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Yang Xingguo, who was far away in Mukden, no longer paid attention to the Korean Independent Division, in his opinion, with this victory as a support, plus the soldiers and materials that Xie Hui had just brought back. Although there is still a lot of gap between the independent division and the Japanese and Korean garrisons, there is no problem in carving out a world of its own in Korea, which is full of mountains.

At this time, a very unexpected news suddenly spread from the capital to Mukden, and Cixi, who had been in charge of the Qing Dynasty for decades, died.

Not long after Cixi died, Guangxu, who had been under house arrest by Cixi, also died.

The two pillars of the imperial court fell together, which was definitely an unprecedented blow to the imperial court.

Although Cixi had already identified a new emperor before her death, the court became panicked.

In this case, the historical glamorous funeral for Cixi did not appear.

Although the funerals of the two were still very luxurious, because the current imperial court only controls the Gyeonggi area, there is no way to compare the strength and financial resources with history, and the luxurious funeral is much simpler than history.

After the funeral, the new emperor ascended the throne.

But because the new emperor Fu Yi is still a child, although there is an auxiliary king, the panic situation in the court has not changed because of this, and there is even a bit of an intensifying posture.

Of course, the reason for this situation is that many of them are due to the contributions of Yuan Shikai and Yang Xingguo.

Both of them realized that now was the best chance to take the imperial court. And the more chaotic the court, the more panicked the people, and the less price they will pay to take the court.

"Marshal, this is the information just sent by the Military Intelligence Department, and the imperial court is also aware of its crisis, and is seizing the time to prepare for war and store ammunition. Several regents were no longer opposed, and at the court meeting that had just ended a few hours earlier, they had reached a consensus for the first time, preparing for war to protect Gyeonggi and protect the imperial court. As soon as the chief of staff rushed in front of Yang Xingguo, he handed over the information, and then reported it as concisely as possible.

Yang Xingguo didn't show the slightest worried expression on his face, first smiled, and then replied very easily: "It seems that the imperial court is also aware of its danger. It's just that the strength is there, and even if the rearmament war starts now, it will not have any impact on the final result. ”

"Indeed!" Sun Liechen also showed a smile on his face, and then affirmed.

"According to the report of the people we planted in the forbidden army of the imperial court, although the officers above the standard of the forbidden army are all die-hard officers who support the imperial court, there are not many people below who can really control the imperial court, and many people join the forbidden army for the high salaries issued by the imperial court."

Yang Xingguo was stunned for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "No, according to intelligence, the ordinary soldiers in the forbidden army are all Manchus. How could the Manchus not be loyal to the imperial court? ”

"Dashuai, those you said are the nobles among the Manchus, and the court gives them silver, status, and privileges, so that they are loyal to the court. But ordinary Manchus were not so lucky, and the imperial court had long stopped raising them, and they were basically no different from ordinary people. ”

In this case, the silver issued by the imperial court has become the silver for their lives. Therefore, the purpose of joining the forbidden army is not to be loyal, nor to serve the country, but for money. ”

"It seems that this is the imperial court that is going to die!" After listening to the explanation, Yang Xingguo couldn't help but sigh.

Sun Liechen immediately said: "Marshal, since this is the case, should we immediately implement the plan to go south that we have just formulated, enter the customs to eliminate the imperial court, and occupy the Gyeonggi area." ”

Yang Xingguo smiled undeniably and asked, "You must be worried that Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army will attack the imperial court before us and take Gyeonggi, thus threatening our national defense forces." ”

Sun Liechen did not hesitate, and replied very affirmatively: "Yes, Dashuai, it is definitely much easier for the Beiyang Army to kill from the Central Plains to the Gyeonggi area than it is for us to kill from outside the customs to Gyeonggi. If they attack in front of us, the Beiyang Army will definitely take the imperial court in front of us, then our losses will be great. ”

"If you play according to the normal way of playing, the situation must be similar to what you say." Yang Xingguo replied.

"However, I decided not to play in the usual way."

"Not only that, I want Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army to attack first, and then we will dispatch when they are inseparable, not only to take the imperial court, but also to inflict heavy losses on Yuan Shikai, killing two birds with one stone."

Sun Liechen looked disbelieving and asked, "How is it possible, Dashuai, how are you going to fight!" ”

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied mysteriously: "Keep it secret first, but there is one thing to do now." The Military Intelligence Department closely monitored every move of the Imperial Forbidden Army and the Beiyang Army, and reported any situation immediately. I will decide the best time for us to send troops based on the latest situation on the front. ”

At the headquarters of the Beiyang Army, more than a dozen senior officers of all sizes sat around the conference table in turn according to their qualifications and ranks, and Yuan Shikai, who was dressed in military uniform, sat at the top of the conference table with an excited and serious complex gaze.

Seeing that all his subordinates had arrived, Yuan Shikai directly ordered: "Cixi is dead, and Emperor Guangxu is also dead." Now that the people in the court are panicking, it is the best time for us to take the court and overthrow the court. After discussion, Ben Shuai decided to immediately send troops to attack the Gyeonggi area, force the imperial emperor to abdicate, overthrow the imperial system, and establish a republic! ”

"Obey the commander's orders!" As soon as Yuan Shikai overthrew the imperial court and made the marshal the president, then these generals would become the founding heroes. A dozen or so faces quickly shot out very hot glances, and then answered very willingly.

Yuan Shikai was very satisfied with everyone's reactions, and after taking a deep breath, he directly picked up the document in front of him and ordered.

"I decided to transfer the main forces of the six towns, three mixed associations, under the personal command of the commander, to launch an attack on the Gyeonggi area and overthrow the imperial court."

"During the whole battle, the Wehrmacht is likely to enter the customs to participate in the battle and seize Gyeonggi with us. Therefore, we must fight quickly and strive to end the fighting in 20 days. ”

"Twenty days, isn't it too short? As far as I know, after this period of expansion, the total strength of the imperial forbidden army has reached an astonishing 100,000, of which there are at least 60,000 main forces, as well as many heavy artillery units. And we only have the main force of six towns, and even if we add three mixed associations, the total number of troops is less than 80,000 people, and the town commander immediately raises his own concerns. ”

More than a dozen subordinates who were still hot just now showed worried expressions at this time, so that the latter focused their eyes on Yuan Shikai and waited for Yuan Shikai to follow. (To be continued.) )