Song Biao's original intention was to return to Dalian to deal with his personal affairs in a low-key manner, but after the news leaked, he was still very warmly welcomed.

In this small harbor colony named "Darny" by the Russians, its special surname is just like Hong Kong under the rule of the British Empire, the Tsarist Empire is a great empire, in the past seven years, the Tsarist Empire has almost spared no financial resources to build this city, trying to build it into the economic, financial, trade and shipping center of the entire Far East, and build it into a great city like the Paris of the East, but after the Russo-Russian War, Song Biao easily put his hands deep into it, And gradually it will become the ruler of the city.

Just as Russia and Yue Ben both wanted to dominate the three eastern provinces, it turned out that the person who would really dominate this region would be Song Biao.

Considering that the political situation in the entire three eastern provinces is undergoing a wonderful change, the consuls of various countries stationed here also visited Song Biao intensively during this period.

After waiting in Dalian for a few days, Jiang Yanxing and Rong Xingqiao arrived in Tianjin as Song Biao's representatives, and met Yuan Shikai with the help of Liang Dunyan, Cai Tinggan and other Rong Xingqiao's classmates studying in the United States, and secretly negotiated for more than two hours, and sent an urgent telegram to Song Biao, who was in Dalian, overnight to report the matter.

Rong Xingqiao's reply was very brief, only saying that things were going well.

After receiving the telegram, Song Biao was very happy, so he slept first, and when it was half past two in the morning, Shu Fangde hurriedly woke Song Biao up, it turned out that Yuan Shikai personally sent a telegram, and there was a lot of content.

Song Biao washed his face in a daze, turned on the lamp in the room, sat on the desk and read the telegram.

The content of this telegram is indeed very long, roughly saying: I, Yuan Shikai, have long been in contact with you and Song Biao, and I have also had a friendship, I have received your gift, this gift is too valuable, I Yuan Shikai dare not be ashamed, thanks to the love, grateful, will be passed down from generation to generation, so that future generations will know the courage of your General Song Biao, and greatly shake the majesty of our people.

I think that at the beginning, Marshal Dashanyan beat me Yuan Shikai very badly on the Korean Peninsula, lost his armor and abandoned his armor, and even the Hunan and Huai armies together were not his opponents, but you were able to kill Dashanyan in Liaoyang, and defeated all the generals of the army in a row, and I Yuan Shikai has also been a general for a lifetime, so I naturally know your ability and level, and I really don't know how much higher than me.

In short, you Song Biao is really powerful, I Yuan Shikai admires it very much, I can't wait to fly across the strait overnight to meet you, raise a glass and drink, worship Jinlan, and discuss major events in the world.

As for the post of governor of the three eastern provinces, I, Yuan Shikai, have always thought that you must belong.

The situation in the northeast is very chaotic now, and the Russians are becoming more and more rampant, which is by no means something that the Qing Dynasty and the imperial court can stop, only you can stabilize the situation in the three eastern provinces. If the imperial court does not agree to the Russians' proposal to make you the governor of the three eastern provinces, and you prefer not to hold this post rather than be coerced by the Russians, the three eastern provinces will surely be able to stabilize the situation in the next few years, and the situation will become even more chaotic.

I, Yuan Shikai, am bent on serving the country, how can I sit idly by and watch such a situation, so I will clearly say to the Queen Mother and the imperial court that the interests are at stake, rather than letting the Russians profit from it and take advantage of the chaos to seize the three eastern provinces, it is better to decisively appoint you as the governor of the three eastern provinces, and give you orders at this critical time, please be sure to deal with the Russians to the end, and not let Russia get too involved in the three eastern provinces.

If it can be done and you can refuse the unreasonable demands of the Russians, it will be a great blessing to the world.

In short, I, Yuan Shikai, would like to meet you very much, but at this moment, important events, presumably we will always meet in the future, and we must invite you to drink with you at that time.

After reading the telegram, Song Biao roughly counted the number of words, and estimated that Yuan Shikai would have to spend 300 yuan just to send this telegram, which was not a small expense.

