"The army of China has arrived in Korea, and the army of Lucialnevich in the Far East has moved!"

It's just a piece of news, the whole of Tokyo is like being put on a grill, originally after the heavy war between China and China, shouting "fight to Nanjing" and "clean up the emperor of China", but this will unexpectedly have a fundamental change of surname, no one talks about China anymore, let alone the Chinese army, almost everyone is there to talk about Lucia, a country that has terrified them to the extreme, and the victory on the battlefield makes them disdainful.

Eleven years ago, after the intervention of the Three Kingdoms to return to Liao, the phrase "lying on the salary and tasting the guts" became a popular phrase in the book, before the war, the fear and hatred of the Lucia Empire was by no means understandable to foreigners, in the face of this military strength is many times higher than the war of the country, it took ten years to reorganize the armament war, from the reparations of the war of the Qing Dynasty, beyond the ordinary military expenditure, said that by suppressing the quality of life of the people, the preparation of more than other countries can bear the armament expenditure, It was already a miracle in itself, and it was the starving citizens who created this miracle, and the Lucian Empire, which was approaching from outside and could threaten the survival of the city at any time, turned it into a war machine.

A year ago, the glorious victory had made the whole Yueben boiling, and he longed for the end of the war, just like the Qing War, to obtain a huge amount of indemnity and obtain at least the entire Sakhalin Island, but now facing the situation of "the intervention of the Chinese army and the collapse of power", the once fanatical Yueben had to think about a question that had been considered for ten years a year ago, whether the Lucia Empire would attack Korea.

At the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Prime Minister Katsura Taro, Minister of Military Orders, Marshal Viscount Ito Yuhiro, Chief of Staff Marshal Aritomo Goto, Vice Admiral of Military Orders, Vice Admiral Goro Ijiin, Minister of the Navy Gonbei Yamamoto, Vice Admiral Saito Ho, Vice Admiral of the Navy, Rear Admiral Shinroku Ishimoto, and Chief of Staff of the Manchurian Army, Gentaro Kodama sat there, and the atmosphere in the conference room was a little strange.

"Marshal of Shanxian County, tell me, can we stop the Chinese army?"

Although Katsura Taro had cleared his throat when he spoke, the voice was a little hoarse when it burst out of his throat.

"The General Staff Headquarters has ordered the 3rd Reserve Division to move to South Pyongan Province, the Anju and Yuancheon lines, in order to block the Chinese attack, and at the same time ordered the 7th Reserve Division from Kyushu to turn to Incheon, hoping that everything is still in a hurry."

Yama Prefecture Aritomo, a samurai from the Choshu Domain, spoke with a hint of worry in his voice, and the staff headquarters formulated a plan to quench his thirst.

As soon as he heard that the Third Reserve Division had moved, Katsura Taro hurriedly leaned out across the table and asked in a low voice.

"Mr. Shan County!"

Katsura Taro had some doubts on his face.

"If the 3rd Reserve Division is transferred, then what will happen to Tumenjiang? Will Lucia attack Korea, if they join forces with the Chinese to control Korea, Shanxian County, then it will not be good! ”

After hearing this question, Shan Youpeng lowered his face before he spoke.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, if the Third Reserve Division is not mobilized now, in the next few days, the entire northern part of Korea will be completely open to the Chinese army, even if the second and third reserve divisions remain in the Tumen River, their back roads will be cut off by the Chinese army, and at that time, the Lucia Army only needs a slight push to abandon their defenses, for the sake of today, the problem in front of us is how to invite the Chinese army out of South Korea before the Lucia Army does not intervene in South Korea!"

At this time, Youpeng in Shanxian County instead used a word of invitation instead of the usual "hit out" used by soldiers.

"For the sake of today, this is probably the most important thing, if we can't stop the movement of the Chinese army in South Korea, then the next step, General Linevich of Lu Guo is bound to launch an attack on the front line of the Tumen River in the next few days, Linevich has hundreds of thousands of troops in the Far East, and we only have one division to block them, so we need to mobilize ten more divisions!"

