As the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Beijing has a profound historical heritage, and the defense of the city wall has also reached its peak. Especially in order to deal with the threat from the northern grasslands, when the city of Beijing was built, it was consciously defended against attacks from the north, so now the northeast is an unbreakable city. It can be said that Beijing is a fortified city, a fortified city that is extremely difficult to break. The 50,000-strong army in the northeast launched a full-scale attack as soon as it arrived in Beijing. The two sides engaged in a primitive contest under the thick walls of Beijing. It's a pity, because the city wall is too high, the troops lack powerful siege equipment, so that the Northeast soldiers have suffered heavy casualties under the city but there is always no way to take this city wall, although it is easy to carry and break, but the power is really limited, and the mortar shells can not cause much damage to the city wall at all.

"Hasn't the heavy artillery regiment arrived yet?" Jiang Baili sank like water. In order to trap the Beiyang Army near Tongzhou as much as possible. More than half of the heavy machine-gun units remained in the Tongzhou area. Coupled with the fact that the troops were advancing on a rapid march, the infantry had now left the artillery units far behind. This is also the reason why the Northeast Army is seriously lacking in heavy weapons.

"No, just now there was a telegram from the commander of the artillery brigade that the artillery unit was speeding up. However, limited to road conditions and transport capacity. It would take at least five hours for the artillery units to reach the city of Beijing. ”

"Five hours? Damn it! In five hours, the number of defenders in the city will surely double. Jiang Baili's face darkened. The situation in Beiyang has already been reported by a steady stream of assassination intelligence officers, and the current situation is that the troops of Beiyang are constantly being drawn out of the territory controlled by Beiyang. It is then transported to Beijing by rail system. It can be said that with each additional hour, Beiyang's power in Beijing City is stronger. Beijing is the capital of Beiyang. Not only does it have strong political significance, but most importantly, Beijing is also an important arsenal in Beiyang. Although because of the Southwest War, Beijing's arsenal was much empty. However, in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, the society was in turmoil, and the Qing Dynasty did not hesitate to sell its country in exchange for foreign weapons and ammunition in order to protect its rule. This makes Beijing's arsenal a universal arms exposition. Many of the weapons were bought from foreigners, and they were not opened at all. After the establishment of the Beiyang government, Yuan Shikai transferred a lot of weapons and ammunition to fill the consumption of Beiyang, and some of the remaining models of messy or relatively backward guns were mothballed. Just in case.

Now that the Northeast army is pressing, Duan Qirui took out all these weapons and ammunition and distributed them to all the troops defending the city. At present, there are about 10,000 troops in the entire city of Beijing, and with the addition of 2,000 policemen and the security regiment drawn from the surrounding counties of Beijing, the total strength is more than 20,000. If it is in the field, these rabble, of course, are vulnerable. However, with the thick walls of Beijing City, the enemy can always be stopped outside the city, and buy time for the Beiyang elite troops to rush to Beijing.

"Commander, we must find another way to get into the city as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the elite army of Beiyang arrives, our losses will be great. Moreover, the young marshal also asked to preserve the integrity of Beijing as much as possible, because many things in Beijing are treasures of the Chinese nation. We need to protect it with all our hearts. Zhang Zuolin said in a deep voice. To be honest, he was a little noncommittal about Feng Yong's words, you must know that at this time in the Republic of China, the common people and those in power had a very weak sense of cultural relics protection. The warlords in the country even dug up the graves of historical celebrities in order to raise military salaries. It's not for the burial objects inside. But Feng Yong, who came from later generations, did not think so, he knew very well how much value these antique cultural relics could produce in the future. It is a pity that the chaos of the Republic of China for half a century has allowed countless precious cultural flows out of the country, and the Cultural Revolution after the founding of the People's Republic of China has dealt a devastating blow to the entire cultural cause. As a result, there are many faults and flaws in the splendid cultural inheritance of ancient Chinese civilization.

"I know that, but the walls of Beijing are so thick that they can't open the gap without heavy artillery bombardment. Now I don't have a good idea! Jiang Baili frowned. As a strategist, he certainly knows what it means to take Beijing to the Northeast, but Beijing's tight defense makes it difficult for him to succeed.

"Commander, it's not necessarily impossible, according to our intelligence, there are only about 10,000 elite soldiers in Beijing in the city, and the rest are some temporary requisitioned rabble, and Beijing City is so huge, more than 10,000 people are a drop in the bucket for them. That's our chance. I suggest that the army surround and leave a part in the north to contain the enemy, and send the elite detachment to bypass the Beijing city wall, attack the city of Beijing from the south, and adopt an attack strategy that blooms on both sides, as long as we break through all the way, the defense system of the entire Beijing city will completely collapse! Zhang Zuolin suggested.

