Yuan Shikai saw that the one related to the railway, in fact, is very simple, that is, the node city built by the northwest along the railway, when he thought he had made a lot of profits, he agreed to the request of the northwest, stop the war, and use the arms of several towns and the conditions that can continue to buy arms in the future, so that the nodes built in the northwest along the railway are all over the place, and now it seems that this is the purpose of the northwest, and the northwest laid out the current day as early as 1911 three years ago, in order to see the poor dagger.

There is definitely a problem with the nodes, building railways all over China, but not a penny, which is very unreasonable, but thinking about it, I don't know what the northwest is doing with these, now it seems that I am afraid that it is the second purpose of the railway, relying on these node cities all over the land of China, whether it is an attack in the northwest, or something else, has enough confidence, and the general trend has gone.

With a sigh, Yuan Shikai suddenly felt that after listening to the live broadcast of the Northwest military parade, he did it on a whim, which should be the most correct choice for him for so many years, although he gave up his position in Beiyang, but avoided the result of defeat, the strength of the Northwest is based on his huge military, and it is also built on his heavy economic foundation, which is not lip service.

The characteristics of the Northwest are that there is faith in words, and any Northwest person, even an ordinary worker, has not played tricks, saying that one is one, and two is two, so for so many years, even if Yuan Shikai knows that the strength of the Northwest is not something that Beiyang can deal with and expect, he still holds the hope of what happens, and the Northwest has not directly declared war on him, nor has any intention of military occupation. That's the most important thing, maybe one day, things will turn around.

Cao Cao's army of 800,000. There are precedents of being defeated by the Sun-Liu coalition army. Not to mention the history of ancient Chinese warfare, there are many people who defeat the strong with the weak and win more with less. Out of a utilitarian mentality, Yuan Shikai still wants to fight for that position, and ambitious people finally aim for that position. That ultimate and highest position, once in 1911, he thought that it was only one step away from that, the appearance of the northwest, but shattered his thoughts, and it was impossible not to be annoyed.

Now it seems that he was also lucky back then, at least at that time. did not fight hard with the northwest under the instigation of Zhu Erdian, and fought hard for Beiyang's family base. After Yuan Shikai understood the root cause of the Northwest strength and the arrangements made in private, Yuan Shikai suddenly found out. All his thoughts with the revolutionary party were just a joke, and the Northwest had been quietly preparing for it. Although it didn't show its grandeur, it was in private. But it has opened a huge network and faced a strong one. The Northwest, which has a strong economic and military foundation, has much leeway in the face of the Northwest, which is well prepared?

The railway network, which can be said to be the most important in the northwest network, is the blood that runs through the whole of China, with this, 1 million troops can be used as 2 million, or even 3 million, in China's vast land, distance can no longer be a problem, as long as the railway, you can quickly transport troops through the railway.

The railway is very convenient, but the railway itself, there is no defense capability, at this time, the node is highlighted, the node is the foundation, is the basis of defense and attack, threw out the plan of free railway, with the node city, more than 500,000 yuan of income per year, attracted the revolutionary party and Beiyang, according to the Beiyang side of 127, the revolutionary party side of 87, these nodes pay the funds every year, up to 60 million and 40 million, plus the railway revenue, every year Beiyang and the revolutionary party, the harvest on the railway, up to hundreds of millionsIt was this money that supported Beiyang and the Revolutionary Party, constantly expanding the army, and even selectively carrying out certain reforms.

The practice of the Northwest, many people did not understand at that time, including the Revolutionary Party and Beiyang, built a railway and a city for you in vain, and they had to pay you money, is the Northwest a great good man, a fool? Now it seems that the Northwest is not only not a fool, but also the smartest, in these cities and railways, obtained more, at least much more than 100 million huge wealth, the control of the railway and the city, is also far above them, even in the potential, there is also the role of the third article, the person who formulated this strategy is really a genius, take one step, look at two steps or even three steps, he is also fooled, and lost in the massive income.

Close his eyes and recall carefully, the railway network and node cities he knows, as an excellent military commander Yuan Shikai, can only sigh, the overall situation has been decided, there is no army of more than 4 million in the northwest, maybe you can still fight, as long as the gradual control of the node and the railway, it is equivalent to turning the advantages of the northwest into your own advantage, at this time, who wins and who loses, it is still very difficult to say, it is the strength of each other and the ability to seize the fighter.

But since the northwest has shown such a big muscle as an army of 4 million, it is almost impossible to seize those node cities, perhaps while the northwest has not yet completed the layout, seize one or two, but next, all over the country, more than 200 nodes, each of which may be carefully prepared by the northwest, for the strategic fortress of the decisive battle, as long as a certain number of soldiers are stationed, it will become a flesh and blood millstone, when the railway and these nodes are connected into a piece, the overall situation is certain, and the northwest can rush to the aid and attack at any time, And the revolutionary party and Beiyang were only able to defend passively.

