Chapter 235 Rishima Fort

Everyone was confused. Zhang Zuolin hurriedly raised his hand and touched Yao Xi's forehead: "Don't you have a fever?"

Yao Xi patted Zhang Zuling's hand: "The son of a bitch is talking nonsense! Brother, hurry back to Pyongyang. The imperial court has arrived. I can't see you. I'm anxious. Luo Mingfang and Na Hawu are lying for you, saying that you have gone to Yuanshan Weifu for a private visit, and told me to come to you quickly.

"Bah!" Guo Er pole shouted, "It's a happy event that the imperial envoy came. When I was in Yizhou, two imperial envoys came and brought 5,000 taels of silver. Damn, the court didn't take our Zhangjun seriously, and we didn't take the envoy seriously and let him wait in Pyongyang!"

Yao Xi said hurriedly, "Brother, the imperial envoy this time is different. It's Prince Duan!"

Zhou Charter was shocked, and the royal prince came to be an imperial envoy in person, which is extremely rare in the history of the Qing Dynasty, which is not a small matter!

"What is he doing here?" Zhou Charter asked.

"Probage to your eldest brother."

"Affinity?" Everyone exclaimed in one voice.

Zhou Charter hurriedly reached out and touched Yao Xi's forehead. Yao Xi said with a bitter face, "Brother, I'm really not talking nonsense. It's really the Duke of Duan who came to propose marriage. Brother, who dares to talk nonsense about such a big thing? It took me two days to run through Pyongyang. I met Zhao Zhenglun and Liu Yingshu on the way. I was afraid that they would waste time, so I let them go back to Pyongyang directly. Damn, Liu Yingshu heard that the imperial envoy came to propose marriage and scolded me! Son of a bitch, it's none of my business. I'm just a message!"

Look, it's true. Zhou Charter asked, "Whose lady is the king of Duan?"

"Brother, guess what." Yao Xi smiled and blinked.

"I guess what!" Zhou Charter scolded, "It won't be any kind of Gege."

"Big brother is really a god!" Yao Xi shouted, "What the prince of Duan came to mention is a Gege."

"Which prince's family?" Money has high interest and has also come.

"I don't know," Yao Xi said, "Anyway, that Gege is not small. It is said that it is a He Shuo Gege, whose name is Minxiu."

As soon as Minxiu's name was exported, Qian Yougui and Guo Erbar looked ignorant.

Zhou Charter and Zhang Zuolin exclaimed with one voice: "Minxiu!"

No one knows the festival of Zhou Charter and Minxiu.

Guo Erpu asked in a hurry, "Zhang Zuolin, what's your name? What kind of Minxiu do you know?"

Zhang Zuolin lowered his voice and said in a trembling voice, "Rank, our eldest brother has ascended to the sky!"

"Bulls!" Yao Xi shouted, "Fuck you, how dare you curse our brother!"

Zhang Zuolin said hurriedly, "You don't know that Minxiu is not an ordinary grid. He is the niece of the Empress Dowager Buddha and the sister of the emperor today! Our eldest brother will be the emperor's brother-in-law in the future! That's not one step to the sky!"

The money softened and sat on the ground with a plop.

Yao Xi scolded hatefully, "We can't accept this marriage!"

"Why?" Qian Yougui sat on the ground and asked weakly.

"The five of the dog days is the emperor's uncle. If our eldest brother becomes the emperor's brother-in-law, he will not be called uncle!"

Zhou Charter nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, Yao Xi is right! This family can't accept it!"

Zhang Zuolin is very puzzled: "Brother, this is a code. Uncle is his uncle. You are your brother-in-law. Then Ha Wu has to call you a big brother when he sees you!"

Zhou Charter said seriously, "The generation should not be chaotic! This matter has to be discussed from a long-term perspective.

"Brother, do you really not want to?" Zhang Zuolin asked.

Zhou Charter said hatefully, "The emperor's sister, I can't afford Zhou Charter!"

Guo Erzao praised: "Our teacher has backbone! I, Guo Er, resolutely stand on the side of the division!"

Yao Xi also nodded: "Dog's Ha Wu wants to take advantage of our eldest brother. There's no way!"

Zhang Zuolin came to Zhou Charter's ear and asked in a low voice, "Brother, is there a problem between you and Minxiu Gege?"

Guo Erhuang and Yao Xi are rude people and don't notice Zhou Charter's face at all. As long as it is Zhou Charter's decision, they never ask why. Zhang Zuolin was an exquisite person and immediately realized that Zhou Charter's face was wrong. The so-called generational problem is purely an assimonies, and there must be secrets in it.

The woman in the world, Zhou Charter's most dissatisfied is Minxiu.

Although he was responsible for the embarrassing thing at the beginning, Minxiu had to cut off his head, which made Zhou Charter very unacceptable - this Ge Gexin was too cruel.

Especially after meeting Jin Shu, when Jin Shu and Minxiu are compared, Minxiu becomes more and more abominable!

Zhou Charter can accept any other woman, but he can't accept Minxiu!

However, Zhou Charter once swore not to tell the embarrassing thing. He didn't know at all that it had made a lot of noise in the capital.

Zhou Charter shook his head: "No, anyway, this family is not suitable!"

