In March, the northern land of the empire had gradually entered spring. The frozen land had thawed, and the withered wild grass had grown new buds, and a row of vibrant scenes. However, the arrival of spring also made the war clouds shrouded in the north. After a winter rest, the Imperial Army had already reserved sufficient supplies and was about to launch its last blow to the Qing Dynasty.

Now the Qing Dynasty's army is only less than 300,000. Except for a small number of them deployed in Shanxi, most of them are concentrated in Beijing. The Qing Dynasty planned to carry out the final resistance. Of course, the Qing Dynasty thought that it had left a way of retreat. Once the city of Beijing could not be defended, they could go to the grassland to continue to fight against the Chinese Empire through the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, and wait for the arrival of Russian reinforcements. It is precisely because of the existence of this way of retreat that the high officials of the Qing Dynasty were not very scared.

The Imperial Army has also made the final preparations for combat, striving to destroy the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop. According to the information obtained by the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau, the Russian Expeditionary Force had already embarked on the journey as early as last month. A total of 400,000 troops set out from the European part of Russia. They will go to the Far East to fight against the Imperial Army. Moreover, this is just the first expeditionary force. The second expeditionary force will also set off this month. At that time, the troops sent by Russia to the Far East will reach 600,000. It can be seen that the Russians have fought a lot and wanted to fight the Chinese Empire to the death.

Russia has the highest number of standing troops in the world, which is true. However, it has lost more than 200,000 before, and now it has sent 600,000 people to the Far East, which has left only 600,000 Russian troops. It is impossible for these 600,000 people to defend Russia's vast territory alone. Therefore, Tsar Nicholas I issued a mobilization order on the eve of Christmas last year, demanding that millions of troops be formed again to enhance Russia's military strength and deter those neighboring countries that are ready to move because the main force of the Russian army is transferred to the Far East.

Russia has a population of more than 60 million, and once again formed a large army of millions, and it was not short of soldiers. However, Russia's weak industrial strength and almost bankrupt finances were not easy to arm the millions of troops. In order to arm these large armies, Tsar Nicholas I ordered taxes, which made the share of the bourgeoisie and peasants in Russia dissatisfied with the share of the bourgeoisie and peasants, which made their lives even more difficult. But even so, the military expenditure required by Russia to arm the millions of troops was not enough.

At this time, the British unexpectedly extended a helping hand to Russia. After the British government secretly contacted the Russian government, they proposed to provide Russia with a low-interest loan. The total loan amount reached 20 million pounds. The loan made the Russians overjoyed. Although they didn't know why the British were so kind, it was not harmful to them. With this money, they could arm the army of millions and have sufficient military expenditure guarantees to fight the war between the Chinese Empire. You know, the United Kingdom had been before.

The relationship with Russia is not very good. When Russia is constantly expanding outward, the British always try to intercept Russia. Except when the First French Empire ruled by Napoleon dominated Europe, Britain and Russia united in order to deal with France. After Napoleon's First French Empire collapsed, they quickly transformed from allies to enemies. In the direction of the Balkans where Russia focused on expanding, the British supported the Ottoman Turkish Empire and prevented Russia's expansion. This caused many contradictions between Britain and Russia.

There are no eternal allies and no eternal enemies between countries. This is very appropriate to Britain and Russia at this time. In order to support the Russians in dealing with the Chinese Empire, the British once again wooed Russia. It can be said that the British paid and the Russians contributed, and the two countries united to curb the development of the Chinese Empire. The British were rich but had a sparse population. They would not take the initiative to defeat the Chinese Empire without absolute certainty. Therefore, supporting Russia to fight against the Chinese Empire became the best way.

The Chinese Empire did not realize the intentions of the British, but it was powerless to do anything about it. After all, could the Chinese Empire stop Britain from lending to Russia? At this time, the Chinese Empire had become enemies with Russia and had provoked the United States. If Britain provoked again, it would be really a death. Although the Chinese Empire's strong strength, even if it went to war with these three countries at the same time, it would be guaranteed that it would not be defeated. However, the huge losses were enough to collapse the entire country. The Chinese Empire's development time was still too short, and its industrial strength was far from comparable to that of Western powers. Therefore, when fighting against foreign countries, this point had to be considered.

