The Southwest Army was divided into two routes, with 100,000 men as one way, one from Yunnan along the Nu River all the way to Tibet, and the other from Batang County in Sichuan, where they gathered in the Nyingchi area.

Soon after entering Tibet, the Yunnan army encountered the Tibetan rebels in Gumi Township, and the Tibetan rebels attacked as soon as they saw the Yunnan army, regardless of the persuasion of the interpreter specially brought by the Southwest Army, and the Yunnan army saw that the enemy was attacking so quickly and returned fire without saying a word, and the weapons used by the Tibetan rebels were very backward, and those weapons provided by the British were concentrated near Lhasa, and these ordinary soldiers used basically those guns left over from the former Qing Dynasty, and some were hunting rifles. The Yunnan army uses the most advanced weapons, which are not at all comparable to these garbage weapons, but the Yunnan army is somewhat uncomfortable because it has just arrived in Tibet, and it is very difficult to exercise.

The Yunnan army was superior to the Tibetan rebels in terms of numbers and advanced weapons, and the 500 rebels were quickly resolved, while the Yunnan army with 300 casualties turned out to be as many as 300, which made the person in charge of the small campaign in command of this small campaign have a blue face, and it seems that it is necessary to overcome the soldiers' unsuitability under such a big advantage.

This situation also appeared in the Sichuan army, they all found that their army was still a little uncomfortable after entering Tibet, although it had been specially trained before, and its combat strength had dropped a lot.

Just when the Southwest Army was marching into Tibet, the Japanese came to Lanzhou, and Ma Anliang, known as the "Son of Heaven in the Northwest", personally met with the Japanese envoys, and the core figures of the Ma family basically returned, and Ma Qi, who held the military and political power in Qinghai, and Ma Fuxiang, the envoy of the Ningxia Protector, also rushed to Lanzhou.

Although the Ma Jiajun often killed each other internally, they had to put aside their previous prejudices in matters related to the interests of the entire Northwest Ma Jiajun, and came back because Ma Anliang told them that they had a big matter to discuss, otherwise they would not have come to Lanzhou, after all, now the Tibetan rebellion Ma Qi also has to guard against the rebels and the national defense army, and Ma Fuxiang is also busy because of the large number of troops transferred by Tsarist Russia to Outer Mongolia and the defense army in Shaanxi.

How can these actions of Ma Jiajun be concealed from the discerning people, Jiang Fangzhen in Taiyuan received information when Ma Fuxiang went to Lanzhou that almost all the core figures of Ma Jiajun were concentrated in Lanzhou Mafu, and also received news from Neiying that Ma Anliang's family had recently lived in several Japanese, Jiang Fangzhen who saw these smiled, and it seemed that he would soon be able to deal with Ma Jiajun justifiably.

In a hidden dark room in Mafu, a group of people sat around a huge round table, gathering a few people with Japanese-style beards, and the rest were the core figures of Ma Jiajun, Ma Anliang looked at everyone and said: "Everyone, this is the Immortal Naizhao, Meichuan Neiku, Matsushita Silver Crotch, and Yigan Jiu from Japan, they came to Lanzhou from Japan. Ma Anliang pointed to whoever he said by name, and the corresponding Japanese also got up and bowed, and finally Ma Anliang pointed to Ma Qi and Ma Fuxiang and said: "This is Ma Qi of Qinghai, this is the Ningxia Protector Envoy." And Ma Qi and Ma Fuxiang just nodded, which made Ma Anliang very embarrassed, and the Japanese also had a little anger, and it was unforgivable that they dared to despise the people of the Great Japanese Empire, but they didn't attack at the thought of completing the task.

Bu Yin Naizhao stood up and said: "Generals, Ma Jiajun, you are facing a difficult situation, I believe you also know the strength of the Huaxia government, compared to the revolutionary army and the Beiyang army, you are not as good as them, but they have all been finished by the Huaxia government, the current Huaxia government is stronger, you can't deal with the Huaxia government at all." ”

Without waiting for Ma Jiajun's people to object, he continued to fool: "Now the Huaxia government is even going to fight against the British, they will definitely not be able to defeat the British, and when the Huaxia government fails, it is also when they are the weakest, this will be your only chance, don't worry about the Huaxia government, with the help of our Japanese Empire, you will defeat the Huaxia government, and then you will be the master of China." ”

Ma Qi stood up and said angrily: "What do you Japan mean by this, when will it be your turn to take care of our Huaxia affairs, now that the Huaxia government is quelling the rebellion, whoever makes trouble at this time will become the target of public criticism, I firmly disagree." In Ma Qi's view, the Chinese government is not sure that it will not fight the British, just like the original revolutionary army and the Beiyang Army's million-strong army were not defeated by the Chinese government in the end, so he didn't want to completely mess with the Chinese government, and he didn't want to leave a stench for 10,000 years.

