Yang Xingguo frowned and reminded: "There is another thing you didn't expect that after we really take the three eastern provinces, we will also border Russia in the direction of Heilongjiang." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info The hatred between Russia and us is not much less than that of Japan, and in order to avoid accidents, we must also deploy heavy troops in the direction of Heilongjiang to prevent Russia from retaliating against us. ”

Sun Liechen thought about it and replied: "Then it is necessary to arrange the strength of an army to hold Heilongjiang." Once the Russian army suddenly attacks us, without the strength of a single army, it is absolutely impossible to block the Russian attack and hold out until reinforcements arrive. ”

Speaking of this, the expression on Sun Liechen's face became even more solemn, and Yang Xingguo reminded: "There must be a military force left here, and the Japanese army in Lushun and the direction of Shanhaiguan must have at least one army." In the direction of Mukden to block the reinforcements of the imperial court, an army is needed. To block the Russian army's attack in the direction of Heilongjiang, one army is also needed, and Jilin in the middle is so big, it must also need one army, so that all of them add up to the strength of four armies, but we only have the strength of two armies, which is more than half of the difference. ”

"Then expand the army!" This is the only way Yang Xingguo can think of.

After thinking about it against the map, Yang Xingguo immediately made a decision: "The original First Division was reorganized into the First Division of the First Army, and the division commander was taken over by Xu Hai. The original Sixth Division of the Liaodong Army was reorganized into the Third Division of the First Army, and the division commander was taken over by Qin Yu, the original chief of staff. The original 1st Division and 2nd Regiment and 6th Division 1st Regiment were mixed, and three garrison regiments were supplemented from the Liaoyang area, which were reorganized into the Second Division of the First Army of the Liaodong Army, with division commander Yi Feng. The first and third divisions are short of one regiment, and each of the two garrison regiments is replenished to reach full strength. ”

After thinking about it, Sun Liechen affirmed: "This method is good, Liaoyang is only a day's journey from Mukden, and now issue an order, by tomorrow night at the latest, the three divisions of the First Army will be able to reach full strength." At that time, Wang Hu will have enough troops in his hands to control the entire Fengtian Province. ”

After speaking, Sun Liechen ordered the staff officer on standby next to him to give the order.

As soon as the staff officer left, Yang Xingguo continued to order: "Chief of staff, you work hard here, bring enough staff officers to Fengtian, and reorganize the Beiyang Army prisoners in Fengtian City who are willing to join us, how many people we want." ”

"At the same time, order Zhou Qiangsheng's second division to assemble immediately, plus the first regiment of the guard division, and five garrison regiments in the Liaozhong area, rush to Fengtian with a rapid march, replenish the 10,000 Beiyang Army prisoners, and reorganize into the second army of the Liaodong Army."

Zhou Qiangsheng was promoted to army commander, and Lin Tao was promoted to chief of staff. Huang Yongzhong, the original commander of the 1st Regiment of the Guard Division, was promoted to the commander of the 4th Division, Xu Youchun was promoted to the commander of the 50th Division, and Xia Jiang was promoted to the commander of the 6th Division. ”

"The original Third Division and Seventh Regiment were expanded into the Twelfth Division of the Liaodong Army, and Kang Jie was promoted to division commander. The remaining two regiments, supplemented by the 2nd Regiment of the Guard Division, quickly rushed to Mukden, replenished 20,000 prisoners of the Beiyang Army, and reorganized into the Third Army of the Liaodong Army. Zhao Zhigang was promoted to commander of the Third Army. ”

"The Fourth Division, the Fifth Division, plus the Twelfth Division, which has just been expanded. It was reorganized into the Fourth Army, Li Zhilong was promoted to commander, and Yuan Lei was promoted to chief of staff. ”

"After the reorganization of the troops is completed, the Fourth Army will defend Liaodong and be responsible for the Shanhaiguan and Lushun Japanese troops, and the First Army will be responsible for Mukden, blocking all the imperial army that wants to reinforce the three eastern provinces, and by the way, defend the cavalry in the Mongolian direction."

"The Second Army defends Heilongjiang and is responsible for blocking the invasion of us by the Russian army across the river from Heilongjiang."

