Master Yuan, start!

With these lean yet short limbs and this round body, who else could it be but Yuan Shikai?

At this moment, Ronglu's vigilance had mostly dissipated. He walked forward and taunted the corpse:

"Yuan Weiting, oh Yuan Weiting, I never thought that after more than ten years of fighting in the military, you would be defeated by a spear.

If you could be reborn, would you still choose to go to North Korea?"

It didn't seem as refreshing as he had imagined. Ronglu felt that Yuan Shikai didn't deserve to die in such a cowardly way.

After saying this, he looked at Yuan Xiangcheng's face with some boredom.

He was covered in dust and dirt, with black blood clotted all over his face. It was obvious that he was dragged back by Bai Dingshan on horseback, and his face was even rubbed and bleeding.

Ok?

No, if he was dragged back, why is his facial skin still so smooth?

Ronglu looked at Yuan Xiangcheng's body in fear, and saw that the clothes on his abdomen were just yellow soil, without any signs of scratches.

Moreover, his round belly was actually slightly undulating?

"How do you know I'm reborn?"

The sound was not loud, but it was like a bolt from the blue to Ronglu.

Before he could run out, a spear came at him. In Ronglu's eyes, it became bigger and bigger, and finally pierced straight into Ronglu's chest.

Liu Shengxiu also cried out that something was wrong and drew his sword to attack Yuan Xiangcheng, but before he could swing the sword.

Bai Dingshan took out a half-foot-long knife from his bosom and stabbed it into Liu Shengxiu's ribs.

One knife, another knife, another knife!

Liu Shengxiu looked back in disbelief, foaming at the mouth, and looked at Bai Dingshan beside him, saying something incoherently.

But at this moment, no one cared what he said.

Pulling out the last of his knife, Bai Dingshan pushed Liu Shengxiu's body to the ground.

On the other hand, Ronglu was already deader than dead.

"Master Rong, Master Rong!"

The personal guards outside the tent rushed in directly after hearing the roar from inside the tent, but they did not expect to see such a horrifying scene.

Liu Shengxiu vomited blood and Lord Rong had a spear stuck in his chest.

"Kill!"

The personal guards roared in unison, ready to avenge Ronglu. However, being in the enemy camp, what kind of trouble could a dozen people cause?

Immediately, a man wearing a white armband who had been hiding in the tent appeared and started fighting with these personal soldiers.

As for outside the tent, more members of the White Tiger Regiment wielded their knives against the hundreds of soldiers brought by Ronglu.

It only took a quarter of an hour, and hundreds of lives went to see the King of Hell.

The remaining Qing soldiers in the city suddenly fell into chaos.

After all, they were not from Baidingshan. Some of them were from the former Jiashen Fourth Army, who were taken away by Liu Shengxiu to flee south.

Part of it was allocated to Bai Dingshan by Ronglu, and the other part came from the peasants who revolted with Bai Dingshan.

Now, seeing the elite members of the White Tiger Regiment wearing white cuffs killing people in the city, how can you not be afraid?

Just when they were about to make a move, they saw Ronglu and Liu Shengxiu's heads being pierced on spears and passed around.

"Ronglu is dead, Liu Shengxiu is dead!"

Seeing that the head of the Governor of Zhili had been sent out, the remaining people no longer had the will to resist and one by one laid down their weapons and surrendered.

Soon, the National Defense Army quickly entered the city, disarming and confining the Baidingshan army, which was a mixture of various forces, while taking over the city defense.

Chapter 148: Imagine the Situation in Ten Years

"Chief Instructor, why are you letting Chenghou return to Korea now?" Ming Ye watched Chenghou's retreating figure. "Aren't you worried that he might file a complaint with Emperor Guangxu?"

"Complain?" Yuan Xiangcheng smiled and said, "What do you want to sue me for?"

Ming Ye pointed at Yuan Xiangcheng's pigtail, which had disappeared, and said, "I will sue you for shaving your pigtail without permission and for abusing the corpse of a bannerman."

"You mean this?" Yuan Xiangcheng reached out and touched his bald head. "What are you afraid of? Just say it was burned by fire. Just keep 5% of your head bald in the future."

Cheng Hou did not participate in the battle to attack Shanhaiguan. Instead, he was placed in the rear by Yuan Shikai. Therefore, there is no way of knowing why he went to the front.

After Yuan Shikai completely occupied the two cities of Yutian and Fengrun in Zunhua Prefecture, he personally instructed Chenghou to report the good news to Guangxu and Prince Chun Yixun that the capital would be "recovered" soon.

Chenghou was naturally surprised to see that Yuan Xiangcheng had lost his braid.

But after the 50-day entry into the Pass, Yuan Shikai's prestige grew. He wanted to ask but did not dare to, so he could only bow his head and say yes and return to Korea.

"Don't worry," Yuan Xiangcheng comforted Mingye. "Without any real evidence, my words are what they are. Do they dare to force me to rebel now?"

After Ronglu was dealt with, the capital was completely exposed to Yuan Shikai.

Even though there are nearly 3 Zhili training troops and Green Camp in Baodi, as well as 2 Hunan troops nearby, the former are leaderless and the latter may not be wholeheartedly committed to rescuing the emperor, so they are no longer a threat.

With such achievements, Yuan Xiangcheng also developed great ambitions in his heart, although he still had to rely on Guangxu's tiger skin to raise the banner.

But he did not intend to let Guangxu ascend the throne smoothly.

At the very least, what Guangxu said would not be so effective in the Qing Dynasty.

At present, Guangxu meant only one thing to him, which was to maintain the empty shell of a unified Qing Dynasty.

After entering the capital, in order to prevent China from falling apart immediately, Yuan Shikai needed to use the title of Qing Emperor to win over Outer Mongolia and forces outside the Great Wall.