Qian Yougui got up from the ground and said, "Master, this is an imperial relative!" Prince Duan came to be a matchmaker in person. If you refuse this marriage, I'm afraid the empress dowager and the emperor will not agree!"

If money is expensive, let Zhou Charter hesitate.

Zhang Jun's situation was originally extremely dangerous. The court had already regarded him as a separatist, and the Russians and Japanese also stared at him. If the court was offended by this incident, I'm afraid Zhang Jun's situation would be more difficult.

However, Zhou Charter was unwilling to marry a hot man.

Moreover, the court has always been wary of Zhang Jun, and all parties are constrained and in difficulties. Now, there is a sudden 180-degree turn. If you want to go to your family with Zhang Jun, there must be something strange about it!

Even if Zhou Charter and Minxiu have no holiday, Zhou Charter is full of doubts about such a brainless marriage and dares not accept it easily.

Zhang Zuolin saw that Zhou Charter was in a dilemma and whispered, "If you really don't want to, I have an idea that it's easy to say on both sides."

"Tpeak and listen."

Zhang Zuolin whispered a few words in Zhou Charter's ear. Zhou Charter pondered for a moment and shook his head without saying a word.

"Brother, there is nothing we can do about it. Besides, it's a good thing to do this.

"If it really doesn't work, that's the only way!" Zhou Charter sighed.

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January 10, 1895, the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

For Western powers and Westernized Japan, the war has entered its second year.

And for the Qing Dynasty, this is still the year of Jiawu. Of course, there are only 20 days left before the New Year, that is, the Spring Festival.

For the subjects of the Qing Dynasty who were far away from the war, this Spring Festival is no different from previous years. People entered the joy before the Spring Festival early, and all the preparations for the Spring Festival are being carried out step by step. People seem to have forgotten that the Japanese joint fleet is wandering in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.

In the whole Qing Dynasty, it seems that only Weihaiwei is immersed in the atmosphere of war.

The loss of Lushun is a huge blow to the Beiyang sailors! This blow is not only the loss of a natural port and a base, but also a psychological blow!

In the Battle of Dadonggou, the Beiyang Marine Division was defeated by the Japanese Combined Fleet. However, the Beiyang Marine Division was not nothing in this defeat. The victory of the Japanese can be described as a tragic victory. In the later period of the Battle of Dadonggou, the two huge ships of Beiyang Marine Division Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were besieged by Japanese ships. With dozens of bullets, relying on their huge guns and heavy armor, they dealt a heavy blow to the besietors. In the melee, five warships of the joint fleet were bombarded by the huge artillery of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan and were forced to withdraw from the battle. The excellent performance of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan made the joint fleet chill! If the Beiyang Marine Division continues to carry forward the tenacious fighting spirit of the Battle of Dadonggou in the subsequent war, it will not be without opportunities.

However, the Beiyang Marine Division adopted the strategy of "avoiding the war and protect the ship". Ding Ruchang, the navy's admiral, led the main force of the fleet to tour the sea near Shandong, watching Lushun fall and standing by.

Lushun is an important anchorage of the Beiyang Marine Division. The fall of Lushun and the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Marine Division are frustrated, which marks that the Beiyang Marine Division has completely lost the ability to compete with the joint fleet. Since then, the joint fleet can use Lushun as a base and attack everywhere. The waters of Liaodong and Shandong have completely become the Japanese joint fleet. The world! The Beiyang Navy can only shrink in the Weihai Guard Port and let the Japanese warships show off their power at sea.

Weiwei, Rishima Fort.

The Japanese island battery is located between the entrance of Liugong Island and Weihaiwei Harbor, guarding the gateway of the military port and is the core of the land defense of the entire Weihaiwei military port. The fort is equipped with the British 28,24, 15cm Armstrong naval cannon, the German 15cm Krone mortar gun and the German 8cm dome cannon. Different types of artillery fire form a circular fire network, which can not only control the whole harbor and the wide sea outside the harbor, but also extend to the land behind the military port, providing strong fire support for Zhaojiazui, Longmiaozui and other forts.

For Weihai Guard Port, the Rishima Fort is like a sea god needle!

Admiral Ding Ruchang of Beiyang Marine Division stood on the fort. Beside him is a 28cm Armstrong cannon. The 28cm cannon was the largest cannon in the world at that time, which could be called a coastal defense giant, with a range of 20,000 meters

Ding Ruchang's face was gloomy, and there was a layer of rust on his fingers.

This is what he touched the body of the gun.

The 28cm Armstrong cannon is the most advanced artillery in the Qing Dynasty. This kind of artillery is also one of the few in the coastal defense of the European powers. In order to buy these guns and install and debug them to a functional state, the court spent countless silver. However, on the Rishima Fort, which is the core of Weihaiwei's roadbed defense, the world's most advanced artillery is slowly rusting!

"Where is the leader of the Rishima Battery?" Ding Ruchang asked in a low voice.

Behind him, more than a dozen naval and army officers did not answer.

"Where is it!" Ding Ruchang was angry.

A young army lieutenant came forward. The captain was tall and thin. He bowed and said, "Admiral, there is no commander of the Rishima Fort."

"What!" Ding Ruchang's thin cheeks became twisted.