"The Third Army defended Jilin, first ate the sixth town of the Beiyang Army, and then quickly wiped out all the bandits in the territory. In the event of an attack on the 1st and 2nd armies, be ready to reinforce both corps at any time. ”

After a series of orders for the expansion of the army were issued, no one in the entire Liaodong Army was unhappy.

Because, in Yang Xingguo's reorganization plan, everyone was promoted. It's just that some people jump up two levels, and some are a little slower and only go up one level.

After the order for the expansion and reorganization of the army was issued, a series of operational orders were also distributed to the commanders of all armies and divisions through radio.

In an instant, the Liaodong Army became a huge combat machine, and began to operate at a high speed and effectively.

The imperial court, hundreds of kilometers away, had become chaotic at this time.

Everyone, including Cixi, was caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Liaodong Army.

After summoning several important ministers to the palace for the first time, everyone couldn't think of any other solution except to scold the Liaodong Army for being ungrateful. As a last resort, Cixi could only give an order to Yuan Shikai, who was stationed in the capital, and asked Yuan Shikai to enter Beijing immediately to discuss countermeasures.

At the same time, he sent a telegram to Xu Shichang, asking Xu Shichang to command the Beiyang Army in the five towns to hold Fengtian and block the attack of the Liaodong Army.

The imperial court was caught off guard by the Liaodong Army, and Yuan Shikai, who was far away in Tianjin, was also caught off guard.

Before the New Army of the Three Towns had not yet formed combat effectiveness, and the artillery strength was not comparable to that of the Liaodong Army. Yuan Shikai was sure that as long as the Liaodong Army really wanted to take Fengtian, then Fengtian would definitely not be able to hold it.

In order to maintain his foothold in the imperial court, even if the imperial court gave Xu Shichang an order to defend Fengtian. Yuan Shikai still ordered Xu Shichang to abandon Fengtian City at a critical moment through a telegram and retreat to Guannei with the main force of the Five Towns Army.

As long as the main force of the five towns is in hand, plus the forbidden army of the two towns that the imperial court has let it organize and train, they secretly support their own command. Even if the imperial court wanted to hold the Beiyang Army responsible, it could take it back.

As soon as he finished sending a telegram to Xu Shichang in Fengtian, the imperial court's will to let him enter Beijing arrived.

After hurrying to the palace, the first thing Cixi asked was how many troops could the Beiyang Army send out of the pass to reinforce Fengtian and repel the attack of the Liaodong Army.

After Cixi finished speaking, some ministers even directly asked Yuan Shikai if he could send a new army out of the customs from Jiangnan and directly fight a decisive battle with the Liaodong Army to eliminate the Liaodong Army in one fell swoop.

The life and death of the Beiyang Army of the Five Towns that fell into Fengtian City is still unknown, and Yuan Shikai will certainly not send the Beiyang Army out of the pass to fight against the Liaodong Army.

However, Yuan Shikai agreed to the proposal of the imperial court to send new troops from the south, go out of the pass to reinforce Fengtian, and fight a decisive battle with the Liaodong army. In Yuan Shikai's view, once there is any change in the imperial court in the future, whether it is the Liaodong Army or the Southern New Army, they will become their potential opponents. If these two opponents can pinch each other and consume each other's strength, Yuan Shikai is very happy to see it.

In addition, Yuan Shikai also knew that the imperial court had just collected a lot of tax silver from the governors, and if this tax silver could be used up through the new army in the south, the imperial court would definitely fall into financial difficulties again. When the time comes, when he faces the imperial court, he will also become more confident.

Yuan Shikai didn't want to transfer the Beiyang Army out of the customs again, and Cixi didn't understand. After all. Six of the nine towns of the Beiyang Army are now outside the Guan, and five towns are fighting with the Liaodong Army again.

As for sending a new army from the south to eliminate the Liaodong Army, as soon as this idea was put forward by the minister, Cixi was interested.

For the Liaodong Army, a rebel army that played itself again and again, Cixi can be said to hate it to the core. If Yang Xingguo stood in front of him now, Cixi would definitely let Yang Xingguo Ling Chi immediately to vent her anger against Yang Xingguo.

Now hearing that Yuan Shikai also agreed to this proposal, Cixi, who was already in her heart, immediately made a decision in her heart.

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