"Mobilize ten more divisions!"

Yamamoto suddenly raised his voice.

"Mr. Shan County, and Your Excellency Gui, how much does it cost to mobilize ten more divisions? Ten divisions and 200,000 people, up to now, 800,000 people have been mobilized, and on average, there is one soldier for every 450 people, and now the manpower of the book has been exhausted, if so many troops are mobilized from the book, it will be time for rice planting in another month, and the newspaper writes that in many places because there are too many conscriptions, resulting in no labor in the fields to plough, and if the mobilization is increased, then there will inevitably be a famine today! ”

The vice secretary of the army, Major General Shimoto Shinroku, puffed out his cheeks and violently interrupted Yamamoto Gonbei's words.

"Could it be that we should look at the future threat of the Lucia Army to South Korea, or even attack? Is it true that you will not be able to fulfill your wish? ”

In this war, Yamamoto Gonbei was a well-known "defeatist", as early as two years ago at the preliminary meeting, he had seriously opposed the war with Lu Guo, and even during the entire Russo-Russian War, Yamamoto failed to make a "bold statement", which would make Ishimoto Shinroku's accusation, it seems that there is also a source.

"My wish?"

Yamamoto Gonbei snorted coldly, and did not pay attention to Shiroku Ishinomoto, but kicked the problem to Yama Prefecture Aritomo.

"Mr. Shan County, tell me, do you mean that if the army expands by ten more divisions now, it will be able to immediately block the Chinese army, as well as the attack of the Lu army on South Korea, if you say yes, then the army will expand by ten more divisions!"

After the problem was kicked to Shan County Youpeng, he opened his mouth and couldn't make a sound, even if it was to expand ten more divisions, it would take three months just to train, and the reason why Shan County Youpeng asked for an expansion of ten divisions was to plan for the end of the war, as long as it was formed now, it would definitely be maintained after the war, and now he was most afraid of Lucia's retaliation after the war, as well as the possible Lucia-China Alliance, so he had to keep as many troops as possible to guard against Lucia's attack.

As for South Korea's real problems, he prefers a different approach: "Let Ito solve it!" As long as Ito can get the Chinese to stop, he is sure to defeat Linevich again in South Korea.

"If you want to keep South Korea from being controlled by the Lu country, then there is only one choice!"

From the beginning of the meeting, Gentaro Kodama, who had not expressed any opinion, would speak, and like everyone in this room, he did not fail to mention China, in fact, after learning the news of the Chinese army's attack on South Korea, everyone was surprised and immediately realized that this was China's attempt to increase its bargaining chips at the negotiating table by attacking South Korea.

"That is, to transfer the main force of the Manchurian Army from Manchuria back to South Korea, as long as the main force of the Manchurian Army reaches South Korea, in that case, even if Linevan crosses the North and South Hamgyong provinces and fights all the way to Gangwon Province, we are sure enough to ensure that South Korea has no worries, so the question now is how to transfer the main force of the Manchurian Army from Manchuria back to South Korea!"

After learning from China for more than 1,000 years, he also learned to write some articles on words, and the withdrawal of troops is not called withdrawal of troops, but the use of transfer, at least this can take care of the emotions of some people, in fact, in Kodama Gentaro's heart, after hearing that the Chinese army attacked South Korea, the heart that had been hanging was finally relaxed, and this was the opportunity he had been looking for to "end the conflict in China".

On the other hand, this is not an opportunity that the Chinese are deliberately looking for, whether they can end the conflict with China, so as to devote all their energy to the decisive battle with a more important enemy, in the final analysis, it depends on this opportunity.

"But the main force of the Manchurian army is surrounded!"

When Katsura Taro raised this question, he paid attention to the expression of Yama Prefecture Youtomo, and Yama Prefecture's expression was very calm, as if the army had reached some consensus before this.

