Yuan Shikai's attitude is quite pertinent, and what he said is also true, the composition of the government must be negotiated by both sides, and it is impossible for anyone to say that one family is the only one to kick the other party away. As for the reorganization of the army, even if his plan is not accepted by the Northeast, it is really under negotiation.

Lao Yuan wanted to unify the Volunteers and Zaitao's resistance army in Mongolia under his banner, and he said that the army chief was Commander Yang, and Zaitao and Duan Qirui were the deputy commanders. If he is allowed to do it, the volunteers in the Northeast will be his subordinates Yuan Shikai in the future, and Lord Beile will also be his general.

The idea was good, but it didn't get a response.

In fact, this is also a negotiation of interests, Yuan Shikai made a price all over the sky, Commander Yang repaid the money on the spot, and in the end, whether Yang Xiaolin annexed the Beiyang Army or Yuan Shikai incorporated the Volunteer Army, Mr. Mu Mo didn't care, both of them were willing to fight the Russians, and that was enough.

"We in Berlin have given clear instructions that when you complete the ceremony of taking office as president, we will formally establish diplomatic relations with the China that you have established, and at the same time, regarding the contract we signed with the Manchus, except for the commercial interests you must guarantee, we will give up all the indemnities."

The Germans are really good people to the end this time, and their reparations in China are also a sum of money in Gengzi years, and this time the free aid they provided to China has far exceeded that amount, and if China is very satisfied with Germany in the future war with the Russians, they are willing to continue to provide assistance.

If the Russian forces were held back by China, the Germans would get rid of the disadvantageous position of being suppressed on two fronts in Europe, and the strategic benefits would be far from being measured by money. So, that little bit of money can be ignored.

Lao Yuan was very grateful for this: "Please take me to convey my thanks to the Berlin side." By the way, why didn't you see the Italian minister? ”

Mr. Mumo hurriedly said: "They are definitely not a problem there! They had a very large uprising in their colony of Somaliland in North Africa, and now they really can't care about it, so as long as we get it done. ”

Somaliland is what is now Somalia. There really broke out an uprising against colonial rule, the leader seems to be called Amur, the specific situation Yuan Shikai is not too clear, only know that this uprising swept the entire North Africa in just half a month!

The Italians really couldn't fight a war, at first they sent a force of 5,000 people to suppress the rebellion, but they were killed by more than 2,000 so-called natives with big swords and spears, which is now a joke that everyone knows in the international community.

That is, during this time, people's eyes were mostly looking at China, and such a war situation was not unusual for the Italians, so no one laughed at them to their faces.

Lao Yuan didn't ask any more, and turned his head to look at Yang Du on the side: "Huizi." Now that everything is in order, please send a telegram to Commander Yang, we should also hurry up and stand in a trench, if you have any requirements from the northeast, please draw up a plan as soon as possible. ”

Yang Du smiled: "Gong Yuan, the plan is being formulated, but our Commander Yang said that Shanhaiguan is in an emergency now, and if we are still sitting here and passing the buck to each other for a little personal gain or loss, it is a little unreasonable." So he suggested cooperating first, then negotiating. ”

When Lao Yuan was thinking about what Yang Xiaolin was planning after hearing this, Lei Zhenchun's footsteps hurriedly walked in, leaned against Yuan Shikai's side and whispered, "Governor." Shanhaiguan is in a hurry! A Russian unit went around from Mongolia to the rear of Shanhaiguan and cut off the road for reinforcements of our troops! ”

Yuan Shikai's face changed suddenly, and then he calmed down: "Everyone, you have fun here." I have some things to deal with quickly, so I won't accompany them. ”

Duan Qirui's ability to defend Shanhaiguan until now can be said to be relying on a steady stream of support from the rear, and the Russians cut off the route of the Beiyang Army to support Shanhaiguan. It is equivalent to strangling Duan Qirui's lifeline, just because the troops there now can hold on for a few days, Yuan Shikai really doesn't know!

Lao Yuan had long considered the hand of the Russians, so he kept asking Feng Guozhang to look at Duan Qirui's back, but he never expected that Lao Maozi would still do it.

After leaving the drinking party and entering the study, Lao Yuan could no longer control his emotions: "What about Feng Guozhang!" I asked him to take the troops to Zhiquan to look at the rear, what did he do! ”

Jiang Baili had already been waiting for Yuan Shikai here, and he had already summarized the battle situation on the front line: "Yuan Gong, General Feng was not derelict in his duties, the Russians sent two troops, one to attack his position head-on, and this one army was bypassed by the path, they belonged to the Russian Far Eastern Front, and the commander of this operation was the Russian Major General Martinov, who performed very well in the Russo-Japanese War. ”

Lao Yuan's footsteps quickly walked in front of the battle map, and his eyes looked at the map deadly: "Now is not the time to praise others!" I wonder how many days Duan Qirui can hold on! Can you hold on to four days? ”

Jiang Baili looked at him: "Gong Yuan, Mardinov did not stop attacking from our rear after passing General Feng's defensive line, but continued to advance in the southwest direction. His combat intention is very obvious, that is, to cut the connection between our military forces in Shanhaiguan and us, and the Russians want to eat the two of General Duan and General Feng in one bite! The best option now is to retreat right away! Otherwise, the situation is worrying. ”

The troops that Lao Yuan could fight were also in the hands of Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, if the hundreds of thousands of people in the hands of the two of them were also killed by the Russians, Yuan Shikai would not even have the capital to defend the city of Beijing.

