Chang Kunning and Feng Renxuan joined the Yuanqi group training from Rong from the academy in their early years, and they switched to the north and south together, and advanced to the northwest. ”

What is the horse's head? Feng Renxuan secretly sneered in his heart, this ambush of the Zhennanwang special train was not his order, the two provinces were in turmoil, more than ten prefectures and counties or garrisons mutinied or rioted, and the Northwest Army didn't know how many officers and soldiers were involved.

Not to mention what is at your fingertips, Yuan Qi spends a lot of energy, material and financial resources to travel through the northwest, if you really want to be able to get it at your fingertips, isn't it a big joke?

Chang Kunning continued: "The northwest land, not to mention its great strategic value, itself contains extremely rich natural resources, after 30 years of development, the population is nearly 10 million, agriculture, industry, transportation, communications, military and so on have a certain foundation, itself has the conditions for the establishment of a country.

Once the northwest was established, for Russia, British India, Persia, Ottomans and other countries, it was equivalent to establishing a huge buffer zone with the Qing Dynasty, and for their own security considerations, the four countries would inevitably strongly support the establishment of the northwest from the Qing Dynasty.

The 300,000 men of the Northwest Army are all battle-hardened soldiers, and there are hundreds of thousands of retired officers and soldiers who can be called up to join the army at any time, and they can be completely fearless of ....... as long as they cut off the railway into the northwest. ”

Let's say it lightly! Feng Renxuan waved his hand to interrupt him, "Don't talk about those useful and useless, I just want to hear your true thoughts." ”

After being silent for a moment, Chang Kunning said in a sullen voice: "Zhu Shanhai's bastard has forced the entire Northwest Army to a dead end, even if the Zhu Shanhai Rebellion is quelled, there is no good fruit for us to eat, rather than this, it is better to simply be self-reliant, regardless of success or failure, it is better than being captured and slaughtered by others." ”

After a pause, he continued: "As long as the troops are dispatched under the banner of quelling the chaos, Zhu Shanhai will be peaceful in the near future." ”

Feng Renxuan asked directly: "Is there anyone behind Zhu Shanhai?" ”

What do you mean? Chang Kunning hesitated and said, "My lord is suspicious of Zuo Jigao?" ”

Feng Renxuan didn't say a word, and walked slowly along the city wall, Zhu Shanhai did cultivate a certain amount of power in the Northwest Army, but he openly planned to assassinate the king of Zhennan and plot to stand on his own feet in the northwest, which was inevitably a little self-conscious, and there must be someone behind it! The two northwestern provinces can make Zhu Shanhai bow down and obey orders, except for himself, I am afraid that only Zuo Jigao is high.

Of course, it can't be limited to the two northwest provinces, Zhu Shanhai is a Manchurian, and the people behind it may also be the royal family of Jingshi, the royal family of the Manmeng nobles, the hypocritical monarch and the constitution, many people are unwilling, this time the queen mother and the emperor inspected the northwest is very abrupt, and it is precisely at this time that the accident is already very revealing.

"Zuo Ji Gao ——, shouldn't be possible." Chang Kunning, who was also following the trend, said with some uncertainty: "Although Zuo Jigao is somewhat resistant to constitutional ideas and has a lot of criticism of the hypocrisy of the constitution, he is in favor of developing industry and consolidating border defense, and it is unlikely that he will split the northwest ........" ”

Feng Renxuan said slowly: "Zhu Shanhai is indeed a good means, he controlled the cable communication at the first time and destroyed the railways of the two provinces. We are unable to judge the situation, nor can we send troops in time to quell the chaos. ”

Is this going to stay on the sidelines? Chang Kunning hesitated for a moment before saying, "Time is running out, no matter what decision you make, you shouldn't delay any longer." ”

"That's to the point, and we really can't delay it any longer."

"Your Excellency has already made up your mind?" Chang Kunning hurriedly probed.

"It is fundamentally possible for the Northwest to stand on its own." Feng Renxuan said in a deep voice: "Zhu Shanhai doesn't know the height of the sky, and his delusional desire to stand on his own feet in the northwest is tantamount to self-destruction, and you must not mention it again in the future, so as not to cause trouble for no reason." ”

Chang Kunning wondered: "Those arguments are unreasonable? ”

"Don't you understand?" Feng Renxuan sighed lightly and said slowly: "This is the industrial age, the war is fought with industrial strength and economic strength, and the economy of the northwest is completely dependent on the inland provinces, not to mention the industry, it is impossible to talk about the start, and the military industry has no foundation.

On the surface, the Northwest Army is well-equipped and strong, but this is based on Yuanqi's huge military industrial strength, not to mention weapons, only ammunition consumption, after a big war, we will face a situation of running out of ammunition and food. ”

Chang Kunning argued: "The railway with Russia will be opened soon, and we can enlist Russia's support." ”

"Russia?" Feng Renxuan sneered and said: "The Russian-Turkish war has just ended, and Russia is exhausted, otherwise it would not have obediently spit out the meat that ate in its mouth at the Berlin Conference."

Moreover, with the unification and rapid rise of Germany, the equilibrium situation in Europe has been broken, and Russia must guard against its European opponents, and it is impossible and dare not fight with the Qing Dynasty in the northwest.

In addition, once the Eurasian Railway is fully opened, it will not only play a role in promoting commerce and trade between the two countries, but will also be able to greatly promote the political, economic, military, scientific, technological, and cultural cooperation between the two countries.

This will have a huge impact on the whole of Europe, and to put it bluntly, cooperating with the Qing Dynasty is more in line with Russia's fundamental interests.

The independence of the northwest is tantamount to breaking off the cooperation between Russia and the Qing Dynasty, and Russia will not only not support it, but in turn will cooperate with the Qing Dynasty to quell the chaos!

As for England, Persia, and Ottomans, support is just shouting verbally, and it is even possible that they don't even dare to support verbally, how strong the Qing Dynasty is now, don't you know? ”

After a pause, he continued: "There is also a question of the people's will, as the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, the vast majority of the people in the northwest are immigrants from inland provinces, and these immigrants are grateful to Yuanqi.

You should know that many prefectures and counties have ancestral temples for the prince, and many immigrants have immortal tablets for the prince, which is the desire of the people.

Therefore, in any respect, the Northwest lacks the conditions and foundation for self-reliance, and forcible behavior can only lead to self-defeat. If it weren't for that, how would the prince let me wait to sit in the northwest for a long time? ”

Don't even have a chance to fight? Chang Kunning's face suddenly became a little ugly, and he said unwillingly: "You can't watch Zhu Shanhai's bastard bury the entire Northwest Army, right?" ”

"Naturally not." Feng Renxuan smiled and said, "You should be able to contact the prince soon, you step up the repair of the railway." ”

Get in touch with the prince? Chang Kunning said in surprise: "The cable telegraph has been cut off, how to contact it?" ”

Feng Renxuan said: "Naturally, it is to find another way and go around Europe by Russia. ”