In late September of the 14th year of A.D., the Sino-Japanese War, which had been stalemate, seemed to have finally reached the time to decide the winner.

The Qing army's camp in southern Liaoning was destroyed, and the third army of the Qing Dynasty was successfully landed in Rongcheng Bay, and had already taken Rongcheng County, and the troops were approaching Weihaiwei and were about to start a siege. The two heavy armies that the Qing court had worked so hard to raise were either unable to fight or were already in danger. The situation seems to be irreparable!

Liaoyang.

After the Liaonan armies of the Great Qing Dynasty slowly assembled on the front line of Tianzhuangtai, Liaoyang was used as one of the logistics grain stations. There are 70,000 armies in southern Liaoning, and the amount of food eaten by people and forage eaten by horses is astronomical. Fortunately, these grains can be requisitioned and distributed on the spot, and the Liaozhong Plain was originally a big granary. Although the former Fengtian general Zengqi did not make trouble for Song Qing and Yiketanga in the military deployment - this is also a gamble, the dignified Fengtian general, he didn't even get the title of Qincha! However, no effort was spared in transporting grain to the front line. The army of 70,000 did not eat, and when it fell, it was his land that suffered.

In Liaoyang, these people are shouting and neighing, tens of thousands of people are recruited, and there are hundreds of carts, thousands of hand-pushed Taiping carts, thousands of mules, horses and camels...... The whole price is full of people coming and going, and there is no time for the flow of water. On September 17, the first battle, the sound of artillery faintly shook Liaoyang, and in the evening, the people who had first gone to the front line to deliver grain collapsed, and it was rumored that in the area of Tianzhuangtai, 70,000 people gave the little devils a beating, and I don't know how many died!

At first, some of the local garrison teams and officials in charge of transporting food and wages were still calm, but many people had already fled first. The next day, the defeated troops of the brigade poured over -- as soon as Tianzhuangtai was defeated, the Qing army fled in all directions, some retreated to the area of Jinzhou in the western Liaoning corridor, and some ran towards Liaozhong. These guys are even more unbearable than running towards Liaoxi, retreating to Liaoxi, behind them is Shanhaiguan, that is, Yanjing City, and the imperial court will definitely force them to fight to block the devil's soldiers. Running towards the Liaoyang area, the hinterland of Liaozhong is very large, and they have no responsibility to defend the territory when they practice camping, and the devil can continue to escape with joy as soon as he comes, who can stop it!

These defeated soldiers were led by Zhao Huaiye, the chief soldier of the Huai Army, and many battalion leaders were mixed together. As soon as they collapsed, the local guards and the officials of the grain station knew that it was really bad, and no one knew if the devils would chase after Liaoyang! These officials who are responsible for defending the territory, the flag camp is just a smoke. In Liaoyang, all the chaos was rout, and the place suffered a great disaster. The people were forcibly dragged along with the army to transport arms, mules and horses were robbed, and there were even cases of breaking into the homes of local people to loot and plunder. Fireworks rose in many places where grain was stored, and there was a scene of panic.

This chaos lasted until the afternoon of that day, when an iron stream wearing a Western-style military uniform and waving the banner of Canglong drove into Liaoyang City. This headless and tailless army, in addition to the Canglong military flag, there are four big characters fluttering in front of the team, Xu Yifan has arrived!

The people of Liaoyang, who suffered from the military disaster, immediately spread by word of mouth that it was the team of Haidong Xu Marshal and the Praetorian Guards returning to the country! The local Han people are looking forward to the clouds, but the local banner people are in a complicated mentality, they are also looking forward to someone to come to the town to stabilize this chaos, but they are also a little unsure of this figure who served as a Fengtian general as a Han Chinese. The Han people became the general of Fengtian, and the moon silver banner of our banner people, but is there any more?

This army is completely different from the Qing army that everyone is used to, the soldiers are bald and have no braids, strong and neat, and the queue is neat, just rolling forward. The officer was young and fierce, and on horseback, his chin was almost raised to the sky, and he was so fierce that his eyes hurt. From top to bottom, this army has a kind of pride and high-spirited spirit that has returned from a hundred battles, and it is a proud and high-spirited spirit that can only be created after a hundred battles. The team drove in, and the sky was full of smoke and dust. What it brought was also full of murderous energy!

As the Praetorian Guards marched into Liaoyang, an order was handed down, and the Military Justice Department of the General Staff Headquarters together with the officers and soldiers dispatched to the General Staff Headquarters immediately closed up the already somewhat uncontrollable chaos. Under the bright bayonets, groups of routed soldiers were gathered and sent to the square outside the Confucian Temple in Liaoyang City to gather. Some of the bastards still wanted to be strong, but they were all dragged out of the field to rectify the Fa. The veterans of the Praetorian Guard, a few surnames were more or less worn under the bayonets, some were Koreans, some were said to be themselves, and now these soldiers are added. Not only the soldiers, but also the officers who broke the army, all those who openly looted, committed crimes, and burned warehouses were all dragged out, and their hats were cut off with a knife.

The cavalry holding the red order shuttled back and forth, loudly conveying the orders of the Judge Advocate General's Office.

"Rectify the Fa on the spot!"

"Rectify the Fa on the spot!"

As soon as Xu Yifan's Praetorian Guard army entered Liaoyang, he began to use heavy codes in troubled times, not only the chaotic rout army was obedient to the suppression, but even the people of Liaoyang who benefited from it and the people who transferred materials and food were so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath!

