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Chapter 64 Tiangong is speechless against dry chess (2)(2/2)

Dashanyan nodded casually to the body of the general, and turned to teach his accomplices who could not hold back his joy: "The Qing people still have bravery... but they didn't know why they fought. Therefore, the bravery of a single person was fragile. The imperial reforms for decades, educated the people, and followed so many Meiji wise men, so that they could have the invincible tiger bent for His Majesty, the nation, and the country. What about the Qing people? What do they have? There is not even a hero to follow!"

He sighed softly: "The development of the morale of the people and the army is innately just a trend. There are heroes leading the changes in luck and letting everyone follow them. Napoleon is the same, and I, the wise men of Meiji. After the day, I am nothing more than education, reading, and understanding, and then I know what the country is and what the nation is... It's a pity that this country, which has been in charge of the fate of East Asia for three thousand years, is at this end of the world, and there is not even a hero who is worth following and arousing people's spirit! Now the fortune of East Asia is in the hands of the empire. Please work hard, don't let this fortune be lost in our hands!"

The old man was very moved, and the young generals could not hear the school. They looked southwest one by one with bright eyes.

"Your Excellency, we are willing to die on the battlefield for the Empire! Taking this opportunity, I would like to ask you to order us to go straight to Beijing!"

First, a staff member petitioned, then another one. In the end, he simply surrounded the Count General who looked in a good mood. None of them went to his heart just now.

The crowd below was infuriated, but Dashanyan just smiled: "Download the troops and defend northward."

"Your Excellency, Beijing is right in front of you. You will definitely be able to touch the city gate of Beijing within ten days! Why should you defend northward? Even though the Qing Imperial Guards arrived in Liaoyang, it is no longer afraid of going thousands of miles to support! Please give orders and move forward quickly!"

"Your Excellency, the Imperial Guards are threatening on the side. To be important, they can defeat the Imperial Guards of the Qing Dynasty first. It is just a sweeping operation of three combat days. Seventy thousand Qing troops have been defeated. Are you still afraid of these ten thousand Qing troops? After sweeping the Imperial Guards of the Qing Dynasty, they will attack Beijing and join the Third Army of the Qing Dynasty under the city of Beijing!"

"Your Excellency, please give an order!"

Dashanyan listened with a smile for a while, but his smile became stiffer and stiffer. He suddenly shouted: "Bastard! Have you forgotten the fate of the Third Sixth Division? Do you really want to create a hero of the Qing people? In this era, a hero can change the fate of a nation! I have only one order to launch defense on the spot! The main force is concentrated and facing Liaoyang, and you must not - emphasize it again, and you must not attack!"

When the general got angry, the matter was quite big. Even though the young officers were so full of energy, no one dared to say anything more. They bowed their heads and saluted each other, but they couldn't help but complain in their hearts. Are these Meiji heroes who were originally vassals no longer angry? Beijing in the Qing Dynasty was in sight, but there was only a corridor of western Liaoning. Such great achievements in the Qing Dynasty were easily let go!

Xu Yifan, what's wrong with Xu Yifan?

Dashanyan's good mood disappeared for some reason. He walked down the mountain with a stern face. After walking a few steps, he was suddenly shocked.

Those young and strong officers didn't know that the war was initiated to end. What they thought was martial honors and victory in a single battle. If it weren't for the presidency of these people, this army would not know what the rampage would look like...... In the early years of Meiji, there were so many wise men! It was this gathering of heroes that made the little Japanese, the whole country, come to this point.

…………But the Qing Dynasty is so big and the nation has been passed down for so long, is it really not a hero who can turn the tide?

This thought flashed through his heart, and he suddenly felt cold sweat. His eyes turned, but he did not look at the direction of Beijing, the center of the old empire. He didn't know why, but his eyes just slowly turned to the direction of Liaoyang in the north.

What would Xu Yifan, who returned from his army thousands of miles away, and Xu Yifan, who defeated their tens of thousands of troops in North Korea? The overall situation has been decided. Can he still make a comeback?

Hiroshima, Japan.

After the good news came from southern Liao, the Japanese base camp was like a blowout. The base camp was divided into Ise Dashen Temple, and there were crowds of people. Army, Navy and senior government officials came to celebrate the blessing of Godsuke. At night, the staff officers who were not on duty were not on the turn of duty, and even held a wine party in a street in the famous Saki-cho brothel in Hiroshima to celebrate the great victory.

