Nanjing, before the sky is bright, the sound of the horn has been echoing in the streets and alleys of Nanjing, the guards have entered Fushun, and Fushun has been encircled. The city defense of Dalian was as solid as a rock, with less than 6,000 troops, blocking the enemy for more than four days, and the battle continued.

However, this was not a real "victory," but a real victory was that the First Guards Corps used planes to transport the two winged flags of the captured army to Nanjing, and as for the third one, it would arrive in Nanjing by plane in the afternoon.

Wing flag!

"Petty officer, petty officer, what are you in front of the horse? Twinkle and twinkle, flutter and flutter, isn't that the pennant of the conquest of Korea? Levy and levy, levy to the end, cut and fell, cut to the end......"

Even if the children's song in the newspaper does not use this children's song to prove the importance of the United Flag awarded by the Emperor to the Japanese Army, especially the symbolic opinion of its people's hearts, but through the importance that the Guards attach to the military flag, one can also imagine the importance of the United Army Flag, which destroyed 40,000 enemies in one day, struck a blow to the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, and severely damaged the 16th Reserve Division.

This will no longer be considered by anyone to be "bold and arrogant" when the empire was first established, that is, to be caught in the flames of war, and there is no longer any doubt that His Majesty is confused by the annihilation of the ministers.

The Russians are powerful, but they were pressed and beaten by the Oriental little nose for a year, and the people still cheered for the victory of the little nose, but now, no matter how powerful the little nose is, touching our guards, it will be in its original form, and it will be the master of a strong foreign force.

Nanjing, no!

It should be said that the Chinese, as soon as they woke up from their sleep, once again heard the good news of this "war victory", and once again, a group of students from various universities and middle schools in Nanjing, without even eating breakfast, ran to the palace and shouted long live, of course, after which they would go to the Imperial War Department to visit the captured military flag.

As the emperor, Chen Moran naturally needed to share the joy of victory with his subjects on the balcony of the government affairs building, and he was willing to do so, after all, the victory at the front was undoubtedly contributing to his personal glory.

Enjoying the sound of the people shouting "Long live" like a wave, Chen Moran was inevitably a little proud, victorious! Only victory can change the mentality of the people, the victory of the front line is changing the country little by little, no country, more eager for victory than China, which has suffered 64 years of defeat in foreign wars, this country, the people here need the victory of the army.

While he was enjoying the heartfelt shouts and congratulations of all the people, Guan Mingtang, the Minister of Finance, who was standing next to His Majesty and watching the procession, said to the sudden opening.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of the cheers of the people?"

"They need victory, the country needs it, and the citizens of this country need it too!"

Ignoring His Majesty's statement, Guan Mingtang continued to speak as if he was taking care of himself.

"Your Majesty, is this cheering being the people shouting "Stop the war"? The country and its citizens need to end this war with peace talks when we are victorious! ”

From the formulation of the war plan, until now, Guan Mingtang is the most determined "war faction", and he is also the most resolute "peace negotiation faction", it is he who single-handedly contributed to this war, and now, it is he again, from the very beginning of the war, he began to shout "Take advantage of the near advantage and end the war immediately!" ”

Yesterday, all night, he was "blocking" His Majesty, and the reason why this was so was that there was only one request, "immediately stop the attack on the Yalu River Army", even if he would stand here enjoying the cheers of all the people, to some extent, Chen Moran would stand on the balcony in such a small rally in order to get rid of him.

And his abacus was seen through by Guan Mingtang, who had been following closely, Guan Mingtang even stood behind His Majesty's side regardless of the distinction between monarchs and ministers, and continued to put forward his own requirements as yesterday.

"Your Majesty, now that Ito Hirobumi has arrived in Nanjing, any delay in meeting with Ito may lead to the danger of all-out war between China and China!"

Guan Mingtang often said earnestly, in his opinion, now His Majesty has been deceived by the easy victory, and without his request or permission for the First Army, it is absolutely impossible to try to encircle and annihilate a group army of the Yue Army.