But Lao Yuan is really unwilling, at least let himself be the president in peace?

"Baili, can you not hold on for even four days?"

Jiang Baili shook his head: "We must retreat immediately." In this way, it will be possible for us to hold on to the city of Beijing. ”

Lao Yuan closed his eyes in annoyance. As soon as the Shanhai Pass is lost, the Beiyang Army will no longer be in danger of defending the pass, and the ceremony of taking office as president will most likely be carried out under the fire of the Russians.

In fact, he knew that Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang had done their best, originally he thought that Shanhaiguan could only be guarded for ten days and half a month, but Duan Qirui has been guarding until now. Some things are like this, if Yuan Shikai had lost it earlier, he wouldn't be so sad in his heart, the key is that he has never lost it, and he suddenly lost it when he suddenly gave high hopes to Shanhaiguan!

Lei Zhenchun came in from outside, this time holding a telegram in his hand: "My lord, Commander Yang has sent a telegram, suggesting that you immediately abandon the defense line of Shanhaiguan and retreat to Beijing City." They received reliable information in the northeast that the Russians had increased their forces again. ”

Lao Yuan took the telegram and looked at it, and Yang Xiaolin told Yuan Shikai very clearly that the intelligence sources in the Northeast were absolutely reliable, and the Russian army was pressing on China. Lao Yuan also knew that it was reasonable for the Russians to increase their troops, and when Little Japan lost its combat ability and the coalition forces were facing disintegration, at this time, the Russians must have thought of killing themselves first when Yang Xiaolin did not catch his breath in the Northeast.

Otherwise, once the Northeast recovers its combat capability, Yuan Shikai does not dare to say that he can win Lao Maozi, but as long as Yang is willing to fight ghosts and fight like the Japanese, it will not be easy for the Russians to win.

Yang Xiaolin also told Yuan Shikai that the independent division and the third division of the Volunteer Army had set out and would attack from behind the Russians in order to contain the Russian military force and relieve the pressure on the Beiyang Army.

The corners of Yuan Shikai's lips twitched a few times, he knew that Yang Xiaolin had done his best, and the volunteers had lost a lot of heavy firepower in North Korea, and the light and heavy machine guns added up to 8,000! This figure cannot be made up in a short period of time. And although they defeated the Japanese, their own casualties were quite staggering.

The two divisions may be the maximum force that Yang Dagui can dispatch now.

It's just that Lao Yuan really doesn't know if he can stop the Russians after losing Shanhaiguan. If the Russians take Beijing, then even if he becomes the president, he will not even have the capital, what is the point?

"Hey! Now there is no other way, let Zhiquan and them withdraw. Baili, transfer all the troops that can be transferred to Beijing, the sooner the better. ”

"Yes."

Lao Maozi really began to give it his all, and in this war they played a role that their allies hated very much. First, he helped those guys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to restore the country in Mongolia, but as a result, Mr. Sadaoyi's plan was ruined, and then he watched the Japanese fight desperately with the volunteers in Liaoxi, when the second army was beaten by Yang Xiaolin and almost wiped out, their 200,000 troops were in Liaodong but did not give a little reinforcement, and also provoked a full-scale war between Yuan Shikai.

Now that Mr. Sadaoyi has lost his grasp of the situation, and the Japanese have also been beaten back to Korea by the Volunteers, Lao Maozi only felt a little scared when only Russia was left, as if this time they had played a little too much.

On the one hand, the Russians hastened to negotiate with the British and the Japanese, and they demanded that the British continue to support the war, because they were allies, and as a gentleman, the British should not leave the Russians behind at this time. They demanded that the Japanese continue to fight, because this was something that had been agreed upon by both sides.

Neither the Japanese nor the British gave them any reply, and the Russians knew that at this time they would not be able to just say it, and they had to take some action.

So on the one hand, they took a very risky move, sending the army through the defense line of the Beiyang Army to cut the connection between Shanhaiguan and the rear. On the other hand, Lao Maozi immediately mobilized in the country, and told the Japanese and the British with practical actions that they really knew that they were wrong, and they really had to change it, so give it another chance.

Yuan Shikai was completely right in judging that the Russians would not give him time to take office, and Lao Maozi desperately wanted to surround the city of Beijing within four days! They knew very well in their hearts that the British and French would be able to withdraw if they wanted to sign a so-called memorandum of understanding with Yuan Shikai. The Japanese don't care, China doesn't have a navy for a day, and small Japan doesn't fear China for a day, and they don't care no matter how powerful your volunteers are.

But the Russians are really different, just like Mr. Mummer predicted, once Yuan Shikai is inaugurated as president, the war between China and Russia must be ended by a bloody head and then bowed to the opponent. Lao Maozi needed the material support of the British, and he also needed the Japanese to contain the volunteers for them. (To be continued......)