"Brother Baili, we can't agree to your conditions. If the Northeast keeps being so tough, our peace talks will not be able to go on at all! Ni Sichong said in a deep voice. The appetite in the Northeast is indeed very big, and he can't agree to it. Of course, if the roles of the two sides are reversed, perhaps Beiyang will be more greedy.

"Brother Ni, I am a soldier, and negotiation is not my specialty. I have already informed the young marshal of this matter, and I believe that the young marshal will make more detailed arrangements! Jiang Baili smiled and said. In its current form, it is difficult for Beiyang to agree to the conditions of the Northeast. But for the Northeast, how can you know if you don't try. The Beiyang government, a government with a bureaucratic atmosphere, is itself the character of being weak if the enemy is strong, and if the northeast is weak, I am afraid that it will be more difficult for the two sides to want peace talks. In addition, Feng Yong had already made up his mind to fight for this battle and annex Shandong. The Shandong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula are each other's horns. The entire Jingshi is strictly guarded. Now the Lushun area of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Qingdao area of the Shandong Peninsula are all under the control of the Japanese, which is a situation that Feng Yong cannot sit idly by. If the Qingdao region remains in the hands of the weak Beiyang government, China's recovery will be even more elusive. Of course, Feng Yong also understood that if Shandong was annexed, once the Northeast started a war with Japan, it would face a situation of multiple attacks from Japan. Very unfavorable for the defense of the Northeast. But Shandong's population and resources are something Feng Yong can't give up.

Shandong has always been the most densely populated area in China, and although the local folk customs are not as fierce as those in the border areas, the people of Shandong are righteous, promise and obedient, and are very good soldiers. If the Northeast gets Shandong, it will operate for a period of time, and Shandong's potential will be extremely huge.

"It's-!" Ni Sichong said with some embarrassment. I know my own situation, Licheng is the capital of Shandong, and there is a lot of grain and grass in the city, and after Duan Qirui occupied Shandong, he brought a lot of Beiyang wealth, so that Shandong's arsenal was once full. It's a pity that after this period of continuous fighting, especially the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of troops, the entire Licheng arsenal has been extremely empty, and even the grain and grass baggage have begun to become tense. After discovering the possibility of peace talks, the Northeast Army surrounded Licheng and cut off the communication between Licheng and the outside world. Fortunately, Licheng is known as Quancheng, and the internal springs are dense, so there is no need to worry about the water source problem, but if the northeast continues to be besieged like this for a long time, the life of the Beiyang Army in the city will definitely become extremely difficult.

"Brother Baili, since we have good faith in negotiation, can we let your army open a passage to ensure the normal business order in Licheng?" Ni Sichong asked.

"Sorry! We can't agree to this condition. We are still in a state of war before we reach an agreement between the two sides. I don't know what the situation will be in the city, but if it is open and banned, our efforts for a while will be in vain. I hope Brother Ni understands this. Jiang Baili simply refused. The Northeast Army finally besieged the enemy, and of course it would not easily get out of the way.

Now the two sides are negotiating, although Jiang Baili is not a negotiator, but he also understands that his own military victory can greatly promote the advantage at the negotiation table, of course, now the Beiyang Army in Licheng is no longer in Jiang Baili's eyes, his eyes look at Lunan. Xu Shuzheng's Guo Shanhu, who was cowering in Tai'an City, couldn't do anything about him, but Li Chunbu and Zhang Xunbu, who had just entered Shandong, were a good target.

Northeast, Marshal's Mansion.

"Young marshal, Duan Qirui shouldn't let go! The entire Shandong Province, the foundation of Beiyang, Duan Qirui will definitely not give up easily. Xu Zheng looked at Jiang Baili's telegram and said.

"Yes, Duan Qirui is definitely not willing to give up the huge Shandong Province, but how can we give up what we like in the Northeast. On the issue of Beiyang, Duan Qirui's vision is not as good as Feng Guozhang. Feng Guozhang gave up half of Zhili Province on the condition that he exchange the opportunity to reorganize Beiyang. Duan Qirui has always been entangled in the gains and losses of one province and one place. In terms of strategic vision, it is not as good as Feng Guozhang. Feng Yong said with a smile. It is no wonder that Duan Qirui, whose strength and prestige far surpass Feng Guozhang, will deteriorate, and in the end, the battle for Anhui will be defeated, and Duan Qirui can only be powered to go to the field to be a fool.

"Young Marshal, Duan Qiruiken and we have made peace talks, and it seems that he has made plans to give up the Luzhong region. Why don't we swallow Luzhong first, and then plot Lunan. And then occupy the entire Shandong Province. Xu Zheng suggested that this was indeed a good approach, and at that time, it was the credibility of the Northeast that was lost.

"Your method looks good, but it doesn't work at all, you forget an important role, and what this character does will affect the form of the entire Shandong battlefield." Feng Yong stared at Qingdao and said.

