What Jin Anqing could worry about was that Zhou Tenghu could write a letter to send someone to inform Yang Xiuqing and the Taiping Army's fortress along the river, so that they could know that Wei Jun, the number one traitor of the Taiping Army, was currently hiding among the Qing army navy, and it was very likely that he would surrender the Taiping Army's generals and army for the Qing court.

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At almost the same time, in Shanghai city, the comprador Wu, who was currently hiding in the concession to recuperate, suddenly sent his personal soldiers to the city and found Zhou Tenghu, asking Zhou Tenghu to immediately send someone to secretly collect the crotons from the pharmacy shops in the city, grind them into powder and send them to the concession to him. After hearing the Daqi, Zhou Tenghu hurriedly asked the personal soldiers of the comprador Wu: "Why did Mr. Wu suddenly remember to ask for crotons? Why did he use crotons powder for?"

"The Rakshasa people bought a lot of vegetables, meat and flour in the concession, and prepared to load the ship at night." The personal soldiers of the comprador Wu's comprador replied with a smile: "The workers on the concession dock are all controlled by our master's disciples. Our master wants his disciples to find an opportunity to put croton flour into the flour bag of the Rakshasa people so that they can eat it with pleasure."

"How is that possible?" Zhou Tenghu asked suspiciously: "If you talk about fresh vegetables and meat, it would be fine. It's only a little far from Dagukou to Shanghai, and the military rations of the Rakshasa people can be eaten? Could this be the trap of the Rakshasa people and the rebellion?"

"Sir, let's find out the reason." The personal soldiers of the old comprador Wu explained: "The enemy's fleet encountered a storm when it headed south. Although the fleet was not seriously damaged, the Rakshasa people's grain transport ships entered the water and soaked many bags of flour."

"The Rakshasa people love to eat bread and worry that there is not enough flour. The rebellious navy is a lot of people in the south, and the grain ships are loaded with rice. The Rakshasa people are not used to eating it, so the Rakshasa people forced the rebellious army to pay for them in Shanghai to buy fresh flour."

When Zhou Tenghu heard this, he laughed and quickly sent someone to act according to the requirements of the comprador Wu. As a result, it was natural. After the Qing and Russian Combined Fleet left Shanghai, many diseases of vomiting and bleeding appeared in the Russian fleet. However, the commander of the Tsarist Russian fleet, Novosiliski, had no doubts about being tampered with food, and followed the habit of cholera in the Crimean War, isolated the soldiers who had cholera symptoms, threw them all down the Yangtze River, and forced many military supplies to destroy. At the same time, the morale of the Tsarist Russian army was also greatly affected. After all, during the offensive and defensive war in the Sevastopol Fortress, the Tsarist Russian army, like the British and French army, were pitted by the cholera plague.

The Wu army in Shanghai helped Wu Chaoyue more than that. After receiving Zhou Tenghu's letter of informing, Wu Ruxiao, the general of the Taiping Army who was guarding Jiangyin, immediately entered a state of combat readiness, determined to force the Qing Navy to hand over the traitor Wei Jun first, and then execute Yang Xiuqing's order to give way and let go.
Chapter completed!