In Changsha City in September, the sun is like fire, and the slightest movement of the body in the early morning is full of sweat beads on the back. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Just like this, everyone wants to hide in the shade of the trees, making a pot of tea without moving, but there are still people dancing in the courtyard under the hot sun, and the silver tip of the knife reflects one or two golden rays from time to time, which makes people dare not look directly.

After a knife trick, Xiong Xiling finally let out the stuffiness in his chest, took the teacup from the maid's hand and poured two sips of cold tea, only to feel comfortable all over.

"Brother Xiong is a good knife."

As soon as Xiong Xiling got off the teacup and saw that several men in military uniforms had quietly walked into the small courtyard and hurriedly greeted him: "Brother Tan, Brother Dong, why do you have time to come to the cold house?" ”

"Hehe, Brother Xiong is too polite, if this is a cold house, then my house will not become a snail's house."

"Haha......"

Several people laughed for a while, and the officer headed by the leader suddenly narrowed his eyes, looked at Xiong Xiling and said, "Brother Xiong, the knife dance is smooth, and the stuffiness in this chest should be eliminated a lot." ”

Xiong Xiling is famous in Changsha, and his family was born in three generations, so he couldn't hear the meaning of the other party's words, and sighed after ordering his subordinates to watch the tea: "Brother Tan, you are asking knowingly." ”

"You don't know about the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, now Lord Zhang is also half-resting, the prefect of Changsha would rather be sick and idle at home than go out of the mountain, this city has already been in chaos, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid something big will happen!"

"yes." The officer next to him also shook his head: "You say, what's the point of such a confrontation?" Take a look at the north of people's homes, build railways, build factories, build water conservancy, and let children go to school! ”

"Look at us again, alas......" another long sigh.

"Did you hear that? The Northwest China Army has entered Ili, where tens of thousands of troops are stabbing day and night, and those who have returned to the rebels and the Russian Da Mao have been screaming bitterly, and the recovery is just around the corner. The officer on the side shook the Hunan army uniform on his body and said: "

When the people pacify the northwest and the army returns to Sichuan and goes south, I will really wear this skin. ”

"What kind of news is this, tens of thousands of rebels can stop the Chinese army monsters!" Brother Tan pouted: "It's a big deal in Hangzhou!" ”

"Oh? What happened in Hangzhou? ”

"The envoys of Britain and France have arrived in Hangzhou, and it is said that the emperor should step down within a month, otherwise he will send troops to conquer!"

"Smack!" Xiong Xiling slapped the table fiercely: "Damn! These foreigners treat us as soft persimmons that they pinch casually! When will I ask them to call the shots in China's internal affairs! ”

Seeing Xiong Xiling angry, the man surnamed Dong smiled slightly: "Brother Xiong, don't be angry, foreigners are also rabbit tails, and they are getting shorter and shorter day by day, yesterday Chinese Prime Minister Li Enfu and Lord Li have summoned the British and French ambassadors in *** and asked their warships to withdraw from the Yangtze River, otherwise they will bear the consequences!" ”

"Really!" These few words suddenly made Xiong Xiling's face flush with excitement, but he was stunned again, and after looking at the man and thinking about it, he suddenly lowered his voice: "Brother Dong, how did you know about the meeting yesterday?" ”

The man took a sip of tea, glanced at the eyes around him that focused on his face, and his face became serious: "Brothers, don't hide it, Dong has already promised the other side, and he won't continue the confrontation!" The emperor is right, the Chinese family, why bother to cheapen foreigners and foreigners, trying to consume my Huayuan! ”

"So!" The man's eyes flashed: "On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, I will lead the battalion to revolt!" ”

"Your Majesty? On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, he led the battalion to revolt?! ”

Xiong Xiling naturally knew that the emperor in his mouth was the one, but he didn't expect that this brother, who was quiet on weekdays and had always been like an angry bag, was actually the first of his people to take this step, and he couldn't help but admire and worry. 【 I want: super fast update 】

The few people next to him also knew that the matter was very important, and hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Dong, the uprising is not trivial, if it fails, wouldn't it be ......." ”

Brother Dong waved his hand to stop everyone from persuading him again, and resolutely said: "If you wear a military uniform, you are a soldier, and you should protect your family and defend the country for the sake of national righteousness!" How can you sit and watch the country, let foreigners run rampant, and slaughter our generation! ”

"The country has changed its face, the dynasties have overlapped, there have been since ancient times, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty is virtuous, how can it be overthrown?"