Ma Fuxiang didn't speak or say anything, only Ma Anliang frowned, "If you can guarantee that we can succeed, and Zhang Zuolin in the northeast will watch our Ma family army dominate?" What can you Japan help us with, and what do you need? ”

Umegawa Neku replied to Ma Qi at this time: "General Ma Qi, don't be too excited, we Japan have no malicious intentions, as for your so-called public opinion, do you say that the Chinese government will still trust them when the British government loses?" Maybe you should follow the will of the people to deal with the Chinese government. ”

Bu Yin Naizhao raised his head proudly: "The strength of our Great Japanese Empire is the first country in Asia, and the Huaxia government is not our opponent yet, as for Zhang Zuolin in the Northeast, we will suppress him at that time, if you miss this opportunity, then it will be your end when the Huaxia government recovers, think about it." As for what we want, we in Japan hope that you can hand over the mining rights in the northwest to us Japan for mining, and in the future, after you take control of China, you will still recognize the treaties signed between the Manchus and the empire before, and we also hope to be able to obtain the ownership of mineral mining in the northeast. ”

"We can't promise you this, we have to discuss it later, we haven't seen your sincerity in Japan, so I'll trouble you to go back and rest first." Saying that, Ma Anliang invited the Japanese out, and there was only one person left here who was a member of the Ma family's army.

"Let's talk about it, what do you think of the Japanese mention?"

Ma Qi shook his head, "I think it's still not good, although we have strong cavalry, but we can't take it lightly, after all, the revolutionary army and the Beiyang Army were pitted by the Huaxia government, for the Huaxia government, I don't think we should fight with them, we should negotiate peace." ”

Ma Fuxiang looked at Ma Qi with disdain: "Hmph, what about the strength of the Chinese government, now they are fighting against the British, and Tsarist Russia also has the intention of doing something, you said that once the two countries deal with the Chinese government, who do you think will win, according to me, the Chinese government will not be able to stumble for long, Japan's mention is good, how can the Central Plains and East China be rich in the northwest, where birds don't." ”

Everyone really felt good when they heard Ma Fuxiang's statement, who doesn't want to have glory and wealth, but the Chinese government has already offended Britain, and it is estimated that it will not be long before it stumbles.

Ma Anliang thought for a while and said: "This is indeed our opportunity, once we miss it, it will be our demise, so I hope you can think about it, as for the peace talks, are you willing to give up your current rights, you see that those who gave up are now idle, it is better for us to be free now." ”

Everyone was thinking, and soon everyone agreed to this action, but they thought that Japan had to pay more benefits, and although Ma Qi was unwilling to gamble, but he could not oppose it at this time, Ma Qi could only say helplessly: "You act, I will only send a small number of soldiers to fight the Chinese government, if I succeed, I can have less interests, do you think this is okay, after all, I have to guard against the British and Tibetan rebels from invading Qinghai." ”

As for beware of the British and Tibetan rebels to keep Qinghai, it is also very in line with Ma Qi's character, so they didn't feel anything about the blow, in fact, they didn't know that Ma Qi was afraid that the Chinese government would play pigs and eat tigers, and he wanted to leave hope for himself.

After a night of discussions, Ma Jiajun finally decided to start sending troops to attack the Chinese government when the Chinese government and the Tibetan rebels were inseparable. The next day, Ma Jiajun signed a secret treaty with the Japanese, which stipulated that the mineral mining rights in the northwest and all the territories of Ma Jiajun would be sold to Japan cheaply for 100 years, and the minerals produced would be divided into three or seven points with Ma Jiajun, and Ma Jiajun would be three, and Japan would have the right to garrison the northeast in the future.

Qin Yu also got this information when Ma Jiajun and the Japanese had a secret meeting, although he didn't know what agreement Ma Jiajun made with the Japanese, but Qin Yu would not let Ma Jiajun succeed, and he still wished that Ma Jiajun would attack.