As a matter of fact, on November 10, Chen Jingyun's telegram on the dispatch of troops and the subsequent release of the telegram for the restoration of Guangdong caused a sensation not only in Guangdong and Fujian, but also affected the situation in China as a whole.

Chen Jingyun's electrification may not be a big deal in the eyes of ordinary people, isn't it just sending troops out of the province! However, in the eyes of those who have a heart, especially the many forces in the south, as well as the Qing court in the north and Yuan Shikai in the north, it is unusual.

It takes almost no effort for people to know that Chen Jingyun has been in a low-key position since he led the recovery of Fuzhou, but at the same time he has vigorously marched into various parts of the province, and has completely controlled the situation in Fujian in less than half a month, such a fast action is unique in the southern provinces that have been recovered, although the other provinces have announced the recovery but are basically in a state of chaos, Hubei and Jiangsu are on the front line, needless to say, and the military and political axes of Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces behind them only control the province in name, In fact, the vast majority of the province is a power vacuum, in which a large number of small armed forces are abundant.

This is also why so far only Hunan has sent reinforcements to Hubei, not that they don't want to send but can't. As for Jiao Dafeng in Hunan, this young revolutionary had no idea what the power struggle was, and was killed by the rebels after sending out the main force in his hands, and Jiao Dafeng's death made the real power figures in the provinces jealous.

In fact, to a certain extent, the main military forces in the southern provinces are still controlled by the former authorities, such as the senior generals of the New Army, such as the former civilian officials of the Qing court, or the constitutionalists Most of these people also joined the League temporarily like Chen Jingyun, but if they are said to be revolutionaries, it is estimated that few people believe them.

At a time when the southern provinces are purging their provinces and reorganizing their military strength, Fujian is the first to complete the preparations for this reorganization of armaments and war, and has announced in a high-profile manner that it will send national troops to Jiangsu and Guangdong.

This fact has already told the real power factions of various forces that after nearly twenty days of keeping a low profile, Fujian is finally ready to show its fangs.

"Okay, Chen Jingyun's move is very happy!" Huang Xing, who was far away in Hanyang, looked at the message in his hand, and a smile appeared on his tired face.

In the early hours of last night, the Beiyang Army launched a large-scale night attack on Hanyang, and Huang Xing personally went to the front line to supervise the battle to stabilize the battle line, and the huge casualties made him less and less confident in holding Wuhan, but today he received a telegram from Chen Jingyun! He naturally knew very well why Chen Jingyun sent this telegram, all because he gave him a telegram begging the Fujian army to leave the province, otherwise it is estimated that Chen Jingyun's Fujian army would not come out.

The excited Huang Xing naturally didn't know that Chen Jingyun, who had already initially integrated Fujian, was already preparing to expand outward, and his telegram was just catching up.

Huang Xing walked repeatedly in the room, and said to Song Jiaoren: "I heard that Chen Jingyun has three brigades and one regiment, this time he has two armies in the south and one in the north, and there should be one brigade and one regiment in Fujian Province, so that Nanjing should be able to get at least one brigade of Fujian army support, one of his brigades is equivalent to a association, so that 4,000 people plus other revolutionary armies in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are more than 20,000 people, enough to take Nanjing." ”

Song Jiaoren also agreed: "This is the best, wait for Nanjing, you can stabilize the morale of the army, so as to force the Beiyang peace talks!" ”

Hearing Song Jiaoren's big words, although Huang Xing disagreed with it in his heart, he did not refute it. Although he advocated peace talks at this stage, it was only a last resort, and if the coalition forces could take Nanjing in one fell swoop, he could integrate the forces of various armies in the south for the Northern Expedition.

Of course, this is a later story, Huang Xing looked at it on the map: "Now the situation in Jiangsu is critical, Xu Shaojiao's remnants of the Ninth Town retreated to Zhenjiang, and contacted Shiying (Chen Qimei) and others in Shanghai, saying that they were going to organize a coalition army to conquer Nanjing!" Fujian is too far away from Nanjing, and I don't know if I can catch it in a short time! ”

Huang Xing didn't know that although Chen Jingyun's telegram said that he would go north to Nanjing, the order he gave to Ma Cheng was only to occupy Wenzhou, and as for whether to continue to go north to Nanjing, it depended on the development of the war near Nanjing.

Yanjing, when Yuan Shikai heard that Chen Jingyun sent troops out of Fujian, he was slightly stunned and hurriedly looked at the map, and then secretly calculated the troops near Nanjing and the troops available to him on the Jinpu line, and finally his face sank.

"Nanjing seems to be unable to be saved!" Yuan Shikai said to Xu Shichang: "But this has nothing to do with him Chen Jingyun, even if he doesn't send troops to Nanjing, he can't keep it."

Xu Shichang was a little puzzled: "Why didn't the president send troops south to aid Zhang Xun!" ”

Yuan Shikai said disapprerovantly: "Brother Juren, it is not difficult to keep Nanjing, but what about after it is kept?" ”

Xu Shichang and Yuan Shikai have been brothers for many years, and they know that Yuan Shikai has the position of the president in his heart, but now that the war on the front line is unknown, those revolutionaries are still grinding their fists and trying to take down Nanjing, and even the Northern Expedition can really negotiate peace? Even if those revolutionaries in the south are willing to give up the position of president?

