C3553 The Great Marshal Zeng was getting stronger and stronger …

"Huh?" Ceng Guofan sighed with a questioning tone, however, a strange smile appeared on his face.

"Duke Qing …" Are you talking about me? "

Yi Kuang actually dared to mess around with Li Hongzao, but when he did so, the hairs on Ceng Guofan's back immediately exploded. Don't think that just because you have such a noble status, the number of people who kill Great Marshal Zeng all over the place is calculated by the millions.

It was impossible for people to not accept this fate. Even though the Great Marshal himself did not kill a single person, the five hundred thousand Xiang Army had all listened to his orders and fought and killed!

This kind of life force was enough to suppress so many lives. You, a small Yi Kuang, a wealthy prince of Beijing, has only slapped over a dozen servants to death in your life, are you trying to fight against a real god of slaughter?

"Ah …" Hehe … Hehehe … "This …" Yi Kuang was speechless.

Seeing that this brother was no good, Yi Xuan didn't have any confidence and quickly tried to smooth things over. "Marshal, you are overthinking things, you should know Yi Kuang's character.

"He was shocked by the matters of the Gujingguan, that's why he kept his mouth shut …"

Yi Kuang scratched his head and sat back down, but he still had to discuss about this matter. Yi Xuan laughed and said, "No matter what, the Great Wall's beacons have strangely been ignited, it is an amazing thing that shook the world!"

"We have to think of a way to deal with this! You need to give an explanation to everyone in the world! "

Yi Kuang muttered, "An explanation? Capture him first and then capture the mastermind behind him … I don't believe it. It's been burning for over ten thousand miles just like that? "

When Yi Xuan saw the marshal's unkind expression, he quickly continued, "Calm down the public opinion first, you all have to stop first … We'll talk about the responsibility later! "

Ceng Guofan laughed coldly, "What's there to be responsible for? I can guess that it was because of the huge change in the situation in the Western Region that ignited the flames of war!"

"The war in the Western Regions?" Ci An nervously asked, "Did Zuo Jigao lose?"

"Haha …" "Impossible!" Ceng Guofan waved his hand and said with determination, "If the Northwest were to ignite a fire right now, it would only be a conflict between small-scale troops. The combined strength of both sides would not exceed twenty thousand!"

"How could Zuo Jigao lose a battle of this scale? So many famous American guns, Spencer, and even Chinese Mauser rifles... The North District has sent a batch of 88-caliber blooming cannons as well.

"Marshal?" "How can you be so sure it's a skirmish?" Li Hongzao asked.

"How can I be sure? "Ah, scholar..." Do you think the weather in the northwest is the same as in the capital? Beijing can even chill your nose to death in winter, and the Western Region will be several times colder in winter than this place! "

"If a war were to break out in this kind of weather, who would have the ability to mobilize an army of a hundred thousand? Waiting to freeze to death? There is no other possibility than to mobilize the elites to probe each other! "

When Ceng Guofan started to talk about military matters, no one dared to refute him, they could only hear the marshal continuing, "Who will be at the front? is Xu Zhanbiao's Shu Army! "

"Those Sichuan soldiers fought beautifully before, and now is the time for them to soar into the sky like a rainbow …" If they were to make a move, it might just be a surprise attack on the Stellar Gorge! "

"What does the Northwest Army's information transfer rely on?" It was just a pigeon, a fast horse, and a beacon … A fast horse is useless. This is the slowest speed! "

"A carrier pigeon is also dangerous. The weather is too cold, so it is possible that it will freeze to death halfway through … Then Xu Zhanbiao, how will Zuo Jigao contact the military? "

Ceng Guofan looked around at the people in the hall: "Other than the smoke from the beacons, I have no other choice!"

"We can speculate about the situation at that time. If Xu Zhanbiao managed to succeed at the front line of Stellar Gorge, and the excited army ignites their beacons to report the news to the back, then those beacons will burn from Stellar Gorge all the way to Jade Gate Pass and then back to Jiayuguan!"

"If Zuo Jigao knows the good news, shouldn't he report it to Lanzhou City? One had to know that the telegraph line had yet to reach the stage of cultivation in Lanzhou … Hehe, who asked you not to pay for the Qing San Ye's funds! "

In the end, Ceng Guofan did not forget to tease these noble clan members of the Manchu who did not know the importance of new technology at all.

"I really don't know how many towers there are in between when it comes to sending beacons to Lanzhou …" But I know very well that the Great Wall has a fork in the road... "

"One is to go straight to the central defender, Ning Xia, then burn them down in the capital city. The other one is to deliver a letter to Lanzhou via the Wu Shou Ridge …"

"If you're a business leader, then there's only one possibility. The soldiers at the Great Wall's fork have accidentally lit up the beacon route to the capital …"

"What other reason could there be? After that, it would be even harder to guess … The Great Wall's ancient beacon system, has our country ever decreed that it should be abolished? "

"Is there? Weren't they just the soldiers that were being sent to the country to be abolished? But has the system been abolished? "

"Those defending troops at the pass subconsciously followed the rules passed down from the elders. Many of the older army descendants from the garrison and fortress could only follow the rumours of their ancestors …"

"No one taught them, no one gave them new rules …" "Then how can you blame them for lighting the beacon?"

In the end, it was still a matter of the Qing Dynasty's system, which made him angry to the point that her nose was crooked, but Ceng Guofan's reasoning was truly irrefutable!

You're looking for trouble with the people along the Great Wall? Many of them could not understand a single word. They could only subconsciously act when they heard the story that their ancestors had told for their entire lives. How could they punish them?

Find trouble with the guards at the pass? You do not have a written rule to abolish the beacon, how is this punishment?

Or could it be Xu Zhanbiao who directly sought trouble with him? The Qing Dynasty had already reached this age, could he still afford to offend the other party's Chinese warlord?

Finally, she forced out a voice from her lips, "Then, Marshal, what do you think we should do? The capital was shaken. Then, the entire world was shaken … Does the people still want it? "

"I don't even need to send anyone to investigate, I already know that the restaurants, teahouses, and brothels in the entire city will be discussing this matter tonight. Soon, the news will spread to the entire Jiangnan, Shuangguang, Luguang, and even Yun Gui Chuan …"

"What should we do? "You are also a student of the Sage who has read the Book of Saints. You should know the principle of protecting your mouth from the common people better than us!"

Ceng Guofan glared at him. "What do we do? I know what to do. Who told you to restrict the Qing San Ye? Who asked you not to give Great Clear Telegraph Office the money? "

"If we have enough silver, why not let our telegraph line follow the western troops?"

"Tell me yourself, how much did your Head Office give you? Yi Xuan, ask yourself, how much did the Department of Revenue allocate? "

"If the telegraph line go directly to Jiayuguan, or even to Guizhou … How could this happen? What war are you fighting over there, the news will arrive in an instant! "

"You guys were the one who withheld all the silver, forcing the Qing San Ye to borrow money, saving money to cultivate telegraph line … You're asking me what should I do? "

"Chopsticks, mix!" "Serve it well!"

"You!" He stood up and pointed at Ceng Guofan, "I respect you for your service! He was the great marshal of Xiang Army! But don't forget that this is the Great Qing, the world of the Manchu! "

"Hehe …" So what do you want? Draw the lines, I'll take it! Black Pot had knocked me on the head, you can just chop off my head! "

"If worst comes to worst, how about I, Ceng Guofan, use this human head to flatten this fire beacon incident?"