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"Waste! Waste! You bunch of wastes! My millions of troops and my country have all been destroyed in the hands of you wastes!" Emperor Guangxu sat on the dragon throne and scolded loudly with a red face. In the Jinluan Palace , the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Director of the Ministry of War were kneeling on the ground.
"I deserve death for my crime, Your Majesty, please calm down!" The ministers shouted loudly. Each of them buried their heads low, fearing that they would offend Emperor Guangxu and suffer disaster.
"Calm down my anger? How do you ask me to calm down my anger? My millions of troops are about to be defeated by you, Prince Horqin has died in battle, and the Qing Dynasty is about to change its surname. You still want me to calm down?" Emperor Guangxu He laughed in anger.
"I deserve to die, please forgive me!" The ministers had no choice but to kowtow again. Anyway, no matter what, in front of the emperor, they are the only ones who can admit their mistakes. Even if the emperor did something wrong, it was the fault of his ministers. The emperor is never wrong.
When various unfavorable news came from the front and gathered together today, Emperor Guangxu finally became angry. On the northern front, more than 100,000 troops were lost, leaving only tens of thousands of remnants to defend Xi'an. On the eastern front, Emperor Guangxu and the court placed their trust in The new army, which had high hopes, has not played its due role. It has lost tens of thousands of people so far, and the Green Battalion has suffered a lot. So far, it can only hold the line of defense. If it is defeated again, it will They retreated to Jingmen, and behind Jingmen was the important city of Wuhan in Central China. As for the southern front, it was completely defeated. Guizhou and Yunnan provinces were about to be lost. In addition, Horqin's personal guard Boyanna Mohu died in the battle. How could this keep Emperor Guangxu from being filled with anger?
"Tell me, tell me how you can alleviate the current crisis?" Emperor Guangxu asked angrily. After getting angry, the problem still needs to be solved. Unless he really wants to be the king of subjugation, otherwise , he had to work hard to keep the rule of the Qing Dynasty alive.
However, the important ministers kneeling below all buried their heads low, as if there were some gold and silver treasures below.
"Tell me? Are you all dumb?" Emperor Guangxu was frothing at the mouth when he saw these people who usually quoted scriptures one by one, but now they are like eggplants beaten by frost, which will make him very angry. Come.
"Shi Duo, you are the foreman of the military aircraft. What do you think we should do now?" Emperor Guangxu asked directly. Shi Duo was originally a member of the Empress Dowager Cixi. If we can take this opportunity to remove Shi Duo from his post, he would be a good person. Not a small gain.
"Back to the Emperor. I think that since the war situation is not going well now, we can negotiate peace with Western Sichuan, stop the war, make peace, and turn the war into friendship. This will be very beneficial to both of us!" Shi Duo had to bite the bullet and said. .Originally, he did not approve of going to war with Western Sichuan. What's the point of fighting and killing? If Empress Dowager Cixi hadn't nodded, he wouldn't have approved of Emperor Guangxu going to war! Now that it's better, the war situation is not going well, isn't it? Does it prove that his original point of view was correct? Qinghai and Gansu are just barren lands. If Western Sichuan wants it, then give it to them. But now, it is like this, and I don’t know how much it will cost to let it go. Those fierce Western Sichuan troops retreated.
"How presumptuous! Shi Duo, you actually dare to deceive the people and disturb the morale of the army with your monstrous words! What benefits did the Western Sichuan bandits give you? Are you allowed to speak for them like this?" Emperor Guangxu slapped the dragon chair hard and pointed at Shi Duo.
Start scolding.
"Ah! Your Majesty, I am wronged! I did not receive any benefits from Western Sichuan. I have always been loyal to the Qing Dynasty! Please see me clearly!" Shi Duo was stunned and quickly begged for mercy. He seemed to find that,
This was basically a hole dug by Guangxu for him! Just waiting for him to jump into it stupidly! Shiduo knew that this time he underestimated Guangxu. Guangxu wanted to take the opportunity to capture him.
"Come here, capture Shiduo for me! Prince Li Shiduo deceived the public with his evil words and disturbed the morale of the army. He was removed from his position as Minister of Military Aircraft and returned to his residence to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors!" Emperor Guangxu said loudly.
"I'm wronged. I want to see the Queen Mother!" Shi Duo immediately shouted.
