The staff was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted and asked, "Dashuai, do you want to?" ”

"To expand the army, we must expand the troops as much as possible before the Liaodong Army gets involved in the pass. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Only in this way can our Beiyang Army defeat the Liaodong Army in a future duel......" Yuan Shikai replied with a firm face, without any negotiating tone in his words.

"Then the court over there! A staff member hurried after the door.

"Don't care!" Yuan Shikai replied without thinking about it.

"Not to mention the capital, the entire north is controlled by the army in our hands, and if the court is dissatisfied, they will be dissatisfied, and I am sure they will not dare to do anything drastic. The Liaodong Army can grow and develop step by step by deceiving the imperial court, and we can do it too. ”

Yuan Shikai's words made it very clear that from now on, even if the Beiyang Army does not break with the imperial court on the surface, it will break secretly.

There is only one purpose for doing this, to please restrain the imperial court and massively expand the troops with the existing strength of the Beiyang Army.

"Commander, how many towns are you going to expand?" The staff member who had just spoken continued to ask.

After finishing, several other staff members stopped what they were doing and stared at Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai frowned at first, and then showed a firm expression, and replied to several staff: "Within three months, based on the current three towns, expand the strength of three towns to six towns. ”

"Three months later, officers will be transferred from the six towns to form six mixed associations, which will be supplemented by the six towns of the main force, and in the event of war in the future, they will be replenished to the main force at any time."

Yuan Shikai's idea is good, and he said that several staff members are enthusiastic.

But the reality is cruel, the expansion of the army in three towns and the formation of six new mixed associations, both in terms of soldiers and equipment, is a huge test for the Beiyang Army.

As soon as Yuan Shikai decided to speak, several staff members spoke one after another and raised a series of questions.

Seeing that the staff members were endless, Yuan Shikai immediately frowned and interrupted: "There must be problems, let's solve them one by one." ”

"The officers of the newly expanded army of the three towns are all drawn from the first, second, and third towns. In addition, we will send troops to Anhui, Rehe, Hebei and other provinces adjacent to us, and intercept the taxes they are going to hand over to the imperial court as military expenses. ”

"If it's not enough, take some military funds from the Beiyang Naval Division, and return it when the army has the silver."

"In terms of equipment, as long as you have money, you don't have to worry about not having weapons, and immediately contact major foreign banks to purchase weapons and equipment, especially heavy weapons, the more the better. In addition, I will also suggest that the imperial court make up for all the shortfalls in the forbidden army in the two towns, and then instigate the imperial court to expand the eighteen heavy artillery battalions in each town to fifty-four, and at least thirty-six. ”

"In this way, we also have a large-scale heavy artillery unit to confront the Liaodong Army."

The biggest three problems have been solved, and of course Yuan Shikai doesn't have to worry about some small problems, otherwise Yuan Shikai would not have invited so many staff members to do things for himself and give advice.

Just when Yuan Shikai breathed a sigh of relief and thought that he had solved a big problem. The staff's words made his newly stretched brow furrow furrow again.

"Marshal, officers below the standard command can be transferred from the three towns to serve as a deputy, but officers above the standard command can't, both capable and senior, must be appointed by the marshal himself, and there are not so many candidates in the army of the three towns?"

"Do you have any way!" Yuan Shikai frowned and asked rhetorically to the staff.

Seeing that Yuan Shikai's face slowly showed a disappointed expression, a staff member reminded in a low voice: "Marshal, my Beiyang Army can be an officer of the standard commander, the assistant commander, and the town commander, but I was transferred to Guanwai half a year ago, and now I am likely to have become a prisoner of the Liaodong Army. Apart from them, we simply can't find so many high-ranking officers in a short period of time. ”

"Then find the Liaodong Army to get those officers back. Although these officers were defeated on the battlefield, they had fought with the Liaodong Army after all and knew the Liaodong Army. If you can get them back, expand the troops. In the future, when we really feel the Liaodong Army, we will also know more about the Liaodong Army, and to a certain extent, we will also increase the chances of defeating the Liaodong Army. ”

"Will the Liaodong Army agree to return those officers to us?" The staff member asked rhetorically with a look of disbelief.

Another staff member continued: "We regard the Liaodong Army as an opponent, and the Liaodong Army must also see us as an opponent. We want to return those officers in order to expand the troops, and the Liaodong Army must know this. I am worried that the Liaodong Army, in order to weaken the strength of our Beiyang Army, will not agree to return those officers to us. ”

Yuan Shikai replied very affirmatively: "No, the Liaodong Army will agree, as long as we show enough sincerity to make the Liaodong Army feel excited." ”

"Immediately send someone out of the customs with a radio station to find the Liaodong Army to negotiate with them, and let Xu Shichang preside over the entire negotiation. Outside the Guan, you can give the Liaodong Army, and I can also say that the imperial court appointed Yang Xingguo as the governor of Liaodong. However, the officers of our Beiyang Army captured by the Liaodong Army must be returned to us. ”

"I believe in the loyalty of those officers to my Beiyang Army, as long as I don't fall for a day and the Beiyang Army is undefeated for a day, it is impossible for those officers to join the Liaodong Army, and the Liaodong Army is also a waste of food for raising them."

"Tell Xu Shichang my bottom line, and let Xu Shichang negotiate with Yang Xingguo."

The staff was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reacted and asked, "Marshal, isn't this bowing to the Liaodong Army?" ”

Yuan Shikai replied with a gloomy face: "The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and there is nothing to bow his head temporarily." As long as we encounter the Liaodong Army in the future and can defeat them, there will be no problem at all in bowing our heads. ”

Not long after, Cixi, who was eager to kill Yuan Shikai with one sword, also received the news that the Fengtian Beiyang Five Towns Army had surrendered to the Liaodong Army and that Fengtian City had been occupied by the Liaodong Army.

Shocked, Cixi immediately realized that the outside of the gate was over.

The elite of the Beiyang Army in the five towns, as well as the strong fortifications of Fengtian City, are not the opponents of the Liaodong Army, not to mention the new southern army that has not yet rushed to Tongliao City.

However, just letting go of the Liaodong Army, and seeing the Liaodong Army occupy the three eastern provinces and grow stronger, Cixi was unwilling.

Cixi, who had no choice, immediately thought of the princes who were still loyal to the court and to herself.

After the several princes who came one after another understood the whole situation, one of the princes comforted him very optimistically: "Queen Mother, the Beiyang Army lost the elite of the Six Towns Army outside the pass at once, and lost nearly sixty percent of the troops, isn't this our original intention of giving Yuan Shikai outside the pass?" ”

Cixi's eyes lit up at first, and then she immediately frowned and asked, "Yuan Shikai lost his troops and generals, this is indeed what we want to see." But the Liaodong Army was more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shikai. Now that there are three eastern provinces, it will not be more difficult to deal with in the future! ”

The old book "Rebirth of the Iron and Blood Warrior" of the Rebirth of the Anti-Japanese War was finally unsealed after being sealed for two years, at the starting point, Tencent Literature and mobile literature were uploaded at the same time, with more than 4 million words, interested readers can take a look! (To be continued.) )