The Xiangjiang warfare went from naval battle to inland river war. The Song-French coalition forces could not dispatch large marine warships. The inland river offensive was mainly steamer and gunboat, supplemented by hand-to-hand boats of the Little Knife Legion. However, even facing these light warships, Li Yanpei's inland river naval division was defeated. Li Yanpei did not surrender and was killed by the Little Knife Legion rifle that assaulted into a fort. In less than half a month, the Shun'an Fortress in Xiangjiang, Annan lost the coalition forces, and soldiers gathered under the capital of Shunhua, Annan. Emperor Side fled to Hanoi at night, where the Qing Dynasty could escape. He also fantasized about seeking reinforcements, leaving only one prince as an imperial envoy to negotiate surrender.

Zhao Kuo, the lackey of the great power, could not bear the logistics of 10,000 troops in Annan. Although the two places were very close, only 2,000 Xiaodao Legion and a small number of troops were left to surround Hue. The Ruimao regiment immediately set off and returned to China.

At the same time, the French ships headed towards Danang. This port is the throat of Hue. The port is deep and can enter the large warships directly. Zhao Kuo is required to cooperate with the Allied offensive to occupy Hanoi and make Side bow down as soon as possible. This is also what Zhao Kuo means.

Immediately, three small naval warships blocked the port of Hanoi. At the same time, under the command of Dou Wenjian, the army led the Black Flag Corps from Zhennan Pass in Guangxi and headed straight to Hanoi.

Emperor Side had to flee back to Hue again and negotiated with France, Spain and Haisong to sign the Hue Peace Treaty.

Annan was beaten to pieces, and new wars in the Qing Dynasty spread toward the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Xianfeng would not recognize Hai Song, and the invasion of the vassal Guo Annan made the angry emperor call for the help of Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan.

Of course, it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to provide assistance to Annan at sea. Almost all the Qing ministers with IQs of more than 60 thought of a word: besiege Wei and save Zhao.

Hai Song was attacking Annan with all his might, and the country was empty. As long as he attacked his territory at this time, wouldn’t he kill the rebels and save Annan?

This is a trick to kill two birds with one stone, at least Xianfeng thought so.

But Zeng Guofan didn't want to do this. His most powerful strength lies in his inland waters. He is now fighting with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Sun and Moon Army. He has no spare energy to attack the two major rebel forces at the same time.

Attacking the Song Dynasty. Although this is the way to surround Wei and save Zhao, it also dispersed its own power. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom gets a chance to breathe, the Yangtze River field will also have no strength to destroy the Haisong rebels. The best way is to fight steadily. First eliminate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and then kill Haisong.

Of course, if there was no accident in the backstage governor Zuo Zongtang, this energetic and hot-tempered fat man might have to jump out and argue with Zeng Guofan. But now Zuo Zongtang is unable to protect himself.

Because this man had a bad temper and offended the crowd. He was smashed by bad news and was covered in the land. When Xianfeng was taking a break in his busy schedule, he saw the memorial of impeachment of "Hunan has a big bad curtain" by officials and coastal officials. He was furious and immediately criticized "Hunan is a bad curtain to control it. It is annoying and hateful. He found out in detail. If there is any illegal incident, he can rectify the Dharma on the spot."

The instructions were equivalent to giving Guan Wen Shangfang a sword. Zuo Zongtang was basically finished.

But the life of the Manchu righteous man who saved the Qing Dynasty was precisely because he loved the Qing Dynasty civilization. The Sixth Aunt in Guanwendi saw this memorial. Maybe he was fighting for favor with the fifth Aunt in the backstage of Fan Xiedi who was scolded by Zuo Zongtang. Maybe he was a good sister with Mrs. Hu Linyi. Anyway, the Sixth Aunt immediately told her sister about this. Her sister immediately told her husband. Her husband Hu Linyi was stunned when he heard this: OK. Isn’t this a fucking friend, Lao Zuo?

Let right and wrong be put on both sides. The buddy puts it in the middle.

Anyway, Lao Zuo is my buddy, I am on the same mountain, and your official article is on another mountain, so I just can't let you do it.

He immediately gave Zuo Zongtang a blow. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zuo Zongtang fled directly from the Hunan Governor's Office!

Guan Wen immediately issued a wanted notice, but the governor behind the scenes became a wanted criminal in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, whether the Hunan Army sent troops to Haisong and Haisong, which part of the Haisong was located, Zuo Zongtang, an anti-Song man, was hiding at the home of his buddy Hu Linyi. On the one hand, his buddy entrusted the upper-level relationships of fellow villagers who were officials in Beijing, such as Guo Songtao and Wang Yun.

