With a creak, the door of the military prison in Anzhou City, which had been temporarily converted from a military storage warehouse, was gently opened.

The three people curled up in the room were suddenly alarmed, and the sunlight came in through the doorway, and two of them squinted their eyes and shielded one hand from the light, while they were trying their best to look at the door to see who had come in. There was only one figure in a leather robe, lying on the cold kang without moving, without looking out.

The three people imprisoned here are naturally Ye Zhichao, Wei Rugui, Yang Shixiang and the three of them, and most of the officers who have retreated from the Sheng Army have also been thrown into this military prison. Needless to say, when Anzhou fought fiercely, in addition to the unabated guards, even the people who delivered food often forgot to come. These guys have to endure hunger and cold, and they have to worry about the destruction of Anzhou City, they were stewed by the devils, and they are really not human. Some young and strong Huaijun officers also tried to blow up the prison, and the Praetorian Guard jailers arranged by Yuan Shikai were not polite to them.

Anzhou was saved, Xu Yifan was killed, at least the fear of dying in the war was gone. Xu Yifan didn't come to take care of them for a while, so he probably had to ask for a request. Everything is in accordance with legal procedures, there is nothing to be afraid of, Yang Shixiang is here, the investigation is deep, Li Zhongtang can't speak? The affairs of the Qing Dynasty, as long as they are dragged down and the money is taken out, there is nothing to do. What I was afraid of was that Xu Yifan would take care of them as soon as he came, and push a chaotic army to die or something, and both of them understood that Xu Yifan hated them. More than ten days have passed, and it seems that Xu Yifan will not do anything! It is estimated that the imperial court is asking Xu Yifan for someone to return to Beijing to handle it strictly!

Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui, who had once again been able to save their lives, began to think again. Looking at it now, the charges must not be avoided. This official is afraid that he will never be a rich man again, even if he wants to be a rich man, it is estimated that it will be difficult, so much money is taken out from top to side, and he can almost buy one only to be spared. The two Huaijun generals looked at each other and sighed, calculating everything in their hearts, how much silver they could have left. Wei Rugui is optimistic, it is estimated that there are still 50,000 properties left, Ye Zhichao is more pessimistic, thinking that 30,000 is good. The two of them were relatively embarrassed, swore that the big guys would return to Huaidi and return to their homeland together, and they would run around the door with nothing to do, and talk about wine, if anyone in the two families wants to be an official in the future, the old man will break the dog's leg first.

During his time in prison, Yang Shixiang didn't interject a word in their conversation, and just lay on the kang every day. Ye Wei and the others didn't bother to stammer. It's all decided that you shouldn't be an official, what else is there to say? Without this kid, they might have been in the country a long time ago! The jailer brought food, and the two scrambled to munch on it, but several times they didn't leave anything for Yang Shixiang. And Yang Shixiang just looked at it coldly, just hungry.

Nervous for a while, self-relieved for a while, plus a stunned Yang Shixiang, who has been waiting for so long, today is finally moving!

Xu Yifan strode into the prison, he had a straight military uniform today, and he also put on a cloak for marching to protect himself from the wind and rain, full of energy and spurs. Several Goshkha led the lead with Puyang Chende, all armed with rifles, and followed him closely. After the door opened, Xu Yifan swept his eyes and saw the two Huai Army generals rolling like dirty pigs, as well as Yang Shixiang lying high on the kang.

Xu Yifan said with a smile: "Lord Yang, I'm so interested!" In the land of Haidong, the head of the person is rolling, and the gentleman can still lie down with a high stomach, and the morale of the name is not reduced at the first sight! ”

Yang Shixiang didn't move, Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui finally saw Xu Yifan's face clearly, and the big guy in Li Zhongtang had a fate. At that time, Xu Yifan was just a fistless and brave, only carrying a small candidate platform with a number of two hundred and five, both of them were generals with heavy troops, and looking at him was like watching a joke. Now the situation between the two sides is very different.

The tears of the two of them fell in unison, and Wei Rugui still crawled over: "Lord Xu, sinners deserve to die!" I beg Lord Xu to let us live, in this life and this life, we dare not look at the majesty of Lord Xu again. But beg Lord Xu to let us go, and let's go back to the capital to die! Lord Xu, Marquis Wandai, our descendants, will give Lord Xu the tablet of immortality for the rest of our lives! ”

Ye Zhichao was beside him, and he also cried like a tearful man, softening into a ball.

