"Your Majesty, Lushun...... Lost ......"

In the Yulan Hall of the Summer Palace, the Minister of Military Aircraft knelt on the ground. The foreman of the military machine, Shiduo, knelt at the front, and he took the lead, and a group of military planes, Weng Tonghe, Erle Hebu, Sun Yuwen, ......, these Manchu central ministers, all bowed down deeply. Everyone was pale, and there were still two bubbles of old tears in the eyes of Erle and Old Man Bu, and they didn't know if they were sad or frightened.

Guangxu's face was blue, he had lost some weight, as if a gust of wind could blow his body off, he sat behind the bookcase in a daze, nervously playing with the Hanyu leader on the belt, and couldn't say a word.

I don't know how long it took, but Shi Duo, who was kneeling and his legs were numb, raised his head slightly, and asked again in a low voice: "Your Majesty, ......"

Guangxu sighed, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare: "The seven total soldiers, 20,000 soldiers ......"

"Huang Shilin, Zhang Guangqian, Cheng Yunhe, Jiang Guidi, Zhang Hongquan retreated with the boat, and the brave generals under their command are also scattered, only Zhao Huaiye and Xu Bangdao broke out, and now the defeated army is packed up in Fuzhou, and there are only more than 2,000 people left, and there are no ...... of equipment and ammunition."

Before Shiduo could speak, Weng Tonghe had already kowtowed heavily and returned loudly. Beiyang was defeated so badly, the first thing that passed in Lao Zhongtang's heart was a bit of happiness!

Shi Duo glanced back at Weng Tonghe, and did not speak with a gloomy face.

Guangxu muttered to himself: "20,000 soldiers, just gone?" In the whole of southern Liaoning, there are now only 2,000 people left? ”

He stood up suddenly, his face flushed a little sickly: "The first part of the Fengjun Army, the first part of the Jingbian Army, and the first part of the Yijun Army, where is it now?" What about Song Qing? Where is this white-haired veteran? Did you rush from Rehe to Liaoxi? ”

Shi Duo replied in a low voice: "Continue to transfer the army, Zhengdun soldiers in the area of Suidong, are asking for salary, the Song army has been played several times, the holy oracle has transferred all the troops, outside the Jiutun Sai, and the accumulated salary is as much as a year, and the salary and silver such as salt and vegetables have not arrived, it is really rare for the army to die...... Even if they go up now, there are only more than 10,000 troops...... 20,000 Beiyang powerhouses were defeated in Lushun, more than 10,000 people, the emperor ......"

Guangxu became irritable, but he forced himself to hold back. The sound of cicadas came in from the window, and in this Yulan Hall, because Guangxu was weak and afraid of the wind, the windows were all closed, and all the ministers were covered in sweat and were out of breath.

“…… What about Iktanga in the Fuzhou area now? What about my Xibe, the Khalkha cavalry? And Zhili, what about the 100,000 troops newly recruited by the three generals of the Northeast? Aren't they all successfully rehearsed, but can they be of great use? Where are they now? ”

Looking at the young, thin and haggard emperor, the nominal master of the Qing Dynasty, the ministers were all embarrassed in their hearts. Who doesn't know what's going on with these armies on paper? It's just that the emperor takes this seriously!

The Qing Dynasty claimed to be a standing army of one million, of which 2780,000 were absolutely uncountable banner soldiers. The so-called horse cavalry of the Xibe-Khalkha and other ethnic groups, since the Taiping Rebellion and the Twist Rebellion, the Jiangbei camp was defeated twice, the defeat of the British and French alliance army at Bali Bridge, and after Zeng Greenqin was killed, the tens of thousands of cavalry, which has always been the central strategic mobile force of the imperial court, have been completely broken and have become a term that only exists on paper. These basic armed forces of the Qing Dynasty have long since disappeared!

And the Green Camp Army, after the Hongyang Rebellion, also completely lost its already meager combat effectiveness, although there are still three or four hundred thousand dollars, and a large amount of food and salary is spent every year, but it is equivalent to a bunch of waste raised by the imperial court finances. There are commanders, commanders, and adjutant generals in the green battalion establishment system, and none of them are still in their posts. For example, Nie Shicheng, who has now taken refuge in Xu Yifan, although he has the title of the chief soldier of Taiyuan Town, this is his title. When the green battalion system is complete, he must be in charge of Taiyuan, commanding and leading the green battalion soldiers in the area of Taiyuan Town, forming a unit that can fight. But Nie Shicheng came all the way, never went to Taiyuan Town, and never commanded a single soldier of the green battalion in Taiyuan Town.

