Bean sprouts, also known as sprouts, are edible "sprouts" that are cultivated from the seeds of various cereals, beans, and trees, also known as "live vegetables". In the Song Dynasty, eating bean sprouts was quite common. The West calls bean sprouts one of the four great inventions of Chinese food. The other three are tofu, sauce, and gluten. In fact, there are far more food inventions in China than these four. Historically, it is said that the bean sprouts were also introduced to the West by Li Hongzhang after Guangxu Gengzi, because of the saying of "Li Hongzhang's miscellaneous", so that in the area of Quebec, Canada, the bean sprouts were simply called "miscellaneous". It's a pity that Li Hongzhang is still honestly staying in China, so the dish with Chinese characteristics has not yet spread to Europe.

After eating bean sprouts in Meimei, Kuropatkin visited the vegetable supply base of the Chinese army under the guidance of an interpreter, which was also an additional requirement for his surrender. Kuropatkin opened the tent, and what came into view was a patch of green, with sinks placed on large and small wooden shelves, Kuropatkin had soil on his face, but the green vegetable seedlings were growing well, and there were several soldiers in the tent who were busy cultivating these green vegetables. Kuropatkin urgently asked what kind of dishes these are, why can they grow so big without soil?

The translator grabbed a handful of soybeans and explained to Kuropatkin how to grow bean sprouts, as long as there is water, the soybeans can sprout and grow. Kuropatkin thought about the soybeans in his warehouse, and he almost didn't have a mouthful of blood spurting out. Wronged-

Soybeans are a good thing, you can grind soy milk, dilute it to make tofu brain, and dry it to make tofu. If you plant it, you can sprout bean sprouts, and if it grows too much, it is bean sprouts...... This is all the sequelae of Li Ming's gnawing in Grangea, and he is afraid of gnawing potatoes. As a result, various methods to ensure the supply of military fruits and vegetables came into being, and bean sprouts are only one of the most convenient ways.

Scurvy is caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. Vitamin C is mainly provided by fruits and vegetables. However, soybeans can be used to sprout bean sprouts, and eating bean sprouts can cure septicaemia. But the Russians didn't know that there was such a thing as bean sprouts, so the wounded and sick who had septicaemia could not be mobilized. It is said that the reason for the Japanese attack on Lushun and the final surrender of the Russians in history is said. It was also because of the spread of scurvy, and as it is today, the warehouse was full of dried soybeans.

It seems that the inertia of history is still very strong, can you really change history? Li Ming fell into deep thought.

Wang Shizhen didn't have time to think, the war was fought against time. As soon as the news of the surrender of Irkutsk came, he immediately summoned the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy for a strategic assessment. When the news of the surrender of Irkutsk, Chita and other places was settled, and the various units of our army began to take over the cities, Wang Shizhen immediately issued five combat orders to the frontline departments: order all the frontline units of Novosibirsk City to immediately attack, and attack all the way until they can no longer attack, stop on the spot and turn to defense. Ordered the northeastern divisions of Shoushan to immediately load their vehicles and go to the front line of Novosibirsk City for reinforcements. All matters such as the surrender were handed over to the DPRK army and supervised by the gendarmerie. Order the Northwest General Nie Shicheng to launch an attack immediately, and be sure to firmly hold off the southern front troops of the Russian army led by Zalubayev, and all the vassal armies of the Northwest Army are under the command of Nie Shicheng, without taking into account the ammunition stock. Ordered Liu Shengxiu to immediately lead his headquarters south through Ili to capture Almaty, and this battle must completely recover the land ceded by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, completely wipe out the remaining Russian troops there, and wait for an opportunity to advance. The Lanfang fleet was ordered to withdraw from the Strait of Malacca, and the main force of the naval fleet was ready for engagement.

