"Lord Wang, what are you asking us to do?" Hu Wei asked.

Wang Guorui sent a telegram, and then ordered Hu Wei and several important officers to return to the headquarters in the capital, Prince Qing's mansion, for a meeting. At present, the Eight-Nation Coalition is confronting the front armies, and the Eight-Nation Coalition Forces are not able to break through the defense line formed by these armies, and the Taiwan army has not cleared up the idea of these Eight-Nation Coalition Forces. However, at this time, Wang Guorui called them, the front-line commanders, what do they have to explain? However, Wang Guorui's next sentence completely surprised them.

"The acting Sheng Jing General Qingsheng among the three generals in the Northeast and the Heilongjiang General Shoushan sent a secret telegram, hoping that we can take the initiative to send troops to support them, and then let them fight the Russians well. The Russians had already begun to invade, and they were under a lot of pressure in the northeast. And the three generals in the Northeast have a total of less than 30,000 regular troops, and they are also those Eight Banners soldiers who are decaying day by day. Even if we mobilized everyone as much as possible, it was only about 50,000 people, and there was not much advanced equipment. So they took the initiative to ask us for help, hoping that we could send troops over to help them fend off the Russians! Wang Guorui said.

When everyone heard the news, they immediately took the initiative to congratulate and said: "Lord Wang, congratulations, this time the three generals of the Northeast have completely compromised, and they have chosen to acquiesce in Lord Wang, you have taken over the imperial court." Moreover, they all chose to surrender to you, Lord Wang. By doing so, they are actually showing their intention to surrender to Lord Wang, and in the future, the land of Longxing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty will belong to us from now on. So we can be considered peaceful, and then we are tantamount to completely occupying the northeastern provinces. ”

However, it was obvious that someone heard something else: "Lord Wang, what you just said was the acting general of Shengjing in the northeast, Qingsheng, and the general of Heilongjiang, Shoushan, sent a telegram asking for help. So what does that Jilin general Chongshan mean? ”

Wang Guorui explained: "They also told me the news, Chongshan hopes to be able to make a deal with the Russians at the expense of the Northeast and Mongolia, so that the Russians will take the initiative to come and fight us!" ”

"Bastards, they're going to be sinners!" Hu Wei immediately said angrily.

This kind of thing, how can he do it. It's like going to be a sinner for the ages. Whether it succeeds or not, then the final sublime ending must not be good.

"Yes! The two generals, Kiyomori and Shoushan, did not want to be able to be dragged into the water with Chongshan and become this sinner of the ages together, so they chose to cooperate with us, and then were willing to hope that we would send troops to support them. And our rule, they all represent acquiescence. And what we have to consider now is how many troops we can draw to fight, how many troops we can draw to fight, and how many troops we can draw to send troops to Russia without affecting our Tianjin war situation. Wang Guorui said.

And Hu Wei immediately patted his chest and promised: "If you want to talk about the Eight-Nation Alliance in Tianjin, this is not a big problem. The Eight-Nation Coalition in Tianjin. It's just a means and an excuse for Lord Wang to clean up the various forces in Beijing, and if we really want to destroy them, we can force them away. Although total annihilation is unlikely, because the navy behind them can transport them away at any time. But we could have driven them out of the country, and that wasn't a big problem. If it weren't for the actions in Lord Wang's capital, we would have cleared out these guys a long time ago. ”

Hu Wei then pointed to the map and said: "Compared with this, the Northeast is extremely important. According to Wang, the Northeast is not only a vast land. And it's all black soil, which can be a big granary for us. And a variety of resources are abundant. All kinds of ore resources and so on are very good, and it can be used as a place to develop an industrial base. Therefore, if we can develop this industrial base, the development potential will be much better than that of our Taiwan. We don't produce much resources in Taiwan, especially mineral resources. Taiwan's mineral resources, that is, coal reserves, are relatively high, but the reserves of other resources are not high. A large part of it is going to be shipped from the South Seas, which is certainly very bad for us. So we next hope if we can pass the occupation of the Northeast. If we develop it locally and then become an industrial system, then we can all have enough support for the future. Then the industry of the Northeast can drive our Kannai generation, so that our future capital can have enough support. ”

