The Travelers of the Heavens

"Go ahead"

"Kill"

Within the city, the Kyushu soldiers who were ambushing various places began to launch a counterattack. The black torrent flooded the streets, and finally gathered together to destroy everything. Large ink flags embroidered with golden crow or golden phoenix patterns fluttered in the wind.

The tricolor flag of Gaul was like rootless duckweed in front of this torrent and soon disappeared.

The remaining Gallic soldiers surrendered or were shot dead.

Outside the city, the 10,000 Gauls who had been chasing the Kyushu soldiers were also killed by the other side. At this time, they were defeated and most of the army was wiped out, while a small number surrendered.

At this point, almost all of Gaul's 100,000 army troops were wiped out.

Old Summer Palace, the temporary palace of Anton Duhu Mansion

""Two princes, good news." Commander Fei ran into the conference room excitedly.

"oh? Come and listen." Wang Qi looked happy.

"One hundred thousand Gauls have been wiped out by our army in the capital, and more than 1,500 people were captured," Commander Fei said.

"Okay, okay, I will reward the three armies tonight and you can drink." Wang Qi rubbed his hands and said

"Yes, thank you very much, Prince." Commander Fei stood at attention and thanked him.

"Well, it's just that Tang Gu still has the Gallic fleet, which is difficult to deal with." When he was young, Wang Qi frowned and said

"Second brother, you can send troops with heavy artillery to block the port. The Gallic sailors will not be able to get to the shore and get supplies. Over time, they will starve away," Wang Duo said

"But I'm afraid they will go to other ports to eat," Wang Qi said worriedly.

"The second brother is worrying too much. Currently, the only port we can control is Tanggu. As for other places, the Gauls can go wherever they like. They'd better go to Lushun or Dalian. That place is in the northeast. If the Gauls pay the Qing government It may be a good deal for us when the time comes," Wang Duo said

"My eighth brother is very resourceful. It was very wise of my father to send you here." Wang Qi praised his half-brother.

"The second brother was so impressed"

"Hahaha"

Several people laughed.

Tanggu, the heavy artillery of the Kyushu Army is in place one after another. Each artillery position is about 5,000 to 8,000 meters away from the warships in the port.

Following the order, hundreds of 105mm heavy guns began to bombard warships in the harbor.

The huge wooden sail battleship simply cannot withstand the attack of powerful shells.

"The propeller-sail battleship"Louis XIV" was hit first. The violent explosion directly opened a large gap sixteen meters long and more than four meters wide in the middle of the hull. Fortunately, it did not cause the ammunition on the ship to explode. Otherwise, the ship would The steam sail battleship equipped with 112 guns went directly to the bottom of the Bohai Sea to feed the fish.

"boom.. boom"

"Boom! boom!"

The violent bombardment continued, and shells continued to fall into the sea and exploded huge water columns.

There were also shells hitting some steam gunboats. These gunboats were equipped with two or three guns and had a maximum displacement of only a few hundred tons or less. There were no battleships. Such a huge size.

These gunboats were blown into two pieces like toys by cannonballs or even directly blown into piles of wreckage.

The sea was full of burning wreckage of warships.

Although the Gallic fleet was powerful, it could not be deployed in the small harbor. The retreat to the open sea was deployed, but the artillery range was not enough.

Therefore, in the current situation, the artillery of the Kyushu Army formed a partial advantage over the Gallic fleet.

With no choice, the Gallic fleet could only retreat to the open sea and get out of the battle.

The artillery of the Kyushu Army also stopped shelling.

The Gallic fleet, which was retreating to the outer sea, suddenly discovered that the Kyushu Army had occupied Tanggu and was shelling them. Something might have happened to the army.

With an uneasy mood, the commander of the Gallic fleet sent a team A small gunboat detoured elsewhere and then dropped its men and rowed ashore in small boats to inquire about the news.

A few days later, the news came that the Gallic army was wiped out in the capital. When the commander of the Gallic fleet heard the news, his heart skipped a beat, and he led the fleet to leave. Bohai is preparing to return to Gaul.