Russia in Siberia surrendered completely. This directly led to a reversal of the strategy and nature of China and Russia, and the Chinese army was completely freed from the containment of the rear and was able to deal with a frontal war with all its might. Wang Shizhen believed that once Russia learned of this news, it would inevitably launch an all-out attack, and it would be better to attack and attack than to defend passively. Ammunition and supplies were not consumed in the battle to recover Siberia, and supplies for the Russian army were easily obtained. With the powerful firepower and sufficient supplies of our army, it will inevitably be able to catch the Russian assault troops by surprise. Pushing the front in the direction of Russia will not only disrupt Russia's strategic subordinates. The most important battle knocked out the confidence of the Russians in victory. At any time in a war, the strategic initiative must be firmly in one's own hands.

Issuance of such an operational order. The General Staff Headquarters does not need to consult the Emperor and the Prime Minister's Office. The General Staff Headquarters only needs the Emperor and the Prime Minister's Office to issue orders for war and armistice, and it is the responsibility of the General Staff Headquarters as to how and when to fight. After all, war is also a very professional work, and the emperor and the civil bureaucracy, as laymen, must also have this consciousness, and they must not overstep their authority.

It is the responsibility of the military general to conquer the city, and it is the duty of the civilian official to govern the party. Siberia, which was expected to be fully occupied by the end of April, ended the war ahead of schedule due to the surrender, which caught the officials by surprise, and the magistrates who had planned to send to Siberia had not even arrived.

How can the territory of the country be governed without the officials of the imperial court? Since it hasn't arrived yet, let's draw it from the nearby counties and cities! As the prime minister, Li Hongzhang spoke, and Yan Fu and the various ministries took the roster of officials and began to count people.

"The appointment of the imperial court cannot be disobeyed, and those who violate the order and refuse to go will be dismissed on the spot and will not be hired for life." Yan Fu scolded with a dark face: "All the officials who went to Siberia to take up their posts moved with the army, if they couldn't bear this hardship, then they would go home early and farm." ”

Most of the students sent to various parts of Siberia this time were young students, who had enthusiasm and fighting spirit, and more importantly, they were in the bureaucracy-ridden interior, and many of their ambitions could not be fulfilled. Although Siberia is a bitter cold land, the old forces in the new land have not had time to stretch out, and the empty new land is a good place for these young men to take revenge. However, the officials who had been in the rich places for many years had a deep fear of Siberia, believing that it was a place where people could freeze to death, so many officials who received the order postponed it on the pretext of being weak and sick for various reasons, so that Yan Fu had to issue strict orders.

At this moment, Li Ming was enjoying red wine and eating prawns. Fighting a war is the business of the generals, governing the place is the business of the civil officials, and all the emperor has to do is to point out a direction for the country, and then put the right people in the right place and give the right rights. If it was a time of peace, the emperor needed to balance the internal interests of civil and military, central and local, officials and common people, and so on, so he naturally had to fight with 120,000 spirit to deal with it carefully. But in times of war, the interests of everyone from the emperor to the common people were unanimous to the outside world. At this time, the country is united and the interests are the same, and it is naturally easier to be the emperor. That's why the old saying keeps saying. It is easy to fight the world and it is difficult to defend the world.

Of course, all this needs to be built on the basis of victory. Because there are enough benefits only if the war is won. Judging from the current situation, China can be regarded as winning the first stage. Tsar Nicholas II, who was the loser, immediately became agitated.

Nicholas II's domestic reforms failed, domestic contradictions were fierce, and war was his way of diverting them. If we can win and absorb the interests of the Far East, the domestic contradictions will naturally be eased. But the current situation is a big defeat, and the whole of Siberia has been lost. If the domestic contradictions are not eased, they will become more intense.

Hearing the news of the surrender of Irkutsk, Nicholas II jumped to his feet, and he summoned his ministers in the main hall to point insults at the heavens and the earth, and scolded Kuropatkin for being a waste fool. Disgraced to the face of the Slavs. Then roaring ordered Aleksayev, commander-in-chief of the Omsk front, and Zalubayev, commander-in-chief of the southern front, to immediately attack the Chinese.