This is not the year, the first Sino-Japanese period, or the early days of Beiyang, in the march, a necessary consideration is the question of distance and time, a thousand miles of trekking, can already be called an expedition. Now, with such a train with a speed of more than 120 kilometers per hour, in one day, a radius of 3,000 kilometers, almost most of the entire part of China, Beiyang and the areas under the jurisdiction of the revolutionary party, are within the scope of this radiation, than the railway, to grab the transportation capacity, unless these railways are blown up, otherwise who can grab the builders.

With a long sigh, Yuan Shikai finally, in his heart, extinguished the idea of dominating the world, and went to Baotou himself, or prepared to play tricks, this is his strength, whether it was in North Korea before the First Sino-Japanese War, or in Wuxu to change the law, or even when Xin Chou, his machine changed, so that he could gradually grow into an ordinary officer, growing into the governor of Zhili, and even the Manchurian people had to look sideways.

This time, he was completely convinced, Ming Xiu plank road dark Chen Cang, this is obviously the current version of this strategy, the northwest with a dignified momentum, crushed over, even if he has a thousand methods, ten thousand strategies, can not escape the palm of the Buddha, this is the difference in strength, the other party's strength is absolutely crushing, he can't move one more step.

There was a knock on the door outside the door, Yuan Shikai tidied it up and let him in, a young officer appeared in the carriage, Wu Peifu, this is the same as Yuan Shikai, he started as a small soldier, relying on talent and ability, and stood out in Beiyang, it cannot be said that it is the old subordinate of Beiyang when he was training at the small station, but under the situation that the old subordinate occupies a position of real power, he has gradually grown up, and has become one of the people Yuan Shikai values most under the three heroes of Beiyang, and it is also the hope of Beiyang's future.

Seeing that it was him, Yuan Shikai's expression was obviously relaxed, and motioned for him to sit down, Wu Peifu was full of worries, the battle of Zhangjiakou that year, he was aggrieved, and this got the reality that Yuan Shikai was retired, even if it was because of Yuan Shikai's suppression, he didn't show it, but he was a little unwilling in his heart, no, after arriving at the carriage, he felt a little stuffy, and simply came to find Yuan Shikai.

Wu Peifu is straight-tempered, and he said nonsense, and he said that he was knocking on the side, all of which questioned Yuan Shikai's approach, putting a good end to China's core North China and Northeast China, and going to support a cold ass like the Northwest, which is too cheap, even if Beiyang is not as good as the Northwest, it is not enough to enter, and it is more than enough.

As a veteran general of Beiyang, Wu Peifu, who has mastered the most powerful part of the regular army in Beiyang, has climbed up step by step from the grassroots level, has quite strong self-confidence and is not afraid of any enemy.

Yuan Shikai listened quietly, Wu Peifu's character, Yuan Shikai knows very well, and he also valued him the most before, when Sanjie is getting old, and even when he is such a commander, Wu Peifu is such a young new generation, it is really the blessing of Beiyang, maybe the rise of Beiyang in the future will depend on him, according to Yuan Shikai's knowledge, among the soldiers in the world, Wu Peifu's military ability is definitely the top one.

But now, even if Zhuge is reborn and his grandson comes, there is no way, the overall situation has been decided, he sighed, did not say a word, and finally handed a piece of paper to Wu Peifu, and then looked out the window, Wu Peifu looked at this piece of paper in confusion, he didn't know, what did the chief take out such a piece of paper.

On the white paper, a series of lines are drawn horizontally and vertically, it looks irregular, looking at it, Wu Peifu saw something, it seems that the top should be the railway line, to be exact, it is the current railway line of the Beijing-Baobao Railway.

Wu Peifu couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, sir, what's the matter, could it be that he was amused by the Northwest Suddenly frightened head, talking about the Northwest Army, and also related to the future of Beiyang, what is that railway map for, is it difficult, the railway map can replace the military map, but there is nothing on it.

"Sir, isn't this a railway map, look at what this is for, it is difficult for the railway to replace the army!"

Wu Peifu's absent-mindedness made Yuan Shikai cry and laugh, and had to mention again: "Whether the railway can replace the army, it's hard to say, in some cases, it's really possible, don't care about this for now, you look carefully, think carefully, and then tell me what I think!" ”

Yuan Shikai didn't explain too much, but it represented an attitude, Wu Peifu was careless, and began to get serious, while recalling the situation of the construction of the railway in the northwest, he looked at this piece of white paper with all kinds of lines drawn seriously, so he really saw something. (To be continued......)