Cixi said: "Okay, then let's declare war, but since war is declared, someone has to lead the troops to fight, try to ask which lord in the court can lead the troops?" ”

"This ......"

All of a sudden, the court and the central government suddenly quieted down, and now the old ministers who can fight well in the court have passed away, and the young newcomers have not fully grown up, and their qualifications and prestige are not enough, so who will go? Anyway, I can't do it, fighting a war is not a child's play, and if I don't do it well, I will lose my old life. --

Cixi saw that no one answered, and said angrily: "Just now you were talking 'quite' happy, why don't you have anything to say now?" Tell me all about it, how to fight? What are you capable of? ”

Many courtiers hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty, this errand is not something that ordinary people can take, at least no one in the court has this ability, Rong Lu's power and strategy are first-class, but when it comes to fighting, it is not even second-rate, Yuan Shikai? is a tiger general, but Yuan Shikai's qualifications are still a little shallow now, and there is no problem with the more than 10,000 horses who command him, but if you want to restrain Zhang Yi and the tiger and wolf division of the Wuwei Army, I am afraid it is not qualified.

Cixi slowly closed her eyes, at this time she really regretted it, this matter was no longer Li Hongzhang's fault, but she didn't want Li Hongzhang's power to be too huge, and she deliberately collapsed it, and at the same time she was going to Ronglu for a journey, the future of the Qing Dynasty, but only Ronglu could give the Qing Dynasty the helm, the Manchu Eight Banners, and only Ronglu was a talent.

Cixi finally sighed: "Come here, pen and ink are waiting." ”

The eunuch on the side sent the four treasures of the text, Cixi wrote a letter, handed it to the eunuch, and said: "Immediately order someone to take the mourning family's handwritten edict, seven hundred miles to expedite, and then summon Li Hongzhang to return to the court, tell him, please remember the three generations of emperors, no matter what, please ask him to return to the court to see things, the mourning family allows him to act cheaply, go, go and pass the decree, no matter what, Li Hongzhang must be recalled!" ”

Just when the imperial court was in chaos and Cixi was at a loss, Heilongjiang was already in full swing.

As soon as Zhao Shixiao had deployed the fortifications in Harbin, the army of Tsarist Russia arrived.

More than 5,000 people from Tsarist Russia's vanguard had 'approached' 60 miles from Harbin, and Zhao Shixiao summoned his generals to discuss military deployment.

The commander of the 11th Brigade, Ma Xulun, replied: "Division commander, now that the advance of Tsarist Russia has reached sixty miles away, I think Tsarist Russia knows the strength of the border army in Heilongjiang Town well, and must not have taken them into account, these people are arrogant, and they all agree that in Northeast Asia, there is no army that can compete with the Russian army, I suggest that we use their arrogant mentality, in the Huyaling area, to give them a hard-fought battle, to combat their arrogance, so that we can defend, It should take a lot of stress off our shoulders. ”

Zhao Shixiao nodded and said: "Old Ma, what you said has a certain truth, but this time must be grasped well, the main force of Tsarist Russia is not far from the striker, if it is dragged by the Tsarist Russian striker, it will be dangerous, our troops are too small." ”

Ma Xulun said with a smile: "Division commander, I know this, let's hit them in an ambush on Huya Ridge, beat them up, never love to fight, turn around and leave, anyway, now our main force does not have to be worse than Tsarist Russia at all, one-on-one, plus the geographical convenience, it will definitely stand on a big advantage." ”

Zhao Shixiao smiled and said, "What, my brigade commander Ma, listening to your words, do you want to go out in person?" ”

Ma Xulun said: "Commander, we came out of the martial arts academy, we have all learned a skill, and we haven't had time to show off it, just when the big nose of Tsarist Russia came over, of course, we must fight a good battle first, and have a good time, this time we must teach Tsarist Russia a good lesson!" ”

Zhao Shixiao said: "Okay, since you are determined to go, it's still a word, the old way." Didn't we let the little devil suffer a big loss at the foot of Zinan Mountain last time, this time we still used that trick to lay a minefield for him, when our fourth division rushed to Heilongjiang, I thought of such a day, I was from the arsenal, in one breath raised 6,000 infantry mines, as long as we use it well, we don't need to do it, we can make Kuro what gold, hurt the muscles and bones, hehe. ”

Ma Xulun was overjoyed and said: "Okay, then let's make up our minds, I'll propose two thousand mines, and give Tsarist Russia another hell Shura field, hehe!" ”

The two of them began to laugh in the command center.

Huya Ridge, this place is a key point near Harbin, want to march from the east, the fastest speed to reach Harbin, Huya Ridge is the only way, now the Russian army is coming in violently, naturally want to attack Harbin at the fastest speed, the soldiers are fast, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign explanations of this truth.

The vanguard of the main force of the Tsarist Far East Army was an infantry brigade of Tsarist Russia, with more than 5,000 people, close to three full regiments, and came to Huyaling in a mighty "swing" and "swing".

Sergeyev, the commander of the infantry brigade, is a big-bellied general, this guy has nothing to do, and has always thought that if it is an invasion of China, then there is no need to dispatch more than half of the troops in the Far East, forty or fifty thousand people, this is a big fuss, just one of his infantry brigades and give him an artillery regiment, he can take the entire Heilongjiang, I think that when the British and French troops entered China, they brought only less than 3,000 people, and bringing an infantry brigade by themselves has already given them a lot of face.

The brigade came to the foot of Huya Ridge, and the chief of staff asked: "Brigade commander, should we send an outpost to investigate in front first, such a dangerous place, or be cautious for the ......?"

Sergeyev shouted: "Tchaikorsky, why are you getting more and more timid, are we dignified Tsarist warriors, still afraid of those yellow 'hairy' monkeys, probe a fart, hurry up, march quickly, rush through Huya Ridge in one breath, Harbin is far away!" What to worry about? The yellow 'hairy' monkeys can't even play with a shotgun, and if they want to sneak attack, they have to come up with the capital! ”

Sergeyev is a person of the great aristocracy of the Tsarist Russian Empire, and his military service in the Far East is only gilded, and after two years he will be transferred back to St. Petersburg, then he will directly enter the War Department and become a senior general. In this way, more than 5,000 Tsarist Russian troops did not even send out a sentry horse, and rushed directly into Huya Ridge, Tchaikorsky on the side looked at the surrounding terrain, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, but he persuaded Sergeyev there, so he had to secretly pray to God that there would be no ambush of the Qing army, of course, even if it appeared, it must rely on the 'elite' of the Tsarist Russian army, and it could easily rush out, but it would damage the prestige of the Far Eastern Army. Tchaikorsky repeatedly instructed the soldiers around him to be on guard, and once there was a disturbance, they would immediately face the battle, but they were already in the cage, and if they wanted to get out, where would it be so easy!