When the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu heard that Li Hongzhang had increased the number of Beiyang troops going south to 4 towns, they couldn't help but nod secretly, don't look at Lao Li and Cixi and others have such and such contradictions, but they still have loyalty to the imperial court, and Lao Li is still very powerful at the critical moment.

Prince Gong Yixin said to Cixi and Guangxu: "In addition to the counterinsurgency army sent by the imperial court, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, and Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang, all sent telegrams saying that they would try their best to mobilize troops from various provinces to assist the main force of the imperial court's counterinsurgency army. ”

After a pause, Yi Xin continued: "In addition, the 4 towns of the counterinsurgency army led by General Iktanga have been in diplomatic fire with the Japanese army in Nanping City yesterday, and General Iktanga called to say that the 20,000 Japanese Army is equipped with a large number of machine guns, and the Japanese artillery is not weaker than all the artillery in the four towns, and the attacking troops have suffered heavy casualties, and they are still fighting with the Japanese army for positions outside Nanping City. Our other two counterinsurgency forces have already defeated the Fujian ** Army in the area of Zhangzhou City and Fuding County, but the bad news is that the second batch of 40,000 troops of the Japanese Army has landed in Fujian Province. ”

When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard that the Japanese had sent another 40,000 troops into Fujian Province, she immediately said with a cold face: "The Japanese really regard our Qing Dynasty as if they were nothing, and they don't take the Qing Dynasty seriously at all, do the Japanese want to provoke a full-scale war with the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Yi Xin smiled bitterly and said: "Lafayette, not only the Japanese army, according to the information transmitted from Fujian Province, the British army and the French army, there are also many people who have arrived in Fujian Province. ”

When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard this, the original anger dissipated helplessly, there were 7 countries that signed a secret treaty with the Xingzhong Society, and the Qing Dynasty could not afford to have a war with the 7 great powers at the same time, that is, the weakest Japan, the Empress Dowager Cixi was only a strong foreign force, and the Qing court could only watch the 7 countries continue to support the chaotic party of the Xingzhong Society, and it was best to drive the armies of the great powers out of Fujian Province with a stuffy head, so that the wishful thinking of the 7 countries would fail.

However, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, the United States, and Japan, these seven countries found that the combat effectiveness of the Fujian ** Army was too poor and that it was necessary to use a period of time for training, but during the training of the Fujian ** Army, the Qing army's attack on Fujian Province would not stop, so the seven countries decided to go into battle shirtless to teach the Qing Dynasty army a lesson, and this led to the second batch of two divisions of the Japanese Army landing in Fujian Province.

When the Qing court received the news of the arrival of the British Army and the French Army in Fujian Province, it was not the 100 officer corps sent by the British and the French, but the British army of more than 5,000 people transferred from Hong Kong, Shanghai, Malacca and Singapore, of which 3,500 soldiers were servant troops composed of Indians, and the remaining 1,500 were British regular army, all of which were composed of British.

France, on the other hand, landed in Fuzhou by ship a 3,000-strong army drawn from France's Asian colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and the 3,000-strong French army was a regular French army. The two armies, the British and the French, came to Fujian Province, but they were both prepared to fight against the Qing Dynasty's counterinsurgency army.

Germany, Russia, Italy, and the United States could not send troops to Fujian Province for a while because they had no colonies around the Qing Dynasty, but this does not mean that the above-mentioned countries will not send troops.

In a French-owned inn in Fuzhou, representatives of Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, the United States, and Japan gathered in a room in this hotel, and they gathered here to get the news that had made them all a little uneasy.

British representative Eric looked at the representatives of the other six countries and said in a deep voice: "You may already know that Lin Daxin of the Qing Dynasty suddenly sent troops to occupy the entire island of Taiwan, and now his Dingbei Army and Northeast Navy are on the island of Taiwan, and Fujian Province is only separated by a Taiwan Strait. Gentlemen, I think we should increase the strength of Fuzhou and even the whole of Fujian Province. ”

The representative of France, Pierdons, continued: "We have reached a consensus on Lin Daxin, as well as the dangerous Cheng Dù of the Northern Army and the Northeast Navy under his command, otherwise our seven countries would not have gathered here to support the Xingzhong Society, a rebel organization of the Qing Dynasty, and put so much effort to support it, and the purpose of our seven countries is nothing more than to overthrow the Manchu Qing and even eliminate Lin Daxin with the help of the Xingzhong Society." Now the armed Fujian ** army of the Xingzhong Association has been severely damaged by the Qing Dynasty army, and it takes time to use the weapons we gave for training, and the Qing Dynasty's army entering Fujian Province can only be resisted by us, and now Lin Daxin occupies the island of Taiwan opposite Fujian Province, I also think that we need more troops and warships to come to Fujian Province, part of the army needs to fight with the Qing Dynasty army, and part of the army and the navies of various countries are guarding against Lin Daxin's Dingbei Army and Northeast Navy on the island of Taiwan. ”

The representatives of Germany, Russia, Italy, the United States, and Japan looked at each other, nodded their heads, and agreed with the representatives of Great Britain and France.