"And, if there is industry in the Northeast, then we can use this huge industrial base next. On the Russian Siberian can be carried out in a state of deterrence. And the strength of Russian Siberia is not strong, and if we can keep the northeast, it will be equivalent to us being able to threaten them at any time the entire vast area of Siberia. And in the south, we can put pressure on North Korea so that the Japanese will not be able to sleep well at any time. In addition, Lushunkou is an ice-free port, which can be used as a base for an important part of our navy. It is very difficult for us to find such a naval base, and with this naval base, we can work together with the naval base in Yantai and Tianjin to help each other, and if the enemy wants to attack from the sea, then we can send the navy from three sides to block or even annihilate them. ”

"In the past, the Manchu court was not strong in the country, and the navy was not strong, so it was always in a situation where there was no defense at sea. The Bohai Sea has become the backyard of Japan and Russia. Well, if we only have bases in Shandong and Tianjin, this is not enough for us to be stable. Our main thing is that we must have this base in Lushun, otherwise our defense will definitely have holes. ”

"Therefore, whether it is from the protection of national territory or from the protection of our Gyeonggi important land, it is an inevitable trend to send troops to the Northeast!"

Wang Guorui thought about it seriously for a while, and then said: "Let Chen Liyan's Northern Expeditionary Army temporarily organize the First Army and prepare to go!" Chen Liyan dispatched the First Army for the provisional formation, and then everyone prepared to form the Shenyang Military Region, with Chen Liyan as the commander. The Shenyang Military Region is the establishment of a large military region, and it has the same status as a group army. In the future, the Shenyang Military Region will set up a number of armies and three provincial military districts, namely Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaodong Province. The name of Shengjing was changed to Shenyang again, and then the area under the original General Shengjing was divided into Liaodong Province, and the title of the commander of Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty was restored. ”

"And, if the original Shoushan is willing to continue to serve in the army, he can be temporarily appointed as the commander of the Heilongjiang Military Region, and he can be awarded the rank of major general. Of course, this is only to make the situation under control, and if the Russians are driven out, they can be discharged and transferred to government departments as appropriate, or transferred to some logistics or staff positions in the central military department. ”

"And Kiyomori, he is a civil official, this time he can take the initiative to understand the general situation, then I can't fail to express it. In order to show his trust, the commander of the Liaodong Military Region can be recommended by him to an experienced general, and he is also awarded the rank of major general, and then it will be handled according to Shoushan's method. ”

"As for that Jilin's Chongshan, let Chen Liyan decide what to do for himself."

Wang Guorui arranged some results for this person from Liaodong, that is, those who took refuge could get official positions and have a good death. But that Chongshan is a royal family, and he also wants to sell Northeast China and Mongolia in exchange for benefits, so Wang Guorui will definitely not be able to tolerate it. So Wang Guorui let Chen Liyan decide for himself, which means that there is probably no good end. Next, whether this guy is dead or alive, Wang Guorui doesn't care about it.

In addition, he ordered Chen Liyan to be awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Let him first bring the troops of one of his subordinate corps over, and then I will start to continue to expand the army, and then let them all be sent to the military district in the northeast, and then form a few new infantry corps. ”

heard that the Shenyang Military Region was established, and Chen Liyan served as the commander of the Shenyang Military Region, and his military rank was promoted to lieutenant general, so that everyone knew that a new wave of promotion had begun. At present, although Taiwan has 200,000 troops, there are still quite a few areas they defend. First of all, the Russians are overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of troops, and this is a huge pressure. And in the future, the territory of the country will continue to expand, so it is also a huge place in need of troops. If we don't continue to expand our army, how can we defend such a large territory, or even expand our territory?

The establishment of the Shenyang Military Region this time means that a large military region or group army has begun to be established. Since the army has been expanded, all departments in the army will also be automatically upgraded, and first of all, the two major departments of staff and politics will definitely be automatically upgraded, and they will be promoted to the level of a large military region or even higher. Other departments can at least be promoted by half a level, at least at the level of the deputy military region. This time, Chen Liyan was promoted to the military rank, which means that a new wave of promotion has begun. If nothing else, Hu Wei, the chief of the General Staff, and Zheng Hong, the director of the General Political Department, can be promoted to generals, and a large part of other generals can be promoted to lieutenant generals, even if they can't be promoted to the rank immediately, then his name must be in the next second batch of lieutenant generals, because they have enough seniority for a few years.

"Immediately order, Chen Liyan's troops will send troops to the northeast, and we will give an order to continue to expand the army!" Wang Guorui said.

"Yes! I immediately ordered the political department to begin preparations for the expansion of the recruitment of soldiers. However, this time we will expand our army in a big way, will we expand our army from Taiwan or recruit from Zhili and Shandong on the spot? Zheng Hong asked. (To be continued.) )