"Where are the two divisions of Yansun?" Yang Rui finally finished talking about the things he pulled out. + Thinking of the Qing army around Beijing, he hoped that the two divisions of Yizhou could arrive in Zhili immediately, so that there would be five field divisions in the capital.

"Yansun just occupied Jinan, and the Shandong Mixed Association was destroyed by them. The 3rd and 4th towns ran away - they voluntarily gave up Jinan. The 9th and 10th divisions suffered heavy casualties, and there were many artillery in the regular town of Beiyang, but fortunately their shells were not sufficient. The General Staff guessed that this should be the reason for their voluntary retreat." Lei Yi Town had not spoken before, and neither economic nor government affairs were responsible for him, but Pan Chenge's two divisions were under the jurisdiction of the Second Army.

"How big are the casualties?" Yang Rui asked in detail. It was the first time that he had fought against Beiyang evenly on the plains, and he cared about the result.

"More than 1,000 people were killed in the battle outside Jinan, and nearly 2,000 were injured," Lei Yizhen looked solemn. "Our troops still have some disadvantages in the face of fierce enemy forces, especially in the case of attack. Now Yansun's troops are advancing to Dezhou, where the defense is the Fourth Town of Beiyang, and the Third Town is advancing to Tianjin."

"1,2,3,27, plus Yi Jun..." Yang Rui said, "There are nearly 50,000 people ahead, Yi Jun..."

"Yi Army found that there were 15,000 people, twelve artillery pieces, all of which were 57mm guns, more than 800 cavalry, and very few machine guns. This should be considered a pure infantry division. Considering the training and combat will of the troops, its combat effectiveness should be only half or one-third of the regular towns of Beiyang. The combat effectiveness of those towns in Beiyang is equivalent to that of the Second Army, but we are also responsible for defending the capital. This weakens the strength of at least one brigade." Lei Yizhen said. "If..."

"If Beijing does not defend, then the battle will be easy, right?" Yang Rui said directly about Lei Yizhen's thoughts, "Beijing must be defended. This is politics, and there is no way to compromise. When can the Qing army be assembled?"

Yang Rui's statement made Lei Yizhen unable to refute. He said: "I am worried about the safety of the sir. Once the front line is in war, if more than 3,000 foreign soldiers from the embassy area in the rear attack, those newly-real patrol officers will probably disintegrate as they had that night."

"Tell me when will the Qing Dynasty troops be assembled?" Yang Rui understood his thoughts, but since he came to Beijing, he no longer had to worry about safety.

"The foreigners have already selected technicians to repair the internal and external railways. There are several sections of the entire railway that can be operated. The first town is earlier than we expected. They will all arrive at the periphery of Beijing in about five days." Lei Yi Town said. He understood Yang Rui's plan to defeat each other and added: "Now the second and second towns gathered together and did not advance rashly. The third town can arrive in Tianjin because of the train or the day after tomorrow. We had the idea of ​​eating one of the enemy first, but the second town attacked and retreated to Langfang. There should be foreigners informing them."

"Well. Now the battlefield is no longer one-way transparent. We have radios. As long as they follow the railway, there will be wired telegrams to convey messages. Everyone is evenly matched." Yang Rui had long been expected of the foreigners' gang, "My idea is to solve the enemy in the north first. Can I eat up Yi's army first?"

"Yi Jun? Mr. Yi Jun. This is an adventure." Lei Yizhen said: "Once it is not eaten, then..."

"If you haven't eaten, you can defeat it." Yang Rui said, "There is also the No. 1 Town, and we will send troops to ambush them on the railways inside and outside the pass!"

"But in this way, there will be no troops stationed in Beijing, and this space will last for several days. Through the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, the Qing army in Tianjin can reach the city of Beijing in one day." Lei Yi Town will not play the empty city plan. Although the enemy's resistance is weak in marching, at least one division or more must be dispatched to go out for a surprise attack. "A division blocks the 2nd and 27th towns in Langfang, and is about to reach the 3rd town. This is too dangerous."

"Three brigades sent out to ambush. Beiyuan to Miyun is only more than 80 kilometers, and ambush near the north of Miyun, which is about 100 kilometers; the railway from Tongzhou to Tangshan is only more than 100 kilometers long. With the battle time of 100 kilometers, as long as the information is accurate, five days are enough. The remaining three brigades are responsible for sniping the three towns in the direction of Tianjin. We are in a defensive state. As long as there are sufficient shells and machine guns, it should not be difficult to intercept them for two days. The three brigades waiting for the attack to come back." Yang Rui said.

