Chapter 103: The Japanese Army's Threat
Just when Liu Kun's counterattack on Haicheng was blocked, the main force of the Japanese army led by Youpeng in Shanxian took Fengtian lightly, and the defense line of the Hunhe River was garrisoned by the 5,000 Jingbian Army led by the Jilin general Changshun. The battle of Mukden City lasted only two days, and under the onslaught of the Japanese soldiers, they finally blew up the south gate of Mukden with the explosives they were tied to, and then 20,000 Japanese troops swarmed in.
The main force of the defenders in the city was still the remnants of the Hunan army of Wei Guangtao and Li Guangjiu, plus the remnants of the Feng army commanded by Nie Guilin after Zuo Guigui's death, and a small number of hastily organized militia groups. The battle of Liaoyang had already knocked out the spirit of the Hunan army, and it was impossible for the southerners to be willing to throw their lives in the northeast, so the Hunan army abandoned the city and fled after a little resistance, and as for the Feng army, they had already lost their soul after Zuo Guigui's death, and they fled the city no slower than anyone else. However, the militia group composed of locals put up a more resolute resistance to the Japanese army, but they were very poorly equipped, and they did not cause much trouble to the Japanese army.
This news made the Manchurian princes in Beijing completely panicked, and all kinds of rumors spread on the streets, some said that the Japanese army was preparing to use explosives to blow up the wild boar skin and his son's grave, and some said that it had already been blown up. There is also a saying that it was not fried, but the Japanese have found a demon to prepare a method, using witchcraft to destroy the dragon qi of the Aixin Jueluo family, all in all, those Eight Banners who are so bored that they walk the birds every day, give full play to their imagination, and arrange all kinds of bleak endings for the rotten bones of the wild boar skin.
After getting the worst, there were even bannermen and nobles who ran outside the Forbidden City to petition, and some old immortals even carried the hanging ropes, crying and begging the Queen Mother Lafayette to hurry up and stop the war with the Japanese, and never let the Japanese army disturb the mausoleum of Taizu Taizong. If you can't do it, you will lose some money and send them away, as for Korea, it is just a vassal, and it is not the land of the Qing Dynasty, so the Japanese will give it to them if they want.
As for the court, no one spoke, and none of the ministers, whether Manchu or Han, expressed their attitude, and they almost said in unison, asking the Empress Dowager to make a holy decision, this matter cannot be said whether it is peace or war, and it will become a laughing stock if it is peace. To say war is to abandon the mausoleum of Taizu Taizong and ignore it, this big hat can crush people.
"You're all dumb, what's the use of the court raising a bunch of you waste?" Cixi is really angry this time, she is still very graceful in dealing with courtiers, she rarely speaks in this tone, today is indeed a little angry, showing the essence of a shrew, don't I just want a top cylinder? If you come out and say a word of peace, it is nothing more than being scolded. I will definitely not be able to treat you badly afterwards, and I will show this kind of death to anyone.
She glared and turned to Prince Li, Shi Duo, this old immortal was the foreman of the military plane, and there was no way to hide. Before she could speak, Shi Duo suddenly coughed violently, and then pinched his throat like an asthma, and fell to the ground hoarsely.
Cixi gritted her teeth and glared at him hatefully. Holding back his anger, he called the eunuch to pull him out of the palace and go to the imperial doctor.
At this time, there was finally a caring one, and the scholar Xu Tong stood up, and the Han Army Banner man who was almost eighty years old first fell on the ground and cried before he could speak: "The Queen Mother." This battle can no longer be fought, the mausoleum of Taizu Taizong must not be disturbed, even if a shot and a bullet fall on Fuling and Zhaoling, those of us who are slaves will not atone for their sins, the money can be compensated, the land can be cut, and the ancestral mausoleum can not be shocked. ”
This famous Confucian lay on the ground crying tears, his head was pounding, looking at him at his age and so loyal, even Cixi couldn't help but feel compassion, in the face of this kind of great right and wrong, it has to be said that these university scholars who have read the books of sages and sages are accurate, seeing that he is crying so much that he is almost out of breath, he quickly asked the eunuch to help him to the side to find a stool to sit on.
With the one who took the lead, coupled with the attitude of Cixi, those ministers immediately spoke enthusiastically, and they all agreed that they would rather ask for peace with the Japanese army than let them shock the mausoleum, and they should send a telegram to the front as soon as possible, so that Liu Kunyi could immediately get in touch with Youpeng in Shanxian County, so as to prevent these widows who are sexually similar to jackals from ignorant and do something heinous.
However, what is surprising is that Guangxu, who has always been a good child, suddenly came up with a sentence: "Sichuan Governor Song Qing and Taiwan Governor Yang Feng have fallen into the capital of the Japanese State, but the imperial court is begging for peace with the 30,000 Japanese army at this time, aren't you afraid of the world's shame?"