However, at this moment, several imperial guards had already rushed in and pulled Shi Duo out, ignoring his resistance.
Guangxu's decisive approach made the ministers feel shocked. You know, Prince Li Shiduo is the number one subordinate of the Empress Dowager Cixi! Emperor Guangxu directly dismissed Shiduo from his position as military aircraft foreman. This was not a public beating.
What about the face of Empress Dowager Cixi? Even if Emperor Guangxu takes over now, what will happen afterwards? Will Empress Dowager Cixi be able to swallow this sigh of relief? With Emperor Guangxu's current strength, amid internal and external troubles, there is no way he can compete with Empress Dowager Cixi!
Emperor Guangxu's teacher, Emperor Shi Weng Tonghe, couldn't help but shook his head.
"Xu Gengshen, the plan to attack western Sichuan this time was drafted by your Ministry of War. Now that something like this has happened, how do you think we should remedy it?" Emperor Guangxu asked with a stern face.
"I deserve death for my crime! Your Majesty, I feel old and frail recently. Please allow me to resign and return to my hometown!" Xu Gengshen said quickly. He is already sixty-six years old this year. Although his body is not as good as it was then, but to say
He is old and frail, which is not to say anything. He obviously saw what happened to Prince Li Shiduo just now, and was afraid that Emperor Guangxu would take advantage of him, so he simply retreated in order to advance.
"No! Don't you think of a way for me? You can go to Tianlao to take care of your old age!" Emperor Guangxu said coldly. Obviously, it was impossible for Xu Gengshen to give up his job like this.
"Back to the emperor, the strength of the Western Sichuan Army has far exceeded our expectations. This time's plan to annihilate Western Sichuan will probably be difficult to realize!" Xu Gengshen had to bite the bullet and said. He didn't dare to brag anymore, now Qing Qing
The army has already been defeated. If we say any more big words, it will not end well by then.
"No, the Qing Dynasty has not lost yet! We still have hundreds of thousands of troops. As long as we join the battlefield, we will be able to reverse the situation!" Emperor Guangxu shook his head stubbornly.
Xu Gengshen was silent. Although it seemed that the Qing army had barely held on to the defense line, in fact, the Qing army had failed. Once the reinforcements from the Western Sichuan Army entered the battlefield, it would be a disaster. What should be done now is how to stabilize the battle situation.
, and strive for a decent peace. Otherwise, once the front line is defeated, the Qing Dynasty will lose more, or even be destroyed.
"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is the northern front. If Xi'an is captured, the Western Sichuan Army can easily occupy Shaanxi. Once they cross the Yellow River and enter Shanxi, Shanxi, which has been depleted of its troops, will not be able to resist Western Sichuan.
The attack of the army! Once Shanxi is lost, Zhili will be next. The Zhili New Army has all committed to the Hubei battlefield. By then, the Western Sichuan Army will be able to march straight in and march to the capital! "Xu Gengshen continued.
"Then what should we do?" Emperor Guangxu was also shocked. If the Western Sichuan Army came to the capital, it would really cause turmoil in the world.
"Immediately send reinforcements to support Xi'an. No matter what, we must block the Western Sichuan Army south of the Yellow River and not allow them to cross the Yellow River. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!" Xu Gengshen replied.
"Reinforcements? Now there are only 100,000 new imperial guards and 100,000 bannermen soldiers left in the capital. What should we do if the troops are transferred and the capital is empty?" Weng Tonghe stood up and retorted. Anyway, The capital is a top priority and cannot be missed. The capital must leave enough garrison strength.
"It is enough to send 100,000 new Imperial Guard troops to Xi'an for rescue and leave 100,000 Eight Banners soldiers to defend the capital!" Xu Gengshen said.
"Hmph! Eight Banners soldiers? How much fighting power can those Eight Banners soldiers have? Mr. Xu doesn't know, right? I think it would be better to leave 100,000 Imperial Guards to guard the capital and send Eight Banners soldiers to rescue Xi'an!" Weng Tonghe said Said. He had his reasons for suggesting this. The new army of 100,000 Imperial Guards was established under the leadership of Guangxu, and most of the soldiers in it were close to Guangxu. This is why Empress Dowager Cixi had to return power to Guangxu. Reason. Once the new imperial guard army is transferred from the capital, won't the capital fall back into the control of the Empress Dowager Cixi?
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