Li Hongzhang did not stay in Huai'an Prefecture for too long, but quickly continued northward and went directly back to the Zhili Governor's Office in Tianjin.∈◆,

It cannot be blamed for not caring about his hometown. The Nanyang Army was chasing too hard. Li Hongzhang had just left Huaian Prefecture. In less than half an hour, the first town of the Nanyang Army was at the Huaian Prefecture.

The Nanyang Army, which has always been known for its first-class armed marching speed in the world, showed it to the fullest moment. What is speed? It means that the enemy ran in front of him for a few hours, and then began to pursue him. A few hours later, the enemy suddenly found that the pursuers had actually run in front of him.

The soldiers of the remnants of the Beiyang Army who fled all the way thought Huai'an Prefecture was safe, but when they ran to Huai'an Prefecture, they found that Huai'an Prefecture was surrounded by the Nanyang Army.

Damn it was really a ghost. He was chasing them yesterday, but today he actually ran to the front. Is this still alive?

The remaining Beiyang Army wanted to run away, but unfortunately they soon discovered that there were Nanyang Army from all directions. After hundreds of thousands of Nanyang Army crossed the Yangtze River, no unit was willing to fall behind.

The first town has a very strong marching ability, so isn't the marching ability of other towns no longer awesome?

The answer is obviously no. The marching ability of the officers and soldiers in each town of the Nanyang Army is very strong, which is due to Li Weiguo's years of emphasis on the combat effectiveness of the army.

All the Nanyang Army that crossed the Yangtze River attacked from all directions under the supervision of the commanders of various towns and chased the Beiyang Army everywhere.

At this time, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army, every Beiyang Army soldier was rewarded and rewarded.

For the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army towns, when will they improve their lives and give more bonuses, it is now that they can kill more enemies and capture more prisoners, and there will be a lot of bonuses.

Damn, the Beiyang Army ran desperately in front, while the Nanyang Army chased to the death from behind, like a cat catching rats, creating the most bizarre phenomenon in the history of Chinese war. The mountains and fields were filled with Beiyang Army defeated soldiers, and the Nanyang Army was everywhere.

What does it mean to be defeated like a mountain? This is the case with the Beiyang Army at this moment. It was completely scared by the Nanyang Army. It was so tired that it was difficult to breathe. But when the Nanyang Army appeared, it immediately ran away like a full of blood. If it could not escape, it would immediately surrender with its guns and surrender without any delay.

More than 100,000 Beiyang troops ran crazy in front. Hundreds of thousands of Nanyang troops chased them in the back. The entire eight provinces of Jiangbei became lively in an instant.

In Wangxian, thousands of Beiyang troops ran into the county town panting. Before they could sit down and drink water, they heard someone shouting that the Nanyang troops were coming.

These thousands of Beiyang troops immediately jumped up like cats with their tails stepped on. They didn't even look at them, and immediately ran away from the north gate.

Soon, a child of fifteen or sixteen came forward and smiled.

It turned out that the child had just heard the conversation between the Beiyang army in secret, and learned that they were running away like dogs by the Nanyang army at this moment, so he shouted in a prank, and the Beiyang army was immediately scared away.

The people who learned the truth suddenly burst into laughter. This is so funny.

The same thing happened in many county towns. Sometimes a squad of Nanyang Army soldiers could easily occupy a county town. Even if there were hundreds of local troops and hundreds of guns in the county town, they would not dare to resist.

This news will naturally be transmitted back to Shanghai. Li Weiguo smiled bitterly when he learned about it. He really didn't expect that the Nanyang Army was so fierce. Why did he feel like he was back in the War of Resistance Against Japan, a few Japanese devils could drive thousands of national troops to run around China, and a few ronin could occupy a county town with a plaster flag.

At this time, Zhuang Jiuxia came in to report.

"Prince. Li Hongzhang sent someone again to express his willingness to surrender, hoping that the prince can let him go and his family and treat his subordinates well."

Li Weiguo snorted coldly and said, "This old Li really doesn't cry until he sees the coffin. Now he remembers surrender. What have you done long ago?"

Zhuang Jiuxia then said, "The prince means not accepting Li Hongzhang's surrender? I'll go back to them now!"

"No!" Li Weiguo waved his hand and suddenly said, "Go and tell Li Hongzhang that he can surrender now, and I can still give him and his family a glory and wealth, but he must destroy the Qing court."

Zhuang Jiuxia was stunned at first, then smiled and said, "If the prince does this, Li Hongzhang will probably cry to death."

Li Weiguo pretended not to understand and asked, "Why did he cry?"

Zhuang Jiuxia smiled and said, "This is not simple. The Qing Dynasty has been ruled for hundreds of years, and the idea of ​​slavery has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The people still have feelings for the court. At this time, whoever overthrew the court will become a public enemy. Especially the children of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia will definitely not be willing to destroy the country. Li Hongzhang took action himself, obviously to attract hatred for the prince."

