c_t; Guo Ye paused slightly, and then said: "Division commander, this, now that Zhang Zuolin's remnants of the defeated army have all been pushed into Hsinchu, what should I do now?" If we attack Hsinchu so stubbornly, with the city wall as a cover, our losses will definitely not be small! ”

Jiang Baili smiled coldly and replied, "Loss? It depends on who will attack, others will attack, and the losses may be not small, but our first division is going to take Hsinchu, and he Zhang Zuolin is not the same as the turtle in the urn? Let me ask you, what is the current military strength of Hsinchu? ”

Guo Ye frowned and said: "Division commander, it is conservatively estimated that Zhang Zuolin still has at least 15,000 or 6,000 troops, and in this Hsinchu City, it will not be less than 14,000 people. ”

Jiang Baili nodded, it seems that this Zhang Zuolin has really put a lot of effort into Taiwan in the past few years, after this battle, the Taiwan army has lost at least 15,000 troops, but now there are still 15,000 or 6,000 troops, which means that at least Zhang Zuolin originally mastered more than two divisions!

Jiang Baili said in a deep voice: "Order, the first brigade will resist the south city to the death, the fifth regiment will surround the east city, the sixth regiment will surround the north city, and the seventh regiment will surround the west city, and the artillery regiment will immediately prepare for me and prepare to cooperate with the powerful offensive of the first brigade in the south city!" Hsinchu City, we are bound to win! ”

At this time, Zhang Zuolin retreated into Hsinchu, still in shock, the combat power of the first division has left too deep a mark in his mind, and this fear is only afraid that it will follow him for a lifetime!

At this time, Ji Jincun walked in from outside and said rightly: "Division Commander! ”

Zhang Zuolin said in a deep voice: "Jin Cun, what's the matter, what's the situation outside now?" ”

Ji Jincun replied: "Division commander, now that the first division has all arrived in Hsinchu, the number should be around 12,000!" Surround our Hsinchu, I'm afraid that after a little rest, it will launch a fierce attack on us! ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded and said, "Order, all the generals above the regiment level will come here to discuss matters!" ”

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Zhang Zuolin looked at these cronies around him, and couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in his heart, now his biggest arm, Sun Liechen, has been killed in battle, and the remaining brothers are almost all wounded, with a tired face, this battle is too bad.

Zhang Zuolin said in a deep voice: "Everyone, now the situation is very clear, now the tens of thousands of troops of the First Division have surrounded our Hsinchu, isolating us from the outside world, the enemy is strong and I am weak, this Jiang Baili is really very powerful in the war, how should we deal with it next?" ”

The people around looked at each other, not knowing what to do, the defeat was too sudden, and before they could react, they had already lost their troops and lost their generals, how could this battle be fought?

After a long time, Yuan Jinkai on the side said: "Commander, the only plan now is to rely on external forces, without external forces, we will definitely lose!" ”

Zhang Zuolin asked: "External force? How to use external forces? ”

Yuan Jinkai said in a deep voice: "Immediately send a telegram to Sun Wen to promote the establishment of the Republic of China in the south in advance, and bring Taiwan Province into the rule of the Republic of China, so that we will be recognized by Britain and Japan immediately, and we will have a reason to send troops to help!" As long as Western countries send troops to intervene, in this way, the Republic of China will not dare to act rashly, which will win me a chance to breathe and think in the long run! ”

After listening to Yuan Jinkai's words, Zhang Zuolin fell into deep thought, and promoted the founding of the Southern Revolutionary Party, thereby attracting strong intervention from the West, which is a good idea, but if you do this, I am afraid that I will not give enough benefits to others, and I am afraid that the Western powers will not offend the Republic of China for their own death, after all, Zhang Yi's strength is too strong now!

However, what benefit do you have to the Western powers? It is nothing more than land cession, opening of treaty ports, concessions and other conditions, once you come to this point, you will become a sinner in China, you don't want to come to this point!

Yuan Jinkai on the side said: "Division commander, now we have no other way, we must make a decision as soon as possible, once it is delayed, the first division launches a fierce offensive, then we can't hold it!" ”

Zhang Zuolin gritted his teeth, there is no better way now, in order to save the lives of himself and tens of thousands of people, now he has to do this!

Zhang Zuolin shouted: "As a prime minister, call Sun Wen immediately, explain the situation in Taiwan to him, ask him to establish a state in advance, and ask Britain and Japan for help; reads;！ ”

Zhang Zuoxiang nodded and turned to go out.

In just one day, the next day, the Southern Revolutionary Party, which was far away in Hong Kong, suddenly issued a telegram to establish the Republic of China, whose territory included all the territories of the former Qing court, Sun Wen appointed himself as the provisional president, Huang Xing as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Revolutionary Army, Tan Yanmin as the premier of the cabinet, appointed Zhang Zuolin as the Minister of Defense of the Republic of China, and concurrently served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Southern Revolutionary Army, and at the same time declared Taiwan and Guangdong as the actual control of the Republic of China!

Less than two hours after the telegram was announced, Britain, Japan, France, Italy and other countries recognized the political status of the Republic of China one after another, and at the same time jointly issued a telegram demanding that the Chinese Revolutionary Army withdraw from Taiwan, and at the same time the Chinese Revolutionary Army withdraw north of the Huai River, stop the war waged against the Qing court, restore peace, and start peace negotiations!

Jiang Baili in Hsinchu got it as soon as possible, and the British and Japanese joint telegram demanded that the first division immediately stop the offensive and immediately withdraw from Taiwan, otherwise, Britain and Japan, as allies of the Republic of China, will directly send troops to intervene by force!

After Jiang Baili under Hsinchu City got the telegram, he was stupid at that time.

In the midst of strategizing, winning thousands of miles away, he is good at this, and he is no worse than anyone else, but when it comes to politics and diplomacy, he has such deep attainments.

Faced with the telegram between Japan and Japan and the establishment of the Republic of China, he was at a loss for a moment, did not know how to deal with it, and even the all-out offensive that had been launched had to be temporarily stopped.

Jiang Baili sat in the command post, restless, and the chief of the general staff and the three brigade commanders sat aside, not knowing how to respond.

Jiang Baili said in a deep voice: "Long Shengqi, immediately call the General Staff and ask us for our next plan of action, let's stop the offensive for the time being." ”

Long Shengqi nodded and immediately sent a telegram to the General Staff.

It's just that Jiang Baili and the others waited for a whole night, but they didn't get a reply from the General Staff, Jiang Baili completely felt that something was wrong, what was going on with this General Staff, even if Xu Huaijin was seriously ill, then there were Ling Chuanqing and Duan Qirui presiding over the overall situation, even if it was involved in politics, then there was Tang Shaoyi in charge, not to mention, Zhang Yi should also return to Beijing in the past two days, right?

What Jiang Baili didn't know was that Beijing, the General Staff, was now in a mess!

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