Wang Yingkai and others asked him to withdraw his troops from Baodi and Jixian County, after all, if he didn't withdraw, he would be able to come to the city of Beijing at any time, and it would be unsafe to kill Wang Yingkai, but now they still want to withdraw their troops from Tangshan?

Could it be that he led 50,000 troops into the customs for two months, suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and spent millions of taels of silver on military expenses without a single hair, so he returned to Fengtian in such a gloomy manner?

He, Zhao Dongyun, doesn't blame himself, the generals of the Soviet family under him have to spray him to death!

Zhao Dongyun's face immediately darkened, since Wang Yingkai said just now that everyone doesn't need to hide it, he Zhao Dongyun is not polite: "I put my words here today, you can want Tangshan, but you have to step on the corpses of tens of thousands of soldiers under my command!" ”

Everyone was still kind to say just now, but Wang Yingkai and others would think that Zhao Dongyun would turn his face when he said it!

Isn't this a negotiation, naturally the lion opened his mouth to make a random offer, and you Zhao Dongyun don't agree, forget it, and say such tough words!

Wang Yingkai and these people were silent for a while!

Wang Yingkai wanted Zhao Dongyun to withdraw from Tangshan, naturally in order to prevent himself from being killed by Zhao Dongyun directly into the Beijing Division when he went south to fight

However, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen were watching a good show on the side, Zhao Dongyun had nothing to do with whether he withdrew the army or not, although the two of them were the chief of the army department and the other was the deputy minister of the army department, but this was just a false name, and when this negotiation was over, they had to lead the army south, Wang Yingkai had already promised them the position of commander of the first army and commander of the second army in advance, and then these two people would lead the army to attack Liangjiang and Huguang respectively.

However, it is not good to see that the stalemate continues, after all, it is not good for everyone to talk about the collapse, so Duan Qirui coughed lightly and said: "This Tangshan is such a critical place, plus the Fuyuan Arsenal is also over there, if you don't have some troops to defend the big guy, you can't rest assured, in this way, I think Ziyang You can leave a town in Tangshan, and the other troops will be transferred back to the three eastern provinces to suppress the ground!" ”

Wang Shizhen also nodded and said, "I think it's okay!" ”

These two people said it easily, because their future territory is actually not in the north, among the northern provinces, the three eastern provinces needless to say, are Zhao Dongyun's, and although all the generals on the ground of Zhili are there, and Wang Shizhen is still the governor of Zhili appointed by the former Qing Dynasty, but in fact, except for the area east of Tangshan that was controlled by Zhao Dongyun, all other places in Zhili are under the actual control of Wang Yingkai.

And the place in Rehe is currently under the management of Wu Fengling, but the foundation of that place is too poor, and there is really nothing to fight for. And Shandong, now run by Zhang Huaizhi, Wang Ruxian is in charge of Henan, and these two people have already expressed their allegiance to Wang Yingkai one after another, that is to say, the territory of the northern provinces, most of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan belong to the territory of Wang Yingkai's faction. The three eastern provinces and the northeast of Zhili are the territory of Zhao Dongyun's faction.

Wu Fengling of Rehe belongs to the neutral faction.

Then the problem comes, Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui have empty troops, but they don't have actual territory!

If Wang Yingkai didn't arrange them well, they would definitely rebel, so Wang Yingkai's solution was quite simple and effective, that is, he had promised Duan Qirui the position of Governor of Liangjiang, and Wang Shizhen the position of Governor of Huguang.

Of course, these two territories are still in the hands of the Southern Federal Empire, and if Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen want to take these two territories, then they have to grab them themselves.

This not only solved the contradiction between Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui and Wang Yingkai, but also allowed Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen to be driven by him and take the initiative to wave the army south to attack the rebels.

Wang Yingkai's abacus clanged, but Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen were not good at stubble, they were forced to fight south whether they wanted to or not, but they were also unwilling to let Wang Yingkai in the rear feel better, so the two of them opened their mouths together to support Zhao Dongyun to keep Tangshan, not for anything else, just to be able to let Zhao Dongyun insert a knife in the pass, a knife that can stab Wang Yingkai's heart at any time.

After Wang Yingkai's face changed several times, he said: "Ziyang, it's okay if you don't withdraw your troops from Tangshan, but the troops stationed in the pass must not exceed one association, and the rest of the troops must be withdrawn outside the pass!" ”

In Wang Yingkai's view, this mention has already made a huge concession, but in Zhao Dongyun's opinion, this condition is still difficult to accept!

However, in this current situation, there is no need to do a battle of will, as long as Tangshan can be kept, then a co-ordination will be stationed, and then they will deploy heavy troops in Shanhaiguan, once Tangshan changes. With the support of the Jingfeng Railway, his own troops were able to quickly reinforce Tangshan.

This kind of strategic deployment may not be good for those who want to attack Jingshi, but it is still acceptable as a defense.

