In the Shanxi Palace, a peculiar woman's sharpness pierced through the papier-mâché window with anger and disbelief. "How is this possible, isn't Tie Liang still in Handan, how did the Liaodong Army enter Shanxi so quickly, it must be a rumor, it must be a rumor, I want to break the body of the person who created the rumor into ten thousand pieces."

The huge roar not only made Zhang Zhidong's face in the palace sweat coldly, but also made the soldiers in charge of guarding outside the door dare not come out, even Li Lianying, who had been presumptuous in front of Cixi, swallowed his saliva, he had never seen Cixi make such a big fire.

The matter was far from over, and with a crisp sound, a white mutton fat inkstone placed on a table with exquisite carved petals was grabbed by Cixi and smashed to the ground. Suddenly it was shattered.

Zhang Zhidong on one side can't say that he is suffering.

Within two days, the officers and soldiers stationed in the prefectures and counties either surrendered or fled, and even if there was resistance, they would soon be surrounded and annihilated by the Liaodong Army.

Where did they go, after the tantrum Cixi finally regained her peculiar temperament, and asked slowly in a calm tone, but even so, the people on the other side always felt that there was a kind of timidity and horror in this tone.

"It's also about to get to Taiyuan ......"

"How is it so fast?" Before Zhang Zhidong finished speaking, Cixi, who had just sat in her seat, stood up again, her face revealing incredible.

"What about Tieliang? What about the new army? "Speak without a hint of calm.

Zhang Zhidong looked dazed, he didn't know whether to tell Cixi the news.

According to the information received, Tie Liang was killed in battle while commanding the battle at the north gate of Handan, and at the same time there were Taiyuan General Army, Xinzhou General Army, the President of the Second Town of the New Army, and 57 large and small officers, more than 54,000 people in the whole army, and now only about 5,000 defeated soldiers have retreated to Taiyuan under the leadership of Li Yuanhong, the second assistant commander of the first town.

"What are you thinking, tell the mourners." Zhang Zhidong's bowing head and not saying a word made Cixi a little annoyed, and his speech was not as gentle as just now. Some are harsh and dissatisfied.

"Lafayette, Tie Liang was killed, the whole army of more than 50,000 people, almost lost, only more than 5,000 people returned to Taiyuan.

"What?" With an exclamation, Cixi took two steps back and sat down on the chair decadently.

Of the more than 50,000, only more than 5,000 remained. How is this possible. Among them, there are two towns of the new army and one with a standard of more than 30,000 people. That's it, it's gone.

Zhang Zhidong looked at Cixi, who was sitting in a daze on the chair, and he wanted to discuss something with Cixi. That is, to abandon Shanxi, withdraw the whole army to the west of the Yellow River, use the natural dangers of the Yellow River and the Qinling Mountains to block the westward advance of the Liaodong Army, and try to block the forces of the Liaodong Army in Shanxi.

This plan is a plan jointly discussed by Zhang Zhidong and the Military Aircraft Department, and the reason why I came to see Cixi so late today is to discuss this matter and report the news of the defeat of the Battle of Handan...... "Qi Lafayette, Weichen has a sentence that I don't know whether to say?" After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhidong thought it was better to say it.

When is it, what else can not be said, Cixi hates Zhang Zhidong's broken character the most, and he is not as good as Li Hongzhang at all.

Li Hongzhang, as soon as Li Hongzhang was mentioned, Cixi couldn't help but sigh, if only Li Hongzhang was still there. But now, without saying anything, Cixi took a look at Zhang Zhidong: "Let's say" can only rely on Zhang Zhidong, and there is no way.

"Wechen wants to give up Shanxi."

"What? You're saying it again. Cixi's face struggled.

Give up Shanxi, just give up Shanxi, what kind of words is this, Cixi stood up all of a sudden, and her eyes glared at Zhang Zhidong.

Zhang Zhidong took a deep breath and knew that Cixi wanted to say something. Taking a step forward, he gave his reasons.

Zhang Zhidong's reason is very simple, there is no dangerous place in Shanxi, and the Liaodong Army can drive straight in, but it is different in Shaanxi, where there are natural dangers in the Yellow River and Qinling Mountains. Now there are 30,000 troops in Shanxi, so it is better to let these people die in Shanxi in vain, it is better to preserve their strength, retreat their troops to Shanxi, and guard the Yellow River with Dong Fuxiang.

Cixi, who was originally angry, had no temper all of a sudden, but now it is not as good as before, it is not the time to care about a province, sighing slightly, Cixi stretched out her hands and rubbed her sore temples, and after a while, she looked at Zhang Zhidong weakly: "You go and do it"

Helpless, Zhang Zhidong shook his head, turned around and walked out.

