Běi Jīng, Prime Minister's Office.

When Duan Qirui saw the news, a terrifying murderous aura appeared in his eyes. This murderous aura made the chief officer of the intelligence department standing below tremble.

"Are you sure this is the condition of the great president?" Duan Qirui's voice was low, but the murderous aura in his eyes slowly disappeared.

"It's true. This is a subordinate of the Young Marshal's Mansion that our people have paid off at a great cost. And after obtaining the information, our intelligence officers were frantically blocked by the Northeast intelligence system. For this reason, the Ministry of Intelligence even lost several jīng sharp intelligence officers to send the information back dangerously. The subordinates can guarantee the correctness of the message. The intelligence officer said respectfully.

As a powerful faction of the Republic of China, and the pillar of the Beiyang system, Duan Qirui's city government is definitely not something that ordinary people can imagine. After a period of adjustment, his mind calmed down completely. He regained his wisdom as the premier of the Republic of China.

"Well done! Li Yuanhong! You want to burn with me! Although Duan Qirui was talking about Li Yuanhong, an old opponent, he thought of the dormant tiger in the northeast. Of course, he is clear about the development process of the Northeast. After all, the Northeast squandered huge financial resources to develop industry, and foreign industrial equipment and technology were continuously sent to the Northeast. Then they form factories one by one. Of course, Duan Qirui is not afraid of the industrial capacity of the Northeast, after all, although the Northeast has money and is willing to spend money, the development time is too short. The vast majority of heavy industry infrastructure projects are still under construction. Duan Qirui is afraid of the huge potential of the Northeast. In just over a year, Feng Yong has grown from an ignorant teenager to a powerful young marshal in the Northeast. In his hands, the Northeast grew into a huge force that could be compared with the Beiyang zhèng fǔ.

As for the Northeast to resist the Russian army, it is said that the Northeast has the ability to compete with Russia. Duan Qirui scoffed at this. Duan Qirui does not deny that the Northeast Security Army is indeed very combative, but only a status like him can make it clear that wars between countries do not look at temporary gains and losses. And the main thing is to look at the war potential and industrial capacity of both sides. The war between the Northeast and Russia was originally to draw nourishment from the world war to make up for years of losses, and at the same time vigorously develop the domestic industrial base. Russia, on the contrary, is bleeding for the First World War, and a quagmire like the First World War is enough, and Russia, although arrogant, does not want to fall into the dangerous situation of fighting on both sides. After all, the internal contradictions of the seemingly huge Russian Empire are also extremely acute. Therefore, the strength of the Northeast is a joke in Duan Qirui's opinion.

Of course, although Duan Qirui doesn't look down on the reputation boasted by the Northeast, it is a fact that the Northeast has hundreds of thousands of jīng sharp troops. The Northeast became the second largest force after Beiyang zhèng fǔ, which he also admitted. The reason why he never looked for trouble in the Northeast from beginning to end was because the development of the Northeast was so fast that he didn't react. The second is also because the Northeast is a bitter cold land after all. The population is sparse and has little potential for development. In his heart, the Southwest New Army led by Cai Yi is a big problem. After all, the southwest is densely populated and rich in resources. There is also the Chengdu Plain of the land of abundance as the foundation, which is definitely the best foundation for the hegemony of the emperor. Therefore, Duan Qirui will also order Xu Shuzheng to send the Mongolian steppe to the northeast to disperse the troops in the northeast, after all, the Mongolian steppe has a pitiful population, and a large area borders Tsarist Russia, if Feng Yong wants to completely swallow Mongolia, he must send a large army to Mongolia and move the population. This will inevitably weaken the power of the Northeast. It can also greatly reduce the pressure on the front line of Shanhaiguan. After all, hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army jīng Rui nested in the three eastern provinces, which made Duan Qirui a little unwilling.

"Go down! Let Cao Rulin come to see me. Duan Qirui said indifferently.

As the vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, Cao Rulin's ability is also very good, and his status in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is second only to Minister Lu Zhengxiang. Originally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was directly under the Presidential Office, but unfortunately, President Lebane's methods were not as good as Premier Duan's, and the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was already in his hands, but he never had a reasonable excuse to oust Li Yuanhong from power. Therefore, although he had reached an agreement with Rìben for three months, the frequent visits of the British ambassador made Duan Qirui gradually lose patience, and finally Duan Qirui spent a lot of money to obtain Feng Guozhang's support, which was regarded as breaking Li Yuanhong's foundation at once. Seeing that things are about to come to an end, of course he can't let the huge rat feces in the northeast spoil his pot of soup.

"Wet Forest! It's going to be hard for you to go to the Northeast this time. The president is confused! Wanting to hand over the position of Shandong Overseer to Feng Yong, a stinky hairy child, isn't this a child's play for national affairs! As Prime Minister, I certainly can't compromise. Of course, Young Marshal Feng is indeed young and promising, and he also has the ability to serve as a provincial overseer, but Shandong is the gateway to the Gyeonggi region, and the Shandong overseer is also responsible for garrisoning the Beijing Division. It must be guarded by a veteran who is respected by Lao Cheng, as for Young Marshal Feng, how about letting him be the overseer of Gansu? Duan Qirui said in a high-sounding voice. After all, he has not been subdued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a long time, and Cao Weilin is not his confidant, so of course he will not speak directly, after all, some things are better to be safe.

