Chapter 286 He is not a demon, he is my brother! (Please order and vote)
Yangzhou, Geyuan, where General Fuyuan travels.
The Mongolian warriors that Prince Gong borrowed from Seng Gelinqin and the officers and soldiers from the Heilongjiang cavalry between the white mountains and the black waters formed a crooked four-row column outside the garden. There were more than a thousand short and capable Mongolians, Saurons, and related people. The warriors selected from various external ministries all carry foreign guns and sabers on their shoulders, standing with their chests and belly raised. They are in good spirits, at least they don't have a smoky look on their faces. One has a big body and a round waist, holding a sword on his waist, with a face full of flesh and eyes. The military attache with a fierce look was walking up and down in front of the procession.
The gate of Geyuan was wide open. General Fuyuan, his assistants from Jiangbei Camp, and military leaders who had been ordered to come were all waiting inside the gate. However, Prince Gong Yi? and the Imperial Envoy from Jiangbei Camp were waiting. Qi Shan did not appear, but stayed in the hall of the palace according to etiquette. They both had imperial titles, so naturally they did not need to greet the five trade ministers who also had imperial titles. It was okay for them to meet each other. Ping Li. In addition, Prince Gong is still the younger brother of the current emperor, the majestic "half-step emperor", so the grand ceremony to welcome Luo Xueyan's arrival today is a bit too grand. If he and Qi Shan were going out The meaning of welcoming and wooing is too obvious.
Among the waiting staff and military leaders, Shengbao and Jin Aduo were among them. One of them was wearing a second-grade civilian officer's supplementary uniform, and the other was wearing a fourth-grade military attache's supplementary uniform, but they stood side by side, with others following them. A group of Eight Banners officers and assistants who came from Fu Mo Camp formed a system of their own.
Standing face to face with them were Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Huang Shijie, Li Wenxuan, Miao Peilin, a fifth-grade civil servant with a short stature and a big head, and a sixth-grade civil servant in his thirties, with a medium build and a gloomy face. Ranking civil servants. The official positions of these people are also large and small. Zeng Guofan, the highest official, holds the title of Second-grade Minister, and Miao Peilin, the youngest official, is a commoner. The reason why they can stand together is how much money each person has. They all have some troops.
Luo Xueyan, the soon-to-arrive Shanghai Warlord and Minister of Commerce and Industry, was obviously a fellow soldier of these soldiers, and was the focus of their whispered discussions at the moment.
"Ji Gao, you and this Luo Xueyan have known each other for a long time, right? You worked together in Luo Futai Muzhong back then? You were the one who assigned him to the battalion where he started, right?"
"Di Zhang, brother Xueyan and your younger brother Wen Fu are also close friends! Moreover, he started with more than one battalion of soldiers, and there was also a battalion of Guangxi soldiers marked out by the late Huguang Cheng Zhijun supervisor. That was given to him by Cheng Zhijun's son. of."
"This Luo Xueshuai is really one of my generation! Speaking of which, Quanzi Hongzhang is also friends with him. Hongzhang got a lot of help from him before going abroad this time. The foreigners in Shanghai also benefited from Luo Xueshuai's face. He also thinks highly of my son."
Zeng, Zuo, and Li were so affectionate when talking about Luo Xueyan that they almost shouted "Xue Shuai is my brother". Huang Shijie, Miao Peilin, the big-headed one and the gloomy-looking one Although the sixth-grade officer was not close to Luo Xueyan, he still had an eager look on his face at this moment, as if he was waiting to make friends with this handsome man, whom he had long admired.
Their loud discussion reached the ears of Shengbao standing opposite, which made him a little suspicious that his brother was "blind", so he whispered to Jin Aduo beside him: "Ado, you have to look at Be careful."
"Don't worry, I've seen that monster many times, and I know him when he turned into ashes!"
Jin Aduo patted his chest in assurance, but his eyes wandered around Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Wenxuan.
While the people at General Fuyuan's palace were talking and looking forward to it, the convoy of the Shanghai Governor and the Five Ministers of Commerce also meandered into Yangzhou City.
This time the team was unusually large. There was a whole regiment of Shanghai New Army soldiers who "eat Xueshuai's food" and "wear Xueshuai's clothes" alone, a total of two thousand new troops! Led by Feng Zicai, shouting With the command of "one, two, one," and "left, right, left," they came in an orderly manner. Everyone was carrying a foreign gun with a bayonet. When the autumn sun shone, the cold light shone brightly, which was always scary.
In addition to Xueshuai's soldiers, there are also two companies of foreign soldiers, all of Luo Xueshuai's mercenaries! They are led by French captain Jean Pierre, wearing French military uniforms, and also carrying bayonets. The foreign gun was walking in front and behind Luo Xueshuai's carriage.
