Early morning, Jiangxia County, Qingshankou Pier.

This pier, located northeast of Jiangxia County and on the bank of the Yangtze River, has been under the highest level of martial law imposed by the female battalion of the Taiping Army since three days ago! Therefore, the roads leading from Qingshankou Town to the pier are all completely blocked. Armed female soldiers controlled the area, and no one was allowed to pass without a pass issued by An Tang. On the river near the port, there were Taiping Army division boats carrying female battalion soldiers patrolling everywhere, and ships without An Tang passes were not allowed to approach.

Even the shops near the pier had their doors opened early, and the bosses and clerks took a "New Year's Eve" given by the Taiping Army and went home to celebrate the New Year. But what appeared above the pier amid all layers of vigilance was A "Qing army" that no one could have imagined!

They all have green cloth turbans, brave clothes, and carry the standard spears, swords, shields, and shotguns of the Qing army. They are all elites. Judging from their short and stocky appearance, none of them is a "double-pike soldier." .

There were about five hundred people in this "Qing army", and they were lined up in five rows on the pier. Everyone stood upright, with their stomachs drawn in and their chests raised, looking energetic.

A young officer in his twenties, with an ordinary appearance and a strong body, wearing a black linen coat and a plain gold-topped hat without eyes and blue feathers, was walking around in front of the queue of five hundred Qing soldiers holding a sword on his waist. go.

"Your Highness the Angel, President Su, Supervisor Wu, and Master Xu are so handsome!"

Following the announcement, the young officer immediately stood still, then turned to the right, facing five rows of soldiers, and then shouted in a Hunan accent: "Everyone... stand at attention! Turn to the right... and look forward!" Look! Take a break!"

After a while of commanding, the team that looked very orderly at first became even more orderly, and it already looked a bit like the Beiyang Army!

What this Qing army had assembled to greet were four senior officials of the Taiping Rebellion wearing plain red robes and simply wearing red scarves on their heads. They were Luo Yaoguo, Su Sanniang, Wu Ruxiao and Xu Yuegui.

Luo Yaoguo walked to the front of this team, looked at it with his hands behind his back for a while, and nodded with satisfaction: "Finally they look a bit elite...Sanniang, Yuegui, Wu Jianjun, do you think they look like Zuo Zongtang?" Gao Ziying?"

After Su Sanniang heard this, she chuckled and said: "Your Highness, are you kidding me? This is our army training brigade. It took a lot of effort to train it to this level... This team is the only one in the world." A portion!"

Luo Yaoguo laughed and waved to the young officer leading the team: "Wang Dalong, come here!"

"Yes!" A young officer named Wang Dalong immediately walked over in a few steps, stood at attention, and then gave a standard military salute.

This Wang Dalong is also one of the Twelve Disciples. When he was in the lecturer class, he had nothing outstanding except for his good military training. Later, he was arranged by Luo Yaoguo to join the Shangjun Teaching Brigade to lead troops, starting from the two Sima Gan , and became the brigade commander.

Because the Shangjun Teaching Brigade did not go to the front line very often, he had no military merit. He was able to hold this position, firstly because of Luo Yaoguo's trust, and secondly because he was really well trained as a soldier.

"Dalong, you did a good job!" Luo Yaoguo first praised his good student, and then asked, "Do your officers and soldiers all know what mission they are going to perform this time? Do they have the confidence to complete it?"

"I know!" Wang Dalong's dark face showed a determined expression, "The teaching brigade will resolutely complete its mission!"

Luo Yaoguo nodded, then strode up to the teaching brigade and asked loudly: "All officers and soldiers of the teaching brigade, do you know what your mission is this time?"

"I know!" Everyone said in unison. "What is it?" Luo Yaoguo asked.

"Sneak in with make-up!"

Everyone answered in unison again.

"Okay!" Luo Yaoguo nodded, "Are you confident to complete the mission?" "Yes! Complete the mission resolutely!"

Still speaking in unison!

Luo Yaoguo turned around and said to Su Sanniang: "Sanniang, our soldiers will be like this in the future!" "Yes!"

Su Sanniang also learned to teach the officers and soldiers of the brigade. She stood at attention, with her chest high and her buttocks tilted up... What a heroic appearance!

