President Meng smiled: "Go and pass the order, and withdraw the troops within three days."
If we completely exterminate the Japanese, the Taiwanese will not receive our benefits, the Qing court will not receive our benefits, and the Japanese will fight us to the death. ”Princess Katrina Kafu looked at President Moe with a smile and kissed President Moe on the lips, "President, why are you always so smart and can make so many correct decisions" President Moe touched Princess Katrina Kaf's soft chin with one hand, and said with a smile: "Take the initiative to kiss me again, I can only take the initiative next time, you treat me as a kissing machine, if you want to be always right, just remember one, everything is based on interests, just do it."
Of course, sometimes, it is also necessary to travel through time and space with the eternal heart starting from the nation and the country, and there is no way to hide from the choice of life and death, but love cannot hide, intertwined with dreams, and the choice of life and death has long been uncontrollable. ”Princess Katrina Kafu gently rested her chin on President Moe's shoulder, "President, grow up quickly, I want to be your real wife." ”President Meng also put his face on Princess Katrina Kaf's pink face, and nodded gently, "Time is the most ruthless, I will grow up soon" Fujian's political envoy to Taiwan, Dao Panfei, while flying to Shen Baozhen, the Minister of Shipping, urgently sent troops and ships to support Taiwan.At the same time, Japan sent Okubo as a special envoy to China to go straight to Beijing and cooperate with Yanagihara Maemitsu, the newly arrived Japanese minister to China, to carry out diplomatic blackmail against the Yamen, the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty.On the day Okubo arrived in Beijing, he brought Yanagihara Maemitsu to the Prime Minister's Yamen, claiming that he would submit his credentials to the Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, in fact, to test the attitude of the Great Qing Kingdom towards Japan's invasion of Taiwan and to prepare for the next move.When Prime Minister Yamen made representations to Okubo on Japan's invasion of Taiwan, Okubo said: "The island of Taiwan has been a barbaric land without an owner since ancient times.The Takayama people dare to kill the Ryukyu boat people of our subordinate country, and our country will naturally send troops to punish these people.This is our internal affair, and your country has no right to interfere.The Minister has come to discuss the presentation of credentials to the Emperor. ”Prime Minister Yamen pointed out to Okubo that Taiwan has been China's territory since ancient times and that Japan must withdraw, but Okubo sneered: "China sent troops to Taiwan to punish the murderers by the emperor's edict."
Japan will not withdraw its troops, and China will do what it wants" Okubo's tone was full of provocations.However, Prime Minister Yamen replied: "Such discordant words should not be said or answered." ”Prime Minister Yamen's weak reply made Okubo and Yanagihara Maemitsu see through the Qing Dynasty's determination not to fight in Taiwan, and their tone became tougher and more arrogant.Soon after, Shen Baozhen sent a special report from Fujian to report on the war in Taiwan.When a group of princes and ministers in Beijing read Shen Baozhen's excerpt, they were even more shocked, and the six gods were left without a master.Shen Baozhen said that the Chinese army suddenly retreated, and Tainan is still in a situation of confrontation between the Qing army and the Japanese army.Saigo Congdao couldn't figure out why Xuan Yuemeng suddenly withdrew his troops, but in order to survive, he had to continue the war of aggression, because he could not compromise with the Qing court without news from the Japanese side, and the confrontation had to continue.The Qing army is the same, Xuan Yuemeng is gone, the Chinese army is gone, and Tainan has become a situation of confrontation between the Japanese army and the Qing army.In this way, the war began again, and the Qing army gained the upper hand and continued to besiege the Japanese in Checheng.Shen Baozhen finally implored the imperial court to quickly send troops to Taiwan to prevent the war from expanding.Shen Baozhen, Li Henian, these people also regard the Japanese as the number one enemy, but they don't know the attitude of the imperial court, the attitude of the Qing court above and below, it is always difficult to unify, Cixi has a way, so no matter what happens, let the provincial governors take the plan first, and she finally comes to a compromise, this is the balance of the Empress Dowager Cixi.At this time, Emperor Tongzhi had long since stopped asking about state affairs, because he was infected with an unclean disease from the outside, and had been lying in bed for more than half a year.The Japanese invasion of Taiwan made the Empress Dowager Cixi and a group of princes and ministers discuss for three days, and finally decided to transfer the foreign gun team founded by Chonghou in Tianjin.The foreign gun team has already belonged to Li Hongzhang's dispatch at this time, Li Hongzhang is quite atmospheric this time, and sent it out, Li Hongzhang does not want to throw away Taiwan, Taiwan is the barrier of the Qing Dynasty, this point, Li Hongzhang knows better than anyone else.In addition, two thousand people from four battalions were transferred from the governor of Liangjiang Governor Li Zongyi, and 5,000 people were combined to reinforce Taiwan.The decree soon came down to Baoding and Jinling.After Li Hongzhang received the order, on the one hand, he urged the 3,000 foreign guns stationed in Tianjin to fly to Taiwan by steamer, and also transferred 6,000 steps to the headquarters of Tang Dingkui, the named commander, to sail to Taiwan in batches to return to Shen Baozhen's dispatch.Regardless of the weakness of the defense troops at the mouths of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Haihai, that is, the more than 2,000 miles of ports in Beiyang are lined up, and there is also a lot of emptiness, if another new army is recruited, there is really no such salary, only to add a long-term training force, and to establish a moderate place behind the road to strengthen support.Chagan Province is now cleared early, the defense of Shaanxi has been loosened, and it is planned to ask for the edict to send the ministers of Shaanxi Fu, and quickly register the name of Liu Shengzao, and command the 20th battalion of the Shaanxi Defense Wu Yiming Army, and go to Jining, Shandong and Xuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. ”On the day of the excerpt, Li Hongzhang sent another express letter to Tang Dingkui and Premier Yamen overnight in order to prevent provocations.In the letter, Li Hongzhang ordered Tang Dingkui: "To fortify and defend the country, you must not want to use force against it." ”After arriving in Taiwan, "camp and practice, do not start a war and provoke", "enter the team must not be Meng Lang, the Japanese will stop if they know a little, and there is no reason to expel them with soldiers."
Tang Dingkui was a little puzzled when he saw the order, and he didn't know what Li Hongzhang was doing when he urgently transferred him to lead the army to Taiwan.Li Hongzhang asked the Tang troops to "refrain from starting a war" after they arrived in Taiwan, so what was the reason for his transfer of the 6,000-step brave troops of Tang Dingkui's unit to follow the foreign gun team into Taiwan?
Li Hongzhang wrote in a courier letter to Premier Yamen on the same day: "I have always handled foreign affairs, but I have always made a mistake because of the indecision of the two sides of peace and war.Disdain is said to be a draw, and must be yin for war preparation, and the peace game can be quick and long-lasting.The foreigner's argument is unreasonable, he presses each other with troops, and I want to win with my pen and tongue, this must not be counted. ”To put it bluntly, Li Hongzhang just didn't want to fight this war, and he sent troops to Taiwan just so that he could "make a quick peace."
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