Chengdu Governor's Palace, now belongs to the temporary palace of the imperial court, the soldiers guarding here are no longer the original governor's palace, but subordinate to the Qing Dynasty Janissary and wearing yellow coats of the inner soldiers.

There is no solemnity in Beijing here, but the martial law in Chengdu is no worse than that of Beijing, and even surpasses it. After the Guangyuan coup, Cixi has been worried that someone will do something to herself, so she mobilized 3,000 Praetorian Guards to be stationed near the Governor's Palace.

With a squeak, Li Lianying, who came out with a teacup and was about to pour tea for Cixi in the back hall, just closed the door, and saw Zhang Zhidong and Songpan coming over, Li Lianying knew very well that now these two people have become Cixi's most trusted people, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he picked up the teacup and stepped forward to ask the meaning of the two of them.

When Zhang Zhidong saw Li Lianying asking, he could only tell you that there was an urgent matter to ask Lao Buddha, and the urgent thing he said was to inform Cixi that Japan and Liu Jun had declared war, and to dissuade Cixi, and he must not be in the mind of moving troops with Liu Jun.

Although Li Lianying didn't read much, from Zhang Zhidong's mouth, he knew that this matter was extraordinary, so after handing the plate in his hand to the little eunuch on the side, he turned around and ran in.

As soon as he entered, he ran to the Buddha hall where Cixi was chanting Buddha, and whispered to Cixi, who was fiddling with the rosary in his hand: "Lafayette, Zhang Zhongtang and Master Song want to meet?"

As soon as she heard Li Lianying's name, Cixi, who had been confined to her eyes and reciting words in her mouth, suddenly stopped fiddling with the rosary in her hand and stood up, raised her hand slightly, and Cixi walked outside and sat down.

Li Lianying has followed Cixi for decades, knowing that this is what Xuan meant, he bowed his head slightly, turned around and walked out as soon as he shook the dust in his hand.

Zhang Zhidong saw Li Lianyingle walking out, took a deep breath, looked at Song Pan who was standing next to him, tidied up his clothes, and then walked in.

After the ceremony, Cixi glanced at the two people standing below, put down the tea in her hand and asked slowly, "What are you two doing here today?"

"Qi Qi Lafayette, I just received an urgent telegram, Liaodong and Japan have already declared war today and yesterday." Zhang Zhidong did this, handed over the telegram in his hand, slowly stepped aside, and secretly watched Cixi's reaction.

In fact, there is no need to watch, it is obvious that Cixi has already stood up, and like a robbery, she took the telegram from Li Lianying's hand and read it carefully.

Cangtian, don't be hot-headed and mobilize the army to wage war against Liaodong, otherwise, my Qing Dynasty will be finished. Looking at Cixi, whose arms trembled slightly, Zhang Zhidong kept praying in his heart, hoping that Cixi could be patient, endure this moment, and wait for the results of the war between Liaodong and Japan.

"Good, good." A few good words came out of Cixi's mouth in a row, and it can be seen how excited she was at this time, for so many years, Liu Jun was like a fish bone stuck in her throat, so that she couldn't rest at ease every night, and even more so that she couldn't eat well.

The Liaodong army is strong and strong, and it also has the support of the West, which is not what she wants to see from that direction.

If you want something bad, Zhang Zhidong on the side heard this, and the cold sweat on his face suddenly flowed out, and what he was worried about would probably have to happen.

"Immediately send an order, let Li Yuanhong"

"Qi Qi Lafayette, Weichen has something to play." Before Cixi finished speaking, he already knew what Cixi was going to say in his heart, and suddenly stepped forward and blocked Cixi's words, he knew Cixi too well, once the order came out of his mouth, even if he knew that it was wrong, he would not admit defeat and had to carry it out.

Rather than letting Cixi speak, it is better to take the conversation herself, first explain the current situation and situation in the imperial court, and let Cixi plan to start a war with Japan.

