Chapter 19 Where is it?

The gunshots sounded, and they were as tight as the other, causing the mountain to ring and the valley to respond. The shouts of killing sounded at the same time, shaking the snow and the wind blew, and the mountains and valleys roared. The remaining soldiers of Sheng army, who were frozen and hungry in the valley, looked at each other, but no one moved, and no one wanted to move. After ten days, people were already half dead, and there was nothing to care about. Many people grabbed the food they had been hiding with their hard work and filled them into their mouths with snow. Even if they died, they would be a full devil.

Ye Zhongjun and Yang Shixiang were sitting together. Ye Zhongjun's face turned pale and kept trembling. He was a martial artist, but he was really not as strong as a martial artist. Now he was really scared and muttered to himself, not knowing what he was talking about. The gods and Buddhas in the sky probably had requested him. Yang Shixiang was strange at this time. He picked up the snow block and wiped his face finely. He also sorted out his torn beard, sorted out his torn clothes, and felt that he was a little unscrupulous. He turned his head and shouted at the servants who were shrinking far away: "What are you doing there? Why don't you come and help me organize it?"

Those servants have been living a miserable life than hell these days. After getting cold and hungry, their minds are blank. They don’t even pay attention to the sound of gunfire and shouting. They just keep warm and tremble. To be honest, they don’t understand whether they are dead or alive now. The gunfire is so shocking that the snow falls, covering their faces. When they hear Yang Shixiang calling them, they subconsciously come over to help them dress up.

The gunshots became louder and louder, and the sounds of running, shouting and screaming gathered together, becoming louder and more and more amazing. Looking out from the entrance of the valley, I saw a figure scattering around like crazy. There were horses in the distance, roaring and shouting. A big flag was rushing under the guard of dozens of knights. The knights immediately pulled the reins with one hand and fired with a rifle in the other. At the same time, they ran at high speed, and they didn't know where the bullets were hit, and they slid everywhere from the sky to the ground.

Several knights took the lead, rushed to the entrance of the valley, raised their hands and inserted a big flag into the snow. The cold wind rolled, and the sky was filled with snow and mist. The flag spread out, with several big words on it.

"The Imperial Guards' Imperial Commander Xu"!

The knight exhaled and shouted loudly, "Mr. Xu personally led the guards and came to rescue Sheng's army. Are there any living things? Come out to welcome Mr. Xu!"

The first knight was Pu Yang, with a yellow belt floating around his waist, and his nose almost rose to the sky. He was devoted to Xu Yifan. Xu Yifan did it, but he fought for power and profit. The bannermen himself had done a lot. Not to mention the distance, just during the Hongyang Rebellion, the bannermen and minister Sheng Bao was a guy who was more domineering than Xu Yifan. He slaughtered the city and killed his local officials. The retired gentry's family could steal all his strength. Those women in the room could bring their own soldiers to an unblocked meeting. Any angel who gave him an unwilling decree could really lead the team to kill him, and then said that he had not received it. Such a hero had long been talked about among the bannermen and gangsters.

The Imperial Guards are in the sun, and he also finds his belongings here. He is a guy who is not afraid of heaven and earth. If he doesn't think about his own group, who else should he think about? Among these children of the bannermen who have enjoyed more than two hundred years of blessing, the Qing Dynasty has been deeply rooted for thousands of years. He never thought that anyone could be domineering to replace the bannermen. Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang had such strong abilities, so many talents, and such strong strength, and only effective loyalty to the Qing Dynasty. No matter how domineering and bold Xu Yifan was to consolidate his status, what else could he do?

Pu Yang shouted loudly, and there were dull echoes inside the valley, but no one responded. He was frozen there, and the plays outside were almost the same - those soldiers of the Imperial Guards, perhaps because they were trained too strictly, and they naturally fled in a row, carrying guns and marching forcibly, and they didn't even act like they were fucking like!

Xu Yifan had already urged his horse to come over and hesitated a little at the entrance of the valley. Dozens of iron cavalry surrounded him, and the war horses were spraying white air, neighing and jumping forward. Everyone was in a straight military uniform, wearing a Western cavalry cloak, and carrying a rifle. The horse was tall, majestic, and murderous intent rushed in.

As soon as he entered the valley road, Xu Yifan saw the miserable situation where he saw him, as if he had entered a beggar camp. Everyone was stunned and would just stare at the cavalry team coming in. Many people were covered with frostbite and pus, sitting in the snow, with their eyes moving, and only when they knew they were living people. The ground was full of corpses of dead horses, cut and frozen. The ragged tents were everywhere. In the other corner of the valley road, rows of corpses were placed, covering the snow with a thick layer, with only a few pairs of feet exposed outside.