All suggestions were put forward, nothing more than the success of Shandong Shanglu, Liaoning won, and the Qing Dynasty had no strength to resist. We could use our troops to fight in the Zhili Plain, and then fall into Beijing!

But Hirofumi Ito was absolutely forbidden to attend the meeting, and he didn't like to give him any kind invitation. He just stayed in front of the map night after night, thinking about something silently. Only on this night did he entertain a guest in his dormitory.

The Japanese-style house is low and crowded, with only a few simple Japanese dishes on a small table, but the expensive blackfin tuna sashimi still shows the identity of the owner, Prime Minister of the Japanese Cabinet and the important minister of Meiji.

Sitting opposite Hirobuki Ito was the Japanese spy leader who had not appeared for a long time, and the scheming Xuanyang Shetou Yamaman, who had fought with Xu Yifan.

The two of them drank the wine in one sip. Tooshan looked serious, but there was a faint ray of tears in Hirobuki Ito's eyes.

"Toushanjun, this news is better than ten divisions!"

Tooyama Man bowed his head and saluted. In front of Hiromon Ito, he was as respectful as a primary school student: "How can we achieve such a battle without your guidance, without the struggle of the army and navy soldiers, and without the protection of the Emperor Weiling? North Korea is planning a crushing defeat, and we are already faceless to the people of the world. I am sorry that I have not helped me any help this time. I can only feel ashamed of you."

Hirobuki Ito snorted: "What do the Army and Navy know? I can say clearly that the main force of the Qing army was wiped out in southern Liaoning. The Army and Navy are about to capture Weihai now, and I will not be happy at all. The entire empire doesn't think about it, but the empire can no longer fight!"

For this war, Japan has requisitioned the last ton of transport ships, and to support the huge amount of transport supplies, normal commercial activities have almost stopped.

For this war, Japan has spent all the last copper plate. Mobilization costs, transportation costs, import materials costs, and the first war treasury bonds listed on the London market were almost exhausted soon and their ammunition reserves were about to bottom out. When the second treasury bonds were about to be issued, it happened that the report of North Korea's defeat came, and almost no one cared about the entire market! The yen exchange rate also fell in the London market, which forced the government to spend more money when purchasing military and civilian materials!

Xu Yifan himself was not completely aware that his victory in North Korea made Japan more embarrassed than in history. He thought Japan would have a few months to support it. In history, it took more than half a year to fight in the Sino-Japanese War, and Japan had exhausted its national strength. In fact, it has only been two or three months since the war started, and the Japanese treasury can run away from rats.

Although everyone knows that the overall situation forces the Qing court to surrender and seek peace, as long as the internal bureaucratic style of the Qing court breaks out and delays the matter for another month or two, Japan will collapse itself! The sadness of small countries is often like this. It has no foundation as a big country at all.

Although it was a bit drunk and these too specific words, Ito still didn't want to say to Toyamaman. This is why everyone was caring, singing military songs, and shouting that they were going to fight Beijing. Ito was always hunched over and silent. Victory was right in front of him, but this victory was so fragile that it broke with one touch!

Until I waited for this news.

Xuanyang Society was entrusted with the important task of collecting during this war. Xuanyang Society was in the Qing Dynasty for many years. In this war, the intelligence was both accurate and timely. However, no matter how much military intelligence is, it is not as important as this information!

The night before the Japanese army landed on Rongcheng Bay, the Weihai area, Wang Liansan, the general of Caozhou, and Zhang Gaoyuan, the general of Dengzhou, were drawn out, and the 18th battalion of infantry and cavalry of Dengzhou, evacuated Weihai, the important coastal defense area. They secretly boarded the ship while the night, neither went to aid southern Liaoning nor other places, but went to land in Tianjin in the early morning of the same day, and went to Beijing without any repairs! According to information, it is said that Li Hongzhang may also be in this army!

After receiving this news, Hirobuki Ito was as reserved as it was, and he also had a banquet at his private residence. He kept reading the information all night long, with tears in his eyes, and I don’t know if he had drunk too much or something.

Toyama Man wanted to ask what was going on, but how dare he dared it in front of Hiromitsu Ito? Ito didn't like them, and he beat Xu Yifan to death in the army. In front of Hiromitsu Ito, he was even more arrogant and did not dare to take a few more breaths.

