"How dare he? How dare he?"

Emperor Xianfeng was furious in the imperial study. He issued an imperial edict a few days ago, asking Zhao Wuji not to provoke foreigners, but today he received news that Zhao Wuji sent people to occupy the warehouse of foreign merchants, taking goods worth one million taels of silver, and asking foreign merchants for 10% of the lijin.

Not only did they ask for the lijin in the occupied warehouse, but they also required foreign investors to cooperate with counting all the goods entering from Songjiang Prefecture or entering from Guangzhou, and then transferring to Songjiang Prefecture, and then paying 10% of the lijin.

As the news came, foreign businessmen were furious. The countries joined forces with all foreign troops in Songjiang Prefecture, with a total of more than 5,000 people, and all of them were musketeers. They surrounded Zhao Wuji's 1,000 subordinates occupied the warehouse. Zhao Wuji directly rushed to Songjiang Prefecture with tens of thousands of troops.

"He killed Qishan, but I didn't blame him. He didn't have military pay and wanted to collect liquor, so I agreed, just told him not to cause trouble for foreign businessmen. Isn't the domestic businessmen enough for him to collect military pay?"

"He was just a white Ding, and was suspected of cheating in the martial arts competition. I didn't care about choosing him as the top scholar in martial arts, and even asked him to form the top scholar camp. He almost exhausted the already empty treasury and gave him three thousand musketeers."

"Is that how he repays me?"

"Zeng Gelinqin, is this the martial arts top scholar you recommended to me?"

Emperor Xianfeng, who was extremely furious, drooled directly onto the head of Senggelinqin, who was kneeling on the ground.

"I know the crime, please give up the crime."

Senggelinqin, who couldn't get up, was actually very aggrieved. Although he recommended Zhao Wuji to the emperor, Zhao Wuji's previous admission to the top martial arts exam was equivalent to being handled by him. However, after Zhao Wuji hugged the emperor's "thigh", although he was respectful to him, he was actually no longer controlled by him.

It is precisely because of this that he had joined forces with Su Can, who had offended him before, and with the acquiesce of Emperor Xianfeng, he sent a batch of muskets to the Beggar Gang disciples.

Afterwards, he was still worried that Zhao Wuji would take revenge on him, and he would have angered and blood splattered five steps.

However, these words cannot be told to Emperor Xianfeng at all. Facing the emperor, it is not that explanation is equivalent to concealment, but that explanation is equivalent to serious sin. It is a living sin, but it can also be interpreted as a death sin.

After Emperor Xianfeng finished spraying, he began to take a deep breath to calm his emotions.

In his original intention, he only wanted an imperial edict and ordered people to kill Zhao Wuji, who was becoming more and more unscrupulous, but he thought of the information he had received before. Zhao Wuji went to Danyang City alone and assassinated Yang Xiuqing.

Just like when he heard that Zhao Wuji killed the generals and seized the flag among all his troops, Emperor Xianfeng originally did not believe it, but this time because Yang Xiuqing, the second-person of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the information from all parties gathered together, and the authenticity of this matter was 100%.

He was still very happy at that time because once Yang Xiuqing died, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would definitely be in chaos for a while, and even the opportunity to solve the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was solved.

However, now I think about it, is Zhao Wuji's assassination of Yang Xiuqing really just to quell the rebellion?

I can't say that I'm showing my force to show myself.

If Yang Xiuqing can kill him, then even if he is in the palace, why can’t he kill him?

Compared with Danyang City, which is heavily defended during the war, although the walls of the Forbidden City are much higher, there are also many people in the Forbidden City. There are quite a few people coming in and out every day. No matter how tight it is, it is impossible to really stop Zhao Wuji from sneaking in.

Then...

"Senggelinqin." Emperor Xianfeng asked: "You failed to block the Taiping rebels' Northern Expedition. Now you have a crime of unknown people. You should be confiscated and exterminated."

Senggelinqin begged for mercy loudly, but it was also a scene. He knew very well that Emperor Xianfeng would not kill him, nor would he confiscate his family and exterminate his clan.

Speaking of which, if the clan was really exterminated, Emperor Xianfeng would have to commit suicide, because although Senggelinqin was a Mongolian and Emperor Xianfeng was a Manchu, Senggelinqin's grandfather and Emperor Xianfeng's grandfather were both Emperor Jiaqing, so these two people were actually cousins.

