An hour later, in the palace, in the palace, the lights were bright, all the ministers of the military aircraft department had gathered, Cixi sat on the throne, next to the silent Guangxu Emperor, and the personal eunuch stood on the main hall reading out the urgent report from Yuan Shikai from Shandong.

This urgent report is exactly Yuan Shikai's statement to the Tiger Ben Army, especially one of the points, the Tiger Ben Army is equipped with a new type of army, and it also occupies the entire four prefectures and one prefecture in central and southern Shandong, and the army has tens of thousands of people, and it has won the hearts of the people.

All the ministers of military aircraft couldn't help but be shocked, this external worry just started, and the internal trouble came again, some ministers couldn't help but think in their hearts: Could it be that the halal gas has run out?

The needle in the hall was suddenly heard, no one was the first to speak, everyone knew that the gun shot the first bird, which one of the people present had not been in the officialdom for decades? Who can't see that Cixi is looking angry at this time?

In the middle of the sound, Cixi slowly swept over everyone present, and said sharply: "You are all my ministers of the humerus of the Qing Dynasty, and you are the pillars of the country, you say, something like this happened, what should I do now?" ”

Cixi asked, who dared not answer?

Ministers, look at me, I'll look at you, in the end, it is Cixi's henchman, Beiyang Minister Rong Lu spoke first: "Queen Mother, now Shandong has Yuan Dashuai's 40,000 or 50,000 new troops, and there should be no problem in dealing with a mere tiger army, not to mention that there are also Jiangsu and Anhui in the southeast of Shandong, and the Queen Mother can order Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and Wang Zhichun, the governor of Anhui, to lead the new army in the land of Jianghuai to the north and attack the tiger army, and the rebellion in Shandong can be calmed down." ”

"Now that the telegraph line has been cut off, how can the edict be transmitted?" The Empress Dowager Cixi asked again, she is now concerned about chaos, facing the Eight-Nation Alliance is violently attacking Tianjin, Tianjin may fall at any time, once Tianjin falls, the door of the Qing Dynasty will be completely opened, and she is already a little helpless.

"Queen Mother, now there is no other way but to make a detour to Henan and pass the edict quickly." Rong Lu said helplessly. He also had no choice, now the telegraph line to Jiangnan has been cut, the telegraph line to Tianjin has also been cut off, and the order of Yanjing City has not even been issued to Zhili Province, so he can only use the most primitive method to urgently send orders.

"Jianghuai's new army is going to exterminate the Tiger Ben army, so who will be the king of Qin?" Cixi asked anxiously. Originally, the war with the Eight-Nation Alliance made her always in a state of anxiety, he wished that any minister could save the Qing Dynasty from danger, so that he would no longer be so frightened, Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi The armies were all old armies with big swords and spears, lacking training, how to withstand the new army of the Eight-Nation Alliance? She can only hope for the new army in the south of the Yangtze River, but unfortunately now there is a tiger army in Shandong, which makes her even more uneasy, sitting in her current position, she only feels like sitting on pins and needles.

At this time, the Minister of Military Aircraft of the main battle faction said stiffly: "Queen Mother, now the Wuwei Front Army is still heroically resisting the Eight-Nation Alliance, although the Eight-Nation Alliance Army destroyed the Dagu Fort, but that is because they have the power of warships, but it is different in Tianjin, there are tens of thousands of new troops in the Qing Dynasty, and tens of thousands of Boxers, plus Lord Yulu is in charge, with strong fortifications, the Eight-Nation Alliance Army can not take much advantage." ”

Cixi felt a little relieved when she heard this, but she was still afraid in her heart: "The Eight-Nation Alliance has advanced weapons and powerful firepower, how long can the front army of Wuwei resist?" ”

"Queen Mother, now most of the Wuwei Left Army stationed in Shanhaiguan has rushed to Tianjin and Yanjing, not to mention that they are about to arrive, in addition, there are also Wuwei Middle Army, Wuwei Rear Army, plus the Boxer Rebellion who are not afraid of death, why be afraid of the Eight-Nation Alliance?" The fortitude of the main battle faction also followed. Together with Zaiyi, he is in charge of hundreds of thousands of Boxers in the world, so he is naturally full of confidence.

