Chapter 196: Stalling for Time

The pigeon, carrying important information about the Japanese army, flew towards Mukden, and it took only a day and a night to fly to the intelligence center in Mukden.

After flying to the intelligence station, the information tied to the carrier pigeon was quickly sorted out.

"My lord, this is information that has just been sent from Pyongyang." An intelligence officer in the intelligence station said to Ma Zikai in front of him with a piece of paper in his hand.

"Alright, I got it." After finishing speaking, Ma Zikai took the information and looked at it.

As soon as he saw this information, Ma Zikai's brows immediately furrowed, and the content on it was very simple: The Japanese Army secretly logged into Korea, the number of people was about one division and regiment, the purpose of the registration was unknown, and the number was still increasing, in addition to the fact that the Japanese army also had a large number of arms reserves in Korea began to be activated.

Damn, how did the Japanese move so fast? Ma Zikai scolded in his heart.

After reading it, Ma Zikai immediately instructed the intelligence officers below to shoot this telegram to Jinzhou.

And at this moment, Xiong Xiling, who was far away in Jinzhou, finally had the opportunity to meet Wang Bin, and Xiong Xiling was sitting in front of Wang Bin at this moment.

In the past three days, Wang Bin has been copying ammunition, and every day he has lived a life of being awake in the morning and drowsy in the afternoon, but today is a little better, because of Xiong Xiling, Wang Bin is not ready to copy ammunition today.

Yesterday, after copying the ammunition, Wang Bin said a few words to Xiong Xiling with a drowsy head, and agreed to discuss the results of Xiong Xiling's negotiations with the Japanese this time.

"My lord, the attitude of the Japanese is simply not to enter the oil and salt, no matter how his subordinates negotiate with the consul of the Japanese Consulate in Jilin, Lin Jiujiro, but the Japanese just do not let go, and insist that this piece of land from Tumen to Liudaogou belongs to the Korean state."

"These Japanese are good at making calculations, as long as this land is determined to belong to Korea, they can do whatever they want in the future!"

"What do you mean, sir?" After Xiong Xiling listened to Wang Bin's words, he suddenly had some doubts, could it be that adults knew what the Japanese were planning this time?

In the face of Xiong Xiling's words, Wang Bin did not answer, but talked about another question.

"The Japanese have found some excuse, otherwise how could they let you come back."

"My lord, I did find an excuse, the Japanese said that they had the request of Joseon Gojong in their hands, and Japan was the protectorate of Korea, so Hayashi Kujiro said that this was the land they occupied at the request of the Korean king Yi Hee."

"What about the others?" Wang Bin didn't believe that Hayashi Jiujiro would only say these words

"My lord, there is also Hayashi Kujiro said that His Excellency the Japanese Minister wants to talk to your Excellency about this matter, and I hope that this matter can be solved perfectly."

After Wang Bin listened to Xiong Xiling's words, his whole heart suddenly became a little curious, this Japanese is now planning to start a war with him, why is he thinking about solving this matter now, is it possible that there are different opinions in Japan now?

Just when Wang Bin was still curious, Li Rong, the leader of the eye guard outside the door, knocked on the door, and Wang Bin first motioned for Li Rong to come in.

After Li Rong came in, he whispered a few words in Wang Bin's ear, and then put a piece of paper in front of Wang Bin.

It is very clear on paper that the Japanese secretly registered their troops in Gyeongsang-do, and at present, according to North Korean statistics, there is already a division of military strength registered in North Korea, and this number is still increasing, the most important thing is the last sentence on the paper: North Korea's arsenals in many places have been opened.

After reading the contents of this piece of paper, Wang Bin knew that the Japanese wanted to think that there was still room for maneuver in this matter, but in fact, they had begun to continuously transfer troops in secret, and they had also used the arsenal in North Korea.

This trick is indeed used by the Japanese, but it is difficult to achieve the ability to allow you to hide from the world, and I can't pretend to be confused!

The purpose of co-negotiating with yourself is to cover up your actions in North Korea, and then it is best to let yourself think that it is possible to solve this matter through diplomatic channels, but secretly it is a dead hand to yourself, and the abacus is loud but you don't expect that you now know your thoughts, since you Japanese want to delay the deployment of troops through negotiations, why don't I Wang Bin need time!

"My lord, what's on this paper?" Xiong Xiling saw a smile on the corner of Wang Bin's mouth, and thought that the adult had encountered some happy event, so he asked.

Faced with Xiong Xiling's question, Wang Bin didn't say anything but directly put the paper in front of Xiong Xiling, and Xiong Xiling saw that the adult put the paper in front of him, so he took it and looked at it.

This doesn't matter, and Xiong Xiling was suddenly taken aback, this Japanese actually secretly assembled troops in Gyeongsang-do, and in connection with what happened before, Xiong Xiling immediately understood that the Japanese wanted to use swords.

"My lord, no wonder the Japanese have always refused our representations, it turns out that the Japanese have long made up their minds to fight with us, according to these subordinates, it seems that the occupation of this land is completely due to the Japanese to give themselves an excuse to go to war."

"Yes, in my official's opinion, this is exactly the same situation as on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War, and it is estimated that even the pretext for war in the future is the same."

"My lord, I'm afraid that going to war with the Japanese now will cause a lot of losses, not to mention that this year's tax revenue will be affected a lot." In the face of Wang Bin's words, Xiong Xiling is more worried about this year's tax situation, Xiong Xiling doesn't understand the war, so it's hard to say anything, but Xiong Xiling has been managing this tax, this time he started a war with the Japanese, Xiong Xiling's first problem is naturally the tax he has been managing.

"What is the loss of a little tax revenue, this time it is like a test, even if the Japanese official survives, he is only at the mercy of the imperial court, if he wins the battle, he will be able to gain great prestige immediately, and the three eastern provinces will naturally usher in a more brilliant side, so this battle must be won."

Xiong Xiling naturally understood what Wang Bin said, as long as the three eastern provinces were supported this time, no one would dare to fight the idea of the three eastern provinces, he had even beaten the Japanese, and he was afraid of some other juniors!

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Naturally, it's delaying time, the Japanese want to delay time to gather troops, why don't the officers need to delay time to make plans, since both sides need time, then let's talk about this negotiation first." (To be continued.) )