Emperor Xianfeng also threatened and rebuked him first, and then said, "I will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions. Go to Songjiang Prefecture and kill Zhao Wuji for me. As long as you succeed, I will give you the orderly general and command the rebellion. Then, all the top scholars will be handed over to you."

Zeng Gelinqin was overjoyed. Although Zhao Wuji was known as the best master in the world, there was no one in this world who could not be killed?

Compared with the masters found by Yang Xiuqing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Senggelinqin found more masters, especially after he helped Su Can that time, in order to prevent Zhao Wuji from taking risks to retaliate against him, he almost found all the masters he could find.

Plus, there is ambition but no intention...

"Your Majesty." Senggelinqin asked again: "It will take as soon as five days for me to go to Songjiang Mansion. If Zhao Wuji and the other countries have their own injuries during these five days..."

Emperor Xianfeng felt a little painful in his brain.

In fact, he didn't want to kill Zhao Wuji. If he wanted to kill, he had to wait until Zhao Wuji pacified the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom before killing him. However, he had to kill him now.

Just as Senggelinqin said, if not, Zhao Wuji would definitely offend the countries and give them very good excuses to declare war on the Qing court.

By then, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has not yet been pacified, and internal troubles are serious, and there are coalition forces of various countries invading. How long can he, the emperor?

"If you pay compensation and cede land, you must calm the anger of all countries. It is urgent to quell the rebellion."

Senggelinqin knew it in his mind. Although he knew that he did not have the power to pay compensation and cede land, he could only stabilize the countries first and then hand them over to others for negotiations, at least he did not need to bear this responsibility.

"I accept the order."

When Senggelinqin brought the imperial edict and his elite troops to Songjiang Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture started fighting without any accidents.

When Wu Yan rushed to Songjiang Prefecture with more than 10,000 people, the civilians near the warehouse area had already escaped due to the tense situation and the previous warehouse battle.

So Wu Yan no longer had any scruples and directly ordered the fight.

This fight really shocked the coalition forces of the Multinationals.

Just like the more than 100 foreign soldiers guarding the warehouse, they never expected that the regular army of the Qing court would really dare to attack them. They were almost unprepared to be captured or beaten to death by Qian Jiang.

The coalition forces of nearly 5,000 countries surrounded the warehouse area, were actually not the regular troops of various countries, but the guards and mercenaries brought by foreign merchants themselves. The real regular troops were only Britain and France, and the total number was only 1,500.

In their opinion, no matter whether they are regular troops or not, with nearly 5,000 musketeers present, how could the regular troops of the Qing court dare to be presumptuous?

When they were still waiting for the Qing court to send people to negotiate, and then apologize and pay compensation for land cedes. They added conditions that were more conducive to them in various terms, they encountered strong attacks from the top scholar camp and martial arts masters.

The multinational coalition sounded huge, but it was precisely because they were not regular troops that they were mobilized in a hurry and fought on their own when they arrived on the battlefield.

In addition, they were seriously underestimated by the enemy. After all, the first Opium War before, the corrupt combat power of the regular Qing army in the Qing Dynasty gave them a very deep impression.

So as soon as the war started, they were directly stunned from multiple angles.

The regular army of the Qing court that was agreed to be slightly stronger than the Indians?

It’s not that it has strong combat power, but that it has muskets.

But after the fight, why do you feel stronger than the regular army you know?

How could they know that after more than a year of training in the 1st century, the top scholar camp had already reached the world-class level. In addition, Wu Yan's skill effect bonus of the Ageless Emperor skill, and the previous few battles won the more with few.

That combat power is simply the world's top.

"How can the land of China allow barbarians to be presumptuous?"

What Wu Yan said to the entire army before the war started, made the people of the top scholar camp and the martial arts masters so much.

In addition, the 1,000 elite troops who were ordered to launch an attack from the warehouse area, after only half a day, nearly 5,000 coalition forces from various countries were directly defeated and collapsed.

According to post-war statistics, the top scholars killed and killed a total of 1,597 coalition forces from various countries on the spot, captured 2,369 people, and the rest fled.

Only more than 500 people died in the throne camp and martial arts masters, and more than 300 of them were martial arts masters.