Several commanders of the rout, led by the chief soldier Zhao Huaiye, shrank in the temporary tent of the flag camp, climbed the arrow tower and looked into the distance, and saw the yellow army roaring into the city, as well as the murderous appearance, of course, it is indispensable to see the dragon banner fluttering in front and behind the team, this army is by no means able to be trained by the Qing Dynasty itself at this stage!

Zhao Huaiye looked back and sighed: "The Praetorian Guards are back, these two hundred and five not only became the general of Fengtian, but also became the murderous demon king!" Kill all the way back, this road is paved with blood! The little devil has met an opponent, and our words are not easy! ”

There is also a deputy general and battalion officer at the bottom who is a tough guy: "Our soldiers, why does he kill indiscriminately?" Is there still a royal law? Let's be in his moderation, but let's clean up the camp by ourselves! ”

Zhao Huaiye pointed to the team that was still neatly involved: "Can you reason with him?" Hurry up and get ready to kneel to pick up the handsome! As soon as he comes back, Liaodong will be a bloody storm! I didn't believe it before, but now when I see it, I can't help but be convinced. This is the Demon Star! Pack up and get ready to plead! ”

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Xu Yifan, who pretended to be black-faced as soon as he entered Liaoyang, did not set up his big tent in the city. Instead, it was located in the new city built by Nurhachi on the side of the Prince River to serve as a palace.

This palace room, when the Jianzhou Jurchens first got Liaoyang, the palace forbidden, and later the Jurchens moved the capital to Shenyang, and then entered the customs Dingding world, this new city, is still carefully preserved by the later government, as the treasure of the so-called Longxing land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Liaoyang was originally a small city, but in the Guangxu period, it was only the size of a county. This simple new city palace has been cleaned and maintained by General Fengtian, and no one dares to live in it.

As soon as Xu Yifan arrived, he drove in with great fanfare, and immediately acted as his handsome account.

At this time, his Goshkha was busy cleaning, the staff headquarters was also stationed in the lobby, and the trainee staff officers were hanging up the map and putting together the map. The statistics of Liaoyang's grain stocks and materials counted by the logistics department have also been reported in a flowing manner, and the battlefield intelligence collected from various places is also being summarized. These tasks are all pressed on Chu Wanli, and Chu Wanli, who usually smiles and sways around with his shoulders, is also very busy at this time, and he has to issue orders in his mouth to listen to the situation. It's hard for him to be able to cook it, and arrange it in an orderly manner. After the Praetorian Guards entered Liaoyang, they had to spread out their frontal and be in a state of imminent battle, adjust the posture of their troops according to the latest situation, and make preparations for further operations. All kinds of piles are not easy things, and they require strong comprehensive ability and judgment ability. Chu Wanli is usually lazy, but at this time, he can show his ability.

Xu Yifan, on the other hand, took a curious look at this humble palace room, and secretly pouted and felt that Nurhachi's original taste was really enough. Then he shook to the staff headquarters, sat on a chair and held a cup of tea, looking around, listening to Chu Wanli giving orders there.

"Is the grain stock count out? Hurry up! With numbers, we can determine how many troops Liaoyang can support to fight! ”

"The movement of the army obtained from the defeated soldiers, immediately plotted the map! After copying, send it immediately! ”

"Spread out in an east-west direction! I don't care how you dispatch your troops, and no matter how tired the troops are, there must be a strengthened detachment to occupy Da Liziling on the south bank of the Taizi River! How to marshall? Your brain is broken, and the General Staff Headquarters still cares about you marrying a daughter-in-law? This is, of course, a matter of Yunzong, I only ask for a reinforced detachment! ”

Xu Yifan was looking at Chu Wanli's rare appearance of seven orifices with a wicked smile, and heard a rumor outside: "My lord, Zhao Huaiye, the chief soldier of Nanyang Town, Liu Ruhu, the deputy general of Langshan Town, and Huang Jiye, the deputy general of Guilin Town, are here!" ”

With a passing message, the busy staff officers in the room stopped what they were doing, wanting to see what these fugitive generals looked like. Xu Yifan is training in the army, except for the Beiyang student soldiers, who have a limited number, most of the other officer corps are pulled out from scratch, and the Nanyang student officers are mainly born. After eating this bowl of rice as a soldier, it was a lie to say that he was not curious about what his mother's [***] team looked like. Xu Yifan is such a character, Chu Wanli and Li Yunzong are also bright for a while, and when they were in North Korea, they all looked down on the mother team and the mother country. But when I contacted Sheng Jun and them, I found that it was nothing more than that. After returning home, the domestic army is even worse than the Sheng army!

With comparison, there is a conclusion, in such a big country, only the Praetorian Guard is the strongest army, and only Lord Xu can turn the tide in this piece of erosion!

The relaxed smile on Xu Yifan's face was gone, and he put down the teacup and slowly stood up. He said coldly: "What am I doing when I see these disgusting things? If you bring them here, you cut off their heads! The order went down, from Zhao Huaiye down, all the officers above the division level in the defeated army were all corrected on the spot! For the military rings of southern Liaoning! If these people retreat towards Jinzhou and meet in Jinzhou, I can still surround their lives and retreat towards Liaozhong, and their behavior is so unbearable that it will be difficult to convince the people if I don't kill them! In the battle of Lushun, this Zhao Huaiye is also one of the seven general soldiers defending the city, he escaped without permission, he didn't cut off his head, and I am sorry for our brothers in the three battalions! ”

With a single sentence, at least more than a hundred heads fell to the ground. Xu Yifan is easy-going with his subordinates, and sometimes he is very unserious. Unexpectedly, after returning to China, he changed into a different person!

