Chapter 676 Sisters are centrifugal
The Wu army's Northern Expedition was written by Zhao Liewen's brother-in-law Zhou Tenghu. Although Wencai dared not say that it could cure Cao's big head style, Chen Lin's version of the anti-Cao manifesto, but he still cursed Ci'an, Guizi Liu and Cao Yuying and other separatists in the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, according to Wu Chaoyue's request, Zhou Tenghu also made Ci'an's crime of forcing Cixi to agree to establish a pseudo-state state with Xianfeng's will. Not only did he blame all the charges of separating China on Ci'an and Guizi Liu and others, but also officially disclosed the fact that Emperor Xianfeng left a will to deal with Cixi!
In addition, the Wu army's manifesto must be threatened with vicious threats to accomplices and lackeys who dared to be accomplices of Ci'an and Guizi Liu and others for tigers, requiring civil and military officials and military and civilians of the puppet Manchukuo to see the trend and recognize the current situation. They quickly open the city gate to welcome the army of King Zhennan, or directly kill Guizi Liu, Cao Yuying, Yi Qiong, Yi Huan and other rebellious leaders, and offer their heads to reward!
Otherwise, once the army of Zhennan King arrives, you will be responsible for the consequences!
After the official release of this manifesto, the detailed work of the puppet Manchukuo lurking in the capital was immediately copied and sent to the northeast as soon as possible, and sent it to Shenyang for submission to the puppet Manchukuo court. As a result, even though they were very clear that Wu Chaoyue was provoking discord, Ci'an and Cixi immediately became a estrangement. Cixi's unruly act of seducing her uncle Wu Chaoyue turned into a yellow mud that fell into her crotch. She was not Xiang or Xiang.
"Sister, sister, I know. Now I can't explain my grievances if I say a thousand and ten thousand words."
Forced by helplessness, Cixi could only kneel in front of Ci'an and said with tears in her eyes: "But sister, I can swear to the spiritual throne of the late emperor, and to the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, that for the Qing Dynasty, I had contacted Wu Chaoyue several times in secret, but I really had never done anything to sorry for the Qing Dynasty's country! If I had a half-word saying, I would hit me now, and after death, I would turn into an evil spirit of the evil spirit, and fall into the eighteen levels of hell forever, and never be reborn!"
There was no other way, Ci'an could only help Cixi with both hands and said with tears in her eyes: "Sister, you don't need to explain or make any swearings. I can trust you. I know that this is Wu Chaoyue's shameless disagreement. If you want to make our sisters disunited and traitors, I will not be fooled by him. We sisters will always be the closest and best sisters."
Cixi was so moved that she burst into tears, and was so excited that she forgot to take the opportunity to test how Ci'an would treat the will left by Emperor Xianfeng. Ci'an kept wiping the corners of her eyes, but she also forgot to mention the deadly will left by Emperor Xianfeng. The two sisters hugged their heads and cried bitterly, seemingly intimate and honest, but in fact they had their own ulterior motives. At the same time, it was inevitable that Ci'an's heart could not be solved and she quietly said: "Did the Empress Dowager Ci's secretly collude with Wu Chaoyue? At the critical moment, will she betray us to the Wu thief?"
This gap quickly directly affected the preparations for the Puppet Manchukuo State. Given the great power of the Wu army, the Wu army had advanced the front line to the Daling River line, which was not far from Shenyang. In order to win the strategic buffer space, the Wu army did not give the Wu army the chance to directly take the Puppet Manchukuo State's court. The Tsarist Russian Minister Remeni offered advice to the Japanese, suggesting that Ci'an and Cixi take the Wild Boar Skin Ten, who had been renamed Kant, to move north first, and move to Qiqihar or Aihui (now Heihe City) to establish a accompanying capital, leaving some civil and military officials to command Shenyang to defend against the Wu army's attack, so that even if the Wu army successfully conquered Shenyang, there would be no way to destroy the Puppet Manchukuo State in one fell swoop.
Remeni's suggestion could certainly disgust Wu Chaoyue and the Wu army soldiers. The Japanese Liu was also very moved when he heard this. However, after the Japanese Liu presented this suggestion to Ci'an and Cixi, Ci'an and Cixi immediately made their own plans, and had differences on whether to adopt the suggestion, and further expanded the barriers.
"You can't go north anymore. When you arrive in Heilongjiang, the life, death, honor and disgrace of the Ai family must be at the mercy of others, and you can no longer control it yourself. Only by staying in Shengjing with the emperor can the Ai family decide their own destiny and leave hope to bargain with the emperor and Wu Chaoyue."
Cixi was so scheming in her mind, and therefore strongly opposed moving to the capital. The excuse of moving to the government would inevitably shake the hearts of the army and the people, making the puppet Manchukuo even less hopeless to resist the attack of the Wu army. At the same time, she openly questioned that the real purpose of Remeni's proposal was to hijack Emperor Kant, take the opportunity to annex the Northeast and Mongolia, and refuse to agree to leave Chenyang. Not to mention, Remeni's proposal was to hijack and control the court of the puppet Manchukuo at any time.
Ci'an also had his own little plan, because Wu Chaoyue had forced the crime of splitting China to Ci'an in the Northern Expedition manifesto. If he stayed in Shenyang, Ci'an would definitely die without a place to die. Therefore, for his own safety and interests, Ci'an strongly advocated accepting the suggestion put forward by Remeni, and refused to give in to Cixi and argued with Cixi. Finally, when he could not reach an agreement, Ci'an had to reluctantly accept Cixi's opinion and decided to take the matter to the court meeting to discuss, first seek the opinions of all officials, and then make a decision.
