Chapter 197 Su Ye Black Hand Abyss Emperor Reward

Chapter 197 Su Ye's Black Hand! Abyss! The Emperor's Reward

Suzhou Battlefield.

Seeing all this, Shi Dakai's body went cold.

He simply couldn't understand what was happening.

Before, Su Ye's army was difficult to fight in the camp defense line, so he accepted it.

When Su Ye's new army rushed out, he could be said to be ecstatic, because he still felt that his Taiping Army was invincible in field battles and would definitely be able to completely annihilate Su Ye's new army.

But... I didn't expect it.

The new Su Ye army that rushed out was even more terrifying.

Just standing there motionless, he directly defeated his 20,000 to 30,000 Taiping Army.

Facing the fleeing brothers, Shi Dakai couldn't stop them.

He knew that Suzhou City would definitely not be taken, so he ordered a full retreat.

Su Ye's new army didn't chase him either.

Even, they themselves woke up from the extremely tense environment, and they were also stunned by this result.

At this time, Su Ye knew that there were two most critical reasons for this result.

First, the Taiping Army rushed from only one direction and ran into the most intense and intensive firepower of their own army.

Second, because of the angle between the Taiping Army and Suzhou City, the Taiping Army's artillery could not exert its power at all.

But no matter what, the hand-to-hand combat and terrible casualties that I imagined did not happen.

This is a great thing.

Moreover, this new army has many new recruits, and such a victory is also a great encouragement to them.

The Suzhou defenders on the city wall and the retreating Taiping Army still couldn't believe what they saw.

Just now, I was really completely desperate, thinking that it was definitely over and the city must be broken.

Unexpectedly, I survived the desperate situation.

I actually won!

Unexpectedly, Lord Su Ye's army was so powerful that it was unimaginable.

It took a long time before they cheered and cried with joy.

"Million victory!"

"Million victory!"

"Million victory to Lord Su Ye!"

"Million victory to Lord Xu!"

Su Ye led the new army into the city. Jiangsu Governor Xu Youren, along with Zhang Guoliang, Feng Zicai and other generals, knelt down and said, "Thank you Lord Su Ye for saving my life."

Su Ye hurried forward and helped Xu Youren and others up.

Finally, he held Xu Youren's arm and said, "Lord Xu, I'm sorry!"

Then, he couldn't help but say, "Perhaps, I should have rushed out earlier, but..."

Because Su Ye himself didn't expect to achieve such a result. In fact, when he rushed out after the city wall was blown up, he was already expecting a possible defeat and was determined to suffer heavy casualties.

"No need to say, no need to say..." Xu Youren said: "Lord Su Ye, I know that no one expected this result. In fact, the moment you ordered to rush out, I didn't expect you to do this. In my opinion, you rushed out at that time, that was to seek death, that was to risk your life to save us."

"But no one expected that your army would fight so well, it's really amazing!"

Then, Xu Youren hugged Su Ye's arm and whispered in his ear: "Lord Su Ye saved my whole family and the whole Suzhou today, so it's my turn to repay you next."

"I will support you to the end."

"Anyway, I picked up this life, even if I lose this black gauze hat in the future, it doesn't matter."

"In the future, if there is anything, you will be the first to go, and I will follow immediately! Even sometimes, if it is not convenient for you to go, I will go!"

"When you need me to do something, send someone to tell me!"

"No matter in the wind, water, or fire, I will come as promised and fight with you!"

Su Ye didn't say anything, but just held the other's arm tightly.

Everything is self-evident.

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The Suzhou War was won.

But then, Su Ye still couldn't stay.

Cleaning up the battlefield would be handed over to others.

Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, held a simple funeral for his son Xu Zhenyi.

It wasn't for his son, but for all the fallen soldiers, Xu Zhenyi was just one of them.

Su Ye arrived.

Xu Youren's wives and concubines once again stepped forward to salute and thank Su Ye for saving their lives.

Su Ye bowed and saluted.

Almost all the officials and gentry in Suzhou were present.

They looked at Su Ye with gratitude. Before the war, many of these wealthy businessmen and gentry had already fled to Shanghai, but many industries could not be transferred, so only some people could be left to take care of them.

Originally, I really didn't hold out hope, but I didn't expect to actually win.

My own property was also saved.

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After attending the funeral of Xu Zhenyi and others, Su Ye left Suzhou immediately.

He still has a lot of things to do.

Shi Dakai still has more than 40,000 remnants of the army, and he will probably retreat directly to Changzhou.

This army is still a huge threat to Suzhou.

Su Ye still has to find a way to get Shi Dakai back to Tianjing, otherwise his future business operations cannot be carried out.

