Crimson Dawn

Wang Shizhen was having a headache about Beiyang affairs at her home, but at this time another visitor came.Former Beiyang Cabinet Prime Minister Xu Shichang visited.The People's Party can't always keep the Beiyang group in prison.

After the official founding of the People's Republic of China, these people were also temporarily released from prison.Those at the level of Xu Shichang were only told that they were "not allowed to leave Beijing without an application." In fact, there were not one or two Beiyang high-ranking officials who fled Beijing, and the People's Party did not take them seriously.There are also those who formally apply to leave Beijing. For example, former vice premier Tang Shaoyi applied to visit her daughter and son-in-law in Wuhan. Not only was the application approved, the People’s Party also provided train tickets to Tang Shaoyi’s family.

Xu Shichang prided himself on his identity and refused to do the thing of running away in private.Because he worked in the Hanlin Academy, Xu Shichang also took a job as a consultant to the Museum of Literature and History, and he was able to receive a not-so-small salary every month.Therefore, apart from being in his own home and participating in the editing of literature and history at the Museum of Literature and History, Xu Shichang also occasionally visits.

Wang Shizhen asked Xu Shichang to sit down and pour water.Xu Shichang said: "Pin Qing, the People's Party asked me to lobby Duan Qirui to surrender. Have they ever talked to you about this?"

"I've already told you about it." Wang Shizhen replied flatly. [

"What do you mean by hiring Qing?" Xu Shichang asked nervously.

Wang Shizhen still replied flatly: "I haven't made up my mind yet, and even if I try to persuade Duan Qirui, I'm afraid he might not listen to me."

Xu Shichang said very seriously: "I think it's good for us to write a letter to Duan Qirui casually. The People's Party has always been ruthless. How long did it take Cai Yuanpei to kill? I'm afraid that people in Beiyang will follow in the footsteps of Cai Zimin."

At this time, Xu Shichang was still very keen on fame and status as before, and Wang Shizhen felt bored for a while.If Xu Shichang didn't persuade like this, Wang Shizhen was still a little worried. After Xu Shichang's persuasion, Wang Shizhen felt that it would be better to seriously persuade Duan Qirui to surrender.Although Duan Qirui himself has a desire for fame and fame, it is because Duan Qirui himself has such a temperament.But Duan Qirui is surrounded by people like Xu Shichang, surrounded by such people, no matter how capable Duan Qirui is, he will suffer in vain.

Thinking of this, Wang Shizhen said: "Brother Ju, you are familiar with Mr. Li Hongqi, we might as well ask Mr. Li for advice."

Xu Shichang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded again and again, "It's so good! It's so good!"

Li Hongqi was not at home, because the school was building a school building, so he simply moved to the school to live.For the school, the school building was a big deal. In addition to the urgent construction and working in three shifts a day, Li Hongqi always felt uneasy unless he saw it with his own eyes.

After listening to the questions of the two former Beiyang figures at the construction site, Li Hongqi felt that these two were too interesting, and he laughed: "Do you two still think Duan Qirui can win?"

Even though she really cared about Duan Qirui and some former Beiyang tribes who fled to the northwest, Wang Shizhen was still amused by these words.Xu Shichang didn't have such a peaceful mind, and his brows were tightly frowned.

Li Hongqi continued: "If you two think Duan Qirui can win, then you might as well continue fighting. If you think he can't win, what's the use of continuing fighting besides killing more people?"

Although Xu Shichang couldn't explain what was going on, he could see that Li Hongqi and Wang Shizhen had the same views. On the contrary, Xu Shichang became the minority among the three. He couldn't help arguing: "If Chen Ke didn't kill Cai Zhimin, I can still trust them, but he killed Cai Zhimin with that kind of crime, if Duan Qirui is convicted with this crime, he will definitely not survive."

Li Hongqi didn't want to cause trouble at first, but Xu Shichang's cowardly words made Li Hongqi quite disgusted, so he simply said slowly in a contemplative manner: "Grandpa, I haven't seen Duan Qirui, could it be that Duan Qirui is a People who are greedy for life and afraid of death?"

These words sound innocent, but there is enough malice in them. Although Wang Shizhen is not a person with rich emotions, he can guess other people's thoughts very accurately. Hearing Li Hongqi's words, Wang Shizhen almost laughed out loud.

Because Xu Shichang himself was a Jinshi, he had always regarded himself very highly, so he didn't realize what Li Hongqi meant at first.He said strangely: "How could Duan Qirui be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death."

