Master Yuan, start!

But after the report was published for two consecutive months, with the names and hometowns of dozens of captured Hunan Army soldiers placed on the back page of the newspaper every day, the voices of doubt disappeared.

On weekdays, in the evening, in the small Hunan town north of Jiangning City, the aroma of chopped pepper fish head wafts from almost every door you pass by.

But during this period, the villages and towns that were once bustling were now filled with only cries of grief.

"Don't worry about me, I don't want to live anymore, old man, please come back soon." Some people even said that they wanted to commit suicide.

"Sent to Xinjiang, where is Xinjiang?" Some people tried to find their husbands.

"Master Liu, please save my son. He hasn't married yet." Some people knelt in front of the Governor's Mansion and refused to get up.

The women in every household were almost all in tears, only the silver carp in the Yangtze River touched their heads and breathed a sigh of relief.

For the next two months, until the ginkgo leaves in Jiangning City turned yellow and fell, the aftermath of the fall of Xuzhou had not yet subsided.

Merchants who were on good terms with the Jiangnan Governor's Office were like ants on a hot pan, fearing that Yuan Shikai would liquidate them after he came to power in the future, so they hurriedly transferred all their property to the concession.

It can't be the French Concession, because the French had offended Yuan Shikai long ago. It must be the British Concession to be safe.

The court writers of the Jiangnan official newspaper also stopped mocking the National Defense Army. As if they had suddenly regained their memory, they mentioned the predecessor of the National Defense Army, the Jiashen Right Army, which defeated the French Expeditionary Force under the capital.

The officials in Jiangnan were in a panic.

At this time, the Governor-General's Office of Jiangnan could no longer sit still. First, it arrested a group of scholars who advocated the invincibility of the National Defense Army; then it announced that Yuan Shikai had only succeeded in a treacherous scheme and tricked Xuzhou into surrendering; then it transferred the reserve camp in the Suzhou area to Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River to consolidate the Jianghuai defense line.

At the same time, Liu Kunyi stated that the Jiangnan Navy had already set sail to bombard the northern ports.

The internal and external offensives have calmed people's hearts a little, but many people are still worried.

After all, it was only said that Zhu Hongzhang fell into a conspiracy, which led to the fall of Xuzhou City, but what exactly was the conspiracy and why was it not revealed?

Or, Governor, you don't know what is really going on in Xuzhou City. Sayings like "evil plot" are just used to shut up the people.

The bombardment to the north was even more of a "no-hit" matter. Was it to challenge the Armstrong cannon at Dagukou, Tianjin, or the 40-caliber, -centimeter Krupp cannon at the Lushun Fort?

However, unexpectedly, when winter came, the National Defense Army not only increased its troops in Bozhou, Suzhou and Xuzhou to confront the enemy, but also took the initiative to withdraw the troops that were harassing the Jianghuai area.

It was as if he was afraid of Liu Kunyi's counterattack.

Sheng Fei and Feng Guozhang, who had made great contributions on the front line, were also transferred back to the General Staff Headquarters in Lushun.

Except for Duan Qirui who was guarding the rear in Shanxi, all the other generals on the front line were replaced by newcomers.

The National Defense Army could have taken advantage of the momentum of capturing Xuzhou and marched south, but due to the change of generals, it fell into a tug-of-war with the New Hunan Army.

The main force of the National Defense Army has demonstrated strong combat effectiveness and should have swept southward like a tide and won a victory in one blow. Why is it happening now?

Yuan Xiangcheng, what is he thinking?

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"Why did Zhu Hongzhang, the brave general who first reached Tianjing City, perform so poorly in the Battle of Xuzhou?

How could Liu Si, one of the founding generals, and Sheng Fei, the master of national defense, quickly capture the important city of Xuzhou?

As we all know, history textbooks regard the Battle of Xuzhou as the first step for the National Defense Army to break through the southern defense line and unify China.

How did the siege of Xuzhou, which was thought to be a protracted battle, end in just one month? This question has puzzled many history enthusiasts.

Today, let me tell you the answer.

