In less than 2 months, the Lanfang Kingdom annihilated the Japanese Combined Fleet and occupied Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, Kyushu and Hokkaido, making everyone in the Qing Dynasty feel that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was so poor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now that the Japanese Combined Fleet has been annihilated and the Japanese forces in other places have been annihilated, it is now time for the Qing Dynasty to take advantage of the situation to send troops to recover the Northeast and regain the sovereignty occupied by Japan.

The Empress Dowager also summoned several ministers of military aircraft in succession to carefully inquire whether she could recover the rights and interests of the Northeast occupied by Japan.

Han Chinese officials pressed for troops, and the Japanese army was no more than that, and now was the best time to regain Japanese rights in Northeast China.

Manchu officials were afraid of sending troops, first, they were afraid that they would not be able to defeat Japan and would cause trouble, and second, if they sent troops, they could only choose Yuan Shikai, for fear that Yuan Shikai would take the opportunity to become bigger and not be controlled by the imperial court in the future.

Only Yixuan and the Queen Mother know about the agreement with the Lanfang Kingdom, Yixuan's opinion is to wait, since the Lanfang Kingdom has now landed on the Korean Peninsula, and the warships of the Lanfang Kingdom have blocked Port Arthur, it will not be too long to send troops to the northeast Now the Japanese have shrunk their forces and are ready to face the battle.

The Queen Mother hesitated, and when she had no choice, she could only choose Yixuan's suggestion, and wait and see. If you send troops, it's okay to say that you won, but if you fail, it will be a disaster, and the current Qing Dynasty is in turmoil, but it can't stand the toss.

The ministers also took turns to visit Wu Wenbin, the ambassador of the Lanfang Kingdom to the Great Qing Kingdom, hoping to find out some news, so as to prepare in advance and strive to reap benefits in the war.

Ambassador Wu Wenbin just said that this was an internal affair of the Qing Dynasty, and it was inconvenient for the Lanfang Kingdom to comment on it, let alone participate in it.

Yuan Shikai was also very anxious at this time, if he came forward to eliminate the Japanese army in the northeast, he would gain a very high reputation in the country, but now the Japanese stationed 3 divisions in the northeast could not be defeated by the 5 towns he trained. In addition to the first town did not dare to go to the northeast, Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, Wang Yingkai and other town rulers all applied to go to the northeast to fight the Japanese army, which made Yuan Shikai very pleased.

Yuan Shikai personally hopes to send troops, and Deputy Division Commander Geng of the Lanfang Kingdom once said that the troops rely on equipment, training, and wars, and training alone cannot train a strong army, hoping to take this opportunity to contribute to the country and train a strong army by the way.

The first batch of equipment purchased from the Lanfang Kingdom has arrived, and now Yuan Shikai has not yet equipped the troops, and is ready to give priority to the troops who have not gone out this time, and then select artillery from the troops that have never gone out, select artillery officers from the troops that have gone out, and form a heavy artillery battalion for each town that has gone out.

However, the low-level non-commissioned officers actively responded to the call of the newspaper and the students, and petitioned many times, asking Yuan Shikai to send troops to the northeast, so that Yuan Shikai could get some psychological comfort, these are all combatable soldiers, and they are his honor guards in the future, but he has no personal decision to send troops, and now he has to listen to the will of Lafayette.

Wang Shizhen's opinion is to wait and see.

Xu Shichang's opinion was to actively prepare for war, maintain communication with the Lanfang Kingdom, and obey the arrangements of the Lanfang Kingdom.

Duan Qirui's opinion was to take advantage of the call of the people to send troops, use the new equipment purchased as soon as possible to form a heavy artillery association, replenish ammunition to the towns, raise salaries, recruit supplementary soldiers, and keep the communication channels open with the Lanfang Kingdom.

Yuan Shikai couldn't make up his mind, and while actively preparing for the war, he had to send Zhou Xuexi to consult Wu Wenbin's opinion.

