Standing in front of Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui and some others quietly waited for Yuan Shikai's order. Because they all know very well that now is definitely not the time to hesitate.

You must know that the supply line has been cut off now, and if the troops are not withdrawn as soon as possible, I am afraid that these 70,000 or 80,000 people will be cut off there.

On the other hand, although he still looked sick on the surface, Yuan Shikai was still thinking about this problem in his heart. After all, no matter what, he has always been the head of the Beiyang group, and he must think about the interests of this group, and in his heart, the interests of the Beiyang group are more important than the country.

In fact, he now has a decision in his heart.

The evacuation must be withdrawn, after all, it is 70,000 or 80,000 people.

But what these troops do when they withdraw is another matter...

"Do you continue to resist in Hebei, or use these 70,000 or 80,000 troops as a basis to bargain with that Yan Shao?"

With a long sigh in his heart, Yuan Shikai was a little helpless.

Although he already knew that the Dao Nation Army was not easy to deal with, he never imagined that it would be so difficult to deal with. This time, in order to deal with Yan Shao, he mobilized most of Beiyang's troops, but he still fell behind on the front line.

Especially now, a white wolf has emerged in Henan. So he had to let the troops withdraw from Henan to Hebei, otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to run back to Henan even a single soldier.

However, although Henan was about to be discarded, Yuan Shikai still did not regret making the original choice in his heart. Because the current results just show that his original choice was not wrong.

And his biggest mistake now is not to do it with Yan Shao. It's that he didn't do it with Yan Shao earlier. The biggest reason why I decided to do it with Yan Shao was that the threat brought by Yan Shao was too great. If he is given two years to develop, I am afraid that Yuan Shikai will not even have a chance of winning.

"Now it seems. This estimate is completely correct, but it's a pity that I didn't start earlier, before he was full..."Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai felt a little remorseful.

In fact, if it weren't for the matter of Outer Mongolia, I'm afraid Yuan Shikai would have done it long before Yan Shao's wings were full. After all, the National Social Army at that time was still very immature, and even if the weapons were advanced, it would not work if the people who used them were not powerful. But now...

If God gave him another chance to choose again, he would definitely choose to remove Yan Shao as a threat without hesitation, even if he didn't have any reason. And Outer Mongolia will also be substantially independent because of his decision.

But, so what?

As an old-school warlord, he did not have a strong concept of the state in his heart.

For him, the interests of this group in Beiyang are definitely higher than the state. What's more, that kind of place in Outer Mongolia could not be more important in his heart than removing a serious trouble...

It's just that. There is no regret medicine to buy in this world...

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Seeing Yuan Shikai's sick appearance, although Duan Qirui and others had been following Yuan Shikai for many years, they were still worried in their hearts.

However, he has been up and down in Huan Hai for many years, so whether it is Duan Qirui or Duan Zhigui and others, they have not surfaced their superficial thoughts, and Yuan Shikai is like that, and it is impossible to notice these, only a few people such as Yang Shiqi are fine. After seeing Duan Zhigui's appearance, he more or less guessed something, and because of this. It made their hearts chill slightly.

Unlike in the past, they all have status, status and ...... now The power of the people up...

Naturally, it is also because of their identity, status and power that many of their relatives have also followed the 'chicken dog to heaven' and enjoyed a life that they did not have in the past, but the problem is here.

Now their families can enjoy all this because of their status, which not only brings honor and many benefits to their family, but even if they are traitors, no one may dare to care...

This is also the reality ...

But if one day they lose these positions and powers, what will happen to them?

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and there are still four words in the idiom, let alone now...

And although their status is very high, and their power is great, they also offend just as many people. Now that they are in high positions of power, naturally few people dare to embarrass them and their families, but what if they wait until they are unlucky?

Even if they don't want to think about themselves, they have to think about their families...

This is also the reality ...

If it was in the past, they wouldn't have had any ideas, but now, they need to think about the way out...

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Duan Qirui and the others have followed Yuan Shikai for many years, so naturally it is impossible for them to really have no feelings for him at all, after all, everything they have now can be regarded as given to them by Yuan Shikai from a certain point of view.

If Yuan Shikai still had a chance, Duan Qirui and none of them would want to betray Yuan Shikai.

But now...

The military defeat was only superficial, and what really made Duan Qirui and them have strange thoughts was Yuan Shikai's current physical condition.

Compared with the military defeat, his physical condition was more worrying for everyone.

If Yuan Shikai's body is still strong, even if they lose militarily, they are confident that they will win under Yuan Shikai's leadership. After all, Beiyang has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and there is also the support of the Japanese and the British behind them.

But with Yuan Shikai's current situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to lead everyone to victory, if that's the case, Duan Qirui and they will have to think about retreating—————— they also have families to consider.

And the seventy or eighty thousand Beiyang Army is their retreat...

Beiyang, Beiyang, if there is no Beiyang Army, the Beiyang group will be worthless.

But if these 70,000 or 80,000 troops are still in their hands, then they have room for bargaining, at least, they can maintain some of the power in their hands. This will also ensure the safety of your family...

