December is just a few days away, and the weather is already starting to get colder.

Several soldiers of the Guards Regiment wore pure black M11 daily clothes with silver trim, standing outside Yan Shao's office with their chests held high.

Such a long time is enough for garment factories to produce more than 30,000 sets of training uniforms. The first batch of recruits to change into training uniforms are of course those recruits who are still undergoing training, after all, the recruits are wearing the factory uniforms of the Yushi Group during training This has caused a lot of discussion in Anhui Province, and it is only because the military government has announced the reasons for this, so there is no door-to-door opposition, but if it continues like this, no one knows whether something will happen.

So more than 20,000 sets of training uniforms had just been delivered, and Fu Xiuming ordered the recruits to take off their original factory uniforms and put on these gray training uniforms.

After more than 30,000 sets of training uniforms were produced, the garment factory naturally did not have to rush as a few days ago. At the end of the original three-shift system, only part of the production capacity was withdrawn to produce training uniforms and daily uniforms—————— as training uniforms, just like the name is the clothing used in combat and training, this kind of clothing is usually very weary, and it is natural to make some to spare.

But then again, in fact, many workers feel that it is a pity for the end of overtime. After all, the income of garment factories is fixed, and it is rare to see such a high income.

After the training uniforms were produced, all the production was transferred to the standby, and when there was wear and tear or the army was expanded again, it was in use. The first batch of daily clothes was delivered to the Guards Regiment, and the Guards Regiment was proud of this award.

After all, it's an honor to be the first to use it. And compared with the original military uniforms of the new army, patrol battalion and patrol team, this new black military uniform is indeed many times more handsome, especially after changing into cowhide combat boots.

"......" The door of Yan Shao's office was suddenly pushed open. Then I saw Li Guoyun walking out of it, and turned back as he walked. "Then I'll leave first, and ask the governor to think more about this matter..."

"Deputy Governor..."Seeing Li Guoyun come out, the two soldiers hurriedly saluted.

And Li Guoyun smiled in return, and at the same time, Yan Shao also walked out of the room and said to Li Guoyun. "Walk slowly..."

When Li Guoyun's figure disappeared from front of him, Yan Shao turned around and returned to the room.

That's at this time. Ileno and Caterina walked out of the room's lounge at some point. When looking in the direction that Li Guojun left, his eyes were full of disgust and hostility.

“…… Do you want to dispose of him? ”

poured a glass of juice for Yan Shao, and Caterina put the juice in front of Yan Shao. Then the thumb of his right hand strokes over the slender neck.

Yan Shao thought about it, shook his head and said. "Don't do it just yet, he just finished talking to me about that incident and ran into an accident, and it's easy to suspect that I did it..."

"But if you just let it go. Maybe more people will agree with his idea..."Eleno said and put his white hands on Yan Shao's shoulders. Knead gently.

Elaline didn't care about Li Guoyun, because the two had very little contact in the past, and only on some formal occasions when she accompanied Yan Shao out of the court, would they say hello to each other. But now Li Guoyun has stood in a position that will be unfavorable to Yan Shao, which also makes Elano feel hostile to him without hesitation, not only her, but also Katarina.

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After the Hubei People's Army returned to Wuchang by boat, and the Hunan reinforcements also retreated across the Yangtze River and returned to Hunan via Dongting Lake. Hanyang's fate can already be imagined.

It was only one day to hold on, and Hanyang, which had just been recovered, was declared to have fallen.

Hanyang falls. Huang Xing was very sad, if he hadn't been pulled by Tian Tong who was following him at that time, I am afraid that Huang Xing would have jumped into the Yangtze River from Parrot Island.

The fall of Hanyang represents the end of the 41-day Yangxia War, which is the most tragic war disaster suffered by the three towns of Wuhan since the Taiping army attacked the city in the second year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1852), the death toll on both sides exceeded 5,000, including 4,200 dead soldiers of the revolutionary army, the city of Hankou was destroyed terribly, the suburbs of Hanyang were riddled with bullets, the Guqintai and Qingchuan Pavilion were destroyed by the heavy artillery of the Qing army, and the Guiyuan Temple was also set on fire by the revolutionary army to destroy most of the ancient buildings and cultural relics.

