For now, it can only be like this, and Zheng Yiqian on the side knows that this is also a last resort. Smiling slightly, he didn't want Liu Jun to think about these things. hugged Liu Jun: "By the way, today Xiang'er has prepared a table of boiled fish that you like to eat, do you want to go back?" ”

Nonsense, my favorite food is this bite, how can I give up with such a thing.

"Let's go, we'll go now." Raising his eyes and looking at the time, it was estimated that it would be dark after a while, Liu Jun stood up suddenly, took the cloak and hat from the side, pulled up Zheng Yiqian and went out of the room.

In Xi'an City, the sound of artillery outside the city was getting closer and closer, and the deafening sound made Hu Decheng, the general soldier of Xi'an, who was deploying troops in the Xi'an General Military Office, panicked, he did not expect that the attack of the Liaodong Army would be so fierce.

The day before yesterday, he sent two battalions of troops out of the city to block the Liaodong Army at Baqiao, the only way for the Liaodong Army to come to Xi'an, who knew that in less than three hours, the Liaodong Army broke through the defense line and captured nearly 500 people, so that his already overstretched troops suddenly lost a lot. Reluctantly, he ordered all the troops to retreat to Xi'an City, wanting to fight to the death with the Liaodong Army with the strong city wall of Xi'an, but no one thought of it, and he didn't know where the Liaodong Army mobilized the heavy artillery, and launched a bombardment on the east gate, although it did not blow up the city wall, but he knew that it was a matter of time or time.

"Lord Commander, Ximen is in danger, and I ask for additional reinforcements." A general with a face covered in dust ran in in a panic.

Simon? Hu Decheng frowned, and walked in front of the map in three steps and two steps.

Ximen himself put nearly 500 troops, these 500 people, are their own elite, and now the main direction of attack of the Liaodong Army is the East Gate, and the West Gate is just a feint, how can there be a crisis in the West Gate.

"Let them keep an eye on it, reinforcements are gathering." Hu Decheng snorted coldly. A faint order.

"My subordinates understand." The general clenched his fists, turned and ran out.

Hmph, a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. Hu Decheng gave the Ximen defenders a very unrealistic evaluation in his heart.

Ten minutes later, Hu Decheng, who was in the General Army's Mansion, had not yet had time to mobilize troops to support the East Gate.

He saw a Qing soldier with a head covered in bandages, and blood was spilling from the bandages, rushing in.

"Something happened." Hu Decheng frowned, he was very dissatisfied with the behavior of his soldiers.

"Report, the city of Ximen is broken."

"What, you're talking about the side." Hu Decheng grabbed the soldier's collar, just now he was still asking for reinforcements, it was only less than half an hour, and the west gate was broken, how could this be.

"What's going on, what's going on?" Hu Decheng shouted at the soldiers who had been enlightened.

"Lord Commander, there is an internal response of the Liaodong Army in Xi'an City, they opened the west gate and let the Liaodong cavalry outside the city rush in." There was a hint of crying in the Qing army's voice.

"It's over." Hu Decheng sat on the ground with his ass, he knew that Xi'an City was over.

The forward headquarters of the Liaodong Army outside the city. Wang Shizhen looked at the Liaodong Army that was rushing towards the West Gate, nodded suddenly, turned around, glanced at Feng Guozhang, who was sitting in front of the ground bunk, and said: "This time I was able to win the first place, Director Zhong's intelligence department has made a great contribution." ”

As soon as Feng Guozhang heard this, he immediately put down the pen in his hand, smiled, and walked to Wang Shizhen with a teapot from the side: "You are right, if it weren't for the intelligence bureau personnel to open the west gate this time, I'm afraid it would take at least a few days for us to take Xi'an smoothly."

"Not bad, not bad." Luo Dacheng next to him also walked over.

"By the way, you say, why did the marshal just let us take Baoji and then stationed troops in Shaanxi, instead of attacking." Luo Dacheng remembered the Lushun order he received not long ago. He asked with doubts in his heart.

He has been struggling with this question for several days, but the battle of Xi'an is imminent, and he didn't ask, and now that Xi'an City has fallen, he can finally ask the question in his heart.

