Although the local officials have Yuan Shikai's endorsement and do not have to bear the responsibility of losing the land, Yuan Shikai, as a local governor, personally ordered the local officials to abandon the land, which is also a felony according to the laws of the Qing court, so some people reported the matter to Beijing and accused Yuan Shikai of losing his land and land, colluding with rebellion, and betraying the country.

Yuan Shikai has been smooth in the officialdom over the years, and has made steady progress, although he is said to be sleek, good at making friends, and has pulled many people, but he has also offended many people, because he is the clan magnate of the Qing court, almost all of them hate Yuan Shikai, many people are staring at Yuan Shikai, looking for what he is not doing, and now such a good crime is sent to the door, so it is not a good question to play, and take the opportunity to completely kill Yuan Shikai.

So in the Qing court immediately rose a wave of impeachment of Yuan Shikai, for a while the fold of the impeachment flew into the palace like snowflakes, and even listed Yuan Shikai's twelve major sins in the excerpt, asking the Qing court to immediately take down Yuan Shikai and behead him. Although Yuan Shikai also has many allies in Beijing, but because this time the evidence is almost conclusive, there is almost no excuse, and the only thing that can be said is that the stakes are very high, and the decision should not be made lightly, and it is not too late to make a decision when the investigation is clear.

But at this time, Yuan Shikai's report also spread to Beijing, in the victory, Yuan Shikai said that he led the army to attack, attacked Anhui Taiping Mansion Dangtu County, and the People's Army fought three battles, each of which was personally bombed, commanded in battle, the soldiers forgot to die, bravely killed the enemy, broke through Dangtu, recovered Taiping Mansion, beheaded more than 2,000 people of the People's Army in three battles, and captured no less than 1,000 people, and the guns and weapons and flags obtained were countless.

After this report reached Beijing, it gave Yuan Shikai's allies in Beijing a shot in the arm, and at the same time, they also received Yuan Shikai's secret letter and knew what was going on, so they all went up one after another and began to defend Yuan Shikai.

And the clan magnates were naturally unwilling to give up, so they once again impeached Yuan Shikai's **, saying that a small victory was not enough to offset Yuan Shikai's responsibility for losing his land, of course, some people said that Yuan Shikai was a false victory, but in fact he was defeated, and he deliberately deceived the court, and his crime should be punished.

But then Yuan Shikai's good news was passed on one after another, and he successively recovered Ningguo Mansion, Chizhou Mansion, Guangdezhou and other places, and each good news had words such as "bloody battle", "death battle", "countless dead and wounded", "corpses lying all over the field, blood flowing into canals" and other words, in order to show the fierceness of the battlefield, and at the same time, the description of Yuan Shikai himself is all "personally risky bullet arrows", "in danger, sworn to die", "personally held the fire, killed dozens of bandits" and other words and phrases that show his combat bravery.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai also argued that he ordered to abandon the land of Jiangbei, saying that because of the separation of the great river, the best sailors in East China are all ironclad warships, and the Anhui sailors have been wiped out, and the Jiangsu sailors only have wooden boats, and they cannot compete with the sailors of East China in the river, so they can only temporarily abandon the land of Jiangbei, first make every effort to recover the land of Jiangnan, and then try to recover the land of Jiangbei after stabilizing Jiangnan.

Although the clan magnates still suppressed the attack on Yuan Shikai, at this time it was already to the point of exhaustion, because the strength of the attack had been greatly weakened, but Yuan Shikai's allies in Beijing began to fight back, and under this elimination, the momentum of the two sides was roughly equal.

And at this time, Yuan Shikai's good news was sent to Beijing again, this time it was to recover Huizhou Mansion, all the land south of the Yangtze River in Anhui Province was recovered, and at the same time returned to Suzhou Mansion, repelled the People's Army attacked by Shanghai, and in the service, Yuan Shikai personally went into battle to command, three bullets in his body, still holding his position and not retreating, only to finally repel the attack of the People's Army, but because of the serious injury, he could only return to Nanjing to recuperate, and at the same time regain the land south of the Yangtze River, the army suffered heavy casualties, more than 6,000 soldiers were killed, and the river intercepted, only a temporary truce and a boycott。

Although at this time in Beijing, the clan magnates of the Qing court were still unwilling, and they were still desperately attacking Yuan Shikai, some said that he faked his military exploits, some said that he colluded with East China**, and some said that he deceived the imperial court, etc., but he was already in a general trend, because on the surface, Yuan Shikai did recover the land south of the Yangtze River, and the reason for giving up the land of Jiangbei is also reasonable, after all, the Yangtze River is dangerous, without a strong sailor, there is indeed no way for anyone, and the Qing court and East China ** It has also struggled for several years, it can be said that it has been defeated repeatedly, this time Yuan Shikai has won a few battles this time, it is indeed very rare, because Yuan Shikai is still injured on the battlefield, but also to Yuan Shikai added a bit of tragic spirit, so the Qing court finally issued a decree to reward Yuan Shikai, and enter the first-class loyalty; and Yin Yuan Shikai's eldest son Yuan Keding Jiangsu Sipin prefect alternate, plus the knight captain; the second son Yuan Kewen Liupin Beijing official alternate, plus the knight cloud cavalry lieutenant.

Although whether it is the title added to Yuan Shikai or the grace of the two sons, they are all fictitious positions and have no actual power, after all, Yuan Shikai is now serving as the local governor as the Minister of Military Aircraft, and the official position is almost at the end, no matter how high it is, it can not be higher than there, but this represents the attitude of the Qing court, which can be regarded as a recognition of Yuan Shikai's merits, and his fault in giving up Jiangbei, and it is also a time for this time, and the quarrel over Yuan Shikai's merits in the Qing court has come to an end.

