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"Rubbish! Rubbish! You shit! My million-strong army, my country, and my society have all been destroyed in the hands of you waste! Emperor Guangxu sat on the dragon chair, red-faced and scolded loudly. In the Jinluan Palace, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Director of the Ministry of War kneeling.

"The crimes of the ministers deserve death, and the emperor is angry!" The ministers hurriedly shouted loudly. One by one, they all buried their heads low, for fear that they would anger Emperor Guangxu and be destroyed.

"Anger? How do you let me calm my anger? My million-strong army is about to be defeated by you, Prince Horqin has died in battle, and the rivers and mountains of the Qing Dynasty are about to change their surnames, so do you still want to calm your anger? Emperor Guangxu laughed angrily.

"The ministers deserve to die, please forgive the emperor!" The minister had no choice but to kowtow again. Anyway, no matter what, in front of the emperor, only they admit their mistakes. Even if the emperor does something wrong, it is also the fault of these courtiers, and the emperor will not be wrong.

After all kinds of unfavorable news came from the front line, and after gathering to this day, Emperor Guangxu finally became angry. On the northern front, more than 100,000 troops were lost, leaving only tens of thousands of remnants to defend Xi'an. On the eastern front, the new army, which had high hopes from Emperor Guangxu and the imperial court, did not play its due role, and has lost tens of thousands of people so far, and the green battalion has lost a lot. So far, it's just enough to hold the line. If it is defeated again, it will be time to retreat to Jingmen, and after Jingmen, it will be Wuhan, an important city in central China. As for the southern front, it was even more defeated, and the two provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan were about to be lost. In addition, Horqin's pro-Wei Boyan Nemohu died in battle, how could this make Emperor Guangxu not angry?

"Say, you all tell me how to alleviate the current crisis?" Emperor Guangxu asked angrily. After the fire, the problem still has to be solved. Unless he really wants to be the king of the fallen country, otherwise, he will have to desperately let the Qing Dynasty's rule survive.

However, the important ministers kneeling below all buried their heads low, as if there was some gold and silver treasure below.

"Say? Are you dumb for me? "Emperor Guangxu usually quotes scriptures one by one when he arrives at these times, and the mouth foaming is flying, but now it is like a frosted eggplant, which will make him angry.

"Shi Duo, you are the Minister of the Military Aircraft Foreman, you say, what should I do now?" Emperor Guangxu directly named him. Shi Duo was originally the Empress Dowager Cixi's person, and if he could take this opportunity to remove Shi Duo now, it would be a big gain.

"Go back to the emperor. The minions thought that since the current war situation was not going well, we could negotiate peace with western Sichuan, stop the war, get back together, and turn the war into a jade silk. It's good for both of us! Sedor had to bite the bullet. Originally, he didn't approve of a war with western Sichuan, what's the good thing about fighting and killing? If it weren't for the nod of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he would not have agreed with Emperor Guangxu to go to war! Well, now that the battle is not going well, doesn't this prove that his point was correct at the beginning? Qinghai and Gansu are just barren lands, and since western Sichuan wants them, give them to them. But now, if it is like this, I don't know how much it will cost to make those fierce Western Sichuan troops retreat.

"Presumptuous! Shi Duo, you dare to bewitch the people and disturb the morale of the army! What benefits did the western Sichuan bandits give you? Let you speak for them like this? Emperor Guangxu slapped heavily on the dragon chair, pointed at Shi Duo and scolded.

"Ahh Your Majesty, the slave is wronged! The minions did not receive any benefits from the western part of Sichuan, and the minions have always been loyal to the Qing Dynasty! Ask the emperor to see it! Shi Duo was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly begged for mercy. He seemed to find that this was a pit dug by Guangxu for him! Just waiting for him to jump into it stupidly! Shi Duo knew that this time it was him Xiaoguangxu. Guangxu wanted to take the opportunity to take him down.

"Someone, take the priest down for me! Prince Li Shiduo bewitched the people, disturbed the morale of the army, removed him from the post of minister of military aircraft, and returned to the house to think about it behind closed doors! Emperor Guangxu said loudly.

"The slave is wronged, and the slave wants to see the Queen Mother!" Shidor immediately screamed.

However, at this moment, several of the imperial guards had already rushed in and pulled Shiduo out, ignoring his resistance.