Cixi's proposal to bring this matter to the court meeting was of course aimless. As Cixi expected, after this issue was put in the Golden Palace, many civil and military officials of the puppet Manchukuo State really strongly opposed letting Emperor Kant go north to Heilongjiang. The reason was similar to Cixi's opposition excuses. One was that she was worried that doing so would shake the hearts of the military and the people, resulting in the puppet Manchukuo State having no hope of defending the city of Chenyang. The second was that Tsarist Russia would take the opportunity to take the opportunity to take the small court of Manchukuo State and use the emperor to order the princes to completely annex the Northeast and Mongolia.
In addition, several puppet Manchukuo officials with still conscience have presented ironclad evidence, listing the various crimes of the Tsarist Russian army entering the Northeast under the banner of reinforcements, such as killing innocent people, robbing women, and plundering people's wealth, etc., and clearly pointed out that once the puppet Manchukuo court goes north to Heilongjiang, it will inevitably become the anvil of the Tsarist Russian army and may be slaughtered by Tsarist Russian army at any time. They strongly advise Ci'an and the Japanese to do not risk their risk of escaping to the border cities that have long been exposed to the Tsarist Russian army's knife.
Even General Shengjing, General Chonghou, who is currently the most important general of the Japanese, relied on the military commander of Ci'an and the Sixth Guard, firmly opposed it and said loudly: "The two queen mothers must not leave Shengjing. Now our elite main forces in Manzhou have gathered in Shengjing. If we invite the emperor to go north at this time, not only will there be no reliable army to protect the emperor's carriage, but the morale of the soldiers of Shengjing will inevitably be severely damaged. It is impossible to be united and protect Shengjing together! If so, not only will Shengjing be in danger, but the court will have no hope!"
The opposition was too loud, and Ci'an did not dare to act alone. He could only ask Chonghou: "Chong Ai, although your words are reasonable, if the Emperor and the Emperor stay in Shengjing, the situation of the war is not ideal, Shengjing is facing the danger of being surrounded by Wu's thief army, what will happen to it?"
"Then the slave will be ruthless." Chonghou first asked for guilt, and then said: "If the situation is really critical, it will be time for us to abandon the city and go north. At that time, there will be a reliable army to protect the safety of the emperor and the two empress dowagers, and it will be better than the Shengcai who left the army and went north first. Just like Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, there was always a reliable army guard around him. Even the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang always had no choice but to keep being gentle and give courtesy."
Chonghou's proposition is indeed very insightful. As long as the army is in hand, everything is easy to say. Without the army, it is rootless duckweed and fish that can be slaughtered by others. Therefore, not only more civil and military officials came forward to support Chonghou's proposition. Ci'an, who was determined to escape in advance, also began to be a little shaken and did not directly refute Chonghou's advice. Cixi observed the words and took the opportunity to speak: "Sister, Chong'aiqing's words are indeed very reasonable. With a reliable army, we can speak loudly to anyone, but if we leave the army, no matter how safe the emperor and our sisters are, no one can guarantee. Since that's the case, why don't we look at the situation and decide whether to protect our troops when the war is clear."
After hesitating for a long time, Ci'an finally nodded reluctantly and adopted Chonghou's advice against his will. When Chonghou kowtowed and thanked, Ci'an couldn't help but look at Cixi quietly and said to himself: "It seems that it is unreliable. You have to strengthen your surveillance of her. As long as you get the evidence of her secret communication with the Wu thief, you can't hesitate anymore. You must first take action and eliminate future troubles forever."
After Ci'an quietly looked at Ci'an, Ci'an also secretly glanced at Ci'an and thought to himself: "This matter is not over yet. This bitch will definitely be wary of me. You must find the edict to destroy it as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Ai family would not dare to close their eyes even when they sleep."
In this way, when there was full hope of going north to strive for greater strategic space in advance, due to mutual suspicion and conflict of interest within the puppet Manchukuo court, Ci'an, the Japanese and the Japanese Liu and others had to temporarily give up their plans to continue to flee north. The uneasy Tsarist Russian Minister Remeni beat his chest and stamped his feet, but he had no choice but to curse the stupidity of the Qing court, and missed the best opportunity to directly control the puppet Manchu court.
Only five days have passed, and as the weather in the northeast gradually warmed up, bad news was inevitable on the Corridor of the Western Liaoning Corridor, led by Cao Yanzhong, a famous general of the Wu army, 20,000 Wu soldiers went out of Shanhaiguan and went straight to Shenyang through Liaoxi! At the same time, the troops of Jiang Zhongji, the general of the Wu army, who had already concentrated his army on the front line of Jinzhou, also divided two troops, one to capture Guangning in the east and the other to attack Yizhou, and took the lead in firing the first shot of the Wu army's comprehensive northern expedition!
The Wu army started a good start! The Qing Dynasty opened the door! Two days after Jiang Zhongji took the lead, as the Wu army came to the city, the Qing army in Yizhou opened the city gate without firing a single shot or firing a single shot, and surrendered to the Wu army! There are three reasons for the Qing army in Yizhou to surrender easily. The first is that the Wu army had done a lot of surrender before, and the second is that the Qing army in Yizhou was afraid that after death, it would not only not be able to preserve the land and property after death, but on the contrary, it would also implicate the family and the elderly and surrender to the Wu army's Northern Expedition policy!
Chapter completed!