On May 1, 1917, Milyukov sent a note to the Allied governments, claiming that Russia would abide by the various treaties signed by the tsarist government and that the world war would be carried on to a "victorious end". On 3 and 4 May, at the call of the Bolsheviks, the workers and soldiers of Petrograd staged demonstrations against the imperialist policies of the Provisional Government. The Provisional Government was forced to remove Milyukov and Guchkov from their posts. On 1 July, the Provisional Government launched an offensive on the front and suffered a crushing defeat. The Russian Provisional Government asked the front-line soldiers to continue to attack Germany, but the Russian Provisional Government was once again hit hard by the German ** team, and most of the soldiers on the front line were unwilling to continue fighting, so the Russian government was surrounded by the German-Austrian forces, and 300,000 Russian soldiers were captured.

On July 16, 1917, demonstrations by workers and soldiers broke out again in Petrograd, and there was a tendency to turn into an armed uprising.

On July 17, 1917, the Provisional Government dispatched troops to massacre the demonstrators, killing and wounding more than 400 people, while arresting and killing Bolsheviks, closing the Soviet Pravda and disarming the Red Guards. Then he ordered the arrest of Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks. The Soviets, usurped by the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, had become appendages of the Provisional Government. The coexistence of the two regimes came to an end. On 21 July, Kerensky replaced Lvov as prime minister of the Provisional Government. On 6 August, a second (provisional coalition) government headed by Kerensky was formed. Its main members were Cadets, Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries. The commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Kornilov, launched an army attack on the Soviet workers, peasants and soldiers, and Russia fell into chaos.

Therefrom. It is not difficult to understand the confusion of the officers of the Russian Trans-Amur Military District in the Far East, which government to obey and which government to support, and the Provisional Government has been in constant contradiction from the very beginning, while the two factions in the local areas are in constant turmoil. Wang Maoru's plan to release snakes attracted almost all the Red Russian forces in the Far East to Harbin. Fighting against White Russia such as Horvat avoided the creation of Soviet partisans throughout the Far East.

Wang Maoru deceived everyone. A bet was placed, and the bet was made, and he briefly helped the White Russians. Eliminated all the troubles of the Far East, failed...... It doesn't have any effect on yourself. When the Soviets obtained weapons, they immediately organized a Soviet army of nearly 20,000 semi-professional militiamen - of course, these people must be composed of Bolsheviks or Bolshevik supporters, and in history Zhang Zuolin dismissed about 4,000 Bolshevik Red Russian soldiers, but many more Bolsheviks were broken into pieces, lurking in the Far East, forming one Red Russian partisan after another, and constantly fighting with the later intervention armies to exchange fire with their logistics. So that there was not a single day of peace in the rear of the intervention army and the White Russians - although the Red Army was also an expert in guerrilla warfare later, it was the Red Russia that was the originator of guerrilla warfare. With guerrilla warfare, they dragged out 200,000 troops of the Intervention Army, and the entire Far East was in terror every day.

Wang Maoru didn't know that he was losing this bet for the time being. Yes to win, the historical 4,000 Bolsheviks have now become 20,000, and they are 20,000 immature and inexperienced semi-professional militia units, in the conflict with Belarus, the double-disabled tactics directed by Wang Maoru. In the end, only 3,000 Red Russians survived. The strength of Red Russia in the Far East was almost wiped out in one fell swoop.

Of course, Belarus is not having a good time, but the losses of Belarus are relatively small, and Belarus is composed of professional soldiers, and its combat effectiveness is far stronger than that of Red Russia.

"Good, good." Wang Maoru smoked a cigar, squinting his eyes and thinking about this big gamble, a big gamble with history. Now I can't see whether I lost or won, but Wang Maoru feels that no matter whether he loses or wins this big gamble, he is a big player, and he doesn't have to look at history anymore and can't do anything.

The cavalry and cars in front of him have been protecting, the convoy is not moving fast, Wang Mao is afraid of death, and the death of Zhang Zuolin in later generations has given him a great shadow, so he attaches great importance to his safety. Zhang Zuolin died, and there was a gentleman Zhang Xueliang to inherit the mantle, but if he hung up, his two sons Wang Zongding and Wang Zongfu were only two years old, how to inherit the mantle He was afraid of death, so he brought a brigade to Jilin Mansion.

At this time, Meng Enyuan, the overseer of Jilin, was also a little embarrassed, Wang Maoru said that he was a guest, but in fact he was persecuted, he wanted to kill Wang Maoru, but the strength was not good, he only added up to more than 20,000 people, and there were more than 20,000 people in one division, and they were six divisions, plus 140,000 troops such as police forces, forest rangers, marine police forces, militia patrol teams, etc., crowning the four eastern provinces.

How to fight? After the fight, I am afraid that one of his subordinates will immediately hunt him down with the banner of revenge.

Meng Enyuan still called his henchman Gao Shibin and said, "Wuru, what do you think? ”

Gao Shibin sighed slightly in his heart, the more he faced Wang Maoru, the more he felt extremely huge pressure, this pressure was like Mount Tai pressing the top, in fact, he somewhat recognized Wang Maoru's proposal in his heart, that is, let Meng Enyuan be the governor, and he was a literati, so he naturally went to be the prime minister, and Wang Maoru likes to lead troops, so continue to be his national generalissimo, the best of all three. He knows that the most important thing that Meng Enyuan can't let go of is military power, although his uncle was born in a small merchant and hawker (Tianjin fishermen who bought fish and shrimp in the early years), but he has been thriving for so many years, just because he has an army in his hands. The premise for Wang Maoru to support him as president must be to master the army, and this is also the contradiction between Meng Enyuan and Wang Maoru.

"Uncle, it depends on whether you want to be the president or not." Gao Shibin said, in fact, he had an idea in his heart.

Meng Enyuan smiled bitterly, who doesn't want to be a big president, but can he do it himself? He is a small trader, and he has to think about the capital and profit before doing anything, who doesn't want to be a big president and who is a bastard, but can he really do it? People are self-aware, and Meng Enyuan is a self-aware person.

Gao Shibin saw his decadent expression and said: "Uncle, there is only one chance, and now it seems that the war between the North and the South is imminent, and the government has no time to take care of the Northeast, and the Northeast is now the dominant trend of Wang Maoru's family." Duan Qirui turned a deaf ear to Wang Maoru's recovery of the Eastern Railway, let alone the occupation of Jilin. ”

"He dares—" Meng Enyuan said angrily, "why? What's the name? He has to be famous. ”

Gao Shibin looked bitter and said, "Is the teacher famous? Do you see when he beat Xu Lanzhou, did he have any name? After occupying Heilongjiang, the Beijing government not only punished him, but rewarded him. When they finished fighting Jilin, they were making a name -- uncle, have you forgotten it, and when Zhang Kuian was in Beijing, he and Zhang Zuolin's subordinate Yuan Jinkai were falsely accusing you of supporting the restoration? ”

Meng Enyuan's heart was cold, supporting the restoration was the biggest wrong thing he did, not without evidence, he also personally went to Beijing to support Zhang Xun, but unfortunately, the restoration was only successful for less than eight days, and Zhang Xun was cleanly beaten down by one of Wang Maoru's divisions. Speaking of which, if it weren't for Duan Qirui to stop and take care of the interests of all parties, Beijing would have been occupied by Wang Maoru alone. He entered Beijing in a high-profile manner, but he ran back secretly, Gao Shibin knew about it and opposed it at the beginning. It's a pity that I thought that the warlords of the whole country were the same as myself, and I was nostalgic for the old country, alas, a failure.

He walked a few steps left and right, and suddenly asked, "How about cooperating with Zhang Zuolin?" ”

"The front door drives the wolf, the back door leads the tiger." Coats Shore Road.

Meng Enyuan exclaimed: "The Ji army is so ......" It's no wonder, he is a soldier from a peddler, relying on sycophants, and his generals are either bandits, or their relatives and nephews, it is definitely not possible to fight, Wang Maoru, the army under his command is all graduated from military academies, all professional soldiers, and the army is well-armed, the soldiers are full of salaries, and the war dead and wounded are well paid, and they are all fighting for their lives. As long as you are not blind, you can see who is powerful.

Gao Shibin said again: "Uncle, the reason why Wang Xiusheng made you president, I think he still knows that his qualifications and influence are far inferior to yours." ”

"Tell me about it." Meng En walked from afar.

Gao Shibin analyzed: "Wang Xiusheng rose in the early years of the Republic of China, defected to Yuan Keding at the beginning, helped Yuan Keding form a model regiment, and later formed a battalion of soldiers, called a battalion of soldiers, but actually a regiment of soldiers. The soldiers of the battalion from the squad leader and above are all officers and regular graduates of the military academy, and soon after they entered Henan to exterminate the white wolf and made great contributions, which was valued by Yuan Shikai and focused on training and supporting. Later, because of the meritorious contribution of the aircraft, and petitioned to be stationed on the frontier, he got a brigade of soldiers, and then he made a home. From the early years of the Republic of China to the present, in six years, he has a section of ordinary people who have become the overseers of a province, and the speed of promotion is unheard of, but he also has a fatal weakness, that is, he is promoted too fast and the foundation is too shallow. And uncle, after decades of war in the previous dynasty, you were a general at the beginning of the Republic of China, and to this day, you are still one of the only veterans in the Beiyang system. In fact, uncle, you are a big president, you have enough qualifications, and if Wang Xiusheng wants to go to the next level, he must get your help, and borrow your fame so that he can command the princes. ”

Meng Enyuan stroked his beard, and moved a little with some intentions, yes, why can't I, Meng Enyuan, be president? At the beginning, I was on an equal footing with you Duan Qirui - Meng Enyuan probably forgot about it, whether it was Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, or Cao Kun Wang Shizhen, no one looked at anything else, Yuan Shikai looked up to him because he could see the wind and steer, and Cixi looked up to him because he could pat on the back. Meng Enyuan was a little fluttering, and said: "Okay, set up a banquet to entertain Wang Xiusheng, if he supports me as the president, hum, I will support this Heiji coalition." ”

Gao Shibin is also very happy, after all, not everyone can be the prime minister, as long as he puts down his military power, Wang Maoru will definitely support himself to be the prime minister.

It's good for people to be ambitious, but it's not right to fall into delusion, Yuan Shikai was defeated here, that Duan Qirui was also defeated here, and now Meng Enyuan is also going to fall into this rut.