On the sixth day of the second month of February and the 25th of March, Wang Shizhen and his entourage came to the capital, and the road was very smooth and did not encounter any obstacles.

It's just that when they entered the capital, they encountered problems.

Nearly 3,000 troops were blocked outside the city gate by the city gate guards, and four Maxim heavy machine guns were assumed to be on the city wall, and the muzzles of the black holes were ruthlessly aimed at this below, as long as those people below intended to break through the city gates, they would immediately shoot bullets mercilessly into their bodies.

When foreign officers enter the capital, soldiers have always been not allowed to enter the city, let alone those who are heavily armed.

Originally, there was no problem for them to be turned away from the city gate, but the problem was that once Wang Shizhen and the others left the protection of the troops, they would instantly feel insecure.

How was Yuan Shikai caught by Wang Sirui? Isn't it because he only took a small number of guards with him when he left Shandong? The four of them were also worried that once they ordered the soldiers to stay outside the city, Wang Sirui would take action against them as soon as they entered the city with their front feet.

In any case, Wang Sirui is already a person who has left a criminal record with them.

The troops guarding the city gate refused to break through, but Wang Shizhen and others were unwilling to leave the protection of the troops, so the two sides were at a stalemate here for a while.

The stalemate between the two armies at the gate of the city also made the nearby people who were planning to enter the city through this gate avoid it.

Soon, the anomaly located on the side of Zuo'anmen spread to Yang Gen, the commander of the first division, one brigade and one regiment responsible for guarding the entire southern city wall.

In fact, Yang Gen had long known that Wang Shizhen and others would enter Beijing in the near future, and in order to prevent them from bringing a large number of troops into the city, Yang Gen had also made some preparations.

After receiving the news, Yang Gen immediately gathered the troops of a battalion that was resting in the battalion, and gathered all the heavy machine guns of the whole regiment except for the sixteen heavy machine guns deployed on the southern city wall.

In this way, a battalion carrying the remaining forty-eight heavy machine guns of the whole regiment immediately rushed to Zuo'anmen.

After arriving at Zuo'anmen, Yang Gen personally carried four heavy machine guns directly out of the city gate, and the four machine gun crews quickly deployed the four machine guns in the bunker prepared by the previous troops.

'Click! ’

When the four machine guns were deployed, the four machine gunners loaded the bullets directly, and there was a big stance that they would start fighting if they didn't agree.

Before Wang Shizhen and the others could react from the shock, a battalion of soldiers who had just been supported on the city wall was already in place.

Every four battlements, the muzzle of a heavy machine gun appeared from the battlements, and the shadow of a spear was also seen in the spare battlements, and for a time the figures on the city wall shook.

Although the number of troops is not as large as Wang Shizhen's side, in terms of firepower strength, Wang Shizhen and them are thousands of miles away.

This time, Wang Shizhen and the four of them did not carry heavy machine guns at all, and there were not many heavy machine guns in the Wuwei Right Army, and those heavy machine guns were all precious, and they did not dare to bring out the heavy machine guns privately.

Dozens of heavy machine guns were lined up in front of them, which also shocked Wang Shizhen and other soldiers under him.

"Who is Your Excellency? And why are so many machine guns aimed at us? Seeing this, Wang Shizhen could only stubbornly walk towards Yang Gen, a young and frightened man who looked like a chief, and asked.

"Yang Gen, commander of the first division, one brigade and one regiment of the New Army." Yang Gen reported his name, and immediately asked rhetorically like a boss: "As for why the heavy machine gun is aimed at you, don't you know in your heart?" ”

"We don't carry heavy weapons, these are only guards, and after entering the city, they will act in full accordance with your army's instructions, don't your troops even have this strength?" Not to be outdone, Wang Shizhen responded.

"I have been ordered to bring only one squad of each of you, that is, twelve warriors, into the city, and the rest of you are not allowed to enter the city. This is the Imperial City, don't you want to mutiny? Yang Gen was not frightened by Wang Shizhen, but asked more imposingly.

"Mutiny? Hehe, I can't afford to enjoy such a felony, since your army doesn't welcome us, then let's leave. Duan Qirui smiled, shook his head, and quietly motioned for Wang Shizhen to leave here quickly.

With today's posture, it is absolutely impossible for them to lead troops into the city. But let each of them only carry one squad of soldiers into the city, which obviously does not give them a sense of security.

It's not a way to spend it here all the time, so Duan Qirui wants to leave here first and go to a distant place to discuss a way before making a decision.

If it really doesn't work, they can only return to Shandong by the same route, anyway, they have soldiers in their hands, and it is a big deal to occupy the mountain as the king, cut off the entire Shandong, and then seek the support of the great powers to confront Wang Sirui.

