"Master Tang, it's not good, the Southern Army has captured the city!" A communication soldier rolled and crawled into the Yinluan Hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Tang Shaoyi sat alone in the main hall of the Yinluan Palace, holding a cup of hot tea still waving with fog in his hand.

"What's going on?" Tang Shaoyi asked.

The correspondent soldier said anxiously: "The guard of the East Gate led all the new troops guarding the gate to surrender. The south gate and the east gate were violently bombarded by the southern army. It is estimated that it will not last long!"

Tang Shaoyi said calmly: "Yeah, I understand."

The correspondents were puzzled by Tang Shaoyi's indifference. The southern army was about to attack the city, but Tang Shaoyi was not anxious at all. He was still leisurely brewing tea and drinking by himself in the hall.

"Master Tang, do you have no other orders?" the communication soldier asked in confusion.

Tang Shaoyi took a sip of hot tea and said calmly: "Haha, no more, you go down. If you can leave, just leave. Let the defenders at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion disperse, you can't resist it."

After hearing what Tang Shaoyi said, the communications soldier suddenly realized that Tang Shaoyi had no intention of fighting to the end. He had already expected that the Beiyang New Army would not be able to defend tonight, so he simply stopped forcing. After receiving the instruction of Tang Shaoyi, the communications soldier had to hurriedly throw away his gun and throw himself into the Beiyang New Army's ranks that fled in the city.

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Outside Beijing.

Looking at the fires appearing around Beijing City and the sound of gunfires are heard. Every ordinary person in the city knows that the Southern Army has begun to attack the city!

Tang Jian's face was faintly visible in the firelight, and a few wisps of green smoke lingered on the cigarette butts between his fingers. Duan Qirui stepped forward and said, "Commander, General Nie and the others have already attacked the city. Look, do we want it too..."

Tang Jian gave the Beiyang New Army in Beijing a last deadline during the day, that is, before midnight, if the defenders in the city do not surrender, he will be unable to attack the city. Just now, when the time comes, Nie Shicheng and Zhu Lianjie have already started the general attack on Beijing.

Tang Jian threw down his cigarette butt and crushed it with his feet, saying, "Who is the guardian of the city gate in front of us?"

"Report to the commander, Li Chun, the captain of the Beiyang New Army!" Duan Qirui replied.

Tang Jian knew Li Chun. Li Chun graduated from Tianjin Martial Arts School and was a second-class graduate. He served as the vanguard of the Army Supervisor in the Beiyang New Army. He was once a subordinate of Feng Guozhang and was also a young leader in the Beiyang New Army.

Tang Jian said slowly: "Since he is unwilling to surrender, then use our cannons to talk to him, so that all the generals of the Beiyang New Army know that there is only one way to go for Yuzhong Yuan Shikai's words!"

Duan Qirui was excited after receiving Tang Jian's approval. This was the first large-scale battle since he surrendered, and it was also time to prove himself to everyone in the Southern Army.

Tang Jian added: "I have issued an order to Nie Shicheng and Zhu Lianjie. After entering Beijing, do not attack the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace with cannons, and do not let the cultural treasures of the great Chinese be destroyed in our hands."

"Yes, Commander!" Duan Qirui replied with a military salute.

"Then do it!" Tang Jian ordered.

Tang Jian ordered that the artillery soldiers who were already ready began to launch artillery bombardment at the south gate of Beijing City, and a huge explosion suddenly sounded on the city tower.

"Run!" Duan Qirui took the lead and led Xu Shuzheng and other generals to launch a general attack on the south gate of Beijing!

"Captain, the firepower of the Southern Army is too strong, we can't hold it anymore!" An adjutant beside Li Chun advised.

"No, since the Grand Marshal has handed over the city gate to me, I must defend to the end to repay the Grand Marshal for his promotion!" Li Chun said firmly.

"But, Captain Li and the General left us in the morning. Look, there are fires everywhere in Beijing, the city has been destroyed, and we will die if we stay here!" the adjutant said anxiously.

"Stop it, the general said that he would defend us to the end. If anyone dares to spread rumors, don't blame me, Mr. Li, for being ruthless." Li Chun pulled out his short gun and roared angrily against the adjutant's head.

"Yes, yes...Captain Li!" The adjutant hurriedly led people to take over.

Suddenly, a row of bullets shot over, and his adjutant and several guards fell in a pool of blood. Li Chun turned his head and saw that the Southern Army had already broken through the city gate and was running towards the city tower at this time!

Li Chun yelled: "Be loyal to the general!" He said that, and rushed down the city tower with the only few remaining Beiyang New Army soldiers beside him and fought with the soldiers of the Southern Army.

Half an hour later, a regiment of Duan Qirui had already attacked the South Gate in advance, and the guard Li Chun was killed in eight shots. After a while, the Southern Army had completely controlled the South Gate.

After successfully capturing the South Gate, Duan Qirui led a regiment of Xu Shuzheng to rush into Beijing City. Xu Shuzheng asked, "Teacher Commander, are you going to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Duan Qirui nodded and said, "Yes, order the entire group to seize the Prime Minister's Office immediately and capture Yuan Shikai alive!".

After saying that, Duan Qirui and a regiment of troops began to march quickly towards the Prime Minister's Office. At this time, Beijing City had almost all fallen into the hands of the Southern Army. On the streets, you can see the soldiers of the Beiyang New Army who were throwing out armor at any time. The Southern Army shouted excitedly from all directions of Beijing City: "Don't kill the gun, and do not kill the gun!"

