"Duan Qirui's harm in Shanxi is not light, if he surrenders, we have to ensure Duan Qirui's personal safety. It's better to enter Shanxi, arrest him and kill him. That can be regarded as an explanation to the people, and it can also be regarded as an explanation to the brothers who rebelled in the Boxer Rebellion before. Hua Xiongmao said to Chai Qingguo.

Wu Xingchen was always silent, and when he heard Hua Xiongmao say this, he couldn't help but speak, "Minister Hua, after the failure of the Yihequan, it will be over, and the current revolution has nothing to do with the Yihequan." Even if we don't let Duan Qirui go, so many Hebei soldiers of the Beiyang Army just eat according to orders. If you can get them to surrender, it's good for everyone. Even if Duan Qirui is eliminated, it is best to only eliminate Duan Qirui and his diehards. ”

Hua Xiongmao actually wants to fight, although he is called the Minister of National Defense, he is in charge of military orders. However, the functions and powers of the Ministry of National Defense are increasingly being disrupted by the Central Military Commission, the General Political Department, the General Staff Department, and the General Logistics Department. The Ministry of Defense is increasingly turning into a nominal institution. In the face of such changes, Hua Xiongmao is becoming more and more anxious, and when he is anxious in his heart, he is naturally impetuous, and there are more and more things about speaking out of shape.

However, the opinions of the military commissar were easily unified, and everyone first asked Chen Ke when the Russian civil war in the north would last and how long. Chen Ke knew that 1919 was a very difficult period for Comrade Lenin in history, so he shouted to the Beiyang government at that time and began to fool the Beiyang government. But in this time and space, Chen Ke has no way to guarantee what will happen. The People's Party is too variable, in a small way. Historically, Russia also had an army of tens of thousands of Chinese workers in Russia. Due to the emergence of the People's Party, there was no large-scale migration of Chinese to work in Russia. Needless to say, this Chinese corps would certainly not have appeared in the battle sequence of the Bolsheviks of the United Communist Party.

Looking at Chen Ke's hesitant look, Hua Xiongmao simply asked, "Chairman Chen, when do you think we must reach the border line at the latest?" ”

At this time, Chen Ke had to reply: "Today in a year at the latest." ”

"A year?" The comrades of the Central Military Commission looked at each other, and on the basis of clear strategic expectations, the opinions of the attackers were easily unified, "Strive to solve Duan Qirui in half a year and control the border line in half a year." And push the border line north to where we want it to be. ”

"The problem of the frontier is not about fighting, but about whether it can be stabilized." Chen Ke has already let the comrades of the Central Military Commission do it, and he is only in charge of strategic planning. Now in the actual combat command, Chen Ke believes that he can be ranked in the top 100 at most.

"So you have to build a railroad?" For the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, this was not even an idea, but just ordinary common sense.

During a break in the meeting, Hua Xiongmao approached Chen Ke, "Chairman Chen, I think Comrade Wu Xingchen can now serve as Minister of National Defense." ”

Chen Ke can understand Hua Xiongmao's thoughts, among many senior commanders, Hua Xiongmao's military merits can be said to be the lowest, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

"Before I became Minister of Defense, I had at most one division commander. I can also be a division commander. Hua Xiongmao replied.

"Zhenglan, you're cunning enough." Chen Ke couldn't help but laugh, "I think you can be a military commander." ”

Seeing that Chen Ke agreed with his idea, Hua Xiongmao immediately replied excitedly: "The army commander and the division commander are actually fine, but they have to let me fight." Otherwise, I would be ashamed to sit with everyone. ”

"How about going to Inner Mongolia?" Chen Ke asked.

"No problem." When Hua Xiongmao heard that there was finally a battle to fight, he immediately happily agreed.

As a result, after the rest was over, Hua Xiongmao put forward his own thoughts, and the comrades of the Military Commission were not smart people, and they understood what was going on as soon as they heard it. Wu Xingchen also doesn't want to be the Minister of Defense, such a famous position, but not much actual work is really not attractive. He suggested: "Why don't we let Comrade Pu Guanshui be the Minister of Defense?" ”

How could Pu Guanshui, as the commander of the Northeast Military Region, be interested in the Minister of National Defense, he immediately humbly conceded: "I think Comrade Wu Xingchen or Comrade Chai Qingguo are very suitable. I really don't fit. ”

A group of people refused to be the Minister of Defense, and at this time, everyone remembered the benefits of others and began to recommend each other vigorously. It really can't be recommended, after seven or eight comrades recommended Xiong Mingyang, Xiong Mingyang was in a hurry and simply put forward a nonsense suggestion, "Let's draw lots." ”

Chen Ke almost kicked Xiong Mingyang in anger, even if he no longer values the position of Minister of Defense, it will not be his turn to use lottery to decide this position. Is it the election of spokesmen by the leaders of the armed forces, or the election of cadres by the organized revolutionary army?

In the end, Chen Ke suddenly remembered a good candidate, "Let's let Comrade Yan Fu be the Minister of Defense, right?" ”

This suggestion was immediately endorsed by all the members of the Central Military Commission, and Yan Fu did not attend the meeting, which was in the process of reorganizing the navy in Fuzhou. Moreover, Yan Fu became the Minister of National Defense, in addition to having enough qualifications and fame, he could also reassure the navy that Beiyang defected to, and it could also have a very positive effect on recruiting the Beiyang Army in the future.