In fact, with Cixi's mind and experience, it is clear that this is a deal made by Yuan Shikai and Huadong**, that is, to exchange Jiangbei for Jiangnan, otherwise with Yuan Shikai's ability, can he beat the People's Army? That is something that even the great powers of Britain, France, Japan, and Russia cannot do. But now the Qing court's control over the south is basically very little, to put it mildly, even if Yuan Shikai openly raises the banner in the south to rebel, the Qing court has no way to deal with him, can it still send troops to conscript Yuan Shikai? Not to mention anything else, how can the army pass through Henan Province? Now who else in the Qing court except Yuan Shikai can have such a big face and be able to pass through the territory of East China; in any case, on the surface, Yuan Shikai has indeed recovered the land south of the Yangtze River, and this can be explained.

When the clan magnates frantically attacked Yuan Shikai, Cixi calmed down and did not make a decision immediately, and delayed it for a while, waited a while, and waited to see the development of the situation.

However, what Cixi didn't expect was that this time it was Yuan Shikai who didn't follow suit, it turned out that according to the practice of the Qing court, the rewarded officials should be folded up to the court to thank the court, and Yuan Shikai in the excerpt of thanksgiving in addition to thanking the court for its kindness, he also put forward two requirements to the Qing court, one is to transfer the first town of the Beiyang New Army, The 6th town went south to strengthen its military strength, because Yuan Shikai said that in the previous battle, the army he led to the south suffered heavy casualties, and now it is too insufficient to garrison the south of the Yangtze River, and the army must be replenished; the second is to transfer the Beiyang Naval Division into the Yangtze River and anchor in Nanjing, in case the Naval Division of East China ** crosses the Yangtze River and invades the south, and Yuan Shikai also swears that after the supplementary army of the Beiyang New Army and the Beiyang Naval Division are in place, the land of Jiangbei can be recovered within one year.

Of course, Cixi knew that Yuan Shikai's oath to recover Jiangbei was all nonsense, and his real goal was only one, that is, to have military power, and he was not satisfied with only the Beiyang New Army, and he actually wanted to include the Beiyang Naval Division under his command. This appetite is also too great, the Beiyang New Army is currently the most elite army in the Chunting, this time Yuan Shikai went south and took away 2 towns, and now he wants 2 more towns, wouldn't most of them fall into the hands of Yuan Shikai?

Although the current situation of the Beiyang Naval Division is not very good, the berthing place has been moved to Ningbo, which already belongs to the southern port, and the port facilities in Ningbo are backward, coupled with the lack of funds for the Naval Division, the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division are not well maintained, and they have to resort to the Nanyang Naval Division stationed in Fujian, so some people in the Qing court have suggested that it is better to merge the Beiyang Naval Division into the Nanyang Naval Division, but after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Beiyang Naval Division still has a few cruisers to support the façade, which is also stronger than the Nanyang Naval Division, and if it is well maintained, it still has a certain combat effectiveness。 For East China, this combat effectiveness is insufficient, but for Chunting, it is the only naval force.

Yuan Shikai's request is equivalent to including the elite army of the Qing court and the sea and land under his command, this appetite is really not small, but I didn't expect Yuan Shikai to go to the south, and his courage became bigger, not only daring to deceive and coax the court, but even openly began to call out to the court, at this time Cixi couldn't help but regret a little, knowing that Yuan Shikai should not be let out, how good it is to keep him by his side, suppress it from time to time, see if he is obedient.

But now it's too late to say anything, it's impossible to transfer Yuan Shikai back from the south, Cixi didn't want to pay attention to Yuan Shikai, so she didn't receive Yuan Shikai's excerpt, and waited for the situation to slowly calm down. But Yuan Shikai didn't get up endlessly, a few days later, he folded up again, saying that East China ** is transferring troops and sending generals, with the intention of enterprising Jiangnan, and now his own troops are insufficient, and it may be difficult to resist the enemy, so please ask the Qing court to quickly transfer the army to the south to support. In the end, within 10 days, Yuan Shikai even folded three times, all of which asked the imperial court to transfer troops to the south to support, otherwise it would be difficult for Jiangnan to protect Yunyun, and Cixi would also be treated tirelessly.

When the clan magnates saw it, they were all a little eager to try, and they all folded up to attack Yuan Shikai, lied about the military situation, deceived the court, held the court hostage, and acted recklessly, but Yuan Shikai's allies were not to be outdone,-for-tat, accusing the clan magnates of ignoring the overall situation and delaying the military aircraft, and asked the court to immediately transfer troops to the south to support Yuan Shikai, otherwise it would be difficult to protect the land south of the Yangtze River**。

In fact, Cixi understands that Yuan Shikai's purpose of repeatedly complaining is not to ask the imperial court to reinforce the army, but to recruit troops in Jiangnan, of course, even if the imperial court does not approve, Yuan Shikai can also recruit troops in Jiangnan, Bi Jing can't control him now, and the clan magnates don't understand anything, so they know that they will follow the chaos, so it is better to be a favor, approve things, and save a clean ear, to be honest, Cixi is now more than one thing is better than one less.

With the approval of the Qing court, Yuan Shikai was also satisfied, so he began to erect flags in Nanjing, Suzhou and other places to recruit troops and expand the army.