Seeing that everyone in the room lowered their heads, Li Yunzhong consciously displayed his rich knowledge and said: "This is not your fault. It is my attitude of caring too much about foreigners during this period that has affected you. By the way, how did the foreigners deceive you?

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Li Xiucheng saw that the King of Han did not blame him, and said gratefully: "Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Highness, foreigners are really hateful." Seeing Li Yunzhong close his eyes, he hurriedly recounted the cause and effect, "A month ago, several foreign priests came to Suzhou from Shanghai.

, each said that they were from France, England, and the United States. They came to Suzhou to discuss Shanghai matters with us."

"They must be...asking you not to attack Shanghai for the time being."

Seeing the King of Han's words revealing the mystery, Li Xiucheng became even more embarrassed and said: "I am stupid. At that time, Commander Li also advised me to attack immediately and ignore the attitude of the foreigners. I will be worried... I am worried about the foreigners' strong ships and powerful artillery. If they compete with the Han,

The enemy has colluded with Qingyao, and we have established a powerful enemy in vain, so we ordered the army to stay in Suzhou temporarily and negotiate with the foreigners."

Li Xiucheng secretly caught a glimpse that the King of Han was really not angry, and his tone became normal, "We went back and forth like this several times, and after more than half a month, we gradually reached a consensus: the foreigners will not interfere with the Han army's attack on Shanghai, and the Han army cannot harm the foreigners.

Benefit."

Li Yunzhong could guess the ending, so he nodded to let him continue.

"Just a few days ago, the Qing army came from Hangzhou to support Shanghai. The last general felt that he had been tricked into delaying the attack, and immediately sent people into the concession to contact the foreigners. Unexpectedly, they denied that they had sent people to negotiate with me, and even kicked out the people I sent.

!" Li Xiucheng swallowed, "After careful investigation by the general, I found out that these people were just missionaries in the church. Taoist Wu Jianzhang paid them to hire them to negotiate with our army so that they could mobilize troops to support Xiang Rong.

To gain time."

Li Yunzhong did not expect such a plan from the famous "Loyal King" meeting, "This Wu Jianzhang has used foreigners to embarrass my big man several times. He is stubborn in attacking Shanghai this time. I must kill him alive. Is there anyone else who can find out about it?"

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Li Chunfa hesitated to say anything more. Seeing Li Yunzhong looking at him, he immediately replied: "There are still some rural warriors around Shanghai. They are far away from their hometown and their fighting will is not strong. Some of them have secretly contacted us and are willing to help us. We only ask for help."

When the time comes, we can capture Shanghai and let them return home. Also, there is a party in Shanghai called Xiaodao Society, with fifty to sixty thousand members. It is very powerful, but so far they have not defected to us. I sent someone to contact us.

, they are just using excuses to delay.”

Li Yunzhong lamented: The various forces in Shanghai are really complex. There are not only official forces such as the Han, Qing, British, French, and American forces, but also Chinese gangsters, foreign gangsters, and Chinese annihilators...

"Since you can wait for a month, you don't care about these few days. You should immediately send someone to meet with foreign ministers from several countries in my name to come to Suzhou. I think they will still give me this face. Remember to send the most elite troops to Suzhou.

Move out of the city to meet them."

Meng Shengsheng praised: "Give them a blow and see if they still dare to support Qing Yao."

In Jiaxing County, Zhang Guoliang saw that Li Yunzhong had been in Suzhou for two days and there was still no movement from the Han army. He was worried and rushed to Jiaxing from Hangzhou, which was less than a hundred miles away from Suzhou.

Feng Zicai received an official document from Shanghai Taoist Wu Jianzhang saying that the foreign minister was heading to Suzhou, and hurriedly reported the news to Zhang Guoliang, who had just arrived.

Zhang Guoliang guessed: "Are the foreigners also afraid of the leader of the thieves, Li Yunzhong, so they rushed to Suzhou to apologize?"

Feng Zicai knew the foreigners' spleen better, "It must be Shorthair and promising benefits to the foreigners, so the foreigners ignored the dangers of the battlefield and went to Suzhou to negotiate."

