It turned out that after Japan learned that its "Far East Station" in Hainan had been seized, the local organization "Xihai Chamber of Commerce" had been banned, and the leaders of the chamber of commerce, Yamamoto Nishikawa and Matsui Keiji had been beheaded, there was a great deal of controversy in Japan.

A large part of the Japanese people advocated a direct attack on Hainan, but the military was unable to allocate a large number of troops to attack Hainan in view of the tight Russo-Japanese War that was being waged in the northeast of China.

As a result, Japan mobilized some of the ships of the West Sea Fleet stationed in Taiwan to prepare for war, and at the same time put pressure on the Qing court through diplomatic means.

In the Leshou Hall of the Summer Palace, Cixi was listening to the great eunuch Li Lianying tell her some interesting stories about foreigners, and she couldn't stop smiling.

At this time, Prince Qing asked to see him, and the joy on Cixi's face disappeared instantly: "What's the matter!" As soon as I saw you, I knew there must be another trouble! Say, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to Lafayette, Counselor Keishiro Matsui of the Japanese Legation in China lodged a strong protest against our Daqing Dynasty."

Before Prince Qing finished speaking, Cixi was unhappy, "What's wrong with that little Japan?" Didn't they fight with the old Maozi Russians in the Northeast, our Great Qing Kingdom has always strictly adhered to neutrality, and they will fight if they fight, why are there so many things! Could it be that he lost the fight with Lao Maozi? ”

"Back to Galeries Lafayette, it's a matter of Hainan."

"What's wrong with Hainan, what does Hainan have to do with their little Japan! Why do I get more confused the more I hear about this?! ”

"Back to Lafayette, the Hainan rebels killed Yamamoto Nishikawa, the president of the Japanese Xihai Chamber of Commerce, and banned this chamber of commerce, and also seized their non-governmental foreign affairs agency in Hainan - Far East Station."

"Oops! Why is this Hainan so non-stop! Prince Qing, what do they want? ”

"Back to Lafayette, Japan has asked me to suppress this group of rebels in the Qing Dynasty, quickly arrest the murderers, and hand them over to disposal."

"Wang Zhichun, aren't they suppressing, why is there no news from Guangxi?"

"Back to Lafayette, my Qing army has suffered a setback in Guangxi, and it can't reach Hainan for a while!"

"What then? The rice should be eaten one bite at a time, and tell them that little Japan is encircling and suppressing the rebels in Guangxi, and the next step is to attack Hainan after taking Guangxi, and at that time, let's talk about it. ”

"Back to Lafayette, but they don't want to, saying that we didn't care about the war in Guangxi, we just coped. The Japanese said that if we don't catch the murderers quickly and give them an explanation, they will directly send troops to Hainan and solve the Hainan matter by themselves. ”

"These Japanese dwarves want to threaten Hongu again! Hey, forget it, we don't have the same knowledge as these inferior small countries! Little plum, the purpose! Urge the soldiers in Guangxi to speed up the encirclement and suppression of this gang of rebels, and hurry up and give Dongying an explanation, it's too disturbing! These foreigners, who are good at home, why do they fight and kill all day long, they are all full and have nothing to do! Prince Qing, you tell those French to send troops to help us encircle and suppress the rebels in Guangxi and the Chen family in Hainan! ”

"Huh! Wechen will handle it now! After Prince Qing received the order, he immediately left the Leshoutang in the Summer Palace.

Cixi thought about it and felt that something was wrong. Ten years ago, it was this Japanese country that wiped out the entire army of the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Naval Division. The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and then hurriedly said to Li Lianying: "Little Lizi, immediately urge Zhang Zhidong to increase his forces to encircle and suppress Guangxi, quickly solve the war in Guangxi, and quell the rebellion in Hainan!" ”

For a time, a large number of Qing troops around Guangxi began to assemble and launched a new round of more fierce encirclement and suppression against the peasant rebel army in Yulin, Liuzhou, and Nanning and the army in Hainan.

At the same time, the French army in southern Guangxi received orders to prepare to attack Guangxi, and after taking Guangxi, they were plotting against Hainan.

As a result, the Qing army of Zhang Zengyang and Cao Hongxun in the north of Guangxi, the army of Cen Chunxuan and Wang Zhichun in the east, and the army of Su Yuanchun in the west and south, more than 200,000 troops began to encircle Yulin, Liuzhou and Nanning, and Guangxi fell into the heavy encirclement of the Qing army.

Qi Gang in Yulin City was presiding over a military meeting, at which the commanders of various armies had different opinions.

Yang Tianlong, commander of the Eighth Army stationed in the southern part of Liuzhou, and Ling Zhan, commander of the Tenth Army stationed in the Guiping area, advocated that they immediately break through to the southern part of Guangxi and quickly move closer to Haikou, so that they would not create a situation in which the lone army would go deep.

Huang Biao, commander of the 19th Army stationed in the southern part of Yulin, believed that if the army retreated to the south, it would put great pressure on the whole of Hainan, so that Hainan's northern defense line would collapse on all fronts, and Hainan might cause a backwater battle.

Huang Biao advocated that part of the army go deep into the southwest, forcing Su Yuanchun's troops to shrink to the southwest. Yes, in the process, we will seek opportunities to annihilate the French army, gain a firm foothold in the southwest of Guangxi, and then seek opportunities to penetrate deeper into the northwest of Guangxi.

The other part of the army advanced to the northwest of Guangxi at the same time, and joined up with the part of the Hainan army that entered from the southwest, so that it could not only contain the invading Qing army, but also form a situation of flanking the front and rear with the reinforcements of Hainan.

Qi Gang's opinions, first, disagreed with Yang Tianlong and Ling Zhan's views of retreating to the south and moving closer to Hainan, and second, he only agreed with Huang Biao's proposal that part of the army go deep into the southwest, but he did not agree with the other part of the army going deep into the northwest, and he advocated that this part of the army should take Yulin as the starting point and gradually infiltrate into Guangdong, so that the Qing army would be greatly restrained from going deep into the south and avoid the situation in which the Qing army could directly threaten Hainan, so that it could continue to penetrate into Guangdong and open up a new base for the Hainan army.

In this way, our Hainan army has formed a huge pocket, and as long as the Qing army penetrates deep into the attack, then our two Hainan armies can cut off their rear roads, cut them off by seven inches, and eat a large part of them together with Hainan's reinforcements.

Dong San of the 18th Route Army agreed with Qi Gang's opinion and continued to operate in the Liangguang area, infiltrating the east and west flanks at the same time, stretching the battle line, and in the process seeking opportunities to attack the city and seize land to expand the territory.

In the end, Qi Gang quickly sent this battle plan to the Hainan Palace, asking for instructions.

Chen Zhong handed over these opinions to Zhang Tong and Zhou Zhiguang to see what their opinions were at present.

Zhang Tong said: "Lord, my Hainan is also in danger at present, the Japanese fleet in the south has moved to the South China Sea, and the British fleet docked in the Indian Ocean is also moving closer to the South China Sea, including the French fleet.

I still agree with Yang Tianlong and Ling Zhan's idea to gather the army of Guangxi closer to Hainan, so that the army of Hainan and Guangxi can echo from end to end. ”

Zhou Zhiguang disagreed with Zhang Tong's opinion, he said: "Lord, I have another opinion on what Zhang Tong said. If, at this moment, Guangxi's army begins to move closer to Hainan, which may cause a rout on the whole front, then the Qing army of more than 200,000 will drive straight into Hainan and directly threaten Hainan, and Hainan will face the situation of being surrounded by the whole line, this is the most dangerous step, I don't agree! ”