Weng Tongyong said: "What happened to the Russians? Aren't the Russians still beaten to the ground by us? We just need to send troops, and this kind of rebellion must be eliminated. ”

Lin Yuan couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart when he heard Weng Tongyi's words, and thought to himself: "I am the one who beat the Russians to the ground, and I have nothing to do with you, although the Russians are not my opponents, it is more than enough to clean you up." ”

Emperor Guangxu said: "That's right, even if the Russians intervene, we will fight this battle, Yuan Aiqing, you have been training the new army for more than half a year, and you have been raising troops for a thousand days, and now is the time for you to show your skills." ”

Lin Yuan heard Emperor Guangxu's words and thought in his heart: "Emperor Guangxu didn't say that I should send troops, but let Yuan Shikai send troops, the meaning of this is self-evident, those who have high merit and shock the lord must be jealous of the lord, so Emperor Guangxu doesn't want me to send troops anymore, it can be seen from this incident that he has a deep distrust of me." ”

Lin Yuan didn't speak, but looked at Yuan Shikai, only to see Yuan Shikai stand up, give a deep salute, and say: "Holy Lord, Weichen thinks that this battle will definitely be fought, but it is not fought now, but it will be fought later!" ”

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Weng Tongyi immediately stood up and said, "Confused, will you fight later?" If the great powers admit **** one after another, then wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to fight! ”

Yuan Shikai was reprimanded by Weng Tongkai in front of everyone, but he was not angry, although in Lin Yuan's era, Yuan Shikai was much more famous than Weng Tonggong, but now Yuan Shikai has not made any great contributions, so naturally he does not dare to argue with Weng Tonggong, Yuan Shikai smiled slightly, and asked Weng Tonggong and said: "Lord Weng, do you know why the Dao Mongolia chose to rebel at this time?" ”

Weng Tongyi's face was embarrassed, and he said: "I'm not a rebel, how can I know the Tao?" ”

Yuan Shikai said: "Today is the 14th day of September in the Gregorian calendar, Mongolia at this time, the weather has turned cool, my king from Beijing and sent out, until Kulun, during this period people eat horses to feed, but also to fight, to Mongolia I am afraid that it will be November of the Gregorian calendar, Mongolia at this time, has already been covered with snow, the weather is extremely cold, if we go deep into the enemy's territory, in this weather, in case of falling into the enemy's encirclement, supplies and can not keep up, is not to be wiped out? ”

Weng Tongyi didn't understand military affairs, and Yuan Shikai said that he suddenly had nothing to say, and he couldn't speak, and Sun Yuwen, the governor of Zhili, also stood up and said: "Shengshang, what Lord Yuan said is reasonable, if the war starts, the forage and food of the army will be supplied by my Zhili, and Sun Tzu's art of war has a cloud: 'The cost of internal and external expenses, the use of guests, and the daily cost of thousands of gold. Therefore, if there is a war, we need to give our Zhili time to prepare money, grass and grain. ”

Emperor Guangxu said: "I understand, Lord Weng intends to fight quickly, Sun Yuwen and Yuan Shikai plan to delay the war, do you have any other opinions?" ”

I only heard Prince Gong say: "Holy Lord, Mongolia is a barren land, it has been defended by troops for many years, it costs a lot of money and there is little food tax, and now Mongolia has declared independence, it is an excellent opportunity to get rid of this burden, it is better for us to negotiate with the Russians and sell the land of Mongolia to the Russians, so that we can also enrich the treasury." ”

As soon as these words came out, Prince Qing and Rong Lu nodded yes one after another, and Emperor Guangxu looked at Lin Yuan and said, "Now you are the only one who has not spoken, Lin Aiqing, tell me your opinion." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I agree with Lord Weng, the more this matter drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, if we are indifferent to the division of the country, what will other countries in the world think of us?" I'll just give you just one example, in 1861, when several southern states of the United States declared their secession from the Union to form the Confederate States of America, the President of the United States launched a war in less than two months. ”

"So to recover the rebel land as soon as possible, I listen to Lord Yuan's meaning, is to wait until Mongolia is in full bloom in the spring and then fight, Mongolia has a long winter, I am afraid it will have to wait until May and June next year, by then, the rebels are bound to be rampant, and the people who hate the rebellion are chilled because of the indifference of the imperial court!"

There were three opinions on the field, Emperor Guangxu was a little difficult to choose for a while, he hesitated for a while and didn't know what to say, Lin Yuan said to Emperor Guangxu: "I only convened a few of us to discuss today, is it because this matter has not been let more people know?" ”

Emperor Guangxu said: "That's right, I think so, before determining the countermeasures, don't let the subjects know the way." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Your Majesty, it is a big mistake for you to do this, the first thing we have to do is to announce to the world, declare the Great Mongol Empire a rebellion, and then send troops to quell the rebellion!" In this way, we can gain the support of the people! ”

Prince Qing stood up and said: "It's ridiculous, it's so ridiculous, we haven't decided whether to fight or not, so we told the people that we are going to fight, and the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, how do we deal with the criticism of the people?" ”

Lin Yuan said helplessly: "Why don't we send troops to attack?" ”

Rong Lu also stood up and said, "Lord Lin, Mongolia is a barren land, and it's useless for me to keep it!" ”

Emperor Guangxu saw everyone discussing, stood up and said, "Don't discuss it, let me think about this matter, let's go back first." ”

Everyone didn't speak, got up and walked out, and when everyone was already far away, Lin Yuan turned back, and without letting anyone report, he directly pushed open the door of the house, and the Guangxu Emperor in the house couldn't take care of the emperor's shelf, like a monkey that had been robbed of a banana, turning around in the house, without stopping for a moment, talking to himself while wandering: "What can I do?" What can I do? ”

When Emperor Guangxu saw Lin Yuan coming in, he knew that his embarrassment was seen by Lin Yuan, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so he quickly stopped and stood firm, smiled reluctantly, and said to Lin Yuan: "Lin Aiqing, why are you back?" ”

Lin Yuan walked up to Emperor Guangxu, pulled a chair and sat down, and said, "I already have a strategy to break the enemy!" ”

When Emperor Guangxu heard this, he didn't care who was the emperor and who was the courtier, he walked in front of Lin Yuan in a few steps and asked, "Aiqing, do you have a way?" Why didn't you say it just now? ”

Lin Yuan found himself sitting and the emperor standing, and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, so he said: "Modern warfare needs to be kept secret, so my plan can't be known to everyone, so I'll only tell you one person." ”

Emperor Guangxu hurriedly said: "Is there any good way, Aiqing, hurry up." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I will personally send troops to Kulen to ensure that the Russians' plot to split our country will not succeed." ”

Emperor Guangxu asked: "But Yuan Aiqing is right, the distance is too far, I am afraid that our supplies will not be able to keep up, and the weather in Mongolia is gradually getting colder, I am afraid it will ......."

Lin Yuanha smiled and said, "In my place, those are not problems, so let's do it, I will send troops when I go back, I only hope you can do one thing." Speaking of this, Lin Yuan dragged out his voice, and then stared at Emperor Guangxu's eyes tightly.

Emperor Guangxu said: "Don't say one, it's a hundred and a thousand, and I promise you!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "No, you only need to do one thing, that is, you have absolute trust in me, no matter what bad things others say about me, you don't listen." ”