Everyone was shocked, and the herald hurried out. Zhao Huaiye and the others didn't even see Xu Yifan's face, so they lost their heads like this! There were a few screams and scolding sounds outside the door, probably because Zhao Huaiye and them were tied up, and they finally felt that something was wrong, and scolded loudly.

"Xu Yifan, I am an official of the imperial court, and I am a second-class official! Do you dare to kill? Do you dare to kill? ”

“…… you, the eighteenth generation blood ancestor of the Xu family! We've done it with the devil too! Even if you become a ghost, you will be haunted every night! ”

"You cut off our heads today, and tomorrow the court will cut off your heads!"

Xu Yifan was unconscious, listening to those angry scolds and screams going farther and farther. turned his head to Chu Wanli and smiled: "How about it, the burden is heavy enough, right?" The devils have rushed through the Grange, do you think, whether their main force is to the south or north, how can we fight this battle? ”

After honing all the way, I will experience the quenching of the First Sino-Japanese War. Xu Yifan himself didn't think that he was talking and laughing and killing, and then laughed gently, and he was already a little silent in the emperor's mental tricks. The staff officers around him unconsciously held their breath. Chu Wanli's eyes flashed, and he also smiled: "The devil is determined to launch the main defense against the north, and we can't hide it from anyone when we go to Liaoyang...... It was enough for them to strike a position of pressure in a southwesterly direction. Tianzhuangtai was lost, the main force collapsed, and the devil's results in the northeast were already big enough to form an oppressive threat to Liaoxi...... Fighting a war has always been a continuation of politics, and I can't help but say that the devils have got everything they want......"

"War is a continuation of politics......" Xu Yifan patted his head.

After all, he was a step late, and history is still roughly turning according to the original trajectory. At this time, I'm just afraid that the army has already landed in Shandong, right? The two heavy troops threatened the Beijing Division, and in the entire Qing Dynasty, he is now the only one soldier that can fight, and he has no power to return to heaven from any point of view...... What if the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty is defeated? Is it possible to give the court chief a breath and make them not so quick to make peace?

His eyes fell on Chu Wanli, such a shrewd figure as Chu Wanli, where did he not know Xu Yifan's thoughts, and shrugged his shoulders immediately: "Let's go back to the division, the strategic attempt is to stabilize the situation in southern Liaoning when the army breaks through the front line of Tianzhuangtai." tried to counterattack again, but now it was a step too late...... Although we now have the strength to take the initiative to attack, we must defeat the second army of Zhengqing...... We don't have enough troops. ”

"If you don't have enough troops, I'll make it up for you!" Xu Yifan said word by word.

Chu Wanli's eyes flashed: "My lord, are you going to Jinzhou?" ”

Xu Yifan smiled, his expression full of indescribable mockery. He looked around at the dilapidated palace houses around him, as if he was laughing at Nurhachi, the owner of the place.

What's the matter, your descendants defeated your family's level, no worse than Emperor Chongzhen back then, right? The only difference is that the Ming Room back then fought with you until the mountains and rivers were exhausted, and the internal and external troubles collapsed, and finally the people's hearts were lost and irretrievable. At that time, it was really not clear what destiny was. But your children and grandchildren, when they can still fight, they will fight the idea of surrender!

He didn't bother to guess the thoughts of the ruling princes in Yanjing City, history was there. It would be in vain to expect that Xu Yifan would be able to make these people think about the problem differently. After the Yue army defeated the main forces of the Qing army in southern Liaoning and Shandong, the Qing court's choice was to negotiate peace and surrender. It's pretty much the same now. Although he Xu Yifan has already worked hard, he is tired and vomits blood to rush back!

But his idea now is that even if history still roughly rotates according to the original track, he still has to work hard to get this luck back!

Usurpation was originally an act against the sky, he started from scratch, and he had to change the trend of history by force, and it was not enough to succeed unless he was risky and against the sky. What's more, he had already promised in his heart that he would give this history a different ending!

Changing this luck may be the beginning of a slow and heavy change in direction at this critical juncture?

I've come here, and I can't hold back anyway. The Qing court has descended, but I Xu Yifan can't descend! Let you, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, take a look, let the old woman and the emperor of bean sprouts take a look, and let the people of the world see, I, Xu Yifan, do I have the qualifications to ask the importance of this tripod!

This destiny ultimately comes down to the shoulders of people who have responsibilities and a big picture.

Xu Yifan thought so much, and he didn't expect others to understand. And even if he was in the middle of it, he thought that he had thought it through, but he didn't expect that at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, Yanjing City and even the whole world would have such a big twist and turn because of his actions!

He really stirred up the world, and later generations believed that it was from the palace built by Nurhachi on the bank of the Prince River.

But that's all for later.

At this time, Xu Yifan just replied with a smile: "Nonsense, if you don't go to Jinzhou, where are the soldiers?" I am General Fengtian, and I am also the General Office of the Southern Liaoning Military Affairs, I will help you clean up the rags, and recruit the main force of the devil to the southwest, you press the Praetorian Guard, and greet Lao Tzu to the waist of the little devil! ”

Chu Wanli touched his chin and strode to the front of the map that had just been hung up, and the staff officers below looked at his eyes, and gathered with a buzz.

The news of the collapse of the camp in southern Liaoning came. After the General Staff Headquarters went to Liaoyang, there were two assumptions. The Praetorian Guard was entrenched in Liaozhong and had a supply base. The grain and straw are all settled, and there is room for advance and retreat. As long as the supply line from Anzhou to Liaozhong is maintained, a month or two of war can still be supported.

