A Beiyang soldier beside him stared at Feng Yuxiang: "Xietong, fight!" Kill one is one! ”

There were still more than 200 people left in the entire army, and no one was waiting for orders at this time, and they all took out the big swords behind them one by one. This is the characteristic of Feng Yuxiang's troops, they were still preparing to fight with the volunteers last year, and Lao Yuan was also very clear about the ability of the volunteers to fight in close combat, and he also equipped his troops with bayonets.

But Feng Yuxiang always felt that the bayonet was not very comfortable, so he asked a blacksmith to fight a big knife, and every day people practiced bayonets, he played there for a trip, and then more and more soldiers trained with him, and the big knife became a necessary equipment for this army, basically a hand.

If you don't fight at this time, you can't do it, and if you want to surrender, you won't stick to it until now! Feng Yuxiang also pulled out the big knife and nodded: "Okay!" Fight with Lao Maozi! ”

The Russian captain who was chasing behind had a smile on his face at this time, he thought that victory was already at hand, adjusted the team slightly, set up the position of the heavy machine gun, and stood there in a big way, waiting for the group of Beiyang troops in front of him to rush over and then kill them with machine guns.

More than one hundred and forty meters, this distance is a death distance for the Beiyang Army. Feng Yuxiang shouted, and more than 200 remnants of the Beiyang army rushed towards the Russians with a mortal heart.

A sneer hung on the corner of the captain's mouth, and when Feng Yuxiang reached a distance of eighty meters, his hand was slowly raised, and the Russian troops were ready to shoot with all kinds of firepower.

At the moment when the captain's hand was about to fall, a gunshot rang out from nowhere, and a bullet came out of the other side of the head through the captain's temple! The captain's face didn't even change, and he threw himself on the ground.

Before the Russian soldiers could understand what was going on, a burst of grenades flew over their heads from the top of the hill, and heavy machine guns fired heavily at them.

Feng Yuxiang's group of people, who were bound to die by themselves, were really excited in their hearts, and there were actually people on the top of the mountain to support them! Their fighting spirit rose in an instant, and Feng Yuxiang rushed into the Russian position with a big knife under the cover of the mountain. Two slashes left and right cut down two Russian GIs!

Although the big knife is old-fashioned, once the hand-to-hand combat is really happier than the bayonet, Lao Maozi really hasn't dealt with this kind of weapon, plus the commander was killed, and for a while, the lineup was actually killed by this group of Beiyang soldiers.

Qi Kunyuan's face had changed at this time, and when he was hesitating to go up and fight side by side with the Russian master, the bullets on the top of the mountain crackled towards them! Grenades began to explode around them.

These people didn't have much backbone, and they were all pale at this time, and the idea of escaping had already moved in their hearts. The Beiyang soldiers who fought with the Russians were fighting one by one at this time, and Feng Yuxiang was even more courageous. After cutting down a few Russians, he saw Qi Kunyuan, and his eyes suddenly widened: "Qi Kunyuan!" You traitor, return the lives of my 100,000 Beiyang brothers! ”

He shouted as he brandished his broadsword and rushed over desperately! Qi Kunyuan already had a ghost in his heart, and his legs were even more unstable at this time, where did he dare to stay for a while? Don't care about the Russian master, with the thousands of soldiers head down: "Withdraw!" There is an ambush! Evacuate! ”

When the more than 3,000 traitors fled, and only Feng Yuxiang's men and horses and the Russians were left on the battlefield, dozens of figures crossed down from the top of the mountain!

The resistance of the Russians was also quickly defeated by them, and Feng Yuxiang really had a feeling of escaping death. Looking at the person wearing the uniform of the Volunteer Army who was walking towards him, he hurriedly greeted him: "Brother is Feng Yuxiang, the commander of the 15th Mixed Association of the Beiyang Army, I don't know what to call the eldest brother?" ”

"Brother Wang Jinhan, commander of the 12th Division of the Volunteer Army."

"Oops. Master Wang! Look up for a long time, look up for a long time! ”

"Feng Xietong, I'm glad to meet you!"

Wang Jinhan and Feng Yuxiang didn't even have too much politeness, and after a few words of greeting, they went up the mountain together very tacitly. Although now Wang Jinhan is thinking about looking for Zhang Zuolin, and Feng Yuxiang is thinking about whether he can find other brothers who have been scattered. The purpose is different, but they are very clear, walking together has a response, and separating can only make themselves more dangerous.

This means that politically, when the Beiyang Army and the Volunteer Army have not yet achieved reunification, the cooperation between the soldiers of the two sides on the battlefield has begun. As this cooperation becomes more frequent, the confluence will be an irresistible force.

Yang Xiaolin really didn't want to merge with Yuan Shikai militarily now, and Lao Yuan didn't plan to engage in any united front with the Volunteers at all.

This is not to say that they are all unwilling to give up their own interests, but the word convergence is easy to say, and if you want to do a good job, you must take care of the interests of all aspects, which is very troublesome. Yang Xiaolin and Yuan Shikai both believe that there is no need to talk about this matter at this stage.

The Russians were pressing forward step by step, and the situation of the Beiyang Army was quite dangerous. The volunteers couldn't help at all at this time, they were chased by the Japanese and ran around, and they didn't expect Yuan Shikai to help them do something. Therefore, neither side has raised this issue, which requires careful consultations to resolve the issue.

But as the battle progressed, cooperation on the battlefield began. If Wang Jinhan and Feng Yuxiang are just making a small fight here, then Wu Peifu led more than 4,000 Beiyang troops into Daqingshan to join Zaitao, whether they want to cooperate, and how to cooperate has really become an unavoidable question.

