Then Tang Tianxi ordered: "Immediately notify the soldiers of the other units of the Fifth Brigade to quickly close the exits of all parts of the capital, and from now on, they are allowed to enter but not leave, and beware of the New China Party and Kuomintang parliamentarians escaping from the city!" ”

Although Tang Tianxi knew that his action was completely futile, there was still some hope in his heart, hoping that God would hear his prayers and pleadings, so that all the seven or eight hundred parliamentarians would suffer a stroke and lie on the spot, waiting for him to clean up one by one; Or maybe the councillors are wriggling slowly on the ground like snails or sloths (if he knew there are such animals in the world) - like turtles, which should be moved to cars after so long. Once in the car, the soldiers can only obediently follow behind and eat ashes!

However, the imagination is very plump, and the reality is very skinny!

By the time Tang Tianxi arrived at the House of Representatives building, the hall was already empty, and even the bodies of the two Kuomintang legislators who had been shot dead before were nowhere to be found.

If you think about it, you can understand that hundreds of people are confined in such a small space for a day or two, they don't eat well, they don't sleep sweetly, and they are also in danger of dying from time to time. Now that I finally found a chance to escape, why don't I hurry away? Even if the members of the Civic Party who don't have to worry about their lives, they are not having a comfortable time in the Congress these days, and they need to go back to eat a good meal, sleep beautifully, and make up for the debts they owe, who will stay in the Congress stupidly and wait for him General Tang?

However, Tang Tianxi still did not give up, and sat in the seat of the speaker of the National Assembly, hoping that the soldiers blocking the city gate would bring him good news. It wasn't until the lights were on that the officer who sealed the door sent the news: "Brigade Commander Qiyu, we have captured a group of congressmen!" ”

Tang Tianxi couldn't help but be overjoyed, jumped up from his seat, and couldn't wait to ask, "How many people are there?" Where is it now? ”

The officer replied respectfully: "There are about twenty or thirty in all, and they are now on their way to the Congress!" ”

"Only twenty or thirty?" These people are less than half of the total number of parliamentarians, and they can only be counted as a fraction. Tang Tianxi couldn't help but be disappointed, and couldn't help frowning and asking, "Where are the hundreds of New China Party legislators now?" The headquarters of the New China Party has been occupied by our army, and now that they are homeless, and it is impossible for them to flee from the sky and the earth, have you not discovered their whereabouts? ”

The officer hurriedly replied: "Returning to the brigade elder, the whereabouts of the New China Party legislators are known, and they are in the city right now!" ”

Tang Tianxi immediately turned his worries into joy, and made a slight calculation in his heart: There are nearly 400 members of the New China Party, plus 2,300 members of the Civic Party, and 20 or 30 people who have just been arrested, and it is estimated that there is not much of a problem in gathering two-thirds of the number of people to elect the president. smiled and scolded at the moment: "Then why didn't you say it earlier!" What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and arrest someone! ”

The officer replied with a bitter face: "But they are all hiding in the US Legation in China, how dare they do it indiscriminately?" ”

It turned out that Yang Du, Yang Yongtai and others had a radio with them, and after learning that Zhao Bingjun was dead, they used the technique of attacking Ruan Zhongshu. Ruan Zhongshu was already hesitant to have a plan, and after Yang Du's threat, he quickly lost his defense, ordered the troops to lift the siege of the National Assembly, and released all the councilors.

However, walking out of the parliament building does not mean that you have successfully escaped, especially now that the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Zhongyāng Army is stationed in the city, and the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division is not far from the city. The first instinct of many councillors after escaping is to get out of the city as soon as possible.

With the speed advantage of the car, Yuan Shikai really couldn't do anything about these people for a while. But Yang Du did not hesitate to veto this proposal: "We can't go out of the city now!" The reason is very simple, if there is no Sixth Brigade to block the way to the west, it is still the best policy to escape to Jingshi University by car. But now that the Sixth Brigade is blocking the way, going west is tantamount to throwing yourself into a trap. In other directions, cars will run out of fuel after a few hundred kilometers out of the city, and people will have to abandon their cars and walk. And in the vast North China Plain, there are Beiyang troops stationed everywhere, and it is difficult for us to escape from Yuan Xiangcheng's palms, at most, it is just a few more breaths! ”

Immediately, a member of parliament retorted: "Secretary General Huizi, if we don't go out of the city, do we want to stay in the city and wait for death?" ”

Obviously, Yang Du had already considered how to escape: "Everyone, please be calm, first of all, we really have to stay in the city, and secondly, we are not sitting still!" Because we are going to take refuge in a place that Yuan Xiangcheng can't afford to provoke for the time being, and it's not too late to evacuate běijīng when the situation is stable! ”

What Yang Du said about "the place where Yuan Xiangcheng can't afford to provoke" is the US Legation in China where they are currently hiding.

Since even Yuan Shikai couldn't afford to provoke him, Tang Tianxi naturally had nothing to do. However, the New China Party has 3 to 400 members of the two houses of parliament, accounting for almost half of the Congress, and it is not a harmless scrap that has nothing to do with the overall situation. It can be said that without the big Buddha of the New China Party, the seat of the National Assembly will not be able to open, let alone the big presidential election! Tang Tianxi didn't come up with any tricks that could not only not hurt Sino-US relations but also lure the parliamentarians out of the country, so he had to return to the presidential palace in despair and ask Yuan Shikai for his guilt.

