The Mengtuoban raised this question, which made all the officials present feel extremely embarrassed, but no one dared to put forward any constructive opinions, and they have already agreed to this fact.

That is, as the most reliable ally of the French Empire, the Russian Expeditionary Force has been abandoned by the French Expeditionary Force. Their life and death have nothing to do with the French. What the French can do now is to pray for the Russians.

Prayer is destined to have no effect. More than 30,000 Hongjun troops have now given up on France, the most powerful opponent, and used all their energy, sharpness, ammunition and materials on these Russian garrisons distributed in countless villages and towns. Their most powerful stronghold is only half a battalion, and the besieged Hongjun must be no less than one infantry brigade. In this case, no matter how much sacrifice, courage and blood is, it cannot change the fate of these Russians.

But the French were unwilling to bear the cross that betrayed their allies, and in the end only one priest stood up: "That's a pagan!"

The Mentoban finally found an excuse to betray the Russians: "Yes, that's just some pagans. I must first consider the interests of the French. According to the temporary ceasefire agreement between Captain Milley and the Chinese, we can transport the wounded from the front line and transfer it to Shanghai in the rear. I think I can make a great sacrifice in order to win the Chinese's compromise."

He knew that his military career was over. Neither the Emperor nor the Army would have pity for a defeated general on the Eastern battlefield. You should know that this defeated general sent 20,000 Europeans to the dead end of failure. Although he brought many French people to the mainland, the injustice of betraying Russian allies always followed him.

He even suspected that he might go to the military court. Many journalists would be very interested in the failure of the French army this time, and their guns must have come toward the commander of Mentoban, but after despair. Mentoban relaxed, and he was willing to do more for the Expeditionary Force and the French in the city.

"Tell the Chinese that if they want, we can sell them heavy artillery that cannot be transported back to our army at a reasonable price in exchange for their chances of living peacefully with us."

In fact, the Mentorban has considered selling all the equipment that the Expeditionary Force can sell to the Chinese. So many weapons, ammunition and supplies cannot be brought back to the country with the ship. Under the current situation, it is better to sell them to the rebels to obtain enough hard currency.

He did not consider the question of continuing the war, because as the French officers said, the French had already shed enough blood.

...

Although Western merchants in Shanghai did not have telegram lines, their keen judgment of the battlefield situation even surpassed that of the Hongjun, who had telegram lines.

In fact, the news that the French army suffered a heavy blow was sent to Shanghai, and the price of Hongjun's public bonds in the Shanghai public bond market rose by 40%. The following news caused the Hongjun's public bonds to continue to rise sharply. This news was that the French army and the Hongjun reached a ceasefire agreement.

Although it is not clear what kind of armistice agreement, whether it is a temporary or permanent armistice, whether it is a local or comprehensive armistice, the mere truce of the truce gave the originally extremely sluggish public debt of the Hong army. In the evening, more clear news came, including the specific failure of the Mengtuoban attempt to tear up the armistice treaty to attack the Hong army but suffered a surprise attack, as well as some legends of French officers unanimously demanding the end of the war.

For this reason, the British consul expressed concern about the unexpected victory of the Hongjun. They British diplomats felt that the Chinese seemed to be an unstable factor in the Far East. However, before that, the entire Shanghai westerners were extremely welcomed by the Hongjun's victory.

The wonderful days are back. Mr. Ryan's British foreign company has maintained a good cooperative relationship with the French for a long time. However, tonight, he had already loudly promoted in his salon to organize a British volunteer army to interfere with the Chinese civil war. Many British businessmen who had originally held a neutral position also stood by him and expressed a strong welcome to this suggestion.

On the other hand, the shares of the railway company of Demons were already almost worthless, but now they remembered that this company has certain privileges of China's railways. Many people are already talking to Demons about the specific details of the implementation of the project. Demons was not just about the railway company. Like Mr. Ryan, he announced that if the French and Russians did not withdraw from this expedition, they would organize a volunteer army to give the French a good look.

More and more news has been summarized into Shanghai, an adventurer's city. Everyone has to admire the courage of a British businessman. He actually led a temporarily renovated British steamship into the inland river when the armistice agreement was just signed, and nearly 100 wounded members of the Hongjun army were transported to Shanghai for treatment.