Of course, the ministers obeyed the will of His Majesty the Tsar, but when they left the palace, they looked at each other and smiled. The ministers were well aware of the current situation in Russia, but since His Majesty's obstinate order for an expedition of the fleet, the ministers had no intention of suggesting anything to His Majesty. The fleet is His Majesty's fleet, and the army is also His Majesty's army, and since His Majesty insists on teaching that group of yellow pigs a lesson, then go and teach a lesson. His Majesty said the same thing ten years ago, and so when the Trans-Siberian Railway was being built. It seems that it is Russia that is unlucky, and now it is said the same...... Everyone shook their heads involuntarily.

What the high-ranking officers and adults thought was their business, and for ordinary soldiers on the front line, they could only obey military orders, even Yudenich, who was already the commander of the regiment. The order of His Majesty the Tsar reached the front. Commander-in-chief Alekseev immediately ordered the army to be launched. Yudenich, as the advance force, set out with his regiment.

The sun was still shining in the first few days of departure, and I didn't want the snow to start falling again today. Yudenich ordered the troops to rest on the spot, find a leeward place and start cooking on a fire. In winter, you need to eat constantly to maintain your body temperature. What's more, they also ran all morning. By the time the fuel was removed from the sled, the soldiers had cleared the ground. Set up a tent. Put the dry wood and pour kerosene on it, and when the fire is lit. The flames emitted an orange-red glow that dispelled the cold. The flames licked the bottom of the pot, and the snow in the pot turned into water and gradually rolled up.

"Eat lunch and rest for fifteen minutes, then move on." Yudenich slapped the crumbs from his hand and reached for the fire. Then I looked up at the weather, and the snow seemed to be heavier again.

Yudenich had been roasting the fire for fifteen minutes, but the soldiers had to tear down the tent and reload it with sleds. By the time they had finished their work, fifteen minutes were up. Soldiers are like that, they have to rush to the front in battle, and they have countless jobs to do while the officers are resting, and this is the same in any country. Yudenich got up and patted his ass and ordered the army to move on. In March, the temperature in Siberia has risen back to around freezing, and it is relatively warm if there is no wind. But at this moment, a cold wind blew, and Yudenich, who had just been roasted and warm, shivered.

"What the hell weather." Yudenich cursed, wrapping his coat tighter again. But when he was wrapping his coat tightly, his eyes inadvertently glanced in front of him, and he was suddenly stunned, as if something was moving in the distance?

Yudenich reached out and waved the snowflake in front of him, but the gap was quickly filled by new snowflakes. Yudenich looked intently ahead, but saw nothing. Maybe it's my own dazzle. Yudenich shook his head to drive away the inexplicable fear in his heart, turned to the soldiers, and said loudly: "Cheer up, and spend the night in the village ahead." ”

Yudenich strode out, and the soldiers in the sleigh shouted. But it didn't take long for the soldiers in front to report: There seems to be someone in front?

Yudenich frowned, could it be that he felt right? But when I thought about it, I laughed again. Before the arrival of winter, all Russian troops withdrew to Omsk for the winter, and the Chinese also withdrew to Novosibirsk for the winter. On my side, I had just received the news of the surrender of the armies in the Far East and set off on the third day, and even if the Chinese army set off on the same day, it would not have been possible to get here, and I still advanced lightly. After all, the road from Omsk to Novosibirsk was only a third of the way by itself. However, out of an abundance of caution, Yudenich ordered the former soldiers to come close to investigate the situation. But he did not order the troops to be put into combat readiness. Unfortunately, the shouting of the sleigh drowned out the sound of snow treading ahead.

"Alert-" The soldier in front had just shouted. A series of "bang, bang, bang" gunshots rang out, and clusters of blood splattered in all directions.

