Chapter 254 Whose instructions?

"Hasn't anyone shouted injustice for these people?" Minxiu's tears gushed out. Because of Zhou Charter, she shed tears for the first time in her life. Because of these tragic deaths, Minxiu cried for the first time!

This is the court of the Qing Dynasty! They are so indifferent to the suffering of their people!

In fact, the indifference of the court is not only to the people who were slaughtered by the Japanese in Lushun. At Zhili and the feet of the emperor, countless people who died of cold and starvation still did not receive even a trace of pity from the court!

However, the court still had the face to declare that they were the parents of the people of the Qing Dynasty!

And Minxiu himself is the grid of this court! Her parents and brothers are the supreme rulers of this court!

Zhou Charter said in a low voice, "If the court does not shout injustice for the people, it can only rely on ourselves!"

"Are you going to attack Lushun?" Duan Qirui asked.

"Not bad." Zhou Charter nodded: "Ingress into Lushun and kill the Japanese there! They are beasts and don't deserve to live in this world!"

Duan Qirui shook his head: "Zhou Zongbing, this trip to Lushun will pass through the whole Liaodong Peninsula. Now, we have lost the sea city, and the south of the sea city is all occupied by the Japanese army. The Japanese army defended Haicheng, Anshan, Yingkou and Wafangdian. If Zhang Jun wants to attack Lushun, he must first remove these strongholds in turn. These strongholds are high and thick, extremely strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack..."

Minxiu suddenly stopped crying and shouted, "Since it is easy to defend and difficult to attack!" How can you throw it to the Japanese!"

Duan Qirui lowered his head, and all the strongholds were vulnerable in the hands of the Qing army, but once they reached the hands of the Japanese, they were unbreakable! From the beginning of the war to now, this has become the law of war.

Cherry whispered, "Guge, General Duan didn't fight in Liaodong. He has been Weihaiwei. It's not his fault."

Duan Qirui sighed: "Guge! If I'm in Liaodong, I can't keep those strongholds!"

"Why?"

Duan Qirui suddenly knelt down: "Gge, excuse my humble position, the army of the emperor and the empress dowager has no fighting spirit and will not have the heart to repay the country! This army is corrupt and incompetent!"

"How can Zhang Jun capture Pyongyang! Isn't Zhang Jun the army of the Qing Dynasty? Minxiu said with tears in her eyes.

Duan Qirui looked back at Zhou Charter and sighed, "Guge, that's Zhou Charter's army!"

Zhou Charter's military uniform is completely different from that of the Qing army, and their spirit is also completely different from that of the Qing army!

Duan Qirui's words made Minxiu trembling, and she finally understood why the Empress Dowager Buddha attacked Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun is not the army of the Qing Dynasty. As Duan Qirui said, it is the army of Zhou Charter!

The court will never allow the existence of a private army! What's more, this is an army of Han people without braids!

No matter what Zhou Charter leads this army, the court will not tolerate it!

Minxiu raised her head weakly and asked, "Are you really going to Liaodong?"

Zhou Charter nodded: "Please make way for Zhang Jun. Charter is very grateful!"

"Nonsense!" Minxiu scolded, "You have already rejected Zhang Peilun!"

Zhou Charter was shocked and immediately relieved.

Zhang Peilun secretly came to Pyongyang by the order of Li Hongzhang and persuaded Zhou Charter to send troops to Liaodong, but the paper could not wrap fire at all. The Empress Dowager Buddha will certainly know about this. Inside Zhang Jun, there is the eyeliner of the old Buddha! However, Zhou Charter doesn't know who this eyeliner is.

Now it seems that the Empress Dowager Buddha knows Zhang Peilun's whereabouts very well. Fortunately, he refused Zhang Peilun at that time. Otherwise, it is not just Duan Qirui who is waiting for him at Hushan Pass. I'm afraid it's Song Qing's 100,000 army.

Zhou Charter transferred his troops to the Linjin River, and then secretly marched into the Yalu River and circled around such a large circle to avoid the eyes of the Empress Dowager. Now it seems that this move still works, otherwise, Minxiu should know that he will appear here.

"Guge, the Charter has no choice but to do so. If the Empress Dowager Buddha knew that I was going to Liaodong, I'm afraid I wouldn't see the grid!"

"Do you really avenge the people of Lushun when you go to Liaodong?" Minxiu asked, "You have something to do with the Russians. Are you helping the Russians capture Lushun? Or, does it mean by the emperor?"

Minxiu knew that Guangxu and Zhenfei relied on Zhou Charter to compete with the Empress Dowager. Li Hongzhang can send someone to ask Zhou Charter for help, and it is also possible for Emperor Guangxu to send someone to contact Zhou Charter. If it is the emperor's will, things will be troublesome, that is to say, the emperor will have a showdown with the empress dowager!

This is the last thing Minxiu wants to see.

Zhou Charter said in a low voice, "Zhang Jun's march into Liaodong is not at the request of Li Hongzhang, nor the will of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with the Russians!"

"Who gave you the instructions!"

Zhou Charter said in protest: "Guge! The child in front of you who ordered Zhang Jun to attack Liaodong!"

Minxiu looked down and saw that the photos on several cases were a child whose head had been cut off, only eight or nine years old at most.

Minxiu closed her eyes and tears slid down her cheeks.

