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"Since the president has assumed office, he should immediately exercise the powers of the president. In my opinion, we should immediately send people out of the customs to contact Shengjing, and at the same time invite Yili, Xining, Kulun and other places to send troops."

In the past, Lao Le, who was coaxed by Wang Danwang for 3000 taels, did not hesitate to wipe the buttocks of a chief executive with the honor of the governor, after becoming the president of the coalition army, it was as if he had eaten his youth and repaid his pills. It was very different in the past. He was at least ten years younger, and his military ability and political wisdom had also been improved several times in one fell swoop.

"Whoosh whoosh" saw the rise.

"It should be this way here, that way over there, and then we will all be like this, and finally be like that."

When Lao Le was in high spirits making the overall arrangement, Mr. Lin, the aide in charge of the mail room, quietly entered the meeting place, and then made a gesture to the governor that outsiders could not understand, that is, he had something important to report.

"what's up?"

Leer would like to wave his hand to ask Master Lin to say directly that there are no outsiders here, and he will be called Your Excellency the President from now on.

Moreover, he had just taken office, so he was too embarrassed to go down and quietly listen to the report in front of the representatives of the three major frontiers.

Master Lin hesitated for a moment, and went out to tell the latest news he had received.

It was Guiziliu who led the army to the east and severely damaged the Manchurian and Mongolian allied forces outside the pass in the Daling River area. He captured General Hongshang of Shengjing and General Fu Yu of Heilongjiang, and has now occupied Shengjing.

"what?!"

The officials present and the big president, Lao Le, were shocked by the news and were speechless. Although there were only more than [-] people in the Eight Banners outside the pass, it was still surprising that Guizi Liu's puppet army defeated Hongshang so quickly.

All forces are paying attention to this war. Most of the judgments are that this war will not be decided until at least May and June next year. Therefore, Li Shiyao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, intends to unite all parties. The Eight Banners outside the pass seized this favorable opportunity and went straight to the capital.

In this way, even if Guizi Liu wins outside the pass, he will also be blocked outside Shanhaiguan by the coalition forces and lose his basic position.

But he never expected that Hongshang would be defeated before the coalition forces started.

Shengjing was occupied by Guizi Liu, which meant that there would be no major battles outside the pass. Therefore, the main force of Guizi Liu's puppet army could return to defend the capital at any time. This would be of great disadvantage to the coalition forces, especially the Northwest Group, which is the closest to the capital. .

There was a lot of discussion in the audience, Fu Zengge, Kuilun, Jiang Lan, etc. were all whispering to each other, discussing the impact of the fall outside the customs on the eight-provincial coalition forces going north to fight against rebellion.

Bi Yuan, Shaanxi Xuezheng Xia Mingqiu and other Northwest officials also whispered.

The order of the venue was a bit chaotic.

The atmosphere of unity and aggressiveness just now has been significantly weakened.

Lao Le was still able to hold back, and said to everyone with a slight snort: "You don't have to worry, the Eight Banners outside the pass are originally left behind soldiers and horses, no matter in terms of military strength or combat effectiveness, they are not enough to compare with those in the pass, and Hongshang is a patriarch of the clan. , has always been incompetent, it is not surprising that he was defeated by Guizi Liu. However, it is not enough for Guizi Liu to occupy Shengjing and seize the outside of the pass. In the current situation, I have the advantage."

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Lao Le analyzed that the main force of Guizi Liu was at most [-] people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses in Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangsu and other places were either the original green battalion, or were composed of recruits and prisoners, and their combat effectiveness was not high. not tall.

Adding it all up, there are 20 of his devils.

The Eight-Provincial Allied Forces alone have three armies with more than 5 soldiers in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and more than 15 soldiers in Shanxi. There are nearly [-] people in the Northwest Army alone.

2 soldiers from Yunnan and Guizhou can be obtained, and 1 soldiers from Guangdong and Guangxi should not be a problem. [-] soldiers from Fujian can always be recruited.

In this way, the coalition forces are not weaker than Guiziliu's Restoration Army in terms of strength, and Guiziliu's territory is large, but it must be defended everywhere.

Although the coalition's territory is also scattered, as long as all parties are firm and launch an attack according to the plan, they will have an absolute advantage in some parts.

The combination of several local advantages is the overall advantage.

That's a huge advantage.

"In short, in the battle against rebellion, I have the advantage!"

Lao Le's words made the officials present sweep away the negative factors brought about by the fall outside the border. After careful analysis by the officials, what the President said was very reasonable and true.

At this time, a piece of good news came.

Governor Wang Danwang of Zhejiang electrifies the whole country, announcing the independence of Zhejiang and the establishment of a military government!
"it is good!"

Lao Le was overjoyed, Wang Dan Wang was indeed his loyal partner, and he was the first to fire the first shot against Guizi Liu, and he was indeed a talent that Lao Le valued.

"Zhejiang's shot was good and wonderful. It not only turned my eight-province coalition into a nine-province coalition, but also hit Guizi Liu's heart and his arm!"

Yang Mingyang, the governor of Shaanxi Province, described it very well. Zhejiang declares independence, and Fujian's soldiers and horses can join forces with Zhejiang to march towards Jiangsu.

The situation instantly reversed from [-]-[-] to [-]-[-].

The coalition army is seven, and the reform army is three.

A wave of fighting spirit soared into the sky above the governor's yamen, causing the sky and the earth to change color.

Thousands of miles away, in Fuling, the eastern suburb of Shengjing, Jia Liu is enjoying a poem.

Poetry:

"Li Du's poems have been handed down thousands of times, and they are no longer new.

Talented people come out from generation to generation, each leading the way for hundreds of years. "

The person who wrote this poem was Zhao Yi, the prefect of Guangzhou who was taken away by Qianlong for no reason, but this poem was specially written by Zhao Yi to the Sixth Emperor of the Restoration.

"Talented people come out from generation to generation, each leading the way for hundreds of years, um, good poetry, good poetry!"

Lao Ji, who accompanied His Majesty to inspect Fuling, praised Zhao Yi's works without any jealousy, because he was the one who recommended Zhao Yi to His Majesty as the target of the battle.

"It's a good poem, and it suits me very well."

Jia Liu also liked this poem very much, and immediately asked someone to bring his big seal and small chapter, "Ba Ba" was stamped on the poem scroll for a while, and then asked Lao Ji: "Is Le Erjin the president now? "

"Ah."

Lao Ji nodded. He had just received news that the four governors-generals of Fujian and Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, Yunnan-Guizhou, and Shaanxi-Gansu had joined forces to attack His Majesty the Emperor, and announced Le Erjin as the President.

After hesitating for a while, he still said: "I have a question in my mind, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Say it."

Jia Liu put the big seal and his own personal seal into the treasure bag and handed them over to the attendant who specially kept the emperor's seal.

Lao Ji boldly raised his doubts, that is, he didn't understand why His Majesty asked Zhao Yi to unite the gang of governors and come up with a nondescript president.

According to his understanding, it seems that anyone can be the president.

Therefore, even if His Majesty does not want to be the master, there is no reason to call the title of President, Le Erjin, that idiot.

"Your Majesty is not afraid of spoiling the game, and getting rid of it? Today Le Er is going to be the president, and tomorrow Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, and King Zheng will also come to be the king. What will your majesty do?"

Lao Ji was very worried.

Jia Liu smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? The emperor is me, and the president is me; the protagonist is me, and the supporting role is me; King Zheng of Zhou Wu is also me!"