If the main force of the army is on guard in the direction of central Liaoning, it will concentrate the main force to fight steadily and steadily to the south, press them back to the area around the Jinzhou Isthmus in southern Liaoning, and prepare for a counterattack on Lushun. This idea must be to seek stability, and the Praetorian Guards have their roots in advancing and retreating. However, the strength of the army is not thin, and there is a sea to meet it, this method is long-lasting, and there is no need to counterattack Lushun within three or two months. Let's take it slowly. After Xu Yifan sought to return to the army, it was difficult to achieve the political effect that shocked the world.

If the main force of the army can continue to the southwest and suppress the broken Qing army that has retreated into the western Liaoning corridor, it will be the most ideal situation. With Liaozhong as the starting base, the Praetorian Guards could hit the waist ribs of the army at once. swept the entire Second Army of the Qing Dynasty. Breaking through the two armies of the Yue Army, are you afraid that it will not shock the world? The main force of the devil's field battle can be regarded as all in the hands of Xu Yifan. Everyone in the world can see that the devil is powerless to fight again, and this Jiawu can be a draw!

However, since it is the most ideal situation, it is also the most unexpected. Chu Wanli thought that he couldn't expect the devil to be so stupid. How much combat effectiveness the Praetorian Guard has, you can see the war in Korea, and now that they have suddenly returned to Liaozhong, it is strange that the devils should not face them with the main force. It's still the first case that is the most certain, and the main force battle with the devil in the south will be pushed slowly.

But does that imperial court have the courage to persevere? In Xu Yifan, a Qing Dynasty outlier, and the devil are fighting and seesawing, how many constraints will there be? It's all something that can't be said for sure.

After all, the Praetorian Guard is still a step too late! The camp in southern Liaoning has been defeated miserably!

Chu Wanli just glanced at the map and slapped it vigorously on the map: "My lord, if you can concentrate a force to counterattack southern Liaoning, and force the devil to conquer the second army and turn the main force to the west, you can give the main force of our army in Liaozhong an opportunity to take advantage of!" ”

He turned his head sharply and looked at Xu Yifan, but laughed again: "My lord, do you really want to bet so much?" You rushed to southern Liaoning, can you pick up such a defeated army? How many famous generals and important ministers of the Qing Dynasty are there...... It's not enough for us to offend people? Even if you pack it up, can you use these soldiers? But they're all defeated...... Also, my lord, didn't you think that even if you worked hard to get there, the court would give you this time? To this point, how long can that imperial court hold out? A paper of peace is coming, and we are also offended, and the matter is nothing more than that, what else can we do? After decades of life, is it necessary to work so hard? ”

Xu Yifan also smiled: "Life for decades, there is no need to work so hard...... Then why did you follow me down to Nanyang and North Korea, stumbling and crawling all the way? The court can't be trusted, but we can't trust it. The court can descend, but Lao Tzu can't! ”

It is said that the whole army of the Praetorian Guard arrived with such fanfare and so hard. The camp in southern Liaoning still collapsed, and the domestic war situation was erosive. Everyone's morale is not low, it is fake. Although those young staff officers were still busy, they all looked gloomy and had fewer smiling faces. What kind of waist handle the imperial court is, everyone understands. At this moment, on the way home, Xu Yifan, who seemed to have been idle, gave an order, and more than 100 heads fell to the ground. Another sentence that the court can descend, Lao Tzu can't descend. Suddenly, it was as if someone had helped them on their backs, and their heads were raised!

As for how Xu Yifan cleaned up those defeated soldiers, and how he could use these defeated soldiers with weak combat effectiveness to attract the main force of the Yue army to the southwest, it seemed to be a trivial matter. Didn't they follow Xu Yifan all the way?

Chu Wanli looked at Xu Yifan quietly and suddenly smiled. Lizheng performed a military salute, and the military posture that had never stood standard was also strictly organized at this time: "My lord, I am relieved to have your words." You go ahead, let's follow...... I'll stay here to sort out the team, cover the transfer of supplies, and when you counterattack from the Liaoxi Corridor, the Praetorian Guard will definitely attack the flank of the army with a thunderous momentum! ”

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Grange Terrace.

Near the left of the battlefield, there were all the corpses of the Qing army, and the Qing prisoners of the brigade were weak and walked off the battlefield under the escort of the army.

Surrounded by a group of staff, General Dashanyan walked up to the hill where Song Qing was sitting at the beginning, and this mountain was already scorched black. The craters are all made by shells. The Qing army said that the corpses of the army were entangled horizontally. There was one of the fiercest battles in the Battle of Grangedae here. Song Qing's pro-battalion fought a rearguard battle here, covering their commander's retreat from the battlefield. The grove below the hill had been swept away by the fire of both sides, and only a few tree trunks were left, and on top of the trunks, there were human heads. At the beginning, Song Qing's camp was here, and I don't know how many heads of escaped generals were chopped off!

Dashan Yan walked on top of the pile of corpses on the ground, and a Qing army officer sat against a boulder, already dead for a long time. He had a knife in his left hand and a six-wheeled pistol in his right hand, and there were bullet casings scattered on the ground around him. Four or five corpses surrounded him, and the officer stared and opened his mouth, as if he was still shouting. Dashan Yan walked up to his side, looked down for a while, and bent down to break the pistol in his hand, but he couldn't take it off.

"This is a warrior, let's arrange a thick burial." He straightened up and commanded lightly. The miscellaneous servants who were cleaning up the battlefield - many of them were prisoners of the Qing army. Immediately came to carry the corpse. Many people also made low comments.

"Isn't this Song Junmen's nephew?"

"The title of deputy general is about to be promoted to the general soldier, good man!"

"It's better than us, it's over if you kill it, and if it falls into their hands, God knows what sin you will suffer!"

