After Zhang Zhidong and the Southern Governor came up with a so-called Empire of the Federal Republic of China in early December, they poured cold water on the fierce Beiyang infighting!

In particular, after Zhang Zhidong became the prime minister of the Chinese Federal Empire, the first policy he proposed was to organize the Northern Expedition of the Southern Federation Army to cater to the Holy Driver, which made the situation in the whole of China appear in unprecedented chaos.

For a while, even the misfire between Zhao Dongyun and Wang Yingkai, who was originally noisy, quietly stopped!

Originally, at the end of November, that is, on the 29th, Li Chun's Third Association of the Second Town of Fengtian under Zhao Dongyun had launched a sneak attack to conquer Lin Tingkou, and together with the Fourth Association of the Second Town, he was ready to conquer Baodi.

However, after the southern provinces created this empire of the Chinese Federal Empire, Zhao Dongyun ordered the front-line troops to suspend the planned offensive.

On the opposite side of Wang Yingkai, Zhang Huaizhi's Fifth Town, which was originally going north to reinforce the direction of the Beijing Division, and Wang Ruxian's 29th Mixed Association also suspended their northward movements, so they quickly set their sights on the south!

On December 3, Wang Yingkai issued a telegram of strong condemnation in the face of the establishment of the so-called Chinese Federal Empire in the southern provinces, saying that the governors of the southern provinces do not care about the overall situation of the republic and vainly attempt to subvert the overall situation of the Chinese republic, which is really the great enemy of the country and the nation!

However, powering on this thing is just a statement, and it doesn't actually have any effect!

On the 4th of December, the sky that had been gloomy for many days finally fluttered with light snow, and in the headquarters of the Beiyang Standing Army, Wang Yingkai was wearing a dark blue general's coat, looking at the branches with snowflakes hanging outside the window!

"Why is it so hard to do something?" After Wang Yingkai sighed in a low voice, he took his eyes back from the window, and then looked at Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen beside him: "You say, are we really wrong to oust the emperor from power and seek a republic for the country and the nation?" ”

Duan Qirui said with a cold face: "We are not wrong, it is he Zhang Zhidong who is wrong, and it is those governors in the south who are not old-fashioned!" ”

"They are sinners through the ages!" Wang Shizhen also unceremoniously criticized the southern governors: "Look at what they have done, not only do they want to trample on the republican process of our country, but I think they want to provoke a civil war!" ”

Wang Yingkai swept his gaze over Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, and then threw himself at the dead branches and snow outside the window again, he felt dazed for the first time since the incident, at this time he thought, if Yuan Gong was facing his own situation, what would he do?

If Yuan Gong is still here, will those governors in the south still dare to do so?

He continued to look out the window, and continued: "What about Tangshan, what is the reaction now?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "Ziyang's side has issued a telegram, saying that he resolutely does not recognize the Southern Federal Government!" ”

"In this way, Ziyang still cares about the overall situation!" When Wang Yingkai spoke, the hand in his hand was already clenched unconsciously, and then said: "Contact Tangshan, just say that I want to sit down with Ziyang and talk about the future of our Beiyang!" ”

When Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen heard this, their faces changed in unison, and Duan Qirui even said: "This ......"

Wang Shizhen's face also flashed, and then he sighed: "I didn't expect that this time we were fighting for each other, but Zhang Nanpi made a wedding dress!" ”

At this time, Wang Yingkai turned around, and then said: "If Yuan Gong is still here, if I am still in Beiyang, it is still Beiyang a few months ago?" Do the provinces in the south dare to rebel? ”

Without waiting for Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen to answer, he just said to himself: "The reason why Zhang Nanpi dares to do this is nothing more than that my Beiyang is now leaderless and infighting!" ”

Wang Yingkai tightened the coat on his body, and then arrived: "You, I still have that Zhao Dongyun, together we are Beiyang!" ”

Tangshan, Zhao Dongyun looked at Zhou Xuexi, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, Wang Yingkai chose a good lobbyist!