After occupying Tanggu for half a month, the artillery of the Kyushu Army received an order to withdraw them to the capital.

At this point, the military conflict of the Second Zhou-French War has come to an end.

Far away in the Great Zhou Empire, Luoyi.

In the Wangyou Palace , Wang Yu was coaxing the mother and daughter of A Yan, the frightened salamander, to play. Suddenly, Wang Qi's voice came to his ears.

"Haha, okay, okay." Hearing Wang Qi's victory, Wang Yu burst out laughing and said"ok" again and again.

"Father, what's wrong?"Ayan was puzzled.

"Your Highness, what makes you so happy?" asked Jing Salamander

"Zhong Heng and Duo'er fought a victorious battle there and wiped out one hundred thousand enemy troops," Wang Yu said.

"Oh, really, the second brother and the eighth brother are really impressive." Ayan couldn't believe it.

She knew about Wang Qi. Although this boy has become much more stable in recent years, he still does things carelessly.

As for the eighth Wang Duo, Ayan I met him twice and felt that this nominal brother was rather frivolous and unlikely to take on a big responsibility.

But I didn’t expect that my father would actually send the two of them to manage overseas territories and give them full power. For decades, the second oldest brother, Wang Qi, had taken over these territories. The management is pretty good, and now Laoba Wangduo has actually won another battle. He really can't be judged by his appearance.

"Hehe, I didn’t expect that this kid Lao Ba is really a useful talent. I was ready to send troops for reinforcements, but I didn’t expect that he had already won." Wang Yu said with a smile

"So, how does His Highness plan to reward them?" Jing Salamander asked.

"Let’s talk about it later, they don’t lack anything," Wang Yu said

"Father, I want to go there someday," Ayan said.

"Ayan! This is a national matter, why are you causing trouble?"Jing Salamander reprimanded

"Mother, I am the princess of the empire, and I am the daughter of my father. I go to inspect overseas territories on behalf of my father, what is wrong with me?" Ayan argued.

"you.. You still talk back!"Jing Salamander scolded again.

"Jingbaizi, this is not a big deal. If Ayan wants to go, let her go. As an envoy, she can go and have a look, and by the way, she can praise those generals who have made meritorious deeds." Wang Yu said

"That's great." Ayan was very excited.

Jingli shook his head helplessly.

"You guys stay here tonight and we can talk by candlelight," Wang Yu said.

"Okay, father." Ayan agreed happily.

""Okay, Your Highness." The camera looked very calm.

The camera then went to Gaul.

The news of the defeat was brought back by the fleet, and the crowd was furious for a while.

Especially the families of the soldiers, they gathered to besiege the parliament building, demanding that the parliament give They gave a reasonable explanation.

Seeing that more and more people gathered, the parliament was under great pressure. They could only give a perfunctory explanation and pass the blame on the Zhou Empire to divert attention.

But the truth that the entire army was almost annihilated cannot be concealed. The people did not believe the parliament's explanation at all. Under this huge pressure, this parliament announced its collective resignation. After the new parliament came to power, it complied with the people's demands and dismissed the 400,000 soldiers that had been mobilized and tried to start peace talks with the Great Zhou Empire.

But just after At this sensitive moment, something happened to the Qing court.

In August of the 36th year of Chengkang (1861 AD), Emperor Xianfeng died in his summer resort at the age of only 31.

His six-year-old His eldest son Zai Chun succeeded to the throne and became the shorter-lived Emperor Tongzhi.

In view that the military conflict of the Zhou-French War was over, the Kyushu soldiers partially lifted the blockade of the capital. Wang Duo ordered soldiers to find the houses that were damaged during the war. The homeowners were compensated and Wang Duo also ordered soldiers to find the families of the common people in the capital who lost their lives due to the war. As the blockade was lifted, messengers sent by the two palaces (the Queen Mother of the East and the Queen Mother of the West) also came to Prince Gong’s Mansion in the Capital. Submit the letter and invite Prince Gong Yixin to go to the summer resort to preside over the funeral.