Chapter 115 Dingwu Army

Liu Yingshu said, "Yu Qiong Gege, since he is in Shanghai, we should leave for Shanghai immediately. What else should we write? When we arrive in Shanghai, just say it in person when we see him." Liu Yingshu is impatient. She lives in this Summer Palace and is worried all day long, especially this Suzhou Street, which is simply a ghost street!

Cherry shook her head and said, "Two sisters, the Empress Dowager Buddha means that Zhou Charter is leading the army outside the war, and it is very inconvenient to bring her women around. Moreover, when the two sisters arrive at the front line, it is very dangerous. Therefore, the Empress Dowager asked the two sisters to stay in Beijing and wait for Zhou Charter to return triumphantly. It's not too late to get together again.

Liu Yingshu said angrily, "Nonsense! There is no rain of bullets in this garden, but there are hidden traps everywhere! Our husband's side is the safest place in the world! We are going to Shanghai..."

"Don't talk like that in front of Gege!" Zhao Qiaoer interrupted Liu Yingshu's words: "Two Gege, why is my husband going to war again? Hasn't the Great Qing Dynasty and Japan already truce?

Minxiu said, "The Empress Dowager Buddha has issued an order. Zhou Charter has been restored, still serving as Admiral Huguang, appreciating a kind of flower and wearing it, and giving Zhou Charter to reassemmobilize the medal army and go to Taiwan to fight against the Japanese."

"Hasn't the Qing Dynasty ceded Taiwan to the Japanese?"

"That's right." Minxiu said, "The Empress Dowager Buddha means that the Zhang Jun of Zhou Charter is not the army of the Qing Dynasty. They are at war with the Japanese and have nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty. However, the Qing Dynasty can secretly support Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun's food and salaries will be provided by Fujian and Guangdong. The Empress Dowager Buddha has only one condition. Zhou Charter drove away the Japanese. He must ensure that Taiwan will return to the Qing Dynasty, and Zhou Charter can serve as the governor of Taiwan of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the two will be the wives of the governor!"

"So, you should continue to take us hostage in the Summer Palace!" Zhao Qiaoer said.

"It's not us, it's the old Buddha!" Cherry whispered.

"This is not the same!" Liu Yingshu said angrily.

This time, Zhao Qiaoer did not stop Liu Yingshu from saying rudely and took the woman as a hostage. The Empress Dowager Buddha's wrist was too dark!

"Sister Zhao, we don't write letters!" Liu Yingshu said angrily, "The Empress Dowager Buddha is going to use us to blackmail the charter!"

Zhao Qiaoer said coldly, "Two Gege, I'm just a rural girl. I've been poor since I was a child. I haven't studied and can't write."

Minxiu nodded: "Well, I'm going to restore my life to the Empress Dowager Buddha." The Empress Dowager Cixi took a woman as a hostage and threatened Zhou Charter, and Minxiu was also very disapproving. Since Zhao Qiaoer can't write, she can just shirk it.

"However, I still want to write a letter to my husband! Tell him that he is safe." Zhao Qiaoer whispered, "He must be thinking about us for so long."

"Sister Zhao, how to write it? If you can't read, I can't write. Liu Yingshu said.

Zhao Qiaoer stood up and said to Minxiu and Cherry, "Wait a minute, my concubine will come." With that, he waved to Liu Yingshu, and the two went to the inner room together.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Qiaoer and Liu Yingshu returned to the living room and handed a white silk to Minxiu's hand.

There is a pair of red paper-cuts on the white silk, which is a common paper-cutting process in rural Northeast China, and every farm girl can do it.

Zhao Qiaoer's paper-cutting is not only neat, but also beautiful and delicate. It can be seen that Zhao Qiaoer's paper-cutting skills are outstanding, no less than those of the royal paper-cutting craftsmen in the office.

In the center of the paper-cut, there is a towering green pine. The trunk is strong, the branches and leaves are flourishing, and the flower cover is vigorous. Under the flower cover, there are three sunflowers, which bloom with a smile under the protection of the green pine.

"Please give this letter to my husband. I'm very grateful." Zhao Qiaoer Yingying bowed down.

Minxiu took over the white silk, but his nose was sour.

The green pine is naturally Zhou Charter, three sunflowers, two are Zhao Qiaoer and Liu Yingshu, and the third one, and the eighth achievement is the golden beauty. Anyway, no matter who it is, it's not her turn to be sensitive!

Zhao Qiaoer said slowly, "Guge, since our husband is still alive, we should no longer live in the garden."

Minxiu nodded: "That's natural. You are the first lady. The Empress Dowager Buddha has ordered someone to clean up the Zhongyong uncle's house in Hater Hutong, and the two and the old lady can move in immediately. In addition, the Empress Dowager Buddha was worried about the inconvenience of the two ladies living outside, so he specially chose a few eunuchs from her side to serve them. The Empress Dowager also said that the two ladies can come to the garden at any time to talk to her.

Liu Yingshu said hurriedly, "We have hands and feet and don't need others to serve us!" Liu Yingshu knew that the people around the Empress Dowager Buddha were not subordinates. They were several Buddhas!

Minxiu said in a low voice, "The Empress Dowager Buddha has decided, and no one can change it!"