A city that is always facing the front of the army cannot carry out good business trade.

Three days later!

At the meeting on the Yangtze River, Su Ye met with Lin Shaozhang again for a secret talk.

At this time, Lin Shaozhang looked at Su Ye with a complicated look.

Su Ye said: "Prime Minister Lin, the battle just now in Suzhou did not affect our friendship, right? Weakening Shi Dakai is good for the king and for you."

"I believe you can see that Shi Dakai's bid for the position of commander in the Eastern Expedition actually wanted to leave the Heavenly Kingdom and establish a new business. Now that he has suffered a great defeat, he should keep to himself."

"For the benefit of the Heavenly King, you should immediately summon Shi Dakai back to Tianjing."

Lin Shaozhang said slowly: "Lord Su Ye, do you want us to give up the land of southern Jiangsu that we have conquered? This is totally impossible."

Then, the two sides had a fierce debate and negotiation.

In the end, no agreement was reached.

But from beginning to end, Su Ye did not threaten war.

Because he still had to do business with Tianjing.

If the negotiation was not successful today, he would continue tomorrow.

As a result, the next morning, they met several ships from Jiujiang.

Huaitabu walked out of the bow and said: "Excuse me, which lord is this?"

Hong Renli walked out of the ship and said in surprise: "Huaitabu? Where is the lord? How is the battle in Suzhou?"

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Su Ye boarded the warship where Hong Renli was.

The warship was to send Bashali to Shanghai, and then immediately return to London for business.

The reason why Hong Renli was on this warship was that she wanted to rush to Suzhou to fight and return to Su Ye.

But she didn't expect that the battle was over.

And it was such a great victory.

Hearing this news, Hong Renli was overjoyed, but also a little surprised.

Has the times really changed?

"Ali, you came at the right time." Su Ye said: "Lin Shaozhang and I broke down in the talks, and I will leave it to you to talk next."

"Okay!" Hong Renli said.

Hong Renli still has a way to deal with the old brothers of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Su Ye said: "Our bottom line is that the Taiping Army gives up Wuxi. They can send troops to garrison Danyang and Changzhou, but the total number shall not exceed 15,000, and within two years, they shall not send troops to attack Wuxi and Suzhou. In addition, Shi Dakai must return to Tianjing. This man is too aggressive."

Hong Renli said: "What else?"

Su Ye said: "Otherwise, I will personally lead troops to recapture Wuxi and Changzhou."

"In short, there must be a buffer and barrier between Suzhou and the Taiping Army."

Hong Renli said: "Okay, I understand."

Su Ye nodded and was about to talk to Basha.

As a result, he was grabbed by Hong Renli, and when there was no one around, the two kissed fiercely for a while.

If it weren't for the negotiation with Lin Shaozhang next, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as simple as a kiss.

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Bashali said: "I will go to London to meet Prince Albert and ask him to send a royal envoy to witness your seven-province secret agreement, sign it, and participate in the establishment of the Southern Seven Provinces Economic Cooperation Body as a third party. Regarding the Fujian matter, Bao Ling will be back in a few days. It is safer for him to replace me to go to Fujian, and his prestige is higher."

"Anything else you need to explain."

At this time, Hong Renli had left the ship and went to negotiate with Lin Shaozhang.

And the ship continued to sail towards Shanghai.

The situation was hot, and Bashali needed to return to London as quickly as possible.

Su Ye was silent for a while. Before, he asked Shen Baozhen to pass on the message. Although the plan was perfect, it was not good enough.

After more than a day of thinking, it has become more mature.

Taking a deep puff of cigarette, Su Ye said: "We can make this plan bigger, more perfect, and more profound."

Bashali said: "Just tell me your purpose."

Su Ye said: "Two purposes. First, to drive Earl Elgin out of office and remove him from the position of Chinese Minister and Supreme Commander of the Far East."

"Second, to start the operation to drive out the Northern Emperor."

After hearing what Su Ye said, Sir Bashali said in disbelief: "Sir Su Ye, you...you are crazy."

"Are you overestimating our influence? Do you know how deep Earl Elgin's roots are in the British Empire? Even Prince Albert couldn't drive him out of the position of Chinese Minister."

"And, You want to implement two goals at the same time? How is this possible? "

Su Ye said slowly: "These two things are actually the same thing."

"We want to prevent one thing, that is, Earl Elgin and the emperor will join forces to deal with me."

"If I didn't exist, then Elgin and the emperor would certainly be at loggerheads. Because of my existence, they will have a short-term alliance."

"So, we must find a way to drive Earl Elgin out of the position of Far East Commander and replace him with someone else."