"Young Marshal, do you mean that Japan will send troops to interfere in the war situation in Shandong?" Xu Zheng was shocked. On the Sino-North Korean border, the Japanese army was ready to move, attracting the attention of the entire northeastern government, thus ignoring Japan's equally weak power in Shandong. The Japanese in the Northeast have been cleaned up a lot by Feng Yong strongly, and even if there are still bad intentions, they can only be in secret. But Shandong is different. Under the notice of the Beiyang government, under the aggressiveness of Little Japan, Shandong Province has almost become the backyard of Little Japan. In particular, after Japan defeated Germany and occupied Qingdao, the Japanese in Shandong became even more arrogant.

"There is this possibility, Japan's current Prime Minister Terauchi Masashi is a soldier, and he is also a military maniac, such a person comes to power, don't think that Japan will quietly watch us expand its power. Little Japan has a long-standing ambition for China. It's just that after the Russo-Japanese War, Japan was busy restoring its national strength, and its policy toward China also changed from armed aggression to political inducement. Now that Japan has taken advantage of the east wind of the world war, its national strength has recovered as before, and even its strength has increased, coupled with the coming to power of the military government, what do you think is the probability that Japan will send troops? Feng Yong said in a deep voice.

In the original time and space, Japan was busy supporting its spokesperson in Northeast China, and there was no plan to fully invade China, and the strength of Beiyang, whether it was a direct or Anhui line, was not weak. Japan has great scruples about going to war in an all-out way. The war with China was different from that of the Japanese and the Russians. The Russo-Japanese War was fought on the territory of China in order to fight for interests in Northeast China. At that time, the center of Russia was too far from the northeast, and the movement of troops and military supplies was inconvenient. With Korea as a base for advancement, Japan was able to defeat Russia by using almost all of its strength.

"So what do we do?" Xu Zheng scratched his head a little, with the intervention of small Japan, the form of the entire battlefield was countless times more complicated.

"In order to prevent the Shandong form from becoming chaotic, the best way is for us to take Shandong Province peacefully through negotiations, and even if we can't take Shandong Province, we must bring the entire Shandong Peninsula into the scope of our northeast rule." Feng Yong said in a deep voice. If the Shandong Peninsula is brought under the rule of the Northeast, the deterrent power of the Northeast in the Bohai Bay will be greatly increased, which will benefit the security of the Beijing government.

"What about the Nanjing Beiyang government? Now we have two Chinese governments standing side by side, which is not a good phenomenon. ”

"Send a telegram to Shi Yuewang, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs he formed should also move! Send three teams of envoys to Nanjing, Chengdu, Nanning in the name of the central government! It's time to declare the righteousness of the central government. "In addition to the establishment of the Beijing government, 17 provinces jointly telegraphed to support. The Beijing government has not exercised the functions of the central government once. Now there is no problem on the battlefield, it can only be solved through politics.

Qufu, the place with the strongest humanistic atmosphere in Shandong, as the former residence of the Confucian saint and the ancestral land of the Confucian family, the Confucian culture here is very strong, but after entering the Republic of China, under the impact of Western ideology and culture, Confucian culture has become synonymous with decay. There is almost no trace of the original public and private schools. But Confucius's family, the Confucian family, is still the largest in the region. It's just that they are no longer officials. The influence in the country is much smaller.

Confucian.

The head of the Confucian family, the seventy-sixth grandson of Confucius, Kong Lingyi frowned deeply. The war that took place in Qufu a few days ago naturally could not be concealed from the eyes and ears of their Confucian family. It's just that they don't know the specifics.

"Master of the house, don't worry about it. No matter which forces are fighting in Qufu, it will not affect our Kong family. Although it is now the Republic of China. However, the form of the whole country is still Confucianism. We don't have to worry about security. Kong Lingqi, the housekeeper of the Kong family, said.

"I'm not worried about safety. I'm just worried about the future of our Kong family. Now the war in the Northeast and Beiyang has reached Lunan. Beiyang really doesn't seem to be able to do it. Should our Confucian family say something in this situation? At present, the form of Confucianism in the whole country has declined, and the impact of decadent ideas in the West is extremely serious. Although the Beiyang government respects the Confucian family, it only respects the Confucian forces behind the Confucian family. They don't really want to use Confucianism. Now that Beijing has a new owner, I want to see it for myself. Meet President Li Yuanhong and see what the new government's attitude towards Confucianism is! Confucianism is an ideological system founded by Chinese sages and should not be corrupted by Western money ideas. Kong Lingyi said in a deep voice.

"Master, if you are going north, I suggest you go directly to the northeast. The current Beijing government is really the one in the northeast! I'm afraid President Leo is just a puppet! "As the housekeeper of the Kong family, managing various industries on behalf of the head of the family, his vision is naturally not comparable to that of Kong Lingyi, who is dedicated to learning. Don't say that the Kong family doesn't have their own property, after all, the descendants of the saints also have to eat. In addition to their original teaching, their source of income is some commercial industry.

(To be continued)