"My heart is strong, you brothers don't need to persuade me anymore, let's talk about ......." When Brother Dong said this, he suddenly blinked: "Have you ever seen the precedent of the emperor allowing the soldiers below to be in danger?!" ”

This sentence suddenly made everyone understand that after Hua was dormant for a year, he must be going to make a big move!

After hearing this, Xiong Xiling's eyes lit up, and he suddenly got up and walked to Brother Dong's side, patted his shoulder and said, "Brother Dong, on the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Xiling will definitely come to join you in the grand event!" ”

"Yes, I'll go too!"

"Let's go!"

On the embankment of the Yangtze River in Hankou, Chen Ping held a telescope with a serious face.

In the footage, two British cruisers and a French cruiser are quietly anchored in the Yangtze River, and the sailors also carry some large boxes into the hold from time to time.

"The warships of Germany, Italy, and the United States were all withdrawn yesterday, and it seems that Britain and France will also prepare to leave today." As soon as Luo Feng finished speaking, wisps of black smoke began to emerge from the chimneys of the three cruisers in the distance, and after a while, the black smoke became thicker and thicker, and the hull of the ship began to slowly deflect.

seems to have been said by himself, Luo Feng couldn't help but be proud, he had been here for more than a year, watching the Northwest go on a killing spree, but he was suffocated as the division commander.

"Don't rejoice too soon, the British don't give up the southeast so easily!" Chen Ping handed the binoculars to the guards and glared at Luo Feng, who was gearing up, "They are not the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, be careful!" ”

Luo Feng nodded hurriedly, but continued to shout unconvinced: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, the entire southeast, except for the navy and their key defense of Hong Kong and Shanghai, there are only a few thousand troops in other places, if this can't be taken, we should really be killed headlong!" ”

"Okay, I'll buy you a piece of tofu later!" Chen Ping knew very well the temper of this ace division commander, he was the kind of guy who had no virtue in his mouth, but he had a heart in battle, so after smiling and kicking him away, he asked, "Where did the emperor and his entourage go?" ”

"This morning, Honolulu and Truk reported receiving a radio signal from the visiting formation that they had arrived in Chile, the last stop, and would leave for China in three days!"

Zhang Zuolin paused and shook his head: "But the communication signal is not good to read], and the order to act has not been obtained. ”

"It's okay, the emperor knows better than us." Chen Ping waved his hand and continued to ask, "Is the Navy ready?" ”

Zhang Zuolin knew very well that the southeast was not a big trouble, the first, third, and fifth main divisions, plus the seventh division, were also returning from Borneo, which had already calmed down, plus the two marine regiments that had been secretly stationed in Taiwan, if the 100,000 people could not be defeated, then they would really have to hit the wall.

The protagonist of the battle of the southeast is still the navy, because Britain and France will never be willing to give up the southeast, so whether the navy can contain the British and French fleets is the key, so they immediately reported: "The first and second fleets have already returned the news and are ready, and the submarine group has also entered the ambush position, and Commander Long assured that if Britain and France are really determined to intervene, he is sure to eat them!" ”

Hearing that the navy had been prepared, Chen Ping couldn't help but take a deep breath, and the emperor finally made up his mind not to delay the southeast anymore!

