However, there is an unstable factor here, will the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Alchemy Kingdom fully support Emperor Guangxu?

I heard that Long Hao also had ambitions for the throne of China. In his heart, do you hope that the Northern and Southern Qing dynasties will be defeated?

The more you think, the more you have concerns.

Seeing that Beiyang was approaching Nanjing under the command of the Japanese Sixth, those waiting and watching forces had not seen Long Hao appear to express their opinions.

Although Liu Kunyi repeatedly patted the chest to the interview reporter and said that the Nanyang Navy would do his best to protect the little Emperor Guangxu, without the speeches of the Austro-Hungarian Princess and the Alchemy King, his voice, as the governor of the Liangjiang and Huguang, always seemed so confident!

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the year of Yiwei, this was a festive festival for Lantern Festival lanterns. However, the Beiyang-based Beiqing army had launched an attack on the Nanqing.

The army of 150,000 broke through three cities in one day and was almost approaching the foot of Nanjing City.

Emperor Guangxu panicked and quickly found Liu Kunyi to ask for countermeasures.

Liu Kun was calm and sent the Nanyang Navy to go north along the Hebei region to fire at the Northern and Qing troops on the land, and shot the other side back.

Liu Kunyi said to the outside world that there are 30,000 brave Jiangdong children in Nanyang!

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Once the war begins, it is difficult to stop.

In the next twenty days, the old enemy Beiyang and Nanyang, Beiyang, left the ocean and launched a land war in the Jiangsu territory centered on Nanjing.

The Beiyang army was dominant and the number of troops was large.

The navy in Nanyang was dominant, and the naval guns were very powerful.

It’s really unpredictable who will win to death!

The two sides are back and forth, and this "tug-of-war" that happened in the first month of the year is just a chess match and it is a great time to fight.

As the battle is about to begin the first month of the year, the two sides are evenly matched, and it seems that any goose feather can become the straw that crushes the camel!

It is hard to add icing on the cake to help you in time. Everyone understands this simple truth. All the "speculative" forces think that the opportunity has come. Now betting is the time to maximize profits!

So, Hubei, Sichuan, Anhui, Henan... in the four provinces closest to Nanjing, people have made actions one after another.

There was a king-supporting army in Henan, aiming at the chrysanthemums in the Northern and Qing Dynasties;

There was a Queen Mother Party in Sichuan who mobilized porters and boaters to add to the traffic on the Nanyang Navy's river navigation;

Ge Laotang appeared in Anhui, and a group of people wrapped in headscarves and shouted "invulnerable to swords and guns" and rushed into the side of the Beiqing camp;

A foreign gun team appeared in Hubei, shouting that Beijing is orthodox, and rows of gunfire sounded at the logistics base of the Nanyang Navy;

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In fact, not only the adjacent four provinces, but other provinces and cities have also taken sides. Although they cannot devote their strength to the front line of Nanjing at once, this does not prevent them from working in other places.

Someone raised the flag of the Heaven and Earth Society and rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty!

Some people claimed to be the ninth generation grandson of Emperor Chongzhen. After counting, they calculated that the Qing Dynasty would be destroyed, so they rose up!

Someone sold his property and formed his own foreign spearmen and joined the Nanqing camp!

Some people claim to be high-end figures who have returned from studying abroad and call on righteous men to abdicate both emperors in the name of abolishing unequal treaties, and China must enter a democratic society!

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Well, the above examples have proved that they were all "sent from monkeys". These things are useless except to verify the clever minds of the Chinese people when changing dynasties.

The person who pulled the flag of Tiandihui was beaten up by Nanyang. He crossed the river and defected to the Beiqing River;

The ninth generation grandson of Emperor Chongzhen was charged by the Beiyang cavalry and turned into a zongzi and went to the river to chat with Qu Yuan;

Those who sold their property would have a better ending and had a job, but those high-end figures who were "returned overseas" had only been clamoring in some tabloids for a few days before being confiscated by the Shanghai police and sent to prison.

Humph, if you want democracy, you are too ahead of the curve!

Go to prison and reflect carefully, and when will you figure out the truth that "a great man is one step ahead, and a dead man is two steps ahead"? Let's come out!

What really has a role in the "Nanjing Tug-of-war" is actually the "provincial army" of various provinces and cities.

What is a provincial army?

It is an armed force composed of local gentry. Some people also call them "Ranguage Training", "Village Soldiers", and "Village Soldiers".

For example, the Hunan Army that killed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is very famous!

The Hunan Army is a "provincial army".

Provincial troops are controlled by heads and faces of each province.

Since the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, these armed forces have not been under much control by the Qing court. Instead, they have used them as their backing to breed many representatives of interest in the court.

Now, these provincial troops are qualified to play "strike".

After observing for more than 20 days, they felt that the Northern and Southern Qing Dynasties (Okay, let’s just talk about the Beiyang and Nanyang) would still have the upper hand in terms of potential and potential!

The reason for this is not complicated: There are ships in Southeast Asia!

Having a ship means being able to control the Yangtze River, and having a ship means sufficient military expenditure!

Nonsense, the Navy just burns money. Can you mess with the Navy if you don’t have money?