Both of them were originally generals who lived in eight seats, and they had also seen battles and killed people. The prestige of a soldier is his own. But he was defeated all the way, his subordinates were scattered, and he experienced so many hardships, and he was even more worried for so many days. There is no longer the slightest bit of reserve to maintain that worthless face, just asking for a life, who dares to hold it in front of Xu Yifan, a figure who has become famous all over the world!

Xu Yifan glanced at them and said with a smile: "They are all leading soldiers, what kind of horse urine do you flow?" Let's get up, wait for a while, and someone Xu will be talking to the two adults later. He shook his head again and again: "Wait for Lord Yang to get up!" ”

Pu Yang and a few others immediately picked up their guns and strode over to help Yang Shixiang. Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui got up and stood far away against the wall.

Xu Yifan also seemed to know that it was Yang Shixiang who provoked them to mutiny, so he was the first to use this culprit to attack...... Are these two hundred and five really going to break their faces with Li Zhongtang?

A few Goshha hands were put up, Yang Shixiang waved their hands away, sat up slowly, slowly opened his eyes, and looked at Xu Yifan fixedly, and Xu Yifan also smiled and groaned disapprehantly.

"I'm hungry, bring something to eat. Lord Xu, we got acquainted, and this meal of wine and meat should be a little more hearty, right? ”

Xu Yifan laughed: "Adults on the road, how can there be no wine and meat?" It's just cramped here, so let's change places, and naturally everything is properly prepared. ”

Yang Shixiang snorted, and at this time, he let go of everything. He pointed at Xu Yifan with his finger: "You are lucky!" At first, we didn't see your character, and we thought it was just a madness. After doing so many daring things, you can't float outside for the rest of your life, as long as you return to China, it is just a matter of turning over your hands. Who knew that you were just running into someone who came to invade my Qing Dynasty! Now the court needs you who can fight...... Even if you take the place of Beiyang through the war, so what? The matter of the Qing Dynasty, that's it, you can't die, but don't think about turning over! Do you think that your deviant behavior can be eaten in the Qing Dynasty? In the future, you will act just like us! ”

Xu Yifan looked at him and just smiled: "Lord Yang, in the future, you can take a slow look and see how I Xu Yifan ......"

Yang Shixiang snorted: "I'm watching you from below!" Look at when you Xu Yifan will come over with your front and back feet! ”

Xu Yifan smiled faintly: "Lord Yang, the gentleman broke off his friendship and didn't make a bad sound." We met in Jinghua, and it can be regarded as fate. In any case, when you were just starting out, my brother also needed a lot of help from you...... This time, you're really wrong. There are some things that you really don't understand, and you don't understand when you say it. Li Zhongtang didn't have the courage to break this boring situation, so let me come. Decades later, Lord Yang asked himself, at the juncture of this national war, you made such a move, and the ancestors asked, how should you answer? ”

Yang Shixiang laughed: "I'll go down and ask the ancestors!" In the past few hundred years, officials have been like this, and their own things have to be held on. Lord Xu, I advise you in one word, to be an official, you must be with the light and think more about yourself. The most ferocious to you is not the external enemy, but the internal trouble! Acquaintance, between yin and yang, I will send you this sentence! Since I, Yang Shixiang, have come here, I have succeeded, and I don't want to go back alive if I fail. Thank you for giving me a ride. It seems that you are not stupid yet! In the next I wish you a bright future, and you will be in the picture! ”

In the past few days, Yang Shixiang has thought very clearly, he is responsible for the mission of saving the Beiyang group from the side of power. At such a point, he can no longer explain the intertwined interests of the Beiyang group. How many people will be implicated? Rather than this, it is better to die and the family to be safe.

Xu Yifan didn't dare to pursue it, right...... Unless he wants to be an enemy of Beiyang so early! Now he has formed a military group, and the military strength of Beiyang is in tatters. At this time in the Qing Dynasty, it was easy to fall if there were soldiers in hand. As long as he moves forward steadily, within ten years, Li Hongzhang's status can be expected...... It was only at that time that Xu Yifan would understand what he Yang Shixiang had done, and to the point where he could only do the same thing as himself!

