After wandering around the ravine for a day, Yang Rui and his gang finally arrived outside Yangmuchuan Town. That night, the people who had been sent out earlier had already informed the Kuandian side that the telegraph had been delivered, along with various news from the outside. At this time, the Americans had been missing for four days, Liaodong had been turned upside down, and in addition to sending several notes to the Qing court to search for them, the US Government had also transferred nearly 1,000 of its troops stationed in Tianjin to Anton, and even the US detachment in the Philippines was already on its way to China. Under the strong coercion of the United States, the Manchus and Japan bit each other, the Manchus said that Anton was occupied by Japan, and the disappearance of the American representative was responsible for Japan's disappearance, and Japan said that the people who kidnapped the rice were all horse thieves, and these were all Qing people, and the responsibility lay with the Qing country; The Manchus continued to fight back, saying that even if the horse bandits were Chinese, they were hired by Japan, and they were responsible for the rebellion against Japan......

Looking at such a colorful scolding battle, Yang Rui felt a little bit of his own taste, and he said, "Who gave the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Wang Xiaolin." Chen Guangshou said with a smile. "Without his support, Prince Qing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would have been able to come up with so many words."

Yang Rui laughed, at this time the sentry outside suddenly asked, after asking, suddenly said that Zhang Rong was coming, and when he passed the message before, he asked people to inform Zhang Rong that he was going to come later, but because the person was lost in Liaodong, he as a military officer in Liaodong also had to track it down together, yesterday was Anton, who had just arrived, and heard that Yang Rui beckoned, and he came over overnight regardless of fatigue. When he received that thirty-six patrols were killed, he was very suspicious that his own people did it, but he didn't expect that Yang Rui did it himself.

The two sides met politely, Yang Rui said: "This time, I want to send you a great fortune." ”

Zhang Rong was embarrassed when he heard this. When he and Yang Rui first met, he was fooled like this, and only said: "What Mr. wants Zhang Rong to do, just give orders, Zhang Rong doesn't care if he is rich or not." ”

Yang Rui saw that he was sincere. Laughing, "The Americans are with me." ”

"What?!" Zhang Rong was shocked.

"I should have saved me, to be exact." Yang Rui said, "But I can't come forward to give it away, so this character can only be handed over to you." ”

Zhang Rong listened to Yang Rui's words and thought about it, if everyone couldn't find it, and the person was saved by himself, would ...... Is the top on this head going to be changed again?

"Sir. But what should I say, I can't just say that I saved the Americans. Zhang Rong understood what Yang Rui meant, and was thinking about how things could be made up without flaws.

"We also grabbed a lot of beards. They're all very cooperative now. There was also the body of a Japanese man, who, although dead, had a letter. It was written by a Japanese named Sueyong. Presumably the order of this kidnapping. And these Americans will cooperate with you. The night's flickering still had some effect, at least they were no longer wary of Yang Rui. And he also kept talking to Yang Rui about the details of China's revolution - Americans always like to help countries that they think are extremely backward. I don't know if I want to use this to reflect the value of life or something else.

"Yes, sir. I knew how to do it, and I took those mustaches back and tortured them overnight. Zhang Rong said.

"Don't. The captured beards were divided into two groups, one was Li Fengchun and others from Dagushan, he was considered to have taken refuge in our side, so these people had to save some, and the other was Jin Shoushan in western Liaoning, who was instructed by the Japanese to do this kidnapping. These people can be thrown out and disposed of. Yang Rui roughly thought of a plan and was ready to accept Li Fengchun and the others. Anyway, the power of the Revival Society will eventually expand to southern Liaoning. "In the end, it's these Americans, and I want them to stay in the mountains for a few more days."

"Ahh How many more days? ”

"Yes. The more the Americans make a fuss, the greater their resentment towards Japan will be when the truth is known, and they will even use the excuse of stationing soldiers in Andong to ensure the interests of the United States, which will be beneficial to us. ”

"Sir, what if those Americans are clamoring to go back?" It was Chen Guangshou who spoke, although the Americans were very peaceful that day, but there was no restraint, and those people might have escaped that night.

"Then scare them." Yang Rui said, "First of all, if there are not enough escort soldiers, the Japanese will harm them, and it will take time to lose soldiers; Besides, the general's wound still needs to be treated with miraculous herbs for a few days, otherwise he will die of tetanus. Yang Rui came up with a lame excuse, but this reason was accepted by the Americans, and on the premise of the abundant supplies provided by Zhang Rong, they were very considerate of Yang Rui's difficulties, and the two sides agreed on three days as the treatment time, and after three days, they would be taken to Andong by Zhang Rong, the official of the Qing court.

