"Your Highness, Lord Qian Jiang is asking for a meeting. http:////" Tang Erniu's voice came from outside the tent. It was obvious that Tang Erniu followed Xiao Yungui for many years. As the captain of the guard, he had many opportunities to show off, but Xiao Yungui has always been reluctant to leave. One very important reason is that Tang Erniu understands Xiao Yungui's thoughts very much.

Whenever Zhou Xiuying or other women who have an ambiguous relationship with the King of the West get along with the King of the West, no matter who Tang Erniu asked for a meeting, he would consciously inform him first, or that this was a tacit understanding of the subordinates.

Hearing the sound, Zhou Xiuying broke free from the arms of Xiao Yungui, the big bad wolf, and hurriedly tidied up her military uniform, then picked up the bowls and chopsticks and said, "Your Highness, I'll go out first."

Xiao Yungui smiled and nodded, and then whispered in her ear, "I'll see you later." Zhou Xiuying's ears turned red when she heard this, and she lowered her head and ran away in a panic.

After Zhou Xiuying left, Xiao Yungui returned to the front of the case in a manner of makeup and looked at the official position. Qian Jiang walked in quickly and said, "Your Highness, my subordinates have been talking to the Qing Dynasty for a day and have basically gained a glimpse."

Xiao Yungui put down his hand and said, "The Qing court held a negotiation to delay time. What are the challenges?"

Qian Jiang smiled and said, "The Qing court's peace talks are insincere, and we will not agree to any nonsense of placing rivers and governing." He paused here and continued, "It's just that in addition to negotiations, Yuan Jiasan and Li Hongzhang, who came to negotiate, had asked their subordinates to speak alone."

Xiao Yungui stood up straight and said, "Oh? It's interesting. Are these two people coming to find a way out?"

Qian Jiang nodded and said, "That's about it. At the beginning, the two of them were ill, and their subordinates showed their intention to recruit them. They hurriedly asked about their official positions after they came over."

Xiao Yungui stood up and walked back and forth a few steps, and said to himself, "Yuan Jiasan, Li Hongzhang is also a capable person. How could he be so easily willing to surrender? Is he a fraud?"

Qian Jiang shook his head and said, "Your Highness, my subordinates don't look like me. My subordinates only said some obscure words to the two. They mean that they wanted to surrender. But they seemed to be a little worried. If they came to surrender, they would be afraid that they would quickly scold the Qing court and show their loyalty."

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "I know what you mean, so do this. If you ask someone to come and find them, don't disturb other Qing court negotiators. I and you will meet them alone."

After receiving the order, Qian Jiang turned around and ordered people to invite Yuan Jiasan and Li Hongzhang to come, and then turned back to the tent. The King of Westernness was staring at the map again. He whispered in front of him, "Are your highness worried about the war in Shandong?"

Xiao Yungui shook his head and said, "No, I've just been worried about the South Wing King, and now I'm worried about our navy."

Qian Jiang said, "According to the previous deduction of the General Staff, it will take one or two years for Britain and France to mobilize a new army to expedition. Although we annihilate the main force of the British and French coalition forces, their sea fleets have little loss. In this year and two years, it is unlikely that our land will be attacked by Britain and France. The most troublesome thing is the harassment from the sea."

Xiao Yungui frowned and said, "According to the worst considerations of the General Staff, the naval fleet of the British and French coalition forces will take the initiative to find our naval main force within this year. We hope to annihilate our naval main force. The worst result is that our navy is wiped out. Navy, a ten-year army, a hundred-year navy, and I don't want to see the naval foundation that has been built for ten years so exhausted."

Qian Jiang said, "Since your highness feels a little reluctant, let the Navy adopt the advice of the General Staff to avoid the war and protect the ship."

Xiao Yungui hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, one is too late to send orders now, and the other is that the navy is all made, so it is meaningless to avoid war and protect ships." He paused and said meaningfully, "The great powers are rising. You must dare to fight. Sometimes the more you hide, the more you lose. It is better to have a naval guerrilla war..."

At the same time, within the Dalian Bay Harbour, thousands of miles away, after many years of operation by the Taiping Army, it has become the most important port of the Taiping Army to the north. Since the Taiping Army occupied this place in 1854, it has been building this port. As the first military port of the Taiping Army, it has been building several years of construction. It has built a breakwater with granite stones, large docks and docks, and military camps, training grounds, lighthouses, cargo warehouses and other facilities on the shore. The mountains on both sides of the waterway have dozens of large and large turrets and positions. In addition, the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Dalian Bay Harbour can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In the Taiping Navy barracks in Dalian Bay, the bright conference room was filled with Taiping Navy generals. Today is the last meeting of the Taiping Navy fleet before leaving the port. The meeting was chaired by Taiping Navy Admiral Luo Dagang.

Luo Dagang sat right away, looking at his generals. Next to him was the deputy admiral of the Navy, Tang Zhengcai, and then the admirals of each squadron. There were the admirals of the Yellow Sea Fleet, Lai Zhenhai, the admiral of the East Sea Fleet, Monk Tongbao, the admiral of the Bohai Fleet, Lu Shunde, the admiral of the South Sea Fleet, Zeng Tianhao, and the captains of the main warships of each squadron were all sitting on both sides.

