The Russian minister, Cassini, glared at Shi Alan dissatisfied.

In his opinion, since the two countries have signed an alliance treaty, then in the Far East, they should advance and retreat together, right?

Schalain did not look back at Cassini, the Franco-German alliance and the invisible flanking of emerging Germany is good, but the struggle between France, Germany, Russia, and the three countries for hegemony on the European continent is a tone that will never go out of style.

France did not have the same strong territorial intentions for the Qing Dynasty as Tsarist Russia, it only wanted to use the Qing Dynasty as a stable and large market, dumping industrial products and obtaining large quantities of cheap raw materials.

Agreeing with Cassini means harming oneself and benefiting others, and once the extremely greedy polar bear embezzles a large amount of China's territory and manpower, when it turns its head and looks westward, the entire Western world will tremble!

The British minister Ogge couldn't help but glance at Shi Alan, and thought with a sneer in his heart: Wilhelm II, the idiot who deposed Bismarck, chose the gentry Ke to be the minister of the Far East, and it is really the Chinese saying 'Wang Ba to mung bean' - heart to heart!

The United States is far away on the American continent, Italy is a corner of the Mediterranean, and Germany and Austria-Hungary are firmly in the way of Tsarist Russia's westward expansion and southward march to Europe.

Once it is eaten strong in the Qing Dynasty, the strength will leap.

The first step of Tsarist Russia is to defeat you and your allies!

For a long time, in order to block the southern invasion of several East Asian countries by Tsarist Russia, the British Empire can be said to have tried its best.

In recent years, he has also spared no effort to 'help' the Qing Dynasty to develop its military industry and the Oriental to develop its navy, urging the Qing Dynasty to take the initiative to give up its status as the suzerainty of Korea.

However, in the face of the aggressiveness of Tsarist Russia, the defense of the decaying and erosive Qing Dynasty was always inadequate.

On the contrary, it was the enterprising and emerging Orient that gave the British Empire hope of trying its best to control Tsarist Russia.

Thirty years ago, when the British Empire launched the Second Opium War, the greedy polar bear took advantage of the fire to loot and blackmail through a series of war threats and blackmail, forcing the Qing Dynasty to sign several treaties.

More than 600,000 square kilometers north of the Heilongjiang River and south of the Outer Khing'an Mountains, 400,000 square kilometers east of the Ussuri River, and 440,000 square kilometers east and south of Lake Balkhash were lost, totaling more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land.

In one fell swoop, he became the biggest beneficiary of the Second Opium War.

In the past 30 years, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Northeast China, and North Korea have been active everywhere with this polar bear.

Two years ago, Tsarist Russia sent troops to occupy more than 20,000 square kilometers of land in Xinjiang's Pamir region.

The Trans-Siberian Railway in Tsarist Russia is under construction.

-- The construction of this great railway was also the fuse that the British Empire instigated the Qing-Japanese War; Britain could not imagine how fast and terrifying the Russian military projection of military power into the Far East would be once the railway was completed.

So how could the fat pig of the Qing government resist the devouring of polar bears? The British Empire is thousands of miles away, even if you want to stop it, you can't do it at all!

Moreover, not long ago, Tsarist Russia sent an army of 29,500 troops to the Far Eastern border, and designated Vladivostok as a 'war zone'.

All this made the British Empire determined to maintain the integrity of the Qing government and end the war as soon as possible.

Yesterday, British Foreign Secretary Kimberly sent a telegram to Oggon saying that now that the East had achieved absolute war superiority, as long as the Qing Dynasty yielded, gave up Korea, and paid war reparations, the Qing-Japanese war could be ended immediately.

In this way, Tsarist Russia will not find an excuse for war for a while, and the stable Qing government will also try its best to resist the pressing momentum of Tsarist Russia, waiting for the East to rise through huge war dividends and replace the Qing Dynasty to resist Tsarist Russia's Far East offensive.

