The suggestions from Britain, France and other countries also surprised the East China government. However, after discussion, it was finally believed that the suggestions from Britain, France and other countries were generally more beneficial than disadvantages for the East China government.

In fact, during the Southern War, some people within the East China Government suggested that in the current Southern War, the East China Government could actually take the opportunity to send troops. Even if it could not collect the entire South, it could occupy several provinces and expand the scope of the East China Government's rule.

However, this suggestion was quickly rejected at the Executive Council. First of all, it was not to send troops to collect the South in a short period of time. It was a resolution made by the Executive Yuan and should not be changed without reason. Moreover, the East China Government has not made any preparations for collecting the South. After all, the military dispatch, material supply, logistics support, and management of the occupied areas all require sufficient preparations.

On the other hand, in 1909, the East China Government successively captured Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Zhejiang and other places, expanding nearly 1.5 million square kilometers. In addition, the Shanxi and Beijing areas occupied the previous year have actually expanded in the past two years, and it also takes a certain amount of time to digest it to establish a complete and stable control in these areas. Therefore, unless an incident such as foreign invasion occurs, it is not suitable to launch a large-scale war in the new year.

Mediating the war in the south at this time is also conducive to the plan formulated by the East China Government to keep the south even. Although the Southern War has been fought until now, Yuan Shikai has achieved great victory over Deyou and Fengde courts and is likely to occupy Fujian, the danger is still very great. Bi Jing is now limited in Yuan Shikai's strength, and this is because the Deyou court has been holding its troops, which allows Yuan Shikai to use troops to Fujian without any scruples. Once the Deyou court joins the war again, the situation of the war will become Yuan Shikai's nightmare.

In order to maintain the balance of power in the south, the East China Government cannot allow Yuan Shikai to win too much or lose too badly. Therefore, the truce is actually the best time. Although Yuan Shikai has won a lot of victories, he does not really occupy much place and has limited gains. In addition, until now, Yuan Shikai has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. It will take some time to recover after the truce.

Although both Deyou and Fengde courts lost, and they lost a lot, they both lost their troops and their generals, the two courts have joined forces and their strength is still far above Yuan Shikai. However, the intrigue between the two courts is also very serious, so Yuan Shikai is not without a chance, and eventually a situation of balance of power will be formed.

So the East China Government quickly replied to Britain, France and other countries, expressing their willingness to mediate the war in the south together and implement a ceasefire based on the areas that are now occupied by each other. Because the battlefield is now that Yuan Shikai has a little upper hand and has stolen some territory of the two courts of Deyou and Fengde. However, from the overall situation in the south, Yuan Shikai is still on the weak side, and both territory and population are far less than Deyou and Fengde. Therefore, this time, Yuan Shikai must take advantage and increase his strength slightly, so that he can maintain a balanced power.

Britain, France and other countries quickly agreed to the request of the East China government, because Yuan Shikai now mainly occupied Fujian, so a ceasefire was implemented based on the occupied areas. The main reason for the real loss was the Feng German court, and the loss was also the interests of Japan, which had nothing to do with Britain, France and other countries. If Japan still refuses to surrender, then don’t blame Britain, France and other countries for not considering Japan’s interests at this time.

After the East China Government and Britain and France reached an agreement, they immediately joined forces to Deyou court, Feng court, and Yuan Shikai issued a proposal, suggesting that the three parties implement a ceasefire based on the area they are now occupied as the boundary to restore peace in the south.

After being defeated by Yuan Shikai, the people in the Deyou court became much more honest, and the old man's voice also decreased a lot. New forces took advantage of the situation to attack the old man in an attempt to take the opportunity to take the lead. Pu Wei and Shanqi were worried about the aggressive snatching up the new forces' aggressive snatching power. If they lose the support of various countries at this time, it will be difficult to support them. Therefore, the truce is now in a standstill, and the internal forces are straightened out first.

Although Yuan Shikai's side, although the scenery is very glorious on the surface, Yuan Shikai knew very well that he was actually dancing on the edge of the cliff, and if he was not careful, he would fall to pieces. Moreover, when the war reached this point, his side's potential had almost been used. The main reason was that Deyou and Fengde's courts would join forces. If they were not plotting against each other and intrigue, they would have failed now. Therefore, the ceasefire was implemented with the occupied area as the boundary, which was actually very beneficial to him. He could get a chance to breathe and restore his strength.

In addition, this time Yuan Shikai was able to defeat Deyou and the two courts of Fengde rely on the support of the East China Government. Half of the army's weapons and ammunition were purchased from the East China Government. At the same time, the trade between his own jurisdiction and the East China Government is an important source of fiscal revenue. It can be said that without the support of the East China Government, Yuan Shikai would not be able to defeat Deyou and Fengde. Therefore, the East China Government came forward to mediate, and Yuan Shikai could not help but give the East China Government a face.

