Shen Baozhen was shocked, and stood up suddenly, "What's going on outside" "I don't know, it's the Mawei Fort that is fighting" The guards hurriedly reported.Shen Baozhen opened the door, glanced at the dark night that was red through half the sky, and was shocked: "It's not good, it must be the Chinese army coming" "It's impossible" Li Henian, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was suddenly frightened and sweaty, the tea was overturned, and the tea cup fell to the ground and shattered, "This is impossible, isn't the Chinese army in Taiwan, their fleet has gone to Taiwan, and they are preparing to fight with the Japanese, how could they suddenly come to Fuzhou" "You can't hear this cannon sound, it's impossible to quickly mobilize troops to defend" Shen Baozhen sighed and hurried out.Only then did Li Henian come back to his senses, "Pass my order, quickly dispatch manpower, and be sure to keep the Mawei Fort" It's too late to pass the order at this time.The corrupt system of the Qing court made President Meng's success too simple.The Mawei Fort has been lost, and the Mawei Port has also been lost, and the Qing army did not expect President Meng to suddenly attack Fuzhou In the face of the powerful artillery fire of the Chinese army, the Qing army looked like a child, the warships did not have time to ignite, and all of them were suffocated in the port, and the port did not even have an early warning system, and the people who were suppressed before the battery had time to fire the guns were all dead.As soon as the Didi Didi Chinese fleet landed, the Hongpu Military Academy taught the brigade how tactical literacy was, and rushed forward regardless of its body, and a red flag rushed in, and the Qing army was simply confused.Such an army, they have not seen.Li Hongzhang is not wrong, without the navy, there is no everything, such as China has a long coastal defense line, if there is no navy, it is unimaginable, coastal defense, must be more important than the defense of the sea, this point, Li Hongzhang is wiser than Zuo Zongtang, although the main starting point of both sides is for their own forces.The Chinese fleet can now be guaranteed to be fought in every battle by the Hongpu Military Academy, the most elite of the Chinese army, before the breakthrough, and the Qing army will not be able to do it, and if the Huai army in the northeast that has fought with the Chinese army is now stationed in Fuzhou, the situation will be different.After President Meng occupied Mawei Port, he immediately asked Xuan Jianzhang to take the Hongpu Military Academy Teaching Brigade to Fuzhou.It's time to just face it, the main force of the Qing army is in Taiwan, and although the defense of Fuzhou is not empty, these green battalion soldiers, where are the wolf-like opponents of the Chinese army, not to mention the elite Hongpu Military Academy Teaching Brigade of the elite, which is one level higher than the armed forces of the British and French coalition forces.This time, President Meng not only brought the fleet, but also brought three artillery battalions, and the Japanese artillery that had just been captured, because they were all German Krupp cannons of the same model as the Chinese Army Artillery Regiment, were all brought to the Fuzhou battlefield.The Qing army encountered the Chinese army in the middle of the way, the people who were killed turned on their backs, retreated to Fuzhou, and were chased into the city by the Chinese army, three artillery battalions were lined up, the Chinese army was really unstoppable, and the combination of infantry and artillery was extremely perfect.The west gate of Fuzhou City was shattered, and there was a sea of fire.Shen Baozhen's face was full of black smoke, and he choked up: "It's over, it's over, the horsetail is lost, the fleet is also lost, and now Fuzhou can't be saved, I have the trust of the imperial court" Li Henian saw that Shen Baozhen was about to commit suicide, and hurriedly stopped, "Lord Shen, don't say so much, it's important to run for your life quickly, and leave Qingshan without worrying about no firewood" Shen Baozhen glanced at Li Henian hatefully, "How many times have I told you to strengthen defense, you won't listen" President Meng didn't expect the war to attack Fuzhou so smoothly, it was like child's play, From the beginning of the attack on Mawei to the capture of Fuzhou City, the battle ended in less than five hours, except for dozens of horsemen who fled with Li Henian and Shen Baozhen, most of the Qing army's green battalion soldiers surrendered on the spot.The fall of Fuzhou marked that the whole of Fujian also fell into the hands of President Meng, and Guangdong and Fujian were connected into a "telegram immediately to Xuan Dali, so that people could come to Fujian to take over the defense of various places and establish a political system."
Immediately release the list of Anmin. ”President Meng calmly put his hands behind his back, he is really a president from the sky, and he looks like a great man.Princess Katrina Kafu couldn't help but laugh and said: "The Qing army relies on this kind of strength, I really can't think of how they defeated the Taiping army" This time President Meng took Liu Yuqing with him, Liu Yuqing looked at President Meng, and saw President Meng's indifferent expression, it seems that he defeated Fuzhou and captured the fleet of the Qing army, which is a very common thing, which also makes Liu Yuqing's heart worship President Meng deeper and deeper.As long as it is a woman who follows President Meng, sees President Meng's governing demeanor, and the chic and calm of the leader, it is impossible not to worship President Meng.At dawn the next day, the army completely pacified the entire city of Fuzhou, and there were red flags of the Chinese army everywhere, as well as the black and red five-pointed star flag of the Chinese country.The people of Fuzhou still didn't know what was going on, so they found out that it was a different day.Xuan Jianzhang greeted President Meng into the Yamen of the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, "President, the treasury is intact, and the granary in the city has not been damaged.Now it is being counted, and there are at least three million stone of grain and grass. ”President Moe nodded, "Go and see the silver." ”This is the most concerned thing of President Meng, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Yamen, not only has the official silver of the entire Fujian Province, but also the military salary of more than 60,000 troops.The silver of the white flowers has dazzled Princess Catherine Kaf, and the last time they came back from Europe and the United States, most of the money they brought was gold, and this time it was almost all silver."
There are at least five million taels of Qing official silver here."
Princess Katrina Kafu smiled.President Meng took a piece of silver, sank, and glanced at his buttocks, which was engraved with the mark of the central treasury of the Qing court, "Well, they were all just transported from the capital of the Great Qing Kingdom, isn't it" The official in charge of the treasury knelt on the ground and nodded: "Here is the military salary that the army is enough for half a year, as well as the official silver of Fujian Province, this young lady is right, not less than five million taels, and it is still being counted, there should be about six and a half million taels, of which more than five million taels, all of which were just delivered a few days ago." ”President Meng smiled slightly, "In this way, we are not too early or too late, it's just the right time." ”Xuan Jianzhang nodded and smiled: "It's all the president's clever plan, if this silver is shipped to Taiwan, it will be really difficult to do." ”President Meng smiled: "It is indeed going to be shipped to Taiwan, but it is not them who transport it, we ship it ourselves."
Even if we don't come, Li Henian will not transport all the silver, the Qing court relies on silver to control the army, and they will transport a little bit of it every month, isn't it" The treasurer nodded hurriedly: "Yes, what the lord said is good." ”Xuan Jianzhang kicked the man's shoe, "What adult, this is the president." ”t1706231537: