It turned out that the information received by the traverser was that Russia planned to draw an army from the Russian army that had captured the northeast, move south along the Liaoxi Corridor, enter North China through Shanhaiguan, attack Beijing, and fight a big battle with the traverser. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In July 1900, Russia took the opportunity of the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, mobilized 180,000 troops, and advanced into the three northeastern provinces of China in seven routes. Except for the Southwest Road, which directly participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance, the other six routes directly invaded the three northeastern provinces and caused the Hailan Pao Massacre and the Jiangdong 64 Tun Massacre. And in September, the Russian army, which participated in the invasion of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance, also allocated an army to attack from Shanhaiguan in the direction of Shenyang. By October 6, the Russian army from the north and south met at Tieling, and so far, the entire territory of Northeast China fell under the iron heel of Tsarist Russia.

Although in this time and space, due to the intervention of the traverser, the Russian army that participated in the invasion of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Coalition did not divide its troops to the north and participate in the war to attack the Northeast, but Russia still occupied the entire territory of the Northeast, and the Korean Peninsula crisis also occurred, which shows that history has changed, so it is indeed not impossible for the Russian army to send troops south to enter the pass and attack Beijing.

From the perspective of the situation of this era, Russia's goal is to take advantage of the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, to occupy China's three northeastern provinces and the Korean Peninsula, and to realize the so-called Yellow Russia Plan, and now the goal of occupying China's three northeastern provinces has been basically achieved, and the participation of the traverser has, to a certain extent, helped Russia, because the traverser defeated the Eight-Nation Allied Army and defeated the German Far East Fleet, which greatly weakened the strength of various countries, and the result was that Russia could let go of its hands and feet to do a big job, so Russia brazenly launched the Korean Peninsula crisis, but I didn't expect that the yellow-skinned monkey that Russia has always looked down on still has a few hard bones, and it will not give inThis, combined with the strong opposition of other countries, has led to a stalemate on the Korean Peninsula.

At this time, taking advantage of the inability of the countries to take care of the north, Russia sent troops south to enter the customs and attack Beijing, which could not only consolidate Russia's rule over the three northeastern provinces of China, but also put pressure on other countries to force Japan to make concessions to Russia on the Korean Peninsula, so this was also a completely logical action.

Britain and Germany have a large number of spies in Russia, and the Russian government's sense of secrecy is not very strong, so the news was quickly discovered by Britain and Germany.

Although Germany has always supported Russia's focus on Asia, it has also signed a cooperation agreement with the Traveler, who still holds a few weapons that Germany desperately wants, so this agreement must also be carefully respected. And Germany just wants Russia to devote its energy to Asia, but it doesn't want Russia to succeed in Asia, because that will only make Russia stronger, and when Russia turns its attention back to Europe, Germany will face a stronger polar bear.

By telling the overseas Chinese this news, first, it has fulfilled its obligations as a collaborator, and Germany is beyond reproach whether the overseas Chinese win or lose; second, it is also to find a strong opponent for Russia in the Far East, so that Russia will not be so easy to win in the Far East, and even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory. To a certain extent, Germany and Britain had similar aims, hoping that Russia would encounter a formidable opponent in the Far East.

In fact, Russia's dispatch of troops to attack China's northeast region has aroused the vigilance of the British people, because if Russia really occupies China's northeast region, it will inevitably threaten Britain's interests in China, but Britain hopes to solve China's problems first, and then contain Russia, so Britain tried its best to pull Japan in the Eight-Nation Alliance, just to use Japan to resist Russia's expansion in the Far East.

In the old time and space, Britain did rely on this trick to contain Russia, and five years later, it supported Japan in launching the Russo-Japanese War, defeated Russia, and successfully curbed Russia's expansion in the Far East. However, due to the rise of overseas Chinese, Britain was somewhat careless, although in the Korean Peninsula crisis, Britain fully supported Japan, but when dealing with overseas Chinese, it needed to rely on Russian strength, and as a result, although Russia's expansion into the Korean Peninsula was frustrated, it was able to free up its hands and send troops south to attack Beijing. If Russia captures Beijing, it will inevitably dominate the situation in China, which will be very disadvantageous to Britain.

Although the overseas Chinese have sprung up and are gaining momentum, Huo Bilan has now basically figured out that the overseas Chinese are only a lone army after all, with an unstable foundation and limited strength, and although they have captured the British colony of Weihaiwei, they do not pose much threat to British interests in China, so they will actively participate in the Shanghai negotiations, and the conditions proposed for peace talks are not excessive.

