"Extra, extra. The Japanese government attempted to kidnap the Korean royal family and subvert Korea, and the Korean king issued a ...... to expel the Japanese invaders and pay documents," and the newspaper boys on the streets shouted in their immature voices.

If it is only Japan trying to subvert Korea, it is true that not many people are watching it. Now that the Russian Maozi have entered the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, who still has the heart to take care of other people's affairs. But the next sentence is full of interest: "Japanese officers raped the Japanese princess in the Korean royal palace, and there are large photos on display." So all the men in the street gathered around.

After arriving in Pyongyang, King Yi Hee of the DPRK personally wrote about the tragedy that occurred in the palace of the Joseon royal palace in the early morning of May 16. In his writing, a dignified king flees his palace in humiliation under the persecution of his enemies, but he is selflessly protected by his suzerain. And his beloved princess fell into the hands of the enemy, and was burned alive after being humiliated by the enemy in every way.

On the city of Pyongyang, the king's weeping expression deeply infected all North Koreans. When their beloved king fainted for the humiliated princess, the prince Li Kun was still crying to find his mother. The weeping of the fainting king and the prince completely angered the Koreans. This is not only a great humiliation for the country, but also a pain for humanity. If we can't exterminate the Japanese people, we can't repay this humiliating hatred.

The king who had fainted was quickly rescued, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to bow deeply to Nie Shicheng with the support of the waiter, and said in that extremely sad voice: "The king of the lower kingdom is willing to ask the envoy of the upper kingdom to forward it to His Majesty the Emperor of the upper kingdom." North Korea has long inherited the culture of the Central Plains and has regarded the country as authentic for thousands of years. Worship and tribute have been continuous for thousands of years. Now that the lower country has suffered this humiliation but is unable to take revenge, the lower country is willing to ask the upper country to send troops to North Korea to avenge the hatred of the lower country. The lower kingdom is willing to continue its thousand-year-old loyalty and eternal loyalty to the kingdom. "Say it. Li Xi is tears were full of tears.

Nie Shicheng gently supported Li Xi, who was crying: "Although the pain of the princess is unforgettable, the king is the king of a country, and I also ask the king to take state affairs first." Containment warriors will form a new army and fight the enemy again. But the king should also know that now that Russia has brazenly invaded our Qing Dynasty, our Qing Dynasty and Heilongjiang Province have become enemies. The Qing Dynasty was mobilizing troops to regain lost territory, and even the lower officials were among the northern transfers. The king's words must be presented to the emperor and the emperor, but I am afraid that he will not be able to send troops to help the king take revenge in a short time. "Finished. Nie Shicheng sighed deeply.

When Li Xi heard this, he was shaky, and the Korean people under the city were also like ashes. Tears welled up in Li Xi's eyes again. At this time, a signal soldier ran forward and handed Nie Shicheng a telegram.

Nie Shicheng hurriedly helped Li Xi steady. He said loudly: "Don't worry, although the Qing Dynasty cannot send troops for a while, the Qing Dynasty must be the suzerainty of Korea." How can there be a suzerainty that looks at the humiliation of the vassal state and leaves it alone. This official was ordered by the imperial court to go north to resist Russia, and he should have brought all his weapons and baggage. Now the emperor has sent a will. Let the officer go north with only his personal weapon. All other weapons, grain and grass were left for the king to resist foreign enemies. After speaking, he raised the telegram in his hand high.

"Xiao Wang thanked the emperor for his grace." Li Xi wept bitterly and bowed to the telegram, not only the king of Joseon, but also the people under the city. At this time, Nie Shicheng shouted from the city: "Open the arsenal and issue weapons." ”

The next day, the 6th Division of the Royal Army, to which Nie Shicheng belonged, set out to go north. By this time, more than 4,000 people had been rearmed in the entire city of Pyongyang. Under the leadership of dozens of Qing troops, the arduous training began. The king of Joseon, Yi Hee, and the prince Yi Kun personally handled the meals for the army. At the same time, the Joseon king's own articles and photographs on the Korean incident were sent out of Pyongyang and sent to Beijing. The largest newspaper in the Qing Dynasty, the Wu Shi Shibao, had already prepared all the equipment and was just waiting for the articles and photos to arrive. It can be typeset and printed.

At the same time, on the Korean battlefield, Liu Shengxiu was officially appointed to take full charge of the Korean war. The Japanese were not allowed to break through the Yalu River until the Qing repelled the Russians and regained lost territory. After receiving the telegram, Liu Shengxiu, who was retreating, began to gather the Korean rout with the message of the Korean king, and rebuilt the defense line in the area of Anak and Sariwon, and the Japanese offensive was stopped again under the superior artillery fire of the Qing army.

The Russians continued to move south, aiming directly at Changchun and Jilin, and the Qing troops were defeated again and again along the way. In Korea, the Japanese offensive became more and more fierce in waves. Liu Shengxiu barely resisted, and the ammunition consumption was huge. Telegrams from the two places asking for help flew like snowflakes to the capital. The whole capital was noisy, and there was not a single soldier transferred to Shanhaiguan.

