Chapter 14: Pre-War Doubts

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"Your Majesty, Japan is now secretly mobilizing a large army to Sakhalin and Korea, and the speed and scale are much larger than before, and we analyze what information they are likely to obtain, so this is the case." The intelligence officer said in a cold sweat with his head bowed.

"Is there no other reason?" Qin Yu's tone was very cold.

The back of the intelligence officer's clothes was already soaked, and he knew in his heart what the emperor was talking about, this was not a trivial matter, he could only stubbornly say: "If there is a reason, it is the movement of the Northwest Cavalry to the border of Outer Mongolia and the fact that a large number of supplies or weapons have been discovered, please punish us, it is the incompetence of the intelligence department." ā€

Qin Yu didn't say anything, just waved his hand to make him stand down, and then closed his eyes and thought about things. The intelligence officer hurriedly retreated after seeing Qin Yu's movements, it was too depressing, he couldn't stand it.

The Northwest Cavalry has just been transferred to the Third Army, and it is very unlikely that there is a Jew help leaking in terms of weapons, even if Japan knows about it, it will not be good, after all, Japan has signed an entente with Huaxia and knows that Huaxia will attack Tsarist Russia.

Japan has recently suddenly accelerated the increase of troops in Korea and Sakhalin, and it is obvious that it has already known the news that Huaxia is preparing to send troops to Outer Mongolia in the near future, and it can be known that the people who have sent troops in the near future are Qin Yu's old subordinates, if this is the case, it means that there is an internal problem.

If there is an internal problem and it is a big problem like betraying the country, no matter who it is, Qin Yu will not spare it, but he doesn't know who it is, this is the most fatal. For an old subordinate Qin Yu asked himself if he was sorry for anyone, after he ascended the throne, he also rewarded them lavishly, but he didn't expect someone to do this kind of thing, which really made him feel cold.

Qin Yu knew that when the deep forest was big, there were all kinds of birds, and there would always be people wavering, but it came too quickly, which made his heart a little blocked, after all, no one wanted this kind of thing to happen.

Regardless of whether the news was leaked or not, Qin Yu had to make corresponding countermeasures to prevent this kind of thing from happening, and he asked the people from the intelligence department to secretly monitor the old men in the imperial capital, except for Chen Fu, Jiang Fangzhen, and Cai Yi.

Jiang Fangzhen and the others are the most core figures, Qin Yu still trusts them very much, after all, they are all people who came with him, he still knows more or less, and they can't do anything about selling information to Japan.

Since he didn't know who it was, Qin Yu didn't want to alarm these people, so he could only ask Cai Yi and General Fang Zhen to strengthen the secrecy of the battle plan, and he could only pray that Tsarist Russia would not know the news that the Huaxia Empire was going to attack them, otherwise he would be very passive or even fail.

After listening to the analysis of the intelligence officers, Qin Yu thought about whether to change the date of sending troops, and after careful consideration, he was still ready to launch at the appointed time, and he also took the opportunity to test whether there was really a mole.

There were still two days left to prepare to launch an army to Outer Mongolia, when Qin Yu suddenly issued an internal order to change the time of the operation, and the time of the operation was delayed until mid-August, on the grounds that the time had not yet come because the Yellow Peril theory was still continuing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has issued an order to delay the battle plan, the Yellow Peril Theory has too much influence on the Empire, and if a war breaks out between us and Tsarist Russia, we will definitely be criticized by the people of all countries again, which is very detrimental to the development of the Empire." Jiang Fangzhen said with the order sent by Qin Yu.

Although the generals at the bottom were a little depressed, they were also annoyed by the Yellow Peril, and they all wanted to vent on Tsarist Russia, but they didn't dare to say anything, who dared to disobey His Majesty's order.

As soon as the officers wanted to retreat, Jiang Fangzhen continued: "Although the battle plan has been postponed, we must not be less vigilant every day, and we must be ready to fight with the Tsarist Russian army at any time, after all, if we do not move, it does not mean that the enemy does not move." ā€

"Yes," the officers replied in agreement, and after saying that, they continued to walk out of Jiang Fangzhen's camp.

Jiang Fangzhen took out another order from his chest after seeing his subordinates go out, and then looked at the door of the camp and muttered: "It seems that something has happened in the imperial capital, I hope Your Majesty will not mess around, the Son of Heaven is angry and ambushes millions of corpses, not to mention ......"

Cai Yi, who was rushing to Liaohe, also received an order secretly brought to him by someone from the Ministry of Intelligence, asking him to keep an eye on the situation of the Japanese garrison in Korea at all times, and as soon as he found out that the Japanese were attacking the northeast, he immediately waved his army to support Zhang Zuolin, and absolutely did not allow the Japanese to occupy the three eastern provinces.

Cai Ye didn't feel strange when he received this, but the delay in the battle time made him very puzzled, if the dialogue of the war in August would be a very big challenge for the soldiers of the Empire, because it was about to enter winter, and the soldiers of the Empire fighting in a cold environment were indeed not as strong as the soldiers of Tsarist Russia.

The delay in the battle plan made Cai Yi think of a possibility, that is, the time of the previous battle plan was very likely to have been exposed, and the emperor would not postpone the battle at all because of the Yellow Peril, which can be known from the previous conversation with His Majesty.