This is not when you are soft-hearted... There is no mercy on this road. Xu Yifan also had a stiff face, like the Goshhas under his command, just stepping on the ice and snow. When he passed by these half-dead people, he saw Yang Shixiang with a disheveled face slowly standing up on an open space in the middle of the valley road and looking at him coldly. His embarrassing appearance was not much better than the others. He was just as he was slacking off when he first met Jinghua.

Xu Yifan had already turned over and dismounted the horse, threw the reins to his subordinates, and rushed forward quickly. He grabbed Yang Shixiang's hand and looked at his frostbite face: "Brother Lianfang, I'm late! It's all my brother's fault! Brother Lianfang suffered this disaster. It's brother that I was not able to polite North Korea! Brother is going to apologize!"

After saying that, he turned around and greeted: "Get a cloak for Lord Yang! Boil hot water to prepare meals, and pull the carriages and horses over! The dead and injured brothers, hurry up and start treatment!"

Pu Yang also jumped off his horse, took off his cloak and wanted to look Yang Shixiang to put on his body. Yang Shixiang glanced at the yellow belt on Pu's waist, slapped off the clothes on his hand, and sneered: "Even the royal family has conquered him? Lord Xu is indeed a good method......... Yang doesn't want to leave this valley anymore. He wants to chop and kill him, and follow his lord's supreme. Anyway, the tiger under his command traps the valley tightly, and no one can escape... I'm afraid that the chaos in North Korea has already started? Kill us, I hope the so-called chaos in North Korea will be pushed... I wonder if the chaos in North Korea is being pursued by the old party in exile or the remnants of the Dongxue Party?"

After ten days here, Yang Shixiang thought through everything!

Xu Yifan was shocked and turned to the southwest Beijing to pay his respects: "Xu failed to polite North Korea, which caused Lord Yang to suffer this disaster, and the people of our vassal state in North Korea encountered this disaster again. Xu picked this top. North Korea is in trouble, and Xu vowed not to give up. Once he can redeem his sins a little, Xu will become the capital of God, apologize to the emperor! He will chop the axe and chop it without hesitation!"

The play was a bit disgusting, and Chu Wanli, who was quietly hiding behind Xu Yifan, made a vomiting expression. However, the other Goshihas were all stern and did not dare to move. Yang Shixiang smiled and picked up the cloak on the ground, and several servants were serving him to put it on and tie it up. The servants looked at the bulging dry food bags that the Goshihas were riding on horses. They just watched when these Goshihas would release food.

"Mr. Xu, there is no need to say much nonsense. At the end of the day, I will come to pick me up. I am very kind. What am I here for? You should understand. Can I announce this order now?"

Xu Yifan shook his sleeves and said with a wry smile: "Brothers are in Pyongyang, and all telegrams are not available. Brothers are in Seoul's office, and now there is no news! North Korea is in chaos again, and the north and south are isolated. What can brothers know? What will the adults have? Even if there is a decree, there is no incense case here. The state has not announced such an edict in such a face-to-face manner for many years. Brothers don't understand the rules very well... Xu Yifan listens to the decree!"

After saying that, he pushed the Jinshan Mountain and fell down with the jade pillar. Dozens of Goshha also dismounted. His horse boots creaked in the snow, and no one issued a command. He bowed neatly with a praising sound. In the snow, his waist and back were stretched straight, and his head was heavily hit in the snow, splashing heavily, covering these dozens of people!

Yang Shixiang's eyes shrank, and also faced the southwest, and also worked hard to stand up straight: "According to the emperor's imperial edict, the court has approved the Sino-Japanese Tianjin's renewal treaty, the Imperial Guard Training Minister, the Nanyang Propaganda Minister, and the Chinese and Japanese negotiations with the Imperial Guards to join forces with the imperial envoy, and went to Japan to cooperate with the diplomatic relations between the two countries to seek a banquet for the river and sea, and the main and basing Bangning...... He specially ordered the alternate Shixiang of Zhili to go to Pyongyang to urge the officer to set off, and there must be no delay. For the North Korean Propaganda and Plenary, the official shall be temporarily taken over by Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang. Impress this!"

Dozens of Goshhas were motionless, but slowly tightened their muscles. They were all the closest people to Xu Yifan. Although they kept following Xu Yifan, what medicine was sold in this young boss. Why did they have to cause chaos in North Korea, why did they have to isolate the north and south, why did they have to block Yang Shixiang here, why... Now I finally understand that Beiyang and the court are together to seize the power of the emperor and to eliminate the imperial guards!