March 18, 1907.

It has been two months since the war began, and in Mr. Sadaoyi's original assumption, these two months should have achieved preliminary results, not to mention that they can kill the volunteers, at least they should have eliminated a large number of their living forces, forcing Yang to fight ghosts in all directions......

Now that guy is running around, but it seems that a large amount of life is consumed by the Japanese, and this result is really something he didn't expect at all.

What I didn't expect was that Yuan Shikai actually declared war, and it was directly declared war on the British Empire, maybe from the perspective of military and national strength, Yuan Shikai is simply looking for death, but Sa Daoyi knows how ruthless the old treacherous Chinese is!

The coalition he formed was here to suppress bandits, to kill Yang Xiaolin, who was opposed to the civilized world, not to start an all-out war with China a few years ago! After the declaration of war by Lao Yuan, the French had now begun to retreat, the Germans seemed to be ready to stick a knife in the British, the Italians seemed to be more keen on business, and the attitude of the Americans began to blur. Austria-Hungary was resolute, but the prince's lieutenant general only insisted on landing in the northeast as soon as possible to start a war with the Volunteers.

The coalition forces, which were not of one heart in the first place, faced a great crisis. An all-out war with China? Many countries have no such intentions, because Yuan Shikai's previous performance should be said to be satisfactory to the foreign people, and they can't find a second person in China who can replace Lao Yuan.

This is the first problem that Yuan Shikai gave Sa Daoyi. It's hard, but it's not too much of a problem. Lao Yuan's second topic for Sa Daoyi is in the UK, and the UK is in the election of the prime minister!

Prime Minister Henry Campbell's term of office has expired, and the Liberals are now fighting fiercely to stay in power with the Conservatives and the Labour Party.

Politics is also a brutal battlefield, and any means will be used to bring down opponents.

The Conservatives and Labour used the China incident to attack the Liberals' ability to govern and diplomatize. In their exaggeration, the British people asked the ruling Liberal Party to explain two issues in the newspapers. First, when there is no alleviating plan for the economic crisis, why fight an all-out war with China? Second, China's Yuan Shikai government has a good relationship with the British government, so why did it suddenly reach the point of declaring war?

There were also some merchants who were very dissatisfied with the escalation of the war, and the Beiyang government was really very good to the British merchants before Yuan Shikai declared war, although Sa Daoyi told these people who were doing business in China that he had gone to Sun Wen, and Sun Wen's government would guarantee the interests of these merchants.

But these businessmen were also not satisfied, and Sun Wen had not agreed after all. Even if you say yes. Can he do better than Yuan Shikai? Even if we could, would it be worth letting us abandon Yuan Shikai? The dissatisfaction of these people is the fatal blow to Sadaoyi! Whether it's politics or the military, it's all about money.

A month ago, the Liberals' support was 47 percent, far higher than the two rivals. But after the news of the declaration of war in Beiyang came back. In a dozen days, it fell to 43 percent, and there was a faint tendency to be overtaken by the Conservatives in the last round of voting.

What was most unfavorable to Mr. Sadaoyi was that the Liberals had no idea of a full-scale war with China at this time, and this step of the course of events was completely unforeseen by the British Government. In other words, Mr. Sadaoyi is the first person responsible. And he is precisely a supporter of the Conservative Party.

Just yesterday he received a telegram from Prime Minister Campbell: "Mr. Sadaoyi, because of the situation in China, we are in a very bad situation! I'll be honest with you. There is a misunderstanding of your views within our party. As a friend for many years, I believe in your character, but I ask you to come up with a proper plan for the events in China at once, for the sake of the British Empire. ”

Sadao can imagine how angry the Liberal Party is now, and he can't imagine what his political image in Britain will be like if the Conservative Party wins the election because of this incident.

Sa Daoyi had approached Yuan Shikai many times, wanting Yuan Shikai to withdraw his declaration of war, and promised that as long as Yuan Shikai did this, he would immediately negotiate with Russia about the Mongol issue. But since Lao Yuan has taken this step, he doesn't plan to turn back. Yuan Shikai is not a fool, he understands that sometimes he has to move forward when he takes a step, even if there seems to be no road ahead, he must go on, and it is not possible to turn back.

As soon as the declaration of war is spoken, if you take it back, it will be equivalent to a slap in the face. Yuan Shikai's reply was very simple, it was impossible to withdraw the declaration of war, and if Sa Daoyi was willing, he could negotiate an armistice agreement with the Beiyang Army.

Is negotiating an armistice a matter for Sadao to call the shots?

On the one hand, he had to quickly win over Sun Wen and strive to make the southern government gain the recognition of other countries and become the sole legitimate government of China. On the other hand, we must quickly solve Yuan Shikai and let this topic disappear!

Sun Wen was willing to go north to attack Yuan Shikai is the most ideal plan, which is why the British have not declared war on Yuan Shikai until now.

In the British Embassy, Mr. Sadoyi was seeing off the Japanese Minister Abutaro, who was about to go to Nanjing. The two men sat on the floor and drank sake as the Japanese custom, while Mr. Sadoyoshi's wife, Takeda, knelt next to them and poured them sake.

"Minister Abe, this time you go to the south to talk to Sun Wen I hope to have a very happy result, you know that I am in a very passive situation now, I was supposed to be transferred back to the UK after the election, but now it seems that there are some difficulties. If you can let me go back to my hometown, I have to ask Abe-kun to work hard. (To be continued......)