At about 3:30 p.m. on the same day, the Qing-Japanese armistice agreement was signed in front of the bed of Li Hongzhang of the Receiving Temple.

There are six clauses in total:

Paragraph 1: The governments of the Great Qing Empire and the Great Oriental Empire hereby allow all the land and water armies of China and Japan in Mukden, Zhili, and Shandong to be governed by the following terms and conditions of the armistice.

Paragraph 2: The armies of the two countries shall observe the provisional armistice in accordance with this treaty, and each shall be stationed in the place where it is now encamped, and shall not advance against each other during the armistice.

Paragraph 3: China and Japan hereby agree that during the armistice period, all the former enemy troops of the two countries, whether offensive or defensive, shall not increase their advance, and shall not send additional reinforcements or all fighting forces, except that if the two countries have assigned new troops, they shall not be sent to the former enemy to help the war.

Paragraph 4: Maritime transport of soldiers and military supplies, all wartime forbidden items shall still be seized by enemy ships at any time in accordance with wartime regulations.

Paragraph 5: The two Governments shall administer this armistice treaty in accordance with this treaty for a period of twenty-one days after the signing of this treaty, provided that each of the two armies shall make an expeditious notice of all places where the telephone lines are blocked, and the generals of the former enemies of the two countries, upon receipt of the letter, may also inform each other of each other, and immediately cease hostilities.

Paragraph 6: This armistice clause shall expire at 12 o'clock at noon on March 26, the 21st year of Guangxu, that is, on April 20, the 28th year of the Meiji era, without notice to each other. If the peace is broken within this period, the armistice will be suspended.

When Li Hongzhang put down the pen in his hand, his mind was settled, but he knew it heavily.

The real contest at the negotiating table (slaughter) can be regarded as the official beginning.

Near the end of the night, the telegram was sent back to Tongzhou, and then Komura Shoutaro, the field administrator of the 1st Oriental Army, sent a letter to the Qing Premier Yamen, and from the 17th, the Oriental cavalry would lift the blockade of Yanjing.

In addition to the army and military supplies, all other pedestrians and goods will no longer be restricted from entering and leaving Yanjing City.

When the news came out, Jingshi was shocked.

Jingshi has been besieged for nearly a month, and it has long been locked up by the people, rich princes, ministers, ministers and businessmen under the root of the imperial city, and fortunately, it is still in late winter and early spring, if it is summer, just the feces and urine of the city can smoke half of the city alive.

More importantly, this means that the military disasters that could break out at any time before are completely invisible, and the world is still the world of the Qing Dynasty, and the truth is still the original truth.

It's a big deal, it's just a matter of silver, and it's just a wild island thousands of miles away, on the vast sea.

Cixi, who received the telegram, finally showed a smile after many days, and called Li Hongzhang back, praising Li Hongzhang for doing things properly, and he should make persistent efforts to sign the contract as soon as possible, and 'return the Qing Dynasty to purity'.

Longfeng River, Santai Village.

For a whole day on the 16th, the newly reorganized Jinmen Brigade was buying carts, horses, grain and grass, while the propagandists in the company were teaching military songs and telling some 'simple' truths.

Although this truth is 'superficial', these Qing soldiers have never heard such a deafening truth, and they are all fascinated by it.

Liu Gangzhi and Nie Pengcheng, Qian Yugang, Cao Yitao, Wei Jiaxun, Yang Guang, Xiao Ligang, Song Zhanbiao, Zhao Dabang,——

A group of generals stood by the Longfeng River, watching the sunset.

"-I've said everything I can say, this time in Langfang, it was to get our anti-Japanese army to the death, and to fight a bloody battle against the Japanese army for the country and home, and as a result, there was such a dirty slot of eggs, and how many brothers were killed! If you are willing to follow the commander-in-chief, I won't mention the brothers who have gone all the way to the black of our anti-Japanese army. ”

Liu Gangzhi said coldly: "There are two hearts, everyone has their own ambitions, we are not reluctant,—— but you have to make it clear to me, after all, it is a brother, let's get together and disperse; If anyone doesn't say it, there is a dark shadow behind it, and everyone knows my bastard temper, and when the time comes, it will be reasonable with a knife. ”

The silence by the river, looking at the bloody sun, the generals were angry for the bloody breakthrough in Langfang, and they were also shocked by the subtext words in Liu Gangzhi's words.

