Yuan Shikai and a group of people from Beiyang were all smiling and looking at the newspapers, expecting that Zhejiang would be bigger and more chaotic, and it would be best for the southern party to set off a large-scale war to fight to the death, and then Beiyang would easily go south to unify China.

Nanjing, on the other hand, is extremely ambivalent about this.

At this time, Nanjing was no longer the former Nanjing Temporary Political Axe, but only a left-behind guard, and in addition to continuing to be in charge of the Southern People's Army, it had lost its status as the central political axe. More importantly, as the leader of the Southern Party, Sun Wen left Nanjing after his resignation in April, first to Shanghai, and then to his hometown in Guangdong to visit relatives. Another leader of the League, Song Jiaoren, has also left Nanjing, and is running around various places to reorganize the League in preparation for the future congressional elections.

So there is only one Huang Xing left in Nanjing.

Then after Huang Xing learned that there was turmoil in Zhejiang, he couldn't figure out what was going on in Zhejiang for a while, so he hurriedly sent a telegram to inquire, and at the same time ordered both sides to refrain from using force easily.

However, Huang Xing obviously overestimated his role, Zhu Rui had already marched into Hangzhou in order to compete for the position of governor of Zhejiang, and because Huang Xing dismissed the people's army some time ago, he forcibly repatriated Zhu Rui's second division to Zhejiang, in the final analysis, the reason why Zhu Rui returned to Zhejiang was inseparable from Huang Xing, so he directly ignored Huang Xing's rhetoric.

After the advance regiment occupied the city gate, most of the second division began to march into the city of Hangzhou one after another. At this time, the Zhejiang First Division in the city was already in chaos, one of the original four infantry regiments was directly taken away by Jiang Zungui, and the rest was sent by Jiang Zungui to block the second division. But the remaining three regiments are all controlled by local officers in Zhejiang, although they do not obey Jiang Zungui's orders but are not willing to take refuge in Zhu Rui, in this case, these regiments at the beginning of the block Zhu Rui to no avail of very simply retreated, one of the regiments directly surrendered to Zhu Rui, and the remaining two regiments also gradually withdrew from Hangzhou City, to the 25th Division outside the city to move closer to the past.

In this way, the Zhejiang First Division is completely finished.

While Zhu Rui personally commanded most of the Second Division to march into Hangzhou one after another, Chen Jingyun in Fuzhou once again convened an emergency military meeting because of the situation in Zhejiang.

Chen Jingyun learned that the time of the mutiny in Zhejiang was at breakfast time, and the source of the news was also learned from the two telegrams from Zhu Rui and Jiang Zungui, and then within an hour, the special envoy sent by Jiang Zungui to Shaoxing also rushed to Shaoxing and asked the Nationalist Army to send troops to Hangzhou to safeguard the vital interests of the people in Zhejiang.

After Yuan Fang of Shaoxing learned the news, on the one hand, he ordered all his troops to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent a regiment to meet Jiang Zun's headquarters who had fled from the city. and reported the news to Chen Jingyun in Fuzhou in a timely manner.

"They want us to send troops, what do you think about what to do?" Chen Jingyun looked at the group of people under him, because the matter was urgent, Chen Jingyun did not gather too many people, but several senior staff officers and generals of the headquarters.

Immediately, Feng Qin, Lin Chengkun, Shen Gang and others spoke separately, but this time, like last time, there were those who agreed with sending troops and those who opposed sending troops, and the reasons were all sufficient.

Zhu Rui, who was in favor of sending troops, now openly condemned the Nationalist Army's occupation of southern Zhejiang, saying that he was driving the Nationalist Army out of Zhejiang, and if this person took control of Hangzhou and became the governor of Zhejiang, then the next step might be hostile to the Nationalist Army, which was unacceptable to the Nationalist Army.

Those who oppose sending troops believe that the Nationalist Army should now keep a low profile and keep a low profile, and that it should accumulate strength, and that if it rashly arouses nationwide hostility for the sake of a single Hangzhou, it will cause a great obstacle to the future development of the Nationalist Army.

Chen Jingyun watched his subordinates arguing endlessly, knowing that they couldn't discuss this matter for a reason.