Later, after Li Yuanhong sent people to respond, Huang Xing and the Hanyang defenders finally withdrew to Wuchang, but after experiencing the defeat of Hanyang, Huang Xing did not have much confidence in whether he could hold Wuchang, and at this time the Beiyang Army was stationed in Hanyang, occupied the Guishan Fort, and the muzzle was aimed at the Oro Tower on the head of the Snake Mountain.

On the other hand, Yuan Shikai, who had already returned to Beijing to form a cabinet, sent an urgent telegram to Feng Guozhang, ordering him to stay put.

The defeat in the Battle of Yangxia was a demoralisation to the Nationalist Army, but it was a good thing for many. Especially Li Guoyun, as the leader of the constitutionalists, he was very optimistic about Yuan Shikai, and the victory of the Yangxia defense made him convinced of his original vision, so not long after the news of the fall of Hanyang came, Li Guoyun ran over, hoping that Yan Shao would consider Anhui and attach Yuan Shikai for the country.

"With the ability of the governor, not to mention the Minister of Finance, it is easy to be the prime minister of the cabinet, if the governor agrees, Guoyun is willing to be an intermediary to thread the needle for the governor and the palace guard..."

Li Guoyun is the nephew of Li Hongzhang and the second son of Li Jingxi (the original governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and later served as the premier of the cabinet, but it was just in time for Zhang Xun's restoration, and Li Jingxi's cabinet was forced to resign, and Li Jingxi's cabinet also became the shortest-lived cabinet in the official cabinet of the Beijing government because of this relationship. After that, Li Jingxi fled to Shanghai via Tianjin and left the political scene. There is still some connection with Yuan Shikai, so if Yan Shao is really willing to belong to Yuan Shikai, Li Guoyun is absolutely sure that he will get the position of Minister of Finance for Yan Shao, and as he said, it is not impossible to be the prime minister of the cabinet.

After all, he and Yuan Shikai are very aware of the importance of money, as long as there is such a 'God of Wealth' as Yan Shao in his hands, Yuan Shikai does not need to worry about money at all. If Yan Shao is willing to give tens of millions of cash to support. Even if it is the position of prime minister, Yuan Shikai will not hesitate to promise it.

Whether in the eyes of Li Guoyun or Yuan Shikai, Yan Shao is the most suitable candidate for the position of Minister of Finance.

And Yan Shao? If it weren't clear that Yuan Shikai would eventually want to be the emperor, he might really choose to help him. But now that Yan Shao already knew Yuan Shikai's true thoughts, the chances of doing so were very small.

Maybe Yan Shao wants autocracy and dictatorship, but only when he never thinks about being an emperor —————— dream.

"I just don't understand, I've done so many things in Anhui, why are those guys still more inclined to Yuan Shikai..."Rubbing his head with his hand, Yan Shao smiled helplessly.

He was not unaware of the tendencies of Li Guojun and some other constitutionalist figures, but he just did not think of them at all. After doing so much, Li Guoyun's gang is still inclined to Yuan Shikai, rather than him, who has done the most practical things for Anhui.

That's right. Although he announced a series of new policies at the beginning, he had the intention of buying people's hearts, but he also wanted to let the people of Anhui live a good life. Although I dare not say that more than 20 million Anhui people have lived a good life, at least millions of people have benefited from him, and now Li Guoyun actually chose Yuan Shikai instead of him. This somewhat made Yan Shao feel depressed.

"It's not surprising," he smiled. Elaline placed his hand on Yan Shao's head and gently massaged it. "After all, in their eyes, you are too young, and it is normal for them to worry about you..."

"Young..."Yan Shao smiled helplessly. I'm 28 years old, and even now, it's not impossible to be a grandfather, is this considered young..."A little helpless, although 28 years old is still a very young age for men, but in this era, 28 years old became a grandfather. This is by no means impossible.