"Is the Queen Mother of the Qing Kingdom a fool? The Russians are almost in Jilin, and she is still worried about her rights. Did she intend to cede the three northeastern provinces to the Russians once again in order to pray for peace? ”。 Ogna angrily put down the teacup heavily. Not only did Ogner know that the Qing Emperor's army in Liangjiang had begun to assemble, but the first division had already completed its assembly in Xuzhou. Even he knew that even the train transporting soldiers in Xuzhou was ready. Damn the old woman, she was afraid that once the Qing Emperor mobilized the army, she would take away her rights again. Even if the three northeastern provinces are ceded to Russia, it can only temporarily appease Russia's **, and once Russia gains a firm foothold in the three northeastern provinces, it will once again reach into the Central Plains, which is not in the interests of Britain. Russia must be restrained. Today, the elite royal army of the Qing army in the three northeastern provinces is only more than 20,000 people, and the main second division is still far away in Tongliao. Because there is no order from the emperor, it has not been able to be mobilized. Damn the old-fashioned Qing people, now that the Russians have been killed, why hasn't the General Staff Headquarters given an order.

Ogna shook his head. Even if the second division of the Qing army is transferred back, the Qing army of more than 20,000 people faces 50,000 Cossack cavalry, and the possibility of victory is not great. Ogner angrily said to his adjutant: "Go and tell the Japanese clearly that the reason why the empire will support them is that they hope that they can curb the Russian ambitions in the Far East. The Japanese government must immediately retreat its forces south of the Han River and ensure its neutrality during the Sino-Qing War, or else Japan will wait for the wrath of the Empire. "If there is no Japanese to contain the Qing people in Korea, the Qing State can at least have one more division to deal with Russia, and maybe there will be a Korean division, so that the Qing State will have a great chance of winning.

"Your Excellency, I guess it's impossible." Ogna's adjutant said: "After the Joseon king revealed the Japanese conspiracy, the whole world condemned the actions of the Japanese on the front page of the day. Even the photographs of the military attache of the Japanese Legation in Korea, Yanosuke Okamoto, seem to be nothing more than a fake or forgery by Qing people in the Japanese government. You know, they also sent a 'fact-finding mission' to North Korea. ”

"Damn the Japanese. If the Qing can win this war, I think I will suggest that the government buy all the Japanese warships to China. Ogner said angrily, "I think we should go into the palace now to meet the old woman." ”

It's just that Ogner not only did not see the Empress Dowager Cixi, but heard even worse news. The Qing Emperor ordered the army to start moving, but he didn't expect the Jinzhou Staff Headquarters of the Qing State to call back and say that this was a false decree from the Queen Mother. The Qing Royal Army is ready, even if everyone knows that our army is less than half of the strength of the Russians, even if they all know that it is difficult to return here. More than 20,000 soldiers of the Qing Royal Army are still ready, and they will go to the battlefield immediately after the emperor's decree.

"Can the emperor explain why it is openly written in the newspapers that the imperial army of the Qing Dynasty only respects the emperor's will? This will put the imperial court orders in place. Even the will of the mourning family has been taken as a deaf ear. Cixi received the telegram and walked out from behind the curtain angrily, and questioned Guangxu in front of the ministers who were called up inside and outside the Taihe Palace.

"Queen Mother Lafayette, you shouldn't ask me, you should ask the people from the staff headquarters. How do I know? Guangxu yawned back.

"Emperor-" Cixi said heavily, "that is the land of the ancestors' dragons. Could it be that the emperor doesn't even want the land of Longxing? The Holy Ancestor set up an ancestral precept: Those who lose an inch of land are not allowed to enter the ancestral mausoleum. The emperor forgot? ”

"Cut. Stop. The Holy Ancestor still has the face to say this, it is clear that the battle of Nebuchu was won by my Qing Dynasty, but the result is that my Qing Dynasty ceded Nebuchu to Russia. This is probably the first person in China who ceded the land because he won the battle. Doesn't this also get the temple number of a holy ancestor? Look at the first emperor Xianfeng in front of you, Hong Kong in the south, Waixing'an and Vladivostok in the north, and not to mention the west. Isn't this all good in the temple? There is no more than one, and there is no less than one. The Queen Mother and sit down. ”

"You ......" The Queen Mother pointed at Guangxu and trembled: "How can the Qing Dynasty be compared with the present at that time, how can the Holy Ancestor be evaluated by you." ”

"He's cut the ground, right? It is also said that those who lose an inch of land are not allowed to enter the ancestral mausoleum. That's right. As a result, his old man was not the same as being offered in the temple, and even when he arrived at the underworld, he didn't have the face to say that I was not. Guangxu said with an indifferent look: "The queen mother is at ease." I informed the General Staff Headquarters last year, and once the Russians invaded and our Qing Force was beyond our reach, the entire army in the northeast would retreat to the Guannai and garrison the capital to plan for the future. Don't worry, I will keep you safe. ”

"Good, good, good. The emperor is really wise. The mourning family doesn't care. When Russia occupies the Northeast, let's see how the history books of later generations are written. ”