I heard that businessmen from two coastal provinces, Guangdong and Fujian, are no longer afraid of exposing themselves to fund the South China Sea. This also means that Emperor Guangxu has more potential in war. As long as he defends Nanjing and ends the Beiyang people retreat, he will attack the north from the south.

The situation will form!

On March 7, 1895, the commanders of the "provincial army" of Hubei, Sichuan, Anhui and Henan provinces announced almost at the same time that they would support Emperor Guangxu of the Southern Qing Dynasty and resolutely defeat the puppet court of the Northern Qing Dynasty controlled by Cixi!

The commanders of the four provinces did not just say or do. The Hubei army, Sichuan army, Anhui army and Henan army they sent all fought with the Qing soldiers in Beiyang at the first time, with both victories and losses, and blood stained the battlefield... Let's not talk about whether it was

It involved Beiyang's energy, but this "vote letter" was at least successfully handed it out to Emperor Guangxu.

With the help of the provincial and military with considerable combat effectiveness, the originally balanced "tug-of-war" immediately turned to the Nanqing side.

Advantages of Nanqing!

Beiyang is the offensive side, the supply line is already long, and it has been more than 20 days, and the logistics pressure has been quite heavy.

Empress Dowager Cixi was still as stingy as ever, adhering to the fantasy style of "being both want the horse to run without giving it grass". She only knew that she kept urging the Japanese to quickly capture Nanjing and capture Emperor Guangxu in the imperial edict.

The food and bullets distributed were not available!

The Japanese Liu felt a lot of pain: I was still capturing the little emperor? If I was not careful, I would be captured by the soldiers from Nanyang!

The Japanese Six had the idea of ​​withdrawing troops, and the intervention of the four provincial troops made him make this decision.

On March 12, the soldiers of the Northern and Qing dynasties set off their camps and returned to Beijing. On the way back, they broke through five obstacles. Finally, on March 15, Ping An returned to Shandong Province, which was still in the radial range of Beijing.

The siege of Nanjing was announced to be lifted, but after Emperor Guangxu met with the "King Army" in the four provinces, he had the idea of ​​strike while the iron was hot and now he would counterattack and count the counterattack.

He summoned Liu Kunyi to ask for advice. Well, it wasn't actually called a question. Emperor Guangxu asked Liu Kunyi like this: "My dear, can we send troops to the north tomorrow?"

The little emperor's attitude was very clear: he couldn't wait to return to Beijing and return to the dragon throne!

Unfortunately, Liu Kunyi’s reply was not very clear. He said, “Your Majesty, this battle has just finished, so it’s better to rest and take care of the soldiers!”

Emperor Guangxu was naturally dissatisfied with Liu Kunyi's reply. Fortunately, those provincial military commanders were all in Nanjing and could not be transferred to Nanyang. There were still four provincial military forces that could be dispatched!

Emperor Guangxu was determined not to be a puppet. He had no military power in his hands, so he had to play a balance between Nanyang and the provincial army.

On March 18, the "Northern Expedition Youhuang Army" was established. The main body was the soldiers of the four provinces, with a troop force of 300,000. It set out from Nanjing and aimed directly at Beijing!

This army was established, and the commanders of the four provinces were appointed as the first rank. The power was at the peak of life. I was full of complacent intentions, and the spring breeze blew on my face... Why didn't I work hard to work for Emperor Guangxu?

On March 25, the Northern Expedition of the Youhuang Army broke Fengyang Prefecture.

On March 30, Xuzhou was also occupied, and Nanzhili was in crisis.

On April 2, the Northern Expedition Army fought with the Beiyang Army near the Confucius Temple. The two sides fought for five days, with foreign guns and sticks at the same time, and the number of casualties exceeded 30,000!

Blood is covered with the statue of the saint...

On April 10, the Northern Expedition Emperor You Army stationed outside Jinan City, completely cutting off the main traffic route between the Beiyang Navy and the capital.

The capital has become an isolated city!

Emperor Xuantong was so scared that he cried loudly, and Empress Dowager Cixi's face was even more grim.

I don’t know if I don’t fight. After a fight, I realized that Beiyang, whom she relied on for help, was so vulnerable!

Empress Dowager Cixi is now so regretful that her intestines are blushed. If she had known that Prince Gong was so unbearable, she would not have peeled Li Hongzhang's official skin and forced Beiyang to him to take care of him.

Of course, Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't figure it out. Emperor Guangxu was clearly hidden so well. Who had the magical power to rescue him from the cell placed on the fifth floor of the underground?!

Guangxu was an orthodox emperor, and his virtue was not lost. As soon as he arrived in Nanjing, he immediately gave endless encouragement to the forces against the court in Nanyang and Jiangnan!

Ask for peace, the Ai family demands peace!

Seeing that the enemy's iron hooves were about to approach the imperial city, Empress Dowager Cixi used her usual tricks.

What do they want?

Silver? Beauty? Or food?

The Ai family gave everything. Except for this throne, the Ai family gave whatever they wanted, as long as they didn't continue to work hard for the little bastard Guangxu!

Empress Dowager Cixi has always had this kind of peace talks. She first threw out her bottom line without any limit, then stretched out her neck to give her negotiating opponent a chance to slaughter!

But this time, Empress Dowager Cixi clamored for a long time, but none of the officials below responded.
To be continued...