At this time, Duan Qirui, who was over 56 years old, was sitting in the headquarters of the participating army, looking at the map of the enemy's strength and divisions, and rubbed his head tiredly. The average life expectancy of people in the Republic of China is only thirty-seven years old, and if he can live to fifty-six years old, Duan Qirui already feels that he has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven. Witnessing the persecution of the Eight-Power Alliance at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Japan and Russia fighting on Chinese soil and massacring the Chinese, which made Duan Qirui, who was born in the military, unbearable, and vowed to make the Republic of China a first-class country in the world and let the Chinese no longer be bullied. But who can understand him? Everyone is selfish, for the sake of their own interests, at the expense of the interests of the country, for the sake of power, at the expense of the country. (Everyone thinks of others like this, including Duan Qirui in the eyes of Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin and Wang Maoru, why don't they think that Duan Qirui is betraying the country, and he represents justice)

He took a sip of tea, but the fatigue did not disappear, this fatigue was not physical, but the control of the situation, more and more detached from himself. As the boss of the Anhui system, he feels more and more powerless, and he is very happy to fight with the direct family, but in fact, they have no confidence in their hearts, after the last defeat of the Anhui army to the Northeast Army, after being angry and trying to be strong, now although he has a new look, but he feels that Zhang Zuolin seems to be getting closer and closer to the direct line, if the Northwest Army and the direct line are united, the Anhui system will undoubtedly be defeated. While Zhang Kuian was moving around the capital, he invited Zhang Kuian to his apartment.

After being invited by Duan Qirui, Zhang Kui Abe felt flattered. He carefully prepared gifts and came to Duan's mansion. The two talked for a long time, and the content was nothing more than hoping that Wang Maoru would be on his side. The Wehrmacht was able to support him. Zhang Kui said helplessly that Xiushuai promised the National Defense Force not to cross the Great Wall, and if he intervened in the dispute between Zhiwan and Anhui, wouldn't he lose his trust in the people? Duan Qirui choked up, this is indeed a problem, the resurgence of the dispute between Zhiwan and Anhui is mainly due to Wang Maoru's promise not to cross the Great Wall, so that Zhiwan has the leisure to quarrel and fight. But the Anhui Department saw that his strength was not good, but he couldn't help it. Zhang Kuian said: "Xiu Shuai just wants the navy, only one name is missing." Dare to ask if the Governor's government gave the navy to Xiushuai, would the savings be enough for the Governor to train more army divisions? Xiu Shuai has no ambition to set foot in the Central Plains, he wants to guard against Japan outside the customs, and he wants the navy just because he wants to guard against Japan, so why can't the governor rest assured. ”

Duan Qirui asked what would be the benefit of the central government if the navy was given to Wang Maoru, and Zhang Kuian said: "If the navy is assigned to Xiushuai's command." Xiu Shuai told me privately that he could guarantee that even if the Anhui system lost the battle of Zhiwan, the government would definitely not fall. Duan Qirui thought about it for a long time, but still didn't agree, so Zhang Kuian said goodbye.

The next day, Vice President Meng Enyuan proposed that the Republic of China Navy had huge funds. Since the government is often in arrears of wages, it is better to unify the army and navy under the unified command of the Wehrmacht, and at the same time establish the Wehrmacht Air Force to form the headquarters of the three services of the Wehrmacht. In this way, the whole team is under the command of the president. The country will be reunified at an early date. President Xu Shichang and Premier Jin Yunpeng transferred the proposal to the parliament, and the Anfu parliament vetoed the proposal under the secret instigation of Xu Shuzheng. Speaker Wang Yitang rebuked Meng Enyuan for trying to fight for the interests of the Northeast Department and where to put the interests of the country. Meng Enyuan scolded Wang Yitang for not even understanding the form of the country, and he didn't understand how the army and navy spent every year. Wang Yitang was so angry that he threw up his sleeves and left, and the entire parliament had to be postponed until the next day. Another day later, Wang Yitang couldn't stand Meng Enyuan's unreasonable abuse, and proposed to resign as the speaker of the parliament.

Meng Enyuan's attitude was resolute, but he made Duan Qirui angry enough, and scolded Meng Da Teapot Horseman, Meng Enyuan pointed at Duan Qirui's nose and scolded the butcher who brought disaster to the country and the people, okay, the two Beiyang veterans did it. At this time, no one dared to interfere, who dared to move Meng Enyuan? There are 500,000 national defense troops standing behind him, Wang Maoru really promised not to enter the customs, but he wanted to clean up Meng Enyuan, and in order to take revenge, Wang Maoru would definitely swing his knife and go south. In particular, Shanhaiguan is in the hands of Wang Maoru, and people want to enter the customs, and after entering the customs, they will be flat.

After the war of words and farce between Meng Enyuan and Wang Yitang, although the operation of the Wehrmacht to seize power was not successful, there is no doubt that Wang Maoru's tentacles have touched Beijing. Everyone in Anhui is panicking, Wang Maoru is indeed going to enter Beijing, what should we do next? Zhang Kuian was already so arrogant just to fight the front station, if Wang Maoru came, wouldn't all the Anhui faction be driven away? The crowd couldn't help but scold.

Zhang Kuian's secret message to Wang Maoru said that he had tried his best but did not succeed this time, Wang Maoru replied that it was okay, how could everything go well, and wait for the Anhui Department to beg us before making plans. However, Zhang Kuian has established relations with many officials of the Beijing government.

