As night fell, the Kawasaki Maru, whose boiler had already risen, sounded its whistle and once again urged the stranded passengers at the docks, and the captain was about to start the engine and sail out of Yokohama to the immense expanse of the ocean. Hearing the ticket inspector's urging again, Sun Wen immediately hugged Miyazaki in front of him, and after receiving the advice of a friendly person in Japan, he had a premonition that he would never be able to come back after leaving Japan this time.

"Sir!!" Miyazaki had tears in his eyes, and he also hugged Sun Wen tightly. As a Japanese, although he is a marginal member of the Black Dragon Society, he knows better than Sun Wen the inside story of the official request for Sun Wen to leave Japan, and China has risen. The relationship between Japan and China was completely reversed, and it was difficult for the government to privately support the Chinese Revolutionary Party in the future.

"After I leave, I can only ask you about the Japanese side. I would like to sue Mr. Inuyang and other important cabinet members that only by overthrowing Yang Jingcheng can Sino-Japanese relations be truly friendly. Otherwise, he will be the executioner of other countries at the cost of people's lives in order to obtain the support and loans of the United States, which is simply ignoring the status quo that China and Japan are both oppressors of the Western powers.

China and Japan are neighbors separated by a strip of water, and the history of friendly exchanges goes back to ancient times. After the revolution, Sino-Japanese relations are still in an abnormal state, but I believe that under the impetus of the people of the two countries and the people of insight in the two countries, Sino-Japanese relations should be able to ~ gradually restore normal friendship relations from people-to-people exchanges, and eventually lead the people of East Asia to free themselves from the colonial ...... of Western powers."

At the time of parting, a thousand words could not be finished, Sun Wen had just said the beginning, Jiang Zhiqing hurriedly ran over and said, "Sir." The boat was about to leave and Madame was worried......"

Sun Wen was reluctant. Miyazaki knew that this ship could not be delayed, and hurriedly said, "Sir." Let's get on board first. ”

"Good. Good. The sea breeze was gentle, Sun Wen held Miyazaki's monstrous hand tightly, and finally let go.

Miyazaki watched Sun Wen get on the boat, and when he waved goodbye to the cruise ship, a dry ronin appeared on the other side of the dock area, he glanced around, and when the ronin pointed at him and shouted, he pulled his legs and slipped away, but the ronin came in from both sides, and he didn't run a few steps before he was grabbed by those ronin. Pushed to the ground and began to be violently beaten.

Sun Wen, who had already boarded the cruise ship, was very anxious in the first class, and when he pointed to the scene below and shouted to save people, Hu Hanmin sweated in his heart, and he comforted: "Sir, Miyazaki-kun is just being forced into debt by loan sharks, and they won't really hurt him." ”

"Aren't we rich, why hasn't Miyazaki's money been repaid yet?" At this time, Sun Wen saw Miyazaki being pulled up from the ground by those ronins and escorted him out of the dock, and asked very puzzled.

"Sir. The Bank of Japan has frozen the money we have deposited in the bank. Hu Hanmin said, "What I have in my hands can only support the daily expenses of the party, and the rest of the money has been deposited in the Shanghai Stock Exchange to speculate in stocks, and now the stocks have risen sharply." Mr. Renjie believes that you must not withdraw from the stock market, otherwise the loss will be more than ten times. ”

"Hey!" Sun Wen looked at Miyazaki, who was dragged away like a dead dog, and then thought of the current situation in the party. Extremely exclamation. After marrying Qingling, Charlie Song not only cut off financial support. The friendship for many years is irretrievable, but fortunately, there is still Zhang Renjie's support. The Shanghai stock market is now positive, otherwise these people around them would have been scattered a long time ago.

Sun Wenzheng sighed, and Song Qingling's low voice sounded next to him, "Sir, I just received a telegram, the Chinese ...... over there in Honolulu, we... What should we do? ”

Sun Wen took the telegram, looked at the words 'refuse, expulsion ......' and was suddenly stunned, he couldn't help but think of the situation when Liang Qichao used his name to recruit all overseas Chinese in Honolulu into royalist members, but this time it was more desperate and passive than that time.

"What should I do, sir?" Song Qingling asked uneasily, although the world is big, there is no place for his own people.