"And this person may become the key to driving out the emperor."

Bashali forced himself to calm down. Every key conversation with Su Ye was so thrilling.

His hands were shaking as he smoked. After a long while, he said, "Tell me about your plan."

Su Ye said, "It's very simple. You go to London secretly and ask Prince Albert to send a special envoy of sufficient weight to visit Jiujiang. This person must be of high status, preferably a member of the royal family, and a direct descendant of Prince Albert."

Bashali said, "Then what?"

Su Ye said, "This royal guest is visiting secretly. Should we send all the fleets to escort and welcome him?"

Bashali said, "Of course!"

Su Yi said: "Seeing that we have mobilized our troops and left the Yangtze River estuary, will Count Elgin be angry? Will he send a fleet to attack us and truly disarm us? Then he will bombard our fleet and the royal family. The ship on which the envoy traveled.”

"Is it responsible for attacking the direct royal family?"

"So, this royal envoy must be crazy enough, bold enough, wild enough, and noble enough."

Baxiali's whole body was trembling, and his lips were white.

Su Yi said: "In this way, can Count Elgin be driven away from China?"

Basia said politely: "Yes, of course."

"but……"

"but……"

Ba Xiali said a few words, but he closed his eyes and calmed himself down.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and said: "I am a subject of the British Empire, I am loyal to the Queen, and I am loyal to Prince Albert. I must report this plan to His Royal Highness and get his approval before it can be carried out. ”

Su Yi said: "Of course, I have never wanted to hide His Highness the Prince. Prince Albert of London must be very passive now and has been criticized. I believe he also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to fight back and suppress the opponent's arrogance. So I said we must choose a wild, bold, crazy, and noble member of the direct royal family as the special envoy.”

Basharli said: "I am loyal to the prince, and I will convey your plan, but I will not carry out any incitement!"

Su Yi was silent for a while and said: "Sir Basiali, do you trust me?"

Ba Xiali thought for a while and nodded.

Su Yi said: "You don't have to tell me my plan, you just need to say that we invite the royal envoy to visit Jiujiang secretly. And that Count Elgin is preparing to use force against the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone and forcibly disarm our mercenary fleet. You just need to report it truthfully. I believe that with Prince Albert’s wisdom, he will come up with this plan himself.”

This seems more clever and allows the other party to take the initiative to propose the plan.

but……

Su Yi quickly denied it.

Prince Albert was not Emperor Xianfeng, so some tricks would be counterproductive if used on him.

"No, no, no..." Su Yi said: "It's better to tell my plan truthfully and say that I said it myself."

"In this way, although I am suspected of being disrespectful and taking advantage of the royal family members, I am at least honest!"

"At this critical moment, honesty is more important than anything else."

Sir Basia Li looked at Su Yi for a while and said, "Just because of your words, I'd like to toast you!"

Then he poured two glasses of wine.

Su Yi said: "In order to drive away Earl Elgin."

Sir Basari said: "To drive away your emperor."

"cheers!"

The two drank it all in one gulp.

Su Yi said: "Sir Basiali, you have to act quickly, because someone in your Congress has already proposed to support Japan. Even Earl Elgin will soon visit Japan on behalf of the United Kingdom to inspect Japan."

Ser Basari hissed: "How do you know?"

"This must be stopped."

Once the British Empire decided to support Japan, the consequences would be disastrous.

Why did Su Yi know?

Because that's what history is.

Next, the two people reviewed the details of the entire plan over and over again, and even considered every line of dialogue.

This matter is really too important and too big.

Have to be cautious.

Two hours later, Su Yi and Basiali separated, and he took another boat back to Jiujiang.

Bazar headed to Shanghai and then, without stopping, to London.

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After the Yangzhou War.

Victory retained 10,000 troops and stayed in Yangzhou.

Ronglu led the new army and another 10,000 troops to regain Xincheng and Liuhe one after another.

And Wang Youling, leading the remaining army, returned to Huai'an.

Before leaving, Shengbao held Wang Youling's hands and said: "Yingjiu, a strong man knows a loyal minister, and a strong wind knows a strong grass! It's not easy for you, you are very good, very good, very good!"

In Shengbao's view, Wang Youling was a supremely loyal minister.

When Huai'an fell, former Jiangsu governor Zhao Dezhe was lazy and lazy in politics. Instead, Wang Youling immediately recruited an army and worked non-stop to regain Huai'an.

Moreover, the great achievement of regaining Huai'an is completely enough. He actually does not need to save Yangzhou. The reason is very good. Huai'an is an important water transportation town, and guarding Huai'an is the most important.