Three days is a long time for many people, but it is a very short time for some, such as the playful Alice and the revival society, which is being arranged by public opinion—especially the photographs of the Japanese Furukawa Kiyoshi, which take a long time to send to Shanghai and Tianjin.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Yang Rui and others marched to Andong, where they were escorted by Zhang Rong's patrol battalion. In order to be safe, Kuandian's troops were all withdrawn, Yang Rui calculated deeply, but the Japanese were even more ruthless. When the team arrived outside the city of Jiulian, it was stopped by the Japanese, as soon as they heard that the Americans had found it, the officer who led the team asked Zhang Rong to hand over the Americans to the Japanese side to be responsible, Zhang Rong was unwilling, and a brigade of Japanese garrisons in Jiulian City surrounded Zhang Rong's hundreds of people on the spot.

More than 500 people surrounded by 1,000 people, Zhang Rong's people were completely weak, and the soldiers of the patrol battalion with guns were also very scared, but the officials were all rushing to the front, and the small soldiers were also a lot more courageous. Bloodiness is what every man has, but what the soldiers at the bottom are most afraid of is that the officer sells the soldiers below in order to protect himself if something happens.

Zhang Rong stood at the front of the team, looked at the Japanese Shaozo who led the team, and said: "Please give way to your army, don't delay the official errand." ”

"Yaga." Seeing that there were many people in him, Shao Zuo shouted fiercely in greasy Chinese: "Mi people, give it to me, go back, Qing people." ”

"Good dogs don't get in the way! This is not your home, and it is not Japan. If you want to roll, you will get out! Zhang Rong saw that the other party was not inferior, and he was no longer gentle. Directly began to scold.

"Yaga!" Shao Zuo was angry, and while waving his hand to let the Japanese soldiers step forward, he pulled out the command knife with a "choking" sound. pointed at the tip of Zhang Rong's nose and wanted to force him, but Zhang Rong had been in the guerrillas for a long time, and he had learned a lot of his beard and temper. Open your chest and say, "Come on, here! There's a kind of poking in here. ”

The chief took the lead and worked hard. The soldiers in the back also fought, and soon, the clothes on the top of more than 500 people were torn, and they were naked and confronted the Japanese soldiers. Japanese Shaozo has only seen the Qing coolies who are only promised, the Qing horse thieves who regard money as their lives, and the Qing soldiers who run away when they are scared. I have seen the Qing man who dares to work hard. Seeing more than 500 people shirtless, none of them were cowardly, and their momentum couldn't help but be sluggish.

"If there are too many people, you will bully people, right? There are many people, and this place is yours. The old Zhang family has been in Liaodong for hundreds of years, and there is no road that will not be allowed to go, and the Chinese have been here for thousands of years, and no one has asked them to go back. Zhang Rong saw that the Japanese were weak, and he encouraged vigorously, after he finished speaking to the Japanese, he turned to the soldiers and said, "Brothers." This Liaodong is our place, and now this Jiulian City. It's okay, but it's okay! If you are afraid of death, get out of here, and if you are not afraid of death, follow me over. ”

After Zhang Rong finished speaking, he went forward against the knife, Shaozuo was difficult to ride a tiger, and it was not easy to lift the knife, so Zhang Rong took a few steps back. He didn't know the inside story of the kidnapping of the rice people, and only received instructions from Anton's consul Okabe Saburo, that is, if the rice people were rescued, they must be the first to grasp it. The instructions said that they were mastered, but how they were mastered, and whether they were snatched from the Qing State Patrol Battalion were not elaborated. Seeing that the Qing people were getting closer and closer, Shao Zuo threw away the knife, pulled out the pistol on his waist, and fired several shots at ......the sky.

As soon as the gun was finished, Shao Zuo held the gun to Zhang Rong's forehead and said, "Stand back!" ”

"Shoot!" Zhang Rong shouted.

"Stand back!"

"Shoot!"

Between the two of them, Chen Guangshou hurriedly said, "Sir......"

"Don't worry, people are coming."

"And who else?"

"There are so many people who die. Look, isn't that coming? Yang Rui pointed to the black crowd in the west and said with a smile.

The sudden crowd startled both sides, and the patrol battalion saw that it was their own people, and they cheered at first, but after a while, they couldn't get up. It was not the Qing soldiers who came, but a group of hard laborers, carrying not guns, but wooden sticks and wrenches. In fact, these are all workers who repair the railway, Yang Rui sent someone to call at the beginning of the holding, Jiulian City was originally a railway, although it has been repaired, but there are still thousands of workers at the material station. As soon as the people sent to the people in charge looked for them, they shouted at the workers, "The Japanese have bullied the Shandong people!" When the people were angry and dazed, they were brought over by the steward.

