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Chapter 976 Postponement of the Wedding
It was easy for Suning's Ningyuan Army to capture Taiyuan, and naturally, a ceremony to enter the city to show off their military prowess was needed.

Because the Class A and Class C troops of the Mie Lu Army both have search missions, and the Ningyuan Army, which seems like an alien civilization, also needs to remain secret for the time being.

Therefore, only the Class B troops of the Mie Lu Army were arranged to participate in the entry ceremony, which still surprised the old Shanxi people who had never seen the world.

The highest official of the Qing Dynasty in Shanxi, the Shanxi Governor Zhaona Sutu, knelt down in front of Suning in a daze, "General, I, the guilty minister of the Qing Dynasty, the Shanxi Governor Zhaona Sutu, pay my respects to the commander of the Ningyuan Army."

"Please stand up." Looking at the dying old Qing Dynasty minister in front of him, Suning already had the idea of making use of the waste in his mind.

"Thank you, Marshal."

"I know that you have always been in poor health, so I specially allow you to return to the capital with your family." Then Su Ning directly stated his arrangements.

"I, your humble servant, thank you very much for your grace, Marshal." Zhao Nasutu was naturally ecstatic and thanked Suning profusely.

"Zhao Na Su Tu, this time I'll have to trouble you to deliver my personal letter to Emperor Xianfeng, advising him to abdicate as soon as possible. I and the Ningyuan Army promise to treat you, the descendants of the Qing Dynasty, well." Then Su Ning took out a letter with a sly smile on his face, ready to let the Qing official take it back to Sijiucheng and hand it over to the Tartar Emperor Xianfeng.

"This..." As expected, Zhao Nasutu was confused and wanted to refuse. Even though he had become a prisoner, he refused to be a messenger for the Ningyuan Army.

"Why? Your Excellency the Governor, you refuse?"

"I am willing."

Suning checked the information and found that the Shanxi Governor Zhaona Sutu would die next year, so it would be better to make good use of him and let him go as his messenger.

Of course, Suning would not think that a letter alone could make the Qing nobles obey, but this was also a way for Suning and the Ningyuan Army to use courtesy before force.

"Marshal, why did you let Zhao Nasutu go so easily?" Lu Yuhan, Su Ning's fiancée, looked at Su Ning in front of her with some confusion and asked.

"Yuhan, the Shanxi Governor Zhaona Sutu is already terminally ill. Leaving him here will only lead to his death at the hands of our Ningyuan Army. It would be better to make use of him and sell him a thousand gold pieces of horse bones. This will also let the Qing nobles know that we are not as cruel as the rumors say."

"The Marshal has thought it through."

"The latest military reports indicate that Prince Yi of the Qing Dynasty, Zaiyuan, has already left the Shimen area. The Qing army will soon come into direct conflict with our Ningyuan army, so our wedding will have to be postponed for the time being."

"General, the people of the world are the most important."

"Haha, Yuhan is really sensible. Stay and accompany me tonight!" Then Su Ning smiled and pulled Lu Yuhan into his arms. The beauty in his arms is definitely an indescribable enjoyment.

"Yes! Marshal." Lu Yuhan blushed and her heart beat fast as she stayed in Su Ning's arms and whispered in agreement.

"Go! Wait for me after you wash yourself." Then Su Ning pinched Lu Yuhan's face with a wicked smile and said.

"Yuhan, take your leave." Then Lu Yuhan left with a blushing face.

Watching Lu Yuhan's graceful figure leaving made Su Ning's heart flutter. At this time, this woman was naturally at the peak of her beauty. Her every frown and smile could move the heart of Su Ning, a thousand-year-old monster.

Originally, Suning was planning to hold a wedding in Taiyuan, Shanxi, but he didn't expect that Emperor Xianfeng would send Prince Yi Zaiyuan, the most important official of the Qing court.

Moreover, Prince Yi Zaiyuan's army was advancing very quickly and was about to enter Shanxi, which belonged to them, so Suning had to temporarily change his plan.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty was under great external pressure. The big geese in the north saw that John Bull had made huge profits in the Opium War, and they were already jealous and envious to the point of going crazy.

John Bull, who has already tasted the sweetness, is trying to make trouble together with the Gallic chickens recently, threatening the security of China at all times.

Even the Chinese, whose door was opened by the newly established Eagle Sauce, are working hard to become stronger, and are always thinking about dividing up China in the upcoming feast.

Unfortunately, these Manchu nobles who occupied the land of China were only thinking about how to continue to enslave China, and had no intention of reforming, strengthening the country, and resisting aggression.

Therefore, Suning realized that it must quickly drive away these Manchu parasites and must make changes according to its own God's perspective as soon as possible in order to resist the wolves and tigers outside.

