"Since the public loves peace, then we will give them peace, but this is limited to Beiyang, as for the Kuomintang......... I won't give up until I crush them..."

Seeing Yan Shao gritting his teeth, Li Liang and the others were all silent for a while.

Perhaps because of some childhood encounters, Yan Shao attaches great importance to his family. For him, his family was hurt even more seriously than his own, and coupled with the various conflicts with the Kuomintang in the past, Yan Shao hated the Kuomintang almost to the core.

After all, not to mention the strength and strength of the Kuomintang for the time being, but in terms of the number of members, the Kuomintang is definitely the largest party in China—————— which can be seen from the fact that Yuan Shikai had to gather multiple parties to merge into one party in order to compete with the Kuomintang in party politics.

Although they have now won the battle against Beiyang, I am afraid that there is no more opponent in the country, but to kill such a large political party, this is somewhat ...

Just looking at Yan Shao's gritted teeth, Zong Wu and the others still closed their mouths very rationally, thinking that when they had the opportunity, they would persuade him to suppress him—————— just forget it, it was really a bit to kill them all...

That is, when Zong Wu and the others thought so in their hearts, Yan Shao suddenly said to Tang Li, who was sitting on the left side. "By the way, is Beiyang still moving troops in the direction of Beijing and Tianjin?"

Although it was a little strange that he would be named for something, after lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Tang Li nodded in response. "That's right, according to our intelligence, the troops of Outer Mongolia are not far from Zhangjiakou. The troops in the northeast are also on their way to Beijing and Tianjin..."

"So—" Fingers tapped lightly twice on the table. Add this to the telegram sent to Beiyang, saying that the Outer Mongolian unit is also counted, and the troops in the northeast must return to their original station..."

"For what?" Heard Yan Shao say this. Jiang Xin and the others were a little strange.

After hesitating for a moment, Yan Shao explained. "It's nothing, it's just that I'm afraid that Beiyang will take advantage of the gap in the peace talks to mobilize troops to arrange a defensive line in the Beijing-Tianjin area. In that case, if we do it again, I'm afraid the casualties will be a bit big..."

Hearing Yan Shao's explanation, Zong Wu and the others looked at each other, and reluctantly accepted it.

Although they don't think Beiyang will do it now. But... It's always better to be careful, and they really don't want to fight again.

However, in fact, Yan Shao's real concern is not this. Instead, they were worried that the Japanese would not be willing to invest in Yuan Shikai and all the money they had invested in Yuan Shikai, and the garrisons in Korea and Northeast China would take advantage of the empty forces in Northeast China to do something.

This is not impossible, after all, this is what the Japanese are best at.

And even if you don't count the troops in Korea, Japan has a standing force of divisions in the northeast. If the Japanese really do it. With Beiyang's strength in the northeast, I am afraid that there is no way at all.

Every time I think of a whole bunch of foreign troops in China. Yan Shao already had a headache, so naturally he didn't want to make more trouble.

However, will Yuan Shikai really agree? What if they think that we don't want peace talks at all, but plan to take the opportunity to directly take the Beijing-Tianjin area? ”

"It's nothing..."Yan Shao shook his head. Anyway, we really want to talk, and we directly told Yuan Shikai that we are willing to promise to the outside world that we will never use force unless the negotiations break down. The troops that are advancing in the direction of Tianjin will also stop at their existing positions ...

Since the complete defeat of Feng Guozhang, the troops going north have been constantly advancing north. Now it is not far from Dezhou and Shijiazhuang. Therefore, this point promised by Yan Shao is still somewhat attractive to Yuan Shikai.

"If that's the case, Yuan Shikai should agree..."After thinking about it carefully, Zong Wu nodded.

Everyone else nodded in agreement.

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"Let's transfer the troops from the northeast back? This is definitely Yan Shao's trick! ”

"That's right, this guy definitely didn't want to negotiate peace with us, he just wanted to take advantage of our lack of strength..."

"That's right!"

In front of Yuan Shikai's sickbed, Yang Shiqi had just said part of Yan Shao's request, and many Beiyang generals were already excited.

On the other hand, lying on the hospital bed, Yuan Shikai put aside the telegram that he had already finished. "Later, I sent a telegram to Yan Shao, saying that I agreed to this request, old man..."

"Kung Pao!" Hearing that Yuan Shikai agreed to this request, everyone who was already very excited became excited again.

However, seeing them like this, Yuan Shikai waved his hand impatiently. "What's the noise, can't you just listen to Xingcheng finish speaking?"

After speaking, Yuan Shikai turned his head to Yang Shiqi, and then said softly. "Xingcheng, you go on..."

"Yes..."He bowed slightly, Yang Shiqi bowed slightly, and then continued what he had just said. …… For this reason, the Nationalist Government is willing to promise to the outside world that it will never mobilize troops during the peace talks, and that the troops currently heading north will also stop at their current positions, and unless there is a change in the peace talks, they will definitely not move north..."