Without the commander of the officer corps, the Green Battalion naturally would no longer have the slightest combat capability, and it was basically a group of stragglers who were attached to the local political axes at all levels to do something to maintain local law and order -- in fact, in many cases, they were the source of local law and order.

The so-called million-dollar standing army, with such a twist and turn, has removed nearly 700,000 wastes. The remaining two or three hundred thousand are the training of the army in various places. When the army drew up the First Sino-Japanese War plan, it only regarded military training as the object of real combat.

In fact, there are nearly 300,000 troops, which is quite a lot. But in the Qing Dynasty, everything will go out of shape in the last days.

These military trainings are all directly controlled by the real power governors and governors in various localities, and some places are rich and some places are poor. The poor governors can't afford the cost of training the army, and they don't have the ambition to form a group like Beiyang by virtue of training the army to consolidate their power, and most of these training troops are in the same vein as Xianghuai.

The rich, capable, and ambitious local governors also maintained a certain combat training army, provided them with new weapons, and gave them Western-style training, so that they could be deducted. Such a combatable training army, with the strength of the whole country, is only more than 100,000 people! And most of them are still concentrated in Beiyang!

According to the pre-war estimates, the total strength of the Beiyang training army is less than 100,000 people, and the equipment training is quite considerable. In the past 20 years, the Qing Dynasty relied on these less than 100,000 people to deploy defenses throughout the country and dispatch operations in times of emergency. Supporting the façade of the Qing Dynasty!

Later generations commented that the First Sino-Japanese War was the war between Li Hongzhang and Yue Ben, and this statement is true to a large extent.

Since the beginning of the war, the Beiyang elite lineage, one in Korea, nearly 30,000 people, and the other in the Lushun area of southern Liaoning, 20,000 people. Now that they have all been wiped out, the other Beiyang departments are scattered all over North China, and even in Guangxi Xinjiang Province, where can they be collected for a while. Barely cobbled together a mobile army of more than 10,000 people in Song Qing, and it can't be transferred now. Prepare for the southern Liaonan army to go south, where to find troops now!

The so-called newly recruited training army, the imperial court has repeatedly telegraphed to all provinces to step up training. It's just that they have found an excuse for the local government to spend money, customs, land and other food and salaries have found a way, and some of the newly recruited camps in various provinces simply exist on paper, even if they pull up the team to come out, in just such a little effort, where can these newly recruited camp leaders still come in handy?

In a large country with a population of 450 million, the central and local governments spend 100 million taels of silver every year on raising troops (the central government has 80 million taels of revenue, the expenditure on raising troops is more than 60 million, and the local expenditure on military training is also 30 or 40 million). When it comes to a national war, it is a lack of troops! This is a living fact, a fact that makes people laugh and cry!

The ministers of military aircraft all know it, but Emperor Guangxu really thinks that he has a million strong soldiers......

There was an embarrassing silence in Yulan Hall, and Guangxu's face became more and more blue. Watching the ministers bow their heads and say nothing. Guangxu's heart also sank more and more, he seemed to want to find a little hope, and muttered again, but this voice was more like saying to himself: "Shandong, isn't there still soldiers in Jiangsu?" Mingjun, Shujun...... Isn't Shandong Governor Li Bingheng still having a Songwu army? Can it be transferred out and hold Liaoxi and Zhili Haikou first? ”

Without waiting for Guangxu to finish asking, Shi Duo kowtowed stiffly: "Your Majesty!" Now the Weihai area, but also to be strictly guarded, said that after the fall of the army in Lushun, at any time will disturb Weihai, now Shandong deployment of troops is still insufficient, Xuzhou's Ming army has been transferred to Weihai Yantai area, still think that the strength is insufficient...... If you want to transfer, you can only transfer Li Jiantang Li's Songwu Army! ”

Weng Tonghe had already answered loudly: "If you go back to the emperor, Master Li's Songwu army is only a few thousand, and Haikou in Denglai and other places must be supported by reading power, how can it be adjusted?" The Beiyang Naval Division was defeated, but it shrank into Weihai, unable to cover Haikou, and asked Lord Li to raise his own defense, and now Lushun Beiyang was defeated, but it was necessary to transfer these thousands of equipment and equipment to the Songwu Army, which was not as good as the Beiyang Army, to go north to support them, and let go of Haikou in Denglai and other places. ”

Li Bingheng can be regarded as a figure among the local feudal officials and the old man Weng's appetite, they all look at Li Hongzhang unpleasantly, and they don't know what to do when they look at the Beiyang fiasco, and they want them to take millet for Li Hongzhang and help him, and they won't do it if they are killed.