Thinking of this, Cai Yi could only silently pray in his heart that this matter was not true, but a means taken by His Majesty to prevent the enemy from being informed, otherwise His Majesty might carry out a major purge internally, and I don't know how many people would die at that time.

On the night of the delay issued by Qin Yu, the Japanese troops who were preparing to secretly board the ship to Korea did not decrease, and still rushed to Korea according to the specified time, but their identities were disguised as Japanese workers who went to Korea to dig in Korea.

At noon the next morning, people from the intelligence department secretly came to Qin Yu's office again, "Your Majesty, the information that has been fed back by our personnel in Japan shows that the Japanese army is still secretly landing in Korea on a large scale, and it seems that there is no situation. However, on the inside lines of Japan, we found that the Japanese military department frequently came and went to the Prime Minister's Office, and none of the senior officers had any intention of rushing to Korea, so we thought ......"

"Okay, I know, follow the plan I said yesterday, go down." Before the intelligence officer could finish speaking, Qin Yu interrupted him.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The intelligence officer walked out without hesitation, and when Qin Yu interrupted him just now, he was so frightened that his heart was raised, this matter had become very strict, and it was not for them to decide.

With a "snap", the pencil in Qin Yu's hand was directly broken by his hand, and the map of Outer Mongolia placed on the desktop was scattered with two broken pencils.

"Someone!" Qin Yu shouted at the closed door.

The captain of the Praetorian Guard came in with two soldiers pushing open the door, and then saluted Qin Yu and stood straight waiting for Qin Yu's order.

"Go and tell Prime Minister Chen to go to my study tonight, and say that I have something important to discuss with him, and I must come tonight."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

After dinner, Chen Fu quickly arrived at Qin Yu's study, and he rushed over immediately after eating Qin Yu's summoning, and Qin Yu would not summon him if there was usually no big thing.

Chen Fu entered Qin Yu's study and saw that Qin Yu was studying the map with his back to him, so he didn't disturb Qin Yu's work and watched quietly.

"You're here, go and look at what's on the table, that's what I'm looking for you today." Qin Yu didn't turn around after hearing Chen Fu's footsteps, but just said lightly.

Without saying a word, Chen Fu walked to the table and picked up the text on the table and looked at it, looking at him, his face suddenly became very shocked, and he said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, this can't be, it's not that the people from the intelligence department have a problem, how can it be ......" His hand couldn't help but tremble.

The text on the table recorded the comparison of Japan's actions before and after Qin Yu's announcement of the delayed battle plan and some reports of Japanese insiders, it was obvious that the previous battle plan and even the delayed battle plan were exposed, and he knew very well what it meant.

But Chen Fu was also a little excited, because Qin Yu showed him this because he trusted him incomparably, otherwise he wouldn't show him, after all, no one had found out now, and anyone who had come into contact with the battle plan was suspicious.

"Alas, I hope not, but that's the way it is, be careful not to let the government's important affairs and secret plans be leaked, I don't know how much the empire's things have been sold, I hope it doesn't go too far, otherwise it will ......"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is very difficult to prevent, once there is any move, it will alarm the traitor, I have built some confidential things that can only be known by His Majesty and a few of His Majesty's most trusted people, and the rest of the people will not let them know for the time being, and what they knew before will be transferred secretly.

It is necessary to find out the traitors as much as possible, and only in this way can we ensure that the things of the empire are not exposed in the coming time, and I have built yƬ to monitor everyone, including me. Chen Fu said very cautiously.

"The matter of monitoring has been handed over to the people of the Ministry of Intelligence to carry out, and if you dare to betray me and betray the empire, the consequences will be very severe. Don't expose this matter, no matter who this scum is, I will never miss the old feelings, it's time to rectify, I'm not old yet. ā€

"Yes, Your Majesty, I know how to do it, that battle plan ......"

"According to the original plan, you let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issue a statement on Outer Mongolia, salute first and then soldier."

……

Early the next morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire once again declared that Outer Mongolia was the sacred and inviolable territory of the Empire, and strongly demanded that the troops of Tsarist Russia withdraw from Outer Mongolia, otherwise they would bear the consequences.

The strong statement of the Chinese Empire has caused an uproar in the world of the world, this is the second time that the Chinese Empire has declared the problem of Outer Mongolia, this time it is even stronger than the last time, and the clouds of war are thick over Outer Mongolia.

After seeing the statement of the Chinese Empire, the Japanese were even more sure of the delay in the time of the war, after all, the foreign ministries of China and Russia would definitely have to engage in a war of words, which was also an international practice, but they did not slow down the plan to increase the number of troops in Korea.

Russia was very angry at the provocation of the Chinese Empire, and immediately asked the ambassador to China to issue a statement in the Chinese Empire to continue to recognize Outer Mongolia as an independent state, and Russia was only providing assistance at the request of Outer Mongolia, and strongly condemned the Chinese Empire's aggression against other countries.

Although the countries of the world were frightened by the strength of the Chinese Empire, they did not think that war would break out between the two countries anytime soon, and they expected it to break out next year or more.