Among the remaining two choices, Cen Chunxuan weighed the left and right, and was still unsure of his mind. In terms of being an official, it is naturally better to be an official in the center. When it comes to the center of power, there are naturally more opportunities for improvement. However, surrendered ministers like himself have no foundation and no connections. Therefore, even if he stays in the center, he will only give himself a cold position and not have much future. Instead, he is better off working in the local area and can achieve some results.

If the East China Government gave Cen Chunxuan some places like Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, even Henan and Shanxi, Cen Chunxuan had nothing to worry about and made a choice immediately. However, the East China Government chose Cen Chunxuan's only two provinces, Shaanxi and Gansu, because Cen Chunxuan had been an official here for several years and had a deep understanding of the situation of these two provinces. Gansu and Shaanxi were basically poor and backward, and the people were tough and conflicted, and it was not a good place to be an official.

During the Qing Dynasty, although Cen Chunxuan was also an official here, he was the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi at that time. Although the place was a little poor, he was also a chief official in the border areas, with great power in military, politics, finance and punishment, and also served as the editor of the new army. It can be said that he had great power. Now the East China government gave him is just a governor, with too much power, and it is probably difficult to achieve any achievements in this position, so Cen Chunxuan was reluctant to make up his mind.

Just when Cen Chunxuan was undecided, he secretly contacted the East China Government to discuss surrender, but the news leaked.

Although Cen Chunxuan tried hard to conceal such a major matter, it was impossible to conceal such a major matter for a long time. After all, other forces are not fools. Although Cen Chunxuan took a tough attitude on the surface and vowed to fight to the death with the East China Government, he actually did not actively prepare for the war. On the contrary, he relaxed the defenses of many places. Therefore, everyone could see that there was a problem here. If you keep a god inquiring and bribing a few governors' servants, it would not be difficult to figure out the true image.

After learning that Cen Chunxuan was secretly discussing surrender with the East China Government, the reactions of other forces were different. The New Qinghai-Tibet three parties had no rejection of surrendering to the East China Government, but they only required that they could ensure their own interests after surrender. Therefore, they were not very angry with Cen Chunxuan's behavior. What they paid more attention to was the conditions for Cen Chunxuan's surrender, so that they could refer to their next contact with the East China Government. Of course, they should also pay attention to it, but don't let Cen Chunxuan buy himself.

Only the Mongolian forces were angry after learning about it, because only they had no way out. The other three forces had a way out. Even if they did not surrender to the East China Government, they could retreat to their own borders and at least for a while. Only the Mongolian forces, because they had completely lost their foundation, could only choose to stand firm with the East China Government to the end. Therefore, once Cen Chunxuan and the East China Government agreed on the conditions for surrender, the Mongolian forces would have only a dead end.

Therefore, the Mongolian senior Mongolian forces, led by King Darhan and King Demuchuktonrup, also urgently negotiated countermeasures. Most of them advocated joining forces with the other three forces to jointly put pressure on Cen Chunxuan, forcing Cen Chunxuan to give up negotiations with the East China Government and return to the position of being an enemy of the East China Government. If Cen Chunxuan does not accept it, they will join forces with the other three forces to overthrow Cen Chunxuan and occupy Gansu to compete with the East China Government.

The Russian officer Vickenuff, who accompanied him, believed that now the other three forces had their own ulterior motives, and it was difficult to jointly implement the agreement to put pressure on Cen Chunxuan. On the contrary, it was easy to alarm Cen Chunxuan and make Cen Chunxuan more vigilant. Therefore, it would be better for the Mongolian family to launch a surprise attack, kill Cen Chunxuan, and then dominate Gansu as the basis, and then unite the other three forces to compete with the East China government.

Vickenuff further pointed out that even if the Mongolian family takes action, the chances of victory are still not small, because the other three companies do not have much troops in Gansu. After all, the other three companies have their own territory. Of course, it is impossible to send a large number of troops to Gansu. The Tibetan army has only hundreds, Qinghai army only has more than 1,000 people, and Xinjiang has only more than 2,000 people. The three forces add up to less than 4,000 people. The Mongolian army fled with their families and had nearly 10,000 people, of which there are about 6,000 troops, far exceeding the army of the other three forces. In addition, with Russian funding, the Mongolian army has relatively complete weapons and equipment, which can at least ensure that one shot is used and the bullets are sufficient, and all of them are cavalry, which is suitable for raids.

In addition, the Mongolian army has fought with the People's Army. Although it was defeated by the People's Army, it was after all forging through actual combat, so its combat effectiveness is relatively reliable. Moreover, after Vickenoff's observation, the other three forces, including Cen Chunxuan's army, have different qualities and are quite far from the Mongolian army. At the same time, Cen Chunxuan's army was defeated by the East China Government and lost most of the losses. If the Mongolian army launches a sudden attack at this time, the chance of victory is still very high.