"Of course young, don't forget. The one named Yuan Shikai is in his 50s, and he is more than 20 years older than you..."Sitting beside Yan Shao, Caterina said disdainfully. "By the way, what the hell are you going to do? Do you just continue to let those guys go? ”

"Let's take a look first, now that Anhui is new, it's better not to make waves again, but if those guys really don't know each other..."patted Katarina's thigh, and a chill flashed in Yan Shao's eyes. Then you'll take care of everything..."

Although Yan Shao doesn't like to use this kind of means very much, he is not a soft-hearted person either. If Li Guoyun knows each other, he will naturally be good at anything, and if he wants to use his prestige to stir up trouble in Anhui, Yan Shao will definitely not be soft.

"Don't worry," he nodded. I'll send someone to keep a good watch on those guys..."

After leaving Yan Shao, Caterina immediately arranged for the monitoring of Li Guoyun and others.

Li Guoyun and other constitutionalists may have already guessed that after revealing their true intentions, they would be monitored by those very mysterious secret bureaus, but they definitely couldn't imagine how much monitoring they would have.

After some recruitment, the establishment of the Special Affairs Bureau has been expanded from the original more than 200 people to more than 1,000 people, and the abundant human resources have made Katarina more handy in the monitoring of some targets.

Naturally, Li Guoyun and the others would not sit still, and after clearly expressing their attitude, Li Guoyun and other constitutionalists who were inclined to Yuan Shikai began to visit the local gentry and those in the constitutionalist faction who were more inclined to Yan Shao, hoping to get their support.

It's just that these visits have had little effect, after all, not everyone is inclined to Yuan Shikai's, and in the case that the factories in various places have been almost built, their interests and Yan Shao's interests have also been tied, and they stand on the opposite side of Yan Shao at the risk of angering Yan Shao and making them lose their own money, and there are not many people who have this kind of courage, so most of the people who stand on Li Guoyun's side in the end are just some celebrities, some celebrities who are famous...

In any case, however, this represents a split in the Anhui junta...

What's more, with the reputation of Li Guoyun's gang, if you can give them more time, you may not be able to let them do something—————— if Yan Shao is willing to give them this time...

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In the city of Wuchang, I walked through the barracks of the people's army stationed outside the city. Huang Xing's face was heavy.

At this point, he was no longer very sure whether he could hold Wuchang, and his heart was more inclined to move to Nanjing—————— in other words. He intends to abandon Wuchang.

It's not surprising, after all, when I was in Hanyang, the casualty ratio of the People's Army and the Beiyang Army was too great, not to mention that now I just lost Hanyang. The morale of the people's army has plummeted, and there is really not much possibility of holding Wuchang.

At this time, seeing Huang Xing coming, the soldiers in the barracks also stood up and saluted him.

Although the defeat of Hanyang made Huang Xing's prestige in the Nationalist Army much lower, he was the commander-in-chief of the Hubei Nationalist Army anyway. Therefore, the Hubei People's Army still respects him.

With a long sigh, Huang Xing slowly walked towards the headquarters.

Regarding the transfer to Nanjing, he really hopes to talk to Song Jiaoren at the moment. After all, he and Song Jiaoren are both from the Huaxing Association, and when he was the president of the Huaxing Association, Song Jiaoren held the position of vice president. It was only some time ago, that is, before the attack on Hankou, that is, before Song Jiaoren had set off for Shanghai. Even if he wants to talk. I can't talk about it...

At the same time, Beijing's Yuan Shikai also began to think about the follow-up.

It is impossible to fight forever, in that case, it is easy to defeat the people's army in Wuchang, which is very unfavorable to Yuan Shikai's follow-up plan, so he decided to convey the intention of peace talks to the people's army in Wuchang again.

It's just that the question of this candidate is a little troublesome, but Yuan Shikai quickly picked this candidate.

Zhu Erdian is also one of Yuan Shikai's closest friends.

"Someone..."After thinking clearly. Yuan Shikai raised his voice outside.

