Chapter 205 Make a wedding dress!

The riverbed between the Wuling Mountains is full of pebbles, large and small, and the ground is glowing white under the sunlight. The river is clear and transparent, flowing gently, flowing deep into the depths and turning dark blue.

The quiet valley was suddenly broken by a burst of people and horses. The soldiers with live ammunition were carrying rifles and walking forward quickly along the mountains. Mules carrying boxes of ammunition on both sides of the army were slowly climbing the mountain under the guidance of the soldiers. The mule and horse carrying the folded mountain cannon crawled heavily in the ranks.

In the mountainous area of Wuling Mountain, the grass is deep and the forest is dense, and the road is less and the slope is steep. The thick-armed miscellaneous trees on the mountain are squeezed in the woods. They can't be cut down and can't be pushed down. It's like a natural barrier. Some weeds are more than three feet tall. There are miscellaneous wood in the grass, and there is a pulling lattoe in the grass. Although it is only May, the temperature here is as high as 35 or 6 degrees. All this has brought unimaginable difficulties to the anti-Russian brave officers and soldiers who rushed south of the Wuling Mountain Mountains.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!"

The urging of the officers made the soldiers rush into the ravine where there was no way to find. When they met the seamless mountain forest, the sharp soldiers with big knives flew left and right to cut the road for the troops... On a ox-like rock, a major officer stood there holding a map, first looking around the map, and then He also calculated the speed of the march with the gauge in his hand. Although the troops walked quickly, there was still no joy on his face, and his eyebrows tightened into a ball.

"It's too slow! Too slow! Speed up! Hurry up!"

"Yes!"

Under the ox-like rocks, as soon as Zheng Changgeng heard the order of the camp, he stood and ordered Quanlian.

"Throw away all the backpacks and extra clothes! The sharp soldiers continued to open the way forward. The brothers of the battalion assisted the firearms to carry ammunition!"

After hearing the officer's order, the people immediately did so. His decision is undoubtedly very correct. The infantry carries a weight of nearly 70 catties per person, and the weight of each firearm company is close to 100 catties. If you want to speed up the speed, you must throw away some unnecessary toys! When all this was done, "Which army are you transferred from?"

"The 13th Regiment!"

"What about you?"

"Twenty-one regiments!"

"The Sixth Regiment"

The soldiers in the team of the Walking Army chatted with each other. Two weeks ago, after the Volunteer Army adapted the Light Restoration Army, the establishment was disrupted. As the 31st Division of the elite Light Restoration Army of the Volunteer Army, it gathered three elite regiments of the Volunteer Army. Naturally, the reconnaissance battalion of the division also had scouts from three regiments, the mountain of Wuling Mountain. The situation is steep and rugged, and the night curtain is coming. After running all day, my mouth is dry, my back and brain is swollen, and my legs are weak. Although they threw away everything, the weapons, ammunition and cooked rations on their bodies, which were enough to be eaten for seven days, were still more than a dozen kilograms, which made people out of breath. Every step, they had to make great efforts.

"Quick! Guys, hurry up! The military law is ruthless!"

An officer just finished shouting. A sergeant who turned back from the position of the sharp soldier platoon couldn't help scratching it.

"Mother! Let them enforce the military law! Shoot, shoot us all! Shoot us all! Those bastards in the staff know how to measure the map with a ruler, but are we walking at a straight line? Let them have a look. Is this mountain climbed by people? Ask them, the road, where is the way! ......"

"Sergeant, don't scratch!"

The blue veins on the second lieutenant's forehead, which was so tired that his uniform was sweaty, squirmed. He licked his dry lips and took a sip through the kettle. Then he gave orders to the soldiers.

"Weapons and ammunition are well carried, and each person leaves enough dry food for two days. In addition, there is a kettle. The kettle must not be lost! Throw away the rest!"

The sun has sank, and it is shadowy all around. The officers and soldiers who have been marching in the mountains for a day have long since their legs have not bent. Even the officers who usually pay attention to their image will follow everyone to struggle forward. The difficult march for four days and four nights has made many people have blisters, blood blisters on their feet, and even on their feet. Bubbles, blood bubbles and shoes and socks stick together, and every step is painful.

When the major, who always talked very little, checked the surrounding terrain and found the position of the troops on the map, his face was finally relieved.

