In less than one month after the Russian envoy to the Qing Dynasty was killed, that is, in less than one month, 350,000 troops were gathered in Siberia near Outer Mongolia and 550,000 troops in the Far East, so on August 16, 1898, the personnel of the Russian office in Shenyang gave Lin Daxin's governor's office an ultimatum, Lin Daxin must hand over to Russia within 48 hours, Chen Ergou, the serious suspect who killed the former Russian minister Pablofu, Otherwise, the Russian Empire will take decisive measures against Lin Daxin's territory. ~~x~

Lin Daxin received the Russian ultimatum, and after reading it from beginning to end, he crumpled this ultimatum into a ball and threw it aside, and then ordered the entire four northeastern provinces and the Mongolian region to enter a wartime state, and ordered the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy to enter the first level of combat readiness and be ready to deal with the Russian attack at any time.

Lin Daxin believes that the war with Russia is still very beneficial to himself, because Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway has not yet been fully opened, if the war in Russia is unfavorable, it is easy for reinforcements in Europe to reach Siberia, if you want to reach the Far East, it is not so easy to come.

Anyway, sooner or later, it is better to fight with Russia sooner or later, it is better to fight early than to fight late, and start a war now, Lin Daxin still has some joy in his heart, so he doesn't care about Russia's ultimatum at all, it is better for Russia to declare war directly.

On August 18, after the time for the ultimatum arrived, the personnel of the Russian office in Shenyang did not look for Lin Daxin again, but the Russian minister in Daxin, Melkoshakin, came to the prime minister's yamen in Beijing and asked to meet Prince Gong Yixin.

Prince Gong Yixin immediately invited the Russian minister in. As a result, Melkoshakin directly took out a declaration of war and said to Prince Gong Yixin: "Respected Your Excellency Prince Gong of the Great Qing Dynasty, because of your Governor Lin Daxin of the four northeastern provinces of the Great Qing Dynasty. Ignoring the ultimatum of the Russian Empire, and failing to hand over to us Chen Ergou, the heavy suspect in the murder of the former Russian minister Pablofu, the Russian Empire has decided to declare war on you Qing Dynasty, and from today onwards, the Russian Empire will be at war with the Qing Dynasty! ”

After hearing this, Prince Gong Yixin was so frightened that he didn't slip off the chair, and quickly said anxiously: "Mr. Minister." Lin Daxin is Lin Daxin, and the Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty, and now our court can't control him. This is something that you European countries know. He Lin Daxin provoked you Russia, you can't settle accounts and find us in the Qing Dynasty! Why did you still declare war with our Qing Dynasty? Dear Mr. Minister, are you mistaken? ”

Melkoshagin shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "We in Russia also understand the situation of your Great Qing Dynasty. Although we are declaring war on you Qing Dynasty. But it will only target Lin Daxin's territory. Lin Daxin is just a local force, and our powerful Russia can't declare war on a local force in the Qing Dynasty, right? Although it is a declaration of war with the Qing Dynasty, we Russia will not attack the Qing land outside Lin Daxin's territory, which we have promised with Britain and France that as long as your Qing court does not help Lin Daxin in the war, we will not attack the Qing land other than Lin Daxin's territory, so I also hope that your Qing court will remain neutral in this war. ”

Melkoshakin explained a lot in a wordy way, which made Prince Gong Yixin breathe a sigh of relief. As long as you don't fight with the imperial court, then Prince Gong nodded and said, "Mr. Minister, don't worry." We, the Qing Dynasty, must remain neutral in the war between your Russia and Lin Daxin. Belch...... Mr. Minister, will we declare war on you Russia in the Qing Dynasty? ”

Melkoshakin's eyes glared: "Prince Gong, if you Qing Dynasty want to declare war with our Russian Empire, then it will really become a war between two countries!" ”

Yi Xin immediately said, "Oh! Then we will not declare war in the Qing Dynasty! No declaration of war! ”

Yi Xin figured out that Russia's declaration of war was just a formality, telling everyone that we were going to fight in an upright manner, but it was not an undeclared war.

What is funny is that after Russia declared war on the Qing Dynasty, the Russian envoy to the Qing Dynasty did not leave the city of Beijing, and the Great Clearance of Lin Daxin's territory was carried out, and people from other places should do whatever they wanted, as if nothing had happened.

