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Yuan Shikai's army surrounded the outer city of Beijing, then the border special zone 9 towns entered the customs, and then occupied the provincial capitals with a devastating force, and by the end of November, all the provinces under the jurisdiction of the Qing State declared independence, and all localities were temporarily under military control.

For occupying the whole country so quickly, Yuan Shikai was like in a dream.

After Xu Shichang arrived in Nanyuan, Yuan Shikai asked him to temporarily take charge of all government affairs.

Sure enough, Xu Shichang quickly issued several orders to stabilize the situation in the country.

The first was the proclamation of the establishment of a provisional central government.

Then, in the name of the Provisional Central Government, provincial governors, heads of departments, and chief executives of cities and counties were dispatched to each province.

Subsequently, two orders were issued in the name of the Provisional Beiyang Central Government.

The first order is the shaving of hair and different clothes discussed by Yuan Shikai and others before;

The second order is a reference to the original order of the Xia Empire, that is, to abolish the footbinding, if the footbinding is not abolished, the family will be regarded as a Manchu alien or sympathetic to the Manchu reactionary, and the entire family members are not allowed to join the army, go to school, participate in politics, and enjoy any state benefits.

The third order is that officials at all levels in various localities must continue to perform their duties and stabilize the localities before the newly appointed officials arrive, otherwise they will be severely dealt with afterwards if they cause local chaos and the people's livelihood is miserable.

In the name of the chief of the general staff, Wang Shizhen sent a telegram to the whole country, demanding that the Qing troops in various places surrender as soon as possible, and those who resist will be killed; Those who surrender do not kill; At the same time, it promised them that the central government would select outstanding people from the new army and patrol battalions from all over the country to join the Beiyang New Army or police force.

In the beginning, the people neither resisted nor supported the orders, they were afraid that if the revolution did not succeed and they shaved their hair off, they would suffer persecution from the Qing court, and their hair would not grow back in a while; If you don't get the benefits, the harm will come first, so you will be in a wait-and-see state first.

The same is true of the abolition of footbinding, which is in a wait-and-see mode.

And Wang Shizhen's power is the last straw that overwhelms the new army and patrol battalions that are still hesitating in various places, if they can save their lives, no one wants to die, after all, being a soldier is also to have something to eat, there is no need to even take their lives.

Yuan Shikai asked Wang Shizhen: "Our troops are progressing so smoothly, and the losses are so small, I can't believe it, if we had known that it was so easy, we should have revolted long ago." ”

Wang Shizhen felt that Yuan Shikai was not carried away by the victory, so he said dissatisfiedly: "My lord, if we revolt in advance, we will definitely be defeated." You must know that we have occupied so many places, and the only governor or governor who surrendered was Zhang Renjun in Guangzhou, and all the governors or governors in other places chose to resist. The Xia Empire still has capable people, and the timing of the uprising and the allocation of troops are very thorough, which allows us to succeed smoothly. ”

Yuan Shikai was a little unhappy when he heard Wang Shizhen say this, so he asked, "What's the reason?" Isn't it the reason why our Beiyang army is invincible and invincible? ”

"My lord, there is a reason, and that is also the reason of the Xia Empire, without the Xia Empire, we would not even be able to fight Jiangbei, let alone occupy the whole country; Since you want to know, then I will give you an analysis, first, the timing of the Xia Empire's choice is too important, the queen mother and the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom have died, the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, the regent's personal prestige is insufficient, and he does not trust Hanchen, resulting in the national governors and dragons without a leader, each fighting for itself; Second, the Xia Empire assisted in sending 10 elite mixed associations to launch an attack from the south, all the way like a bamboo, relying on superior forces and artillery to crush any resistance forces and quickly occupy the Jiangnan region; Third, the troops have an absolute advantage in numbers, but the 9 towns and 10 mixed associations in the border have reached more than 200,000 people, and how many people are there in our Beiyang descendants? Therefore, adults still underestimate the Xia Empire. Wang Shizhen analyzed.

Yuan Shikai didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, so he asked: "Bu Wu, is Wu Wenbin, the ambassador of the Great Qing Kingdom, back?" Do the ambassadors of the Xia Empire and other countries have any opinions on the negotiations? ”

Xu Shichang said: "I have been contacted, and he said that he will rush back as soon as possible; Moreover, he also reminded us to negotiate with the Qing court as soon as possible to let him take the throne, and they did not want the inner city of Beijing to be destroyed by the war; Now the ambassadors of all countries are acting according to the attitude of the Xia Empire, and the Xia Empire has not expressed its position for the time being, so the ambassadors of all countries are waiting, and their attitudes are not clear. ”

Wang Shizhen said: "We must find out the intentions of the Xia Empire as soon as possible, otherwise we are in danger, and there is also the possibility of making a wedding dress for the Xia Empire." “

Yuan Shikai asked, "How do you say this?" “

Everyone else also looked at Wang Shizhen nervously.

"My lord, ladies and gentlemen, there are only 3 towns in the Frontier Special Region now, if the troops of the Xia Empire Peninsula Special Region want to occupy the Frontier Special Region, Zhiquan will have no power to fight back, and the Xia Empire has deployed heavy troops in the Western Xinjiang Special Region and the Southern Xinjiang Special Region; Now that the southern provinces are occupied by the Mixed Formation Association, if the 10 Mixed Formation Associations led by Wang Yingkai have any bad ideas, then we will only have the territory of the Gyeonggi Provinces, and in their encirclement, there is no natural danger to defend. ”

Before Wang Shizhen's words were finished, everyone was shocked into a cold sweat, if this was the case, the Xia Empire's mind was too thorough, and the planning was too long-term.

