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The day after Lin Daxin took a concubine, he took Liu Xiumei and He Yue to live in the governor's mansion, and then Lin Daxin secretly visited Li Hongzhang at the Xinglong Hotel, and Nie Shicheng, the commander of the Beiyang Army, followed Li Hongzhang's side.

Lin Daxin saw Li Hongzhang clasping his hands and said, "Daxin has given a salute to Lord Zhongtang, how is Lord Zhongtang's health recently?" ”

Li Hongzhang nodded when he saw Lin Daxin's respectful attitude and said: "Sit down, the old man's body is still thanks to the doctor you sent to Beijing City, after taking the Western medicine prescribed by the doctor, the old man's health is much better, even if you kid still have a conscience." ”

Nie Shicheng said beside him: "After Zhongtang took your Western medicine from the Northeast, his body has indeed improved a lot, and even the cough has been cured, Nie someone, on behalf of the entire Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army, thanked Governor Lin from the bottom of his heart." ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "Commander Nie is too outside, the kid is also from Beiyang, if there is no promotion from Lord Zhongtang, the kid will not be where he is today!" It can eliminate stubborn diseases for the adults in the middle hall, and the kid is also very happy. ”

After all three people sat down on chairs in the room, Li Hongzhang said: "Daxin, the battle you fought with the Franco-Russian combined fleet was good, destroying two naval powers at once, greatly increasing the prestige of our Chinese, especially defeating the French navy, and avenging the blood revenge of our Fujian sailors." However, Russia still has a huge army, and I heard that their new expansion of 2 million is almost complete, is it true? ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said, "Almost, the Russians have gathered 1.8 million troops in their Siberian theater. Moreover, their European troops are still rushing along the Trans-Siberian Railway from Europe to Irkutsk, to our front line with Russia. ”

Li Hongzhang frowned and asked worriedly, "Daxin boy." You tell the old man the truth, are you sure that you can hold back the army of Russians? ”

Lin Daxin nodded without hesitation and said, "Zhongtang." You can rest assured, our Northeast is ready, to deal with the Russian army, will definitely not let the Russians bargain for anything, the Russians will never want to get involved in the Northeast and Mongolia! ”

Li Hongzhang sighed and said: "Boy, don't hold on, we have all heard that a while ago, your Dingbei army lost 300,000 troops in the trading city, and you and the old man are still slapping their faces and being fat." The old man came this time to prepare to send the elite of the Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army to the front line with the Russians. Help your Dingbei army resist the Russians together. ”

"Hehe, Zhongtang, our Dingbei Army lost some people in the trading city of Outer Mongolia, but the number of losses was less than 30,000, the Russians are bragging, magnifying our losses by 10 times, you must know that although we lost nearly 30,000 people, we eliminated at least 200,000 Russian troops, just because the fortifications of the trading city are not perfect. The troops guarding the city took the initiative to withdraw from the city and retreated to the fortifications behind the relatively strong Darkhan City, where they prepared to continue to resist the Russian army in Darkhan. Lin Daxin said to Li Hongzhang and Nie Shicheng with a smile.

Li Hongzhang and Nie Shicheng couldn't help but look at each other, they didn't expect that the Russian army that went viral a while ago wiped out 300,000 Dingbei troops. It turned out to be blown out by the Russians, and the truth is that the Dingbei Army actually wiped out 200,000 Russian troops.

Li Hongzhang sighed and said: "I didn't expect the Russians to lie about their war exploits, but Daxin boy." Looking at the posture of the Russians, they will have to gather at least more than 2 million troops this time, if you are sure that the strength of the Northern Army is tight. The six towns of Beiyang and the old Huai army under the command of the old man were willing to go to the front line. Hand in hand with the Dingbei Army to resist the Russians! ”

Nie Shicheng also said sonorously: "Governor Lin, my Beiyang Army is willing to fight to the death with Lao Maozi, and swear to protect the Northeast and Mongolia, even if there is only one person left in my Beiyang Army, I will never take half a step back, I hope that Governor Lin will give our Beiyang Army a chance to kill the enemy and serve the country!" ”

Lin Daxin is actually a little excited in his heart, he is not alone, China, an ancient country of 5,000 years of civilization, is like this, whenever facing foreign invasion, there will always be countless Chinese stand up, this time Russia's invasion of Mongolia and northeast China, is himself with 50 million northeast soldiers and civilians first stand up, resolutely resist the invasion of Russia, a polar bear.

A large number of young men in Northeast China, accompanied by their families, came to the garrison camps of the Dingbei Army in various places, or came to the militia organization training bases in various places, and asked to join the Dingbei Army to resist the Russian invaders.

Moreover, since the start of the war, there have been many young men in the Guan, and even many of them still have meritorious deeds, these people have come to the Northeast in groups of three or five, not to emigrate, but to sign up for the army, willing to sprinkle their blood on the battlefield to resist the Russian invasion.