When the anxious crowd saw that there were only a thousand Japanese people, they were no longer afraid, and the whole circle was surrounded with a "boom". Circle after circle, the lively people nearby also rushed forward, looking at the crowd around him and the hateful gaze, Shao Zuo only felt that he was afraid that he would have to explain here today.

The situation seemed to be more and more favorable to him, but the possibility of a sword meeting was becoming more and more likely, and General Corbyn said again: "Yang, I think I should still be trying to reconcile the contradictions between the two sides, I think, this is just a misunderstanding." ”

"No, Your Excellency, this is not a misunderstanding." Yang Rui shook his head and stopped him again, "When the Japanese attacked here last year, twenty 120mm guns and nearly 100 75mm guns made an indiscriminate attack on this town. In the eyes of the local population, they are as aggressors as the Russians, and even more odious aggressors. ”

"Oh. Oh, God! Faced with Yang Rui's words, General Corbyn could only pray.

Just when Yang Rui was expecting to go off and his conscience was uneasy, the person who broke the situation finally came, and a fast horse shouted: "By the order of Lord Zhang Xiluan of Dongbian Dao, all kinds of people will immediately retreat." On the orders of Lord Zhang Xiluan of Dongbian Dao, all kinds of people immediately retreated. ”

The Japanese can not be afraid, but the government has never been afraid, the herald shouted, the surrounding crowd suddenly dispersed like a tide, Yang Rui looked at the crowd that scattered and just shook his head, although the reader no longer believes in the imperial court, but the common people still recognize the imperial court, this is the last foundation for the survival of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Soon after the people dispersed. Several official sedan chairs flew over in a hurry, the official sedan chair was not eye-catching, and the army behind the official sedan chair was extremely eye-catching. General Corbyn, who was beside Yang Rui, said happily: "Oh. Oh, God! It's the Marine Corps. ”

Yang Rui already knew that it was the Marine Corps, but he had nothing to be happy about, this was the Marine Corps of the Americans, and he smiled and said, "Your Excellency General, you are finally safe." ”

Corbyn's face was full of excitement, and he gave Yang Rui a hug and shouted. "Yang, thank you for your help, I hope to see you in New York."

"Yes. We'll definitely meet up. Yang Rui also smiled.

The two ladies also said goodbye to Yang Rui. Alice suddenly rushed up regardless of etiquette, and while hugging, she gave Yang Rui a small piece of paper and said in his ear: "Yang." I'll miss you! ”

Yang Rui was hugged by a foreign woman in front of many people. I just felt a little blush, but soon Alice ran out, and the Americans had already welcomed them into the ranks.

There was nothing to do with Yang Rui in the next trip, for safety, he took the boat specially arranged by the railway company overnight, and in the sea breeze, looking at the city that was getting farther and farther away, Yang Rui felt very melancholy. Northeast, Northeast, just left.

Yang Rui was holding on to the railing and looking at the night. Chen Guangshou hurriedly ran up, he wanted to shout excitedly, but he was afraid that others would know, so he only stopped when he ran in front of Yang Rui, and then blushed, "Sir!" Mr! That Alice, is... It's ......" Chen Guangshou didn't mention it in one breath, and when he said it, he generally broke off.

Yang Rui looked at him and felt funny, and said, "She is the daughter of US President Roosevelt." Right? ”

Chen Guangshou looked at Yang Rui in a daze after hearing this, he only felt as if Yang Rui knew everything. It was only when he first learned about it -- Secretary of War Taft was the explicit representative of the delegation on this US trip to East Asia, while Alice was President Roosevelt's personal representative. After the delegation left Beijing, it was supposed to go to North Korea, but the businessmen of the delegation were eager to see what Liaodong, a pie that suddenly fell from the sky, looked like, so on the way to North Korea, the delegation stopped in Andong halfway, but this stop was a big incident, and the fun-loving Alice and his female companion disappeared. In order to protect Alice's safety, the delegation blocked the news externally, but was anxious internally, and the news was not released until Alice was found.

"How do you know, sir?" Chen Guangshou still didn't understand the situation.

Yang Rui just laughed, and it was not easy to tell him the reason, in fact, when saying goodbye during the day, Yang Rui saw that the signature of Alice's note was written Alice. Plum. Roosevelt, just guessed something, and then thought about the attention of several other people to Alice, and he had already guessed that he should be Roosevelt's relatives, such as nieces, daughters, and so on. He was also a little excited when he thought about this, but reason told him that in the United States, with connections, especially with Alice's age, the United States could not really help his revolution at all, especially the teddy bear who "spoke softly and carried a big stick in his hand" was not so easy to deal with. At most, Alice can play a role as a matchmaker, and as for the final result, it still depends on the interests of those bankers and politicians in the United States.