"Send a telegram to the Hongmen ...... in San Francisco's Chinatown" Sun Wen subconsciously said a way, but he was immediately vetoed, Yang Jingcheng's government's war bonds bought the most are overseas Chinese in the United States, it is said that many people do not hesitate to sell their property in order to buy bonds, San Francisco Hongmen is also completely reorganized with the assistance of the Revival Association, overseas Chinese are being organized, and the puppet congress that was operated by Yang Jingcheng and others actually has more than 20 overseas Chinese in attendance, which is more than an ordinary provincial councilor.

"Send a telegram to Ma Xiang in Hongmen, Canada, right?" Sun Wen finally thought of a place to go, and Ma Xiang had been following him since Xinhai, and although he left him last year, he was still a member of the Chinese Revolutionary Party in the end. "He's going to welcome us." Sun Wen said with self-affirmation, and then twisted the telegram in his hand into a ball and threw it into the sea breeze.

The fall of Katsura Taro's cabinet, the formation of Matsukata Justice's cabinet, Japan's declaration of war on Germany and Austria, and Sun Wen's departure from Japan ...... such a change took place overnight.

"Masayoshi Matsukata is the shortest of the nine elders of the Meiji era, his influence and connections are mainly in the financial field, and from past experience, every time he comes to power, he will always make some thankless things, and the Japanese chaebol eventually becomes bigger, and he is inseparable." Xie Zhangtai said. "The Choshu domain was the culprit in the defeat of this war, and now Yamayama Aritomo asked Katsura Taro to die in Korea, and Oyama Iwa was ordered by the Japanese emperor to be given a state funeral, all of which were ways to gain the sympathy of the people in order to get away with the crime. But this is not enough, the war is a defeat after all, and if this cabinet wants to end the war, it will definitely pay the price for future contracts, and the prime minister will definitely bear the infamy of betraying the country......"

"According to you, the purpose of the Loose Cabinet is mainly to end the war?" Yang Rui somehow thought of Li Hongzhang, could it be that this Songfang Justice wants to do Li Hongzhang once?

"Exactly." Xie Zhangtai replied: "Matsukata Masayoshi still represents the interests of the Japanese chaebol, and the last time the Saionji Gongwang cabinet collapsed, there were rumors in Japan that he would become the prime minister of the cabinet, but in the end it was Katsura Taro who came forward to form a cabinet. Now that he is supported by the patriarch and the emperor to form a cabinet, I think there is a possibility of being a substitute for the dead ghost, but why would he be a substitute for the dead ghost. I don't know, I guess there must be other reasons for this. ”

"That's ......," Yang Rui thought. To be honest, he is still not very familiar with the situation in Japanese politics, and Masayoshi Matsukata is also very unfamiliar with this person. Even not long ago, he thought that Japan was like Russia and Germany, a monarchical government, but the fact is that the emperor and Zhu Kuansu were just a tablet to fool the people, and the feudal lords restrained each other during the Meiji era, and the emperor's influence was greater. I'm afraid I'm going to be driven crazy by the people below.

"Now it seems that Japan wants to end the battlefield war at the lowest cost?" Yang Rui said. "Why didn't Xiyuan Temple form a pavilion?"

"That's how it should be. Although Matsukata is a strong person, it cannot be said that he is not tactful, plus he is a patriarch himself, and he is from the Mossa domain, and his relationship with the chaebol is even closer, and this person is the best choice that can be accepted by all parties. He now declared war on Germany and Austria in order to join the side of the Entente, so that after the end of the European war, he could return our country to Korea by means of the coercion; And when he ordered the Japanese army to retreat to within 20 miles of Tianjin, he wanted to use the great powers and treaties to keep this army. Xie Zhangtai said.

"The Japanese are really good at making calculations." Yang Rui sneered. However, when he heard Tianjin City 20 miles again, he was curious: "What does it mean that Tianjin City is not allowed to garrison 20 miles, I have searched through the Xinchou Treaty and I don't see this article, it just says that the fort from the capital to Dagukou should be flattened." From the capital to Shanhaiguan, the major powers want to garrison troops, but there is no such thing as a garrison in Tianjin? ”

This request was not within the scope of the text and annexes of the Xinchou Treaty, but was sent to the Manchu Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the legation in 1902. The original text of the note read: 'It is forbidden for the Chinese troops to advance or camp within twenty miles of the army stationed in Tianjin', which is the 'army of Tianjin'. It is talking about the barracks set up by various countries in Tianjin. Although this note was in the year of Renyin, it was also classified by the Great Powers as an annex to the Treaty of Xincho. The Baath Army is really going to be within 20 miles. That would be a violation of the Treaty of Sincho, which was signed by all the great powers, including the United States......"

