Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 824 How Far Is Forever

Feng Yuxiang's victory in Tehran greatly increased the confidence of the Imperial High Command. They saw hope, a hope that could defeat Iran, France and Spain at the same time.Ten hours after Tehran was declared captured, that is, at 10 o'clock in the morning on October 10, another unit of the Western Expeditionary Army, the northern battle group led by Chen Cheng, announced that it had captured the French army's last port in northern Iran, Ammo. Le.Then, at 25 o'clock in the morning of the same day, the Supreme Command of the Dragon Kingdom, the Ministry of the Army, and the Ministry of the Air Force issued a commendation order at the same time, rewarding all officers and soldiers of the Dragon Army who fought in Bam, Kerman, Birjand and Tehran.

Compared with the complacent Supreme Command of the Empire, the French Supreme Command at this time has fallen into deathly silence.After the Dragon Army announced the capture of Amol, everyone knew that the Chinese had blocked the last escape route of the northern group of the coalition forces. The 26 divisions of the Faisi coalition forces and nearly 44 people were surrounded by the Dragon Army in Dabuli, North Qi Shi, Malagai, south to Amara, east to Mahtaram, west to Arak in a small triangular area.From the analysis of the current situation, in this huge encirclement, the remaining coalition forces cannot escape the palm of the Chinese no matter what.

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"It's over! It's over!" Alphonse Juan, who had just escaped from the flames of war in Tehran, looked at the sand table on the map that had been divided into pieces by the blue line. The blow, he fell to the ground as soon as he sat down, muttering non-stop.For him, his political life and military career have come to an end, as is Iran's Prime Minister Zahedi, who is now dead as most of his troops are surrounded by two encirclements. He has become a veritable loner, and because of this, he is even more afraid of the pressure from above, because in Iran, the charges of improper command can be large or small. For example, he would be sent directly to a military court, and by that time, his own life might be lost.

"It seems that we may have failed! General Juan, we have really failed." Zahedi yelled loudly as he grabbed Juan's arm like a stray dog, his face was distorted, and his spirit The state is close to hysteria.It can be seen that he has completely, completely lost all confidence.

"It's not possible!" Zhu An moved away the opponent's arm that was grasping his sleeve, and then said unhurriedly: "It's completely. From now on, we have completely and completely lost the initiative on the battlefield." .The Chinese have won Iran, defeated France and Spain. I myself have no illusions about victory."

"Then what should we do? What should we do? Could it be that the two of us just said that we had failed without saying a word, and then we were attacked wantonly by our political opponents in front of everyone, and finally hanged as a scapegoat? , and then be deeply engraved on the pillar of shame by history? Is this what we should face?" Zahedi roared frantically.

"Of course not! Absolutely not!" Juan seemed very annoyed at being so provoked by Zahedi, "You are not the kind of person who likes to sit and wait for death, and neither am I! We will never be led by the nose! Absolutely not Yes!" Having said that, he stood up and walked to the front of the map with strides: "From the current situation, although we have suffered heavy losses in the north, at least 30 to 33 divisions have been lost, but our troops It has not been completely consumed. I have 6 divisions in my hands and they will be ready soon. I will quickly transfer them to Arak and other places. Besides, don’t you still have 3 infantry divisions in Malague? Come on, we still have nearly 10 divisions on hand. Although these troops cannot guarantee our final victory and drive the Chinese out of the Middle East, we still have a chance to hold the Chinese back. At least we can do so in exchange for A decent peace." At this point Juan dropped the cigar heavily.

"So you mean to build a strong line of defense to defend against the enemy's attack? But in this case, the strength of the troops is not too tight. After all, it is 600 miles long from Tabriz to Amara. It is difficult for a division to defend such a wide front." Zahedi raised his own doubts.

"No way." Zhu An shook his head with a wry smile. Even if he couldn't defend, he had to continue to defend, because we had too many infantry and not enough mobility.If you continue to use mobile combat, you will hit the Chinese guns, and if you shorten the front, there will not be enough reserve forces to complete this retreat. You must know.Given the impossibility of an orderly retreat at a numerical and qualitative disadvantage, the Chinese would concentrate their superior forces on a tactical encirclement of our retreating forces.Therefore, the best way at present is to defend on the spot, turning each of the fortifications into nails on the back of the Chinese, so that they will be on their backs, and their logistical supply lines will always be under our pressure.Only in this way can we turn defeat into victory, a chance to make the other party bow their heads and sue for peace! "Speaking of which, Zhu An's words already seem to have a lot of meaning.

