52 villains

Starlight spots, mountain shadows and shadows. The attacking troops of Anxi Army advanced rapidly along the official road leading to Guguan at a speed of 15 miles per hour, and finally rushed to Guguan's outpost to take a fire bath before dawn.

The cold wind roared, and the temperature suddenly dropped to more than ten degrees below zero. A hot urine immediately turned into ice.

Li wanted to wear a special military coat and a leather hat. Under the escort of Jin Yingwei led by Song Que, he came to Guguan very secretly.

The hill where Li Xiang is located can just be condescending and can be seen at a glance.

Under the shout of the captain, the soldiers all lay under the hill. Good military literacy allows the soldiers to quickly complete the basic tactical movements.

"One man is in charge, ten thousand people can't open it!"

Li wanted to stand on the top of the hill and saw the only official road sandwiched in the narrow deep valley from east to west through the telescope. This is the solid pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is the must-have for Qin Long in history.

The two main militia captains, Jing Bumu and Zhang Yunshan, as well as Zhang Fengyi, the commander of Shaanxi's soldiers and horses, and the Anxi army, all gathered around him and waited for General Li's speech.

The cold wind on the hill is roaring, and the snow particles are blowing fiercely on people's faces.

From officers to soldiers, the Anxi Army of the Ezhou Revolution are all unified military uniforms, military coats, and a big black scarf around their necks covering half of their faces, with only two eyes. Their bodies are tense and straight, perfectly showing the quality of a regular soldier.

The militiamen's clothes are a little variety, and their weapons are also a variety. From Li Xiang's point of view, they are more like the heroes who participated in the martial arts conference, because these militiamen are mainly composed of Hongmen brothers and soldiers who walk in the west. However, these hooligans are really not afraid of death when fighting, and their fighting spirit is very high. With a little training, it must be a strong army.

The situation is a little bad. The Qing army guarding the customs clearance is clearly repairing fortifications on both sides of the official road east of Guguan and on the north and south hills. However, due to the rush of time, this chest wall is only more than three meters high. The weeds and wormwood stalks from the soil embryos prove the poor process. The uneven stacks, in the dawn of the skylight, the wind and snow all over the sky, you can faintly see people shaking, and the visibility is very poor.

Governor Zhang Fengyi returned the telescope to Marshal Li and muttered, "These shrubs will destroy the attack that I can't open in the first place... In this damn weather, it's still snowing so heavily!"

"How about detouring from the side? Go around the front from the back and launch an attack!" Li Xiang said, "Zhang Yunshan organized two brigades of militia and immediately rushed to the enemy guarding the fixed gate in a tong shape. The Ranger Knife Brigade of Jingbumu went straight into the southwest of Guguan and carried out a circuitous encirclement. With the cooperation of our Jin Yingwei, Chen Jiashan climbed to Guguan Beishan and launched an attack on the defending enemy. The rest of the troops carried out frontal attacks along the official road and the highlands on both sides. What do you think?

"It's better not to do this, Li Shuai!" Zhang Fengyi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "The other party is a cavalry, and it is also an elite Western army composed of Hui people. It has mobility and comes and goes like the wind. If the circuitous troops encounter the reserve cavalry behind the Western army, it will be miserable."

"Our cannon is vegetarian?" Li Shang also pulled the big black scarf back to his nose, covering most of his face.

"If they hit the cannon, their kind of cavalry will indeed die." Zhang Fengyi nodded: "But these guys are very cunning. If we run away, we can't do anything about them. It's really hard to fight against them in the northwest. Long Dong chased all the way, and the results of the war have always been insignificant.

"Normal! This is other people's territory. Strong dragons don't fight against snakes! Interesting! The region here determines that this place has always advocated the way of fighting like the wind. It has been wandering and fighting in Longdong. This time, it is very strange to hold the barrier with cavalry! Of course, the terrain of Guguan is indeed dangerous. Do they want to block our Anxi army from moving forward with this? Or is it that we can't get through our troops and are sticking to it? Shit! Is it possible to fight with us in Guguan? Li thought for a while.

"Li Shuai, what should we do? Are you ready to attack? Our soldiers have been ready under the hill for a long time! My hands and feet are frozen. The militia captains made a noise.

"Let's wait until dawn." Zhang Fengying narrowed her eyes and looked at the rising skylight from the wind and snow all over the sky.

Mao Zheng, before dawn, a group of princes and ministers had gathered in the upper study.

