On the way to Petropavlovsk, Muravyov received news that the fortress in the Gumiaojie Street of Heilongjiang was lost. After learning that there were at least thousands of infantry and cavalry troops in the British and French joint fleet this time, Muravyov immediately ordered the Russian troops defending Sakhalin Island and other parts of the Kamchatka Peninsula to withdraw to Petropavlovsk to defend.

Sakhalin Island is located in the east of the Heilongjiang estuary, facing the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to the east and north, across the Tatar Strait and Neverskoi Strait in the west, and the Zonggu Strait in the south, opposite to the Sogoku Cape in Hokkaido, Japan. In April 1853, Tsar Nicholas I ordered Russian and American companies to immediately occupy Sakhalin Island and ordered Neverskoi to establish an outpost on the east and west sides of Sakhalin Island. In August of the same year, Neverskoi landed on the east coast of Sakhalin Island and established an outpost named after Muravyov, the governor of Tsarist Russia, East and West Siberia, and openly announced that "Sakhalin Island belongs to Russia." Tsarist Russia raised the Russian flag at the northern end of Sakhalin Island, announced its possession of the land, and sent troops to attack Jiuchun Gudan. Tsarist Russia sent envoys Chowchin to Japan to discuss the ownership of Sakhalin Island, but failed.

Three days after the Russians left Sakhalin Island, the British-French Taiping coalition landed on the island and occupied the occupied area that originally belonged to Russia. After Tan Shaoguang got ashore, he ordered the expansion of the wharf and port. Many of the houses and facilities originally built by the Russians on the island were occupied by the Taiping Army.

After Grant left a squadron for the Taiping Army, he led most of the ships north to find the Russian fleet. Grant always felt that he had to destroy the Russian fleet first to ensure the safety of his own transport fleet and the troops transport fleet. But he did not know that Muravyov ordered all Russian ships to retreat into the Petropavlovsk military port.

However, the south of Sakhalin Island was regarded as its territory by the Edo Shogunate in Japan and was under the Matsumae vassal state. Tan Shaoguang stationed in the army in Kita Sakhalin Island. Due to his lack of troops at this moment, he did not go south for the time being. On the seventh day after landing, a group of Japanese came to see Tan Shaoguang.

Tan Shaoguang was very surprised why the Japanese sent people to come. You should know that although Japan claims that Sakhalin Island belongs to the Matsue Bible, there are very few Japanese on the island.

In the original Russian military camp, Tan Shaoguang met the representative of the Japanese. At that time, the Edo Shogunate of Japan, Kawaroshi Saint Mo, who was also a coastal defense officer. There was no Japanese-speaking person in Tan Shaoguang's army, but fortunately, there were people who could speak Chinese in Kawaroshi Saint Mo's entourage. After a detailed conversation between the two sides, Tan Shaoguang understood the purpose of the Japanese.

Although the Japanese always believed that Sakhalin Island belonged to Japan, in 1785, the Edo Shogunate sent five people including Yamaguchi Tegoro and his entourage to survey the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island in two directions, and concluded that "the northern part of Sakhalin Island belonged to the Qing Dynasty in China." Until now, the Japanese still believed that Sakhalin Island belonged to China.

After Russia sent troops to occupy North Sakhalin Island last year, it continued to invade the southern part of Sakhalin Island and occupied the entire island at the end of last year. Then Russia sent an envoy to Japan to discuss the ownership of Sakhalin Island. The meaning was very clear, which was to force Japan to admit that Sakhalin Island belonged to Russia.

At that time, Kawaji Satomo, as the receptionist and Masahen Kawai, Naruyo and Koga Zeng went to Nagasaki together to negotiate with our country's envoy Ri Tingcha according to the above policy. Kawaji's diplomatic skills were extremely clever. As a result, regarding the border issues of Qiandao and Sakhalin Island, they decided to investigate the on-site investigation and then negotiate, and did not give a definite answer to the opening of the port and trade issues. Only the most-favored-nation clause was granted.

Then Russia was exhausted from dealing with the Crimean War and did not continue to force Japan, but Kawaji Saint Mo still asked the shogunate to send him to Kansen Island in person. When Kawaji Saint Mo and his group came to Sakhalin Island, they happened to meet the Russians retreating. After asking, they found out that it was the coalition forces of the British and French Taiping Heavenly Kingdoms that were coming.

Chuanlu has heard of some of the rebels in southern China. Chuanlu and other Japanese people have always believed that this was just a flash in the pan and the rebel forces could not compete with the powerful Qing Dynasty. However, they did not expect that at this time they would meet the Taiping Army that joined forces with Britain and France. Chuanlu was worried that after the Russians left, the Taiping Army would invade Nansakhalin Island, so they came to contact.

After listening to Chuanlu's narration, Tan Shaoguang smiled faintly and said, "This northern expedition of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is mainly to attack Russian Russians. We will not interfere with the matter of South Sakhalin Island for the time being, but North Sakhalin Island, which originally belonged to the Qing demon court, now belongs to our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

This time, Tan Shaoguang went north. What he saw and heard was very strange. Not to mention the desolate Sakhalin Island, even the northeastern land of China is also very vast and sparsely populated. Just like the huge Sakhalin Island, the Russians sent hundreds of people to come and built several outposts to announce that the island would return to Russia. Seeing this scene, Tan Shaoguang couldn't help but think about expanding territory for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

During his few days on Sakhalin Island, he discussed a strategy in detail with the generals of the General Staff, and returned it to the Western King of Suzhou. Tan Shaoguang and others unanimously agreed that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could actually send thousands of troops and summon tens of thousands of refugees to the Northeast or Sakhalin Island. Compared with southern Jiangsu, which is not divided enough, the land in the Northeast can really take over the first step. Tan Shaoguang and others felt that since the Russians could travel thousands of miles to occupy, why could the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom not be able to dominate?