Hello everyone, welcome to today's Exploring History"

Nearly 100 years after the Battle of Xuzhou, on a CCTV program called Exploring History, the host held up several telegrams and claimed that they were copies of the original telegrams found in the Battle of Xuzhou, and he wanted to decipher them for everyone through the telegrams.

"Look, everyone!"

The host held up a telegram and pointed it at the camera:

"Dozens of telegrams were sent in plain text, with dates ranging from morning to night. Some were sent from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Jiangning and other places to Beijing and Tianjin, and some were sent from Beijing and Tianjin to Jiangnan.

As for the most recent one, it says that British warships bombarded the Jiangnan Navy, forcing merchant ships to temporarily suspend their return south!

British bombardment?

Hearing this, some viewers were confused. Did I remember it wrong? Did the British bombard Liu Kunyi's Jiangnan Navy?

Before the audience could think about it carefully, the host picked up another telegram.

"Everyone, look further down, there's a telegram saying the National Defense Army landed in Nantong, marched straight to Yangzhou, and the canal was cut off."

The host read letter after letter for several minutes. The audience realized that most of them were used by businessmen to convey information and talk about the world situation.

But the current situation in the world is different from what is written in history books?

"Dear audience, the most exaggerated one is a telegram sent by a Jiangnan merchant to his relatives and friends in the capital. It said that the navy had been attacked, Jiangning City had been captured, the governor of Jiang had fled south and was nowhere to be found. With trade routes blocked, it is difficult to deliver your Su brocade."

Liu Kunyi escaped? The audience was even more confused. Wasn't Liu Kunyi in Jiangning City from beginning to end?

The audience was becoming more and more confused, but the host continued to read to himself.

"Until the last one, the latest date, was a telegram from the Jiangnan Governor-General's Office, saying, 'If we hold on firmly, there will be a solution.'

Dear viewers, are you very confused? When did the British bombard the Jiangnan Navy?

And as far as I know, the National Defense Army never landed in Nantong during the War of Unification.

Could it be that this telegram is from a parallel universe?"

Having said that, the host walked to another set and took out a document that was full of historical traces.

"Everyone, look,"

The host removed the thread buckle and pulled out a piece of paper: "This is a military document that was later declassified. It turns out that the National Defense Army at the time used eavesdropping technology to artificially block the telegrams between the North and the South.

He also forged several false telegrams and deliberately let Zhu Hongzhang in Xuzhou City receive them.

Zhu Hongzhang must have been tormented day after day, and finally couldn't stand it any longer, so he chose to hang himself.

When the host said this, the audience in front of the TV exclaimed in their hearts that it was impossible.

"How could it be possible that there was intelligence warfare over 100 years ago? And it was so advanced?"

"This is a complete dimensionality reduction attack, just like turning on perspective in a game. How can the opponent play?"

"Who came up with this idea? He's a genius!"

Amid the exclamations of countless viewers, the history exploration program was announced to be over. After that, the number of views of this episode on the Internet remained high.

The Battle of Xuzhou was also hailed as one of the military miracle battles of the 19th century in an online vote.

Chapter 234 Military Distribution

Along the coast of Shandong, there are 2100-ton cargo ships coming and going everywhere, loaded with cannons of various calibers and soldiers of the National Defense Army heading south.

In addition, ships loaded with winter clothes and dog-skin hats also set sail from Incheon, heading for Yantai, Shandong, and a small port called Qingdao in the east of Jiaozhou, Shandong.

Winter is coming and the Wehrmacht is preparing supplies for winter warfare.

Rotational warfare was an order issued by Yuan Shikai.

Of the current National Defense Army, the first six regiments have fought in the battlefield with real weapons, but most of the conscripts from the remaining 6 regiments have never seen blood and are not ready to go south.

The current military distribution of the Wehrmacht is as follows.

