Tianjin, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the breeze is blowing in the face, with a hint of the fragrance of fragrant grass. Li Hongzhang, who was difficult and idle, was sitting alone, sitting by the huge pool of the Governor's Palace, and became a fisherman.

Since the beginning of the year, he feels that he is becoming more and more leisurely, among them, Liu Jun has a lot of credit, at least Liu Jun will not make any mistakes in everything.

The fishing rod moved slightly, as if the fish had been hooked, Li Hongzhang smiled slightly, pulled up the fishing rod at once, and saw a carp weighing about three catties swaying on the fishing rod line.

With a smile, Li Hongzhang took off the fish and put it in the bucket next to him, and was about to release the next one, when he turned his head and saw Yang Shixiang walking towards him in a hurry.

Li Hongzhang, who would not be pale when Mount Tai was pressed, saw Yang Shixiang, pointed to the fish in the bucket and said with a smile: "Today we have a mouthful." Yang Shixiang looked at the fish that was swaying in the bucket, and his face was gloomy. After taking a look at Li Hongzhang's smile. Gently approached Li Hongzhang.

"My lord, something is going to happen in Outer Mongolia."

What the? In a word, Li Hongzhang's face, which was still sunny just now, suddenly became extremely gloomy.

After pondering carefully, Li Hongzhang took a look, and the guards around him were not around: "What's the matter?" ”

Yang Shixiang handed over the information in his hand: "Liu Jun urgently sent a secret telegram, except for the Mongolian Chechen Khan. The rest of the divisions are secretly mobilizing troops to move towards Kulen and Uriya Sutai. In addition, the 8th Jebtsundamba also had frequent dealings with the Russians.

Li Hongzhang took the telegram and looked at it carefully. Keep your head up. He saw a dark cloud in the distance slowly beginning to converge.

It seems that it will soon be another bloody storm.

"Prepare the car immediately, and the old man will enter Beijing." After Li Hongzhang finished speaking, he folded the telegram in his hand. Put it in your pocket.

Yang Shixiang knew the importance of this, so he didn't say superfluous words, but went straight out and ordered the car to be prepared.

On the official road from Tianjin to Beijing, a luxurious carriage was speeding towards Beijing under the protection of more than 30 Zhili cavalrymen with a chest draw.

As soon as the pedestrians on the official road saw these cavalrymen, they knew that the person sitting in this car must be an official from the Tianjin Zhili Governor's Office, so they stepped aside very regularly and let the car go first.

Inside the carriage, Li Hongzhang took out the telegram again. He was very anxious in his heart, if what Liu Jun said in this telegram was true, then the Mongol rebellion was a sure thing.

At the beginning, he tried to persuade Liu Jun to stop, just to let the imperial court still have some majesty, so as to deter Outer Mongolia, but now, ......

Hey, Li Hongzhang closed his eyes sadly. He had to calm down quickly and come up with a coping strategy.

Beijing, Prince Gong's Mansion, Yi who is reading a book in the study? I was about to go out for a walk, when I raised my eyes, I saw the housekeeper walk in and say that Li Zhongtang was here.

Abundant? I was suddenly surprised in my heart, this Li Hongzhang did not receive a call from the imperial court, and second, he did not come to report to work, and suddenly came to the capital to do something.

You must know that there are regulations in the imperial court, and if foreign officials enter the capital without a call from the imperial court, they will be punished.

Abundant? Although he was puzzled, Ren Ran stood up and walked out to greet Li Hongzhang.

The city of Beijing, the sunset in the west mountain, the afterglow of the sunset, once again illuminates the magnificent Forbidden City of the Forbidden City.

The living room of Prince Gong's palace is lavishly decorated and placed on a display case full of delicate carvings, which is illuminated by flaming red candles.

In the living room, Li Hongzhang kept picking up tea, anxiously looking at Yi Yi, who was walking back and forth in the living room.

After half a day's quick horse, Li Hongzhang finally entered Beijing at about 5 p.m. after dragging his bones apart. And came directly to Prince Gong's mansion.

Roughly explain his intentions, I wanted to let Yi? Immediately enter the palace to meet the emperor and take measures. However, Yi? After learning that this was Liu Jun's information, he immediately became worried, and it had been several hours, and he still had no intention of going to the palace gate.