The Chinese in the South China Sea ran around and shouted, and when they were bleeding from the hands of indigenous mobs, where were the Beiyang and the imperial court?

When the Chinese in Korea were uprising and massacred by the Dongxue Party, where were the Beiyang and the imperial court?

When the Qing diplomatic institutions in Seoul were empty, and the foreign affairs personnel of the Huanghuang were shot and burned, and the last bit of the Qing Dynasty was insulted and trampled on, where were the Beiyang and the imperial court?

When Xu Yifan and dozens of people were submerged among the indigenous mobs in the South China Sea, dozens of people rushed out several bloody roads to tens of thousands... Where are the Beiyang and the imperial court?

When their Imperial Guards were under the harshest training, traveled through the mountain roads and heavy rains in North Korea, and rushed for 800 miles in five days, carrying the Japanese army's dense bullets forward and charging forward with their blood and blood. They were always alone in foreign countries and fought for the pride of soldiers, the dignity of the nation, and the final honor of this country——

Where are the Beiyang and the imperial court?

Where are you?

If Yang Shixiang brought this decree to the military camp and read it out. Everyone was an official of the Qing Dynasty, the soldiers were from the Qing Dynasty, and their number was the imperial guards of the Qing Dynasty... Maybe they could only be indignant. Seeing Lord Xu, who led them to overcome all obstacles and walked all the way through blood, and watching such an imperial guard that was powerful and famous to the Qing Dynasty disintegrate.

They have already felt the pride of being a soldier, the dignity of being a soldier, and the full honor of a group from nowhere to flourishing!

But Lord Xu has now isolated the north-south transportation, and has already caused North Korea to be in chaos. He has worked hard to act in such a scene. As long as Yang Shixiang dies, they have many reasons to shirk away but not accept the order. Is it true that Lord Xu is thinking?

The Goshhas were breathing heavily, and some of them were already quietly touching the foreign guns behind their backs, waiting for Xu Yifan to call him down!

Music is now playing in the inner courtyard of the Beiyang Minister's Office.

The music is released from the foreign phonograph. Ah, I don’t know what is being played. It seems to be a serenade or something.

In the study, Li Hongzhang lay stiffly in the recliner chair with leather armrests, motionless.

He had a blanket on his legs, and a document that was urgently reported. Beside him was Li Hongzhang's son-in-law Zhang Peilun. After Yang Shixiang left, he had been idle and could only help Li Hongzhang with some writing transactions. Now Zhang Dazi just tilted his head and looked at the wax tube phonograph sent by the British minister, and looked at the bakery turntable round and circle, as if he was fascinated.

I don’t know how long it took to hear Li Hongzhang say quietly: “What exactly does he want to do?”

No one answered, and Li Hongzhang seemed to want anyone else to answer. He slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the telegraph paper in front of him, looked disgusted, and waved the paper to the ground.

"This is my Huai Army! Incompetent and shameless! More than 20,000 people, after so many years of salary, so many generals in a hundred battles. The little North Korea started to turmoil, and they all thought of retracting and not daring to move... Can't they rush forward? Foreign guns and cannons have been bombarded with millions of investments over the years. They dare not move forward against some mobs. They want to send a telegram to ask for instructions?"

Zhang Peilun smiled: "The emperor is not too hungry for soldiers...... He is not going abroad to fight. If he is fighting, officials have to borrow money and settle the family's money. The soldiers have to negotiate with kindness and pensions. Once attacking and defending, they also need to prepare rewards. The officers have families who come with the camp, and men receive money in front of them, and the family also has to pay a salary. None of these have been discussed. How can everyone fight? Even if the rebellion is quelled, the imperial edict is required. The silver from Beiyang is piled up... Who would start a war for no reason and cause a lot of casualties and injuries? The woman cries and screams at the baby. Isn't that the reason?"

"Then how could Xu Yifan send troops to quell the North Korean rebellion?"

"He's 250!" Li Hongzhang asked quickly, Zhang Peilun answered quickly, with a smile on his face.

"What do you want to do? There is no news about Lianfang..."

