Zhili Governor's Yamen, telegraph room. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sheng Huaixuan, Zhang Peilun, Yu Shimei, Wang Xizhi, and the four of them stayed in the telegraph room, closed the doors and windows, and closed the tiresome noise outside.

Yu Shimei studied the ink on the paper, picked up the pen again and again, turned his head and asked Zhang Peilun: "What are the requirements for this letter in the middle hall?" ”

In the ninth year of Guangxu, Li Hongzhang admired the talent of Shimei, and Tiao Chen was sent to Beiyang, which has been eleven years in the blink of an eye.

In the past eleven years, as Li Hongzhang's full-time clerical staff, Yu Shimei has already completely understood Zhongtang's temper, and can always follow Li Hongzhang's mood and write a recital that satisfies him.

But for these major events today, Li Hongzhang did not outline the outline in advance, and it is really difficult to write this letter in the style.

"Brother Haoruo, you can play according to these four reasons for aiding the Korean army; Informed the imperial court that tens of thousands of Japanese troops were persecuting Anton and could not be delayed, Zhongtang weighed it repeatedly, and finally decided to agree to the request for the transfer of the Korean army and the Renzi army. ”

Zhang Peilun's face was full of gloom, and he reluctantly mentioned his spirit and said to Sheng Huaixuan: "No matter what the imperial court thinks, there are these 7,000 elite soldiers stationed in Dalian, plus 15,000 soldiers from the 29th battalion of our big brigade in Hong Kong, and 3,000 Gong guards guarding the Xu Bang Dao Department in Jinzhou; With these 25,000 elite troops garrisoned, relying on the dangerous forts of Dalian and Lushun, we can ensure that the gateway to the Bohai Sea is not lost, and the foundation of our Beiyang is not lost! ”

"So this Sheng army faced more than 600 soldiers who crossed the river in Andong County, deliberately burned the ordnance, abandoned the city and fled without a fight, is it to be embellished, or to hide directly?"

Sheng Huaixuan was just in the signing room, and it was this question that was interrupted by the scolding outside.

"Zhongtang has already said that the telegram of the Korean army was sent to the Prime Minister's Yamen word for word; This He Changying ,——"

The corners of Zhang Peilun's mouth finally had a shallow smile: "--It's really a genius that has not been seen in China for thousands of years!" ”

Sheng Huaixuan, Yu Shimei, and Wang Xizhi were all confused.

Co-author He Changying disregarded the dignity of Beiyang, not only did not help Sheng Jun cover up his ugliness, but instead wanted to give the emperor a 'small report' of Sheng Jun, but he was still a 'genius unseen in China for a thousand years'?

Dagu artillery Taipei Beach, the new barracks of the Korean Army.

After nearly a month of reinforcement construction, the west wall of the new barracks is connected to the Dagu 'Beiyi' battery in the south and the Beishan artillery position in the north.

Then a wall was built on the south side of the 'Beiyi' fort to extend into the sea, and on the north side, the foot of the North Mountain was straightened, and the city bricks were built to the sea.

In this way, with the rare acquiescence of Luo Rongguang and the Beiyang departments, Chen Shijie boldly stook the horse and built the new barracks directly into a military fortress facing the sea in the east.

The Beishan Fort position, the Dagu 'Beiyi' Fort, is a pair of sharp sharp angles on its left and right sides.

So far, the new military camp has received a total of 237 children of overseas Chinese in Nanyang.

In addition to Zhang Bishi's previous donation, Wu Weiyang's deceased mother, the Liu family, donated 500,000 taels at a time, and sent seven children of the Liu family to participate in the Korean army.

The Liu family is not as good as Zhang, Li, Zheng, Huang, Chen, and Ye in Nanyang, and these six families only belong to the second-class Zhongfu; This time, I was able to take the initiative to donate 500,000 taels, which is also commendable.

Because a large number of Nanyang Chinese children participated in the Korean aid army, and the Korean aid army fought really brilliantly, so these days, in addition to the donations of the Zhang family and the Liu family, Surabaya, Luzon, Singapore, and other places in Nanyang, 730,000 taels of silver were donated inside and outside.

