Chapter Seventy-Two: The Poison Scheme
Four three-seven-millimeter shells full of antimony and antimony exploded in Yoshino's command cabin almost at the same time, and the shrapnel was scattered in the narrow space like a loose bullet from a breech gun, beating everyone inside into a blur, especially Kozo Tsuboi, a highly talented student who graduated from the Annapolis Naval Academy in the United States, had at least a dozen pieces of shrapnel embedded in his body, and the most ruthless one even broke his left eyeball, and the whole person could be said to be miserable, lying on the ground and wailing.
Yang Feng didn't know how he had abolished the best tactician of the Japanese Navy, and when he saw Yoshino firing back, he quickly ordered to run away, and the Nautilus, which had reached a high speed of forty-five knots, threw off the water column of the explosion of the Japanese shells and ran southward, and soon returned to Naha, out of retaliation for the Japanese Navy to intercept him, he immediately sent a telegram to recall the other two destroyers who were hunting at sea, and then ran to the sea off Kagoshima, bombarded with artillery for a day, and bombarded all the Japanese ships he encountered, including merchant ships and fishing boats, into the bottom of the sea. Kagoshima was so frightened that even the Kumamoto Division that remained behind ran to the coast to set up defenses.
But fortunately, these two ships were to vent their anger for Yang Feng, and they only returned after shelling, which made the Japanese breathe a sigh of relief, and then began to condemn Yang Feng for attacking civilians internationally, but this is destined to be meaningless, at this time Japan is like a cannibal in the eyes of Europeans, maybe a little better, but not much better. It is entirely understandable that the venerable Mr. Yang took a small revenge because he had been attacked by them savagely at sea, and if it were not for the extreme of anger, how could a great poet like him, who had written so many poems full of love and beauty, wisdom and emotion, behave such irrational acts?
However, this also made Yang Feng suddenly think of whether he should put some effort into the Empress Mingcheng who was reincarnated and even the corpse? Although she hasn't been killed yet, if the Japanese are provoked, will they really attack her? If they can do what they did in history, it is estimated that there will never be a day when they will turn around in international public opinion. And this is still a good opportunity to purge the upper echelons of North Korea, the power in the court of the stick is too complicated, pro-Chinese, pro-Russian, pro-Japanese, and pro-own, these people should not stay except for the pro-Chinese ones, if they can take this opportunity to kill each other, it should be a good result.
For example, the current Concubine Min should have been sent back to study by the courtyard Jun, this old lady who is on par with Concubine Yi must not be lonely, how about finding someone to pinch and seek foreign aid? Dayuanjun seems to have secretly communicated with China now, and the Enlightenment Party has already climbed up with the support of the Japanese, which means that it is not reasonable to bet on these two companies, and the remaining choice is Russia, anyway, she and the Russians have hooked up.
In this case, you need a staff officer who is familiar with North Korea, and the big head brother doesn't know what Lu Dao is doing now, if he can be found, it will be perfect. Yang Feng suddenly thought of Yuan Shikai, thinking about the twelve years that this guy had been in North Korea in history, he couldn't help but feel shocked, and he could play the power trick to the point that he could already say that he had reached the pinnacle.
The goods were then returned to Taipei.
"Yuan Weiting should be in Liaodong now as a counselor for military affairs, what are you looking for him?" Xue Fucheng said inexplicably.
"Engage in conspiracy." Yang Feng said with a smile.
"Tell me about it?" Xue Fucheng said with interest.
"You look at the current war, to put it bluntly, the North Korean high-level is blindly made up by themselves, these guys don't think about the grace of our heavenly kingdom for many generations, they are bent on what reforms, betray our vassals, because they have no ability, so they go around to help, pull the Japanese, Russians, and even Americans, and as a result, they recruited a group of hungry wolves, and when they were recruited, they found that these guys were blacker than us, and they wanted to drive people out, how can there be such a good thing in this world, and in the end, they are about to die. Let's be interesting enough to send troops to help them resist the Japanese.
In the final analysis, it is just that these sticks are too impure in their minds, and I think we should take this opportunity to clean them up, but we are all civilized people, and this kind of barbaric behavior cannot be done, so it is better to let the Japanese do this for us, let them kill all those pro-Russian and pro-American ones for us, and then kill all those pro-Japanese ones after we defeat the Japanese, so that North Korea will be left with pro-China.
However, in terms of specific operation, you need a person who is familiar with North Korea, this person Yuan Weiting is undoubtedly the most suitable, you can help me contact him, if he is willing to come over to help, then I am willing to pay to help him recruit an army, go to the battlefield to fight for fame, the children of the Huaijun family, don't learn to lead soldiers to fight what article! Yang Feng said.