Poor Yuan Shikai looked sick, and he didn't know what Duan Qirui was thinking in their hearts.

But even if he knew, he wouldn't have reacted.

Maybe it's really the body. Now Yuan Shikai has no spirit to do anything, and his body is getting worse day by day, once after he learned the information of the defeat at the front, he even vomited blood, just to stabilize people's hearts, so this news Yuan Shikai did not announce it.

However, even Yuan Shikai himself knows his fate. I'm afraid it's not long...

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Anyway, as the leader of Beiyang, there are some decisions that he always has to do. So just by bowing his head and thinking about it for a moment, Yuan Shikai had already made a decision.

"Send a telegram to Feng Guozhang, ask him to arrange the broken troops, and then withdraw to Hebei as soon as possible..."

The railroads were bombed. Yuan Shikai also knew what this meant.

It's not that there is no railway, though. Logistics is also gone, but without the railway, logistics will always be inconvenient. What's more, even if supplies are actually delivered by other means, it is difficult to raise teams that are transported in a hurry.

After all, it was an army of 70,000 or 80,000 people, and if you want to send supplies to 70,000 or 80,000 people, it is absolutely unimaginable that the number of people is unimaginable——————.

It's just that because of the railway, the number of those people is very small. Also near the railway.

At present, if you want to get a team that can transport supplies for 70,000 or 80,000 people, I am afraid that it will not work at all without a month or two. Not even three or four months may not be enough. Coupled with the money and food needed to collect the people's husbands, etc., Yuan Shikai's situation was already very unfavorable, and if he really did this, I was afraid that the situation would become even more unfavorable.

And by the time Yuan Shikai recruited the people who were transporting supplies, he was afraid that Feng Guozhang would have already run out of ammunition and food. Therefore, in order to avoid the annihilation of Feng Guozhang's army, Yuan Shikai could only prepare as soon as possible.

Hearing Yuan Shikai's words, everyone was overjoyed, and soon received the order.

However, Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in the chair, had a trace of melancholy on his face at this time.

Perhaps at this time, even he already knew what the final result of Beiyang would be.

It's just that...

"You always have to work hard..."

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The world is very complicated, and the white wolf blew up the railway, which is equivalent to cutting off Feng Guozhang's logistics line.

Anqing is naturally extremely happy about this news, because it represents the smooth progress of the front-line war. And as long as the battle on the front line goes well, then Zhu Rui and the others will not be able to act rashly.

This is not only clear to Yan Shao, but even Yuan Shikai is also aware of the true face of these wall grasses.

If Yuan Shikai had the upper hand, they would naturally rush to help, but now that Beiyang is at a disadvantage, they are already very face-saving if they don't take the opportunity to fall into the well.

However, just when Anqing was still celebrating, two pieces of news also reached Yan Shao...

"There are two main news..."Still straight trousers and white shirt, Caterina stood in front of Yan Shao and said with a straight face.

After a period of rest, although Katerina's injuries have not healed, her body has almost recovered, so she has also picked up her old job.

It's just that maybe because they have been lying in the hospital bed for too long, there is almost no possibility of exercise, and the originally extremely slender figures of Caterina and Elano have become a little fatter, such as waist or legs, and there is also a slight amount of fat.

However, after returning to normal, the two seem to have discovered this, so in addition to being busy with official business, they have also resumed their past exercises, such as long-distance running.

It's just that I don't know what Lu Dao is, in addition to the figures, even the two snow-white hemispheres on their chests are also plump. Now Caterina was standing in front of Yan Shao in a white shirt, her chest was bulging, and there was even a vacuum between her chest and abdomen because of the bulging snow-white hemisphere.

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"Two news..."Back to work, Caterina is not at all rusty." The first is the news that the people we bought in Beiyang have just sent back, saying that after the news of the railway being blown up was reported back to Beijing, Yuan Shikai had already given an order. Let Feng Guozhang leave the broken troops behind, and retreat to Shandong with the remaining troops himself, so as to avoid the remaining troops being wiped out due to the running out of ammunition and food..."

"He's really decisive enough..."Yuan Shikai would do this, and Yan Shao had already thought about it.

No way. Because now Yuan Shikai has no other choice at all.

The consumption of modern warfare is very large, not only ammunition and food, etc., but also a series of other things. In the past, there was the Jinghan Railway, and the British and Japanese had always been behind him, Feng Guozhang naturally didn't need to worry about anything, but now that the railway has been blown up, he needs to worry a little more...

There is no railway. He simply couldn't afford to feed his army of seventy or eighty thousand.

At that time, as long as Yan Shao launched a few offensives from the front, the ammunition in Feng Guozhang's hands would be exhausted, and the modern troops would be depleted without ammunition. I'm afraid that even the army of the Warring States period is not as good as...

After all, they can't use 75mm mountain guns and field guns as battering rams, and they can't use the golden hook rifles or anything in their hands to make burning sticks...

As for organizing supply teams and delivering supplies to the troops at the front?

Don't forget, Beijing is not close to the junction of the three provinces. Not to mention how much time it will take to get supplies over. The amount of time it takes to organize such a large number of people alone is definitely not a small amount...

