A.D. 1** 4th September 13th.

Yanjing.

In the military aircraft department outside the Longzong Gate, several ministers wearing flowers and feathers were holding telegrams and inhaling cool air. Everyone's faces are white, you look at me, I look at you.

Shi Duo, the minister of the military aircraft foreman, sat on the edge of the kang table, drinking a bowl of hot tea without raising his head, and did not move.

The voices of the ministers below gradually sounded.

“…… Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui are all first-class commanders, commanders, and military generals, this Xu Yifan will kill if he says it...... Domineering, domineering! ”

"The foreign enemy is forced on the sea, the state has this military minister and the marshal, the foreign enemy is still small, the disaster of this feudal town is just around the corner!"

"The imperial court has sent a telegram to the past, asking Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui to return to Beijing to await trial, these two hundred and five are good, a telegram came over, counted the crimes of Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui, and without waiting for the court to reply, he beheaded himself! Is there a royal law here? ”

"There has never been such a powerful minister in the Qing Dynasty! Now it's just holding the festival, what will happen in the future? No wonder this guy Galeries Lafayette has always taken it to heart! Without a word, send a telegram to him and transfer him back to China! Heavily involved in his unspeakable charges! ”

Hearing the sound of discussion, Shi Duo slammed the teacup in his hand and slowly raised his head: "What are you talking about?" Did you get Xu Yifan to fail? Hear the tongues of your servants in your own houses. Xu Yifan's things in the Korean War are all compiled into a book! How many nerd scholars in Yushitai have excerpted their words, and they want to pay Xu Yifan for the benefit of the soldiers, and let him raise the troops to go straight to the book! …… A few days ago, it was said that the eight temples of the capital division were combined to make a water and land dojo, to the Korean War without the king's master, to Xu Yifan and they prayed, and the whole Yanjing City was full of incense! …… Old Erle, your family believes in this the most, how much sesame oil money did your sixth wife give? ”

Erle and Bu had just talked the loudest, and they didn't look old at all. Every time the court council or the minister of military aircraft discussed the matter himself, he would close his eyes and recite Amitabha Buddha when he talked about the current war, or he would mumble to himself in a voice that everyone could hear: "Nan no Guanyin Bodhisattva...... When a war starts, not to mention spending money, how many people will die? How many years does it take for this resentment to be dissipated? But I want to do something, let's just give it to him, the Qing Dynasty is rich in money and grain, and there is no shortage of these silver......"

The good thing is that the military aircraft department of Dalami Xiao Zhangjing has long made up a couplet for this war, using the official secrets of this old and toothless middle cousin, the upper link is "waist battle skirt", the lower link is "Erle and cloth", and the horizontal criticism of "Amitabha".

He is seventy years younger, married a sixth wife but only seventeen or eighteen, the most like to look at the mountain gate to turn around, it is said that the sixth wife also received the bhikshu ordination, this is also a joke. The joint water and land dojo of the Eight Great Temples of the Beijing Division, this sixth lady has a big hand, 6,666 taels of sesame oil for filial piety, and it is another matter to add food to the senior brothers!

When talking about the war, the old man Zhongtang was like this, almost as listless as half dead, but when he talked about Xu Yifan's domineering things today, he was foaming at the mouth, and his old eyes were shining. If Xu Yifan saw it at the moment, he would inevitably have to ask Lao Zhongtang, is it worth it today, did you eat that legendary little blue pill?

As soon as Shi Duo opened his mouth, he didn't save his face for the old man, and Erle and Bu were stunned, and they only lowered their heads in a gray manner. Shi Duo was still angry, and continued to slap the table: "It's all mixed! Which guys are climbing on top of us now, and we can't figure it out? Xu Yifan, you want to get him, can you get him now? Don't end up, we have become the Qin Hui of the Qing Dynasty! It's not him who is the most domineering now! Lafayette's advice, have you forgotten? What a brain! ”

Shi Duo reprimanded the tiger, this third master of the world, the red belt from Jueluo, (the descendants of Nurhachi's main branch, are Aixin Jueluo, yellow belt. Another branch passed down by the Nurhachi brothers, Jue Luo, red belt. At this time of the Qing season, yellow belts are not worth much, let alone red belts. There are many people who drive carriages, and when the concierge is the current person - Oscar Note) does not have the status of the former Prince Junxian, the foreman of the military aircraft, and the status of the minister, let alone the talent ability compared to the former king of the government. Cixi pulled him to the position of the foreman and the minister of military aircraft, so that he could be controlled. Shi Duo also knew that he was ordinary, so he had a purpose, whatever Lafayette said, he would do whatever he wanted, and put other things aside, anyway, he couldn't get these people right now, so he just did it perfunctory - the Qing Dynasty has been so perfunctory in the past few decades?

Now what Lafayette hates, what else does he not understand, just two words, the imperial party! It's too late to make trouble with the imperial party with all his thoughts, can he stand up to another Xu Yifan, who has soldiers in his hands, and now has a reputation like Zhongtian? If the imperial party and Xu Yifan get together, they will be in trouble. Not only can't you get him, but now you have to pinch your nose to appease this two hundred and five!

As soon as Shi Duo got angry in the room, it suddenly quieted down, and several military ministers also felt bored, and each looked at the corner. When I was embarrassed, I heard a sound of footsteps outside the door, and I saw Weng Tonghe striding in. The old man said that he was running around the military aircraft between the Yulan Hall of the Summer Palace and the Summer Palace, helping Guangxu to make suggestions and hold on to this war, seeing that the war was gradually unfavorable, the imperial party relied on this war to get up, but it couldn't fall again! Really kept the old man busy with tea and dinner. In summer, the sun is poisonous, and Weng Tonghe is tanned and thin, and he seems to be ten years old. Now I walked into the house, sweating profusely.

Seeing Weng Tonghe coming in, Shi Duo lowered his head and drank tea again, and several ministers of military aircraft didn't even look at him, and sat on the chair to recuperate.

