Before Yang Yuanzhao was happy for long, more information was fed back, compared to the domestic flat reaction, the foreign reaction was much more intense, especially the minister's reaction was extremely fierce, the Russian minister Dunsovetz rushed directly to Beiyang after seeing the newspaper, solemnly made an appointment to meet Yuan Shikai, and made a solemn protest,

At the beginning, Yuan Shikai also felt that perhaps some actions in the Beiyang made Russia feel unhappy, and for Russia, which actually controlled part of the Northeast and had a huge military strength in the Far East, Yuan Shikai was vigilant with a certain hostility.

However, after listening to it for a long time, especially when Dunsowitz mentioned that their Far Eastern Military District and the European part had prepared 18 divisions for this battle and were going to operate against Mongolia and the northwest, he found out that the opponent's target was against Mongolia and the northwest.

"Mongolia is a sovereign state, and it has established diplomatic relations with Russia, and sending troops to interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign state is not allowed by international law." Facing the excited Dunsowitz, Yuan Shikai nodded and listened to him, following his words, but he heard it in his heart, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, the attitude of the great powers was the same, and some of his despicable actions were hung with a veil of justice.

Mongolian independence is definitely inseparable from Russia, otherwise, Dunsowitz would not be so like being stepped on by the tail, and came over to protest angrily, thinking that the northwest was expanding its territory, which in his opinion has nothing to use, but he didn't expect that the northwest actually bumped into Russia.

But what happened next made Yuan Shikai even more happy, because after Dunsowitz left, the same protest was still in Japan. The British and French ministers staged that even if Yuan Shikai was no stranger to international politics and geopolitics, and he didn't know anything about it, he knew that things were big and thought it was normal for Mongolia to become independent. It does not seem to be simple, and the dispatch of troops from the northwest is also decisively as if it was planned, and they almost inevitably face the foreign powers.

Yuan Shikai is a very smart person, very good at using opposition and gaps, from the Korean Dynasty back then, to the later Wuxu Reform. Even in the Beiyang, the incomparably definite table Xiàn came out, in his opinion, whether it was the great powers or the northwest. It's not something he can deal with, but it's the conflict between them that is his chance.

On the surface, he promised the great powers not to interfere in the struggle between the two sides, but he proposed to the great powers that Mongolia was an independent country without spitting, and as a member of the high-level of the Far Qing Dynasty, the Qing court was greatly criticized for ceding land and paying compensation. The Beiyang represented by Yuan Shikai will not directly confront the great powers, but it will be spread on the surface. No one will directly think that if Mongolia is ceded out, it will not be spurned by the people, and a hat that will be humiliated by losing power and humiliating the country and paying compensation for land cession cannot be taken off.

Yuan Shikai inherited the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Beiyang from a certain level. It was developed on the basis of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but it did not mean that he was willing to inherit the Qing court's loss of power and humiliation of the country. In a certain sense, the Republic of China can be regarded as a new beginning. It is possible to promise some conditions to the great powers, but the premise on the surface is absolutely not to be signed and accepted.

In the evening, Yuan Shikai called most of the staff, including Yang Du, and asked them to analyze what kind of charter the northwest was, and whether this so-called recovery of Mongolia would bring them opportunities.

Yang Du and other staff, hidden people, officialdom, and even fighting for power and profit, they are very good at these, especially Yang Du, who has learned the imperial mind, but in this turbulent era, they don't understand the politics that focuses on geopolitical affairs and international relations, and they don't even think about it, but is it Mongolian independence, why does the northwest know that Russia is behind it, and still rush forward, doesn't he know, will this anger the powers?

Because I don't understand, I don't understand, but this is an opportunity, isn't it, what are the great powers, for so many years, they have not been defeated against China, and under the situation of confrontation between the two sides, the momentum on China's side has come down first, according to what Dunsowitz said, 210,000 Russian troops will go to China, and the northwest is no less than a mantis arm as a car.

Although Mongolia and even the northwest will be lost, it is impossible for Russia to ceded land in China unscrupulously, and there must always be some restraint, and perhaps, the great enemy of the northwest, which is pressing on Beiyang, will be solved.

In the end, it can be regarded as a result, that is, to wait and see the changes, to respond to all changes without change, the Chinese way of thinking, may not be very suitable for this era, at least not to adapt to the current situation in China, they think that the most prudent method, in fact, has missed the opportunity, Beiyang and Yuan Shikai have made a decision, and the revolutionary party is the same.

