Yuan Shikai of the Beiyang Army could not make trouble for the Liaodong Army as openly as the imperial court, but Yuan Shikai, who had always regarded the Liaodong Army as an opponent, would never be able to watch Yang Xingguo sit firmly in the position of the king of Liaodong, and then develop and grow step by step. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

You must know that after more than half a year of development, the Beiyang Army has been expanded to 150,000 by Yuan Shikai, but only 50,000 are really combative, and the rest are basically new recruits.

According to the report of the officers below, in less than half a year, these recruits will not be able to fight at all.

For half a year, he was training to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. The Liaodong Army is also training, expanding its strength step by step.

In this way, no matter how much he catches up, he can't surpass the Liaodong Army.

Therefore, he must prevent the strength of the Liaodong Army from continuing to expand in the continuous expansion of strength.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shikai and his staff thought of two or three small ways.

On the one hand, it secretly blocked all the border fortresses controlled by the Beiyang Army, cut off the Liaodong Army from the outside world as much as possible, and blocked the Liaodong Army from continuing to expand possible foreign aid.

On the other hand, it is to create civil strife for the Liaodong Army and buy off the Liaodong Army or bandits and dissidents in the three eastern provinces who have not been eliminated by the Liaodong Army. In this way, the limited strength of the Liaodong Army will continue to be consumed in the civil strife that cannot be quelled.

Yuan Shikai is a hero in troubled times, and he will not watch the Liaodong Army grow and fight with himself for dominance.

But the governors of the South, who were already in a state of secession, were different.

They don't have the capital to be dominant like Yuan Shikai, nor do they have the ambition of Yuan Shikai.

The reason why they chose to divide the territory and constantly form a new army. A very important reason is to protect oneself and keep one's current status and wealth.

In this way, in the face of the Liaodong Army, which is powerful and even has the capital to dominate the world, their first thought is to befriend the Liaodong Army, rather than stop it.

For them, to prevent the development of the Liaodong Army, once the Liaodong Army knows about it, the powerful Liaodong Army will definitely be able to bring them a devastating blow.

But befriending the Liaodong Army is different, not to mention anything else, just the fact that the Liaodong Army can continuously provide them with weapons and ammunition at very favorable prices is enough for these small warlords to feel excited and red-eyed.

Because the imperial court had already sent a congratulatory telegram to the Liaodong Army by telegram in front, and rewarded the Liaodong Army heavily.

These small warlords who wanted to befriend the Liaodong Army, as long as they had telegraphs, sent telegrams to the Liaodong Army to congratulate them.

At the same time, they also valued the large number of weapons and equipment captured by the Liaodong Army of the Japanese Manchurian Army. While sending a telegram to congratulate him, he sent people to the three northeastern provinces to contact the Liaodong Army through his own channels, and then purchase weapons and equipment.

The major powers were the first to know the news from Japan, after all, the Liaodong Army eliminated the Japanese Manchurian Army.

More than 100,000 Manchurian troops were wiped out, and even if Yang Xingguo wanted to hide the news again, the Japanese government could smell some clues.

Then, as soon as the intelligence officers of the three northeastern provinces investigated, the news of the total annihilation of the Manchurian Army reached the Japanese government.

At this time, more than ten hours had passed since the total annihilation of the Manchurian Army, and during these ten hours, the imperial palace where the Japanese emperor was located could be said to be brightly lit, and various ministers were constantly entering and exiting the palace.

As for more than a dozen important ministers of Japan, they have been guarding the main hall. Along with them was the Emperor of Japan.

After receiving the news that the Manchurian Army had been annihilated and that the headquarters Dalian had also been lost, the emperor's first reaction was disbelief, then shock, and then anger.

If it weren't for the presence of a doctor, the emperor would have vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot.

After finally suppressing his anger, the emperor quickly summoned his ministers to the palace to discuss a solution.

As soon as the emperor told the news that the Manchurian army had been completely annihilated by the Liaodong army, the court was divided into two camps.

Some people clamored to mobilize the country's troops, and under the pretext of this, they landed in the three northeastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty, wiped out the Liaodong Army, and then occupied the three northeastern provinces. In the end, relying on the three northeastern provinces, he won the entire Qing Dynasty step by step.

There are also those who believe that large-scale military retaliation is not possible, and that the empire needs to spend a lot of money and materials on the war every year from the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War.

You know, these funds are all the accumulation of the empire over the past few decades, and they are spent without any return, and it is impossible to say that it is not heartbroken.

For several years, the accumulation of the empire has been completely emptied by the war, and even Dabi owes it a debt.

Under these circumstances, the Japanese government was simply not in a position to wage a large-scale war.

However, with such a great humiliation as the annihilation of the Manchurian Army, it is certainly impossible not to retaliate. Thinking about it, these people thought of the navy that the Liaodong Army couldn't do at all.

As a result, the idea of sending the navy to take revenge on the Liaodong Army was thought up by these people.

However, when the idea was proposed, there was no doubt that it was firmly opposed by the hardliners.

They believed that dispatching the navy would not hurt the Liaodong Army at all, and that it was better to take another gamble and directly dispatch infantry to kill the three northeastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty, eliminate the Liaodong Army, and occupy the three northeastern provinces. In this way, the abundant resources of the three northeastern provinces will become Japanese.

The empire can rely on the rich three northeastern provinces of the Great Qing Dynasty to quickly restore its strength, and then take the entire Great Qing Kingdom step by step.

It has to be said that the ideas of these hardliners are tempting, and once realized, the entire empire will usher in an unprecedented period of development.

Compared with the hardliners who gamble on the fortunes of the country at every turn, the other important ministers are much calmer.

The minister in charge of Japan's finance did not hesitate to retort: "It takes money to fight a war, and the empire already owes a lot of foreign debts to other powers, and it is no longer capable of supporting a large-scale war." If the military department must fight, the old minister is sure, at most half a month, the empire's economy will completely collapse. I don't know if your two armies have the confidence to wipe out the Liaodong Army within half a month, take the three northeastern provinces, and use the rich resources of the three northeastern provinces to replenish the empire's blood that is about to run out. ”

"This!" As soon as the Chancellor finished speaking, several army generals around the Chancellor frowned and couldn't say a word for a long time.

At this time, the chief of the general staff of the military department, the only army officer who did not recommend launching a large-scale war, directly replied: "Half a month, even if the army is given a month, it may not be able to end the battle and destroy the Liaodong Army."

Although he answered that he had the intention of raising the morale of others and destroying his own prestige. And as soon as the words were spoken, many ministers, including the emperor, subconsciously frowned. But the Chief of the General Staff, as if he did not see these gazes, continued. ”

"The Manchurian Army has nearly 130,000 troops, and there is a detachment of fleets, the proportion of veterans is more than 40 percent, and there are more than 400 artillery pieces of various kinds in addition to mortars. With such a powerful force, the Liaodong Army wiped them out with 50,000 men. ”

The total strength of the Liaodong Army must exceed 100,000, which means that the empire must send at least three times the overall strength of the Manchurian Army to attack Liaodong, in order to have the capital to confront the Liaodong Army on the battlefield. Let's not forget that this is just a confrontation, not an extermination. (To be continued.) )