Just sitting directly on the grass in a long skirt, holding a cup in his hand, Elaline's heart was full of warmth when he looked at Yan Shao.

Since the good news of the victory came back from the front, Yan Shao immediately took care of all the official duties that had to be handled, and then took an afternoon to celebrate the victory at the front line on the lawn outside the mansion with Eleno and Caterina......... A family celebration...

Because Yan Shao knew very well that it would not be long before the military government would hold an official celebration banquet. As the leader of the Anhui military government, Yan Shao must attend this kind of celebration, and it is clear that such banquets are usually very boring and cannot be as casual as they are now.

And after the feast, it's the endless aftermath.

Including the handling of the wounded, the dead and prisoners, as well as the negotiation of Beiyang, etc., Yan Shao is afraid that he will be very busy for a long time in the future, which is also the reason why Yan Shao will take a little time to spend with his family now—————— after a while, even if Yan Shao wants to smoke, it will be difficult to pull out...

It is precisely because of this that Yan Shao will try his best to take out time.

For Eleno and Caterina, what makes them happiest is naturally Yan Shao's attention to his family. After all, few people in power at home and abroad in ancient and modern times value their families more than their careers, and many people regard their careers more seriously than their families, seeing that Yan Shao's status is getting higher and higher, several people are also very worried that Yan Shao will become like others.

Now that Yan Shao is like this, several people feel a burst of warmth in their hearts at the same time. Privately, I was also relieved.

Some women may want their men to have a career, and it is worth paying a big price for it, but for them it is more important to their families. This probably has a lot to do with their origins and childhood experiences.

For example, Elaline lost her mother at an early age, and her father served in the Foreign Legion and had to leave her at the Tharis family. Although Mr. and Mrs. Tharis see her as their daughter, they are not her biological parents after all, which makes her value her family very much.

Lu Ying's words, her mother also died early, and her father was a bad gambler. And she was given to Shen Jiang a few years ago, and this experience made her the same as Elaline.

There's also Kaoru Otsuki, whose ex-husband is probably a model of valuing his career more than his family—————— but for him. I'm afraid that Lori is more important than career.

As for Katarina...

If she had valued her family, she would not have sailed from France to the United States alone, and finally followed Yan Shao to China, and has been with him for ten years...

On the other hand. Yan Shao's childhood was actually not very pleasant. It also made him value his family more than anything else.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the five of them enjoy the current atmosphere very much...

The atmosphere between the family...

As for Fumiko? Ahem, she's still young, so let's make an exception...

Holding the cup, Yan Shao was going to say something.

For him, 3 of the 5 women sitting in front of him are the ones who have a very close relationship with him, as for Kaoru Otsuki. From 10 years. She and Fumiko have also lived here for 3 years, more than 3 years. Whether it is Yan Shao or Elainor, they have already regarded their mother and daughter as their own family.

And...

If it's a change to the past, it doesn't matter, after the accident on the stairs, Yan Shao can't treat Kaoru Otsuki as an ordinary family member...

Moreover, he did not intend to accept the answer of rejection, but there was no suitable time for the time being, so he did not explain everything...

As for Fumiko...

Ahem, I'll talk about that later...

Anyway, now Yan Shao is still enjoying the atmosphere between the family in front of him, but just as he was about to say something, Wu Qianqiu suddenly ran over in the distance, which also made Yan Shao and the others frown slightly.

Because at this time, he came over, there is undoubtedly something important, so of course, the current celebration is afraid that it will not be able to continue...

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"What's the matter, so anxious?" Although he was a little helpless, Yan Shao didn't intend to blame Wu Qianqiu, so his tone was as gentle as usual.

Noticing this, Wu Qianqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he consciously followed Yan Shao for many years and already knew him very well, people would become after all, especially when their own status changed. In the past, Yan Shao was of course in a high position, but after all, there was only one province under his control, and now after defeating Beiyang, although there are still many warlords who have not been swept away, almost everyone with a discerning eye can see that Yan Shao will be the ruler of China in the future, and in this case, whether Yan Shao can still be as gentle as in the past, I am afraid no one can guarantee.

And Yan Shao on the front line also instructed that unless it is a big event, everything will wait until the evening. Although Wu Qianqiu felt that the matter he wanted to report was also very big, it was still a little short of Tianda after all, and he didn't know whether Yan Shao's temperament would be the same as in the past, so he was inevitably a little apprehensive in his heart.

Now that I see that Yan Shao is no different from the past, I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"That's right, I just received a telegram that the Beiyang side wants to negotiate peace with us..."

Straightening his posture, Wu Qianqiu hurriedly reported.

Although this is not a big deal, it is indeed a big deal.

On the other side, Yan Shao also pondered after hearing this.

"Peace talks?"

He is a little interested in these, after all, the most important thing for him now is the First World War in a year's time, especially the Japanese invasion of Qingdao—————— Japan has coveted China for a long time, and now that he has a reason to do it justifiably, it is naturally impossible to let it go. The only thing that Yan Shaona is not sure about at the moment is whether the First World War will break out as scheduled, and the attitude of the Germans after the outbreak.

