When the results of the battle between the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom and the Sun Kingdom's navy reached the capital, the entire imperial court was shocked. The court was silent. The ministers who used to shout about fighting and killing were gone, leaving only dejected servants kneeling on the ground.
"Lord Li, what is going on? Why did my Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's naval fleet lose so miserably?”The Emperor could not sit still anymore. He was the one who advocated for war and attacked the Sun Nation.
"Your Majesty, we won the naval battle, but we still chased them for ten miles?”Li Hongzhang hurriedly replied.
" You, you, you…" The Emperor was so angry that he was amused. At a time like this, he still had the face to say that he had won.
"Lord Li, did our Ancestral Dragon Navy lose five warships? And the Sun Nation's naval fleet didn't have a single one?”The Emperor said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Your Majesty! However, it is an indisputable fact that our navy fleet is chasing the enemy fleet for ten miles.”Li Hongzhang said.
"Alright! Emperor, let alone Lord Li, we still have to rely on Lord Li to protect our country. Don't let these pirates occupy it. It's fine if these foreigners bully us, but these pirates are an island country. If they attack the capital, our country's face will be completely lost.”Empress Dowager Benevolent said from behind the curtain.
"We deserve to die!"
"You really deserve to die! Without you guys trying so hard to stir up trouble, would the emperor be in such a hurry to start a war with the Sun Nation? Humph!" Empress Dowager Benevolent said unhappily.
"Yes! "All the ministers were shocked.
"Get up! Lord Li, what do you think Ba Qian should do?
"Reporting to the empress dowager, although five of our naval ships were sunk, the enemy's ships were heavily injured by our naval ships. They no longer have any combat power and can't fight on the sea.”Li Hongzhang said.
"On land?"
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the Green River defense line is weak, with less than ten thousand people. Ma Kun and Nie Cheng, the two vice marshals, have jointly requested for reinforcements.”Li Hongzhang said.
"Oh right, I heard that the Jing family managed to escape from the battlefield, and the Guang family warship also ran away.”
"Replying to the Empress Dowager, this official has already ordered people to bring these two people to the capital.”Li Hongzhang replied.
"Aiya, what capital? What for? Disgusting? Let people in Weihai port. He would be executed by a thousand cuts in front of the navy fleet! Let the soldiers see that this was the outcome of fleeing at the last moment! That's it! All of you, leave! Aijia is tired!"
"We will send the Empress Dowager off!"
"Yes! Indeed, I do. How about this? Get Sichuan Admiral Song Qing to come and tell him to lead as many Green Camps as possible to Beijing!”The Empress Dowager said.
The Imperial Court of the Ancestral Dragon Country estimated that the Sun Country's army would take advantage of the victory to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, so they urgently ordered Li Hongzhang to send reinforcements to defend.
Concentrate our forces to strengthen the defense of Liaodong region. Appoint Sichuan Commander Song Qing as the president of the five armies of the Beiyang Army. Sheng Zi Lian Army's 30 battalions will gather on the right bank of the pressure general near Jiulian City, including 50 battalions of soldiers, including Ming Army, Yi Army, Sheng Army, Feng Army, Jingbian Army, Lü Army, Fang Army, Ren Zi Hu Camp, Sheng Zi Lian Army, Ming Zi Lian Army, Qi Zi Lian Army, Border Army, etc. There are a total of 30476 Jingbian Army. The left and right wings formed a Green River defense line that stretched for dozens of miles from Sudiankou in the east to Dadonggou and Dagukou in the west. While the Zulong Kingdom's imperial court guarded the Green River defense line, they also transferred Green Camp troops from various places to strengthen the defense of the three customs from Fengtian and Yingkou to the second line.
Wang Zhizhen was in Andong County. He had been appointed as the defense envoy of Andong County by the two vice marshals. He urgently recruited 5000 soldiers in Andong County and gathered a large number of gunpowder craftsmen in Andong County to make gunpowder. These days, they had made nearly 5000 catties of gunpowder. Although they were all black gunpowder, their power was not small.
Nine Links City, Anton County, Dadonggou, Phoenix City, Kuandian, and other counties in the Green River defense line had also recruited more than 5,000 local soldiers. Although they were not trained, they could be used as supplements. Although the imperial court's response was slow, the entire Liaodong was like an iron wall under the situation where the entire country was preparing for war. Now, the entire Liaodong army had nearly 100,000 people. They had sufficient ammunition and were just waiting for the Sun Nation's army to attack.
The Sun Nation's army headquarters had been paying attention to the Imperial Court and the people of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom. They had sent a large number of spies into the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom to collect intelligence. The intelligence was slowly gathered in the Sun Nation's army headquarters. The staff of the headquarters would analyze the useful information and then give it to the commander. The commander would then formulate the next action plan based on this information.
The Sun Nation's army base had already received the news that the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army had been defeated in the capital of the Bangzi Kingdom. Their morale was low, and many of their soldiers did not have the determination to resist. However, the enemy had already recruited 100,000 soldiers, while the Sun Nation's army only had two divisions and the First Army, which made up less than 70,000 people. These main attacking troops only had about 30,000 people. There was no advantage for 30,000 people to fight against 100,000 people. Therefore, the base had decided to focus on the offensive. Not long after, the Sun Nation's army released the " Honest and Honest Letter to the Eighteen Provinces " drafted by the spy, Shoho Kojiro. They were looking for an opportunity to launch a political offensive against the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's imperial court. They threatened to attack the capital and make the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's emperor tie his hands and come to beg for surrender.
He would tell the people of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom about this. He would start from the time when the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's imperial court destroyed the previous regime. The Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's imperial court was to satisfy the royal family's regime. If there was a loss in etiquette and morality, the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's rise and fall would all be the responsibility of the imperial court. Betraying the interests of the country, the heroes of that time were not weak. They swallowed their hatred and anger until today, as the saying goes, man can conquer nature. Today, even the heavens could determine victory. Finally, the author also talked about the internal affairs and diplomacy of the Qing Dynasty, especially the imperial court! The actions of the Bangzi Kingdom's imperial court, which had directly triggered the conflict between the two countries, had led to an all-out attack. They claimed that the heavens hated them and that they were punished by the Sun Kingdom's army. Therefore, the Ancestral Dragon Army was defeated again and again because the fate of the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's imperial court had already come to an end. The Han people should have been more arrogant. They said that the Sun Kingdom was attacking the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's imperial court on behalf of them, not the people of your country. The people of your country were of the same class and had the same ethics. They were brothers and there was no hatred to speak of. That was great! People of Zulong Country, rise up and rebel against the Qing Dynasty together!》Ah! The general idea was like this. Then, the two of us would build something like mass, glory, and so on. Then, we would separate the famous sweat and remove the fine lines. From the way of Confucius and Mencius, it was to rebel and save merit. Our previous emperor would erect a new monument and carve it into a biography.
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