There was a snap, and the study, which had been turned off the lights, lit up as if it were day.

Walking in front of the map in a few steps, Liu Jun suddenly pulled open the huge map of the Qing Kingdom on the edge of the map. Quickly find the location of Xi'an. After a few careful looks, Liu Jun turned his head: "The situation is reliable." ”

"Reliable, this is a first-level secret telegram from Xi'an Station, and I have already reviewed it." After Zhong Lin finished speaking, he stepped forward and said again: "According to the intelligence, Cixi's retreat route is to go to Baoji first, then go down to Hanzhong, and enter Chengdu, Sichuan under the welcome of Zhao Erfeng. ”

The plan is very thorough, and it seems that the route of the retreat has already been thought out of when looking for it. Smiling slightly, Liu Jun turned his head: "Send a telegram to Wang Shizhen, ask him to speed up the march, advance the line as soon as possible, and then advance to Xianyang and Baoji." ”

"Head, don't you chase the court, why did you suddenly order to pursue, did you change your mind?" When Zhong Lin heard this order, he was immediately startled, if this order was issued, where would the imperial court still have a chance to escape, and it would be eaten halfway.

Naïve, if the imperial court is so easy to catch up, it will still use tens of thousands of troops from the back to the south, and then enter Shanxi backwards.

Liu Jun assured that once he accelerated his speed, the imperial court would definitely be even more flustered, and when the time came, it would not even have time to deploy defenses in some cities, so it would roar past and go straight to Sichuan.

"You are a pig when the imperial court, it is so easy to catch up, I just give them a little sense of urgency, so that they don't have any time to deploy in Xianyang and Baoji. In this way, it will be much easier for us to take Shaanxi, and as for Yulin in the north, we will hand it over to the Seventh Army entering from the north.

Now in Shaanxi, the new army has to escort Cixi and other court personnel to Sichuan, then the troops in Shaanxi are all local troops, Shaanxi is poor, there is no money to buy arms, the current Shaanxi army, basically all big swords and spears, the seventh army to take Shaanxi and the north, is more than rubbing. ”

"Head, I see." Zhong Lin nodded, turned around and walked out.

Hmph, I see that you can hide in Sichuan for a lifetime, and when I finish cleaning up Japan, I will come to trouble you. When the time comes, he will block it with any force, and he will also take the whole country.

On the official road leading from Xianyang to Baoji, the dense Qing army held high the Yellow Dragon Banner, walking around in the official road without any spirit, it has been three days since it came out of Xi'an, and the army only ate something and rested last night. It's almost noon, and there's still no order from above to rest and cook.

Driving a man wearing a yellow horse coat, the seven-rank military attache kept shouting on the horse: "The emperor has an order, the army should stop pulling out and rest on the spot." The emperor ordered the army to stop advancing and rest on the spot. ”

Oops, as soon as this voice came out, the officers and soldiers on the official road suddenly slumped, walked to the side at random, found various places to sit down, and began to sigh.

In the center of the army, two yellow tents were quickly supported by dozens of Ouchi soldiers in yellow vests.

"Little Lizi, have you built it, on a carriage with extremely luxurious decorations, Cixi's calm voice came out." Galeries Lafayette, it's about to be built. Li Lianying replied cautiously.

Hey, Li Lianying also began to be irritable, when is this, the Liaodong Army is chasing behind, and Cixi is actually going to eat what kind of mutton shabu at this time. It's sad to think about.

Now I'm running for my life, not in the palace, can't I bear with it?

"Announce" An urgent sound of horses' hooves came running from a distance. The fast horse quickly rushed through the two yellow tents and ran towards the Chinese army's tent in the distance.

Strange, what is so urgent, seeing the dust raised, Li Lianying frowned and looked at the big tent of the Chinese army.

After a while, he saw Zhang Zhidong and Songpan and others coming anxiously from the big tent in a panic.

Something must have happened. Li Lianying took a deep breath and looked at the few people who were walking this way.

