The news of the victory on the battlefield has already spread back to the city of Beijing, in fact, there is no need for Lao Yuan to do any work, the common people are ready to welcome the triumph of the heroes on the battlefield. Merchants along the street are ready for firecrackers, and some people of status are wearing their most suitable clothes, and they form a condolence group, preparing some gifts to give to those soldiers who fought bravely on the battlefield.

Really, this time the victory came too quickly, too suddenly. What Commander Yang himself didn't think of, the common people wouldn't know. It is precisely because I don't know that the surprise is even greater. Hundreds of thousands of old Maozi were menacing, but they were beaten back without even touching the edge of the city, and they were really happy!

They were all guessing which unit was the first to enter the city, and some said that it was the Beiyang Army, because it was the Beiyang Army that entered the city first last time. Some say that it is the Volunteers, because the Volunteers look imposing, and the last time they entered the city, they left a deep impression on the people.

Even Yuan Shikai, Sun Wen and others, who came to the gate of the city to greet the triumphant troops, did not expect that the first time they entered Beijing was actually the revolutionary army from the south, and they did not expect that the first army to enter the city would be like this.

Xiong Daban walked in the front, one of his eyes was still wrapped in gauze, and the blood stains that oozed out were so distinct. He was also scarred, and although the wounds had been treated, it seriously affected his freedom of movement, and he even had to rely on the crutches in his hand to barely walk.

Next to him was Wu Zhaolin, General Wu's clothes could no longer be seen in their original appearance, and the pieces were broken like the big banner he carried. It was more of a rag than a flag, and the flag had been burned to the ground, and only the eight characters near the flagpole could still be recognized.

Jiangdong athletes, kill the enemy and defend the country.

A strong wind blew the strips of cloth hanging on the flagpole as if they were about to go with the wind.

The team behind them was the same as them, more than 100 people were all wounded! Some of them had not yet healed their wounds, and they could see that the blood was still oozing.

Lao Yuan was originally going to wait for the soldiers to enter the city and go up to offer condolences and praise. But in the face of such an army, he suddenly found that the speeches he had prepared before seemed to be inappropriate, and he felt that all the words seemed to have a kind of paleness that could not express his emotions.

The same is true for the common people, who originally said that when the troops entered the city, they would start firing artillery, and the gongs and drums would be beaten immediately. But at this time, everyone suddenly fell silent and looked at the team silently.

In the silence, Wu Zhaolin suddenly shouted: "Salute!" ”

The brothers who could still salute immediately raised their arms, but many of them were no longer able to complete this action! One of the soldiers walking at the edge of the line had already cut off his left hand, and only half of his arm was left in his right hand, and he also tried to raise his arm at this time!

I don't know who was the first to slap in the middle of the crowd, and then the whole street immediately burst into applause! No one spoke, just applause all the way with Wu Zhaolin and they slowly moved forward.

Yuan Shikai finally came back to his senses. He walked up to Wu Zhaolin. By this time he already knew which unit it was. Lao Yuan raised his hand and saluted a military salute, and his eyes scanned the entire team: "The soldiers have worked hard. ”

A sentence of hard work is far from describing the predicament experienced by this army, but apart from hard work, Lao Yuan really doesn't know what else he can say.

Wu Zhaolin saluted Yuan Shikai, and then stood straight: "President, our department was ordered to defend Xifengkou, and there were only one hundred and twenty-seven remaining five thousand soldiers. ”

The fat on Lao Yuan's face shook twice and nodded. After sighing, he said: "General Wu, I have thought about the previous things a lot, and I ask you to bear with me." Please rest assured, your unit will continue to exist. And it will always last. ”

Lao Yuan was really touched, and the people of Beijing were also touched by this team. Although there were wounded soldiers coming down from the battlefield in the past, when such a team appeared in front of them, they suddenly had a clear idea of what the soldiers on the front line had paid.

This is what Yang Xiaolin wants. It's not enough to let the people see the record, you have to let them know what you have done for it. Some businessmen used to think that they had already supported the fight against Russia by donating money and materials, but at this moment they suddenly understood. In fact, what the front-line soldiers paid was far more than money and goods could measure.

After being moved, it should be passion, followed by Wu Zhaolin and them are more than 4,000 Russian old Maozi, these people don't want General Gulegrevich's tens of thousands of people, those tens of thousands of people put down their arms and walked into the prisoner of war camp, so they look quite neat. These more than 4,000 people are different, they were captured on the battlefield, they were all embarrassed, and even some people's pants ran away, and Commander Yang didn't find a pair of pants for them to wear before they came in.

At this time, those merchants remembered to set off firecrackers, and the whole city of Beijing was as lively as a festival.

In short, this ceremony was not bad, basically achieved the effect that Commander Yang wanted to achieve, and the subsequent press conference was also quite smooth, at this time, the lineup of those who supported China and those who supported Russia was very clear, those British and French reporters, no matter how good they did, they were also on the side of the Russians, and the German and Austrian reporters were just the opposite.