Lushun, the weather was cold with a trace of needle-tip rain, and in the headquarters, Liu Jun, who was standing at the window, looked at the drizzle outside and pondered alone.

Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang have been in Shanxi for three days. There was some concern in his heart.

Shanxi now has the Qing army's fourth town, eight banners, and patrol battalions of nearly 40,000 people, and in the first battle of Handan, the Fourth Corps and Feng Guozhang's corps lost nearly 5,000 people, and now the two corps have entered Shanxi, only more than 70,000 people, and more than 70,000 people want to take Shanxi, which is estimated to be a little difficult.

"Head, Shanxi ......"

Paralyzed, what's wrong with Shanxi, Liu Jun turned around and saw Zhong Lin running in with a smile on his face.

It doesn't seem to be a bad thing. For Zhong Lin, Liu Jun, who had already learned about his bones, saw Zhong Lin's face, and immediately knew that the news from Shanxi was not bad news.

"Head, in an emergency, the governor of Shanxi ordered all armies to evacuate and cross the Yellow River west."

Paralysis, what a good thing is this, hearing what Zhong Lin said here, Liu Jun frowned.

Everyone knows that Shanxi is unlimited, and the only Taihang Mountain has already been taken by himself, and the rest is basically to rely on the city wall to resist, but now, the city wall is completely vulnerable in front of artillery. It's like tofu.

There are more than 30,000 people in the Shanxi army, and now all of them are crossing westward at once, which shows that the imperial court knows that Shanxi cannot resist itself, so it ordered the governor of Shanxi to abandon Shanxi and retreat into the Yellow River, and then fully cooperate with the Shaanxi army to rely on the Yellow River to block Wang Shizhen's westward advance.

Don't eat for nothing, don't eat it, since you give up Shanxi, then I can eat it too, Liu Jun walked to the map and drew a circle of Shanxi with the pen next to him.

"Send a telegram to Wang Shizhen, after the armies immediately enter Taiyuan, first occupy the whole territory of Shanxi, and then Xu Tu will advance westward and attack the Yellow River."

"Understood." Zhong Lin nodded, and after writing down the order, he turned around and walked out.

You are not bad, you actually let the imperial court give Shanxi to you like this. Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, smiled slightly, and stepped forward to hug Liu Jun.

Smiling helplessly, Liu Jun glanced at Zheng Yiqian: "What would you do if you were the imperial court?" ”

"Of course I will do the same, after all, it is much better to rely on the Yellow River and the Qinling Mountains to resist than to rely on the city wall to resist."

Hey, as soon as he heard this, Liu Jun shook his head helplessly.

Now we can only occupy Shanxi first, and then let the Northern Front Corps choose a day to move westward, cross the Yellow River in one fell swoop, enter Shaanxi, and try to capture Cixi in Xi'an, so that the overall situation can be determined.

Putting down the northern line, Liu Jun shifted his attention to the south, Zhejiang.

A few days earlier, Li Rong had already taken Jinhua and annihilated five battalions of the Hunan army in Yongkang.

Now, Liu Kunyi has transferred the main force in the north to the south. This Jiangsu, Anhui's troops are empty, and the purpose of being there can be regarded as being achieved.

As early as before the North Korean troops arrived in Fuzhou, Liu Jun had discussed with the General Staff, that is, to use Li Rong's Fifth Corps and the Korean army transferred from North Korea to the south to attract Liu Kunyi, so that Liu Kunyi could transfer the troops from Jiangsu and Anhui to Zhejiang, and then he could let Shandong Zhang Xun's 11th Corps enter Jiangsu, and under the cover of the Beiyang Naval Division, take Jiangsu. Anhui, and after converging with Li Rong's corps, the two armies directly entered the Huguang region and took Hunan. After Hubei, after marching to the southwest, as for the troops of Guangxi and Guangzhou, after the two armies converged, they divided their troops from Guangxi and Guangdong, all the way into Yunnan, and all the way into Yong'an, Hunan, and attacked from both sides. At this point, the big picture can be decided.

Zheng Yiqian was also present at this meeting, so as soon as she saw Liu Jun turning her gaze in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, she understood that Liu Jun wanted to use the 11th Corps.

"Liu Kunyi has already ordered the transfer of nearly twelve battalions of troops from Anhui, Jiangsu Province into Zhejiang." Zheng Yiqian let go of her hand and picked up the command on the side. began to explain the situation that Liu Kunyi had reported from various places in the past few days.

With a movement of his fingers, Liu Jun narrowed his eyes, since this is the case. Slapping his hand violently, Liu Jun looked at Zheng Yiqian.

"Let Li He come and see me."