"If you don't bring a breech gun, you can do it in five days, but it will be too tired even if the troops are rushing back." When Lei Yizhen was speaking, the carriage had already left Zhengyangmen Wengcheng and arrived at Guanya Street. At this time, the street was full of people, and Cai Yuanpei was here.

Yang Rui thought he could see Cai Yuanpei outside Yongding Gate, but he was here, which was a bit strange. He did not discuss the battle with Lei Yi Town anymore. Yang Rui got off after the carriage stopped. Cai Yuanpei rushed up and held Yang Rui's hand tightly and said, "It turned out..."

"Zhemin!" Yang Rui also held his hand. Cai Yuanpei wore a blue long gown, his hair was draped over his shoulders, and his face with fair skin behind his glasses looked very elegant. It can be seen that he had only been under house arrest in recent years and had not suffered much.

"It's good that you're here!" Cai Yuanpei suddenly said this after being excited. Yang Rui didn't understand what he meant.

"It's good that you're fine!" Yang Rui said so. He couldn't see Cai Yuanpei and hated this person, but when he met Yang Rui for some reason, he remembered the first time he met at the Patriotic Society. At that time, everyone's relationship was so simple.

Seeing that the two of them were holding hands and not talking, Xie Zhangtai said, "Don't stand outside, just go in and say it."

He said this and the two talents smiled and entered the Zongren Mansion together. There was a reason why Xie Zhangtai chose the Zongren Mansion as the office. There was no need to occupy the original yamen here. Receivers from Tianjin were sorting out the remaining information from the Qing Dynasty. Other information revival meetings were interested in the management of the Qing Dynasty royal family, except for the Military Intelligence Bureau to find some information, the documents here were of no value. In addition, this place is very close to the embassy area, and the British Embassy was behind the Zongren Mansion. Xie Zhangtai wanted to strengthen communication with the British, but the actual situation was not as expected.

Yang Rui asked Cai Yuanpei a few questions and quickly shifted the topic to foreigners. "Is the ministerial group still the same? No change?"

"It's still the same thing, Morrison wants to interview you again. I think this is the British who want to explore the news through him. And... the German Embassy sent a telegram from the ocean. The sender said it was your old friend Rutt." Xie Zhangtai said.

"Oh, it's him!" Yang Rui was a little moved. Without the help of this German, the MSG factory would not be able to produce smoothly. Without the increase in the production of MSG, the font size could not be expanded quickly that day. Rutte was a friend, and Leo was an accomplice. This friend was transferred to Beijing in Shanghai for two years and then returned to Germany. In this case, he had a telegram, and there must be no good reward. "Don't worry about his telegram for now. Do the Germans want to pull us to their side?" Yang Rui said.

"It's such a meaning." Xie Zhangtai said. "It turns out, how can we deal with it?"

"Help is help, diplomacy is diplomacy, we can't get mixed up." Yang Rui said: "The Germans can't get on the ship. They can't save us. They will only drag us down. What about the Americans? Is there any expression?"

"Yes! There is a reporter who also wants to talk to you, and he has interviewed you before, named McCormick, a reporter from the New York Herald. Who did you see before him and Morrison?" Xie Zhangtai said.

"See Mori Xun first!" Yang Rui said unexpectedly, "He will understand what he talked to Mori Xun about business, and what he talked to McCormick about private matters."

Yang Rui spent half an hour in the clan mansion to arrange everything, and then began to accept an interview. The first person to meet was Morixun. Morixun was not very tactful. As soon as he met, he urgently asked Yang Rui what he meant when he spoke in Shanghai. Looking at Yang Rui in military uniform, he said: "Yang, your speech in Shanghai will make everyone misunderstand that you are hostile to Great Britain, which is not conducive to the current situation in China, and this country needs stability."

"No! Mr. Morrixun, I just have a close relationship with the Boers. The purpose of saying this is to warn those hostile forces who want to interfere with the Chinese revolution, not against Britain." Morrixun was a little anxious, which made Yang Rui think of an analysis that he sympathized with China. His manuscripts sent to London helped China because of condemning Japan and being often deleted or even refused to be published. Is this a friend? Or is it just the Virgin - like many missionaries, I think the Chinese are pitiful. Only by believing in God can you get redemption?

"But this will only make London misunderstand!" Morrison was still a little anxious.

"Mr. Gray of London will not respond to my words. China is only a part of Britain's interest circle in the Far East colonial region. Although it is more important, there is no decisive factor. Mr. Morrison, the Revival will not be strong enough to get Whitehall to pay attention." Yang Rui smiled, "Britain has its own foreign policy, and this is not something that the Revival will be able to control. As far as I know, Sir Jurden is now the head of the ministerial mission, and the ministerial mission is now completely on the side of the Qing government. The railway built in China cannot be used by the Chinese. This is humanitarian and justice?"

