Su Shun's loyalty is indeed promising, his plan is indeed remarkable, and the sacrifice of his young son is even more moving, but the result is really frustrating. Moreover, Tongzhi's small abacus was too shrewd, from beginning to end, only Tongzhi and a small number of cronies knew, and the queen mother of the two palaces and important ministers did not know about it. This is indeed a secret, but it also makes the court unprepared for this matter, and once the strategy fails, it will become a monstrous disaster for the court.

Yi Xin and the others were speechless for a while, Tongzhi's actions were completely child's nonsense, which was really disappointing. Tongzhi only thought about the success of the plan, but he didn't think about what to do if it failed. Neither did he arrange for troops to be deployed to resist Goxinga's retaliation, nor did he arrange for a scapegoat to come out to take the blame to quench Goxinga's anger. Now that Guoxing'a has plundered thousands of miles, and the army has reached the door of the imperial court again, it will be difficult to end the battle.

After Yi Xin and others withdrew from the Zhong Cui Palace in Ci'an, they did not go to the military aircraft department, but went to Yi Xin's Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen. Beijing now also has a telegram, and everyone has rushed to discuss the telegram to test Changchun's attitude. After the telegram was sent, everyone began to wait anxiously, but until nightfall, Changchun did not reply at all.

"Guo Xing'a, this traitor, he is determined to betray his ancestors and rebel, and he goes all the way against the sky?" Yi Xun was very angry.

"Even if there is no room for turnaround, Changchun shouldn't say nothing?" Yi Xin felt that something was wrong.

As it turned out, Yi Xin's judgment was correct. Changchun did not reply for a long time, it is true that it is not that he is determined to fight, but that Changchun has no accurate idea. Because Changchun didn't know what to do next, they couldn't give an answer to the imperial court, so they could only choose to remain silent. When Zhong Cui was crying in the palace, Fengluantai in Changchun was also making a lot of noise.

Guo Xing'a was angry for a while, so he decided to build Yuan as emperor and put aside all the miscellaneous pieces of the Qing court. The civil and military ministers of Changchun had no opinion on Guoxing A Jianyuan being proclaimed emperor, but there were huge differences about what to do next. A group of radicals led by Pi Runmin, Ji Ying, Chengtai, etc., strongly advocated waving troops into the customs and destroying the Qing Dynasty to conquer the world. A group of moderate factions led by Pi Runmin and Acton suggested that they should look at the situation and then say that they could encroach on the territory of the imperial court, but they should not kill the Qing Dynasty all at once.

The views of the radicals are very simple, there are no two days in the sky, there are no two masters in the country, and Guoxing Adu Jianyuan is called the emperor, so it is natural to enter the Central Plains and change the dynasty. This kind of thing in the North and the South represents turmoil and instability, and it is absolutely undesirable. The reasons for the modeatists are much more complex, and they consider a very comprehensive range of aspects, including politics, military, economics, and so on.

The political aspect mainly refers to internal affairs, and North Manchuria is not ready to expand its territory on a large scale, and there is simply not enough reserve of officials, nor is there any way to digest the stubborn feudal forces in Guannai. Northern Manchukuo is now struggling to deal with Fengtian, and if another Guannai with a population of nearly 300 million and a stronger feudal stubborn force is in hand, maybe something will happen? The same is true in the military aspect, North Manchurian now counts the garrison and reserves, and the total number of troops is about 700,000. In order to control the huge Guannai, at least more than one million troops are needed, and if North Manchu expands its army to this point in the short term, its national strength will inevitably be greatly damaged. Economically, there is nothing to say, it may not cost much to destroy the Qing Dynasty, but to appease the Guannai and restore the economic system in the Guannai, Guoxing Ah needs to sell his wife. If we count the suspension of various industries in North Manchuria, which was caused by the war, the economic loss will be an astronomical amount. Northern Manchurian needs the raw material origin of Kannai too much, and it also needs the huge market of Kannai too much, so it is categorically impossible to destroy her with her own hands.

