Rebirth of the Northern Giants

"Yes, Your Majesty, Lieutenant General Rogerkov makes an apology to you." Robart's golden head was already so low that it could not be lowered any more.

Nicholas II gritted his teeth and said, "His death a hundred times is not enough to cover his crimes. What else does he want to say to me, this trash."

Robatkin gritted his teeth and continued: "Lieutenant General Rogerkov hopes that you can cease fire with China."

"He wants me to stop the war and let him go back to Moscow immediately, and I will execute him with my own hands." The raging anger of Nicholas II finally burned.

Chai Fu saw that things were about to get out of hand, so he had to stand up and persuade him: "Your Majesty, calm down, now that the empire's troops in the Far East are out of ten, it is really impossible to fight the Chinese anymore. If this continues, the empire will only will lose all the land in the Far East."

Although the Tsar was cruel and capricious, he was not a fool. After hearing that Vladivostok and Nerchinsk fell into the hands of the Chinese, he already understood that the situation in the Far East was really bad, but he really couldn't swallow this breath.

The Minister of the Interior, Viaches, who had just been reprimanded, also did his duty to persuade: "Your Majesty, we can only continue to deal with the Chinese if we deal with the internal troubles first."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please don't be blinded by anger." Seeing Nicholas II bow his head in thought, Sergey Witte echoed.

"Could it be that the empire's eastward expansion policy is just abandoned?" Nicholas II asked unwillingly.

Chai Fu hurriedly replied: "No, Your Majesty, the empire is just forbearance for a while. Do you still remember the theory of evil that was thrown out by the empire not long ago? It’s time to fight, and it’s not too late for us to make a move.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Siberian Railway has been built to the Baikal region. As long as we build it eastward to Khabarovsk, the empire's control over the Far East will be greatly strengthened. If the Chinese occupy Khabarovsk at this time, the empire's losses will be immeasurable. The railway is repaired." , it will be easy for us to seize the interests of the Far East.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, we are not shaking hands with the Chinese to make peace, but to cease fighting for a period of time. It will not be too late to fight again after the empire has accumulated strength in the Far East."

Russia is currently in trouble at home and abroad, and the four ministers tried their best to dissuade them from continuing to fight with the Chinese. Nicholas II, who is as arrogant as Nicholas II, had to keep silent and think seriously.

After a while, he said dejectedly: "Okay, Robatkin, as the plenipotentiary of the peace talks, you go to the Far East immediately and demand that the Chinese return the occupied imperial territory."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The four ministers all breathed a sigh of relief.

There are two possibilities for war, which can make a country rise and make a country decline.

Soon, Russia's request for a formal ceasefire negotiation was passed on to the military junta through the US government.

In the Supreme Command of the Summer Palace, Li Hongzhang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, appeared excitedly and said loudly: "Generalissimo, the Russians sincerely demand a ceasefire, and have sent Minister of War Robatkin as a special envoy to the northeast front. Does the military government need to respond positively? .”

After all, the Russians couldn't stand it any longer. Ever since Nie Shicheng successfully occupied Vladivostok a few days ago, Ye Zhikui knew that this day would come, but he didn't expect the Russians to be so anxious. However, it was just what he wanted, because it would free up his hands to concentrate on dealing with it. British.

"It seems that the Russians came here with a certain amount of sincerity. If that's the case, Zhongtang, you should go to the northeast and see what conditions the Russians have." Ye Zhikui gave an order with a smile on his face.

Li Hongzhang thought for a while and asked, "I don't know what the Generalissimo wants?"

Now the Chinese army has not only withstood the Russian aggression, but also captured the Nerchinsk region in one fell swoop in the northwest, cutting off the Russian Siberia Railway; The eastern region returned to the hands of the Chinese.

The Russo-Northwestern Liya Railway passes through Nerchinsk, Yaksa, Hailanpao, to Khabarovsk, and finally to Vladivostok. It is still under construction in the Lake Baikal area before reaching Chita.

If the military government proposes that Nerchinsk take back China, it is estimated that the Russians will disagree with life and death, and the war will have to continue. At this stage, Nerchinsk is tasteless to China. It is tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to discard it. If you don't go up, China will be able to actually control these areas only after the Northeast has developed for a year or two.

Of course, Ye Zhikui would not say that to Li Hongzhang explicitly, but pondered for a while, and said softly: "Let's divide it according to the current actual ceasefire line."

According to the actual ceasefire line, I am afraid that the Russians will not easily agree. Li Hongzhang lowered his head and secretly calculated.

Seeing this, Ye Zhikui let him daydream, and turned to Wang Shizhen and asked, "Pin Qing, where are Old General Dong and Xu Shichang now?"

Wang Shizhen showed a long-lost smile, and praised: "Jiang is still old and hot. General Dong and Xu Shichang jointly defeated the Outer Mongolian rebels. Now the army has reached Kulun City, but the pseudo-Mongolian emperor fled to Tangnu Wulianghai area. One Time is hard to capture."