"Okay, we have arrived at the position!"

When he heard that he had reached the designated position, the person seemed to be paralyzed and suddenly fell to the ground. However, after receiving the order of the officer, the sergeant began to check the equipment in each class, and the weapons and ammunition were not lost. It's just that most of the war has been interspersed with kettles and dry food.

The cooking class distributes the only dry food and water. After eating a half-hungry pot of rice, the whole camp was basically out of food. At this time, there was no time to choose a place. Hearing the big break, the officers and soldiers lay down on the ground and soon fell asleep.

Huang Lihua, who seemed to be a little wooden, opened his sleeves and looked at the time. On the battlefield, time was always calculated in minutes and seconds. When I arrived at the big rest point, it was 102 minutes later than the arrival time specified by the superior!

Although he has a clear conscience, he knows what it means to miss 102 minutes in four days.

At night, it is as dark as a deep pool where you can't see the edge and peep at the bottom. In the bushes under the cliff, Huang Lihua gathered the shifts and platoon leaders to study the next step. He spread out the map in the dark night, used the light of the electric box on his shoulder, and lit a highland composed of two mountain bags, the nameless highland and the main peak.

"We are now separated from the army and are alone into the enemy's abdomen. This place is still 120 kilometers away from the capital. From crossing Pingding Mountain to Wuzhi Mountain, our whereabouts have been exposed, not to mention that there are three divisions behind us! Tomorrow, we still have a 30-kilometer mountain road to catch on the map. Now we don't know if the mountain stream in front of us is blocking the enemy. But if the ropes transfer troops to block the enemy in the mountains, the enemy must be condescending and waiting for work. Judging from the topography, there is a lot of people on the route along the way. Our firepower is limited, which determines our way of playing. Don't attack, we must take it skillfully.

As a battalion commander, Huang Lihua knows very well about the equipment in the battalion. The only heavy weapons are a tripod, a pound gun and four 82mm mortars. It really blocks the enemy. With this kind of firepower alone, it is impossible to defeat the dangerous place where the enemy is stationed. It's easy to say, but how can it be done?

"Now my camp is out of food and water. In this ravine, silver is not as good as papyrus. If it doesn't hit the Hebei Plain, it is impossible to replenish it for a while, and the action must be done quickly. Before the enemy can detect us, I suggest that we must march quickly tonight. If we encounter the enemy, we should give full play to our night battle advantage and fight against the enemy in close combat. Strive to jump off this foggy mountain tomorrow! At this speed, the army will enter the Hebei Plain tomorrow night!"

"Hebei Plain!"

Under the kerosene lamp, Lin Yanren stared at the map and spit out four words. At this time, he had changed into a black rank of lieutenant general of the Guangfu Army, and two white copper square stars with three-leaf pine and cypress leaves on a red background, flashing a little light in the light.

"After crossing Yanshan Mountain, when the troops arrive at the Hebei Plain, they can go straight into the capital, 90 kilometers, 180 miles, two nights and one day... Well, they will arrive in the capital on the 23rd!"

Lin Yanren's eyebrows flashed a little pride. He is not only an early lieutenant general in the restoration army, but also the first merit of restoration - seize the capital!

"Jingji important places!"

With the corners of his lips, Lin Yanren squeezed out some sneer on his face and raised his head slightly.

"New, where is Yuan Shikai's troops now?"

"Commander, Yuan Shikai's first town in Beiyang has arrived in Zhuozhou. The second town is stationed west of the North Canal, looking at Tianjin across the canal. The information transferred from the intelligence department shows that Yuan Shikai is colluding with other countries in Tianjin."

After Yue Zhiqin glanced at the commander, he answered seriously.

"Let Yuan Datou go and connect! His collusion is just to make wedding clothes for us!"

Lin Yanren smiled proudly.

"When he hooks up, we can take down the capital. At that time, I will pull the old witch of Cixi out to swim in the street..."

"Commander, the commander clearly ordered not to humiliate the personality of Guangxu and Cixi!"

Yue Zhiqin frowned slightly and reminded the officer in front of him.

"I know that the marshal just wants to send the old women of Cixi and the fake emperor of Guangxu to court!"

He nodded his head, but Lin Yanren looked indifferent.