The original magnificent presidential palace was already in a mess after the bombing during the day, but Yuan Shikai insisted on moving back in the evening despite the strong dissuasion of the whole government. At present, he is listening to the report of Army Chief Duan Qirui in a remote room that has not been bombed.

"According to the telegram from various units near the Beijing Division this evening, in this morning's bombardment, the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Zhongyāng Army suffered the most serious losses because of the preliminary reconnaissance of the Jingshi University garrison and the full knowledge of our army's deployment, with 267 casualties and more than 700 light and serious wounded in the whole brigade, and the loss of weapons and ammunition, and the brigade commander Zhang Zhizhong (Zhang Hongkui) was also seriously wounded, and the brigade has basically lost its combat effectiveness.

"In addition, the 1st Division and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Zhongyāng Army stationed in Zhangjiakou, the 10th Division of the Zhongyāng Army stationed in Beiyuan, and the 2nd Division of the Zhongyāng Army stationed in Qingyuan, Zhili, were all bombed, and the casualties of each unit were around three or four hundred.

"According to the results of the reconnaissance of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade stationed in Zhangjiakou, the 47th Mixed Brigade originally stationed in Datong on the opposite side is advancing from Yanggao and Tianzhen in Shanxi to Huai'an and Wanquan in Zhili. So Zhang Xiangchen (Zhang Jiuqing) called to ask our army how to deal with this matter? Duan Qirui stood in front of Yuan Shikai's sickbed and reported.

Yuan Shikai put down the ginseng soup in his hand, coughed a few times, and replied: "When the matter is over from the Congress, the old man will order Tang Yunting to lead his troops to take over the defense line of Zhang Zhizhong's Sixth Brigade." If there is no new force to shield the Jingshi University and the capital, the garrison of the Jingshi University can drive straight into the capital for a long time, which will have a great impact on the hearts of our army, how can we let it go? Of course, the combat strength of the garrison of Jingshi University is estimated to be limited, with more than enough defense and insufficient attack, so Tang Yunting's Fifth Brigade must not force Jingshi University to get too close after taking over the defense line, and then slowly plan it when the time is ripe in the future, lest Sun Baixi take risks and bomb the capital wantonly!

"The shortage of weapons and ammunition in the divisions and brigades around the capital is indeed quite worrying, but now that the country is entangled in the validity of the treaty, it has been refusing to borrow money or support arms, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to rely on it in the short term. However, Gyeonggi has a great deal to do with it, and weapons and ammunition are the foundation of the army, so in the old man's opinion, it is better to temporarily transfer some support from Shandong, Zhili, and Northeast provinces to support various departments and try their best to tide over the current difficulty.

"As for the 47th Mixed Brigade outside the mouth, the old man means that the 1st Division will be the backup and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade will be the forward, and he will have a good fight with them! A few years ago, a regiment under the command of Sun Baixi relied on aircraft to help the army, which had been famous for more than ten years, and the Ji army, which had been famous for more than ten years, was defeated and collapsed, attracting the attention of the world. The good deeds in Beijing also always compare the new army under Sun Baixi with our Beiyang jīng rui, and think that the two do not know which is higher or lower? The old man is also very curious, so it is better to take this opportunity to compete. I wonder what Shiba Quan thinks? ”

Duan Qirui replied: "I also think it's best to fight!" Now that public opinion throughout the country is in full swing, which is very unfavorable to our Beiyang, and the two armies have not yet clashed, Sun Baixi has used his plane to first defeat the spirit of our army, so that the sixth brigade of the third division has lost its combat strength, and the other divisions have suffered heavy casualties. ”

Yuan Shikai nodded: "What Zhiquan said is extremely true!" Therefore, the old man decided to use the momentum of the lion to fight the rabbit, and in one fell swoop, he pressed the Beiyang Jīng Rui of one division and one brigade, so as to fight against a brigade under Sun Baixi. Although the number of troops is three times that of him, Sun Baixi has planes to help, and it is not a victory for the old man! ”

Just when Yuan Shikai was ambitious and wanted to defeat the invading 47th Brigade, Tang Tianxi knocked on the door outside and asked to see him. Yuan Shikai saw that his good friend's face was pale, his heartbeat couldn't help but skip a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "Yunting, how is the situation on the side of the Congress?" ”

Tang Tianxi looked ashamed: "Returning to the Grand Shuai, before the humble post arrived at the Congress, Ruan Douzhan ignored the fact that he had not yet elected an official president, and ordered the siege of the Congress to be lifted and all the members of the parliament were released. Yunting is not doing things effectively, and please punish the marshal! ”

Yuan Shikai only felt dizzy and shaky when he heard the news, but fortunately, in these days, he has experienced multiple blows such as Sun Yuan's seizure of Fujian, Sun Daoren's change of banner, conspiracy to leak, Sun Xiong's escape, Liang Shiyi's death, and Zhao Bingjun's betrayal. After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Where is Ruan Douzhan now?" ”

Tang Tianxi timidly replied: "Now Ruan Douzhan is missing, but his subordinates suspect that he has fled to the US Legation in China with the New China Party congressman. ”

Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be furious, and smashed the bowl in his hand to the ground: "Liang Yansun mistook me!" Zhao Zhi'an mistook me! Ruan Douzhan mistook me! ”rs！。