"Great Victory"

"Wu King Li Weiguo once again won the victory of the Battle of Shanghai, wiped out 200,000 British and French coalition forces, and promoted our country's power"

On the streets of Shanghai, newspapers from all over the country received the news as soon as possible, and quickly published it in the newspapers the next day, spread throughout the streets and alleys of Shanghai, and soon flocked to all parts of the country. All Chinese people received this exciting good news.◇◇↓ Novel.￥f

If the victory of the First Battle of Shanghai only made the people of the whole country no longer afraid of foreigners, but there was always a psychological shadow. Now that the Second Battle of Shanghai was won again, the 200,000 British and French coalition forces were wiped out. When they heard this news, the people of the whole country were completely no longer afraid of foreigners.

Foreigners have three heads and six arms, and foreigners have been so popular that they all turned into clouds and flew away, replacing people's impression that foreigners are vulnerable and are no match for our country's supreme country, and they have destroyed them in minutes.

Foreigners are no longer terrible, and the Chinese people can finally stand up straight and no longer be bullied by foreigners.

"What kind of foreigners don't give him money to beat him up for dinner?"

"What foreigner touched your woman, would you just clog him and castrate him directly?"

"What kind of foreign girl has big breasts and big butts, so why are you waiting for? Take him off?"

People from all over the country rushed to tell each other that if they were bullied by foreigners in the past, they would take revenge.

"What court is not allowed to take revenge but still protects foreigners?"

"Yes, in the eyes of the court, foreigners are masters and we are dogs. Of course, we are not allowed to take revenge. Of course, we have to protect foreigners."

"Bah look at the other King of Wu Li Weiguo. Under his rule, we ordinary people are the ones who truly turn over and become masters. I heard that foreigners in the provinces south of the Yangtze River dare not be arrogant at all and are governed to the point of being submissive."

"Hey. Why were we born in Jiangbei? Why weren't we in Jiangnan? I really suffered from following this court."

"Fuck the court, I only recognize King Li Weiguo of Wu. He is the true emperor of destiny. We Han people have been dog slaves for hundreds of years. It's time to turn over."

The crowd was immediately angry and became dissatisfied with the court. Once this accumulated resentment erupted, it would definitely be a landslide and cracking, destroying the Gula.

I am afraid of comparison in everything. Now, the South Ocean controlled by Li Weiguo is prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and even the foreigners have been defeated. But under the control of the court, the north sells the country for prosperity, exploits the hard-earned money of the people, and tries to foreigners like pugs all day long, and sells the interests of the country and the people.

Comparison between the two, the difference is immediately judged.

In the north, there were more and more ordinary people who worship Li Weiguo and were eager to cross the river and fight north. In the past, they just kept it in their hearts and dared not say it, but as Li Weiguo's strength expanded unprecedentedly, even 200,000 British and French coalition forces were defeated, and the imperial army in the north and Li Hongzhang's Beiyang army could not do it. This shows that Li Weiguo's military strength has the ability to crush the north, and the people are so wise in their hearts that it is time to welcome King Li Weiguo of Wu to the north.

The common people have a scale in their hearts. King Li Weiguo of Wu was a Han Chinese, powerful and sympathetic to the people. It would be a pity if such a person did not come to be the emperor.

Originally, the north and south oceans, the people in the north had to support the court under the high pressure of the imperial court, and the people in the south supported Li Weiguo, which was a balanced situation in the hearts of the people.

But with the victory of the Second Battle of Shanghai, the people in the north turned to support Li Weiguo. In this way, Li Weiguo was already qualified to win the 95th in terms of people's hearts.

This has always been a problem that troubled Li Weiguo. At that time, Li Weiguo also had strong military strength and could directly attack the north to win the world. The only difference was that he was too young and lacked the foundation for the people. The hundreds of years of slavery education in the Qing Empire was not a waste of education. A large number of ordinary people died in the Qing Dynasty, which was an insurmountable obstacle for Li Weiguo. Now that this obstacle has been broken, the Qing Empire has bowed to foreigners and imposed heavy taxes on its own people, finally allowing the people to see the true face of the court and no longer so loyal.

Of course, Li Weiguo has also spent a lot of energy to shake the hearts of the people in the north in such a short period of time. At least his two organizations, SHIELD and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, have penetrated into various parts of the north for more than ten years. After years of conscious and targeted publicity and agitation, they have finally awakened the numb and indifferent people, allowing them to have their own souls for the first time, no longer want to be slaves, and they have to turn themselves over and be masters.

This kind of thing can only accumulate slowly and cannot be seen normally, unless it reaches a critical point and suddenly breaks out in one day.