"Alright. It's a secret. Yang Rui said, "Politics and human feelings are different, and the United States and China are different. ”

"Yes. Mr. Chen Guangshou was poured half a basin of cold water by Yang Rui, and he was a little disheartened.

Seeing that he looked weak, Yang Rui said again, "Iron still needs to be hard." If we have our own strength, then there will always be people who will support us, and even if we alone can win the victory of the revolution. Always praying for the help of foreign countries, it is unrealistic, that is, they will help in the end, then we will pay a lot of things. Self-reliance can't be lost. ”

Yang Rui's words were slower and slower, and in the faint words, he suddenly remembered that Sun Wen was coming.

*

The dark night in China is the day in the United States.

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, White House, Office of the President.

Secretary of State Elihu. Rout had just finished reporting to the president about the kidnapping of Alice in the Far East, and he looked at the president, whose face changed several times, and felt that he should not leave so that Mr. President could "be quiet" for a while.

Just as Rout was about to get up, Roosevelt said, "No, you should be here." You're here, so I can still save some sanity. ”

The presidential table is very abnormal, Alice is his first daughter. Unfortunately, her mother died three days after her birth, and Alice was given over to his sister by Roosevelt to raise. This makes the relationship between father and daughter not very good, of course, this is only in the past, in fact, Roosevelt loved this daughter very much.

After a moment of silence, Roosevelt suddenly laughed, and said, "It seems that the anger of the Japanese is much greater than we thought before." ”

Looking at the president's strange table xiàn. Rout was a little unnatural, and it took him a long time before he said, "Yes." Although the Japanese ambassador has explained this, I still think that they should not go to Japan after their visit to North Korea. This is ...... for Alice's safety."

"No, Elihu, no, Elihu. They should go. Roosevelt roared. This was planned before. We have to get close to Japan. We've talked about this before. In the western Pacific, we don't have any naval bases, and when the Panama Canal is not built, it will be difficult for our fleet in the east to move to the west. Even if God forbid, our navy will not be wiped out like the Russians, but our land forces are completely incapable of fighting the Japanese. Can't fight! ”

Roosevelt waved his arms and pounded the oak table, emphasizing the point. He continued, "There was a war with the Japanese. We needed a British fleet, and even more so a Prussian army, but we didn't. Not only do we not, we also want to ensure the safety of the Philippines, damn it! We can only let the Japanese occupy Korea and Manchuria, and while they digest Korea and Manchuria, the Philippines will be at least safe......"

Roosevelt's speeches were constantly gushing, and he was venting his anger at the Japanese in this way, and of course, only in this way. In his understanding, the US Far East policy should actually be pro-Japanese, and this is based on his unique values -- the countries that are most likely to cause trouble in the world are often the small and weak ones, and if these countries are brought under the control of the strong -- as in the case of Cuba, as in the case of the United States, then the entire international community will be too peaceful. In other words, Roosevelt admired strength and respected the strong, and he was extremely amazed by Japan's rapid transformation from a barbaric country to a civilized country, especially the sacrificial spirit of the Japanese Army was not found in the American army, and after the Russo-Japanese War, he even thought that the United States should learn a lot from Japan.

As for China, it is a typical backward country: ignorant, weak, conservative, authoritarian, unwilling to accept the advanced civilization of the West...... In his previous words: "Any small well-trained army can seize the ...... of Beijing" and the country opposite, although he does not want China to be divided, he also does not want to have any special relationship with China, which will cause problems for the United States. The biggest reason for the delegation's visit to China this time was the boycott of American goods that began in June, although he did not make concessions on the Chinese Exclusion Act, but in order to appease China's feelings, he still wanted to release some goodwill to China.

After about an hour, Roosevelt's nagging finally ended, and Router breathed a long sigh of relief, and he carefully wiped the saliva foam from his face with a handkerchief, and asked, "So, Mr. President, I will call them back and let them continue with the itinerary they have arranged?" ”

"Yes. Let them go. The energetic Roosevelt finally felt a little tired, and he only felt that he had almost sacrificed Alice for the sake of politics, which made him very uneasy.

Rout stood up, and when he was about to leave the office, he stopped again and asked, "But how should we express our stance on this kidnapping?" ”

"We don't need to take a stand, we just need to issue a statement of mutual friendship with Japan. The members of the delegation, including Alice, are not allowed to show unfriendliness to the Japanese during their visit to Japan! Roosevelt, who had calmed down, told him that he had done the same with the last time the Japanese Assassin's diary had been affected.

Lu nodded, and wanted to ask something again, but he couldn't help it. Roosevelt understood his heart and said, "I will thank the Chinese, but in a private way." ”

"Yes, Mr. President." After saying that, Rout hurried out, hoping that when he arrived in North Korea, everyone in the delegation would be safe. (To be continued......)

PS: Tomorrow on time.