"This is a good way, but our top priority is to send troops to destroy the railway fortresses around Beijing and block the Beiyang army's rush to help, this is the best way to solve Beiyang." Jiang Baili had already sent a small elite force to sabotage the railway.

"How is the arrangement of President Li Da and his entourage?" Jiang Baili asked.

"A vehicle has been dispatched to take him to the Northeast. How? The young marshal has new instructions? Zhang Zuolin asked.

"Yes, the young marshal asked us to protect Li Yuanhong and temporarily settle him on the front line. And the young marshal also said it. We will be on the front line soon. Jiang Baili had a look of joy on his face.

"On the front line? Does the young marshal want to? Zhang Zuolin's breathing was a little short, and he asked.

"It depends on how well we fight. If we play well, the young marshal will live in Beijing City and complete the transformation of our Northeast from the local to the central. If we don't play well, I'm afraid the young marshal will only have to come to the front line for a turn. Then continue to meet the three eastern provinces dormant," Jiang Baili said with a smile.

"Fight! This battle must be fought well. I will now go on a defense mission and strive to take the city of Beijing in the shortest possible time. Zhang Zuolin said excitedly. If Feng Yong really succeeds in entering Beijing City, then he Zhang Zuolin can be regarded as a hero of Conglong. Although in the current environment of the Republic of China, the possibility of becoming the emperor is almost none, but with Feng Yong's current identity, entering Beijing is also a dictatorship, Zhang Zuolin does not believe that Feng Yong, who is almost obsessed with all his strength, will give up the rights in his hands, which makes Feng Yong and the emperor no different in terms of rights.

"Zhang Shuai, I think we should find some locals to ask. After all, although the city of Beijing is heavily defended, Beijing has not experienced war for hundreds of years. The defense of the city wall may not be as difficult as we think. As long as we open the breakthrough, the defenders of Beijing City will have little resistance. Jiang Baili said contemplatively.

"I'll deal with it now!" Zhang Zuolin got up and said.

In the middle of Beijing.

"Prime Minister, many families in the city have fled, and many officials have not come to the government to report today." Fu Liangzuo said with a calm face.

"I had expected that. Ryosa, do you think we can succeed? Duan Qirui said. This is only one morning, the northeast has launched several attacks, although the north of Beijing city has not been broken by the northeast army, but the loss of the troops defending the city is a lot, plus in the northern battlefield in the northeast once powerful heavy artillery brigade, if this heavy weapon force into the battlefield, no matter how thick the northeast city wall is, I am afraid it will not last long, then the form of the entire Beijing battlefield may have to be rewritten.

"Prime Minister, I'm afraid it's not easy. Now the northeast is strong. Our Beiyang has lost hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is no longer as good as the Northeast in terms of strength. Even if we hold Beijing this time, the enemy will still come next time. In addition, now that Beijing has become an isolated city, I believe that it will not be long before the Northeast will cut off Beijing's connection with the outside world, and our situation will be really dangerous at that time. ”

"Our army is coming, as long as we hold on until the army arrives, the situation can be rewritten, and the Northeast may not dare to spend it endlessly with us." Duan Qirui said. Fu Liangzuo sighed, he really didn't know what to say. As Duan Qirui's confidant, he knows Duan Qirui's character very well, and it is difficult for Duan to change what Duan decides.

"Report to the Prime Minister! President Feng Guozhang led hundreds of close officials of the presidential palace to board the train from the western suburbs railway station. Now the train is about to leave the city of Beijing! The intelligence officer said with a panicked expression.

"What?" Duan Qirui's face changed wildly. You must know that Feng Guozhang is now the acting president of the Beiyang government, and he is the spiritual leader of Beiyang who can persevere. At this time, Feng Guozhang ignored the struggling Beiyang soldiers and fled from Beijing, simply abandoning the entire Beiyang.

"Hurry up and telegraph the train driver to stop driving." Fu Liangzuo's reaction was quick.

"The train driver has been driven down by the president's people, and now the whole train is full of the president's people, and the train has started!" The intelligence officer said in a trembling voice.

"Got it. Ordered the Security Section to block all news, I don't want this news to spread in the city of Beijing. Duan Qirui felt a heat in his chest, and since the last time he vomited blood, his body had deteriorated a lot. Now his resentment towards Feng Guozhang has surpassed his hatred for the Northeast. Betrayal, this is a naked betrayal. Feng Guozhang betrayed Beijing, and even abandoned the entire Beiyang system.

"But...... However, many people at the station saw this news! The intelligence attendant said in a trembling voice. You know, the entire Beijing station is full of people. These people want to escape the warring zone of Beijing by train, after all, in this era of war, the military disaster is also a terrifying natural disaster.

"Poof!" Duan Qirui spurted out a mouthful of reverse blood!

(To be continued)