Goxinga's outburst, which was only a momentary emotion, passed quickly. When the anger dissipated, Goxinga hesitated again. Guo Xing'a couldn't stand the annoying Qing court, but he still remembers the consequences of annexing Fengtian. The stubborn and large conservative forces, but they frightened Guo Xing'a, and he was not ready to face the conservative clique in Kannai. At the same time, the war to change the dynasty is destined to be protracted, and the consumption of national strength and the number of dead and wounded people are all things that Guoxinga does not want to see. Now is the time of drastic changes in the international landscape, and it is much more meaningful to concentrate on opening up territory for the Chinese nation than to engage in domestic annexation. But the fact that the court assassinated him can't just be left alone, there must be an explanation, but Guo Xing'a himself doesn't know what kind of statement he wants.

After a full ten days of delay, the two major factions in Changchun finally stopped arguing, and their opinions were finally unified. Guo Xing'a decided to slaughter the court fiercely and let the court hand over the culprit, and then the matter came to an end. Guo Xinga still can't make up his mind to dominate the world, and not everyone has the courage to gamble. made a decision for Changchun, and those who protected the Qing Dynasty were Wei Rugui, who was defending Yanqing, and He Huan, who was fighting guerrillas near the Great Wall.

When Changchun was arguing repeatedly, the small city of Yanqing had been fighting fiercely. Although Changchun did not make a decision, it still had to take advantage of the advantage, so the spontaneous attack of the various departments was not required to stop, and Changchun also added some equipment and ammunition to the various departments. The three cavalry brigades under the city of Yanqing knew very well the importance of their position, and if Yanqing could be taken, the controversy in Changchun would definitely stop. But they concentrated all their main forces and used the heavy artillery that had just been added, and they still had no way to take Yanqing.

Wei Rugui only had 5,000 Huai troops in his hands, as well as some of the green battalions and banner soldiers who had been temporarily recruited, not to mention that the equipment was not very good, and the combat effectiveness was also very low. But they all had to work hard, Yanqing was the last line of defense of the Beijing Division, and if Yanqing was the capital of the Qing Dynasty, the door would be wide open. Wei Rugui personally set up the head of the city to supervise the battle, and the soldiers of all departments also fought desperately, and they really created a miracle. The city of Yanqing was razed to the ground by the artillery fire of the Manchurian army, and they still insisted on street fighting in the city, and the sharp Manchurian army was unable to open the road to the Beijing division for a long time.

He Huan on the front line of the Great Wall was even more difficult, and after seven days of hard fighting, the Lezi Battalion was still defeated by the 31st Division and was forced to retreat to protect itself. After the Xifengkou was breached, Taipingzhai, Longjing Pass, and Shanhaiguan Customs City were also lost one after another. The Manchurian army at Shanhaiguan did not dare to move lightly, and the rest of the troops had no scruples. After the 31st Division rushed into Guannai, the Manchurian army on other lines also swarmed in, all wanting to occupy Zunhua from there, and then approach Gyeonggi. He Huan didn't know that the border walls of Zhangjiakou, Gubeikou and other places on the western front had been broken through, and he thought that he was the first to be beaten in by the Manchurian army, so he was naturally terrified. He Huan, who didn't want to be beheaded by the imperial court, did not dare to retreat into Zunhua, so he could only wander in the wilderness.

He Huan, who is used to being a bandit, is extremely good at hiding the troops, and finds a corner to hide very hidden. The 31st Division and the main forces of the follow-up divisions did not find him, and they all followed the main road and went straight to Zunhua and Qianxi. He Huan became armed behind enemy lines, and his supplies were naturally cut off, and He Huan carried ammunition and the like with him, but food had to be fed by local places. So after squatting in the mountains for two days, He Huan had to come out to forage for food, and then he found fat sheep, the supply convoy of the Manchurian army.