Guo Songtao was working in the Nanshu Room at this time, and Wang Yun was promoted to the co-organizer of the Grand Secretary Sushun, who was all a guy with low positions but amazing energy. The former sent Hu Linyi the itinerary of the Imperial Censor Fu Aji, the Censor of the Huguang Road Supervisor of the Censorate of the Censorate, who investigated the matter, and the latter directly asked Sushun to help plead with the mercy, striving to turn big things into small things and small things into small things.

Su Shun signaled to find another minister to recommend it, so he took the opportunity to speak. So Guo Songtao found Pan Zuyin, who was in the southern study room, and Pan Shangshu helped protect Zuo Zongtang. The sentence "The country should not be without Hunan for a day, and Hunan should not be without Zuo Zongtang for a day". In addition, Hu Linyi and Zeng Guofan spoke for Zuo Zongtang, Su Shun pushed for the boat, saying that "the talent is rare, so he should cherish it." At the same time, before the imperial envoy was on the way, Hu Linyi's confidant took the beautiful women, gold and silver and other sugar-coated cannons to intercept the imperial envoy.

In the end, Zuo Zongtang was not only not defeated by Guan Wen, but this little master who was not even a formal official, but instead left an impression on the emperor. Zuo Zongtang was a blessing in disguise and was appointed as the fourth-rank Jingtang alternate to carry out military affairs in Hunan.

This is energy, this is the comparison between the civilized land of the Qing Dynasty. It is not scary to have any accidents. What is scary is that if something happens, you did not know more friends in the next step of promotion. The more accidents happen, the more you will be promoted!

However, because Zuo Zongtang was too busy at that time, he did not put any pressure on Zeng Guofan during the process of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. As a result, the Hunan Army sent 5,000 new land divisions commanded by Li Xubin to join the Jingyue Camp.

The Jingyue camp was commanded by the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. Under the strict order of the emperor, he led 12,000 people of the Eight Banners in Yunnan, 7,000 soldiers in Guizhou, and 5,000 soldiers in Hunan, to attack Zhao Kuo's Guangxi from three directions.

The Hunan Army did not dare to directly touch the fortress of Shaozhou, Lianzhou, but directly attacked Guangxi, first attacking Quanzhou City, and then prepared to attack Guilin, Guangxi;

Guizhou attacked Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangxi, and then gathered with the Hunan Army, forming a situation where the two routes were heading together to siege Guilin;

Yunnan attacked the Zhen'an Prefecture of Guangxi, pointing to Nanning Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture, threatening the retreat of the Haisong Annan Expeditionary Force.

In the Hunan Army camp, the soldiers were working hard to repair fortifications, while the commander Li Xubin and a group of subordinates were studying the map of Guilin, but did not take the Quanzhou in front seriously.

Quanzhou is a small county town with low walls. Its army is close to Hunan, and its troops will not exceed 2,000, and most of them are temporarily recruited by Hai Song Changmao. Without the elite troops like the Ruimao regiment, the city may be flattened just by closing its eyes and holding a knife, so the Hunan generals still put their eyes on Guilin City.

"Report to the commander. The horse is back!" A soldier came in and reported to Li Xubin and others.

"Let him come in." Looking at the horses coming in, Li Xubin asked, "Can you find out the truth of Quanzhou City?"

"Commander," the spy knelt on the ground, looking a little excited: "There are less than 1,000 people in the city! They are all old, weak, sick and disabled, with only 4 artillery pieces, but..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the generals' booing, "Only one thousand old, weak, sick and disabled."

"But what?" Li Xubin's master noticed the spy's expression of being reluctant to speak, and he stood up and asked.

"But there are dozens of barbarians in the defenders in Quanzhou City." said the spy.

"What? The barbarian?" Li Xubin was stunned for a moment, and then he sneered: "What's wrong with the barbarians? The barbarians with many hair in Nanjing are the barbarians. Are they different from being hacked and killed by us?"

"The local barbarians here are different from Nanjing Changmao. They claim to be the French army and guard the city under the order of the French emperor! The fake Song flag and the French flag flutter together on the city!" The spy replied.

"How do you know?"

"There are signs everywhere in the city. It is said that if a war against the pseudo-Song is to go to France, they will fight side by side with the pseudo-Song." The spy reported.

Li Xubin and other Hunan generals looked at each other. They just vaguely knew that France was a kind of Western barbarians, but not long ago, the emperor's imperial edict also severely condemned France's behavior of aiding evildoers. Although the words were harsh, they all sniffed the slightest bit of the civil and military, whether it was talented or illiterate in the Qing Dynasty, and they all heard that this country was not easy for the emperor to deal with. If it was easy to deal with, would it be used to use an edict with such content?

"What should I do, sir?" asked a subordinate.