As for other places.

The Hunan Army was stationed in the Jiangnan area, and the Huai Army was in charge of the South China area, so these areas were not yet separated from China.

Liu Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan in the southwest, also belonged to the Huai faction. Although he and Li Hongzhang might not be as close as brothers, the two of them could barely cope with the British-Indian offensive in the Kang-Tibet border area with their combined efforts.

The strength of Zhang Zhidong in Huguang is not as strong as the previous two, but the advantage is that it is located deep inland and has no foreign invasion.

Moreover, although Huguang is inland, it has a golden waterway connecting it to the sea, and its development potential cannot be underestimated.

The Chu Army was stationed in the northwest. Although its strength was not as good as that of the Hunan and Huaihe factions, fortunately, Tsarist Russia was also in the pain period of reform, and Xinjiang was more than capable of protecting itself.

However, Yuan Shikai not only wanted these governors to defend the Chinese territory, but also wanted them to concentrate on managing their own jurisdictions and not point the spearhead at himself.

Yuan Shikai's current strength is not enough to support him in sweeping across the world after taking the capital. At most, he can take control of the area north of the Yellow River.

If we don't want to create a situation where eighteen princes are fighting against Yuan, we must continue to divide these governors.

In this case, we can only look for ways to sow discord among these governors.

The new governor-general of Shaanxi and Gansu, Yang Changjun, was from the Hunan faction but later switched to the Fujian faction.

Although he initially followed Luo Zenan of the Hunan faction to organize militia, after the mourning period, Yang Changjun joined Zuo Zongtang's court and followed the Chu army in its campaigns.

Although he still had connections with the Hunan faction at that time, only some fellow-townsman friendship remained.

In addition, later when Yang Changjun was serving as the governor of Zhejiang, he was dismissed by Cixi on the pretext of unfair trial in the Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai case, and the Hunan clique did not do much to protect Yang Changjun, so Yang Changjun became disappointed with the Hunan clique.

Therefore, he cannot be said to be disgusted with the Hunan faction now, but he is definitely not friendly towards it either.

At this time, Zuo Zongtang, the leader of the Chu faction, had passed away, and there was no absolute leader in the Chu faction. Yang Changjun naturally felt that he was the right person to take the lead and wanted to integrate the Chu faction.

Therefore, he may not necessarily be convinced by Zeng and Li.

However, among the three provinces under the jurisdiction of the new Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, only the Governor of Xinjiang, Liu Jintang, was from the same Chu clan.

Shaanxi Governor Lu Chuanlin had an unclear attitude. He neither expressed support for Cixi nor agreed with Yuan Shikai's entry into the pass under the name of Guangxu.

So the new governor of Shaanxi and Gansu had a large sphere of influence on the surface, but in reality he was far away from the inland and only had two border areas, Xinjiang and Gansu.

As for the Governor of Gansu?

This involves an interesting point. If Yuan Xiangcheng remembers correctly, the governor of Gansu disappeared in the 3th year of Qianlong's reign.

It was dismissed by Aisin Gioro Hongli.

During the Qianlong period, Gansu bordered Qinghai-Tibet, Mongolia to the south of the Gobi Desert, and the ambitious Dzungar tribe to the west.

Therefore, the situation in Gansu Province is special and riots often occur, and both the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu and the Governor of Gansu are responsible for Gansu.

As we all know, if you are responsible for everything, it is equivalent to not being responsible for anything.

Therefore, Gansu has been in chaos for years, but it has never been eradicated. Instead, the country has been constantly consuming money and grain to suppress and pacify the rebellion.

Therefore, in order to conquer Dzungar, Hongli abolished the post of Governor of Gansu in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign and moved the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu from Xi'an to Lanzhou.

The Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu became the de facto Governor of Gansu.

And just the year after the withdrawal of Gansu, that is, in the 20th year of Qianlong's reign, the Qing army captured Yining, the capital of Dzungar at that time.

Yuan Shikai had no idea how much benefit the removal of the Gansu governor would bring to the pacification of Dzungar Khanate.

However, since Gansu brought immediate benefits in the second year after the governor was abolished, Qianlong naturally did not re-establish the Gansu governor.

However, this also led to a certain extent to the corruption case of Wang Wang, the governor of Gansu, which shocked the world in the late Qianlong period.

Now that the governor is gone, the provincial governor is the nominal head of Gansu, and therefore he has absolute power in Gansu.

anyway.

Xinjiang and Gansu are far away in the northwest, and Shaanxi has just experienced the Tongzhi Hui Rebellion. Therefore, even if these three provinces are willing to refuse to cooperate with Yuan Shikai, they will not cause any trouble.

All we need to do is divide and rule, give them enough autonomy, and offer some sweet rewards, and the new Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, Yang Changjun, will naturally keep his composure.

As for the Huguang region, Zhang Zhidong's prestige is insufficient now, and it is already difficult for him to restore his own glory in the original time and space. He probably has no intention of going north.

The top priority lies in the Huai and Xiang systems.

Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou, Cen Yuying, died in office just after returning to his post, and Cixi had not yet announced a new candidate.

2If Yunnan and Guizhou can be given as a prize to the Huai faction, it will probably take them some time to digest it, Yuan Xiangcheng nodded and thought.

As for the Hunan faction, we cannot allow them to expand northward. Jiangsu borders Shandong, and if they expand northward further, it will threaten ourselves.

In this case, they had no choice but to head south, and Yuan Xiangcheng's eyes lit up.

0 Fujian and Zhejiang!

qThe Hunan clique and the Huai clique are separated by Fujian and Zhejiang. The current Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang, Bian Baodi, was a scholar who paid donations to study abroad and has no military support.

Shen was originally a nail that the Qing government specially planted in Fujian in order to crack down on the Hunan and Huai factions.