"Young Marshal, we have surrounded the vast majority of the Beiyang Army, and only a very small number of the Beiyang Army have fled." Lieutenant General Shi Tianhan reported excitedly. The destruction of more than 100,000 elites of the Beiyang Army in one battle is undoubtedly a good start!

"Well, order all the departments to start gradually clearing the Beiyang Army in the encirclement. Solve the small encirclement first, and then the large encirclement. If the Beiyang Army is willing to surrender, it can accept their surrender. Wu Haoxuan said.

Although Wu Haoxuan was very dissatisfied with the senior generals of the Beiyang Army, he did not have much prejudice against ordinary soldiers. These people are soldiers just to get paid. If they know each other, it's not impossible to let them live. Of course, if they resist, they can only be eliminated.

"Yes, young marshal." Lieutenant General Shi Tianhan nodded. The encirclement of these Beiyang troops is only the first step. Next, the most important thing is to destroy them all.

"By the way, what about the Western Route Army? How's their progress? Wu Haoxuan asked.

"Young Marshal, I haven't heard any news yet. However, there are more than 100,000 people in the Western Route Army, so there should be no problem. Lieutenant General Shi Tianhan said.

Wu Haoxuan nodded, the Western Route Army is the army that marched from Zhangjiakou to Yanjing City, including 6 infantry divisions, 1 heavy artillery brigade and two cavalry brigades, with such a strong force, it is almost impossible for the Beiyang Army to mobilize the main force to defeat them.

When the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Army launched an attack on the more than 100,000 Beiyang Army entrenched in Shanhaiguan, the 130,000 people of the Western Route Army of the Northern Army also set off from Zhangjiakou. They came to attack and marched towards Changping. After preparing to take Changping, he will come to Yanjing City.

The Northern Army gathered heavy troops in Zhangjiakou, and the Beiyang Army was not unaware. However, because of the lack of troops. They only deployed five towns and more than 60,000 people on the front line of Changping. The rest of the main forces of the Beiyang Army were marching towards Yanjing.

On November 20, the Northern Army stormed Changping. Although the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Beiyang Army has a great advantage. However, the combat effectiveness and firepower of the Northern Army were much stronger than those of the Beiyang Army. After a day of fierce fighting, the two sides fought. Although the Northern Army was not able to immediately break through the defense line of the Beiyang Army. But the Beiyang Army had already paid heavy losses, and it was only a matter of time before Changping fell.

That night, the Forbidden City's imperial study was brightly lit. Yuan Datou sat on the throne with a black face, and the ministers stood below with their heads bowed. In particular, Wang Shizhen, Minister of War and Duan Qirui, Chief of the General Staff, had gloomy faces as if they could drip water. They had previously sworn to Yuan Datou that they would be able to defeat the Northern Army. But now, whether it is Shanhaiguan or Changping. The Beiyang Army suffered a crushing defeat.

"More than 200,000 people, a whole 200,000 people, they were defeated so quickly! If this continues, will we still be the opponent of the Northern Army? I can't figure out that the world that we have obtained with great difficulty will soon fall into the hands of the Northern Army! Yuan Datou was very angry. He's only been emperor for a week, and he's not even addicted to it! If he was defeated like this, wouldn't he be the shortest-reigning emperor in history?

"Your Majesty, it's our intelligence that's wrong. We did not expect at all that the main forces of the Northern Army had withdrawn. Wang Shizhen lowered his head and said. Right now. Probably, no one believes that the main forces of the Northern Army are still in Siberia and the Yalu River. According to the information they received, the attacking northern army numbered more than 300,000 men. This is clearly the main force of the Northern Army!

Albeit. Wang Shizhen and other senior generals of the Beiyang Army were very puzzled, did the Northern Army take the initiative to abandon Siberia? Otherwise, how could they have withdrawn their army? However, they did not get any news from the Russians! A few days ago, the Russian minister to China, Ronsovich, also claimed that their troops were fighting the northern army on the Siberian plateau.

"One piece of information is wrong. Are you going to bury more than 200,000 elites of my Beiyang Army? Yuan Datou was very angry.

"Your Majesty is angry, this time the Northern Army is too cunning, and we have fallen for them." Prime Minister Xu Shichang hurriedly persuaded him.

Yes, everyone in Beiyang blamed the reason for this defeat on the cunning of the Northern Army. So much so that they were fooled. They will never admit that they are too stupid and that the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army is too poor.

"Tell me, then, what are we going to do now? The Northern Army will soon be in Yanjing City. Yuan Datou said viciously. He didn't want to be the emperor for a few days, and he would be driven by the northern army to abandon the capital and flee. In that case, what kind of face does he have to continue to be this emperor?