Immediately, he just nodded: "Then a mixed association!" ”

He doesn't want outsiders to play any word games in this kind of negotiation, there is a big difference between a concord and a mixed association, a mixed association can fight independently, and an infantry association does not have this ability!

Wang Yingkai also added his own restrictions in time: "The number of troops must not exceed 5,000!" This force is counted in it, whether it is a patrol officer or a regular army! ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded in agreement!

Wang Yingkai was still a little unconvinced at this time, this loss of Tangshan and other territories still had some impact on his Zhili strength, but if you want Zhao Dongyun to withdraw from Tangshan, unless you start a war, and you have to win Zhao Dongyun, there is no possibility.

Now being able to get Zhao Dongyun to reduce the number of garrisons is already the limit of what he can do!

If Tangshan only had 5,000 troops, then Wang Yingkai would not have to worry about Zhao Dongyun's army from Tangshan to march into Beijing at any time.

After saying this, Wang Yingkai said again: "Now that we want to create a republican system, this military system must also be changed. ”

This unification of the number is harmless, so Zhao Dongyun and others naturally have no opinions, and immediately Wang Yingkai said: "The previous names are no longer needed, and the unified name is changed to 'Central Army' and the title cannot be used in the former Qing Dynasty.

The same is true of the military ranks, the first rank above the former Qing Dynasty is changed to the rank of general, the second rank of the middle class is changed to lieutenant colonel, and the third rank of the lower rank is changed to second lieutenant, and the non-commissioned officers and soldiers remain unchanged. The other ranks are inferred in turn, as for the rank marking, I think Ziyang is good what you made in front of you, and I think it can be directly promoted for the whole army! ”

Looking for Dongyun to listen to it and laugh, he, Wang Yingkai, didn't care about the subsections, this number and the title of the military rank are quite normal, but the rank mark actually directly adopts his own Fengtian logo, which will be considered an infringement if it is placed in the future generations!

"Now there is no need to change the first town under my command to the first division, the second town of Wu Fengling is changed to the second division, Ziyang, your third town is changed to the third division, Zhiquan's fourth town is changed to the fourth division, Zhang Huaizhi's fifth town is changed to the fifth division, your sixth town is changed to the sixth division, and then the remnants of the seventh town are changed to the seventh division. Then Wang Ruxian's 29th Mixed Association was changed to the 8th Division, the two towns of Fengtian under Ziyang were also changed to the 9th Division and the 10th Division, and the Cavalry Association was changed to the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

As for the several mixed associations under the big guy's hands, they are also a unified arrangement, the first mixed association of the standing army under my command will be changed to the first mixed brigade of the army, the mixed association under Zhiquan will be changed to the second mixed brigade, and the Wuwei Left Army under General Ma Yukun will also be changed to the third mixed association, and the two mixed associations under Ziyang will also be changed to the fourth mixed brigade and the fifth mixed brigade.

Jiang Gui's Jiang Defense Army has now retreated to Shandong, and he can also be given the number of the Sixth Mixed Association! ”

The change of these numbers does not have much practical significance, that is, the name is changed, Wang Yingkai will not be able to command other troops because of the unification of the number, let alone because he gave you a number of the Central Army, and then he will have to pay to help you raise the army.

To put it bluntly, these are all face-saving efforts!

So everyone accepted it with a smile!

After such a unified number, it will be found that there are really a lot of Beiyang descendants and side troops, and there are ten division-level troops, six mixed associations, and one cavalry brigade

The difference in strength between these troops is also relatively large, for example, the reorganized Wang Ruxian's Eighth Division is actually just an empty shelf, with a strength of less than 4,000, and he is given the number of a division-level unit because Wang Ruxian controls Henan, and this expansion is certain, and Wang Yingkai In order to further win over Wang Ruxian, this is also normal to give a division number.

Another example is Ma Yukun and Jiang Guidi, the two Beiyang side factions, although they have expressed their allegiance to the Beiyang Republican Government, they are still semi-independent, and their troops are all old armies, which cannot be compared with the troops under other Beiyang generals.

And now the real combat power of Beiyang is still the old army formed in the Yuan Shikai era, that is, the first division to the sixth division, as for the seventh division has been disabled, although Wang Yingkai has gathered the remnants and reorganized, but it is not so easy to recover the previous combat strength to relieve his breath.

As for the original Fengtian troops under Zhao Dongyun, that is, the Ninth and Tenth Divisions in the new number, although there is no shortage of personnel and equipment, they were formed relatively late, and a large number of personnel and equipment have been transferred to form the Fourth Mixed Brigade and the Fifth Mixed Brigade in recent times, which has a great impact on strength, so in terms of combat effectiveness, it is naturally inferior to the Third Division of Zhao Dongyun's old army.

Compared with the Ten Divisions and Seven Brigades under the name of the Northern Republican Government, how many troops did Zhang Zhidong get under the command of the Southern Federal Empire?