When Nie Wenzhou arrived at the capital, the 80,000-strong People's Army had already surrounded the capital.
"Young Marshal, we have already surrounded the capital. However, I heard that before we came, a group of people left the capital with an army.”
"There's no need to investigate. The intelligence department told us that some of the higher-ups of the foreigners and Beiyang have brought some people to Tianjin.”
"Oh, what are those Westerners doing? Could it be that they are afraid that we will make things difficult for them, so they don't dare to stay here?”
" Hmph," Nie Wenzhou said solemnly," There will definitely be conspiracies and plots. It's just that they haven't revealed their tails yet."”
Seeing that the artillery was already setting up their cannons and preparing to attack the city, Nie Wenzhou asked in confusion,""Didn't you persuade him to surrender? How many soldiers can there be in the capital now? Do they want to stall for time with us?”
"I've already sent a letter of persuasion, but there's no response now.”
"Then let's go. We'll enter the city today. Hmph, we've been here all this time and there hasn't been anything that can stop us.”
Although he really wanted to watch the cannon show, the people inside didn't give him the chance! When the time was up and the cannons were about to fire, the people inside slowly came out to surrender. It was really infuriating.
Entering the city, receiving, a flurry of work, it took half a day to finish. Nie Wenzhou didn't go to work. He had already brought the receiving officials over to deal with it. Only things that they couldn't handle were his business. However, he soon had a problem.
"What is it? The diplomatic embassy only had ordinary staff? So those foreigners were the foreign ambassadors? Forget it, let's ignore them for now."
"Hmm? You said that all the higher-ups of Beiyang except President Xu Shichang are not here? This was really problematic! Where's Xu Shichang? I'll go see him.”
Nie Wenzhou arrived at the president's residence. There was only one member of the presidential guard guarding the residence. The people's army had not entered the residence. Now that Nie Wenzhou was about to enter, they immediately went in to clear the area. Nie Wenzhou didn't stop them. His status was different now, and he couldn't do anything he wanted.
Xu Shichang finally got to meet this young man who had single-handedly thrown the entire country into chaos. Although he was the president, he did not have military power. He was just a rubber stamp.
"You're finally here. You're indeed young and promising! It's been so many years. This mess is really tiring. I can finally take off this burden.”
Nie Wenzhou smiled." You can do it if you want, but not now!"”
"Oh, don't tell me you want me to be an eyesore?”
"This isn't about being an eyesore. If you want the situation to stabilize quickly, then you have to hold on reluctantly.”
Xu Shichang pondered for a while and asked in confusion,""Are you that confident that you can quickly stabilize the situation? Let me remind you first that those people are heading south to fight you.”
Nie Wenzhou's expression froze, and then he said,""I need some time, but it's still possible. It's just a little more effort.”
"Good, young man, you have ambition! Alright, I'll help you for a while. You can do as you see fit!”
"That won't do. Tell me the truth, Old Master. I'm here to ask you for the imperial edict. If it's that simple, why would I look for you?”
"Oh, are you so sure that the old man's words will work?”
"Of course. Otherwise, why would they put you in this position?”
"Alright, then I'll help you. However, you have to promise me that if that time really comes, you will give me face.”
"Well, how about this? As long as they don't go overboard, I'm fine with it.”
"That's enough. With my old man around, they won't dare.”
Nie Wenzhou received Xu Shichang's promise and went to make arrangements.
Because the capital had surrendered so quickly, they were quickly reorganized. However, half of the original 30,000 people had been taken away. The remaining half had families in the north and did not want to go to the south with them.
In fact, the biggest hidden danger in the capital was that there were all kinds of people. After all, all kinds of people would come to this big city, and all kinds of forces would have people stationed here. Therefore, the capital was a place with spies everywhere. There was no way to change this situation unless you closed the door and didn't interact with anyone. Then, you could become one of your own.
Nie Wenzhou couldn't change anything now, so he could only control the situation first. His foundation was still too shallow. He did not have any manpower. In both the military and political circles, other than those who had started their career, they now had to rely on those who had surrendered or sought refuge.
That was why he had come to meet Xu Shichang this time. Now that he was going to start conquering the various places and taking over the places, he definitely could not eliminate all the people like before and replace them with his own people. To do this, one must have a reputation. Whose reputation was suitable? There was only the president of Beiyang!
Xu Shichang was also very cooperative. He didn't know if it was because he didn't like the Wan family and the direct family, or if he liked Nie Wenzhou more. However, it was not important anymore. With the name of the president, he could quickly take over and consolidate the territory.
Two days later, a division of the People's Army marched into Tianjin. There was no interference. Other than the concession that had not been taken back, the rest of the place was under military control.
In this matter, the People's Army had really wronged the foreigners. It wasn't that he didn't want to interfere, but he didn't have the ability to do so for the time being! Previously, when they wanted to bring a large group of people south, they all boarded the ship from here. Now that you have so many people coming over, how could they have any troops to interfere?
Ultimately, it was because the people's army was too fast. They had thought that even if they could not defeat the people's army, they would at least be in a stalemate! Unfortunately, things did not go as they wished. The people's army defeated Beiyang in a few days and then attacked the capital. At this moment, even if they wanted to make a move, they did not have the ability.
The East Asian territory in the Kanto region was very close, but a minister did not have the right to decide whether or not to mobilize the army to start a war. John Bull's strength was also far in the south, and there was no other force that could compete with the people's army. "In summary, we don't have any weapons on hand. I'll go and grab some weapons first. Just you wait!
Nie Wenzhou wasn't afraid of them. Now that the European War had just ended, people's expressions changed when they talked about war. If anyone dared to say war, then they would be able to drag them down by coming here from thousands of miles away. The navy that they relied on was a threat to Nie Wenzhou. The People's Army did not have a navy, but now he had a 203mm cannon, although it could not take out heavy battleships. However, as long as they could not enter inland rivers, such as the Yangtze River, how could they stop the people's army from growing?
As for the possibility of them attacking coastal cities, there was no need to worry too much because their interests were there. Moreover, this would only deepen the hatred of the people and increase the cohesiveness of the People's Army.
Therefore, the main characters of the people's army were still heading south to quickly annihilate the main force of the Beiyang army. As long as the main force of the Beiyang army in North China was completely wiped out, they would not have many people left in the country.
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