On July 23, the commanders of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Army Corps, as well as divisions directly under each corps, rushed to Yanjing one after another.

On July 25, agents of the Chinese Intelligence Bureau lurking in Jinzhou sent a message that the Russian army of 200,000 had launched a fierce attack on the Daling River defense line, and that Zengqi led the Northeast Army to resist desperately and repelled the attacks of the Russian army many times.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Jundao convened a military meeting of the commanders of the corps, at which the operational policy for the Russian army entrenched in northeast China was thoroughly formulated.

At the meeting, it was decided to temporarily form a frontal army.

The First Front Army is composed of the Third Army Corps, the Third Army of the Guards Corps, the Division directly under the Fourth Army Corps, the Division directly under the Fifth Army Corps, the 64th Division, the 65th Division, the 66th Division, the 85th Division, the 86th Division, the 87th Division and other troops, with a total strength of 310,000 troops, with Nie Yuanzheng as the commander-in-chief, Xiang Zilong as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Pang Wai as the chief of the general staff.

The Second Front Army is composed of the First Army of the Guards Corps, the Division directly under the First Army Corps, the Division directly under the Sixth Army Corps, the 67th Division, the 68th Division, the 69th Division, the 82nd Division, the 83rd Division, the 84th Division, and the 'Sharp Arrow' Special Forces, with a total strength of 150,000, with Yang Polu as the commander-in-chief, Tang Jian as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Qin Xiao as the chief of the general staff.

The Third Front Army is composed of the Fifth Army of the Guards Corps, the Iron Cavalry Corps, the Division directly under the Second Army Corps, the Division directly under the Seventh Army Corps, the 70th Division, the 71st Division, the 72nd Division, the 79th Division, the 80th Division, the 81st Division, and the 'Divine Sword' Special Forces, with a total strength of 180,000, with Xu Jian as the commander-in-chief, Yue Fengxian as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Long Zhan as the chief of the general staff.

On July 27, the 140,000 main force of the First Front Army, carrying ten days of grain and grass baggage, led by Xiang Zilong, deputy commander-in-chief of the First Front Army, and Pang Wei, chief of the general staff, set out from Yanjing and rushed to Shanhaiguan to join the 170,000 troops of the Third Army led by Nie Yuanzheng.

At the same time, the 100,000 main force of the Second Front Army, carrying half a month's baggage, led by Yang Poyu, commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army, Tang Jian, deputy commander-in-chief, and Qin Xiao, chief of the general staff, set out from Yanjing and rushed to Chengde, and then would turn around from Chengde, extend the north bank of the Liao River, go down the river, go around to the north of Fengtian, and launch an attack on Shengjing from the north. The remaining 50,000 troops will escort the army for three months, and then arrive.

At the same time, the 100,000 main forces of the Third Front Army, carrying 20 days of baggage, led by Xu Jian, commander-in-chief of the Third Front Army, and Yue Fengxian, deputy commander-in-chief, set out from Yanjing, rushed to Zhangjiakou, and then marched to the northeast, extending to the east of the Great Xing'an Mountains, rushing to Heilongjiang, and the remaining 50,000 troops would be escorted for five months, and then arrived.

On August 1, when the 140,000 troops of the First Front Army arrived at Qinhuangdao, the Russian army had broken through the defense line of the Daling River, and the vanguard troops approached the city of Jinzhou in the evening of the same day.

On August 2, 200,000 Russian troops completely surrounded the north, east, and west of Jinzhou City, leaving only a gap in the south.

On August 3, the Russian army launched its first attack on Jinzhou, and the Northeast Army swore to resist to the death, and the 13-hour defense of Jinzhou killed tens of thousands of Russian troops, and the Northeast Army lost more than 20,000 casualties.

That night, Zengqi convened his subordinates to discuss the route of the Northeast Army, and finally decided to submit to the political axe of the Chinese Empire.

On August 4, Zengqi sent the news of his willingness to return to the Dragon and Tiger Army to Shanhaiguan.

After receiving Zengqi's letter of surrender, Nie Yuanzheng immediately sent the contents of the letter back to Yanjing by telegram word for word.

In the military hall, the General Staff Headquarters, Lin Zhengnan, who was acting as the chief of staff, was handing over the information sent by Nie Yuanzheng to Wang Jundao.

After reading the information, Wang Jundao was silent for a long time before saying to Lin Zhengnan: "If you don't return to obedience in the morning, you won't return to obedience in the evening, but at this time, do you think Zengqi is really obedient or fake obedient?" ”

Lin Zhengnan frowned and said: "Commander, I think Zengqi should be forced to be helpless, the defense line of the Daling River was breached, the Northeast Army led by Zengqi suffered nearly 50,000 casualties, Jinzhou City was besieged, and the army attacked fiercely, today is the second day, the Northeast Army has at least 10,000 casualties, and the Northeast Army is now intact, and it is estimated that there are less than 100,000 people. ”

Wang Jundao heard this, fell into deep thought, in fact, he still has not figured out too clearly, in history, when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, only the Russian army attacked Northeast China, at that time Zengqi was beaten and fled, not only that, Heilongjiang General Shoushan committed suicide when the Russian army broke through Qiqihar.

But in this era, Shoushan (the ancestor was Yuan Chonghuan, the secretary of the military department at the end of the Ming Dynasty) not only did not commit suicide, but also retreated with the army of Heilongjiang, and joined with the Jilin general Cheng Mingming, and then went south to join with the Shengjing general Zengqi, forming a full 250,000 Northeast Army, but more than 150,000 of these 250,000 troops were recruited from all over Fengtian Province, because now the population of the three northeastern provinces combined is less than 15 million, and Fengtian Province alone accounts for nearly half, almost all of them are Han people who have emigrated from the interior of the country in recent decades.