This enabled Chen Shijie to continue to procure the necessary armaments for Western countries, and at the same time have enough confidence to build this large fortress of more than 400,000 square meters.

"Tang Feng, have you thought about it, stay and join our aid army?"

Chen Shijie had two talks with this Chinese Tang Feng from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his impression was very good.

On the night when Tang Feng had already bought the next day's ferry ticket, Chen Shijie ordered Tang Feng to be tied directly into the recruit camp.

In the past few days, Tang Feng is fighting a 'cold war', except for eating and sleeping, and peeing, the rest of the time he has a cold face and does not say a word.

This afternoon, Chen Shijie was busy with the business at hand, so he specially invited Tang Feng to Beishan Fort.

View of the sea.

"I don't understand—"

Tang Feng looked at Chen Shijie angrily and said: "I'm just an ordinary Chinese from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and I don't have a trace of identification with your Great Qing Kingdom, why do you want to keep me?" Although our Tang family is not a famous family in Austria, but I am a nationality of Austria, and you are now being defeated by the Japanese army, and you are not afraid of attracting new international disputes! ”

"Hehe, Lieutenant Colonel Bruce has promised to explain this to you in China."

Chen Shijie smiled and said a word, and Tang Feng, who was angry, wanted to scold his mother.

"The first reason why I want to keep you is because you don't have a trace of awe and affection for this Qing Dynasty at all, and even more of a kind of contempt and contempt; This is difficult for us Chinese in Nanyang, including me, to do. ”

Chen Shijie's words made Tang Feng suddenly shocked, and his eyes stared at him directly.

"Second, it is what you are talking about: 'Thought determines action, but also will, especially an iron-blooded army; - 'I am very interested in these new ideas, and I would like to experiment with them. ”

Chen Shijie said with a relaxed face, as if he was just discussing a very ordinary matter.

"What do you want to do?"

Tang Feng was frightened, and felt that his voice had become rough and hoarse.

- This man is a madman!

A huge voice shouted in Tang Feng's ear, shaking his heart.

"What do you say?"

Chen Shijie smiled and squeezed his eyes at Tang Feng: "I can't figure this out, don't say you're stupid!" ”

"Are you crazy, you know what you're talking about, this is a head-killing charge?"

Tang Feng felt that his heart was almost about to pop out, his head was full of sweat, and his heart trembled and looked at the empty mountaintop.

"Don't be afraid, if I dare to say it, I will promise that I will not let outsiders know."

Chen Shijie looked indifferent.

"You mean, you mean——, if I refuse?"

Tang Feng felt that his legs were weak.

"What do you say?"

Chen Shijie still had a cheap smile on his face.

Tang Fengka's face was white, and he looked down at the Webley revolver pinned to Chen Shijie's belt, as well as the fine iron tactical dagger, and finally chose to give in.

"I can stay, but I have the conditions, I have no interest in this braid, I am a member of the Oto-breasted Empire, and I have my own dignity; Of course, if you can convince Bruce that they wear this braid, none of this will be a problem. ”

Tang Feng stiffened his throat and put forward the condition that he thought that Chen Shijie would have a hard time agreeing.

"This pig's tail, no one will force you to wear it, as long as you don't leave the new barracks; Look at the Jinmen fortress where we are reinforcing the Korean army—"

Chen Shijie's eyes were shining brightly, and he stretched out his hand to point to the new military camp below: "In the next step, our western city wall will continue to extend south over the 'Beiyi' fort, until it is connected to the 'Beijia' fort, and then build a city wall to the Haihe River; in this way, our Tanggu fortress will form a military town covering an area of more than 1,200 acres, with three forts, the mouth of the Haihai River in the south, and the Bohai Bay in the east;"

Chen Shijie's big hand suddenly pointed to the western inland, and said loudly and confidently: "Even if there are 100,000 military horses, the Dagu fortress of my Korean army will also stand still!" ”