Weng Tonghe glanced at it, and arched his hand towards Shiduo: "Lord Shi, the emperor sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang to relieve him of 600,000 yuan, and go north for the military of southern and western Liaoning, as well as 20,000 foreign guns and 2 million medicines...... Did you send this down? ”

Shi Duo raised his head, his face full of clouds and lightness: "It's gone!" ”

Weng Tonghe stomped his feet: "How long did it take?" ”

Shi Duo took another sip of tea and snapped his fingers: "Five, six, seven...... What's the matter with the fifth day of the first month? ”

"It's been eight days, wow! Starting from Tianjin, it's time for the first batch to arrive in Jinzhou! Hire a boat to ship faster! The Zhuyuan of Liaoxi called in, and there was not a single tael of silver, a military uniform, a foreign gun, and a pill of medicine arrived! Not to mention Liaonan...... In southern Liaoning and western Liaoning, there are more than 200 battalions of newly recruited troops in training, and without these things, no matter how they fight, the army's morale cannot be stabilized! I said that I am now peeking into the corridor of western Liaoning, and after passing western Liaoxi, it is Shanhaiguan! ”

Shi Duo smiled: "Old man, what are you in a hurry, we didn't send an edict, Li Hongzhang is delayed, what can we do?" Or brother, go to another telegram to urge? ”

Weng Tonghe wiped his sweat, and he didn't understand what Shiduo was planning to do. The armies of Liaonan and Liaoxi gathered in large numbers, and Guangxu sent a telegram to the armies every day like crazy, and asked them to recruit and train the camp leaders on the spot, preparing for a counteroffensive in Liaoxi and Liaonan, at least to curb the momentum of the army going south to the corridor of Liaoxi, Guangxu also knew that if he was defeated again, as long as the army appeared in front of Shanhaiguan, or let them shake the ancestral mausoleum in Fengtian, the Empress Dowager Lafayette would have a reason to clean up the situation. The emperor's drunkenness is about to end in one day!

When so many soldiers are transferred, they will need salaries, ammunition, and foreign guns. But these have to be transferred from the governors of all over the country who have mastered these, especially from Beiyang! originally thought that Li Hongzhang was now defeated like this, and in order to protect himself, he had to cooperate with Guangxu to fight, otherwise the court would find a scapegoat, and he would be the most suitable. But he didn't think about it, and the stern telegrams passed, but Li Hongzhang didn't move at all! But he desperately transferred the troops, ammunition, and battalion head to Weihai, but he never looked north.

This guy ...... Don't you know that in the defeat in southern Liaoning and western Liaoning, even if he holds the front line in Shandong, it is impossible for him to get away with it?

The Imperialist Party is not a fool, and after its own deliberation, it comes to a conclusion. There must be someone behind Li Hongzhang who is backing him, and he wants to sit and watch the defeat of the northern front, and the person behind him doesn't know what he is.

The defeat of the northern front is equivalent to the end of the imperial party!

Look at the old god of Shidor, look at the joke as if nothing happened, and then look at the few colleagues who bowed their heads and said nothing. Weng Tonghe only felt dizzy for a while, and then thought about the god behind them, in the big summer, he felt cold in his heart.

When you get on this boat, you can't help yourself...... Thinking of this, Weng Tonghe couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

The funds of the navy yamen, when he was in the post of the head of the household department, were all proposed to repair the Summer Palace for Cixi, why can't he please it! I also blame myself for the background of this emperor!

The power struggle is like this, if you don't get on this boat, you can only get on that boat, and when you get on the boat, only the car doesn't fall down and just pushes it...... Fight for life and death!

He was looking upright and shouted, and naturally Dalami Xiao Zhangjing, who was running with him, sent a yellow box. Weng Tonghe held it in both hands, and said with a cold face: "This is the emperor's edict written by the emperor today, the Military Aircraft Department quickly uses the seal and sends it out, Master Li, don't worry about it for now...... Anyway, Lord Xu of North Korea has already sworn in his master! ”

A few people sitting were shocked, Xu Yifan was in North Korea to kill Ye Zhichao Wei Rugui, and the telegram of the oath departure had only arrived in their hands for half a day, and they were still preparing to discuss how to deal with it, Guangxu and Old Man Weng knew it?

Shi Duo took the yellow box with both hands, and coldly glanced at the ministers of military aircraft who were all over the room, and the Darami Manchu Xiao Zhangjing glanced at them.

Fuck, we've got traitors here, too! Look around, it is the Han minister Sun Yuwen who is learning to walk on the new military machine, and he is the most like!

Everyone was silent, not daring to look up. Shi Duo slowly opened the box and read the edict, Weng Tonghe didn't sit down, just stood there and watched with a cold face.

After reading the edict in a hurry, Shi Duo rubbed his eyes in disbelief, looked at it carefully, and slammed the table: "Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Ridiculous! ”

The three sounds were ridiculous, which made everyone raise their heads, why did the third child of the world lose his mind and say such disrespectful words to the emperor's edict?

Shi Duo looked up at Weng Tonghe fiercely: "Old man, shouldn't it be your own edict?" How can Xu Yifan be the general of Fengtian? ”

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Since the entry of the Qing Dynasty, this border ethnic group, which did not have much traditional heritage, has almost completely inherited the Ming system in terms of official system. Most of the provincial officials are the same.

Only in their Longxing land, there are no liuguan, but three Manchurian generals to suppress them. The towns and guards in various places are the Eight Banners system, the Manchurian capital, the deputy capital, the staff leader, and so on.

At the border and foreign relations, wicker side walls are set up, and Han people are not allowed to leave the customs. For more than 200 years, until the Xianfeng era, this prohibition was strictly enforced. Around this side wall, I don't know how much blood and tears!

After Xianfeng, the border ban was loose. However, the ruling system in the Northeast is still the one of the banner people, the soldiers and the people. Outside the gate is the last base camp of the Manchurians. Since the Qing Dynasty, the shortage of these three Manchurian generals is either a prince or a Manchu minister, and no Han has ever been able to get this vacancy!

The plan of the Aixin Jueluo family is to leave this rich and fertile, nearly two million square kilometers of land, to them, a nation with a population of only two million, forever!

And Guangxu's telegram actually wanted to make Xu Yifan a Manchurian general! Xu Yifan's title has reached the second grade, and the four Qincha are in his body, but none of them are really missing. The imperial party, in order for Xu Yifan to save the war situation in the Northeast and keep their easy-to-win position, actually put him in the position of General Fengtian in one fell swoop, the most heartfelt position of the Manchurians, with Nurhachi, the place where the Manchurians of the Emperor's Mausoleum are located!

The original Fengtian general Zeng Qi was unfavorable to the war, so he was fired without hesitation.

And that's not all.

