When the Northeast Army launched the Battle of Wafangdian, Sun Wen secretly left the Northeast and went to Japan on an American merchant ship.

After a bumpy day, Sun Wen finally arrived in Japan lightly. In addition to his bodyguard Mu Siran, there was also a young man who accompanied Sun Wen. This young man's name is Wang Shi, although his name is ordinary, he is from the Northeast Young Marshal's Mansion. It was the liaison sent by Feng Yong to Sun Wen. After all, Sun Wen's trip is extremely important, and the Northeast must have first-hand information.

"Mr. Sun, we have already arrived in Japan. What's next? Wang Shi said indifferently. It was in stark contrast to Mu Siran, who was full of curiosity.

"Mr. Wang has been to Japan?" Sun Wen asked in surprise.

"Mr. Sun is polite, call me Wang Shi immediately. I spent two years in Japan. I still know a little bit about Japan. Wang Shi said respectfully. For Sun Wen, he has also heard of his name for a long time. It can be said that there is no one in China who does not know Sun Wen at present.

"Oh! The young marshal is really full of talents. This peace talks are extremely important, so I am going to go to my Japanese friend, whose influence in the Japanese government should be able to introduce me to people at the top of the Japanese government. Sun Wen said with a smile.

Under the reception of the branch of the Alliance, Sun Wen and his party quickly settled down. Last time, because of Kitazawa Xiangling's escape, the strength of the Tokyo branch of the League was affected, after all, it was the son of the Japanese Prime Minister who was beaten at that time. Now Japan is the first to change. Naturally, no one pursued the hatred of the former prime minister. The branch of the League gradually resumed its activities.

"Mr. Sun, why did you come to Tokyo at this time?" The head of the branch of the alliance asked in surprise.

"I have something important to do this time, you can help me contact Mr. Tanizawa, in the restaurant where we often meet!" Sun Wen did not procrastinate, and hurriedly ordered the matter to continue. After all, he already knew that the Northeast Army was fighting with the Japanese army again. I don't know what will happen if it drags on any longer!

"Wang Shi, Young Marshal Feng is so confident in victory?" When no one was around, Sun Wen finally asked the doubts in his heart.

Wang Shi smiled and said, "Mr. Sun, the young marshal is very human, what we can't do, the young marshal will definitely be able to do." Looking at Wang Shi's firm face, Sun Wen was silent, "But blindly being strong is not necessarily a good thing, as the so-called rigidity is easy to break, Feng Shaoshuai always feels inappropriate like this." Sun Wen shook his head and said. Regarding Feng Yong's thoughts and attitudes, Sun Wen still didn't understand them.

"Mr. Sun, if it weren't for the strength and courage of the young marshal, there would be no current Northeast. I think that if it had not been for the foresight of the young marshal and his early precautions against Japan, I am afraid that the whole war would have been completely different now. You know Japan very well, and you should know the country's characteristics. Today, Japan, as an emerging country in Asia, is eager to expand its power and influence. In the Far East, the only countries that have the ability to influence Japan are China and Russia. Japan has already won the battle against the Russians, and after the fall of the Manchu government, the Republic of China has risen, and China has become the only bone that is difficult to gnaw. What's more, the rise of our Northeast will definitely compress Japan's living space. In this way, we can understand what is the biggest obstacle to China's rise. Wang Shi talked eloquently, these are Feng Yong's usual words, and being known by those close to him naturally affected their thoughts.

"Then according to what Feng Shaoshuai meant, it will be difficult for China and Japan to coexist?" Sun Wen said in surprise.

"Of course, but one must submit to the other. In thousands of years of history, Japan, as a subject country of China, has not coexisted very well? Wang Shi said as a matter of course.

Sun Wen was speechless, in history, Japan was indeed a vassal state of China, but it was a vassal country that was not very obedient. Now Japan is rising. became a world power. How they willingly became a vassal state of China again. This is clearly impossible. But it is even more impossible to make China subordinate to Japan. Although Sun Wen is close to Japan, he still has the power of Greater China in his heart. In Sun Wen's eyes, China and Japan have deep historical ties, and it can even be said that the Japanese Yamato nation may be a lineage of China, and they are also yellow-skinned and black-glassed, so they are naturally easy to get close to. This is also an important reason why Sun Wen cited him as an ally. But today Sun Wen heard a different view. Wang Shi's statement cannot be said to fully represent Feng Yong, but there must be Feng Yong's thoughts in it. Sun Wen didn't expect Feng Yong to see Sino-Japanese relations in this way, and from Feng Yong's actions, he could also see Feng Yong's defense of the Japanese. Otherwise, no power would have amassed strength in the early stages of its rise against its powerful neighbors. And the Northeast did this, and now it is extremely correct.

Sun Wen didn't know if Feng Yong's thoughts were correct, but subconsciously thought that what Wang Shi said was not completely unreasonable. This led Sun Wen to think about the relationship between China and Japan.

