Looking at the telegram lit in the charcoal fire, Zhang Zhidong's heart was dripping blood.

Xinjiang, more than one million, if it breaks away from the imperial court, it will be a huge loss for the imperial court, but at the same time, he also knows that if this matter is reported to Cixi today, Cixi may order the troops on the front line to start a war against Liu Jun tomorrow.

There is no qualification to start a war, and now the troops of the imperial court have surrendered and surrendered, and those who have been defeated have been defeated, and the only elite is the fourth town of the army led by Li Yuanhong and the remaining four towns of more than 100,000 horses, if these horses are lost, the imperial court can only wait for death without any chance to refute.

In order to recuperate and recuperate, in order for the imperial court to exist for a long time in the future, the only way to give up Xinjiang is to exchange for peace.

Whew, the telegram went out, leaving a wisp of green smoke. Taking two deep breaths, Zhang Zhidong returned to his position, took a piece of information from the side again, took out the brush next to him again, and began to give instructions and read.

In the Lushun Headquarters, a letter was placed on Liu Jun's desk at this time, and Liu Jun, who had always disliked to leave his position during his work, was walking back and forth in the courtyard alone at the moment.

"What's the matter, how did you stay sullen since you came back from the old man?" Zhong Lin glanced at Liu Jun, who was walking back and forth in the courtyard with his arms folded, and asked Zheng Yiqian, who was standing on the side, suspiciously.

Hey, sighing, Zheng Yiqian turned her head and thought about the letter on the desk inside, it was all caused by that letter that made it so difficult for Liu Jun to make a decision today.

The letter followed Zheng Yiqian's eyes. Zhong Lin saw the letter on the table at a glance. A letter can be like this, and the person in the house said that it was given by the old man, and there should be no problem, thinking about it, Zhong Lin walked in and picked up the letter from the table.

It turns out that this is the case, no wonder the head has been delayed in making a decision, it turns out that it is because of this. Zhong Lin, who understood everything, raised his head again and looked at Liu Jun in the courtyard.

Don't say it's the head, it's yourself, I'm afraid you can't make a decision.

"Zhong Lin, will you come out?" Liu Jun's shout sounded outside the door, put down the letter, Zhong Lin walked out in a few steps and came to Liu Jun's side: "Head, you call me?" ”

"Go and make arrangements, I'm going to Pyongyang."

Pyongyang? Squinted his eyes suspiciously, Zhong Lin, who had already known that Liu Jun had made a decision, did not say anything, but turned around and walked out of the headquarters, heading towards the General Administration of Railways under the jurisdiction of Zhan Tianyou in the distance.

Seeing Zhong Lin's distant back, Liu Jun looked up at the sun in the sky, which had no temperature at all, then turned around and returned to the room, picking up the letter on the table again.

The letter was indeed written by Li Hongzhang, but this letter is only four words, abandon the car and protect the handsome.

To put it simply, what Li Hongzhang means is that it is okay to negotiate with Japan, but Liu Jun can't go, so you have to let the others around Liu Jun let you go, so that once Japan announces this agreement, Liu Jun can completely shift the responsibility to the person who negotiated at the beginning.

Although he was able to avoid any harm intact, it was too unfair to his subordinates.

Zhong Lin handled things quickly, and an hour later, Zhong Lin returned to the headquarters and told Liu Jun in the office that the matter had been dealt with, and the General Railway Administration had mobilized the fastest train and would escort Liu Jun to Pyongyang City tonight.

Woo woo pyongyang railway station, a brand new train slowly starts hat steam railway pyongyang station on the platform.

As soon as the train stopped, the conductor lowered the pedals, and the people who arrived in Pyongyang from all over the carriage squeezed out of it like the wind.

No one noticed that three men and a woman, dressed in ordinary coolie clothes, walked straight to the headquarters of the First Corps of Liaodong Garrison in Korea, which was located 500 meters south of the Pyongyang railway station.

In the headquarters of the First Corps, since the opening of the station against Japan, Ding Ruchang would hold regular military meetings to discuss operations against Japan or conduct sand table simulations again and again.

Judging from several simulations, as long as the Japanese army in Korea can quickly use heavy artillery to destroy the artillery fire of the starting position, it will be difficult for the Japanese army to have the ability to counterattack under the attack of its own army.

Today, the regular discussion meeting was held again, and all the officers of the First Corps and the DPRK Corps at the level of the division have arrived at the meeting hall to participate in another military research meeting.

Syllable. With a loud sound, the conference room door opened. Ding Ruchang, who was speaking, took a look, and it was the guard on duty today who came in.

Seeing this officer with the rank of second lieutenant, Ding Ruchang, who was speaking, stopped, he knew that the second lieutenant had nothing to do, and he would not enter this kind of high-level meeting for no reason.

"Commander, there are a few people outside the door, saying that they are your old friends, and I hope you can go out." Walked straight to Ding Ruchang slightly, lowered his head and whispered his meaning.

Old friends, and they need to go out to greet them in person, this time Ding Ruchang is a little confused, if you want to talk about old friends, then you have to mention those subordinates who were in the Beiyang Navy Division back then, but now, he is already in the army, and he has no dealings with the personnel of the Navy Division, and now the second lieutenant actually said that he is his old friend, which makes him not puzzled.

"They're from Lushun." Seeing Ding Ruchang's doubts, the second lieutenant added again.

Lushun? Ding Ruchang, who understood what was going on, stood up all of a sudden, and after bringing the work of presiding over the meeting to the chief of staff next to him, he turned around and walked out, accompanied by the second lieutenant.

When he walked out of the gate, he saw three men and a woman in black cotton jackets standing there with their backs to him.

"Dare to ask you are handsome, why are you here." The few who turned around immediately startled Ding Ruchang, because he clearly saw that the person in the middle was not anyone, it was Liu Jun, and the two people next to him were Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian.

"Hehe, this is not the place to talk, let's go, we'll talk when we go in." With a slight smile, Liu Jun patted Ding Ruchang's shoulder, turned around and walked inside.

The person who came was indeed Liu Jun, and after getting Li Hongzhang's letter, after careful consideration, he decided at that time that he wanted to go to North Korea in person, but he did not go to discuss with Ding Ruchang and let Ding Ruchang be blackened by this cauldron, but to discuss with Ding Ruchang and negotiate peace with Japan.

Ding Ruchang knew in his heart that Liu Jun must have come here secretly this time, otherwise, it would be impossible for him not to receive the telegram, and when he came to Pyongyang secretly, it must have been an urgent matter and inconvenient The telegram said, therefore, without any hesitation, Ding Ruchang took Liu Jun and the others directly into the study. And let people announce that the meeting was over, and then he returned to the study to listen to the purpose of Liu Jun's coming here.