Japanese representative Army Major General Aoki Xuanjun said: "Our Japanese Empire has transported three army standing divisions to Fujian Province, a total of 60,000 troops into Fujian Province, the sixth division has broken out with the Qing Dynasty army in Nanping City, the newly arrived 11th Division has gone to Nanping City to reinforce the sixth division, the 12th division is divided into two units, respectively to Zhangzhou City and Fuding County, ready to resist the Qing army's other two armies. ”

British representative Eric said at this time: "Japan has contributed very much this time, and I think that we will unite this time, and every country should be like Japan, as long as each of us has a certain strength, we can complete our plan and get what we want." ”

Aoki Xuanjun smiled slightly and continued: "Our Great Japanese Empire has also sent 8 Kongo-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 16,000 tons, 8 Asama-class large fast armored cruisers, 12 Yoshino-class fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers and 36 torpedo boats to stop in the waters outside Fuzhou City, and if necessary, our Great Japanese Empire will also send more army and navy to Fujian Province." ”

After Aoki finished speaking, he received warm applause from the representatives of the other six countries, after all, if this joint support for the Xingzhong Conference is successful, all countries will get a lot of benefits, and everyone is really happy to have Japan, an ally who enthusiastically expresses their views.

"We, France, have sent an army of 3,000 men from the Asian colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos into Fujian Province, and the French Asian colonial fleet has sent two Cecilia-class all-steel battleships with a displacement of 13,500 tons, two large fast armored cruisers of the Diplay class with a displacement of 10,500 tons, four fast protection cruisers, four destroyers and eight torpedo boats, if necessary. We in France will continue to increase the army and navy of Fujian Province. ”

British representative Eric nodded and continued: "We have transferred an army of 5,000 men from Hong Kong, Shanghai, Malacca and Singapore into Fuzhou City, and we have also sent 4 Sovereign-class all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 6 fast defense cruisers, 6 new destroyers and 12 torpedo boats from the Chinese fleet in Hong Kong to Fujian. ”

After a pause, Eric said to the representatives of the other six countries: "Although our current strength in Fujian Province is not small, especially the navy, which has a total of 14 powerful all-steel battleships, as well as a large number of warships of other types, but gentlemen, the problem now is that the greedy Lin Daxin has occupied the island of Taiwan, if we want to continue to support the Xingzhong Society, it is very likely that in the near future, in the Taiwan Strait and Fujian Province, we will fight with Lin Daxin's Northeast Navy and Dingbei Army, so that our strength will be insufficient." , we have to get in touch with the country and get the country to send more army and warships. ”

The French representative Pierdons, who had already communicated with the British representative Eric, said agitatedly: "Gentlemen, although the Far East military strongman has some brilliant achievements, and has a powerful Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy under his command, but the strength of our seven countries together can crush any force on this planet, I think we should take this opportunity to eliminate Lin Daxin's evil force and let the world return to peace." ”

The French have absolutely no good impression of Lin Daxin, and it can even be said that they hate Lin Daxin very much, the shadow of the naval battle of the Gulf of Ussuri is still hovering over the French, and there is a chance to eliminate Lin Daxin, and the French are very willing.

Lin Daxin's enemies are not only the French, as soon as Pirdons' words were finished, Japan's Aoki Xuanchun said excitedly: "Yes, that Lin Daxin should not live in this world, if our 7 countries and Lin Daxin go to war, our Great Japanese Empire is willing to fully support!" ”

Yarosvich, the representative of Russia, followed and said: "If our 7 countries really go to war with Lin Daxin, our Russian Empire is also willing to give its full support!" ”

Italy's representative Trifvende then immediately stated: "We in Italy also fully support the war with Lin Daxin!" ”

Japan, Russia, and Italy all made Lin Daxin extremely miserable, and the pain was deeper than that of several other countries.

Only the representatives of Germany and the United States showed a hint of hesitation, Germany has not had a direct conflict with Lin Daxin so far, and although the United States was cleaned up in the naval battle in the Gulf of Manila, Lin Daxin did not do too much in the end, and Lin Daxin has an amazing industry in the United States and has a huge influence. R1152