In addition, even with the support of Britain, the Chinese Empire would have the confidence to defeat the Russians. Russia has a large population, but this does not mean that their troops are unlimited. As long as the 600,000 expeditionary force sent to China this time is solved, the Russians will be hurt. At that time, no matter how stupid the Russians are, they will consider whether to continue the decisive battle with China.

On March 3, 1847, the imperial emperor Long Yufei held a joint military and political meeting in the imperial palace in Guangzhou. There was only one content of the meeting, that is, the war between the Empire and the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Russia that was about to begin again. Long Yufei made a request that this year is a very critical year for the empire. Within this year, the empire must destroy the Qing Dynasty and defeat Russia. In addition, it is necessary to carry out a cross-sea expedition to the United States. The imperial army and navy will enter the highest state of war readiness from now on. The destruction of the Qing Dynasty is already

There is no suspense. With great loss of strength and low morale, the Qing army could not have stopped the Imperial Army from advancing. After the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, with the support of the Mongolian tribes, the Imperial Army's front line would quickly advance towards East and West Siberia, burning the war to the Russians' territory. In this way, the losses caused by war can be minimized. After all, the outbreak of war on the territory and the damage caused is amazing, and there is no reason to always let the Chinese bear the losses of war.

In this year's combat plan, the empire's enemies are mainly Russia and the United States, among which the battle against the United States has been decided to be jointly carried out by the Empire, France and Spain. With the strength of the Americans, it is almost impossible to resist the attack of the three powerful countries. Therefore, the result of this battle is already destined, and the empire doesn't have to worry too much. The empire's main enemy is still Russia. Compared with the United States, Russia's military strength is stronger. Russia's 600,000 expeditionary forces sent to the Far East is also a powerful military force. It is not so easy to defeat them. In addition, East Siberia is far away from the empire's hinterland, and logistics supply is also a big problem. Therefore, this battle will be a very difficult battle!

But even so, the empire must win this battle. Only in this way can the empire be truly safe and make all countries in the world know that the Chinese Empire is not easy to mess with. The voices made by the empire will not be ignored by them!

At the meeting, Long Yufei mobilized the senior military and political officials, calling on everyone to overcome all difficulties and ensure that the empire achieves a major victory this year. Of course, both important officials of the cabinet and generals of the military believe in this. Everyone believes that although the enemy of the empire is very powerful, the empire is not a vegetarian. The empire that has been fully prepared will definitely win the final victory.

After the meeting, the imperial emperor Long Yufei summoned the cabinet prime minister Li Decheng, Foreign Minister Lin Zihao, General Niu Meng, Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of General Staff and Logistics Minister General Zhao Yi, and Minister of Operations Lieutenant General Sun Hao, and listened to their reports on this battle plan.

This war is no longer just a matter of the army, but also a matter of the entire empire, so all the citizens of the empire need to join in.

"Your Majesty, the empire has now entered the wartime system. All arsenals, steel mills and other war-related enterprises have entered a three-shift state. The various materials produced can meet the consumption of the army. In addition, the Ministry of Finance plans to issue a new period of war treasury bonds, which will raise a total of 100 million Chinese yuan to support this war!" said Li Decheng, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. Long-term combat will consume a lot of money on the military. The imperial finance is also somewhat unable to support it. For this reason, issuing treasury bonds to the people has become a good way.

In this era, China was actually not short of money. The annual fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty was only 80 million taels of silver, which was only one-third of that of Britain. However, this was because most of the funds were among the people. After the empire took a series of measures to stimulate the development of industry and commerce, these funds quickly became active, making the empire's industry and commerce prosperous. At the same time, if the empire raised funds from the people, it would be easy to collect them. After all, the imperial emperor Long Yufei is now at its peak among the people. In the minds of the people, he is even more like a god. Even if Long Yufei asked them to die, they would probably not blink. What's more, now the government just borrowed money from them, and they always had to pay back it and would make up some interest. What's wrong with the people?

Long Yufei nodded. If he raised another 100 million military expenditure, it would be almost enough. Of course, these funds will be returned in the future. As for how to return it, Long Yufei had already thought about it.r1152

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