Mr. Sadaoyi's secretary pushed the door in at this time: "Mr. Ambassador, Yang Du is outside asking to meet you, and he said that he has important matters to discuss with you. ”

Yang Du? At this time?

Sa Daoyi's brows furrowed: "Let him wait for me in the living room, I'll be there soon." ”

Yang Du is the plenipotentiary representative of the Northeast in Beijing now, and it is also the mouth of the Northeast diplomacy, if Yang Xiaolin wants to convey any message to himself, then Yang Du should come over earlier, at that time he still has time to convey the attitude of the Northeast to London, if that guy is willing to leave Germany and apologize to the British, maybe the matter can be salvaged.

Are they coming now because they want to win against Russia? Did the beast think that if he won this local battle of the Russians, he would have the capital to negotiate with the British Empire? If he thinks like this, it only means that they are still a little immature.

When Sa Daoyi came to the living room, Yang Du immediately stood up from his chair and bent down very gracefully at seventy-five degrees: "Minister Sa Daoyi, hello." ”

Over the years, Chen Tianhua has been made like an old man in the Northeast, because he likes to play democracy and quarrels every day. And Yang Du doesn't have to worry about that idleness, and he doesn't have to work hard with people like Yang Xiaolin, so now he is in good spirits, as if he is getting younger and younger.

With the kind of smile that diplomats like on the corner of Yang Du's mouth, Sa Daoyi looked the northeastern's tongue up and down, and then asked, "Is there anything that Mr. Yang has come to me for?" If you want to express something, I think you might be a little late. ”

Yang Du nodded: "I know that the relationship between China and the British Empire is very bad right now, but this does not mean that we will become enemies. No two countries are destined to be enemies or friends, and Mr. Sadaoyi should know this truth better than I do. ”

Of course, Sa Daoyi knows that there is no eternal enemy in the face of national interests, and there is no need for Yang Du to teach him. It's just that China and Britain can't be friends now, at least in the short term.

"If you have anything to say directly, I won't refuse if I can help."

Yang Du heard it, and Sa Daoyi was a little disheartened. From this attitude, we can also roughly judge what measures the British government will take against China.

Yang Du didn't talk nonsense anymore, and took out a check from his bosom: "Mr. Sadaoyi, this is our Commander Yang who asked me to return it to the British government on his behalf." ”

Sa Daoyi was stunned for a moment, took the check and looked at it, a total of 320,000 pounds. This figure is exactly the ransom paid by the British Empire when Yang Xiaolin kidnapped him and some British merchants in Beijing.

Yang Du continued: "For the events of that year, we, Commander Yang, asked me to convey my apologies to you on his behalf. In two days he will be in Beijing, and he will come to apologize to you in person. ”

Sa Daoyi put the check on the table and said, "I know it is very difficult for you to come up with this money now, and I can feel your sincerity when you do this, but let me be more direct, it won't change anything." ”

Yang Du smiled: "I think you may have misunderstood what we meant. We haven't thought about changing anything, it's just that we, Commander Yang, have always believed that stealing other people's things will have to be returned sooner or later. ”

As soon as Yang Du said this, Sa Daoyi's expression immediately changed! When he saw this check, he thought it was a compromise on the part of Yang Da Ghost, but now he suddenly understood that that guy didn't mean to compromise at all! The arrogance in his bones can't be changed.

Sa Daoyi didn't know what to say for a while, Yang Du didn't wait for him to speak, and bowed again, seventy-five degrees: "Mr. Sa Daoyi." My business is done, and I am confident that Mr. Sadaoyi will clearly convey to the British Government what we are going to say. The last sentence is that we, Commander Yang, asked me to tell you that when you leave China, he will definitely come to give you a ride. Farewell. ”

Yang Du's statement is relatively tough, in fact, at the beginning, Yang Xiaolin meant that he came by himself, but Yang Du knew that if Yang Xiaolin was here, what he said might be unacceptable to Sa Daoyi. Because Commander Yang is really very angry!

Straight up to Songyuan has reached Changbai Mountain. He originally went to find Yang Xiaolin, but Commander Yang asked Zhang Zuolin to negotiate with him, and Zhang Zuolin told Yang Xiaolin. Naogami Matsubara made it very clear that Britain demanded that Japan and China immediately sever diplomatic relations and cooperate with the British Empire in imposing a blockade on China. They themselves will withdraw their envoys from Peking, that is, henceforth the British government will be in a hostile relationship with China!

Naokami Matsubara had no reason to lie to himself, and this Japanese brother told Zhang Zuolin that the Japanese don't want to do this now, and they hope to restore the relationship between the two sides to the stage before the war, to the stage when Korea is very stable and Liaoxi can also let the Japanese do business. If Yang Xiaolin agrees to this request, then Japan will open a not-so-obvious gap in the blockade line for China.

Commander Yang didn't think about it at all, but he was really angry with the British now! He had already given in, he didn't go to Yingkou, and when Yuan Shikai negotiated with the West, even if Commander Yang was not satisfied with many plans, he didn't say anything.

