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On the north bank of the Yellow River, there is a sad scene.

The sound of gunfire on the south bank of the Yellow River last night, standing in the scenic spot on the north bank of Baita Mountain, can be seen that the south side of the Yellow River was reflected into a thrilling blood color by gunfire.

In the heavy snow, the soldiers of Ma Fuxiang and Zhaowu Army who retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River stood in a daze, all pale.

At the end of the night, it was even more frightening to see the corpses on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the blood-red snow on the beach! My heart is still like a dream, and it's still a nightmare. Is this a defeat? Overnight, the stagnable city of Lanzhou, the Ma army, which was rampant in the northwest, was defeated! What kind of god of war and what kind of god is this general?

The masters all escaped from the Yellow River, but the troops were all blocked on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the main force was basically finished.

"Congratulations to the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief who passed the Yellow River safely!" Ma Fuxiang said with a smile.

"We also have a complete main force of the Zhaowu Army, who can defend the Yellow River!"

"Lord Ma, please immediately organize the Zhaowu Army, mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and fight with the madman Li in the sky of the Yellow River! As Lord Ma proposed before, we can fight halfway!"

After the main force was defeated, Chang Geng and Sheng Yun, who still did not give up, put their last hope on Ma Fuxiang and asked him to work hard in the northwest to contain the Anxi army. First, it was a dying struggle in the northwest, and second, it could make the Beiyang Army in Henan to attack Tongguan in the west to buy time.

Wearing a dry military blanket, he sat cross-legged on the collapsed rice. Drinking hot tea. In the eyes of these staff officers, the general has completely lost his military demeanor, just like a dying old man. Hearing their impassioned words, the old man just glanced at them with his eyes down and didn't say a word.

Ma Anliang held his breath. Just as he was about to attack, Ma Fuxiang spoke in Arabic that only Ma Anliang could understand.

"'Manla' (student) doesn't read scriptures. If you force it again, you have to put 'Nangka' (the wooden board of chanting scriptures) on the 'Galo' (head) of the umm!"

Ma Anliang's face turned red and white, explaining that Chang Geng and Sheng Yun listened. They listened and said unwillingly, "Is there anything else? Now everything is according to your previous plan, and you will be the host of the battle against Li Madman, okay?

"No need!" Ma Fuxiang shook his head and replied, "We are ready to call for peace."

Chang Geng and Sheng Yun hugged their heads and cried, and left helplessly.

"My father appointed Ma Fuxiang as the general soldier of Xining Town and the minister of Xining. Ma Fuxiang did not take the order, but sent a message to the madman Li." Yuan Keding's face has been distorted.

"Lanzhou Xiongcheng, an important town in the northwest, was captured one day and one night." Yuan Shikai couldn't believe it. He took the telegram and said, "Since the reign of the Qing Dynasty, the leadership has been poor, the discipline has been weak, and the people's livelihood has withered, causing the war disaster to spread all over the country. The strong died of cannon fodder, the weak have flowed in the gully, and the war is approaching the northwest, facing Lanzhou. Fuxiang and other locals can't tolerate millions of soldiers and civilians (author's note: Lanzhou in the late Qing Dynasty is a prosperous metropolis with a population of millions of people), and they have suffered. On the 27th of this month, the war was truistic, obeyed the control of the law of Ezhou, implemented democracy and republicanism, and stopped the people from sitting on the throne, and the country was at peace with the rock. As for how to adapt the military, how to innovate politics, wait for consultation, and obey unanimously.

This is the peace-seeking and electricity of Ma Fuxiang Zhao's armed forces, and unconditionally surrender to Li Xiang.

The Lanzhou Campaign changed too fast. How many people were caught off guard.

"Xiangcheng, let's let the things in the northwest go first. After all, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. Now the focus is on the capital problem. As long as the capital is decided and Xiang Cheng is sworn in as the president, how dare he not listen to the president's order? At that time, if he really dares to continue to go crazy like this, we will justly suppress him as a 'bandit', and Sun Cannon has nothing to say.

The speaker is Tang Shaoyi. The Nanjing Provisional Government sent Cai Yuanpei, Chief of Education, as a special envoy to welcome. Wang Zhengting, Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Wei Chen Group, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liu Guanxiong, Naval Advisor, Wang Zhaoming, Former Counsellor and Counselor, Niu Yongjian, Undersecretary of Staff, Song Jiaoren, Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau, Zeng Zhaowen of the Military Resources Department of the War Department, and Huang Kaiyuan, head of the First Regiment, together with Yuan. The representative Tang Shaoyi was sent to Beijing to welcome Yuan Nan. Wang Jingwei and Tang Shaoyi of the group arrived in Beijing one day.

Yang Du also said, "What Shaochuan said is reasonable. It is precisely because the north and the south cannot be unified for a long time that the madman Li can take the opportunity to expand without scruples.

Yuan Shikai nodded, but when he thought of Sun Cannon's insistence on being in Nanjing, he couldn't help frowning and saying, "When I go to Nanjing to work, I want to be a puppet on their territory. I, Yuan, have always wanted to do my own host. Instead of being a puppet of the revolutionary party, I would rather be the prime minister of the Qing court. Nanjing is a big deal. Do you think you have any good ideas to deal with?

Tang Shaoyi was eager for the Republican government to appear early, for fear of further trouble, so she advised, "I think it's good to set up the capital in Nanjing. Nanjing is the old capital of the Six Dynasties, the birthplace of the Ming Dynasty, and the capital is a good place. As long as the power is in hand, he will not be a puppet anywhere.