"This full Qing Dynasty owes us 260 years of blood debt, and this blood debt is always to be tasted!"

By the way, the temperature in the headquarters of the Second Army of the Guangfu Army should be suddenly cold. Yue Zhiqin looked at the commander in surprise and seemed to understand why the commander said this.

His reaction fell into Lin Yanren's eyes, which only gave him a long smile.

"Do you think I will wash the capital with blood?"

Yue Zhiqin didn't say anything, just looked at the commander, "Blood wash the capital, I won't do it!"

Shaking his head, Lin Yanren added another sentence.

"But if I beat the capital, I won't do anything, but I can't be willing to do that!"

With a cold face, Lin Yanren sighed in his heart. There were some things he had to do. If he didn't do it... Although Yuan Shikai's Beiyang army, who was easy to recover, was close to Tianjin, he stopped more than ten miles away from the North Canal, that is, the non-garrison zone designated during the Xin Chou period. In addition to household-by-household, the Treaty of Xinchou In addition to one person's compensation for one tael of silver, it also stipulates that "the [***] team is not allowed to station troops within 20 kilometers of Tianjin", which actually deprives the Qingzheng Axe of the right to station troops in Tianjin. Tianjin is the gateway to Yanjing. If the Chinese [***] team cannot be stationed in Tianjin, the Western powers can come to Yanjing City at any time to blackmail Qing Zheng Axe, which is a reality that Qing Zheng Axe does not want to see. None of the civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty dared to take over Tianjin, where the Eight-Native Alliance was rampaging all over the streets without a soldier. Finally, Qing Zheng Axe handed this thorny problem to Yuan Shikai, who had made contributions to the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in Shandong.

Yuan Shikai once trained the Qing Zheng Axe New Army and had a certain understanding of the Western military and police system. Therefore, before taking over Tianjin, Yuan selected 3,000 soldiers from his army for short-term police training to familiarize himself with the functions of the police, and then took off his military uniform and put on the police uniform, which was called the "Tianjin Police". At the time of reception, Yuan Shikai ordered local officials to lead the 3,000 police officers to be stationed in Tianjin, on the one hand, to maintain social security and on the other hand, to be on military alert.

Due to the presence of special police to maintain social order, Tianjin's social security swept away the past chaotic situation and became the top of all provinces in the country. "There have been no thieves for six months, and the Westerners are also impressed." Although most of the new army of the Tianjin police were replaced with the expansion of Beiyang, the Tianjin police were replaced with military uniforms, but after all, the Tianjin police were Yuan Shikai's long-running system, and the Tianjin police were operated by his concronies Zhao Bingjun, and the Tianjin magistrate was Ling Fupeng who took over Tianjin with them.

"Tianjin's name has not been restored, but it is true!"

It is this kind of relationship that makes the capital fall into chaos due to Yuan Shikai's rebellion, but Tianjin keeps calm. Of course, in addition to this kind of relationship, the most important thing is the garrison of the countries in Tianjin. The garrison of these countries makes the gentry and people of Tianjin calm down and wait for the change of the king's flag at the head of the city.

Tianjin Li Hongzhang's Beiyang minister Xingyuan has been destroyed in the Gengzi Rebellion. The new site was originally intended to be used as the emperor's military parade palace, Wuxu coup, and the military parade was not carried out. Yuan Shikai estimated that the emperor would never come to Tianjin again, so he asked to change it to Beiyang minister Xingyuan. Although it was Beiyang minister Xingyuan, he began to practice troops from Yuan Shikai. Basically, it was running at both sides of the governor's mansion in Tianjin and Baoding. After the "Chen Rebellion" this year, Yuan Shikai left Beijing and went straight to Baoding by train, and he had not even been exposed in Tianjin.

After nightfall, Xingyuan, the minister of Beiyang, seemed to be different from the past. Outside Xingyuan stood the Tianjin police with live ammunition, and there were several foreign-style carriages parked on the street in front of the door, which were also dotted with two "wild horse" cars. The brightly lit Xingyuan's big signing room would become a Western scene, and the mahogany circle chairs were replaced by Western-style. The sofa soft chair, a long table in the signing room is covered with red tweed cloth, and there are several foreign-style table lamps in the center of the long table.