Hearing Yang Shiqi say this, the originally excited crowd finally quieted down a little.

In this day and age, such commitments are still relatively effective—————— at least after external commitments. So after listening to Yang Shiqi's words, everyone believed it somewhat.

"Then, Kung Bao, I'm going to send a telegram?" Licking his lips, Duan Qirui asked softly.

"Hmm..."

With Yuan Shikai's permission, Duan Qirui didn't say much, but turned around and left the room directly.

Soon, a telegram was sent from Beijing to Anhui about agreeing to the proposal of the Nationalist government, and of course, the contents of the telegram were quickly known to the public.

In any case, the public still prefers peace, so public opinion basically hopes that the Guoshe government will agree to the Beiyang government's request for peace talks.

Therefore, when the Guoshe government announced that it would accept the Beiyang government's request for peace talks, public opinion was almost always relieved. As for what was proposed by the National Government. The public has no opinion on what the peace talks should take place in Anhui. After all, the current situation is already obvious, that is, Beiyang has been defeated.

Now Beiyang is afraid that even the position of its central government will not be able to be maintained. What does it matter where the peace talks are located? At this point, the Beiyang side seemed to have the same attitude, but they still tried their best to fight for it, and only admitted it after they were sure that there was really no way.

On the other hand, in addition to the public being more happy about this peace talks, the local situation and the feelings of the great powers are more complicated. As once said, except for a few warlords, most of the warlords hope that their life as emperor will last longer. That's why they have been watching all this when Yan Shao and Yuan Shikai clashed.

Because for them, there is no better result than a lose-lose situation for both sides.

Who would have thought that the Kuomintang Army was wounded, but it did not hurt its muscles and bones. And what about Beiyang? But it was completely defeated. Especially now that the two sides are engaged in peace talks, it is conceivable that after the peace talks are over, the strength of the National Socialist Army may be a little stronger than before the war, which is not good news for the warlords.

It's just that now the public is talking about peace talks. So they had to follow along with a few words.

Compared to the warlords. The attitudes of the great powers are more complex, and they can be roughly divided into three main types.

One is the one that has nothing to do with oneself, that is, it doesn't matter what happens.

The representatives of such countries were mainly Italy, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Turkey—————— if the latter could also be counted as great powers.

The reason for this is also very simple, because these countries have no interest in China—————— Italy has tried, but we all know that this country belongs to the second one, so it is easy to be scared away...

The second category of countries belongs to the category that supports Yan Shao. Or rather, it is more inclined to Yan Shao.

There are a relatively large number of such countries, namely the United States, Germany, France and Russia...

Words from the United States. Yan Shao's relationship with the United States is relatively close, especially when Yan Shao has funded many US presidents and has not bet on the wrong treasure every time, the US government's goodwill towards Yan Shao is naturally relatively high.

In Germany, it was because of Yan Shao's relatively close business relationship with the Germans.

It is important to know that among the many weapons that Lu Dao has now, except for the pistol, which was purchased from the United States, the rest, including the Madsen light machine gun, was basically purchased through the Germans. After such a long time, Yan Shao had already made the Germans money for several battleships.

And because Yan Shao has always spent a lot of money, the Germans can imagine it even with their knees, if Yan Shao sits in Yuan Shikai's position, he will definitely expand the army on a large scale...

To expand the army, the army needs weapons in order to have combat effectiveness, and everyone knows this very well.

The problem is that although there are many arsenals in China now, if the number of troops that need to be equipped is too large, the production capacity of these arsenals cannot keep up. At that time, there is only one way in front of Yan Shao, outsourcing...

Considering that almost all the weapons of the National Social Army are now German weapons, even if it is for logistics problems, Yan Shao can only continue to purchase German weapons, how can the Germans not support Yan Shao in this case.

As for the French, it's even simpler, although the French and Yan Shao are not allies, but the relationship between the two is definitely closer than the first two, especially after considering Yan Shao's relationship with France.

It can be said that the French are the happiest about Yan Shao's victory.

However, now France and Britain are on the same front after all, so it is not good to show this mood in front of the British, after all, the French still need the help of the British to deal with the Germans.

Nevertheless, the French are still very happy, especially after considering the relationship between France and Yan Shao, and even intend to upgrade the original legation in China to an embassy after the Guoshe government replaces the Beiyang government, and there are many cooperation projects awaiting.

In this way, in addition to the relationship between Yan Shao and France, there is also a point that the combat effectiveness of the National Social Army on the battlefield ...

In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the National Social Army as soon as possible, Yan Shao hired a large number of retired officers from France to serve as instructors in military schools in Anhui. After the official conflict with Beiyang, these officers once followed the troops to the front line. Therefore, we have a more intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the National Social Army.