After all, in the past twenty or thirty years, everyone has been a Shunmin of the Qing Dynasty, and through the "Scream" and the narration of the propaganda team, although everyone knows that there should be no one in the world, no one is high, low, and everyone is equal.

However, everyone has parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, and even wives and children behind them.

Once the family is decisively separated, what kind of damage will the family suffer?

For the sake of the Chinese nation, it is not a pity to take this life, but once the family is involved in a huge disaster, we can't help but let these young generals not take it seriously.

Just like He Changying admired before, he admired Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong, Sun Wen, and Huang Xing.

However, let him say that the people he admires the most, Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong and these people, have to make way for Chen Gengxin, Lin Juemin, Qiu Jin, Yu Peilun, these real idealists.

However, in any era, people like this are a minority after all, let alone the Qing Dynasty at this time.

"Don't be so serious, didn't the commander-in-chief emphasize it again and again when he left,—— we are still the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and we are the solid force of the Qing Dynasty to resist external humiliation, and the muzzle of the anti-Japanese army will never be internal."

Nie Pengcheng saw that the generals' faces were serious, so he said with a smile: "What the brigade commander said can actually be understood in this way, our anti-Japanese army is like Beiyang, which has been corrupted before, and the imperial court is still the imperial court, just like the imperial court has always wanted to bring down Li Hongzhang and Beiyang, our anti-Japanese army must also be closely united internally, and unite to fight with the traitors of the imperial court." ”

After listening to Nie Pengcheng's 'explanation', the atmosphere on the riverside suddenly relaxed.

Song Zhanbiao and the others immediately said loudly, "We must hug our brothers tightly, unite around He Changying like the Huai Department back then, and wrestle with the traitors of the court." ’

At this time, the Longfeng River was overflowing.

The anti-Japanese army has soldiers, guns and Nanyang silver, and the commander-in-chief He Changying is also a fellow villager of Li Hongzhang of the Huai Department and a sworn brother of Li Jingfang.

Now the commander-in-chief He Changying is only twenty-four years old, and he is already the commander of the Han army with a yellow flag from the first grade.

Xu Bangdao is the direct commander of Yipin.

Jia Qisheng is the Ludong Admiral from Yipin.

Jiang Zikang is the governor of Zheng Erpin.

You don't have to think about it to know that the future of the anti-Japanese army is definitely a mixed future, and it is unlimited.

Liu Gangzhi looked at Yang Guang helplessly.

Before, Shi Weicheng, Lu Wenjie, as well as Li Xiang and Yang Guang all persuaded him, saying that it was far from the time, but he was not convinced, so he insisted on testing it.

No wonder Lu Wenjie and the others were reluctant to come over and show up this time.

"Yes, our brothers will unite in front of the commander-in-chief, and shake well with those traitorous ministers and old things in the court, we can't keep it for two years, we are a new Beiyang that is invincible in the Qing Dynasty and no one dares to provoke!"

Seeing Nie Pengcheng's eyes looking at him secretly, Liu Gangzhi had no choice but to endure his unhappiness, laughed and said: "Lao Li is over seventy, it is estimated that when Ma Guan comes back, he will be scolded by the world, and he will definitely have no energy to jump again; Now it's up to us to resist the Japanese army. ”

"Yes, it's up to us to resist the Japanese army!"

Seeing Liu Gangzhi's statement, the officers of the anti-Japanese army by the Longfeng River were even more relaxed, shouting proudly at the top of their voices.

That night, the Jinmen Brigade of the Anti-Japanese Army continued to camp by the Longfeng River, and in the early morning of the next day, the whole army pulled out the camp and headed towards Yongping Mansion.

March 17, 10 a.m., Dagu Wharf.

An American merchant ship sailing from Tianjin Gate to Hong Kong began to lift anchor and sail to the open sea.

He Changying, Xu Bangdao, Jia Qisheng, Tang Shaoyi, Liu Pingyun, Lu Zhaomei, and the six of them stood on the side of the boat, looking at the dock that was gradually leaving.

In the line of sight, the Dagu dock of the Beiyang Navy Division is a ruined wreckage, and the fort groups on both sides of the Haihe estuary in the south are also a broken wall.

There are also anti-Japanese army stations, Dagu Fort General Soldiers' Mansion, which are also a large number of broken traces after being bombarded by fire and shelling.