Cao Weilin bowed his head respectfully, and a jīng glint flashed in his eyes. As a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the present, Cao Weilin can barely be regarded as a long-standing official. He couldn't understand the meaning of Duan Qirui's words.

It seems that another round of the game between the big president and the prime minister has begun. It is also a counterattack by the president who has been losing and retreating some time ago. Just depending on the situation, this time the big president is going to lose again. The president has no real power, and even if Feng Yong is appointed as the overseer of Shandong, it is just a dead letter. If the Prime Minister tried to oppose it, the position of the Overseer would become extremely awkward, after all, Premier Duan was the Minister of War, and the Don Army was considered a military position. If Feng Yong really had the intention of plotting against Shandong, he would have to snatch food from the mouth of the zhèng fǔ army. But the Tohoku is not peaceful now. The Northeast Security Army capsized in the yīn ditch in the Ganning region in the northwest. A jīng sharp vanguard regiment was completely annihilated, and the northeast could not even find an opponent, although it is clear now, but it also caused a full-scale confrontation between the northeast and the Ma Jiajun in the Ganning region. Although the northeast is prosperous, after all, the labor expedition, whether it is the command of the troops or the logistics supply, the pressure is very great.

But even in this difficult situation, the Northeast still sent a large army, and Feng Yong even let his right-hand man Li Jun personally go to the Northwest to take command. The ambitions of the Northeast against the Northwest are clear. Compared with Shandong's chicken ribs in the northeast, the Ganning region, which has a large population, is a better choice. After all, there are no strong forces in the Northwest. It can also provide much-needed population for the Northeast. The most important thing is that the Ganning region borders the territory of the northeast, which provides the conditions for the expansion and future rule of the northeast.

"I will do my best to share the worries of the prime minister." Although the Ganning region cannot be compared with Shandong, compared with the somewhat illusory Shandong, the more realistic Ganning region will be larger. Moreover, a war with the zhèng fǔ army will not necessarily be able to swallow the northeast. If it fails, the position of the entire Northeast will become precarious. Therefore, for this trip to the Northeast, Cao Weilin is still confident. It was also extremely happy to agree.

Ganning area, Gulang county.

The Ma Qi brothers looked at the slowly approaching Gansu New Army, and their hearts were aggrieved to death. Unexpectedly, his tough electrification not only did not dispel Zhang Guangjian's ambitions, but prompted him to speed up the pace of the new army's advance. Now the new army of Gansu has come to the city.

When the Gansu New Army entered the Gulang County, Ma Lin asked to go to war and led his troops to ambush the Gansu New Army. It's a pity that he was stopped by Ma Qi. However, some valuables and military supplies from Gulang County were escorted out of the city and went to Yongchang County under the escort of Ma Buqing. Eggs can't all be put in one basket. For the current Ning Navy, the 3,000 army is important, and the need for materials is even more important.

"Big brother, do we really want to be trapped in Gulang County? With the current defense strength of Gulang County, how can it be possible to defend against the 5,000 jīng soldiers of the mountain artillery. Ma Qi hated and was pessimistic about Ning Haijun's defense of Gulang County. Although Ma Jiajun is a rising warlord in the local area, the reputation of the people in the Ganning area is only average, after all, Ma Jiajun started by suppressing the Hui unrest. As a Hui Zhuma, the treatment of the local Han people was also disgraceful, which made the local Han people have no good impression of the Ma family. In addition, feudal family-style warlords like Ma Jiajun have their own set of employment guidelines. As a result, the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun were all Hui people, and the local Han people were recruited, and at most they could only participate in the security regiment to maintain local order. Even if the performance is sè, it is difficult to enter the main force. After all, Ma Jiajun's acceptance of the Han people was still after defecting to Feng Yuxiang.

"I know that! Although we have 3,000 men and the enemy only has 5,000, our 3,000 men are the last strength of the Ning Navy, and if we lose one, we will lose one. And it is difficult to replenish even in a short period of time. However, the Gansu New Army is the army of the Han people, and the Han people have a large population, and they can be replenished much faster than ours. Coupled with the fact that Lao Pifu has been operating in the Ganning area for several years, no one can say what he will do. Ma Qi gritted his teeth and said. He hated Zhang Guangjian, the overseer of Gansu, to the core.

"Are we going to give up the county?" Ma Lin's face became even more ugly.

"Let is to let, but it can't be cheap for the new army in Gansu. Isn't the old puppet greedy? Lao Tzu will give you a hot yam. I'll see how you can swallow it. A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Ma Qi's eyes.

"Order the troops, get out of the city, let's go to Yongchang!" Ma Qi took one last look at the slowly approaching Gansu New Army, and gradually regained his indifference. Then he quickly left with an unwilling Ma Lin.

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