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Now Li Hongzhang has not slept all night, anxiously walking back and forth in the room, waiting for the telegram from Liu Gongdao, no one knows that the Beiyang Naval Division can have enough time to prepare for war when it is in a hurry, and no one knows how much loss the Beiyang Naval Division will have under the full surprise attack of the Japanese Combined Fleet, this is Li Hongzhang's lifeline, more than half of the combat power of the Beiyang series is concentrated on the Beiyang Naval Division, if the Beiyang Naval Division is finished, then his life will be sad in the future.

Sheng Xuanhuai and Yang Shixiang accompanied Li Hongzhang in the hall, constantly comforting the old man who was too old.

Just when everyone was anxious, Zhang Peilun rushed in from outside, holding two telegrams in his hands, and shouted: "My lord, Lord Zhongtang!" ”

Li Hongzhang's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly shouted: "Youqiao, how is it, there is news from Liu Gongdao?" ”

Zhang Peilun's face was gloomy, and he handed the telegram to Li Hongzhang and said: "My lord, first Yuting called, the time of the Japanese raid coincided with the time when the chief military officer Guan took Liu Buyun to lead the Dinghai and other three ships to go to sea for a cruise, and went to Lushun, one of the Beiyang Naval Division's combat strength was insufficient, and the other was prepared in a hurry, when the Japanese fleet raided, the battleship had not yet lit fire and anchored, and the battleship lost its ability to maneuver, and it was impossible to respond to the battle in a small space; Third, the two commanders of the North and South Gang Batteries drank and misbehaved, which caused the batteries to be unable to participate in the battle for a long time; As a result, after more than two hours of fierce fighting, all the capital ships of the Beiyang Naval Division were sunk except for the Zhenhai ship, and more than 1,600 of the 2,000 officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division were killed, and only a few soldiers escaped by throwing themselves into the sea, and the Zhenhai ship suffered heavy damage, and it was difficult to repair it......

Li Hongzhang's face was pale, and he was speechless in shock, and then Zhang Peilun said: "Then, Lin Taizeng, the commander of the Zhenhai ship, called, and Admiral Ding Ruchang was ashamed of the imperial court, and after executing the four battleship pipes and the commander of the fort who left Liugong Island for Weihai Weiwei prostitutes, he committed suicide by poisoning......"

"Ahh

！ Li Hongzhang screamed, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell into his seat and fell unconscious. (Marshmallow) (。 )

Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly woke up Li Hongzhang, at this time Li Hongzhang's eyes were dull, his face was sallow, as if he was seriously ill, and he no longer had half of the demeanor of the original scholar.

Everyone comforted one after another, and after a while, Li Hongzhang woke up, burst into tears, and cried: "Beiyang, Beiyang, the old man's life's hard work has been ruined by Little Japan, Little Japan, Lao Tzu and you are incompatible!" ”

Li Hongzhang, who was in grief, completely lost his previous wisdom and shrewdness, and scolded loudly.

How can it not make his heart ache, the entire Beiyang Naval Division has spent a full fifteen years of his hard work, every battleship is his exhaustion, and the British after many rounds of negotiations, before he bought it, and spent a huge amount of money to send naval students to study in the UK, a full fifteen years, here is the gathering of the most elite combat power and talents in Beiyang, and it is also where Li Hongzhang's prestige lies, even if the Beiyang Army is not as good as a year now, Li Hongzhang has never panicked, as long as there is a Beiyang Naval Division to press the formation, he will sit firmly in Diaoyutai, No one can shake their position, but now it is different, the banner of the Beiyang Navy Division has arrived, and the first navy in Asia, which the imperial court spent tens of millions of taels of silver to build, has fallen, and the reproach of the imperial court alone is difficult for him to deal with.