This question can be regarded as mentioning the hearts of the three people, not only him, but also Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen have the same doubts in their hearts......

"I'm also wondering why Dashuai just stopped the attack after we took Shaanxi, and the troops were in Baoji." Feng Guozhang took a sip of water and pointed at Luo Dacheng, he also agreed with Luo Dacheng's meaning.

Among the three people, Wang Shizhen is the most agile thinker, and his analytical skills are particularly strong. So both of them shifted their attention to Wang Shizhen.

"Don't look at me, I don't know." Wang Shizhen shrugged, he was also very puzzled by this order.

Now the imperial court has almost no power to fight back, if it takes less than a year to pursue the victory at this time, then it is not a problem to unify the whole country, but now, it is obvious that the marshal is going to stop the attack, this sudden order, so that Wang Shizhen is not thinking without any analysis.

"Report, Arthur Command telegram." A staff officer walked in and reported loudly.

"Read." Wang Shizhen glanced at the staff officer, returned to the chair made of ammunition boxes and sat down.

"Order, Commander Feng Guozhang immediately led the 20th Army of the 10th Corps to return to Weihai, Shandong immediately. Assist the battery, strengthen the defense. After quickly reading the order in his hand, the staff officer handed the telegram to Luo Dacheng, turned around and walked out.

"Lao Feng, what's the matter, this makes you return to Weihai, Shandong immediately, I haven't heard that there is a war over there." Luo Dacheng blinked. Touching his head. looked at Feng Guozhang in surprise, who was looking puzzled.

"Lao Feng, Lao Tzu envy you too much." Wang Shizhen on the side lowered his head and pondered, revealing a happy smile.

"Lao Wang, what are you talking about, what do you envy people for?" Luo Dacheng looked at Wang Shizhen blankly, he didn't understand what Wang Shizhen meant in his words.

"Why, you haven't seen why Dashuai just let us take Shaanxi and not attack the imperial court." Wang Shizhen clapped his hands, stood up, walked to the map, and showed a smug smile.

"Don't buy it, it's the most annoying thing for you." Luo Dacheng waved his hand.

"The big marshal is going to do something to the Japanese."

With a bang, the tea jar in Feng Guozhang's hand suddenly fell to the ground. In the entire forward command center, everyone was like petrified, staring at Wang Shizhen who was showing a smug face.

"Old Wang, you won't lie to us, right?" After a while, Luo Dacheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stretched his neck and asked cautiously.

"I just found out." Wang Shizhen smiled slightly and stood up.

"What is Weihai, Weihai is the base of the Beiyang Naval Division, where there are already shore defense artillery and marines stationed, and there is also an independent brigade. Such a force, guarding Weihai, is already thinking of being strong, but you have seen it now. The marshal asked Lao Feng to immediately lead an army back to Weihai, Shandong, what does this mean. After Wang Shizhen finished speaking, he looked at the two people beside him.

"I don't understand, you just click." Luo Dacheng lowered his head and thought for a long time. He didn't know what Wang Shizhen wanted to say.

Idiot? After Wang Shizhen showed a trace of white eyes, he took a deep breath this time: "I want to ask you, who is the biggest enemy of the Beiyang Naval Division?" ”

"Cut, children know that the Japanese Combined Fleet is there." Luo Dacheng waved his hand, he was very disgusted by this idiot question.

"What do you mean" Luo Dacheng thought of something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Wang Shizhen with a look of disbelief.

"Yes, that's why Dashuai asked us to stop attacking after taking Shaanxi, I think it's not just us, even if it's over the Liangjiang River, Li Rong and Zhang Xun agreed to receive such an order, because Dashuai knows very well that he can't fight on two fronts, and the imperial court fights early and late, which are all in our pocket, but Japan is different, Japan, this country, if you don't fight him, there will be a huge threat, so Dashuai must temporarily end the war against the imperial court, concentrate forces, and fight Japan first." After Wang Shizhen finished speaking, he immediately smashed his fist on the map next to him.

The two people standing in front of Wang Shizhen took a deep breath and nodded, what they said made sense.