After the Empress Dowager Cixi learned that Russia was going to attack Lin Daxin's territory, she sighed and said to the people around her: "Lin Daxin's rebellion, let him be scared!" Now that we have provoked the Russians, then the Russians' army of nearly 2 million can be provoked at will, why does our imperial court cede land to Russia again and again, isn't it afraid that with the strength of their army, they can occupy our entire Qing Dynasty? Alas - when the Russians defeat Lin Daxin, our Northeast and Mongolia of the Qing Dynasty will definitely be occupied by the Russians, how can our Qing Dynasty have a chance to get back from the Russians? ”

After Emperor Guangxu got the news, he summoned Yuan Shikai, the commander of the Dingwu Army, to the palace and asked Yuan Shikai: "Who do you say will win the Russians or Lin Daxin?" ”

Yuan Shikai said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Russia is called the Russian steamroller by European countries, and it has nearly 2 million regular troops, not counting the millions of reserves of the Russians. The combat effectiveness of their Russian army is not inferior to our Daqing army, I heard that it has now gathered nearly a million troops near Outer Mongolia and Heilongjiang, and the Dingbei Army under Lin Daxin has 15 integrated divisions and 20 garrison brigades, only more than 600,000 people. ”

Emperor Guangxu sighed and said: "Although Lin Daxin is a rebel, but after all, he is a member of my Qing Dynasty, if he is defeated, won't the northeast and Mongolia of our Qing Dynasty be occupied by the Russians?" Yuan Aiqing, do you think our court should support Lin Daxin? ”

Yuan Shikai was shocked when he heard it and said: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed, if we support Lin Daxin, it is equivalent to Russia's declaration of war, and it will come true." After the Russians defeated Lin Daxin and occupied Northeast China and Mongolia, they could have an excuse to continue attacking the hinterland of our Qing Dynasty, and then things would be terrible. ”

Emperor Guangxu said depressedly: "Lin Daxin, this rebellious, there is nothing to provoke Russia to do, Russia asks you to hand over people, you just hand over people." Well, now, when you are defeated, even our Northeast and Mongolia of the Great Qing Dynasty will have to be occupied by the Russians! Alas—"

Li Hongzhang in recent days. His health was getting worse and worse, and he knew that the Russians were going to attack the Northeast and Mongolia, so he was immediately shocked, and immediately found his mansion, Nie Shicheng, the commander of the Beiyang Army.

Li Hongzhang coughed and said to Nie Shicheng: "Ahem, ahem, now the Russians are going to beat Lin Daxin, ahem, ahem, what do you think the result will be?" Ahem, ahem! ”

Nie Shicheng saw Li Hongzhang coughing constantly. Immediately said with concern: "Zhongtang, what did your body doctor say?" ”

Li Hongzhang coughed and said, "It's okay, cough cough." What do you think will happen? Ahem, ahem! ”

Nie Shicheng pondered for a moment and said: "Zhongtang, the Russians have a strong army, and Lin Daxin's navy is even stronger, but Russia borders Mongolia and the northeast. Mainly land warfare. His subordinates thought that Lin Daxin's defeat was more likely. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, coughed again, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm into the spittoon taken by the servant next to him, felt a little more comfortable, and said: "If Lin Daxin's war is unfavorable, and the Russians must not be allowed to occupy Mongolia and the Northeast, you send someone to contact Lin Daxin and tell him that if he can't support it, the six towns of the Beiyang Army can support him at any time!" ”

Nie Shicheng nodded and said, "I'll send someone to contact Lin Daxin immediately." I really wish I would meet the Russians! But in the middle hall, what about the imperial court? ”

Li Hongzhang stopped coughing at this time. opened his mouth and said: "There is an old man in the court, the Russians have sent the declaration of war to the court, and the court doesn't even fart, no wonder Lin Daxin is unwilling to obey such a rotten court." ”

Li Hongzhang, who has dedicated his life to the Qing Dynasty, has begun to become more and more dissatisfied with the Qing court.

Li Hongzhang then asked: "How is the training of the six towns of the Beiyang Army?" ”

Nie Shicheng said with a little excitement: "With the silver supported by Lord Zhongtang, our six towns in Beiyang have been secretly expanded by nearly double, and now each town has nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers, and the weapons and ammunition are completely in place, and the combat effectiveness is quite not weak!" ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, and Nie Shicheng, who was strict in governing the army, could say that the combat effectiveness of the six towns in Beiyang was not weak, and it seemed that the six towns in Beiyang that he had built with huge funds from the Beiyang system could be regarded as practiced.

