It turned out that the information received by the Time Traveler was that Russia planned to draw an army from the Russian army that captured the Northeast, head south along the Liaoxi Corridor, enter North China through Shanhaiguan, attack Beijing, and fight with the Time Traveler.

In July 19oo in the old time and space, Russia took advantage of the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance to mobilize 180,000 troops and divided into seven routes to advance into the three northeastern provinces of China. Except for the Southwest and One Route directly participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance, the other six routes directly invaded the three northeastern provinces and created the Hailanpao tragedy and the 64th Jiangdong tragedy. In September, the Russian army involved in the Eight-Nation Alliance's attack on Beijing also dispatched a unit of troops to attack from Shanhaiguan to Chenyang. By January 6, the Russian army in the north and south met in Tieling, and at this point, the entire northeastern territory fell under the iron hoof of Tsarist Russia.

Although in this time and space, due to the involvement of time travelers, the Russian army involved in the attack on Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance did not divide its troops north and participated in the war to attack the Northeast, Russia still occupied the entire northeast and also had a crisis on the Korean Peninsula, which shows that history has changed, so it is indeed not impossible for the Russian army to send troops south into the pass and attack Beijing.

From the situation in this era, Russia's goal is to take advantage of the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China to occupy China's three northeastern provinces and the Korean Peninsula to achieve the so-called Yellow Russia plan. Now the goal of occupying China's three northeastern provinces has basically been achieved. The participation of time travelers has helped Russia to some extent, because the time travelers defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance and defeated the German Far East Fleet, greatly weakening the power of various countries. As a result, Russia can let go of its hands and feet and do a big fight. Therefore, Russia brazenly launched the Korean Peninsula crisis. However, it did not expect that the yellow-skinned monkey that Russia has always looked down on has a few hard bones and has refused to give in. Coupled with the strong opposition from other countries, the Korean Peninsula became a stalemate.

At this time, taking advantage of the inability of various countries to take into account the north, Russia sent troops south to pass through the pass and attacked Beijing, which not only consolidates Russia's rule over China's three northeastern provinces, but also puts pressure on other countries, forcing Japan to make concessions to Russia on the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, this is a completely logical action.

Britain and Germany have a large number of spies in Russia, and the Russian government's awareness of confidentiality is not very strong, so this news was soon discovered by Britain and Germany.

Although Germany has always supported Russia to turn its attention to Asia, it has also signed a cooperation agreement with the time traveler. Since the time traveler still holds several weapons that Germany is eager to obtain, this agreement must be respected seriously. Moreover, Germany just wants Russia to devote its energy to Asia, but it does not want Russia to achieve great success in Asia, because that will only make Russia stronger. When Russia turns its attention back to Europe, Germany will face a stronger polar bear.

Telling overseas Chinese this news is that, on the one hand, it has fulfilled its obligations as a collaborator. No matter whether overseas Chinese win or lose, Germany cannot blame it; on the other hand, it is also to find a strong opponent for Russia in the Far East, so that Russia will not succeed in the Far East so easily. Even if it wins, it will win miserably. If it is hit hard, it will be better. To a certain extent, Germany and Britain have similar goals, and they all hope that Russia will encounter a strong opponent in the Far East.

The British side was completely Huo Bilan's own idea. In fact, Russia's troops to attack Northeast China had already aroused the vigilance of the British, because if Russia really occupied China's Northeast China, it would inevitably threaten Britain's interests in China. However, Britain hoped to solve China's problems first and then contain Russia. Therefore, Britain tried its best to pull Japan in the Eight-Nation Alliance, hoping to use Japan to fight against Russia's expansion in the Far East.

In the old time and space, Britain did use this trick to curb Russia, and five years later, it supported Japan's Russo-Japanese War, defeated Russia, and successfully curbed Russia's expansion in the Far East. However, due to the rise of overseas Chinese, Britain was a little rude. Although Britain fully supported Japan during the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, it needed to rely on Russia's power when dealing with overseas Chinese. As a result, although Russia's expansion to the Korean Peninsula was setback, it could free up its hands and send troops south to attack Beijing. If Russia conquers Beijing, it will inevitably dominate the situation in China, which is very unfavorable to Britain.

Although overseas Chinese have emerged and are in a strong momentum, Huo Bilan has now basically figured out that overseas Chinese are just alone after all, with unstable foundations and limited strength. Although they have captured the British colony Weihaiwei, it does not have much threat to the interests of Britain in China. Therefore, they actively participate in the Shanghai negotiations, and the terms of peace talks proposed are not excessive.