As soon as the voices of the two came together, Guangxu suddenly felt bored in his heart, pinching Hanyu to take the head, but he only felt that his palms were wet and cold, and his head was dizzy for a while: "Lushun is lost...... The door is wide open, and the soldiers can't be transferred...... Do you want to let the Japanese invaders fight Zhili? In the glorious Qing Dynasty, there is no courtier with a conscience? Could it be that if you can't suppress it, you can't just do it? ”

"Your Majesty, the war is like this, and there is only one way to care! The Western countries are also very concerned about this war, and the Russian country is even more concerned about not letting people get involved in the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Shi Duo straightened his waist, Lang Lang played loudly, and several military planes seemed to have passed through the breath with Shi Duo, and they all straightened their waists together and echoed loudly. Guangxu saw that these courtiers were so resolute, slightly panicked, and looked at his teacher Weng Tonghe for help.

Of course, Old Man Weng knew the meaning of these colleagues, that is, the meaning of Cixi Lafayette behind them! The war is like this, if the final peace talks and what kind of treaty is signed, then the cylinder will be all buckled on Guangxu's head. From the very beginning, this war was claimed to be presided over by Guangxu himself, and now that it is like this, what else is there to say? This Qing Dynasty, in the end, is still inseparable from Lafayette! Once the talk is soothing, the little power that Guangxu has easily won will be put into flowing water, and their imperial party will suddenly wake up from a dream of Jinghua Spring! What the post-party wants now is to hurry up and come down, no matter what conditions are paid!

Looking at Shi Duo's resolute demeanor, Weng Tonghe was also a little weak, after all, it was Lafayette standing behind them! But these words, the sweet feeling of the emperor's party to a little power, and people are unwilling to give up, and the old rival Li Hongzhang, once he is so gently let go, I don't know when he will be brought down again! It is difficult to say whether this war will persist in victory or defeat, but Li Hongzhang must not be better! Now that they have all embarked on this path, is there any room to turn back? Even if he echoed the priest at this time, could Lafayette forget these words and jump up and down for the emperor's party, waving the flag and shouting?

People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves......

Weng Tonghe raised his spirit and shouted: "Your Majesty, you can't make peace!" Even if we are defeated elsewhere, we still have Xu Yifan in North Korea! ”

"Xu Yifan has been there for a few days, what is the situation now, who can understand?"

"Xu Yifan defeated the devil's fifth division and killed their famous general, who can compare with him in other places?"

"Lushun spent tens of millions of taels of silver to run the fortress, 20,000 long-trained troops...... This is the elite who has seen a war with France! That's just the case, does Xu Yifan still have the power to return to heaven? ”

"North Korea news hasn't come yet!"

"If the war is going well, then why is there no news? The imperial court has repeatedly called, but there is no news at all? Your Majesty, Xu Yifan can't count on it! ”

"Your Majesty, if you don't expect Xu Yifan, what else can you expect? In any case, we have to wait for news from North Korea anyway! ”

"Still counting on that Xu Yifan? The British minister relayed the war report of the Prime Minister Yamen that the army had landed on the Yuan and copied Xu Yifan's back road! Xu Yifan has been surrounded in the area of Pyongyang, and in the end, he is just like Lushun! ”

In Yulan Hall, the ministers of the emperor and queen were like fighting cocks, blushing and shouting at each other. No one would take a step back.

The sultry air, the bad news of the fiasco, these ministers, made Guangxu just dizzy for a while, he held on to the desk and wanted to persevere, and in the end, after hearing that Xu Yifan was surrounded, he only felt that the sky was spinning, and he sat down on the chair with his head down, and with a bang, he also brought down the inkstone on the table.

The ministers of the two factions stopped their mouths and looked at Guangxu blankly.

Guangxu pressed his head, only feeling bored, and he didn't want to look at the people in front of him. He asked Weng Tonghe in a low voice: "Xu Yifan, was he really copied from the back road?" ”

Weng Tonghe avoided Guangxu's gaze: "...... The Emperor ......"

