Hasegawa's good words are very much in line with Katsura Taro's heart, he has long coveted Jiangbei, and he hated Wang Yongan to the core, this guy who does not know how to lift, if he could accept to become an agent of Japan, Japan's power and influence would have covered the entire north of the Yangtze River. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBut this Chinese young man who has lived in Japan for several years has rejected Japan's overtures for many years by himself, so that the power and influence of the Japanese have never been able to enter the Jiangbei region.

Well, now, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and other countries will get rid of Wang Yongan quickly, while Japan can fish in troubled waters, take the opportunity to forcibly occupy Nantong, cut off the upper reaches of the Yangtze River waterway, and make the British Shanghi a pool of stagnant water. At the same time, Yuan Shikai, who was wooed by him, gave Japan an excuse to meddle in its internal affairs.

"Yoxi, your attention is very good, I like it very much." Katsura Taro smiled so hard that his eyes were gone, "I'll report to the emperor immediately, and you will report to the Yama Prefecture Aritomo Elder and listen to the opinions of the patriarchs." If we do it against China, whether the elders support it, and if we only do it against Jiangbei, whether the elders support it. ”

Hasegawa smiled and said, "Aren't you the patriarch?" ”

Katsura Taro smiled bitterly: "Although I am a patriarch, my influence is not as good as that of Yama Prefecture, after all, Yama County is the leader of the patriarchs." After learning of Hasegawa and Katsura Taro's plan, Aritomo Yama cautiously said that he would never take direct action against China, lest China, which was originally divided between the north and the south, join forces because of foreign enemies, and the Chinese would temporarily abandon internal contradictions when facing enemies.

"For China, we should divide and seek it." Shan Shan Youpeng advised, "If you deal with Jiangbei, you must find an excuse to make the Chinese have nothing to say, and even make the Chinese think that the advance of the Japanese army is a crusade against evil demons on behalf of justice." ”

Hasegawa said that he would definitely bring the words to him, and Katsura Taro also cautiously mentioned in his report to Emperor Taisho that he would give a big gift to the emperor's enthronement. Japan became the first in Asia in the hands of Emperor Meiji, and it should become the first in the world in the hands of Emperor Taisho.

Emperor Taisho was blown and immediately approved Katsura Taro's plan, but said that Japan did not have much money and must control the scale of the war. It seems that Emperor Taisho is very smart under normal circumstances, but he initiates madness, which is no different from a fool......

With the support of the emperor and the senators, Katsura Taro's confidence was greatly boosted, and he immediately sent a telegram to Tachibana Koichiro, asking him to continue to put pressure on Yuan Shikai, and when Yuan Shikai could not bear the pressure, he threw out the reason that the murder of Japanese prisoners of war was the work of Jiangbei spies. Once Yuan Shikai admitted, Japan would have enough excuses to attack Jiangbei and occupy Nantong, the British would forcibly occupy the southern side of the Yangtze River estuary in China, and the Japanese would be able to forcibly occupy the northern side of the Yangtze River estuary.

Tachibana Koichiro after learning about Katsura Taro's adventurous plan, his heart jumped out with excitement, if this matter can be successful, then it will bring very big benefits to the empire, especially the Jiangbei region has become the most economically developed region in China under the management of Wang Yongan and Wang Yongtai brothers for many years, and the occupation of Nantong is equivalent to cutting off a thigh of Jiangbei's economy, and the meat on this thigh is enough for the Japanese military to eat for several years. As a result, Tachibana Koichiro made it clear that Yuan Shikai was responsible for the death of the Japanese instructor, and hoped to send an investigation team, and if no suitable answer could be found, Japan would not rule out taking action against the Great Qing Kingdom.

Yuan Shikai was frightened, the war with the Jiangbei Army on his side had not yet come to a conclusion, but he did not expect that the Japanese would be provoked by that side, especially the Japanese newspapers pointed the finger at him - if the Japanese used this as an excuse to declare war on China, wouldn't he have lost his wife and broken his army?

Yuan Shikai met with Tachibana Koichiro many times overnight to discuss the handling of this matter (the killing of Japanese instructors in China), and Tachibana Koichiro emphasized that this incident had a great impact on the Japanese Empire, and that the war loan originally promised to be lent to the Qing government may be forced to suspend it because of the killing of the Japanese instructor.

Yuan Shikai's gray hair turned white almost overnight, and the front line collapsed almost completely except for Feng Guozhang's first road. However, Okamura chose to stay in Huai'an, where he insisted on investigating the truth of the matter, and did not allow Wang Tingzhen's forbidden army and the Eight Banners Army to retreat.

However, after Wang Tingzhen learned that the Jiangbei Army sent two regiments to outflank their rear route, and the troops had no intention of fighting, so in order to avoid the end of the Qing army's fourth route also being annihilated by the whole army, Wang Tingzhen chose to withdraw the army - and still left the stubborn Japanese in Huai'an, as for how the Jiangbei Army dealt with them, that was Wang Yongan's business.

So when the Jiangbei Army arrived in Huai'an, it suddenly encountered an embarrassing incident, and a group of Japanese who did not bring weapons stayed in Huai'an. As for this group of Japanese devils, the Jiangbei Army will not arrest them, nor will they arrest them. It is reasonable to arrest them, after all, they are instructors of the fourth road of the Qing army, and it is reasonable not to arrest them, because there are foreign instructors in every warlord's army, and the most instructors in the Beiyang Army are German instructors, and there are even German instructors following the team.

The captain immediately reported the matter to the Yangzhou base camp, and Wang Yongan was dumbfounded after getting the news, and ...... to this group of Japanese How to deal with it, to catch it, or not to catch it?

If you catch it, it will be easy to cause the Japanese to interfere.

If you don't arrest it, let a group of Japanese stay in Huai'an County to investigate and investigate, what kind of system will it become, and outsiders still think that they are colluding with the Japanese.

It's hard to do, little Japan has lost a big problem to Wang Yongan.

At this time, Zhang Jian had already gone to Shanghi, and he couldn't discuss with Wang Yongan, so he could only find and convene a meeting to study.

Since Jiangbei had recently defeated the Qing army's three-way army, the morale of the whole army was strong, and it was natural that they become complacent and proud, and many generals demanded that the Japanese instructors be arrested and made public, so that the whole world could condemn Japan's interference in China's internal affairs and expose the truth about the Qing government's traitorous pursuit of glory.

"Yes, electrify the whole country and let the Qing government see what it is."

"A national crusade."

"The battle between us and the Qing army is really a battle between patriots and traitors."

"They must have compensated the Japanese a lot in private."

Luo Yinxian frowned tightly and said, "This matter is not appropriate, the Japanese should be let go immediately." ”

Li Yao smiled bitterly: "It's not that we don't let people go, but that the Japanese won't leave, and they must stay in Huai'an to investigate the truth that the Japanese instructor was burned to death." If they don't leave, we will eat and drink to entertain them, what is this matter, the little Japanese devil is really troublesome, if you want me to say, you can kill them with a knife. ”

"How can they kill them if they didn't harass the people?" Wang Yongan said with a wry smile, as if because of the slaughter of 800 Qing troops, the anger in the army has become stronger.