Super Dictator

Last time, Cixi asked the Japanese how things went.

This time I will continue talking about it from last time.

Although Cixi was sitting in the bathtub, some parts of her shoulders were exposed to the water, which made her look quite different in the misty bathhouse.

However, Yi Xin said steadily: "American Tian Bei is willing to mediate and secretly communicate with Japan."

The British's mediation failed, so Cixi approached the American ambassador to China, Tian Bei, to continue the mediation. This time, she planned to hire an American as a consultant to go to Japan to seek peace.

Cixi nodded and said: "Now that Lushun has been captured by the Japanese, our Qing Dynasty's Beiyang defense line has been opened. Fortunately, Nie Shicheng led his troops to achieve a great victory in Dakaoling. I think the Japanese will not open their mouths."

Cixi underestimated the Japanese appetite too much. Although there was a small defeat on the eastern front, Lushun was captured, and the entire Bohai Sea area was at his disposal for his navy, and he could directly attack the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​the Qing Dynasty. How could the Japanese give up?

"By the way, have you decided who will go to negotiate?" Cixi asked again.

"When we go back to Lord Buddha, I think we can first send Zhang Yinhuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, as the plenipotentiary minister. If the peace talks are blocked, we can send a higher-level official to go." Yi Xin replied respectfully.

After thinking for a while, Yi Xin added: "If the emperor strives for war, he may ruin the peace process."

Ci Xi said displeasedly: "The hair on the emperor's mouth has not yet grown. He is young and energetic. What do you know? Now our Qing Dynasty is surrounded by dangers. It is like being on the crater of a volcano, which may erupt at any time. The governors of various places have issued orders to the capital." The Qing Dynasty is facing more internal troubles than external ones. If we win the war against Japan, it will be fine. If we lose, the Qing Dynasty will exist in name only and will be controlled by the Han people everywhere. "

Yi Xin nodded and said: "Yes, the emperor is too young and does not think enough about things. Now the war is losing again and again. If we don't negotiate for peace, when the Japanese capture our 'Longxing Land', where will the face of our Qing Dynasty be?" It’s not far from destruction either.”

The place of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty refers to Fengtian, which is also the target of the Japanese First Army. Fortunately, it was temporarily blocked by the Eastern Route Army.

The two of them worried about the war for a few more times, and Cixi winked at Li Lianying.

Li Lianying quickly withdrew and dismissed several serving maids, leaving only Yi Xin and Ci Xi in the room.

"Sixth Prince, are you still blaming the Ai family for deposing you?" Cixi suddenly asked quietly.

At that time, Guiziliu's reputation almost surpassed that of Cixi. Cixi could tolerate it, but the royal family had no family ties. Even the father and son would turn against each other, not to mention that the two had an affair.

"I don't dare!" Guiziliu said with no emotion or anger on his face. After being abandoned for more than ten years, I believe no one would be willing to accept it.

"If you don't dare, why haven't you been seen coming to the palace all these years?" Cixi suddenly stood up and asked.

"Lafayette is busy with everything, and I dare not enter the palace to disturb you." Yi Xin said after swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"Really? The Ai family has nothing to do today." Cixi pulled Yi Xin into the bath with a gentle pull.

After the failure of the attack on Phoenix City, Iketanga quickly returned to defend the Lianshanguan and Saimaji areas, leaving no other opportunities for the Fifth Division to take advantage of.

In addition, Shanxian Youpeng deliberately adjusted his strategy and paid attention to the western route. On the eastern front, the war eased for a while.

In addition to following Nie Shicheng around the defense line and visiting injured soldiers all day long, Wei Jichen went to the training base in his room to train hard, hoping to improve his marksmanship and martial arts to a higher level.

After Nie Shicheng led most of his troops back to Dakaoling, the court's awards also came.

Guangxu was very generous this time, maybe it was the dew that came after a long drought, and he couldn't help but be unhappy. Wei Jichen was suddenly promoted from deputy general to chief soldier, and from a second-rank official to a full second-rank official.

As the chief soldier of Nanyang Town, Wei Jichen didn't even know where Nanyang was, but that didn't stop him from becoming the chief soldier of Nanyang Town. The chief soldier of the Qing army did not necessarily have to serve in the land. For example, Nie Shicheng was the chief soldier of Taiyuan Town before, but he had always been the chief soldier of Nanyang Town. Stationed in Lutai, Tianjin.

When he becomes the commander-in-chief, he can bring several battalions of troops with him. However, Wei Jichen is obviously still alone in the battalion. Only Wei Ziying is under his control. Of course, once a battalion officer acts with him, Wei Jichen He can crush people to death at the highest level of officialdom.

The Qing army garrison in Dakaoling became overjoyed for a while. If it hadn't been heard that the Japanese had captured Lushun and it was not appropriate to celebrate, they would have fallen out long ago. Even so, the generals were much more harmonious when they met each other.

Even some of the generals of the Ming Army nodded and smiled when they met Wei Jichen. Everyone was understanding. Last time, if Wei Jichen had not won the flag of the 11th Brigade and killed the Major General of the 10th Brigade, Li Mian Naofumi, the court would not have What a rich reward there will be.

Now that the military flag has been handed over to the court, I heard that Li Hongzhang was making a fuss about that flag everywhere. If the Japanese had not just captured Lushun, morale might have plummeted further.

Even so, the Japanese were very angry. I heard that a friend from Yamaxian County sent a telegram to the Japanese base camp requesting to resign as commander of the First Army because of this matter.

Wei Jichen's letter saying "Today it is Naofumi Tachimi, tomorrow it is Nozu Michizuki, and the day after tomorrow it is Yamagata Aritomo" and Naofumi Tatemi's head were also received by Yamagata Aritomo.

