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Li Hongzhang presented all the telegrams sent from the front to Emperor Guangxu and the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the atmosphere in the hall was depressing.

Li Hongzhang just received a telegram from Zhang Peilun and Li Bingheng, and he stomped his feet again and again.

This Li Bingheng really made a mistake, more than 10,000 Qing troops were defeated by the Japanese army in only one and a half days, with heavy casualties, and even led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat all the way to the Liaocheng area, retreating hundreds of miles.

Li Hongzhang was so angry that he trembled, they were all from the imperial court, look at who they appointed, appoint a governor to lead the army to fight, and it is unreasonable to win the battle, but after all, he is just a courtier, and he doesn't dare to complain too much, so he has to enter the palace overnight to face the saint and discuss countermeasures.

Emperor Guangxu and the Empress Dowager Cixi were shocked when they saw the excerpt, and Cixi's heart was cold.

Cixi said unhappily: "Li Aiqing, didn't you say that the Sino-Japanese war had a chance of winning by ** points, and was beaten into Shandong by the Orientals like this?" Tens of thousands of Orientals, now the capital is empty, if the Japanese army moves north, what is good? ”

Emperor Guangxu also frowned, this battle was too unexpected.

Li Hongzhang said helplessly: "Lafayette, the emperor, this battle should have been fought by the old minister to go to Shandong to sit down. When I sent Xu Huaijin to Weihaiwei for defense 10 days ago, I had already made an appointment with him to meet the enemy together, but suddenly the German legation was about to visit China, and I was summoned to Beijing. The former enemy had to be presided over by Lord Li Bingheng, who was a civilian official and did not know anything about military affairs, and the Japanese army was extremely arrogant and fierce, so it seemed that the old minister was going to leave Beijing immediately and rush to Shandong to take command

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Emperor Guangxu replied: "Lao Zhongtang, even if you go to Shandong in person, you can be sure that you will win the battle, although Shandong now has dozens of battalions, but there is no division of a hundred battles. Will [ran] be able to hold off the Japanese army? ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Your Majesty, now that Li Bingheng has been newly defeated, more than 10,000 Qing troops have lost most of them, and countless weapons and baggage have been discarded, there is not much combat power left, and the other armies are stationed in their own places, it is really difficult to draw them out, and now they can only rely on the more than 20 battalions of the commander of Yuan Xiangcheng in northern Lubei, but it is not enough to intercept the attack and flow of the Japanese army just by relying on the strength of these more than 20 battalions, and it is really not enough to destroy it in a battle. ”

Cixi looked frightened and asked: "How can that be good, the mourning family said not to declare war, just need to take out some silver to stabilize the Orientals, even if it is North Korea, and it is not the territory of the Qing Dynasty, if he allows him to garrison for a long time, you Xinjiang ministers Qingliu have to go to war, now it's okay, now the Japanese army is only a thousand miles away from the capital, and the army will be able to come to Beijing in a few days!" ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Back to Lafayette, it is imperative to fight Japan this time, and if we blindly accommodate, not only will Korea not be protected, but also Taiwan and the land of Longxing outside the Guanxi will be greatly threatened by Japan, and we may invade our territory at any time." Although the Japanese army has landed in Shandong, it is not without a countermeasure. ”

Emperor Guangxu perked up and asked, "Old Aiqing, if you have any good plans, you can tell me as soon as possible." ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Your Majesty, as early as mid-October, the minister has already called the governor of Sichuan, Lord Song Qing, and led a Hunan army of 10,000 people to the south to protect Gyeonggi

Now that I have arrived in Beijing, I can ensure the safety of the capital; At the same time, the governor of Gansu, Dong Fuxiang, has also led the main force of the Gan army to arrive in Beijing, and the main force of the department is the elite of Wen Xianggong's Pingjiang that year, and after a hundred battles, he can be quickly sent to Shandong to encircle and suppress the Japanese invaders; With the two armies of Yuan Xiangcheng and Dong Fuxiang, plus the rest of Li Bingheng, the strength of the army is twice that of the Japanese army, which can ensure that our army will fight in Shandong! ”