At that time, Wang Jundao did not inquire into these news in detail, and the northeast was occupied by the Russian army, Shanhaiguan was closed, and the exchange of news between the customs and the customs was almost cut off, and Wang Jundao did not know much about the situation in the northeast.

In the past year or so, due to the need to prepare for the battle in the northeast, and the fact that the Luo Wang organization has trained a large number of agents, Wang Jundao has sent a large number of agents to the northeast, and there are at least 300 people scattered together, and there are even many green forest bandits entrenched in the mountains, all of which were formed by agents sent out by Wang Jundao, and the formation of these bandits is for the convenience of suppressing bandits in the future.

After these, Wang Jundao also completely figured out the situation in the Northeast.

It is said that when the Russian army attacked Shengjing, the Northeast Army lost nearly 100,000 troops because of its relatively backward weapons, but it also left 160,000 elite soldiers.

After retreating to Jinzhou, because there were more than 100,000 elite soldiers, although the weapons were far inferior to the Russian army, the Russian army did not attack rashly, after all, once the Northeast Army swore to resist to the death, the outcome would inevitably be a defeat for both sides, and the Russian army newly occupied the Northeast, the foundation was unstable, and later cholera was raging, and the Russian army was too busy to take care of itself, so it could only temporarily stop the attack.

After the cholera ended, after more than a year of rest, the Russian army rekindled its offensive again, and both countries tried in vain to completely occupy Northeast China through war, and even attack Shanhaiguan, seize a large amount of wealth and resources, and restore and develop their own economies.

According to the history in Wang Jundao's memory, Zeng Qi should be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is by no means a person who dares to swear to the death to resist the enemy, but history has played a joke on him here, Zeng Qi actually became a hero who swore to resist foreign invasion.

Wang Jundao really doesn't know whether Zengqi really surrendered or faked surrender.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Jundao asked: "Do you say that Zengqi has already surrendered to Russia, but deliberately surrendered to us again?" The 100,000 Northeast Army, all of whom have been experienced in a hundred battles, once they enter the customs, suddenly turn against the water, and they should cooperate with the Russian army inside and outside, even if we have more than 300,000 troops in the Shanhaiguan area, they are also very passive. ”

Lin Zhengnan said: "This possibility is not ruled out, but it may be very small, first, more than 100,000 people of the Northeast Army died under the guns of the Russian army, and it is impossible for the Northeast Army to surrender to the Russian army, and second, the Russian army occupies most of Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, and Fengtian Province, and these areas are the homeland of the Northeast Army. ”

Wang Jundao couldn't help but think of the puppet Manchukuo in history, and it was not impossible to give in, so he said: "What if Russia promises to let Zengqi and others establish a puppet regime in the northeast?" Or the establishment of a puppet regime in Yanjing and China? ”

Lin Zhengnan hesitated: "This ......"

The two suddenly fell silent, half a sound, Lin Zhengnan said: "Commander, I think what we should consider now is whether we should accept Zengqi's submission, this is a matter of attitude, that is to say, if we accept the 100,000 Northeast Army, then after defeating the Northeast, we will immediately be able to win the hearts of the people in the Northeast, because the 100,000 Northeast Army represents the entire Northeast!" ”

Wang Jundao nodded and said, "Yes, if you don't even dare to accommodate the 100,000 Northeast Army, how can you accommodate the world?" Besides, what harm can a mere 100,000 Northeast Army do to my powerful Dragon and Tiger Army? ”

Lin Zhengnan said: "Commander, I have a plan. ”

Wang Jundao looked at Lin Zhengnan and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Lin Zhengnan said: "We let the Northeast Army choose for itself, one is to lay down the arms and enter the Shanhaiguan, we will give good food and drink to entertain like friends, and the other is to choose to continue to fight with the Russian army, we will send a batch of guns and ammunition, and temporarily form an elite from those soldiers of the Northeast Army who are willing to continue to fight with the Russian army, and we will send officers to serve as commanders at all levels of this army in the name of teaching them to use new firearms." ”

After a pause, Lin Zhengnan looked at Wang Jundao thoughtfully, and then said: "These two methods have several major benefits, one is to give the Northeast Army the greatest respect, let them realize the goodness of the Dragon and Tiger Army, and let the Northeast Army be happy and convinced of the Dragon and Tiger Army, the second is to try whether Zengqi really surrenders, and the third is that once Zengqi really surrenders and agrees to our conditions, then we can immediately form an elite team that completely belongs to us within the Northeast Army, and then we are not afraid that Zengqi and others will surrender clearly, but in fact, they will secretly harbor ghosts." ”

Wang Jundao nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Then how much do you say it costs to keep the army like this?" ”

Lin Zhengnan said with a smile: "It doesn't take too much, five thousand people are enough, only three thousand semi-automatic rifles and three thousand twenty-shot barge guns are enough, of course, the grenade tube is enough, at least twenty people." ”

Wang Jundao thought about it, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's do it like this, but the number of people should be more, just 10,000 people, these 10,000 people can control the Northeast Army, and prepare for the integration of the Northeast Army in the future, I will hand over this matter to you, after you plan it, immediately send a report to Nie Yuanzheng in my name, and let him directly contact the agents lurking in Jinzhou, and the specific things will be completed by telegraph, and the telegraph speed is fast." ”

Lin Zhengnan said: "Yes, commander." (To be continued.) )