"General, the 200,000-strong army led by Prince Yi Zaiyuan of the Qing Dynasty has entered Shanxi."

"Well, order the entire army to attack the Qing army, and then head straight for Shimen, Baoding, and Sijiucheng. The Qing imperial city, Sijiucheng, must be captured within one day."

"Marshal, we don't need to hide our strength anymore?"

"No need! We can take over the 49 cities within 24 hours, and the Northeast and the area north of the Yangtze River within a month."

"Yes! Marshal."

……

In fact, after the Ningyuan Army took over the entire Shanxi Province, it had already started a crazy mode of mass troop expansion, and quickly expanded the Mielu Army to a number of 300,000.

Then Suning prepared to train the newly recruited Mie Lu Army while fighting. After all, the tough ones would be crushed by the Ningyuan Army's robot army, and the Mie Lu Army only needed to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the remnants.

This time, Suning dispatched all the armored forces and drone forces in the space world, and then started a blitzkrieg mode in the late Qing Dynasty.

The 200,000-strong army led by Zaiyuan, Prince Yi of the Qing Dynasty, rushed towards Shanxi in a mighty manner. The Qing Dynasty troops stretched for dozens of miles and there was no end in sight.

"Prince Yi, where did this group of "monk soldiers" who call themselves the Ningyuan Army come from?" Fu Cha Jingshou, the deputy general of the Qing army, looked at Prince Yi who was riding a warhorse and asked.

"The imperial court knew nothing about this! The only information they knew was relayed by General Tuoming'a of Suiyuan before his death. Qi County in Jinzhong, Shanxi, was where these monks first appeared. Therefore, the imperial court believed that these 'monk soldiers' were likely a rebellious force supported by Shanxi merchants."

"Prince Yi, I still feel that we should divide our forces and attack different parts of Shanxi. After all, we don't know the specific situation of this group of "Monk Army". We should try to make the "Monk Army" unable to take care of each other."

"Hey! This king knows this truth, but I heard that the Ningyuan Army's firearms are very sharp, so we have to decide based on the specific situation."

"Prince Yi, since this group of 'Monk Army' relies on firearms, and firearms are particularly dependent on the weather, why don't we wait for the weather to change before attacking the 'Monk Army'?"

"That's right! This king also has this idea. Ahead is Yangquan County in Shanxi Province. This king plans to first capture Yangquan as a base for the army, and then slowly deal with these hateful rebels."

"Prince Yi has a good opinion."

The strategies of Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Fu Cha Jingshou were brilliant, but unfortunately this time they encountered the Ningyuan Army, which represented an alien civilization.

Before the Qing army saw the city walls of Yangquan County, they had already noticed the abnormality in the sky.

"Prince Yi, what do you see in the sky?" Deputy General Fu Cha Jingshou looked at the distant sky in confusion, which really refreshed his decades of life experience.

"Goshawk?" At this time, Prince Yi Zaiyuan also saw the overwhelming number of flying objects, and then he could only guess confusedly.

"Prince Yi, could it be that this group of Ningyuan soldiers are monsters?" "..."

At this time, Prince Yi Zaiyuan naturally had no way to explain Fu Cha Jingshou's doubts. He only saw a dense swarm of unnamed flying objects appearing in the sky, flying quickly towards their 200,000 troops.

The 200,000-strong army opened their mouths in amazement and looked up at the unknown flying objects flying over their heads. However, these flying objects dropped countless bombs on their Qing army.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As the deafening and long-lasting explosions were heard, the Qing army of 200,000 was instantly wiped out, and many Qing soldiers had no chance to react at all.

By the time the Ningyuan Army's drone cluster quickly completed its mission, the remaining Qing army had not yet recovered from their shock. They were completely dumbfounded by this attack mode that was more than a century ahead of their time.

Immediately afterwards, they heard a deafening rumbling sound coming from afar, and then the armored forces of the Ningyuan Army appeared in their sight, rushing towards their group of remnants of the Qing Dynasty army.

There was no need for the Ningyuan Army's armored forces to fire. The remaining Qing troops knelt down on both sides of the road in despair, quietly waiting for the Mie Lu Army behind the armored forces to confiscate their weapons.

After instantly wiping out the 200,000-strong army led by Prince Yi Zaiyuan, the Ningyuan Army's drone and armored forces continued to advance. Such weak troops were naturally unable to resist the Ningyuan Army's advancing speed.

Soon the Ningyuan Army broke through the Shimen defense line in Hebei, and then quickly captured Baoding, Zhili Prefecture, and captured all the personnel in the Zhili Governor's Office in Baoding.

"Nerjing'e, I am now officially informing you that the Zhili Governor's Office has been taken over by my Ningyuan Army." Su Ning said expressionlessly as he looked at the Qing official in front of him and reported.