Xue Fucheng smiled and nodded, this old guy is also known for being insidious, such a vicious plan naturally makes him like it very much, as for contacting Yuan Shikai, it is not a big deal, he is now just a miscellaneous man on the front line, it is just dispensable, after receiving the telegram from Xue Fucheng, the governor of Zhili, although it was a little inexplicable, but with his yearning for mastering the army, he immediately agreed.
Li Hongzhang has no opinion there, Xue Fucheng has already told him Yang Feng's plan, and asked the Japanese to help him clean up the pro-Russian forces in North Korea, which he is also happy to see, as for Yang Feng's sponsorship of Yuan Shikai, he also has no opinion, in the final analysis, Yuan Shikai is also a junior of the Huai Army, even if he has an army, it is the same as his own.
In this way, Yuan Shikai boarded the destroyer Flying Eagle at Lushunkou to pick him up, and then sailed directly to Taipei, and after arriving in Taipei, he was immediately taken to the Yamen of the Taiwan Governor.
He is still a Taoist, and Yang Feng bought a level for Zhang Quan for five thousand taels of silver, and Yang Feng and Xue Fucheng are second-class members, and when they meet, they naturally want to give gifts to the two adults, and Xue Fucheng and Yuan Baoqing should be equal friends, so then he met Xue Fucheng with the gift of the younger generation, and Yang Feng and Zhang Quan were polite, and several people talked about North Korea while drinking tea.
"If we had done it according to Brother Weiting's suggestion, we wouldn't have had to fight this battle, and the court itself would not be able to escape the blame for coming to this point." Yang Feng said with a sneer.
"I want to come to the imperial court for another reason." Yuan Shikai smiled awkwardly, he didn't dare to echo this disrespectful remarks, but Yang Feng was a confidant of the daring, after the change of North Korea Jiashen, in the face of the aggressive situation of the Japanese, he had proposed to simply take Korea as a province, anyway, in theory, Korea is still a subject of China, even if it is accepted as a province, others have no right to find trouble, and at that time Japan was still relatively weak, absolutely did not have the courage to start a war with China.
Or simply open Korea and bring in all the powers, which can also cut off the ambitions of the Japanese, but as a result, how could Concubine Yi and her ministers who walked birds have this awareness, and they hesitated and simply disappeared.
"In the final analysis, it is all the fault of the North Koreans, if it weren't for their own tricks, colluding with this country, colluding with that country, just thinking about betraying our vassals, it would be considered their own fault to get to this point, and after this war, those pro-Japanese, pro-Russian, and pro-American should all be cleaned up." Yang Feng said.
"Lord Yang is very good, the officials have been in the DPRK for many years, and the biggest headache is not the Japanese people, but the people like Concubine Min, the Enlightenment Party colluded with Japan to betray us, and the same is true for Concubine Min to collude with the Russians, if it weren't for these people messing around, North Korea would definitely not have been able to go this far." Yuan Shikai said with deep sympathy.
"So we're going to borrow the hands of the Japanese to get rid of all these people." Yang Feng said viciously.
"What does Lord Yang mean?" Yuan Shikai asked suspiciously.
"It's very simple, I want Concubine Min to ask the Russians for help, but I don't know how to do it." Yang Feng said.
"The channel is very simple, Concubine Min has a lot of pro-Russian people around her, especially Li Jinfan, as long as you find a foreigner who is familiar with him and encourage her casually, in addition, the sister-in-law of the Russian minister is a close friend of her, this woman is dissolute and greedy for money by nature, as long as she gives her some benefits, she is willing to do anything, and the Russians have long coveted North Korea, as long as Concubine Min asks for the door, they will definitely make a move, but if they really attract Russians, it will definitely be unfavorable to us." Yuan Shikai said.
"You can rest assured that before the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, it will be difficult for the Russians to make substantial moves in the Far East, especially this year, when the Russian emperor is dying of illness and the crown prince is going to get married, they will not risk offending the British at this time to send troops, as for doing a little behind-the-scenes action, this is harmless." Yang Feng said with certainty.
"The Russian emperor is dying?" Yuan Shikai didn't understand why this product was so well-informed.
"He is a close friend of the Russian crown princess, a close friend who can live in other people's homes." Xue Fucheng said lightly.
Yuan Shikai was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Then we don't need to let her ask the Russians for help, just ask you for help directly."
"You mean to say that someone should advertise my energy in front of her, and make her believe that as long as she passes through me, she can direct the request directly to the Russian Emperor, of course I certainly did not see her request, but the Japanese can see it." Yang Feng's eyes lit up immediately.
Yuan Shikai nodded with some sympathy.
"This matter is planned by you, tomorrow I will have someone to send you to Shanghai, my Bofors and Yang's Shipping, Jinyuan Company has branches in Seoul, they will fully cooperate with you, and Jinyuan has a radio station in Seoul, you can use the password to contact each other, after the matter is completed, I will fund to help you form an army of 2,000 people, and provide you with military instructors." Yang Feng immediately said, it depends on the big brother to play this, he definitely doesn't have his kind of mind.