However, Wang Youling still obliged and led troops to aid Yangzhou.

Such loyal ministers are rare in the world.

Shengbao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will report your loyalty and your great achievements to the emperor. I will definitely let the emperor know your loyalty and your merits."

Wang Youling bowed and said: "My army is vulnerable, which makes the two adults laugh. The person who deserves the greatest credit for this battle is Mr. Ronglu. Compared to your new Tianjin army, my army is simply unsightly."

Ronglu said: "Brother Yingjiu, can you call me Zhonghua? Your army is all temporary recruitment. To have such a record is already your great ability. There are not many people in the world that I, Ronglu, can admire. You Wang Yingjiu is definitely one of them!”

Wang Youling said: "Two adults, I will take my leave now."

Ronglu said: "Brother Yingjiu, goodbye! See you in the court in the future."

This was considered a good blessing. He was sure that he would enter the center, and he also wished that Wang Youling would be able to enter the center of the court one day.

At this time, Ronglu was still a little complacent.

Then, Wang Youling led the army away.

After leaving, he sneered in his heart. Ronglu had already been arrogant, but Lord Su Ye said that he should let him be arrogant, the more arrogant the better.

He found that these people's words were really more pleasant than each other.

On the contrary, Su Ye didn't say many nice words, but at the critical moment, he directly saved his life.

He said he would take the position of governor for you, and he would take it for you.

In comparison, who is higher and who is lower can be seen at a glance.

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Two days later!

Ronglu led the Tianjin New Army and Shengbao's 20,000 troops to leave Yangzhou and rush to the Luzhou battlefield.

Shengbao looked at his back, did not speak, but just smiled lightly.

The young man was really eager to make merit, and he wanted to take all the credit.

He was an imperial envoy, supervising all military affairs in Anhui, but he was not so anxious to rush to the Luzhou battlefield.

Because the Luzhou battlefield is already lively enough now.

Li Xubin of the Hunan Army, Li Hongzhang of the Huai Army, and now Ronglu has gone. Guiliang will come from the north next.

Shengbao is still quite arrogant, so he won't join in the fun for now. He will go again when he can't really take it down.

Anyway, his contribution in this battle is enough.

At least, Yangzhou was not lost, and he had a key contribution.

After a while!

The largest war broke out in northern Anhui.

Historically, Li Xubin was defeated in Sanhe Town.

This time, the Taiping Army's 70,000 troops guarded Sanhe Town and Luzhou.

Li Xiucheng was the commander-in-chief, and Wu Dinggui was the deputy commander-in-chief.

On the Qing side, Li Xubin waited for the reinforcements from Hubei, a full 15,000.

Li Hongzhang's Huai Army had 3,000.

Ronglu had more than 20,000 people.

Immediately afterwards, Guiliang led 20,000 people to the battlefield.

The forces of both sides were evenly matched!

The war broke out.

After ten days of fierce fighting, it was difficult to tell the difference.

Both sides suffered countless casualties and there was no winner.

The defense line of Sanhe Town was lost, and Li Xiucheng led his army into Luzhou City for defense.

The Qing army attacked Luzhou City for several days.

Zeng Guofan in Hubei was extremely anxious. Because Luzhou City could not be taken down, his efforts would be in vain.

Even if he took it down, if it was not the first merit, it would be cheap for Ronglu and Guiliang.

He also hoped to recover Luzhou, let Li Xubin become the governor of Anhui, and let himself become the governor-general of Liangjiang.

He had paid so much and was about to get the first merit.

At this time, Zeng Guofan was like a gambler who was red-eyed and could only advance and not retreat.

So he came to Jiujiang in person and asked Su Ye to borrow two battalions of artillery.

And promised to do his best to protect the artillery of these two battalions from harm.

Su Ye owed him a lot of favors before, and he agreed at this time.

Moreover, the artillery of these two battalions cannot be borrowed for nothing.

Since you, Zeng Guofan, came to borrow troops, it also showed your attitude.

Then, Hunan Army generals Peng Yulin and Luo Zenan once again led 15,000 people to the battlefield of Luzhou.

So far, the strength of the Qing army has taken a huge advantage.

In particular, the Hunan Army fought desperately to attack the city in order to compete for the first merit.

The artillery of Su Ye's two battalions also broke out in this battle. The amazing combat effectiveness surprised Ronglu.

The artillery of the Hunan Army is so powerful?

In order to make the fake look real, Su Ye's artillery even wore fake whips.

Finally, in this extremely fierce battle, Li Xiucheng finally couldn't stand it. He gave up Luzhou City and led the army to withdraw to Anqing to temporarily avoid the Qing army.

