Chapter 123: Take control of the three northeastern provinces

The 11th and 12th Divisions of the Dingbei Army, under the leadership of two division commanders, Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin, have been chasing the remnants of the Japanese Southern Route Army in a semi-encircled posture.

From Fengtian Province to Jilin Province, Jilin Province, Jilin Province's Jilin General Sa Thorn's station, Jilin City, Jilin Province is also the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, originally the largest coastal province in the Qing Dynasty, with a long coastline, the largest island in the Far East, Kuye Island, and the first natural harbor in the Far East, Vladivostok. It is a pity that now all the coastal areas of Jilin Province have been ceded to Russia, making Jilin Province an inland province.

When Jilin General Sa Thorn saw that the Japanese army was actually coming towards Jilin City, he immediately secretly complained. Most of the Qing troops belonging to the Jilin generals in Jilin Province have been transferred to Shengjing City and consumed in the defense of Shengjing, and now there are less than 3,000 troops in Jilin City.

Jilin General Sa Thorn immediately ordered the Qing army in Jilin City to strictly defend the city, hoping that the Japanese army would not take care of the small Jilin City, while calling on the Manchu men in the city to help defend the city!

However, the Japanese Southern Route Army fled all the way from Liaoyang City to Jilin City, leaving only more than 40,000 people, and in order to speed up the escape, many Japanese wounded were abandoned on the way to escape. More than 40,000 people fled here and there was no food supply, and the commander of the Southern Route Army, Da Shanyan, ordered more than 6,000 people of the 3rd Division, the vanguard of the Japanese army, not to stop at all, and as soon as they arrived at the foot of Jilin City, they launched an attack on Jilin City.

Although the Japanese army has been defeated, but the 3,000 defenders of Jilin City and some Manchu men who have just been gathered can not resist the attack of more than 6,000 people of the third division of the Japanese army.

Then the entire Japanese Southern Route Army entered Jilin City and plundered it, and after getting the news that the Dingbei Army behind it was close to Jilin City, the Southern Route Army, which was already afraid of the Dingbei Army, immediately fled from Jilin City with the stolen grain warehouse and continued to flee to the north!

The Japanese Southern Route Army did not want to flee in other directions, especially the Southern Route Army always wanted to retreat in the direction of Korea, but as long as it retreated in other directions, it would be intercepted by the Dingbei Army, and the Japanese Southern Route Army had to continue to flee northward.

The 11th and 12th Divisions of the Dingbei Army occupied Jilin City shortly after the Japanese army escaped from Jilin City. Just entered Jilin City, at this time, the soldiers of the Dingbei Army reported to Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin that the Jilin General Sa Thorn led more than 100 people to withdraw from Jilin City, and now he has returned to Jilin City, and wants to meet the leading generals of the Dingbei Army to express his gratitude!

Jilin General Sa Thorn wants to thank the Dingbei Army for helping him and recapture Jilin City!

When Zhang Zuolin heard this, there was a fierce light in his eyes, and he made a neck-cutting action at Duan Qirui, Duan Qirui nodded at Zhang Zuolin without the slightest hesitation to agree.

Then Zhang Zuolin turned around to meet the Jilin general Sa Thorn, and soon after, the 11th and 12th divisions of the Dingbei Army sent a telegram to Lin Daxin, the Japanese South Route Army was defeated and captured Jilin City on the way to escape, and the Jilin general Sa Thorn led the army to resist the Japanese army and died in his life!

After Lin Daxin received the telegram from the 11th and 12th divisions of the Dingbei Army, he nodded with satisfaction, and asked people to forward the telegram of Jilin General Sa Thorn leading the army to resist the Japanese army and die to the imperial court!

The 6th Division of the Dingbei Army also called Lin Daxin, and a brigade of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which had recovered the north bank of the Yalu River and guarded the banks of the Yalu River, retreated to the south bank of the Yalu River! The 7th Division of the Dingbei Army had already rushed to Shanhaiguan, annihilated a brigade of Japanese troops left behind in Shanhaiguan, and occupied the gates inside and outside the pass.

When Lin Daxin was preparing to organize troops, attack Shanhaiguan, and attack the Japanese North Route Army under the city of Beijing, he suddenly received a telegram from the imperial court that he wanted to negotiate peace with Japan again, and the imperial court asked Lin Daxin's Dingbei Army to stop fighting with the Japanese army and wait for the result of the peace between the imperial court and Japan again! Lin Daxin looked at the telegram sent by the imperial court and pursed his lips, put the telegram aside, and ordered the 11th and 12th divisions of the Dingbei Army to continue to pursue the Japanese Southern Route Army into Heilongjiang according to the original plan!

After the Japanese Northern Route Army fled from Jilin City, Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin then commanded two divisions of the Dingbei Army and deliberately drove the Japanese army to the northwest, and this direction was the direction of Qiqihar City, where General Heilongjiang was stationed.

The Japanese Southern Route Army has been driven by the Dingbei Army and fled to Qiqihar City, at this time the Japanese army has less than 40,000 people left, but the defenders of Qiqihar City are the same as Jilin City, most of them have been transferred by the original Heilongjiang General Yiketanga, and Qiqihar City has less than 4,000 defenders.

The Japanese army without food did not hesitate, directly attacked Qiqihar City, took over the position of Yiketanga, the new Heilongjiang general Enze was much more backbone than Jilin General Sa Thorn, leading the number and equipment behind the Japanese army Qiqihar City defenders, fully resisted the Japanese Southern Route Army for half a day, before the Japanese army broke through Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang General Enze was hit in the chest by the Japanese bullet, and died in battle.

After the Japanese army broke through Qiqihar City, they grabbed some food, immediately abandoned Qiqihar City, and then began to flee. Immediately, the Dingbei Army occupied Qiqihar.

