"The army Dai Xiao went out to fight, let all the Japanese be martyred for my two princes of the Qing Dynasty, Teacher Weng, and Lord Zuo Zongtang" Feng Xianghua cried bitterly after receiving the telegram, it can be said that Zuo Zongtang is his Bole now The sword in his hand or Zuo Zongtang himself Compared with other killings, Zuo Zongtang's death hit him hard

"Xianghua, is that what the emperor said?" Feng Zicai was worried that his son would disobey the king's decree and ruin his future

"Father, you can see for yourself" Feng Xianghua handed the telegram to Feng Zicai

"Yes, General" Feng Zicai, after reading the telegram, handed it to Feng Xianghua, gave him a standard military salute, and turned to leave

The journey from Yokohama to Tokyo was even closer than that of Tianjin to Beijing, and it only took five hours of rapid marching to reach it without a car at that time, so a large white army set out from Yokohama and aimed directly at Tokyo

At the same time, the Qing army in various parts of Japan suddenly launched an attack on Japan, which caught the Japanese army, which was still hastily gathering and preparing for war, and many fronts were breached, and the entire defense line was full of holes

As for the navy, they also put up white sails and white cloths, but don't get me wrong, it was not the white flag that their neat naval formation entered the Pacific Ocean from the East China Sea and sailed directly to Hokkaido, and they no longer had the patience to wait for the complete destruction of the Japanese fleet that they needed

"Aren't there still peace talks? What's going on? Emperor Meiji scolded

"Your Majesty, Dai Xiao, the army of the Great Qing Dynasty, has gone on the expedition, it seems that the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty is dead, and our assassin has succeeded," Ito Hirobumi said excitedly

"Really? But why was there no chaos in the Qing Dynasty, and the military appearance was still so neat? Emperor Meiji said worriedly

"This nation has lost its supreme leader, not to mention being assassinated by our great Japan, of course, we have to pretend to attack our Japan, as long as we block their attack, then it will be their internal dog-eat-dog, and then it will be the time for us to counterattack" Ito Hirobumi's beautiful abacus has long been shattered

"Well, inform the defenders of Tokyo that it will be fine as long as they hold out for three days," Emperor Meiji said, nodding his head

After Li Hongzhang presented the beauty for the Japanese ambassador, he waited for a few days and didn't see Ito Hirofumi faintly felt that something was wrong, and sure enough, on the fourth day after the Japanese girl left Tianjin, she waited for the arrest order of the guard regiment of the Beijing Praetorian Guard Division

Li Hongzhang was escorted to Beijing after being tied up by five flowers, in fact, Guan Xuqing was like a mirror in his heart, of course he knew that this matter had nothing to do with Li Hongzhang, but he hated Li Hongzhang's carelessness, and he didn't even remind him of how the words and telegrams were full of how Japan was sincere to the Qing Dynasty, how to show weakness to the Qing Dynasty, everyone rushed into the capital, rushed into the Forbidden City, rushed into the Taihe Hall to kill himself He was still stupidly waiting for the Japanese to negotiate in Tianjin, stupid, pedantic, how such a person is an official, Guan Xuqing decided to take this opportunity to push Li Hongzhang to the end

"Your Majesty, the slave is guilty of death, but the slave really doesn't know that these women are really Japanese assassins," Li Hongzhang knelt in the Heart Cultivation Palace, crying to Guan Xuqing's death

Now, he has no idea of living, and the only hope is that the emperor can be merciful and forgive his family

"What did I tell you before I went to Tianjin?" Guan Xuqing turned his back to Li Hongzhang, and he was deeply afraid of the urge to want him to die when he saw him

"The slave inspects, the slave deserves death" Li Hongzhang kept knocking his head to the ground

Guan Xuqing raised his head and tried his best to stop the tears in his eyes from staying, "I tell you, the Japanese just want to delay time through negotiations, I don't believe that the Japanese have the sincerity of peace talks, let you make harsh demands here, let them express their position as soon as possible to show that our Celestial Empire is a great power to give Japan a chance to change" Guan Xuqing suddenly turned around and stared at Li Hongzhang with murderous eyes and said, "But what about you? What did you do in Tianjin? Not only did you bring the assassins into the palace, but the Japanese slipped away right under your nose and you didn't even know? ”

"The slave is guilty of a capital crime, please give the emperor a sin" Li Hongzhang has already cried into tears

Guan Xuqing squatted in front of Li Hongzhang, brushed Li Hongzhang's hair in his hand, and said slowly: "This time the Japanese assassin did not succeed in assassination, do you know why?" Because of my Amma, that is, your colleague of Li Hongzhang's Military Aircraft Department, Prince Alcohol, blocked a fatal knife for me, this time, my Qing Dynasty not only lost an emperor like Weng Tongsu, but also lost Zuo Zongtang, who has been rare for hundreds of years, how much is your Li Hongzhang's head worth? ”

When Li Hongzhang heard the emperor say this, he was afraid in his heart, and it seemed that he was going to affect his family, so he hurriedly said, "I, Li Hongzhang, deserve to die, please let go of Hongzhang's family for the sake of Li Hongzhang's loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and the emperor."