A group of ministers who were discussing happily stopped abruptly, Cixi's face sank, she glared at Guangxu and then said gloomily: "The emperor is tired today, why don't you hurry up and help him go down and rest."
Several eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward, Guangxu opened his mouth, and still walked away dejected like a dog that had been slapped in the face, and Master Weng below couldn't help but sigh.
After receiving a telegram asking him to contact the Japanese for peace talks, Liu Kunyi was also stupid, what kind of situation is this? He is dispatching troops to prepare to clean up the county in one fell swoop, and the court here has asked for peace. Nima, aren't there more than 20,000 people? There is no backup, no logistics, no way out, and to put it mildly, if you don't fight, it won't take three months, and the Japanese army itself will be finished. What's more, the armies from all walks of life are coming in a steady stream, especially the 5,000 Yashan Army led by Ye Zhichao has begun to land at Yingkou, and the North Road Yiketanga has always been firmly blocked in Motianling, as long as the troops are concentrated to take Haicheng in a battle, Youpeng in Shan County will be completely trapped and killed in Mukden.
This guy and several major generals on the front line hurriedly called back to explain the situation, and patted their chests at the same time for two months at most, and they would definitely be able to capture the prisoners of Shanxian alive, but unfortunately at the same time as they sent a telegram, Youpeng in Shanxian also released a message through British reporters in Mukden to threaten Cixi to immediately withdraw to Yangfeng's troops in Japan, and at the same time compensate them for the losses caused to Japan by 200 million taels of silver, otherwise he would pile explosives in the graves of the wild boar skin father and son and blow them up directly.
And the Qing troops from all walks of life in Liaodong immediately stopped their military operations, otherwise he did not dare to guarantee that his angry soldiers would not make some understandable excesses.
Now the city of Beijing is even more chaotic, although this number makes Cixi a little hesitant, after all, 200 million taels is a bit much, in the end, the grave of the wild boar skin father and son is definitely not worth the price, but the old immortals who howl like mourning every day outside make her have a headache.
But at this time, a god suddenly began to circulate in Beijing City, saying that this Manchurian man could still rule over 40,000 Han people with the vulnerable Eight Banners? It's because the place where the wild boar skin father and son are buried is so good, that is the real dragon vein, so the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not fallen yet, haven't the Japanese been propagandizing that they are here to help the Han people fight against the Manchus? That's why they want to blow up these two tombs, as long as these two tombs are blown up, the Manchu dragon vein will be completely broken, and when the time comes, look at it, it won't take five years to be finished.
This news spread like a wildfire in Beijing, and within a few days it had been enriched into a novel by those boring idlers from a story outline, and now those Manchurian nobles were even more panicked, and those who did not care much about this matter also became worried about the country and the people, and even the Manchurian generals in the provinces began to send reports to the imperial court asking for peace talks as soon as possible.
Cixi is an old lady who is easy to believe in this thing, plus some henchmen around her also add fuel and vinegar to her from time to time, and the generals are pressing, even if she feels that the Japanese are overpriced, she can't help but be tempted, in the end, this country is the fundamental, and the silver is not worth mentioning, so while contacting the Japanese army at the front, he also let Li Hongzhang send a telegram to recall the Japanese army.
"If you want me to withdraw my troops, what are you kidding, Lao Tzu is not the governor of Taiwan now, why should I, the governor of the Ottoman Empire, listen to the command of that old woman? Besides, it's just two broken graves, and if they are blown up, they will be blown up, and the wild boar skins have been dead for hundreds of years, and now I am afraid that there are still some bone slags, and they are not anything valuable. Yang Feng said to Song Qing inexplicably.
Although he has been with this guy for a long time, he has no respect for the imperial court, and he has said a lot of unobstructed words on weekdays, but Song Qing, Jiang Zikang, and Xu Bangdao are still stunned by his rebellious remarks.
"Wild, who is the boar skin?" Xu Bangdao asked cautiously, fully showing that this product is unlearned.
"Nurhachi, the Manchu name means wild boar skin." Yang Feng kindly explained to him, so frightened that Xu Bangdao quickly shut up.
However, since he said that he is now speaking as the governor of Ottoman Turkey, these people naturally have nothing to say, and as for what his Taiwanese governor is, there is no need to delve too deep into this.
"And the withdrawal?" Song Qing asked tentatively, Xu Bangdao came with a wireless telegraph, so Li Hongzhang could send the telegram directly to them, if it was Yang Feng's telegram, it is estimated that he would not have told them the news.
"I'm willing to withdraw you, but now when you withdraw, there will be no more members, and I won't provide you with a boat, you let Li Zhongtang send a boat to pick you up." Yang Feng said.
The three of them were dumbfounded, so they had to go back and send a telegram to Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang didn't want to withdraw the army, their income from the withdrawal of tens of millions was gone, since this is the case, then naturally push the boat down the river, wait there, when the ship arrives, when will you withdraw again, and help fight there before withdrawing. (To be continued......)
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