503 Arrival from the Qing court
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "We put the surrender route and today's recipe in the lair, those hungry ** people will definitely come to surrender when they see it."
Only then did everyone suddenly realize that Lin Yuan determined several mountains that the Russian army was going to go to in the near future according to the intelligence of the Russian scouts, and then sent several groups of fighters, under the leadership of the old hunter, to make animal traces on the snow, and also set up more than a dozen nests.
The warriors and old hunters had set up their nests and carefully cleaned the footprints in the snow before returning to the camp. Soon the Russian army came here, and they were very excited to see the footprints on the snow, thinking that they would soon find an animal nest and find a lot of food in it.
But when they cheered and dug up the nest, they found that there was no food in it that they wanted to see, but they found a wooden board with a bold inscription: If you want to eat, come to the Chinese! It also indicates the place of surrender and today's recipe.
The Russian soldiers suddenly grew grass in their hearts, if it were not for the officers who drank on the side, they would have gone to find the Chinese to surrender, and when they returned to the camp and inquired in private, they learned that several groups that went out to find food had encountered this situation!
The news spread in the camp like a leg, and soon the effect became apparent, and from time to time Russian soldiers sneaked down from the mountains and surrendered to the Chinese troops.
The commander of the Third Army on the mountain, Baroyev, was very helpless, and under the advice of the staff officer, he ordered all the troops to withdraw from the mountain, but the mountain road was full of ice, and it was very difficult to walk, and there were more and more Russian soldiers who fled because of hunger on the road, and Baroyev didn't want to care, so he let them escape, and when Baroyev fled back to Butekha in embarrassment, there were only more than 200 Russian troops left.
If it's just a defeat in the battle, the bigger dilemma facing the Russian army is that they have lost their supreme commander - Grogerko, and now the Russian army in Hailan Pao not only has the original defenders, but also the defenders who have retreated from Boli and Vladivostok, these people belong to different units, and when Grodjieko is not dead, these people are still under the command of Grogerko, but at this time they are like a plate of scattered sand.
And who will take over the command, the tsar has not yet sent an order, so Baroyev, who retreated to Buteja, did not know what to do, and he could not make up his mind whether to advance or retreat, so he convened a discussion meeting of his staff officers, and finally decided to abandon Buteha and Morgan, and all the Russian troops returned to Aihui.
Aihui City is located on the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, there is a natural danger Beidilingkou guard, Beidalingkou mountain is high and deep, the terrain is dangerous, originally the Qing court had heavy troops here, but in the previous attack of the Russian army, these defenders were crushed at a touch, and the sporadic resistance was basically negligible, so the Russian army was stationed at Beidalingkou, waiting for the Tsar's order.
Lin Yuan learned the news of their defeat from the surrendered Russian army, but Lin Yuan did not plan to send troops up the mountain, because the Russian army had already retreated on all fronts, and there was no need to occupy this mountainous area.
Lin Yuan ordered the 2nd and 6th Divisions to bypass the mountains, cross the Namur River from Bordo, and recapture Buteha and Morgan in succession.
After the capture of Aihui City, all the Chinese territories occupied by the Russian army in 1894 were recovered, and then crossing the Heilongjiang River to take Hailan Pao meant recovering all the territories forcibly occupied by the Russians through the "Aihui Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty"!
Lin Yuan was planning his next move in the staff department, when Chen Fei suddenly came in and asked, "After we take Aihui City, are we okay to continue the attack and recover Hailan Bubble?" β
Lin Yuan didn't answer directly, but asked, "What do you mean?" β
Chen Fei replied: "If I were you, not only Hailan Bubble, but even Moscow would be recovered by me!" β
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "What I think is, can we recover Hailan Bubble without arousing the opposition of Britain, France, Germany, the United States and other countries?" β
Chen Fei said: "I don't think it's possible, the people of their country are not stupid, if you abolish the "Aihui Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty", what about the other treaties? They also forced the Qing government to recognize the agreed tariffs and consular jurisdiction, which were all related to their vital interests, and they could not sit idly by. β
Lin Yuan smiled: "That's right, I think so too, so I've been looking for an ingenious way to resolve these things." β
At this time, someone from outside came to report, saying that the Qing court had sent an official to ask you to receive the holy decree, Lin Yuan had seen the process of receiving the holy decree when he was in Beijing, and he had to set up an incense case, and he had to bathe and change clothes, it was too troublesome, Lin Yuan didn't want to do that, so Lin Yuan said to his subordinates: "Let the official who passed the matter come in." β
At this moment, a staff member on the side hurriedly stepped forward and said to Lin Yuan: "Lin Shuai, don't do it!" β
Lin Yuan fixed his eyes and saw that this staff member was his master in the governor's mansion, named Chen Yunqing, this person was about forty, had been in the officialdom for a long time, and had heard all kinds of rumors, plus he was proficient in writing and ink, and his transcription speed was extremely fast, and many documents in the army had to be transcribed, so Lin Yuan took him with him.
Lin Yuan asked, "What's wrong?" What's not to do? β
Chen Yunqing looked at the people in the tent and whispered, "Lin Shuai, take a step to speak." β
Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Isn't he just an official?" Tell me what's wrong! He didn't even let others know about it. β
Lin Yuan didn't want to bother more, and followed Chen Yunqing to the empty room next to the headquarters, and Chen Yunqing said: "Lin Shuai, do you know who Lu Dao is here this time?" β
When Lin Yuan saw Chen Yunqing's sincere and frightened appearance, he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart, and asked, "Who is he?" β
Chen Yunqing whispered: "This person is a celebrity in the court recently, and his name is 'Xiao Dezhang'!" β
Lin Yuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this name, of course Lin Yuan had heard of Xiao Dezhang, he was the most famous eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty after Li Lianying, and he was also a popular person in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Cixi, who played an important role in Cixi's coup d'Γ©tat, imprisoned Emperor Guangxu, and abolished the Wuxu Reform, but he didn't expect him to come here.
Chen Yunqing said: "This eunuch is not ordinary, he is for wealth, he took the initiative to enter the palace as a eunuch, for the sake of money, he cut off all his things, tell me how ruthless such a person is!" β
Lin Yuan said, "Then what's the matter? He gave me the decree, and I just had to see what was written on it. Do you want me to set up an incense table and prepare those things? What a hassle! β
Chen Yunqing said: "Lin Shuai, you don't want to think about it, such a thing as passing on the holy decree, it would have been good to send a minister, but this time a eunuch was sent, what is this because?" β
Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Do you need to talk about this?" The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't worry about me, so she sent someone to spy on the information. However, Lin Yuan didn't say it, he knew that Lu Dao couldn't say such a thing, so Lin Yuan deliberately pretended to be stupid and asked, "How do I know Lu Dao?" β
Chen Yunqing said in a low voice: "You have made such a great contribution outside, the Empress Dowager Cixi is not at ease, so she sent this confidant eunuch to probe your tone, if you neglect this little Dezhang, I am afraid there will be trouble when you go back." β