Although Beiyang is now poor, as long as it is not a large-scale war like the whole army going south, there is still military expenditure for fighting a local war, of course, in order to avoid accidents and the need to obtain more military spending, Yuan Shikai has instructed the relevant negotiators to further relax the conditions for the aftermath of the big loan, and strive to get the big loan for the aftermath as soon as possible.

Feng Guozhang was reactivated by Yuan Shikai as the commander of the Second Army to take charge of the battle on the Jinpu Line almost on the same day, the former Qing Dynasty Feng Guozhang because he did not listen to Yuan Shikai's hint and took Hanyang without authorization, almost on the same day Yuan Shikai was removed and transferred back to Yanjing, at that time many people thought that Feng Guozhang's loss of power was irretrievable, and the contradictions between Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui for most of the past half a year have become more and more intensified, and many people have chosen to take refuge in Duan Qirui instead of Feng Guozhang, So much so that Feng Guozhang has always fallen behind in the battle between the two sides.

However, after trying his best to be silent for more than half a year, Yuan Shikai once again used Feng Guozhang in a high-profile manner, and directly appointed Feng Guozhang as the commander of the Second Army, in charge of the Fifth Division and the Eighth Division, responsible for the battle in the direction of the Jinpu Line.

Such a big change naturally attracted the attention of many people, so the political situation in Yanjing once again became colorful because of Yuan Shikai's appointment.

Feng Guozhang's appointment as the commander of the Second Army can be said to be not a matter of the Beiyang family, but also related to the fate of other warlords in the country, the news of Feng Guozhang's appointment as the commander of the Second Army reached Fuzhou in the next day, and a large group of staff officers in the General Staff of the Nationalist Army began to analyze the consequences of Feng Guozhang's appearance on the Jinpu Line, and began to analyze Feng Guozhang's operational laws and other personal military information about Feng Guozhang.

Chen Jingyun also learned the news of Feng Guozhang's appointment as the commander of the Second Army for the first time, and after learning the news, he was silent, and he didn't speak for more than a quarter of an hour.

After a long time, Lin Chengkun finally couldn't help this atmosphere, and broke the silence when he spoke: "Commander, now the north has suddenly appointed Feng Guozhang as the commander of the Second Army, which is a clear plan to deal with us!" We can't afford to sit still! ”

Lin Chengkun opened his mouth to break the silence, and the others also spoke.

Feng Qin said: "Feng Guozhang is still in Yanjing, it is estimated that he will go south to Xuzhou, and it is unknown what will happen at that time, and now the first division and the second division on the Zhejiang side are slightly thin, even if a seventh division of Hangzhou is added, but in the face of Beiyang's active attack, I am afraid it will still cause great trouble." So Commander, see if we can launch it in advance, take Shanghai before the Beiyang Army moves south, and then go north to support Huangxing. ”

Chen Jingyun also heard what the people below said, but he didn't answer immediately, but looked at a few other people, at this time Chen Yi said: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, although Yuan Shikai appointed Feng Guozhang as the commander of the Second Army, but this is also a personnel appointment within the Beiyang Army, and he did not publicly say that he would go south, if we rashly march into Shanghai and go north to southern Jiangsu before Beiyang goes south, then we will be at a disadvantage in public opinion, and then people will think that we provoked a civil war. In this way, whether it is the people of other provinces in the country, I am afraid that even the people in the province will have a bad impression of our national army, and even dislike it. ”

Sometimes the people's will is worthless, but sometimes it is necessary. At this stage, the issue of popular support needs to be considered, and the image of the national army and even Chen Jingyun must also be taken into account.

Liang Xunqin also said at this time: "According to the strategic plan made in advance by our Operations Division, as long as the Beiyang Army moves south, Huang Xing's three divisions can block Beiyang for about ten days, then we can calmly mobilize the first, second, and seventh divisions to attack Shanghai, and support Huangxing after controlling southern Jiangsu." ”

At this time, Chen Jingyun suddenly spoke: "By the way, did Huang Xing reply from there?" ”

Hearing Chen Jingyun suddenly ask, Feng Qin next to him said: "At noon, we have received a call back from Huang Xing, and he thanked us for the early warning, but did not give a positive response to our proposal that the Nationalist Army went north to help the Soviet Army resist Beiyang. ”

Lin Chengkun said: "That person doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the Yellow River, if the Beiyang Army wants to go south in the future, it is clear that the first person to fight is him Huang Xing, and now he still doesn't accept our joint operation proposal, what is he thinking?" ”

Chen Jingyun's reaction to Huang Xing was expected, speaking of which, in fact, the Kuomintang headed by Sun Wen is actually quite miserable, and a huge alliance has long been torn apart, and now the remaining Kuomintang backbones after the reorganization are basically people loyal to Sun Wen, as for those nominal cadres, there is no need to count them, such as Chen Jingyun, Yan Xishan and others, no one regards them as the real backbone of the Kuomintang.