He re-read the contents of the telegram, and after some deliberation, he said to Shu Fangde: "You prepare a reply for me, it doesn't take a long time, just say that what the Governor is right, and I will listen to the Governor's will to deal with this matter." ”

Shu Fangde thought for a while and replied: "What my brother said is very true, and my brother listens to it!" ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, and said, "That's not bad, just reply like this." ”

Shu Fangde asked, "Junzao, do you want to go now?" ”

Song Biao knew that the telegraph company in Dalian was on the nearby Nikolaev Square, which was only a few hundred steps away, and nodded: "Go, go early and return early." ”

Shu Fangde immediately stood up and saluted and took his leave, and then went to the telegraph company to settle the matter.

After he left, Song Biao pondered the power of the three eastern provinces in the hotel room alone, if the situation was really as Yuan Shikai said, the Manchu court readily handed over the power of the governor of the three eastern provinces to him, don't sit back and wait for the Russians to forcibly persecute him, but he has room to deal with the Russians, so as not to let the Russians make a profit from it.

That night, Song Biao never fell asleep.

Just when he couldn't sleep at night, Russia and Bianben quarreled all day at the final armistice talks in Portsmouth, no matter how much difference there was between the armistice demands of the two sides, the war was over after all, and neither side could fight anymore.

Since Ben fired the first shot against Russia on behalf of Britain and the United States and other countries, Russia's plan to annex Northeast China has already gone bankrupt, and Russia's negotiating opponent at this time is not only Ben, but the entire Anglo-Japanese alliance, and even the United States, which is responsible for mediation, is actually more biased towards the British-Japanese alliance.

Although Russia achieved an unprecedented victory in the land forces thanks to the Battle of Liaoyang and the Liaodong counteroffensive commanded by Song Biao, almost all of its navy was sunk by the Japanese and was no longer able to maintain Russian interests overseas, and even its homeland was exposed to the artillery fire of the entire British Imperial fleet.

A few days after receiving Yuan Shikai's telegram, he met with consul officials from Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and other countries in Kwantung Prefecture, and even Zhu Erdian, the minister of the British Empire in China, took advantage of the gap in coordinating negotiations with Russian prisoners of war to meet with Song Biao briefly at the British Consulate in Kwantung Prefecture to exchange views on the situation in the three eastern provinces.

After the end of this period of time, Song Biao had clearly felt that Britain and the United States and other countries, especially Britain, and even Yue Ben wanted Song Biao to become the governor of the three eastern provinces, because at this time, only Song Biao still had the ability and opportunity to curb Russian expansion in the northeast, and in the Manchu court, there was actually no one else who could do this.

The meeting between Zhu Erdian and Song Biao lasted only half an hour, but in this half hour, Minister Zhu Erdian made it very clear that if Song Biao needed special help, the British Empire and he personally would provide necessary assistance.

When military action fails to achieve the desired effect, countries will continue to make more political efforts, but the direction of such efforts is still military, and Britain's so-called necessary assistance is undoubtedly in the military aspect.

A few days later, just as Song Biao was preparing to return to Shenyang for a third consultation with General Madenidorff about the governors of the three eastern provinces, the Qing court finally sent two officials to Dalian to meet Song Biao.

One is Yin Chang, the general office of Tianjin Wubei Academy, and the other is Tang Shaoyi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Yin Chang is a Manchurian, has always won the trust of the Manchu ministers, but also Yuan Shikai's close friends and sons and daughters, Tang Shaoyi has just safeguarded national sovereignty in the previous Sino-British talks with Tibet, forcing Britain to recognize the Qing Empire's territorial rights to Tibetan Province, so Ji Gong was promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was fully responsible for the issue of the Russo-Russian War between China and Russia.

Hearing that it was these two people, Song Biao, who had already bought train tickets, temporarily decided to stay, booked a room for them at the hotel where he was staying, and sent Shu Fangde to lead the troops over to meet them.