Tang Shaoyi has favored republicanism many times in negotiations with the South, which is well known to everyone. His scheming is far less than that of Yuan Shikai. How can he figure out the fame in Yuan's heart! There is a big difference between Nanjing and Beijing, and it is not clear in three words. Yuan Shikai looked at Tang Shaoyi. If Tang Shaoyi hadn't spared no effort to win the presidency for Yuan Shikai in the North-South negotiations, Yuan Shikai would have scolded him long ago. Now he just smiled bitterly and said, "Nanjing is so good. Why don't you go there and become the president?"

This sarcastic sentence made Tang Shaoyi look embarrassed and could not speak any more. Yang Du has been plotting in his heart for a long time, and he can't think of a way to get the best of both. At this moment, a personal adjutant came in to inspect and report, "Civil Affairs Minister Zhao Bingjun has something important to see."

Yuan Shikai remembered that he was sent to meet Cai Yuanpei's special mission, so he got up and said to Tang and Yang, "I'll go next door to see Zhi'an. Please help me think about it again." He went out with that.

At this time, shops in Beijing and outside the city hang five-color flags and set up a pine archway at the station. Outside the Zhengyang Gate, a colorful shed has been set up. Two big words are pierced with Cuibai. At a glance, it is "Huan" on the left and "Welcome" on the right. On both sides of the big characters, there are two flags, which are dyed in red, yellow, blue, white and black, symbolizing the republic of the five ethnic groups. In front of the color shed, there are troops standing on the left and right, salute with guns, and the commissioner sent by Lao Yuan to welcome you out of the city.

The gate of the city opened, and the military music sounded in unison, with more than ten cannons on one side. Cai Yuanpei led Wang Jingwei, Song Jiaoren and others into the city.

600 people in the guard force, full-time "protection". Zhao Bingjun, who had just come out of Yuan Shikai's mansion, led 13 people, including Hu Weide, Zhou Ziqi, Wang Shutang, Yan Huiqing, Fan Yuanlian, Jian Nianyi and Wang Rongbao, to entertain the special envoys.

After entering the city, the hotel has been prepared for a long time, and the layout is exquisite and elegant. The windows are bright. Not only are the things in the hotel complete, but the waiters are also thoughtful. It was also full of guards to give them special protection.

That night, many friends I knew and didn't know came to visit. Cai Yuanpei, Wang Jingwei, Song Jiaoren, etc. met them and said that the people of the south were eager for Yuan Gong and hoped that Yuan Shikai could go south a day earlier, but everyone's wishes a day earlier. Most of the people who come to visit are on the mission of tentative and inking. They all say that the people in Beijing must stay in their hearts. He also said that if Yuan Shikai left, there would be no one to rely on in the north, which would change. It is also said that the three dynasties of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were all built in Beijing. Once they were relocated, it would be very inconvenient. Let's not talk about anything else, but the three provinces of eastern Liaoning and Mongolia inside and outside, which are out of reach and difficult to control.

Every conversation between the two sides is inseparable from people's hearts. In fact, it is all the opinions of Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai.

After talking to each other for a while, no problem was solved. I didn't realize that the night was dark, and everyone's faces were tired, so we had to say goodbye to each other.

Cai Yuanpei, Wang Jingwei, Song Jiaoren and others sent the guests away and washed and rested early.

Cai Yuanpei is silently standing by the window and looking at the people marching with lanterns on the street. He knew that it was an extremely difficult task to invite Yuan Shikai to go south, so the special mission anticipated all the difficulties that could be thought of, even including that they might be held hostage in Beijing. However, unexpectedly, after the special mission arrived in Beijing, it received the most solemn welcome.

Yuan Shikai's attitude made the members of the special mission a little trance. The threatening tone in Xiandian is well known, and Beijing is also full of public opinion against going south. Is all this a false alarm?

The political atmosphere in Beijing suddenly became strange.

Cai Yuanpei arrived quickly on the first night of the strange atmosphere from the special mission to Beijing.

The vast majority of people in Beijing don't seem to be very interested in new terms such as the republic of the five ethnic groups, but they generally support the cessation of the war and the ability to live a peaceful life, so they must be lively with gongs and drums. In the atmosphere of this festival, the city hall in Beijing informed all business residents to hold a three-day celebration meeting. At the same time as celebrating the founding of the Republic of China, it welcomed the five special envoys in Nanjing.

The holding of the lantern parade has also aroused great interest among Beijing citizens who love to watch the bustle. But the lantern parade is still the first time to solve the problem, and I'm not used to it. Therefore, except that each business has to send an apprentice or a clerk to participate, few ordinary residents are willing to participate. As for the crowded people watching the bustle on both sides of the street, it's just like the "playing the lion and making the dragon lantern" party. Men, women and children are crowded and don't move, but it's also very lively.

In the center of the street surrounded by the road, scattered parades walked through lazily steps one after another. In the procession, some people took the lead in shouting slogans. I don't know how the city hall is arranged, and the content of the slogans is not very consistent. Some shouted "Hur Long live the Republic of China" and others shouted "We want to be Beijing".

This is also the first year of the founding of the Republic of China. Although the government has announced that the braids will be cut off, many Han people have forgotten the tragedies of forcing Manchu to shave their hair and braids when they enter the customs due to their customary forces. They forget that the braids dragged behind them are a symbol of national humiliation. Instead, they are reluctant to give up on this "pig tail". Get up and refuse to cut it. Therefore, there are some so-called "renew" people in the parade, holding scissors in their hands, and when they see whose braids are still dragging behind, they quietly cut them off for him. This time, it immediately caused a chaos in the parade. Some were screaming, noisy, scolding, laughing... Even the people around watching the bustle were afraid of affecting themselves, and they couldn't help but burst out. So the first day of the parade ended funny in the quarrel and scolding.