Guangxu had been asking whether the other armies could be mobilized before, not mentioning Xu Yifan, who was the only one who won the battle in Korea, subconsciously, this was his last hope. He was afraid of hearing something bad!

"Stand down, stand down...... These military planes are waiting for news from the DPRK...... Go to the call again! I...... I'm going to say goodbye to Galeries Lafayette......"

Shi Duo and the others danced loudly: "The emperor is sage!" And Weng Tonghe and other imperial ministers only looked at each other in a hurry, and in the end, they only bowed down silently.

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The news of the fall of Lushun penetrated the dull and muddy air of the Qing Dynasty since the start of the First Sino-Japanese War.

People never thought that just a few decades ago, a small country that was much weaker than themselves would be able to defeat the elite of the Qing Dynasty so miserably!

The sailors, who had built with a huge amount of money, failed miserably.

The backbone of the armed forces on the land of the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Land Division, was also defeated.

Lushun, known as the first fortress in Asia, also fell.

The West Liaoning Corridor is open to the army without concealment, and after passing the West Liaoning Corridor, it is the important place of the Zhili Beijing Division. Moreover, Weihai, Yantai, Dagu and other coastal defense places are all unconcealed and passive everywhere! On the coast of the Qing Dynasty, after 20 years of nationwide preparations for coastal defense, until now, there is no safe place!

Jingshi has always been the most well-informed place, and everyone knows the embarrassment of the imperial court, and word of mouth spreads. At such a time, the Qing Dynasty could not mobilize a powerful force to continue fighting, and could only be nailed to the sea everywhere. And in the center of the imperial court, the ministers are still fighting endlessly, wanting to take this opportunity to step on each other, and gossip is flying all over the sky.

Perhaps the people in power are concerned about how to use this war to bring down their political opponents and how to gain more benefits from this war. The war is defeated, the small nose of the East and the big nose of the West are similar, and it will be done if they cut some land and pay some money, anyway, they don't want to pay out of their own pockets.

But for the vast majority of the people, and even some people in the bureaucracy, they are thinking hard, why can't they even beat the small book? The situation is so erosive, I don't know how many people have cried bitterly for the fall of Lushun, the country's luck has declined to this point, and the last bit of face has been stripped away. The foreign newspapers also commented sarcastically whether China still has the qualifications to be a representative of East Asia, whether it has the ability to enter a modern civilized society, or whether China should be like India, under the colonial management of Western civilization, will have a better future.

I don't know how many people got up in the middle of the night.

In such a country, civilization lasts for 3,000 years. The ancient country that she was called at the beginning has long been dissipated in the smoke of history, and even those nations that once stood at the peak of civilization at that time have long disappeared. But this country, this civilization, has always existed and continued, no matter how difficult it is, it can always be revived and revived. At a critical juncture, in times of desperation, there are always people with lofty ideals who appear to renew this civilization and this country with their flesh and soul.

Spotted with green history, this bit of national spirit and spirit, endless.

coincides with the great changes unseen in these 3,000 years, and coincides with this last era, and there will definitely be people who will rise up! Bringing hope to all!

I don't know how many people, their eyes turned to North Korea, the Haidong vassal country of the Great Qing Dynasty, waiting for the news of a person who has been called an outlier in officialdom since the first appearance, it seems that the guy who has been incompatible with the officialdom of the Great Qing Dynasty from the beginning is waiting for the last bit of hope in this country!

Praetorian Guard, Xu Yifan!

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Shanghai, A.D. 1** 4 September 1.

Outside the small building where Tan Sitong works, there are more people waiting. In addition to those who are responsible for delivering the latest news to the bigwigs from all sides, there are many more people who silently flock to this small building, wanting to wait for the good news from North Korea.

People are sitting or standing, and the street is almost full. The concession authorities also acquiesced to the situation here, but doubled down on the number of men to maintain order here - in fact, there was nothing to maintain, and the waiting people were very silent, rarely talking, and orderly, except that when the carriages and foreign carriages passed by, people would buzz around, thinking that the telegram was coming, and then silently walk away.

The local officials in Shanghai, the young students of the new-style school, the merchants, and the hawkers are all waiting here, and the victory or defeat of North Korea, the victory or defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, may not have much to do with their current personal life, but at this time, they are all gathered here.