At this time, Dalian is gradually moving towards prosperity, and the heyday is far from the gap, although there are many hotels and restaurants in the city, there are only four that can really be graded, in addition to the three run by Russians and British businessmen, the rest is that Song Biao bought this Kanto Hotel.

Because the guests Song Biao received during this period were relatively special, the Kanto Hotel was basically closed to the public recently, and it was more suitable for Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi to stay.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Song Biao personally went downstairs to greet the two distinguished guests, he led the team to wait at the door for more than ten minutes, and the horse team responsible for greeting Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi arrived outside the hotel very lively.

Song Biao gave the other party enough faces, not only sent Shu Fangde with his own guard battalion to meet him, but also asked Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov to arrange for the 7th Siberian Infantry Regiment to be placed under martial law in the port to avoid any accidents.

Hearing that the other party was Song Biao's guest, Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov even personally led the escort.

At the door of the hotel, he saw Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov escorting him all the way with two infantry platoons, Song Biao was also quite surprised, he didn't expect it to be like this, and when the two carriages stopped at the door of the hotel, Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov turned over and jumped off the back of a golden Don River war horse, walked forward quickly and saluted Song Biao: "Your Excellency, I heard that it was your guest, and I decided to personally lead the escort." ”

After Song Biao returned the salute, he shook hands with Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov and said: "This is troublesome for you, I just prepared a table of banquets at noon, and I will take the brothers to have a light meal at my side at noon, you invited me last time, and I just invited you today." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov smiled: "Then I'm welcome, in fact, I came here this time to talk to you about the Far Eastern Non-commissioned Officer School, and I also want to ask you some questions." ”

Song Biao said a polite word, but since the people agreed, it was not easy to refuse again, so he could only smile and say: "Okay, then let's talk slowly at the dinner table." ”

Waiting for Song Biao and Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov to be polite, Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi walked out of the carriage, and Shu Fangde, who was accompanying him, heard that Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov was actually going to stay, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, but he still stepped forward quietly and introduced Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi to Song Biao.

Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi were both wearing civilian clothes, and interestingly, they both wore black suits, and they were probably not officials of the Manchu court.

Since Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov was present, it was not possible for Song Biao not to introduce the two sides to each other, so he first introduced to Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov: "This Mr. Yin Chang is the principal of the Tianjin Non-commissioned Officer School, who previously studied at the German Army Academy and was a classmate of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, so he has a good relationship. Mr. Tang studied at Yale University in the United States. Both of them are friends whom I have specially invited to visit. ”

Immediately, he introduced to Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi: "Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov was my most effective subordinate at the time of the Battle of Liaoyang, and the 7th Siberian Infantry Regiment he led at that time was almost trained by me, I am very familiar with it, and it is very convenient to call. Although the Russo-Russian War is over for the time being, the dock is still not peaceful, and I am worried that something will happen to you, so I will let Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov, who happens to be stationed nearby, pick you up. ”

Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi were naturally more enthusiastic, and hurriedly shook hands with Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov to show goodwill, but they didn't know if Song Biao's arrangement had another meaning.

The banquet in the hotel has been prepared, since everyone has arrived, it is natural to start the banquet on the table, Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi are very suitable for the European and American lifestyles, and they also belong to the alternative characters with Westernized life styles in the Manchu officialdom, plus Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov was present, Song Biao temporarily changed the red wine.

As soon as he took two sips, Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov couldn't wait to ask Song Biao: "Your Excellency, about your invitation to me to serve in the Far Eastern Non-commissioned Officer School, do you still count?" ”

Song Biao smiled: "It definitely counts, you can come at any time, I welcome you at any time, it's best to come now." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov said: "Well, when the Empire and the Legion end the armistice talks, I will take the initiative to apply to the command to stay and teach at the Far Eastern Non-commissioned Officer School." Personally, I think that now is the time for us to calm down and sort out the various campaigns of the Army throughout the Russo-Russian War, and I think that in order to engage in this work, it would be better to stay in the Far Eastern Non-commissioned Officer School, and if possible, I would like to spend three or four years compiling a summary report on the direction of military theory and tactical development for this war, and I hope to be able to make some suggestions for the reform of my [***] affairs. ”

Song Biao said in good conscience that he did not support Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov in doing this, and it was better to be confused, anyway, it would not be long before the October Revolution in Russia, and then it would be a good time for him to take the opportunity to raid Russia, recover the Far East, and regain control of Outer Mongolia and Tangnu Ulianghai.