This week, Zhou Xuexi and him Zhao Dongyun have a relatively close relationship, but after Yuan Shikai died, Zhou Xuexi, like other Yuan Shikai's staff, chose to throw himself to Wang Yingkai, but did not choose to throw himself Zhao Dongyun.

Looking at Zhou Xuexi today, it seems that many years have passed!

"Ziyang, you know that I, Zhou Xuexi, am not a simple politician, my favorite is to run an industry, if it is not a last resort, I am unwilling to intervene in the battle of several of you!" Zhou Xuexi said: "If there is no matter in the south, you will fight for it, and in the end, whether it is you or Wang Shaochen, someone will win and clean up the mess, and continue to lead us and other Beiyang people to struggle." But now you have seen this situation, under the shout of Zhang Zhidong in the south, almost all the southern provinces have chosen to vote for this pseudo-federal empire.

Now they are saying that they want to go on the Northern Expedition, but they have actually become the great enemy of life and death in my Beiyang, the great enemy of the republic, and now in this situation, you say that if we are still doing our own Beiyang as before, isn't this cheaper Zhang Nanpi them? ”

Zhou Xuexi saw that Zhao Dongyun didn't speak yet, so he took a deep breath again: "Even if you don't want to see Wang Shaochen, once Wang Shaochen and them are defeated, I'm afraid that your Northeast will not be able to keep it at that time!" Lips and teeth are cold! ”

When Zhao Dongyun heard this, he stretched out his hand and waved it: "I know this big truth, but he Wang Shaochen can't just open his mouth and send me away!" ”

"Now you are not an outsider, I will tell you the truth, I am not satisfied with the situation now, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under my command are not satisfied, if he Wang Shaochen wants to rest the army and truce, it is naturally possible, but this condition!"

Zhou Xuexi's face was happy when he heard this: "As long as you have this new, then it is easy to talk about it, and I can't say anything about the conditions, you can talk about it in person at that time!" ”

Zhao Dongyun was also thinking about it at this moment, it was obvious that Wang Yingkai was now being attacked on both sides, even if the coalition forces under him were more than himself, it was absolutely impossible to fight on two fronts, one south and one north!

Zhang Zhidong's Northern Expeditionary Army is about to go north, and he must first stop the war with himself, and then go all out to deal with the governor in the south, and maybe even unite himself to go south to suppress the governor in the south.

In this case, it is not good for Zhao Dongyun to directly unite with the Southern Governor and Wang Yingkai to start a war, because this involves a matter of righteousness, the Beiyang brand on his Zhao Dongyun is deep in the bone marrow, and it is impossible to wash the bones by removing them, even the three-year-old children in China know that he Zhao Dongyun is a Beiyang boss, if he betrays the cooperation between Beiyang and the Southern Federation, it is not a matter of interests, but a major issue of right and wrong, and a large number of civilian and military generals will never allow themselves to make this choice.

And to be honest, Zhao Dongyun doesn't want Wang Yingkai to fall like this, and when there is no Wang Yingkai, he will have to face the Southern Federation directly, and it won't be fun at that time.

The best strategy today is to take advantage of the current situation to extract the greatest benefits from Wang Yingkai, and then expand the army while doing things Wang Yingkai and Zhang Zhidong will kill each other, and then come out to clean up the mess when the time is ripe.

So he thought about it for a while, and then said, "It's okay, you reply to him, just say I can sit down with him and talk!" ”

Zhou Xuexi listened to it, and his face was happy: "Such a great goodness!" ”

Under the huge threat that the Southern Northern Expeditionary Army is being formed and will go north in a short time, the meeting between Wang Yingkai and Zhao Dongyun was arranged very quickly, Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, the three bigwigs, and even Xu Shichang, Zhou Xuexi and other Beiyang civilian officials and staff all arrived in Tianjin within two days, and they were all waiting for the same person, that is, Zhao Dongyun!

