"King Liao?" Hearing this word, Zhao Dongyun squirted out the sip of tea he was drinking!

Damn, Cixi, this old woman has nothing to do with herself? What age is this, back to King Liao, even if you give up the throne for me, I have to think about it!

It was already 1906, and the consciousness of 'state' and 'nation' had been initially awakened among the people, and I didn't see a large number of revolutionaries making trouble every day to say what kind of republican thing to say.

After experiencing the absurdity of the first few seconds, Zhao Dongyun couldn't help but think of another thought in his heart, this is the king, countless heroes have been fighting for it for thousands of years since ancient times!

If you don't consider the objective facts, that is to say, if you don't think about what will happen to the queen, whether the generals under your command will support it, whether there will be a lot of scolding in the country, etc., to be honest, the king is still quite attractive.

Every man has a dream of being lonely in his heart!

For a moment, Zhao Dongyun really wanted to agree to be a Liao king, but then he thought of the woman Cixi!

Later generations may have seen her ignorance and backwardness, and the country was defeated, but if you open your eyes and look carefully, then you will find that this woman is really not simple, she has been in power in China for half a century, and the people who play politics with her have all ended in tragedy......

It can be said that in the contemporary century, this woman is the number one person who plays with power, but unfortunately she is a Manchu and represents the interests of the Manchu Dynasty......

Thinking about it carefully, in the past two months, Cixi has actually not done much, when Yuan Shikai was not dead in the past, she single-handedly suppressed the imperial faction and continued to support Yuan Shikai, thus quelling the possible turmoil in Beiyang at that time. However, after Yuan Shikai was assassinated, she quickly changed her original intention and adopted a policy of co-optation and division, a governor of Zhili and a minister of the Ministry of War pulled Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang down the imperial court camp, thus turning the dispute between Beiyang and the imperial court into an internal dispute in Beiyang.

And now he has hit the idea on Zhao Dongyun's head, and he is a Liao king as soon as he makes a move, which is unprecedented for many monarchs in the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty has a history of more than 200 years, and there are only a few times when the Han people are kings, and they are all in the early days. However, they all ended up tragically, and they were cut by Kang Mazi later.

As for the future, there has never been a Han person as the king, well, there are a few ministers posthumously awarded after their deaths, but none of them are alive, let alone the real seal.

Cixi's sentence is not only to crown Zhao Dongyun as the king of Liao, but also to 'the three provinces in the east of the country', that is to say, this seal is a real seal, this kind of real seal is not a king in the ordinary sense, it means that Zhao Dongyun will have independent military finance and even foreign and internal affairs, etc., well, at that time, the relationship between the so-called Liao State and the Qing State can be roughly regarded as the relationship between Korea and the Qing State before the First Sino-Japanese War.

This kind of large-scale ruler will never take it out, even if the country is destroyed, but Cixi dare, maybe for her, this country is just a bargaining chip for her to play with power!

Zhao Dongyun told the truth, symmetry of the king and the emperor and the like were not moved, it must be fake, but he was able to get to the point where he is today, supporting the army, three towns and two associations, and nearly 100,000 people from the Soviet Union are loyal to him, relying on more than just playing machine gun tactics, which is not a bit of political means, he can't climb to the point where he is today.

So although a trace of excitement flashed in his heart, he concealed it very well, and did not express it at all, but showed a shocked and unbelievable expression and said to Lin Shaonian: "I said Lin Shumi, the times have changed, this old routine doesn't work!" ”

Lin Shaonian looked at Zhao Dongyun's gaffes before and after and the current sentence, which also made his heart cold, from the moment he saw Zhao Dongyun's gaffe spraying tea, he knew that Zhao Dongyun would definitely not agree to this condition!

Feng Wang, if this kind of thing was placed thirty or fifty years ago, it might still have a great attraction, but in this era when even the emperor was shouted to be ousted from power, the attraction of a mere Liao king is better than directly giving Zhao Dongyun hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!

And taking a step back, this Liao King is just a false name for Zhao Dongyun, because without this Liao King, who would dare to say that the three eastern provinces are not his Zhao Dongyun's territory?

Accepting the King of Liao is just a false name, but the consequences of withdrawing from the customs are extremely strict, and even Zhao Dongyun can't bear it.

