In order to prevent the Russian army from taking the opportunity to send troops to occupy Jinzhou, the Qing government could only send troops to resist the Japanese army. At the same time, it sent Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, to negotiate with the Japanese government, almost begging the Japanese army not to continue to retreat to Jinzhou.

At this time, the Japanese army could not control so much. They forcibly withdrew to the Jinzhou Bay area. With the support of the navy, they tried to gradually withdraw to the Korean Peninsula by sea and continue to fight the Russian army on the Korean Peninsula.

The Battle of Liaoyang was the biggest turning point in the entire Russo-Japanese War. Its significance far exceeded the two major defeats of the Russian army in the navy. In the end, the Japanese army's less than 100,000 troops were besieged in Jinzhou by the Russian army.

After recuperating in Liaoyang for half a month, Song Biao, who had been officially promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the Russian infantry, led the 14th Army of the First Group of the Russian Far East Army and advanced all the way, capturing Gaizhou and reaching Lushun, where he and the Japanese fleet were at the port.

Confrontation outside.

On July 27, 1905, Japan and Russia reached a preliminary armistice agreement with the mediation of Britain and the United States. The Japanese army retreated to the Korean Peninsula with the assistance of the navy. The Russian army withdrew from Jinzhou and reoccupied Lushun, driving the Japanese forces out of the country.

Out of the Northeast.

Except for the final terms of the armistice agreement that still need to be negotiated, the Russo-Japanese War has basically ended. The Japanese army basically has no army and the Russian army has basically no navy. There is no way to continue this war.

Russia really wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the Korean Peninsula, but its domestic situation was even more severe. Continuing to fight would be an extremely unfavorable situation for the Tsarist government, so it could only stop at the Liaodong Peninsula.

After the armistice, Song Biao renovated the Liaodong Peninsula for a period of time, and then led his troops back to Shenyang, where the entire army was stationed at Donglingwei for renovating.

He, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Far Eastern Army, General Kuropatkin, and Chief of Staff, General Madnidov, have reached a gentleman's agreement on the distribution of spoils - the Russian Far Eastern Army agrees in principle to hand over captured Japanese equipment to him

, because the Russian army does not need these things. As for the Russian army equipment that he recaptured, the parts that the Russian army needs will be returned to the Russian army, and the parts that are not needed will be dealt with by him.

Regarding the issue of whether Song Biao is willing to serve as the governor of the three eastern provinces with the support of Russia, Song Biao and General Madnidorf are still in close consultation, and there is no conclusion yet.

Russia now has no navy. Whether it is in Port Arthur or Vladivostok, they have no deterrent capabilities. Including the Russian navy's status in the world has been destroyed by the Japanese. It is impossible to continue to run rampant in the Far East.

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At this time, it was impossible for Russia to continue to appoint a governor of the Far East directly in Lushun as it had done before. A more appropriate method was to "recommend" a candidate who was "barely" acceptable to the Qing government as the governor of the three eastern provinces. At the same time, under this governor

Serve to ensure Russia's special rights and interests in the Northeast.

Song Biao was somewhat interested in this matter, but he also felt that it was a bit tricky and troublesome, so he did not agree immediately. After withdrawing from the Liaodong Peninsula, he had been stationed outside Shenyang for repairs and continued to recruit troops, regardless of what happened next.

No matter what kind of changes we face, having enough troops in our hands is our greatest capital.

As the frontline commander, Song Biao personally recaptured the three strongholds of the Japanese army in Qingniwa (Dalian), Lushun and Gaizhou. Song Biao took over a lot of the Japanese army's military pay and equipment. When he returned to Yangguantun, he already had 43.32 million hidden in his hand.

Yuan's Japanese gold dollar notes, 24.5 million Japanese silver dollars, 11.7 million rubles, and the remaining gold and silver totaled about two million taels of silver. Plus the Russian army's monthly military expenditure of 1.5 million rubles, he was not short of money at all.

He has no shortage of guns and ammunition, not even machine guns and artillery. There are 17,500 war horses and military draft horses alone. When the Japanese army retreats from Jinzhou, it is impossible for them to even transport more than 20,000 horses by sea.

By transporting them away, the Russian army was in vain. Song Biao also reached an agreement with General Madnidorf and planned to buy them all at once at a suitable price.

What else does Song Biao lack?

There is no shortage of anything except a large number of outstanding non-commissioned officers and well-trained soldiers.

As long as he has these, he will become the real king of the Northeast in just one year. The Qing government has long been like a floating cloud to him. With his current equipment level, military strength, and his

His reputation only gave those wimps in the Qing government twenty courages. How could they dare to provoke him?

To put it bluntly, now the Qing government is not thinking about whether to recruit Song Biao, but is worried about Song Biao provoking the Qing government.

Song Biao was not afraid of the Manchu and Qing court, but the Manchu and Qing court was afraid of him. This is true.

It really pissed him off. Based on his level, leading an army of 30,000 to Beijing was not a suspenseful story at all. Even if the Qing government pulled out Yuan Shikai's unformed Beiyang Army, Yuan Shikai might not be able to do so.

Dare to really fight Song Biao.

Song Biao actually considered leading an army to rebel directly, but after much calculation he still felt it was too risky. Although he currently had a sufficient inventory of ammunition, it was not enough to cope with a nationwide war that would last until Beijing expelled the Manchus.

It is not difficult to control the Qing court, but it is more difficult to control the whole country later.

To conquer the world, one must be patient and endure loneliness.

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