Sun Liechen and Zhou Zhongju didn't know what words to use to describe the shock in their hearts at this moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the price offered by Yang Xingguo, as long as Dashanyan accepts it, it means that the Liaodong Army can exchange more than 9,000 prisoners for nearly three million taels of silver.

Although Yang Xingguo's analysis just now was true, Sun Liechen was still skeptical that a group of captives could get back so much silver.

After seeing the complicated expression on Sun Liechen's face, Yang Xingguo no longer explained, and directly ordered: "Tell the two division commanders in front of you, show me these thousands of prisoners, don't let them die." ”

"The captured weapons, ammunition and materials, except for some of them left to supplement their battlefield losses, all the rest were sent to the headquarters!"

"In addition, Chief of Staff, you also have to do a good job of replenishing the strength of the two divisions. Officers and men were drawn from the garrisons to replenish the two divisions. ”

"As for the guard division, all the seriously wounded in this battle, after recovery, all will be replenished to the guard division, and they will not return to their original troops!"

"Also, the imperial court gives us silver and food for us to recruit and expand the army and block the Japanese army, then we will recruit troops."

"There are more than one million people in several counties around Fengcheng, and it shouldn't be a problem to recruit 20,000 soldiers, and temporarily recruit 10,000 soldiers from among those immigrants to supplement the garrison troops for training."

The report of the Liaodong Army to the imperial court, after it was quickly sent to the capital, directly caused a sensation.

Many ministers slandered in their hearts, the Liaodong army had too much appetite, and the imperial court had just given them 300,000 taels of silver for a few days, and they actually opened their mouths to the imperial court again.

Of course, they can only think about these words in their own hearts, and they dare not say them.

Because the reasons given by the Liaodong Army were very sufficient, the silver and grain allocated by the imperial court last time were simply not enough for the Liaodong Army to expand its army.

Now the Liaodong Army has lost the first line of defense, and if there are not enough troops, the second line of defense will definitely not be able to stop the Japanese attack.

At that time, the elite of the 100,000 Japanese troops in their prime will be lost all the way to Liaodong, threatening the safety of Shengjing Fengtian.

For the imperial court, Fengtian is their bottom line, no matter how bad the situation outside the border is, as long as Fengtian is still controlled by the imperial court.

The Russo-Japanese War that had ended, although Mukden had also become a belligerent battleground.

But in any case, there are still troops of the Great Qing State stationed in Fengtian City, and there are civilian and military generals who have accepted the orders of the Great Qing State.

And now it is different, once the Japanese army kills Mukden, with the wolf ambition of the Japanese army, they will definitely completely occupy Mukden.

There is no doubt that this touches the bottom line of the imperial court.

However, no matter what, after all, the Japanese army had not yet broken through the defense line of the Liaodong Army, and had not yet reached the outside of Fengtian City.

Including Cixi, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty still had a hint of luck.

Therefore, after some discussion, the Liaodong Army directly reduced the 200,000 quintals of grain that the Liaodong Army asked the imperial court to provide. As for the silver proposed by Yang Xingguo, the imperial court did not have one or two pieces of silver.

When the news came back to Liaodong, Yang Xingguo was not angry. In Yang Xingguo's view, it is already a surprise to have an unexpected harvest of 100,000 loads of grain. After all, 100,000 quintals of grain are enough for a million immigrants to eat for 20 days, and what the imperial court only gives is not in vain.

As for Sun Liechen and Zhou Zhongju, they scolded the court for inaction.

Yang Xingguo just smiled after hearing this, and did not speak. Instead, he continued to look at the news coming back from the capital to see if he could find some useful information from the middle.

Soon, Yang Xingguo's calm face showed an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

After handing the information to Zhou Zhongju, he sneered and said: "Luck, it turns out that the imperial court is still thinking about luck, no wonder we halved the surveillance we requested." As far as I know, it is true that the imperial court has silver, but there is no shortage of food for the imperial court. ”

"As long as the imperial court is willing, you can casually transfer hundreds of thousands of gall grains from Jiangnan to send us by water."

"What a fluke!" Zhou Zhongju and Sun Liechen, who were scolding the court, were stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly asked.

"You look at the back of a piece of information, which records the situation at the court meeting that day. Including Cixi, they all still had the idea of luck, thinking that we could block the Japanese attack! ”

After Sun Liechen and Zhou Zhongju read this information, which the two of them didn't pay much attention to at first, they asked with a look of incomprehension: "Commander, it's normal for the imperial court to have the idea of luck. After all, Mukden is still hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, and no one knows what will happen in the middle! ”

"Since we have lost 100,000 loads of grain, I will forget about this matter. Now that the battle is over, even if we deliberately block the news, we won't be able to hide it for too long! ”

Chief of Staff Sun Liechen agreed with Zhou Zhongju's analysis, and then persuaded Yang Xingguo to stop.

To their surprise, Yang Xingguo shook his head and vetoed their proposal.

"No, since the imperial court still has the idea of luck, it proves that we have grasped the weakness of the imperial court. As long as we can break their luck, I'm sure we will be able to knock out a large amount of materials from the imperial court, and even silver. ”

Under the stunned gaze of Zhou Zhongju and Sun Liechen, Yang Xingguo continued: "Deputy commander, chief of staff, send another report to the imperial court, the 150,000 quintals of grain allocated to us by the imperial court plus the original grain stockpile, due to the attack on the headquarters, all were destroyed, and now our Liaodong Army is in urgent need of food, otherwise the army will be unstable and unable to fight." ”

"You can discuss the specific wording, and when the food sent by the imperial court arrives, it will take three days to send the report to the report."

Sun Liechen first raised the doubts in his heart: "Commander, will the imperial court believe our report?" Hundreds of thousands of loads of grain, gathered together are a big mountain, and it was burned in such a fire, and almost no one believed it. ”

"Then add another sentence, due to the emptiness of Liaodong's troops, the headquarters was once again attacked by itself, food and a large amount of materials were burned, and the deputy commander was seriously injured by a bullet. At present, the Japanese troops attacking the headquarters are fleeing in the direction of Mukden, and the Mukden defenders are requested to be on alert and prepared. ”

The look of doubt on Sun Liechen's face had disappeared at this time, replaced by shock and thoughtfulness.

After hesitating for a minute, he proposed to Yang Xingguo: "If there is really a Japanese army, and if you fight Mukden, the imperial court will believe it." Let Feng Tian really feel the Japanese attack, and the imperial court will no longer have any luck ideas! ”

"Since I put forward this proposal, then I have a way to convince the court and smash the court's luck psychology. Didn't you say a few days ago that the 2,000 Japanese troops directly under the headquarters were useless, and now is the time for them to work hard for us. ”

"Five days later, 1,000 Japanese were dispatched to attack Mukden City directly."

"They don't need to take Mukden, they just need to teach the Mukden defenders a lesson."

"But there is one thing that must be remembered, the 5,000 Japanese troops must wear their original military uniforms and be equipped with their original weapons."

Sun Liechen's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise: "The commander is wise, not to mention attacking, as long as they appear outside Fengtian City, they can scare the imperial court half to death." In this way, the imperial court will definitely believe in our report. ”

"However, this is likely to be our last chance to blackmail the imperial court, we must open our mouths and blackmail them fiercely!"

Yang Xingguo nodded in affirmation: "Of course." This time, if the imperial court does not produce 300,000 loads of grain, I will definitely not give up! ”

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