At dawn, the 2nd Army occupied Tangshan Railway Station and Xugezhuang Railway Station, and the Japanese army in Zhili was cut into two pieces, thinking that the Japanese army in Tianjin would attack Tangshan with all its might, so as to open up the road for the Japanese army to retreat south in the direction of Jingdong, but did not want the Japanese army on the periphery of Tianjin to withdraw more than 100,000 people into 20 miles outside Tianjin. This made the soldiers on the front line itch their teeth, even if the theater command strictly ordered it, the front-line troops had the intention of rushing in to kill the devils. Xie Zhangtai meant here to let Yang Rui persuade the army, otherwise if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan.

Yang Rui understood what Xie Jintai meant, he nodded slightly but said more seriously: "Then is my shell a breach of contract?" ”

"Cannonballs?" Xie Jintai was a little dumbfounded, he thought of what Yang Rui was going to do, and immediately said: "But what if you break into the concession and kill the foreigner?" That's where we are passive. Besides, how much is a shell now, are you willing to do it? ”

It had only been half a month since Europe began, and Britain, France, and even Russia, a belligerent country, had ordered arms from the Hubei Arsenal because of a shortage of arms. The price of saltpeter, sulfuric acid, and copper has risen, and now the price of shells in the world has risen six times, and it is still rising. ”

Yang Rui smiled, Xie Jintai also laughed, he was very glad that although Yang Rui's temper was not very good, his mind was still clear: "Let's do it according to what we discussed before, make money first in the past few years, and when the foreigners have run out of blood on the battlefield in Europe, that is when the unequal treaties are canceled." ”

"What about the Japanese army outside Tianjin?" With the intention of making money, Yang Rui asked again. "Aren't they afraid of starvation?"

"If the Japanese troops outside Tianjin surrender their weapons to the concession authorities, and even, even voluntarily join the European battlefield, then this game of chess can be lived." Xie Jintai said an unimaginable way, which only made Yang Rui stunned, he wanted to starve those Japanese devils to death, but he didn't expect them to have this trick.

"Is this possible?" Yang Rui shouted, encircling and annihilating all the Japanese troops is an established plan, and the purpose of the General Staff is to completely break the backbone of the Japanese army, and soldiers can be re-recruited if they die, but it is not so easy to rebuild the entire army if it is surrounded and annihilated, after all, it is difficult for senior officers to cultivate without 20 years. If the Fuxing Army had not been fighting for a long time, and Yang Rui personally imposed some later tactics and strengthened firepower. I really can't beat the Japanese army.

Yang Rui shouted extremely loudly, startling Xie Jintai. He stroked his hand and said, "Don't get excited. In terms of the treaty, as long as those Japanese became British citizens, became British, and then declared that they would immediately participate in the war in Europe, we could not do anything with them. ”

He said so, and Zhang Shi next to him also said: "Sir, the intelligence shows that the Japanese mentioned by Mr. Chong'an are being implemented, and now the Ministry of Industry Bureau has collected the Japanese weapons. Tsuneo Matsudaira, the consul general of Tianjin, was also secretly discussing with Britain and France about the Japanese army's participation in the war, and it was believed that in the next two days, these Japanese would become British, French, or at least colonies.

In Japan, the navy has sent its capital ships to the South Pacific to pursue the Spee fleet, and according to a secret report received in the afternoon, Japan now wants to completely abandon Korea and reserve its forces to defend the Tsushima Strait with all its might. As for the fortresses of Lushun, Magong, and Penghu, it is estimated that the defenders will be ordered to hold on until the end of Europe, in order to strive for more benefits under the intervention of various countries. ”

"The Japanese are going to withdraw from Korea?" The hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in Tianjin went to Europe, and there may not be one in ten. However, the Japanese army in Korea must not let go, and one of the fundamental goals of the war against Japan was to completely destroy the Japanese army.