Minxiu asked, "Since you plan to attack Lushun, why do you only take 2,000 people to cross the river, but deploy Zhang Jun's main force in Linjin River?" I know that your Zhangjun is very powerful, but there are 20,000 Japanese troops in Liaodong. They are not the Qing army..." Minxiu blushed. Unconsciously, she also moved the army of the Qing Dynasty, which, of course, includes her own Japanese army.

"It is a last resort for the Charter to do so." Zhou Charter sighed: "At the beginning, Zhang Peilun and the Russians advised me to enter Liaodong. With Zhang Jun's existing strength, if I entered Liaodong, I could only give up North Korea. However, once Zhang Jun loses North Korea, he will become a bereaved dog! The Empress Dowager doesn't trust Zhang Jun. Even if we capture Liaodong, the Empress Dowager will not let us stay there! Ge Ge, thousands of officers and soldiers of Zhangjun fought in blood. The court did not give us a taels of silver, and everything was up to us. The court said that we have soldiers and occupy the mountain as the king, but what if we don't occupy the mountain as the king? For thousands of brothers of Zhang Jun, North Korea must not be lost! That's the life of Brother Zhang Jun!"

Cherry whispered, "Guge, Mr. Zhou is also in trouble!"

Zhou Charter continued: "Zhang Jun is under strong pressure from the First Army of Japan. The 5th Division under the First Army of the Japanese Army is the most elite unit of the Japanese army. Although they were severely damaged in the Battle of Anzhou, their backbone has not been damaged. Today, the 5th Division is stationed in Seoul and has received the help of the Seoul puppet government, which can be said to be enough. Although Zhang Jun occupied Pyongyang, he was a lonely army, with no foreign reinforcements, no food and fodder inside, and was passive in North Korea. If Nozu Daoguan knew that I would leave North Korea, he would certainly not let go of this opportunity to seize Pyongyang! For this reason, the Charter had to fight against the guests and ordered the army to gather in the Linjin River and put on the posture of attacking Seoul. It is hoped that this will force Nozu Daoguan to give up attacking Pyongyang. Then, I crossed the Yalu River and attacked Liaodong.

"But your troops have no weapons. I know that the court treated you badly and did not give you weapons and equipment, but you will not fight Lushun with your bare hands." Minxiu's tone is much softer.

"back to the grid." Zhou Charter said, "First, Nozu Daoguan will one day find that I am not in North Korea. At that time, the First Army will definitely attack the Linjin River with all its strength. Zhang Jun was seriously short of equipment, and the weapons of the battalion were all left to the troops in Linjin River to deal with the Japanese attack. Second, of course, we can't fight against Japan with bare hands..." Zhou Charter paused and said, "To tell the truth, I have sent Zhang Zuolin to Liaoxi to contact the local civil groups. Some civil groups promised to lend us some guns and ammunition, about 500 guns, and some cold weapons. Zhang Zuolin has taken weapons. It was transported to Xiaogu Mountain.

Duan Qirui shook his head: "Zhou Zongbing, the guns of those civil regiments are old and don't stand up at all. Why don't you get some weapons out of us and the Zijun..."

Cherry shouted repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I saw Gatlin's machine guns in our barracks. It's amazing!"

Minxiu said in a low voice, "Duan Qirui, don't forget that you are the deputy general of the Hezi Camp personally appointed by the Empress Dowager!"

Duan Qirui was shocked. Only then did he realize that the task given by the Empress Dowager to He Zijun was to capture the rebel general Zhou Charter. Now, he and Cherry were unconsciously thinking of a way to help Zhou Charter.

In the Qing Dynasty, it is common for officials at all levels to disobey the emperor's will, but no one dares to disobey the Empress Dowager's decree!

Delivering arms to Zhang Jun, if the Empress Dowager knows, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Duan Qirui knelt down in a hurry: "Gge is on top, and he is obsessed with the humble position for a while..."

"Forget it!" Minxiu waved her hand: "I'm tired. I'm going to rest."

Minxiu said, stood up and walked back. Behind the military tent is her temporary bed.

Zhou Charter, Duan Qirui and Cherry stood in the military tent. Looking at me, I saw you, and I was at a loss for a moment.

Zhou Charter is now a prisoner of the Hezi Army, and the commander of the Hezi Army is Minxiu, and Minxiu didn't say a word about Zhou Charter, a prisoner, and ran to bed by himself.

Duan Qirui hurriedly said, "Well, Miss Cherry, I have to go to patrol the camp, so I won't disturb Gege. Say goodbye." Duan Qirui said and quickly stepped out of the military account. He has seen that Zhou Charter has become a hot potato and can't be touched.

Duan Qirui walked out of the military tent, and Cherry touched her forehead: "Oh, by the way, I have to quickly collect the armor to wear tomorrow. It has been washed and dried outside during the day, but I haven't collected it yet." Cherry also hurried out of the military account.

A week's charter was hung in a military tent.

Zhou Charter hurriedly shouted, "Don't go. What do you mean? Kill, scrape or release, give me a clear word!"

The military account is empty, and no one answers Zhou Charter.

But Zhou Charter is still tied up by five flowers.

Zhou Charter had no choice but to say to the curtain behind the military tent: "Guge, now that the enemy is now, Charter leads troops to attack Liaodong, not only to avenge the people of Lushun, but also to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Shandong! My 2,000 brothers of Zhangjun are still in the Hushan Valley. They followed my Zhou Charter to Liaodong. They died and hoped that Gege would make way!"

Behind the mantle, there is no sound.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me.