After Yuan Shikai became the president, the Yuan Mansion had been changed into the presidential palace.
This place had already become the true center of power in China.
Yuan Shikai and his confidants and aides were dealing with state affairs here.
Of course, at this stage, the places that the Beiyang government could control were mainly north of the Yangtze River. Many places south of the Yangtze River were still in the hands of the Southern Revolutionaries.
However, after the Beiyang government received a large amount of loans from the country, its military strength further expanded.
This made Yuan Shikai gradually lose patience with the Southern Revolutionary Party. When the newly formed troops were trained, the Northern Army would definitely go south on a large scale to dismantle the Southern Revolutionary Party and complete the unification.
Under the influence of Yuan Baocen, the little butterfly, the Northern Army's strength was even stronger than in the other space-time. If Sun Dapao's revolutionary party wanted to fight against the Northern Army, it would undoubtedly be even more difficult.
Unless Sun Dapao's supporters from the island country personally came, the Southern Revolutionary Party would never be a match for the Northern Army.
"Apricot City, is there any news from Bao Cen?”Yuan Shikai took the initiative to ask after dealing with a day's work.
Yuan Baocen, the second son, had now become the son that Yuan Shikai paid the most attention to. He paid special attention to the 7th Infantry Division's military operations.
"Milord, Second Young Master's operation against the bandits in the mountainous area of Yuxi was very successful.”Yang Xingcheng replied.
"Oh? The bandits in the mountainous areas of western Henan had always been a great threat to the Central Plains. Since the Qing Dynasty, they had been trying to suppress them, but to no avail.”Yuan Shikai was curious.
Yuan Shikai was also from Henan Province, so he naturally knew that the bandits in the mountainous areas of western Henan were a chronic disease.
"Mister Second Young Master sent the main force to block off the main roads leading to and from the mountainous areas of western Yu. Then, he sent elite reconnaissance troops into the mountainous areas to attack the bandits, causing heavy losses to the bandits. In the telegram sent back by the Second Young Master yesterday, Bai Lang and the other bandits had been forced into a desperate situation. They were gathering their troops and preparing to attack Lushan County. The Second Young Master had already set up an inescapable net in Lushan County, waiting for Bai Lang and the others to come knocking on his door. There would probably be good news today.”Yang Xingcheng smiled.
This Second Young Master had given him too great a shock. He had originally thought that the Second Young Master was only very accomplished in literature. He did not expect that he would have such a huge change after abandoning literature and switching to martial arts.
"I really didn't expect that this kid had never been a soldier or attended a military school, but he knew the essence of military strategy!”Yuan Shikai also praised.
"Sir, Second Young Master is indeed a genius. I believe that he is familiar with military books.”
Yuan Shikai nodded. He was more and more satisfied with his second son. No matter how one looked at it, he was much better than his eldest son, who had great ambitions but little talent. The future of Beiyang was obviously more suitable to be handed over to his second son than to his eldest son.
"Report, 7th Infantry Division!”a servant reported.
Yang Xingcheng quickly took the telegram and handed it to Yuan Shikai.
After reading the telegram, Yuan Shikai's face was full of smiles.
"Haha! That kid did a good job. In the battle of Lushan County, they had already wiped out more than forty thousand bandits in the mountainous area of Yuxi. Among them, there were more than 25,000 captives.”
"Congratulations, Milord. Second Young Master is indeed powerful!”Yang Xingcheng was very impressed.
Although the 7th Infantry Division had only defeated a group of bandits this time, those bandits had been able to wreak havoc in the mountainous areas of western Yuxi for many years. The Qing court had not been able to exterminate them all. Clearly, they were capable.
Yuan Baocen was able to lead a newly formed army and exterminate this group of bandits. This undoubtedly showed his ability.
On May 25th, the 7th Infantry Division of the Beiyang Army set off from western Henan and embarked on their return journey.
The 28,000-strong army had only suffered a few dozen casualties in this battle. Most of the casualties were caused by the scouting team fighting the bandits in the mountainous area.
When the bandits attacked Lushan County, the 7th Infantry Division of the Northern Army relied on their powerful firepower to slaughter the bandits, causing no casualties.
Among the 25,000 bandits, Yuan Baocen ordered to select bandits with clean backgrounds and no serious crimes to form the 7th Infantry Division. One of them selected more than ten thousand people to form three supplementary teams.
Although it was called a reinforcement group, Yuan Baocen's plan was to equip it with the same equipment as the regular army and train it like the regular army.
In reality, this was just a way for Yuan Baocen to further expand his forces.
With these three regiments, the 7th Infantry Division had more than 40,000 soldiers.
Yuan Baocen's actions also made Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaozhun a little worried. Would it arouse the suspicion of the Northern Army's higher-ups? After all, expanding the army without permission was a serious crime if it was investigated.
However, Yuan Baocen was unmoved. He had already written a letter to Yuan Shikai. If Yuan Shikai did not respond, it meant that he had acquiesced.
The reason why Yuan Baocen continued to expand his army was because of a sense of urgency. If he was not wrong, the 7th Infantry Division would soon be able to enter the battlefield again. At that time, he would have to face even stronger enemies. He had to build more troops now to avoid being flustered when the time came.
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