"Hidden—" Yudenich quickly lay on the ground, but he clearly heard the whistling of the cannonballs breaking through the air. Yudenich quickly rolled and ducked behind a protrusion, and the shell exploded with a thud where he had just been lying on his stomach. Yudenich stretched out his head and glanced at the large crater that was still emitting black smoke, and thanked God again and again.

Akiyama Yoshigu pulled out his waist knife and swung it forward: "Kill a few and give-"

"Kill a few and give it-" The sound of killing of troops all over the mountains shook the sky, and the Japanese soldiers who were still sneaking shook off their footsteps and rushed up with their spears in hand.

"How can there be Japanese here?" Yudenich was shocked, even though he could not understand Japanese. But that didn't stop him from knowing that it was Japanese. China's recruitment of Japanese volunteers was open to the public, but the Russian bureaucrats thought that the Japanese soldiers were really not worth mentioning, so only officers at and above the division level knew about it. Yudenich, unfortunately, his level is not enough. Yudenich did not understand why Japanese troops appeared in distant Western Siberia, what was really going on? But he knew very well that he should run away, all the Japanese soldiers in white clothes and white robes seemed to be everywhere under the cover of heavy snow, and his own troops, who were inferior in numbers, had already deserted.

Yudenich grabbed the sled, grabbed the whip and drove the dog to and fro on the road. The dog raised its hooves and ran forward, pulling the sled faster and faster. It wasn't until the sleigh was running at a high speed that Yudenich looked back.

It's over, it's all over. Because the snowflakes blocked the view into the distance, because the heavy snow provided cover for the Japanese soldiers in white clothes. When the Japanese soldiers were discovered, the distance between the two armies was too close, so close that he couldn't react to Ben. The white Japanese soldiers rushed into the Russian army in khaki uniforms, like an avalanche covering the brown stones. There was only white left on the ground. Only the black smoke that rose proved that a battle had just been fought there.

"It's not my fault." Yudenich comforted himself and returned to drive the sleigh. At least he had to send back to his base camp the news of the presence of Japanese troops on the battlefields of Western Siberia.

A rope bounced on the white snow and tripped over the running dog. He also threw Yudenich, who was caught off guard, from the sleigh. He hurriedly touched the pistol on his waist, but was trampled on by a big foot. Then it was turned over heavily.

"Yo, it's still a colonel. It's a big job to get back alive. ”

"If you dare to send it back, believe it or not, Yang Tou'er will strip your skin, our task is not to capture prisoners."

"Don't, isn't the army of little Japan just following behind, and it's the same for them. It's better to live than to die. ”

Yudenich, who did not understand Chinese at all, could only say in Russian semantic terms: "I am the colonel, and I demand normal prisoner treatment." "The text of the surrender of Irkutsk was also transmitted by telegram, which was one of the necessary conditions for surrender. From this point of view, the reputation of the Chinese army is indeed not good.

"Let's not forget that our mission is covert reconnaissance, and the covert object is not just the Russians. Don't be verbose, hurry up and pack your things and leave. ”

Yudenich did not expect that the people would ignore him, so he was pointed at gunpoint, watching the Chinese dig out their military ID cards from their bodies, and tear off the epaulettes and collar badges and throw them into their backpacks. Then a cold light flashed in front of his eyes, his neck was cold, and a stream of heat flowed out of his neck. Yudenich couldn't stop the blood from flowing out no matter what, and couldn't open his mouth to speak, so he could only watch as the five Chinese repacked his sleigh and slowly left on the sleigh. He also saw that the five Chinese seemed to dislike the sleigh running slowly, and chased three people down to follow. Listening to the sound of the Chinese frolicking in the distance, Yudenich finally closed his eyes.

Born in Moscow, he was a later Russian infantry general, one of the leaders of the White Guards during the Russian Civil War and foreign armed intervention, and died in the wilderness at the beginning of the Sino-Russian war.

"Please send a report to the rear, our army made contact with the vanguard of the Russian army fifteen kilometers north of Lake Chane, and completely annihilated the enemy army in one battle." Akiyama Yokoku said to the telegraph operator very envious and respectfully. The telegraph man nodded, removed the radio telegraph from his back and began to tick the message.

