Nie Shicheng stood on the magnificent ancient city wall of Xianyang, overlooking the earth. The peaks and ridges in the distance are clear, making people feel heroic!

Feng Guozhang smiled and said, "Xianyang is worthy of being the capital of the Qin Dynasty. You can feel awe-inspiring when standing here. No wonder Qin Shihuang had the determination to unify the six kingdoms. It can be seen from the terrain of Xianyang! However, the Xianyang defenders are really vulnerable. How can you see the momentum of the Qin soldiers when they unified the six kingdoms, haha!"

Nie Shicheng stroked his beard and smiled and said, "This is the commander's cleverness. Yuan Shikai never expected that we would go far and away and give up the route along Hubei north, and instead cross the Qinling Mountains to enter Shaanxi. It was because Yuan Shikai was too careless and should not place most of his troops in the southeast coastal areas, but only some old, weak and remnants in the northwest."

"Oh, what do you mean?" Feng Guozhang asked.

"Xianyang has always been known as the key transportation link since ancient times. In ancient times, the Jinghe Valley from the central part of Xianyang to the Hexi Corridor in the north; the Wei River water can be connected to the world in the south; the Longxi in the west; the Jingwei River intersection in the east. Support the left and control Longshu on the right. The military strategists must fight for wartime. But Yuan Shikai was too arrogant, and he never thought that our first battle would be in Xianyang! Therefore, Xianyang would be so easy to fall into our hands." Nie Shicheng said.

"Will it be a flat river that comes to the Fenhe Plain later?" Feng Guozhang said.

"It can be said that since Xianyang, as long as we cross the Yellow River, the Fen River Plain has no danger to defend. Our army can advance straight and sing vigorously, but it may not be necessary to reach Taiyuan." Nie Shicheng said.

"Oh? Didn't the general just say that Yuan Shikai placed most of his troops on the southeast coast, how could he have the ability to stop my 80,000 lions from heading north?" Feng Guozhang asked.

"No." Nie Shicheng shook his head and continued: "The biggest obstacle for our army to go north this time will be in Taiyuan!"

"Taiyuan?" Feng Guozhang murmured.

"Don't forget that Taiyuan and Zhili are only separated from one mountain. In Zhili, east of the Taihang Mountains, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army's elite troops are no less than 50,000, most of them are elite troops brought out from Tianjin Xiaozhan. The reason why our army can quickly capture Xianyang was unexpected. Yuan Shikai had no time to react and had no time to arrange heavy troops. However, Taiyuan is different. I believe that the news of our capture of Xianyang will soon reach Beijing. By then, Yuan Shikai should have started to mobilize heavy troops to guard Taiyuan in order to prevent our army from heading north!" Nie Shicheng said solemnly.

Feng Guozhang said with some concern: "Our army is rushing to attack for a long distance, and the Taiyuan defenders are waiting for their hard work. Then the battle in Taiyuan is very difficult!"

"Haha, don't worry! I guess the commander has made plans. Since the commander asked our army to go north to Taiyuan, he must be sure to win. Don't forget that there is a Beiyang fleet above the Yellow Sea! Under the attack on both sides, Yuan Shikai would not have the power to resist. Therefore, although this battle in Taiyuan is difficult, he should not be too worried. As long as our army shows the momentum of the battle in Jingzhou, he will definitely conquer Taiyuan smoothly!" Nie Shicheng said confidently.

Feng Guozhang was relieved when he heard Nie Shicheng say this.

"Hua Fu, do you know? I even made a bet with the commander?" Nie Shicheng said with a smile.

"What bet?" Feng Guozhang asked curiously.

"It seems that our Western Army will first attack Beijing, or will the Beiyang Fleet take the lead in attacking Beijing?" Nie Shicheng laughed.

When Feng Guozhang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly.

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Nie Shicheng's army only stayed in Xianyang for only three days. Three days later, 80,000 troops crossed the Yellow River east, entered Shanxi, and arrived directly at Yuncheng, Shanxi. Then they conquered Linfen, Huozhou, Lingshi, Pingyao, and Qixian. The southern army advanced rapidly. Most of the resistances encountered on the way were vulnerable and often collapsed at one touch.

A month later, Nie Shicheng personally led 30,000 vanguard troops to conquer Jinzhong, an important town in Shanxi, and confronted the Beiyang New Army in Taiyuan, Shanxi.

At the same time, Nie Shicheng's follow-up troops quickly moved towards Jinzhong, while Yuan Shikai assembled nearly 40,000 Beiyang New Army in Taiyuan. At the same time, nearly 60,000 Beiyang New Army were located in Shanxi, Henan and Zhili in three places, by Yuan Shikai, and prepared to attack Nie Shicheng in two directions, in order to encircle and annihilate Nie Shicheng's 80,000 southern army in Jinzhong.

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Suddenly, gunfires were heard, and fire was rising all over the entire city of Beijing. You could see the Beiyang New Army running around everywhere. Even the Prime Minister's Office had been occupied by the Southern Army.

Crying out loud sounds from all directions, "Catch Yuan Datou alive! Capture Yuan Datou alive!" Yuan Shikai was in a panic and ran all the way toward the Forbidden City, not even knowing that his shoes had run away.

When Yuan Shikai ran to Yangxin Palace, he saw Emperor Guangxu crying with his civil and military ministers in his arms. "The Qing Dynasty is over! I have no world anymore! It's all you, Yuan Shikai! It's all you, you, you let me lose the world!" Emperor Guangxu saw Yuan Shikai running into Yangxin Palace, and then wiped his tears and cried.

