Nicholas II sharpened his knife and tried his best to fight the Chinese tiger again, and even did not hesitate to mobilize almost all the mobile troops in Tsarist Russia, and even prepared to mobilize more troops to prepare for a decisive battle with Zhang Yi. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com] copy this address to browse

However, in Japan, Emperor Meiji encountered resistance.

Now the Qing Dynasty has been 'chaotic', and the Meiji Emperor is happy in his eyes and is ready to use troops again, so the Meiji Emperor has convened a pre-imperial meeting for this purpose.

When Emperor Meiji threw out his idea of uniting with Tsarist Russia to attack China again, Naofumi Tachimi, who is now the deputy minister of the Ministry of War, jumped out first and vigorously opposed it!

Lijian Shangwen said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, now is definitely not a good time for us to use troops, we have launched two wars of aggression since the beginning of the first year, and now in just a few years, we have launched two wars of aggression, and they all ended in failure, and the benefits of getting the hand are just to get such a pedal on the Korean Peninsula, and now, after the two wars, our national strength is exhausted, and now the domestic social economy has been hit hard, stagnant, and we really should not launch a large-scale war, I think we can send an army of 10,000 to 20,000 people to participate in the coalition of various countries, so that we can also extort huge amounts of wealth, and if we directly launch a war against the Republic of China, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

Emperor Meiji's face changed, and he shouted: "Immediately see Shangwen, where is your courage?" You also know that now our people's livelihood is withering, the economy is in difficulty, if we don't start a war against ***, what will we use to support the development of the Japanese Empire in the future, now we have a huge debt, only by waging a war, we have a chance! ”

Lijian Shangwen replied: "Your Majesty, if you want to start a war, it is also to find an opponent that is easy to deal with, now the Chinese Tiger has more than 200,000 troops, close to 300,000 troops, we send out the army of the country, but there are only 300,000 troops, and even if we mobilize the army of the country, where do we get so many supplies?" Our domestic finances simply cannot support us to launch a large-scale war involving hundreds of thousands of people, Your Majesty, you have to think twice. ”

Dashan Yan on the side said in a low voice: "Lijianjun, it's not as serious as you said, we don't have to send so many troops at all, don't forget, the tsar has sent me a telegram, the two countries sent troops together, and now Nikolai has ordered to mobilize 200,000 troops to attack North China in three ways, we only need to send troops to Fengtian when Zhang Yi is too busy, and 100,000 troops are enough to break through, and at that time, under the attack of the coalition forces of the two countries, the Republic of China has only one way to surrender!" ”

Li Jian Shangwen said angrily: "Dashan Yanjun, think about the last time we jointly sent troops, at that time, Zhang Yi's command was only six divisions, 100,000 people, and the 200,000 people of the coalition army of our two countries were beaten to the ground, and now he has nearly 300,000 people under his command, do you think that the Republic of China can be defeated with only the 300,000 combined forces of our two countries?" ”

Da Shanyan said: "Lijianjun, don't be impatient, I know that you still have lingering feelings about the Chinese Tiger, but you have to think about it, the Chinese Tiger has more than doubled the army in one year, where does the new army come from the combat effectiveness of the original veterans?" And our two countries are dispatching 'elite' soldiers! Moreover, we also have two navies, the Pacific Fleet and the Combined Fleet, to help each other, such a huge scale, I think it is definitely not something that Zhang Yi can handle! ”

Ito Hirobumi on the side sighed and said: "Your Majesty, Oyama Iwa-kun, we must take a long-term view of this matter, even if we only dispatch more than 100,000 troops, it is not something that our country can afford now, after all, how long this war will last, no one knows, once our domestic financial support can not continue, what should we do?" When the time comes, you can't just let the soldiers fight bayonets, right? ”

Yama Prefecture Youpeng refuted: "Your Excellency Ito, I don't think it has come to that point, although our country's economy is in difficulty now, but the war for 100,000 people can still be supported, and now there are still 60,000 troops in Korea, we only need to mobilize three more divisions of troops, we can fully support the war against the Republic of China, and we can feed the war with war, as long as we take Mukden, then we can rely on the Mukden arsenal to supply our weapons, ammunition, and ......."

Emperor Meiji looked at everyone and said, "Okay, let's settle it, our country is in a bit of a difficult situation, and I will take out a sum of money from my 'private' money, and I must support us to fight this war!" ”

Seeing that Shang Wen was unwilling, now that he is at war with the Republic of China, it really outweighs the losses, and if he doesn't do it, he will be bitten back by the other party, and he will see that Shang Wen is about to continue to dissuade him.

A clerk rushed in from outside the 'door' and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Emperor Nicholas of the Tsarist Empire has sent a telegram!" ”

The crowd was shocked, and Emperor Meiji shouted, "Read! ”

The clerk read: "To His Excellency the Emperor Meiji of the Japanese Empire, in the past, you and I jointly sent troops to China, and were defeated at the hands of the Chinese tigers, the Boxer Rebellion in the Central Plains was 'chaotic', the political situation of the Qing Dynasty was eroded, and the great powers have expressed their dissatisfaction and discussed the use of troops. Congratulations! ”

Emperor Meiji laughed, got up from his seat, and said, "How's that, how's that?" I also know that you have good intentions, but now that we are jointly sending troops with Tsarist Russia, and at the same time we have Tsarist Russia borrowing money to help, why worry about big things not happening? Convey the decree, immediately mobilize the Guards Division, the Fifth Division, and the Twelfth Division, and send troops to North Korea in a few days, and mobilize the 14th Division, escorted by the Combined Fleet, and rush to Tianjin, join the coalition forces of various countries, and attack Dagukou! ”

At this time, Ito Hirobumi didn't speak, with the help of Tsarist Russia's loans, it is true that the probability of winning this war is very large, and Dashan Yan and Shan County are even more excited, this time the Chinese tiger must be beaten down!

Only Li saw that Shangwen was silent, this time, he was very unoptimistic, the strength of the Republic of China is strong, it is no longer comparable to the Great Qing Kingdom, if it is said that the attack on the Qing State, it still has a certain control of me, then he is not half sure of the Republic of China. After all, the Republic of China now wants people and guns, and it has long been armed to the teeth, and there is the support of Germany and the United States behind it, which is even more difficult to take. Emperor Meiji shouted: "Okay, it's decided, pass on my will, order Kuroki Weizhen to be the commander-in-chief of this military operation, responsible for all the war, and this time you will stay in the country to coordinate the rear supply of the war." ”