Duan Qirui of the 1st Regiment, stationed in southern Shanxi;

The 2nd Regiment, Shengfei, was the main force in the siege of Xuzhou;

Feng Guozhang of the 3rd Regiment, the main force in the Jianghuai raid, participated in the siege while waiting in Xuzhou;

Jin Weidong, the 4th town, landed in Wenzhou and Taizhou to attract attention and has now returned to Yantai;

Duan Zhigui of the 5th Regiment was stationed in Shengjing City to guard against civil unrest;

Wang Zhanyuan of the 6th Regiment led the 76th Yue Fei Group south to Lushun and has already landed in Shandong.

The 7th Regiment was commanded by Wu Fengling, the son of a servant of the Yuan family. He accompanied Yuan Shikai to Korea as an official and served as his close attendant.

After traveling through time, Yuan Shikai sent him to the New Army in order to avoid exposing his flaws. He followed Duan Qirui in battle and was promoted to commander due to his merits.

The 7th Regiment was recruited after the Anti-Curtain Campaign and was stationed in Shanxi with Duan Qirui. When the War of Unification broke out, it was ordered to go south to transfer the Yuan family members.

The 8th Regiment, commanded by Wu Changchun, was recruited after the Anti-Curtain Campaign and stationed in northern Henan with Sheng Fei.

The 9th Regiment, commanded by Cao Kun, was recruited after the Anti-Curtain Campaign and stationed in southern Shandong with Feng Guozhang. It also participated in the Siege of Xuzhou.

The 10th Regiment, commanded by Tie Liang, was recruited after the Curtain Overthrow War. It was the only national defense force near the capital and did not participate in this southward campaign.

The remaining 10 regiments are in the form of reserve forces. During wartime, they only have numbers and no obvious command.

Among them, only one or two battalions from the 8th and 9th Regiments participated in the Battle of Xuzhou and the rear harassment campaign in Jianghuai throughout the entire process.

The ones who actually bombarded Xuzhou and fought against the Hunan Army were Sheng Fei's 2nd Regiment and Feng Guozhang's 3rd Regiment.

Therefore, after the Battle of Xuzhou ended, the 2nd and 8th Regiments of the National Defense Army, which had been stationed in northern Henan, were transferred to the Henan battlefield to open a gap.

After taking Xuzhou, the National Defense Army formed a salient to the south. Yuan Shikai decided to dispatch the 6th, 11th and 12th Regiments there to fight in turns with the Hunan Army defending Huai'an.

It is better for new recruits to see blood slowly than to be sent directly to the battlefield to die.

However, although Yuan Xiangcheng wanted to slow down, others did not think so.

The first was the capital. The news of the capture of Xuzhou gave the Guangxu court a reassurance. The ministers changed from being calm at the beginning to being anxious, and more than once requested Guangxu at the court meeting to order Yuan Shikai to pursue the victory.

Fortunately, Guangxu adhered to the tradition of the Qing emperors, that is, unless he himself was in danger, he would never give micro-management orders to front-line generals.

　Ou: However, there were also questioning voices within the National Defense Forces.

"Weiting, after taking Xuzhou, our military power has greatly increased. Why not take advantage of the situation and march south?"

The person who asked anxiously was Wu Changchun, the commander of the 8th Regiment.

Wu Changchun, a native of Hefei, Anhui, is the cousin of Yuan Shikai's old boss Wu Changqing. In this time and space, Wu Changqing was shot to death in a gambling house by Korean rebels.

After learning about this, Wu Changchun vowed to wipe out the bandits and avenge his brother. Therefore, he did not return to Li Hongzhang's army. Instead, he stayed in the Jiashen Right Army National Defense Army and participated in the battle to suppress the Korean rebellion and repel the Japanese army.

Later, due to his military achievements, he was promoted to the commander of the 8th Regiment. Of course, before that, he also secretly joined the Red Confucian Society.

The Red Confucian Society has become increasingly difficult to hide in recent years. In addition to the military, factories, guilds, and vendors across the country are all more or less aware of the Red Confucian Society's existence.

However, Yuan Xiangcheng had anticipated this situation long ago, and he divided the purpose of the Red Confucian Society into three levels.

The first part is the outermost "respect for Confucianism and ancestors"

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