"If we don't transfer back to the Manchurian Army, South Korea won't be able to keep it, South Korea won't be able to keep it, even after the truce in the future, we will not have to face the direct threat of Lucia, and our situation is even worse than before the outbreak of the war last year, and at that time, even if we expand our 50 divisions, we will have to face the most direct threat from Lu at night."

Almost all of them assume that Lynevich will cross the Tumen River, and in fact everyone wants to believe this, whether it is a soldier or a politician, or even a citizen.

Knowing in his heart that if the Manchurian Army was to be "transferred" back, the Chinese would definitely open his mouth and did not want to bear the name of "traitor", so he hesitated to put forward his own opinion.

"Then can we use future peace negotiations to invite the people of Lu out of South Korea?"

"If you eat something in your mouth, it will not bleed, and you will never spit it out!"

Kodama Gentaro, who looked even more ugly than a month ago, said lightly, and when he said this, the pain in his heart showed on his sickly face, this time, what did he have to spit out in exchange for the "transfer" of the Manchurian Army?

"I can only pin my hope on Ito!"

When Ito Hirobumi drove from the Imperial Hotel, where he was temporarily rented, to the embassy in the black Pegasus F03 car allocated to him by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the shadow of chagrin in his whole heart still could not be shaken.

In the majestic appearance of the Imperial Hotel, when he opened the window this morning and looked at the blue and turquoise Xuanwu Lake, he saw the convoy of trains leaving the parking lot of the Imperial Hotel, and in what direction the convoy was heading, no doubt towards the Imperial Palace in the heart of the old city, where Prince Mikhail would meet with His Majesty the Emperor of China, perhaps the same room in which he had been last time.

"China, Lucia!"

Outside the embassy, although it was only 9 o'clock in the morning, many people had already gathered at the meeting, still Chinese protesters, escorted by the Chinese police, the car flying the national flag slowly drove into the embassy, but there were some rotten eggs and other objects on the body.

After entering the embassy, Ito Hirobumi stepped out of the car, the smell of rotten eggs on the body made him frown, and then he walked to the door with his short legs, and casually looked up at the guards on duty in the embassy, most of whom had a different color on their faces when they saw him.

"Damn traitor!"

When Ito Hirobumi entered the embassy, a military officer on duty muttered something on his lips, not loud, but enough for Ito himself to hear clearly, but Ito Hirobumi didn't notice this at all, he walked quickly into the embassy, and walked towards Yasuya Uchida's office on the second floor, where Uchida did not greet him in the lobby as before.

On the way to the second floor, two words that stuck in Ito's mind were: Korea.

Just half an hour ago, Ito Hirobumi, who was at the Imperial Hotel, received news from the embassy that the Chinese [***] team had crossed the Yalu River, that they had occupied the area around the mouth of the river, and were constantly attacking south.

In front of the ambassador's office on the second floor, Hirobumi Ito stopped. With a sigh of relief, as soon as he entered the office, he was greeted respectfully by the senior military attache in the embassy, Matsui Ieto, Nakasa.

"Your Excellency, according to the information we currently have, the Chinese army has advanced three or three kilometers to South Korea!"

"Really? Why didn't anyone stop them? ”

A hint of doubt flashed across Ito's face, but it was fleeting.

"In Korea, there are only two reserve divisions and two wings, and the main forces of the two divisions are on alert in the area of the Tumen River, and the two wings are scattered in the Yalu River ...... except for one wing "stationed" in Seoul."

"What are the staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters doing, it's been so long, why don't they send more troops to South Korea......

"Liaodong needs more troops, Your Excellency, we didn't expect the Chinese army to take the initiative to attack South Korea!"

Ambassador Yasuya Uchida said that he was also stunned by the news.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it...... Don't you know what kind of consequences the Chinese army will lead to when it attacks South Korea, leaving only two divisions in Korea without increasing troops, it is simply opening the door to thieves! How could he not go and steal! ”

Hirobumi Ito said, walking towards the sofa.

