The conference room was full of smoke, some people were smoking cigarettes that had just become popular from foreign countries to China, and some people were holding old cigarette pouches, but when Yuan Shikai's bloated figure walked in, they all extinguished the cigarettes and cigarette pouches and pots, and sat down honestly.

Yuan Shikai is very satisfied with everyone's attitude, until now, he is still the spirit and leader of Beiyang, as long as he is here for a day, Beiyang is a united family. The tension of several days in a row made Yuan Shikai look a little tired, in fact, his condition was more serious than he knew, but Yuan Shikai did not know how to maintain his body, as a native of Yu Province, Yuan Shikai's diet has always been a big fish, big meat and a big bowl of wine, which made him a hero in the world, but he overdrew his body.

After Yuan Shikai sat down, he asked Yang Du to read out the results of the investigation first, according to Zhao Bingjun's investigation results, the identity of the assassin Wang Yongan and the mastermind behind it had two directions, Japan or Britain, and from the point of view of the way of hiring and killing, most of them were committed by Japan.

Everyone was suspicious of Japan, not only Chinese officials, Chinese journalists, but even many foreigners suspected that the Japanese who had a grudge against Jiangbei did it. However, no one can come up with evidence, and as Wang Yongan, who has caused great trouble to Japan, the Japanese government hates him to the core. This conclusion is the most reasonable and the most accepted by everyone, after all, although the Beiyang officers and generals who are doing it are extremely disgusted with Wang Yongan, a political opponent, they have to admit that Wang Yongan has no problems with his national stance, and even shows China's prestige.

However, Japan did not admit the "conspiracy theory" of the assassination of Wang Yongan, which the Japanese Government immediately denied, and Kumataro Honda, the Japanese minister to China, declared that the suspicion that the Japanese assassinated Wang Yongan was a groundless accusation, and that the Japanese Empire, as the first empire in Asia, would never do such a dirty thing. Many Chinese newspapers have denounced the government of the Republic of China for being too soft on Japan, and if Yuan Shikai had half the courage of Wang Yongan, Japan would never dare to act as powerful on Chinese soil.

Yuan Shikai said after Yang Du finished speaking: "The purpose of the Japanese assassination of Wang Yongan is not only to vent their anger, but it is more likely to deliberately cause conflicts between Jiangbei and Beiyang. He Xie immediately distributed the newspaper to everyone one by one, and everyone got a battlefield analysis and strategic analysis of how the Beiyang army would fight against the Jiangbei army in the "Asia Daily".

Yuan Shikai shook his head and said: "This analysis of friend and foe is even more professional than many of our staff officers in the headquarters, what does this mean?" This shows that the Japanese know us better than we do, know how to fight better than we do, and after the Jiangbei Army defeated the Japanese army, the Jiangbei Army was the main target of their research. ”

Everyone was silent, and they bowed their heads one by one to read the newspaper, and many people sighed, and they had to admit that the Japanese analysis was very comprehensive and in place, and even the combat style and personality characteristics of the four generals in Jiangbei were analyzed, Feng Heng was good at strategizing, Fang Xian was good at attacking, Li Shirui was good at attacking, Li Zuzhi was good at guarding, and so on.

"Alas...... The Japanese are afraid that we will not be able to fight. In the end, Wang Shizhen, the big man of the Beiyang system, finally spoke, and everyone nodded again and again, Little Japan's kindness was clearly sowing discord.

Xu Shichang is much more serious, he said: "It's better not to fight, we fight by ourselves, it is equivalent to losing both, but it gives the little devil a chance." Therefore, we must not assemble troops, and we must not make any changes, otherwise it will give Jiangbei a wrong signal that we are going to do something against them. ”

Duan Qirui immediately retorted: "But if I don't assemble, once they take the Jinpu Railway to the north, they will be able to reach Jinmen in three days, and they can directly take the Beijing Division in five days, we can't help but assemble, otherwise we will sit and wait to die." ”

Xu Shichang said: "What reason do we have to assemble? Did the four towns of Jiangbei rebel? They didn't have breakfast, they didn't say anything disobedient, and now once we assemble on our side, we are urging them to rebel. ”

"But we can't do nothing, can we?" Duan Qirui said.

Qu Tongfeng immediately echoed: "Yes, you can't have the heart to hurt people, but you can't have the heart to prevent people." ”

Duan Zhigui also supported: "The Gong Guard Army can't stop the army of the four towns in Jiangbei, if there is anything missing, who is this?" ”

Wang Shizhen smiled on the side: "Isn't it the Arita Overseer?" ”

"Tian Dujun is very cautious." Cao Kun said sarcastically.

Tanaka Yu's face turned red, he now has two identities, the Shandong Overseer and the commander of the Fifth Division of the National Defense Army (formerly the Fifth Town of the Beiyang New Army), but speaking of which, the Fifth Division has been repeatedly defeated at the hands of the Jiangbei Army, which makes the Fifth Division very jealous of the Jiangbei Army. As the so-called courage of the generals, Tanaka Yu did not have the courage to resist the Jiangbei Army, and his Fifth Division naturally did not have the courage to do so.

Li Chun smiled and asked, "Tian Dujun, I don't know how long you can stop the Jiangbei Army?" ”

"This ...... This one...... Eight...... Oh my God. Tanaka stammered.

Li Chun sneered, if it weren't for the close relationship with Duan Qirui, how could this Tanaka Yu be the commander of the Fifth Division, in recent years, Duan Qirui has cultivated a lot of henchmen for the Anhui family, but these henchmen are all a group of straw bales, which are of no use at all, and the critical moment still depends on the strength of the direct generals.

Yuan Shikai suddenly said: "Staff Officer Huang, tell me what you think." ”

Huang Bo saw that everyone suddenly looked at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, so he got up and said, "President, generals, the kid has the courage to say a few words." If the four towns of Jiangbei were to go on a northern expedition, it would only go against the sky, and the gentry of the people who longed for peace in the whole country would never agree. If they are so stupid, we have just wiped them out from the trail so that they don't leave a legacy of endless trouble. Wang Yongan is very important, but how important is Wang Yongan? Compared with the country, what is the sacrifice of Wang Yongan? In addition, Wang Yongan's whereabouts are unknown, not killed, and now we can't see anyone alive or dead, we must not mess up. ”

Xu Shuzheng felt that his position was challenged, Yuan Shikai did not ask Duan Qirui, the chief of the army, nor did he ask his chief of general staff, but asked a general staff officer, which showed that Huang Bo had defected to Yuan Shikai to climb a new branch, which made him extremely jealous, so he said: "Staff Officer Huang, you said that these are all analyses, now everyone wants a result, how to do it, what to do, not why, do you say we should assemble, or should we not assemble?" ”

Huang Bo smiled at Xu Shuzheng, he knew that Xu Shuzheng wanted to kill himself several times, but he was dodged by himself, and at this time he let himself come to a conclusion just to refute himself and hit himself, so he smiled at everyone and said: "I thought that the president seemed to be in a hurry to hold a meeting, but his expression was calm, he must have made up his mind, right?" ”

Yuan Shikai laughed and said, "Well, that's it, don't move the army, but be ready at any time." What do you understand, you go to Jiangbei and convey my meaning, Jiangbei's interests will not suffer any loss, and I will do my best to find Wang Yongan's whereabouts, the country cannot be chaotic, once the country is chaotic, this is the trick of others. ”