After receiving a telegram from the imperial court, Iktanga immediately canceled the plan to attack Nanping City tomorrow regardless of casualties, and now that the Eight-Nation Alliance against the Qing Dynasty had been formed, it was not the most important thing to exterminate the rebel party in Fujian Province, and now the most important task of the new army was to prevent the Eight-Nation Alliance from attacking the entire southern provinces of the Qing Dynasty.

Fortunately, the imperial court is ready to ask Lin Daxin to send troops, otherwise the new army of 9 towns led by Yiketang can only be loyal to the country, that is the union of 8 world powers, think about it, Yiketang Adu felt that his calves were a little trembling, and hoped that the long-famous Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy could stop the attempt of the Eight-Nation Alliance to carve up the Qing Dynasty.

In the middle of the night of May 16, Iktanga led the new army of 9 towns to retreat backwards and retreated to Jian'ou City, north of Nanping City, and the Japanese troops in Nanping City found out early the next morning that the Daqing Army attacking Nanping City had actually left from outside the city.

Mitsuharu Tsuchiya, the division commander of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, said to Haruno Okubo, the division commander of the 6th Division: "Commander, the Qing Dynasty's troops have withdrawn from outside Nanping for unknown reasons, should we send troops to pursue them?" ”

Haruno Okubo, the commander of the 6th Division, was appointed as the temporary commander of Nanping Castle, commanding the Japanese 6th, 11th, 13th, and 14th Divisions to block the Daqing Army from continuing to approach Fuzhou at Nanping Castle.

Okubo Haruno shook his head and said: "There is no need to pursue, our task is just to hold Nanping City, and the road here in Fujian Province in the Qing Dynasty is too difficult to walk, if it weren't for the Minjiang River, the heavy equipment of several of our divisions." It was impossible to transport it from Fuzhou City to Nanping City, and pursued the Qing Dynasty army. We can only travel light. The Qing army that fought with us was not the Eight Banners Army and the Green Battalion soldiers who had no combat effectiveness, but were already a new type of army newly established by the Qing Dynasty. After these days of fighting, their Qing Dynasty new army is not useless, combat effectiveness is still not weak, these days of offensive and defensive battles, the Qing Dynasty new army losses have not reached the point of breaking the muscles and bones, we risk pursuit, easy to enter the trap set by the other side. ”

Mitsuharu Tsuchiya nodded and said: "The combat effectiveness of the new army of the Qing Dynasty is indeed not weak, except that it is inferior to our Great Japanese Army in terms of heavy equipment, it can still be compared with our Great Japanese Army in other aspects." So Commander, have we been guarding Nanping City? ”

Okubo Haruno showed a smile and said: "General Aoki in Fuzhou City sent me a letter yesterday, I haven't had time to tell you urgently, our Great Japanese Empire has formed an eight-nation alliance with Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, the United States, and Austria-Hungary, preparing to launch a war against the Qing Dynasty and even Lin Daxin, and the Emperor has ordered the army and the combined fleet to enter a state of combat readiness, maybe it won't be long before our Great Japanese Army will continue to enter the Qing Dynasty and fight side by side with the armies of the other seven countries." Our 4 divisions in Nanping City only need to wait for the order from the base camp. ”

When Tsuchiya Mitsuharu heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Great, our Great Japanese Empire has finally waited for this opportunity, and we can wash away the shame of the defeat two years ago." ”

Lin Daxin received a telegram from Prince Gong Yixin himself in the Governor's Mansion of Shenyang City, and the content of the telegram was that the imperial court hoped to be in this time of crisis. Lin Daxin, as the feudal official of the Qing Dynasty, was able to stand up and relieve the worries of the imperial court and lead the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy. Fight against the Eight-Nation Alliance, which is preparing to divide the Qing Dynasty, and keep the southern provinces of the Qing Dynasty safe. At the same time, the imperial court will not treat the meritorious officials badly, after smashing the conspiracy of the Eight-Nation Alliance to carve up the Qing Dynasty. The imperial court was willing to canonize Lin Daxin as the governor of Qinghai and Tibet.

Prince Gong Yixin also told Lin Daxin in a telegram that the Eight-Nation Alliance is now holding the imperial court responsible for the attack on foreigners in Beijing, and has put forward several harsh clauses, and it seems that the Eight-Nation Alliance is ready to tear its face.

The overall meaning of Prince Gong on the telegram is that the imperial court has no choice in the face of such a situation, and now it is only up to you Lin Daxin to pull the imperial court, and the goal of the Eight-Nation Alliance is not only the Qing Dynasty, your Lin Daxin's territory is also the target that those foreigners are preparing to carve up, and you Lin Daxin and the imperial court are already grasshoppers on a rope.

Lin Daxin looked at the telegram sent by Prince Gong, and pinched his chin with his right hand, in fact, the imperial court did not require him to send troops, and he Lin Daxin could not sit idly by and watch the Eight-Nation Alliance invade the southern provinces, but there were still hundreds of millions of people there, Lin Daxin would never watch these people fall under the iron hooves of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Lin Daxin had already ordered the army to enter a state of first-level combat readiness, ready to meet the army of the Eight-Nation Alliance at any time.