Li Hongzhang waved his hand weakly and said: "Youqiao, immediately prepare an excerpt to show the Empress Dowager Lafayette the causes and consequences of the defeat of the Beiyang Naval Division, Rong Lu, the bastard, instructed his cronies in the Prime Minister's Yamen Assistant Office to privately seize Lao Tzu's urgent telegram, resulting in the delay in the arrival of the information, and the Beiyang Naval Division was wiped out under the surprise attack!" ”

After speaking, Li Hongzhang was groggy, his eyes were closed, and he fell into a coma.

Looking at Li Hongzhang who was in a coma, everyone hurriedly called someone to ask a doctor to treat Li Hongzhang, and at the same time drafted a recital to prepare for the performance.

In the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, when Cixi was presiding over the court meeting, Sheng Xuanhuai hurriedly went to the palace and handed the fold to Cixi, and at the same time participated in the impeachment of Rong Lu and his cronies, An Ruhai, the head of the Yamen of Prime Minister's Affairs, privately seized Fengtian's emergency telegram to Li Hongzhang, resulting in the collapse of Beiyang and heavy losses

。 “

Cixi received the excerpt from Sheng Xuanhuai, and felt a pain in her heart, Beiyang Sailor, for more than ten years, the Qing Dynasty has invested as much as possible in the Beiyang Sailor Division, and the cost is huge, and he died in a battle!

The most important Beiyang naval division was destroyed, leaving only the Nanyang naval division and the Fujian naval division that existed in name only, and the two naval divisions had no combat power at all, which means that for a period of time in the future, the coastal defense of the Qing Dynasty will be completely paralyzed, and the gateway of the entire Qing Dynasty will be opened, and the world's various maritime powers can run rampant and unscrupulous in China's maritime frontiers and even seaports!

Once Japan and other countries attacked the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty from the sea, and even rich places such as Shandong, Tokyogi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, the Qing Dynasty would not have the power to fight back at all, so how could this be?

Cixi was really angry and anxious, and the jade Ruyi in her hand fell directly to the ground and was shattered!

Cixi said angrily: "Sheng Xuanhuai, what about Li Hongzhang, why didn't he go to the court in person?" What did he do? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai replied: "Lafayette, Lord Zhongtang heard the news, and when he heard the news, he was anxious, he vomited blood from his mouth, unconscious, and just explained the matter of the twist and turn, he was completely unconscious, and he has not yet woken up. Xu Tong on the side is Rong Lu's sworn friend, and when he heard that Li Hongzhang was impeaching Rong Lu, he naturally stood up and defended Rong Lu: "Lafayette, this matter may not be true, the minister thinks that the Beiyang Navy Division has fallen, and Li Hongzhang is afraid of taking responsibility, which is Li Hongzhang's sophistry." The Beiyang Naval Division is known as the first in Asia, if it is not for the inappropriate battle, how could it be completely annihilated? Besides, even if An Ruhai seized the information, it had nothing to do with Lord Ronglu, who was far away in Zhili, how could it be possible to investigate Lord Ronglu? The Beiyang Navy Division spent tens of millions of taels of silver, and now it is gone, Li Hongzhang has to pay all the responsibility, and the minister advocates that Li Hongzhang be investigated immediately! Sheng Xuanhuai's eyes were firmly fixed on Xu Tong, and he said angrily: "Lord Xu, the day before yesterday, the intelligence director of Fengtian went straight to Lord Zhongtang's mansion and passed the news that Japan and Weihaiwei were going to raid Weihaiwei late yesterday to Lord Li Hongzhang. At that time, the person in charge of intelligence in Fengtian once said that a few days ago, he had called the Prime Minister's Affairs Yamen twice to report the enemy's situation, but he was detained and refused to report by An Ruhai, so he delayed the major national affairs. Moreover, now Li Zhongtang is just the foreman of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and the affairs of Beiyang and Zhili are no longer handled by Li Zhongtang, so what does this matter have to do with Li Zhongtang! A few years ago, Li Zhongtang was in Japan, Japan attacked several times, which time was not a heavy blow and retreated, but this time Li Zhongtang left office, something happened to the Beiyang Naval Division, what you say, the ghost believes it! ”

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