After Luo Dagang saw that the people had arrived, he cleared his throat and said, "Today is the last meeting before the battle. The deployment and tactics of each fleet have been explained clearly. I would like to remind you again that the strength of the British and French coalition fleet is far higher than ours. We have no chance of winning in a head-on battle. Therefore, it is strictly forbidden for each fleet to fight against the main force of the British and French fleets. Only by adopting the pirate combat method can we achieve some small victory, and then accumulate small victory into big victory, or drag the British and French fleets to effectively support the land battle of the heaven. Remember to make good use of your informants in various foreign companies, docks, and merchants in the south. Once you know the whereabouts of the enemy ships, attack in one piece and attack, and take the initiative to attack and annihilate the enemy..."

Luo Dagang once again reiterated the tactics of this naval guerrilla warfare. The combat strategy formulated by the Navy General Staff was to disperse the fleets back to their respective seas and adopt the naval combat strategies used by pirates. They took the initiative to avoid the advantageous enemies, and took the initiative to attack and get a vote when encountering weak enemies. They made full use of foreign businesses, docks, and merchants in Hong Kong and other places to provide intelligence to inform the whereabouts of the British and French fleets in advance, so as to take effective means to harass, restrain and strike the enemy.

Speaking of pirate tactics, it has always been a headache for Britain, France and other countries. There were so many pirates on the coast of the country before. They were familiar with this sea area. The cunning rabbit has many hiding places in three holes. Often, the main force of the British fleet could not find the pirates when they went out to suppress the enemy. Once the British ship was alone, they would be attacked by pirates.

History has been from before the Opium War to a long time after the Second Opium War, foreigners fought pirates in the waters of the country. The pirates had a flexible tactic and it was difficult to capture their whereabouts. The news of the British fleet was often learned in advance by the pirates. Jackie Chan had a movie called "Plan A" which reflected the story of the British water police in Hong Kong and the navy cleared pirates at that time. The pirates bribed many people in Hong Kong to provide them with intelligence, and they even bribed officials of the British government in Hong Kong. There was a scene in the movie that the pirates learned in advance that the Hong Kong water police were dispatched. So when the water police were still attending the oath-taking ceremony, they sent people to blow up the water police warships anchored in the port, resulting in the entire clearance operation not yet ending.

Although it was a movie, it also provided inspiration for Xiao Yungui when formulating a combat plan. The Taiping Navy is very weak, but for the huge British and French fleets, the flexible and pirate-style combat method that was broken into pieces was more troubled by them. Moreover, the Taiping Army Bai Zetang, the Intelligence Department, and the Navy Intelligence Department have infiltrated Hong Kong, the British and French fleet base more successfully. Through means of bribery, threats and other means, the Taiping Army now has more accurate intelligence, and the intelligence created by the pirates in the "Plan A" movie is more dense. The informants bought by the Taiping Army even include many Europeans and foreign crew members. Knowing the whereabouts of the fleet in advance will be of greater help to the Taiping Navy's naval guerrilla warfare.

The Taiping Navy had all gathered to escort Xiao Yun and Guizhou troops north, and then they had been hiding in Sakhalin Island, the Japanese Hakka Port and other places. The British and French Navy once sent ships to Dalian Bay to investigate, but there were no warships in the port. Facing the iron-walled military port, the Canadian and French Allied Forces were eager to return to the south at that time, so there was no fierce battle in Dalian Bay. Now, according to intelligence, after a brief rest in the UK and French fleets returned to Hong Kong, they were preparing to come north to find the main force of the Taiping Navy to fight. So Luo Dagang ordered the fleets of each unit to return to their respective waters to disperse the British and French fleets and find opportunities to attack the enemy.

Today, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Navy has a total of 11 large warships, including the five warships obtained from the British after participating in the war against Russia, namely the Gaohuali, the Mengshi, the Hamils, the Rattlesnake, and the Albatross have now been renamed Chijin, the Qingmu, the Blue Water, the Purple Fire, and the Black Earth. The six battleships purchased later include the British first-class battleship Gothenburg, the Second-class battleship Beast Horn, and the Flying; the 2700-ton first-class battleships of France's 2,700-ton first-class battleships Ocean, the Marseille Trading, and the 1,500-ton second-class battleships Gothenburg, the Beast Horn, and the Flying have been renamed Dingyuan, the Zhiyuan, the Jingyuan. The Marseille Trading, the Orion was renamed Jingyuan, the Weiyuan and Laiyuan.

The Admiral of the Yellow Sea Fleet, Lai Zhenhai, governed the three warships of Dingyuan, Chijin and Qingmu, were the main forces, and there were eight fast sailboats and twenty large red single ships, and more than fifty ships, the other lucky ships, sand ships, etc. The Admiral of the East Sea Fleet, Monk Tongbao, governed the Jingyuan and two sister ships of Weiyuan, and there were nine fast sailboats, red single ships, blessing ships, and more than seventy sand ships. The Admiral of the Bohai Fleet, Lu Shunde, the Admiral of the Bohai Fleet, the Admiral of the Blue Water and Purple Fire, and there were nine fast sailboats, red single ships, blessing ships, and more than fifty sand ships. The Admiral of the South China Fleet, Zeng Tianhao, the Admiral of the South China Fleet, the Admiral of the Laiyuan and Black Tu, and there were nine fast sailboats, red single ships, blessing ships, and more than fifty sand ships.

After the explanation, Luo Dagang fought with the East China Sea Fleet. Tang Zhengcai stayed at Dalian Bay Military Port and officially started a protracted war between the Taiping Navy and the British and French fleets. However, sometimes mice will bite people... (To be continued.) xh118
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