"Master..."Hearing Yuan Shikai's voice, a subordinate soon walked in from outside.

"Go. Send a post to the British Legation, saying that I have something important to discuss with Minister Juerdian, and invite him to come to my house..."

"Yes..."Hearing Yuan Shikai's words, the subordinate nodded hurriedly.

When Yuan Shikai's family arrived at the British Legation, Zhu Erdianzheng and the rest of the legation were discussing the situation in China and the war in Hubei.

"The current situation must be cleaned up, and a chaotic China is of no use to the British Empire...", sitting on a sofa with a fine wine in his hand, an Englishman in a tuxedo said to the people present.

Hearing his words, everyone else in the audience also nodded. "That's right, the merchants who stayed in Shanghai have begun to complain about how much their income has been reduced because of this 'chaos' relationship...", the man looked up at Zhu Erdian. Mr. Minister, if the Empire does not intervene in this chaos, I am afraid that this chaos will continue for a long time..."

Hearing the man's words, Zhu Erdian closed his eyes and muttered for a moment before he slowly spoke. "There is no doubt that the interests of the empire lie in the Yangtze River valley, but the countries have now reached a neutrality agreement with the revolutionary army, so they can't do anything for the time being, and the most important thing for me now is to find a person who can clean up the chaos, only in this way can China recover from chaos to order..."

As soon as Zhu Erdian's words were finished, he saw a person outside come over and whisper something in his ear.

After listening to the words of the visitor, Zhu Erdian's old face suddenly showed a look of surprise.

"The character I'm talking about has appeared..."

Receiving Yuan Shikai's invitation, Zhu Erdian soon took a car to Yuan Shikai's residence in Beijing—————— as one of Yuan Shikai's close friends, Zhu Erdian often went to Yuan Shikai's home, so he was no stranger to his residence.

When Yuan Shikai learned that Zhu Erdian had come, he immediately walked out of the mansion to greet him.

"My old friend..."Looking at the emaciated Zhu Erdian, a smile appeared on Yuan Shikai's face. I have something I want my old friend to do me a favor..."

"Say..."Zhu Erdian, who had already guessed Yuan Shikai's purpose, smiled slightly. I'd love to do something for my old friend..."

"Since this is the case, then I will also be blunt..."Saying that, Yuan Shikai said his request bluntly, his purpose was to want Zhu Erdian to come forward and convey the idea of a truce to the Wuchang People's Army on his behalf.

"Is there a three-day truce?" hearing the help Yuan Shikai hoped for, Zhu Erdian just thought about it and nodded. There is no problem with this, and I will send a telegram to the Hankow side in a moment, and ask the Consul General of Hankow to convey your proposal..."

He didn't think that the Wuchang People's Army would disagree with this request, because at this time, the morale of the Wuchang People's Army was weak, and the Beiyang Army stationed in Hanyang and Hankou could go down at any time, in other words, now is the time when the Wuchang People's Army is most lacking in time.

And after hearing that Zhu Erdian was willing to come forward and convey the proposal of armistice to himself, Yuan Shikai was also happy.

After agreeing to Yuan Shikai's request, Zhu Erdian quickly took action.

In fact, Zhu Erdian also hopes to calm down the chaos in China as soon as possible, after all, a chaotic China is not a suitable dumping ground for goods, and the current chaos in China is obviously not in the interests of Britain.

At the same time, in Wuchang City, after exchanging views with Song Jiaoren, Huang Xing had also decided to abandon Wuchang and transfer to Nanjing. And this decision was the beginning of the rupture between the Wuhan and Huang Xing factions in the revolutionary party, and for a long time there was no possibility of a reunion between the two sides...

However, if Huang Xing had been able to make this decision later, even if it was a few days late, maybe everything would have been different...

However, in any case, this is a decision made by Huang Xing after all.

When the British Consul General in Hankow, Graham Ford, received a telegram from Zhu Erdian, Huang Xing had already walked into the building of the Hubei Military Government, ready to attend today's meeting... (To be continued......)