On October 21, Xu Shuzheng escaped from Yanping and fled into the city of Tingzhou. Zhou Yinren, the head of the Sun Army's vanguard regiment, ordered hundreds of soldiers to put on the clothes of the Fujian army, carry the weapons of the Fujian army, and go straight to the city gate under the banner of the Fujian army. The defenders of Tingzhou thought that they were their own people who had retreated from defeat, so they opened the city gates, let the Sun army rush in, and captured most of the generals of the Fujian department of the Anhui system. However, Xu Shuzheng, as a general, took a Japanese merchant ship before this, rushed to Shanghai in the early stage and successfully escaped.

By November, Sun Chuanfang and the Jiangxi army joined forces and reached Guangdong. At this time, the Guangdong government had to resist the new Bai Chongxi and others in Guangxi on the one hand, and on the other hand, it had to clean up the local remnants of Sun Dacang's men and horses, and on the other hand, it had to pacify the local warlords and stabilize the situation, so it had no time to take care of this army that wanted people's lives, so it could only continue to use "oil tactics" to divide troops to resist, and the result was naturally eaten away by Sun Chuanfang step by step. It was not until the remnants of Guangdong retreated into Guangxi that Sun Chuanfang gave up.

But at this time, even Hainan Island, which was isolated overseas and had not been taken seriously by warlords from all walks of life, also sent battleships to carry out armed intimidation under Zhao Yun's key "attention" and recovered it in one fell swoop.

In this month's time, the land of China has changed color, which caught all the veteran politicians off guard, but with this month's time, it is enough for Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Xikang provinces to form alliances and mutual guarantees.

The strategy of "combining vertical and horizontal" was in the Spring and Autumn Period, and these veteran warlords ate more salt than Zhao Yun ate.

On the one hand, they actively sent envoys to contact Wu Peifu and bargain, and on the other hand, they recruited troops and horses, waited for them, and even looked for "foreign aid". In a state of semi-independence, Feng Yu, the "defective general", broke away from the "three kings" in the north and threw himself into the arms of Nanjing, in order to provoke a major war between the north and the south, so that Wu Peifu could not take care of both the beginning and the end. It's just a pity that Feng Yu has a heart, but Nanjing's requirement that he must enter the city as an official made Feng Yu, who wanted to be the "Emperor of the Soil", hesitate.

Even if there are these self-conscious people who are in the mantis arm, the two forces of the south and the north in the land of China are already clearly visible.

The north occupies Jixian County, which is called "North Direct Line" and "Direct Lineage" by outsiders. In the south, due to Zhao Yun's non-appearance, many people mistakenly believe that Zhao Yun and Wu Peifu have reached a consensus, and Wu Peifu will sing the leading role, so they are called "Southern Direct Line", or "Direct Luoyang School". In terms of power, because the north has a vast land from the Bohai Sea to the Tianshan Mountains, and the forces are still holding Feng Yu of Henan, who does not listen to the propaganda, and Zhang Huzi, who has shrunk to Fengtian, the main force is also composed of the elite of the Han, Manchu, and Mongolian ethnic groups, and many people are still optimistic about the military strength of the north in the era when the Manchu Qing Dynasty has just fallen and everyone has not yet broken away from the constraints of this shackled empire.

In the south, with the economic foundation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the industry of the two lakes, the military source of Shandong, Jiangxi, Fujian and the newly occupied Guangdong, can all be used as strategic depth, so Wu Peifu has also gained a lot of supporters.

Although Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong have not been cleared out, and they cannot be called a stable rear, the main fleet of Wu Peifu's direct line when he was "separated", and the "Nassau-class" are a symbol of supreme force. During the attack on Guangdong, the other "Nassau-class" ship that stayed in Guangdong did not escape, and under the unanimous vote of the Fujian officers and men on board, it did not move at all, and hung up the white flag, "anyway."

In this way, on the bright side, the south has two supreme forces on the surface of the Huaxia Sea, while the north has zero. How the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered Jixian County back then, for these old Beiyang, it was well known, and seeing the Southern Navy showing off its military might, they were naturally anxious and begged for help.

In the face of the "aggressiveness" of the South, Britain, the United States and even Japan have handed over olive branches, and there is no way, these guys have just signed a Washington naval treaty and tie their hands and feet.

Since during the First World War, various naval powers designed battleships with greater size and firepower, the caliber of the main guns rose to 16 to 18 inches. However, the construction and maintenance of battleships were extremely expensive, and this costly arms race clearly became a heavy financial burden after the end of the war. During the Washington Conference in 1922, the five naval powers of the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy signed the Treaty on the Limitation of Naval Armaments (Washington Naval Treaty), which limited the tonnage (35,000 tons) and main gun caliber (not exceeding 16 inches) of capital ships, and stipulated that the total tonnage ratio of capital ships (battleships and battle cruisers) of the navies of the United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy was 10:10:6:3.5:3.5. In addition, the total tonnage of aircraft carriers, standard displacement, artillery caliber of the contracting parties are specified.