Zhang Peilun smiled and said, "I don't understand this? Xu Yifan made such a big disturbance just to threaten the court. The chaos in North Korea has not been settled for a day, so he cannot leave North Korea for a day. He has signed a renewed treaty between China and Japan. The life of the Lafayette is right in front of him. When China and foreign countries are paying attention, he wants to decorate peace...... Lao Fu may also regret making such a big disturbance at this time, spending so much money, which has forced Xu Yifan too tightly. As long as he makes excuses come out, he has to wait for North Korea to calm down before he can get on the road. The upper part will only comfort him with kind words... Lotus room does not need to worry, Xu Yifan will not touch him again. After all, Beiyang is a group. After all, he is a group. At that time, he will share the same hatred of the enemy and really risk his life to force Pyongyang. What can he do? It is just the right time to achieve this."

"I can't see through!" Li Hongzhang took a breath and pressed his forehead and sighed: "Xu Yifan can pass the pass in front of him, but it has attracted the attention of the whole world. Everyone knows that he is an ambitious person. It is even more difficult to control. The chaos in North Korea will sooner or later, and the Lafayette will be over, so that he will finish his life sooner or later. What will he do then?"

Zhang Peilun smiled and said, "Zhongtang, this is not our business. Beiyang has done everything for the Empress Dowager, and the Imperial Party has also cracked down on it. As long as the Lotus House is safe, everyone will watch it! Now I reply to Ye Shuqing and let him wait for his life to be over. The combat power of the Huai Army must be ignored. I have never heard of the teacher and the old man who can win the outside world. The main force of Beiyang is trapped in North Korea, and the salary is long. North Korea is now full of internal and external enemies. If the intentional neighbor makes any moves... Zhongtang, make plans early!"

He said solemnly, but Li Hongzhang waved his hand: "As long as the Beiyang Navy is still there, Japan will have no choice but to North Korea! Is it because of the power of the Beiyang Navy this time to sign the Sino-Japanese contract? Although Dingzhen is a little older, it is still the best in East Asia. When the Lafayette's birthday is over and loosens, I will still add a boat to the navy to get a quick gun... Youqiao, according to your wishes, please reply to Shuqing and tell him to find out the news about the lotus room as soon as possible! Tell him a word, if the lotus room was found to be killed, I, Li Hongzhang, will meet Xu Yifan to the end! Whatever he is!"

In this weather, the Bohai Ocean was already a little dark and heavy. The flowing ice had not yet risen, but the sea breeze on the bridge was already like a knife.

Several large iron-armored ships spewing black smoke slowly swaying on the ocean surface. The channel was tortuous and I don’t know where to go.

Liu Buchan, the general of the Navy's Central Army, followed Ding Ruchang on the Dingyuan Flying Bridge, and was so cold that he was so cold that his body was tiring. However, the old army was not very arrogant these days, so he didn't dare to say anything more.

Ye Zhichao's subordinates, the navy's main force, were shipped out, carrying the Lushun Water Mine Battalion, and the Weihai Navy Battalion oppressed Xu Yifan from the waterway. However, this time, several large ships had passed the repair period and had not scraped the bottom of the ship, and coal was even less useful. It was a bit embarrassing to move, and the navy went out to occupy the land for the land division? What benefits could they have?

If the Lu Army had not arrived, the two battalions of the Navy came ashore. What could he do to Xu Yifan? He was originally convinced that Ye Zhichao had succeeded, but he actually dispatched their navy to come. Ding Ruchang would have been very unhappy. If it weren't for Yang Shixiang coming with the will of the Zhongtang, Ding Ruchang might not have moved. Although he had to send a ship, he was only half coal and half water, and he didn't even carry a few shells. He would go around and see what happened to Master Lu.

After a few days of turning, I had already received news on the land that North Korea was in chaos, isolated from the north and south, and Yang Shixiang disappeared! Xu Yifan really had two tricks! The navy had no reason to get the chestnuts from the fire for the Lu army, and then walked around for a few more times, turned around and left.

A steamer appeared on the sea and sky line without a national flag. It was an old-style paddle wheel bulk carrier. A wisp of smoke spreads as it rises and disperses. The ship drew very deep, flashed in sight, and then disappeared to the other end of the sea level.

Ding Ruchang suddenly asked in a low voice: "How many freighters have you counted toward North Korea these days?"

Liu Buchan took the opportunity to move his body and smiled and said, "It's really not a young man. In the past few days, I counted four or five. This sea area has never been a cargo route. How could there be so many running towards North Korea? Is the military gate interesting to stop the ship and check it?"

Ding Ruchang said slowly: "This is for Xu Yifan to transport things..."

"How could it be? How could Xu Yifan have such huge financial resources? This is......"

Ding Ruchang turned around and ordered the central army beside him: "Tell him that Deng Shichang came up."