"Your Majesty, for the other powers, the time is ripe to mediate a war between Russia and Russia, if the instinct is to defeat the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, then for Germany, Germany will have everything they can only dream of, Russia has been greatly weakened, and from now on it can be an obedient follower of the Kaiser, and during the war a Russian-German commercial treaty was concluded in particular favour for Germany, and even the two countries may further sign a treaty of alliance, and they got what they need. When the Kaiser visited Morocco, he claimed that the Sultan of Morocco was the "monarch of reading" and that the great powers had "absolute equality" in Morocco, and openly opposed France's use of Morocco as its protectorate. As a result, relations between France and Germany were unprecedentedly strained. It may even lead to war, and if the local forces really reach this point, whether or not Russia's military forces can return from the Far East to contain Germany is undoubtedly a matter of life and death for France, and for Britain, as soon as the Russo-Russian War is over, it is possible for him to use the loans during the war and the loans after the war to urge Russia to join the Four-Power Entente between Britain, France, and Russia, thus forming an encirclement of Germany. In this general environment, if China continues to expand the war with Russia, it will inevitably lead to a separate peace between Russia and Russia, and China may become a bargain for the great powers, and not only will it lose its temporary advantage, but it may even ......."

"Guan Qing, you're too worried, don't forget, now we have poisonous gas in our hands!"

If it were not for yesterday's amazing victory in the "poison gas war", perhaps Chen Moran would not be as confident as he is now, and he has even asked the General Staff to formulate an operational plan for a large-scale poison gas war, and at the same time asked the Huaihua Company to increase the production of poison gas, chlorine, phosgene, any gas, as long as it can kill people!

And now, Guan Mingtang actually let himself give up, what a joke.

However, when he said this, Chen Moran looked at Guan Mingtang in surprise, who was thin, dark-faced, and looked almost featureless, he ...... How could he see all this, what he said was what had happened, or was happening and was about to happen, although it was only a few simple words, but it was full of the mentality of the countries in the Russian war.

"Poison gas is not omnipotent, although it shows that Tang is not a soldier, nor does he understand the power of poison gas, but Ming Tang believes that it is not one or two new weapons that determine the outcome of the war, yesterday poison gas can achieve fruitful results, but this is based on the fact that the army does not know anything about poison gas, and the power of poison gas is already strong, and now it is to use the remaining strength of poison gas to strive for the greatest interests at the negotiation table!"

Guan Mingtang turned around and bowed deeply at His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, do you remember your conversation with your ministers before the war? Please fulfill your promise yesterday, don't try to be quick for a while, and talk about the sinners of the country! ”

"You!"

"Your Majesty, please order to receive Hirobumi Ito!"

Guan Mingtang took a step forward, his expression, and words were almost equivalent to forcing the palace. This time, Guan Mingtang was determined not to give up until he reached his goal, after the start of this war, his attitude, like that of the vast majority of civilian officials and even the General Staff, was how to end the war before the Guards were seriously damaged.

Faced with his actions, Chen Moran, who had already retreated from the balcony to the house, his expression turned cold.

"You're not afraid that I'll cut off your head!"

"Your Majesty can cut off my head today, but if Your Majesty insists on going your own way, within ten years, the person who shouts Long Live you today will cut off Your Majesty's head in front of the palace!"

Guan Mingtang's direct advice only made Chen Mo cool down, and this was exactly what he was worried about. Thinking about it, he laughed out loud.

"Zheqin, what you said, Bismarck once said to Wilhelm I!"

"Your Majesty, it was also said to Emperor Napoleon III!"

Looking at His Majesty, Guan Mingtang seemed to be waiting for His Majesty to make a choice, whether to be William I or Napoleon III.

"The current situation is very good, and it is a pity to end the war in the future!"

"When the situation is good, it will be able to make Yuben pay more at the negotiating table, and, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that His Majesty's tone was a little loose, Guan Mingtang took a step forward.

"At the negotiating table, we can also exert military pressure to force Yuben to spit out more, for Yueben, if we don't bleed, they can't spit out what they have already eaten, but only if they come to the negotiating table with Yuben."

"What do you mean!"

"Taiwan! No matter what the reason, we must recover Taiwan! ”

"You know, it is impossible for the Navy to provide an escort for the Army! Even if the troops are sent to Taiwan, without the navy, the troops will fall into the trap of being cut off from the back road when they arrive in Taiwan! ”

Chen Moran helplessly revealed the fact that now the navy is still entangled with the Dutch in Surabaya, and at the negotiation table, the lion still asks for West Borneo, and the Dutch seized the opportunity and refused to negotiate, and the navy exists as a deterrent force in Surabaya.