But seeing Yuan Shikai's expression like this, Xu Shichang also knew what he should say and what he shouldn't say!

Of course, Nanjing, a city with greater symbolic meaning than practical significance, is not to be nothing, anyway, this city has been repeatedly attacked by the enemy, decades ago was beaten by bandits, and then the Qing army broke through this city, both times are not too difficult, it can be seen that this city is really not so easy to defend, although Nanjing gave up, but can not let those revolutionaries along the Jinpu line to the north.

When Yuan Shikai was thinking about which part of the defense of the Jinpu line should be reinforced, news came that Guangdong had been recovered, and Yuan Shikai listened: "Zhang Jianbai (Zhang Mingqi) can also be regarded as a capable minister, and now that the southern provinces are in chaos, it is not easy for him to protect Guangdong until now!" I don't know if others are safe! ”

Xu Shichang sighed: "Over the years, he has formed a lot of enmity with the party members in the south, and he has hundreds of party names in his hands, and now I am afraid that this is difficult!" Alas, later, I will tell someone to go and investigate, and if the person is okay, bring it back, and if the person is gone, take care of the aftermath! ”

Of course, they didn't know that Zhang Mingqi had fled into the Shamian Concession at this time, and Zhang Mingqi was not a stupid person, so how could they not know that the revolutionaries hated him to the core!

However, the recovery of Guangdong itself did not bring much surprise to Yuan Shikai, the southern provinces were in chaos, and it was not surprising that Guangdong was in chaos, so in addition to some feelings about what happened to Zhang Mingqi, he also left the affairs of Guangdong behind.

Later in the evening, Yuan Shikai finally made a new round of adjustments to the war in the south, and ordered the fifth town stationed in Shandong to go south to Xuzhou to prevent the situation in Jiangsu from collapsing, and at the same time ordered Cao Kun to lead the third town and the sixth association and the rest of the army to the west to prevent the Shanxi region from threatening Gyeonggi from the northwest.

He also ordered the subordinate units of the First Army led by Feng Guozhang to intensify their attacks to create pressure on the Hubei People's Army, and at the same time hinted that Feng Guozhang should not fight too much, don't really take Hanyang and Wuchang, if you really clean up the Hubei People's Army, it will not end well!

Lao Yuan's idea is very simple, peace talks are peace talks, and fighting is to fight, on the one hand, to let the Qing court see the pressure, feel that the southern coalition army is extremely brave and fearful, and when the time comes, it will be happy to abdicate or something, and he must also save a limited number of troops, so Nanjing cannot be defended. But on the other hand, it is also necessary to let the southern provinces see the pressure, and let them know that our Beiyang Army is not unable to fight, but does not want to fight!

Therefore, Hubei has to continue to fight, and another point is to transfer the fifth town to Xuzhou to prevent the situation from deteriorating.

So far, Yuan Shikai has firmly controlled the situation on the front line with the strong combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army in his hands, and even on the other hand, Yuan Shikai controls the situation in the whole of China, at least so far, whether it is the southern provinces, or the war on the front line in Hubei and Jiangsu, or the reaction of the Yanjing court, these are under Yuan Shikai's control.

If he can really negotiate peace, he will be sure to oust Pu Yi from the throne of the emperor, if he can't negotiate peace, he is also sure that he will pacify Hubei and Jiangsu in a short period of time, and then wave his army south, according to Lao Yuan's estimate, it is estimated that it will only be two or three months before he really fights, and he did not even transfer most of the main forces of Beiyang to deal with the rabble in the south.

The twentieth town, the twenty-third town, the Zhili mixed association, the Fengtian mixed association, the Praetorian Guard, and the first town have not been touched yet! Along the Jinghan line, he arranged a union in the second, third, and fourth towns, and most of the sixth town, and the remaining main forces of each department were still resting and preparing for war in the rear!

If the overall strength of the army in the Beiyang system is compared to one hundred, Yuan Shikai is only about twenty of them fighting on the front line, and most of the forces are still standing still, waiting for the opportunity.

History has proved how big the gap between the Beiyang Army and the Southern Allied Army is, that is, the war against Yuan in 1913 in history, the Beiyang Army in the hands of Yuan Shikai and Xinhai have not changed much, and the armies of the southern provinces are much stronger than those in Xinhai, at least more than a year of training, and a large number of ordnance has been purchased, but the Beiyang Army still smashed the so-called Second Revolution in less than a month, forcing Sun Wen, Huang Xing and others to go into exile again!

No matter what happens in the future, but for the time being, there is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army is proud of the whole country. In fact, this is also the closest Chinese army strength to the armies of the great powers after the Opium War and before the founding of the People's Republic of China! The rest of the time is miserable and unsightly.

Beiyang Navy Division, Beiyang Army, these two modern armed forces with obvious warlord surnames have finally dissipated into the dust of history, but they are still brilliant at some specific times!

And the Xinhai year was the peak of the Beiyang Army.

When Yuan Shikai was busy mobilizing his army, the south was not idle, and on November 11, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Chen Qimei and others jointly issued a telegram, inviting representatives of various provinces to Shanghai to discuss the preparation of a temporary political axe.

Before the revolution was successful, and the situation of the war ahead was unknown, the first large-scale clash of opinions broke out in the southern provinces!