"Smack!"

As Emperor Meiji slammed the cup in his hand to the ground, the whole hall was silent in the splash of broken porcelain tea.

This was the first time in these decades that the Oriental courtiers had seen Emperor Meiji unable to restrain his anger and slammed his cup to vent.

The ministers trembled, and only dared to continue to stare at each other secretly.

And the head of the Navy Saigo who was smashed and bleeding straight from the head of the admiralty didn't care about the blood droplets that slowly flowed down his cheeks, and sat straight in his position, just looking at Kawakami with cold eyes.

Isn't it a joke that a group of ships of the combined fleet of the dignified Empire would be afraid of four weak British ships?

It's not for the hundred-year cause of the empire, so the navy crushes teeth and swallows blood!

This teacup of the Army, as well as the blood on his forehead, and the momentum of his own fearlessness in the face of danger and not being frightened, will surely soon spread throughout the country, demonstrating the magnanimity and wisdom of the Navy and the rude vulgarity of the Army.

In the history of the Yamato military, this will definitely be written down in thick ink!

After Emperor Meiji dropped the cup, his heart suddenly refreshed.

He had heard rumors before, saying that the emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty liked to smash the cup the most, and he still despised the naivety of the Qing Emperor very much when he heard it.

Today, after he fell a 'snap' sound, his heart suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and the thoughts that were frightened by the battle in Shanhaiguan just now immediately became like a urine collapse spring.

"Is this still the Empire's highest war agency? Your decisions determine the life and death of 40 million people, and you are still the important ministers of the empire? Are you a bunch of ignorant and stupid fools who only fight and curse the streets? ”

Emperor Meiji scolded angrily: "Kawakami, don't you really understand? If it weren't for the calmness and forbearance of the navy this time, then the empire would no longer be facing the Qing Dynasty, but the world's first-class power, Britain! Do you think that with the weak strength of the empire now, there is a slight possibility of victory? Use your pig brains and teacups to fight! ”

The more Emperor Meiji spoke, the angrier he became, and he had the urge to smash the cup again.

"Pass the Imperial Doctor to General Saigo to clean up his wounds, and as for you-"

Emperor Meiji stared at Kawakami Cao Roku angrily and shouted: "No matter how the Qing army boasts, it is impossible for Yama County to put a large number of troops in Shanhaiguan to besiege the last remnants of the Qing army; Because of the Bohai Haikou incident, the 11th Brigade had to attack Weihai, this is today's disaster,—— however, how can everything go well in the war, the loss of a brigade and the capture of Weihaiwei, you don't understand? As long as this war is won, with resources and reparations, the empire can reorganize ten or twenty new divisions at any time! ”

"Hey!"

Kawakami six honestly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Punish you for a year as compensation for General Saigo, tonight you invite General Xixiang to drink and apologize, if you can't please or General Xixiang doesn't accept your apology, your deputy chief of staff will not do it, go to the Army University as an instructor!"

Emperor Meiji angrily reprimanded Kawakami for Shoroku, and then said to Shimochio Okumunemitsu:

"Inform Chu Enchi and the envoys of various countries that the Qing army still took the initiative to provoke a war even though we had agreed to an armistice and peace, and took advantage of our army's trust in restraint to paralyze and launch a shameless surprise attack, which the empire deeply regretted and angered; For this reason, the empire for the sake of peace, the army will be directly subordinated. ”

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Revenge! Exterminate the Qing Kingdom! ”

Hearing this order from the emperor, the hall was buzzing with activity, and a group of young and strong junior officers shouted excitedly.

The corners of Ito's eyes jumped, and now this abrupt change made him feel that the war was gradually getting out of control, and he was becoming more and more unable to grasp it.

However, he could only choose to face it silently at this time, after the Qing army annihilated a complete brigade and an infantry wing of the empire, with his understanding of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty would definitely swell again and become an iron-clad main battle faction.

Then, the empire can only beat them with an iron fist, cry and cripple, wake up, fear and fear them, lie honestly on the board, and let the empire slaughter!

"Order the Combined Fleet, the 11th Mixed Brigade, to leave enough defensive forces at Weihaiwei, and the rest immediately set off into the Bohai Sea to attack ——,"

Emperor Meiji paused slightly, and according to the correct course of the war, of course, he should take advantage of the emptiness of the Great Qing Tsumon Gate and directly attack the Tsumon Gate.

However, after Weihaiwei left enough troops, the army that was transferred into Bohai was only seven or eight thousand people, and the troops were extremely weak when they attacked Jinmen and later came to the west to aid the 1st Army.

Moreover, if the shelling of Jinmen hurts the foreigners or damages the foreigners' industries, and causes the anger and interference of the foreigners, it will be a big trouble!

"My emperor, the minister proposes to transfer the 12th Brigade of Port Arthur, so that the whole army of the 6th Division will attack Jinmen, and the military strength is barely enough; And once it joins forces with the 1st Army, the 3 divisions and regiments will fight together, and no one will be able to stop them and be invincible! ”

Kawakami Cao Liu's plan said: "At the same time, the 2nd Army of General Dashan Yan was ordered to shrink the defensive formation on the whole line, so as to free up troops in the future and annihilate the Qing army of Lushun." ”

"In this way, the 2nd Army only has more than 14,000 troops, and it does not have enough artillery in its hands, let alone build a solid defense system. Yaga, bastard! ”

Seeing that the army below was stunned again, Ito Hirobumi, who had endured the anger for a long time, scolded angrily:

"This is a battle of national fortune, not something that your army can do whatever it wants, this time it is not a forced entry into the pass in Shanxian County, where are there so many terrifying variables now? Once, I mean that once, the 9th Brigade has been shattered in the hands of the reinforcements, the 19th Wing has only one broken brigade left in Mukden, and the 3rd Brigade has been completely annihilated, I say that once that damn reinforcement army has created an impossible miracle again,——"

The more Ito Hirobumi spoke, the more angry he became, and he roared and roared: "Once the 2nd Lushun Army collapses due to insufficient troops, tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Lushun of the Qing Dynasty will sweep all the way from southern Liaoning to eastern Liaodong, and then to Pyongyang, Seoul, Yingkou, Shanhaiguan, all the way, what will the exhausted empire continue to fight?" Use your ass! ”

The hall was silent, and the humiliated faces of the army generals were as red as monkey butts.

This reinforcement army that deserves to go to hell and their commander He Changying have brought too much shame to the Imperial Army that is difficult to wash!

Emperor Meiji thought for a while, and waited until Saigo, whose head was bandaged, sat back down in the main hall again before he continued: "The war between the Qing and Japanese countries is not a matter of one day or two days, and it is not a matter of fighting for the day; The 11th Brigade was ordered to avoid the great city of Jinmen, choose a deserted coast to land, and after landing, the army quickly advanced westward, collecting intelligence from the 1st Army along the way, and joining forces with the 1st Army. ”

Hearing this order of Emperor Meiji, all the ministers in the palace nodded slightly, my emperor This is the way of the old man to seek the country.

"The combined fleet and merchant ships will return as soon as they have completed their troop transports, and order the troops directly under the 2nd Division, the 4th Brigade, and the 4th Division, to arrive in Tokyo as soon as possible; If necessary, throw them all into the battlefield of the Qing Dynasty! ”

There was a hint of helplessness in Meiji's voice.

In addition to the Guards Division, which was responsible for the Gongwei Jing Division, these three brigades were the last field army units of the Empire on the mainland.

Since last summer, the Empire has invested all its navy, almost all of its land forces, used all of its economic resources, and is heavily indebted.