The remnants of the Lezi battalion and the baggage transport teams of the 30th Division and other units clashed several times, and although they did not take advantage of anything and failed to grab much food, they almost ran out of food for the Manchurian army on the front line. The generals of the Manchurian Army, who were well versed in the guerrilla warfare and movement warfare theories taught by Guo Xing'a, immediately attached great importance to He Huan's guerrilla force behind enemy lines. Everyone knew the importance of stabilizing the rear, so they all turned around and came to He Huan to settle accounts, but they all pounced. He Huan has been stationed nearby for many years, and he is very familiar with the nearby geographical environment, he can't fight the Manchurian Army in a war, and he can definitely play the Manchurian Army to death in a war. The tens of thousands of troops led by the 31st Division were so stumped by He Huan's more than 1,000 remnants of soldiers, and there was no result for a few days.

Yanqing was fighting street battles, and under the Great Wall, they were hiding and seeking, which suddenly calmed down the radicals in Changchun. The Qing Dynasty did not want to lose the hearts of the people in the world as they imagined, and the Qing army was not a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who were about to collapse at the touch of a button, and the Kyushu artifact was by no means a low-hanging fruit. If you can't eat the Qing Dynasty in one bite, you can only return to the path of encroachment on peace talks, and the strategy of the moderate faction has finally won the approval of all parties. After Guo Xing'a nodded, Changchun ordered the attack on Yanqing to be stopped, and the 31st Division and other units also retreated beyond the Great Wall. Luan Yu, who left the Beijing division with high spirits, returned to the Beijing division with high spirits.

For Luan Yu's return, the court naturally raised its hands to welcome it, and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and Yi Xin were extremely excited, and everyone knew that peace talks were possible. Of course, there are also provocateurs, such as the hawks led by Yiyun. The hawks found that the Manchurian Army had failed to maintain the momentum of breaking through the bamboo on the two fronts of Yanqing and Zunhua, and took the initiative to send envoys here, so it was definitely the Manchurian Army that could not do it. Now that it has been delayed for more than ten days, the main forces of the Hunan army and the Huai army have gone north one after another, and they can fight with North Manchukuo and kill the traitor Guoxing'a in one fell swoop. No matter how Yi Xin and the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces persuaded them, the hawks still insisted on going their own way, resolutely advocating a crusade against Northern Manchuria, and even almost sent someone to attack Luan Yu.

"Prince Alcohol, my lords, it is absolutely not feasible to attack Northern Manchuria, so let's negotiate peace as soon as possible! The Manchurian Army's combat strength was so strong that the imperial court departments could not reach it, and the two lines of Yanqing and Zunhua were just a temporary fluke, and if the Manchurian Army did not take the initiative to retreat, the two places would not have held out for two days. Li Hongzhang's words made the hawks sober up a little, although they were still eager to try, but they were just rash. The battle was mainly fought by Li Hongzhang's troops, and Li Hongzhang's words were naturally the most reliable, and he thought that he could not fight anymore, so naturally he could not fight.

The peace talks began, but the conditions put forward by Northern Manchukuo made the imperial court a little unacceptable. Luan Yu demanded this time that the territories on both sides should be bounded by the Great Wall, which means that Rehe, Chahar Baqi and other places must all be owned by Northern Manchuria. Moreover, the border wall pass returned by Northern Manchukuo does not include the Shanhaiguan Guancheng. This is going to be fatal, the Shanhaiguan Road is in the hands of the Manchurian army, it is a huge threat to the imperial court, if North Manchurian wants to wave the army into the customs one day, the imperial court will not even have a barrier. At the same time, North Manchuria also demanded that railways be built in Zhangjiakou and other northwestern passes, so that the railways would be directly connected to Shanxi and other places, and trade and other matters would be like treaties between the great powers. Allowing Northern Manchuria to infiltrate the rear of the imperial court is like letting Northern Manchurian stick a knife in the back of the imperial court, and its danger is definitely no less than that of Shanhaiguan. In the south, Hainan Island will be ceded, and at the same time, an exclusive economic zone of Manchuria will be established on the two rivers.

It was impossible to fight, but the conditions of Northern Manchukuo made it difficult for the leaders of the Qing Dynasty to make a decision for a while.