According to them, the most elite divisions of the National Socialist Army have reached the level of second-rate in Europe, and the remaining divisions have also reached the level of quasi-second-rate.

Considering the huge population of China. In the future, if the war in Europe is tense, it is completely possible for China to send troops to help.

Naturally, the war had not yet begun, and the French could not imagine how tragic the war would be a year later, and for the French at that time, as long as they could help them fill in the trenches, it did not matter which country actually did. But now it's not down to that point. The French rightly dismissed the reports of these retired officers.

"When did France fall so hard that she needed the help of the yellow race?"

And out of white pride, the vast majority of French people do not want to believe that this Far Eastern army can have such a strong fighting force.

However, these reports still have some value after all, plus their relationship with each other. Therefore, the French have also paid more or less attention to their relations with China than before.

It's just that in the end, what they value most is their business relationship with China, especially those who have money...

Thunder? Coppa was also booked as the next French ambassador to China because of his exploits in this regard.

Of course. All this will have to wait until Yan Shao officially replaces Yuan Shikai.

As for the Russians. The situation is a little more special.

They would support Yan Shao not because they were friendly to Yan Shao, but simply because Yuan Shikai snatched Outer Mongolia from them. Of course, Yan Shao also paid for this matter, but apparently the Russians can remember the people who sent troops directly.

Moreover, the Russians also have a little idea that they can recover Outer Mongolia from Yan Shao's hands, at least part of the rights and interests, so they naturally tend to Yan Shao.

But it's clear that this is wishful thinking.

As for the third category, the so-called countries that oppose Yan Shao...

Such countries are the least. There are only two...

One is Japan, the other is the United Kingdom...

The reason why the former would oppose Yan Shao is simple. Because the grudge between them is too deep. And Yan Shao also made them feel deeply threatened.

As for the latter...

It's a little more complicated...

Seriously, although Zhu Erdian and Yuan Shikai have a good personal relationship, this old man has always given priority to the interests of Britain. If abandoning Yuan Shikai can bring great benefits to Britain, then this old man will definitely abandon Yuan Shikai without hesitation.

The problem is that he didn't pay attention to Yan Shao's value at the beginning, and by the time he did, the French were already one step ahead of him.

The Yangtze River was originally within the scope of the British's power, but now no French people have stepped in, and the British are naturally very angry about this. The problem was that just as the French needed the British, the British needed the help of the French to deal with the German threat, so the British could only express their dissatisfaction with the French very vaguely.

Of course, if this were the case, Britain would not have been able to dominate the world for hundreds of years.

Therefore, the British made the decision to fund Yuan Shikai to destroy Yan Shao, as a response to the French's intervention in the Yangtze River.

In order to achieve this goal, the British can be said to have paid a lot, but who would have thought that this would be the result in the end. This also made the British very embarrassed, should they recognize Yan Shao's regime, or not?

If you admit it, you will definitely be unwilling.

But if it is not recognized, then who should safeguard Britain's interests in China?

Considering the interests of Britain in China, it is always necessary to select a person with strength.

Originally, Beiyang was the most suitable, but now Beiyang has been defeated, and the remaining Kuomintang does not have enough strength. As for the warlords in other places, I am afraid that they are not as good as the Kuomintang, no matter how you look at them, they are left with only one choice, Yan Shao.

So the feelings of the British become complicated, on the one hand, just admit it, it must be unwilling, on the other hand, if you don't admit it, his interests in China will not be safeguarded...

Tangled...

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No matter how complicated the feelings of the British, in the end this peace talk began.

The Beiyang side sent a delegation of more than 30 people, including Duan Qirui, and Yan Shao's side chose the venue for the negotiations in the Governor's Mansion in Anqing.

At the same time, in order to avoid any accidents, the route through which the delegation passed was escorted by military troops along the route. lest something happen that would undermine the peace talks.

Duan Qirui and the others also know very well that there are many people in this world who hope that this peace talks will fail, so this arrangement of the national government is meaningless, and sometimes the people in the delegation are even more nervous than the army.

After all, if there were any attacks, they would have been attacked rather than the military.

On July 10, the delegation from Beiyang finally arrived in Anqing.

"Is this Anqing..."

Looking at the brand-new streets and buildings around them through the car window, Duan Qirui and the others all had a refreshing feeling.

Maybe Anqing is not as prosperous as Beijing, but after Yan Shao's efforts for nearly two years, everything here surprised Duan Qirui and them.

Especially in today's Anqing City, there are as many as seven or eight buildings with more than 20 floors...

By the way, these seven or eight skyscrapers are all the property of the Yushi Group...

No way, you must know that the skyscrapers at this time are very valuable, and not everyone can afford them. At least in Anhui, there are only a few people besides Yan Shao, and it is absolutely impossible for those people to spend money on such things...

However, although the scale of the Yushi Group is very large, it is impossible to use it all...

So... (To be continued......)