"Marshal, so far, we can only talk to the army about fighting to the death." The adjutant general said with great confidence.

Hey, hearing this, Qingxiang shook his head helplessly, he knew that he had missed the best opportunity to surrender.

In the Tongzi headquarters, Duan Qirui was listening to the reports of the past two days. In the past two days, it was the airships that participated in the battle, and the artillery regiment had not made any battles.

"Looks good." After listening to Chen Huan's telegram, Duan Qirui nodded and said to Wang Dehua beside him.

Wang Dehua has been collecting telegrams in this regard for the past few days. Therefore, for Duan Qirui's praise, Wang Dehua is still very happy in his heart.

"Yes, in two days, the airship squadron caused Qingxiang to lose nearly 2,000 people, and such a result is rarely seen in ordinary battles.

Duan Qirui did not deny this, lowered his head and thought for a while, Duan Qirui suddenly looked at Wang Dehua in front of him, he wanted to make sure that the attacking troops were ready now.

According to Wang Dehua's report, the three brigades, one cavalry division, and one artillery regiment that launched Loushan Pass have all been prepared, and then they will all be able to attack the enemy.

Okay, after listening to the report, Duan Qirui came to the map, and after taking a closer look, he immediately said to Wang Dehua beside him: "Send electricity to the Southwest Military Department."

Hearing this, Wang Dehua quickly took out his notes, quickly recorded the order, and after the record was completed, handed over the warrant to the staff officer in front of him, and asked him to send the order to the Southwest Military Department.

Chengdu, Southwest Military Department. Director Wang Shizhen was standing in front of the map, watching the situation upstairs.

After nearly a month of fighting, the army in the southwest has wiped out most of the bandits, and now, in the southwest, there are only some scattered bandits left, and if there are a large number of routs and bandits, it is only the bandits in the upper floor.

The Qingxiang of the Loushanguan generation, that is, the stones in the thatched pit, are smelly and hard. I once talked to Duan Qirui, hoping to talk to Qingxiang, however, Qingxiang didn't give himself face at all, and bombarded his own people, which almost made his stomach blow up.

Afterwards, he had discussed with Cixi, hoping that Qingxiang could have a face with Cixi, the former leader, and surrender, who knows, this guy is even more vicious, and he will directly hack the person who went to death.

"Dashuai called, the bandits in the Loushanguan area must be eliminated in the near future, do you have any ideas?" Looking at the map, Wang Shizhen said to Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, who were sitting on a chair and drinking tea.

To tell the truth, Li Hongzhang knows a little bit about soldiers, and he can still make certain judgments, but Zhang Zhidong can't, although Zhang Zhidong has trained more than 3,000 self-improvement troops, but that is also done by his subordinates, and it has nothing to do with himself, he just contributed some money, therefore, hearing Wang Shizhen ask how to deal with the problem of Loushan Pass, Zhang Zhidong could only pick up the tea and continue to drink water, without looking at Wang Shizhen, to Li Hongzhang, who was on the side, lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "Qingxiang thinks that Loushan Pass is a natural risk, We have never taken our advice seriously, therefore, for Qingxiang, we can't take any chances, at present, we have to mobilize our forces, and the biggest way is to destroy them all. “

There is no need for Li Hongzhang to say that he knows this truth, but now, it is Duan Qirui who commands in the Zunyi area, not himself, and he only has a certain right to suggest. But they don't have any command rights.

"Then how about we give Duan Qirui an order and let them immediately attack the Loushanguan area?" Thinking of this, Duan Qirui thought in his heart, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. Li Hongzhang, who heard this, was about to give Wang Shizhen an opinion, but with a report. Everyone present looked up, and they saw a telegraph man coming in from outside.

"Report, Zunyi Military Department, Director Duan Qirui sent a telegram."

Duan Qirui's telegram, it seemed that they were about to attack, and when he heard this, Wang Shizhen received the telegram from the telegraph operator. Indeed, the meaning expressed above is to launch an attack on Loushan Pass.

"Duan Qirui's meaning is to launch a general attack on Loushan Pass tomorrow." Wang Shizhen, who put down the message, said word by word.

Launching a general attack, this is very good, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, who were on the side, both expressed their support for this decision.

Seeing that both of them were supportive, Wang Shizhen looked at the telegraph personnel in front of him, and then said, "Call back Duan Qirui and agree to the attack plan." ”

After the intelligence officer walked out, Li Hongzhang raised his head and looked at Wang Shizhen in front of him and said, "After the battle of Upstairs Pass is over, we have to prepare another matter. ”

Another thing. What does this refer to, Wang Shizhen and Zhang Zhidong, who heard this, were very puzzled.

"Marshal, you mean the marshal?" Wang Shizhen probably thought of something, and suddenly stepped forward and asked tentatively.

Wang Shizhen estimated that Li Hongzhang's meaning was the establishment of the country, at the beginning, after the surrender of the imperial court, the marshal personally promised that once the political situation in the southwest was stable, Liu Jun would consider establishing the country, and now, the southwest issue has been solved, and at this time, it is also time to discuss the establishment of the country.

This one? Li Hongzhang knew what Wang Shizhen wanted to ask him, but to be honest, today's incident is really not this matter, but another thing, that is, Liu Jun wants to meet Cixi.

Cixi wanted to see Liu Jun, this is something that Cixi had already proposed last time, at that time, Liaodong decided to let Cixi go to Beijing, but in the end, in view of the ease of causing Cixi's pain, it was finally decided to choose the place of the meeting in Xi'an. And the time of the meeting was after the Liaodong Army occupied the southwest and stabilized, and now, the southwest will immediately enter the stage of stability. At this time, Liu Junlai met with Cixi, which means that while the government affairs in the southwest have been stabilized, another thing can be accomplished, that is, the army in the southwest region will temporarily change the system, and temporarily transform the original combat troops into the construction corps system. After all, in Li Hongzhang's view, in recent years, Liaodong has been the most stable development for a few years, and after a few years have passed, there will be no opportunities.

Once the opportunity is lost, this will stop the development of Liaodong, which is not what I want to see. (To be continued.) )