The envoy from Yishan walked to the tent, glanced at Muraviov, lowered his head, did not dare to meet Muraviov's eyes, and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty the Governor."
Muravyov said: "What do you want to do with me?"
The envoy said respectfully: "General Yishan learned that Li Zhen had captured Vladivostok and intended to join forces with the Governor to attack Li Zhen. The general said that Li Zhen was a thorn. If Li Zhen existed for one day, the Governor would have a bone in his throat, and General Yishan also I was restless, so the general sent me down to discuss the alliance."
"Sending an envoy here, Yishan is really sincere."
Muravyov stared at the envoy and narrowed his eyes slightly.
There was a hint of cold light in his eyes.
The envoy felt helpless because Yishan did not dare to come, so he was sent here.
At this moment, Muravyov was no longer the old man who had shown his fragile side before. His back was straight and his eyes were like daggers. He had regained the demeanor of the all-powerful governor of Eastern Siberia. The envoy was stared at by Muravyov, feeling panicked and his eyes wandering. He said: "My Lord Governor, General Yishan is going to send 30,000 troops to attack Li Zhen. What do you think?"
Muravyov said nothing, but his eyes remained sharp.
The envoy was silent for a moment, and then spoke again: "Your Majesty Governor, General Yishan said that he must ask you to send troops. If you don't send troops, I will be killed when I return."
"Hahaha……"
There was a roar of laughter in the camp, and all the generals were bursting with laughter.
This envoy is so interesting.
The envoy blushed and wished he could dig a hole and crawl in.
Muravyov did not speak, and the envoy could only continue: "Your Majesty Governor, General Yishan said that Li Zhen is very powerful. Without you, we will definitely not be able to win. Moreover, General Yishan also said that as long as you are willing to send troops to fight with us, We will attack Li Zhen together, and I am willing to listen to your arrangements, with you as the leader and you as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces."
On a very cold day, the envoy was sweating profusely and feeling uneasy.
When he spoke, he was incoherent.
In fact, the slightly bowed waist continued down, and it was almost ninety degrees. He was groveling, without the slightest magnanimity of an envoy from a great power, and was reduced to an envoy asking for help.
Disgrace yourself and the country.
Muravyov said: "Go back and tell Yishan that I will send troops within two months and let him prepare. Food and weapons must be prepared. I also need five hundred thousand taels of silver, otherwise I will not send troops." , Li Zhen only captured Vladivostok, how much does it have to do with me? No, big deal, I led the soldiers to withdraw to Khabarovsk. Anyway, Li Zhen’s next stage is to attack Heilongjiang, and he wants to go south to attack Beijing. It has nothing to do with me. Any relationship."
After hearing this, the envoy's expression became even more difficult.
This, isn't this really embarrassment for him? However, when he thought of the scene where Yi Shan went crazy, and then when he thought of the scene where Yi Shan knelt down in front of the Russians, he was even less confident. Finally, he nodded and said: "Okay, I will go back and report to Yi Shan right away. General, we will soon send someone to Khabarovsk to contact the Governor."
"Go ahead."
Muravyov waved his hand, and the envoy turned and left.
After the envoy left, Muravyov said: "With the 30,000 troops from Yishan, even if Yishan's soldiers are very poor, they are still useful. We will withdraw to Khabarovsk, reorganize the soldiers, and send out troops again within two months. By then, we will completely defeat the enemy." After defeating Vladivostok and killing Li Zhen, Yishan's army can be used to capture Vladivostok, then Yishan, and control Heilongjiang."
At this moment, Muravyov showed his fangs and planned further.
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In the Qing army camp, after everyone observed a moment of silence for the dead soldiers, their faces were filled with joy again.
Everyone was excited for this victory, and congratulated Peng Yulin one by one, because this battle relied entirely on Peng Yulin's assistance to defeat the Russian army in one fell swoop, and Peng Yulin effortlessly wiped out Medeyev. The 10,000 troops added even more luster to Peng Yulin and impressed countless generals.
The camp was filled with joy.
Only, Li Zhen's expression gradually became serious from the smile at the beginning.
He couldn't be happy. More than five thousand people died. How could he be happy?
More than five thousand corpses are left here.
So what can a moment of silence do? Can it make up for the loss of a husband and a family that has lost a son?
Long Ao was the first to notice the change in Li Zhen's expression. When he saw it, he immediately shut up and stopped talking. He also signaled to Lu Shaochuan, Yang Luchan and others with his eyes. Soon, the laughter in the camp disappeared and everyone became quiet and conscious. They stood still and remained silent. Long Ao, Lu Shaochuan and others were all a little confused. They were fine just now, so why did they suddenly change their faces.
Li Zhen stood up and walked out of the camp.
Peng Yulin, Long Ao, Lu Shaochuan and others looked at each other in confusion, unable to understand what Li Zhen meant.
A group of people followed Li Zhen out of the military camp and came to the top of the mountain where the battle was taking place.
There are countless soldiers here holding torches and cleaning up the battlefield all night. Originally, Li Zhen had the soldiers stationed there and did not plan to clean up the battlefield for the time being. However, King Hu Bei suggested that they should be dealt with overnight because after the soldiers' bodies were frozen into ice, it would be difficult to clean them out. , Li Zhen appointed King Hu Bei to be in charge. When King Hu Bei saw Li Zhen coming, he ran over and raised his hand to salute.
Li Zhen asked: "How is the situation?"
King Hu Bei sighed and said in embarrassment: "It was too cold, the corpses were frozen hard, and some had ice slag. Among the soldiers who died fighting the Russian army, some died holding the Russian army, and some died with the Russian army in their arms. Those who died by biting the enemy's body...there are many cases and it is difficult to clean up." King Hu Bei's hands turned blue from the cold, and he also tried to move the bodies of the killed soldiers, but it was very difficult.
Li Zhen looked up at the sky. It was already dark, and torches were lit around him.
Countless soldiers were still cleaning up the corpses by the light of torches.
Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "Countless soldiers died this time. It is definitely impossible to clean them up now. Prepare firewood immediately, then pour liquor and kerosene on them, burn all the corpses on the battlefield, and then follow the military instructions." The names of the soldiers were recorded in the register, and each dead soldier prepared an altar of ashes for their families to take back."
King Hu Bei nodded and executed it immediately.
Piles of dry firewood were piled up, and frozen corpses were placed on top of them. Strong wine and kerosene were poured on them. Then torches were thrown on, and the fire burned, incomparably bright under the black night sky. Dazzling.
"Crack, crackle,."
The burning corpse gave off a disgusting smell.
Not only Li Zhen's soldiers were burned this time, but also the corpses of Russian soldiers were burned together. Li Zhen knew that after the ashes were scattered, he would not be able to tell whose ashes belonged to them, but at least he could give one to the family of each dead soldier. Returning the ashes from the altar should remind the families of the soldiers that this was a white lie fabricated by Li Zhen.
After the fire started to burn, Li Zhen bowed three times towards the burning fire, then turned around and left silently.
All the generals in the army bowed and left.
At this time, no one could have a smile on their face. The fire continued to burn from night to the next morning and was not extinguished. It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the fire was extinguished.
Li Zhen asked the soldiers to collect the ashes and returned to Vladivostok with the army.
