"The battle between the Liaodong Army and the Manchurian Army ended a month ago, how could it be, did you say it wrong or did I hear it wrong!" Yuan Shikai stared at the staff member in charge of intelligence in front of him, and asked with an incredulous expression. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"My lord, it's all true. The Liaodong Army blocked the news so well that after the battle, all the participating troops did not return to their stations, but reorganized and trained on the spot, and conducted at least one actual combat exercise every day. ”

"As for the surrounding informants, because there is a lot of gunfire on the battlefield every day. In addition, the Liaodong Army was densely patrolled around the battlefield, and no one was allowed to approach the battlefield, so there was no way to confirm whether the battle was over. ”

"As for this information, it was sent by our intelligence officers at the risk of their lives by taking advantage of the opportunity of going out on patrol, and it was sent back after repeated confirmation by our peripheral intelligence officers."

Yuan Shikai is not a fool, and he is also smart, and he immediately understood the purpose of the Liaodong Army blocking the news.

As long as the battle between the Liaodong Army and the Japanese army does not end for a day, the imperial court will not turn against the Liaodong Army, and it will also give money and grain to support the Liaodong Army and help the Liaodong Army expand its army.

In the past month, for the so-called fierce battles in the Liaodong Army's report, in order to protect Mukden, the imperial court has continuously sent 500,000 loads of grain, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and various materials to the Liaodong Army... This is what the Liaodong Army wants.

Yuan Shikai didn't know how much of the army could be expanded by these silver and grain, but Yuan Shikai was sure that after more than a month of rest, the overall strength of the Liaodong Army only increased but did not decrease.

Since he regarded the Liaodong Army as a potential threat to himself, Yuan Shikai tried every means to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army. However, no matter what method they think, the Liaodong Army has a way to crack it. Not only that, but the overall strength of the Liaodong Army has become stronger and stronger under his nose.

At this time, Yuan Shikai, who was holding back his anger, wanted to scold.

However, after a long period of officialdom cultivation, he still swallowed back the swear words he was about to speak.

In this way, Yuan Shikai's grievances and anger can only be expressed through his increasingly gloomy face.

At this moment, Yuan Shikai, who had a gloomy face, suddenly saw a look on the face of the staff who wanted to speak and stopped, and then asked directly with anger.

"Is there any bad news, what is there to say together, the old man is not so confused that he can't hear bad news!"

The staff was stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied: "Our intelligence officers also discovered that the Liaodong Army has migrated at least three million immigrants from the provinces of Guannei to Liaodong. The Liaodong Army has taken advantage of this time to disperse three million immigrants to various counties and began to reclaim the land! ”

"This is obvious enough, deceive the imperial court, raise self-respect, and emigrate to increase strength...... None of this is what a courtier should do. The official was really not wrong at the beginning, Yang Xingguo was not a person who kept to himself. From the beginning of the formation of the Liaodong Army, he has already exposed his ambitions, but we have not seen it. Judging from the current situation, Yang Xingguo wants to be the king and hegemon in Liaodong and break away from the control of the imperial court. ”

"This official has been to Guanwai and Liaodong. Although the place is sparsely populated and very deserted. However, the land there is very fertile and there is a lot of land. If the Liaodong Army migrated in the past, hundreds of immigrants would cultivate enough fertile land and grow grain. I am sure that Liaodong will definitely get a bumper harvest of grain. Not only can it feed millions of immigrants, but it can also feed tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of troops. ”

"There are also millions of immigrants who have migrated to Liaodong, and as long as the Liaodong Army is willing, they can recruit hundreds of thousands of troops from the middle at any time."

"Yang Xingguo is worthy of being an ambitious hero, and he has been paving the way for his hegemony from the beginning, but we don't know it! If we give the Liaodong Army another year, the total strength of the Liaodong Army will definitely exceed 100,000. At that time, not only Liaodong will belong to the Liaodong Army, but the entire Guanwai will belong to the Liaodong Army. ”

"Because, the army deployed by the imperial court outside the pass, no matter who it is, can't stop the front of the 100,000 Liaodong army. As long as Yang Xingguo is willing, he can take the entire Liaodong at any time and cut the hegemony outside the Guan! ”

The staff's face also became solemn at this time, and he realized that this matter was uncontrollable.

said to Yuan Shikai with a calm face: "If it really develops according to what the adults say, then the Liaodong Army will definitely become the strongest opponent of my Beiyang New Army." Xia Guan finally knew why the adults attached so much importance to the Liaodong Army, and regarded the Liaodong Army as a potential threat to him from the beginning. ”

Although the Liaodong Army has become his opponent, Yuan Shikai still couldn't help but sigh: "The Liaodong Army is like a fierce tiger, a tiger that is thriving. As long as he is allowed to grow up, this tiger will definitely be able to burst out with very strong strength. ”

"The reason why this official targeted this tiger from the beginning is because this official wants to destroy this tiger before it grows up, or not give this tiger a chance to grow up."

Although Yuan Shikai said very calmly, the staff still heard a trace of helplessness and grief from Yuan Shikai's words, and even grievances.

Because, Yuan Shikai has been planning and preparing for so long, not only did he not eliminate or restrict this tiger, but watched this tiger develop and grow under his nose. Anyone who puts this on will be aggrieved and dissatisfied.

As Yuan Shikai's confidant, the top priority is to solve the problem for Yuan Shikai.

After some hesitation and thinking, he immediately proposed to Yuan Shikai: "My lord, Xiaguan has an idea here. Even if it can't eliminate the tiger of the Liaodong Army, it can at least restrict the development of the Liaodong Army and cause a lot of trouble to the Liaodong Army. ”

Yuan Shikai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "The land outside the customs is indeed very fertile, and as long as the millions of immigrants give them a year, they can produce food for tens of millions of people, and there is no problem at all. ”

"However, it will have to wait a year, and from now on, it will take at least ten months."

"Millions of immigrants, even if an immigrant eats half a pound of grain a day, if he wants to last until next autumn's harvest, it will take millions of loads of grain. The Liaodong Army, which had just controlled Liaodong for only a year, definitely did not have so much food. ”

"Otherwise, Jiangdong would not have been trapped in the past two months, only asking the imperial court for food and not silver!"

"Xiaguan is sure that even if the food in the hands of the Liaodong Army does not reach the point of shortage, it is very limited!"

"As far as the lower officials know, during this time, the imperial court allocated a total of 500,000 quintals of grain to the Liaodong Army, which seems to be a lot, but for millions of immigrants, it will last for a month at most. In addition, the Liaodong Army stored its own grain, and it could hold out for two more months at most. ”

This means that the Liaodong Army may run out of food after three months. If the adults can say that the imperial court will blockade Liaodong and prevent a grain from flowing into Liaodong, the Liaodong army without food is likely to collapse without a fight.

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.) )