Originally, the General's Office in Heilongjiang was in Qiqihar, an important town in Heilongjiang, but now, the army of Tsarist Russia is pointing the spearhead at Harbin and Mudanjiang, Tang Shaoyi and Wu Peifu are not at ease, and directly moved the office to Harbin and temporarily worked in Harbin. --

Wu Peifu and Zhao Shixiao looked at the map of the headquarters, only frowning, now Tsarist Russia is menacing, more than 40,000 troops, well-equipped, definitely a big enemy, now in Heilongjiang, only the first division and the fourth division of the two divisions, plus the Zhenbian army, is only 40,000 people, the strength is at a disadvantage, and the current situation is extremely unfavorable for Heilongjiang.

Zhao Shixiao said: "Zi 'Yu', you are a well-known little Zhuge in our army, how do you say we will fight this battle." ”

Wu Peifu said: "Division Commander Zhao, now the Tsarist Russian army is divided into two routes, Kuropatkin personally led the main force of nearly 30,000 people, directly to Harbin, and the other way is led by the chief of the General Staff of the Vladivostok Army Kutsov to attack the Mudanjiang River. ”

Zhao Shixiao was 'spirited' for a while, and asked: "Zi 'jade', how is Tian Ji horse racing?" ”

Wu Peifu replied: "With my middle horse, I will rely on the dangerous terrain or strong city defenses to hold on to the battle; With our superior forces, we will use the superiority of troops to annihilate its partial divisions as much as possible, and Tsarist Russia has come from afar, so it does not have a geographical advantage, and we must make use of our advantages as much as possible, so that we can have a chance of winning. ”

Zhao Shixiao asked, "How to arrange it exactly?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Lord Zhao, you lead the two brigades of the Fourth Division, plus all the town border troops, to arrange strong fortifications in Longxing Mountain, the fortress leading to Harbin, and defend Longxing Mountain; I led a brigade of the 1st Division and the 4th Division to ambush the main force of Tsarist Kutsov at the key point leading to the Mudanjiang River, they have no strong fortifications, as long as we concentrate our forces and set up an ambush, we will definitely be able to take Kutstsv by surprise and take him by surprise, at least his vitality will be greatly damaged! However, the pressure on your side is too great. ”

Zhao Shixiao said with a smile: "Zi 'Yu', you are really worthy of our little Zhuge ah, okay, it's decided, although the pressure is greater, but I want to rely on the two brigades of the fourth division, and it will not be a problem to support it for seven or eight days, but once you encircle Kutstsov and encircle and annihilate it, I am afraid that Kuropatkin will not sit idly by and will mobilize a large army to support." ”

Wu Peifu laughed and said: "Lord Zhao, you are still too honest, who said that we surrounded his partial division to annihilate his partial division?" Once Kuropatkin comes to help, doesn't it just fall into our trap, don't forget, we are the best at encircling and sending reinforcements, ambushing Kutstsov is much more difficult than ambushing reinforcements, we didn't think about eating Tstsov in one bite, and being able to eat all Kuropatkin's reinforcements, that is the first victory, haha, with the first victory, are you afraid that the battle behind will not be easy to fight? ”

Zhao Shixiao suddenly realized, and laughed: "Okay, then do it, I don't want the border army in the town, just two brigades are enough to hold Harbin for seven or eight days, such a long time, enough for you kid to act, just do it!" ”

Wu Peifu nodded and said, "Okay, then let's prepare for action, I'll transfer troops, and I'll go to Mudanjiang now!" ”

Just when Wu Peifu and Zhao Shixiao's subordinates were fighting, Fengtian, the General's Mansion.

Mo Ru sat at his tribulus headquarters and looked at his subordinates, this person was the general person in charge of tribulus in Fengtian, 'Mao' Hui.

Mo Ru's face was solemn, and he asked: "'Mao' Hui, let me ask you, are you sure that the telegram has been delivered to Lord Li Hongzhang?" ”

'Mao' Hui said: "Boss, we have already sent the information to the Prime Minister's Ya'men five days ago, and asked the Prime Minister's Ya'men to urgently deliver it to Li Zhongtang, presumably by now." ”

Mo Ru's face changed, and he shouted: "'Mao' Hui, why are you so confused, those officials in the capital are inefficient, you don't know that such a major matter must be ensured to be delivered to Lord Li Hongzhang!" Hurry up and let the people in Beijing quickly confirm it and see if Li Zhongtang has received it! This is a matter related to the fortunes of the country! ”

'Mao' Hui hurriedly replied: "Boss, we have already sent two telegrams to the Prime Minister's Ya'men, both of which are urgent telegrams, please send them to Lord Li Hongzhang immediately to read in person, this ......."

Mo Ru scolded angrily: "What's wrong with the cool breeze? Even if it is three or five letters, you must also confirm that the telegram is in Li Zhongtang's hand, otherwise it will be useless to send more, go quickly! ”

Mo Ru is a little anxious, the time written on the telegram is tomorrow, and now it is now, if it has not been delivered to Lord Li Hongzhang, it will be a big thing.

Seeing that Mo Ru lost his temper, Mao Hui hurriedly said: "Boss, I will ask someone to go to Lord Li Hongzhang's house to deliver a letter, and I must confirm whether the good information has reached Lord Li Hongzhang's hands." ”

Li Hongzhang's mansion, Li Hongzhang is sitting, Zhang Peilun is by Li Hongzhang's side, and now the capital's The chaos is still not over, although the Empress Dowager has mastered all the overall situation, but the Restoration Party in the DPRK and the local Restoration forces still refuse to rest, especially the figures of the Imperial Party, it is several times and three times asked the Empress Dowager Cixi to let go of the Guangxu Emperor, please continue to be pro-government, the Imperial Party and the Hou Party quarrel endlessly, Li Hongzhang is used to seeing such things, and he is too lazy to care, the day before yesterday, there was even a matter of the Dadao Wang Wu leading the Jianghu righteous men to assassinate the Empress Dowager Cixi, and was beaten into the palace by the Dadao Wang Wu, and finally was eliminated by the Praetorian Guards who rushed to hear the news, although it did not threaten Cixi, but also scared Cixi out of a cold sweat, and now the capital is more strictly supervised。

Just as Li Hongzhang was looking down and thinking, a person's voice sounded outside the window: "Lord Zhongtang, Fengtian Tribulus terrestris is under the urgent order of Lord Moru from the president, and I will meet Lord Zhongtang." “

Li Hongzhang was taken aback, and said in his heart, how did someone enter the Zhongtang Mansion, and Zhang Peilun on the side shouted: "Who are you, how did you enter the Zhongtang Mansion?" ”

Li Hongzhang said: "Come in, Mo Ru is Jianzhi's henchman general, since you sent someone to see me, let him in first." There must be something important. ”

The person who came pushed open the 'door', walked into the study, bowed down and said: "Lord Zhongtang, the subordinate is the steward of Tribulus Terrestris to help the Jingshi, Li Wei." This afternoon, I received an urgent call from the commander of the Shengjing headquarters, asking his subordinates to meet the adults immediately, but the 'door' guards in your house were too arrogant and did not let his subordinates enter the mansion, so the subordinates had to be rude, jump over the palace wall, and come to see the adults. Li Hongzhang said: "It's okay, the old man will personally deal with this matter when he goes back, and now the subordinates are becoming more and more disagreeable." Li Wei asked: "Lord Zhongtang, a few days ago, our headquarters of Fengtian Tribulus sent two urgent telegrams to the 'gate' of the Prime Minister's Affairs Department, asking him to forward them to Lord Zhongtang, I don't know if you have received it?" ”