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Faced with the current situation, the Manchus had a headache. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The internal troubles of the "short-haired thief" have not been eliminated, and the great enemy Tsarist Russia is also "slowly" encroaching on the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

How do you fix it?

"You stupid minions can't come up with another idea for the mourners." The Empress Dowager Cixi "scolded" the ministers kneeling below, but she was thinking in her heart that it would be great if Li Hongzhang was here, and there was really no minister in the court who could catch up with Li Hongzhang.

It is a pity that when Tsarist Russia invaded the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu delegation led by Li Hongzhang was still adrift on the sea, and it was not until the book was about to occupy the whole of Korea that Li Hongzhang arrived in Britain and learned from the British that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in this situation.

At this time, Li Hongzhang was so anxious that he couldn't care about his weak health because of the long boat ride, so he hurriedly sent a telegram back to China, and there was only one content in the telegram, and he could not continue to wage war with Tsarist Russia and Yueben.

Li Hongzhang knew that if there was only one one, the Manchus would still be able to fight with the people, but now there is one more Tsarist Russia, and there is also a "short-haired thief" in the country, which is equivalent to a three-front battle, and with the strength of the Manchu Dynasty, even the "short-haired thief" cannot be eliminated in a short time, let alone a war with Tsarist Russia and the book.

Although Li Hongzhang did not know why the "short-haired thieves" could not be withdrawn from the province, the hundreds of thousands of officers and men surrounding the province could not be easily transferred, and once they were transferred, the "short-haired thieves" launched a new offensive; before the Beiyang New Army was trained, the Manchus could have no officers and men to resist it, and at that time it was not known how much territory would be taken away by the "short-haired thieves."

Now the only way for the Manchus to do so is not to take the initiative to start a war with the enemy, and to allow them to retreat when necessary.

How much Li Hongzhang wants to fly back to the Manchus now, but this is impossible, if he goes back by ship, it will take six months, and it is too late in time, so it is better to contact the Manchus by telegraph in England. (Transoceanic Telegraph)

And Li Hongzhang now has a more important thing, that is, to contact Western countries and ask them to help mediate, only if they can mediate, the Manchus can pay a certain price.

If the war continues, and the Manchus face three enemies at the same time, then the day when the Manchus will fall will not be far away, Li Hongzhang, as a Manchu minister, what will happen to him after the fall of the Manchus?

Fortunately, the countries in the West, led by Britain and Germany, were willing to mediate with the Manchus, Tsarist Russia, and Yueben, but the mediation still needed time, and the war was still going on.

In early November, within a few months, Tsarist Russia invaded and occupied nearly 200,000 square kilometers of land in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Japanese troops stationed in Korea did not intend to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but were preparing to occupy Korea for a long time, and tens of thousands of Japanese troops were preparing to land on Taiwan by boat.

The Manchu court was already in a hurry and did not know how to solve it.

The telegram sent back by Li Hongzhang had been received, and finally the Empress Dowager Cixi decided to follow Li Hongzhang's method.

Other ministers of the imperial court were relieved, some ministers really did not dare to make up their minds, once their ideas were adopted, but in the end there was a bad result, then the matter was big, now there is Li Hongzhang in front, the ministers can rest assured to do it boldly, and it is Li Hongzhang's fault that something happened.

Britain, Germany and other countries were the first to mediate with Tsarist Russia, and they used more serious rhetoric to get Tsarist Russia to stop invading the Manchus.

After the Tsarist side stalled for time and swallowed up several pieces of land from the Manchus, they agreed to the peace talks, and the terms of the peace talks had to be "discussed" by the Manchus.

On the side of the company, Britain, Germany and other countries only informed the company at the beginning and asked the company to stop fighting, but they did not expect that the company had already sent troops to attack Taiwan, and while delaying time, he ordered the Japanese army to speed up the attack on Taiben.

On November 12, the offensive and defensive battle of Taiwan began, and 7,000 Japanese troops prepared to land on Taiwan from Keelung, but encountered stubborn resistance from the Qing army led by Liu Mingchuan.

Although the Qing army caused nearly 1,000 casualties to the Japanese army, the Qing army also suffered a lot of losses, and the ammunition was insufficient.

After Liu Mingchuan retreated, he quickly gathered the Qing troops stationed in other areas of Taiwan, preparing to resist the continued invasion of the Japanese army, but the 7,000 Japanese army was only its vanguard force, and the follow-up Japanese army continued to log in to Taiwan, making the number of Japanese troops in Taiwan exceed the Qing army.

Although the Qing army continued to retreat in the fierce attacks of the Japanese army, it had achieved the goal of delaying the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army could not quickly occupy Taiwan, and Manchu reinforcements and supplies were also entering Taiwan.

The biggest flaw of the current Japanese army is that it does not have a strong navy, and if there is a strong navy, it can blockade Taiwan, and the Manchu rescue will not be able to reach Taiwan.

Taiwan is not comparable to Ryukyu and North Korea, Ryukyu and North Korea are only subject countries of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Taiwan is the land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the importance of Taiwan The Manchu court is very clear, and it must not be allowed to occupy the place, and the deserted place can be temporarily conceded, but the Taiwan can not be allowed, especially when the opponent is still a small Yueben, and it cannot be easily given up.

While letting Liu Mingchuan resist the Japanese army, the Qing court sent more reinforcements to support Liu Mingchuan, and finally even decided to send the Beiyang Naval Division, which had not been completed, to repel the Japanese army.

As soon as they learned that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was going to dispatch the Beiyang Naval Division, the top level of the Manchu Dynasty became anxious, and once they could not quickly occupy Taiwan, when the Beiyang Naval Division had passed, the plan to occupy Taiwan would be completely unworkable.

However, the stubborn resistance of the Qing army in Taiwan, as well as the large number of reinforcements and materials that came across the sea, made the Japanese army's plan to quickly occupy Taiwan completely bankrupt and entered a long tug-of-war.

The top management of Yueben understood that the Japanese army, which had paid more than 5,000 casualties, had developed and rapidly occupied Taiwan, and if it waited for the arrival of the Beiyang Naval Division, Yueben would pay an even more painful price, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

At the end of 84, the Japanese army that invaded Taiwan completely withdrew.

Upon hearing the news, both the Manchu court and Li Hongzhang, who was far away in Europe, breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no room for error.

The war was over, but the blow of these three wars to the Manchu Qing was huge, not only the loss of the Korean vassal state, but also the loss of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of national territory, and tens of thousands of Qing officers and soldiers died on the battlefield, and the military expenditure was millions of taels, and this loss was too great.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the current situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was too dangerous.