When more than a thousand foreign corpses were stacked on the open space outside the Songjiang Prefecture Warehouse Area, and more than two thousand foreign soldiers were disarmed and controlled, the entire Songjiang Prefecture was shocked.

This shock spread to the entire land of China at an incredible speed, even surpassing the speed of 800 miles. It won't take long to make the whole world shocked by this news.

British Minister Wen Han, American Minister Mashali, French Consul and others decided to negotiate with Wu Yan after some discussion, but when they arrived at the camp where the top scholar was located as an envoy, they were told to wait.

"It's really outrageous."

British Minister Wen Han was actually the one with the most contender among these people. After all, Britain won the Qing court in the first Opium War.

But apart from complaining, they didn't dare to pat their butts and leave, not only because the top scholar army is too capable, but also because the top scholar army now has more than 2,000 prisoners, but also because these people have seen Zhao Wuji's single rushing forward before.

Originally, they were thinking about finding an opportunity to kill Zhao Wuji, but before they had a real plan, Zhao Wuji stunned them.

So now they know that it is not a big problem to defeat the top scholar army with more than 10,000 people. Just mobilize the regular army, but it is very difficult to kill Zhao Wuji. If Zhao Wuji cannot kill him, as long as he returns to the original Jiangbei camp, he will have a large number of troops.

"He won't be arrogant for long, and the Qing court will inevitably dismiss his post."

Mashali knew the current Qing court very well, so he was very sure of this.

While they were left outside the camp, Wu Yan also met a group of people in the camp.

"The former leader of the Guangdong Gang of the Tiandihui Association, Liu Lichuan, the head of the Xiaodao Association, has met General Zhao."

Wu Yan was a little confused when he heard what the leader said when he clasped his fists.

He knew Xiaodaohui, but he was a little confused about the leader of the world and the leader of the Littledaohui.

In fact, the original history of Xiaodaohui has also changed because of Wu Yan.

This year, on September 7, 1853, the Xiaodaohui, which revolted in Songjiang Prefecture, once captured the four counties of Baoshan, Nanhui, Chuansha and Qingpu. They shouted the slogan of anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and also called the Ming Dynasty.

Later, when they occupied Shanghai, they wrote a letter to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that they were willing to accept leadership. Chen Xiuquan naturally agreed with joy, so the Ming Dynasty became the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

It was not until 1855 that the commander of the French fleet declared war on the Xiaodaohui, and joined forces with the Qing army to bombard the city walls with gunfire, and occupied the Xiaodaohui uprising in Songjiang Prefecture failed.

However, because Wu Yan's first-class battalion's magic weapon came from the sky, he defeated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and asked all regions to return to help. Compared with the original history, because Nanjing was occupied by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and was always facing the tense situation of being captured by the Taiping Army, Songjiang Prefecture is much more stable. Moreover, the first-class battalion is too capable of fighting and can be transferred to Songjiang Prefecture at any time, so Xiaodaohui, who was originally planning to rebel in Songjiang Prefecture, naturally did not dare to do so.

"General."

Liu Lichuan did not bring many people this time, but only three real confidants. Except for the fact that he brought everyone from Xiaodao Club, it was meaningless to face Zhao Wuji and the top scholar army. It was also because this time, the risk was too great.

But Liu Lichuan is not afraid of death, he wants to bet on a chance.

"You led your army to defeat the coalition forces of multiple countries. This is the first victory on the land of China since the Qing Dynasty. It is enough to shake the world's great victory and promote the might of China..."

Wu Yan said expressionlessly: "Stop talking nonsense."

Liu Lichuan's expression became even more nervous. After taking a deep breath, he said directly: "Sir, you killed Qishan, a Manchu, and provoked the coalition forces of all countries. Even if you have the achievements of suppressing the rebellion and a great victory, the Qing court will not let the general go. Therefore, we are willing to surrender to the general and help the general achieve unparalleled achievements."

After talking about this, the atmosphere in the camp became tense.

The people brought by Liu Lichuan felt that they might be killed by random knives in the next second.

Wu Yan's confidants in the field were also very moved, especially Qian Jiang, who had just entered Wu Yan's team of staff, became short of breath.

Looking back on Zhao Wuji's operations over the past two months, Qian Jiang felt that he had finally discovered a blind spot.
To be continued...