"There are a few officials like Vice General Song, no one will take us to fight!"

Da Shanyan understood Chinese, but smiled lightly. Several guards were about to smash with their rifle butts, but they were also stopped by Dashan Yan. He turned his head to the south, which was in the direction of the Bohai Sea, where the sea was endlessly lapping against the coast, and on the tidal flats, the corpses were slapped into lines by the sea, and they fell with the waves.

The general trend of East Asia is in the palm of your hand. This achievement was made in his big mountain rock.

The Qing Kingdom was close to the left of Gyeonggi, and the last 70,000 soldiers who could fight were destroyed by him, and the Zhili Plain was already open. It is another matter whether Ben has the strength to enter Zhili, the key is that the Qing people have no strength to resist!

He already knew about the military report of the Praetorian Guards entering Liaoyang. In his opinion, there is no way to return to heaven. As long as they defend to the north and use the hilly areas of southern Liaoning to set up a defensive line to block their advance. With more than 20,000 troops, the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty concentrated its main force for defense, but couldn't it stop the Praetorian Guard with more than 10,000 troops? As long as the Second Army of the Qing Dynasty is placed at the gate of the Liaoxi Corridor and makes a posture of entering Gyeonggi, the Qing court can only sue for peace.

A regime that has lost its absolute power of dominance and can only rely on the balance of power. is afraid that people will take off their last pair of underwear, the so-called Qing Dynasty can't afford any possibility of Yanjing City being lost. This is no longer the Xianfeng period, and there is still a little residual power in the Qing Kingdom at that time. Now if Yanjing City is lost, the entire Qing Dynasty can only fall apart!

(A few more words: history is the same, around 1900, Cixi and the stupid Manchurian magnates made a last-ditch fight, and actually had a bad brain and declared war on the Eleven Kingdoms.) Trying to use the Boxers against foreign devils to win one or two battles and restore the central authority. can continue to control the place, but as a result, Yanjing City was lost, and Cixi Guangxu fled to Xi'an. The last pair of pants was stripped off, and the so-called central authority of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was naked and open in the wind. If it is said that before Gengzi, the Manchu Qing Dynasty Center still wanted to do something about the dying struggle, what kind of foreign affairs strong soldiers and sailors, and a bit of the appearance of a big empire. After Gengzi, he was completely shameless. The place can't be moved, and the foreigners are completely beaten down. In later years, Cixi was waiting for death, and the Manchus were also waiting for death, only some so-called nobles who didn't know whether they were alive or dead were still fluttering, but who was the same thing for them? In this way, the Manchu Qing Dynasty suffered for 11 years, and it can only be said that the revolutionaries are a little too incompetent. The reason for the gunfire in Xinhai was really a little crying and laughing, because all parts of the country were in trouble to protect the road, especially in Sichuan, and Chengdu was surrounded. Wuchang had to transfer troops to suppress it, Wuchang was empty, and hundreds of people changed the sky. Why protect the road? Sheng Xuanhuai wanted to sell the railway to raise money. Why raise money? Sheng Xuanhuai thought about the position of Zhang Zhidong's scholar. Zhang Zhidong's condition was that Sheng Xuanhuai would fill the deficit of millions of dollars owed by his factory in Hubei, and Sheng Xuanhuai didn't want to pay out of his own pocket, so he sold the road to get kickbacks to fill the shortfall. It was really a small butterfly with a change in officialdom flapping its wings, and it collapsed the Manchu fan, which also shows how weak the Qing Dynasty was at that time. In such a Manchu Qing Dynasty, Mr. Zhongshan had to work hard for ten revolutions...... No more comment. - Oscar Note)

On the other side of the sea, the Shandong strategy planned by His Excellency Ito must have gone well, right?

This imperial luck is in the palm of your hand...... When, will you wait for the note of the Qing court to sue for peace? Ten days? Twenty days? Conquering the second army, it won't even be able to resist Xu Yifan for twenty days, right...... Layers of defense are.

Dashanyan did not have the slightest intention of fighting with Xu Yifan, saving the honor of the army, and avenging Shan County and others. The war begins, it ends there. Everyone doesn't even understand this, and they all think that they are heroes of the Meiji era.

He looked at the turn of the sea and the sky, was distracted for a while, and turned his head. The Qing prisoners had already carried the dead lieutenant general down on a stretcher. The body on the stretcher still did not fall, sitting in a posture, tiger and vigorous.

Da Shanyan nodded casually at the corpse of the general, and turned his head to teach his staff who were so happy that they couldn't hold back: "Qing people still have bravery...... However, they did not know what they were fighting for. So the bravery of a single person, the whole army is fragile. After decades of imperial reform, the education of the people, and the followers of so many Meiji sages, it was possible to have this invincible tiger who fought hard for His Majesty, the nation, and the country. What about the Qing people? What do they have? Not even a single hero to follow! ”

He sighed lightly: "The development of the people's morale and military spirit is nothing more than the formation of a trend. There are heroes who lead the change of fortune and let everyone follow. Napoleon is also, and I, the sages of Meiji, are also. The day after tomorrow is nothing more than education, reading, and reasoning, and only then can we know what a country is and what a nation is...... It's a pity that this country, which has held the destiny of East Asia for 3,000 years, does not even have a hero worth following and arousing the people's morale in these last days! Now that the fortune of East Asia is in the hands of the Empire, Lords, work hard, don't let this luck be lost in our hands! ”

The old man chattered and sighed, where can those young people listen to the school. One by one, they looked in the southwest direction, their eyes blazing.