Therefore, in the absence of any other way, Yuan Shikai could only choose to retreat.

Unless he wants to throw all these 70,000 or 80,000 people in Henan.

It's just that even if Yan Shao already knew that Yuan Shikai would make such a decision, after seeing Yuan Shikai so decisive, he still had to admire, after all, such a decision was not so easy to make.

"Decisive is indeed decisive, but if he withdraws so quickly..."Seeing that Yan Shao was still there admiring Yuan Shikai, Caterina said softly on the side.

"Rest assured. He can't come back..."Smiling slightly, Yan Shao looked at Caterina. "Send a telegram to Fu Xiuming. Tell him that the cavalry can be used..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, Caterina nodded.

Since the beginning of the war between the two sides, the role of cavalry has been minimal, and in some cases it is easy to forget their existence.

The reason is simple, because in modern warfare the role of cavalry has become less and less, especially after the advent of trenches, barbed wire and machine guns and so on...

For example, the cuirassiers, which are extremely famous in Europe, are cavalry equipped with cuirassiers, sabers and firearms, which first appeared in Europe in the late 15th century. This branch inherited the position of the medieval heavy cavalry on the battlefield, and was mainly active in the European theater from the mid-16th century to the early 20th century.

The original cuirassiers closely resembled the heavily armed heavy cavalry of the late Middle Ages. They wore full-face helmets to protect their entire heads, and heavy armor to protect their entire neck and upper body, legs, and the front of their knees.

In 1809, the armor worn by the French cuirassiers gradually decreased with the evolution of the times, and by the end of the 18th century, the armor of the cuirassiers was limited to a helmet, and only the French, Austrian, Prussian and Russian cuirassiers still wore cuirassiers. In the face of modern flintlock muskets, the cuirass has been difficult to provide effective protection for cavalry.

In the 19th century, the infantry became the dominant force on the battlefield. The cavalry was mainly responsible for reconnaissance and harassment, and the light cavalry gradually became the mainstream. The expensive and inflexible cuirassiers were no longer valued and gradually evolved into guards in most countries, with the exception of France and Prussia where cuirassiers were still used in actual combat.

On the eve of the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, France had 12 cuirassiers, 10 in Germany (2 of which were in the nature of the Guards) and 3 in Russia (all Royal Guards). From the end of the 19th century, German and Russian cuirassiers used cuirassiers only as peacetime parade clothing. Britain also equipped the three royal cavalry guards with cuirass after the Napoleonic Wars. But only France also put cuirassiers-wearing cuirassiers into combat after the start of World War I. Being so conspicuous and obstructive that most of the French cavalry regiments stopped wearing cuirass a few weeks after the outbreak of the war

The French cuirassiers were reduced at the end of World War I, and only six regiments of the most distinguished in the war remained. Ironically, however, five of these regiments were awarded their exploits by abandoning horseback and participating in trench warfare as infantry.

From this it can be seen that cavalry is no longer suitable for the needs of modern warfare.

Naturally, as a four-legged class, cavalry still has an advantage in mobility, but this is mainly when the opponent's firepower is not strong. If the opponent had one hundred and eighty machine guns, even if there were no trenches, it would be a massacre for the cavalry.

Therefore, although there is also a cavalry establishment in the National Socialist Army, in fact, it is not taken seriously, and even when the infantry structure is changed, the cavalry establishment remains the same.

This is not only because the cavalry costs too much, but also because these cavalry are not very useful in the war.

If it's a battle against ordinary warlords, it's still okay to let these cavalry attack, but there are also a considerable number of machine guns on the Beiyang side, so let them get on...

Yan Shao spent a lot of money to form these cavalry units...

Naturally, they can still be allowed to harass the rear, but Feng Guozhang's supply is mainly through the railway, the ordinary railway is nothing, the key such as the bridge and other places are heavily guarded, a small number of cavalry can not be attacked at all, if there are more of them, you need to worry about the cavalry of Beiyang.

As for letting the cavalry learn from the white wolf in Henan, those rogues burn and loot like rogues? Cooperating with the white wolf and letting them do this is already Yan Shao's bottom line, how could Yan Shao order his troops to do this on his own territory?

For Yan Shao, although it is a bit excessive to do this abroad, it is also understandable, after all, the lessons of the Vietnam War have taught many people that even if you are just a woman who seems to be helpless abroad, you may take out an AK from the rice field and shoot you in the back, but after all, this is in China...

So the cavalry of the National Social Army has always been in the rear, and the same is true of the Beiyang ones.

But now, it's time for them to go out...

"Tell Fu Xiuming to let him send cavalry to harass along the way, and be sure to slow down Feng Guozhang's return to Shandong..."

"There was also a telegram to the white wolf, telling him that if Feng Guozhang returned to Shandong and Hebei, he would make trouble in vain this time, and ......" hesitated for a moment, but Yan Shao continued. Give us those who have already bought in it, and let them do their part too..."

After listening to Yan Shao's words, Caterina tilted her head and saluted Yan Shao a little mischievously. "Yes, boss!" (To be continued......)