"Hehe, Hongzhang, in the twenty-third year of your Daoguang in 1843, you were selected for Yougong and ordered by your father to enter Beijing for the next year's Jiachen Shuntian Township Examination, and in one fell swoop; Twenty-seven years in 1847, in the examination of Ding Weike, the thirteenth Jinshi, single-handedly created the Huai Army, the first scholar in the Qing Dynasty to lead the army, known as my Qing Dynasty civil and military both capable people also assisted Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi to me here as if he was a veteran of the Four Dynasties, so far many middle and senior generals in the army are your old subordinates, I don't kill you, I heard that your young nurse died last year, you Ding worry, don't worry about the affairs of the court" Guan Xuqing sighed and muttered

"The emperor's ......" Li Hongzhang never thought that the emperor would let him live after poking out such a big basket, not to mention that he was moved by his resume

"Go back and reflect on yourself, you are not old enough to move, I will still use you one day" Guan Xuqing finished speaking and left the Heart Cultivation Palace

"Your Majesty...... The emperor, the old minister wants to stay by the emperor's side and be a cow and a horse, the emperor, the old minister is not leaving......" Li Hongzhang was completely moved by Guan Xuqing, not only did not kill him, but also hinted that in the future, he would use him to kneel while moving in the direction of Guan Xuqing's departure

Guan Xuqing ignored it and ran directly to the Military Aircraft Department, and now the Military Aircraft Department has lost two important ministers all of a sudden, and the others are busy

"The emperor has arrived," Wang Shang's unique voice sounded again

Everyone in the military aircraft department stood up and knelt down towards the door

"Get up, tell me how the situation is at the front?" Guan Xuqing's heart had already flown to Japan, and he didn't know what adjustments Japan's defenses had made during the negotiations, and whether the attack on the front had gone smoothly

"Your Majesty, the two divisions led by Lu Yiwei have detoured back to the rear of Jinze, and are flanking the frontal attacking troops, and the city is just around the corner, although Feng Xianghua's call to attack is a bit frustrated, but it is only a naval ...... to ensure that Tokyo will be captured within three days," Peng Yulin said with a frown

"How?" Guan Xuqing stood up and asked

"Yan replied to the call, the Japanese Navy seemed to have evaporated, it was not in the Hokkaido Military Port, all the warships had left the port, but they didn't know where to go"

Guan Xuqing frowned, paced back and forth, and suddenly stood still and said: "Let Yan Fu immediately lead the fleet back to the East China Sea and guard the supply line from Lianyungang to Nagasaki."

"Chirp"

Guan Xuqing guessed correctly, Japan mistakenly thought that the Qing army Dai Xiao went out because the emperor died, so he suddenly attacked the supply line of the Qing army, because the main warship went north to Hokkaido to find the Japanese fleet for a decisive battle, several gunboats escorting the escort were sunk almost without any resistance, and the corresponding two transport ships were all destroyed, these materials were transported to Japan to supply the front-line troops, in addition to ammunition, food, and a large number of daily necessities, all sunk into the sea

"Smack......

Guan Xuqing fell heavily to the ground after receiving this report in the Qianqing Palace, and it was his own impulse that allowed the Japanese to take such a big advantage

"These Japanese brutes, tell Feng Xianghua that their supplies have made the Japanese hit the sea to feed the fish, and their food cannot be transported in a short time, let them figure out their own way, if they can't capture Tokyo, they will starve to death, forget about taking Tokyo, so the soldiers can be exempted from military discipline for 3 days" Guan Xuqing wanted to create an incident that shocked the whole world

"Chirp" Liang Qiying, who had just fallen into the military aircraft department

"Also, let Yan Fu and Deng Shichang enter the East China Sea from the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean in two pairs, and be sure to choke the Japanese fleet to death in the East China Sea, and not let a single Japanese warship go back," Guan Xuqing said angrily

"Chirp" Peng Yulin has never seen Guan Xuqing have such a big temper

A suburb of Tokyo

"General, the imperial court urgently telegraphed" A telegraph soldier handed a telegram to Feng Xianghua

The more Feng Xianghua stared at the telegram, the more afraid he became, what did the emperor want to do? Removal of military discipline for three days? It's not messy, but the supplies are gone, and we really have to go to Tokyo to loot it, otherwise the brothers will starve to death

"Someone," Feng Xianghua put down the telegram and shouted

"General" a soldier rushed over

"Let the communication soldier tell Commander Feng that the plan has been changed to attack the city at 11 o'clock tonight" Feng Xianghua looked at his pocket watch

"Yes," the soldier turned to leave

The attack originally planned to be launched at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning was advanced to 11 o'clock in the evening, obviously something went wrong, but Feng Zicai didn't think much about it, after all, as a soldier, it is his duty to obey orders, not to mention that the current boss is his own son, can he still harm him?

"Tell the 4th Brigade and the 5th Brigade that the general attack will be changed at 11 o'clock tonight, and let the artillery battalion prepare in advance," Feng Zicai deployed immediately after receiving the order

"Yes"

A tough battle is about to begin, because it has been attacking for two days in a row, and it is very clear about several bright forts, hidden forts and fire support points in Tokyo, not to mention that this time Feng Zicai brought large-caliber heavy artillery, although the stubborn resistance of the Japanese two days ago made Tokyo still crumbling in the hands of the Japanese, but he believed that it would not be long before his troops could eat in the city of Tokyo