No matter what foreigners say, the Chinese people are better now and do not consider their attitude, this victory was greatly encouraged by the city of Beijing, even if everyone knows that the war has just begun, but for the victory, for President Yuan Da said that Beijing will be defended, everyone really believes.

On the Russian side, on the contrary, General Kilingsky tried to restore the morale of his troops and at the same time prepared for a renewed offensive, but the mood of the Russians was really unstable. Russian Major General Desi Jianshnovich wrote a letter to his mother, fully explaining the situation facing the Russian troops.

"Mom, I've been feeling very depressed these days, and I think everyone in the whole army is just like me. I met a Chinese soldier and I liked his demeanor and temperament, and if it weren't for the battlefield, maybe I would have made a friend with him. Our war is not going well, a few days ago we thought it was going to be a crushing battle with a huge disparity, but now I really can't tell where the end of the war is. The situation is terrible. The mood of the troops was very unstable, and some of the soldiers appeared frightened. Others are clamoring to strike right away and give China some revenge.

I am very disappointed with the attitude of the commander and the generals, you will not know the news of this battle at home, and those guys are not thinking of doing something to save the situation on the battlefield, but using some lies and excuses to whitewash this defeat.

I think General Brushinov's strategy of immediately fighting back again at all costs is completely correct, the Chinese are celebrating their victory, and they could not have imagined that we would continue to attack. But the command vetoed this opinion. These guys act entirely on their own feelings, they do not seek merit but no fault on the battlefield, and the entire high-level has such a combat attitude!

And General Akpolil, whom I have always respected, now also seems to have lost the will to fight, General Brushinov has been stripped of his command, and things are really, really bad. Mom, I have an ominous feeling that this time we may lose at the hands of the Chinese. ”

As a Russian major general, Desi Jiansnovich himself was disappointed in the war. In fact, his disappointment was not given to him by Yang Xiaolin, but from his understanding of Russia's internal affairs. The outside world says that the military power of the Russians is much stronger than that of the Chinese, but Desi Jianshi Snowwich knows that the Russian military system is really too bad!

Take the generals of the army as an example, military merit is not the only criterion for their promotion, seniority. Connections are sometimes more important than military exploits.

There is no tolerance for their fellow Russian generals who have lost battles, and they always like to put all the blame on the generals who have lost on the battlefield. For example, in this battle, Brushinov was defeated because of his own miscommand. But the lack of coordination of the Russian army in large group operations is also an obvious problem.

No one raised this question, and everyone was throwing stones at Brushinov, apparently trying to smash Brushinov to death who had already fallen into the pit.

The Chinese behaved differently on their part, although they won. However, China's commander-in-chief, Yang Xiaolin, made a self-examination at the military conference and assumed the responsibility for the almost total annihilation of the 5,000 soldiers of the Southern Chinese Revolutionary Army in the Battle of Xifengkou.

Yang Xiaolin said that this was because he did not anticipate the possible situation before the war, so he was not fully prepared when the opportunity suddenly came. And he apologized to the revolutionary soldiers of the South at the meeting. Repentance for his previous attitude towards the revolutionary army.

At the same time, Wu Zhaolin was appointed commander of China's Third Front Army, and he would take his troops to Shandong to take charge of the formation of the Third Front Army, and the establishment of the troops participating in the Xifengkou combat was also retained.

Whether it is Yuan Shikai or Yang Xiaolin, they did not say whether this army is the Beiyang Army or the Revolutionary Army, they are the troops that fired the first shot of the republic, and more than 5,000 brothers exchanged their lives for everyone's respect.

This victory also really brought about a fundamental change in the attitude of some countries, and Minister Mu Mo immediately sent a diplomatic letter to Lao Yuan, asking for careful consultations with Yuan Shikai and Yang Xiaolin on the current war situation.

"Commander Yang, Berlin wants me to ask, what exactly are your plans for the war? By what criteria does China win? ”

Mr. Mu Mo's opening remarks were very direct, he asked Yang Xiaolin, but it made Yuan Shikai smile inadvertently at the corner of his mouth at this time. Old Yuan noticed the change in the wording of the Germans, although the Germans said several times that they believed the Chinese, but Yuan Shikai understood very well in his heart that the Germans said this to give themselves the courage to fight with Lao Maozi, as if this was the first time they explicitly asked China how far the war would go.

Lao Yuan knew that this sentence meant that at least the Germans already believed that China had a chance to really win against Lao Maozi.

He didn't speak, in fact, Lao Yuan himself didn't think about this problem. He had always wondered if Yang Dagui could stop the Russians, and now it seemed that there was no problem, and he also wanted to know what the conditions for China's victory would be in Yang Dagui. (To be continued......)