A friend in Shan County was hit by this double blow, and I heard that it was the same person. Wei Jichen, a Chinese man, was so angry that he stayed in his room for three days and cursed loudly when he heard the word Wei Jichen. This shows that he hates Wei Jichen. To what extent.

On this day, Nie Shicheng summoned the generals to discuss matters again. Unlike the last time he learned about the imperial court's award, this time Nie Shicheng seemed a little worried.

Wei Jichen, Hu Dianjia, Zhou Dingchen, Ma Jinxu and others stood in the tent one after another.

Wei Jichen took a quick look and found that Nie Shicheng was only summoning his direct lineage and some generals of Yijun this time. It seemed that the matter was not related to the entire Dagaoling.

When all the generals were lined up on both sides and were silent, Nie Shicheng finally said: "Everyone, Xiuyan guards Fengsheng'a and Nie Guilin sent me letters asking for help. After careful consideration, I decided to send letters from our army. Deploy 2,000 troops to support."

Nie Shicheng knew that there were friends in Shan County strengthening the west route offensive. Now that the two generals had sent letters asking for help, he had no choice but to send troops to reinforce.

Everyone below began to look at each other, lowering their heads and not looking at Nie Shicheng. It was not a good idea to go for reinforcements. Not to mention the fatigue along the way, if the reinforcements were not timely, they would be punished.

Wei Jichen thought for a while, and he felt that there was not much fighting on the east road now, and it was not an option to stay here all the time. He would not be able to earn even a little merit points. He might as well try his luck on the west road, and maybe the main mission would be returned to him. finished.

Thinking of this, Wei Jichen no longer hesitated, took a step forward and said, "My subordinates are willing to go to reinforce Xiuyan."

Nie Shicheng nodded with satisfaction, but Wei Jichen didn't have that many people under his command. Although he had replenished his battalion not long ago, there were only about 500 people.

Nie Shicheng looked at Ma Jinxu, the general of Yijun. Ma Jinxu had more than a thousand men, plus Wei Jichen's men. Wouldn't this be just right?

What's more, among the armies, the only one Nie Shicheng could trust was Yi Jun.

Ma Jinxu felt uncomfortable for a while when Nie Shicheng looked at him. In desperation, he had no choice but to step forward and said, "I am also willing to lead troops to Xiuyan!"

"Okay, you two will lead two thousand men and horses to reinforce Xiuyan. Zijie, I will put the 'Fengjun' battalion under your control. You will command a thousand men and horses. I hope you will not disappoint me." Nie Shicheng said earnestly.

"Thank you Commander Nie for your consideration. Zijie will certainly live up to his expectations." Wei Jichen bowed and replied solemnly.

The Fengjun army was originally stationed in the Fengtian area of ​​Jilin. At the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, seven battalions of troops followed Zuo Baogui, the commander-in-chief of Gaozhou Town, to fight in Korea. Zuo Guobao later died on the battlefield and died in Pyongyang.

The several battalions of Fengjun under him naturally had to accept the fate of being reorganized everywhere.

When the generals saw that the matter had been decided, they all smiled and began to talk and laugh, as if the people who lowered their heads just now were not them.

"General Ma, please take good care of me in the future." Wei Jichen greeted Ma Jinxu with a smile.

Ma Jinxu smiled and returned the salute, and carefully looked at the young but well-known Wei Commander-in-Chief. He thought that he was already in his thirties when he was promoted to the position of Commander-in-Chief. As expected, people are competing against each other, which is very annoying. ah.

"Zijie's name as the god of death can make Japanese people collapse and run away. Ma will have to rely on you a lot in the future." Ma Jinxu said jokingly.

In the last battle, many Japanese soldiers were captured. When these prisoners saw Wei Jichen, they screamed "Death" in fear. Suddenly, Wei Jichen's name as the God of Death began to spread.

"General Ma is joking, who doesn't know that you blocked the Japanese reinforcements, allowing our army to quickly annihilate the 11th Regiment." Wei Jichen respects me, and I give him one in return. Since Ma Jinxu is so easy to talk to, he also Don’t be stingy with your kind words.

Sure enough, Ma Jinxu said with a smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say, Ma needs to go down and make some preparations."

"General Ma, walk slowly!"

After everyone had left, Wei Jichen went up to meet Nie Shicheng alone.

"Shuai Nie, we are still short of a sentry officer in Wei Zi's camp. Now we are here to ask for someone from Shuai Nie." Wei Jichen had a look on his face that said, "If you don't give it to me, I will fight you forever."

Nie Shicheng took a sip of tea and then said calmly: "Zijie will not fall in love with anyone in my camp again."

Last time, Wei Jichen valued his personal soldier Wang Huaiqing, and then tormented Nie Shicheng for several days, and finally got over it.

Wang Huaiqing was also a famous figure in later generations. During the Republic of China, he was known as General Toilet. Because he liked to carry a toilet with him when marching and fighting, whether for convenience or for other reasons.

When he selected soldiers, he never asked about marksmanship or military skills, only loyalty and reliability. Therefore, he mostly selected loyal and honest soldiers from the countryside, but their combat effectiveness was not very good.

Fortunately, this person also had one of the biggest advantages, that is, he was also a loyal and brave man. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China in later generations, Nie Shicheng died in battle. Wang Huaiqing just carried his body and killed him. Finally, Nie Shicheng's body was killed. It was handed over to the Nie family.

"Easy to say, easy to say! Nie Shuai, Brother Rongcai is very talented and has a lot of armor in his chest. Can you lend Brother Rongcai a job as a sentry officer in our army?" Wei Jichen asked seriously.

Unexpectedly, after Nie Shicheng heard this, he spat out the tea he had just drank.