The protest of the ministers of the great powers headed by Dunsowitz did not have an effect, for the British, French, Japanese and Russian ministers, this was just an attitude of showing Xiàn, in order to let Beiyang not interfere in it, not to mention anything else, the crazy expansion of the Beiyang army, all in the eyes of the great powers, those sophisticated weapons, have been tested on the battlefield, even the German minister Mummer has to admit that this batch of commissions, 1888, in terms of quality, will not be worse than the original German ones.

More than 300,000 troops, equipped with a large number of weak and artillery, such a force, if intervened in the situation in Mongolia, will inevitably have bad consequences, the four countries together to get out of the way, is to keep Beiyang out of the matter.

After getting Yuan Shikai's approval, and carefully observing, the towns in Beiyang did not move, they really set their sights on the Mongolian side, the powers, including the Russian minister Dunsovetz, never thought that Mongolia's so-called independence farce could stop others, especially Mongolia actually did not act according to the agreed script, became independent in advance, and directly electrified the whole country after independence, instead of waiting for the Russian army to enter, which made Russia very passive.

The great powers do not know the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army, but they can destroy a town in Beiyang, which is in the back of the Beiyang towns, and is also the old foundation of Beiyang, and the combat effectiveness of such a town is not as good as their regular army, and it is about the same, at least give full play to the strength of the second-line troops, such 10 divisions, about 200,000 troops, and the so-called more than 10,000 people in Mongolia, most of them are temporarily pulled up, and the guns have not been fired a few times, and they are not the opponents of the Northwest at all.

Russia didn't count on these people, just thinking that the traffic between Mongolia and Baotou was quite bad, with the help of traffic blocking the northwest, the northwest action, beyond everyone's expectations, quick action, with lightning speed, quickly occupied Kulen, captured the living Buddha alive, with the help of the greedy Jebzundamba, stabilized the situation in the northwest, which made Russia unable to use Mongolia to make a big fuss, only to forcibly attack.

However, in the eyes of Dunsowitz, and even the Russian Far East Command, this is only a small problem, the Northwest Army just defeated the so-called Mongolian Independence Army, as long as their army arrived, they all fell apart, and they underestimated Japan back then, but no matter how Japan said it, it was an industrial country, and Britain was behind it, how to say, the fleet had a certain size as early as more than 10 years ago, what is the northwest, I haven't heard of it 3 years ago, It is just a region of a backward Qing country, how can it be possible to confront Great Russia, and it will be over with a casual fight, just a little more effort.

Compared with Dunsowitz's optimism, the Japanese Minister Ijiin Hikoyoshi's thoughts are not as optimistic as Dunsowitz, Japan, as an Asian country, has always been eyeing China, among all the powers, the most profound understanding of the northwest, especially after the northwest defeated the Beiyang Army, almost spent a lot of effort to understand the northwest.

The vigorous northwest, in light industry, machinery manufacturing, and even the arms industry, almost completely expelled the powers, Britain may not care, the sun never sets the empire has the colonies of the whole world, France is more financial credit, only the fledgling Japan, really experienced the terrible, just 3 years, Japan's thriving economy, suffered a blow that was almost ruined, if not the United States, Britain and other low-end markets, there is still a part of the market share, It can be said that Japan has closed itself off again.

After decades of hard work, the economic system established by defeating the reparations of the Qing and Russia seems to be only at home, but Japan knows very well that if Japan did not maintain some kind of advantage over the Qing State, the products of the northwest could not enter Japan, and their economy would have collapsed long ago.

However, at present, it seems that this result will not be able to support many years, and the merchants are chasing profits, even if the Japanese are strictly guarded, Japan, which has been opened to the country, is unable to resist the capitalists led by the British, if they find that they can get a greater profit from the things imported from the northwest, and do not have to spend huge transportation costs, then Japan's disaster will come.

Russia's actions are very clear to Japan, the strength of the 210,000 army, Ijiin Hikoyoshi is very clear, Japan was not a desperate war back then, and there was an advantage in the navy, waiting for work, defeating the so-called Russian Navy, to win over Russia, it is not so easy, now in the northwest, just look at how much strength the battle with Beiyang has come out, if it is the strength of the army, the 210,000 Russian army, enough for them to suffer a big loss.

Only by defeating the northwest can Japan regain the Chinese market, the only thing that is a little unhappy is that Russia's tentacles have penetrated into China's interior, but don't be afraid, China is too big, Japan only needs to occupy a small part.

Japan in this era has not yet been so crazy in the Second World War, even in World War II, it was carried away by successive victories, and with Japan's strength, the snake swallowed China by swallowing the elephant, not a war, it can be achieved.

A war between the Northwest and Russia is inevitable, and Japan, which has made a bet, can only hope that Russia will defeat the Northwest and completely cut off the foundation for China's rise, otherwise, Japan will have no future at all. (To be continued) R466