Guangxu expressed his appreciation for Xu Yifan's return of support, in addition to the position of General Fengtian, he also gave him full power to control the armies of southern Liaoning, and finally said that if the war went well, the court would not hesitate to reward the marquis. And hinted in the edict that after the war subsided, if Xu Yifan felt that General Fengtian was bitter and wanted Li Hongzhang's position in Beiyang, it was very likely that he would do it!

After Shi Duo muttered to read the edict, there was an uproar in the entire room of the Military Aircraft Department. Erle and Bu shook their mouths as if they were about to have a stroke, and the words were held in their throats, but they couldn't speak, and their faces were flushed.

Weng Tonghe looked at them coldly, and he just felt a burst of happiness in his heart. When people reach the point of ruin, everything will be opened. After getting the news of Xu Yifan's oath, the imperial party was also overjoyed. Now Xu Yifan is already the eye of the god of war, 100,000 Qing troops plus the naval division of the ship, was defeated by the two divisions of the army, Xu Yifan with the strength of one army, but eliminated the two divisions, if he returns to the division, then that little devil in southern Liaoning, it is not like a joke to beat it?

As long as Liaonan is stabilized, after the devil loses his teacher. According to the Qing Times, the devils only had a total of six or seven divisions of soldiers, and they lost more than half of them, and they could only sue for peace, and at that time, the position of the imperial party was stabilized. By virtue of the victory in the war, you can also clean up the post-party figures by the way, especially Li Hongzhang, an old enemy!

Guangxu and Weng Tonghe, who hadn't slept well for a few days, were overjoyed with this telegram, and immediately praised Xu Yifan and posthumously recognized all his actions, including his behavior of killing the marshal. Guangxu's meaning is to let Xu Yifan hang up the name of the fifth Qincha, control the armies of southern Liaoning, eliminate the second army of the Qing Dynasty, and recover Lushun!

At this point, in order for Xu Yifan to win, except for the salary, the imperial party is out of the way. Weng Tonghe even suggested that in order to allow Xu Yifan to smoothly control the armies, and make full use of the manpower and material resources of southern Liaoning, give him the position of General Fengtian!

In one sentence, not only Guangxu, but also other imperial figures felt incredible.

Weng Tonghe cited the example of Zeng Guo's suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at this time. At the beginning of the Hunan army, all the battles were victorious, but Xianfeng was jealous of Zeng Guofan, a registered squire, who could command tens of thousands of strong soldiers to destroy the strong enemy with a single shout, and never gave him the real power to control the place. As a result, after Zeng Guofan advanced all the way to Jiangxi, because there was no local real power, the armies did not listen to moderation, and they could not raise food and wages, and they could not order the local officials to cooperate with the battle. It wasn't until Cixi came to power, under the strong suggestion of Prince Gong's Devil Liu, that he gave Zeng Guofan the real power of Liangjiang, and let him control the armies of the four provinces, with local real power in hand, and officials from all over the country cooperating, and in the end, he achieved Zeng Guofan's lifelong career in one fell swoop!

Now if you want Xu Yifan to work for the imperial party, you can't help but give him real power, and the imperial party can no longer bear defeat!

Guangxu hesitated, but Weng Tonghe said coldly: "Your Majesty, Lafayette can ignore the land of his ancestor Longxing, let Li Hongzhang only care about Weihai, Shandong, and not send a salary and a weapon to southern and western Liaoning, why can't we let a Han man be a Manchurian general?" This thing is incredible, I'm afraid that I will miss this opportunity, the emperor wants to do such an unbelievable thing, and he has no chance! ”

Guangxu is determined, the taste of power is so sweet, once it is touched, it is absolutely impossible to let go easily.

In order to persuade Guangxu, Weng Tonghe spent almost all his life on his life, crying several times. He understands very well in his heart that the imperial party has failed, Guangxu has no power, and there is nothing to worry about. But Cixi hated him, the nominal leader of the imperial party, and didn't know what a cruel end awaited him!

Now, there is only one last fight with Xu Yifan!

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Shi Duo held the telegram, his hands trembling. There was silence in the room.

Suddenly, Erle and Bu crashed headlong into Weng Tonghe, who was standing there with a cold face, and almost roared loudly: "I fought with you!" The surname Weng, you are ruining the world for 200 years! The Han people occupy the position of general in Fengtian, which is shaking the country! ”

There were snot and tears on his old face, Weng Tonghe was not young, at this time, his eyes flashed quickly, and the old man stumbled on the kang, and he didn't get up, patting the kang and crying.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why have you been fooled by this annihilator surnamed Weng? My emperor, why are you so confused? No matter how the little devil fights, we still love Xinjueluo in this world, and we are full of people. With this opening, should the positions of other Manchurian generals be ceded to the Han Chinese? The Han people took the position of Manchurian general, what to do with those Eight Banners? Your Majesty, Your Majesty, God open your eyes, I really don't want to live anymore! I'm not here, send me home and die!" ”

There was a cry, and the house was full of people's faces like ashes, and the Han people looked embarrassed.

Shiduo looked at Weng Tonghe blankly, but Weng Tonghe smiled reluctantly: "It's no big deal, the emperor already has an idea, just let Xu Yifan raise the flag." The Han army led the Manchurian generals, which is also reasonable. And the emperor will also make up the edict, which is not an example...... After the war is over, can Xu Yifan, the position of General Fengtian, be removed! Give him a superintendent, and it's over. ”

Shi Duo bit his lip but refused to speak, Weng Tonghe couldn't help but stomp his feet: "The emperor's edict, don't you want to respect it?" ”

Only then did Shi Duo say coldly with a blue face: "The stakes are very high, and it involves our Manchurian roots, I want to face you!" ”

At this time, Weng Tonghe had no room to back down, and pulled Shiduo's arm: "Go, let's face you!" ”

Shi Duo shook his arm violently and threw away Weng Tonghe's hand: "The surname Weng, this matter is not left or not, even if we meet face to face in the future, I will not recognize it!" You living! ”

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On the same day, Hiroshima.

When the Hiroshima base camp was established, the chief priest of the Ise Daijingu Shrine was invited to perform a splitting ceremony and asked Amaterasu to bless the war.

A small courtyard in the base camp was converted into a shrine.

At this time, the priest, dressed in a strange robe and wearing a high hat, was raising his voice, and he did not know what he was singing in his own peculiar voice.