The next day, the emperor convened a council. There was only one topic on the agenda of the entire meeting, the attitude towards the proposal put forward by the third party in China. The Japanese Minister of Military Affairs all arrived.

"Now that the empire and China have been at war for more than a month, there has not been a major victory, and the prestige of the empire has been seriously affected, and for the honor of the empire's ancestors, the empire must not agree to peace talks so easily." The Admiralty Minister said suddenly.

"Yaga! The navy does not have a backache when it stands and talks, and the Chinese army is no longer the decaying Manchu army of the past. The current Chinese army is definitely a powerful team, and the special high school has detected a news that the strength of the Chinese people is not the 500,000 people we began to know, but 1.5 million people! The Minister of War looked extremely hideous.

"What!"

The whole Imperial Council became noisy.

"Marshal of Shanxian, what's going on?" The emperor looked at Yama Prefecture with an angry face. It is simply unreasonable for him, as the emperor, to know such a big thing.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, we have just confirmed this news that the people of China have raised a million troops in Shandong in the name of recruiting people, and they have been training for nearly two months!" Youpeng in Shan County said in a low voice. They've heard about it, but no one believes it. Training a million-strong army at one time, where in the Northeast has so much financial resources. But the Northeast did it. After two months of training, the million-strong army is ready to go to the battlefield. The impact on the entire Sino-Japanese war situation was enormous.

"Yaga! Why didn't you report such important information earlier! The emperor said with a calm face.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the people of Shina are very secretive, they secretly recruit soldiers on the grounds of cleaning up bandits and mobilizing people, and then conduct secret training in inaccessible places, Shina is really too big. In addition, our focus has always been on the regular army of China, ignoring the reserve forces of China, and there will be such a big mistake. Prime Minister Masahiro Terauchi said.

"One and a half million, damn it, with such strength, how many troops does the empire need if it wants to win?" The Emperor asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, if the empire is to destroy the Shina people at all costs, it will need to concentrate at least more than half a million elite troops. If you include the fact that new recruits are still being trained, then the total strength of the entire China is more than 1.5 million, and if the empire wants to ensure that it is foolproof, it is indispensable to send 500,000 troops. Shan County Youpeng said.

"Five hundred thousand? Marshal Yama County laughed. There were only more than 500,000 active soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Empire, and even if we added reservists, it was less than a million, so the troops had to defend Taiwan, Penghu, and Korea separately. In addition to the fact that the battle with the Chinese has lost nearly 200,000 troops, and the battle losses of the Chinese are only a hundred thousand, which is far less than the battle losses of the empire, if according to this ratio, the empire needs at least two million to win completely, I would like to ask Your Excellency, is there a comparison between two million and 500,000 people? Xiyuan Temple Gongwang stood up and said.

"Not all the units of the China Army have such combat effectiveness, according to our intelligence, the China people have no more than ten divisions of strong combat effectiveness. There is a big gap between the equipment level of the other troops and the Empire. In this case, the empire's 500,000-strong army can definitely fight. Shan County Youpeng said.

"What if the battle is defeated? Without these half a million elites, what is left of the empire? Besides, does the empire's finances have the ability to support the consumption of weapons and ammunition for an army of half a million? Marshal of the Yama Prefecture, I hope that when you make your proposals, you will take into account the current state of the empire. Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said-for-tat. The decline of the Imperial Army seriously affected the authority of Yama Prefecture Aritomo, and even His Majesty the Emperor was dissatisfied with the military headquarters controlled by Yama Prefecture Aritomo. This makes the public hope of Xiyuan Temple more presumptuous and bold in front of Youpeng in Shanxian County.

"This ......" Shan Shan Youpeng was speechless, after all, no one can guarantee the real strength of the Northeast Army, the elite troops of the ten divisions of the Northeast Army, this is still the Japanese army's recent analysis, which was completely unimaginable before Japan started the war. Now the sudden emergence of millions of recruits has scorched the Japanese thunder on the outside and on the inside. The mystery of the Northeast Army has already given Japan enough to pay lip service. Although the attitude of Xiyuan Temple Gongwang made him unbearable, Shan County Youpeng had to admit that what he said made sense, if the empire lost 500,000 elite imperial troops, then the empire would really decline.

"Alright. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted the people of China to discuss an armistice. I hope that all the kings will put the interests of the empire first! Emperor Taisho said depressedly. Damn, what kind of monster is this Northeast, the development of just two years has overturned the entire Japanese Empire. If you give him development, you can pay it back. For the first time, the emperor felt a sense of horror in his heart.

"His Majesty the Emperor...... "Yamayama Youpeng still wants to say something.

"Your Excellency, the Empire cannot fight such a war with little hope. The losses of the Imperial Army were already significant. I hope that you will still spend more energy on negotiating with the Chinese people. The interests of the empire must not be compromised. After saying that, Emperor Taisho ignored everyone and got up and went back to the harem.

(To be continued)