But soon, the wholesalers in Shanghai found themselves between heaven and hell. Both sides in this battle suffered shocking losses. The inventory in the entire Shanghai Port had been consumed for their big money. The price of drugs rose by 40% and was still in the state of being out of stock. They found that the inventory in Hong Kong was also swept away by some peers. Seeing such amazing orders but unable to eat them, some smart drug dealers were already tossing in the laboratory.

The prestige of the French Empire also dropped to its historical low, and the exchange value of the gold francs dropped by more than 10%. Many merchants have refused to accept the French team's credit or use francs to pay, and must require hard currency or silver dollars. What makes French merchants most embarrassed are the wounded people who keep transporting back.

A large number of seriously injured people have returned to the Lord's arms before they even came to Shanghai. However, the seriously injured people in the shelter now have even exceeded the limit of the entire Shanghai Chinese and Western Hospital. At its peak, fifty to one hundred seriously injured people became victims of this war. Even if the situation stabilized a few days later, twenty or thirty seriously injured people still died every day.

In this case, Westerners in Shanghai all expressed their grievances on the French, and the journalists' pens were even more powerful. Since the Opium War, they have not found a better subject than this. The reports they wrote were destined to be published on the front page of the European continent.

"Another Waterloo!"

"Joan of Arc on the stolen rack!"

"The glory of Crimea and the loss of the Mentoban: Eight thousand French soldiers died in battle, and ten thousand wounded!"

"Ten Thousand Crosses: The Private War between Mentoban and Him!"

"This is not Waterloo! The way for ten thousand French soldiers to return."

All news reports pursue news sensation, and the casualties of the French army were several times the actual losses. In fact, after this battle, the French army's casualties, including those who were seriously injured and killed, were only 1,200. Although it will increase in fragments, it will definitely not reach the number in the news reports.

But both the French and the British in Shanghai clearly understood that the French expedition had ended, and even the number of deaths of 1,200 was a loss that French citizens could not accept, but everyone deliberately made a little mistake.

That is, as of now, the French have indeed implemented temporary ceasefire with the Chinese, but the Russians have not.

So far, nearly two thousand Russian expeditionary forces are still fighting the final death battle under the siege of tens of thousands of rainbow troops. They shed their last drop of blood for the benefit of the entire Europe.

But although they have the same skin color and believe in the same God, the Westerners in Shanghai have forgotten these suffering Russian compatriots. Even the French who retreated to Shanghai under the mercy of the Hongjun turned a blind eye to the Russians' experience. The only thing they did was to disarm the troops left by the Russian Expeditionary Force in Shanghai. However, such actions have received unanimous praise from the entire Shanghai and China-Western world, and agreed that it was the best measure to maintain peace in Shanghai.

At least in the previous operations, the Hongjun indeed fulfilled the armistice agreement with the French army. The French retreated to Shanghai City almost without any obstacles, but the Russian Expeditionary Force became the biggest victim. The entire Russian Expeditionary Force was almost in a comprehensive siege of the Hongjun.

"It's not possible to solve the French, it's not bad to solve the Russians!" Liu Chang looked at the twin eagle flags hanging in the villages and towns in the distance, and smiled at the group of rainbow army officers: "The reason why the French dared to cause storms in Shanghai before was that they had tens of thousands of soldiers, but the Russians sent these thousands of expeditionary forces also encouraged their courage. Now, as long as these thousands of Russians are destroyed, the Mentorban will not even move a finger."

"His Highness of the King of Yan is very clear." Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "It's very clear that when Mengtuoban encounters this big setback, he will lose his Russian arm. How dare he raise another military service?"

However, the Hongjun cadres looked at Li Hongzhang's praise, and this person was too slippery and had a deep understanding of foreigners. If they stayed in Shanghai, it would probably not be a good thing. Zhou Xiuying pointed directly at the double-headed eagle flag standing in the smoke of gunpowder: "Your Highness, the key is to clean up all these Russians..."

Liu Chang looked at the battle flag meaningfully and finally issued an order: "Tell the Russians that this is their last chance. If they do not surrender now, they will no longer accept their surrender in any form!"

"Tell them that the French have abandoned them." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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