"Okay, well, when the old man ordered two ironclad ships in Germany to settle far away, the whole country was a sensation, I think, when these two ironclad ships go to sea, it will definitely be a national sensation again, and then the Western powers will also look at our country with admiration, and they dare not have the heart of voyeurism anymore." Li Hongzhang stroked the huge naval gun and said excitedly.

Liu Junzhi did not speak, but he still agreed with Li Hongzhang's words in his heart, before the aircraft carrier and aircraft appeared, as long as these two warships did not have a large-scale shore defense attack, and wanted to sink these two warships, the probability was almost zero.

"Old man, don't worry about it now, you see that since we have already seen it, let's go back and let the navy get acquainted with it." Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, saw that the transferred navy had begun to enter the door, so she smiled slightly, stepped forward to support Li Hongzhang, and signaled to start going back.

Li Hongzhang's wish has been realized. Nodding tremblingly, he stepped off the ship and looked at the behemoth behind him again, this time reluctantly getting out of the No. 1 dock. Accompanied by Liu Jun and others, he returned to his room in Lushun. Wait for those two warships to go to sea with peace of mind.

In the Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun took the teacup from Zheng Yiqian's hand and stared blankly at the wisp of charcoal fire in the charcoal brazier in a daze.

"Head, you told your grandfather at noon that these two battleships will be galloping across the battlefield soon, do you want to do anything to the Japanese?" Zhong Lin, who was one o'clock, had been thinking about this since he left the shipyard, and now when he saw Liu Jun sitting there, he asked the question in his heart.

This question is not only Zhong Lin, but also Zheng Yiqian's heart, the two looked at each other, and immediately moved their eyes to Liu Jun's face who was about to open the lid and drink tea. Quietly waiting for Liu Jun's reply.

After looking at the two of them, Liu Jun put the teacup in his hand on the coffee table, and then said lightly: "Yes, I just want to do it to the Japanese." ”

What? Zhong Lin exclaimed, looking at Liu Jun with a look of disbelief, he was a little disbelieving.

Now the war with the imperial court has not ended, Wang Shizhen's troops have entered Shaanxi, and Zhang Xun, Li Rong and others are fighting a decisive battle with the Hunan army on the battlefield in Jiangsu. Concentrate troops to attack the imperial court with all its might, and Liaodong's finances and materials can still be sufficient, but once the two fronts are fought, it will be somewhat dangerous.

"Head, in this way we will fight on two fronts, it will be bad for us," Zhong Lin lowered his head and thought for a moment, expressing the doubts in his heart.

"Who told you I'm going to fight on two fronts?" Liu Jun glared at Zhong Lin. Tighten the cloak. Say something that confuses the two of them.

If we don't fight on two fronts, we will already have to cease war with the imperial court, and only in this way can we free up time to deal with Japan with all our might.

"You mean, to stop fighting against the court?" Zheng Yiqian on the side blinked and looked at Liu Jun.

"Yes, Wang Shizhen marched into Shaanxi, Cixi of Shaanxi is bound to enter Sichuan, the terrain of Sichuan is steep, the march is difficult, if you want to march into Sichuan, then you must have sufficient preparations, our army is almost a soldier in the plain area, and the mountain combat is not good at it, only the troops who are good at mountain combat are only Guangdong and Guangxi soldiers. They have been training in the mountains all year round and have experience in mountain warfare, so after the northern front took Shaanxi, they temporarily stopped marching in the area of Baoji and Hanzhong, while after the troops on the central line took the Liangjiang area, they immediately suspended their march to Huguang. Stabilize the front for the time being, and after the matter with Japan is resolved, I am making plans. ”

Liu Jun's statement is not unreasonable, but there is a reason why he did not mention it, this matter is the abnormal behavior of Britain and France. So that he had to stop the attack for a while.

A few days earlier, Clinder had found himself and told himself about the unusual behavior of Britain and France.

The night before yesterday, Liu Jun had already slept, but Clinder suddenly visited, so that Liu Jun had to get up and meet Clinde, from Clinder's mouth, Liu Jun knew that Britain and France had been very close to the imperial court recently, and according to intelligence, Britain and France were secretly negotiating to secretly aid a batch of weapons to the imperial court.