So Tan Shaoguang did not say anything, nor did he admit that South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands belong to Japan. He just said he would not care for the time being.

But Kawaji Satomo was also a good diplomat, and he also heard the ambiguousness of Tan Shaoguang's words and frowned. Since the black ship incident, Japan's national gates have been knocked open by the great powers one after another. As the United States, France, Britain, Russia and other countries forced Japan to sign a series of unequal treaties, the young Edo Makumomo, such as Kawaji, began to awaken. They began to feel that if this continues, Japan will be divided up by the great powers sooner or later.

In February 1854, the commander of the US fleet, Perry, in view of the various benefits obtained by the British Puding, led the US ship to Uraga Port. This time, there were seven warships equipped with one or two hundred cannons and more than 1,000 sailors, and forced the shogunate to negotiate with force. As a result, the "Japan-US Friendship Treaty" was signed in March of the same year. During that negotiation, Kawaru also saw the warships of the great powers. At this time, he began to be amazed that the great powers would join forces with a rebel separatist force like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In Tan Shaoguang's military camp, Kawaru met many British and French naval officers who were ashore, and they were very polite to Tan Shaoguang.

As both Asian yellow people, Chuanlu was deeply hurt in his heart, and Nan Sakhalin Island was occupied by the Russians. Although Japan was indignant, he did not have the courage to send troops to regain the lost land. But at this moment, he saw that the Chinese actually sent troops, and they had always believed that they were just a peasant uprising army. He also heard that the Taiping Army killed two or three thousand Russians in the battle at the mouth of Heilongjiang.

This fact surprised Chuanlu. The Yamato tribe is a very strange nation. They respect the strong. Because of this time, Chuanlu also has another purpose, which is to see what kind of army the Taiping Army is.

At this time, he heard the ambiguity in Tan Shaoguang's words and couldn't help but worry. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom received support from the great powers such as Britain and France, and after the war against Russia ended, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom forcibly occupied the island, what could Japan do?

When he walked into the military camp just now, Chuanlu saw the strength of this army. The soldiers of the Taiping Army were all young men of seventeen or eight years old, tall and strong, strong and powerful. Everyone was equipped with muskets. The solemn soldier temperament made Chuanlu amazed and he gained a new understanding of the strength of the Taiping Army.

Tan Shaoguang was not prepared for this contact with the Japanese. When he arrived, the King of the West did not explain how to deal with the Japanese. However, with the mentality of taking advantage but not suffering losses and not losing the prestige of heaven, he took a tough attitude from the beginning, which made Chuanlu feel even more afraid. But Chuanlu did not dare to make the words clear. He could only temporarily agree with Tan Shaoguang's vague words, and he did not dare to stimulate the other party.

Finally, Chuanlu gave the gifts he brought to Tan Shaoguang. These gifts were originally intended to be given to the Russians on the island, but now they have become gifts to the Taiping Army.

Tan Shaoguang refused. He gave fifty smoothbore guns to Chuanlu and his group, which was considered a gift for return. These arms were seized from the Russians during the Battle of Temple Street. Taiping soldiers had rifled guns and could not use such guns anymore. Most of the seized guns were taken to Sakhalin Island by Tan Shaoguang. However, if Xiao Yungui knew that Tan Shaoguang had actually returned gifts to the Japanese, he would definitely scold him a lot. What would he be polite to the Japanese?

After receiving the excellent smoothbore gun return gift, Chuanlu was very happy and began to ask if there were any such guns that they could pay for them. Tan Shaoguang was worried about how to deal with these arms. It would be a pity that they would lose them. If they were to be transported back to Shanghai, it would be a long way from the Taiping Army. These smoothbore guns would be gradually eliminated in the Taiping Army. They might lose the shipping fee when transported back. Unexpectedly, Chuanlu was interested in purchasing arms, and Tan Shaoguang was immediately happy and discussed with Chuanlu about selling arms.

Japan also sought arms from Britain, France and other countries, but Britain and France's arms were very expensive and limited in quantity (because most of them were bought by the Qing army and the Taiping army), so it was rare to encounter such a batch of arms that were of the price. Soon Tan Shaoguang and Chuanlu negotiated the price, and the Taiping army sold more than 1,200 smoothbore guns and other arms seized to Japan, while Chuanlu agreed to purchase the batch of arms for 103,000 taels of silver.

Tan Shaoguang was very happy. He finally dealt with the arms. He never thought about knowing the British and French allies. Logically speaking, this arms should be considered a joint seizure of the coalition forces, but without Grant knowing, this batch of arms was sold by Tan Shaoguang. I don’t know if Grant will be furious after returning. However, Tan Shaoguang didn’t care. After he collected all the wine and liquor distributed to Taiping soldiers, he sold them to the sailors of the British and French fleets, making a big profit. This incident made Grant very unhappy and didn’t care about this more.

The two sides did not reach any agreement because they were not prepared for this contact. It was just that Tan Shaoguang had just dealt with the batch of smoothbore guns. But then Kawajiu made up his mind to go back to report this matter to the shogun as soon as possible and send people to the territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to take a look. Learning about others has always been a good habit for the Japanese. This time Kawajiu felt that Japan should look for allies in Asia that could help his country, but he did not know that the allies he vigorously advocated in the "Kan Run Shu of Sakhalin Island" presented to the Edo Shogunate this time would become a disaster star in Japan in the future. This book that brought decades of suffering to Japan was also called "Kan Shu" by historians. (To be continued, please search for Piaotian, the novel is better and faster!
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