Hirobumi Ito took off his shoes and stood barefoot on the wooden floor in front of the shrine, silently clasping his palms together in silent prayer against the replicas of the three artifacts of the founding of the country, such as Magatama, the sword, and the mirror. And under the god seat, there are also some gods who worship together, the ink on these wooden plaques is still very fresh, there are friends in Shan County, Kawakami is six, and Nozu Road runs through...... How many heroes have turned into a dream of the first day of spring in this conquest war.

The sun shines down in the courtyard, the light and shadow flow, and everything is silent.

I don't know how long it took, but Ito clapped his hands, and then he raised his head and bowed deeply to the priest.

I don't know when Ito's straight back before the war is now slightly hunched. His gaze became deeper and deeper.

After saluting, he slowly put on his shoes and walked out of the quiet shrine. At the entrance of the shrine, there were already several staff officers from the base camp waiting for him.

"Your Excellency, Xu Yifan of North Korea has sworn to set off and returned to the country, and his telegram has been transmitted to Yanjing, and the information obtained from the base camp has ......"

Ito nodded silently, but his eyes turned to the west, as if he was thinking about the rival he had never met. He didn't speak for a long time, and several staff officers didn't dare to speak, just hung their heads and waited.

"Probably tomorrow, this telegram will be published in the Daqing Times...... How much encouragement will the morale of the Qing people get? It's an unthinkable battle......"

Ito Hirofumi muttered to himself, and there was actually a smile on the corner of his mouth.

He bowed his head deeply: "The responsibility is really heavy, the national fortune of two countries, the whole of Asia, and the next hundred years...... I'm tired, I'm tired...... Yamasan-kun, Kawakami-kun, you have fulfilled your responsibilities, but I don't have the blessing to become a god who protects the country......"

When he looked up again, his eyes were already shining, and there was no smile at all.

"Where is the Combined Fleet?"

"Your Excellency, according to the plan, today it should be approaching the coast of Dagu in Tianjin, and a resolute artillery bombardment is about to be launched!"

"What about the Third Army?"

"Yesterday, a telegram was sent to Asan to inform the ship, under the cover of the home fleet, the ship regiment has temporarily anchored in the sea off Asan to organize the ship regiment, load and transfer small boats, and replenish food and straw, and His Excellency Mutsu Munemitsu, commander of the Third Army, sent a telegram that within three days, we will never set foot on the land of Shandong in the Qing Kingdom!"

"The winners and losers have all been released...... Your life hangs in the balance...... Xu Yifan, I know better than you about those people in the Qing Kingdom, if there is another fiasco, these people will no longer have the courage to resist, because if they continue to fight, they need to change, and they are absolutely impossible to change! You're definitely too late! ”

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The same said, the southeast of Tianjin Dagu Fort.

This fort is the gateway of the absolute Beijing Division, it is only a hundred miles away from Tianjin, less than four hundred miles away from Yanjing, a Haihe River enters the sea through here, and goes up along the Haihe River, which can pass through the water system until the Yanjing City Water Pass.

In the Second Opium War, the Anglo-French army landed here, defeated the defenders of Zeng Lingqin, marched by land, transported supplies and ammunition by water, and fought until Xianfeng fled to Chengde, where he died. After Li Hongzhang took charge of Zhili, he reorganized the fort here, added Krupp cannons, and stationed heavy troops, after decades of peace, Dagu is also surrounded by prosperous towns, bustling with people, the port anchorages around Dagu, all kinds of ships are parked, and the warships with the national flag of foreign devils are also three by two, coming and going here.

After the war, there were a lot of soldiers here, the foreign devils claimed to be absolutely neutral, the warships here also drove away, and the foreign merchants who set up stackhouses in the Dagukou area were concentrated in Tianjin Wei, and temporarily stopped business. The anchor space vacated by them was given to the Qing Dynasty's own civilian and merchant ships. The war in the northeast is urgent, and many of the ships there have retreated here, and the smuggling of people and supplies to southern Liaoning also needs boats. It's not that everyone is worried that the devil will pounce here, but looking at the five forts with their own majestic names, as well as the Krupp cannon of Hessesen above, plus the soldiers who are gathered here with their chests and bellies, everyone thinks that there are so many cannons, and the devils dare not come, right? Dagu, Tianjin, can be regarded as the foot of the Son of Heaven, can the devil fight here?

It is precisely because of the location of Dagukou that Luo Rongguang, the chief soldier of Tianjin Town, was also stationed here in person, and the training army stationed in Tianjin Town, and the defenders of Dagukou itself, there were more than 5,000 people guarding this place. Although there are a lot of soldiers, they are not useful, and Mr. Luo is worried about this matter every day.

Tianjin Town was originally at the feet of the Minister of Beiyang, and the elite soldiers and strong generals did not know how many, but in order to fight for territory in North Korea, Ye Zhichao transferred almost all the trained troops in Tianjin Town to North Korea, and now it has been swallowed by Xu Yifan. Luo Rongguang's current 3,000 training troops are all newly recruited, and they have the name of a Rongzi battalion. Most of these newly recruited soldiers were gangsters who ate miscellaneous land in Tianjin, as well as dock coolies who lost their jobs because of the commercial depression after the war. It has been less than a month since the head of the battalion was erected, what can these soldiers do? The foreign gun barely let go once or twice, and he also injured his own people during the test firing. That's it, most of the local gangsters who are soldiers, how can these people have peace of mind, wear this tiger skin to show off their might, extort money, drink flowers and wine to fight for the wind and be jealous, and it is amazing to have foreign guns, and they are not good when they shoot targets, but when they fight, they pick up foreign guns and put them like beads! The general soldier had no choice but to lock up these guns first.

Fifty-two-year-old Luo Rongguang was so annoyed that his hair fell straight out, and he desperately came to the army that the middle cousin wanted to use. At the beginning, Zhongtang also agreed to transfer, but there has been no news in the past few days, Zhongtang itself does not have many soldiers, and it still has to guard Weihai Fortress, and the old gunners here in Dagu have also transferred a lot. Other colleagues comforted Luo Rongguang, in Tianjin, how many foreign devils are here, do the devils dare to come? They are also afraid of genuine foreign devils!

That's what I said, but the little devil is really here, what should I do?

Yesterday, the two gangs of gangsters who usually have old grudges fought, and they also smashed the local inspection yamen in Dagu, and Luo Rongguang dealt with this overnight. When I came back, I drank four or five catties of rice wine. I woke up at noon, and I only felt a headache when I held my head.