No matter how many heroes can't escape the word power, even if they are ambitious, they want to turn the sky upside down with one hand...... jokes, even great talents such as Zeng Wenzhenggong and Li Zhongtang were finally obscure. Great Qing Dynasty...... It's not going to be better!

When the person wanted to open it, it was extremely relaxed, and he got up and got off the kang by himself. Merry Hanlin, Beiyang think tank belongs to the loess, and it must also have a look.

Xu Yifan sighed and said to himself: "Fortunately, there are always people in this world, who don't think the same as you......" As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the two Goshha served Yang Shixiang and went out.

Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui were beside them, and they didn't dare to gasp. Yang Shixiang is on the top of the tank, how will they cook?

Xu Yifan leisurely watched Yang Shixiang's back go out, and smacked his lips, as if he was regretting the friendship between the two people, and when he turned his face again, there was already a layer of frost on his face, and he couldn't say contempt and hatred: "Two adults, good soldiers, good fights!" Defeated all the way from Seoul, it's hard for you to rush back again! Pu Yang, Chen De, serve the two adults! ”

Pu Yang and Chen De didn't say a word, they went up and pressed their shoulders, and Goshha handed over the rope, from shoulder to back, it was a big tie. Pu Yang's mouth was not idle: "Master Bei Zi served the two of you alone, haven't you tasted this kind of blessing?" Thank you, there is a friendship...... You're good if you don't have a big ear scraper! ”

Xu Yifan just looked at it and ordered lightly: "The two adults are both soldiers, and they are on the road, treat them as soldiers, and respect them a little." ”

scared Ye Wei and the others, Xu Yifan's words are tantamount to five thunders! After a long time, the two struggled violently, and Wei Rugui shouted: "Xu Yifan, you dare to kill us?" The Huai army will fight with you endlessly! The court won't let you go! ”

Xu Yifan pretended to be a minister for a long time, and immediately threw him out of the clouds, and scolded him: "Xu Laozi doesn't dare to kill you?" Take it with you! ”

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Outside the city of Anzhou, the main force of the first town of the Praetorian Guard, the two associations and the four standards, and the second town of the Praetorian Guard, accompanied by the left association of the expedition, have been lined up in a neat phalanx, covering the field!

The captured flag of the army was thrown in front, and the dragon flag of the Praetorian Guard was above the enemy's flag, fluttering proudly.

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, all replenished with equipment, large-brimmed hats and belts tightly fastened to their chins, wearing brand-new military uniforms, holding rifle bayonets in their hands, and standing straight. Everyone carried a finished backpack, a military blanket, a lunch box, a water bottle, and a bullet box, all of which were meticulously placed on the designated parts of the body.

Thousands of troops, silent, in front of these tens of thousands of tigers, is a tomb that stretches into the distance!

Thousands of loyal corpses of the Praetorian Guard temporarily dwelled here.

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance, I saw several horses galloping over, and the first person was Xu Yifan. The elite of the three associations of the Praetorian Guard, with more than 12,000 people, and 6,000 Korean people. With 24 field guns and more than 60 Makqin machine guns, he is about to swear to help!

On the last two horses, there are two people with plague heads and brains, and they are also wearing dirty official uniforms. Xu Yifan took the lead in running to the front of the queue, and countless eyes were projected. And his goshha also arrived and threw the two of them off the horse. Regardless of whether the first town or the second town of the Praetorian Guards is supplemented with quite a number of Sheng Army soldiers, who can't recognize it, it is Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui?

A few Goshha didn't wait for Xu Yifan's orders, so they took Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui to the front of the cemetery, bent their legs and gave them a kick, and let them kneel, the two struggled desperately, and Wei Rugui's broken gong voice was still shouting: "Xu Yifan, you are good at killing national generals!" You have no father and no king! Lao Tzu will not let you go! ”

The poignant voice made many of the former Sheng Army soldiers in the queue quietly bow their heads. Xu Yifan rode on his horse and sneered: "You are still national generals? Slowly, Lao Tzu has already invited the will, and the court wants me to return to the army as soon as possible, and Lao Tzu's condition is to cut off your heads before leaving! Look at the mounds of graves ahead of you! Think about it again, how many lives did you lose all the way from Seoul? When you get to the underworld, take care of yourself first, I don't know how many unjust souls there are, I want to ask for your life first! ”

One sentence made both of them tremble, but Xu Yifan's eyes were still cold.

