Knock knock, slow and heavy footsteps outside the door sounded, Zhang Zhidong didn't need to look, he knew that it was the current governor of Sichuan, Songpan, who came in.

"Zhongtang, look at it, Zhao Erfeng has received another batch of arms from Liaodong." Song Pan, who walked in front of Zhang Zhidong, slapped a telegram in his hand.

What's strange, the imperial court can't give Zhao Erfeng such good equipment, otherwise, with the strength in Zhao Erfeng's hands, the weapons and equipment, if you want to march 200 miles a day, and also encircle and annihilate a brigade of Tibetan soldiers, if it weren't for the ammunition and weapons aided by Liaodong, this kind of thing would be impossible at all.

"Do you have any opinions?" Zhang Zhidong, who opened his eyes, picked up the telegram and looked at it, knocked on the table, and said slowly.

This, Songpan didn't understand why Zhang Zhidong said this.

Seeing that Songpan didn't understand, Zhang Zhidong stood up from his chair, pointed to Tibet and said: "Tibet can't be chaotic, this is something that everyone knows, but you can see it now, since the imperial court sent troops, there have been several times in the court meeting to discuss the Tibet issue, and the most discussed are palaces and mausoleums. ”

is also like this, Songpan did not object to Zhang Zhidong's words, he was also very disgusted, at this time, the imperial court did not focus on Tibet, but on enjoyment, which was a failure.

However, Songpan is not worried about this, but Liaodong is doing this, so it is inevitable that Zhao Erfeng will follow Liaodong in the future, and now Zhao Erfeng is the minister in Tibet, once Zhao Erfeng leaves the imperial court, it means that Tibet is also completely separated from the imperial court, once that time, the place controlled by the imperial court is only Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang three places, and when the time comes, these three places. are all surrounded by Liaodong, to put it bluntly, Liaodong can eat whenever he wants. Attack whenever you want.

"Do you think Zhao Erfeng has too much contact with Liaodong?" Song Pan didn't say the rest of the words, he knew that with Zhang Zhidong's cleverness, he would definitely be able to hear what he meant.

Indeed, Zhang Zhidong heard what Songpan meant, but what can this be, the imperial court is no longer the former imperial court. is fundamentally in the southwest, and can only survive.

Hey, with a sigh, Songpan understood what Zhang Zhidong meant, bowed his head slightly and thought for a while, Songpan stepped forward and said, "Then the next time Liaodong sends supplies to Zhao Erfeng, we won't stop it." ”

Nodding slightly, Zhang Zhidong understood that this could not be blocked at all, and he did not dare to block it, whoever blocked it was the enemy of Liaodong. It is the enemy of the entire Chinese people, after all, once Tibet succeeds in independence, this crime will have to be borne by the officials who blocked the transportation of materials and goods in Liaodong in the first place.

"Give Yungui and Huguang electricity. : If the Liaodong Brigade passes, there is no need to inspect it, and it will be released directly. Slowly returning to his position, Zhang Zhidong gave an order to Songpan.

"Okay." Songpan nodded, turned around and walked out, he wanted this information, and it was transmitted to Huguang and Yungui as soon as possible, after all, now, Liaodong wants to give Zhao Erfeng litigation materials, and these two places are the most suitable.

At the Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun, who was in front of the map, was quietly looking at Tibet, and the pen in his hand would draw on it from time to time, which was now Zhao Erfeng's march route.

"Head, the wolves are calling." Zhong Lin picked up a telegram and walked in, handed the telegram to Liu Jun and stood aside.

Consumption is too large, what does this mean, looking at this telegram, Liu Jun looked at Zhong Lin with puzzled eyes.

"The wolf pack means that during this period of time, Zhao Erfeng's troops and Tibetan soldiers have been fighting continuously, and the consumption of medicine is too large, and I am afraid that Lhasa will not be used, and it will be over.

How could it be lost so quickly, how long has it been since the ammunition was transported, Liu Jun was full of doubts, he was worried that this Zhao Erfeng was mischievous and swallowed his ammunition privately.

"No, Zhao Erfeng really used ammunition to deal with Tibet this time, and he didn't leave a single bullet." It is estimated that Zhong Lin saw what Liu Jun meant, so Zhong Lin hurriedly explained, after all, by Zhao Erfeng's side, there were personnel from the Intelligence Bureau.

Since this is the case, Liu Jun returned to his position, lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head again and looked at Zhong Lin, "Transport another batch of ammunition for them, now that the suppression is at a critical moment, the front line must not lack ammunition."

"Head, it's too late, even if we transport it from the Northeast or the Lushun Ordnance Bureau now, it will take more than ten days, ten days, who will know what will happen." Zhong Lin has no objection to re-mailing, but it is indeed too late to transport materials from these two places now.

Too late, Liu Jun frowned. Begin to bow your head and ponder. About five or six minutes later, Liu Jun raised his head and looked at Zhong Lin: "Send a telegram to Wang Shizhen, and immediately transfer a batch of ammunition from the army to the front line of Zhao Erfeng." ”

This one? Zhong Lin's eyes widened, you must know that Wang Shizhen's troops are now in Hanzhong, and the imperial court is in a state of confrontation, once the ammunition is transported to Zhao Erfeng at this time, then if the imperial court attacks him, what kind of resistance will Wang Shizhen take, and the person who is here said, even if the imperial court does not attack, but whether the imperial court will agree to the troops transporting ammunition to pass through, this is a huge question.

After pondering for a while, Zhong Lin said what he thought.

This matter, Liu Jun is not without consideration, Zhao Erfeng is on the front line, ammunition must be sufficient, and now, the closest to Zhao Erfeng, only Wang Shizhen, and Wang Shizhen's troops, now have hundreds of thousands of ammunition, a batch of transfers, is completely without any impact, in this place, the ammunition transported by Lushun can still be transported to Wang Shizhen's department to replenish him.

As for the imperial court, Liu Jun lowered his head and thought for a while, grabbed his cloak from the side, and walked out of the door, after all, he had to ask Li Hongzhang for help in this matter.

Liu Jun's meaning is to let Li Hongzhang send a telegram to Zhang Zhidong, hoping that Zhang Zhidong will focus on the overall situation, and can let the Qing army in front of him get out of the way, so that the army's supplementary mail can be delivered to Zhao Erfeng, after all, Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang, although the two are somewhat contradictory, but after all, the two of them are familiar with each other. At least we've met.

For Liu Jun's request, Li Hongzhang did not have any refusal, after all, Liu Jun did this in order not to divide the country, there was no doubt, Li Hongzhang immediately walked to the study, took out the brush from the drawer, after all, he was not used to using the pen, after a few strokes according to his own tone, Li Hongzhang handed the written note to Liu Jun.

Smiling slightly, after Liu Jun took a closer look, he knew that if Zhang Zhidong saw this, he would definitely agree.