The 11th and 12th Divisions of the Dingbei Army, under the leadership of two division commanders, Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin, pursued the Japanese Southern Route Army to the border between Heilongjiang Province and Russia in the Qing Dynasty.

Then Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin followed Lin Daxin's order and began to divide their troops to control the main towns in Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province, so as to achieve the goal of fully controlling the two provinces!

Lin Daxin ordered Zhang Zuolin's 12th Division to divide troops to control Zhì Heilongjiang Province, and Duan Qirui's 11th Division to divide troops to control Zhì Jilin Province. The Third Division of the Northern Army was also under Lin Daxin's order to control the major towns north of Liaoyang City in Fengtian Province, so that Lin Daxin had actually controlled the three northeastern provinces outside the Guan!

Last time, in order to help Ding Ruchang keep his position as the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, Lin Daxin had already torn his face with the Qing Dynasty, and even the Beiyang bigwig Li Hongzhang was offended! Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water, Lin Daxin and other Dingbei military control the three northeastern provinces, and after getting the news that the imperial court is definitely going to negotiate peace with Japan, he gave the imperial court that was negotiating peace with the Japanese a letter of asking himself to be the governor of the three northeastern provinces.

This excerpt was sent to the city of Beijing in the form of a telegram, Lin Daxin claimed in the telegram that Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province were captured by the Japanese army, the Jilin generals and Heilongjiang generals were killed in battle, and the armies of the two provinces were almost completely annihilated by the Japanese army, and in order to prevent the two provinces from falling into the hands of the Japanese, Lin Daxin had sent troops to take over the defense of the two provinces.

In order to better defend the two provinces and prevent them from falling into the hands of the Japanese army, Lin Daxin specially asked the imperial court to change his Governor of Fengtian to the Governor of the Three Northeast Provinces, in charge of the military affairs and people's livelihood of the three provinces of Fengtian, Jilin and Heilongjiang.

Lin Daxin's excerpt was so good that the two old men who were preparing to negotiate with the representatives sent by Japan in Beijing fainted angrily!

I've seen shameless, but I've never seen someone as shameless as Lin Daxin!

The Japanese Southern Route Army was chased by the Dingbei Army and fled to Russia like dogs, how could Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province fall into the hands of the Japanese army! And why didn't the Japanese Southern Route Army flee to Korea? There was also 1 division of the Japanese army there. Or why not run away to the gates? You can join the Japanese Army on the Northern Route Army!

Why did the Japanese army flee directly to the north without choosing 2 directions, and even fled to the provincial capitals of 2 provinces, and even went to the provincial capitals of 2 provinces of the Qing Dynasty, so that General Jilin and General Heilongjiang were killed in battle! Is there something greasy in this? The people in the court are not fools, and the discerning people know at a glance that this must have something to do with Lin Daxin.

Li Hongzhang, who was so angry that his face turned red, let out a sigh of relief, and said to Yi Xin: "Prince Gong! What should I do with Lin Daxin's excerpt of this little rabbit cub? ”

Yi Xin, who was also very angry, said: "The key now is to finish the peace treaty with the Japanese, and invite the Queen Mother and the Emperor back to Beijing!" Lin Daxin, a lawless guy, let's ignore him first, wait for the Queen Mother and the Emperor to return to the Forbidden City, and then study Lin Daxin's excerpts! ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said: "Now that the representative sent by the Japanese has lived in the British Legation, we will go to the British Legation tomorrow to discuss the treaty with the Japanese." However, this time it may be that the Japanese really hurt the Dingbei Army, and the conditions proposed are simply worlds different from the first peace talks! ”

Prince Gong Yixin said: "This time, the Japanese asked us to recognize Japan as the suzerainty of Korea, and the Qing Dynasty symbolically compensated Japan for military expenses of 10 million taels of silver!" The Queen Mother has basically agreed to these two conditions, and our two old men will mainly reduce the amount of compensation for military expenses tomorrow, and if we can pay less, we will pay less! In this war with the Japanese, the imperial court used a lot of silver, and there was not much money in the treasury. ”

At this time, Lin Daxin took the guard regiment, and the eighth, ninth and tenth divisions of the Dingbei Army were stationed in Shengjingcheng, the provincial capital of Fengtian Province! After a great battle, the entire city, including the imperial palace in Shengjing, has been destroyed very strictly, and when you look up, you can only see the ruins that can be seen everywhere.

Moreover, the people of the entire Shengjing City were almost slaughtered by the Japanese Army's Northern Route Army, making Shengjing City look like a ghost town.

Lin Daxin immediately ordered the 8th, 9th, and 10th divisions of the Dingbei Army to start cleaning up the ruins in Shengjing City, and the troops of the three divisions temporarily lived in Shengjing City.

Chen Ergou, the head of the guard regiment, asked Lin Daxin, "Headmaster, can the imperial court canonize you as the governor of the three northeastern provinces?" ”

Lin Daxin said: "Now the Seventh Division has occupied Shanhaiguan and closed the gate to enter and outside the pass, and now the entire northeast is under the control of our Dingbei Army. Even if the imperial court does not canonize me as the governor of the three northeastern provinces, I still have the final say in the three northeastern provinces, in fact, it doesn't matter whether I canonize or not! ”

Chen Ergou nodded, and asked again, "Headmaster!" The Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, what do we rely on to raise troops when we occupy this place! ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "The three northeastern provinces are vast and sparsely populated! However, the land here is fertile, as long as the land in the northeast is reclaimed, there is no problem in raising tens of millions of people! As for the fact that there are no people in the Northeast, we can emigrate from Kannai to the Tohoku, and there are a large number of poor people living in hardship in the provinces of Kannai. In this way, not only has the land in the northeast been cultivated and planted, but the source of our Dingbei Army has also been settled! ”