The stronger the Russian army, the more risks and troubles there will be.

But what could he say?

Song Biao could only nod slightly, and said to Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov: "I think your idea is very good, in fact, I also have this idea, through this war, we can see the direction of future war development, and put forward more comprehensive reform opinions on weapons, combat theory, tactics, training and military system." I will support you in this work. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov smiled: "Then thank you very much, by the way, do you have any new thoughts about the tactical penetration of small units used by our 7th Siberian Infantry Regiment?" ”

Song Biao thought for a while and said: "This issue needs to be discussed for a longer time, since you will teach at the Far East Non-commissioned Officer School later, then we will discuss it slowly later, as far as it is concerned, I actually have some new ideas, but I have not started the drill, nor have I carried out relevant training, and it is difficult to say clearly the possible surnames of some specific new directions for the time being." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov nodded cautiously.

Because of the unexpected guest of Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov, Song Biao, Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi did not talk about anything serious, and after the luncheon was over, Song Biao sent Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov away, and then hurriedly returned to his room.

Yin Chang and Tang Shaoyi were both waiting in his room, and Shu Fangde accompanied them to chat, and when they saw Song Biao coming back, all three of them also hurriedly got up.

Back in the room, Song Biao explained to them: "Two adults, I'm sorry, I really didn't expect Lieutenant Colonel Neznamov to really stay for dinner, this is really not a casual talk to foreigners, everyone's habits are different, I really thought I was going to invite him to dinner." ”

Yin Chang laughed and said: "This kind of thing is common, and foreigners really don't have the habit of being polite, we are hindered by etiquette, sometimes we have to say, if others take it seriously, it is really embarrassing." It's just that it can be seen from this that General Song does have an unusual status on the Russian side, and even this kind of Russian general is also deeply in awe. ”

Song Biao smiled and invited them to sit down, and said: "Actually, it's not about deep awe, this lieutenant colonel belongs to the type of who can use his brains in the Russian army, has a high military theoretical literacy, and is also very brave in battle, if the Russian army really promotes him in the future, maybe one day he will be our opponent." During this time, I ran a Far Eastern non-commissioned officer school in Shenyang, and hired many senior officers of the Russian army as instructors, and I just invited him, so he went back and forth today, and decided to stay and help me for a few years, just here to sort out all kinds of materials about the Russian war. ”

Yin Chang sighed with a slightly embarrassed expression: "The imperial court has opened many new-style military schools in various places, and the so-called new-style military schools are actually not new, and the trainees trained are also uneven, embarrassing and heavy-duty. In my guess, if the general had set up this Far Eastern non-commissioned officer school, it would have been a hundred times stronger than the Beiyang schools. ”

Song Biao pondered for a moment and said: "Not necessarily, the teaching performance of the non-commissioned officer school depends on the level of the instructors on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also depends on the level of the students. ”

Yin Chang bowed slightly.

Only then did Tang Shaoyi reply: "What the general said is very true, in a word, the lack of enlightened modern education is the root cause of our country's backwardness. ”

Tang Shaoyi is already a middle-aged man of 43 years old this year, and when he is upright and energetic, he looks very shrewd and capable, and this person has always been known for his shrewdness and ability and extreme maneuvering, otherwise he would not be the first prime minister of the Republic of China.

This person should say that before the fierce conflict with Sun Yat-sen, he has always been the pioneer of China's road to a strong country, shrewd and capable, but unfortunately during his tenure as the first prime minister of the Republic of China, he insisted on the cabinet responsibility system, and the conflict with Yuan Shikai was too great, and he was forced to resign, and later because of the expansion of the conflict between the cabinet responsibility system and Sun Yat-sen's presidential system, he lost his political status again and was depressed.