"Quite possibly." Zhang Shidao: "The 5th and 8th divisions withdrawn from Ji'an in the northeast suffered heavy losses, and the two reserve divisions that North Korea originally had were also extremely weak, but in any case, these four divisions are the absolute main force of the Japanese army now. From the point of view of the Japanese base camp. With them, there is still a glimmer of hope for holding the Tsushima Strait, if these troops and those overage reserve troops are completely annihilated by us in Korea. The Tsushima Strait will be left undefended. ”

"Then what if I let the Baath Army cease fighting north of Seoul and let the North Korean army attack south. What will happen to the Japanese? Yang Rui took out a cigarette meaningfully, and the situation would actually produce such a change. It was unexpected. The current Japanese Army, either in the fortress or in the concession, how can it be eliminated?

"This ......" Zhang Shi is not a member of the General Staff after all, and can only judge the response of the Japanese army from intelligence rather than from a military point of view. Sir, it really depends on the determination of the people in the center of Japan, if they are only interested in defending the main island, then even if the revival army does not attack south, they will retreat to Pusan. Judging from Masayoshi Matsukata's previous practice, this man will stick to the end as long as he sees something, and in many cases it is close to doing it blindly, and I think that even if the revival army stops north of Seoul, he will resolutely withdraw from North Korea. In such a retreat, Japan also has to worry that the southern part of Korea will be taken by the Korean army, which will be extremely unfavorable for us to control the whole of Korea. The best way to recover Korea is to have the revival army as the main force. ”

"That's what I mean." Xie Zhangtai took over the conversation, "If Japan will hold on to Korea, then you can do what you have decided before, but if they really want to retreat, then they must quickly occupy the entire territory of Korea, otherwise the Americans and Syngman Rhee are very likely to make some things." ”

The mellow aroma of the cigarette remained between his mouth and nose, and after inhaling a few hard, Yang Rui nodded and said: "North Korea will do this, if the Japanese army is bent on retreating, then the 1st Army and the 7th Army will immediately occupy the entire territory of Korea." ”

He turned his head and looked at the map of China, his eyes from Lushun, Korea, Tsushima, and then to Ryukyu, Taiwan, Penghu, and finally back to Tianjin, "If you really want to make such a move, it is really ......, and you must cut the grass to the roots, otherwise, these Japanese troops will most likely become the intervention forces of Britain and France in a few years." ”

Yang Rui said this, looking at the colorful lights of Tianjin City through the window, Tao Dayong, and said the same to Lieutenant General Lei Yizhen, the commander of the theater who came to inspect. "Sir, these hundreds of thousands of people left in Japan will be a scourge after all, and the General Staff just won't give orders, and I will bring people in!"

"Ridiculous!" Lei Yizhen shouted. Tao Dayong's headquarters had already crossed the line at noon, and the Ministry of Industry and the troops of various countries were stationed on the twenty-mile line outside the city.

"But we can't just watch them run away, can we? The soldiers were all red-eyed, and if they couldn't win, they ran to the foreigners' nest. Lei Yizhen was ridiculous, and Tao Dayong was actually a little aggrieved. Lei Yizhen is known as a general, and he is very prestigious, Xu Shuzheng, who is known as the small fan of Beiyang, once commented on the three generals of the Fuxing Army, saying that Qi Qingyuan is Diao, the five elements belong to fire, and Diao will be drilled out of the gap if there is no gap, and it is extremely difficult to deal with it with agility; Lin Wenqian is sinking, the five elements belong to water, and the silence makes people not know the depth. If you are not careful, you will sink to the bottom of the lake; And Lei Yizhen is stable, and the five elements belong to the soil. Mountains are generally awe-inspiring, and such opponents seem to be the best to deal with. But if you really want to fight, you have to exchange your life.

Although Xu Shuzheng is arrogant, his evaluation is basically correct. Lei Yizhen is known for his stability and prestige, and because of this, all the generals in the army are very obedient to him. He stopped drinking at this time, which made Tao Dayong's heart beat a few times.