Liu Jun didn't care about this news, but early in the morning of the second day, Zhong Lin sent intelligence from the British and French stations to send intelligence, a batch of weapons are being loaded in the ports of the two countries, thinking of the incident last night, Liu Jun analyzed, Britain and France saw that their advance was too fast, which would affect the interests of the two countries in the Far East, and these two countries did not want to see a strong country in the Far East at all. That's why he secretly supported the imperial court at this time.

"Head. How do you know that Cixi will run to Sichuan, and I have not received information here. Zhong Lin swallowed his saliva, he didn't understand where Liu Jun got the news, and he was so sure that Cixi would go back to Sichuan, not Qinghai, Gansu or even Xinjiang or something.

Idiot, Liu Jun glanced at Zhong Lin, stood up and came to the map, pointed to the terrain of Sichuan and Gansu and asked, "Where is Gansu and Sichuan good in terms of economic terrain?" ”

"Sichuan," a question that children know, Zhong Lin doesn't have to think about it. Pointing to a map of Sichuan. In a trance, Zhong Lin understood: "Head, what do you mean is that at that time, Cixi will send heavy troops to defend several passes according to the topography of Sichuan, and then rely on Sichuan's economy to resist me." ”

That's right, Liu Jun nodded in agreement, that's what he meant.

Zheng Yiqian, who is on the side, now understands Liu Jun's thoughts, the problem is that he still has a problem, that is, even if there is a short ceasefire with the imperial court, he cannot start a war with Japan, after all, Japan has not declared war yet, so it is morally untenable to act on Japan.

"By the way, if we truce war with the imperial court and take action against the Japanese, is it morally unjustifiable?"

"yes, that's not good for our reputation." Zheng Yiqian's words made Zhong Lin on the side also nod and echo.

With a cold snort, Liu Jun returned to his position and sat down and said lightly: "What kind of morality do you talk about with the Japanese?" ”

After Ito Hirobumi's face was full again, on his desk, there was still a telegram, which was sent by Inoue Xin not long ago, saying that the Beiyang Naval Division of Lushun suddenly mobilized 600 naval officers and sailors to Dalian Shipyard and Fuzhou respectively.

The spy also said that after the more than 300 naval soldiers from the Dalian shipyard entered, they did not come out, but seemed to have evaporated out of thin air.

"Strange thing, more than three hundred soldiers, how could they disappear out of thin air, where did they go." By the window, looking at the freezing weather outside, Ito Hirobumi muttered to himself, and his eyes closed slightly.

There is definitely a problem in this, but he really doesn't know what the problem is, and for a while, Ito Hirobumi can't guess it.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Qingguo has sent a telegram again, requesting that troops be sent from outside." Inoue picked up a telegram, pushed open the door and walked in.

Sending troops has not been discussed a long time ago, and if the Liaodong Army does not enter Shaanxi, it will not discuss the matter of sending troops, even if it is a letter written by the Qing Dynasty to change the emperor, it is impossible to send troops. Inoue understands this, but now, looking at it like this, Inoue Xin is disobeying her orders.

"Didn't I say at the cabinet meeting that the Lushun army would not send troops if it did not cross the Yellow River?" A somewhat reproachful tone suddenly came out of Ito Hirofumi's mouth.

Inoue Xin saw the dissatisfaction on Ito Hirobumi's face, but now, he had no way not to report this telegram from the Qing State, after all, now, the Liaodong Army had not only crossed the Yellow River, but was about to reach Xi'an.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I just got the news that the Liaodong Army has crossed the Yellow River and has taken the Qinling defense line of the Qing Army."

"What?" Ito Hirofumi turned around suddenly, with a look of incredulity on his face, the Yellow River defense line and the Qinling defense line can be said to be the two most important defense lines of the Qing army, I thought that the Qing army was not important, and it was more than enough to resist the Liaodong army for more than a month, but now, it has only been a few days.

Two lines of defense, just lost.