The Beijing government's response to Yan Xishan's electrification in Shanxi Province was not slow at all. The military and government issued orders at the same time, and a group of political cadres and government officials set off for Shanxi. At the same time, the First Army of the National Defense Army in Shaanxi entered the territory of Shanxi, through the railway in Shanxi, directly south, into northern Henan, stationed in Jiaozuo, Henan, and sent troops to control the north of the Yellow River. For a time, there was a lot of noise on the battlefield in Henan. Wu Peifu did not care about attacking the remnants of the Jin army, and immediately organized troops to hold the Yellow River. At the same time, troops were sent to protect Luoyang, the capital of Henan Province. He was really afraid that the Northeast Army would now be desperate to go south, and the unprepared Beiyang would definitely face the consequences of a complete defeat at that time.

As it turned out, Wu Peifu's worries were unfounded. The 1st Division of the Wehrmacht had no intention of going to war with it at all. The army was stationed in Jiaozuo, Henan, and did not move anything other than to build a defensive position.

For a time, Beiyang was confused by the actions of the Beijing government. Feng Guozhang sent an urgent telegram to the Beijing government, asking the central government to give an explanation for the transfer of the First Division of the National Defense Forces. The Beijing government did not have the slightest intention of explaining Beiyang's fierce reaction. In response to the reaction of the Beijing government, the top brass of Beiyang blew up their lungs. The sound of sending troops within Beiyang was noisy. Beiyang, which has received Japan's support, has greatly recovered its strength, especially the continuous arrival of Japanese materials and loans, which has made Beiyang more and more confident. Now in the face of the strength of the Beijing government, Beiyang is no longer willing to tolerate it. Perhaps this is the confidence brought about by the expansion of power!

Fortunately, Feng Guozhang was not carried away by the expanding forces of Beiyang. He knew that in the two months since the armistice in Northeast China, the Northeast Army had not taken major military operations, and no one knew what its strength had recovered, especially with the National Defense Army's million-strong army in Shandong being organized into an army and distributed to more than a dozen provinces to which Beijing belonged. With this million-strong army sitting in the local area, the Northeast Army can gather the original combat troops, and with the existing scale of troops in the Northeast, it is not a problem to concentrate 500,000 elite troops at all. The reason why the Northeast did not do it was because of its internal financial resources or other larger conspiracies.

Among the generals on the Beiyang front, Wu Peifu advocated fighting, because with the development speed and potential of the Northeast Army, if it was not controlled, Beiyang would hardly be an opponent of the National Defense Force, even with the support of Japan.

Zhang Xiao's criterion suggested not fighting, after all, Beiyang's strength was consumed after the war. Now that the internal turmoil has not been calmed down, and if the Xu Shuzheng problem is not resolved, it will be difficult for Beiyang to gather more troops to participate in the next operations.

Cao Kun's attitude was relatively tactful, and he did not put forward any effective suggestions on the grounds that he was not on the front line of contact with the Wehrmacht, but from his meaning, Feng Guozhang still understood that Cao Kun was more inclined not to fight. His non-fight is not the same as Zhang Xiaozhun's non-fighting, Zhang Xiaozhun does not fight in order to accumulate strength. In preparation for the big meditation in the future, Feng Cao Kun's non-fight is to maintain the status quo, not because of the chassis war. In fact, Cao Kun does not want Beiyang and Northeast China to fight to the death, and until now, Cao Kun has a pessimistic attitude towards the confrontation between Beiyang and Northeast China.

Faced with this situation, Feng Guozhang was also confused. He personally went to Duan Qirui's house, and the two of them talked deeply for a long time, and no one knew what they talked about between them. But when Feng Guozhang left. The face is obviously much better.

The Governor of Beiyang, headed by Feng Guozhang, sent a negotiating delegation to Beijing to negotiate land in Henan and the Beijing government. As for Shanxi, they didn't mention it, because it was useless to mention it. Don't you see that even cadres have been dispatched in the Northeast now, where will you give up the fat to your mouth. The reason why Beiyang sent a delegation was mainly for the land of northern Henan, after all, now the First Division of the National Defense Force has overwhelmed the edge of Luoyang, the capital of Henan Province, making the entire Henan ruling environment worse. Beiyang didn't want them to work hard to make wedding dresses for the Beijing disciples.

Beiyang's negotiators did not achieve results, on the contrary, after the Beijing government threw out a telegram asking for help from Zhang Xun, the overseer of Anhui, Beiyang had to retreat in disgrace. After all, what is not occupied is more important than the territory that has been occupied by the Wehrmacht. If the Wehrmacht intervenes in Anhui, the situation facing Beiyang will be even more dangerous.

The rest of the matter is unknown. The Beijing government did not respond to Mr. Zhang's telegram calling for help. Beiyang is also not chasing Henan's affairs, and the two sides have a tacit understanding to share the fruits of victory. In order to weaken the influence of the northeast on Henan Province, the capital of Henan was moved from Luoyang to Zhengzhou. Although Wu Peifu, who advocated war, was helpless, he had no good way.

With the acquiescence of the Beijing government, Zhang Xiaozhun launched a general offensive against Zhang Xun's troops entrenched in northern Anhui. During this period, although Zhang Xun launched many counterattacks, he was crushed by Zhang Xiaozhun. On April 17, 1917, the Beiyang Army drove the remnants of Zhang Xun out of Anhui and completely included Anhui under its rule.

The remnants of Zhang Xun, who were driven into Shandong by Beiyang, were also disarmed by the Northeast Army. Zhang Xun, a character who wrote such a farce as the restoration in the history of the original Republic of China, disappeared silently and completely disappeared on the stage of the Republic of China.