"Okay... that's it!" Luo Yaoguo smiled and patted his wife on the shoulder, "I'll leave it to you to join the army. Just listen to King Yi's command before you get outside Jinling City... After you get outside Jinling City, you can Divide your troops with King Yi and lead the troops to Songjiang Mansion. Don’t attack any city along the way. You must seize the time to march. Do you understand?”

"I know." Su Sanniang looked at her husband with some reluctance and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, can't you let someone else go?"

Wu Ruxiao on the side immediately took over the conversation: "Your Highness, I will go with Xu Junshuai. You should go with the Angel Lady. I am an old acquaintance with Wu Jianzhang of Shanghai Road. We both worked in the Thirteenth Line."

Luo Yaoguo shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, my identity is all true... Wang Kui will prepare for me the official certificate issued by the Qingyao court. Dalong and Sanxiang also have it. That's all It’s true, you can take it to Beijing without any problem.”

"Moreover, Wang Kuiyi himself is the official magistrate of Hengzhou, and he even brought a note stamped by the governor of Hunan! I was the Hunanese who went to Shanghai to purchase guns and gunpowder for Zuo Zongtang's Gaozi 10th Battalion on the order of Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan. Alternate County Magistrate."

"When we get to Shanghai, I'll see if I can hire some foreign generals and engineers. If possible, I'll contact the consuls of various countries."

"Besides, there are many of our people in Shanghai. As long as I get to Shanghai, nothing will happen to me, and I can definitely capture Shanghai! If Xiao Xiao can't do these things, I have to go there myself..."

When Luo Yaoguo was about to explain a few more words, Xu Yuegui's voice suddenly sounded in his ears again: "Your Highness, a big ship has arrived and is about to dock... It should be Wang Kueyi and Zhang San. "

Luo Yaoguo turned around and saw that there was indeed a large ship with two thousand materials flying a black flag that had passed the warning line composed of several division boats on the periphery and began to approach the dock. "Dalong, be on guard!" Luo Yaoguo ordered.

"Got the order!"

Wang Dalong immediately responded, and then immediately ordered his 500 elite soldiers to spread out on the pier, with swords, shields, pikemen in front, and shotgun soldiers in the back, and began to load ammunition and light the powder line. The movement was extremely fast. I know I have worked hard.

Luo Yaoguo nodded with satisfaction and said to himself: "This time, as long as we can replace them with foreign guns and find a few foreign generals to practice, the teaching brigade will really be ready!",,,,,.

"Slave Shengbao, Yuanbao, and humble Bai Siwen, please pay your respects to the prince."

On the same morning, in the palace of Prince Gong in Beijing, Shengbao, Yuanbao and Bai Siwen were kowtowing to Prince Gong Yixin together!

The three of them came to say goodbye today. Although the New Year is approaching, the three of them all have to go to Shanghai on business, and they will definitely have to spend New Year's Eve on the way. Among them, Shengbao just returned to Beijing three days ago, with his wife and children. The day of hot kang has not passed for two days, and today I have to go out to do "foreign affairs" for the emperor.

"Everyone, get up and give me a seat!" Yi Xin looked at these three capable men, nodded happily, and said with a smile: "There are not many bannermen who work as hard as you three. Shengbao, Yuanbao, you and Yiliang Pretty familiar, right?”

"It's familiar," Shengbao said with a smile, "Those are my uncles, they are both from the Guerjia family."

"That's good!" Yi Xin said with a smile, "He is the governor of Jiangsu and an old foreigner. During the war with the British, he was also the governor of Guangdong. Together with Lin Wenzheng, he banned foreign cigarettes and fought against foreign soldiers...you guys... You have to learn from him."

"twitter!"

Shengbao, Yuanbao and Bai Siwen agreed together.

Yi Xin nodded with satisfaction, then handed Shengbao an envelope and told him: "When you meet the English and French, talk to them more about demons. Lama Tu said that foreigners care about this very much. This is his The "Secret Report on the Existence of Devils in China" written in Rakshasa and French, you brought to the English Consul Aliguo, the French Consul Aitang and the American Consul Ma Hui in Shanghai.
Chapter completed!