Ha ha!

Li Weiguo laughed and said, "Okay, you can see this. It seems that you can also release yourself. Are you interested in leading troops? Now is the good time to make contributions. You are the chief guard around me. You will be the leader of the guards around you. In the future, your career will be bright."

Zhuang Jiuxia immediately thanked: "Thank you for your kindness, I am still used to staying by your side and doing things."

"You can think slowly, don't worry, tell me when I have thought about it." Li Weiguo nodded and did not force it.

Three large armies of the Nanyang Army were launched together. The commander-in-chief of the First Route, Zhang Xiaoliu, had a total of more than 70,000 troops under the Six Towns of the First Front Army. He crossed the river from Haimentang to the north, attacked Jiangsu, and then went straight to the capital of Zhili.

The commander-in-chief of the Second Route, Li Jie, had nearly 50,000 troops under the leadership of the Second Front Army. He crossed the river from Jinling to the north and attacked Anhui, one of Shandong, Henan, and one of Shanxi, and then went straight to the capital of Zhili.

The commander-in-chief of the Third Route, Wang Zhijie, had the five towns of the Third Front Army, and a large army of 60,000. He sent troops from Wuchang to cross the river and attacked Shaanxi, and then arrived directly to the capital.

In addition, the 50,000 Huguang army commanded by Chen Jingnan of Sichuan, immediately dispatched troops to Gansu after the Sichuan defense was settled, and then defended on the spot, waiting for orders.

As for the inner and outer Mongolia, the three iron hat generals of Kanto, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Tibet, the three Protectorate Offices will not be attacked for the time being. This is because these places are vast and sparsely populated, the people are strong, and have strong religious beliefs. They can be pacified by force. You must know that there has never been any war that can be solved by force in previous dynasties. Even if they are as powerful as Mao Taizu, they have to solve these problems through peaceful negotiations.

Of course, for Li Weiguo, he also knew another reason. That is the plateau reaction. Most of the South China Sea Army are people from the eastern coastal areas. Once they enter the plateau battle, they will encounter this natural enemy of plateau reaction. No matter how awesome and modern army goes to the plateau battle, they cannot beat the local indigenous people who take bows and arrows. This is reality.

As a future man, Li Weiguo could not let his soldiers make fearless sacrifices, so he decided to suspend the use of troops in the northwest and concentrate all his efforts to destroy the Qing Dynasty first.

The vigorous Southern Yang Army's Northern Expedition quickly burned all over the northern land. Because Li Hongzhang's elite Beiyang Army and the main forces of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Army of the court were all defeated and destroyed, the entire Qing Dynasty could no longer provide a powerful elite force to compete with the Southern Yang Army's Northern Expedition in a short period of time.

However, the north is the inherent ruling area of ​​the Qing Dynasty. There are many ruling ethnic groups such as Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibetan and Hui, and the local forces have strong dominance, far exceeding the ten southern provinces. This is because the south has experienced more than ten years of chaos in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibetan and Hui forces have been almost uprooted. This is why Li Weiguo was able to seize the ten southern provinces in a short time and easily, and there was almost no local resistance. At this point, we have to thank the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

When the Nanyang Army attacked the northern expedition into various parts of the north, some cities controlled by the Manchuria, Mongolian, Tibetan and Hui forces still resisted. They cooperated with some of the Beiyang Army to defend the city and block the Nanyang Army's northern expedition.

However, this was simply a mantis chariot. In the face of the powerful artillery fire attack of the Nanyang Army, their resistance seemed so powerless.

Under the city of Xinzhou, the 17th Artillery Regiment of the 17th Town of the Nanyang Army pulled out nine 155mm heavy howitzers and bombed the defenders at the top of the city. In an instant, the defenders' flesh and blood were flying everywhere. The disrepaired city wall quickly cracked and then collapsed.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The Nanyang Army immediately launched a charge and broke through the city wall defense with a scattered force. The Xinzhou defenders immediately turned into birds and fled in all directions.

Xinzhou was lost in half a day and was captured by the Nanyang Army.

Subsequently, the Nanyang Army established a temporary occupation army headquarters and began to rectify the entire Xinzhou city. All individuals or families involved in the resistance were arrested, those who refused to arrest, those who harbored were shot and their property was confiscated.

Under the bloody butcher knife, all reactionaries turned into paper tigers.

The Nanyang Army acted like a cruel look, which was deliberately shocking the little boy. Then the Nanyang officials rushed to quickly rectify the Xinzhou officialdom and quickly operated the government agencies. Then the Nanyang Civil Affairs Ministry sent people to settle in, bringing a large amount of materials to the people who lost due to the war, and gaining support from the people. At the same time, a large amount of RMB and grain entered the city to prevent unscrupulous merchants from raising prices and disrupting the money market, and then controlling the entire Xinzhou.

One hand has a big stick and the other hand is honey. It has both hands, and both hands must be hard.