Sun Yat-sen published the deal with Yuan Shikai in the newspaper, which forced Yuan Shikai to make a statement. Yuan Shikai turned around and instructed Hu Weide, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhao Bingjun, Minister of Civil Affairs, and Liang Shiqi, Minister of Posts, to act as villains and jointly report: "The hearts of the people are gone, and the monarchy system may be difficult to preserve. I sincerely agree to the republic. The big picture."

The meaning of "force the palace" of the three people is very straightforward and unconcealed, reminding the Empress Dowager Longyu - don't hesitate to abdicate as soon as possible!

On the same day, with the "forced palace" memorial of Hu, Zhao and Liang, the Empress Dowager Longyu convened the third imperial meeting.

In the study, Zai Ze looked left and right. At a glance, he saw his nephew Pu Wei coming uninvited. He came forward and pulled him and whispered, "I met Feng Huafu yesterday. He said that the revolutionary party was not afraid, but he asked for three months to pay and be able to work hard. When you are young, you know it first, and I will play it in detail.

In a short time, the alcohol king also came, and also pulled Pu's great nephew, the pioneer of the Zongshe Party, and said, "Today's event, Qingdi didn't want you to come. When someone asked, he only said that you wanted to come."

Pu Wei said without any fear, "Are you afraid that he will be confused? Yuan Shikai looked at the wolf and plotted for a long time. Therefore, Jing Yueting said that he was the second in Zhongda. At the beginning, he was exiled, and the world was fast. However, King Qing and Na Tong repeatedly tried their best to protect themselves and lead the tiger to self-defense!"

Hu Weide, Zhao Bingjun and Liang Shiyi were whispering. When they heard the words, they couldn't help looking back and looked at the two hundred and fifty with a sarcastic face.

Chen Ke, Tian Wei Ming, in the Yangxin Hall, Empress Dowager Longyu sat westward, and Xuantong sat on the throne in a daze. The participants included King Alcohol, King Gong, King Rui, King Su, King Zhuang, Run Beile, Tao Beile, Lang Beile, Ze Gong, Na Wang, King Gong, King Pa, Bintu King, Bo Gong, etc.

"Do you think the monarch or the republic is better?" Empress Dowager Longyu asked.

The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, and the Lord humiliates the minister and dies. The princes knelt down in fear and replied, "We all advocate the monarchy and oppose the republic. We ask the empress dowager to adhere to the monarchy and not to be confused by the villain.

Empress Dowager Longyu waved her hand, smiled bitterly, and said, "How have I ever advocated republican? How can I become a revolutionary party? After saying that, she pointed to Yi Qian, who was kneeling in front of her. "It's all he who said with Yuan Shikai that the revolutionary party is too powerful. We have no guns, no cannons, no military pay, and we can't fight. Can I ask foreigners for help? He said I would discuss it with foreigners. Two days later, he told me that foreigners are unwilling to help us. What foreigners mean is that the revolutionary party is for the good of the people. They want to improve politics, so they make a revolution. The foreigners gave me a condition that the regent abdiced and abdiced before he was willing to help us. You ask Zaifeng, is that what he said?

Zai Feng walked forward two steps with a frightened face and replied, "Yes!"

"Since Yi Qian said this, now that Zai Feng has retired from politics, why don't foreign countries still help? It is obvious that Yi Qian bullies you!" Pu Wei, the vanguard of the Zongshe Party, immediately jumped out and shouted.

Na Yantu said with tears in his eyes, "That is, the Empress Dowager knows this. Don't believe him again after asking for help."

Pu Weilang said in a voice: "The empress dowager, there is no fear of chaos in the party. Yesterday, Feng Guozhang said to Zaize, asking for a pay in March. He is willing to break the thief. Please ask the empress dowager if Zaize if she has this."

Zai Feng quickly proved: "Yes. Feng Guozhang won a great victory in Hankou. His military spirit was quite strong. He was not afraid of the revolutionary party at all. He begged for three months's military service, and he led the troops to fight. His heart was available!"

"It's silver again!" Empress Dowager Longyu sighed, and tears were about to come out. Now the internal money has been exhausted, and the 30,000 cash issued in the previous time was taken from the emperor's inner treasury. I really don't have any money now."

Pu Wei listened and was in a hurry. He knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "The Empress Dowager! The treasury is empty, how dare you ask for it? However, if the army's pay is urgent and the pay is sufficient, the army will be strong, otherwise the army will be defeated and the disaster will be very serious. In the previous war between Japan and Russia, the Japanese empress untied the hairpin to reward the army. Now people's hearts fluctuate and must cheer up. Since Feng Guozhang is willing to contribute, please reward a few pieces of gold and silver utensils in the palace and temporarily charge the war fee. Although it is not enough, the soldiers are grateful and will die. If they win a battle, they will be determined. If you win, you will be the main power. Please ask the Empress Dowager to think twice.

