Li Hongzhang's telegram, although brief, contains Li Hongzhang's reminiscences of Zhang Zhidong and his righteousness. Therefore, after reading this telegram, Liu Jun knew that even if Zhang Zhidong did not look at Li Hongzhang's face, he would also look at the face of history, after all, if Tibet went out independently, he Zhang Zhidong and even the Zhang family would probably not be able to raise their heads from now on.

Chengdu Mansion, Zhang Zhidong Mansion, located in the original county government is now the military aircraft of 500 acres of the street, here was originally a businessman's private residence, after the imperial court moved south, Zhang Zhidong because he was a member of the imperial court, the head of the civil administration, so Cixi ordered the then Sichuan Governor Zhao Erfeng to Zhang Zhidong to choose a station, and Zhao Erfeng also wanted to come here, so he bought this place for Zhang Zhidong to live.

"Disperse, my lordship home." A group of Qing soldiers whipped the quiet whip in their hands, drove the trust on the road to both sides, and waited for Zhang Zhidong's sedan chair.

The sedan chair kept shaking, but Zhang Zhidong inside was indeed full of anxiety, this morning exercise, Guangxu officially ordered to build a mausoleum in Longquanyi, and this matter has been written down to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households.

According to estimates, the mausoleum will be completed within five years, and the cost will be as high as 8 million taels of silver, and with the palace being expanded, it will be nearly 18 million taels.

When will the silver of the imperial court be used on the right path, Zhang Zhidong in the sedan chair is full of confusion.

With a clear bang, the sedan chair fell to the ground, Zhang Zhidong slowly opened his eyes, and after coming out of it, he saw his butler walking back and forth at the gate.

The housekeeper has never been waiting at the door, but now he is at the door, Zhang Zhidong estimated that something had happened, and sure enough, before he could speak, the housekeeper walked over and handed Zhang Zhidong's ear and whispered: "My lord, Li Hongzhang passed on the secret message." ”

Li? As soon as he heard this name, Zhang Zhidong was immediately stunned, and his face began to change, but anyway, he didn't say it in surprise, but nodded and motioned to go to the study.

Back in the study, before he had time to change his clothes, Zhang Zhidong asked the housekeeper to hand over the secret telegram.

The handwriting is very short, and it took Zhang Zhidong less than half a minute to read it.

Silence, Zhang Zhidong, who had read the telegram, fell into silence, this telegram was Li Hongzhang telling himself, hoping to unify China first, let go of the Jianmen Pass, and let the Liaodong caravan transporting ammunition pass.

What to do, Zhang Zhidong fell into deep thought, and after a while, he decided to let Songpan, the governor of Sichuan, come over and Li Yuanhong, the current secretary of the military department, to discuss it together, and then make a decision.

After all, Jianmen Pass is now the first line of defense of Liaodong, at this time, if Liaodong's transportation of materials is fake, and the attack on Sichuan is real, I am afraid that when the time comes, even if I commit suicide, I will not be able to recover this loss.

The housekeeper has followed Zhang Zhidong for many years, so he is already a confidant, and after seeing Zhang Zhidong speak, he immediately went out of them, went to the governor's palace and the military department, and invited the two over.

Songpan is a scholar, but this does not mean that he has no integrity, he has always opposed independence, when Outer Mongolia, he strongly supported Dong Fuxiang and General Ili to go on the expedition, after Dong Fuxiang sent troops, close to the full force to provide food and grass for the front army. Although he was dissatisfied with Liaodong being so bullying and bullying, Songpan did not object to this matter, but hoped that the Jianmen Pass could be opened and the personnel transporting materials could go over.

And Li Yuanhong is half of Zhang Zhidong's protégé, so he saw that the teacher had this idea, so he also pushed the boat along the river and agreed.

The matter seemed to have been decided, and Zhang Zhidong saw that both of them agreed, so he nodded slightly, and motioned to the housekeeper next to him to send a telegram to Lushun, agreeing to open the Sword Gate. Let the queue carrying supplies pass.

Lushun. Since Liu Jun sent Li Hongzhang's telegram to Zhong Lin, Liu Jun has been waiting for the telegram from Chengdu, and now, Wang Shizhen in Baoji has already transported the materials that need to be transported to Zhao Erfeng in Tibet to Hanzhong, as long as an order is given, the troops disguised as merchants will step into Sichuan, and then enter Tibet, and catch up with Zhao Erfeng's army, where to transport the ammunition, and then return to Hanzhong.

Liu Jun had also considered taking this opportunity to take the Jianmen Pass, but when he thought that a decisive battle against Japan was about to start now, he didn't want to have a full-scale exchange of fire with the imperial court at this time. Forming a real two-front battle, this is not what Liu Jun wants to see.

Although Wu Peifu's westward marching corps is currently fighting with Xinjiang, Liu Jun knows very well that this westward marching corps can be so fast, and it has a certain relationship with the abandonment of the imperial court, therefore, the Qing army that confronted him in Xinjiang is almost all local patrol battalions and local regimental training, and there are also routs that have been scattered at once.

Just last night, Liu Jun discussed with Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian in the office, that is, after the end of the Xinjiang campaign, whether to let Wu Peifu draw a corps of troops from it in advance and enter Tibet from southern Xinjiang. Cooperate with Zhao Erfeng to extinguish this rebellion together. However, after discussing for nearly noon, there was still no result, and the reason was that the great desert in Xinjiang was blocking the advance of the army.

"Head, good news, Chengdu call back." Zhong Lin outside picked up a telegram and walked in, and handed the telegram in his hand to Liu Jun.

It seems that he agreed, Liu Jun, who took the telegram and looked at it, smiled, put the telegram on the table and looked at Zhong Lin: "Call Wang Shizhen back and ship it immediately." ”

Zhong Lin didn't say anything, but nodded, turned around and walked out, seeing Zhong Lin go out, Liu Juncai handed the telegram on the table to Zheng Yiqian, who was standing aside, and asked her to put the telegram in the file, but he stood up, picked up the tea placed next to him, and walked to the map.

The map hanging on the wall has already been replaced with a map of the northwest war, and every day, Liu Jun will mark the march route of the army according to the telegram from the front.

Judging from the current map, since Wu Peifu occupied Urumqi, the Qing army withdrew south to Aksu and Hotan. According to intelligence, the Qing army in Aksu had 8,000 people, led by the local chieftain of Aksu, and the Hotan garrison was 15,000 people, led by the Hotan staff general Langge. Thus blocking the entry of Wu Peifu's troops.

However, in the middle, there is a flaw, the Aksu Shogun and the Hotan Shogun are not in harmony, and the distance is too far, this is the opportunity.