"No, Yang. The ministerial delegation just wants China not to have wars. No matter what kind of war it is, it doesn't want to happen. From a humanitarian and trade perspective, war is unjust." Morixun said.

"Is it just that the Chinese are enslaved by the Qing government?" Yang Rui was so angry that he laughed, and even more because the argument deviated from the main line of the interview. It was not until Wang Xiaolin, who was on the side, coughed that he came to his senses. "Mr. Morixun, let's continue the interview. Such an argument will only waste time."

"Yang, this is actually the question I want to ask." Morrison insisted: "Do you really want to use war to solve all this?"

"Yes. In the face of the Qing Dynasty, only war can solve the problem." Yang Rui was once again entangled in this problem. "The remaining Qing troops will be the root of future turmoil. You cannot bring a umbilical cord to allow a child to grow up well. China must have a new government, not half-new and half-old. From the perspective of trade, a strong government can develop the economy and eliminate all trade barriers. I think this is what countries hope to see.

They, or rather Britain, spent more than half a century teaching the Qing Dynasty how to do business and how to get along with foreigners, and many wars broke out between them. For an old government, an old-minded China would inevitably happen, but for a brand new government, it might not happen. In my opinion, the bottom line of China's war lies in the integrity of its territory and the security of its citizens, which any responsible government must promise and do; while other trade disputes can be resolved in consultation. Only the security of its territory and its citizens cannot be negotiated."

"Yang, do you think a country will invade China and cede the land?" Morrixun said curiously.

"I don't know the ceasing of the land, but in this situation, it is very likely that someone will want to invade China, which every China cannot allow." Yang Rui said. "If such a thing happens, the result will only be war. If a country supports this behavior for some purpose, then there will be war. China is very large. The cities along the coast and along the river can be used as battlefields, factories will be abandoned and trade will be cut off. This is the price, but what's the pity? Even if it is a scorched earth, we will eventually take it back and rebuild them.

In addition, Mr. Morrixun, I heard that Prince Su Shanqi, who escaped from Beijing, appeared in Lushun yesterday morning. I was very surprised that he had no airship but only spent twenty-four hours to be far away from Lushun hundreds of kilometers away. This is a miracle. No one can run so fast on any merchant ship. I don’t know how he escaped from Beijing, and I don’t know how he went to Lushun, but what I care about is what he did in Lushun? Is it a sacrifice to ancestors?"

"Really?" Mori Xun said in surprise. Although Yang Rui didn't say it clearly, Lushun represents everything.

"Of course it's true!" Yang Rui reached out to take a photo from Wang Xiaolin's hand, "This is a photo taken yesterday, and was sent by an airship last night. Maybe this world is not so civilized, and there are always some people thinking about something."

He took the photo from Yang Rui's hand. Morrixun saw that Shanqi was not clear in the photo, but his official uniform was very conspicuous. This was actually used by Shanqi to confuse Feng Linge and Zhang Zuolin, but he was photographed by the military intelligence agency. Shanqi, dressed in princely clothes, walked off the train under the escort of Japanese soldiers, and a circle of Chinese and Japanese greeted him on the platform. The photo was thin, but there were two lives. The exposure of the camera spotlight was too conspicuous.

"Oh! God." Morrison shouted. He immediately wanted to get up and go to the British Embassy to meet Jurden.

The interview continued, Yang Rui's purpose had been achieved, but Morixun was absent-minded. Under this tone, the interview ended soon. When Yang Rui, who saw Morixun away, smiled and greeted McCormick, Liu Boyuan flashed out of an unknown corner and leaned into Yang Rui's ear and said, "Sir, something happened to Fengtian!"

"Oh!" Yang Rui's heart jumped and he whispered, "What happened?" He saw McCormick entering the yard again, and said, "If it's not very urgent, then let me know later."

"It's very urgent!" Liu Boyuan said.

"Guangshou, help me accompany Mr. McCormick." Yang Rui frowned and said to Chen Guangshou beside him.

McCormick had no objection to Yang Rui seeing Mori Xun first. After all, Mori Xun is a big figure in China, but now he saw Yang Rui waiting for him turned back to the room and said to Chen Guangshou who was coming to greet him, "Chen, what's wrong?"

"Mr. McCormick, sir suddenly had an urgent matter. I think he will come back in a few minutes." Chen Guangshou said.

"This is simply a joke!" Yang Rui's first feeling when he heard Liu Boyuan's report was a joke. What happened on September 18, 1931 actually happened now. When he heard this news, his first reaction was that his history had traveled through time, so he was so shocked.