On one side of the table, there are ten Europeans in a row, and there are more than a dozen Europeans sitting on the four-row sofa in the back row, and on the opposite side, there is a row of one person. In the middle is a slightly fat and a little big-headed Oriental. If the flag man sees him, he will definitely scold him, "He was stabbed by a thousand thieves". That's right. The person with a smile on his face is Yuan Shikai.

"This..."

Yuan Shikai's voice paused slightly, with a smile like Maitreya on his face.

"This Vice Chairman, on the order of the government, restored the northern rivers and mountains. Now a town has arrived at the North Canal. In order to avoid misunderstanding, the troops have been stationed in the west of the North Canal! Nowadays, the restoration of the whole country is waiting. Please abide by the "neutral law" and do not leave me to restore the righteous army!"

However, the counselors of the legation on behalf of the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Russia who came to the negotiating table, after discussing with each other, Zhu Erdian, who was sent by the British legation, answered.

"Assuming that we agree with your army's actions, your army can attack the capital, but if there is any damage to the embassy area of Dongjiao Minxiang."

"This is natural. The army of this vice chairman attacks the capital just to expel the Manchu people, and will never leave friendly countries!"

Yuan Shikai, who was smiling, replied that there was no doubt about the capital at all.

"Now the first town has attacked and defended the Beijing flag standing army in Zhuozhou. Two days, once the Beijing flag standing army is defeated, the gate of the Beijing division can be opened. At that time, there will be no large-scale war in the capital, and the embassy area is safe!"

"That's what you say!"

And Zhu Erdian asked tightly.

"If the standing army of the Beijing flag is defeated, what if the army and refugees attack the embassy area?"

"This..."

Zhu Erdian's rhetorical question only made Yuan Shikai dumb. At that time, someone must want to hide in the embassy area, especially those princes and ministers. Now some princes and ministers have hid in the Tianjin concession, and the instructions from Nanjing are very clear that they should not let a Manchu Qing official and prince be allowed to avoid outsiders or flee abroad.

"All countries have troops stationed in the embassy area. If all countries strictly enter the embassy area or the concession, I think with the power of each [***] team, I can make the defeated army and refugees unable to attack the embassy area. After the arrival of our Guangfu Volunteers, the refugees and the defeated army can be eliminated!"

Juldian thought it was difficult to answer this sentence, and he answered after whispering with Enek of the U.S. Embassy.

"There are some of our friends in the capital. We hope to get the security of your army and the safety of those friends."

Yuan Shikai said after thinking for a while.

"Otherwise! If the countries blindly shelter the friends in the mouth of Counselor Zhu Erdian, it will always harm the interests of our country, but if it is properly negotiated, I think there will always be no problem.

After meditating for a while, Zhu Erdian nodded after talking softly with others. He and Yuan Shikai were no strangers. As early as 20 years ago, Yuan Shikai had a very close relationship with each other in North Korea, and in the past month, the two had discussed some secrets in Baoding many times.

In the past few days, he has claimed to the minister of various countries in the capital that without Yuan Shikai, China's order and foreign interests could not be guaranteed, but this was not supported by the public envoy. After all, compared with the power of Nanjing Yuan Shikai, Zhu Erdian is a smart person. At this critical moment, He met with Yuan Shikai almost every day to persuade him to temporarily obey Nanjing's orders.

Of course, Yuan Shikai expressed his understanding of this point. He also has his own ideas. With the help of the power of the minister of various countries, he can stay in the north, while Zhu Erdian just expressed his understanding. Although Britain needs a friendly friend, London is more fond of Chen Moran than Yuan Shikai. As long as you think that the queen of China in the future is a British aristocracy, politicians in London are full of expectations for the future of China, which is also one of the reasons why many politicians in Britain advocate the need to recognize the Nanjing regime immediately.

"Vice Chairman, there is one thing I need to remind you!"

Yuan Shikai raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Erdian.

"Our promise is aimed at Nanjing Zheng Axe, not just..."

Although Zhu Erdian wanted to say that this promise was made to Yuan Shikai, the decision made by the public envoy was to Nanjing. Listening to this sentence, even if he was as shrewd as Yuan Shikai, he was ignorant. He just felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of what was going on.

"The Beiyang Army is also part of the Restoration Army!"

"What about the anti-Russian volunteers?"

(to be continued)