Old...... When I first wore this tiger skin and ate food. A jar of fifty catties of rice wine, set up a ring, and one person can do half of it!

At noon on September 13, the fourth year, Luo Rongguang, the chief soldier of Tianjin Town, woke up and thought of this.

He slept in the official room that had been cleaned up from the Yuanzi Fort, and it turned out that the highest commander of the fort, a guerrilla gray, went to squeeze through the bunk with the soldiers. Luo Rongguang was holding his head on the bed, and he heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, and the guerrilla rushed in panting, and before he had time to salute, he shouted in a straight voice: "Military Gate, Military Gate!" I saw the little devil's warship, and it was hanging on the opposite side! ”

Luo Rongguang was startled, he didn't have time to put on his shoes, and went straight to the top of the fort. On the fort, many officers and soldiers had already gathered, all of them were like ashes, and many of them were still lying on the ground. Luo Rongguang grabbed a telescope and looked east.

At first glance, my heart was cold.

On the pale black sea, the sun shone brightly, and in the telescope, more than a dozen flags of the fleet had been raised from beyond the sea level, waving their teeth and claws.

The cannon used at the top of the Dagu Fort was only six 210 mm German Krupp cannons, and the rest were all small cannons. Beiyang up and down, everyone thought that Tianjin was a treaty port, foreigners were divergent, and the devils would never dare to enter. Besides, the Tianjin Treaty did not allow the Qing Dynasty to garrison too many troops here.

But these eastern neighbors are so crazy that they are approaching the mouth of Dagu. Behind Dagu, less than 400 miles is Yanjing City!

Military Gate, Wow Military Gate, what kind of sailors did you raise, what kind of soldiers did you train. Twenty years of hard work, but today, the fleet has been forced here!

How can such a Qing Dynasty be forced to the door by such a small country?

In Xu Yifan's historical time and space, Luo Rongguang, the chief soldier of Tianjin Town, who defended Dagukou in 1900 and committed suicide by poisoning after being captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance, only felt a deep shame in his heart.

In the past three thousand years, when the Central Empire had already entered a prosperous era, the small island opposite was still knotted and remembered, like a savage. For the past three thousand years, this island has been looking at the Central Empire of East Asia with admiration, learning her culture, learning her writing, learning everything about her.

Occasionally, if there is any misconduct, he will be held down by the Central Empire for a while, and he will kowtow and admit his mistakes after the fight. The Battle of Baijiangkou, the Battle of Wanli to Aid Korea...... Not to mention the heartland, even the living room will not let him stay.

Now the military flag of this small country is shining on the sea only four hundred miles away from Yanjing City!

What the hell is going on?

Luo Rongguang subconsciously wanted to draw the knife, but he felt empty, and then remembered that he hadn't even worn shoes. He raised his hand violently and shouted: "Order, prepare for battle!" Get ready to fire! ”

On the opposite side, the shadow of the warship has gradually surfaced on the sea level, and the three warships are in front, and these three warships are carrying a huge cannon, which is equipped with a 320 mm giant cannon to deal with the secret weapons of the two ships of the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Dynasty, the coastal defense ship named after the three scenes. These three cannons are more effective than nothing in naval battles, but they are absolutely powerful weapons for bombarding fixed targets on land!

I don't know how long it took, but the Dagu Fort was already a noisy and chaotic sound, the soldiers were running around in a panic, and the towns around Dagu were also crying. And the shadow of the ship is getting clearer and clearer, and it has formed a battle column. Suddenly, the sea shook, with the Sanjing ship as the center of the circle, a circle of white waves appeared, and the three giant cannons had already spit out tongues of fire, and then the sound was heard.

The huge cannonballs made a heavy sound in the air, and then exploded with a bang, splashing huge columns of smoke on the gate-number forts, and a row of cannons mixed with human limbs lifted high into the sky. Two other shells landed in the town, causing the houses to collapse and the smoke and dust to the air. And at such a distance, the 210-mm gun, the largest in the battery, is simply powerless to fight back!

The sand and gravel splashed high and fell straight on Luo Rongguang's body. On the open-air gun emplacement at the top of the fort, everyone lay down, only Luo Rongguang stood straight, and a few Goshha couldn't pull him down if they wanted to.

“…… It's just death...... Zhongtang, you are going this way! Useless! ”

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The wind and sand suddenly rose in Yanjing City, blowing from noon to late at night.

The wind and sand that came from Mongolia in the beginning of spring are violently rolling in this summer, shrouding Yanjing, the Son of Heaven, in a chaotic yellow and clear way, and there are few pedestrians on the street, only the camels of the caravan that come back from the entrance can walk in this wind and sand.

The wind slammed into the four sides of Yanjing City, making a whining sound, overpowering all other sounds. When the rage reached the extreme, it almost knocked down the tall palace wall of the Forbidden City!

In the Leshou Hall of the Summer Palace, the kneeling officials who held the power of the Qing Dynasty were all kneeling, regardless of the Manchurians, all bowed their heads to the ground, Cixi sat high on her own collapse, and Guangxu sat on the spring bench next to her.

The room was silent, and the wind and sand also swept the Summer Palace, rolling waves on Kunming Lake, and rustling the windows of Le Shou Tang. The sky was dark, and the lights in the room seemed weak, and everyone turned pale. The eunuchs who stood were originally yin people, and they were the least courageous, listening to the sound of the wind and sand like a ghost crying, they were all fighting with their legs.