After drinking a drink all night, he just had a question in his mind. Is this obviously a transfer of troops back to the capital to serve the king? It means that the Qing people still wanted to resist, so why is Your Excellency Ito so excited? Is it that Weihai is so happy that it is easier to defeat it?

Outside the window, the singing of drunk people in the army staff dormitory came, which was spread far in the night. Ito stood up and pushed open the sliding door facing the courtyard. The lower woman who was carefully waiting outside hurriedly knelt down and moved back a few steps, then placed her shoes in front of him. Ito Hirofumi kicked her shoes away and walked into the courtyard barefoot.

"Toushanjun, come!"

Takayama quickly followed out and bent down in front of Ito.

"There is no hero in the Qing Dynasty! And Japan has it! Li Hongzhang is not a hero, and Xu Yifan is not a hero! I was the one who won the final victory!"

"Your Mightiness…………"

"I'm waiting to negotiate with Li Hongzhang. It's in Japan. I like the place of Maguan, right in Maguan! Through the Strait of Maguan, you can see Kyushu. In autumn, the sea water of Maguan Strait is blue, so beautiful! The herring there is also a Japanese delicacy!"

"Your Excellency...... The battle has not been won yet!" Tooyama Man finally couldn't help it. It was not because of others, but because he has always been conceited and smart, but he always felt that his IQ was insufficient in front of Ito. Is he really worse than Ito?

Ito turned around, but Tooshanman found that his face was covered with tears: "Don't you understand yet? Who are Wang Liansan and Zhang Gaoyuan? They were Li Hongzhang's personal soldiers and were most loyal to him. Unlike other Beiyang generals, as their status grew, they were unable to command. We were about to annihilate Li Hongzhang's last old Beiyang Navy, but he left Tianjin and took them to Beijing. What is this for? Don't you understand?"

"The Empire finally won this gambling!"

In Liaoyang City, after only half a day, it was already a stern atmosphere.

The peace had long been restored inside and outside the town. There was no idle person on the street, and only the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guards carrying guns patrol by. The civilians of the brigade were marshalled and left the city from the east to start transporting the arms transported from North Korea. The Imperial Guards' General Staff Headquarters were mastered by the Prussian Army and were very good at the formation of the logistics station. In addition to the masters who were originally recruited, there were also the defeated troops. In addition to the Ximen, there were more than 100 headless corpses in line, all of which were officers above the defeated army. The defeated soldiers of these resigned civilians looked at the corpses, their backs were cold, their necks were shrinking, and their efforts were towed to drive the horses.

More troops were transferred out as vanguard detachments, and after gathering, they set out urgently to occupy the cover positions around Liaoyang. They also reconnaissance forward and clarify the movements of the Japanese army in front of them as soon as possible. The sound of mobilization sounded and the sound of gathering sounded shortly. Then, in the eyes of the people of Liaoyang, these teams, wearing Western-style jackets, large leather boots, and like heavenly soldiers, drove out in groups.

Looking out secretly from the window, although these masters dare not get close to each other, they can feel at ease, right? I have never seen such a neat army. These are all soldiers led by General Xu, who is stationed in Liaoyang!

Of course, the people would not know that they had just been stationed in Liaoyang for a long time, and the miserable general Xu had not yet sat on the hot side, so he was about to go to Jinzhou, western Liaoning again.

With the short sound of copper whistles, the ace of the Imperial Guards, the first battalion of the Zuohui Bian, had gathered in the square in front of the Confucian Temple. More than a hundred heads were cut here this afternoon, and under the torches, the blood on the ground was dark.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers quickly assembled to complete the team, and after taking all the team heads, they stood up and waited. After a while, they saw Xu Yifan in the head under the guidance of the torch, Li Yunzong and Nie Shicheng followed closely, and rode over with murderous intent.

Xu Yifan immediately jumped in front of the team and glanced at the team. This battalion was led by Li Xing. He was able to fight and proud. From top to bottom, he walked with his head held high, and his military achievements were placed there. Some bad-mouthed officers took the battalion first to see any important tasks, and secretly called this battalion brother-in-law camp. After Li Xing was seriously injured, this battalion was led by Wang Chao, who was also a Nanyang student soldier. Wang Chao was also one of the young people who secretly contacted Xu Yifan with Li Xing and Li Xuan in Java. There was also a large rubber garden at home, and he was even the only son, taking advantage of the millions of property. Now it was dark, thin and old, with only eyes shining, and standing at the head of the team with his chest straightened.