After a while, Deng Shichang had already stepped onto the bridge, pressing his waist knife, and he was still the same as seven unhappy and eight unhappy. Everyone felt that grandma didn't love her and uncle didn't like her. Seeing Ding Ruchang and Liu Buchan bowed hard, he didn't speak.

Ding Ruchang said lightly: "I heard that you made a lot of noise a few days ago, saying that it is the Zhongtang who is forgetting the great power for small profits and has placed the essence of Beiyang water and land in North Korea. Once something happens, according to the current state of Beiyang water and land division, you will only have a crushing defeat. At that time, will the sea border be shaken?"

Liu Buchan was worried for Deng Shichang. Who told Ding Junmen that this was the ear of Ding Junmen? Deng Shichang was really the one who was dispatched to the Central Army to discipline the military. He still couldn't control this broken mouth!

Deng Shichang answered loudly: "Yes! Now the most elite land division of the Huai Army is in North Korea. North Korea is separated by Xu Yifan, and the supplies are transported along the coast. Didn't we rely on our Beiyang Navy to protect the lifeline of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea? But what about the current situation of the navy? It has been over the repair period, and the coal reserves are almost used up, let alone ammunition. We have been staying outside for a long time, and for some inexplicable reasons, we are still going to copy Lord Xu's nest! The machines are exhausted and the personnel are exhausted. We cannot go back to the home port to repair it! How can this situation not be dangerous?

The Land Division has now become the most dangerous military science. The navy is like this. What should we do if someone takes action? I can see it, and others can see it. If others don’t say it, I will say it!

Military gate, now we have taken out the old foundation in our hearts in northern China. Once the matter is defeated, it will not be a matter of shock to the sea, but the entire capital will be shaken!”

Liu Buchan immediately scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, get out!"

Ding Ruchang reached out to stop Liu Buchan's words and asked in a deep voice: "Is it really so dangerous?"

Deng Shichang looked solemnly and looked into the distance. After a while, he spoke softly. His voice was filled with depression. "... At that time, it's just death...... Military Sect, it's not easy to build this navy, and it's not easy to cultivate some talents. He also asked the military Sect to speak to the central hall and find ways to prepare, so that he can leave some seeds for the navy at that time!"

"Zhongtang...Zhongtang..." Ding Ruchang smiled faintly and turned to the distant room. On the sea and sky line, there was no sign of the freighter just now, only a long column of smoke was left.

He didn't look back and asked in a low voice: "Zhengqing, I heard that you and Xu Yifan are very familiar with each other?"

He did not listen to Deng Shichang's answer, but just looked around slowly. The 7,300-ton iron-armored giant ship, every wave that slapped the ship, seemed to be smashed by the golden dragon on the head, splashing out thousands of snowflakes. The triangular yellow dragon flag above his head was flying, and his admiral general flag was also shining.

This navy devoted his efforts to the rest of his life, and he fully understood that this navy was the support of Northern China!

The navy is one of the few people who open their eyes to see the world. They also have a clearer understanding of the situation in front of them. They dare to send troops to Taiwan after only three years of reform. The North Korean incident has been one after another, and there is a shadow of this country behind it. Now this small country is desperately trying to build a cannon. Are they satisfied with the Tianjin renewing the treaty? Seeing the Qing Dynasty exposed its soft abdomen so much, I can really not help but bite it?

He didn't dare to think about the bad things, because the more he thought about it, the more he felt sad!

Zhongtang is now satisfied with his diplomatic achievements and never listens to his unpleasant advice. He will not ask for trouble for this... It seems that the Lafayette will live forever, and it seems that everything is coming to peace, except for the small twists and turns in North Korea...

The more he thought about it, the further he had already thought about the current situation in North Korea and Xu Yifan's means. He didn't understand why Xu Yifan had to struggle to support...

The current situation of the Beiyang Navy, the arrogance and cowardice of the Lu Army, Ye Zhichao's frivolity, the satisfaction of the Zhongtang, and Xu Yifan's flip-flops, the freighters that transport materials to North Korea......

Suddenly a flash of lightning flashed through Ding Ruchang's mind, as if he had split all the fog.

Could it be that he was waiting for the major change to re-emergence, Beiyang was in danger, and the court was in danger, and he worked hard to consolidate his army and accumulate strength, and just waited to become the mainstay at that moment?

Cao Cao!

But at that time, I am afraid he will still look forward to such a deep-minded mainstay!

Under the cold wind, Ding Ruchang was sweating heavily and turned his head to look at Deng Shichang.
Chapter completed!