Yin Chang is a few years older than Tang Shaoyi, but there is too much difference in that kind of spirit and spirit.

Among the Manchurians, Yin Chang is the rarest of the talented people in the later period, and his actual level is also lackluster, which is far from Tang Shaoyi's elite Han people.

Song Biao could feel it at a glance.

After the three of them were silent for a moment, Tang Shaoyi suddenly said: "General Song, now many important officials in the DPRK and China support you as the governor of the three eastern provinces, the governor of Huguang, Lord Zhang Zhidong, and the governor of Zhili, Lord Yuan Shikai, Lord Yuan, all bluntly said that you can't control the situation in the three eastern provinces, and the Queen Mother is now the same opinion. Lord Yinchang and I have come this time precisely in accordance with the will of the Queen Mother, who hopes that you will do your best to work for the country, and use your prestige to protect the sovereignty of our country in the three eastern provinces, and when this matter is settled, you will be appointed as the governor of the three eastern provinces. ”

Song Biao waved his hand slightly and said, "Don't worry about it, this matter has already been decided." During this period, I had many contacts with the consuls of Britain and the United States, and all countries unanimously agreed that Russia would absolutely not be allowed to invade the territory of the three northeastern provinces of our country in de jure or de facto. I have had a lot of dealings with the Russians, and of course I know that they have a lot of ideas now, and they always feel that they have won this battle, and the northeast is theirs, and even General Madenidov, who has been kind to me, is proud, and the two conversations with me have the meaning of making me the governor of the three eastern provinces for Russia. The Russians have always been ignorant of the severity, let them toss, in fact, they do not understand in their hearts that it is not the book that negotiates with them in Portsmouth, but the British and the Americans. His navy can't even beat the original, and if it really turns against Britain, I think that Russia's navy will almost all be killed in the belly of the fish and become the weakest navy in the world. Therefore, when you go back, you will directly clarify this matter with the imperial court, and you don't have to worry about the sovereignty of the three provinces for the time being. I should have said it to the imperial court, and I have generally said it, my principle is very simple, I would rather hide in the Hunjiang River and be the No. 1 bandit in Kwantung, and I would not be the governor of the three eastern provinces for the sake of the Russians, if it were not for the livelihood of tens of thousands of brothers under my command, considering that I myself also have ambitions, and considering that the situation in the northeast is indeed complicated, I don't care about the governor's mission at all. ”

Tang Shaoyi raised his glasses slightly and said, "The general's words are conclusive, so we are naturally relieved." It's just that now that the Russian army occupies the entire territory of the three provinces, they have been forced to lease the Liaodong Peninsula when they were asked to withdraw their troops, and now it is even more difficult for them to withdraw their troops. ”

Song Biao was silent, he actually knew that this matter was a little difficult to be good, and after a little thought, he said: "Don't talk too much for the time being, and after the official truce between Russia and Russia, I will negotiate with the commander-in-chief of the Russian army on this matter alone." I have had a conversation with His Excellency Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin on this matter, and on the whole, I personally feel that he is not very much in favor of Russia's forcible occupation of the Northeast, which will force a sharp decline in Anglo-Russian relations, and in the present situation, Russia can no longer afford to offend Britain, but Germany is also encouraging Russia, and His Excellency Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin cannot make a clear judgment, but if I can convince him, with his relationship with His Majesty the Tsar, he may be able to convince the Tsar. After the official armistice between Russia and Russia, the Grand Guild of Mikhail arrived in Mukden on behalf of the Tsar to celebrate the achievements of the whole army, at which time I might be awarded the rank of major general of infantry of the Russian army, or possibly lieutenant general. If possible, I think I can personally talk to Grand Duke Mikhail for a while. That's what I mean, instead of dealing with these blindly optimistic officials below, it is better to wait for me to negotiate directly with the Russian upper echelons. ”