"Your Excellency, we are willing to fight to the death for the Empire! Taking advantage of this opportunity, I would like to ask Your Excellency to order us to go straight to Yanjing! ”

First a staff petition, then another, and finally, they simply surrounded the earl general who seemed to be in a good mood. What Dashanyan said just now, none of them went to their hearts.

The crowd below was indignant, but Dashan Yan just smiled: "Deploy your troops and defend to the north." ”

"Your Excellency, Yanjing is right in front of you, and within ten days, you will definitely be able to touch the gate of Yanjing! Why defend to the north? Even though the Qing Janissaries arrived in Liaoyang, they were not afraid of going to the aid of thousands of miles! Your Excellency, please give the order and proceed quickly! ”

"Your Excellency, the Praetorian Guards pose a threat on the flank, and for the sake of attention, you can break the Qing Janissaries first. It's just a sweeping operation of three operations, and the 70,000 Qing army has been broken, are you still afraid of this 10,000 Qing [***]? After sweeping the Qing Praetorian Guard, he turned to attack Yanjing, and joined the Third Army of the Qing Dynasty to join Yanjing! ”

"Your Excellency, please give the order!"

Dashan Yan smiled and listened for a while, but the smile on his face became more and more stiff. He suddenly shouted, "Bastard! Have you forgotten the fate of the 3rd and 6th Divisions? Do you really want to create a hero of the Qing people? In this era, a hero can change the fate of a nation! I have only one order, defend on the spot! The main force is concentrated, facing Liaoyang, and it is not allowed to emphasize again, and it is not allowed to attack! ”

As soon as the general gets angry, the matter is relatively big. Rao is how those young and strong officers are full of strength, but no one dares to say a word, one by one bows their heads and salutes, but they can't help but slander a word or two in their hearts, these Meiji heroes who were born as feudal warriors, are they all sharp? The Qing Kingdom Yanjing is in sight, but there is only one Liaoxi corridor left, so the great achievement of the Qing Dynasty is lightly let go!

Xu Yifan, what happened to Xu Yifan?

Da Shanyan's good mood disappeared somehow, and he walked down the mountain with a straight face, and after walking a few steps, he was suddenly startled.

Those young officers had no idea that a war was being started to end. What they are thinking about is Wuxun, that is, the victory of a single battle. If it weren't for the leadership of these people, this army would not know what it would have become...... In the early years of the Meiji era, there were so many Magi! It is this group of heroes that has made Xiaoxiao Yueben, the whole country as one, come to this point.

…… But the Qing country is so big, and this nation has been inherited for so long, is there really no hero who has the ability to turn the tide?

This thought flashed through his heart, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. His gaze turned, but he didn't look in the direction of Yanjing, the center of the old empire, and he didn't know why, his gaze just slowly turned to the direction of Liaoyang in the north.

What will Xu Yifan, who has returned thousands of miles to the division, Xu Yifan, who broke their tens of thousands of troops in North Korea, do, the overall situation has been decided, can he still turn it over?

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Hiroshima.

After the good news came from southern Liaoning, it was as if the base camp of Benzheng Qing had exploded. The base camp is dedicated to the Ise Daijingu Shrine, and it is also a city full of high-ranking officials of the army and navy, and political axes have come to celebrate the blessing of the gods. In the evening, the staff officers who were not on duty took turns to celebrate the victory with cheers at the castle in Saeki-cho, a street in Hiroshima.

One suggestion after another was put forward, and it was nothing more than that Shandong went smoothly on the land, southern Liaoning was victorious, and the Qing State had no strength to resist. You can transfer your forces to the Zhili Plain, start a battle, and fall Yanjing!

However, Ito Hirobumi did not attend the meeting, and no matter how kind the invitation was, he did not appreciate it. Just night after night in front of the map. He bent his waist and thought about something silently. It was only on this night that he entertained a guest in his bedroom.

The house is low and crowded, and there are only a few simple dishes on a small table, but the precious blackfin tuna sashimi still indicates the identity of the owner as the prime minister of the cabinet and the important minister of the Meiji era.

Sitting opposite Ito Hirofumi was the head of the big spy who had not appeared for a long time, and the head of the Xuanyang Society, who had fought with Xu Yifan.

The two of them silently drank the wine, and they all drank it all. Touyama looked serious, but there were tears in Ito Hirobumi's eyes.

"Toushan-kun, this news is better than ten divisions!"

Toyama bowed his head and saluted, and in front of Ito Hirobumi, he was as respectful as a schoolboy: "Without the guidance of Your Excellency, without the fighting of the officers and men of the army and navy, and without the blessing of the Emperor Welling, how could we achieve such a battle situation?" We waited for the DPRK's plan to fail miserably, and we already had no face to the people of the world, and this time I am sorry that I did not help much, and I can only be ashamed in the face of Your Excellency. ”

Ito Hirobumi snorted: "What does the army and navy know? I can clearly say that even if the main force of the Qing army was completely annihilated in southern Liaoning, and the army and navy will immediately defeat Weihai, I will not have the slightest joy. The whole empire doesn't think about it, in fact, the empire can't fight anymore! ”

For this war, the last ton of transport ships has been requisitioned, and in order to support the huge amount of transportation and supplies, normal commercial activities have almost come to a standstill.

For this war, he has already spent the last copper plate. Mobilization costs, transportation costs, costs of imported supplies, the first phase of the war treasury on the London market, which was almost quickly depleted, and ammunition reserves will bottom out. And when the second issue of treasury bonds was about to be issued, it happened to be the news of North Korea's defeat, and the entire market was almost uninterested! The exchange rate of the yuan also fell in response to the London market, which forced the political axe to spend more money when purchasing military and civilian materials!