"Your Majesty, our troops are gathering towards the eyes, and it is expected that in a few days, we will be able to gather ten towns in Yanjing City, ten mixed associations, and when the time comes, we will still have the strength to fight in the face of the northern army." Duan Qirui said.

Yuan Datou thought for a while, and finally only nodded. At this point, he could only turn things in a good direction. It is hoped that the troops who will arrive later will be able to withstand the attack of the Northern Army. As for the troops on the front line that have been surrounded by the Northern Army, they can probably only give up. However, in order to buy enough time for the follow-up troops, Yuan Datou personally ordered Feng Guozhang and others to drag the Northern Army as much as possible. As for their families, as long as he Yuan is in power, he will definitely treat them well.

Yuan Datou's order made Feng Guozhang and other Beiyang generals very dissatisfied. They heard what Yuan Datou meant, if they honestly carried out the order and fought hard with the northern army, their families would be treated well. If they surrendered to the Northern Army and betrayed Yuan Datou, then the fate of their families could be imagined.

In order to be able to maintain his rule, Yuan Datou did everything this time. It's a pity that all this he did was in vain. In the face of the fierce attack of the Northern Army, the efforts of the Beiyang Army were nothing more than a trapped beast.

The Shanhaiguan front, despite the fact that it was already dark. But the offensive of the Northern Army was still not able to stop. The Northern Army is concentrating its superior forces to wipe out the Beiyang Army in the encirclement. According to Wu Haoxuan's order, it was easy first and then difficult, first attacking those small encirclements, and then attacking the encirclements that were fighting.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The mortars were firing frantically, and the dense shells flew towards the Beiyang Army in the encirclement, blowing up those Beiyang Army crying fathers and mothers. The Beiyang Army, which had nowhere to hide, suffered heavy losses under mortar shelling from the Northern Army.

"Damn, don't fight. We are no match for the Northern Army at all, and if we continue to fight, we will only end our lives. A junior officer of the Beiyang Army scolded.

"Yes, the Northern Army is obviously much stronger than us. To go to war with the Northern Army is nothing more than an egg hitting a stone. The others chimed in.

After seeing the strength of the Northern Army, almost no Beiyang Army still wanted to continue fighting.

Under such circumstances, it was only natural that they surrender to the Northern Army.

After being fiercely attacked by the Northern Army, one after another encirclement was wiped out by the Northern Army, and most of the Beiyang Army inside took the initiative to surrender to the Northern Army, and only a very small number of people chose to resist stubbornly. However, they all came to a tragic end, either being torn to pieces by shells or being beaten into a sieve by machine guns.

"Lord Commander, we can't fight anymore, if we continue to fight, we'll be all done. The Northern Army told us that if we surrendered, there would be no problem in saving our lives. An assistant leader of the Fourth Town of the Beiyang Army said to Lieutenant General Yang Shande.

"Yes, Lord Dominion. The gap between us and the Northern Army is too big, in this world, it will definitely be theirs in the end, so there is no need to do fearless casualties! A standard system also said.

Yang Shande hesitated for a long time, he finally became the commander of a town, and it would be a pity to give up like this. However, the matter has come to this point, if he continues to resist stubbornly, he will be over. If you can save your life, after the world is peaceful, there is no problem in being a rich man.

"Okay, tell the Northern Army that we're down." Lieutenant General Yang Shande finally made a decision.

"Yes, sir." The officers of the fourth town of the Beiyang Army were very happy. Happily, their lives were finally saved.

By dawn the next day, most of the besieged Beiyang Army had surrendered, and only a few were still holding out. However, as more and more Beiyang troops surrendered, and when the Northern Army began to mobilize troops to crush the remaining encirclement, they still could not hold on.

On the afternoon of November 21, Feng Guozhang led the last 20,000 men to surrender to the Northern Army, marking the almost total annihilation of the Beiyang Army attacking the fifteen towns of Shanhaiguan. More than a dozen generals of the Beiyang Army, including Feng Guozhang, were captured.

However, Wang Zhanyuan, the commander of the second town, Cao Kun, the commander of the third town, and others fled ahead of schedule. But after losing the troops, even if the two escaped, there would be no problem.

On November 22, the Northern Army marched from Yongping Mansion to Yanjing City, and a cavalry battalion appeared less than five kilometers away from Yanjing City in the afternoon of the same day, which shook the entire Yanjing City.

At the same time, the Northern Army, which was attacking from Zhangjiakou, also captured Changping, and more than 100,000 troops were rushing towards Yanjing City. It is foreseeable that Yanjing City will soon be attacked by the Northern Army from two sides. When the time comes, will the Beiyang Army still be able to resist it? (To be continued......)

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