"War is just a continuation of politics, it's not that you kill the red eye, the war will go on. The country is a whole. The strategy is in the Prime Minister's Office and the General Staff, if there is no war in Europe this time, can we fight like this? Lei Yizhen felt that this matter could not be taken lightly, if the Revival Army and the garrisons of various countries really did it, then the current situation would inevitably be reversed.

"Adjutant!" After Lei Yizhen finished speaking, he shouted, causing all the division commanders to look at it.

"Yes!" The adjutant outside the house ran in, looking at the room full of generals and colonels, at a loss.

"Chief Tao has worked hard all night on the front line, and before I came to the front line, His Royal Highness and the Prime Minister were eager to meet him. Tell us about the fighting on the front lines. You take Chief Tao back to the capital. Lei Yizhen ordered, "I will take over his work for the time being." ”

As soon as Lei Yizhen gave the order, Tao Dayong's face turned pale, but he met Lei Yizhen's fire-like gaze. He could only angrily remove the holster and saber from his waist and throw them on the table. Lei Yizhen saw him like this, but he pressed his hand: "This is not to relieve your command. It's just that His Royal Highness and the Prime Minister have summoned you back, waiting for you to come back. You're still in charge of things here. Chief of Staff, hand over the Prime Minister's order to Chief Tao. ”

Lei Yizhen finished speaking. Xu Dachun next to him smiled and said: "Don't misunderstand, Lao Tao, Yang Village has been fighting for the longest time, and the people in Beijing have long regarded you as a hero. Your Highness has wanted to see you for a long time, and so is the Prime Minister, don't have any grievances. ”

Lei Yizhen Xu Dachun drank and coaxed, Tao Dayong had everything in his heart, but after all, the command was not relieved, he was just called to Beijing, so he saved face, and silently took back the holster and sword at the moment, saluted the generals of Lei Yizhen and went out.

As soon as he left, Lei Yizhen looked around at the division commander in the room and said: "War is not something we can fight if we want to, tactics cannot determine strategy, and strategy cannot determine politics." That's right, the Japanese are just around the corner, but we really want to go into it, that is, not just to go to war with Japan, but to go to war with the eleven countries in the year of Gengzi. I know that many people will think, now that foreigners have become a pot of porridge, we are the king of East Asia, and we will fight when we fight, what is there to be afraid of.

But you must not forget jì, what do we rely on to get to where we are today? relies on taking advantage of foreigners' loopholes every time. This was the case during the Russo-Japanese War, when the Revival Army started from scratch and pulled up tens of thousands of people at once, laying the foundation of the ranks; This was not the case when Hangzhou raised the uprising, when Cixi died thinking that there was a loophole to exploit, but the gentry united with the Manchus to sell us, and the state marrow was driven to Yanzhou at once, if it weren't for the gap between Beiyang and the Manchurians, who left us a breath in the most difficult time, if it weren't for the continuous airship supply, would we be able to have today? Look at Xinhai again, if it weren't for the fact that Europe was almost at war at that time, and there was no time to take care of this side of the matter, and the gentry had a quarrel with the Manchurians, would it really be so easy to take the world?

When will the war start? With whom to fight? Where? That was a matter for the Prime Minister's Office and the General Staff; How to fight? How can you kill more enemies and lose less? That's what we are capable of. I will explain to you today, who can't control his own soldiers, and rush to those twenty miles......" Lei Yizhen looked at the generals who listened to his explanation, and was silent for a while before saying: "The Army University is short of teachers, if you are interested, you can go and be it; Or if you have the ability to pass the civil service exam, you can transfer to the local government to become a parent official with your military rank, but don't regret it in the future."

The previous reasoning everyone was still lucky, but as soon as the last sentence came out, everyone's hearts tightened, the lowest military rank here is also colonel, and if you really want to change jobs, not to mention that the future is gone, who is willing to wear this military uniform. So, several voices shouted: "Xiaguan understands! ”

"I can't hear you." Lei Yizhen looked at everyone and said.

"Xia Guan understands!" The people in the room shouted in unison. The ears of the people who shook the sound were buzzing.

"Good! Let's all go back. Let the political commissars of the ministries explain the truth thoroughly, and the foreigners will have to clean up sooner or later, but not now. Lei Yizhen finally nodded with satisfaction and ordered the disbandment. (To be continued......)