Russia is different. It is a huge monster with 20,000 square kilometers of land and a population of 140 million. It has a regular army of 150,000 and a reserve army of 50,000. It is the third largest fleet in the world. In Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and other regions, it has launched a fierce battle with Britain. Therefore, no matter which aspect, it is not comparable to overseas Chinese. Britain is now trapped in the quagmire of the Boer War in South Africa and cannot get out of it to curb Russia. It was not until this time that Huo Bilan realized that he had been trying to the wrong place. In fact, overseas Chinese can completely use it to deal with Russian objects and let them fight each other. In this way, Britain can play the best trick of pulling one side and fighting one side, which is much better than having to come forward personally to curb both sides.

However, it is not too late to understand now. After all, Huo Bilan has not been dismissed from his post in China. Of course, Huo Bilan also knows that he has not been dismissed from his post in the country, but because no one is willing to take over the mess now, and after the matter in China is over, all the responsibilities will be put on him. But this is also good, and he will have room for recovery.

Now Russia is preparing to attack Beijing, which is its own opportunity. If overseas Chinese fight against Russia now, no matter who wins and loses, Britain has room for action. If Russia wins, overseas Chinese will definitely need to find help. Britain can take the opportunity to put pressure on overseas Chinese, which can not only force overseas Chinese to accept their conditions and pull overseas Chinese to curb Russia together; even if overseas Chinese win, they will make enemies with Russia from then on, and Russia is not easy to deal with. As long as Britain shows favor with overseas Chinese, it can also use overseas Chinese to fight against Russia; it can even bring Japan in and form a triangular situation in the Far East, which will not only be beneficial to Britain, but also have great benefits. And you may still have a chance to save your future.

So Huo Bilan acted immediately. Of course, he could not tell the overseas Chinese directly, but Li Hongzhang was the best candidate for those who could find the messenger. Therefore, Huo Bilan visited Li Hongzhang and told Li Hongzhang about this.

After Li Hongzhang learned about it, he was shocked. If Russia really occupied Beijing, it would be extremely unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty. If it were not done well, it would really destroy the country. But why did Huo Bilan tell him the news? Of course, Li Hongzhang was also an old fox, and immediately understood that he was using his own mouth to pass on the news to overseas Chinese and let overseas Chinese prepare early. So after Huo Bilan said goodbye, Li Hongzhang immediately sent Tianjin.

Although the time travelers did not know these details, it seems that Britain and Germany provided this information to themselves at the same time, and judging from the current situation, this is not impossible. As Qin Zheng said, it is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist. At least in the subsequent plan, the Russian army must be taken into account.

Xia Bohai said: "Let's assume that this news is true first. So when will the Russian army take action and how many troops will it dispatch to attack Beijing?"

Although Britain and Germany provided important information to the time travelers, they did not provide details and did not explain the time and strength of the Russian army's operations. After all, the intelligence personnel of Britain and Germany may not be so clear about it. Of course, it may also be that Britain and Germany knew it, but they deliberately did not tell the time travelers, either creating problems for the time travelers, or waiting for the time travelers to ask for the United Kingdom and Germany. Therefore, the time travelers should first figure out the forces that the Russian army can dispatch.

Qin Zheng thought for a while and said, "According to historical records, Russia sent troops this time, a total of 180,000 troops, and about 6ooo troops participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance. Later, the Korean Peninsula crisis was born, and Russia pulled out another 50,000 troops from the country. Therefore, the number of Russian troops in the northeast should be around 220,000."

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "The crisis on the Korean Peninsula has not yet been resolved. Russia will definitely still have some troops on the Yalu River, which will require at least 780,000 troops. Russia has just occupied the Northeast and needs to divide its troops to garrison in various places. The three northeastern provinces have a total of about 80,000 square kilometers, and the troops stationed at least 10,000 troops."

Qin Zheng said: "This is a must. In the old time and space, during the Russo-Birthday War, Russia's troops in the northeast had reached 40,000, so to station in the three northeastern provinces, at least 10,000 troops were needed."

Xiao Jianjun said: "That's simple. The Russian army can use only 40,000 to 50,000, and there is at least 1 ooo kilometers from the northeast to the Guanzhong area. Even if the Qing court is incompetent, the Russian army will always station some troops along the way and control key areas. Therefore, the real available troops will never exceed 30,000 unless Russia transfers new troops from the country."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "It's so easy to transfer troops from the country. There is no 1 ooooo kilometer or 8 ooo. The Siberian Railway has not been repaired yet. It depends on the soldiers' legs and they have to cross the Siberian wasteland. It is February and it is still the freezing period of Siberia. It is impossible to transfer troops here. The 50,000 troops in the early stage are still in the Far East. This should be the limit of the Russian army's strength."
Chapter completed!