"You still have a point? Let a Han Chinese be a Manchurian general? It's not that the dynasty is not kind to the Han people, you see, now the whole country is superintended, how many Han people are there? The dynasty is meant to be the same! But the place outside the gate is the place where our country is prosperous! In Fengtian, guarding the mausoleum of the ancestors, what is the matter with changing to a Han person? You ask the big guys, it's not easy for outsiders to guard the graves of their ancestors, right? ”

Cixi Zhengyan said a few words, thinking about it to appease Han Chen's heart: "The place outside the Guan, in fact, I look at it, and it is almost inseparable from the Guannei, the border ban - to be honest, who still takes it seriously now?" Ordinary people go to beg for a living, and no one stands in the way, right? In the future, sooner or later, there will be a rogue official outside the Guanguan...... It doesn't matter who goes to be the governor outside the Guanwai when the Han people are Manchu...... I never thought that these things were not there, they were all places in the Qing Dynasty, who guarded them, wasn't it the same? But the emperor, you have to think about it, how many Eight Banners disciples are there in Yanjing City? They don't have much knowledge, they only think about their hardcore crops, you do this, they think that the emperor is ready to ignore them, and the eight banners outside the border have been replaced by Han people, what else should they do? If you want to rejuvenate the revolution, you have to take it slowly, step by step, you can't be in a hurry, you say, isn't this the truth? ”

Guangxu was speechless, and Weng Tonghe knelt beside him and coughed lowly. Only then did Guangxu muster up the courage to raise his head: "Dear father, Li'er is such a li'er, but now the war is urgent!" Now the army that can fight outside the gate is just a Xu Yifan who swears to come back, who does not need him? The state also has a reason to reward merit...... If you don't use him, I will rush into the ancestral mausoleum in Fengtian, how can I have the face to see my ancestors! ”

Cixi's face flashed with anger, and she sneered: "Do you really treat Xu Yifan as a treasure?" When he returns, he will surely be able to win? ”

Guangxu lowered his head again, Weng Tonghe couldn't care about it at this time, kowtowed heavily, and spoke loudly. Anyway, in this matter, the imperial party has torn all its faces, made a last fight for its power, and has no way to retreat.

"Empress Dowager Cijian, said that people are only the soldiers of the six divisions, and the rest of the generals of the Qing Dynasty have gathered more than 100,000 troops in southern Liaoning, and they can't help their two divisions, but with the strength of Lord Xu's army, he eliminated two, and overthrew his army and killed his generals! At this time, as long as you have the right to do something, you will be able to win! There are more than ten commanders in southern Liaoning, countless total soldiers, and even more banner soldiers. If they don't have the power, how can they lead these soldiers and generals, and how can they raise money and materials? If the Japanese people are a small island, if they can't be defeated, the rest of the powers, I'm afraid they will be forced to come to the door again, and I want to stand on my own feet but can't get it! The situation is urgent, and the prestige of the Qing Dynasty cannot be fallen! It can be given at this time, but it can be received in the future...... Even if you are the children of the Eight Banners of the National Dynasty now, who is not distressed by the erosion of the war? Such measures can reassure everyone! ”

Cixi couldn't help but sneer angrily: "Are you Weng Tonghe still a great loyal minister?" ”

Weng Tonghe's words also aroused a little courage from Guangxu, he was in power to command the war, and the courage to get the power and not to take the power is different: "Dear father, the war is urgent!" We can't be defeated! ”

At this time, the imperial party jumped out to help, and the rear party naturally could not be idle, and several ministers suddenly kowtowed heavily and retorted loudly.

"Daoyi is still a small trouble, but if you are greedy for money and things, you can settle down with a paper treaty!"

"This bit of money, the Qing Dynasty just treats it as a mustard, what does it deserve?"

"The appointment of Xu Yifan is a position, but it shakes the country!"

"Isn't it hard to weigh what is important?"

"Queen Mother, this Weng Tonghe is a great annihilator!"

"Li Hongzhang can't win a battle after 20 years of training, Xu Yifan just occupies the geographical advantage of North Korea, and now he is returning to the division thousands of miles, and he will be a general in the art of war!"

The rear party was lively, and the imperial party, which had a smaller number, did not show weakness, and they all spoke out one by one.

"When war was declared on Yue, the emperor and Lafayette both decided, and now that the war situation is undecided, you want to admit defeat?"

"Everyone in the Qing Dynasty can lose, lose to the little island, what's the matter?"

"The saints have all changed from the scriptures to the right of subordination, and the saints are still at fault?"

"Lafayette, we can't be defeated again! The prestige of the Qing Dynasty for 200 years, if it is defeated, it will be lost, but the foreign devils really destroyed the country, Poland, India, isn't it all like this? This defeat, foreign devils are going to come to the door! ”

The two groups of people quarreled like a duck pond in the Le Shou Hall, and Cixi Tie blushed and pinched a string of Buddhist beads without speaking. Guangxu was even more silent.

When Lushun fell, southern Liaoning was full of Japanese troops, the Qing Dynasty was defeated in even battles, and the entire Haikou was defenseless against Yueben, these ministers did not stop arguing at all.

Cixi looked at Guangxu coldly, and her heart turned her mind, is it time for the fire? It's time to clean up this disobedient emperor, and if you continue to make trouble like this, you don't know what kind of demon moth will be made! Originally planned to wait for another defeat and take this opportunity to take away the emperor's power - Cixi was very confident in the defeat of the Qing army. Now it seems that this is too uncomfortable!

At this time, there was a sudden sound of stumbling footsteps outside the door, and the big guy who was arguing looked back, but it was Li Lianying and Li Daguan rushing in. It was too late to be on duty today, so Mr. Li was lazy and went back to rest first. However, he didn't sleep steadily, and the urgent news sent to Cixi had to pass through the level of General Manager Li first. Li Lianying was going to not receive any news tonight, but the military report sent was too urgent, and even Li Lianying's status did not dare to press it overnight.

"Lafayette! Galeries Lafayette! The devil bombarded Dagu! There are also their people who landed on a military boat and captured three forts in Dagu, and the whole army of General Luo was scattered, and Lord Luo also took poison and martyred the country! The devil ships are still cruising along the coast of Jinmen, shelling in all directions! ”

The room was silent.

The army has been forced to the gate of the Beijing Division! What these ministers didn't know was that under the bombardment of the army's artillery, Luo Rongguang's 5,000 newly recruited soldiers broke up one after another, abandoned the fort and did not defend it. These soldiers, who were civilians a month ago, were really useless, let alone could only be beaten and couldn't fight back, and most of them were scattered after a burst of shelling. The army had no infantry, and only organized hundreds of sailors to land in small boats, and captured three of the five main batteries in Dagu!

Cixi was so frightened that her hands and feet were cold, Dagu was only 400 miles away from the capital, did she have to run to Chengde again?