After Lin Shaonian heard this, his face gradually became stricter, and then he said with a straight face: "Then according to Zi Yang's opinion, then how can we stop this war!" ”

At this time, Zhao Dongyun stood up and said: "It's very simple, I, Zhao, have two requirements, first: bring the murderer of Yuan Gong to justice!" Second: Obey the orders of Duke Yuan and create a republic! As long as the imperial court agrees to these two items, I, Zhao, will not say a word, and immediately withdraw from the customs! ”

Looking at Zhao Dongyun's generous statement, a trace of anger flashed in Lin Shaonian's heart, not to mention that these two items were agreed, and none of them could be agreed, especially the former, Zhao Dongyun, Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui listed the list of murderers who murdered Yuan Gong, it was getting longer and longer, at the beginning, there were only Zaifeng, Zaixun and others, and then after the official start of the army, all those who opposed the alliance of Wang Duan and Zhao were all included in this list, and now even Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen are among them, And several governors in the south who oppose them are also among them, well, he Lin Shaonian and Qu Hongzhen and several other military ministers are also here!

It can be said that if the so-called murderers of Yuan Gong are brought to justice, it is estimated that more than half of the centers of the contemporary Qing court and local important ministers will die...... Especially the important roles in the royal family, it is estimated that except for Emperor Guangxu in the palace, everyone else will have to die, Wang Yingkai even included the three-year-old child, Zaifeng's son Fu Yi.

Although the latter constitutional republic does not seem to be a big problem, what the Beiyang people are asking for is a virtual monarch republic like the United Kingdom, that is to say, every year to give the royal family a little fancy and come out as a signboard when necessary, and at other times the emperor will not take care of things, and everything has my Beiyang people!

Although the imperial family has been forced to agree to the implementation of the constitution in recent years, what they want is a constitutional monarchy with real power, referring to Germany and Japan, although the emperor is limited by certain powers, but still guarantees part of the power.

It can be said that the two conditions put forward by Zhao Dongyun are absolutely impossible for the Qing court to agree, because if they agree to conquer the capital without Zhao Dongyun, the court itself will have to collapse first.

It can also be seen from the conditions proposed by Zhao Dongyun that Wang Duan and Zhao have no intention of negotiating with the imperial court at all, and they don't even have the mind to practice the constitution of the virtual monarch, whether it is Wang Yingkai or Duan Qirui or Zhao Dongyun, they all think about the presidential throne!

After Lin Shaonian left, the Third Town and the First Cavalry Association led by Zhao Dongyun continued to launch a fierce attack on the eastern front of the Beijing Division, especially the Sixth Association led by Gu Lanyu, which was quite active, and after defeating one battalion after another in the Sixth Town, it had successfully forced the Sixth Town to retreat!

Immediately after that, the Sixth Association continued to advance, and this advance also had a heavy impact on the Tongzhou front, thinking that the direction of the Sixth Association's advance was the flank of Tongzhou, and if it waited a few more days, it was estimated that the Sixth Association would be able to detour back to the flank and rear position of the Tongzhou defensive line, and then the troops of the Sixth Town in Tongzhou would fall into the danger of being flanked by the front and rear.

In this case, Wang Shizhen can't take care of it so much, it is important to stop Zhao Dongyun's third town, but it is more important to keep the strength of his troops, so when the Sixth Association succeeded in a roundabout, Wang Shizhen personally led the Twelfth Association of the Sixth Town to retreat from Tongzhou.

In the process of retreating, it is inevitable that there will be losses, and at least hundreds of people will be lost.

And after Wang Shizhen's sixth town fully retreated from the front line of Tongzhou, it also means that the battle of Tongzhou, which has been fiercely fought for more than half a month, has come to an end!

"In the past 20 days or so, in a series of battles around the capture of Tongzhou, our army has invested a total of 10 infantry battalions, 5 cavalry battalions, 3 artillery battalions, and a number of other troops, with a total of 23,000 combat and logistical troops. In a series of battles, our army caused more than 1,800 enemy casualties, captured more than 200 prisoners, captured more than 500 guns, and 6 artillery pieces."

This is only an estimate of the enemy's casualties, because it is difficult to count the enemy's casualties on the battlefield, and can only be said to be an approximation, but the casualties of the third town itself will be much more accurate.

Fang Biyong continued: "Since our army entered the customs, it has been fighting for more than a month, and a total of 220 people have been killed and 870 wounded! ”

Zhao Dongyun listened to this casualty figure, and secretly estimated the casualty comparison in his heart, feeling that this number was still relatively objective, he mainly attacked, and the sixth town on the opposite side relied on fortifications to defend, but his casualty ratio was still less than that of the other party, which showed that the troops did not blindly attack at the grassroots level, but gave full play to tactics such as mortars and roundabout maneuvers.

Of course, this is also related to the low casualty tolerance rate of the Beiyang troops, don't look at the sixth town only more than 1,000 dead and wounded before retreating, but there are only a total of 12,000 or 3,000 people in the sixth town, even if you strengthen some temporary conscription soldiers, the number will not exceed 15,000, and now the casualty ratio has exceeded 10%.

And this casualty ratio is actually quite good for a modern army that relies only on personal loyalty and salary!