After reaching an agreement, Liu Hai ordered his Hunan army to stop attacking and wait for the next order.
After Kurote Kiyotaka completed the peace negotiation, he did not stay here for long, but immediately returned to Shimahiro with his entourage.
After Kuroten Kiyotaka returned to Shimahiro, he showed the agreement reached with Liu Hai to Itto Hirobumi and others.
After reading this, these people felt very satisfied. Although they basically lost their external autonomy and the army was completely controlled by Liu Hai, they at least maintained their territorial integrity and allowed them, the plutocrats, to continue to operate domestically.
Prestige brings blessings.
So on the same day, Ittō Hirofumi officially signed the text under the witness of all cabinet ministers and elders.
After signing it, Hirobumi Ito ordered the text to be sent back to Liu Hai. On the other hand, he immediately ordered all the garrison troops in the country to accept Liu Hai's command from today on.
After Liu Hai received the text of the agreement signed by Hirobumi Itō, he was not polite and immediately ordered someone to take a copy of the treaty and go straight to North Korea to take over this land.
At this time, a shocking turmoil occurred among the Japanese garrison in Korea.
It turns out that after the government signed the peace agreement with Liu Hai, it immediately sent a telegram to the army stationed in North Korea, asking them to immediately accept Liu Hai's order in accordance with the provisions of the agreement.
After receiving the telegram from the base camp, the Grand Governor of the Conquest Dynasty and the Army General, Prince Zhangren of the Xiao Song Palace, was so angry that he was furious. He had no idea that the base camp would exchange the land that countless soldiers had exchanged with their blood for their own personal gain, as well as the
The soldiers who have been carefully trained over the past few decades have been completely surrendered to Liu Hai.
Prince Akihito of the Young Song Palace took this telegram and thought about it for a while. It seemed that he could no longer listen to the base camp. He wanted to show his final loyalty to the country in North Korea.
So the prince immediately called for a meeting with important figures in the army stationed in Korea.
And the people attending this meeting are indeed important figures stationed in North Korea, and the things they decide can almost be fully implemented in North Korea.
These people include: the Governor-General of the Zheng Dynasty, Army General Prince Xiao Songgong Akihito, Chief of Staff, Army General Prince Nishikawa Palace Chihito, Deputy Chief of Staff, Army Lieutenant General Kawakami Soroku, Minister of Military Order, Navy Lieutenant General Hua Shanzi
discipline.
After these people came to the conference room, they looked at each other and didn't say much.
After a while, Prince Zhangren of Xiao Song Palace came belatedly.
As soon as Prince Changren of Xiao Song Palace entered the conference room, several other people immediately stood up and stood at attention, saluting the commander.
Prince Changren of the Xiao Song Palace sat in the middle of the conference room with an expressionless face, then waved to a few people and told them to sit down.
Afterwards, Prince Changren of Xiao Song Palace said expressionlessly: "I just received a telegram from the base camp. We have been betrayed by the base camp."
After Prince Changren of the Little Song Palace finished speaking, he took the copied telegram from the base camp from the secretary next to him, and then handed it to the generals present one by one.
Several generals in the conference room took telegrams and just looked at them briefly.
Seeing that they had finished reading the telegram, Prince Akira hit the table and said angrily: "This is a total betrayal. The blood of the soldiers was shed in vain."
After Prince Akira said this, he glared at the generals below with his sinister eyes, and then said: "What do you think of this telegram?"
If things go by normal circumstances, what Prince Akihito said just now has almost set the tone for this matter. As his subordinates, they will definitely follow his wishes and speak.
But this time things are not as imagined by Prince Zhangren of the Song Dynasty, and everyone will obey his words.
Kawakami Soroku, as the deputy chief of staff, began to speak first, "I believe that a soldier's bounden duty is to obey orders. Since the headquarters has signed an agreement with Mr. Liu, the governor of Liangjiang, we must obey completely."
In fact, in Kawakami Soroku's heart, obeying Liu Hai is not an unacceptable thing. You must know that Liu Hai has become the largest military strongman in the Far East through this war.
Even the Geely Kingdom fleet was defeated by Liu Hai. Now there is no force in the Far East that can compete with Liu Hai's power.
As soon as Kawakami Soroku finished speaking, Prince Nohisa, the chief of staff sitting above him, slapped the table and roared: "Do you still have any martial spirit? Are you still not a soldier? You actually want to surrender cowardly."
Kawakami Soroku looked at his immediate superior and said expressionlessly: "The current war is irreversible and the defeat has been decided. In order for the country and the people to get better arrangements after the war, it is not a big deal for the strong to surrender.
unacceptable."