The military forces under the direct control of the Kuomintang are probably in two aspects, one is the troops under Li Junlie in Jiangxi, and there are about three or four divisions, which are quite a few but very limited in combat effectiveness, and on the other hand, there are three divisions under Huang Xing in Nanjing, Jiangsu. As for Bai Wenwei in Anhui, he doesn't even control the situation in Anhui now, and he can't completely control the two divisions in Anhui.

Under such circumstances, Huang Xing naturally didn't want the Nationalist Army to come to southern Jiangsu now. is also the same as the prediction in the staff of the National Army, Huang Xing is still very clear about the combat effectiveness of the three divisions under his command, and knows that it is impossible to rely on them to defeat Beiyang, but just relying on them to block the southward pace of the Beiyang Army in the early stage, it should be enough to fight for ten days and half a month. With this buffer of ten days and half a month, then the national army should also come up.

As for why Huang Xing can be sure that the Nationalist Army will catch up to support him in half a month, it is very simple, everyone is not stupid these days, the domestic situation can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and the Beiyang Army and the Nationalist Army in the south and the Dian Army will have to fight sooner or later. Looking at the deployment of heavy troops by the Nationalist Army in northern Zhejiang, we can clearly see the Nationalist Army's northern strategy.

Anyway, how to say it, Huang Xing's plan is that before the Beiyang Army comes, the southern Jiangsu region will be my Huang Xing's, and it will be okay with the National Army. And as soon as the Beiyang Army is defeated, you, the National Army, must hurry up, otherwise when the three divisions under my Huang Xing are finished, your National Army will not be any better.

It is not surprising that Huang Xing has such thoughts, and Chen Jingyun, the warlord leader of the national army system, even understands this. If you do it yourself, you'll do the same.

The situation in the north has changed because of Feng Guozhang's appointment, but the situation in the south is still important.

"What's going on over there with Shen Gang?" Chen Jingyun asked.

Feng Qin said: "The third division launched a surprise attack on the night before, and occupied the area of Yuexiu Mountain in the morning of the next day, and had a large-scale exchange of fire with Long Jiguang's department, and now the third division of our people's army has surrounded a regiment or so of Long Jiguang's troops in the vicinity of Yuexiu Mountain, and Shen Gang is mobilizing troops to completely destroy the enemy army of this regiment!" ”

"The situation in Guangzhou City is much better than we expected!" Liang Xunqin, the Operations Division, said: "Judging from the situation reported by the Third Division, Long Jiguang's troops are not strong in combat effectiveness, and they are even inferior to Zhu Rui's troops at the beginning. It's just that the weapons and equipment are better than Zhu Rui's department. According to the combat effectiveness of the 3rd Division, it should only be a matter of time before Guangzhou was taken. ”

Although Liang Xunqin said that it was only a matter of time to take Guangzhou, Chen Jingyun did not have any time for Shen Gang to continue to waste. It has been more than half a month since the beginning of the war rebellion in Guangzhou, which has not only attracted the attention of many powerful figures, but also attracted the attention of many ordinary people. More importantly, Guangzhou, although located on the southern coast, has become a powder keg, a powder keg capable of triggering a civil war.

The longer the time drags on, the greater the variables. If Chen Jingyun's Nationalist Army can take Guangzhou in a short time, then he will have the time and space to negotiate or reconcile with Beiyang, and at the very least, he will be able to transfer the army north after eliminating the hidden danger of Guangzhou, so that he can not worry about being stabbed in the abdomen.

However, if the Third Division is unable to take Guangzhou for a long time, in addition to spending a lot of military spending and military supplies, it will also cause many variables to the political situation, for example, Yuan Shikai may see that the strength of the Nationalist Army is contained in Guangdong, then it is possible to immediately move south, and if the Nationalist Army, which is fighting on two fronts, wants to be undefeated, it is estimated that it will depend on whether God will give face.

"The third division's movements are still too slow, give Shen Gang an order and ask him to take Guangzhou as soon as possible!" Chen Jingyun tapped on the table again as he spoke, and after saying what he had just said, he said: "Also, call Lu Rongting in Guangxi and tell him that if he still doesn't send troops, then there will be no chance, and then we will drive Long Jiguang to Guangxi again." I'm going to see what he does! ”

"Also, send a telegram to Cai Yi, and just say ......" Chen Jingyun said with a change of tone: "Forget it, I will personally draft the telegram!" ”

After such a hurried military meeting, Chen Jingyun did not delay much, but immediately drafted a telegram to Cai Yi, which is very short and different from ordinary private telegrams, Chen Jingyun's secret telegram is full of hundreds of words, and if there are more, I am afraid that it will be almost the same number of words as a telegram, and the content of the telegram is basically old-fashioned, and then it reminded Cai Ye again of the risk of going north, and then also mentioned the matter of Feng Guozhang being appointed by Yuan Shikai as the commander of the Second Army.

The telegram almost said that Cai Ye should not go to Yanjing to die, it doesn't matter if you die yourself, but you will not have a good time fucking me Chen Jingyun when you go north!

After Cai Ye received this long private telegram from Chen Jingyun, he let out a long sigh: "Power is really so important, for the sake of power, can you Chen Jingyun really ignore the unification of China?" ”