Ye Zhikui didn't care about those incompetent Mongolian rebels, a gang of mobs. If they hadn't had the Russians to back them up, they would have dared to fart. Let the military government have an excuse.

Ye Zhikui also said happily: "These two have contributed a lot, it seems that I will fulfill my original promise."

The original promise was to set up a Mongolian province and appoint Xu Shichang as governor.

Now that the good news is over, it's time to talk about the bad news.

Wang Shizhen said with some concern: "Generalissimo, the British government has probably confirmed the massacre of the British by the military government. Recently, the Hong Kong side has stopped contacting us."

The military government has been pretending to be British embassy personnel to contact the Hong Kong government. However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. The British and Far East Fleet disappeared silently on the vast sea. Frightened, he realized the fact that the military government had raised the butcher knife to the British.

Knowing what Wang Shizhen was worried about, Ye Zhikui persuaded him: "Even if the British want to send troops against us, it will take several months to prepare. During this period, we have to prepare as early as possible. Fortunately, the strength of our navy will not drop." On the contrary, after a few months, those captured warships can be put into use again."

Volume Two, The Wind and Cloud of the Capital, Chapter [-] Invasion of Tibet

In the British Empire's Hong Kong Governor's Mansion, Hong Kong Governor William Robinson was very angry. He asked Secretary-General Mei Wenli in disbelief, "Is the French's news true?"

Mei Wenli sighed, and said bitterly: "The governor, not only the French ambassador confirmed to us the news of Wilson's death, but even the Americans and Germans also covered up and said that it was true."

"The Chinese government is so rampant. They dare to kill our ambassador to China. They are provoking war and killing themselves." What the military government did was beyond shocking.

"Governor, not only that, the military government has also issued a massacre order to the ordinary people of the British Empire in China. Countless imperial people have died under the guns of the military government." Mei Wenli also feels the same about the military government's actions. Unreasonable.

They didn't even think about it. When the British massacred the Chinese, was it right? Is it a matter of course? Once the Chinese government treats the Chinese in its own way, would it be so unbelievable?

Robinson slapped the table and said angrily, "Hurry up and report this to the cabinet, and ask the empire to send troops to China immediately, immediately, immediately, must"

"There is still no news about the Far East Fleet. Governor, I'm afraid they are in danger." Mei Wenli even expressed his biggest worry.

"Is there no sign, no news showing the whereabouts of the fleet?" Robinson calmed down the anger in his heart and asked rhetorically.

Mei Wenli suddenly patted his head, and shouted: "A few days ago, the Japanese sent us news that the Chinese Beiyang Fleet had sailed through the Korean Strait. Could it be that our fleet has been defeated by the Chinese?"

While the two were talking, a captain hurried in.

"Governor, I just received news that there are Chinese fleets in Weihaiwei and Lushun. The Chinese fleet seems to have just experienced a war, and many of them are dilapidated. Moreover, according to the observation of the intelligence personnel, they found that there are many ships in the fleet. The tonnage and shape of the warships match those of the Far East Fleet, Governor, have the Chinese already wiped out our fleet?"

The captain shared his analysis and information together, and then looked at Robinson with some concern.

A few people looked at each other and turned pale. Could it be that the Far East Fleet has really been wiped out, and there is no time to return the news.

Robinson's face was terribly gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "In any case, we can only prepare for the worst. Without the support of the Far East Fleet, Hong Kong will truly become an isolated city."

The flesh on Mei Wenli's face was throbbing, and he almost squeezed out a few words, "Governor, the news that the Far East Fleet of the British Empire was wiped out by the Chinese is really too shameful, and we cannot let this news out for now. Let other countries know that this shame can only be alleviated after the empire has taught China a lesson."

"It seems that the Chinese government also deliberately concealed this matter. We said to the outside world that the Far East Fleet encountered a storm in the East China Sea and disappeared."

"I hope the empire can send a fleet to the Far East as soon as possible." Robinson seemed to have aged several years.

The news of the massacre of the British by the military government was finally learned by the British government.

Soon, it was disclosed by a British newspaper, which caused an uproar in the UK, which was equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude [-].

"What, those yellow-skinned pigs actually slaughtered us British?"

"God, are you kidding me? The Chinese dare to kill us British people, they must use the force of the empire to conquer them, so that these backward nations know what a civilized person is."

"Barbaric peoples are really unforgivable. They shouldn't live in this world. We must destroy them in the name of God."

On August 1895, 8, in London, the political center of the British Empire, in Buckingham Palace, British cabinet ministers gathered together, and Queen Victoria sat at the head. No matter who she was, she could see that she was in a state of rage.

"It is unforgivable for the Chinese to provoke the authority of our British Empire. What do you say?" Although Victoria was asking the opinions of the ministers, her tone was clearly inclined to use troops against China.