Now representing the most powerful force in the imperial court, Li Hongzhang has established a huge Beiyang system, and is also willing to fight side by side with himself to resist the Russians, which makes Lin Daxin said excitedly: "Zhongtang, Lord Nie, on behalf of the 50 million soldiers and civilians in the four northeastern provinces, I thank the two and thank Beiyang, but now the fronts are still relatively stable, if necessary, I will not be polite." ”

Lin Daxin is really not ready to let the Beiyang Army or the Lao Huai Army help him resist the Russians, not that he is afraid that they will not contribute to the battlefield, but with the strength of his northeast, the Russians are 2 million troops, Lin Daxin did not take it to heart, the well-equipped Dingbei Army can definitely rely on the advantage of weapons to offset the advantage of the Russian army.

And in the final analysis, the Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army are still the armies of the imperial court, if the imperial army's army helps them win the Russians, isn't it a gold paste on the face of the imperial court?

Li Hongzhang said at this time: "Daxin, you won't be worried about the strength of the Beiyang Army and drag down the whole war, right?" You can rest assured, the new army we trained this time is definitely different from the previous army, although I dare not say that it can catch up with the combat effectiveness of your Dingbei Army, but compared with the previous Lao Huai Army, the combat effectiveness can be said to have increased by several grades, and each of my six towns in Beiyang has secretly expanded the army to 30,000 people, adding up to 180,000 troops, if you need the old man, you can also draw out the 120,000 Lao Huai Army whose combat effectiveness is not weak, and gather 300,000 troops to support your Dingbei Army. ”

The Huai Army has always been the foundation of the entire Beiyang system before, and it is also the most powerful army in China before the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese War, but in the war with the Japanese a few years ago, the original Huai Army suffered very large losses, and now the old Huai Army is after the war, the newly recruited Huai Army, the training is still in accordance with the previous training methods of the Huai Army, and the weapons are still all the national brands, there are dozens of rifles, and because the Beiyang Army was born, replacing the position of the Huai Army in the Beiyang system, so the Huai Army is called the old Huai Army.

Lin Daxin paused for a moment and said: "Zhongtang, at present, the troops of the Dingbei Army on all fronts have completed the operational deployment, and if necessary, I will immediately invite the Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army to the front line." But as a last resort, it is better for the Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army not to go to the battlefield, otherwise Zhongtang and Lord Nie will not be able to explain to the imperial court! ”

Li Hongzhang snorted coldly and said: "The imperial court is short-sighted, if the Northeast and Mongolia are really occupied by the Russians, then according to the greedy nature of the Russians, how can they not continue to go south, at that time, it will really be a country, and the Qing Dynasty is not far from the death of the country." Daxin boy, tell the old man about the current situation of the war! ”

Lin Daxin nodded, and then asked the adjutant who was following him to take out a map and spread it out, pointed to the map and said: "Zhongtang, Lord Nie, at present, the entire Far East region is still in the hands of the Russians except Vladivostok, and the other Far East regions have fallen into the hands of my northeast, and the area east of the Lena River is also occupied by the Dingbei Army, and the Siberian Theater where the Russian army is gathered has formed 3 front armies, and the momentum is fierce from 3 directions to the Dingbei Army. The inner city of Svobod and along the Lena River, a decisive battle with the Russians, maybe this year's war will be decided! ”

After that, Lin Daxin told Li Hongzhang and Nie Shicheng about the deployment of troops on both sides, as Li Hongzhang, who had been a soldier for half his life, looked at the map and thought for a moment and said: "As long as you can hold Darkhan City and Svobod Inner City, most of the victory is already in your hands, but Daxin boy, are your troops in these two places too weak compared to the Russians?" ”

Lin Daxin said: "My troops have been building fortifications in these two places for several months, with these fortifications, it is enough to resist the attack of the Russian army for a long time, if the battle line is tight, I still have reserves to send over to support, and if the war in the two directions is really tight, isn't the kid still able to ask your old Beiyang Army and the old Huai Army for help!" ”

After Lin Daxin politely refused Li Hongzhang and Nie Shicheng's request to send the Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army to participate in the war, he left the Xinglong Hotel and returned to the Governor's Palace.

Although Lin Daxin did not agree to the Beiyang Army and the Lao Huai Army to participate in the war to resist the attack of the Russian army, it also made up for the rift between Lin Daxin and the Beiyang system because Lin Daxin forcibly asked the imperial court for the post of governor of the four northeastern provinces.

And what made Lin Daxin even more excited was that at the end of the conversation just now, Li Hongzhang didn't know whether intentionally or unintentionally revealed that Li Hongzhang admired the combat effectiveness of the Dingbei Army so much that the Russian Army that was able to fight suffered heavy losses and had to expand the army by 2 million, and his old Li's Beiyang Army and Lao Huai Army would never be enemies with an army like the Dingbei Army, and would only choose to fight side by side with an army like the Dingbei Army. (The novel "Rise of 1892" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "ddxiaoshuo" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......) R1292