"What should we do? If the foreigners help us, our army may collapse without a fight!" Zhang Guoliang saw that the foreign army was equipped with a large number of artillery and muskets since he went to Shanghai last month. He subconsciously believed that the Qing Dynasty must not be an enemy of the foreigners.

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Feng Zicai consoled him: "Don't worry, sir. The foreigners are tricky and they will definitely not be able to reach an agreement. Moreover, the foreigners have repeatedly promised that they will never sell short-haired firearms. Short-haired people do not have firearms to support them, so they will definitely not be our opponents."

Thinking that there were less than 20,000 short-haired people in Suzhou, Zhang Guoliang felt relieved and said: "The story of short-haired people colluding with foreigners must be spread throughout the world, so that everyone in the world knows their traitorous face for seeking glory."

Three thousand tiger warriors stood in line under the Suzhou City, silently, with flags flying. The British Minister Wenhan, the American Minister Mailian, the French Minister Bourblon and their entourage were photographed by the Han army's formation. They did not dare to say anything to each other and followed the leaders intently.

Enter Suzhou City.

"Dear His Highness the King of Han, I didn't believe in your strength before to capture Shanghai, but now I have no doubt in you! The three thousand soldiers and horses in the outer city are no less than our country's elite troops." Wen Han gave a thumbs up.

Li Yunzhong said very humbly: "Where, where...this is just the most common army of our Han Dynasty. Jiangxi, Anhui, and northern Jiangsu have a large number of Qing troops attacking us, so the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty are deployed there."

Bulbulon was surprised and said: "God! Now I finally know why the Qing army always loses battles. It turns out that they have been fighting against the 'great powers'."

Mai Lian thought deeply: "I'm afraid the Qing troops around Shanghai can't stop His Highness's offensive!"

Seeing that they were so obedient and cooperative, Li Yunzhong immediately asked: "Why do you want to help the Qing army delay and let them mobilize tens of thousands of Qing troops from Zhejiang, Guangdong and even Guangxi to come to Shanghai?"

Wen Han shook his head and said: "Your Highness, you have misunderstood. This is just the independent behavior of the priests. They also hope that you will retreat in spite of difficulties to maintain the safety of Shanghai."

Seeing the chaos of the foreigners, Meng Shengsheng. Li Xiucheng and others couldn't help showing excitement, admiring Li Yunzhong, and in a few words the foreigners were anxious to distance themselves from each other.

Seeing the proud smile of the Han general in the room, Mai Lian suddenly realized that she had been fooled again! She admired: "Your Highness, you are really a wise leader. I am sure that you are not only a military strategist, but also a natural diplomat."

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Seeing Li Yunzhong smiling and saying nothing, Wen Han, who had not yet recovered, continued to explain: "You have to know that the expatriates in the lease have been accustomed to the administrative methods of the Qing government, and they are unwilling to accept a new rule by a new and unfamiliar government.

Shanghai is worried that this will leave them with nothing!"

"That is to say, they are used to living a life of superiority by force and robbery! They do not want to be bound by law and morality, and they even want China to remain weak and let them bully them!" Li Yunzhong ripped off the foreigners' disguise.

Mailian, Wenhan, Bulbulon and other foreigners were embarrassed for a while. They shook their hands and denied. At the same time, they were filled with shame and anger. They planned to go back and sell more muskets to the Qing troops defending the city, so as to teach Li Yunzhong a lesson.

Li Yunzhong continued in an angry tone: "They are all short-sighted gangsters and gangsters. They only care about the small money in front of them and give up the gold and silver houses in the future."

When she heard "Golden House and Silver House", Mai Lian's eyes immediately shone and she said greedily: "Where is the Gold House and Silver House? Tell me quickly! I will definitely express my neutrality on behalf of the United States of America and will never sell another gun to the Qing Dynasty."

Li Yunzhong pretended to be angry and said: "It turns out that you sold the foreign guns in Qing Yao's hands to them! Aren't you representing your political neutrality? Why did you sell the foreign guns to Qing Yao?"
Chapter completed!