Xu Yifan first hit his shoulder: "Can you stand it?"

Wang Chao grinned: "Don't worry sir!"

Xu Yifan twitched the corner of his mouth and laughed. He turned around and walked to the front of the queue. He put his hips on his hips and shouted: "I know what I'll take you to western Liaoning for?"

Before anyone could answer, he shook his head first: "It was not for you to take you to cut your head and grab military power, nor did you want you to protect me in the chaos...... I will do the seizure of power by myself! I am the imperial envoy, and who dares to touch my hair as General Fengtian? Who has the courage to lead the army? There is no need for you, and with a command, someone will naturally deal with it. Anyway, my domineering arrogance is already famous all over the world! No one dares to be a little tough with me!"

The muscles on his face twitched a little. Li Yunzong and Nie Shicheng looked at each other and shook their heads. Before Xu Yifan set out from the government office, a telegram was suddenly sent to the Liaoyang Telegraph Bureau. The code of the secret telegram pointed out that General Fengtian General Xu Yifan personally received it. There was a drought-type telegram line here, and after passing the end point here, it was gone to Chenyang, and then to the east and north. The Imperial Guards arrived in Liaoyang and took over the Telegram Bureau here as soon as possible. Several unilateral machines destroyed by the defeated army were repaired immediately. After repairing, they received the telegram!

After reading the telegram, Xu Yifan's face darkened, so depressed that he seemed to be thundering at any time.

This telegram was sent by Tan Sitong. Finally, he caught up with Xu Yifan's whereabouts. The scholar was involved in the Qingliu group and asked him to work hard for the imperial party, serve the king in the capital, and advise Cixi!

Not to mention how far he is from Beijing, it is not too late to arrive. Even if he arrives, no matter how he enters the city or how he wars, he is completely unplanned, just a light telegram. It seems that Xu Yifan is so kind. It is not surprising that the Emperor Party Qingliu acts in such a way that it is ridiculous. Tan Sitong has great ambitions, is unwilling to be lonely, and wants to serve the country and serve his ideals. Anyway, he ignores this, who can do what he can do? Now he just needs to control the Imperial Guards, no one in the world dares to deal with him head-on. He is a warlord.

What really made him feel emotional was that the struggle between the emperor and the empress was already coming to an end! The imperial party started with the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and the overall situation is now incomplete. The party will at any time force to force the palace to prevent the war from being unfavorable, and defeat their flash-like atmosphere. I wonder if the guy who was crazy and unwilling to give up with a little power thought of this unlucky idea. Seeing Tan Sitong’s Changdian vaguely suggesting that it seemed that it was his teacher, Old Man Weng. Was he crazy? The imperial party came up with this move. Even if Cixi wanted to slow down and leave Guangxu for some decent bowing, he would have to deal with the imperial party more effectively. Who doesn’t know about Cixi’s slight and cruelty?

They bite their dogs and their mouths, and Mr. Xu doesn't feel sorry for anyone who dies. Anyway, you are the ones who are holding back and weeping, and no one can escape. But now they are still fighting! The imperial party takes power as the commander of the war, and the Later Party comes to power, and they will inevitably liquidate the matters presided over by the Emperor Party. Naturally, the war is ended as soon as possible. Any crime can be pushed to the Emperor Party. The Later Party has no will to resist firmly. The Later Party immediately discusses peace and surrender! Whether it is from the history he knows or the reality he has experienced now, this conclusion can only be drawn!

You can't save worry. Whether it is the Imperial Party or the Hou Party, you want to strangle the other party to death. Let's talk about it after the battle is over?

Fortunately, from the beginning, I didn’t want to go along with them, I just wanted to destroy this old house!

Xu Yifan looked up at the sky for a while, and suddenly lowered his head. His eyes were like lightning.

"I take you with you to be an example! Let the army of the glorious Qing Dynasty look at it, and let the whole world see. There is always such a group of people who are fighting for this country regardless of life and death! Even if the entire Qing court regards us as aliens, I believe that our sacrifices and fighting will never be worthless! There is always a group of heroes who will stir up the trend in this end of the world! I only have one sentence, we are not fighting for that court! And we ourselves know why we are fighting! From now on, let the battle show everyone in the world, and there will be people who agree with us and follow us!"
Chapter completed!
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