"Don't look at it, I can tell the Queen Mother now. They will write like this......" Guangxu coughed lightly and said slowly: "In the twenty-second year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, Russia invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces of China. In that year, it was the Empress Dowager Cixi's training. Then we will study the gains and losses of the Empress Dowager's training and administration in the past few decades, first losing Annan and then Ryukyu. It's hard to say how I wrote it, but after all, I only dominated the government of Guangxu for 21 years, during which I personally led the army in a bloody battle with the Japanese army. In this battle, he not only recovered the lost territory of the Ryukyus, but also received huge war reparations from Japan. In contrast......" Guangxu approached Cixi and whispered: "The Queen Mother is waiting to be scolded forever like Qin Hui." ”

Cixi smiled, and smiled angrily: "Okay, how about the mourning family return to the emperor as the court?" ”

"That's good." Guangxu said loudly: "Everyone heard it? Now I have passed on my will and ordered the General Staff Headquarters to immediately start fighting against Russia. ”

The eunuch who delivered the decree looked at Cixi and did not react, so he hurriedly passed the decree. After the ministers saw Cixi walk back to the curtain, the emperor sat back on the dragon chair. The two of them didn't say a word, and the entire Taihe Hall fell silent.

Half an hour later, with the sound of the eunuch's footsteps, the quiet Taihe Hall became noisy again.

"The Empress Dowager, the Emperor. The slave had already sent the emperor's will to Jinzhou, but Jinzhou called back and said...... Said ......" The little eunuch didn't know whether to say it or not, and finally looked around for a week and then gritted his teeth and knelt down: "The Jinzhou staff officer called back and said that this is the queen mother is pretending to pass on the holy decree." He called on the ministers of the DPRK and China to set the record straight. ”

The ministers were in an uproar, and Cixi was furious. Guangxu also took the case, and said angrily: "Rong Lu is here? ”

"Wechen is here." Rong Lu came out of class excitedly. The emperor's own decree was reversed by the General Staff Headquarters as a false decree, and the emperor was determined to clean up the General Staff Headquarters. Not only the staff headquarters, but also the emperors of all ministries will have to sort it out at that time. At this time, he was called out to let him take over the Northeast Army. At that time, he held the will of the emperor and the queen mother in one hand, and led the elite soldiers to defeat Russia in the other, and then he was worthy of the character Lu in his name. Besides, now that the Royal Army has been purged, only he knows the most about military affairs in the whole world. Who is self-sacrificing?

"Come on, push Rong Lu out of the noon gate and behead him, and confiscate the whole family."

"Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged." The ups and downs changed, and Rong Lu knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Which one of these ancestors and grandchildren are singing?

Without waiting for the guards outside the hall to walk to Rong Lu's side, Cixi walked out of the curtain and said loudly: "Emperor-"

Guangxu clapped his hand and suddenly said: "No wonder the staff headquarters didn't listen to my will, it turned out that it was my will or it didn't work." Retreat from the dynasty and retreat from the dynasty, and continue to rise tomorrow. ”

Jinzhou General Staff Headquarters

"Now that the Russian army has approached the city of Changchun, our army will miss the fighter if it doesn't set off again." Ouyang Zhenhua, who was the secretary of the former military department, said anxiously that the battle plan had already been issued, and all the departments were ready, but now they were stuck in the staff headquarters and had not issued the battle order for a long time. Without the operational order of the General Staff Headquarters, all troops cannot be mobilized, which is an iron law set by the emperor.

"The General Staff Headquarters has not received the emperor's will. Lord Ouyang waited. After speaking, Wang Shizhen threw the telegram from the emperor ordering the battle from the capital that he had just held in his hand into the brazier. This was not sent by the emperor, because telegrams involving military changes must have specific symbols.

"Now the Russians want to occupy our territory, and our army is only fighting back in self-defense. Without the emperor's will, wouldn't it be okay if you, the chief of staff, and me, the secretary of the military department, gave the order together? ”。 Ouyang pointed to the north and said, "For every day of delay, how many soldiers will die on the front line." ”

"No, the rules are to be followed." Wang Shizhen flatly refused: "Don't you understand how much consequence a national army will cause if it acts without the emperor's will?" This battle was not only a war between the Qing Dynasty and the Russians, but also a war between the emperor and the queen mother. Even if the whole army retreats to the pass, without the emperor's will, not a single soldier can be sent forward. None of us can say anything, we can only wait for the emperor's will. Now one can only count on the Navy. ”

The news that the Great Qing Task Force sailed for the Guangxu Islands is well known to the world. But what the world didn't know was that on the night when the task force crossed the broken islands of southern Japan, all the main battleships suddenly turned around with only four fast destroyers, and headed north through the Tsushima Strait in the darkness of night.

As the second night approached to pass, the eastern sky was white.

"Report, signal received." The communications officer handed over the coordinates of the artillery bombardment, which had just been received, to the commander of the fleet, Wu Deren.

"Check the coordinates and draw up the order of shelling, and order the ships to follow the movement of the flagship."

The huge fleet moored in the sea began to accelerate, and all the shells filled in the barrels began to slowly rise. The flagship of the Dragon Yin simultaneously sounded a flag and a light signal: Raid, target Vladivostok. (To be continued......)