After listening to Wang Shizhen's analysis, Yuan Shikai also felt more and more that this analysis was more reliable.

And what is the style of the imperial court, isn't he Yuan Shikai still unclear? For the Manchu people, it is unconditional trust, but for the Han people, they must be vigilant in every way, and even constantly beat.

And this time, the situation seems to be very similar to the traditional style of the imperial court.

Thinking of the reaction of the eunuch who sent the holy decree, Yuan Shikai felt more and more that he had guessed the intention of the imperial court. There is no other reason, because the news that the eunuch later revealed to Yuan Shikai was only said after Yuan Shikai took out a thousand taels of silver.

Before this, the eunuch had no intention of revealing any news.

"This court is really annoying!" Yuan Shikai couldn't help but complain, this kind of practice of the imperial court will hurt the hearts of many loyal ministers, and it turns out that until ten years later, Yuan Shikai did not really have the idea of replacing the Qing court.

Of course, although Yuan Shikai did not think of replacing the Qing court, he had other ideas.

For example, Yuan Shikai is constantly using various ways to blackmail the imperial court, so that the imperial court can knight him for his meritorious service. It wasn't until the Qing court was really gone, and Yuan Shikai got the guarantee of being the president, that he began to have the idea of forcing the Qing court to abdicate.

And forcing the Qing court to abdicate, under normal circumstances, in all dynasties, is to go through a lot of killing. If the emperor of the previous dynasty does not die, who can sit firmly in the future?

But Yuan Shikai did not do this, not only did not do this, but also promised to give the Qing court a certain amount of silver taels every year as expenses, and allowed them to continue to live in the palace.

Therefore, Yuan Shikai did not have the idea of opposing the Qing Dynasty, and similarly, in the later period, he only opposed the Qing Dynasty for his own interests.

After complaining, Yuan Shikai had two different ideas, but he didn't know how to choose, so he looked at Wang Shizhen again: "What do I think I should do?" ”

"Only bring a small number of personal soldiers into Beijing secretly, secretly transfer troops to the vicinity of Texas, once there is a change in the capital, the army will immediately go to the capital to rescue, of course, this is only the last resort, this is in the capital, but also need the palace security to maneuver." Wang Shizhen said.

Since it is a temptation of the imperial court, the only thing they can do is to let the imperial court tempt, and they can't just wave their troops into Beijing for this temptation, right?

"Looks like that's the only way to do it!" Yuan Shikai nodded, he had basically determined that this time the imperial court was mainly a deterrent to him, rather than really wanting his life.

Of course, the premise is that Yuan Shikai's answer can satisfy the imperial court, if Yuan Shikai's performance does not satisfy the imperial court, even with Li Zhongtang's protection, Yuan Shikai still has no chance of living.

At noon on the 10th day of the first lunar month, Yuan Shikai suddenly announced that a large number of remnants of the Boxer Rebellion were wreaking havoc on the people near Dezhou, and Yuan Shikai decided to send troops to exterminate these bandits that brought a huge threat to the people.

That night, there were more than 20,000 people stationed in the Wuwei Right Army and the vanguard of the Wuwei Right Army stationed in Shandong, and after only a few hundred people were left in their respective stations, the rest of the troops were secretly assembled near Dezhou.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, when half of the troops had arrived near Dezhou, Yuan Shikai left Jinan with a guard force of more than 100 people. Along the line of Dezhou, Botou, Hejian, Baoding and Zhuozhou, go north to the capital.

On the thirteenth night of the first lunar month, Yuan Shikai arrived in Texas and secretly entered the barracks.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Yuan Shikai was about to leave the barracks, and once again gathered the three non-commissioned officers together.

Although everything had been worked out before, Yuan Shikai was still a little uneasy.

"Pingqing, after I leave, I'll trouble you here." Yuan Shikai said to Wang Shizhen.

"Don't worry, there will be no problem." Wang Shizhen nodded and agreed.

There will not be much of a problem among the three non-commissioned officers, this is very clear to everyone, and the most likely place to have problems is the officers below the three of them.

That is Yuan Shikai's die-hard loyalist, and he cares about Yuan Shikai closely, once Yuan Shikai makes a mistake, these people are afraid that they will go crazy.

Yuan Shikai is actually most worried about the people below, although this is a good thing for him, but Yuan Shikai does not want to cause the dissatisfaction of the court because of their problems, which will lead to the failure of the whole situation.

"Well, the most successful thing in my life is that I have such a powerful right-hand man as the three of you." Yuan Shikai nodded and said meaningfully.

And the meaning of Yuan Shikai's words, the three of them also understood, but the reaction was not as big as they imagined. After all, their current status is not low, and it is limited to rise further, and it is better to be down-to-earth.

