Wu Luzhen's death had a great impact on the political situation in North China in the last years of Xinhai. Visit to download TXT//

Zhang Shaozeng, the commander of the twentieth town, was already wavering, but now when he heard that Wu Luzhen was killed, he was suddenly frightened. In this case, according to the instructions of Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang, Pan Juying, the 40th co-commander of the 20th Town, came forward to threaten Zhang Shaozeng and said: "If the commander gives up his military power and takes the initiative to announce his departure from the 20th Town, the imperial court can appoint you as the minister of Xuanfu and go south to the provinces along the river to declare the virtue of the imperial court, and the fame and fortune will not be reduced." If you don't know how to lift, I'm afraid that you will be the second Wu Shouqing! ”

Under coercion and temptation, Zhang Shao, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, obediently handed over military power. After Pan Juying acted as the commander of the 20th Town, he adhered to Yuan Shikai's will and quickly withdrew the entire army of the 20th Town to the north, scattered and stationed in Xinmin, Changli, and Yongping, and purged the revolutionary party in the army.

After the evacuation of the twentieth town, Lan Tianwei's second mixed association was also unable to support it alone. In order to avoid becoming the second Wu Luzhen, Lan Tianwei took the initiative to announce his resignation, and quickly disguised himself and absconded to the northeast, conspiring with the backbone of the alliance in the three eastern provinces, preparing to hold an uprising in Mukden, overthrow the rule of the Qing Dynasty in the northeast region, and restore the white mountains and black waters that have been fishy for hundreds of years.

At this point, the attempt to besiege Jingshi was completely unsuccessful.

South of Gyeonggi, after Cheng Ziyin's 45th Mixed Association withdrew from Zhengding, the Beiyang elite, who had been standing still, immediately went north along the railway and occupied Shijiazhuang, Zhengding and other places. And the angry Li Chun, Wu Hongchang and others ran to Baoding in disgrace and reorganized the remnants of the Sixth Town.

But Yuan Shikai couldn't take care of so much, he never forgot the agreement with Sun Yuanqi: Shanxi is neutral, whoever has the ability can start to get it, and others must not have a second word. Therefore, before entering Beijing in early December, he issued operational orders to all departments, ordering Lu Yongxiang's troops of the Fifth Association of the Third Town, stationed in Shijiazhuang and Zhengding, to launch an offensive against Niangziguan, and the sixth town stationed in Baoding to attack Pingxingguan, and to respond to Lu Yongxiang's actions from the north.

Shanxi originally had only one co-op force. It is also mainly stationed near the provincial capital of Taiyuan. As soon as Yuan Shikai's two-way attack was launched, the front-line emergency telegram immediately flew like snowflakes and quickly filled Yan Dudu's desk. Yan Xishan can neither cut grass for horses, scatter beans into soldiers, nor is he the Monkey King. Plucking the roots of a hair, you can conjure thousands of monkey soldiers and monkeys in the future. At this time, there was nothing to be done in the face of the emergency telegram, and in distress, his brows almost wrinkled into a lump.

Jing Meijiu, the minister of the Shanxi Military Government on the side, asked tentatively: "Governor, the 45th Mixed Association has just arrived in Fenyang, not far from Taiyuan, why don't you invite them back?" ”

Yan Xishan raised his head and glanced at him, and said in his heart: I have already considered this idea! If the 45th Mixed Association is Zhang Huizan. Rather, they were divided into four or five to bring them back. But Cheng Ziyin, who is stupid and loyal to Mr. Baixi, has shown his betrayal before, and now he is begging him, isn't he giving him a fan of his face?

What if they were to be invited back? You can't let your 43rd Mixed Association defend Taiyuan and not move, but instead send the 45th Mixed Association to the front line to fight, right? At the critical moment, it is your own troops who have to go up. Once the consumption of the forty-third mixed association is too large, he will be the governor of the end. Even without Yuan Shikai doing it, Cheng Ziyin can oust himself from power!

Yan Xishan understood that in fact, the best way at the moment was to ask Sun Yuanqi to intercede. Who wouldn't give Mr. Sun face? Who would dare not give? But when he thought of his previous actions, he felt a little weak. had to say perfunctorily: "Mei Jiu, you let me think about it again!" I'll think about it again! ”

Just when Yan Xishan was entangled. Someone in Beijing knocked on the door of the residence of Minister of Military Affairs Zaitao.

"Who?" The porter asked impatiently.

"Please say that Shimada Han, Counselor of the Imperial Japanese Legation in China, has come to visit Tao Baylor!" Come and take a breath of pure Beijing rhyme.

The porter quickly opened the door, only to see that the person who came was dressed in a long robe and horse coat, and his feet were wearing cloth shoes with inline liters, except for a short inch, he was completely dressed as a vice Chinese, so he asked with some suspicion: "Are you the Japanese Counselor in China?" Surname Inada? ”

"Hai, it's just down there!" Shimada Han bowed deeply to the porter.

The porter hurriedly returned the salute, and he was still a little undecided: "Then do you have a prayer?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Shimada Han hurriedly took out a greeting note from his bosom and handed it to the porter.