In recent decades, the Western powers have forcibly opened the gates of the Qing Dynasty with cannons, and with them the opium, industrial goods, and white privileges have come the added addition of modern national consciousness. Among the intellectuals of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the whole world and the royal land, there was also a dim awakening of modern national consciousness. And this war is a collision between two nations, a battle for luck between two peoples!

They may not have such a clear understanding of national consciousness as Xu Yifan, who is in it, but they also vaguely know that Xu Yifan is fighting for the luck of the nation and the right to survive of the nation. If we lose, not only the white foreign devils will look down on us, but even the little Oriental devils will ride on our heads! This is completely different from those wars in which kings are defeated and defeated, although they are far away in North Korea, as far as Lushun, and as far away as Liaonan, but they affect a person's heart!

Just as it was getting dark, the sound of a horse-drawn carriage running over the street suddenly sounded. The exhausted people were startled and rushed to the street. Coming was a light Western-style carriage, and sitting in front of it was Xu Yifan's mysterious master butler Zhang Yu, who wore a small hat and a simple cloth shirt. On the carriage, there was also a Sikh policeman accompanying him.

As soon as the crowd came, they didn't care about the Sikh patrol in the concession, and asked Zhang Yu one by one: "Is there a telegram?" What about North Korea? ”

Some people are still looking out for silver tickets: "Brother, if it's good news, if you say a word, this little thing won't become a mind, take it to tea!" ”

One person pays the money, one person pays the money, and the surname is in a hurry to throw silver dollars outside and inside. As soon as the crowd buzzed, there was a wave, and everyone was really anxiously waiting. From 25 August to the present, there has been no news from the DPRK for seven days! Since yesterday, there have been rumors among the expatriates that there is an army from the other side of North Korea that has copied Xu Yifan's back road! If it weren't for the constant pressure of the concession, these expatriates would have been beaten to the ground.

A few silver dollars smashed on the head of the Sikh patrolman, who was in a hurry, watching the crowd rush over, and some people were going to lead the horses, looking like they would not give up without news. He immediately blew a brass whistle and waved a red and white stick to demonstrate, and several people were hit a few times. Zhang Yu has the ability, and he can't do anything about so many people, just holding the horse's head left and right, avoiding those hands who come to grab the head of the cage. The horse was also frightened, and began to stir restlessly, and the inside of his nose was full of air.

Looking at the patrol and whistle beating people, the people who were exhausted were already angry, and the gentleness and frugality disappeared immediately.

"The dog of the foreign devil! This is our Chinese's place, but rent it to you, what is the spirit? ”

"My country has been occupied by foreign devils, what kind of prestige are you throwing at us?"

"If you don't make it clear, don't let you go!"

The sensational crowd frightened the Sikh patrol and blew the whistle, and the surrounding patrols also rushed over, and the crowd had already become a circle, where could they still squeeze in!

Seeing that the horse was about to jump irritablely, Zhang Yu tried his best to comfort the horse, and had to explain loudly: "This is Lord Xu's family!" Come and meet Mr. Tan! We don't have any news from Lord Xu, so we came here to wait! For the sake of safety, the concession has sent patrols to protect it, please let it go! ”

"Lord Xu's family?"

The big guy doesn't believe it, Xu Yifan's official position is like this, how can he let his family members come out and show their faces? After waiting for a few nights, I was uncomfortable, and I was so anxious that I couldn't see anything. rushed up and didn't give up, and wanted to tear the Sikh patrol down.

The patrolling little black face was almost white with fright, and the whistle in his mouth couldn't make a complete sound. Rao is Zhang Yu's ability, so many people are crowded together, where can they still show it? The always gloomy and steady face has changed color a little, and the sweat has come down a little.

At this time, as soon as the side door of the carriage opened, I saw a girl leaning out half-way, chestnut hair, snow-white dress, and beautiful face made the chaotic crowd suffocated.

"With this spirit, I also go up and hit the little nose of the East! What are we doing to stop us! ”

It was Li Xuan who came out, although she was mixed-race, but the beauty of the alluring city was regardless of race, and everyone was stunned there at once. No one expected that such a beautiful girl would come out of the carriage!

Several students of Nanyang Academy were about to throw out the rice bags in their hands, but at this time, they fell to the ground unconsciously.

