Duan Qirui re-stood on the throne of China's highest power, and at this time he also noticed that this position did not seem to be as beautiful as it was a few years ago, and when he spread out the map on the table, it seemed that except for the heaven and earth in Sijiu City, the rest had nothing to do with him, and he was really embarrassed and uncomfortable, and then he suddenly abdicated the little emperor. In the past, he always felt that the treatment of the Manchurian royal family in the Republic of China was benevolent and righteous, compared to those who died in history, but now he realized his mistake in person, for the powerful, power is life, is everything, exchanging the northern royalist provinces for a comfortable life in the Forbidden City, is tantamount to castrating a rooster and then throwing a hen into it to make it more than wings, the revolutionaries feel that it is too expensive to raise them, and the royalists think that the Republic of China is harsh, The two sides are not pleasing is the specific ruler, it is better to let them fight you to the death, no one has anything to say, even Yuan Dashuai can not get what he wants, the achievement of the Ninth Five-Year Honor, but unfortunately the past can not be turned back, today the Republic of China is not the people, the empire is not the emperor, there is no other good way, I have to look at the step by step, I only hope that the country can gradually recover its vitality, even if it can't catch up with the law, it has to be about the same as when Lafayette was alive, but these Beiyang brothers are not fuel-efficient lamps, and it gives him a headache to think about.

"Archon, you call me?" Sun Liechen said very cautiously.

"Liechen, the replies from the ministers of various countries have been sent, you might as well take them and take a look." Duan Qirui said and threw the reply letters from the ministers of various countries over.

Sun Liechen opened it and was taken aback, but said with a smile: "This is a good thing, congratulations to Duan for being in power." ”

Duan Qirui shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Chang Zhenbang, Wu Peifu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, one wants to go on the Northern Expedition, the other wants to go south, they all want to fight the world by themselves, hundreds of thousands of living beings don't matter in their eyes, the minister can let him handle it with just a few lines?" Especially this Wu Peifu has always been a stinky and hard thorn, and this set of foreign devils will not work! ”

Sun Liechen said: "If you completely blame Wu Peifu, it is unfair to govern, Chang Zhenbang is menacing and wants to unify China, this Northern Expedition is undoubtedly the best opportunity for him, he is easy to refuse to stop, and then look at Wu Peifu's hard support, but it also looks very pitiful." ”

Duan Qirui sighed and said: "People are alive, who is not pitiful, the Son of Heaven in the yellow circle is controlled by others, and the day is not safe, isn't it pitiful?" Zhang Dashuai, Lord Li dominates today and will get out tomorrow, isn't it pitiful, isn't it pitiful that the people have no food and clothing, and their lives are hopeless? Liechen, you are from the Northeast, you should know what the situation is like in the Northeast! ”

Sun Liechen said: "If the adults are embarrassed, why don't I have my grandson to take you forward." ”

Duan Qirui smiled and said: "This is all about offending people, Liechen still has a lot to do, this kind of smearing his face should not be done too much." ”

Sun Liechen smiled, he knew what Duan Qirui was talking about.

Today's Duan Qirui is just a balloon to put it bluntly, it looks very big and powerful from the outside, but in fact, it is no longer powerful, it is no longer possible for the Anhui family to make a comeback, Duan Qirui can ascend to the throne of the ruling again is just a return to the light of the dying man, but he is different, although he is not as strong as the ruling army, he is a powerful figure in the Northeast. He still understands this kindness.

"Let Cao Rui go!" Duan Qirui said: "Just let him bring this envoy's reply letter back." ”

Sun Liechen said: "Okay, my subordinates will do it, I'm afraid that Cao Rui will go, and Wu Peifu will mistreat adults." ”

Duan Qirui shook his head and said, "Zhifeng Alliance, can't Zhang Dashuai protect me?" Even if the handsome man protects me, what can I do? There is no day for the Anhui system to make a comeback, and the world in the future will be the Feng system, and the world of the Jiangxi system, I will be the head of the government. ”

"Ruling power, Zhang Dashuai is not the one who waits to cross the river and tear down the bridge......" Sun Liechen said anxiously.

Duan Qirui stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing, and said: "You and I know who Zhang Dashuai is, don't say this, sitting in this position and wanting to have a decision, it is impossible to be so clean, the last time I left in a hurry, some things were not done well, it really made me regret a lot, this time it is really an opportunity, Liechen, you are a good person, and you are also a person who understands current affairs, don't persuade me." It is a bit hypocritical to persuade again. ”

Seeing him say this, Sun Liechen had no choice but to nod and go out to find Cao Rui in person, Cao Rui at this time was full of resentment towards him, Xu Shichang's old thing was not a good bird, he had no opinion on replacing it, but it was not good to change anyone, but let the direct enemy Duan Qirui go up, he also knew that Duan Qirui was just a big banner now, but the toad jumped on his feet, and he didn't kill people but disgusted people! Especially where is Wu Peifu, these two people are really Wang Ba looking at mung beans, and the tip of the needle is on Maimang, I really don't understand what these Feng systems think, aren't they working together to tide over the difficulties now? It's good that you secretly changed the government, and it doesn't matter if you change people, but it's Wu Peifu who is fucking replaced, doesn't this make the direct army unstable? The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and after seeing Sun Liechen, he grabbed Sun Liechen's collar, mentioned it in front of him, and roared angrily: "Sun Liechen, what do you mean by this?" Duan Qirui, what's going on? Sun Liechen stretched out his hand to push him away, handed over the replies from the ministers of various countries, and said: "Cao Ye I know your dissatisfaction, your anger, but some things are also involuntarily, I don't say that Cao Ye also knows, others see us as the masters of showing off our might, but who knows that we also listen to the shouts from above, as for why we do this, I don't know, but presumably Cao Sanye and Wu Dashuai will understand!" ”

"What is this?" Cao Rui looked at the reply letter from the minister who handed him over, and asked very suspiciously.