"Also, since your army doesn't trust us, then there is no need for us to enter the city." How could Wang Shizhen not understand Duan Qirui's thoughts? He also knew very well that he would only compromise if he continued to stay here now, so he could only leave for a while and then find a way out.

"Hmph, as a soldier of the Qing Dynasty, but ignoring the laws of the Qing Dynasty, and leading troops into Beijing without the will of the imperial court, do you want to leave so easily? Do you really think that my Qing soldiers are all vegetarians? Yang Gen snorted coldly, and immediately pulled out his matching gun and aimed it at Wang Shizhen.

After Yang Gen pulled out his matching gun, dozens of heavy machine guns and hundreds of long guns behind him also loaded their bullets, and now they only waited for Yang Gen to fire the first shot, and then they would not hesitate to kill all the enemies under the city walls.

"Hehe, little brother, don't forget, you're just a small regimental leader, and the four of us, the lowest level is also the same level as you, are you sure you want to stop us?" Wang Shizhen turned around and looked at Yang Gen with a smile on his face, as if he didn't take the threat posed by the dozens of heavy machine guns in front of him in his eyes at all.

However, at this moment, Wang Shizhen's back was already wet with sweat, if it weren't for the fact that the weather was still cold now, and they were still wearing cotton clothes, Wang Shizhen would not have the slightest confidence to deceive Yang Gen at this moment.

It's a pity that Wang Shizhen doesn't know the internal situation of the Han army, and if he knew about the Han army, he wouldn't have said such threatening words to Yang Gen.

"No matter how high the position is, it is still a rebel, even an ordinary soldier of my Qing Dynasty has the right to kill you, not to mention that I am the regiment commander?" Yang Gen said mercilessly.

It seems that he can define Wang Shizhen and others as rebels as a regiment commander, of course, if Wang Sirui hadn't spoken in advance, Yang Gen wouldn't have dared to do so much.

"So, can't we disobey?" Wang Shizhen continued.

"What do you think?" Yang Gen said.

"Three, I think we should go into the city according to their request, and the rest will camp on the spot." Wang Shizhen was secretly annoyed in his heart, and he added three points of hatred to Yang Gen.

The other three also have the same idea as Wang Shizhen, thinking that which one of them is not a character in Beiyang? When they arrived here, they were eaten to death by a small regimental commander, although they also had the idea of resisting, but the dozens of heavy machine guns on the opposite wall were no joke.

For them, who have been in the army all year round and have dealt with weapons and equipment, it is natural that the authenticity of these weapons has been determined as soon as they appear.

In the same way, they did not believe that a single regiment could be equipped with so much heavy firepower, perhaps this was to concentrate more than half of the heavy firepower of their entire division.

In this way, without Wang Sirui's own order, they would not dare to do this. That is to say, this order was given by Wang Sirui himself, and the matter has come to this point, what can they do if they don't obey? Could it be that he traveled hundreds of miles to the capital, just to receive the title of a rebel?

Of course, after suffering this dark loss, Wang Shizhen will not bear it so silently, anyway, the purpose of this trip is to discuss the conditions for joining Wang Sirui, and it is a big deal to fill in the Yang Gen in front of him, Wang Shizhen still doesn't believe it, he Wang Sirui has spent so much effort, and he will give up the three of them because of a small group leader.

However, soon Wang Shizhen felt that he had guessed wrong, because after entering the capital, he realized the strength of the Han army.

The heavy machine guns seen on the city walls earlier did not seem to be the weapons of the Han army, because when they passed through several important street intersections, they could always see machine gun positions one after another, and there were heavy machine guns standing in them.

In the barracks, they saw a defensive force that was even more terrifying than the outside, and the defending troops of a battalion also had dozens of heavy machine guns to protect the water inside and out.

Wang Shizhen still knows a little about the art of war, but even he, a layman-level figure, knows very well that if he wants to break through this barracks, I'm afraid that even 10,000 troops may not be able to break through this barracks guarded by only a few hundred people.

When they arrived at the barracks, they found that Wang Sirui was not in the barracks, but went to the construction site in the north of the city to inspect.

Wang Shizhen and the others went to the barracks for free sightseeing, and then were dragged to the north of the city. Similarly, in the north of the city, not far from the city gate, there was the military camp responsible for supporting the northern city wall.

There weren't many soldiers in the barracks, but there were still more than a dozen heavy machine guns in it. This kind of defensive firepower simply scared them out of their minds.

When they arrived outside the city, they found that they had really been a small man before, and although there was a huge construction site outside the city, where thousands of people were working, the defensive firepower here was no less than the defensive firepower of any place they had seen before.

And those people were even more energetic, and they didn't seem to have the slightest reluctant expression, which also caused Wang Shizhen and others to be puzzled. (To be continued.) )