Even Guangxu was like her, she stood up in fright, her legs were still a little trembling, and she just looked at Cixi. The imperialist party and the party are all unspeakable. Under the silence, only Sun Yuwen, the minister of learning and walking of the Military Aircraft Department, stood up suddenly, clenched his fists and said loudly: "The little devil deceives people too much!" Now I have nothing to say, approaching the Jingshi, I can only beat them back first! Xu Yifan wants to return to the division, and the other soldiers must also be transferred, King Qin, beat the devil out! ”

Sun Yuwen was excited, but no one at the bottom echoed him, and even Weng Tonghe, the nominal leader of the imperial party, was like a gourd with a sawed mouth. There is no way, in the history of the Qing Dynasty, as long as the foreign enemy landed at Dagukou, it never won the war. They didn't know that the Yue army did not have the strength to directly attack Yanjing at this time, but it was just the temporary idea of Ito Hengyou, the commander of the combined fleet of the Yue army, and seeing that the defenders were scattered one after another, he carried out a landing with naval soldiers.

There was a dead silence in the room, and I don't know how long it took, the emperor and queen of the room were just looking at each other in a panic. There was a thunderclap outside the door, and the sound shook the roof tiles, followed by bursts of thunder, almost on the roof!

The thunder rolled, and then the rain poured down, and in the midst of the wind and sand, there was a summer thunderstorm.

The power of heaven and earth seems to be about to destroy this Summer Palace, and this royal palace built with the funds of the navy will be completely wiped out!

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The thunder, rain, wind and sand stirred together, making this Yanjing City completely change a world.

Cui Jinyuan, in Prince Gong's mansion, is also in a state of panic now.

Before the First Sino-Japanese War, Prince Gong Yixin fell ill, and his illness was not very serious. Hearing the defeat report of the Qing Dynasty, the old man only smiled faintly, like a cloud of smoke in his ears. Everyone thought that there was nothing wrong, the news that Xu Yifan had won a big victory in North Korea came, and the family told the old man who was sick when the good news came, so that he could relieve his boredom, but he didn't think about it, the old man heard the news, and then Xu Yifan won again and again, and shocked Haidong, Yixin vomited blood on the spot, and he couldn't afford it.

Yesterday, the imperial physician secretly told Pu Wei, the grandson of Yixin, who should attack the lord, that it was time to prepare for the future.

The room had been lit with soothing candles, and the thin Yixin was lying on the couch, looking at the house with her eyes open, not moving, and not knowing what she was thinking.

Pu Wei and a few other juniors went in and out of the house, looked at the old prince, and hurriedly went out to order things. If the palace does a big white thing, there will be a lot of things!

Only Xiuning has been guarding Prince Gong's side, quietly looking at this sixth grandfather who has hurt her for more than ten years.

She didn't apply grease powder, and her long, silky black hair was draped down, just because Yi Xin liked to touch her hair. After guarding these words, Xiuning's body was not strong in the first place, and now it is even weaker. Only a pair of big eyes are still as clear as water.

There was a sudden noise outside the door, and Yixin slowly turned her head and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiuning listened attentively and smiled lightly: "Sixth Grandpa wants to know?" ”

Yi Xin smiled bitterly: "Take advantage of a little spirit, know a little more." After this village, there is no more shop......"

His chest was like pulling a bellows, and these few words were extremely laborious to speak, and he almost wanted to break them. Xiuning stood up with a smile: "Then I'll ask." ”

She came back after walking out the door for a while, still sitting next to Yi Xin, and carefully touched Yi Xin's forehead to see if there were any hot flashes. Seeing that Yixin kept looking at her, she smiled and said: "It's nothing, I said that I bombarded Dagu and seized the fort, and the news has been transmitted here from Tianjin, I heard that the officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the scholars are going to knock outside the Summer Palace, and ask the Empress Dowager to order the king of the world." ”

"Hey, this kind of weather ......" Yixin muttered, and only whispered after a while: "That...... Xu Yifan will come back and decide. ”

As if returning to the light, his voice became stable and clear: "No matter how powerful the devil is, the country of the Aixin Jueluo family can't fall, my old sister-in-law understands better than anyone else...... But now in the Qing Dynasty, there is no longer a powerful minister who has the hope of the world, and people's minds have changed...... Xu Yifan, this hope can be regarded as raised...... The devil is forced at the mouth of Dagu, and he has to block it first, otherwise no one will be able to get by...... The sky has changed, the sky has changed, but fortunately I don't have to look at it......"

Xiuning's tears fell drop by drop, but she didn't cry, she said in a low voice: "Sixth grandfather, this Aixinjue Luo family, I will guard it for you." ”

"Hey, you are a banner aunt, what are you messing with...... Yi Xin smiled bitterly and slowly turned her face and looked at Xiuning: "Girl, I stretched my legs and stared at you like this, I hurt you...... Pu Wei's kid I understand, it's not a slippery, but it's time for him to attack the knight, what's the way, you better find a good place to settle down, I left you two dollars, there are always 1.8 million, I can't starve you. My old sister-in-law is here, and I won't treat you badly...... Don't think too much, if you lose your hard work, you won't live long......"

After that, he slowly turned his head back, and no one looked at him, just muttered to himself: "The sky has changed...... The sky has changed......"

The voice grew softer and quieter, turning to silence.

On the night of September 13 in the fourth year of A.D., Prince Gong Yixin, Xu.

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In the Summer Palace, there is still a dead silence, everyone listens to the thunder and rain in a daze, and looks at the raindrops like muddy water, pouring inside and outside the Summer Palace.

The thunder gradually subsided, and no one in the room spoke. But I heard a voice in the distance, straight up into the night sky. Listen closely, it seems to be the sound of many people gathering together to cry and shout!

Cixi finally moved and glanced at Li Lianying. Li Lianying understood, and walked out with a white face. After a while, his face turned even paler, and he said in a low voice: "Lafayette, the civil and military officials in Beijing, as well as the officials waiting for vacancies, the scholars who have traveled in Beijing, and the gentry, have gathered at the gate of the Summer Palace, knocking on the ......."

Cixi patted the couch: "Who spread the news?" ”

Li Lianying flattened her mouth and didn't speak, Dagu is less than 100 miles away from Tianjin, and 400 miles away from Yanjing City, this devil can still hide from the well-informed subjects at the feet of the well-informed Yanjing Emperor?

The cries grew louder and louder, and the shouts grew louder and louder. Cixi waved her hand distraughtly: "Shiduo, go and see, what's going on?" I haven't knocked on the door yet, what's the mess? ”

Shi Duo hurriedly got up, and a few ministers went out in a hurry, braving the heavy rain and trotting all the way to the gate of the Summer Palace.