"For the sake of peace in East Asia, our Government has decided to persuade the Qing and Japanese countries to put an end to this catastrophe; Moreover, in Jinmen and Yanjing, there are many expatriates living in these countries, and there are still a large number of industries, and the destruction of war is not allowed; The Japanese army must stop at Shanhaiguan! ”

Oger raised his glass, smiled and said resolutely: "This is a kind of goodwill expression of the British Empire to the Qing Dynasty, and I hope that the ambassadors and gentlemen of all countries will work together to set an example of 'civilized people' for peace in East Asia." ”

Russian Minister Cassini, Consul General of Tianjin Wang Hou, and American Minister Tian Bei all changed color slightly.

"Last month, more than 2,000 troops of the Six Nations Protector Overseas Chinese have been stationed in Dongjiaomin Lane and Zizhulin; I don't think that the Oriental attack on Jinmen and Yanjing will cause harm to the people and industries of the foreign countries. ”

Cassini smoked a cigar, his voice was cold, and he thought with hatred in his heart, it was you who instigated the Japanese army to fight the Qing Dynasty, and you sold arms and debts, and now you are the ones who pretend to be saints and are not allowed to fight.

Or 'for peace in East Asia', 'civilized people' and 'due example'?

Shame on me!

"If the Japanese army can ensure the accuracy of their shells, or do not use artillery to attack Jinmen and Yanjing; I can take back my previous words. ”

Ou Geg's words made the envoys grin, usually saying that guns and bullets have no eyes, not to mention that this one is a cannon for six or seven miles?

Shanhaiguan, the setting sun began to retract its last red line, the sky on the other side of the western mountains was still slightly milky, and the sea in the east was already a starry plain.

Since He Changying received the news that a batch of bullets would arrive at Dagu Pass with the Beiyang Naval Division, he urgently ordered the Dagu Military Station to suspend the delivery of the 'stolen' bullets, but waited until the bullets on the ship were unloaded, and then transported them together.

He Changying, who originally had no sensitive military resources to go out of the customs, was ready to spend a good year today.

However, the news that a batch of fast horses were delivered to Shanhaiguan suddenly shocked him.

Colonel Reinhard, who had just been appointed by Emperor Guangxu as the commander of the three defense areas outside the Shanhai Guan, from the Austro-Hungarian War Department, actually fell to his death?

Can you not be so funny!

In the brief information obtained temporarily, the five instructors of the Anti-Japanese Army met Yuan Shikai.

When taking a hanging basket from the Great Wall of the Nine Gates to the city wall, the five foreign instructors wearing the hats of the anti-Japanese army were seen by the condescending Qing soldiers that there were no braids on the back of their necks, which caused a misunderstanding and a tragedy.

After the incident, Reinhard's corpse, Yuan Shikai, who returned south without authorization, were left in Jiulian City, waiting for instructions from the imperial court, and the rest of the people were allowed to return to the customs.

At this time, the entire pass was filled with the explosion of firecrackers, far and near were the flames of firecracker explosions, and the various armies in the pass began to eat and celebrate the festival.

Smelling the green smoke of firecrackers mixed with the aroma of stewed meat, He Changying drooled, but he still had to wait patiently for the arrival of Bruce and the others.

Soon in the light of the night, a group approached, led by four foreign instructors, followed by a group of Qing officers and soldiers dressed in tatters.

"Salute!"

He Changying, the four Bruces, and the soldiers of the independent battalion who accompanied the team, saluted each other, and then said: "I am deeply saddened by the misfortune of Colonel Reinhard, and I will talk about it when I go back to the city." ”

Then he looked at the Qing army of nearly 100 people behind him, and asked with a blank face: "Which part of the brothers is this?" ”

"Qiyu Junmen, we are Lord Yuan's personal soldiers, Lord Yuan asked us to take refuge in Lord Yuan to kill the Japanese!"

In the ranks of the Qing army, a man with a tiger's back strode out and knelt down towards He Changying.