Xu Yifan himself did not fully understand that his victory in Korea made Yuben ten times more embarrassed than in history. He thought that he still had a few months to support, and that the First Sino-Japanese War in history had been fought for more than half a year, and that the national strength had only been exhausted. In fact, it has only been two or three months since the war started, and it is said that the national treasury can already run mice.

Although we all know that the overall situation forces the Qing court to surrender and sue for peace, as long as the bureaucratic style within the Qing court breaks out and the matter is delayed for another month or two, it will collapse itself! The sad thing about small countries that come after them is often like this. It simply does not have the heritage of a great power.

It's a bit of a bit of wine though. These words are too specific, and Ito still doesn't want to say them to Toyamamitsu. This is when everyone is carnivaling, singing military songs, and shouting for a decisive battle against Yanjing. Ito was always hunched over and silent. Victory is in sight, but this victory is so fragile that it can be broken at the touch of a button!

Until I waited for the news.

In this war, the Xuanyang Society was entrusted with the important task of collecting. The Xuanyang Society had been operating in the Qing Dynasty for many years, and during this war, the information was both accurate and timely. played a considerable role. But no matter how much military intelligence you have, no matter how square you add up, it's not as important as this intelligence!

The night before the army landed in Rongcheng Bay, the Weihai area was evacuated from the 18th battalion of Wang Liansan, the general soldier of Caozhou, and Zhang Gaoyuan, the general soldier of Dengzhou, and evacuated Weihai, a key coastal defense place. Secretly boarded the ship at night, neither went to aid southern Liaoning, nor went to other places, but landed in Tianjin in the early morning of the same day, and left for Yanjing without repair! According to intelligence, it is said that Li Hongzhang may also be in this army!

After receiving this news, he was as reserved as Ito Hirobumi, and he also feasted on Toushan in his private residence. That information, he just read it over and over all night, there were tears in his eyes, and he didn't know if he drank too much or what.

Toyama wanted to ask what was going on, but how dare he in front of Hirobumi Ito? Originally, Ito didn't treat these ronins very well, and he was in the army, and he killed Xu Yifan by Okuto Kawakami, who was in the army. In front of Hirofumi Ito, he didn't dare to take two more breaths.

After a night of drunkenness, he just had a question in his heart. Is this obviously the transfer of troops back to Beijing to Shiqin Wang, which shows that the Qing people still want to resist, why is His Excellency Ito so excited? Could it be that Weihai is happy that it is easier to defeat the eighteen battalion heads?

Outside the window came the singing of the drunken men in the Army Staff quarters, far away in the night. Ito stood up and pushed open the sliding door facing the courtyard, and the maiden who was waiting carefully outside hurriedly knelt and moved a few steps back, and put her shoes in front of him. Ito Hirobumi kicked his shoes away with both feet and stumbled into the courtyard barefoot.

"Toushan-kun, you come!"

Toushan hurriedly followed, bending down in front of Ito.

"Qingguo, there are no heroes! And there is! Li Hongzhang is not a hero, and Xu Yifan is not a hero! In the end, I was the one who won! ”

"Your Excellency......"

"I'm waiting to negotiate with Li Hongzhang, it's in Yueben, I like this place in Maguan, it's in Maguan! Across the Shimonoseki Strait, you can see Kyushu, and in autumn, the water in the Maguan Strait is blue, so beautiful! The herring there is also delicious! ”

"Your Excellency...... The battle has not yet been won! Tou Shanman finally couldn't help it. It's not because of anything else, but he's always been conceited and smart, but in front of Ito, he always has a feeling of insufficient intelligence. Could it be that he is really worse than Ito?

Ito turned around, but Toyama found that his face was full of tears: "Don't you understand?" Who are Wang Liansan and Zhang Gaoyuan? is Li Hongzhang's personal soldier, and he is the most loyal to him. Unlike other Beiyang generals, with the gradual rise of status, they are already a little uncontrollable. We are about to annihilate Li Hongzhang's last old Beiyang Naval Division, but he left Tianjin and rushed to Yanjing with them, what is this for, don't you understand? ”

"The Empire has finally won this gamble!"

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In Liaoyang City, for most of the day, it was already a purge atmosphere.

Inside and outside the town, calm has long since returned. There was not a single idler on the street, only the officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard with guns patrolling by. The men of the brigade were grouped and left the city from the east to begin to pick up the arms transferred from Korea. The General Staff Headquarters of the Praetorian Guard was under the command of the Prussian Army, and it was also good at the organization of this logistics station. These people, in addition to the masters who were originally recruited, also those who broke the army. Outside the west gate, there were more than 100 headless corpses neatly lined up, all of which were officers above the division level of these routed troops. These routs who turned into civilian husbands looked at the corpses, and they all had a chill down their spines, shrunk their necks, and redoubled their efforts to drive the horses in a trailer.

More troops were transferred out as the vanguard detachment, and after assembling, they set out urgently to occupy the covering positions around Liaoyang. And reconnoiter and advance forward, and find out the movement of the army in front of him as soon as possible. The sound of mobilization and assembly sounded briefly, and then in the eyes of the people of Liaoyang, these teams wearing Western-style gowns, shiny big leather boots, and heavenly soldiers drove out one by one.

Secretly looking out from the window, although these masters don't dare to get close to them. But it's reassuring to look at, isn't it? I've never seen such a neat troop. These are all soldiers led by Xu Dashuai, who was stationed in Liaoyang!

Of course, the people won't know that Xu Dashuai, who has only been stationed in Liaoyang for half a day, and his ass has not yet been hot, is going to Jinzhou in western Liaoning non-stop.