Since arriving in China, Ito Hirobumi, the first hero of the Meiji Restoration, has been working hard to ease the contradictions between Saymoto and China, on the one hand, he and the military to end the conflict, on the other hand, he needs to read the power to bear the pressure of the domestic people and political circles, although ending the conflict is the common will of the emperor and the military, but the military is unwilling to bear this pressure, and the emperor is even less likely to bear all this, and only he has to sacrifice himself. For the sake of Ben's future, he would rather be so.

However, the stupidity of the military in the direction of North Korea made the Chinese army smell the prey after the resumption of the war, and their belligerent surnames that were suppressed in their bones began to be clearly revealed, perhaps for China, there are also the same problems as the book, some people are willing to end the war, but some people are unwilling, and the generals on the front line are more eager to show their skills in the battlefield competition.

But at this time, Ito Hirobumi was more worried that it was not the Chinese army, which could be resolved through negotiations, and the real most frightening thing was probably ...... Lucia.

"Well, now the military department has to pay for its stupidity!"

Hirofumi Ito sighed with self-deprecation.

"Now they call me a traitor, but they don't know that I'm doing everything I can to maintain the interests of the country, but now? The stupidity of the army has made us face a total loss. ”

"Your Excellency, I don't think the situation should deteriorate so much!"

Seeing that the military department was so accused by Ito, Matsui Ito Nakasa immediately opened his mouth to refute and asked, although there is no army in South Korea that can stop the attack of the Chinese army, but in his opinion, Ito obviously wants to use this issue to betray Yumoto in order to end the conflict with China.

"Not so!"

It was the Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Nagaoka Gaishi, who had not spoken, who replied for Ito.

"From before the outbreak of the battlefield, all the problems are actually the problems of South Korea, for Yueben, the most worrying problem is that after Lucia controls South Korea, Yueben will have to directly face such a country, so for the safety of Yueben, our most fundamental bottom line is to drive the Lu people out of South Korea, and if possible, then drive them out of South Manchuria, but now the Chinese army's attack on South Korea has fully exposed South Korea's weak defensive strength. The Third Reserve Division is bound to be mobilized, and once the troops along the Tumen River are moved, the Lucian Manchurian Army, which has already withdrawn from North Manchuria to the Primorsky Governorate, will inevitably attack Korea, and the balance of power on land, which has been achieved at the cost of more than 300,000 yuan, will completely change its appearance, even if it is ......."

Nagaoka did not continue, his face was full of sadness, and he even began to regret his original impulse, if there was no heavy war between China, maybe there would not be today's crisis in South Korea at all.

But now he cannot but doubt that perhaps from the very beginning, the Chinese have carefully constructed a trap to use the false appearance of a "truce" to cover up their true purpose, and then challenge the fire in every possible way, taking advantage of the military department's unwillingness to allow it to take advantage of Manchuria's advantage to ask for a price, luring the military department to increase troops to South Manchuria, thereby weakening South Korea's defense, and finally causing the current situation where the door is completely open to China and Lucia.

"We ...... Too short-sighted! ”

Ito Hirobumi sighed, and then closed his eyes, he looked extremely embarrassed at this time, it is completely conceivable that if Lucia takes the opportunity to enter South Korea, in order to avoid South Korea being controlled by Lucia, it is possible to lose something at the negotiating table, and at that time, it may be a "horse pass" for Lucia.

"Your Excellency, the base camp hopes to be able to immediately restart negotiations with China so that the Manchurian Army can be transferred to South Korea as soon as possible!"

Faced with the information conveyed by Nagaoka Gaishi, Ito Hirobumi first smiled bitterly, and then spit out another sentence.

"Nagaoka-kun, what do you think the price of 300,000 Manchurian troops is worth?"

(To be continued)