In times of civil unrest, killing a bunch of corrupt officials seems to be a good idea, but it can also make the situation more chaotic. Russia is now also taking a desperate step, occupying nearly half of the territory in the northeast, and has pushed them to a dead end. Although negotiation was also a forced choice, it left a trace of vitality for the empire after all.

Yang Qiuxing was handling official business in the Prime Minister's Office, Foreign Minister Zhao Liewen walked in, the old man is now old, but his energy is still vigorous, and when he saw Yang Qiuxing, he smiled and said: "Prime Minister, Tang Shaoyi sent a message from Beijing, saying that the Russian Ambassador to China Kuman once again relayed the request of the St. Petersburg side, hoping to stop the war and start peace talks with us. ”

Putting down the official document in his hand, Yang Qiuxing smiled and said: "If they want to talk, let's talk, but when will the Russian envoy arrive?" ”

"In the middle of October, there is no exact day yet. The envoy from Russia was the uncle of the current Russian Emperor Alexander III - Mikhail Nikolayevich. ”

"Yikes! The officials who came were big enough. ”

Yang Qiuxing stood up, walked to the window, and looked out the window. After the secretary served tea, he withdrew.

"We first asked the military what they meant, whether the war will stop or not, or they have the final say. After all, we are not on the front line, and the specifics are not very clear. However, negotiations can be carried out, and the better the insurance team's record on the front, the more we have a say at the negotiating table. Of course, if the Russians are stubborn and think that they can delay our westward advance through negotiations, they are very mistaken. ”

Zhao Liewen nodded and said, "What the Prime Minister said is true." ”

Just as the two were discussing the negotiation strategy, just after delivering tea, the secretary who had exited the room suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, with an unbelievable look on his face, and handed a telegram to Yang Qiuxing. After reading it, the latter's face was also incredulous, and he said with a slight trembling: "Minister Zhao, the front-line military situation ...... The Russian army was defeated. ”

Because in the Northeast Autonomous Region, the insurance team is not under the jurisdiction of the prime minister, but is in charge of Wang Yi, and his position is equivalent to that of the future president of the country or the president of the United States. Of course, the current object of the insurance team is not Wang Yi himself, but the Northeast Autonomous Region. However, having said that, with Wang Yi's current status, the insurance team is naturally loyal to him. However, Wang Yi was not ready to establish a feudal regime like the Kim Sun family in later Joseon, so liberalizing military power was an inevitable option for him in the future. And leaders like Zheng Haitao and Xiang Long, after the completion of the war, will inevitably put down the army in their hands, either study, or simply unload their armor and return to the field, and become a rich man. It's a bit like a glass of wine to release military power, but it's better than keeping them in the military all the time. When Wang Yi was alive, he could talk about everything, but in case he was gone, these leading generals would lack the power to check and balance, and when there would be a situation of warlord separation, all the efforts of Wang Yi to cross back would be in vain.

Because Yang Qiuxing did not know the specific military deployment of the insurance team, he also felt a little overwhelmed by the sudden victory. The prepared strategy of negotiations with Russia now seems to be insufficient to deal with the situation at hand, or rather, to bring sufficient benefits to the Northeast. Therefore, discussing how to deal with the aftermath has become the most important thing for the government to discuss at present.

Wang Yi also received the news of the victory on the front line at this time, and he knew more about it than Yang Qiuxing.

Zheng Haitao's Western Route Army encircled the Russian army on the east bank of the Yenisei River, basically destroying the living forces of the Russians at the rate of one or two regiments a day, and then no one expected that this was just a noticeable situation. It was not them who really did it, but they took advantage of the Hokkaido incident to constantly oppress Japan's Northeast Insurance Team Northern East Route Army, that is, Xiang Long's troops. After the Western Route Army's attack on Russia began, the Eastern Route Army was divided into two routes, all the way from the south, meeting with the two Western Route Army divisions originally stationed in Mongolia, passing through the West Sayan Ridge on the Russian-Mongolian border, and going around the back of the Russian army's front on the west bank of the Yenisei River. The other route followed the Angara River from the north, and suddenly, at the height of the fighting, it unexpectedly captured the city of Lesosibilsk at the junction of the Yenisei and Angara rivers, and after capturing the entire city at a huge price, the Northern Route Army did not stop long, and advanced directly to Achinsk and Krasnoyarks.

The appearance of two unexpected forces completely broke Dragomilov's deployment, and the Russian army originally laid out a front along the Yenisei River, starting from Lesosibilsk, south to Achinsk and Krasnoyarks, then south to Abachin, and finally to Kizil. Now that Kyzyl has been lost, and Lesosibirsk has been captured by the Northern Route Army, if Achinsk is lost again, then the Russian army will be completely surrounded.

At this time, the Northeast Air Force was completely crazy, and the airship launched an air attack on Krasnoyarks, where the Russian army was heavily assembled, and various bombs, including the first generation of cloud burst bombs, were dropped, and the already small city became a sea of fire. What made Dragomilov even more frightened was that the Southern Route Army of the Northeast Insurance Corps had launched an attack on Novokuznetsk and Biysk, two cities that were the rear of the entire Russian Far Eastern Front. Three divisions were stationed in Biske, as it had been attacked by cavalry divisions from the northeast. As for Novokuznetsk, a recruit division was stationed, and the defense was extremely weak. The northeastern assault on Bisk was aimed at pinning down the Russian forces along the Ob River and preventing them from reinforcing Novokuznetsk.

After receiving the telegrams reported by all parties, Dragomilov also knew that nothing could be done, and he immediately gave an order while his communication was not cut off by the northeast. The whole army abandoned a qiē heavy equipment and retreated to the Ob River in the northwest.

Zheng Haitao and Xiang Long, who were sitting on the front line, never thought that Dragomilov, who had always called on soldiers to have a tenacious and tenacious will, would directly order the whole army to retreat without thinking much about it. The resoluteness of the attitude made the two of them not know what to say. But because of this, the insurance team on the east bank of the Yenisei River did not have time to complete the final consultation work of the encircled enemy army, so they could only watch the rapid retreat of the Russian army.

Of course, the cost of retreat was enormous. The six Russian army corps originally stationed on the west bank of the Yenisei River, with a total of 30 divisions and 300,000 men and horses, finally escaped the encirclement and interception of the insurance teams in the northeast, north and south, and less than two-thirds of them, and nearly 80,000 of them became deserters. Only about 120,000 people actually fled back to Novosibirsk, and all the heavy weapons and most of the grain and grass became the spoils of war in the northeast. The Russian army's Far Eastern defense line has completely collapsed, and if the Russian army not in Kazakhstan and the Russian army in the north rush to help in time, I am afraid that the Ob River will not be able to stop the offensive of the Northeast Insurance Team.

A few days later, the news of the Tohoku Insurance team's big win shocked the whole world.