Li Xuan jumped out of the carriage, and Zhang Yu also quickly jumped down, blocking the left and right. The crowd consciously stepped back a little, and Li Xuan raised his face: "My fiancé is desperate on the front line, and I am as worried about him as you are!" Now that we don't know whether he won or lost, we just want to know what happened to him! Could you please let me go? ”

No one knew that Xu Yifan actually had such a foreign-style wife - according to the name of foreigners, she was still a fiancée or something.

The crowd was silent, only a few steps back. Two more girls jumped out of the carriage, one was dazzlingly tall, the other had big eyes, and the lines of their faces were soft. Both of them are extremely outstanding little beauties, and they are both tearful at this time, it is Du Juan and Chen Luoshi. Xu Yifan's heroic career, what kind of artillery shook the South Seas, pacified North Korea, and had friends in Shan County, everyone knew it, but they didn't expect that Xu Yifan would be so good!

Xu Yifan evacuated his family to Shanghai and found a house to settle down. He didn't dare to put them in Tianjin's own property sent by Li Hongzhang. You must know that he is fighting against Yueben on the one hand, and he has to guard against Beiyang Yin on the other, Yang Shixiang came to force the palace before the war, and it was easy to resolve it. Although you want to blackmail your family, according to the tradition of political disputes in the Qing Dynasty, your surname may not be big, but it is better to have less worries than anything else, and Tan Si is also relieved to take care of this brother who can get through the family.

The three girls were guarding in Shanghai, although they did not have Xu Yifan's bloody and hard work on the front line. But this worry is not less. Even Li Xuan, when he left Xu Yifan for so long, thinking about the bad way he always smiled ill-intentionedly, he also had a lovesick torment - of course, Miss Li would never admit it.

No matter how Xu Yifan is determined to kill outside, he is intrigued. There is nothing to say about their care and care. Sometimes you can play cheap, the pleasure of the boudoir, more than the thrush - such a capable and interesting fiancé is not easy to find. Needless to say, Chen Luoshi and Du Juan have long been their day, and when they arrived in Shanghai, they cried every two days and cried every five days - they missed their own man.

At the beginning, Tan Sitong could tell the news of Xu Yifan at any time. But in the past few days, there has been no news from Xu Yifan! Every girl has a group of girls and women, and these people are the source of gossip, and any street talk can be passed on. After the rumors from the expatriates yesterday were learned by them, the three girls couldn't sit still any longer, grabbed Zhang Yu's strong man, and prepared to follow Jian Jian in a light car, and went into the concession to guard Tan Sitong's news-Xu Yifan's principle is not to live in the concession, no matter how safe and convenient it is, there is still a little bit of the remnants of the angry youth in the previous life. Tan Sitong's newspaper office is in the concession, there is no way, and when the time comes, you have to count on this newspaper to pry the corner of the Qing Dynasty!

They entered the concession to register their identities, and when they heard that it was Xu Yifan's family, the concession authorities were shocked. Now in the whole of East Asia, no one knows Xu Yifan's name? Immediately sent a patrol to protect the vehicle. In the three little girls, this little adventure should be smooth, who knew that on Pushi Road, there were so many people guarding!

The two little girls jumped out of the carriage and looked around with tears in their eyes, and everyone felt pity. Cuckoo and Luo Shi have grown up a little more, and it is the time when the youthfulness of the girl and the maturity of the woman are blending. This scared and strong girl looks like a very strong girl, and the lethality is really very strong.

The two little girls looked at each other again, and Wanfu went down: "Uncles and uncles, please let me go?" We can't show our faces, we can't do it, the master is fighting outside, we can't help, and we just want to know his safety and whereabouts, disturbing everyone, let's apologize here......"

The big guys are embarrassed, everyone is waiting for Xu Yifan's good news, scaring his family, what's going on? It's not good to say anything to Xu Yifan's daughter, do you still have to pay for money? had to salute solemnly one by one, and then turn around to avoid it.

Li Xuan pulled the two girls, still stubbornly raising his face: "He's working hard outside, we can't cry!" He's going to be fine! Having said that, her eyes were still hazy.

So many people are waiting for news from that guy...... This shows that the situation has deteriorated to a considerable extent. Compared with Du Juan and Chen Luoshi, Li Xuan's education is much better.

Is that guy really going to be okay? The opponent is a country, he only has such a small piece of territory, or has he made trouble, and his own people often make trouble for him, hasn't there been a person surnamed Yang who has done this kind of thing?