"Xiao Lizi, what's the matter, I heard a horse passing by just now, is something wrong?" Cixi in the carriage asked again.

This one? Li Lianying really didn't know what to say, and at this time, Zhang Zhidong and Songpan, who had already come over, relieved Li Lianying.

"Weichen Zhang Zhidong, minion Songpan, see Lafayette."

"What's the matter," word by word, very domineering.

"Lafayette, the general army of Xi'an stationed in Xi'an has come to report that the Liaodong Army is less than a day's journey from Xi'an, and I hope that the army can speed up the march, otherwise, with the current strength of 5,000 people in Xi'an, it will not be able to stop the attack of the Liaodong Army."

There was a clang, and there was obviously a sound of something breaking in the carriage, Zhang Zhidong and Songpan looked at each other, swallowing a mouthful of saliva, not knowing what to do now.

"Hurry up and get the army out at once." In the carriage, Cixi's voice finally came out, but this time, Cixi's voice was obviously not as calm as just now, and some were just panicked.

In the Japanese Prime Minister's Office, Hirobumi Ito walked back and forth alone in his study. He has a mystery in his heart, and he has been haunted by it for days.

The Beiyang Navy Division mobilized 600 navies to Dalian and Fuzhou respectively to do something, and he had ordered the spies in the Qing State to find out the news, but so far, there was still no news, which made him very worried.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Minister Inoue Shin asks to see you." An attendant walked in and said cautiously.

Inoue Shin, this guy hasn't come to see him in days.

"Let him in." After Ito finished speaking, he turned back to his place and took a book from the side. “

"Prime Minister, there's news." As soon as Inoue Xin came in, she immediately shouted loudly.

What is the news, Ito Hirofumi frowned, not understanding what Inoue meant by this.

"Inoue-kun, what are you talking about. I don't understand. Hirofumi Ito asked suspiciously.

At this, Inoue Xin came back to her senses, and she was too anxious to explain things clearly. Taking a step forward, Inoue Xin stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, the spy personnel of the Qing Kingdom have found out the reason why they went to Fuzhou and Dalian. ”

"What is it?" Hirobumi Ito suddenly stood up from his position and looked at Inoue Shin excitedly.

Inoue Xin took out a document from the folder and handed it to Ito Hirobumi, then said slowly: "The situation is the same as that of the Dalian Shipyard, the three hundred Liaodong Navy officers and men disappeared out of thin air after arriving at the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, as if they had never appeared, until a few days ago, the spy personnel who had been observing the periphery discovered that these soldiers were haunted from the closed No. 1 dock.

Dock No. 1, which has been closed in Liaodong for nearly three years, what exactly is hidden inside.

If we say where the naval personnel of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau come from, then whether the personnel of Dalian and the Dalian Shipyard are also in that closed dock.

"Is this the case in Dalian?" Ito Hirobumi pondered for a moment and asked nervously.

"That's right, the navy that went to the Dalian shipyard also haunted the closed dock." Inoue nodded, indicating that Ito's guess was very accurate.

There must be eccentricity, there must be eccentricity in this, and Ito Hirobumi had a bad premonition in his heart, that is, there must be eccentricity in these two closed dockyards.

Two years ago, the Dalian Shipyard and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau closed the shipyard in less than a month, and announced at the time that there was a problem with the location of the ship.

At that time, he had doubts, even if there was a problem, it was impossible to have problems in both places, but at the beginning, Liaodong strictly sealed the news, and he also pursued it for a period of time, but he still didn't get any information, and finally he didn't know anything about it, and in the past two years, Liaodong has not opened this closed dock, so he forgot about it.

But now. When he was about to fight against Liaodong, such a thing happened, how could he not worry about it.

After taking a deep breath, Ito closed his eyes and sat there without saying a word.

Inoue Shin, who was next to her, saw where Ito Hirobumi was pondering, so she could only stay aside and quietly wait for Ito Hirobumi's order.

It's just that he really hopes that Hirobumi Ito can make a quick decision, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.