Abundant? In fact, he is cunning and hesitant in his heart, for Outer Mongolia, this is not a trivial matter, once it is not handled well, it will bring bad consequences.

Outer Mongolia is not better than Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia was meritorious with Taizu, over the years, the relationship between the imperial court and Inner Mongolia is very good, and joint relatives often occur, but Outer Mongolia, the relationship between the imperial court and it is not harmonious, several rebellions, are the head of Outer Mongolia.

The various departments of Outer Mongolia secretly transferred troops to move in the direction of Kulen. This is just Liu Jun's words, if there is really such a thing, why is there no news from the minister in Kulun, and why is Chonghuan not rushing the paperwork.

Also, Lafayette hates Liu Jun the most, if she knows that this is information from Liu Jun, she doesn't know what will happen, and besides, Liu Jun's information may not be accurate, too much hesitation, let Yi? Hesitant to walk back and forth in the living room.

"Lord Wang, I'd rather believe it than believe it. Have you forgotten that Liu Jun came forward to intimidate Spain some time ago. "See Yi? Still without concluding anything, Li Hongzhang opened his mouth.

Abundant? Of course, I know that if it wasn't for Liu Jun's telegram threat, I'm afraid the imperial court would really have to apologize and pay compensation.

"Lord, although Liu Junsui has had a holiday with the court, he has never been ambiguous about major matters, and he is working hard for the unification of the Qing Dynasty and not being bullied by foreigners everywhere." See Yi? Where not to move, Li Hongzhang simply stood up. The tone is also a little aggravated.

Alas, Yi? Sighing, he was really confused.

"Lord Wang, the secretary of the Ministry of War urgently asked to see the prince and said that there was something important."

Bingbu, Yi? Raise your head all at once

"Biography"

Take a deep breath and adjust your emotions. Before he returned to his seat, he saw Lord Shangshu Sun of the Ministry of War running in in a panic, and shouted with a stammer: "Lord Wang, the general of Uriya Sutai Chonghuan is a clerk at home for 800 miles, and the Outer Mongolia rebelled in the second time, and the minister stationed in Kulun died in the chaos. ”

What the? Abundant? His face suddenly turned extremely pale, how long did he get the telegram here just now, and the Mongols had already raised troops to take Kulen, which was too fast.

This is not to blame, when Liu Jun received the information, nearly fifteen days had passed.

There was no telegraph office in Outer Mongolia, and after receiving the news, the intelligence officers hurried to Lushun and did not send a telegram until after Heilongjiang.

Smack, a crisp paper sounded slightly, yi? A handful snatched the paperwork from the military department's book.

"Outer Mongolia honored the eighth emperor as the emperor of Tiandai, except for the Chechen Khan, the other three major ministries have rebelled.

...... hiss, Li Hongzhang gasped, and Outer Mongolia was still reversed.

The four largest alliances in Outer Mongolia were reversed by three at once, leaving the Chechen Khans in the east wavering and not responding.

The Chechen Khan was the smallest of the major tribes, with only a strength of just over 20,000 troops. The Chechen Khan did not rebel this time, what is the reason, Li Hongzhang also knows a thing or two in his heart.

"Lord Wang, if you don't notify the imperial court to raise troops to suppress it, Outer Mongolia will be over." The corners of Li Hongzhang's mouth trembled, and his words were not as euphemistic as just now.

No need for Li Hongzhang to remind you again, Yi? Already know what to do. "Prepare a sedan car. The old man immediately entered the palace. ”

Chuxiu Palace, the candlelight candle is not a crackle from time to time because of the problem of impurities. In the middle position, Cixi kept turning the white jade rosary in her hand, her eyes were closed, no one could know what she was thinking, from half an hour ago when she got the rebellion in Outer Mongolia to the summoning of the Minister of Military Aircraft until now, Cixi has been like this. There are no expressions and no remarks.

The minister standing below couldn't figure out Cixi's thoughts, shot the first bird, and did not stand up a single one, neither saying that he would send troops to suppress it, nor would he say that he would not send troops.

Abundant? Seeing that Cixi never spoke, he stepped forward and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Cixi's white jade-like hand stop turning the rosary. He knew in his heart that Cixi must have figured it out.