Tang Shaoyi thought for a while and asked, "With what the general has seen, I don't know how to convince Grand Duke Mikhail?" ”

Song Biao replied: "I don't know, at that time, I can only see the wind and steer the rudder, see the water and push the boat, it must be to say it with affection and reason, what else will others talk about when they send troops to the doorstep, the key is probably to directly present the pros and cons." In fact, I don't think it will be too difficult for Russia to withdraw its troops this time, and the key is how to deal with it for a long time and consolidate the northeast forever. I have a countermeasure in my heart, but unfortunately even if I say it, even if I really say it as the governor of the three eastern provinces, with my understanding of the imperial court, especially the Beiyang Naval Division as an example, it is still useless in the end, so if I become the governor of the three eastern provinces, I am afraid that I must be prepared to die for the country. The court has always been like this, even if I am respected by the Russians as the Napoleon of Asia, so what? ”

What he said was sincere, the Manchu court really couldn't count on it at all, so it was better to wait for the Manchu regime to be overthrown when the strength was strong enough, and to be the emperor himself to control the overall situation.

Just listening to his words, Yin Chang couldn't help asking: "The general doesn't have to lament like this, the imperial court has worked hard, and all the people with lofty ideals have the ambition to improve the new policy, and now there are generals in China who can fight well, why can't they resist the enemy?" I just don't know how the general thinks he can permanently consolidate the Northeast? ”

Song Biao pondered for a moment and replied: "Three years of lying on salary and trying to taste the courage, training 100,000 elites in the northeast to stick to the homeland, the method of training is all using the new European and American armies, and the guns and ammunition are all the same as the Russian army." Three years later, the introduction of Britain and the United States to contain Russia will temporarily stabilize the situation in the northeast. If I have 100,000 elite soldiers in my hands, coupled with my reputation and ability, even Russia and the two countries will not dare to easily invade the Kanto region again. There are Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong training the new army in the pass, and there must be no major incidents, so in the past five or six years, or even ten years, this dynasty can still rest assured. As for ten years from now, it's hard to say. The so-called permanent Northeast has no other way to follow the example of France and Germany and seize the time to implement the new policy and strengthen itself. ”

Yin Chang praised: "What the general said is very true. I don't dare to say anything else, as for the general to train 100,000 elites in the northeast, the court should be a support. ”

Song Biao waved his hand and said, "In view of the precedent of the Beiyang Naval Division, I don't have much hope, if the imperial court really appoints me as the governor of the three eastern provinces, I still raise funds in the three eastern provinces on my own." In the three eastern provinces, if the reclamation is properly managed, 100,000 Western-style elite soldiers can still afford it, at least barely able to afford it. ”

Yin Chang praised: "If the general can maintain 100,000 elites in the northeast with the power of the Kwantung region, without the need for appropriation from the imperial court, it is naturally great. ”

Song Biao didn't answer, people like Cixi can't be underestimated, who can know what kind of heart An's heart is, maybe he doesn't plan to take care of the Northeast to him at all.

Tang Shaoyi asked Song Biao: "How many troops do you still have in the hands of the general?" ”

Song Biao replied flatly: "Not much, there are currently 30,000 troops." The first battle of Liaoyang damaged more than half of the elite soldiers who had been trained for half a year, and the current soldiers have been retrained in recent months, and it will take about half a year to barely use. There is no shortage of guns and ammunition, not to mention that there are 60,000 or 70,000 rifles, and there are plenty of ammunition, that is, there are 400 artillery pieces and more than 300 machine guns, all of which are good guns and machine guns made by Germany and law, and there are 16,000 horses and more than 20,000 horses. ”

He deliberately exaggerated a little, really frightened Tang Shaoyi and Yin Chang, the whole of China knew that Song Biao had made a lot of benefits in the Russo-Russian War, it is said that the fields alone accounted for tens of thousands of hectares of land, and he also got the coal and iron franchise rights in Fushun Anshan and other places, and he had money and grain in his hands, but so many cannons and machine guns really made Tang Shaoyi and Yin Chang tremble.