It would be best if the Germans were willing to give up the fortress of Tsingtao, but if they didn't...

I'm afraid that before he starts with the Japanese, Yan Shao will have a fight with the Germans first...

So anyway. It's always good to be prepared.

On the other hand, although Yan Shao has done a good job, even if he loses in Qingdao, he will definitely not give in. Even the determination to retreat the front to the interior and fight with the Japanese. However, the period from the outbreak of World War I to the end of World War I was precisely the most suitable time for China's development, and Yan Shao was unwilling to miss this opportunity in order to fight the Japanese. So if we can win in Qingdao, it will be great.

Therefore, for Yan Shao, any force is very precious.

Not only the National Social Army, but also the Beiyang Army and other local armies.

It is precisely because of this that after Fu Xiuming won. Yan Shao immediately sent a telegram to Fu Xiuming, asking him to properly arrange the tens of thousands of Beiyang prisoners, and not to abuse or other things. Because for Yan Shao. These tens of thousands of Beiyang captives are of great use.

It only takes some reorganization of this army, plus advanced weapons, and in no more than half a year, these tens of thousands of prisoners will become a capable army.

And with these tens of thousands of troops. Wait until the time of the Battle of Qingdao. Yan Shao will be able to grasp it a little more.

As for the tens of thousands of troops that Yuan Shikai now has? To be honest, Yan Shao is actually quite greedy, especially the tens of thousands of veteran Beiyang who have not been touched, if they are equipped with the same equipment as the National Social Army, their combat effectiveness is probably higher than the two most elite divisions of the National Social Army.

It's just that in Yan Shao's opinion, Yuan Shikai is afraid that he will not give in easily.

So Yan Shao is ready to beat him up in Zhili, the question is, what if Yuan Shikai takes the city and defends it? It's not very likely, but it's not impossible.

And now Yuan Shikai suddenly said that he wanted to negotiate peace with Yan Shao. Naturally, this made him a little happy.

"Do you want us to go back first?"

I don't know about the First World War, and I don't know if there will be a scale in Qingdao a year later. But the severity is greater than that of many wars. But after listening to Wu Qianqiu's words, Elano and the others still understood the importance of this matter.

Although Eleanor and the others all hope that Yan Shao can spend more time with them, they also know that it is different from the past now, and Yan Shao cannot do things by temperament as in the past, so they are very sensible and plan to end this celebration.

However, hearing their words, Yan Shao first looked at the watch on his wrist.

"16:30, there's still some time..."Thinking so, Yan Shao raised his head and said to Wu Qianqiu. Inform Li Liang of them, and say that there will be a meeting at the Governor's Mansion at 7 o'clock..."After speaking, Yan Shao turned his head to Elaline and smiled gently. "Now we have more than 2 hours left..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, after looking at the smile on his face, Elaline and the others felt warm in their hearts, and the body that had already stood up also sat back down.

Soon, the atmosphere between the six of them returned to the previous atmosphere, as for Wu Qianqiu?

After listening to Yan Shao's instructions, he had already retreated very familiarly and conveyed Yan Shao's instructions to Li Liang and them.

As Yan Shao said, there are still more than two hours.

More than two hours later, Yan Shao said goodbye to Elaline and the others, and rode alone to the Governor's Mansion surrounded by soldiers.

In the corridor of the Governor's Mansion, Li Liang and the others had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Yan Shao coming, they immediately surrounded him.

"The Governor..."

"The Governor..."

"Hmm..."Nodding, Yan Shao walked past everyone into the conference room, and the others behind him followed.

Sitting in his own place, Yan Shao looked at the people around the long table. "I've already told you about it..."

"Hmm..."Li Liang and the others nodded one after another. Adjutant Wu had already told us before I came..."

"And what do you think?" Although Yan Shao already had his own plans in his heart, after all, it was impossible to make a decision without even asking.

Hearing Yan Shao's words, someone soon spoke. "Now that we have the upper hand, why talk to them?"

"That's right, now Beiyang counts the troops that are being withdrawn from the Northeast and Outer Mongolia, and there are only more than 70,000 people in Zhili, and they can't be compared with Feng Guozhang's previous command. We can even defeat Feng Guozhang's more than 70,000 people, and this person is not a problem at all..."

"You can't say that, we fought with Beiyang in the field before, and this time Yuan Shikai knows that Dao is not our opponent. I'm afraid it won't give us this chance. If Beiyang holds the city, even if we can take Beijing and Tianjin, there will definitely be no fewer casualties..."

"That's right..."

"yes..."

"And just now Beiyang has sent a telegram to the whole country. Now all walks of life in the country are calling on us to end the war with Beiyang, and if it continues, I am afraid that public opinion will all be on Yuan Shikai's side..." Seeing that the main peace faction and the main war faction were arguing there, soon some people who were inclined to the main peace faction spoke.

