There are people who speculate and drill camps, climb dragons and phoenixes, and want to sharpen their heads in this great change, get a half-official position, and glorify their ancestors. But Zhang Xun has a rule. His criteria for selecting and employing people are judged by braids.

It has been six years since the Republic of China, not only the people, but even the princes and nobles of the Qing family have cut their hair, and who is still dragging the pig's tail behind their heads.

Thus, the fraudsters came into being. Find a fake braid to wear, or even cut off the braid of your wife and concubine, and secretly sew it on the crown of the Qing court called "Weft Dou", hoping to get by. Not only braids, but even court clothes have become a scarce thing. In those days, the tailors who made official uniforms made a fortune, and it was difficult to complete the work by working overtime day and night. In desperation, someone went to the pear orchard to rent a costume to cover things.

There were suddenly more people posting greetings in front of the Forbidden City. The guards guarding the gate also regarded themselves as the Great Internal Forbidden Army in a trance, arrogant and proud. Wang Yangbin and Ouyang Pucun, directors of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also went to hand over the fold to ask for peace. The gatekeeper asked them what their duties were. Wang Yangbin and Ouyang Pucun didn't dare to raise their heads, and said in a low voice: "Former Director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The doorkeeper actually shouted: "The director is just a palm print Langzhong, a five-grade official ear!" If you can't reach it, please be safe. "Drove them out.

When Zhang Xun's nephew Zhang Biyan, Zhang Minzhai also opposed Zhang Xun's restoration, was scolded by Zhang Xun and drove out of the house, ran to Tianjin, it happened that Duan Qirui Ma Factory swore a mastery, and watched Wang Maoru's army, the soldiers were strong and the horses were full of energy, and the army of more than 10,000 troops could not see the edge, and the two couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle is dangerous." ”

Zhang Xun was meritorious in the restoration, and Emperor Xuantong personally named him Prince Zhongyong. Back home. Zhang Xun showed off to his wife Cao, and Shi Shiran was arrogant. Cao Shi understood the righteousness and scolded Zhang Xun for being unscrupulous. She said, the Republic of China treats you not unkindly, and now in the face of the world's disapproval, you just don't think about yourself, you have to think about future generations! Today, although the emperor named you the Prince of Loyalty. I'm afraid you're going to be a flat-shouldered king in the future. Zhang Xun was puzzled and asked what a woman is a flat-shouldered king? Cao replied: You will not be the leader in the future. If you cut off your head with a knife, won't your neck be at the level of your shoulders! Zhang Xun said "bah, bah" a few times. It's kind of spit out the bad luck. He was a man of fear of guilt, so he had to swallow this resentment.

After the successful restoration of Zhang Xun, Wan Shenyu and Hu Siyu were appointed as cabinet ministers. Lei Zhenchun is the secretary of the army, Liang Dunyan is the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhang Zhenfang is the secretary of the Du branch, Wang Shizhen is the minister of the General Staff, Zhu Jiabao is the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xu Shichang and Kang Youwei are the presidents of the Bide Academy, and they are the governors of Zhili and the ministers of Beiyang.

Li Yuanhong sat in the presidential palace and regretted it, it was over, and he was famous. was destroyed by Zhang Xun, and he invited not a rescuer, but a disaster. Zhang Xun was also about to invite him to serve as a cabinet minister, how dare Li Yuanhong, he hurriedly took his two henchmen to put on makeup and ran to the French hospital in Dongjiaomin Lane to avoid trouble.

After Duan Qirui learned the news in Tianjin. Liang Qichao, Xu Shuzheng, Wang Maoru and others were summoned overnight to discuss Zhang's plan. Unlike in history, in history, Duan Qirui did not have a single soldier or general at this time, so he had to go to Chen Guangyuan's barracks to persuade Chen Guangyuan in person, but this time it was different. After Duan Qirui summoned Wang Maoru. The 16,000 participating troops on the outskirts of Tianjin immediately shouted and screamed, and Chen Guangyuan's police force was so frightened that they hurriedly took the initiative to run over to participate in the fight against Zhang's army.