"Hmph! Traitors and rebels, everyone has the right to kill them. You will soon be wiped out by my Qing army." As the head of the nine governors-general of the Qing Dynasty, the Governor-General of Zhili was naturally very arrogant.

"I never thought that the dignified Governor-General of Zhili of the Qing Dynasty would be so unwise. Your 900,000-man army has been wiped out by my Ningyuan Army by more than 300,000. What else can you use to continue to fight against my Ningyuan Army, which represents the will of heaven?"

"I believe the Emperor will soon gather an army to eliminate you."

"Don't worry! Nerjing'e, you will meet your emperor soon."

"Hmph! What a shameless statement."

"Someone come here!" Suning no longer had any interest in talking to the prisoner.

"Commander."

"Imprison all these Manchu nobles."

"Yes! Marshal."

The attack on the Qing army went very smoothly along the way, and only six or seven hours of the planned day of battle had passed.

So after the Ningyuan Army simply rested in Baoding for an hour or two, the Ningyuan Army's robotic troops continued to rush towards Sijiu City.

……

At this time, the court of the Qing Dynasty in the Forty-Nine City was already in chaos. After all, the Ningyuan Army was about to arrive at the city.

"Do you have any good ideas, my dear ministers?" Xianfeng looked at the important ministers in front of him with a dead heart, feeling that there had been no good news since he ascended the throne.

"Your Majesty, we should close all the gates of the capital and build a strong defense outside the capital." The Grand Councilor Mu Yin immediately stepped out and looked at Emperor Xianfeng in front of him.

"allow."

"Your Majesty, simply clearing the countryside and building strong defenses cannot stop the enemy army. You should issue an order to organize Han troops from all over the country to march into the capital." At this time, the imperial minister Su Shun also stepped forward to make a statement.

"Serve the King?" Xianfeng looked at Sushun in surprise and asked. Deep down, he was unwilling to give the Han people too much power.

"Exactly."

"allow."

Prince Zheng Duanhua then hurried out, looking at Emperor Xianfeng on the throne, and said, "Your Majesty, in less than a day, these rebels have successfully breached Shimen and Baoding. Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Zhili Governor-General Nerjing'e have both died heroically in battle or been captured. This shows that the strength of these Shanxi rebels far exceeds that of John Bull and other foreigners from ten years ago. Therefore, I respectfully request that Your Majesty, along with the imperial concubines and nobles, tour Rehe."

"I second the proposal."

Upon hearing that Prince Zheng Duanhua actually asked him to escape to Rehe, Emperor Xianfeng undoubtedly felt very aggrieved and helpless.

However, Xianfeng was also aware that this was the best response strategy. After all, if they joined the capital, they would not be able to defeat the rebels in Shanxi. They could escape to the Longxing area outside the mountains through Shanhaiguan at any time.

"allow."

Although Xianfeng's decision to escape was decisive at this time and he did not show any unnecessary hesitation, they still ignored the speed of the Ningyuan Army's advance.

Before Xianfeng's escape force was ready, the Ningyuan Army's drone fleet had already appeared over the city of Sijiu and immediately began bombing the Qing garrison in the city.

"Sushun, Prince Zheng, tell me, what is going on?" Xianfeng in the Forbidden City was really panicked this time. He did not expect that he was about to become the king who would destroy the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the Ningyuan army is now at the gates of the city. It will be impossible for us to tour Rehe next." Prince Zheng Duanhua looked at Emperor Xianfeng on the dragon throne with a bitter face and replied.

"Ah? Sushun, Prince Zheng, how should we respond now?"

"Your Majesty, now we have no choice but to send someone to negotiate with the Ningyuan Army as soon as possible." Sushun also had a bitter look on his face and thought that the only solution was to escape.

"Negotiate? You want me to surrender?" Xianfeng widened his eyes in disbelief. These important Manchu officials were either asking him to escape or urging him to negotiate surrender as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, negotiation does not necessarily mean surrender. We need to first see what the Ningyuan Army's demands are." Prince Zheng Duanhua and Sushun looked at each other helplessly, then looked at Emperor Xianfeng on the dragon throne again and argued.

All the ministers present knew that Prince Zheng and Sushun's proposal was just self-deception, but they really couldn't come up with too many suggestions at the moment, and could only choose to kneel down and beg for mercy in front of the strong again and again.

"That makes sense! Prince Zheng, Sushun, I appoint you as the chief and deputy negotiation masters. As long as the Ningyuan Army can stop attacking the capital, I can agree to any of their demands."

"Yes! Your Majesty."

In fact, since the outbreak of the Opium War in 1840, the Manchu nobles have been obsessed with negotiation and peace. However, this time they never dreamed that they would encounter an army of aliens.

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(End of this chapter)