"Let's see tomorrow." Li Xubin shook his head.

The next day, a Frenchman holding a white flag was brought back to the Hunan Army camp by the Hunan Army vanguard. This man was very skillful in Chinese, but not a soldier. Instead, a French missionary here was moved by the station of his own country's army and took the initiative to act as a translator. At this moment, he entered the Qing army camp as a negotiating envoy. "What are you doing? Why are you guarding the city for the traitor?" Li Xubin felt very fresh about this foreigner dressed in a coarse cloth. He circled around him several times before asking.

"We, Napoleon III, entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty agreed to be peaceful first with you. Behind me are soldiers of the 8th Company of the 79th Regiment of the French Army. They were not sent by the Song Dynasty, but by our France at the request of Emperor Zhao, to assist in the defense." The French priest talked happily.

"There are only a few dozen people. Do you believe it or not, we will kill you after we have a cup of tea?" Li Xubin snorted coldly with disdain.

"I hope the general will not do this. This is not only a war against the Song Dynasty, but also a war against our country." The French priest sighed.

"You help the thieves! I will cut you down according to the Qing Dynasty laws!" Li Xubin sneered: "It is to cut off the flesh from you, the group of thieves who assisted the thieves, one by one."

"Wow. God." The French priest looked blue and saw a cross on his chest. But after he finished drawing, he said: "Our heroic army will not retreat, because they were ordered by the Great Song Dynasty guards in the war. If the Great Song Dynasty guards do not retreat, we will not retreat or surrender. Please think twice."

"Sansi, your mother!" Li Xubin raised his hand and shouted, "Tie it up and throw it into the dungeon."

Seeing the screaming priest being tied into rice dumplings and dragged it out, Li Xubin sneered: "I chopped up like a foreigner, and today I will flatten Xiaoquanzhou."

His aide stepped forward and whispered: "Sir, should you ask for advice from Lord Zeng Guofan or Lord Raudian first? After all, it involves the army of the barbarians."

"What's wrong with the barbarians? There are many monkeys in the Taiping Army in Nanjing!" Li Xubin said disdainfully.

"Sir, this is different. The barbarians of the Taiping Army all claim to be hired and conspired. And even if this guy is caught, he will not be executed, but will be escorted to Shanghai for the barbarian officials to deal with it. At this moment, the barbarians said that the barbarians in Quanzhou City are not such desperadoes, but regular barbarian troops, which is obviously different in nature."

"What's the difference? There are only 50!" Li Xubin shouted.

"I'd better ask for advice and be safe. If I offend the barbarians, like the Yichang in Guangzhou more than ten years ago, when Guangzhou went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, how many soldiers and generals died and how many officials were beaten." The master was familiar with the history of the officialdom, and his words changed Li Xubin's face.

Before he could speak, a subordinate outside reported urgently: "Sir Zeng Guofan sent someone to send an urgent letter!"

Before he finished speaking, another subordinate rushed in: "Sir, Lord Raodian has arrived!"

"What happened?" Li Xubin blinked in surprise and walked outside to greet the messenger.

After reading the two letters, Li Xubin was stunned: the two letters were about one thing. The Qing soldiers from Jingyue camp all sides found that the key cities on the border had French troops to assist the pseudo-Song defense. The number of people in this group was not large, with only a few dozen people in each city, killing 100 people. But this involves the barbarians, which is the matter of the court. All armies must not act recklessly. When the court approves it, they will fight or talk. In addition, if you want to fight, it is best to choose a city without foreigners to attack.

Putting down the letter, Li Xubin lowered his head and thought for a long time, waved his hand, "Let the foreign monkey in the dungeon." Then he quickly said, "Don't let it go, I'll treat him to a meal before letting him go back."

The Hunan Army stopped in front of 50 Frenchmen, the Guizhou Army stopped in front of 40 Frenchmen, and Raudian also set up the camp under Zhen'an Mansion. In the empty city ahead of him, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, there was only one company of French soldiers.

But it is a big deal to involve foreigners. These strange monkeys were so powerful that the Qing Dynasty empathized with them. Moreover, they were not rebelling against farmers, but a country. Officials were afraid of foreigners, and involvement in foreign countries was the court's affairs, waiting for approval.

However, Raudian was not in a hurry. It was the October lunar month. According to the information sent by his spies and the Annan court, Zhao Kuodi's main force invading the Heihai Song Heiqi Legion and the Ruimao Group that invaded Hue, the at least the first month of the year. He would be safely attacking an empty enemy for two months.

