British Legation in Beijing. -

The Russian minister to China, Kolo 'Mondev), came to the legation and met with Zhu Erdian, the eldest of the ministers of various countries.

Kolo 'Mondev' received a telegram from Nicholas II, and was asked to persuade Jurdian and the French minister Korna to put pressure on Mukden and open multi-party negotiations to recapture Vladivostok through foreign 'diplomacy', at any cost!

With such a mission, Chloe 'Mont' Dev came to the British Legation to meet Jurdian.

At this time, Jurdian had also received a telegram from British Prime Minister Salisbury, who, after some bargaining with Nicholas II, decided to do his best to help Russia retake Vladivostok after receiving a promise from Nicholas II.

After all, a strong and prosperous China is definitely not in line with Britain's global interests, not to mention that this future Chinese politician may still be pro-German, which cannot let him rise, otherwise, Germany, which has no worries about Russia in the future, will exert more pressure on Britain and France in Europe!

Kolo 'Mondeff' held a red wine glass in his hand and shook it gently, he still didn't understand what the Chinese tiger relied on to defeat the 100,000 'elites' of Tsarist Russia to the point of losing 'flowers', annihilating the annihilation, capturing alive, and opening negotiations? It's not easy to say, the Chinese tigers have in their hands a lot of important figures such as Linevich and Kuropatkin, and these big men must bring them back to Russia anyway, otherwise, those nobles will definitely fall into trouble.

Zhu Erdian and Körner also sat quietly on the side, smiling secretly in their hearts, originally, this is Tsarist Russia did not have good communication with the two countries, so it went straight to Japan to join forces, wanting to eat a little alone before the Western powers reacted, but they were almost choked to death, and finally 'made' disgraced, together with Vladivostok, the most important military fortress of Tsarist Russia in the Far East, were lost, shame, all the faces of Tsarist Russia were lost!

Köllner said: "Mr. Kolo 'Mon' Dev, as your old friend, this time I am willing to draw a knife to help, but you have also 'dealed' with Zhang Jianzhi, this person is too difficult to deal with, although he is not a professional foreign 'friend', but his tough attitude and flexible foreign 'friend' skills, not at all other Chinese 'friends' are not half a little, you have to think about it, you don't pay a huge price, you can't get Vladivostok back." ”

Kolo 'Mon' Dev smiled bitterly: "Of course, I also know this, so I'm worried now, this is not a trivial matter, even if I meet Li Hongzhang, I have never been confident, although he is very powerful, but in the face of Zhang Jianzhi, this guy does not eat soft and hard, and when it comes, he can only rely on the two of them to speak up for me, and now Zhang Yi has the absolute upper hand, we can only admit it." ”

Zhu Erdian sneered: "Mr. Kolo 'Meng' Dev, I don't understand, even if the Chinese Tiger defeats you outside the Guan, do you just admit defeat?" Don't forget that you still have an army of millions in the west, and you only need to mobilize an army of up to 300,000 to be able to 'swing' outside the pass and take back the glory of your Tsarist Russian Empire! We are willing to support you and fight again! ”

Körner's face changed, and the task he got was to fully assist Tsarist Russia to take Vladivostok through negotiations, and to fight? If hundreds of thousands of 'elite' elites of Tsarist Russia were therefore transferred from the Western Front to the Far East, then Tsarist Russia would absolutely not be able to contain Germany in the west, and then all the military pressure would need to be borne by the French.

Körner said: 'Kolo' Mr. Mon'Dev, I think that His Majesty the Tsar of your country, does not want to fight this war, but also has far-reaching considerations, if you really use hundreds of thousands of troops from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok in the Far East, I don't know how much military spending you need to pay, and whether you can win this battle, or between the two, one is that Mukden has the full support of the Germans, even the Americans do not want to see anyone attack Mukden, after all, there are huge economic interests of their two countries, and other countries are absolutely not allowed to get involved, and the other is that there are inextricable links between the Qing government and Fu behind Fengtian, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Jianzhi have a teacher-student friendship, Don't forget that in front of Shanhaiguan, the Chinese Tiger personally commanded the Wuwei Army and the Fifth Division, and ate nearly 40,000 Cossack 'elites' in your country in one go. ”

Chloe 'Mont' Dev cried and shook his head, the two of them were still fighting hard at this time, Kolo 'Mont' Dev replied: "Both, since His Majesty the Tsar has entrusted me to start negotiations with Zhang Jianzhi, then it will definitely not be easy to restart the war, unless Zhang Jianzhi refuses to negotiate any way, that is, Vladivostok is completely included in his territory, then a second war will inevitably occur." ”

Kolo 'Mon' Dev sighed and said: "To start a second war, we need to invest tens of millions of military dollars, and we may also lose hundreds of thousands of 'elite' soldiers, this matter will definitely lose money, and now it seems that paying a certain price to redeem Vladivostok is the only feasible plan." ”

Zhu Erdian's face changed slightly, knowing that his plan could not succeed, and he could only help Chloe 'Montendev redeem Vladivostok as much as possible).

Zhu Erdian replied: "Alright then, Mr. Kolo 'Mon' Dev, in that case, we will prepare for two days, and on the third day, we will set off for Mukden together, and we will meet Zhang Jianzhi for a while." ”

"Mr. Colloe Montev, I think if you want to make sure that this negotiation is successful, it would be better to involve the ministers of the United States and Italy, because we have always been the great powers of the West, and this time we need to agree on the same opinion, otherwise we will encounter too many difficulties," said Körner. ”

Kolo 'Mon' Dev nodded and said, "This matter is still going to trouble Mr. Zhu Erdian, you have the highest position among us, and you have the most weight in your words, and please be sure to make a deal for our country." ”

When the ministers of the three countries were conducting secret deliberations.

Li Hongzhang had already received Zhang Yi's telegram, and now Li Hongzhang is also elated, a great victory, although this great victory does not belong to the Qing government, but it also belongs to the Chinese. Zhang Jianzhi did not live up to his expectations, with Vladivostok in hand, what are you afraid of, Li Hongzhang's face was excited, and he was even more 'excited' for Zhang Yi's invitation to him, he had already borne enough shame, if he participated in this negotiation, he could take advantage of this incident to get back the dignity in his heart! Li Hongzhang was full of excitement, but he also had worries, how to persuade the Queen Mother to let him go to Fengtian? This is not easy to grasp, after all, Cixi has no trust in Zhang Jianzhi at all, and the crime of 'private' contact with rebellion is not small. Li Hongzhang hesitated for a moment, wrote a letter in his hand, called Zhang Peilun and said: "Youqiao, return this telegram to Jianzhi immediately, I will wait for his news here." ”