Liang Qichao wrote and published a letter to discuss Zhang Weiwen, and then Feng Guozhang, Sun Wen, and Lu Rongting echoed the unanimous opposition to the restoration, and Duan Qirui then formed a republican army in Tianjin Machang and served as the commander-in-chief, and generously swore an oath. During the swearing-in period of the horse factory, Qirui and Feng Guozhang jointly stated Zhang Xun's eight major crimes, and then Duan Qirui appointed Wang Maoru as the commander of the Eastern Route Army and Cao Kun as the commander of the Western Route Army, collectively known as the rebel army, to jointly recruit Zhang Xun.

After Wang Maoru received the order, he immediately dispatched troops to Beijing with 16,000 men from three brigades under his command, consisting of 2,000 baggage composed of prisoners who had been captured some time ago, totaling 18,000 men and 100 cars.

Zhang Xun sent a cadre to lead a thousand temporary formation of the original Eight Banners soldiers to Langfang to prepare to intercept Wang Maoru's rebel army East Route Army, unexpectedly Wang Maoru has always been a noble soldier, Zhang Xun's people just walked out of Beijing not far away, they learned that Wang Maoru laid Langfang, all the way to come, this group of Eight Banners uncles immediately dispersed, crying to each other: "North Shangwu is coming, North Shangwu is coming, everyone run, Lao Maozi can't beat him!" The poor battalion commander watched as thousands of men scattered, throwing away their armor and wanting to cry without tears, and hurriedly reported to Zhang Xun.

Wang Maoru was the forward unit Liu Zhida won the first battle of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Army, and he didn't know how to cooperate with others, so he led the troops to continue to rush inside, so angry that the other two brigade commanders Ma Sandao and Sun Zizhong scolded Liu Zhida for being insatiable. Liu Zhida swept through the obstacles, and went straight down to Beijing within two days, and when he arrived at the periphery, he saw many whips thrown on the ground, and the soldiers of the student division laughed with whips, Liu Zhida ordered the soldiers to temporarily stop the attack and wait for the follow-up army. Half a day later, Wang Maoru led the army to the city of Beijing.

Looking at the tall city walls of Beijing, Wang Maoru raised his head to the sky and shouted: "Beijing, I am here with troops this time!" Then he did not rush to attack the city of Beijing, but ordered the soldiers to occupy the Nanyuan military camp in Beijing, and took all the Nanyuan Aviation School, twenty-four aircraft of various types. Wang Maoru ordered all the Nanyuan planes to be dispatched, and none of the planes carried two grenades and threw them into Zhang Xunjun's army. Although it did not play a big role, this was the first time that the Republic of China had aircraft to fight directly, and it created the history of China's air warfare. The teachers, students, and officers of the Nanyuan Aviation School had long been dissatisfied with the restoration, and after receiving Wang Maoru's order, they immediately launched a bombing. Although the grenade was not very powerful, it frightened Zhang Xun's troops. The little emperor and the queen mother and palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were all silent and frightened, and an old eunuch was scared to death, and a palace maid was so frightened that she fell and drowned in the garden.

The battle of Beijing has not yet officially begun, and Zhang Xun's department is already panicking.

Wang Mao's colleagues in Beijing City were forced by soldiers, and the Western Route Army led by Cao Kun of the rebel army was also like a bamboo, killing from Shimen, and the leader was still Cao Kun's general Wu Peifu. It's just that Wu Peifu is as fast as Wang Maoru's army, they are running, and Wang Maoru's army is driving there, so there is a day difference in this itinerary and another day in transportation. The reason why Wang Maoru did not attack the city of Beijing was that he was mostly waiting for Cao Kun's troops.

Two days later, the Western Route Army arrived in Beijing, one fighting from east to west, and the other from west to east. Zhang Xun hurriedly asked the soldiers to gather in the inner city, the Temple of Heaven, the Tainan Gate, Jingshan, the Dongxihua Gate, and the Nanhe River, ready to fight to the death.