Frequently in and out of various social occasions, as if becoming Wang Maoru's spokesman, was co-opted by various warlords. He was keenly aware that the central government was actually not a two-ministry supporter, and it was obvious that Xu Shichang wanted to directly attack the Anhui system and drive the Anhui system out of the central government. And although the Anhui system is clamoring fiercely, in fact, since the last time, the Anhui system has no follow-up, and it all depends on Duan Qirui's old face to hold on here. Zhang Kuian sent a secret telegram to Wang Maoru, asking Xiushuai to move his army south as soon as possible to gain the first opportunity, especially the Seventh Division of the National Defense Army stationed in Chahar, from Zhang Heng to Beijing, it only takes two days' drive, and it can be said that at least the central government can be determined at once.

Wang Maoru did not respond to Zhang Kuian's construction for the time being, he had already expected the contradictions and embarrassment of the Anhui system, but he was full of contradictions in his heart, the water in the center was too deep, once he defeated Beijing, his subordinates would definitely put him in that position. In order to compete for interests, all countries will contradict that position, so he will become a hazel in the future, but this is the fastest way to unify, so he is very contradictory in his heart.

Out of the idea of self-preservation, he thought that it was time to let the Anhui faction continue to control the central government, and he talked in detail with Jiang Fangzhen, Zhang Xiaozhun and Yong Xingbao. Yong Xingbao said why not go south directly to our army, Wang Maoru pressed the baton on the Japanese island, everyone understood it in their hearts, and they all sighed. Later, everyone thought that although the Zhiwan Qihu was comparable on paper, the direct line had fist troops and the Anhui system was mostly a patchwork force, so it can be seen that the direct line will definitely win in the future. And the direct line is barefoot, the Anhui system is shoeed, and the direct line will immediately become the central if the bet wins, so the direct line must be more desperate than the Anhui system, and the direct line will win greatly.

Wang Maoru sighed: "Most of the direct lines have defeated the Anhui system, and in the future, they will face us directly, and there will be no opponent in the north." Then he said to his subordinates: "So in the battle of Zhiwan, the Anhui system at least cannot be defeated." ”

"I shouldn't interfere directly, but I can fake others." Jiang Fangzhen said, "I, Zhang Zuolin, am in the northwest, but I have ambitions to enter Henan, but Henan is a direct territory, so it is better to ......."

Wang Maoru shook his head and said: "Zhang Zuolin is not so stupid, he will not compete with his direct family, I estimate that he will either go to Sichuan or seize Shanxi, and the north and west are the territory of our national defense forces, and he will not dare to fight." Playing Sichuan is also a dangerous move, Sichuan people are xenophobic, the last time Feng Yuxiang wanted to take the opportunity to enter Sichuan, wasn't he also driven out by the Sichuan armies? Zhang Zuolin estimated that he should fight Shanxi, which was the biggest benefit he could get. He's certainly not going to be our knife, and we'll have to find another way. ”

Jiang Fangzhen sighed and said, "If it weren't for the Japanese stabbing in the throat, the army would have been able to move south to unify China." Wang Maoru also sighed helplessly, there must be advantages and disadvantages, the so-called impermanence of the world, how could he have thought that he would become the king of the north now.

At this time, the whole country seemed to be fighting, the Kuomintang army under the command of Chen Jiongming in southern Guangdong launched an attack on the Gui system, and the war began in Sichuan, and the Central Plains Zhiwan War was about to start, and the Qinglong Regiment of the National Defense Army sent by Wang Maoru in the north engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Soviet Russian guerrillas.

These partisans did not belong to the Bolsheviks, and according to Wang Maoru's secret agreement with the Bolsheviks, the Outer Northeast should be directly ceded to the squadron, but these people were Russians who grew up here, and they expressed their willingness to withdraw from the Bolsheviks and also to hold the territory. The Bolsheviks elected to expel them from the Bolshevik Party, and these men resisted with great difficulty without supplies, without support, and with a desperate shortage of ammunition. And the arrival of summer has also made the situation more and more favorable for the Wehrmacht.

On June 1, the ninth year of the Republic of China, the direct line reached an agreement with Zhang Zuolin's Northwest Army to form an alliance to jointly fight against the Anhui system.

On June 5, the ninth year of the Republic of China, Duan Qirui established Ding** and appointed himself commander-in-chief, and with Xu Shuzheng and Duan Zhigui as commanders, he marched to Shandong and Henan. Cao Kun immediately formed a rebel army, united with the direct army, fought back against the Anhui system, and led the direct army from Henan to Zhili under the command of Wu Peifu as the former enemy.

On the morning of June 5, the ninth year of the Republic of China, Wang Maoru immediately ordered Jiang Dengxuan's division of the 7th Division of the National Defense Army stationed in Chahar, Zhao Zengfu's division of the 2nd Division of the National Defense Army in Jinzhou, and Xu Zhengyi's department of the 14th Division of the National Defense Army in Rehe to immediately assemble and prepare to cross the Great Wall and reach Beijing. Wang Mao ordered the formation of the Qilin Army with the Second Division, the Seventh Division, and the Fourteenth Division of the Army, Zhao Zengfu as the commander of the Army and the commander of the Second Division, and the rank of general was promoted, and Zhang Xiaozhun served as the chief of staff of the Qilin Army Provisional Army and arrived at Shanhaiguan. Once Wang Maoru gives an order, the National Defense Forces will attack Beijing from the east, west, and north directions to control the central government. At the same time, Wang Maoru demanded that Yang Du and Li Wen immediately write a letter and not send it according to the table, and ordered the two sides to fight fiercely and harass the people, and the National Defense Army demanded that both sides return to their respective jurisdictions for the purpose of protecting the people of Gyeonggi.

Of course, whether this qiē has to fight or not, the eyes of the whole country are on them.