Cixi, who was frowning, saw that the civil officials in the court, whether it was the main battle or the main peace, all hoped that the court would support the Liaodong Army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoLet the Liaodong Army stand in the way, don't burn the flames of war out of Liaodong.

Cixi had already agreed to this proposal from the bottom of her heart.

After all, the Liaodong Army was not formed by the imperial court for money, and no matter how many people died, the imperial court did not need to bear any losses.

This is definitely the best choice for the financially strapped imperial court.

But Cixi, the general's thoughts, could not be ignored, Cixi, who was squinting at a pair of eyes, quickly fixed her gaze on Yuan Shikai, who had a solemn face, and then asked with a frown.

"Yuan Aiqing, what do you think!"

After some hesitation, Yuan Shikai had to answer against his will: "Lao Chen's idea is to support the Liaodong Army to control the scale of the war in Liaodong, no matter what, we can't let the war burn to Fengtian again." ”

"If the Liaodong Army is really unable to withstand it, Lao Chen is willing to personally lead the Beiyang Army out of the pass, fight against the Japanese army, and protect Fengtian."

From the beginning of its formation, a very important purpose of the Beiyang New Army was to defend Gyeonggi.

As an army formed by himself, Yuan Shikai has long regarded the Beiyang New Army as his private army.

As the capital for his foothold in the imperial court, the last thing Yuan Shikai wants to see is that the Beiyang New Army is consumed on the battlefield.

In this case, why did Yuan Shikai take the initiative to lead troops out of the customs to fight the Japanese?

This is Yuan Shikai's careful thinking at a critical moment.

It is impossible for Cixi to be unclear about the importance of the Beiyang New Army to Gyeonggi, unless it is really a critical moment of life and death, it is absolutely impossible for Cixi to use the Beiyang New Army, even if she personally proposes it.

In this case, Yuan Shikai asked for war on behalf of the Beiyang New Army, not only made his position clear to Cixi, but also let Cixi see that he was a loyal minister, and that the Beiyang New Army was not his own private army as rumored outside, as long as the imperial court was willing, he could be transferred to fight outside the customs at any time, and he would no longer be suspicious of himself.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Cixi shook her head and vetoed: "Yuan Aiqing, you have a heart, even if you want to send an army out of the customs to fight, it will not be the turn of the Beiyang New Army, and the task of the Beiyang New Army is to protect Gyeonggi." However, Yuan Aiqing, your loyalty, the mourning family is very clear. ”

The military generals of Wenchen all agreed with the imperial court to support the Liaodong Army and control the war in Liaodong, which was exactly in line with Cixi's intentions.

So, Cixi agreed without much thought.

After a heated discussion, Cixi quickly made a decision according to the requirements of the Liaodong army brought back by the Qincha.

The imperial court took out 200,000 taels of silver from the household department, and Cixi took out 100,000 taels of silver from her own private treasury, scraping together enough 300,000 taels of silver to send to the Liaodong Army to support the expansion of the Liaodong Army and block the Japanese attack.

As for the military support requested by the Liaodong Army, Cixi vetoed it without imagining.

The troops inside the pass were all formed by the imperial court with silver, and Cixi didn't want to see them consumed on the battlefield outside the pass in vain.

After ordering the imperial court to allocate some food, medicine and other materials to the Liaodong Army, Cixi hurriedly announced her withdrawal from the court.

As soon as the Japanese troops in the direction of Donggang retreated, Yang Xingguo had no need to support Donggang.

As soon as he returned to the headquarters with a guard battalion, Zhou Zhongju sent him the good news from the capital.

"300,000 taels of silver, 50,000 quintals of grain...... The imperial court was finally generous for a while. However, compared to our losses, this support is only a drop in the bucket! As soon as he finished reading it, Yang Xingguo threw the information aside and said with a sneer.

Sun Liechen, who came back together, comforted: "Commander, it's time to be satisfied." It was beyond my expectation that the imperial court could come up with so much silver and grain. Don't forget, our Galeries Lafayette is a man in power who dares to withhold even the military budget of the navy. ”

"It was beyond my expectation to get all this money and food from her."

Yang Xingguo nodded in affirmation: "That's true." However, it also gave me an opportunity to continue blackmailing the imperial court. ”

"The reason why Cixi gave us silver so happily, and then gave us food, the most important thing is that she was afraid, afraid that our Liaodong Army would not be able to stop the Japanese army, and once again lost Fengtian."

"In the words of the imperial court, Fengtian is where the dragon vein of the Great Qing Kingdom is located. If Fengtian is lost, the Great Qing Kingdom will be finished. So. No matter how big the price is, Cixi will keep Mukden. ”

"There is a good saying, crying children have milk to eat, since this is the case, then we will use Fengtian as a threat to extort some of the materials we need from the imperial court."

Sun Liechen immediately understood and said, "This is really a good way to reduce our losses? Deputy Commander Zhou, as far as I know, aren't we short of food and medicine now, then ask the imperial court for food and medicine! ”

Zhou Zhongju frowned and said with a wry smile: "Our Liaodong army has tens of thousands of people, how much food can we eat." The imperial court is not a fool, and asking for more will definitely arouse their suspicion and backfire. ”

At this time, Yang Xingguo, who was frowning, suddenly said categorically: "Just ask the imperial court for food and medicine!" ”

"Tell the imperial court, because my Liaodong army has no silver, and if I want to recruit troops to block the Japanese attack, I can only use food. Outside the Guan, I have to use five loads of grain to recruit a young man to join the Liaodong Army, and the 50,000 loads of grain given to us by the imperial court can only recruit 10,000 new soldiers when it is full, which is far from enough. ”

"In order to let the court relax, when crying poor, the situation should be made more serious. What first line of defense has been broken through by the Liaodong Army, what headquarters has been destroyed by the Japanese army itself, food and supplies. In a word, the report to the imperial court can be said as serious as it is, so that the imperial court feels that the Japanese army may kill Mukden at any time. ”

The Qin cha sent by the imperial court was received by Zhou Zhongju, and he knew very well what virtues those people in the imperial court had.

Facing Yang Xingguo, he hesitated and asked, "Commander, I'm afraid that if you really cry poor with the court like this, it will scare the court." ”

"In addition, according to intelligence, the imperial court and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army have installed a lot of intelligence officers in our Liaodong Army. If we exaggerate too much, the imperial court and Yuan Shikai will definitely be able to detect the problem! ”

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied, "I don't plan to get too many things from the imperial court. When crying poor, he said it seriously, and he could knock as many materials as he could from the court. As for being found by the imperial court, then it will be discovered, I am not afraid. ”

"Although we came back in a hurry, there are no specific statistics on the fire this time, but the Japanese army that was wiped out by us. 50,000 people are indispensable, that is to say, the remaining Manchurian army in Lushun is less than 100,000 people, and the real combat troops may not even be 60,000 people, and there are basically no heavy artillery units. ”

"This situation directly means that in the next few months, or even half a year, the Japanese army, which is under-armed, will not take the initiative to attack us."

"Without the threat of the Japanese army, as long as we have enough food reserves and continuous sea routes for external communication, I am really not afraid of turning against the imperial court."

The old book "Reborn Iron and Blood General", a military novel of the Anti-Japanese War, more than 4 million words, was re-put on the shelves after being blocked, Tencent Reading and Mobile Reading have been released, interested readers can take a look! (To be continued.) )