Both men were soldiers, but they fled without a fight. Yang Shixiang pouted it, and used their connections in Sheng Jun to participate in the chaos with great interest. Yang Shixiang's account has a chance to calculate, these two commanders are not headed, and they have no choice but to be in the army! Especially when he is going to return to the country, he must give the southern Liaoning army a deterrent! From the very beginning when he planned to return to China, he was not ready to be a supporting role. If you want to do it, you have to do it to the best of your ability. After all, this is a battle of fortune between the two countries in East Asia for a hundred years in the future!

Although he has been holding back the idea of seizing against him, he has been dreaming about how to secretly dig into the corners of the Qing Dynasty. But all the techniques he uses are upright!

Ye Zhichao let out a long sigh and shouted loudly: "Let us stand up!" ”

As soon as Xu Yifan signaled, the Goshha pulled them up. Ye Zhichao turned his head with a big tie: "Lord Xu, please leave us a whole corpse." We have gone down the road, you want to show the world that you will never take the same road as us...... With a high-flying and domineering attitude, raise a completely different kind of people...... My lord, this road is difficult......"

Chu Wanli, who was standing at the front of the queue, heard Ye Zhichao's words clearly, stood there and smiled faintly, muttering in his heart: "This Ye Zhichao, when he is dying, he also understands it......"

Xu Yifan remained silent, waved his hand slightly, Pu Yang and they let go of Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui, and both of them also gave up struggling, I don't know if it was the strict Praetorian Guard military appearance that deterred them, or the tomb of the warriors who died in battle in front of them made them feel remorse?

The wind swept across the field. A row of Goshha stood according to the guns, and when the two of them stood up tremblingly, there was a row of gunshots, which shook everyone's hearts.

Xu Yifan took off his military hat, pointed straight in the direction of the country, and shouted with all his life: "Incompetent generals, I have eradicated them for you." The road back to the teacher has been cleared for you. The motherland is in danger, waiting for our Praetorian Guard to save it!

At this time, only the Praetorian Guard can bring us a glimmer of hope and a glimmer of vitality for the nation! I assure you that I will always be among you, and I will always face the enemy with my own front!

Praetorian Guard, forward! ”

On September 11, the fourth year of A.D., Xu Yifan beheaded Ye Zhichao and Wei Rugui, two commanders of the army, and led the main force of the Praetorian Guard Army back to the division. Everyone in the world was shocked by Xu Yifan's flying and domineering, and all the armies in southern Liaoning heard about it, and the generals who commanded the army were all trembling. And I don't know how many people are wary of Xu Yifan's jealousy, and there is another layer. However, there are more people who are already deeply desperate for the Qing Dynasty, in addition to pinning their hopes on the so-called Guangxu Holy Monarch Yequan Xingxing, and are excited about Xu Yifan's style of behavior that is completely different from the powerful groups of the Qing Dynasty in the twilight.

This First Sino-Japanese War not only brought the situation in East Asia, but also the Qing Dynasty to the eve of profound changes.

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The sound of that row of gunshots came from afar, which shocked Yang Shixiang, who was reading at the stern of the boat.

He was put on a small boat by Xu Yifan's Goshha in a daze, and now he can't send a boat during the day, and he can't sneak at night until it gets dark, cross the Yellow Sea and go to the Dadonggou area to land, where there are now several battalion heads of the Huai army, which can be regarded as handing him back to Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang personally wrote a letter to Xu Yifan, and Xu Yifan was also released happily. After he got on the boat, the people on the small boat sent by Beiyang handed him a handwritten letter from Li Hongzhang.

A lot of letters were written, and the old man wrote them down by himself without having to keep a notebook. It's mostly vernacular, and it's like a family conversation.

“…… Lianfang, forget it. I understand why you are doing this. I've been a pastemaker all my life, and I can't understand what you're thinking. The twilight of Beiyang is deep, and here, except for being an official, it is no longer possible to do things.