But as soon as the lunar month arrived, the Song Dynasty dispatched four steamers from Haijing to the occupied Hanoi, and then entered the Red River. The Black Flag Legion took the steamer and went upstream through the Red River to fight back to the Qing Dynasty. The 5,000 high-cap foreign gun team appeared at the junction of Nan and Guangxi, cutting off the retreat of Zaudian. The murderous sharp spear group rushed from the front. With one encounter, they killed Zaudian's Yunnan Eight Banners Green Camp.

On other Guizhou roads, the Hunan Army faced the landlords who returned from the Song Dynasty and retreated in front of the "solid city" with the flags of the Song Dynasty and France.

When Raudian ran back to Kunming with the defeated general, his life-saving life cost him 30 kilograms!

The first thing I did when I went back was to put the spy who returned to Kunming who had received a 5 tael of gold and went to prison.

"It's this bastard! It's this bastard! I must have learned about Changmao and gave me fake information, saying that the long-haired demon man came back only in the first month of the year, but he was fucking back two months in advance! It caused my elite soldiers from Yunnan to be slaughtered overnight, and I was slaughtered by this traitor!"

The spy kept calling for justice since he was caught, and then closed his eyes and walked towards the cutting table in the prison cart, the cabbage and rotten eggs that hit his head could not be opened.

The executioner tied him to the pillar, put a bowl of wine on his lips, and said, "Brother, after drinking the dead head wine, just say anything you have."

At this time, the spy suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "I finally figured it out! What I'm telling you is January, it's the fucking pseudo-Song Yangli! It's not the first month of our lunar calendar! You are stupid! It's nothing to do with me!"

As a result, Zhao Kuo not only sent troops to Annan with his country, but also used the 500 French soldiers in the agreement to be scattered in various key cities, resisting the 30,000 Qing army, and not losing any border city. This exquisite use of diplomatic techniques and the ruthlessness of grasping the mentality of the Qing court made him add a nickname "Far East Fox" to the envoys of various countries.

In 1856, representatives of Annan signed the "Treaty of Friendship with France, Song Dynasty and Spain" at the Hue Palace.

As leaders, the French gained the most benefits.

1. France obtained Jiading, Dingxiang, Bianhe and Kunlun Island.

2. Annan promised that without the consent of France, the territory could not be ceded to other powerful countries;

3. Open up the Mekong River and its tributaries and three ports for French trade;

4. Allow Christian missionaries to preach freely within Annan;

5. Annan needs to pay 30 million francs for military expenses to France, Song and Western countries;

As the thug who contributed the most, Hai Song got the big head in the compensation, and like France, he took 12 million francs and gave the remaining 6 million to Spain.

At the same time, under France, the Haisong was important in Hanoi's position, and the Qing Dynasty might have obtained the privilege of stationing officials in Annan and interfering in the diplomatic affairs of Annan and the Qing Dynasty.

In addition, the Song Dynasty navy will help Annan eliminate pirates, but this agreement agrees that the Song Dynasty navy can sail into various ports from Hanoi to Hue to inspect suspicious ships, and Annan completely lost the sea control of the Tokyo Sea (the sea surface between Bei Annan and Hainan Island).

In addition to paying compensation and extermination of pirates, the Song Dynasty also obtained strong diplomacy between Britain and France due to this thug, and formed a force deterrence that scared the small countries in Southeast Asia. Zhao Kuo stole the rule of Lan Fang's land from the Dutch. The envoy of Lan Fang's company came to Haijing with the leader's son (hostage) and officially signed an agreement to join Lan Fang's territory. Lan Fang of the Song Dynasty sent officials and garrisons. With Lan Fang's geographical location, the ocean area controlled by the Song Dynasty became larger and larger.

The Hairen Bureau, which also transported labor to overseas enclaves, was soon established. Earl Huang Demei, the leader of the Xiaodao Uprising, was appointed as the first director, and the planned immigration of the Song Dynasty in Southeast Asia began.

In addition, due to Zhao Kuodi's outstanding performance, France provided a series of preferential assistance projects to the Song Dynasty industry, and some original usury loans were also granted the coveted Napoleon III in southern Annan to reduce or cut interest rates.

As a local professional rebel regime, the Song Dynasty gained its reputation overnight. Its rapid mobility, strong combat power and geographically short distances had a trembling influence on countries in the South China Sea. Siamese envoys, Lao envoys, Cambodian envoys gathered in Haijing, and of course several Japanese shogunate spies also came secretly.

The blood and sweat of the Annan people poured into Zhao Kuo's wallet like a tide of hand of their rulers, and then turned into the military pay of the army and navy, the wages of the workers, the roaring steam engines, the everlasting steelmaking furnace fire, and the foreign guns and cannons. The army may be dissatisfied with occupying the city and returning it to the Annan people, but the navy's confidence expanded unprecedentedly with the victory of conquering Annan this time and began to emerge.
Chapter completed!