On December 8, on the railway outside Tianjin, a train that was slightly different from ordinary passenger cars was spitting black smoke towards Tianjin, but in this train that did not seem to be different, there were a large number of soldiers wearing dark blue military uniforms and wearing Feng-style military rank symbols.

In one of the carriages, Zhao Dongyun, who was still dressed as a soldier, reviewed various reports sent from Fengtian, and after a while, there was a knock on the door of the carriage, and then Li San walked in.

"Commander, we're about to make a pit stop!"

Zhao Dongyun put down his pen at this time: "You can arrange for someone to send these approved texts back to Jinzhou, and you can't delay official business because I am out!" ”

Li San nodded and said, "Understood, it won't be delayed!" ”

At the same time, outside the Tianjin Railway Station, a large number of people have gathered, and at the same time, a large number of police forces are on guard duty everywhere, since Yuan Shikai was openly assassinated on the streets of Beijing, including Zhao Dongyun, the Beiyang bigwigs have increased their security forces!

This time I came to Tianjin for talks, because of the Xinchou Treaty, whether it was Wang Yingkai and Zhao Dongyun, it was impossible to bring a large number of personal guard troops over, but it did not prevent the use of alternative methods, Tianjin could not garrison troops, but it did not say that police could not be stationed!

Under the Beiyang system, there is such an armed force as the Tianjin police, and the police are armed to get rid of the right army of Wuwei, which is a typical army of the Beiyang system.

And Zhao Dongyun came to Tianjin, in order to avoid diplomatic trouble, so let his guards all change into the clothes of the Tianjin police force, he did not come alone, but came with more than 300 guards, and in the suburbs of Tianjin, the first association of Fengtian is eyeing the tiger, Zhao Dongyun in Tianjin once in danger, the first association will immediately come in to rescue, life and death at the moment of who cares about the Xin Chou treaty, diplomacy and the like.

Of course, Wang Yingkai's Beiyang Standing Army First Mixed Association is also in the horse factory south of Tianjin, and Duan Qirui's Beiyang Standing Army Second Mixed Association is in Langfang, and it can be killed at any time.

Qin Longbiao, who arrived at the Fengtian Army Headquarters General Staff Office in advance at the front station in Tianjin, stood with several people who came to greet Zhao Dongyun and whispered something.

"Mr. Zhao, this time is tight, thanks to your strong support, otherwise I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a place to stay until now!"

Zhao Chenliang laughed loudly: "Qin will do what you are polite to, Dongyun is my nephew, he wants to come to Tianjin, my uncle naturally has to be prepared, you can rest assured, the hotel you stay in is ready, it will definitely not delay the big guy's trip, let alone lose the face of my Zhao family!" ”

Zhao Dongyun wanted to come to Tianjin to hold talks with Wang Yingkai and others, not only the people in the Soviet system were busy, but also many people in Fuyuan Company were busy!

In order to arrange a place for Zhao Dongyun to stay, Fuyuan Company directly gave the most luxurious hotel in Tianjin, Li Shunde, the whole package, this kind of handwriting, even Wang Yingkai can't enjoy it, no way, who let Wang Yingkai not have a super large enterprise with tens of millions of assets in his hands.

Just as Qin Longbiao was talking, a soldier trotted over in front of him, and then said to everyone: "The commander's special train is about to enter the station!" ”

At that moment, Qin Longbiao's expression began to be stern, and even Zhao Chenliang on the side couldn't help but stroke his bowler hat, and then looked at the dress on his body to see if there was anything inappropriate!

Time passed minute by minute, and in the midst of everyone's expectation, a whistle sounded in the distance, and then a special train drove into the platform.

After the special train heard about it, nearly 100 members of Zhao Dongyun's guards wearing Tianjin police uniforms came down, and after they guarded the surroundings, Zhao Dongyun stepped off the train and stepped on the red carpet under the eyes of Wandao.