From the first time I met Nanyang, this guy seemed to want to fight against so many people with the power of one person! Although it's okay, Li Xuan always takes pleasure in making trouble with Xu Yifan, but he also knows his hard work. The inner house rarely comes back, how many nights, upstairs to overlook, his office is brightly lit until late at night? Every time they met, his eyes were a little dark, but he still smiled evilly and whistled at his good figure......

Li Xuan just didn't blink, afraid that tears would fall if her eyelashes moved. She held Du Juan and Chen Luoshi, and walked forward step by step through the crowd. At this time, a bunch of people in front of them were rushing over, and Tan Sitong was the first. When he learned that Li Xuan and the others came suddenly, he hurried downstairs to greet them, for fear that something would go wrong.

Tan Sitong is also old and stubble now, his eye sockets are deeply sunken, his original meticulous braids are also messy, and his clothes are full of ink. The look of pain and worry on his face couldn't be hidden.

As soon as he saw Tan Sitong, who was the most well-informed, Li Xuan's tears really couldn't hold back, and they fell downward.

The crowd silently watched as such a beautiful girl read there, silently shedding tears, and even the air seemed to become cold. No one spoke, just watched silently. In normal times, Tan Sitong came out, and everyone was going to surround him, but now no one moved. seems to be expecting Tan Sitong to bring Li Xuan good news.

"Brother Tan......"

Luo Shi asked sadly, compared to Li Xuan and Du Juan, she was more familiar with Tan Sitong.

Tan Sitong shook his head lightly: "No news has come yet......

The cuckoo whimpered and leaned on Li Xuan. Tan Sitong will never tell lies in his life, but he explained with difficulty: "...... I have repeatedly telegraphed to the DPRK, but the Tang Lord, who is sitting in Pyongyang, only replied that the front line of Cishan had been lost, and that our rear road had indeed been attacked by the Chinese army...... Composed...... Lord Xu is leading his troops over, hundreds of miles away, and he will arrive in two or three days. It is said that the army is waiting for work...... Counting the time, the twenty-ninth should have been fighting, but by now ......"

Li Xuan's tears fell faster, but he bit his lip and didn't say a word, stubbornly twisting his head to the other side.

In the crowd, a voice suddenly sounded: "Lord Xu will never be defeated!" ”

Then Ying He's voice sounded: "As long as one person is here in China, which has inherited three thousand years of civilization, how can it be defeated by the small Wa Kingdom that has been curled up at our feet?" ”

"Lord Xu of Nanyang opened artillery to protect overseas Chinese, North Korea became chaotic Lord Xu was pacified, the Fifth Division of the Army ran thousands of miles, and it also sank in front of Lord Xu, even Lushun fell, Lord Xu looked at it one step earlier, and sent Zhou Zhanjie to fight to the death, covering tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to escape, how could such a hero in the world be defeated by the hands of a small Japanese man?"

"Mr. Tan, three ladies, I am waiting here, just waiting for Lord Xu to come with the news of victory! We never doubted! ”

"We're still waiting for Lord Xu to return to China! When the time comes, the Praetorian Guard will recruit troops, so let's go too! ”

The crowd was loud and low, all of them were supportive. Li Xuan held Du Juan and Chen Luoshi, and couldn't say a word, just followed the example of Du Juan and Luo Shi, and saluted.

Everyone returned the salute in awe, as if to the guests. Even the sound of another carriage rushing towards us, everyone didn't pay much attention.

Only Tan Sitong looked up violently, and saw a carriage turning around from the corner of the street, and two strong men followed panting with their hats. A newspaper clerk who was in charge of delivering news from the telegraph office stood next to the coachman, the placket of his robe was lifted at his belt, his braids were scattered, and his face was covered with sweat. I want to grasp a copy of the newspaper in my hand like the whole world, and hold it high above my head.

Before the carriage stopped, the clerk was already shouting: "North Korean news! Lord Xu said on August 30 that he was in Anzhou and broke the Third Division! Kill Lieutenant General Kawakami, the deputy chief of staff of the army, and eliminate five or six thousand devils! Now the situation in North Korea is all in the hands of our Praetorian Guard, and Lord Xu personally wrote a flying book to Pyongyang, urgently telegraphing the world, and he will lead the Praetorian Guard to return to the country to help!

Lord Xu, you have won! ”

(To be continued)