As for the reactionary forces in secret, the newly established Xinzhou government quickly began to release the results and posted notices. Anyone who had wronged could go to the government office to sue, and all the government offices would accept it. The people who were bullied on weekdays did not dare to come at the beginning because they knew the government too well. The government offices faced south and did not come in without money. But soon some "entrusted" secretly bought by the government began to sue, and the government accepted all the wronged and revenge in time, which caused a strong response among the people, and soon the people began to live.

"I heard that the government had accused Erwa's family of justice, and the three acres of paddy fields that Erwa's family snatched away by the landlord Shahara have been brought back."

"Yes, I also heard that Lao Liu from the west of the city avenged his daughter, and the government executed the Prince Duoluo who raped and killed Lao Liu's daughter."

"What? Even the prince was executed?"

"Yes, I heard that the Nanyang Army was all Han. In order to liberate the tens of thousands of suffering tribesmen of our Han Dynasty, King Li Weiguo raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Now he has occupied Xinzhou. From then on, the Han people in Xinzhou have turned over and become masters of their own country."

"What is occupying Xinzhou? That's not called occupation, that's called restoration? I can't understand it?"

“Is occupation different from liberation?”

"Of course it's different! Invading cities from other countries is called occupation, and regaining cities from one's own country is called restoration. This Xinzhou was originally a city for us Han people. It was occupied by the bannermen hundreds of years ago. Now the King of Wu has recaptured it on behalf of the Han people, which is called restoration."

"Yes, yes, yes! Xinzhou is liberated, and everyone will no longer have to be enslaved by the bannermen. The crimes I suffered in the past are determined to seek justice!"

"Let's go, let's go to the government office together, seek justice and seek justice!"

The people finally believed in the interim military government of the Nanyang Army and went to file a lawsuit, seeking revenge and revenge.

For the Provisional Military Government of the Nanyang Army, they need the people to take the initiative to stand up so that they can attack those secretly hostile forces.

As the saying goes, the master is famous and cannot deal with the reactionary forces for no reason. It will leave people with a handle and verbal remarks. However, if the people take the initiative to report and provide evidence, then they can take advantage of the situation and completely eliminate these reactionary forces.

In this way, the Provisional Military Government of the Nanyang Army in Xinzhou quickly swept and erased all the reactionary hidden forces in the entire Xinzhou area. The once mighty and prosperous bannermen, who were either beheaded or their homes were searched. Only a few conscientious ones were dealt with leniently. The Nanyang Military Government did not make things difficult for them. However, since then, many surviving bannermen changed their names and surnames, moved their families, and went to another place to pretend to be Han people to overcome the tribulation.

Xinzhou is just a microcosm. With the Southern Yang Army's Northern Expedition, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and other provinces have been restored one after another, and the people have turned over. The bully reactionary forces that once rode on them have been removed one after another, leaving only a bright world.

On November 3, 1865, the First Route Army and the Second Route Army of the Northern Expedition Army met in Gunzhou, Shandong. Three days later, more than 100,000 troops surrounded Jinan Prefecture.

Jinan Prefecture is the key business place of Li Hongzhang, deploying 30,000 Beiyang Army and 20,000 garrisons. Li Hanzhang personally took charge of it, attempting to stop the Nanyang Army's Northern Expedition.

However, the result was that the people of the whole country were shocked. Tang Naifu, the garrison of Jinan City, opened the south gate in the middle of the night and led more than 20,000 people from the Jinan Prefecture Guards to open the city and surrender.

That night, the main force of the Nanyang Army entered through the South Gate and caught the Beiyang Army off guard. By noon the next day, Jinan City was restored, and the Beiyang Army was forced to lay down its weapons and surrender after more than 20,000 people from the Jinan Governor were forced to lay down their weapons and surrender.

Li Hanzhang failed to break through and disguised himself as a commoner and sneaked into a private house. However, three days later, he was discovered and became a prisoner.

When the news came back to Tianjin, Li Hongzhang finally surrendered. First, all relatives from Huai'an Prefecture were captured. Now his younger brother Li Hanzhang has also been captured. If Li Hongzhang resists again, the family will be over. So Li Hongzhang immediately ordered the Beiyang army in various places to change the flags and surrender to the Nanyang army.

At the same time, in order to save his life, Li Hongzhang had to bite the bullet and send 30,000 Beiyang troops to set off from Tianjin and attack Beijing City.

After two days of fierce fighting, the 60,000 Eight Banners Patrol Battalion was wiped out, and the last blood was used to defend the dignity of the Eight Banners' children.

On the 11th, Beijing fell, and Li Hongzhang personally led his team into the city, surrounded the Forbidden City, arresting members of the royal family and the children of the Eight Banners, and at the same time began to force the palace.

On the morning of the 9th, Emperor Tongzhi, the two empress dowagers of Ci'an and Cixi, announced their abdication and opened the city gate to surrender.

At this point, the Qing Dynasty, which had ruled China for more than two hundred years, perished.
Chapter completed!