Vickenuff's suggestion was supported by young and strong people led by Deliger, son of Taotaohu, and Naima. However, King Darhan and King Demuchuktonulup were mature and persistent, thinking that Vickenuff's suggestion was too risky, so he decided to contact the other three forces first.

But as Vickenoff expected, the other three forces were not interested in Mongolia's suggestions, and had no intention of putting pressure on Cen Chunxuan. After all, they were all waiting to see the outcome of the negotiations between Cen Chunxuan and the East China Government. Therefore, King Darhan and King Demuchuktonrup were also disappointed, and they knew that the situation was critical, so they could only take risks at this point, adopt Vickenoff's suggestions, launch a raid, kill Cen Chunxuan, and then dominate Gansu, as the foothold of the Mongolian army, and then fight to the death with the East China Government.

So everyone immediately negotiated the plan and mobilized the army overnight to launch an attack on Cen Chunxuan.

In fact, Cen Chunxuan was not unprepared for other forces, but after the new defeat, most of his troops were injured and killed, so he was short of troops and was not fully prepared. In addition, the Mongolian army was not stationed in Xining, Cen Chunxuan also knew that the number of Mongolian troops was the largest, and his army was severely injured, so he naturally did not dare to place the Mongolian army in Xining. Instead, he was stationed at Weiyuan Fort about 20 kilometers north of Xining. Staying away from Xining in this way reduces the threat to Xining. But in this way, Cen Chunxuan's monitoring of the Mongolian army was much smaller, after all, not under his nose.

As a result, Cen Chunxuan knew nothing about the mobilization of the Mongolian army, and the Mongolian army was all cavalry. The distance of 20 kilometers was less than an hour and rushed to the city of Xining. Although Cen Chunxuan also arranged for soldiers to watch the night, the Mongolian forces still had more than 200 soldiers in Xining. They suddenly attacked the city, seized a city gate, and placed the Mongolian army into the city.

The Mongolian army entered Xining City, and was even more out of control, burning, killing, robbing, and doing everything. Cen Chunxuan was shocked after receiving the notice. Although he also recruited troops to resist, he had no choice but to be in chaos in the city and the barracks were attacked by the Mongolian army, so he could not gather at all. Seeing the Mongolian army reaching the Governor's Mansion, only relying on Cen Chunxuan's hundreds of followers to resist to the death, it was considered as if he had to defend the Governor's Mansion, but he couldn't hold on for long.

In desperation, Cen Chunxuan had to take his family members and under the protection of the guards, leaving the Governor's Mansion and escape from the other city gates. After dawn, Cen Chunxuan gathered the remaining soldiers in Long, with only more than 1,000 people, and was obviously unable to capture Xining again, so he had to escape to Lanzhou. After all, there was an army stationed in Lanzhou and had a foothold.

After Cen Chunxuan was resettled in Lanzhou, he immediately sent people to send letters to Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang forces, severely accusing the Mongolian forces of their rebellion, and recruiting the three forces to send troops together to help him conquer the Mongolian forces and seize Xining again. Although the Mongolian army failed to capture Cen Chunxuan, it completely occupied Xining and declared Cen Chunxuan a traitor, took over Gansu Province, and also launched an invitation to Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang forces, asking them to send troops to fight against the East China Government.

However, Qinghai, Tibet, and Xinjiang have no choice but to ask Mongolia and Cen Chunxuan for their requests. They just took their respective troops to withdraw from Xining and stationed far away, watching the tiger fight. This is not a joke by the three forces who intend to see them, but they really don’t know what to do. The three forces do not want to get involved in the battle between Mongolia and Cen Chunxuan. After all, at this time, it is not appropriate to help anyone, and the three forces do not have much force in Gansu. Even if they want to help, they can’t help much, so they can only take a step back and look at the changes in the situation before making plans.

Seeing that Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang did not respond to their own tricks, Cen Chunxuan was also disappointed because the incident was obviously a wrong Mongolian force, but Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang forces obviously did not want to uphold justice for themselves. It is impossible to defeat the Mongolian force and recover Xining by relying solely on Cen Chunxuan's current troops. The territory of Lanzhou Prefecture and the East China Government are already bordered, and the general is on the front line. This is also the reason why Cen Chunxuan and others gave up Lanzhou and retreated to Xining. Although the negotiations between Cen Chunxuan and the East China Government have reached the final stage, the negotiations have not been finalized. Theoretically, the two sides are still hostile. If the East China Government learns that there is civil strife in Gansu, they may stop the negotiations and directly send troops to advance to Gansu. Therefore, Cen Chunxuan is temporarily under the enemy and is in a very dangerous situation.
Chapter completed!