This is the first volunteer division recruited by China in Japan, and the division commander is Yoshiko Akiyama. All the trainees of the entire unit were Japanese, and only the signal corps was Chinese. Radio is a weapon of mass murder that cannot be left to anyone else. Like Ken Oshima, the commander of the 2nd Volunteer Division, Yoshiko Akiyama entered Siberia under the command of General Oyama Iwa of Japan and launched the first round of attacks against the Russian army as the vanguard of the Chinese army. This time he became the supreme commander of the Japanese army, and his original intention was to see how the strength of the Chinese army was and whether the Japanese empire had a chance to rise again. But after the war, he wrote in his memoirs: The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, and the Tatars wantonly destroyed Chinese civilization and narrowly overturned. Japan, as the inheritor of Chinese civilization, felt that it was necessary to expel the Tatars and revitalize Chinese civilization, so it launched the First Sino-Japanese War. But unexpectedly, when the Manchu Emperor was dead, it was already the Han Emperor sitting on the dragon chair, so the First Sino-Japanese War was defeated by Japan, and the Battle of Lushun attracted the anger of the Kingdom and burned the war to the mainland. Such a defeat was inevitable, because no matter how powerful the successor was, it was a side branch and could not be an authentic opponent, but Japan did not know this fact at that time. Therefore, during the Sino-Russian War, I resolutely joined the Chinese army to fight in Siberia, which was just to truly devote myself to the action of revitalizing Chinese civilization as the successor of Chinese civilization...... Naturally, there is a lot of sycophancy in the back. In fact, the big mountain rock here is to see the gap between China and Japan, and Japan has no way to go except to follow China.

After sending the telegram, Akiyama Yoshiko immediately commanded the troops to continue to advance, and the cleaning of the battlefield was naturally completed by the heavy soldiers of the division. When night fell, Akiyama Yoshikoku ordered the troops to rest, tidy up the camp, and make a fire to cook. Before cooking, you need to dig a pit and set up a thick tent to prevent the fire from leaking out, and you need to wait until it is completely dark to light the fire, also to prevent the smoke column from being discovered by the enemy. Don't be as stupid as those Russians, the column of smoke for cooking can be seen a few kilometers away. This also led to the fact that the Japanese army only had two hot meals a day to eat, and could only nibble on steamed buns that were placed close to them at noon.

The Japanese troops, who had finished breakfast before dawn the next day, did not set off, and everyone except the sentries was resting. It was not until noon that the Japanese Volunteer Second Division hurriedly chased after it with a large amount of baggage. They simply nibbled on a few steamed buns, entered the tent and fell asleep. They would carry only three days' worth of supplies and fuel after dawn the next day, and then hand over the baggage to the 1st Division.

This is one of the ways that the General Staff Headquarters found a way to advance quickly in winter during training. One division marched day and night to attack lightly, and the other division carried two divisions of baggage day and night. In this way, it only takes five days to rotate, which is enough to ensure that there is an assault force of one division at any time. The vanguard Japanese army relied on this method to make a rapid assault on the Siberian wilderness.

Yudenich's vanguard failed to send the news back, and the Russian army was still slowly attacking the city of Novosibirsk. Finally, on April 20, a division of the main force of the Russian army was attacked by the Japanese army when it left Kabakre, and the unprepared Russia was thrown into chaos by a Japanese charge, and the whole army abandoned countless baggage and fled in embarrassment. But the news of the Russian army was sent back. The first division of the Japanese army, which had just taken over the offensive task, rushed and attacked again, and the Russian army even killed the Japanese army before the defensive line arrived, so they retreated one after another, and it was not until they retreated to Tatarsk that they barely held their ground. The Japanese army retreated after a failed assault. Only then did the Russians remember to ask how did the Japanese come here? (To be continued.) )