"I understand what you mean." Zahedi nodded, "But our current situation is not limited to these, our most important situation at present is how to calm down the current crisis in the north." After finishing speaking, he looked nervously at looked at each other.

"It's actually very simple." Zhu An immediately took over the other party's words: "In my opinion, we only need to find a scapegoat, and this scapegoat must be someone who suffered a disastrous defeat in an important battle, so" said Here Zhu An stopped talking, and he looked at the other party with meaningful eyes.

"So I think I've found it!" Zahedi over there also gave him a strange look.

The good news from Tehran was sent to Beijing like snowflakes, and Empress Jingfen's body recovered quickly. Guan Xuqing was in a very good mood these days. After discussing with Feng Xianghua and others that day, he stayed in the Queen's Kunning Palace that night. .The two imperial physicians had just checked the queen's pulse. Guan Xuqing asked about the condition. The imperial physician said that there was nothing serious, but the queen was still weak and needed to recuperate. She had a slight cough for the past two days. After the imperial physician left, Guan Xuqing and Jingfen After talking for a while, I realized that Jingfen hadn't been there for two months.Guan Xuqing smiled and said: "Just now I heard from the imperial physician that you are weak and hot. It was shocking. It turns out that you are happy, and you are going to add another dragon child to me."

The empress seemed to be very worried, she leaned her petite body into the emperor's arms, shook her head slightly and said, "Yes, I am also sick. This unknown fever has been going on for some time. It's all your fault, the emperor, my concubine is weak, and you still have to do it." that kind of thing"

Guan Xuqing stroked her hair, and said slowly: "People often say that the harmony of yin and yang can cure serious illnesses. You are always unable to cheer up, and your body is thin. If you encounter a little bit of cold or heat, you will never get sick." ? You are my wife and the mother of the world, everything I have is yours, you should be happy!"

Jingfen didn't answer, and after a long time, she slowly turned around, even quietly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"what happened?"

"Nothing, happy."

"Crying when you're happy?"

"Women are not as happy as men are."

"Inexplicable." Guan Xuqing couldn't help laughing, and was about to speak when Jingfen suddenly said: "One day, if I really die, what posthumous title will the emperor give me?"

The smile froze on Guan Xuqing's face, he sat up straight suddenly, held Jingfen's shoulder, and asked eagerly, "What's wrong with you? What's the matter?"

Jingfen sat up, looked at the candlelight in the gauze lantern, sighed and smiled and said: "Ever since I got this serious illness, I was always afraid that I would not be able to accompany the emperor to the end, so I want to ask the emperor for this posthumous title now. Didn't you promise to give me the posthumous title of Xiaoxian? If you can give me this posthumous title, I will die in peace in the future."

Before she could finish her sentence, Guan Xuqing covered her mouth and said, "I won't allow you to say such things again. Since we got married, so many winds and rains have come over us. In the future, we will grow old together. Even if we die, I will die first. I'm afraid that if you go ahead, I won't be able to bear the pain of losing you. Since I became the throne, I have a lot of things to do and have little time with you, but after so many years, you still don't know what I'm thinking? Don't let your thoughts go to sleep."

When the next day was just getting bright, Guan Xuqing woke up, seeing Jingfen's green forearm exposed outside the quilt, breathing evenly, sleeping peacefully, with tears of happiness hanging from the corners of her eyes, he gently covered her for her Quilted, put on the middle coat, and gently came to the outer hall.Several maids who were on guard at night rushed over to wait on them, Guan Xuqing waved them down and called Xiao De'an over and asked, "How much food does the queen eat a day now?"

Seeing the emperor's gloomy face, Xiao De'an carefully said in a low voice: "Your Majesty eats vegetarian food these days. The servants watch over the two regular meals, and each meal is only two taels of old rice. Occasionally, she eats some lychees and melons and fruits in her free time. The first cook, Zheng Er, made more meat dishes for the empress. After Zheng Er left, the slave never saw the empress eat meat dishes."

Guan Xuqing pondered: "Where is Zheng Er now?"

Xiao De'an laughed and said, "He stole a chicken blood red porcelain bottle from the imperial dining room, buried it in a cinder truck and transported it outside, asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out, and beat him up."

Before he finished speaking, Guan Xuqing stopped him with a wave of his hand, and said, "You will pass the decree in a while, and ask Zheng Er to come in and wait on you. The monthly rule will be doubled. If you have money, you will stop stealing. Tell Zheng Er, master and empress." For a tael of meat, I will reward him with a tael of silver."

"Ah? Cha!"

(End of this chapter)