Li Hongqi said seriously: "Since he is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, he probably doesn't want to be humiliated. If he surrenders, what is there to be afraid of? Coming and going is nothing more than death."

Xu Shichang was a big man after all, and when he understood what Li Hongqi meant, he immediately shut up and refused to speak again.

Without Xu Shichang's involvement, Wang Shizhen said: "Mr. Li, you are teaching here, and it is presumptuous for us to disturb you. I also hope that with your compassionate heart, you can show the brothers in Beiyang a way out. Please give me your advice."

Li Hongqi knew that Chen Ke and Shang Yuan never liked to tell lies, let alone such important national affairs. Since the former Beiyang important minister was asked to persuade him to surrender, there was certainly a plan to deal with Duan Qirui's non-surrender situation, but he definitely couldn't do it. The matter of killing prisoners.After thinking for a while, he said: "Some people think that the situation is still in between, but I think the situation has been settled. Those people in the northwest cannot hold the old pre-Qin land."

Wang Shizhen replied: "Since we can't keep it, it's okay to surrender. But I don't know one thing. Is Wen Qing's surrender really true?" [

Li Hongqi closed his eyes and thought about it again, and then said: "Wen Qing is not a person who holds grudges, but why he didn't mention surrender before, of course he was thinking about preparing for unification by force in the future. Why he wants to surrender now must be because he thinks The matter in the Northwest must be resolved in a short period of time, and the fastest way is to surrender. I can’t say that this is a good thing, but I think this is a rare opportunity. If this opportunity is missed, there will be no second time. "

Wang Shizhen quite agrees with Li Hongqi's judgment, he asked: "Then what does Mr. Li think Wenqing is planning, so that he is so anxious to use troops against the Northwest?"

"As far as I can see, when the People's Party suddenly mobilizes troops, the reason is not domestic but foreign. I think Wen Qing's focus this time is not domestic but foreign." Li Hongqi replied.

"Overseas?" Wang Shizhen was taken aback.He originally thought that Chen Ke had already decided to attack the remnants of Beiyang, so he tried to disintegrate and disintegrate the remnants of Beiyang by persuading them to surrender.However, Li Hongqi's statement immediately opened Wang Shizhen's thinking. If the ultimate goal of the People's Party is not Beiyang but foreign countries... Russia immediately appeared in Wang Shizhen's mind.

The newspaper of the People's Party also has a section for international news, and there are also some news about the outbreak of civil war in Russia.Combining these news with the possibility of the People's Party trying to take advantage of the Russian Civil War to go north, Wang Shizhen made a strategic judgment very easily.The People's Party must completely break through the remnants of the Northwest in the Northwest and gain a firm control of the Northwest before Russia can go to war.

This time, Wang Shizhen felt even more conflicted.European and American powers invaded China, and other countries paid compensation and established concessions. Britain took Hong Kong Island from China, while Russia ceded territory.It is the dream of any real Chinese to restore the old soil.Even the senior generals of Beiyang's squadron, which is afraid of foreigners, have dreams of regaining lost territories.

Wang Shizhen didn't want to think too much about these things, but he knew that Beiyang couldn't do it at all.Now that there is finally a squadron that can achieve this ideal, it is impossible for Wang Shizhen to be unhappy.However, if Beiyang is about to be completely destroyed before this ideal is achieved, Wang Shizhen inevitably hesitates.

Li Hongqi didn't want to entangle with these two people anymore, he said: "Both of you, I'm just a teacher, and I also talk nonsense about national affairs, and I can't do it accurately. Now the construction site is very busy, I can't talk with you anymore. You two should go back first."

On the way back, Wang Shizhen's eyes were shining and she said nothing, while Xu Shichang's mouth was full of anger.After entering Wang Shizhen's house, Xu Shichang said, "How are you going to hire me?"

Wang Shizhen didn't answer this question directly, "Duan Qirui has a resolute temperament. If he asks others to help, he may be a virtuous corporal. If he is asked to do things for others, it will not be easy. So Xu Gong can do whatever he thinks. "

Before Xu Shichang understood, Wang Shizhen also issued an order to evict the guest, "I'm tired today, please go back first."

Before the three days agreed with Li Runshi, Wang Shizhen handed a letter to the comrades at the reception desk of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee the next day, asking him to forward the letter to Li Runshi.The letter was not sealed at all. The comrades at the reception knew who Wang Shizhen was, and seeing that it was indeed a letter, they were about to ask a few more questions, but saw that Wang Shizhen had already got up to leave.

