Early the next morning, when the morning sun sprinkled over the ancient city of Beijing, which was full of vicissitudes, the rumbling cannon sound sounded again in the south of the city, and the Japanese attack began again! Groups of soldiers huddled up the ancient city walls, ready for another attack by the little devils.

Li Hongzhang got up early, and due to insomnia, Li Hongzhang looked even more haggard! When there was a faint explosion in the direction of the city gate, Li Hongzhang knew that his strategy of delaying the army did not play any role. Although he had been prepared in his heart, Li Hongzhang was inevitably a little disappointed. Since the Japanese army is determined to capture the city of Beijing, then the next thing can only be a desperate battle!

"Lord Nakado, the Japanese are attacking again!" Zhang Peilun hurriedly walked in, looking a little panicked.

"I heard you!" Li Hongzhang said casually, got up and walked out.

Li Hongzhang hurriedly raised the account and gathered the generals to discuss countermeasures. The generals of the Qing army were gossiping and offering suggestions one after another, but at this time, Li Hongzhang heard that it was all useless nonsense.

Among them, some people even mentioned that the ten battalions of elite soldiers guarding the Summer Palace were transferred to the city to fill in the defenses, saying that now the city of Beijing is in danger and there is a shortage of troops, and there is no need to waste so many troops to protect a dilapidated garden that is useless.

Li Hongzhang could only shake his head and smile bitterly when he heard it, is that a broken garden? That is the lifeblood of the Queen Mother Lafayette, and it is better to lose Beijing than to lose the Summer Palace! These rude generals don't understand this truth, but he Li Hongzhang can't understand it very well, in today's Qing Dynasty, the emperor can be offended, but the queen mother must not be offended, even if it is him Li Hongzhang. Fortunately, the Summer Palace is located in the northwest suburbs of Beijing. And the little devil came from the south, and the Japanese did not know the importance of this Summer Palace. That's why this Summer Palace was not ruined by the little devils. This mention was naturally refuted by Li Hongzhang mercilessly, and the upset Li Hongzhang naturally was not in the mood to explain the key to it with these rude generals.

At this time, a personal guard walked up to Li Hongzhang. He whispered something in Li Hongzhang's ear.

"Strictly guard, Beijing must not be lost! The Summer Palace must not be lost! The generals immediately went back to organize the defense, and those who lost the city and land, whoever they were, came to see them! Reinforcements from all walks of life are constantly arriving, as long as we survive this day, the final victory will definitely belong to our Qing Dynasty. Li Hongzhang said in a fierce voice.

"Order!" The generals responded in unison, and then they retreated one after another, and hurried back to their stations.

Li Hongzhang sighed slightly. Then he got up and walked quickly to the back hall, there was already a person waiting here in the back hall, this person saw Li Hongzhang coming, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

"See the prince!" Li Hongzhang stepped forward and bowed very politely.

"Brother Shaoquan doesn't have to be so polite!" The man said with a smile. This person is none other than Aixin Jueluo? Yi?, Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty. Abundant? The sixth son of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty (is the favorite son of Daoguang, who once wanted to be established as the heir and inherit the unification, but was made a prince for various reasons.

After Emperor Xianfeng fell ill and died of Rehe, Yi? Conspired with the Empress Dowager Cixi to launch the Xinyou coup. He deposed eight ministers and succeeded in seizing power, and was awarded the title of king of the council, thus establishing the curtain of the two palaces. The special political situation of the prince's discussion. From then on, Yi 60 was in charge of the government for more than 20 years, until April 8, 1884, when Cixi launched the Jiashen Yishu Dynasty Change. The entire class of ministers of the Military Aircraft Department headed by Prince Gong Yixun was dismissed, and the dictatorship of the West Palace began. Until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. The Qing army suffered successive defeats, so much so that the Japanese army later landed in Shandong. Coerce the Kyoshi. Cixi doesn't know which wind to draw, Jiang Yi? He moved out again and appointed him as the foreman of the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Minister of the Foreman Prime Minister Yamen.

Think that during the Xianfeng period, the British and French forces broke through Beijing, and then the Xianfeng Emperor died of illness in Rehe. took the opportunity to rise up and began to take charge of the government. Think about the similarities between the current scene and the original, but Yi? I don't think this is an opportunity for me to make a comeback, I have been idle at home for ten years, and as I get older, Yi 60's utilitarian heart has gradually faded. Second, 60 people are called devil six, shrewd! I can also see that this time it was just moved out by Cixi as a scapegoat! If the Japanese invaded Beijing, this charge would naturally have to be borne by him, the foreman, the Minister of Military Aircraft, and the Prime Minister, and the Minister of State Affairs. Although Yi 60 is reluctant, but there is no way, such a crime can only be borne by him, and the emperor must not be allowed to bear it!

Before the emperor and the empress dowager fled to Rehe, they ordered Yi 60 to run military affairs, and Li Hongzhang was just his deputy. The Manchu government has always been uneasy about the Han people, and such a heavy task is naturally impossible to hand over to a Han person. However, Yi 60 trusts Li Hongzhang, and guarding Beijing has to rely on Li Hongzhang's Huai army to train bravely, so Yi 60 will rest assured that all the power will be delegated to Li Hongzhang and let Li Hongzhang do his best.

"Let the prince wait for a long time, forgive the sin!" Li Hongzhang hurriedly confessed, pulled Yi 60 to sit down again, and casually ordered, "Come on, change another cup of hot tea for the prince." ”

"The prince has something, even if he asks someone to summon him, how dare he work on the prince." Li Hongzhang said politely.

"Brother Shaoquan doesn't have to be so polite, I really don't have the bottom in my heart, I don't want to eat these two days! The Japanese army has launched repeated attacks, can this Beijing city be defended? Yi 60 asked straight to the point.

Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly in his heart, not to mention that you can't eat! I can't even sleep well here. Li Hongzhang sighed slightly and said, "The Japanese army is coming violently, whether or not they can defend this Beijing city, even the old minister has no bottom in his heart!" Now I can only do my best and obey the destiny of heaven! ”

"Obey the destiny of heaven?" Yi 60 couldn't help but frown.

"Reinforcements from all walks of life are rushing to Beijing day and night, if we can survive the efforts of these two days, even if the city of Beijing is saved, I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand even these two days!" Li Hongzhang said with a wry smile.

"After all, there are still tens of thousands of defenders in Beijing, and the walls are strong, can't they hold it for even two days?" Yi 60 asked incredulously.

"Yes, there are tens of thousands of troops in Beijing, but presumably the prince also knows in his heart that how many of these tens of thousands of troops can be armies capable of fighting? To put it mildly, most of them are some people with wine bags and rice bags, hoping that these people can hold Beijing, not to mention that the Japanese army is in its prime, and it is already determined to capture the city of Beijing! So it's hard to say whether it can withstand a day or two. If you really can't do it, you can only ~! Li Hongzhang said this, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"How about it?" Yi 60 hurriedly asked. (To be continued......)