What ignited this critical point was Li Weiguo's brilliant victory in the Second Battle of Shanghai, which inspired the hearts of the people of the whole country, as if giving them a reassurance.

They may not understand military affairs, but they will compare. The court is afraid that foreigners can't beat foreigners, and Li Weiguo can kill hundreds of thousands of foreigners' troops twice, and even foreigners can beat foreigners. Can't beat the court?

The unusual mentality of the people in the north did not attract the attention of the court, because the court was already in chaos at this moment.

Yixin scolded Li Hongzhang for ruining the country because of his skill and cunning. He judged that Li Weiguo could not be completely killed this time, so he decided to give up his military action. Unfortunately, Li Hongzhang reported urgently that he had informed him that the British and French coalition forces had successfully landed in Sichuan and were about to capture Shanghai. Yixin, who was not aware of the situation, immediately believed that Li Weiguo would definitely be done this time, so he immediately ordered Yike Tang A to lead the last elite of the Qing Empire, 300,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Army from Chongqing Prefecture to attack the two provinces of Huguang, intending to seize the important land of Huguang, and then go straight to Shanghai along the river eastward, join forces with the British and French coalition forces and Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Army, and completely wipe out Li Weiguo's Nanyang Group.

However, just when Iketanga led his army to raid Wuchang Prefecture, he was ambushed by a large number of warships in the East China Sea Fleet.

The Qing army's warships were incomparable to the sail battleships of the East China Sea Fleet. Even after the battle at Nanmen Port of Chongming Island, the sail battleships of the East China Sea Fleet suffered a lot of losses, and the remaining dozen battleships could still exert their strong combat power. Thousand-ton battleships were definitely not something that the Qing army had a small warship of about 100 tons. Besides, the warships of the East China Sea Fleet were all equipped with rear-mounted rapid-fire cannons, and their combat power was instantly out of reach. More than 1,000 Qing warships were sunk in less than an hour, killing more than 100,000 Qing army warships. The commander Iketang Ah knelt down and his spirit was broken.

The remaining Qing troops turned around and fled, and some dived directly to the riverside. The 300,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Army were defeated by the East China Sea Fleet before they even got ashore. There were less than 30,000 Qing troops who fled back to Chongqing Prefecture, and everyone was mentally disintegrated. Even if a small team of Nanyang Army appeared, they would immediately flee. The fear of Nanyang Army had been imprinted into their bones and could no longer have the courage to fight with them.

The 300,000 Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces were defeated, and Yixin became dozens of years old in an instant. Now he has received news that Li Weiguo won the second Battle of Shanghai and the 200,000 British and French coalition forces were wiped out. Yixin immediately understood the whole story. He was cheated by Li Hongzhang and Li Weiguo. He was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.

Yike Tang's ability to escape was still remarkable. He fled back to Chongqing Prefecture with the remaining Qing army. Seeing Yixin vomiting blood and unconscious, he immediately took Yixin and 30,000 remaining Qing troops to withdraw from Chongqing Prefecture and fled directly back to Beijing.

Of course, Iketang cannot blame him for losing the battle. He will not give up Chongqing Prefecture and the entire Sichuan easily, but he has no choice but to have only 30,000 scared troops in his hand, which can't stop the Nanyang Army in Huguang.

What's more, the commander of the Nanyang Army in Huguang is Chen Jingnan, who is a contemporary Zhuge Liang-level figure. He can smoke big smokers, but he is no match for Chen Jingnan with 10,000 wits and courage. Instead of dying in Sichuan, it is better to go back to Beijing to handle the funeral. Maybe this time, the Eight Banners children will have to withdraw to the pass.

As soon as Yike Tanga left, Chen Jingnan commanded Hunan and Hubei's Nanyang Army, composed of former Hunan Army personnel, rushed to Chongqing. The Chongqing prefect was very single and went out of the city to surrender, because he also knew that the 300,000 troops of the imperial court were all over. With him, thousands of miscellaneous troops in Chongqing could not defend it, let alone that he was a Han man, so he would definitely have a good end to surrender at this time. After being a prefect for decades, he still had vision.

Chen Jingnan sighed, and he rushed to Chongqing, but let Yixin and Yiketang run away. If they could be caught, the subsequent Northern Expedition would probably be twice the result with half the effort.

What a pity

Chen Jingnan could not pursue him because he had more important things to do. He was not polite to the prefect of Chongqing. He waved his hand and the Nanyang Army entered the city. Then he divided his troops into four groups to sweep the entire Sichuan Province. At the same time, he asked Shanghai to send officials to take over and include the entire Sichuan Province as soon as possible under the rule of Li Weiguo.

Most of the prefectures and counties in Sichuan Province surrendered and went down without fighting. Except for the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the banner officials, they basically fell into a chariot and fell soon.