Russia is different, this is a behemoth with 20 million square kilometers of land, a population of 140 million, a conventional army of 1.5 million, a reserve army of 5 million, the world's third largest huge fleet, and in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and other regions, and Britain has launched an all-round fierce competition, so no matter in that comparison, it is not comparable to overseas Chinese. And Britain is now mired in the boer war in South Africa, unable to extract its strength to contain Russia, and it is only at this time that Huo Bilan understands that he has been working hard in the wrong place. In fact, the overseas Chinese can be used to deal with their Russian counterparts and let them fight each other, so that Britain can also play the best trick of pulling one side and fighting the other, which is far better than having to contain both sides by themselves.

But it's not too late to understand now, after all, the country has not dismissed Huo Bilan, of course, Huo Bilan also knows that the country has not dismissed himself on the spot, just because no one is willing to take over the current mess, and when China's affairs are over, all the responsibility will be put on himself. But that's fine, and you have room for redemption.

Now that Russia is preparing to attack Beijing, it is its own opportunity, and if overseas Chinese are allowed to fight with Russia now, no matter who wins or loses, Britain will have a lot of room to surpass. If Russia wins, the overseas Chinese will certainly need to look for help, and Britain can take the opportunity to put pressure on the overseas Chinese, not only to force the overseas Chinese to accept their own conditions, but also to pull the overseas Chinese together to contain Russia; even if the overseas Chinese win, they will henceforth make an enmity with Russia, and Russia will not be easy to deal with; as long as Britain shows the overseas Chinese a little, it can also use the overseas Chinese to confront Russia; and even Japan can be drawn in, forming a triangular situation in the Far East, then it will not only be beneficial to Britain, but also a great advantage。 And maybe he has a chance to save his future.

So Huo Bilan acted immediately, of course he couldn't tell overseas Chinese directly, but he could find someone to pass the message, and Li Hongzhang was the best candidate. Therefore, Huo Bilan visited Li Hongzhang and told Li Hongzhang about this matter.

And after Li Hongzhang learned about it, he couldn't help but be surprised, if Russia really let it occupy Beijing, it would be extremely unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, and if it wasn't good, it would really be ruined, but why did Huo Bilan tell the news to himself. Of course, Li Hongzhang is also an old fox, and he immediately understood that this was using his own mouth to pass on the news to overseas Chinese, so that overseas Chinese could prepare early. So after Huo Bilan said goodbye and left, Li Hongzhang immediately sent electricity to Tianjin.

Although the traverser did not know these details, it seems that the news provided by Britain and Germany to themselves at the same time cannot be fake, and judging from the current situation, this is not an impossible thing, as Qin Zheng said, it is better to believe it than not to believe it. At least in the later plans, it is necessary to take into account the factors of the Russian army.

Xia Bohai said: "Let's assume that this news is true, so when will the Russian army act, and how many troops will it send to attack Beijing?"

Although Britain and Germany provided important information to the traverser, they did not provide details, and did not explain the time and strength of the Russian army's operation, after all, the British and German intelligence officers may not have heard it so clearly; of course, it is also possible that Britain and Germany knew, but deliberately did not tell the traverser, or created a problem for the traverser, or waited for the traverser to come to Britain and Germany. Therefore, the traverser should first figure out how many troops the Russian army can dispatch.

Qin Zheng thought for a while and said: "According to historical records, Russia sent troops this time, a total of 180,000 troops, and about 6,000 troops participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance, and then the Korean Peninsula crisis occurred, and Russia pulled another 50,000 troops from the country, so the number of Russian troops in the northeast should be about 220,000 now." ”

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said: "Now that the crisis on the Korean Peninsula has not been resolved, Russia will definitely still retain some troops by the Yalu River, at least 70,000 or 80,000 troops, and Russia has just occupied the northeast, and it still needs to divide troops to garrison various places, the three northeastern provinces add up to almost 800,000 square kilometers, and the garrison army must be at least 100,000 people." ”

Qin Zheng said: "This is necessary, in the old time and space, when the Russo-Japanese War occurred, the Russian garrison in the northeast had reached 400,000 people, so to garrison the three northeastern provinces, at least 100,000 troops were needed." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "That's simple, the army that the Russian army can use is estimated to be between 4-50,000, and there are at least 1,000 kilometers from the northeast to the Guannai, even if the Qing court is incompetent, the Russian army will always garrison some troops along the way to control key areas, so the real available troops will definitely not exceed 30,000, unless Russia transfers new troops from the country." ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "It is so easy to transfer troops from the country, there are 8,000 without 10,000 kilometers, and now the Trans-Siberian Railway has not been repaired, it all depends on the soldiers' two legs, and they have to cross the Siberian wilderness, it is now February, or the freezing period of Siberia, it is impossible to transfer the army over, the 50,000 troops in the early stage are still the troops of the Far East, which should also be the limit of the Russian army's strength." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Okay, then even if the Russian army attacking Beijing is 30,000 troops." ”