Seeing that it was already a grasshopper after the autumn, Zhang Xun still had to die to the end, and those elements of the restoration saw that the situation was not good and ran quickly, Zhang Zhenfang and Lei Zhenchun abandoned the official and went out of Beijing to escape in chaos, and were taken by the rebel army Chen Guangyuan in Fengtai. Feng Delin, the eldest brother of the Feng family who participated in the restoration, absconded, but was captured by Wang Maoru's Ma Sandao Division. On the 30th of June, the rebel army gathered its forces and divided them into four divisions, Feng Yuxiang, Wu Peifu, Wang Maoru, and Zhang Jixiang attacked the Temple of Heaven, Central Park and other places.

The strength of the rebel army added up to attack the 80,000 army, even if they stepped on it, they trampled the pigtail army to death, this battle was not lively, among them, Wang Maoru and Zhang Xun's army is best recognized, one is an all-black military uniform wearing a steel helmet and carrying a marching backpack, the other is wearing a white round hat and a big braid on the head, and the rest of the troops are gray military uniforms and big caps, which are mixed together but not easy to identify.

In the Fourth Route Army, several of Wang Maoru's student divisions fought the most fiercely, fearless of death, and shouted one by one at a young age, shouting: "Rebuild the republic and return my motherland!" Rushing forward, in groups of three or five, or covering, or attacking, often sometimes ambushed, the last man left to fight to the death, often a soldier captured several whip troops. When this person has ideals, his fighting strength and combat effectiveness are far greater than that of other Beiyang soldiers who eat mixed rice, and seeing that Wang Maoru's army is brave, the rest of the people have to get out of the way for them to rush.

This rush was not good, the striker Liu Zhida rushed too violently, and rushed directly into the palace, only to frighten the little emperor to cry, and the two queens sat on the ground at a loss. The student army was relatively high, and there was no cholera palace incident, but they just held the palace and drove the Ouchi guards and palace maids and eunuchs to one place, and did not allow other troops to enter the palace. When Wang Maoru arrived, he was surprised that Liu Zhida, a kid with dry hair, was going to surround the palace, only to see Liu Zhida drive away his subordinates, and there were only Wang Maoru's guard officers around, so he pulled Wang Maoru to the dragon chair and said, "Dashuai, you sit, you sit." ”

"Your uncle, you're going to give me a Chen Qiao mutiny yellow robe to add to it, get out of the calf, don't talk nonsense." Wang Maoru gave him a kick, but the foot was very light, Liu Zhida jumped away and said: "Everyone can do it in the emperor, why can't our handsome man do it." ”

Zhu Yongquan persuaded bitterly: "Dazi, be cautious, it's not good for people to know about this matter, otherwise it will be bad for the handsome." ”

Wang Maoru also pointed at Liu Zhida's nose and scolded: "You stinky boy, kill me, you think." He led the officers out of the main hall, saw the three words "Taihe Palace" on his head, laughed, and said to himself: "This place is indeed a treasure of feng shui." ”

"Yes, you will be the emperor in the future." Liu Zhida leaned into his ear and said, Wang Maoru glared at him, and Liu Zhida quickly slipped aside.

Sun Zizhong's 3rd Brigade of the Student Division attacked Central Park, but Feng Yuxiang's 16th Mixed Brigade took the lead and captured Central Park. Sun Zizhong's side is the staff officer Mao Ziping, at this time, the army should go to seize the armory bank or something, it doesn't matter if you fight, whoever fights in this Beijing, our marshal's credit is indispensable, but we don't take advantage of things if people rob them. Sun Zizhong is also a martial artist, and he is also very loyal to Wang Maoru, thinking that Mao Ziping's construction is good, he hurriedly led the army to fight back, and the troops rushed forward, only Sun Zizhong's troops fought back, and the friendly troops passing by were surprised. It was indispensable that Sun Zizhong's troops occupied the Ordnance Department of the War Department and the Bank of Communications, and disarmed the patrol team of the Ministry of Communications. The patrol team was an armed force subordinate to the Ministry of Communications, first belonging to Liang Shiyi of the old Department of Transportation, and later Liang Shiyi fell and remained in the Department of Transportation, belonging to the oil and water troops protecting Jinpu Road. This part was originally not good at combat, although it was fully equipped, but all of them were born in rich and noble families, seeing that Zhang Xun was strong, they voted for Zhang Xun, and the rebel army was strong, so they voted for the rebel army.