While the northeast annexed Shanxi and Henan by forceful means, the situation in the southwest has also changed more and more. Tang Jiyao, with the powerful firepower of the Southwest First Division, drove the troops of the Southwest Business Alliance into Guizhou in one go. When everyone thought that Tang Jiyao would move his army into Guizhou, Tang Jiyao unexpectedly sent troops into Yunnan. For a time, there was a lot of internal rumors in Yunnan, whether it was half of Yunnan controlled by the Southwest Business Alliance or half of the southwest controlled by Long Yun, they were all nervous. The two sides quickly joined forces against the land of life and death, preparing to jointly resist Tang Jiyao's attack.

The two sides fought fiercely in the mountains of Yunnan. Tang Jiyao, with his strong troops, connected the three lines of defense of Longyun and the Southwest Shang Alliance Army, and defeated the two counterattacks organized by the Shang Alliance troops, and the results were brilliant.

Just when the morale of the new army in the southwest was booming, Long Yun's troops flexibly used the terrain to trap the first division in the southwest into the valley. For a time, the rocks and logs fell, and the 1st Division of the Southwest was unable to cope with this kind of disaster even if it was equipped with advanced equipment. Tang Jiyao faced this near-death situation, the strong man broke his wrist, leaving the elite first regiment and artillery regiment, and the other troops broke through lightly. With the desperate counterattack of the troops behind the palace, Tang Jiyao's first division finally escaped in embarrassment. It's just that the first division of 30,000 people is already less than half of the people. In particular, the loss of a large number of light and heavy weapons caused the 1st Division in the Southwest to lose its original combat effectiveness.

Subsequently. Long Yun led the army to launch a counterattack, and I have to say that this polite young man who Tang Jiyao took a fancy to him at a glance was indeed quite ruthless in the battle array, even in the face of the original benefactor. Faced with the aggressive Long Yun, Tang Jiyao could only withdraw from Yunnan in embarrassment.

The result of this operation in Yunnan was beyond everyone's expectations. Tang Jiyao entered quickly and came out quickly, and the first division of the New Army, which could have swept through the southwest, was disabled, and the weapons and ammunition were seriously damaged. Coupled with the Guizhou Southwest Business Alliance, Tang Jiyao was no longer able to attack.

Embarrassed to withdraw to the Chongqing area, Tang Jiyao mobilized troops to defend Chongqing to prevent attacks from Yunnan and Guizhou. At the same time, the elite of the 30,000 new army in Xikang was contacted. They were asked to evacuate Xikang, return to Sichuan, and join the New Army.

Regarding Tang Jiyao's order, Xie Ruyi, the general of Xikang, chose to obey after weighing the pros and cons. Because a large part of Xikang is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the local people are basically Tibetans. In addition, Zhang Xiaoshan of the Northeast Army led 30,000 elite troops to occupy Tibet, and dealt a ruthless blow to the separatist forces in Tibet, causing some Tibetan rebels to flee to Xikang, and wanted to encourage the Tibetans in Xikang to counterattack Tibet. This led to more and more turmoil in Xikang, which was not very stable, and as a last resort, Cai Yi sent his henchman Xie Ruyi to lead 30,000 new army elites to sit in Xikang after taking the ruling power of Xikang. to ensure stability here.

After Xie Ruyi's army withdrew, the 2nd Division of the Northeast Army, stationed on the border between Tibet and Xikang, set out to advance eastward. It was extremely easy to take over the security of the entire Xikang. The ** forces, which originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a move, were bloodily purged by the Wehrmacht. As a direct consequence, the whole of Sikang trembled under the iron hooves of the Wehrmacht.

By the time the forces of all parties were aware of it, the territory of the Northeast Army expanded by another province. Although Xikang was only a bitter cold land and there were not many Han Chinese in the area, the change of ownership of one province also increased the power of the Beijing government.

During this period, the changes in the domestic situation were really dazzling, and the forces of all sides in the country did not achieve great results in fighting for life and death, and the Beijing government occupied more than two provinces without using a single soldier or a single soldier, and for a time, the theory of the threat of the national defense forces was once again put in the minds of the heads of various forces.

The Beijing government did not comment much. It's just that the Government Council sent a group of officials to Xikang, and the province of Xikang was also merged with Tibet by the Beijing government and became Tibet again. In this way, the area of Tibet Province today is about the same as in the memory of later generations.

With the addition of Xie Ruyi's 30,000 elites of the new army, Tang Jiyao's confidence has improved a lot. With the cooperation with the National Defense Force on the Xikang issue, Feng Yong personally signaled for an additional batch of weapons and ammunition. In Feng Yong's heart, he also hopes that Tang Jiyao can achieve greater results in the southwest region. After all, Tang Jiyao still has Cai Ye behind him, and Feng Yong has a lot of trust in Cai's second brother's character.

Shanghai Renji Hospital. In General Cai's intensive care ward. After nearly two months of correction, Cai Ye's body has finally recovered a lot. His physique is not good. In this assassination, the bullet was very close to the heart, and in addition to the long-distance transportation, the wound was somewhat infected, if it weren't for the latest antibiotic sent by the Northeast Hospital, Cai's second brother's life would probably be explained here.

And during the period of Cai Yi's cultivation, he also occasionally watched the changes in the country, but he did not intervene. Even the situation in the southwest did not interfere in the slightest. As a famous general, Cai Ye knows very well that if he does not understand the situation on the battlefield, he will only make a mistake if he directs blindly. After all, in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory over the gods and men thousands of miles away only exists in history.

(To be continued)