Hearing the results of the first round of voting, the middle-aged man in the lead suddenly turned pale. Fortunately, no one received more than three-quarters of the votes, so the election was invalid. Wu Jinglian hurriedly beckoned the lawmakers to start the second round of voting.

It stands to reason that with the experience of the last time, and there is no need to count the number of people, you can invoice, vote, and count votes, this time it should be a lot faster, but there are people who deliberately do not contribute to the work, deliberately grind foreign workers, and it has not been until about 12 o'clock at noon that the results of the second round of election statistics are released. Perhaps inspired by the results of the previous election, the second round of voting was clearly focused on Yuan Shikai and Sun Yuanqi, and even Li Yuanhong, who was previously considered by the public to be able to compete with Yuan Shikai, only received fifty or sixty votes, and the others had only a few votes. Among them, Yuan Shikai got 305 votes, and Sun Yuanqi got 378 votes, which was significantly ahead of Yuan Shikai's votes!

Seeing the results of the second round of the election, the middle-aged man almost didn't tilt his nose, and took out a pistol and shot a few shots at the ceiling: "It seems that you are toasting and not eating and drinking!" Tell you, don't be ashamed! If we don't elect the president we want in the third round of elections, you people will all die! After saying that, he turned around and waved his hand, and the thousands of thugs on standby outside immediately swarmed in and surrounded the councilors.

After the ballot papers were distributed, I saw that there were three or four fierce thugs with knives and sticks standing next to each member of the council, staring at the deputies to fill out the ballot papers. If you don't fill in the words "Yuan Shikai", the light one will tear up the ballot and order it to be filled in again; Heavy is a stick. Hit the councillor. It is conceivable that if Yuan Shikai is not elected in this round of voting. That's a ghost!

It's finally time to complete the mission! The middle-aged man secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

As soon as this breath came out of his throat, he heard a sudden loud "boom" outside, and the earth trembled violently, and the glass of the House building also peeled off and shook. The middle-aged man's heart, which he had just put down, instantly lifted again. Before he could ask a question, he saw a man stumbling in and hissing, "Brigade commander, something is wrong!" Sun Yuanqi sent planes to bomb the Great Presidential Palace! What are we going to do? ”

It turned out that this person was Tang Tianxi, commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Third Division of the Central Army. It is said that he is Yuan Shikai's male favorite, and the two have a relationship with broken sleeves. But the real relationship is not known to outsiders. However, Yuan Shikai really loves him, and he has been with him since he joined the army, successively serving as the captain of the guard and the head of the presidential palace guard regiment. Yuan Shikai often said that the old man has heavenly happiness, just like Liu Bei has Zhao Yun. So even if he was now in the position of brigade commander, seven or eight of the ten days would be spent in the great presidential palace in the city.

Late the night before yesterday, Yuan Shikai finalized the plan to encircle the Congress and besiege the headquarters of the New China Party, and immediately ordered Tang Tianxi to lead his troops to assist Liang Shiyi in handling the affairs of the encirclement of the Congress. Because Tang Tianxi was a diehard member of the Yuan family, Yuan Keding did not connect with Liang Shiyi when he executed him. Instead, he was ordered to be in charge of the National Assembly with Nguyen Trung Shu, and strive to elect the president as soon as possible.

Seeing Liang Shiyi's head fall to the ground, Tang Tianxi couldn't help but feel a little sad: he and Liang Yansun were both handsome's confidants, and he thought he could sit back and relax, but he didn't expect that after the eldest young master came to power, he would first take Liang Yansun's head to establish his authority. Although it has not affected itself now, who knows if it will not counterattack in the future? He and Dashuai are "good friends." A quilt", but he has nothing to do with Yuan Dashao, maybe he will be unhappy for his mother and take the initiative to liquidate himself, the male junior!

Tang Tianxi was apprehensive in his heart, so he could only go into battle shirtless. Striving to win the favor of Yuan Dashao with his military exploits, this is why there are late-night thugs coercing parliamentarians. I didn't think about it. Hearing the news of the bombing of the presidential palace, Tang Tianxi only felt that the world was spinning, and he almost fell to the ground! When the New China Party congressmen heard the news, they were overjoyed: Sure enough, as Secretary General Yang Huizi said, there would be a huge turning point if the delay until noon would occur. At the moment, regardless of the fierce reprimands of the thugs around him, they used each other's eyes to convey their joy.

Tang Tianxi took a long time to stabilize his mind, and scolded fiercely: "Who is it that you are instructed by to dare to bewitch the people and disturb the hearts of our army, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

The soldier stammered, "Great, my lord, I—I'm not talking nonsense, I don't believe you—"

Without waiting for the soldier to finish speaking, Tang Tianxi pulled out his puff and shot it in the chest: "I don't repent, I still try to quibble, and I am innocent!" ”

The soldier fell to the ground, crimson blood streaming down the steps. Tang Tianxi looked around with a pistol and said in a cold voice: "Look at what to see!" Don't hurry up and fill out the ballot! If you can't elect the president you like after a while, he will be your fate! ”

Before the words fell, several deafening explosions were heard outside, and then a huge explosion rang out, shaking the ears of everyone present. If you look closely, the location of the explosion is vaguely the location of the Grand Presidential Palace. Tang Tianxi could no longer calm down, and walked out of the venue quickly to look in the direction of the presidential palace, only to see more than a dozen planes circling back and forth in the sky, dropping a few aerial bombs from time to time. As the bomb landed, black smoke and dust shot straight into the sky, and loud noises kept coming.