Seeing Cixi nodded, Zhang Zhidong stepped forward this time: "Weichen thinks that now is not the time to start a war with Liu Jun, since Liaodong has stopped attacking, why don't we sell Liu Jun a favor." ”

Puzzled, Cixi, who didn't read much, looked at Zhang Zhidong with a puzzled face, indeed, he wanted to immediately give an order to let the troops on the front line attack the Liaodong Army, and form an east-west attack with Japan to resist Liu Jun.

"What do you mean?" Cixi, who had been pondering for a long time, took a look at Zhang Zhidong, and today he wanted to listen to why Zhang Zhidong opposed his war against Liaodong.

Seeing that Cixi let him continue, Zhang Zhidong sorted out his thoughts and began to slowly say the answer. He tried his best to simplify the language, not too responsible, summed up in two, one, now the imperial court dares to suffer defeat, material and human resources have suffered huge losses, there is no power to fight with Liaodong at all, and the other one, that is, the most important point, if there is a war against Liaodong, then it is estimated that now the whole country will support Liu Jun in turn, not the imperial court, after all, now, what Liu Jun is doing is fighting with foreigners, at this time, it is time to stab people in the back, not to mention the people, I am afraid that the troops are likely to mutiny.

Cixi gasped, she was not afraid of what the people said, but she was afraid of the army mutiny, Guangyuan's gunfire made her feel as if she was right in front of her.

"You can do it." Knowing that she was powerless, Cixi had no choice but to do her position and say the answer she didn't want to say the most.

resigned to his fate, everything, he could only obey Zhang Zhidong's arrangement, and not to start a war with Liu Jun for the time being, after all, Liu Jun is not so easy to mess with......

Liu Jun, who was far away in Lushun, didn't know at this time that at the same moment, he almost encountered a situation of fighting on both sides, at this time, he was picking up a cup of tea and carefully looking at a document on the table.

This document is Liaodong's first operational plan after declaring war on Japan, and even a general program for the war against Japan for a period of time to come.

This plan was made by Liu Jun last night, after he put forward his idea to Zhong Lin and asked him to go to the General Staff Headquarters to convey his intentions to the General Staff, and the Joint Operations Department of the General Staff Department mobilized the best manpower overnight to prepare it and hand it over to Liu Jun.

Seeing Liu Jun shaking his head slightly from time to time, Zheng Yiqian next to him stepped forward and frowned: "How about it, is it that their plan does not match your intentions."

"No, they have understood what I mean, and the battle plan is perfect, but I don't agree with this idea of luring the Japanese army into the enemy." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he stood up and came to the map, took the command from it, and pointed to Pyongyang.

"The intention of the General Staff is to abandon Pyongyang when necessary, to cede Pyongyang to the Japanese army, and after waiting for the main force of the Japanese army to enter Pyongyang, the army will immediately encircle from both sides, so as to strike at the Japanese army."

This, after Zheng Yiqian picked up the map from the left and looked at it, judging from the statement of the General Staff, this is very reasonable.

"I don't think they have analyzed the troops there, luring the enemy deep.

"There really is no problem, the biggest problem here, that is, when Pyongyang is abandoned, Li He's fleet must eliminate the combined fleet, or occupy the sea control in the Korean waters, only in this way can this plan be effective, otherwise, as long as we are not careful, we will fall into passivity, and when the time comes, don't talk about Pyongyang, I am afraid that the flames of war will burn to the Yalu River, which is not what I want to see." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he turned back to his position, stretched out his head and stroked his temples.

"Then I think it's better to put this plan aside, and wait for the Beiyang Naval Division to take over the Combined Fleet before it is implemented, if it is good, then we don't need to give up Pyongyang at all, and we can let Li He's Naval Division carry infantry from the New Year, and join forces with Ding Ruchang to fight against the Japanese army in Korea." Zhong Lin finished drinking the tea, picked up the telegram in Zheng Yiqian's hand and read it twice, and then put the telegram in his hand on the table.

"Where is Li He?" Hearing Zhong Lin's narration, Liu Jun thought it was feasible, and turned around and asked Zhong Lin who was standing in front of me.

"A meeting at the Admiralty."

"Let him come to me at once." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he turned around and stood up, walked to the map, and quietly looked at the sea in a daze.