There was also a small ingot of silver along with the prayer post, and the porter immediately smiled all over his face: "Then please Mr. Shimada wait for a while." The little ones will go in and inform you! ”

A moment later, Shimada was respectfully invited to the main hall. Zaitao sat on the throne with a smile, looked at Shimada Han and said, "What kind of wind blew Mr. Shimada here?" Recently, did you find any good things in the Liuli Factory? ”

Shimada Han took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Zaitao respectfully: "Not long ago, there were rebels in Zhili who were in rebellion, intending to call the soldiers a prisoner. Taubel was ordered to lead the Praetorian Guard south to quell the rebellion, and was intimidated by the mighty tiger. The rebels did not dare to go north to cross the thunder pool, and their pawns were destroyed. Yesterday, I heard that the Praetorian Guard was triumphant, and I was careful to prepare a small salute and wish Tao Beile a long military luck! ”

In December of the 34th year of Guangxu (1908) of the Qing government, the Praetorian Guard was established, and Zaitao served as the minister in charge of training the Praetorian Guard, and now he is in charge of the Praetorian Guard as the Minister of Military Advisory. He has always believed that he is the greatest contributor to the creation of the Praetorian Guard, and now when he heard Shimada Han praise the exploits of the Praetorian Guard, he just scratched the itch, and he was so happy that he couldn't see it. After taking the envelope and opening it, he found that it was a check for 5,000 yen, and he smiled from ear to ear, and quickly said, "Mr. Shimada, you really have a heart!" Sit down, sit down! ”

After Shimada Han sat down, he said while sipping tea: "My Japanese Empire and your country share the same culture and blood, especially in the idea of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, which is completely the same. You have Qu Yuan and Wen Tianxiang, and we in Japan have Zhongchen Zang and Sanada Yukimura. For the mutinous people, they hate it and want to eat meat in their beds. Therefore, our country is very supportive of this punishment activity of the Praetorian Guard! ”

Zaitao raised the tea bowl: "Thank you for your support to the Praetorian Guard." I would like to replace wine with tea, and wish the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese emperor a family for all generations! I wish the friendship between Qing and Japan will last forever! ”

Shimada Han saw Zaitao holding up the tea bowl, and thought he was going to send off the guests, but he was relieved after listening to the congratulations, and also raised the tea bowl: "I wish the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Emperor Chamber!" I wish the friendship between Qing and Japan will last forever! Then he took a sip of tea and continued: "As the old saying goes, eliminate evil. Although Wu Luzhen has been conferred the head, the rest of the rebels have escaped from their lives, such as Lan Tianwei went to the Northeast, and Cheng Ziyin, Zhang Shiying, He Sui and others went to Shaanxi. I am afraid that the Praetorian Guards will have hard work in the future, on the one hand, they must arrest the rebels, and on the other hand, they must guard against the rebels infiltrating the Beijing division to cause chaos. ”

Zaitao put down the tea bowl and said disdainfully: "Jingshi has already laid a net of heaven and earth, as long as they dare to come in, don't think about going out alive!" ”

"Yes, yes, that's right!" Shimada Han immediately reminded kindly: "But Tao Belle, you have to be more careful outside the capital." I heard that Zhao Jingxing, Cheng Ziyin and other family members are outside the city, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Zaitao nodded: "Yes, their families are all in the Jingshi University outside the city. ”

"Hey, Jingshi University? Isn't Jingshi University a well-known institution of higher learning, how can it harbor the family members of the anti-party? Shimada asked with a shocked expression.

Zaitao suddenly became angry: "I'm bah! What bullshit colleges and universities? That's a den of thieves! Sun Yuanqi is the ancestor of thieves, and Zhao Jingxing, Yan Xishan, Cheng Ziyin and other rebels are the thieves and thieves he taught. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many foreign students in it, it would be easy to cause international disputes, and Lao Tzu would have leveled that thief's den a long time ago! ”

"There are a lot of foreign students at Jingsei University, but it's hard to get into an international dispute, right? If you have been to Jingse University, you will find that their school's International Students College is located in a corner of the school, and foreign students generally eat, rest, and attend classes in that courtyard, and rarely interact with the outside. As long as Taubel avoids that area when he storms the school, won't it be fine? Shimada Han blinked his small eyes and said in a gentle manner, "But it is indeed a clever plan for Taubel to besiege Jingshi University!" Jingshi University is Mr. Sun's life's work, and Zhao Jingxing and Cheng Ziyin are his family slaves, and Yan Xishan is his student. As long as Tao Belle captures Jingshi University and threatens him with this, Mr. Sun will inevitably give in; If you use the subdued Mr. Sun to coerce Zhao Jingxing, Cheng Ziyin, and Yan Xishan, you can surrender without a fight. It's a clever plan! ”

Zaitao laughed: "This is not a wonderful plan, but I just said it!" ”

"It's a clever plan, Tao Beile is worthy of being a famous general in the army, it's like Zhuge being reborn, Kong Ming is reincarnated!" Shimada Han exclaimed with sincerity on his face, "If Tao Belle wants to punish Jingshi University, we will support it even more!" ”

"How much more force?" In Zaitao's view, the so-called occupation of Jingshi University is just sending hundreds of people to the suburbs for a tour. If someone takes the initiative to pay for it, and it will not cause international disputes, he is still happy to do this kind of thing without cost.

Han Shimada raised two fingers.

"Twenty thousand yen?" Zaitao was a little surprised.

Shimada Han shook his head: "No, it's 200,000 yen!" ”

Even if it is a pig, it should be understood at this time that Shimada Han must have some big intentions. Even though Zaitao's IQ is only in the double digits, he is a little smarter than a pig. There was some hesitation: "What the hell do you want to do?" ”

Shimada Han smiled: "No, no, no, we don't want to do anything, we are just a little interested in the things in the library, museum and laboratory of Jingsei University." It would be best if Thumbel could lend us the contents for a while after conquering the University of the World. ”

"You want those bone-piece, torn rolls?"

"If you don't mind, we'd like to borrow some books."

"So, that's what you mean? Or does the Japanese government mean it? ”

"Why do you have to be so clear?" Shimada Han said with a smile. (To be continued.) )