Chapter 39 Peace talks

Just after the early morning of July 12, the 6th Beiyang Division was completely destroyed. The division commander Li Chun had no choice but to surrender after suffering a series of mortar bombardment.

"I want to see your highest commander." A fur coat covered with dust was covered with Li Chun's body of about 1.7 meters. In front of him was a leader. For him, the first-class general, surrendering in front of him was an insult to him.[]

"Wait." The front line commander snorted coldly, but the Iron Blood Army clearly stipulated that in normal combat, a senior commander must accept the surrender of the other commander in the same level.

After a long time, an Iron Blood Army officer appeared in front of Li Chun who was standing straight. He looked at the other party's rank. It was the rank of lieutenant general. Although it was one level smaller than his rank, he must have been defeated. So he walked to Tian Ding grandly and handed over to his sword tied with him and said, "The defeated general is beyond courage. On behalf of the Beiyang Sixth Division, I surrender to the Iron Blood Army in northern Anhui."

"Yeah!" Tian Ding snorted coldly. What this person did in Huaibei was so conscientious that he could not put down his airs.

"Head of the People's Republic of China, the Beiyang Government sent a telegram asking the two sides to negotiate, and at the same time hope that our troops would release the surrounded Sixth Division." Yuan Shikai could not have imagined that the Iron Blood Army would destroy the Sixth Division so quickly. Although he was affirming the Iron Blood Army's combat power, he underestimated the Iron Blood Army's strength and Deng Sen's ruthlessness, and overestimated the Beiyang Army's combat power.

"Send them a telegram and say that the 6th Beiyang Division has been eliminated by our army. If the peace talks are held in Lingbi, Deng Sen is not opposed to the peace talks at all. On the contrary, he is still looking forward to it. The war during this period has greatly damaged the vitality of northern Anhui. Moreover, during the war, all weapons and ammunition are relied on imports. Just the more than 100 artillery seized, the supply of so many artillery ammunition is also a considerable amount. The seizure of this war can only be equal to the funds paid, and it is even worse. He wants to develop. Without an industrial system, he will always be the fat in the eyes of the great powers.

"Appoint the 4th Division Contracted Mechanical Brigade to attack Xuzhou, and then swept across northern Jiangsu. In addition, the military corps conducted a visit and investigation into the people of Bengbu City. Li Chun would definitely be sentenced to death in the military court." A colonel leader of Deng Sen was captured and killed. This was a shame for the Iron Blood Army, but the culprit escaped, and he had no way to force Beiyang to hand over the murderer. Now there is a senior Beiyang officer here, which can kill the chicken to warn the monkey. At the same time, he has a big idea.

"Yes..." Peng Qingjin is now the secretary-general of Deng Sen. Almost all the documents pass by his hands, but he dare not slack off because he knows Deng Sen's character. Anyone who bullies others and embezzles others will definitely die without a place to die. Therefore, he strives to be the most perfect in his work.

Beiyang, Yuan Shikai has not been very good these days. Britain, France and Japan conveyed his intention to rescue the captured prisoners and prisoners. The United States and Germany publicly supported the military government of northern Anhui. The United States even publicly prepared 10 million US dollars of aid to northern Anhui. The German mission even stayed in northern Anhui. This put a lot of pressure on him. Britain, France and Japan stopped because of British, French and French prisoners. Because of the tough interests, he could no longer make a decision. He felt frustrated. It was Britain, France and Japan that made him attack northern Anhui. Now that he lost one and a half divisions, these countries not only did not support him, but actually dissuaded themselves from fighting. In fact, he did not want to fight. But the situation is not up or down. Do you want the central government to give in to the Iron Blood Army?

Especially the peace talks with an equal attitude in northern Anhui, to be honest, he really seems to gather all the troops to attack the Iron Blood Army in northern Anhui. However, considering the current national situation and the new constitution that he wants to announce recently, he only has two methods for the Iron Blood Army, one is to eliminate it, and the other is to win over it, because there is only the second method, except for the warlord with the strongest military power in the Beiyang Army, will support him.

"Master, Li Chun is captured." Duan Qirui is now straightening his back. His reputation has declined due to the failure of the Fifth Division, but his general Li Chun is also defeated and captured, so the failure of the Fifth Division has faded a lot.

"It's useless, but I have to try to get it back for him! I can't afford to lose this face, and Anbei actually wants to openly use a military court to hear it. This is a slap in the face of Yuanmouren! Vice President Li, what do you think we should do about this matter?" Deng Sen was told on the Beiyang telegram that the establishment of the Supreme Military Court of the Han Dynasty in China, and wanted to conduct a military trial on Li Chun and others. The crime of trial was war crimes and massacre.

Yuan Shikai knew that the officers under his command were playing the massacre very well now, and there were many people who looted him. According to what Deng Sen said, Li Chun could not escape.

"But the demands of northern Anhui are too excessive! He actually asked for the entire northern Jiangsu, and at the same time he also ensured that the revolutionary army would go north from them without any mistakes, and would support all government measures, including constitutional amendments, and closely revolve around the central government with the commander as the leader. He is a threat!" Li Yuanhong felt that Deng Sen was a political hooligan who was holding weapons. The general who seized the Beiyang central government had to conduct a military trial publicly. Think about how much negative impact a central general would have on the government. This made the central leaders cautious.

