"What? Could it be that Lord Zhongtang doesn't know why Liaodong convened a consultation meeting so urgently. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Zaitao looked puzzled when he saw Zhang Zhidong and said disappointedly.

Zhang Zhidong really didn't know about this matter, after today's negotiations, he knew that there was no result, so he went back to the dormitory and called a table of food, ready to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, but what he didn't expect was that before he started to do it, Li Hongzhang's assistant in Liaodong, that is, Li Hongzhang's son Li Jingfang, came to his room and notified him to hold an emergency meeting in Zuixian Building at seven o'clock. After getting the information, Zhang Zhidong forgot to eat, but found Songpan in the district, and then the two came here together.

Then this is strange, after listening to Zhang Zhidong's narration, Zaitao lowered his head and thought for a while. Then he put the telegram aside in his hand.

Now, everything must be put down, and the emergency meeting of the Liaodong side will be dealt with, and as for the matter of spying on the dynamics of the Liaodong side, Zaitao decided that it is better to wait for the meeting tonight.

The fourth floor of the Drunken Immortal Building. In the negotiation hall, at seven o'clock, the lights inside had been turned on, and Zhang Zhidong, who entered the hall with Zaitao, found that the people who came here today were not Wu Tingfang and others, but Li Hongzhang and Wang Shizhen.

Strange, Wang Shizhen has never participated in any meetings, why would he come here today, with the doubts in his heart, Zhang Zhidong Box Zaitao glanced at each other, and then sat down.

Because they didn't understand the situation, no one on the court's side spoke, of course, because they couldn't take the initiative to occupy it.

Li Hongzhang and Wang Shizhen, who were sitting opposite, looked at each other, just now, when the representatives of the imperial court came in, the two of them had already seen the confusion among the representatives of the other party.

Time was pressing, and Li Hongzhang didn't want to talk superfluous nonsense with the imperial court, coughed softly a few times, Li Hongzhang cleared his throat, and then said: "Everyone, this urgent summoning of everyone today is not a matter of negotiation, but another matter," Saying this, Li Hongzhang looked at Wang Shizhen next to him.

Wang Shizhen knew that Li Hongzhang was handing over the right to speak to himself, and with a slight smile, Wang Shizhen stood up and said: "Everyone, according to the investigation of my Liaodong Intelligence Bureau, the people in the jurisdiction of the Huguang Governor of Guidi have rebelled and sought independence. Our Liaodong Army knows that your army will attack the Hunan and Hubei regions at present, so we have been ordered by the marshal to maintain neutrality. You will never do anything behind you that will harm your allies, and you can boldly attack the Hunan region. ”

God help me, Zaitao, who is sitting in the seat, has been thinking about this issue all day long. Now, hearing Wang Shizhen say this, Zaitao stood up suddenly.

"Are you telling the truth?"

Nima, Zhang Zhidong and Songpan of the battlefield all opened their mouths wide, looking at Zaitao like looking at monsters, and neither of them knew which one this guy was playing.

It's tender, it's too tender, Li Hongzhang saw Zaitao's action, and immediately shook his head helplessly and added: "Absolutely not deceive, but, Hubei, don't worry about it." ”

Hubei doesn't matter, as long as he can get accurate news from Liaodong, he can, Zaitao, who breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and then began to think in his heart about how to send a telegram to the imperial court.

Chengdu, Longquanyi, since the past two days, the soldiers and horses in the Chengdu area have been mobilized, especially the first town stationed in Chengdu, which has begun to move to the Xiushan area of the Chongqing region.

In the Yangen Palace, Cixi, who was sitting on a chair, closed her eyes and listened to Li Lianying's report to herself about the content of today's court meeting of the imperial court.

"Lao Li, Ding Zhenfeng, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, has called, and the 30,000 troops in the Zunyi Tongren area have arrived in Yuping."

Okay, Cixi who heard this took a deep breath, but when she answered this, Cixi was not very confident, she still understood that no matter how the troops were mobilized now, if there was no news from Liaodong, she would not dare to order an attack.

"Damn, you don't understand the rules, what are you doing in a panic?" Li Lianying saw that Cixi was unhappy, and saw a little eunuch running in in a panic and began to curse loudly.

plopped, and the scolded little eunuch knelt on the ground: "The chief manager spares his life, Lafayette spares his life, Baoji emergency telegram." ”

The telegram from Baoji must have been sent by Zaitao, Cixi opened her eyes and looked at the little eunuch kneeling on the ground in front of her.

"It's not a pleasure yet." Seeing that the little eunuch was trembling, Li Lianying said reproachfully.

"Slag"

"Lafayette, the prince called, Liaodong will not do anything to us, but they said that we can only be responsible for Hunan, and they will attack Hubei."

The sky has eyes, Cixi, who heard the accurate news, breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Li Lianying in front of her: "Reward." ”

The reward must be for this little eunuch, Li Lianying nodded, and then motioned for the little eunuch to go out.

"Go and tell the emperor that Liaodong has been stabilized, let Li Yuanhong, the governor of Jiumen, resign immediately, go to Yuping, lead the soldiers and horses of the towns to fight, take Hunan, and bring all the rebellious ministers and thieves to the mourning family to Chengdu, and the mourning family wants them to live rather than die, in addition, send a telegram to Zaitao, hoping that Liaodong can hand over the evil thief Duanfang to the imperial court."

"Wow." After Li Lianying heard this, she immediately answered, and then turned around and went out.

Baoji, the headquarters, from the reassuring pills to the imperial court, Li Hongzhang, Wang Shizhen and others entered a state of calm, after all, the most leisure place in the entire region is now the North Korean Defense Command.

"Father, the representative of the imperial court, Zaitao, has called, hoping that we can hand over Duan Fang and others to the imperial court in the future."

"Oh,. It looks like the imperial court has agreed with us. Li Hongzhang, who heard this, looked at Wang Shizhen, who was sitting opposite the middle, and said.

"Yes, marshal, they have agreed with us, the imperial court will fight Hunan, we will fight Hubei, but, we can't make any decisions on the matter of the end side, do you think it's better to ask the marshal?"

It was necessary to report to Liu Jun, Li Hongzhang agreed, and began to give orders to Li Jingfang, who was standing in front of him.

"It looks like Duan Qirui is busy." When Li Jingfang walked out, Wang Shizhen said to Li Hongzhang beside him.

Li Hongzhang smiled slightly and then smiled: "This is not what you want. ”

This is always an old man, and he can actually see this, yes, Duan Qirui fought over there to take Hubei, and his future battle against the imperial court can be regarded as a huge threat. In other words, he can draw a certain amount of troops from the Hubei region and enter Shaanxi and the western part of Hubei, and at that time, he will be able to save the troop mobilization of nearly three armies. (To be continued.) )