Prince Akihito watched the two generals quarreling with each other, and the anger on his face became more and more angry, "Bage Yalu, both of you, shut up."
Prince Akihito's shout immediately silenced Kawakami Soroku and Prince Noku.
Prince Akihito was silent for a long time, and then said sadly: "If we compromise this time, then there will be no hope for the country to rise in the future. For the sake of the king's foundation, I have decided not to obey the orders of the base camp from now on."
After Prince Akihito finished speaking, he looked at the generals below and asked, "What do you mean? Do you obey me and continue the country's struggle?"
Prince Nohisa of Kitashirakawa Palace was naturally the first to speak out, "Your Excellency, Commander, I completely obey your orders."
Prince Komatsugu Akihito finally had a smile on his face, and then he stopped at Kawakami Soroku.
Kawakami Soroku was complaining in his heart now, but he knew that according to the agreement reached by the two countries, it would be almost impossible for the royal family to have power.
Since this is the case, then the two princes above will naturally have to struggle desperately. Otherwise, when they return to the country, they may have no choice but to take care of themselves at home.
But these generals are different. Even if Liu Hai controls all the armies, he still needs the generals to serve him, so there is no real harm to them.
However, Kawakami Soroku looked at the gloomy look in the commander's eyes and knew that he might not be able to leave the conference room if he didn't agree.
So Kawakami Soroku had no choice but to agree to the other party's order, but he had other ideas in mind.
As for another Vice Admiral, Kawasaki Shiki, now that the navy has been completely wiped out, he has no say in Korea, which is dominated by the army, and has almost become a transparent person.
Therefore, Prince Changren of the Xiao Song Palace no longer asked for his opinion, and said on the spot: "From now on, the Army stationed in North Korea will no longer accept orders from the base camp."
After Prince Akira said this, he stood up and left the conference room.
Prince Noku of Kitashirakawa Palace was sitting at the top of the conference room. He saw his subordinate Kawakami Soroku smiling coldly, and then said: "You can rest at home during this period, and you should stop interfering with matters in the army."
Kawakami Soroku still didn't understand that the other party was worried that he would hold them back in their next actions, so he deliberately left himself idle.
Kawakami Soroku held his breath and didn't say anything. Instead, he stood up, straightened his military uniform, and then left the conference room.
After Kawakami Soryoku left the conference room, he did not go back to his home, but went directly to the headquarters of the First Army on the outskirts of Seoul.
Here, Kawakami Cao Liu was directly like several major generals in the army issuing orders, asking them to immediately go to the First Army Headquarters for a meeting.
These people include: Commander of the 1st Division, Army Lieutenant General Yamachi Yuanzhi, Commander of the 2nd Division, Army Lieutenant General Sakuma Mata, Commander of the 3rd Division, Army Lieutenant General Katsura Taro, Commander of the 5th Division (No.
Commander of the 1st Army), Army Lieutenant General Nozu Michizuki, Commander of the 5th Division, Army Lieutenant General Okubo Tsuyoshi, Commander of the 6th Division, Army Lieutenant General Kuroki Nori.
As for why Kawakami Soroku was able to directly bypass the headquarters in North Korea and issue orders to these major army generals?
This is because before the domestic base camp sent the telegram to Prince Xiao Songgong Akihito, the commander in Korea, it had already foreseen that the prince would not accept the orders of the base camp so obediently.
So he sent another secret telegram to Deputy Chief of Staff Kawakami Soroku, asking him to take over command in North Korea if necessary.
And these main generals also received orders from the base camp, asking them to cooperate with Kawakami Soroku's actions.
Therefore, this time Kawakami Soroku issued an order, these division commanders rushed over in a hurry, and no one disobeyed the order.
In the conference room of the First Army Headquarters, Kawakami Soroku sat in the middle, and several other division commanders sat on both sides.
When Kawakami Soroku saw that everyone had arrived, he said in a sad tone: "I just attended a meeting at the headquarters. Do you know what the content was?"
When everyone below heard this, they all looked at each other tacitly. It was already very obvious. It seemed that their commander was not prepared to obey the orders of the base camp. Otherwise, Kawakami Soroku would not have been able to summon him at this time.
They have a meeting.
"It seems that everyone has guessed that Commander Prince Akihito of Xiao Song Palace is not prepared to obey the orders of the base camp and is prepared to let the troops stationed in North Korea go alone."
When Kawakami Soroku said this, he slapped the table hard, and then shouted angrily: "I think he is not doing it for the country, but for his own glory and wealth. We and others must not do it for someone else's."
Self-interest has plunged the country into an abyss."