Less than ten days later, the letter was delivered to Duan Qirui in Xi'an.

Duan Qirui couldn't help sighing when he saw the familiar handwriting on the envelope.He has already received a notice from the People's Party to persuade him to surrender. Not only was the letter to persuade Duan Qirui sent directly to Duan Qirui, but the People's Party also posted notices in Shanxi, Shanxi and other places.Just as the People's Party was able to post notices in Beijing when the Qing Dynasty was in power, Duan Qirui knew that the People's Party did not relax the establishment of its intelligence system at all.

Wang Shizhen can become a famous figure in Beiyang because he has almost no personal ambition.Among the Beiyang generals who are full of personal fame and fame, Wang Shizhen is indeed a rare type of strong desire.Coupled with Wang Shizhen's outstanding ability, this is the reason why all the generals believe in Wang Shizhen.However, in the current situation, what Duan Qirui wants most is Wang Shizhen's suggestion, but what Duan Qirui most fears is also Wang Shizhen's suggestion.

Duan Qirui knows that Wang Shizhen can always solve the problem, but the way to solve the problem is always too fair.In Yuan Shikai's era, solving problems fairly could stabilize Yuan Shikai's control, but it was definitely not a good thing for Duan Qirui.Even without reading the letter, Duan Qirui could think that Wang Shizhen's suggestion must be the best way to solve the problem, but it is not the way to maximize Duan Qirui's interests.

Things were exactly as Duan Qirui thought, and Wang Shizhen suggested that Duan Qirui negotiate with the People's Party on the condition of signing a peace agreement.The northwestern provinces recognize the leadership of the People's Party and strive for limited local autonomy.

Duan Qirui shook his head slightly and put the letter back on the table. Compared with the humiliating "surrender", being able to have limited local autonomy is already a huge improvement.Up to now, Duan Qirui no longer imagines that he can immediately raise troops to overthrow the People's Party and gain the ruling power of the whole of China.However, the current situation in the Northwest still has internal and external rivers and mountains, and has a vast territory.From this point of view, there is actually not much difference between limited local autonomy and surrender, but the difference between early death and late death.If it must be destroyed, Duan Qirui still hopes to go through a convincing war, instead of just bowing his head and admitting defeat in a wimpy manner.

The war between Beiyang and the People's Party left Duan Qirui with the impression of "cowardly".In every war, the Beiyang Army was finished without fully exerting its strength.If they didn't fall into an extremely unfavorable situation before the battle again and again, but the two sides could line up and fight freely.Just like the battle in the Northeast that the People's Party bragged about, the Chinese and Japanese armies fought head-on and fought bloody battles.In that kind of war, Duan Qirui would feel that he had tried his best even if he lost, at least he lost clearly.

Even knowing that it is a kind of combat ability that the enemy cannot exert its full strength, but as a party that cannot exert its strength every time, the depressed feeling in Duan Qirui's heart is really indescribable.

With such hostility and personal emotions, Duan Qirui quickly began to mobilize troops to strengthen the defense of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and expanded the conscription.No matter how hard he tried, from a strategic point of view, what Duan Qirui did could only be described as "waiting".This approach is actually quite different from Beiyang and bald.

The People's Party has never waited. The concept of war of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants is completely inherited from the army with a strong offensive spirit in history.Although the main force of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army has been focused on infrastructure construction in the past two years, preparations are being made for the deployment of troops and the training of troops. [

Just a few days after the notice to persuade Duan Qirui was sent to Duan Qirui, Hua Xiongmao, who stepped down from his post as Minister of National Defense, rushed to Zhangjiakou day and night, where there was not just an army, but a corps of two cavalry divisions. Strengthen the infantry corps.The opponent of this team is Xu Shuzheng who is deployed in Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia.

Every Beiyang army leader has received a letter of persuasion, but the People's Party has no illusions about them at all.These Beiyang army leaders may still be called "supervisors" when they were under Yuan Shikai. After Yuan Shikai died, they are now completely a group of warlords.No matter what these people think of themselves, what they can really rely on is only the army in their hands.With an army, they are grass-headed kings. Without an army, they are nothing.These guys have completely become a group of warlords.To deal with warlords who only know how to rely on force, only force can make them face reality.

"Since Xu Shuzheng won't surrender, we don't have any need to wait any longer. No amount of negotiation is useless." Deep enough, "Launch an attack on Xu Shuzheng."

On August 1918, 8, news of the annihilation of Xu Shuzheng's troops at the junction of Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia reached Duan Qirui.

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