Zhou Xuexi introduced himself as Yuan Shikai's staff and explained his intentions, hoping to cooperate with the army of the Lanfang Kingdom on the battlefield.

Wu Wenbin was a diplomat, and he did not know much about the war, so he had to say that he would ask for instructions from China and would give a reply as soon as possible, hoping to wait for two days.

After receiving the telegram, Zhang Wei felt that this was purely a show, and in terms of the combat effectiveness of several towns in Beiyang, he couldn't even beat a Lushun, but considering that he could earn reputation for Yuan Shikai and reserve strength for the establishment of the kingdom in the future, he agreed that they would send troops, which could contain the Japanese army, protect the rear, and transport baggage or something by the way, which was also a very good candidate.

The 17th Division, composed of the Jilin Railway Garrison and the soldiers in the township, the 18th Division composed of the Liaoning Railway Garrison and the soldiers in the township, stationed in Changchun and Siping, and the 18th Division composed of the Liaoning Railway Garrison and the soldiers in the township, stationed in Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Anshan, had the strongest combat effectiveness, and was stationed on the line from Lushun and Zhuanghe to Dandong, and was ready to retreat from Korea, or to prepare for the Korean garrison to enter the Qing Dynasty, and the mixed brigade composed of military police and police was stationed at Dashiqiao, Yingkou, and Gaizhou. Maintain north-south connectivity.

According to the deployment of the Japanese army, after discussing with Xiao Xuguang, Zhang Wei decided to let the Beiyang Army send 3 towns to station the flank, threatening the safety of the Japanese flank, so that they could not move lightly.

Wu Wenbin told Zhang Wei's instructions to Zhou Xuexi to reply, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is very strong, don't fight hard, don't make senseless sacrifices, for political interests, you can send 1 town to garrison Jinzhou, the forward to Panjin 1 town to garrison Fuxin, and the forward to Zhangwu 1 town to guard the mountain pass to threaten the security of the Japanese army's flank, and be ready to respond to the battle of the Lanfang Kingdom Army at any time.

Yuan Shikai was very satisfied with Wu Wenbin's strategy, not only did he send troops, he could give an account to the country, earn a reputation for himself, and he didn't have to fight hard with the Japanese army, the best of both worlds. Immediately go to the Summer Palace to ask the Queen Mother to send troops, and explain his plans to the Queen Mother clearly, so that he can not only appease the students and progressive organizations who are rising in the country, but also do not have to fight hard with the Japanese army, preserve their strength, and when the time comes, the Lanfang Kingdom can take advantage of the nearest place.

The Queen Mother couldn't make up her mind, so she asked Yuan Shikai to go back and wait for the will.

The Queen Mother now believes that it is Yixuan, and with this kind of major event, she immediately sent someone to discuss Yixuan.

The Queen Mother told Yuan Shikai what she meant, to see if Yuan Shikai was selfish, and whether he could beat the Japanese?

Yixuan said that Yuan Shikai's strategy was good, it was indeed for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, and he could send troops this time without directly engaging the Japanese army, and there was no danger, so that he could also prevent the Lanfang Kingdom from driving the Japanese away.

As for which town to send, the Queen Mother asked Yixuan to negotiate with Yuan Shikai.

Yixuan knew that this was a good opportunity to earn military merits, so he first went to discuss with the first town to rule Fengshan to see if the first town could send troops, even if it was to guard Shanhaiguan, Fengshan was afraid of the Japanese and did not dare to send troops, the reason was that Gyeonggi did not dare to leave lightly.

Yixuan also felt very helpless, it seems that the flag man is becoming more and more unreliable, and the honor guard is not allowed.

On October 20, after discussing with Yuan Shikai, Yixuan decided to send the 2nd, 4th, and 6th towns to garrison Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou, and Fuxin respectively.

The Qing Dynasty sent a large army to the northeast, so that all people of insight felt that the rise of the Qing Dynasty was in sight, and hoped that the first war would be settled, defeat the Japanese army stationed in the northeast at one time, and recover Japan's rights and interests in the northeast.

To be continued.

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