Sun Liechen didn't answer, just opened the prison door and said, "Master Cao, let's go!" Take your brother back to Baoding, and show it to Cao Sanye, he will naturally understand. ”

Cao Rui put the reply letter in his pocket, and then said with some doubts: "You really let me go?" Aren't you afraid that Lao Tzu will kill you? ”

Sun Liechen said: "The one between Zhili and the capital is more important, and Cao Ye is a person who understands." ”

Cao Rui didn't say anything and turned around and walked out of the courtyard, and at this time, the Northeast Army at the gate led a fast horse and said, "This is a piece of Sun Dujun's heart, please smile." Cao Rui took the horse, turned over, and walked not far before he saw his troops waiting aside.

"How is the general?" The soldiers shouted.

Cao Rui's eyes were a little moist, and he hurriedly raised his head and said, "Everything is fine, Lao Tzu just said something to Duan Zhizhi, what's the fuss!" ”

"That is, who is the general? How could they be afraid of Duan Qirui and them! ”

"Stop talking nonsense, inform the brothers to gather, let's go back to Baoding!"

As soon as they heard back to Baoding, these soldiers were very excited, looking at these happy faces, Cao Rui was a little unbearable, the battle ahead was tight, if Shimen was lost, the next step was Baoding, these brothers had to go to the battlefield no matter what, it was better to stay in Beijing and save their lives! Thinking of this, Cao Rui shook his head again, and tried his best to squeeze the whole idea out of his mind, now that the direct family is in trouble, his brother's life is not guaranteed, how can he have any effort to think about these things, it is better to send troops quickly, after making up his mind, with Cao Rui's order, he left Beijing City with the troops, and arrived in Baoding in a few days, and after handing over the reply letters from the ministers of various countries, he said the things in Beijing in great detail from beginning to end, Cao Kun only nodded after listening, said: "It's hard work, Zhang Zuolin is playing this game for our masters, it's really a bit inauthentic, but it's a matter of life and death that is directly related to us, and it can only be up to him." Brother Rui, Ziyu fought very hard in Shimen, and when you finish lunch, you and Shijie will lead your troops south to support! ”

Cao Rui said: "The elder brother is the core of the direct line, and he can't relax around him, and those people and horses in the hands of the younger brother have traveled a long way, and then going to Shimen is afraid that it will hinder the morale of the army, so why don't you let Shijie go." ”

Cao Kun sighed and said, "At this time, Zhang Zuolin will not do anything to our direct family, since you want to stay by your side to guard, I can't say anything." After speaking, he glanced back at Cao Shijie, who was respectfully on the side, and said, "Shijie, are you willing to go to Shimen to help your Uncle Ziyu?" ”

Cao Shijie said loudly: "Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass from afar. The yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken. ”

Cao Kun saw that Cao Shijie was so heroic, and he was the Cao family's thousand-mile horse, the pillar of the future, and the Cao family was really proud of his nephew, but he was reluctant but quietly occupied his heart. But everyone gathered around him to be born and die, but he was reluctant to let his son and nephew go, for fear that if it spread out, the hearts of the people would be scattered, so he had to endure the pain and said: "Good boy, good boy, you have to be careful and careful when you go, you have to listen to your Uncle Ziyu in everything, his words are more important than me, who is an uncle!" ”

Cao Shijie said: "Relatives don't have Uncle Ziyu, I know this truth from the third uncle." ”

Cao Kun was really relieved to see him so sensible, he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, for fear that he would say something bad, and he would be angry and affect the child, so he had to hand the reply letter to Cao Shijie and said: "Give these to Uncle Ziyu, let him watch it, and tell him that what he wants to do is what Lao Tzu does." ”

"Yes, Third Uncle."

After Cao Shijie's lunch, he took his own mixed 46th Brigade and took the train south, who knew that he had not yet arrived at Shimen, and the train would not leave, and he knew that Chang Zhenbang and Wu Peifu had launched a fierce battle along the Shimen Railway, the railroad tracks had already been blown up, the bridge collapsed, and there was no way to cross the train, Cao Shijie listened to the report, and immediately ordered the brothers of the 46th Brigade to get off the train and assemble and join the nearby battlefield. The Southeast Army did not expect reinforcements to come for no reason, and suffered a small loss under surprise, but unconsciously decided to retreat instead of fighting, and through the cooperation of the Southeast Army in the rear, the casualties were reduced to a minimum.

After Chang Zhenbang received the news that Cao Shijie's department supported Wu Peifu, he was not angry but happy, turned his head and said to Chen Jiongming: "Brother Chen, that move can be moved!" ”

Chen Jiongming said: "Cao Shijie is here, that person should also go over!" ”

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