Yang Xiaolin also knows that China must be recognized by the world, and in order to get more countries to recognize China, it is necessary to make some concessions. This is not only to gain recognition, but also to develop his industrial livelihood faster in the future, but he did not expect that he made concessions to the British or like this!

Sa Daoyi's departure was already an ironclad thing, which made him think about Taizu again, and remembered the middle school text "Farewell, Situ Leiden", which was full of laughter and scolding. When he was in school at that time, he still felt that Taizu was a little stingy in this matter, didn't he just leave a person and use this white paper to scold?

Later, some scholars were upset with Mr. Situ, saying that Mr. Situ had done a lot of good things in China. But now he really understood Taizu's mood at that time. Why don't you use heavy artillery to fight Shanghai? The internal documents of the People's Liberation Army say that the house will be there after the people of Shanghai go home, but this truth is not in line with Taizu's character at all, and this matter is not the style of his old man who has never cared about the pots and jars.

So there is only one explanation, that is, there are too many Westerners in Shanghai, and there are many factories and residences in Shanghai that are foreigners! At that time, Taizu also conveyed goodwill to the United States again! When all your kindness is ignored by the other party, there is really nothing to say except for anything else.

Yang Xiaolin originally planned to write a white paper called "Farewell, Sa Daoyi". When Sa Daoyi left Beijing, he published it, but because he forgot the junior high school textbook, he couldn't write the laughter and scolding, so he had to give up.

Sa Daoyi did feel Yang Fighting Ghost's anger, and after Yang Du left, he just sighed and didn't say anything more. In fact, there is not much difference between Sa Daoyi and Mr. Situ's mood, and leaving is not something they are willing to do. As an ambassador, the loss of a country is their failure.

"If you steal someone else's things, you will have to pay them back sooner or later."

Sa Daoyi repeated the phrase. With a wry smile on his face, he turned back to his room.

At six o'clock in the evening of the same day, the vanguard of the Volunteers arrived in Miyun, and the Russians' defensive line was attacked by the Volunteers before they could be arranged. Four hours later, the Russian troops defending Miyun had to withdraw from the battle after losing more than half of them, and by this time Akberil had no other choice, although he wanted to take more troops with him, but Yang had already put on a posture of copying his back road.

Now that the 110,000 members of the Volunteer Army and the 300,000 men of the Beiyang Army have all been engaged in the battle, the Russians have been passively beaten on the battlefield, and the Chinese troops in the south are also being transferred to the north. If the rear route is outflanked, then the entire Far Eastern Army may cease to exist.

Akberil made a quick decision, ignoring the Russian troops who had not yet moved closer to him, and led the troops around him to repel the Beiyang Army with a powerful counter-attack. Then he quickly broke away from the battle and fled all the way to the north.

Although Duan Qirui was very eager to keep the Russian general, the battle lasted until the morning of 18 May, and Akberil escaped before the encirclement of the Volunteers and the Beiyang Army was formed. The Russian troops who failed to come over were cut off from returning, and more than 80,000 people were divided and surrounded on the two battlefields from Beijing to Gu'an.

No reinforcements. No supplies, no fighting spirit, no way out. The destruction of these 80,000 Russian troops was a foregone conclusion.

Duan Qirui did not immediately launch a strong attack on the desperate Russian troops at this time. They were simply surrounded, and then an ultimatum was issued, limiting the Russians to surrender within three days. Although the Beiyang Army is much inferior to the Russians in terms of combat effectiveness, the Chinese can still say the past in terms of strategy.

Don't attack the enemy in a desperate situation too tightly, don't let the other party feel that there is no way out and fight with you, our ancestors knew this truth a long time ago. Giving the Russians a little time, letting them feel the despair, giving them a way out, and letting them not fight to the death, will make the battle easier.

Battlefield conditions also allow Chinese troops to do the same. So far in this battle, the Beiyang Army has invested 650,000 troops and lost more than half. The 200,000 troops of the Russian Far East Army have been thrown into battle until now, except for Akberil who fled with less than 50,000 people around him, more than 60,000 people have been killed in battle, and the rest of the men and horses have been surrounded.

If the Beiyang Army had been able to reduce some of its losses in the final assault on these Russians, the combat attrition of both sides would have been reduced to more than one to two. Judging from this result, the Russians did not suffer, but the war is sometimes cruel, and he does not look at how many people you die.

At this stage, Beiyang smashed the offensive of the Russians, which greatly weakened Lao Maozi's military strength in China, which was very conducive to China's next stage of fighting

Most importantly, the battle boosted the fighting spirit of the Chinese. Why did the senior generals of the Beiyang Army keep surrendering in the initial battle? Why were the Russians able to drive straight in the first place? Because at that time the Chinese did not have confidence, and many did not believe that China could win the battle with foreign countries!

The biggest gain of the Beiyang Army in this battle is confidence! They used the lives of 300,000 soldiers to tell the whole of China, to the whole world, and to tell them that as long as they dare to fight, they can win! (To be continued......)