After some discussion, a series of methods to force the palace and court appeared in Yuan Shikai's mind. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Withholding taxes on the grounds that military spending was insufficient, sending troops into Anhui in the name of suppressing bandits, expanding the power of the Beiyang Army to Anhui, creating the fact of occupying Anhui, and then creating the illusion of a mutiny in the troops, complaining to the imperial court about the lack of military spending, and then asking for more military spending......

Yuan Shikai, who is not ambitious, for the sake of the Beiyang Army, walked step by step towards the road of forcing the palace. Yang Xingguo, who was far away in Liaodong, also used all available time to develop and accumulate the war potential of Liaodong.

The headquarters of the Liaodong Army, after receiving the imperial court's crown of Yang Xingguo as the governor of Liaodong, and the Liaodong Army only called the ministers, did not listen to the tune, and did not listen to the holy decree of Xuan, including Yang Xingguo, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

You must know that this is the first time since the formation of the Liaodong Army that it has engaged in a head-on confrontation with the imperial court, and it won in the end.

Although the Liaodong Army obtained Chaoyang and other three provinces, in Yang Xingguo's view, the biggest benefit of this confrontation was not the territory, but the popular will and morale of millions of people up and down Liaodong.

After this confrontation, not to mention anything else, whether it is the officers at all levels of the Liaodong Army or the governments at all levels in Liaodong, they will no longer be afraid when they hear the word "imperial court" in the future, and even have the courage to confront it.

The advantage of this is that in the future, when he engages in a second confrontation with the imperial court, there will be no more panic among the millions of soldiers and civilians in Liaodong.

Compared with the happiness of the Liaodong Army, in this confrontation, Wang Hu, who was full of expectations but did not catch the battle in the end, was very unhappy. As soon as the troops withdrew to the station, Wang Hu returned to the headquarters and found Yang Xingguo to fight.

As soon as he saw Wang Hu's face, Yang Xingguo knew why he came.

Therefore, before Wang Hu could speak, Yang Xingguo took the lead and said: "Commander, it just so happens that you are here, and I have a big matter for you." As a result, the strength of our Liaodong Army has expanded by two times, or even more than three times. ”

Wang Hu could only suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, and asked Yang Xingguo: "Commander, don't let me fetch water again." ”

"Not this time!" Yang Xingguo affirmed.

Then he also beckoned Sun Liechen, the chief of staff, and said: "Chief of staff, you know the relationship between us and the imperial court best, you come to tell Master Wang, let Master Wang know that he wants to fight, there is no problem, and there will be more battles in the future." ”

Sun Liechen nodded in affirmation: "The commander is right, there will be battles to be fought in the future." ”

"Master Wang, don't look at the imperial court, the commander is the governor of Liaodong, and the land of Chaoyang Sanfu is given to us, in fact, these are all illusions. Whether it is the imperial court or us, we all know that the peace in front of us is temporary. Half a year at the least, a year at most, and a big war will definitely break out between us and the imperial court. And I, the Liaodong Army, at least take advantage of this great battle to take the entire Fengtian, cut off the connection between the two provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang and the imperial court, and then encroach on the two provinces step by step, and finally take them for ourselves! ”

"We want to take down the entire three northeastern provinces!" Wang Hu couldn't help but exclaim.

Because, this plan is too big for Wang Hu.

It must be enough to get Sun Liechen, and after a short period of contemplation, Wang Hu immediately asked: "Since you have to take Fengtian sooner or later, why don't you send troops directly this time, but wait for at least half a year." ”

"There are only about 10,000 defenders in Fengtian now, and I am sure that as long as the commander gives the order to attack, I will be able to take Fengtian in two days at most."

"Since the imperial court also knows that the current peaceful coexistence is temporary, the imperial court will definitely use this time to increase the strength of the Fengtian garrison. When the time comes, if you attack Mukden, it will not be as easy to fight as it is now. ”

Yang Xingguo, who had not spoken, spoke at this time, first showing a wry smile before speaking.

"I also want to fight, but the current financial resources of the Liaodong Army are simply not able to support a large-scale battle."

"The importance of Fengtian to the imperial court, Master Wang, you are the closest to Fengtian, you should be very clear. If we had taken Mukden at that time, then we and the imperial court would have been fighting to the death, and a large-scale decisive battle would have been avoided. ”

"When the time comes, let's not talk about whether we can win the imperial court, as long as the scale of the war exceeds two divisions and lasts more than a month, the limited silver of our Liaodong Army will be used up completely."

"Without silver, even if tens of thousands of soldiers of the Liaodong Army can continue to hold on, the millions of immigrants behind will continue to produce weapons and ammunition arsenals...... They didn't last long. ”

"Coupled with the blockade of the imperial court, the materials and silver from the outside can't come in at all. At that time, without the imperial court fighting, our Liaodong Army will be the first to cause chaos. And without a solid rear, without a constant supply of supplies and ammunition, how long can the troops hold out? ”

Hearing this, Wang Hu had already completely understood.

Now that the pent-up problems and dissatisfaction in his heart have been resolved, Wang Hu immediately turned his attention to the Fengtian layout that the commander said.

Without thinking about it, he asked Yang Xingguo: "Commander, what should we do next?" ”

At this time, Chief of Staff Sun Liechen also looked at Yang Xingguo with a puzzled expression. Although Sun Liechen knew that the Liaodong Army would have to take Fengtian sooner or later, he didn't expect that Yang Xingguo would start the layout so early.

"Two things: one is military training, and the other is infiltration!"

Seeing that Wang Hu was about to say something subconsciously, Yang Xingguo immediately waved his hand and said: "I know you want to say that your soldiers have been trained very well, but I want you to train your troops, not to train troops for field combat." On the field battlefield, I believe that twice as many imperial officers and soldiers are no match for your first division. ”

"For a long time, our Liaodong Army has fought either defensive or field battles, and has rarely been exposed to siege battles. The limited number of siege battles were won only with the cooperation of the special operations detachment and the internal and external attacks. Truly large-scale siege battles have never been fought. ”

"And the attack on Mukden in the future will definitely be a large-scale siege battle. So, the next thing you'll have to train for is siege combat. Not only your first division, but also several other main divisions must be trained. However, your first division must be the best trained. ”

"Needless to say, infiltration, what special operations detachments often do. Attacking Mukden, if there is a force of our own in Mukden City, I believe that it will be much easier to take Fengtiancheng! ”

"Two things, as long as you are done, and my Liaodong Army has hoarded enough food, supplies, and silver. No matter what the attitude of the imperial court will be at that time, we will attack Mukden directly. ”

"For my Liaodong Army, the territory of Liaodong is too small, and there is almost no development potential."

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