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Forbidden City, Yihexuan, the sun hung on the flying eaves in the east, revealing half a red face. There is a glow in the Forbidden City, which represents the royal noble golden glazed tiles, which are more and more dazzling under the morning light.

Concubine looked at the palace pavilion in the glow. In a trance, she couldn't figure out whether it was early morning or dusk!

The most beautiful moments of the day are in the morning and dusk. People are the same, and so is a dynasty!

Suns and sunrise are the same magnificent and brilliant in many cases! Therefore, many times, people can't distinguish between early morning and dusk. Thinking about the current Qing Dynasty, which has just won a war, many people think that the Qing Dynasty has ushered in the glory of the rising sun, but they don't know that this is the return of the sun at sunset!

Zhi Rui crawled to the ground: "I would like to send my best to you."

"Brother, get up quickly. It's all your family. How can you talk about so much etiquette?" Concubine Zhen said softly.

Zhirui kowtowed respectfully: "Princess, the court is so polite!"

Concubine Zhen sighed and had to salute with Zhirui.

The Qing Dynasty guarded the etiquette of its ancestors and did not dare to cross the thunder pool, but the Japanese abandoned the etiquette of their ancestors. In just a few decades, they jumped up and left her former teacher far behind!

However, in the Qing Dynasty, there was a man who also abandoned the etiquette of his ancestors!

They can't kneel down and worship. They cut off their braids! They defeated the Japanese!

It's ridiculous that this person who dares to break through the etiquette is the beloved disciple of Jin, the first guardian of the Qing Dynasty!

What's more ridiculous is that Jin, an old man who regards etiquette as his life, ran to the temple and strongly asked the abbot to cut his braids!

It seems that the imperial court regards it as fate. Even the guardians don't believe in the etiquette of the roots!

"Brother, how's it going?"

Zhirui stood up and whispered, "Liu Kun saved Zhou Charter's life, but killed Ye Tao. I'm afraid this matter is a little troublesome."

Concubine Zhen sneered: "Don't Yetao deserve to die! What kind of people does the Empress Dowager trust?"

Zhirui said in a low voice, "Ye Tao dares not hit the Japanese, but dares to shoot his family. He really deserves to die! However, the father and son of the Ye family are from the prince Duan, and Yetao's Dingwu army is a model new army personally designated by the Empress Dowager. The equipment and training level are the best in the Qing Dynasty, even better than Yuan Shikai's new army. That's the empress dowager's private army. Killing Ye Tuo is equivalent to breaking one of the arms of the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager Buddha knows the reason of the matter, how can she give up!"

"Then how did Liu Kunyi report to the Empress Dowager?"

"He reported to the court that Yetao was killed by a bullet in order to arrest Sun Wen of the riot party. Liu Kun asked the court to ask for credit for Yetao and comfort the Ye family.

"This old fox! There is also a hand." Concubine Zhen scolded, "So, who is leading the Dingwu army now?"

"There are more than 2,000 people in Shanghai's Dingwu Army, ten wild guns, ten mountain cannons, and three heavy machine guns. As soon as Liu Kun went to the court, he recommended the general Yan Qionglin to command this army."

"Liu Kunyi wants to swallow this army!"

"Not bad." Zhirui said, "With the equipment of the armed forces, its combat effectiveness is no worse than that of Zhang Jun. Liu Kun holds this army in his hands, which is a trump card."

Zhenfei shook her head: "Brother, the combat effectiveness of a force is certainly related to the equipment and training level, but for an army, the most important thing is not the equipment, but the commander of the army. When Zhou Charter was in North Korea, Zhang Jun's equipment was not as good as the local bravery of the Qing Dynasty, but they eliminated the mixed brigade armed to the teeth. No matter how well-equipped the Dingwu Army is, in the hands of Liu Kun, I think it will eventually become a rotten Eight Banner Army!"

"Do you mean to hand over the Dingwu Army to Yuan Shikai?"

"No, give it to Zhou Charter!"

Zhirui was so scared that he trembling: "Princess Zhen, Dingwu Army is the army of the Empress Dowager! The Empress Dowager and Zhou Charter are not the same. Now she is forced to be helpless, so she has to let Zhou Charter go. Now that Zhou Charter has killed Yetao and wants to eat her Dingwu army, how can the Empress Dowager agree!"

"It's up to her to answer or not!" Concubine Zhen said coldly, "I just got the news that the Taiwanese gentry supported Tang Jingsang as president and announced the establishment of a democratic country in Taiwan and did not recognize the Japanese occupation. The Japanese declared Taiwan's democracies a rebel and decided to suppress the rebellion by force. This morning, the Japanese army landed in Keelung, conquered Keelung, and was marching towards Taipei. The Taipei garrison collapsed without a fight, and Liu Yongfu's black flag army could not withstand the Japanese army and retreated to Taichung. Rescue soldiers are like fighting a fire, but Zhang Jun is scattered everywhere. If you want to gather, it will take at least half a month. At that time, I'm afraid that Liu Yongfu has been driven out of Taiwan Island by the Japanese, and the Japanese army has gained a firm foothold in Taiwan. If Zhang Jun wants to enter Taiwan again, it will be impossible!"

Zhi Rui suddenly woke up: "That's good. If Zhang Jun can't enter Taiwan after he gathers, then they can only stay on the mainland and stay on the mainland justly. If they fight back and fight against the court, it will be troublesome!"