All countries knew that Russia and the Qing Dynasty declared war, in fact, after the declaration of war with Lin Daxin's Northeast and Mongolia, the Japanese were the happiest, and Emperor Meiji was happy to find 2 Japanese imperial concubines in a row at night that day, so that he had to cover his waist when he walked the next day.

The British were also very happy, neither the Russians nor Lin Daxin were friends with the British, and they could even be said to be enemies, and now that they were fighting, no matter what the result was, both sides would have a lot of losses, which gave the British a sense of profit.

The Germans and the Austro-Hungarian people were also very happy that the Russians had chosen to start a war in Asia, and the Russians had to transfer a large number of European troops to Asia, which could reduce the pressure on the two countries in the face of Russia.

The Italians and Americans are also very happy that someone is finally going to clean up Lin Daxin and help them take revenge!

Perhaps only the French are not very happy, France has always supported Russia in order to contain Germany and Austria-Hungary in Europe, and now that Russia is waging war in Asia, it will definitely reduce the army in Europe, which the French do not want to see.

When Lin Daxin received the news of Russia's declaration of war on the Qing Dynasty, it was already the evening of the 18th, and he was at Liu Xiumei's place, lying on the bed and hugging Liu Xiumei, and the two had just gone through a fierce battle.

Although Liu Xiumei still disagreed with Lin Daxin in her mouth, she tried her best to serve him in bed, so that Lin Daxin enjoyed a lot of glamorous blessings.

Lin Daxin, who was lying on the bed, heard the anxious shout of Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, from outside the bedroom, "Principal, I'm Li Kun, Russia has declared war!" ”

Lin Daxin frowned and immediately got up from the bed, Liu Xiumei also got up to help him put on a pajamas, Lin Daxin opened the door and walked out of the bedroom, closed the door again, and came to the living room to see Li Kun asked very calmly: "Russia declared war?" ”

Seeing that his principal was so calm, Li Kun also became calm, nodded and said: "Today, the new Russian minister to the Qing Dynasty, Melkoshagin, has officially submitted a declaration of war to the Yamen, the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty!" Moreover, the Russian minister said that although the declaration of war was against the Qing Dynasty, it was actually only a declaration of war on our four northeastern provinces and Mongolia! The imperial court has already stated that it will choose neutrality in this war! ”

Lin Daxin sneered: "I've been waiting for this day for a long time, Russia has cut so much land from the Qing Dynasty, it's time to return it to us." Oh. Add interest to that. As for the court, you don't have to pay attention to him, and it doesn't matter if the court helps us or not. Do the divisions of Mongolia and Heilongjiang know the news? ”

Li Kun nodded and said: "The first time we get the news, we will take the news of Russia's declaration of war." The telegram reported the troops of Mongolia and Heilongjiang, and at the moment the Russian army has not crossed the border to attack us! ”

Lin Daxin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then it's fine!" You go and inform my cousin Wang Yan to come to my governor's palace tomorrow morning, I have some things to explain to him, if there is nothing else, you can go back first!" ”

Li Kun "snapped-" and said, "Yes!" Headmaster! ”

Lin Daxin returned to the bedroom and found that Liu Xiumei was also wearing a pajama to hide her delicate devil-like figure. Liu Xiumei, who was sitting on the bed, saw Lin Daxin come back. Immediately stood up and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?" How did I hear Li Kun say just now that the Russians have declared war! ”

Lin Daxin walked over and hugged Liu Xiumei in his arms with a smile: "Hehe, Xiumei." So you care about me too! Come, let's do it again, and let me repay you for caring about me so much. ”

Liu Xiumei pushed Lin Daxin away a little distance with her hand, and said anxiously: "Let's get down to business!" What the hell is going on? ”

Lin Daxin continued to hug Liu Xiumei and said: "A while ago, the Russian minister to the Qing Dynasty, Bablofu, wasn't he killed in our Shenyang? The Russians said that Chen Ergou was suspicious of something. Let me hand over the two dogs to them Russia. I'm too lazy to take care of them. In addition, I have sent troops to occupy Outer Mongolia and threaten the hinterland of Siberia in Russia, and the Russians are now declaring war on me! Nothing is a big deal! ”