Xu Yifan, don't you understand? He's taking a very different path. We are inside the Qing Dynasty, struggling to climb up, everyone is the same horizontally and vertically, who can come out, look at the wrist. As for Xu Yifan, he has been outside the Qing system, fighting Nanyang, North Korea, and Ben...... Wait for the time. Did he shoot or stab his own people? Is there a struggle for power and profit at home?

When the Qing Dynasty came to the end of all the roads that could be taken, he naturally became the object of the world's attention, and when the destiny of heaven belonged, it would be self-evident. Reverse seizure, he reversed beautifully! Although the future is unknown, he doesn't know how many open guns and hidden arrows he has to deal with, whether this old empire can be leveraged by him alone, he still doesn't understand, but someone guarding the last bit of hope always makes people feel comforted, right?

The sea is up and down, and I am already haggard. Master Zeng Wenzheng once pinned his hopes on me to do something. So far, what has been done? It's nothing more than a lackey. The Queen Mother has telegraphed me, and the soldiers and salaries will not be transferred to southern Liaoning. And it is said that if Korea is defeated, it will go deep into Liaoxi, attack our Weihai, and even go straight to Zhili. The situation is such that the imperialist party is tied, and the revival of the latter party is also a matter of course. It's nothing more than me being a scapegoat. Taking this opportunity, I have tried my best to transfer troops to Weihai and increase salaries, hoping to hold Weihai and give an explanation. Whether it will succeed or not is just a matter of listening.

This battle has stirred up the domestic trend, and the façade of the old man's strong support for the Qing Dynasty has been peeled off. The great powers will rise up against me, but I am helpless to deal with them. Under the Nine Springs, how to see Master Venerable?

If the old man wants to rejuvenate the revolution himself, it is absolutely impossible. But others are working hard, and it would be good if they could block a little less way. Beiyang I have ordered to be embarrassed, this war, can there be a soldier and a soldier who will fight to the death for me? The imperial party is still holding itself back, and the latter party wants me to be a scapegoat, and I am disheartened, nothing more than this! You and I have been friends for more than ten years, and you still can't see through it?

With a thick old face, I will ask you to go back, this matter, just let it pass. Retire together, watch the ups and downs of the world, and die of old age, which is also a lifetime. Let's see how Xu Yifan goes......"

Yang Shixiang just stood there in a daze, dealing with Xu Yifan's entanglement in the past two years, and Xu Yifan's actions passed through his mind one by one.

Instead, they seized ...... Reverse beautifully! Now that he has initially raised hope, the world has pinned its hopes on him to save the war, and when will he hope that he can return to his destiny? It must be very exciting, and it will be treacherous.

It's a pity that I can't see it......

Zhongtang is old, although his spirit is still awake, he can still understand Xu Yifan. But what happened in front of him, he couldn't figure it out because he was too close.

Will he be able to go back? Zhongtang thought that he could use his prestige to suppress his affairs. But up and down Beiyang, who wouldn't worry that Xu Yifan would take the initiative to get out and use this to set off the prison? How many Beiyang people are implicated in it, bribing the funds of the Sheng Army officers, and putting pressure on him openly and secretly...... Instead of this, it is better to take the initiative to cut it with himself. When the time comes, I don't know what those colleagues will do to themselves. Rather than being humiliated by the villain and implicating the family, it is better to return. When he died, Zhongtang understood, for the sake of his self-destruction, this matter was really pressed.

In the cabin, several boatmen and boat leaders are pushing pai gow, and the banker is drawing a good deck of cards, sweating profusely waiting for the player to place a bet. When I was engrossed, I heard the sound of water outside. Before I could react, I heard the player urging: "Fuck open the cards quickly, roll your eyes and stare twice!" It's only seven or eight times today, it's fucking evil! ”

The dealer shook his head and spread out the pai gow: "The first eight and the last eight, the eighty-eight level!" Lao Tzu didn't make a ghost, you have to admit it all! ”

On September 12, the fourth year of the first year of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Shixiang, the general office of the Huai Army Camp Office, died in the water. Li Hongzhang reported that Yang Dao had been in the middle since the war, worrying about national affairs. Lushun fell, often blamed himself for not serving the country well, wandering and sighing, and died to make his will clear.

The imperial court posthumously presented the good deeds, used the book to do the aftermath, and announced the history museum, and enshrined in the ancestral hall.

(To be continued)