However, now that the imperial court has taken the initiative to ask itself to send troops, and to use the governors of Qinghai and Tibet as a payment, it will have to sum it up well, and the opportunity to take advantage of it must not be missed.

Lin Daxin thought about it for a long time, and sent a telegram back to Prince Gong Yixin, which means that at this time of crisis, he, Lin Daxin, as the governor of the 14 provinces of the Qing Dynasty, will never allow those foreigners to wreak havoc on the land of the Qing Dynasty, and he Lin Daxin will definitely lead the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy to fight against foreign invaders to the end, but the Eight-Nation Alliance is strong, if Lin Daxin leads the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy to guard his own territory, he may be able to resist the attack of the Eight-Nation Alliance, but let him protect the southern provinces, there will be some powerlessness, However, if the imperial court can make Lin Daxin the governor of Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu and Sichuan, he Lin Daxin will also ensure the safety of the southern provinces of the Qing Dynasty.

After Prince Gong Yixin received Lin Daxin's call, he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at the message, Lin Daxin's name of greed was really well deserved, originally the imperial court used Qinghai and Tibet 2 provinces as a reward, but Lin Daxin immediately doubled the remuneration, and also added Sichuan in the country of abundance to it, you must know that Sichuan is also a major tax province of the imperial court, and it is absolutely impossible to give it to Lin Daxin, but Gansu is relatively barren, and there are still some discussions.

Prince Gong Yixin took Lin Daxin's telegram to the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, the two rulers of the Qing Dynasty frowned, and Emperor Guangxu said: "Dear father, sixth uncle, the Sichuan court must not give up, the taxes collected by Sichuan every year are not a small amount, plus the tens of millions of people in Sichuan, can not be handed over to Lin Daxin's rebellion." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi frowned and said: "Prince Gong, let's see if I can discuss with Lin Daxin, although the relationship between the imperial court and him over the years is not good, but after all, their old Lin family has been favored by the emperor for generations, and they can't take advantage of the fire to rob like this, Sichuan Province must not give it, as for Gansu Province...... Try to stay in the hands of the imperial court, if it really can't work, you can also give it to Lin Daxin. ”

Prince Gong Yixin nodded and said: "Lafayette, the emperor, the minister knows what to do, and he must try his best to persuade Lin Daxin to agree to the price of the imperial court." ”

Then Prince Gong Yixin personally went into battle and Lin Daxin began to bargain with a telegram, and the two of them were like hawkers, sending telegrams to and fro on the question of how much the court would pay, and it took almost an afternoon for both sides to make concessions and reach a consensus.

The imperial court will issue a decree to canonize Lin Daxin as the governor of Qinghai, Tibet and Gansu, and this decree will be issued in these days, that is to say, Lin Daxin first got the remuneration given by the imperial court, and Lin Daxin must lead the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy to participate in the war immediately after the war between the Qing Dynasty and the Eight-Nation Alliance, and try to protect the southern provinces of the Qing Dynasty from the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Prince Gong Yixin also hoped that Lin Daxin would not let the southern provinces be destroyed, so the imperial court would not be able to collect much tax from the southern provinces, and the situation would be as bad for the imperial court.

Originally, Prince Gong Yixin wanted to canonize Lin Daxin as the governor of Qinghai, Tibet and Gansu after Lin Daxin repelled the Eight-Nation Alliance, but Lin Daxin did not do it, saying that if it was after the war, then Sichuan Province would have to be added.

After the negotiation was completed, Lin Daxin was very happy, his territory was increased by 3 provinces, and he became the governor of 17 provinces, and immediately sent someone to find Wu Peifu, chief of the general staff of the Dingbei Army.

As soon as Wu Peifu arrived at Lin Daxin's office, Lin Daxin, who was smiling, said: "Ziyu, there is good news!" Our territory has increased again, and the Qing court will canonize me as the governor of Qinghai, Tibet, and Gansu in the next few days. ”

Wu Peifu asked with a surprised face, "Principal, what's the situation?" Why did the Qing court give up Qinghai, Tibet, and Gansu to us at once? ”

Lin Daxin sent him a telegram from Prince Gong, asking him to send troops to resist the Eight-Nation Alliance, and told Wu Peifu about the fact that he and Prince Gong Yixin had bargained and finally reached an agreement on remuneration.

Wu Peifu said with a smile after hearing this: "Principal, this is a pie-in-the-sky thing, we were originally going to send troops to resist the Eight-Nation Alliance, but now we haven't sent troops yet, so we got some benefits first, and the Qing court is really very particular!" ”

Lin Daxin also laughed and said: "This is also because the Qing court is not sure whether we will send troops, so it is willing to use these three provinces as a reward for our troops, Ziyu, and immediately prepare troops to receive Qinghai, Tibet and Gansu." ”

Wu Peifu thought about it for a while and said: "Principal, in order to deal with the Eight-Nation Alliance, especially Russia, which has a long border with us, our Dingbei Army already has 6 field armies hoarded near the border with Russia, and the other 2 field armies are ready to be used as reserves, and there are 2 field armies that have all been transferred to Taiwan Province to prepare for operations in the southern provinces, and the 3 armies of the Guards are also ready to be used for operations in the south, so this time to receive Qinghai, Tibet and Gansu, I am ready to send 3 independent cavalry divisions, Each cavalry division received one province. (To be continued......)

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