The huge firepower gap made Yuan Shikai aware of the crisis. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but an elite army with a scale of tens of thousands of people, if he wants to increase his firepower in a short period of time, he must have to spend a very large price.

Therefore, as soon as Yuan Shikai finished speaking, the staff in charge of the army reminded: "My lord, weapons are the most expensive. If we want to meet the firepower standards of the Liaodong Army, we have four or five hundred light and heavy machine guns, and if we don't buy them, we can't take them without bullets and a million taels of silver. ”

"There is also artillery, the Liaodong Army alone is equipped with one or two hundred more mountain artillery than us, and there are more than 100 heavy artillery that our Beiyang Army is not equipped with at all. If you want to buy all these artillery, you don't have three million taels of silver, so don't even think about it. ”

"As far as I know, all the military expenses in the inventory of our Beiyang Army now add up to only more than one million taels, including tens of thousands of Beiyang Army's military salaries for two months. Those who can take it out to buy weapons are only 800,000 taels of silver. Compared to the amount of silver we need to buy weapons, this amount of money is only a drop in the bucket. ”

Yuan Shikai's brows furrowed and said: "If you don't have money, you can find a way, the Liaodong Army can be equipped with light and heavy machine guns and heavy artillery with the financial resources of such a small place in Liaodong, and my Beiyang New Army controls so many provinces, and there is the support of the imperial court, this official does not believe that it is not as good as the Liaodong Army." That's it, the official gives you two days, and you have to come up with a plan. ”

Two days later, the imperial court finally reached the news that the land of the three prefectures outside the Guanwai was occupied by the Liaodong Army, and more than 10,000 patrol battalions and 5,000 Beiyang New Army were wiped out by the Liaodong Army.

Originally, I thought that after the imperial court issued an order to blockade Liaodong and declared the Liaodong Army a rebel, the Liaodong Army would immediately report to the imperial court for explanation, bow to the imperial court, and let the imperial court withdraw the holy decree.

However, the Liaodong Army not only did not bow its head, but slapped the imperial court hard by attacking.

At the court meeting, as soon as the news that the Liaodong Army occupied the three prefectures of Chaoyang and put on an offensive posture outside the Shanhai Pass, dozens of courtiers in the court suddenly boiled, and there were those who scolded and demanded that the court immediately send troops to retaliate...... All kinds of voices made the court as lively as a vegetable market.

Cixi's face was also embarrassed, and it took five minutes before she said in her majestic voice: "Enough, do you think you are an outside vendor?" What the mourners want is a solution, not a big fuss about you here. ”

After the court finally quieted down, a minister immediately stood up and said: "Queen Mother, the Liaodong Army attacked the three mansions of Chaoyang, and the charges of rebellion have been proven again. The old minister thought that for the sake of the court's face and making an example of the monkeys, the court should immediately dispatch a large army to encircle and suppress and eliminate the Liaodong Army. ”

......As soon as the minister's words were finished, many ministers immediately seconded the proposal.

Cixi's ability to rule China for decades shows her political acumen.

The Liaodong Army's attack on the land of Chaoyang Sanfu did confirm its own great crime of rebellion and rebellion on the surface. But Cixi could see at a glance that the Liaodong Army actually gave itself a dismount through this battle, so that he could recognize the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army, and don't mess with them casually, otherwise, the next thing the Liaodong Army will take is not the land of Sanfu in Chaoyang, but the land of Longxing in the imperial court.

It is certain that if the imperial court really did what the military department said just now, it would directly dispatch heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Liaodong Army. It is certain that the imperial court has not yet sent troops, and the Liaodong Army has already taken Fengtian.

As the ruler of the Great Qing Dynasty, Cixi also had her own intelligence gathering channels.

When the news of the Liaodong Army's capture of Chaoyang Sanfu reached the capital, the Liaodong Army in the Liaoyang area began to assemble, and the news of the immobility also reached Cixi.

Although Cixi was already old, she still saw at a glance the purpose of the Liaodong Army's dismount.

However, just let Cixi compromise like this, as a ruler, both in face and in heart, he was very unwilling.

At this time, Cixi suddenly thought of Yuan Shikai, who also suffered a lot of losses in this battle, and her eyes lit up and asked: "Yuan Aiqing, the Beiyang Army also lost more than 5,000 people in this conflict, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Shikai thought about it and replied: "The imperial court sent troops to Liaodong to eliminate the Liaodong army, that's for sure,"

Seeing that the minister's eyes lit up when he saw that he had just seconded the proposal, he was just subconsciously ready to continue to second. Yuan Shikai's tone changed and he continued: "However, the time for the imperial court to send troops is not now. ”

"The Liaodong Army proved to us their strong combat effectiveness by taking the battle of Chaoyang Sanfu. It is certain that in the face of the powerful Liaodong Army, our Beiyang Army may not be able to defeat them even if the whole army is dispatched! ”

"In this case, sending troops to the Liaodong Army is not for the sake of the court's face, but for the court to pay greater losses."

"The other is the weather, it's about to be winter, and there is heavy snow everywhere outside the gate, not to mention the war, the cold can freeze people to death. Therefore, the imperial court must not send troops at this time. Otherwise, not only will a lot of money and food be consumed, but the troops will not achieve any results in battle, and even suffer heavy losses. ”

At this time, the head of the household department also stood up and seconded the proposal: "The old minister seconded the proposal, Lord Yuan is right, now is indeed not the time to make a big move." Not to mention anything else, the existing money and grain in the imperial court may be okay to support a small-scale war. But a large-scale campaign with more than 50,000 troops, you colleagues should not think about it. ”

Xu Liang, a main battle faction, had not given up the opportunity, and immediately stood up and asked: "If you don't send troops, then you will watch the Liaodong Army plot rebellion and rebellion." In this case, what should the court do, and will the Liaodong Association become more and more arrogant. ”

At this time, Yuan Shikai suddenly interrupted: "Arrogant, the Liaodong Army has begun to be arrogant!" ”

"According to intelligence, the Liaodong Army has gathered nearly 10,000 elites and a large number of artillery pieces in Liaoyang, south of Mukden. But they didn't attack directly, they didn't move, you know what they were asking? ”

"The Liaodong Army recognized that it was impossible for us to go out of the pass to fight in a short period of time, and then placed the army outside Fengtian City to watch us. As long as we make any moves, the elite of the Liaodong Army, which has tens of thousands of people, will launch an attack on Mukden. ”

"The Queen Mother once said that no matter how chaotic it is outside the gates, there can be no accidents in Fengtian."

"Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, the imperial court cannot fight this battle for the time being. Not only could they not fight, but they also had to take the initiative to negotiate with the Liaodong Army. ”

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