Emperor Guangxu patted the book case and shouted: "Okay, according to Lao Zhongtang's words, it is necessary to leave the Japanese army in the Jiaodong area, and not to go deep into the Zhili area and threaten the capital." ”

Li Hongzhang's face was still worried, and he hesitated: "It's just that, Lafayette, the emperor, the safety of the capital is naturally safe, and now the danger is Weihaiwei, Weihaiwei is the home port of our Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Dynasty, and now that the Japanese army has landed in Weihai, it will inevitably march towards Weihaiwei and capture the shore defense battery, so as to attempt to advance by land and water, encircle and suppress our Beiyang Naval Division, and the current Beiyang Naval Division is in a worrying situation." ”

Cixi's face was cloudy, as long as she could keep the city of Beijing safe and sound, a Beiyang sailor was no longer in Cixi's consideration, and the defeat of the Beiyang sailor was just right to remove the hard thorns in the throat of the Manchu imperial family.

After a moment of silence, Cixi replied: "The matter of Weihaiwei, presumably Li Aiqing has already had some plans in his heart, and the mourning family is just worried about whether these three people can really exterminate the Japanese invaders, if they are not sure, the mourning family still orders Zhang Jianzhi and Nie Gongting to lead the elite soldiers of North Korea to return to China, after all, compared with the safety of the Beijing division, North Korea is just a vassal country, and there is no need to leave the elite soldiers there." ”

Li Hongzhang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Lafayette can't, now North Korea is too."

It's the war in full swing, and if you order Nie Gongting to withdraw now, it will be a failure, and even the Japanese army will follow and pursue, which will lead to a big defeat. Some time ago, Zhang Jianzhi had just discussed with his ministers, Zhang Jianzhi would have a big battle in the past few days, do his best to annihilate the main force of the Japanese army, set the peak in one fell swoop, and then play the Kaiban division, now I am only afraid that it is fighting with the Japanese army, at least two or three days, at most six or seven days, there will be good news! ”

"Oh?" When Emperor Guangxu heard about North Korea, his spirits were lifted, and Cixi pricked up his ears, and Emperor Guangxu asked: "Lao Zhongtang, are you sure that Zhang Jianzhi will have good news in the near future?" ”

Li Hongzhang nodded helplessly and replied: "This time, the Japanese army's offensive has been detected by the spy personnel sent by Jianzhi, so they have laid a net in North Korea and Weihai to wait for the Japanese army to enter. At this time, I am afraid that Zhang Jianzhi is already in control of the overall situation. It's just that because the old minister entered Beijing, Shandong, because Li Bingheng is not familiar with military affairs, delayed the major military affairs, otherwise, the Japanese army would definitely not be so arrogant. ”

Emperor Guangxu said angrily: "Li Bingheng, the corpse is a vegetarian!" The military plane was delayed and the important matter was delayed. Lafayette, the retainers thought that they should be punished strictly to set an example! ”

Cixi nodded and replied, "Well, so be it. took off Li Bingheng's crown and escorted him to the capital to be handed over to the Criminal Department for punishment. ”

Emperor Guangxu said: "Since Li Bingheng has been removed from the post of governor of Shandong, I don't know who will be in command of the remaining Qing army?" ”

Li Hongzhang hesitated, gritted his teeth, and replied: "Lafayette, the emperor, in order to assist the old minister Zhang Jianzhi in defending Weihaiwei, sent back a young general, Xu Huaijin, who was originally in the Korean army

Senator, assist Counselor Nie Gongting in military affairs, this person has been following Jian for a long time, has outstanding ability, and has excellent knowledge, and the minister thinks that he can temporarily command him and encircle and suppress the Japanese invaders together! Cixi nodded and said: "Well, since you have followed Jian for a long time, you must have a certain ability, but you ...... in terms of qualifications" Li Hongzhang smiled slightly and said: "Lafayette, when Weichen was promoted by his mentor to build the army, he was not very old, but he was only a few years older than his idiot...... "You can search for "Crossing the King of Special Forces of the First Sino-Japanese War" in Baidu to find the latest update of this book!

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