After crossing the Jiangnan Bridge, it is the gate of the Summer Palace, where you can see the light of the horse lantern, in the muddy water at the door, I don't know how many people knelt down!

The officials wore hats and official uniforms, those who read wore long robes, and the common people wore short clothes, and in the pouring rain, there were still people who continued to arrive, and the kneeling ranks grew stronger and stronger. The guards of the Summer Palace were all assembled at the gate, with swords and guns, not knowing what to do.

Panicking, he strode to the front of the endless procession and shouted with all his strength, "What are you doing here? Is it forced to the palace? disturbed Lafayette's mercy, as well as the emperor's holy drive, how can you afford to bear the sin? It's all the sins of the clan! ”

A few officials lying in front of him looked up embarrassedly: "The third child of the world, when is it, you still say this!" The devils have landed in Dagu! How was this battle fought? Now there is only the herald of King Qin, the king of the world, and the Lord Xu of North Korea is back! Let him control the armies and fight the little devils! If the Empress Dowager doesn't agree, we will kneel and die here! ”

Shi Duo looks, these officials are all from the Imperial Historical Tower. The imperial history is mostly clear, and it has more or less something to do with the imperial party. It is said that people have landed in Dagu, and these clear streams have come to force the palace like this? The imperial party is really trying to show up in poverty!

The more he thought about it, the colder his hands and feet became, and he looked outward. Needless to say, the imperial party agitated Qingliu, the front row was full of kneeling figures, but where did so many people come from in the back? And there are more and more people, braving this heavy rain, all the way to here?

The people in the back heard the conversation in front of them, and they didn't know who it was, so they shouted loudly: "I beg Lafayette and the emperor to transfer Lord Xu back to Beijing to master King Qin!" ”

"Transfer Lord Xu back to Beijing to Master Qinwang!"

"Transfer Lord Xu back to Beijing to Master Qinwang!"

The First Sino-Japanese War was eroded everywhere, how did Xu Yifan become the support of the world's Taishan? Shidor was so flustered that he didn't know what to say. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Maybe compared to the imperial party, this Xu Yifan is a more dangerous figure!" No wonder Galeries Lafayette is wary of him everywhere...... In any case, he can't be allowed to return to the feet of Jingshi! But now it seems that there is no way to stop him from coming back, this guy has sworn to be a teacher, maybe tomorrow's Daqing Times will be on the board again...... The only way to encircle him in southern Liaoning is to find a way to clean it up slowly. In this way, in order to calm the heart of the world, this Fengtian general had to give it, and I don't know how long these imperial parties have spread the news that this Guangxu is going to make him a Fengtian general...... As long as you don't go back to Jingshi, you're better than anything else! As for King Qin, Jingshi, he can only rely on Lao Li, hurry up and transfer some soldiers from Shandong and Liaoxi back! ”

In a panic, Shiduo's brain was much faster than usual, and he made a decision on the spot. In the end, he just shouted: "You wait, be careful of your deceit!" I will go back to the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and I will always satisfy you! ”

In the heavy rain, he staggered away, leaving only the crowd behind him in the heavy rain and wind, and there was a shout that was louder than one: "Tune Lord Xu back to Beijing Shiqin Wang!" ”

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A.D. 1**4 September 13th night.

Yalu river.

The torrential rain poured down.

Two pontoon bridges were erected on the river, and the cavalry, wearing raincoats and cloaks, patrolled and guarded in the vast rain and fog. The heavy rain almost formed a rain wall, dense and impermeable.

Under such a torrential rain, two invisible teams were walking quickly through the two pontoon bridges. Each soldier carried a backpack, wore a raincoat, and a gun on his shoulder, and walked with his head buried in his head. Occasionally, when lightning flashes, you can see the Canglong banner in front of the queue.

Xu Yifan was riding on a horse, surrounded by young staff officers from the General Staff Headquarters, as well as Goshha led by Pu Yang, everyone with rifles on their backs, and immediately stood on the river bank on the North Korean side in the rain and looked at the motherland land opposite.

The rain hit Xu Yifan's face, almost making him unable to open his eyes, and the sound of the rain also covered his muttering.

"Fuck, it's finally back...... Lao Tzu has been out there for two years! I don't know how much risk is taken, dozens of people in Nanyang have to fight tens of thousands, and North Korean Lao Tzu has to charge with bayonets! I didn't sleep a few times with my own woman...... Finally let Lao Tzu wait until the day he came back! ”

An officer in charge of directing the queue traffic rode over and shouted: "My lord, it's time for the headquarters to cross the river!" ”

Xu Yifan was about to leave as soon as he reined in his horse, and Chu Wanli next to him laughed loudly: "My lord, the prancing horse Yalu River has returned to China, don't you make any comments, let us listen and cheer up?" When the adults mobilized in front of the battle in Suchuan, everyone was excited! ”

Xu Yifan scolded with a smile: "Lao Tzu will say one word now, and his heart is like an arrow!" ”

As he spoke, he laughed and rode his horse onto the pontoon bridge, the front team had already passed, and the team behind had temporarily stopped, and more than 10,000 soldiers saw Xu Yifan taking the lead, and dozens of knights behind him were walking through the Yalu River like dragons. The rain stirred up layers of white mist on the river, which was stirred up by these dozens of riders.

This moment, the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, will not forget it for decades to come.

Xu Yifan's healthy horse had just set foot on the land of his mother country, when the rain suddenly stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky were quickly pushed away by the wind, revealing the stars in the sky. The torrential rain and wind just now seem to have nothing to do with this quiet night.

The soldiers pushed down the hats of their raincoats, looked up at the vast sky and sea of stars, and let out exclamations of admiration. The starlight is scattered, sprinkled on the body of these twelve thousand athletes.

Xu Yifan also raised his head to the sky, and when Chu Wanli came to him, he heard Xu Yifan say in a low voice: "The sky has changed......"

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On September 14, the fourth year of A.D., Guangxu Ming issued an edict, Fengtian General Zeng Qi opened a vacancy, Xu Yifan was appointed as Fengtian General, and the title of Minister of Southern Liaoning was added to the rank of Minister of the Great Camp in Liaoning, responsible for the overall war in southern Liaoning.

Xu Yifan swore to return to China, and the news was reported by the Qing Times, the imperial court, and the spontaneous telegraph offices in the provinces.

The world is exciting.

(To be continued)