The consuls from the United Kingdom, the United States, and France also came together, and each also brought some escorts of foreign soldiers, which amounted to more than a hundred plus one.
There were dozens of American sailors, and they all came to Yangzhou with them in a big way.
These are Matthew Perry's people. Their American consul is coming to Yangzhou to meet Prince Gong, so of course he has to send a large military ship to follow to support the scene! These people all got off the military ship parked at Guazhou Pier. of.
In addition, Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang, in order to show that they were good brothers with Luo Xueshuai, both sent a battalion of soldiers to pick up people at Guazhou Pier, and now they are following them.
The Eight-Nation Allied Forces have not gathered enough for this grand spectacle, but the Five-Nation Allied Forces definitely have it - the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Rebellion, England, the United States, and France have all gathered together.
Luo Xueyan rode in the same car with Zeng Guohua and Wang Kui. The three of them were talking and laughing along the way, not to mention how affectionate they were.
In the blink of an eye, the "Five-Nation Allied Forces" arrived outside the park, and the sound of the communication sounded. Duolong'a, the military attaché commanding the Mongolian soldiers and the officers and soldiers of the Heilongjiang Cavalry, loudly ordered: "Raise the guns, call the trumpet!"
The roaring three-eyed gun and the whimpering bugle sounded immediately. The Mongols and the "elite soldiers" recruited from abroad were all energetic. Unfortunately, with the new battalion led by Feng Zicai, Pierre A comparison between two companies of foreign soldiers is really not enough.
The generals of Fuyuan, the lieutenants of the Jiangbei camp, and a group of military chiefs who were waiting in the garden were all shouting with their horseshoe sleeves: "For the humble rank, please refer to the Five Ministers of Commerce and Industry!"
As soon as the door of the carriage opened, Luo Xueyan got out of it. Immediately, more than a dozen soldiers armed with American pistols gathered around him. It was really majestic. Zeng Guohua and Wang Kui or two came out of the carriage, smiling. Follow Luo Xueyan.
Zuo Zongtang was the first to come out of the garden. As he walked, he held his fists and laughed and said: "Brother Xueyan, we have been separated from Changsha Mansion for more than half a year. I don't expect that I have made such a market. You are really a genius of Westernization." !」
Zeng Guofan immediately followed him out of the garden gate, also clasped his fists in salute, and said with a smile: "Brother Xueyan is really a genius, Guofan admires him!"
As soon as they took the lead, other military leaders also followed to meet them.
In the general's camp and in the ranks of the Jiangbei camp, Shengbao pulled Jin Aduo and asked in a low voice: "Is he a demon? Really?"
Jin Aduo had met Luo Yaoguo many times, and of course he recognized the latter at a glance.
But how could he dare to identify them? Zuo Zongtang, Zeng Guofan, and the foreigners in Shanghai are all wearing the same pants as Luo! How dare Jin Aduo dare to get in trouble with these men? He knows the allusion of calling a deer a horse!
Moreover, he was also familiar with Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of "Anti-Jing". Among the officials of the Qing Dynasty today, there may be some people who have not read the Four Books and Five Classics, but as long as they can read, they must have read "Anti-Jing"!
So Jin Adou also knows that it is the end of the Yuan Dynasty!
Does the Yuan Dynasty still want to overthrow Richard Khan, Wang Baobao, Li Siqi, Zhang Liangbi, and Boluo Timur? They have all been overthrown, so the Yuan Dynasty must not be finished immediately? And it cannot be overthrown!
Eighty percent of the troops in Yangzhou are from these military leaders. If they really wanted to merge, it would be because Prince Gong intended to rebel and was killed by Luo Xueyan, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others!
Thinking of this, Jin Aduo shook his head resolutely: "No! He is definitely not Luo Zhongcheng's aide. I saw him in Tiefo Temple, but I didn't know his name was Luo Xueyan."
Shengbao breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately pulled Jin Aduo and ran into the garden. Soon he arrived at the lobby where Prince Gong and Qishan were staying together. He quickly walked to Prince Gong's side and leaned over to this man. The prince whispered in his ear: "No, Luo Xueyan is not Zeng Disheng turned into a demon. Zuo Jigao is very familiar with him. Jin Aduo also met him at Luo Ruzhai, but he didn't know his name at the time."
"Huh." Prince Gong also took a long breath, then smiled and said to Qi Shan beside him, "Jing'an, let's go out to meet Luo Xueyan too!"
Qishan, who was getting old and already a little out of energy, was a little drowsy. Now after hearing what Prince Gong said, he immediately nodded and said: "Okay, I will listen to the prince."
Chapter completed!