The disciplined Southern Army strictly followed Tang Jian's order and did not destroy or burn houses at will. The remaining Beiyang New Army soldiers who were hiding in the houses were cleared the next morning. After cleaning up the Beiyang New Army on the street, they immediately surrounded the Forbidden City. Without Tang Jian's order, the city was not allowed to be attacked.

Duan Qirui led his army to the Prime Minister's Office first, and there was almost no effective resistance on the way. However, after arriving at the Prime Minister's Office, Duan Qirui was still shocked because there were no Beiyang New Army soldiers on the entire Prime Minister's Office. It seemed that the defenders guarding the Prime Minister's Office had fled in all directions.

"Has Yuan Shikai escaped?" Duan Qirui asked in his heart, but to be on the safe side, he still led a battalion of troops into the Prime Minister's Office, while the other troops carried out guards outside the Prime Minister's Office.

When Duan Qirui entered the familiar Yinluan Palace, he only found Tang Shaoyi sitting alone in the hall. When Xu Shuzheng saw Tang Shaoyi making tea alone, as if no one was around, he asked Duan Qirui: "Teacher, do you want to tie him up?"

Duan Qirui waved his hand to stop him, tidied up his clothes, stepped forward, and said respectfully: "Duan Qirui, the Major General of the Southern Army, paid homage to Lord Tang."

Tang Shaoyi smiled indifferently and said, "Come on, Commander Duan, please sit down. I just soaked a cup of West Lake Longjing. Do you want to taste it?"

Duan Qirui smiled slightly, untied his armed belt, handed his gun to Xu Shuzheng, took two steps forward, sat opposite Tang Shaoyi, and held a calm look on his face to hold a cup of West Lake Longjing that Tang Shaoyi had just sipped for him, and sipped, "What a tea!"

Among the Beiyang New Army, Duan Qirui once admired the most were Yuan Shikai, Xu Shichang and Tang Shaoyi. Of course, Yuan Shikai is no longer the case now.

Even though Tang Shaoyi has now become a prisoner, this still cannot change the respectful position of Tang Shaoyi in Duan Qirui's heart, and can maintain the calmness and calmness of Mount Tai collapsed before the collapse of Mount Tai without changing color under the encirclement of the army. This made Duan Qirui admire Tang Shaoyi a little more.

Tang Shaoyi calmly gave Duan Qirui a drink again and made the word "please".

Duan Qirui nodded and thanked him, and asked, "Mr. Tang, don't you know where the Grand Marshal is now?"

Tang Shaoyi paused slightly and said, "Master Duan is so fast. I didn't expect that the city would be broken so quickly. I admire him!"

Duan Qirui frowned slightly, and he secretly cried in his heart that Yuan Shikai must have escaped, otherwise Tang Shaoyi would not be so calm. Tang Shaoyi asked himself to taste tea clearly because he wanted to delay time.

Duan Qirui asked again solemnly: "Please tell the general of Beiyi where he is now?"

"Is this very important?" Tang Shaoyi asked back with a teacup.

Duan Qirui suppressed the flames that were about to burst in his heart and smiled. At this moment, a noise came from outside the hall, and the sound of salutation could be vaguely heard.

"Haha, it's better to be quick, Commander, I, Nie Shicheng, are willing to accept the loss, and be willing to accept the loss!" Nie Shicheng laughed heartily.

"Where is, General Nie is not satisfied with his speed. He didn't expect that if I entered the city, you would follow me. If I was half a beat slower, the outcome would be unpredictable, haha." Tang Jian also laughed.

Duan Qirui turned his head and saw Tang Jian and Nie Shicheng entering the Yinluan Palace one by one, and behind them were a group of senior officers from the Southern Army.

Duan Qirui quickly stood up, Xu Shuzheng followed behind him and saluted Tang Jian and Nie Shicheng together: "Commander, Old General Nie!"

Tang Jian pressed his hands and signaled that everyone should not be restrained. Feng Guozhang, behind Nie Shicheng, first met his old friend Duan Qirui, greeted Duan Qirui excitedly, and Duan Qirui nodded and smiled.

At this time, Tang Jian discovered Tang Shaoyi behind Duan Qirui. When Tang Jian first met Tang Shaoyi in North Korea, he met Tang Shaoyi. At that time, Tang Jian was very impressed by this master who spoke fluent English. When he was training the new army, Tang Jian and Tang Shaoyi also had a brief contact. Tang Jian had already seen from Tang Shaoyi's speech that Tang Shaoyi was a person with real talent and knowledge, but at that time, Tang Shaoyi was being used by Yuan Shikai, and Tang Jian was not good at winning people's favors, and he always felt deeply regretful.

Although the two have been in two different camps, Tang Jian still felt particularly friendly when he saw him at this time. So once Tang Jian discovered Tang Shaoyi, he stepped forward and smiled and said, "Master Tang!"

When Tang Shaoyi saw that it was Tang Jian, he quickly stood up and replied: "Tang Shaoyi greets Commander Tang!"

"Mr. Tang, don't be polite, come and sit down!" Tang Jian arranged for Tang Shaoyi to sit down and said solemnly: "Mr. Tang Jian admires you!"

Tang Shaoyi's body shook, bowed, and said calmly: "I am grateful to you, this is a reasonable move, and it is really unpleasant."
Chapter completed!