The current three are not the three of more than ten years later, and the relationship between them is still relatively simple, at least for now, there will be no idea of wanting to dominate others.

Yuan Shikai then told a few people some other trivial matters, and then secretly left the barracks with a hundred and ten guards.

It's just that everyone didn't notice that after Yuan Shikai left the barracks, about five miles ahead, behind him, there were several men following them tightly, and always kept a certain distance from them.

At the same time, a huge caravan consisting of more than 100 carriages left Texas under the escort of more than 500 people.

"Commander, Yuan Shikai has approached Wuqiao!" At noon, a man rushed back into the caravan from the front and reported in front of a wagon.

"Keep watching!" There was a response from inside the carriage.

This caravan was only about ten miles away from Yuan Shikai in front, and in fact, Yuan Shikai's speed was not fast.

Of course, there is also an important reason why this caravan can keep up with Yuan Shikai, that is, Yuan Shikai is also afraid of death, so he didn't dare to be so ostentatious, Yuan Shikai also pretended to be a caravan, and those guards played the role of the dart game.

That night, the caravan disguised by Yuan Shikai arrived in Dongguang and stayed there for the night.

Early the next morning, that is, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Yuan Shikai set off from Dongguang, and the road was still calm and uneventful, and he spent the night in Cangzhou that night.

With Yuan Shikai's forward speed, it is actually not slow for the caravan, but it is slightly faster than the speed of the caravan, but now in this year, no one will care about so many things.

However, on the morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, they encountered a very serious problem, because there was a problem with Yuan Shikai's line.

"Report to the head of the group, Yuan Shikai's convoy set off from the West Gate and went in the direction of Baoding." After following for more than ten miles, the soldier noticed that there was a problem with the direction, so he hurriedly ran back to report.

"Hmph, old fox. Continue to star, be sure to ensure Yuan Shikai's position. Inside the carriage, the regimental commander gave an urgent warning.

"Yes, Captain!"

Immediately afterward, the regiment commander continued to order the soldiers outside the car: "Inform the troops, and immediately go to Dingxing to set up an ambush." ”

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the convoy that had been in a hurry for several days along the way finally arrived near Zhengxing County, and when the convoy completely entered the encirclement, the soldiers who were ambushed here shot out the bullets in their guns one after another under the command of the commander.

Soon, there was also the sound of gunfire from the opposite side, but this sound was very small and did not have much impact on the ambushed troops.

This time, in order to be able to kill Yuan Shikai, Wang Sirui sent a regiment of troops to set up an ambush.

Yuan Shikai, on the other hand, only brought about a hundred people, and with 3,000 to 100, even if he shot with his eyes closed, he could shoot them to death.

The battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and the battle was over before many of the soldiers behind could even shoot.

About half an hour later, Ma Sanru, the regiment commander who had been following the rear of the convoy for more than ten miles, arrived at the battlefield, looking at the corpses all over the place, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and his face couldn't help showing a smug expression.

Ma Sanru kept walking back and forth among the corpses on this ground, but there was never a trace of discomfort on his face, he was already surprised by such a scene, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

It's just that when Ma Sanru checked all the corpses, the forehead on his face was tightly wrinkled.

Because, he found a more serious problem than Yuan Shikai's detour.

Ma Sanru pulled the soldier in charge of tracking and asked, "Are you sure Yuan Shikai is in the car?" Are you sure no one is running away? ”

"Commander, I watched Yuan Shikai get into the car with my own eyes, and no one left along the way." The soldier said aggrievedly.

Immediately, Ma Sanru pulled the soldier to a carriage, lifted the curtain, and looked at the two corpses lying inside, judging from the clothing, it was indeed Yuan Shikai, and the body shape was also very similar.

"Did you see him?"

"Yes, that's him."

"Damn, I'm still fooled!" Ma Sanru kicked the carriage fiercely, and immediately asked one of his battalion commanders, "How many people have you killed?" ”

"Report to the head of the regiment, a total of one hundred and seven people were killed." The battalion commander reported.

"!" Ma Sanru suddenly scolded.

When the front first came out, Yuan Shikai's convoy obviously had one hundred and eleven people, but now there are only one hundred and seven people left, so where are the other four?

And the soldier in charge of tracking was very convinced that the Yuan Shikai he saw was the one in the car, but Ma Sanru had seen a photo of Yuan Shikai, so it was obviously not Yuan Shikai.

In the past few days, they have not observed whether there are fewer people in this convoy.

"Clear the scene, find a hundred and seven people to change into their clothes, disguise themselves as a caravan and continue to move forward at this pace, and the rest search nearby." Ma Sanru ordered to the battalion commander, and immediately turned to the guards beside him and said, "Let's go back to Beijing immediately!" (To be continued.) )