After pondering for a long time in his heart, he said: "I don't need to say anything about the affairs over there in Zhejiang, I don't need to say anything about it, and the meeting is dismissed!" ”

Chen Jingyun disbanded the meeting without saying a word, and immediately said to Secretary-General Yu Shifeng: "Give Yuan Fang an order, lead his troops to the periphery of Hangzhou, and prepare for battle!" Then he gave an order to Ma Cheng of Jinhua, ordering him to immediately lead his troops to urgently march in the direction of Hangzhou to reinforce the first division. But without my orders, you must not attack Hangzhou first. ”

Speaking of this, he said again: "Invite Lin Zhaomin over immediately!" ”

Lin Zhaomin also learned of the mutiny in Zhejiang at this time, and when Chen Jingyun sent someone to invite him, he immediately went to the Governor's Mansion to meet Chen Jingyun.

Seeing Lin Zhaomin, Chen Jingyun said: "Come, sit!" ”

Lin Zhaomin didn't know why Chen Jingyun called him at this time, did he want to ask about the countermeasures in Zhejiang?

After both of them drank tea, Chen Jingyun said: "Brother Lin, you and I have been helping each other since the Fuzhou incident, to be honest, if it wasn't for your help, the National Army would definitely not have today's achievements!" ”

Hearing Chen Jingyun boast of himself, Lin Zhaomin was a little surprised, how does this sound a little strange, you must know that Lin Zhaomin has been guarded by various factions since the incident, Zheng Zuyin's people don't want to see him, Lin Wenying and Xiao Qibin don't deal with him much, and Chen Jingyun regarded him as a competitor in the early days. Therefore, Lin Zhaomin's position in the system of the National Army has always been very embarrassing, although he is the deputy commander of the National Army, known as the second person in the National Army, but those who know the details know that Lin Zhaomin, the deputy commander, is just an empty title, and does not hold any real power.

In recent months, although Lin Zhaomin has asked Chen Jingyun several times to resign from the post of deputy commander, and at the same time secretly expressed loyalty to Chen Jingyun, hoping to get rid of the current embarrassing state, Chen Jingyun has not been allowed to do so for the sake of political influence.

Chen Jingyun continued: "Some time ago, you kept saying that you were going to resign, and at that time, the affairs of the National Army were busy and you couldn't do without you, so I didn't approve it. Now, some chores have also been loosened, so I approved your resignation report that was raised last month! ”

Hearing Chen Jingyun suddenly say that he approved his resignation, Lin Zhaomin was not depressed but overjoyed, and did not speak directly, but waited for Chen Jingyun to continue.

"Now that Zhejiang is unstable, there is a high probability that there will be a war. And now there are two divisions in Zhejiang, and if there is a war, there must also be a commander. So I am going to set up a provisional first army in Shaoxing. And I am ready to take on the position of army commander myself! , There is no deputy commander, as for the post of chief of staff of the army, I don't know if Brother Lin is interested? Chen Jingyun said while paying attention to Lin Zhaomin's expression.

When Lin Zhaomin heard Chen Jingyun's words, he immediately stood up, and then learned from Yuan Fang and said: "Zhaomin swears to die for the governor!" ”

Lin Zhaomin is not a stupid person, on the contrary, he is still very smart, although Chen Jingyun only said a few words, but Lin Zhaomin heard the weight of this chief of staff of the First Army. First of all, Chen Jingyun must set up a command organ to unify the command of Zhejiang's army for the sake of possible war in Zhejiang, after all, although there are already telegraphs in this era, but from such a distance, there will be many difficulties in remote command on the side of the headquarters, which will easily cause delays in fighter planes, and so on.

In order to design a corps-level command headquarters, then the selection of army commanders, deputy army commanders, chief of staff, and so on is a big problem, and aside from the balance and power balance among the various generals, there are only a handful of people who can organize army-level battles from the national army.

In the existing officer system of the National Army, including the seven division commanders, basically all of them have grown up from middle and lower-level officers, and it can be said that no one has received a systematic and regular military education in the combat of the large corps, and these people have been promoted too quickly, so it can be said that the quality of the current senior officers of the National Army is really not good, and their military quality is not enough to command a battle at the corps level.