Liu Xiumei's face showed a worried face, and she said in a coquettish voice: "This is not a big deal!" Don't think of me as one of those women with long hair and short knowledge, the Russians have an army of nearly 2 million, and these troops are not our green battalion soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, but the powerful army called the Russian steamroller. ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "Hehe, Xiumei." You know a lot, and you know about Russian rollers. ”

Liu Xiumei pinched Lin Daxin's waist with her hand: "Smile, smile." It's all this time, you still have the heart to laugh! When the Russians come, you won't even have time to cry! That one...... Why don't I write a letter to my father-in-law and ask him to send troops to support us!" ”

Lin Daxin listened to Liu Xiumei's words, his heart blossomed, and finally completely subdued Liu Xiumei's fierce horse, Lin Daxin said happily: "I know that I feel sorry for your man!" How? Afraid that your man can't beat the Russians? ”

Liu Xiumei said stiffly: "Who feels sorry for you!" I...... I'm worried about the people of the four northeastern provinces! You must know that we only have more than 600,000 troops in the northeast, and the Russians have nearly 2 million! ”

Lin Daxin hugged Liu Xiumei in his arms and said: "Although the Russians have nearly 2 million army, they still have Europe to guard, and it is impossible to send all the army, and even if the Russians send the army, I am not afraid, you forget, in addition to the 15 integrated divisions and 20 garrison brigades of the Dingbei Army in our four northeastern provinces, there are also millions of militiamen who have undergone military training!" As long as the weapons and equipment are in place, I will have no problem training another 50 integrated divisions! ”

However, Lin Daxin thinks that there is no need to expand the army at all, relying on the current strength and weapons and equipment, it is enough to crush the Russian army, well, but if Russia also sends millions of reserves, then it is another story.

When Liu Xiumei heard Lin Daxin say this, she relieved herself, yes, the man who hugged her had already trained millions of militiamen in the four northeastern provinces. Even powerful Russia doesn't care, this is the real big husband, and he is qualified to be my Liu Xiumei's man.

Liu Xiumei couldn't help but lean into Lin Daxin's arms, and gave Lin Daxin a wink.

Lin Daxin saw Liu Xiumei's charming state, and couldn't help but itch in his heart again, he picked up Liu Xiumei at once, walked to the bed and put her on the bed, ripped off his pajamas, and ripped off Liu Xiumei's pajamas, presenting her exquisite devil figure in front of him.

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "How can my baby care about me!" I have to treat my baby! After speaking, he attached himself and pressed on Liu Xiumei.

Liu Xiumei said in a coquettish voice: "It's all done twice, and I'm still here!" What an animal you are! ”

Lin Daxin's hands kept touching Liu Xiumei's body, and his mouth also took turns to gnaw on the two big leather balls on her chest, and took the time to say, "Not bad...... I...... It is...... Big livestock! ”

After saying that, Lin Daxin's sword was put into the sheath and the piston movement began, and Liu Xiumei began to get up, and the bed began to creak.

At this time, at Lin Daxin's residence at the back of the Governor's Palace, after Ding Xueshan and Du Juan put their two sons to sleep, the two daughters came to Ding Xueshan's room.

Ding Xueshan sighed and said, "My husband must have gone to that vixen again!" He thought we didn't know! ”

Du Juan laughed out loud: "Xue Shan, I remember when we first met, you just called me a fox spirit!" Hehe! ”

Ding Xueshan glanced at Du Juan: "You still have the heart to laugh, your husband is going to be snatched away!" ”

Du Juan said with a smile: "Isn't it normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines? According to our husband's current power, it's not too much to get three palaces and six courtyards, not to mention that my husband is now our two wives and the woman named Liu Xiumei outside. ”

Ding Xueshan sighed and said: "I also understand this truth, but another woman has appeared to share her husband with us, and I feel uncomfortable." ”

Du Juan patted Ding Xueshan on the shoulder: "Don't sigh, let's take the time to meet that Liu Xiumei and take her to the Governor's Palace!" ”

Ding Xueshan sighed again, and then nodded.

The lives of men in the Qing Dynasty were very happy...... (To be continued......)