So these three countries have a large number of surplus warships that need to be destroyed, but these warships that were once piled up by real money and silver, and it is really regrettable to destroy them like this, so Japan has long had a plan to sell warships to Zhang Huzi, who is sitting in the northeast, but at that time, Zhang Huzi was busy entering Jixian, eager to strengthen the strength of the army, and did not pay enough attention to the navy. Under the pretext of resisting the invasion of Soviet Russia, it was invaded. Losing the territory is losing the source of money, and Zhang Zhang, who has not even licked his own wounds, where is the spare money to equip expensive warships at this time!

And the Jixian government, which has an urgent need, has become a sweet spot in the eyes of Japan and other countries. The issue of military spending in Jixian County has always been a big problem before, and several Beiyang premiers have been overthrown one after another, but since Wu Peifu "went south" to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhang Huzi "retreated" to Mukden, the Mongolian army was self-sufficient, and the various overseers in the southwest were busy resisting Wu Peifu's offensive pace, and seemed to have forgotten about this matter with "tacit understanding".

And saving money is nothing more than two tricks, "open source and reduce expenditure". At this time, hundreds of thousands of military salaries were spent, and even after they were designated as "rebels", they did not even have to pay the previous arrears. Naturally, there is more money in the treasury, and there is more money in the pocket, so the confidence is enough, and naturally the voice of the Jixian government will sound.

Moreover, in this matter, there was still a large number of people who could not see the shape clearly, believing that the "Three Kings" were the precursor to the restoration of the Qing Dynasty again, so under the encouragement of well-intentioned people, they generously donated money to buy two battleships to support the scene, so as to give a title of "loyalty to the country" in the future.

These Manchurian nobles all have wealth accumulated over hundreds of years in their families, and after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, they worked at home to eat nothing. This time, when I saw that there was an opportunity to "turn the book", I naturally "spared no effort". At the same time, in addition to "paying for it", some people even thought of the name of the battleship, and one was very simple, it was called "Manchuria", which proved that it was purchased by the Manchurians. The other ship is modeled on the name of the British "Queen Elizabeth", and named a "Emperor Shengjing in the same place, Chongyun Zhengzhong, to the scriptures, Wei Wuren, filial piety, wisdom, thrift, and Kuan". This is a nickname, which is based on the life deeds and moral cultivation of celebrities, and is given a title that implies a kind evaluation. In the early ancient times, they were called self-proclaimed, such as "King Wen of Zhou" and "King Wu of Zhou". And this name, long, and the emperor's nickname, although some people have raised whether it is inappropriate to use the name, but more people have noticed that the British have put the name of the queen of their own country, is it necessary to name a "Aixin Jueluo" that has no momentum in the eyes of foreigners? The emperor is no bigger than the queen! Yes, we must suppress these foreigners in momentum.

This explanation is very speechless, but there are really many old and young people in Jixian County who agree very much, and finally voted overwhelmingly among the people who "paid for it". As a result, the battleship that supported the scene had not yet been bought, and even the sales negotiations were still in the early stage of negotiation, and the name of the battleship was ready. It can be seen that those Manchurians are very urgent for the restoration of the dynasty and the re-emergence of Gege and Elder Brother.

As for the purchase of Japanese warships in the north, Zhao Yun also has a supportive attitude. This is not because of the fornication with the enemy country, but because Japan is small, and the follow-up force of the war is really not comparable to the war power after the Northeast and North China that has been swallowed during World War II. But the cold winter was coming, which was a threat to the Japanese army, but also a threat to the Russians, who had a long logistics line. So the Russians, for their part, are ready to withdraw their troops and fight again next year. This winter was the only chance for the Japanese to continue the pursuit and expand the results of the battle, that is, in this winter, the defense counterattack, the construction of fortifications, also in this winter. Whether it is offensive or defensive, as long as the Japanese still want to stay on the mainland in the Far East, this winter is extremely important. However, due to the perennial war, Japan's national strength has also been affected to a certain extent, and the indemnity obtained from the Qing Dynasty has also been used for seventy-seven-eighty-eight. And in order to prevent a country as huge as the Qing Dynasty from standing on the land of China again, it is necessary to continuously invest more money to support warlords in various places, provoke, buy, and even directly send troops. Therefore, the situation in Japan is no longer as strong as he has revealed, and there is a tendency to be strong from the outside and capable from the middle. Many far-sighted people in Japan have begun to build peace talks with Soviet Russia to delay time, or to say that they are real peace talks, anyway, to buy Japan a year or two of relaxation to digest the fruits of the war that have been obtained so far.

Of course, in addition to finding a way on its own, there is also a good way, that is, to obtain a windfall, but Britain, the United States and France have already invested money in Japan to send troops to intervene in Soviet Russia, and these European and American countries believe that the current turmoil in the European region of Soviet Russia can consume the national strength of Soviet Russia more than the "armed conflict" in these remote areas of the Far East, so they have "smiled with a smile" on their faces and politely rejected Japan's request. Japan, which has run into walls everywhere, can only once again focus on the "fat sheep" around it, the successor of the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang government.