And most of the people who really have this ability do not hold real power, such as Lin Zhaomin, he was born as a Lu Shi, and he was a standard commander before the revolution, and Wang Lin, who had just served as a senior military adviser, this person was also born as a Lu Shi, and served as an assistant commander before the revolution, as well as some other Lu Shi and Baoding Military Academy officers that Chen Jingyun recruited during these times, and based on the loyalty of these people, Chen Jingyun mostly arranged them under the national army headquarters, or arranged them to be chief of staff at the division and regiment level, For example, the division commanders and deputy division commanders of the four main divisions are all descendants of Chen Jingyun, but the four chiefs of staff are all former senior generals of the New Army.

If you want to find a person who can be a military commander among these people, you may be able to find one or two, but Chen Jingyun is definitely not at ease. Therefore, Chen Jingyun took the position of army commander for himself, and then planned to send a high-quality professional general like Lin Zhaomin to specifically command the operation. At the same time, because Lin Zhaomin is only a chief of staff, it is okay to command operations, but it is impossible to control the troops.

Lin Zhaomin is not a stupid person, so he guessed Chen Jingyun's thoughts, although Chen Jingyun asked him to be the chief of staff, but because the army commander is Chen Jingyun himself, and there is no deputy army commander, then it means that the actual command of the army falls into the hands of the chief of staff.

In other words, he, Lin Zhaomin, will be able to command the war in Zhejiang at that time, which makes Lin Zhaomin's heart extremely excited.

After waiting for nearly half a year, he finally dispelled Chen Jingyun's suspicion of him, and all he expected before was to be able to be lowered by Chen Jingyun to the division as a deputy division commander or chief of staff or something, but today Chen Jingyun gave him the hat of a military chief of staff, although Chen Jingyun has made it clear that this army-level establishment is temporary, but as long as he has this experience, Chen Jingyun will definitely reuse him in the future.

People live in the world, don't they seek fame and fortune!

Seeing that he was excited, Chen Jingyun also sighed a little in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that there were really no people under his hands, he would say that he would not want to release this original competitor, but it backfired. A lot of times things don't always work the way they want.

Maybe when Ma Cheng and his descendants have a few battles, and then let them study for a few months, they should be able to find a few generals to come!

Chen Jingyun signaled Lin Zhaomin not to get excited: "Before I go, I will ask Feng Qin to equip you with a command team in the headquarters, and Shen Gang of the Operations Division still has the ability, this time I will let him be your deputy!" Then draw people from the staff to form a professional staff team! ”

Modern warfare has never been child's play, if the battle of dozens or hundreds of people can still be decided by the will of the commander, then a battle of tens of thousands of people involves too many aspects, including the arrangement of the battle, the supply of logistics materials, and too many other things, these things can never be done by one general or two generals, and a professional command team must be needed to plan.

At present, the headquarters of the National Army is responsible for similar tasks in the National Army, and this time the formation of a temporary military-level command is the fastest way to form a command that is to transfer personnel from the headquarters.

On the same day, Chen Jingyun officially issued a circular within the Nationalist Army that Lin Zhaomin would resign from the post of deputy commander and assume the post of chief of staff of the newly established provisional First Army. When this circular was issued, Lin Zhaomin and Feng Qin had already set up a temporary command team of more than 50 people in the headquarters of the First Army Headquarters, and then rushed to Shaoxing on a foreign ship overnight.

In the afternoon of the same day, the 13th Regiment sent by Yuan Fang in advance received the remaining troops of Jiang Zungui, and then Jiang Zungui officially sent a telegram to Chen Jingyun inviting troops, asking the Nationalist Army to help clear out the rebels of the Zhejiang Mutiny. In the evening of the same day, Chen Jingyun sent telegrams to the Nanjing Left-behind Mansion and Yanjing Zhengaxe to inquire about the invitation to the troops, asking for instructions on whether to send troops to Hangzhou.

For a while, Huang Xing of Nanjing's Left-behind Mansion and Yuan Shikai of Yanjing were both a little overwhelmed by Chen Jingyun's trick.

Is it accurate? Or is it not allowed?