So, the Qing army officially recovered Luzhou.

Li Xubin lived up to his mission and was the first to lead his troops to rush to the top of Luzhou City, covered in blood and scars.

He made the first merit.

So far, the war that lasted for two or three months has officially ended.

On the surface, the Qing court won a huge victory.

Recover Huai'an, recover Luzhou, recover Wuxi, Yangzhou victory, Suzhou victory.

But in fact, there is a pair of big hands controlling everything.

Using this war, he achieved his biggest strategic goal.

And he is still brewing the next more deadly attack.

Push all enemies into the abyss!

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The capital, the court.

"Six hundred miles of urgent, six hundred miles of urgent!"

"The emperor is very happy, the emperor is very happy!"

"Luzhou victory, Luzhou victory!"

This period of time is one of the emperor's proudest moments.

The great victories in the south came one after another.

Huai'an victory.

Suzhou victory, Yangzhou victory.

Now, the finale is here.

Officially recover Luzhou.

This series of great victories gave the emperor tremendous encouragement.

Let him regain confidence from the defeat at Dagukou.

Especially Ronglu's Tianjin New Army, which won victory after victory and was invincible.

This brilliant record is no less than Su Ye's new army.

What does this prove?

What Su Ye can do, Ronglu can do too.

This proves that Su Ye is not unique.

This makes him more certain that the reason for the loss of the Battle of Dagukou is that the commander Tan Tingxiang is incompetent.

If Senggelinqin, Shengbao and Ronglu were to fight, the probability of winning would be very high.

Didn't you see that the Battle of Dagukou was fought very well a few days before?

When Ronglu comes back, he will be greatly rewarded!

Then, discuss the selection of the governor of Anhui.

Now there are two important things in front of us.

The first thing is how to overturn the Treaty of Tianjin, because the foreigners are urging us to go to the capital to exchange the treaty. It was Guiliang who signed it before, and we need to come to the court to exchange the treaty before it can take effect.

The second thing is to deal with Su Ye!

There was going to be a big move before, but it was blocked by the broken war situation in the south.

The court compromised with Su Ye and agreed to almost humiliating conditions in exchange for Su Ye to save Suzhou.

Now, everything has settled, and the court has won an unprecedented victory. It is just right to solve the Su Ye problem with the momentum of a big victory.

Moreover, Shengbao's army, Guiliang's army, and Ronglu's army are all in the south at this time.

If there is any unusual movement, these armies can also go to Jiujiang to suppress it.

Su Ye also lost a lot of soldiers and generals in saving Suzhou this time, and his strength was greatly damaged.

So the emperor summoned his trusted ministers to discuss.

Du Han said slowly: "Your Majesty, these two things can actually be combined into one!"

The emperor said: "What do you mean?"

Du Han said: "No matter what, Su Ye saved Suzhou and made contributions. We cannot treat the meritorious officials harshly on the surface, but we can let the British help us deal with Su Ye."

"Aren't Elgin and Su Ye political enemies?"

"Don't the British want to change the treaty? We can directly say that you British violated the agreement first. Now the treaty has not yet come into effect, why has the British fleet entered the Yangtze River waterway?"

"If you want to talk about changing the treaty, you British should first destroy Su Ye's fleet on the Yangtze River and surrender it."

"Otherwise, there is no need to talk about it."

The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up. Du Han was indeed a wise man who killed two birds with one stone.

Then Du Han said: "In addition, the emperor can summon Su Ye to Beijing."

The Minister of Personnel Kuang Yuan next to him said: "Su Ye, probably won't come to Beijing, he has resigned all his official positions."

Du Han said: "Then use a reason that he can't refuse to let him come to Beijing!"

The emperor said slowly: "I know what the reason is."

Then the emperor said: "Draft an edict to let Gui Liang go from Anhui to Shanghai to negotiate with Elgin."

"It is imperative to use the British to destroy Su Ye's Yangtze River Fleet."

"Let Zuo Zongzheng of the Imperial Clan go to Jiujiang to convey the edict. The auspicious day is coming. Let Su Ye go to Beijing immediately to marry Princess Shouxi!"

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A few days later!

Zuo Zongzheng of the Imperial Clan, a court prince, came to Jiujiang to announce the edict.

"The Emperor of Heaven and Earth has issued an edict that Su Ye has made great contributions in saving Suzhou. The auspicious day is approaching. Su Ye is ordered to go to Beijing to marry Princess Shouxi, so as not to delay the wedding date. This is the decree!"

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Note: The first chapter is here. I stayed up all night to complete other writing tasks and then wrote this chapter. Finally, I finished it.

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