"Yes, Queen Mother, there was a great victory in Langfang before, and the righteous people also beat the British [***] team equipped with foreign guns and foreign cannons with their big swords and spears and invulnerability, and then there was the battle of the old dragon head railway station, the battle of the Zizhulin Concession, and the Eight-Nation Alliance Army was still beaten to heavy casualties, and now I have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Qing Dynasty on the front line of Beijing and Tianjin, why are you afraid of the 20,000 or 30,000 Eight-Nation Alliance?" Zaixun of the main battle faction also echoed the Tao, and he was very confident in the Boxers and the Armed Guards.

Being said like this, Cixi's confidence also increased a little, settled her mind, and after thinking about it carefully, she felt that Zaiyi, Fortitude, and Zaixun were very reasonable, so she said: "What do you think Aiqing should do now?" ”

"Queen Mother, what we have to do now is to knock down the embassy in Dongjiaomin Lane, let foreigners know that my Qing Dynasty is not so cowardly, and let them also realize the strength of our Qing Dynasty's military strength." Yuxian, the governor of Shanxi, who came from Shanxi to King Qin, spoke. He has always been very dissatisfied with Cixi's sometimes orders to attack Dongjiaomin Lane, and sometimes to order the protection of Dongjiaomin Lane.

When Cixi heard that she was going to Dongjiaomin Lane, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that he hadn't spoken yet, and Xu Jingcheng, the head of the minister of the Lord and faction, immediately stood up and said: "Queen Mother, Dongjiaomin Lane can't be beaten, if it really will be fought, then the Eight-Nation Alliance will definitely transfer troops from the mainland of each country, and then the Eight-Nation Alliance will not be twenty or thirty thousand people, but tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. ”

Cixi was so frightened that her body trembled, her hands shook, and the ivory gems she was playing with in her hands almost fell to the ground, and she couldn't help but feel chills in her heart when she thought of hundreds of thousands of Eight-Nation Coalition troops armed with machine guns and cannons driving from Tianjin to Yanjing.

Gangyi saw that the Empress Dowager Cixi's face was wrong, glared at Xu Jingcheng fiercely, and said loudly: "Queen Mother, now that my Qing Dynasty has started a war with the Eight-Nation Alliance, the feud has been settled, if the Eight-Nation Alliance Army is not scared and disabled, they will always think that we are easy to bully, and now the Wuwei Front Army, the Wuwei Middle Army, the Wuwei Left Army, and the Wuwei Rear Army add up to more than 100,000, and they are all equipped with new weapons. ”

Xu Jingcheng's eyes flashed with a ruthless light, and he glanced at Fortitude, and said in his heart You have such a huge self-confidence, why don't you try the power of the Eight-Nation Alliance in person? Demagoguery here?

In the end, Xu Jingcheng looked at Cixi and said: "The minister's sentence is true, every sentence is for the consideration of my Qing Dynasty society, the minister is resolute in peace, please think twice." ”

"Queen Mother, Weichen is also thinking about the Qing Dynasty, using the fight to improve the prestige of my Qing Dynasty, five years ago my Qing Dynasty has been defeated to the Eight-Nation Alliance, and now if I am defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance, then from now on where will my Qing Dynasty be placed in other countries? Therefore, the minister resolutely fought the main battle, and hoped that the queen mother would think twice. Gang Yi said and glared back at Xu Jingcheng, his eyes flashing with a snake-like glow.

As soon as the resolute words fell, Zai Yi, Zai Xun, Yu Xian, Qi Xiu, Xu Chengyu, Zhao Shuqiao, Zai Lan, Xu Tong and other ministers of the main battle faction also echoed one after another, "The minister is the main battle!" ”

"Warlord!"

"The minister is also the main battle!"

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Not to be outdone, the ministers of the Lord and faction, Yuan Chang, Lishan, Lianyuan, etc., echoed in unison: "Queen Mother, ministers and other lords, the Queen Mother thinks twice!" ”

A meeting of the Imperial Council to discuss countermeasures has turned into a fierce debate between the main battle faction and the main peace faction!