"Before the Russo-Russian War, Ito Hirobumi had put forward the Manchurian-Korean exchange theory, and I don't think His Majesty needs to explain the content of this exchange theory!"

"Zheqin, what do you mean?"

"In the minister's view, the Korean Empire is a reading country."

When it comes to reading power, Guan Mingtang's lips are full of mockery.

"Now, the main force of the Yue army is besieged in the northeast, and it only has two reserve divisions in Korea, and most of them are stationed on the line of the Tumen River, while we can transfer at least fifteen divisions, in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation, we need to avoid a large-scale war with the Yue army, so I think our army should attack to the north of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, if it goes well, then, Your Majesty, at the negotiating table, we can put forward the exchange of Taiwan and South Korea! What we get by shedding blood, in the same way, what the army wants to get, can only be done by shedding blood! ”

Seeing that His Majesty seemed to be a little hesitant, Guan Mingtang immediately opened his mouth to explain.

"Your Majesty, in the exchanges between big countries, weak countries and small countries have always been sacrificed!"

"Zheqin, if you follow this plan, I'm afraid the war will expand, have you considered the risks?"

Staring at Guan Mingtang, who was full of confidence, Chen Moran was so curious about his thoughts, he was the one who wanted to end the war, and he was the one who wanted to negotiate, and now it was still him who wanted to expand the war.

"Your Majesty, the negotiating table is not just a stage for diplomats, when diplomats negotiate with their mouths at the negotiating table, it does not prevent soldiers from negotiating on the front line with machine guns and artillery, Mingtang is not a soldier, but he understands one thing, if there is nothing to be gained in this war, the army and the people will be dissatisfied!"

When reminding His Majesty in front of him, Guan Mingtang felt a little helpless in his heart, the army was sliding towards the royal army step by step, and the dissatisfaction of the army must be considered. Even ten years later, when the empire is constitutional, I am afraid that by then the army's allegiance to the king will be difficult to return, but this is not what he is considering, he is not a constitutionalist, nor is he a republican, the only problem he needs to think about is how to realize the answer sheet that he has determined to pay for.

"But Zheqin, if we say that after we launch an attack on North Korea, the army gives up the idea of peace talks, then what should we do, you need to know that the name of the country is stingy, just like you said before, they can't accept the annihilation of an army, let alone our occupation of half of North Korea."

"Your Majesty, today is the 22nd, the Russian Second Pacific Fleet is about to sail into the Strait of Malacca, for the Yueben, the biggest problem they need to consider now is how to defeat the Russian fleet and annihilate a legion of the Yueben army, at the cost of the fact that the political axe of the Yueben can not control the anger of the people, now, although the news of the disastrous defeat of the Yueben army on the battlefield continues to come out in the Yueben, but for the Yueben, the temporary military defeat is acceptable, although the vast majority of the Yueben himself is indignant, But it is more about European and American countries that blame the blame! ”

A smile appeared on Guan Mingtang's face as he spoke, and the initiative of Britain and the United States intervened, making China, which should have been on the cusp of the limelight, unexpectedly hidden behind Britain and the United States.

"The ...... of the Lackeys of White Europeans and Americans"

Guan Mingtang's words made Chen Moran think of a sentence from the intelligence bureau's previous submission of information, in his own eyes, China has now become a lackey of Britain and the United States, and they believe that the reason why China dares to attack the Yue army is because of the support of Britain and the United States, and the reason why Britain and the United States support China is because they are worried that Russia will be seriously weakened.

Although this word makes people uncomfortable to hear, Chen Mo Ran didn't mind saying that he thought so, but was happy to see this scene.

“…… South Korea, South Korea is a reading country, didn't I cry that this war is for the reading power and territorial integrity of South Korea and China? Your Majesty, an attack on Korea is, in the eyes of most people, far more shocking or outrageous than not annihilating one of its legions, and under the pressure of reality, at least until the Russian navy is dealt with, it can only be swallowed in the stomach even if it is knocked out! ”

"What if they defeat the Russian Navy?"

It's not if, the fact is that Ben won big!

"At that time, we can only pray that Britain and the United States, unwilling to see a seriously weakened Russia, take the initiative to intervene in the peace talks! When the time comes, we must take into account a part of Russia's interests! Only in this way can we protect our country! ”

(To be continued)