"Mr. Yuan! It was your stupidity that made the emperor lose his country. You are the sinner of the Qing Dynasty!" Kang Youwei hugged his arms and said sarcastically.

Other civil and military officials rushed to Yuan Shikai, surrounded him tightly, and then pointed at Yuan Shikai's nose and cursed: "Yuan Shikai, you traitor! You want to seek power and usurp the throne, Tang Jian will come and kill you soon!"

"Yes, Yuan Shikai, you are the sinner of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Kill Yuan Shikai!"

"Kill Yuan Shikai!" The civil and military officials began to shout excitedly.

Yuan Shikai had no choice but to avoid it. He angrily pulled out his short spear from his waist and shot at the civil and military officials. In an instant, several of them fell into a pool of blood.

Yuan Shikai raised his gun and cursed wildly: "Who dares to say to me? Ah! Who dares to say to me! I'll kill you!"

"Puchi!" The sound was the sound of a sharp blade entering the flesh. A sword sharp edge suddenly appeared in Yuan Shikai's chest, and blood was dripping from the sword sharp edge.

Yuan Shikai stared at the wound that was constantly surging blood in his chest in disbelief. He raised his head and saw Emperor Guangxu holding a sword in his hand, which had already stabbed into Yuan Shikai's chest.

Emperor Guangxu said viciously: "Yuan Shikai, you bully me and insult me, I will kill you first today!"

"Puchi!" Kang Youwei also stabbed Yuan Shikai's body with a long sword. Kang Youwei cursed with a victorious smile: "Don't you like to be arbitrary? Don't you like to dominate the court? Look at how long are you arrogant?"

At this time, Yuan Shikai suddenly saw several ministers who had just been beaten to death by him crawling up from the pool of blood, and then stabbed Yuan Shikai's chest with his bloody hands and said, "Dig out your heart, it seems that you are still so rampant!"

"Ah!" Yuan Shikai screamed in horror, then opened his eyes suddenly and checked his body in horror. Finally, he found that he was lying on his bed. Yuan Shikai wiped his head with cold sweat, and patted his chest with gratitude, saying, "It's okay, it's just a dream."

"What's wrong, Grandmaster, why are you sweating profusely?" A beautiful girl with a naked upper body beside Yuan Shikai asked in a delicate manner.

"Sleep your sleep!" Yuan Shikai turned his head and scolded.

When the beautiful girl heard this, she didn't dare to speak any more, so she had to crouch aside with grievance.

Yuan Shikai could no longer sleep at this time. He walked out of bed and put on a coat to sit on the chair in the bedroom. The nightmare just now was so real. Until now, Yuan Shikai still felt scared.

Yuan Shikai lit a cigarette in a bad mood, and the smoke surrounds, and his eyes that were full of murderous intent appeared faintly in the darkness.

With a "bang!", Yuan Shikai's heavy palm slapped on the solid rosewood table. The loud noise scared the beautiful girl who was curled up on the bed.

Yuan Shikai seemed to have decided something, and then stood up and walked out of the bedroom, and ordered his servants to summon all the Beiyang New Army in Beijing to the Prime Minister's Office.

It was over three o'clock in the middle of the night, and even the roosters in the city were sleeping in a drowsy. However, after receiving the orders from Yuan Shikai, the military generals of the Beiyang New Army in Beijing did not dare to neglect them. Some hurriedly got up from the bed of a brothel's top courtesan, while others didn't have time to settle gambling funds with the card friends on the mahjong table, and they all dressed neatly and rushed to the Prime Minister's Office.

In an hour, Yuan Shikai's Prime Minister's Mansion gathered military generals from the Beiyang New Army in various parts of Beijing. Everyone stared at Yuan Shikai with fear and fear, but they didn't dare to say a word, because everyone found that Yuan Shikai's face was gloomy. No need to guess, they must be in a bad mood. So they were so sleek that they didn't dare to speak first, for fear that they would touch Yuan Shikai's brow and cause trouble.

Yuan Shikai said in a deep voice: "Do you know why I summon everyone late at night?"

Everyone shook their heads at the same time.

Yuan Shikai sneered: "I received a tip today, using Kang Youwei's Reformers to collude with the rebels in the south and secretly send intelligence to the rebels in the south!"

All the officers took a breath. How did this commander receive the news? Could it be that he has other suspicion?

You should know that now the every move of the Reformers in Beijing is under the surveillance of the Beiyang New Army. They don’t know how Yuan Shikai got the information that the Reformers colluded with the Southern Army. Even if Yuan Shikai received news of the Reformers’ bad intentions, it should have been provided directly by them.

Now they don’t even know that the Reformers colluded with the Southern Army, but Yuan Shikai knew it at the first time, which only shows one problem, that is, Yuan Shikai has another intelligence agency!

If Yuan Shikai had other spies, wouldn’t their little “actions” have been discovered? When they thought of this, cold sweat broke out on the forehead of every Beiyang New Army officer present. Most of them had some “actions”, including gambling, visiting kilns, and deducting military pay.

However, these officers were wrong. The reason why Yuan Shikai summoned them was not that he really got information about the Reformers colluding with the Southern Army, but that he had just had a nightmare, and this nightmare made Yuan Shikai restless. Whether it was a dream or a real thing, he would not let them happen, and he would never!

"Catch the Restorative Rebellionists overnight! Behead all of them at Caishikou at noon!" Yuan Shikai said word by word.
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