As soon as Duan Qirui heard Qiao Yu say that the United States and Ben would be involved, he immediately felt a mental shock, if these two powers participated, China really didn't have to take on too many tasks, Duan Qirui has now felt the huge pressure brought by Qiao Yu, especially after Qiao Yu formed a political party, the threat to Duan Qirui was even greater, and Lao Duan urgently needed to find a way to improve his prestige to stabilize his regime.

If all the lost land in the north can be regained, Duan Qirui's reputation will definitely be as good as Zhongtian, and when the time comes, he will have the capital to compete with Qiao Yu Group, and he will not have to be passive everywhere like now, so Duan Qirui is still very tempted.

"Shunqing, of course it's a good thing to recover my homeland, but now I don't have any available troops in my hands, and the only 100,000 troops have to be sent to Europe to participate in the war, and it is really difficult to send troops!"

"Zhion, I have already negotiated with the British and French, and they are also extremely frightened by the majority party in power, so they have agreed to let your 100,000 new troops stay in the north, and although the southwest is beyond the reach of the whip, but the recovery of the land is the duty of the soldiers, I will definitely not be resigned to the rear, after the army goes north, the southwest will fully support all kinds of materials to ensure all the needs of the brothers!"

Qiao Yu took over the logistics problem, and Xu Shuzheng was completely moved: "Zhi Weng, since Qiao Shuai is so generous, our Beiyang soldiers also have blood surnames, and they are not rice buckets, so we should be prepared." ”

Duan Qirui also nodded: "Shunqing, since this is the case, I don't want to miss this opportunity, but we must both work together!" ”

"Chion, I can assure you that Southwest will definitely do his best!"

"Well, then I'm relieved, it's just that the territory to be recovered this time is too large, including the northeast, northwest, and Outer Mongolia, thousands of kilometers of front, and the number of 100,000 troops is still not enough!"

Xu Shuzheng's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Zhiweng, Qiao Shuai, I don't think it's as good as this, the 27th Division of Fengtian will cooperate with the Beiyang Army to take back the power of the Middle East Road, and then wait for the opportunity to cross the border and get the Outer Northeast in hand, and then the main force of Beiyang will directly enter Outer Mongolia, and the side of Xinjiang Province will be Zhang Guangjian, Yang Xinxin will be responsible, and Qiao Shuai can also give them some support!" ”

Xu Shuzheng's proposal is indeed good, dividing the entire north into three parts, which is similar to Qiao Yu's idea: "Zhiweng, Mr. Youzheng, the most important responsibility for recovering the homeland this time is in Outer Mongolia, as long as Outer Mongolia is in our hands, we can threaten the Trans-Siberian Railway at any time, and strive for the strategic initiative, which must be taken back, and the Outer Northeast is rich in resources and has not yet been developed, so it can just transfer too much population in the country, and the weight is also very heavy. It's better to get into the hands of the book than to get into the hands of Russia! ”

Qiao Yu knows the family background of Beiyang, plus the 100,000 soldiers newly trained this time, if it plays normally, it is no problem to watch Outer Mongolia, but it is a little difficult to hold more territory, so Qiao Yu will suggest that the power of the book be introduced into it, although Qiao Yu does not want to see the power of the company take advantage of it, but in the hands of the person who said that China may take it back, if it is in the hands of Soviet Russia, it will be completely troublesome, the lesser of two evils, temporarily in the hands of the person himself, sooner or later he will take back all the benefits with the interest!

Duan Qirui also hoped to let Yue Ben block hatred for China, so he also agreed to Qiao Yu's suggestion, and after the two sides talked about various details, they finalized the general strategy, and the Beiyang Army began to assemble in Rehe, Chahar, Suiyuan and other places, and the 27th Division and the 28th Division in the Northeast also began to move.

After Qiao Yu had a brief meeting with Duan Qirui, he immediately left Yanjing and returned directly to Yucheng, and now sending troops is a matter of one sentence, but all kinds of preparations are complicated, especially Qiao Yu also has to undertake the logistics work in Europe and Beiyang, so it must be planned in detail, once the logistics problems affect the grand strategy, it will be more than worth the loss.

The same is true of Beiyang, Duan Qirui personally left Yanjing, coordinated with the powerful factions in various places, inspected the border army, and was very busy, so that there was an emptiness in Yanjing City, and the great president Li Yuanhong, who had always been a puppet president, finally waited for an opportunity, he immediately sent a telegram to Zhang Xun, the pigtail marshal entrenched in Xuzhou, asking Zhang Xun to lead the army into Yanjing City, Li Yuanhong wanted to use Zhang Xun's power to improve his prestige, and took the opportunity to exclude Duan Qirui from the Yanjing regime, and Duan Qirui is now beyond the reach of the whip, and there is no way to stop it, the pigtailed handsome Zhang Xun took his pigtail army directly into Yanjing.

Accompanied by the pigtail army into Yanjing, there is also Kang Youwei, the Kang sage, Zhang Xun has always boasted of being a loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his troops all have a big braid, in order to show that he does not forget the previous dynasty, Zhang Xun can smoothly enter the north and Feng Guozhang's support is inseparable, this Beiyang bigwig guards Nanjing, and his power is strong, but Duan Qirui occupies the center, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger, especially after participating in World War I, Duan Qirui's subordinates have expanded rapidly, and there has been a huge gap between the original relatively balanced direct line and the Anhui line, With the successful training of Duan Qirui's 100,000 new army, this gap has become even greater.

Therefore, Feng Guozhang supported Zhang Xun to enter Yanjing, and instigated Zhang Xun and Li Yuanhong to suppress Duan Qirui.