"That's right, and now there are many public opinions in the province calling for a truce, and if we don't respond, it will be very unfavorable in public opinion..."

How to say it. Although it is the barrel of a gun that comes out of power, public opinion is still very valued in this era, so after hearing this. Even the Lord and the faction did not dare to despise it too much.

In fact, after making the decision to negotiate peace with the Guoshe government, Beiyang sent a telegram not only to the Guoshe government, but also to other newspapers and local warlords—————— the reason for this is also very simple, that is, to gain public support.

In terms of public opinion, it did not support the Nationalist Socialist Army and the Beiyang Army. Now that Yuan Shikai has succumbed. Naturally, they were willing to help. What's more, in their opinion, this matter is still Yuan Shikai's reason, you must know that Beiyang was the nominal and de facto central government at that time, and it was almost a matter of course to stop Yan Shao's behavior.

As for those warlords? They were willing to sit back and watch Yuan Shikai and Yan Shao fight, just to let them lose both, and then do it themselves for a few more years. At first, the situation was as they had hoped, and the casualties on both sides were indeed very large, but this time the Nationalist Army and small casualties crushed Beiyang, which was not a good thing for them.

Therefore, at the moment, I hope most to promote peace talks. I'm afraid it's these warlords who still want to be the emperor of the soil...

Naturally, in addition to them, there are also foreigners who are also involved. It's just that for the time being, Yan Shao doesn't need to worry...

But even so, someone still spoke. "Public opinion is inclined to peace talks? So what? At the beginning, they didn't let us beat the Kuomintang, we still took Jiangxi easily, and they told us not to fight with Beiyang, we still beat Beiyang's nose and face were swollen, even if we ignore them now, can they still help Beiyang beat us? ”

This is the obvious theory of the supremacy of force, and there is still some market for this kind of argument among people.

However, they also knew that they were afraid that such an argument between them would lead to nothing, so almost everyone shifted their attention to Yan Shao, after all, Yan Shao is the one who has the right to make decisions.

Seeing this, although Yan Shao had already made up his mind for a long time, he still pretended to think about it before he spoke. "Li Liang just said that they are right, if Beiyang really holds the city, I'm afraid our casualties will not be small, and public opinion hopes that we can negotiate peace with Beiyang, since this is the case, let's sell them a face, anyway, Beiyang is now a candle in the wind, if they really don't know the current affairs, it will not be too late for us to do it at that time, not to mention that Fu Xiuming just sent a telegram some time ago, saying that the ammunition of the troops has been almost consumed, and it is not easy to capture Beijing and Tianjin without enough ammunition. Taking advantage of this time, we just took advantage of the time to send the ammunition up..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, the others lowered their heads and thought for a moment before nodding.

Anyway, the situation is just like Yan Shao said, now that they have the upper hand, if Beiyang really doesn't know the current affairs, it will not be too late to do it when the time comes, so everyone quickly agreed to Yan Shao's decision.

However, after saying the above words, Yan Shao added. "But this is only for Beiyang, for the Kuomintang...... Later, I sent a telegram to Xiao Yongyan, so that he was ready to do it, and then I transferred a brigade of troops from Wuhu and Dangtu to cooperate with him, the Kuomintang, I will not give up if I don't crush it! ”

For Yan Shao, hurting his family was something he absolutely could not accept, not to mention that he had a grudge against the Kuomintang before. The two reasons add up, it can be said that Yan Shao can let go of Beiyang, but he will definitely not let go of the Kuomintang...

So no matter what the final outcome is, for Yan Shao, the Kuomintang must disappear from the mainland...

Thoroughly...

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Putting aside what the people on the Beiyang side thought for the time being, in the end, Duan Qirui and others issued a 'begging peace' announcement to the Guoshe Government according to Yuan Shikai's intentions, hoping that the two sides could end this dispute by means of peace talks.

For Yan Shao, it would actually be a good thing if he could end the war, after all, every unit in his hands would be the main force on the Qingdao battlefield in the future, and it was a pity to waste it on the domestic battlefield now.

On the other hand, although there are many people in the Guoshe Government who are a little puzzled, why did they not continue to pursue when they already had an absolute advantage, but were willing to accept the begging and announcement of the Beiyang government, but now the Guoshe Government is the victorious side after all, although the losses of the Chinese Social Army in the war will definitely not be much less than that of Beiyang, but the resistance to this kind of thing is much lower than that of Beiyang after all, plus Yan Shao's prestige in the party has increased a lot because of the relationship between this war, so in the face of Yan Shao's decision, There is not much opposition within the government.

Therefore, after some negotiations, the Guoshe government officially issued a public announcement, announcing that it was willing to accept the Beiyang government's statement of peace talks, and hoped that the Beiyang government would send a delegation to Anhui to discuss the matter of peace, in order to resolve this dispute as soon as possible—————— after all, Yan Shao's side was the victorious side, and it was impossible for Yan Shao to send a delegation to the Beiyang side.

And the time, it is booked for July 7th... (To be continued......)