With this strength, coupled with Song Biao's ability, he may really be able to hit Jingshi in one go.

Song Biao is not rebelling at the moment, waiting for the Manchu court to appoint a small errand of the governor of the three eastern provinces, that is really very loyal, right?

Yin Chang must be the most terrifying, he is a Manchurian, he knows very well what the Manchus and the imperial court are most afraid of, speaking of which, he is really not afraid that Russia will occupy the Northeast, but he is afraid that a strong man like Song Biao will move south, and if there is Russian support behind him, the Qing Dynasty will be in danger.

In fact, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, but everyone only knows that their scripture is difficult to read.

In all fairness, Song Biao's strength is the most feared thing for the Manchu court, but the previous estimates have not reached the actual situation, and if you really know the strength in Song Biao's hands, the Manchu court is afraid that it will really be difficult to sit still.

At this time, Yin Chang couldn't wait to immediately put on his wings and fly back to Beijing to report to the Empress Dowager Cixi, this matter could not be delayed any longer, and if it dragged on, something would happen.

Tang Shaoyi is still a stable person, he saw that the official business had been almost discussed, so he was very interested in chatting with Song Biao, wanting to ask Song Biao how he killed Dashanyan and Nozu Guandao in the battle of Liaoyang, this was about to continue the conversation, Li Dayun hurriedly walked in, saluted Song Biao and said: "Military seat, Lieutenant Colonel Conns, the British military attache in China, and General Yoshimasa Oshima are here to meet you." ”

Song Biao sighed, and said to Tang Shaoyi and Yin Chang: "I didn't arrange a trip to meet them today, but the news that I live here is well known, and they are looking for a quasi-one if they want to come to me." These two are also distinguished guests, anyway, the two of them are not in a hurry to leave, so let's make an appointment to negotiate in the evening. ”

Tang Shaoyi nodded silently and said, "The general is busy with affairs, I will wait for me to understand, then we will talk about it in the evening, so as not to delay the general's meeting with the generals of the two countries." ”

Yin Chang also got up to say goodbye.

After Song Biao sent them away first, he asked Lieutenant Colonel Connes and General Yoshimasa Oshima to come over.

Fortunately, there are already a large number of field marshals, generals, and lieutenant generals such as Oyama Iwa, Nozu Kanmichi, Kodama Gentaro, Kawamura Keiaki, Akiyama Yoshiko, and Tachimi Naofumi at the bottom, and Oshima Yoshimasa fought against Song Biao's 14th Army with a brigade, and he did not dislike and be ashamed if he lost.

This is definitely not a polite remark, but the fear and panic of the entire army are spread against Song Biao, so that after the end of the battle of Liaoyang, Song Biao led the army to fight wherever the army retreated, and there was no determination to fight at all, first of all, the spirit of the soldiers from the bottom to the top collapsed, and they did not dare to fight at all.

It is estimated that this kind of Songphobia will not be cured within ten or eight years.

Oshima Yoshimasa was in charge of negotiating with the Russian army about the exchange of prisoners between the two armies in Dalian, and he happened to take this opportunity to come to pay an official visit to the "Divine General of China" to meet with Song Biao to see what Song Biao looked like, and also wanted to talk about arms deals.

Song Biao has more than 100,000 rifles in his hands, all of which are urgently needed by the army, and there is a precedent for arms deals between the two sides before, and Oshima Yoshimasa wants to buy back 100,000 rifles from Song Biao for the reconstruction of the army.

At present, it is said that a penny should be cut in half, so it is natural to save it.

Lieutenant Colonel Connes is the coordinator of the negotiations in Dalian, because he had met Song Biao when he was watching the battle in Europe before, so he came to act as an introducer, and by the way, he also wanted to test Song Biao's tone, trying to judge how big Song Biao's possible surname was as the governor of the three eastern provinces.

(To be continued)