Hua Xiongmao became the commander of the army as he wished, and was responsible for the work of marching into Inner Mongolia along the Jingsui line. Mu Husan's was preparing to march into eastern Mongolia and the front line of Nebuchu, and Chai Qingguo was responsible for marching into Shanxi from the east. Before the military attack, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army carried out the final persuasion of the Qirui Department of the Beiyang Duan.

If you want to persuade Duan Qirui, the best candidate is Wang Shizhen. Duan Qirui may not be able to talk about how loyal he is to Yuan Shikai, but he is almost obedient to Wang Shizhen. At least when he encounters trouble, he is still willing to listen to Wang Shizhen's persuasion. The Central Military Commission immediately ordered the comrades in Hebei to start persuading Wang Shizhen to help.

Li Runshi, who is currently the acting secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, immediately visited him in person.

Beijing is also now building a large number of residential areas. The southern part of Beijing, which is dominated by the poor, has become a large construction site at this time, while the residential areas of the rich in the north have not been moved for the time being. Wang Shizhen's family lives in this area.

Although there was no time to engage in community construction, the neighborhood committee and the owners' committee also began to build, and when Li Runshi saw Wang Shizhen, the old man was sweeping the street with a big pillar broom. According to the suggestion of the neighborhood committee, every family had to work to sweep the streets. At this time, the living standards of the masses are not high, and it is obviously not yet the time to form a property industry. As soon as Wang Shizhen swept the floor, Li Runshi was quite impressed. Wang Shizhen's sweep was actually not very clean, but Wang Shizhen swept every place on the street.

Li Runshi didn't care so much, picked up an idle broom next to him and joined the ranks of labor. The two obviously have the same attitude towards sweeping the floor, and the alley sweeps from one end to the other, without a dead end, and no one sweeps very differently. After sweeping for the first time, the two tacitly made up for some of the places that needed to be cleaned again.

Wang Shizhen put away the broom and said to Li Runshi: "May I ask who this ......?"

Li Runshi hurriedly replied: "Under Li Runshi, he is the current secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee. ”

"Oh." Wang Shizhen looked at Li Runshi for a while before saying, "Please go inside and drink saliva and rest." ”

Sitting down in the room, Li Runshi told Wang Shizhen directly about his intentions, and Wang Shizhen was not surprised, "Chen Ke asked the old man to persuade Duan Qirui to surrender, isn't Chen Ke afraid that Duan Qirui will resist stubbornly after knowing the news?" ”

Li Runshi explained: "If we directly persuade Duan Qirui to surrender, he is afraid that he will resist stubbornly. If the prince is willing to come forward, those who are willing to fight will naturally still fight, but those who want to surrender will surrender if they want to come. ”

Of course, Wang Shizhen knew the meaning of Li Runshi's words, and he said very politely: "I know your intention, let me think about it for three days, and I will give you an answer in three days." ”

After Li Runshi left, Wang Shizhen closed the door and sat under the eaves of the courtyard, he actually knew very well that if Duan Qirui did not fall, he would definitely not end well. When Wang Shizhen persuaded Duan Qirui to withdraw to Shanxi, he knew that Duan Qirui really had the heart to annex the world, and second, Wang Shizhen did not think that the People's Party was so powerful.

However, as before, Wang Shizhen still misjudged the strategic direction of the People's Party. He thought that the People's Party would chase after Duan Qirui, but he didn't expect the People's Party to let Duan Qirui go, and instead fought with the Japanese in Northeast China, driving Japan out of Northeast China.

This time, even if he still doesn't like the People's Party, Wang Shizhen has to admit that the People's Party does have the appearance of an emperor. Similarly, Wang Shizhen also saw Chen Ke's consistent treacherous cunning. After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in Guandu, he did not march into Hebei. Instead, he waited for a struggle within Yuan Shao's group, and after Yuan Shao's death, Hebei was in turmoil, and Cao Cao easily took Hebei. The same is undoubtedly true of Chen Ke.

The People's Party first defeated Japan, colluded with the United States, and joined the Entente. While solving the biggest external trouble, Duan Qiruibu in the northwest has fallen into great chaos.

After fleeing to Shanxi, Duan Qirui thought that the People's Party would take advantage of the victory to pursue him, and he could only vigorously expand the armament war. As a result, the People's Party did not move, and Duan Qirui soon fell into a financial crisis. The overseers of the northwestern provinces not only did not unite, but on the contrary, the internal contradictions intensified. Fortunately, Duan Qirui was still tough-handed, and he suddenly waved his army into Shaanxi and seized control of Shaanxi. With the land of Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces, Duan Qirui can stabilize his situation.

Wang Shizhen could see clearly that the war between the People's Party and the northwestern provinces of Beiyang had already been decided before it was fought. Troops, equipment, training, and even local control, the People's Party completely overwhelmed Duan Qirui. If the People's Party really persuades him to surrender, it will also be a good opportunity for Duan Qirui and those people in Beiyang.

But there are some things that still make Wang Shizhen feel uneasy. The killing of Cai Yuanpei has caused a sensation in the world, Duan Qirui has a lot of people's blood on his hands, if the People's Party also pursues Cai Yuanpei as it did, Duan Qirui will definitely have no reason to survive. Whether the People's Party will pardon Duan Qirui's sins, Wang Shizhen is very worried.