Chen Jingnan is also very cruel. Don’t you not surrender? Then you must have the awareness of death. Anyone who resists, regardless of the officials, people, Manchus and Han dynasties, will be executed and will not accept surrender.

For a time, many places were bleeding into rivers.

In principle, not accepting the enemy's surrender is not in line with the military rules of the Nanyang Army and the government orders of the Wu King's Government, but Chen Jingnan just implemented it. To outsiders, he was puzzled by his behavior. Only Chen Jingnan himself knew that he did it on purpose.

In the battle of Wuchang Prefecture, the 300,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Army were destroyed. The contribution was huge, no less than the second Battle of Shanghai. But Chen Jingnan was unwilling to receive this contribution. He was very content and was already a great minister. As a counselor, he would not know the interests of this.

Many famous counselors in history did not end up in the end. It was not that the master they served was narrow-minded, but that they did not know how to advance and retreat, were arrogant and arrogant, and were arrogant and condescending. In the end, they would inevitably lead to a disaster.

But Chen Jingnan is different. He can see it openly. Even though he knows that Li Weiguo is broad-minded, he will not easily take risks.

Since you have made great contributions and immediately commit another crime that is neither minor nor serious, the result will inevitably be that your merits and demerits will be offset.

This is the result Chen Jingnan wants, and everything is under his calculations.

Sure enough, within a few days, Li Weiguo's order arrived. The content was exactly the same as Chen Jingnan expected. It was inconsistent with the merits and demerits and would not be commended.

Chen Jingnan was very satisfied with this and immediately continued to do things with great enthusiasm.

Due to Chen Jingnan's "violation", the Nanyang Army had a great reputation in Sichuan. However, it was not entirely negative, but also had positive effects. The fierceness of the Nanyang Army must have shocked those conspiring sluts and made them dare not make any trouble behind their backs. This made the officials of the Nanyang Group who came to take over local government affairs much easier, and the resistance was greatly reduced, which accelerated the rule of the entire Sichuan.

"Congratulations to the prince, the people in Jiangbei are willing to be grateful. It is time to fight the Northern Expedition and achieve the supreme title of the Nine Five."

In the Palace of King Wu, civil and military officials gathered together to celebrate the victory of the Second Battle of Shanghai and discuss the subsequent Northern Expedition.

News from SHIELD in China shows that the people's hearts have turned to Li Weiguo's side. The two elements of the Northern Expedition were equipped with military elements five years ago. The people's hearts are now mature, and the Northern Expedition is no longer blocked.

"I can have today all thanks to the strong help of all the ministers and my unyielding support. I am here to thank you." Li Weiguo smiled slightly, thanked everyone with a sincere attitude.

"You are polite"

"This is our duty as a minister"

Although the civil and military officials are modest and indifferent on the surface, in fact, everyone feels warm when they see Li Weiguo thanking them personally, and many diehards are even more excited and burst into tears. Even if Li Weiguo wants them to die now, they will obey the order.

Li Weiguo nodded, returned to his desk, suddenly looked serious and shouted: "The Northern Expedition plan has been completed."

"When you say to the prince, the General Staff has improved the entire Northern Expedition plan." Wu Yong immediately stepped out and responded respectfully on behalf of the General Staff:

Li Weiguo nodded and asked again: "Can all combat preparations be fully prepared?"

"If you want to go back to the prince, the General Logistics Department has mobilized 400,000 tons of military supplies, which is enough to support the army's six-month Northern Expedition. The subsequent one million tons of military supplies will continue to be replenished as planned to ensure the smoothness of the entire Northern Expedition." Fu Xuexian, Minister of the General Logistics Department, responded from the list.

Li Weiguo shouted again: "Can all troops be in place?"

Minister of the Military Order Li Yi went out and said: "If you say goodbye to the prince, the military order has been issued to all companies, and all troops are ready for combat."

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs has recruited tens of thousands of civil servants and volunteers and is ready to resettle people in the war zone."

"The Chief Office has recruited 10,000 qualified civil servants to take over the administrative organs of the government offices in the occupied areas at any time to ensure the normal operation of the government functions."

"The Ministry of Finance allocated 200 million yuan and 1 million tons of grain, which will ensure the stability of currency and food supply in the occupied areas."

With the notification from various departments, everything was completed as planned, and I was waiting for Li Weiguo to issue an order.

After listening to everyone's reports, all departments had already prepared. Li Weiguo was suddenly full of enthusiasm. With such a team, why worry about not being able to defeat the whole world?

"Since that's the case, I have now officially announced that after offering sacrifices to heaven tomorrow, I will swear to the Northern Expedition. I hope that all the ministers and workers will work together to sweep the world."
Chapter completed!