"Master, I think we should win over Deng Sen. After all, you see what he promotes is a naked radical. Such people are actually quite useful. As long as we get a loan, we can corrupt his army and take the elite iron-blooded army in their hands within a few years." The political struggle in the early days of the Republic of China was actually a transaction of money. Money can make the devil push the mill. Although he is not omnipotent, he can still buy many people. Deng Sen is so brave. Yuan Shikai, an old official, will naturally understand that Yuan Shikai will understand when Duan Qirui said this.

"Master General, what should we do if our First Army?" Feng Guozhang led his army to Dezhou, and received a telegram from Yuan Shikai, stopping the march and asking him to return to Peking to attend the meeting.

"The First Army withdrew and sent only two divisions to Zaozhuang and Shangqiu, and at the same time agreed to the general's request. As long as he put Li Chun back and others to deal with him, the areas controlled by the Wuwei Right Army in northern Jiangsu were taken over by the Iron Blood Army, but at the same time, the Iron Blood Army was required to attack the revolutionary party as much as possible." In the end, Yuan Shikai agreed to Dengson's request, because Dengson was a man who knew the rules, unlike the revolutionary party who refused to cooperate with him. Yuan Shikai wanted to be a dictator and wanted to be a president for life. The revolutionaries were unwilling, but Dengson didn't care, because he knew that Yuan Shikai would not live long, so Yuan Shikai would tend to win over Dengson when facing the revolutionary party. Although the reputation of the revolutionary party is now bad, he is not better than that in Beiyang. Both sides are still half a dozen. The Iron Blood Army spans northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, which can directly block the spread of revolutionary ideas, because Dengson, like him, is very boycotting the revolutionary party.

"Master, the five-nation banking group is changing the treaty. In addition to requiring the loans we have to be mortgaged for tariffs and salt taxes, they even require supervision of our country's finances. Japan even requires strengthening its troops along the railway line. The British threatened that if we do not agree with this request, they will turn to loans to the revolutionary army in the south or the military government in northern Anhui." The powerful threatened with a tough tone. They all knew the situation of the Chinese central government, so they ransomed.

"The person is too much! He is simply too much." After hearing this, Yuan Shikai slapped the table and shouted. Everyone quickly pretended to be angry. In fact, they knew that Yuan Shikai would agree to the blackmail of the great powers after he called it, because they needed too much money now.

Sure enough, after only half a minute, Yuan Shikai sat down angrily and said in a disgusting manner: "I promised their conditions, but Japan's increase its garrison will definitely not be able to increase its garrison. This is absolutely not possible. The Japanese wolf ambition will definitely not allow its military strength in our country to expand, and at the same time, we will strictly investigate the spies inside our Beiyang."

Yuan Shikai, no matter how to say that, he is a hero, but he has such a considerable sense of nationality. His lifelong contributions and mistakes are also true. In addition to the Beiyang government after him, I think it is much better than the later Republican government. The Beiyang government must have dared to send troops to protect overseas Chinese, but it never appeared again during the Kuomintang government. This is why Deng Sen was so tired of the revolutionary party. Those guys who shouted for democracy and peace all day long did everything they could in the civil war, but they did not make any achievements on the foreign battlefield.

"Appoint Vice President Li Yuanhong to Xuzhou on behalf of the central government, and his staff officer Jiang Baili accompanied him and went to Lingbi, northern Anhui for negotiations." Everyone is familiar with the name Jiang Baili. After returning to China, he entered the Beiyang Central Committee as a staff officer. He has not yet become the principal of the military academy and his position is not high.

On July 15, Li Yuanhong, Vice President of the Beiyang Government, took the train to Lingbi with the central government team. Their mission this time was to appease Deng Sen, rescue Li Chun, and help Britain, France and Japan to return prisoners.

Mid-July is the rainy season in central China. It rains heavily and lightly along the way, giving people a dull feeling. Jiang Baili sat in his seat and looked at the scenery outside. He was still thinking about the letter his close friend Zhang Xiaozhun wrote to him.

"Baili Wu, I wrote this letter to you at the invitation of the Iron Blood Head of Army Deng Sen.

We once studied in Japan. When we swore together to create a civilized, prosperous and powerful China. To this day, time has quietly slipped away. We saw a new country, but this country is still in war. The great powers used their temptation to make our domestic forces attack each other. I once entered the Revolutionary Party. I originally thought that what Mr. Sun said was correct. It was not until the beginning of this war that I suddenly realized that when I saw that only the revolutionary army was the number of people.

When half of the iron-blooded army defeated the revolutionary army like thunder, I realized how wise I left. With such an army and such discipline, the revolutionary party could not bear the heavy responsibility of defending China and defending the people. On the contrary, in northern Anhui, I was melted by his passionate passion. He let me know where the road of China was, and I don’t know where he learned about you from, and I highly admire you, so I would like to invite you to northern Anhui for a sigh, where there will be room for you to display your talents.

July 15, 2018:

Brother: Yunnong”

This was a short letter, but it also made Jiang Baili think a lot. Zhang Xiaojun knew that he was a stubborn idealist. It was because of his ideal that he would join the Revival Society regardless of his dissuasion. He always believed that China needed the iron blood of the army and did not need the literati's verbal words. He chose the Beiyang with strong military strength. However, in Beiyang, he saw bends again and again, endured humiliation again and again, and he felt a little disappointed with Beiyang. But at this time, Zhang Xiaojun actually surrendered to the Iron Blood Army. What made this firm idealist change his beliefs? What kind of place was that? He could not wait to see northern Anhui.

Sweat! The old group is full! Now a new group of 173127398 is announced, and the second group of Iron-blooded Imperial Guards recruit soldiers...
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