After Britain was dragged in Boer and could no longer draw troops from other places to the southeast, Germany reached a friendly agreement with itself, which reduced the threat of France's large-scale military intervention to a minimum, so that the two worried families lost their teeth at the same time, the United States, Italy and Austria and other countries will not come to the limelight, and the land of China finally ushered in a good opportunity for reunification!

For more than a year, in order to recover the southeast, the General Staff and the Prime Minister's Office have worked hard, and now it is finally time to harvest!

"Report, the emperor's secret message from Honolulu!" When the communications officer had already trotted all the way to the front, looking at the folder spread out in his hand, everyone's hearts slammed into their throats.

"Thunder." The communications staff officer spread out the folder and slowly spoke two words.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency."

In the yamen of the governor of Guangzhou, Lu Weitang walked lightly to the window, shouted twice and did not react, sighed in his heart, and was just about to turn away, when a big withered hand grabbed his arm.

He was suddenly taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw that Li Hongzhang's eyes had widened and gradually astigmatized, and he saw that his hair had lost its luster like grass, and his mouth was squirming desperately, but he couldn't make a sound.

It wasn't until the maid next to her handed over warm water that the old man, a representative of China's Westernization Movement, had already reached the end of his life, and sighed: "Weitang, what's the matter?" ”

Seeing that Li Hongzhang was already so sick, Lu Weitang didn't know how to say what to say, since the north pressed the foreigners, there has not been a day in the south that has been good, especially after Sheng Xuanhuai was arrested, the money bag in the south seemed to be drained all at once, no one knew what happened, everyone only knew that the price of rice was soaring every day, but silver seemed to be scarce day by day.

During that time, everyone understood why Li Mo wanted to fight against a businessman, and after losing Sheng Xuanhuai, there was no one in the south who could manage so many industries in an orderly manner, maybe even if there were, no one was willing to set this thunder!

The mutual insurance in the southeast has become a broken window paper, students, and officials resigned, all of whom have no intention of confronting the north, in the final analysis, everyone is a son and daughter of China, why bother to cheapen foreigners!

Seeing that Lu Weitang didn't speak for a long time, Li Hongzhang had already seen it, knowing that his life was short, and said with a smile: "Let's say, the old man doesn't want to be an unknown dead ghost." ”

Hearing this, Lu Weitang felt more and more that his eyes were dark, and then he had to bite the bullet and grit his teeth and said: "Lord Zhongtang, the foreigners' sailors have begun to withdraw from the Yangtze River, and Li Enfu has already issued an ultimatum on behalf of Hua, if the southeast mutual insurance is not canceled within three days, and if you don't surrender, you will ......!" ”

"Three days?! How so? Didn't Britain promise that the old man would definitely not let Li Mo cross the river?! ”

Seeing that Li Hongzhang became excited again, Lu Weitang didn't know how to persuade him, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't know very well, I only heard that Li Mo went to Europe this time and brought a warship, even the British were tempted, and he also used this warship to reach an agreement with Germany, and now all the German garrisons have withdrawn from the southeast!" ”

"A warship? One warship to let Germany withdraw all of them?! Li Hongzhang's eyes widened suddenly, as if he couldn't believe Lu Weitang's words, Beiyang was established by him back then, and the Great Qing Kingdom has not yet let people know more about warships than him, so he can't believe it, in the past few years? Li Mo actually built a warship that made Europe excited, is this possible!

"It was a German counsellor who told me, and the British are stepping up negotiations with Limer's representatives, hoping to get the technology of that warship."

"Ironclad warship, one ironclad warship can force Britain and France to do so! Li Mo, Li Mo, the old man is still not as good as you! Li Hongzhang looked at the ceiling and smiled bitterly.

He knew very well that after the Germans left, Austria-Hungary and Italy would definitely not want to wade into troubled waters, and France, although it was aggressive, actually only cared about Vietnam.

"That's it, that's it!" Li Hongzhang waved his hand to Lu Weitang: "You all go, let's go." ”

"Later, take me to tell Master Zhang."

"The Qing Dynasty is gone!"