Guangxu's decisive approach made the ministers feel a pang in their hearts. To know. Prince Li Shiduo is the number one subordinate of the Empress Dowager Cixi! Emperor Guangxu directly dismissed Shi Duo's post as the military aircraft foreman, didn't this slap the Empress Dowager Cixi in the face in public? Even if Emperor Guangxu is in charge now, what about afterwards? Will the Empress Dowager Cixi swallow this breath? With Emperor Guangxu's current strength, under internal and external troubles, he can't compete with the Empress Dowager Cixi at all! Emperor Guangxu's teacher, Emperor Weng Tonggong couldn't help but shake his head.

"Xu Gengshen, the plan to attack western Sichuan this time was drafted by your military department, and now that something like this has happened, how do you say to remedy it?" Emperor Guangxu asked with a calm face.

"The sin deserves death! Your Majesty, the minister has recently felt old and frail, and asked the emperor to allow the minister to return to his hometown! Xu Gengshen hurriedly said. He is sixty-six years old this year, and although his health is no longer as good as it was back then, it is not enough to say that he is old and frail. He obviously came to what happened to Prince Shiduo just now, and he was afraid that Emperor Guangxu would attack him, so he simply retreated.

"Not allowed! Don't you think of a way for me? You just go to the prison to retire! Emperor Guangxu said coldly. Obviously, Xu Gengshen wants to pick a son like this, it is impossible.

"Back to the emperor, the strength of the Western Sichuan Army has far exceeded our expectations, and this time the plan to exterminate Western Sichuan may be difficult to achieve!" Xu Geng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say. He didn't dare to brag anymore, now that the Qing army had been defeated. If you say something big, it won't end well.

"No, Daqing hasn't lost yet! We still have hundreds of thousands of troops. If you go to the battlefield, you will definitely be able to turn the tide! Emperor Guangxu stubbornly shook his head.

Xu Geng was silent, although now the Qing army seemed to have barely held the defensive line, but in fact, the Qing army had failed. Once the reinforcements of the Western Sichuan Army are put into the battlefield, it will be a thousand miles away. What we need to do now is how to stabilize the situation and strive for a decent peace. Otherwise, once the front line is defeated, the Qing Dynasty will lose even more, or even be destroyed.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is the Northern Front. If Xi'an is breached, the Western Sichuan Army will be able to occupy Shaanxi lightly. Once they crossed the Yellow River, they entered Shanxi. Shanxi, which has been drained of troops, will not be able to resist the attack of the Western Sichuan Army at all! And once Shanxi is lost, the next one is Zhili. The new army of Zhili has been fully invested in the Hubei battlefield, and when the time comes, the western Sichuan army will be able to drive straight into the Beijing division! Xu Gengshen continued.

"So what should I do?" Emperor Guangxu was also shocked, if the western Sichuan army came to Beijing, it would really cause turmoil in the world.

"Send reinforcements to support Xi'an immediately, no matter what, we must block the western Sichuan army south of the Yellow River, and we can't let them cross the Yellow River, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Xu Gengshen replied.

"Reinforcements? Now there are only 100,000 Praetorian New Guards and 100,000 Eight Banner soldiers left in the Beijing Division. What should be done if the troops are withdrawn and the Beijing division is empty? Weng Tongyi stood up and retorted. In any case, Jingshi is the top priority, and there can be no mistakes. The Beijing division had to leave enough garrison troops behind.

"It is enough to send 100,000 new Praetorian Guards to Xi'an to rescue, leaving 100,000 Eight Banner soldiers to defend the Beijing Division!" Xu Gengshen said.

"Humph! Eight Banners Soldiers? How much combat power those Eight Banners soldiers can have, Lord Xu won't be unclear, right? I might as well leave 100,000 Praetorian Guards to guard the Beijing Division and send the Eight Banners to rescue Xi'an! Weng Tongyi said. He built yì like this for his reasons. The 100,000 Praetorian New Army was established under the leadership of Guangxu, and most of the people in it were close to Guangxu, which is why the Empress Dowager Cixi had to return the government to Guangxu. Once the new Praetorian Guard army is transferred out of the Beijing Division, will the Beijing Division not fall back into the control of the Empress Dowager Cixi?