Yuan Shikai asked, "What should I do?" ”

Xu Shichang said: "From my understanding of the Xia Empire, they disdain this, but we must speed up the pace of negotiations with the Qing Dynasty, and get the Qing Dynasty to agree to the Zen position, so as to achieve a smooth transition of power, quickly take over the power of the whole country, and quickly establish a Chinese state." ”

Everyone nodded, maybe only by establishing a Chinese state, the Xia Empire would let them go and continue to support them for the sake of the same Chinese country.

Just when Yuan Shikai and the others were nervous, the Qing court in the inner city of Beijing also came to the end of history, and they would face the final choice.

The regent and others were very angry at Yuan Shikai's rebellion, and regretted why they didn't arrest him directly, otherwise there would be no disaster today.

On November 18, Yuan Shikai's army surrounded the northern, eastern, and southern gates of Beijing without launching an attack.

On November 19, the west gate of the outer city of Beijing was also surrounded by the new army, and so far, the whole of Beijing was surrounded by the Beiyang new army.

Since Yuan Shikai's army did not launch a siege war, at the suggestion of Zhang Zhidong and others, the new emperor ascended the throne according to the established procedure.

Subsequently, the new emperor issued an edict ordering the governors of all places to lead the soldiers to the king.

The governors of various localities had already received the news that the frontier general had sent officers and soldiers from nine towns into the customs, and their own troops were not enough to stuff the frontier general's teeth when they arrived in Beijing, so no one dared to come to support Beijing, not even the green battalion soldiers and patrol battalions dared to support Beijing, and the new army did not have this duty.

The regent and others received the news that some provinces continued to choose independence, especially many southern provinces were occupied by the new army one after another, Sun Daoren and others died in battle, and by the 25th, the entire rich land in the south of the Yangtze River was occupied.

On the 26th, the Northern Army had already reached Wuhan, and then Anqing and Nanjing were occupied one after another.

On the 29th, Xi'an was occupied.

By the end of November, Beijing was the only one left in the country that had not yet been occupied, but it was under heavy siege.

The regent Zaifeng couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "Heaven is dead!" All the people have abandoned the Qing Dynasty! “

Yixuan, Zhang Zhidong, Zhao Erxun and others were also speechless.

Zhao Erxun knew a lot about the Xia Empire, and in his impression, the Xia Empire was very friendly to the Qing Dynasty and had always supported the Qing Dynasty. Do they want to see death without salvation? “

Yixuan sighed and said: "My unfilial son-in-law said that this is our internal affair, and they can't interfere, so I'm angry." “

Zhang Zhidong took over and said hatefully: "Of course it is inconvenient for them to interfere, Yuan Shikai's forces are supported and developed by the Xia Empire behind the scenes, but the 9 towns in the frontier are invincible, and the 10 mixed associations that attacked the southern provinces were also secretly trained by the Xia Empire himself, and transported to the south in the name of exercises; We have been deceived by the Xia Empire, otherwise do you think that with Yuan Shikai's level, we can occupy the whole country so quickly? “

Zhang Zhidong's words surprised everyone, think about it carefully, it is indeed supported by the Xia Empire, otherwise Yuan Shikai would not have such a strong strength, and he would not occupy the land south of the Yangtze River so quickly, since it was the Xia Empire that supported Yuan Shikai, then the Qing Dynasty would not be able to return to the sky.

Yixuan said helplessly: "I have long seen that these people in the Xia Empire are not good people, what should I do now?" “

Zhao Erxun said: "Negotiation, it seems that we can only accept negotiations. “

Zhao Erxun is very tough now, he has a certain connection in the Xia Empire and the Great Qing Kingdom, and now he doesn't care about the attitude of Yixuan and others, if it was before, he would definitely not dare to say so.

His younger brother Zhao Erfeng obtained the title of the Xia Empire and served as a high-ranking official of the Xia Empire, which made Zhao Erxun look at him differently in the Great Qing Kingdom, even Yixuan and others were afraid of his family, otherwise, he would probably be killed on the charge of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country because of this sentence.

Although Zhang Zhidong and others also knew that peace talks were the only way out, they never dared to say it, for fear that they would be innocently convicted; Besides, after Beijing was surrounded, he urgently ordered the Hubei New Army to rush to Beijing, but Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong did not reply to him at all, which made him very disappointed, even if he knew that the new army in as many as 7 towns around Beijing was coming, he could not do anything, at least he would send a telegram to explain, and he would feel better.

In their impression, it was not only the Qing court that was abandoned, but also their old ministers.

Zhao Erxun saw that everyone didn't speak, so he had to continue: "Lord Wang, no matter what we plan to do next, we should communicate with Yuan Shikai first to see what his attitude is?" ”

Yixuan said: "It makes sense, knowing oneself and knowing the other party can be beneficial to our judgment." ”

The regent knew that at present, it could only be negotiations, maybe Yuan Shikai could still let everyone go, if there was a real war, they could only take Beijing City to be buried, but as long as they could live, no one wanted to die, so he asked: "Who wants to go and meet Yuan Shikai?" ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, and the opinions were put forward by themselves, Zhao Erxun had no choice but to say: "Lord Wang, since the opinions were put forward by the old man, then let the old man go for a trip." ”

The regent arched his hand and said, "Then it's hard for Zhao Ge to make a trip." (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.