With the sound of a short copper whistle, the trump card of the Praetorian Guards, the first standard and one battalion of the Left Association had assembled in the square in front of the Confucian Temple. More than 100 heads were cut down here this afternoon, and the blood on the ground was black and heavy under the light of the torches.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers quickly assembled the whole team, and after taking all the troops from the leader, they stood solemnly and waited. After stopping for a while, I saw that under the torch leading, Xu Yifan was the leader, Li Yunzong and Nie Shicheng were following closely around the left, and the murderous ones rode over.

Xu Yifan immediately jumped down to the front of the team, and glanced at the team, this battalion was Li Xing's battalion. can fight and be proud, from top to bottom, they all walk with their heads held high, and their battle exploits are there. Some bad-mouthed officers take this battalion first when they see any important task, and secretly call this battalion the brother-in-law's battalion. After Li Xing was seriously injured, this battalion was led by Wang Chao, who was also a Nanyang student, and Wang Chao was also one of the first young people to follow Li Xing and Li Xuan to secretly contact Xu Yifan in Java. The family also has a big rubber plantation, and he is an only son, taking advantage of the millions of family assets. Now he was tanned, thin and old, with only shining eyes, and stood at the head of the line with his chest puffed out.

Xu Yifan slapped him on the shoulder first: "Can you stand it?" ”

Wang Chao grinned: "Don't worry, my lord!" ”

Xu Yifan twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled, turned around and walked to the front of the queue. He said loudly: "Do you know what I am taking you to Liaoxi for?" ”

Without waiting for anyone to answer, he shook his head first: "I didn't take you to cut off your head and grab the military power, nor did I want you to protect me in the chaos...... The matter of seizing power, Lao Tzu himself came! Lao Tzu is in the background, the position of General Fengtian, who dares to touch Lao Tzu a single hair? Those generals who lead the troops, who has a bit of courage? I don't need you, as soon as I give an order, someone will naturally clean it up. Anyway, my Xu Yifan's dominance is already famous all over the world! No one dares to be hard with me! ”

The muscles on his face twitched a little, and Li Yunzong and Nie Shicheng glanced at each other and shook their heads. Before Xu Yifan set off from the government office, a telegram was suddenly sent to the Liaoyang Telegraph Office, and the code of the secret telegram indicated that Xu Yifan, the marshal of the Fengtian general, received it personally. There was already a dry telegraph line passing through here, passing through here to Shenyang, and then to the east and north. When the Praetorian Guards arrived in Liaoyang, they took over the telegraph office here as soon as possible, and several unilateral machines that were destroyed by the rout army were repaired immediately, and they received this telegram!

Xu Yifan read the telegram, and his face sank, so depressed that he seemed to be thundering at any time.

This telegram was sent by Tan Sitong. finally caught up with Xu Yifan's whereabouts. This scholar was involved in the Qingliu gang again, and he also wanted him to work hard for the imperial party, diligently Wang Jingshi, and admonish Cixi!

Let's not talk about how far he is from Yanjing, and he won't have time to arrive. Even if they arrived, how to enter the city, how to admonish the soldiers, there was no plan at all, just a fluttering telegram. As if to inspire him, Xu Yifan Tianliang will have everything in his hands. It is not surprising how absurd it is for the imperial party to be so popular. Tan Sitong has great ambitions, is unwilling to be lonely, and wants to serve the country and serve his ideals, which is also normal. He doesn't pay attention to this stubble anyway, who can do anything to him? Now as long as he holds the Praetorian Guard, no one in the world dares to deal with him head-on. He's a warlord in every word.

What really calmed his emotions was that the dispute between the two parties of the emperor and queen had come to an end! The Imperial Party started with the First Sino-Japanese War, and now that the overall situation is eroding, the Later Party will force the palace at any time with the disadvantage of the war and defeat them in a short-lived manner. I don't know that the guy who was crazy and refused to give up with a little power thought of this unlucky idea, looking at Tan Sitong and Changdian vaguely hinted, it seemed to be his teacher, the old man. Is he crazy? The imperial party came up with this trick, and it was originally considered that Cixi wanted to slow down and leave Guangxu with some dignity to bow down and go back behind the scenes, but now she can only deal with the imperial party with double strength. Cixi's yin is slightly ruthless, who doesn't know?

They bite the dog, and Uncle Xu is not distressed if he dies. Anyway, it's you who are holding back the usurpation, and no one can escape. But there's still a war going on! The imperialist party rose up with the main battle, and when the latter party came to power, it was inevitable that the affairs presided over by the imperialist party would be liquidated. Naturally, the war will end as soon as possible, and any crime can be pushed at the head of the imperial party anyway. The post-party did not have the will to resolutely resist. The first time the post-party is to negotiate and surrender! This is the only conclusion that can be drawn from the history he knows, or from the reality he is now experiencing!

You can't worry about it, whether it's the imperial party or the rear party, you want to strangle the other party to death, and wait until the battle is over?

Luckily, from the very beginning, I didn't want to go the same way with them, I just wanted to destroy this old house!

Xu Yifan raised his head to the sky for a long time, and suddenly lowered his head. Eyes like electricity.

"I have taken you with me to set an example! Let the army of the Huanghuang Qing Dynasty take a look, and let the whole world see. There is always such a group of people who are fighting for this country, regardless of life and death! Even if the entire Qing court regards us as an outlier, I believe that our sacrifice and struggle will never be worthless! There is always a group of heroes who will stir up the tide in this last days! I only have one word, we are not fighting for that court! And we ourselves know what we are fighting for! From now on, fight to show the world, there will be people who will identify with us and follow us! ”

"Go ahead, go to Jinzhou!"

(To be continued)