Shanqi fell down deeply and also said, "What Prince Gong said is very true, I seconded it! Please ask the Empress Dowager to make a decision.

"It's good to win. If you lose, you don't even have preferential conditions. Isn't it going to destroy the country?" The question that the Empress Dowager Longyu was reluctant to fight again.

"The Empress Dowager!" Pu Wei shouted hurriedly, "The preferential treatment condition is to deceive others, but it is the same as the words that the thief does not accept food. He is deceiving the people, and this is deceiving the king. Please use the virtuous to kill the hustachment and motivate the soldiers, which is enough to turn the danger into safety. If peace is made, the soldiers' hearts will be scattered, the money will be empty, the evil will, and the future will will be unspeakable. What's more, since the great power is gone, if there is a usurpation of the rebellious people, what is the legal system? Who asked for preferential treatment at that time? The more Pu Wei said, the more excited he became. Suddenly, he kowtowed and said, "Empress dowager, even if the preferential treatment conditions are acceptable, the husband is respected by the court and receives preferential treatment from his subjects. Don't you laugh at the nations and laugh for thousands of years? The Empress Dowager and the Emperor want today's respect, but they can't get it. I can't bear to see such things!"

Empress Dowager Longyu still hesitated and said, "In a war, only Feng Guozhang leads the army. How likely is it to win?"

Shan Ji said, "In addition to a few people of the chaotic party, Chinese and foreign ministers, there are loyal and brave people. The empress dowager doesn't have to worry!"

Pu's great voice said, "I am bold. I dare to ask the empress dowager and the emperor to immediately reward Feng Guozhang and let him lead the army to kill the thief!" After saying that, Pu Wei turned his head and looked at Zai Tao and asked, "Zay Tao, you are in charge of the army. Do you know how our troops are?"

Zai Tao's face was expressionless, and there was no Pu Wei's ** surging at all. At the beginning, Yuan Shikai ordered his general and asked him to lead the southern expedition, but he was scared to death. Now Pu Wei wants to order his general. Didn't he push him into the fire pit? He immediately said coldly, "I haven't fought a war. I don't know our troops."

Empress Dowager Longyu was silent for a long time and waved her hand, "You go down first."

Shanqi kowtowed his head and said, "In a moment, the Minister of State Zhao Bingjun and Liang Shiqi came in. Please ask the Empress Dowager to issue the order carefully."

Empress Dowager Longyu sighed: "I'm afraid to see them!" Instead, she asked Pu Wei, "After a while, they want to make peace again. What should I say?"

Pu Wei said, "The Empress Dowager is still the order to preside over the previous imperial meeting, and they want the Congress to solve it. If a provisional government is established or the Revolutionary Party is accommodated, it is not workable. If he has an unexpected request, please let the Empress Dowager do it.

Empress Dowager Longyu nodded and said, "I know."

Pu Wei kowtowed again and said, "The revolutionary party is nothing more than a young and ignorant person. He is not afraid. The most worried person is that the chaotic minister uses the power of the revolutionary party to intimidate the court, and is willing to defraud. He takes concessions as a virtue and treats preferential treatment as a deception. Please ask the Empress Dowager to understand. The south is occupied by the party, and the people can't make a living. In the north, because the two palaces are shining, the place is quiet, which is a great test. The Empress Dowager cherishes the people. If she kills the thieves to settle the people, the people will naturally enjoy happiness. If the peace is negotiated and the republic is completed, not only will the country be subjugated, but the people of China will never be safe after that. Although China is weak, it is a major country in China, which is regarded by all countries. If China's political system changes, I'm afraid of the influence. From then on, there will be wars around the world, which can't be determined for decades. It was the Empress Dowager who loved the people, but she harmed the people.

Empress Dowager Longyu listened quietly and finally nodded.

Zaifeng said, "Today's words, please return the empress dowager to the harem. Do not say to the imperial eunuchs, because the matter is important, the empresses are particularly cautious."

Empress Dowager Longyu immediately said, "That's natural. How cautious I was to serve the Empress Dowager at the beginning!" If you don't believe it, you can ask Zaitao.

Shanqi said, "What Zaize said is that the Empress Dowager is filial. Today is different from that time. You must be cautious!"

Empress Dowager Longyu said no, and everyone retreated. The third imperial meeting was still fruitless.