In fact, what he didn't know was that on February 3, 1912 [Note: Foreign Modern Chinese History Research, Volume 2 p320], after confirming that the Qing Dynasty was about to abdicate, the Japanese bombed the South Manchurian Railway, just like in 1931, to create an excuse for the dispatch of troops. However, Britain did not want a war in China, so it rejected Japan's request for the third time. The Japanese Nishinoji Cabinet also rejected the Army's proposal for the dispatch of troops for the third time according to the British's intentions. Compared with history, there is a revolution in the northeast and the Revival Society controls the entire territory. At the same time, it is now the Katsutaro Cabinet instead of the Nishinoji Cabinet. The most important thing is that the British hopes that Japan will put pressure on the Northeast to make the Revival Society compromise. Therefore, after the South Manchurian Railway explosion, the railway garrison occupied Shenyang in the name of searching for the murderer. This is really normal.

"How many people died?" Yang Rui's face became gloomy. This was not just a blow-up of the railway, but a blow-up of the train. In the morning, the first train drove out of Fengtian. The first carriage was in the front, and the explosives exploded under the first carriage.

"Five British, six Americans, six Russians, seven Japanese, and about twice as many people were injured," said Liu Boyuan.

"Where are the Chinese?" Yang Rui asked again, his face getting heavier.

"Chinese... Chinese people have no statistics." Liu Boyuan replied, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and Chinese people should be human. "Sir, I'll go and ask for numbers right away..."

"No need!" Yang Rui said. "What's the situation in Shenyang City now?"

"Now the 1st Army is confronting the Japanese outside Shenyang City, and both sides have fired their guns." Liu Boyuan replied.

"Good fight! Finally, I didn't resist!" Yang Rui said strange words and suddenly laughed loudly. Then he said: "Looking for a way to send military workers to the site to investigate and see if he could find any clues. In addition, the Northeast immediately entered a state of combat readiness, and this is already a war."

Yang Rui was walking in the house and was excited because of the danger. Combined with the experience of later generations, he could conclude that this was the name of the Kwantung Army, which was his predecessor, the railway garrison. This story was really familiar. According to the Japanese plan, the first step was to explode the road, and the second step was to enter the city. After entering the city, he searched for it and finally put the hat of the explosion on China. If he obeyed, the result would not be different.

"Sir, they just started the war so easily?" Liu Boyuan was a little surprised. The railway was managed by Japan, and explosions were at most criminal disputes. He believed that the Japanese would have to wait until the Japanese army came to China before they could start the war.

"Don't compare your brain with the Japanese. They have been trapped by doors since they were young. Now that the railway garrison is going to war with us, it is even more of an excuse to send troops in China." Yang Rui said. "You go and notify everyone about this matter. It should be the first priority. Also, the Zongren Mansion and the Embassy District are too close to each other and it is not safe. Change the place immediately. I will go to meet American journalists first, and he should be interested in this."

Yang Rui was actually absent-minded, but McCormick was very interested in Yang Rui himself. In his opinion, this Chinese is a legend and has an indissoluble bond with the United States. Many things (modern things) on him are American rather than sinic in McCormick. This is completely an American, with traces of American culture in many places.

During the interview, Yang Rui didn't know what McCormick thought, and if he knew, he would be sad. As a post-80s generation, he had little Soviet culture but mostly European and American culture. At first, when he was in Shanghai, he couldn't stand everything in China. He liked to wear Western clothes and drank coffee. At some point, he even wanted to drink Coca-Cola... Only by being completely sinicized can he know how much he had changed in later generations. This is his insight in recent years. It is precisely because of this that he hated Wu Zhihui and his group of people. These people who wanted to abolish Chinese and promote Esperanto are even more hateful than traitors.

"Yang, are you saying that you had a conflict with the Japanese in Fengtian, are you?" McCormick was surprised by the news that Yang Rui told him, but he defined him as a conflict.

"No, no, Frederick," Yang Rui corrected, "This is not a conflict, this is a war. Fengtian City is not a railway affiliation. Now Japan is trying to occupy it, then this is a war."

"War!? Oh, God." McCormick sighed. "So what's the situation over there now?"

"The Revival Army is fighting with the Japanese. In the morning, the first train from Fengtian was bombed near Sujiatun. This caused the death of five British people, six Americans, six Russians and seven Japanese. One part of the Japanese Railway Guard used the excuse of finding the murderer to force the entry into Fengtian City for searching. After our army refused, they started shooting when they came over the second time. The war was initiated by the Japanese. Since they were searching the murderers, they could send police or the Japanese consulate to report to our official office in Fengtian, but they did not. At first, they wanted to force their entry, and then they started attacking. This was completely a robbery."
Chapter completed!