Yuan Shikai has more than 50,000 people in the city defense and police force in Beijing, and the combat effectiveness of these people is not high, and Wu Zhaolin knows that even if Yuan Shikai fights, he will rely on the more than 8,000 people in the navy and some troops that he has transferred from various places during this period. The fighting quality of these armies cannot be compared with the Fourth Front Army, even if Wu Zhaolin, some Beiyang troops in the middle of the Fourth Front Army, dare not use them, it is very difficult for Lao Yuan to win with the little strength in his hands.

Wu Zhaolin knew that Yuan Shikai's biggest bargaining chip was the troops who came back from Mongolia, and he was counting on Feng Guozhang's group to put out the fire.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhaolin felt a little worthless for Yuan Shikai. If he doesn't take the initiative to take action, he will rely on the little thing between the revolutionary party and Lao Yuan, and it will really be difficult for Yang Xiaolin to do anything to Yuan Shikai after he comes back, after all, who is right and who is wrong can still be argued.

But Lao Yuan took the initiative to beat himself, that is, he fired the first shot of the civil war, morally Yang Xiaolin has achieved the result he wants, and the rest is to get Yuan Shikai down.

It's really not that Yuan Shikai is too stupid in this matter, in the face of the dilemma of not being able to kill Sun Wen, Lao Yuan is a little anxious, and he is eager to deal with Sun Wen's affairs before Yang Xiaolin comes back. He thought that he was hopeful, as soon as Feng Guozhang's troops arrived, it was equivalent to Lao Yuan having a sharp steel knife in his hand, and there should be no difficulty in cutting the Fourth Front Army.

But Yang Dagui is obviously more cunning than Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai never thought that it was not Feng Guozhang who came back now, Yang Xiaolin left Lao Yuan a promising path, but dug a trap at the end of this road.

What General Wu has to prepare for at this time is to fight, so that Yuan Shikai can't kill himself, and he is still very confident in this. Back at the headquarters that had just been bombed, Wu Zhaolin turned on the radio station and sent a telegram with the password he had agreed with Yang Xiaolin: "Shark bites." ”

After a while, Yang Xiaolin's telegram quickly replied: "Shou." It is forbidden to attack the capital, and it is forbidden to fire artillery into the city. ”

The next day, the battle. Fights began.

When Lao Yuan makes a move, it means that China's affairs are about to have a result, at the latest in mid-May, there is still more than a month before now, no matter whether Yuan Shikai can kill Wu Zhaolin or not, when Yang Xiaolin comes back, everything will be over.

What the Chinese system will look like will be decided by that time, and another negotiation is also taking place in Beijing at the same time, which is about the current situation in Asia. The negotiations were initiated by the Japanese minister, Shotaro Abe.

Little Japan really wants to limit China's development, and seeing that Yang Dagui has killed a million Russians, no one knows where his goal will be next. The Japanese were really worried that China would threaten him, so two days ago Shotaro Abe informed the United States. The British and French ministers said that in the current situation, in order to ensure that China does not become a destabilizing factor in Asia, it is necessary for various countries to form an alliance of a certain size.

They don't seem to know anything about it, and in the eyes of the gentlemen nowadays, it seems that the destabilizing factors in Japan are more violent than those in China.

For Abe Shoutaro's invitation, Sa Daoyi did not refuse. Since you want to talk, we will talk with you. However, to the displeasure of Abe Shotaro, Mr. Bower of France told everyone when he first intervened in the talks. His attitude here does not represent the attitude of the French government.

Bovo said that the French government had only asked him to listen to the specifications and conditions of the Japanese alliance, and that he could not decide whether to agree or not. This statement really made Abe Shoutaro half angry.

However, the Japanese did not give up. Abe Shotaro also told Mr. Zhu Erdian that the Chinese were very unfriendly to the British, and that the Chinese Army had performed very well in the battle against Russia, and no one could guarantee that Yang would not set his sights on Burma and India in the future.

What Shotaro Abe said was very righteous. He told the British that the Japanese government valued its alliance with Britain if China did act against Britain's interests. Japan could send a fleet to the battle at any time, and sent ten to twenty divisions to support the British.

Then little Japan asked again, in case Yang Xiaolin set his sights on North Korea and Taiwan, would Britain be able to fulfill its obligations as an ally?

Zhu Erdian gave him a clear answer, the British are trustworthy, and if Japan is attacked by China, they will not hesitate to stand on Japan's side. As for whether to send troops directly, Zhu Erdian calculated very carefully, and then told Abe Shotaro that the British could draw two colonial divisions from India.

Abe Shoutaro's beard shook when he heard this, and he really had nothing to say.

If it was placed in the previous Qing Dynasty, the British would not have to send two divisions, just say a word. But you haven't seen the strength of the current Chinese army and the army, if they really fight North Korea, what will two colonial divisions do?

