The Northeast was the so-called Longxing Land of the Qing Dynasty, but at that time the Northeast had not yet established a province, and the Northeast region belonged to the jurisdiction of General Shengjing, General Jilin and General Heilongjiang. Due to the particularity of the Northeast, these three generals have always been almost always appointed by Manchu cronies and nobles. Therefore, this group of Manchus who were loyal to the Qing government openly jumped out against Ren Chao at this time, and Ren Chao was not surprised at all.

After Yi Ketanga and others openly rebelled, Ren Chao immediately sent the main force of the Tiger Army to the north, and the Fourth Division successfully captured Rehe in less than ten days, and then advanced in the direction of Mukden according to Ren Chao's order, at the same time the First Division also successfully captured Shanhaiguan and attacked in the direction of Mukden at the same time. The Korean Independent Division led by Zhou Tai and the First Division of the Korean New Army, after Lushun successfully forced the Beiyang Naval Division to surrender, then also advanced in the direction of Mukden, and for a time the three-way army attacked Mukden.

Ren Chao didn't pay attention to these Qing army garrisons in the northeast at all, although the rebels claimed to have millions of people at that time, in fact, the Qing army's garrison in the northeast at that time was only 100,000 people, even if the rebels temporarily recruited some new troops, the total strength was only more than 100,000 people. Although there are more than 100,000 mercenaries, the combat effectiveness of these armies is not at the same level as that of the Tiger Ben Army. The Tiger Ben army was like a breakthrough all the way, and soon hit the city of Fengtian, and then launched a fierce attack on Fengtian, and it only took less than a day to break through Fengtian City. Shengjing's general Yiketanga led the defeated army to flee and ran all the way to Jilin to join Jilin general Guo Buluo Changshun.

But what Ren Chao was most worried about still happened, and at this time, the Russian old Maozi suddenly jumped out. The Russian envoy first lodged a strong protest to the Qing Dynasty through diplomatic channels, protesting against the Tiger Ben Army's dispatch of troops to the northeast to quell the rebellion by force. Arbitrarily and unreasonably interfered in the internal affairs of China, demanded that the Tiger Army immediately stop the offensive, and threatened Ren Chao that if the Tiger Army did not stop attacking, the Tsarist Russian government would never sit idly by.

Ren Chao doesn't want to offend Tsarist Russia yet. So as not to anger the polar bear, so it can only make concessions for the time being. The Minister of Negotiators was sent to negotiate with the Tsarist side.

"Returning to the marshal, the Tsarist side put forward conditions to cede most of Heilongjiang and part of Jilin to Tsarist Russia, and lease Port Arthur to Tsarist Russia permanently. The Tsarist government promised that as long as we agreed to their terms, they would no longer oppose our army sending troops to quell the rebellion, and could even send Tsarist troops to help our army put down the rebellion. Sun Junping cautiously reported to Ren Chao, and after finishing speaking, he glanced up at Ren Chao, with Sun Junping's understanding of Ren Chao, the Tsarist Russian government put forward such harsh conditions. Ren Chao categorically would not agree, and sure enough, after hearing this, Ren Chao's face couldn't help but flash a flash of anger.

"Bang!" Ren Chao slammed his fist on the table, "Lack of greed!" These old hairy people are not afraid of dying! Such harsh conditions are due to what they say. Sue those old Maozi, this condition is categorically unacceptable to our government. With regard to territory, our Government categorically will not cede even an inch of territory, and as for the port of Arthur, they do not think about it. Other conditions can be negotiated, but these two conditions are completely impossible to negotiate. ”

At this time, Ren Chao was furious. Since the Opium War, Tsarist Russia has used various means to forcibly seize more than one million square kilometers of land in China. You dare to make another territorial claim at this time. As soon as you open your mouth, it is a province, and this appetite is too big! As for Port Arthur, Ren Chao also knew that the Russian government had always wanted to have an ice-free port in the Far East, and it was not a day or two to covet Port Arthur, a natural ice-free port. Therefore, it was not surprising that the Tsarist government put forward such conditions at this time, but when he heard that the Tsarist government put forward such an outrageous and unreasonable condition. Ren Chao was still angry in his heart.

"But the attitude of the Tsarist side is very tough, if we don't agree, I'm afraid~!" Sun Junping said worriedly.

"I'm afraid of what? Isn't it just war? Is Lao Tzu really afraid of them? Ren Chao shouted loudly. Ren Chao also understood in his heart that in the current situation, the domestic situation was unstable, and it was indeed not appropriate to provoke the strong enemy of Tsarist Russia. But this does not mean that Ren Chao is really afraid of Tsarist Russia, and it does not mean that Ren Chao can betray the interests of the country in order to make his position more stable. Therefore, even if he knew that the Tsarist government was intervening in order to send troops, Ren Chao would categorically not agree to the Tsarist government's request for territorial sovereignty. What's more, Ren Chao is also holding a trace of luck in his heart now, maybe Tsarist Russia is just bluffing, and it may not really send troops? After all, the current Lao Maozi is not as powerful as later generations, and they also have a lot of enemies in Europe, and the Tsarist government is not ready for a full-scale war at all, in such a situation, the Tsarist government may not really dare to directly send troops to intervene. Therefore, Ren Chao will not agree to the request of Tsarist Russia.

As a result, Ren Chao categorically rejected the rude demands of the Tsarist government, and the negotiations between the two sides temporarily reached a stalemate. And the Tsarist side has long colluded with the rebels in the northeast, and if it were not for the covert support of Tsarist Russia, Iktanga and others might not dare to openly rebel. The old man of Tsarist Russia, who ran into a wall here in Ren Chao, could only secretly strengthen his ties with the rebels, increase his support for the rebels, and hope to obtain greater benefits from the rebels.

After capturing Mukden, the Tiger Army did not rush north. After all, the Tiger Army in the Northeast does not have this mobile supply base in the crowd, and tens of thousands of troops need a large number of various supplies. Moreover, at this time, there was no railway in the northeast, and it was quite difficult in terms of transportation, especially now that it was winter, and the cold weather undoubtedly aggravated the logistical pressure of the Tiger Army.

However, Ren Chao was not in a hurry, and ordered the Huben army to temporarily repair in Mukden, and then hurriedly raised various military supplies from Shandong Zhili and other places, and quickly went north. At this time, Ren Chao's place to control zhì is indeed limited, only Shandong, Zhili and the two provinces can be used as his rear base. Fortunately, these two provinces are relatively wealthy, and they are more than enough to supply more than 100,000 troops, and the only problem is transportation.

After Ren Chao staged a coup d'état and captured the city of Beijing, he immediately issued a holy decree in the name of Emperor Guangxu, promulgated the "Outline of the King James Constitution", and implemented a constitutional monarchy. But in order to be able to make full use of the bargaining chip of Emperor Guangxu, Ren Chao still reserved a lot of rights for His Majesty the Emperor. With regard to the "great power of the monarch", it was stipulated that the emperor had the right to promulgate laws, depose the Hundred Divisions, set up official systems, declare war and negotiate peace, dissolve the parliament, command the navy and army, and take over the judicial power. At this time, Emperor Guangxu has become a puppet in the hands of Ren Chao, and these rights are naturally in the hands of Ren Chao. (To be continued......)