But after Zhang Xun entered Yanjing, he began to be uneasy about Feng Guozhang's script began to act, but directly sent troops to besiege the presidential palace, and at the same time entered the Forbidden City to pay homage to the abdicated little emperor Pu Yi, and then Zhang Xun sent a telegram to the generals in Beiyang, asking them to support Pu Yi to re-ascend the throne.

In the telegram, Zhang Xun said sadly, since Yuan Shikai ascended the throne, Beiyang split, the rise of the southwest, if this goes on for a long time, Beiyang will be completely finished, for the future of Beiyang, Zhang Xuncai advocated that Pu Yi re-ascend the throne, with the help of the emperor's prestige, Beiyang will be united together, jointly fight against the southwest, and avoid Beiyang rivers and mountains from falling into the hands of Qiao Yu.

It can be said that what Zhang Xun said is still reasonable, now it is indeed the rise of the Sichuan system and the decline of the Beiyang, but it is not a joke to want to rely on a little doll Pu Yi to ascend the throne to save the overall situation, what Yuan Shikai can't do, Pu Yi can do it, but this Zhang Dashuai doesn't care about this, but commands his subordinates to control all the important places in Yanjing City and imprison Li Yuanhong.

Zhang Xun made such a fuss, and all the old and young remnants of the former Qing Dynasty jumped out, and the black smoke and miasma made a fuss, Zhang Xun forced the little emperor Puyi to ascend the throne again and announce it to the world.

After the farce of the restoration came out, the Chinese people were thundered again, Yuan Shikai was beaten to the throne for two or three months, and his face was bruised and swollen, and he died of illness in bed among the betrayals and relatives.

Duan Qirui, who was still inspecting in Zhangjiakou, was also taken aback, this is not a mess, Duan Qirui immediately announced the organization of the rebel army, ready to eliminate Zhang Xun and his gang, Qiao Yu, who was far away in Yucheng, was also taken aback after getting the news, with the rise of Qiao Yu, China's pattern has changed dramatically, and the issue of participating in the war has also been unified, there is no serious dispute at all, but Zhang Xun still chose to restore, it seems that once he has a plan in his heart, he will not change easily.

Qiao Yu sent a telegram to the whole country as the southwest patrol envoy and chairman of the Council of Ministers, demanding that Zhang Xun's restoration group be punished, and following in Qiao Yu's footsteps were Hubei overseer Xia Douyin and Hunan overseer Tan Yanhong, Shanxi overseer Yan Xishan, Shaanxi overseer Chen Shufan, Gansu overseer Zhang Guangjian, and Liangguang patrol envoy Lu Rongting.

However, a small pigtail handsome Zhang Xun in the face of this strong opposition is still unexpected, and dare not imagine, Duan Qirui mobilized three divisions of the new army to join the army and other armies to besiege the pigtail army, the equipment of the participating army is in accordance with the standard equipment of the French [***] team, the weapons are provided by Sichuan, and there are aircraft in the sky to fight, this kind of powerful force is not Zhang Xun can compete with at all, but Zhang Xun failed completely in three days, and Zhang Xun's restoration only lasted seven days. The little emperor Pu Yi became emperor for a week and then had to announce his abdication.

Zhang Xun also fled to the concession, although this turmoil only lasted for a week, but the impact was not small, the remnants of the Manchu Qing still wanted to make waves and subvert the Republic of China, which made people have to be vigilant.

And the great president Li Yuanhong also lost his authority, it was he who recruited Zhang Xun to Yanjing that led to the disaster, and now he has the face to continue to be the president, he can only end gloomily, Li Yuanhong can become the president by the result of the compromise between Beiyang and Sichuan, and now not only Beiyang, but even Qiao Yu is dissatisfied with Li Yuanhong, and he can't think about it if he doesn't want to go at this point.

Li Yuanhong is gone, but who should hand over the president has become a big problem, according to reason, Vice President Feng Guozhang, who is in Nanjing, should succeed him as president, but in the matter of Zhang Xun's restoration, Feng Guozhang also played a bad role, and Qiao Yu was unwilling to let him take the throne.

"Junzuo, I didn't expect that there are still people who want to be emperors now, and the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are not willing to be lonely, it's really incomprehensible!" Liang Qichao opposed Yuan Shikai as emperor at the beginning, and now he will not see Pu Yi ascend the throne, what surprised him was that his teacher Kang Youwei actually participated in it and became an accomplice in the restoration of the imperial system, which made Liang Qichao's mood very low.

"Mr. Ren Gong, Kang Youwei doesn't know what to do, but he is self-inflicted, but judging from this restoration, there is still too much garbage in this society, which is why I insist on one-party governance, and there must be a strong political party to clean up all this garbage!"

"What the chairman said is that if the election campaign is carried out according to the party system, will not the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also come out to destroy the republic! It's just that now that the position of the president is vacant, I don't know who the chairman supports? ”

"Mr. Ren Gong, originally let Li Yuanhong serve as the president to avoid a head-on conflict between us and Beiyang and leave a buffer, but now that the forces of the two sides have reversed, I think it is better to directly support Duan Qirui to take the position!"

Duan Qirui is also interesting in the history of the Republic of China, five times as the prime minister of the cabinet, although he is in power, but he has never been a president, Liang Qichao heard it, shook his head again and again: "Chairman, I don't think it's appropriate, Duan Qirui became the president, he occupied the name of righteousness, if he can recover the lost land in the north, he will inevitably increase his reputation, and it will be more difficult to replace him at that time, so the surname Suo will support him to take office!" ”

(To be continued)