Deyou court and Yuan Shikai accepted mediation from the East China Government and Britain and France. Although the Fengde court was unwilling to give up, the ceasefire was implemented based on the area occupied now, and the Fengde court suffered the greatest losses, because the Fengde court actually only had one province in Fujian, and the area in Fujian was not large at first. At this time, the Yuan army captured Shaowu Prefecture, as well as some areas of Jianning Prefecture, Yanping Prefecture, and Tingzhou Prefecture. Therefore, if the ceasefire was implemented based on the area occupied now, the Fengde court would naturally suffer a loss.

Of course, the Japanese advisers of the Fengde court knew in their hearts that this was actually the intention of Britain, France and other countries to repair the Fengde court, which was actually the face of the Japanese backer of Deyou court. But the overall situation is determined now. If the Fengde court did not accept mediation, it would have to face the attack of Yuan's army alone. With the current strength of the Fengde court, it would be impossible to be a match for Yuan's army. As for Japan's military intervention, just like that, everyone understands that this is simply impossible, so they can only bear this breath and accept the result.

All three parties accepted mediation, and the Southern War naturally ended. Yuan Shikai undoubtedly became the winner on the battlefield. Not only did the areas he controlled were recovered, but he also occupied some areas of Binzhou and Changsha Prefecture in Hunan, Shaowu Prefecture in Fujian Province, most of the areas of Tingzhou Prefecture, Jianning Prefecture, and Yanping Prefecture, a total of about 50,000 square kilometers, with a population of about one million. However, Yuan Shikai's own losses were more than 5,000 soldiers killed and more than 8,500 injured. In addition, he captured about 15,000 prisoners of war in Deyou and Fengde.

There were more than 35,000 soldiers killed in the Deyou court and more than 20,000 were injured; there were more than 23,000 soldiers killed in the Fengde court and more than 7,000 were injured.

However, although the war ended, the peace situation in southern China was completely broken. The three sides seized the time of the truce, expanded their armies and prepared for the next war.

With the support of Britain, France and other countries, the Deyou court first calmed down the power seizure of new forces, and then recruited and expanded its troops again. It planned to organize 12 towns and 6 alliance troops, totaling about 200,000 troops. In fact, the population under the Deyou court was close to 100 million, and it is certainly not difficult to organize 200,000 troops. However, when the modern army is only human, it also requires weapons, ammunition, rifles, artillery, etc. Although the population and territory under the Deyou court were large, the industrial foundation was very weak. Except for Hunan, there was a little modern industrial enterprise, other regions were basically blank, so almost all the weapons and equipment of the army had to be purchased from Britain, France and other countries.

The funds required to purchase weapons and equipment of 200,000 troops will naturally not be a small amount. Although the territory under the Deyou court was large, its fiscal revenue mainly relies on agricultural taxes. Although Sichuan is known as the "country of the Heavenly Prefecture", the income of the imperial court is still limited. Moreover, the Southern War has already consumed a huge amount, so the Deyou court cannot afford this money at all, so it can only choose to increase taxes.

If the Deyou court can be spared from force, the Fengde court can only survive. After all, it is such a big place and has been occupied by Yuan Shikai. Even if he has great skills, he is still a clever woman who can't cook without rice. However, he can't just lie down like this, and he still has to struggle for a little while. The army naturally needs to recruit and reorganize and rebuild, and the weapons and ammunition needed have to be purchased from Japan. The money for forming an army can only be taxed when it comes from where it comes.

Of course, under the advice of Britain, France and other countries, the Fengde court finally chose to join forces with the Deyou court, abolished the emperor's name, and the Deyou court appointed Pu Ye as Prince Fengde, and forever guarded Fujian. He praised the Deyou court in fame, and finally realized the alliance between the two Pu.

Both courts were actively expanding their troops and preparing for war, so Yuan Shikai naturally could not be idle. Although he was the biggest enemy in this Southern War, he actually won a lot of danger. In the future, he would face the attacks from Sichuan and Fujian at the same time, so expanding the army became an urgent task. So Yuan Shikai decided to expand his army into 8 towns and 6 cooperatives, with a total force of about 150,000. Of course, more than 15,000 soldiers from the other side were captured in this war, and they were also incorporated into the newly organized army. After all, these prisoners had undergone certain military training and had experienced the battlefield. They were considered veterans and could get started soon.

Another thing is a weapon, Yuan Shikai knew very well that if he wanted to fight for the head, he would definitely not be able to fight against the Deyou court, so he could only take the elite military route and equip his army with better weapons. This war can make it difficult, and his army has better weapons and stronger firepower, which is also an important reason.
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