"No, I didn't expect Sun Baixi to be so bold as to dare to bomb the Great Presidential Palace! Brigade Commander Yun, Yunting, what should we do now? ”

Hearing the words, Tang Tianxi found that Ruan Zhongshu was standing not far from him and looking north, only to see that his face was like two trembling colors, and his whole body would tremble violently when every bomb exploded, and there was a trace of happiness in his eyes in addition to panic, it was estimated that he was thinking: If he hadn't been ordered to deal with the affairs of the Congress, he would definitely not have escaped this catastrophe!

Tang Tianxi gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Douzhan, the junior brother will take some people to the Great Presidential Palace to see if there is anything that needs help, please stay here for a while, and the junior brother will come when he goes!" ”

Ruan Zhongshu didn't know whether he was trembling or nodding: "Also, it's okay, then it's going to trouble Brother Yunting!" I'm here to top, so you can rest assured! ”

Tang Tianxi couldn't help frowning: What do you mean by "you can go with confidence"? Sounds so awkward!

Fortunately, now is not the time to care, and then he ordered a few teams of elite men and horses and galloped towards the big presidential palace.

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Originally, Sun Yuanqi was indeed as Yuan Shikai said, he cherished the flowers and plants in the capital very much, and under normal circumstances, he would never send planes to bomb them. But now he is in an unusual situation: according to intelligence, a messy burst of gunfire could be heard in the parliament building in the early hours of the morning, and Yuan Keding is preparing to arrest and execute a group of lawmakers after the presidential election is completed.

This information suddenly made Sun Yuanqi tense his nerves. You must know that there are not only three or four hundred members of the New China Party in the National Assembly building, but also Yang Du, Yang Yongtai, Chen Xunen and other confidants and cronies. If they want to make any mistakes, it is no less than unloading their own right-hand man! However, the defenders of Jingshi University, which is closest to the capital, still have to face the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Central Army, and their self-protection is still worrying, how can they have the spare strength to rescue Yang Du and others dozens of miles away?

Regardless of the rugged and difficult terrain in the area from Zhangjiakou to Huailai, and regardless of the 1st Division and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Central Army in front of them, even if the road is unimpeded, it will take three or five days to walk from Yongjiabao to the capital for 4 or 500 miles. When the 47th Mixed Brigade arrives to the rescue, I'm afraid that the tombs of Yang Du and others have been arched!

Otherwise, the only possible means of rescue is airplanes. However, the aircraft of today are not as high-tech as they will be a hundred years from now, and they can carry out targeted bombing and air rescue. It is estimated that according to the current level of technology, a 500-kilogram aerial bomb will definitely burn ten out of ten jade! Just when Sun Yuan was in a dilemma, Zhao Jingxing, the governor of Shanxi, who arrived in Datong yesterday evening, suggested: "Sir, the students think that we should use the plane now is the best policy!" ”

"Oh? What is your reasoning? ”

I haven't seen Zhao Jingxing have matured a lot in a year or two, and the heavy beard on his lips looks a little older, and he replied respectfully: "The student knows that Mr. doesn't want to use planes to bomb the capital for fear of damaging the houses and injuring the innocent, but we also have to think that if Yuan Keding is allowed to act recklessly and instigates the Beiyang Army to fight a big war with us with the support of Japan, the dead and wounded people and damaged houses at that time will be a hundred times and a thousand times the number of damaged houses!" If we use the plane to get rid of Yuan Keding and others, it can be said that we will stop the boiling and cut the grass to eradicate the roots! This is one of them.

"Maybe Mr. will be worried that there is still some time before the 24-hour deadline for your statement, but we also have to take into account that Yuan Keding had not signed a traitorous treaty with the Japanese at that time, and he did not intend to kill the congressman, so there was a reason why we are sending planes to bomb now. In addition, by the time the plane arrived over the capital, it had been more than 24 hours since the Beiyang Army had surrounded the councilors, and they not only did not relieve the siege, but intensified it, and we had to punish them a little. This is the second one.

"Third, no matter whether it is war or peace in the future, how to deal with the Beiyang Army is the number one problem. If they are reconciled, they will be more arrogant and irreproducible; If they are threatened, they are afraid that they will have a grudge and wait for an opportunity to cause trouble. It is better to take advantage of the present to cut off as much as possible the power that weakens them, and leave an indelible mark on their hearts, so that they will not dare to act rashly in the future. Therefore, Sir might as well bomb the 3rd Division attacking Jingshi University, the 1st Division and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade stationed in Zhangjiakou, and the 10th Division stationed in Beiyuan at the same time as bombing the Great Presidential Palace! ”

Sun Yuanqi suddenly thought that a hundred years later, the palaces and courtyards of the Qing Dynasty were cultural relics, but now even if they are newly built, they are all buildings in the early Republic of China, and the buildings of the Qing Dynasty are even more carp across the river, so why should they be protected? When I think about the founding of the People's Republic of China, I don't know how many city walls, how many palaces, and how many former residences were picked, but Beijing City is still Beijing City?

Thinking of this, Sun Yuanqi nodded: "It's okay, let's let the Beiyang Army have a long memory!" ”

As planes continued to take off from Taiyuan and Datong airports, the 47th Mixed Brigade assembled in the Yongjiabao area at the junction of Zhili and Shanxi also marched in the direction of Zhangjiakou. The war known as the "Constitutional War" in later generations officially kicked off, because the two warring sides were Sun Yuanqi and Yuan Shikai, and the time was the third year of the Republic of China (1914), so it was also called the "Sun Yuan War" and "Minsan Campaign". (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. )