Just when Abe Shoutaro felt extremely disappointed in the meeting and was a little helpless that Japan might really face the threat from China, Yang Du found him. While they were negotiating, Yang Du noticed the actions of the Japanese, and to be honest, Yang Du was really afraid that they would reach some agreement to jointly deal with China.

After getting the news that they didn't talk about it, Yang Huizi was very happy, and immediately found Abe Shoutaro, what are you talking about with those Western countries, come, let's talk. Yang Du said, you are absolutely right to talk to me, no matter where China's political pattern goes this time, Sun Wen, the foreign minister, will definitely not be able to do it, and the person who will replace him must be me.

We can talk about it first, and if you don't feel at ease with me, we can stop signing the agreement for the time being, and when the situation in China stabilizes, I can go to Japan and talk to you.

Speaking of which, Abe Shoutaro really has no reason to refuse. And Yang Du is right, you really can't talk about going together with those Western countries. He can also see that Britain, France, and the United States are hoping that China and Japan will now pinch each other.

A telegram was sent to Tokyo, and Tokyo replied, talking. In the case that Western countries can no longer be used to suppress China, try to clearly delineate the scope of interests with the Chinese, and strive to make China not entangled in the North Korea and Taiwan issues, and Japan can concentrate on running Indonesia, which has just arrived.

The advantage of democracy is that the will of the majority of the people is respected, as in the current British Empire, whose top brass is clearly aware that China and Japan have become two unstable countries that challenge their Asian interests, but they cannot give up their alliance with Japan, because British democracy has a good impression of the Japanese in this era.

On the other hand, they will no longer adopt any hostile tactics against China. Last year's hostilities had already caused discontent, and the British government would not impose another blockade on China if British merchants were in dire need of access to China.

So they can only play that balance.

On April 27 of the first year of the Republic, the battle outside Beijing had been fought for a week, and Wu Zhaolin had always been in a situation of being passively beaten, and at the beginning of the battle, there was a large-scale defection of the Fourth Front Army, and many of the soldiers of the Beiyang Army returned to Yuan Shikai's side, and even some former revolutionary soldiers followed them.

This situation has changed the strength of the two sides, but fortunately, Wu Zhaolin has been prepared for this situation, he took the initiative to give up the first line of defense that could not be held, and stabilized the second line of defense with the support of Liu Xianhe to continue to fight with Yuan Shikai.

Wu Zhaolin fought really well, but Yang Xiaolin's order really tied his hands and feet, and the Fourth Front Army could only put on a defensive posture, and was not allowed to attack Beijing City or fire artillery into the city.

Lao Yuan's troops quickly touched this weakness of Wu Zhaolin, and they ran to the city when the situation was a little worse, so General Wu was really aggrieved in this battle.

I feel aggrieved here, and it's the same with Yuan Shikai! Lao Yuan also has a very thorough understanding of the policy of the British, and the British now support him, but if he loses, the British will not do anything for him. In the final analysis, this incident is China's own affair. In other words, this time he must settle the matter by himself, settle him and continue to be his president, if something happens and he loses, no country in the world will come to help him speak.

In the battle, Shanxi's troops served as the main force of the attack, although Lao Yuan gave them great support, and even arranged troops within the Fourth Front Army to respond to their attack, but there was really a gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides, and Wu Zhaolin could not be defeated under the combination of inside and outside, and the soldiers brought by Yan Xishan suffered heavy casualties after a week's fighting, and Lao Yuan obviously realized that relying on these people could only maintain the situation, and if he wanted to end the battle, he still had to wait for Feng Guozhang's 30,000 horses to come back.

"How many days is the dog from Beijing?"

Lao Yuan's little anxious, the news of the battle has spread throughout China until now, although Yuan Shikai tried his best to erase the negative reports on himself in the newspaper, but the truth is still slowly being detected by people, at least people in Beijing know that this battle is Yuan Shikai's first shot.

Lao Yuan obviously felt that the newspaper was already quite dissatisfied with him, and he knew that this matter had to be resolved quickly.

Yuan Keding answered beside him: "I received a telegram from Feng Guozhang in the morning, he said that there are still more than 100 kilometers, and if you speed up a little, you can arrive the morning after tomorrow." ”

"No! It's too slow! Send a telegram to him, saying that by tomorrow night at the latest, he must appear in the city of Beijing! ”

"Dad, General Feng also estimated that we were in a hurry, so he sent Sun Chuanfang to lead the team first, and it is estimated that he will be able to arrive at noon tomorrow. General Feng said, let us first draw up the attack plan, and as soon as he arrives the morning after tomorrow, he will immediately enter the battle. ”

Lao Yuan was relieved when he heard this, and he didn't want to delay it for one more day now. (To be continued......)