Chapter 101 The February Revolution begins

In the night at Beijing's Qianmen Railway Station, a train slowly pulled into the platform. During this time, the most trains on the Jinpu and Jinghan railways were probably military trains. The Central Army in Beiyang is being frequently mobilized, and a large number of troops and military supplies are being transported to the south in a steady stream.

Chang Ruiqing sat in a passenger car attached to the empty military train returning north, holding an English newspaper in his hand and looking at it over and over. The carriage was full of his staff and henchmen, and Zhao Xiang'er was also wearing a military uniform and sitting beside him, sleeping on the table.

His chief staff, Jin Yongyan, sat opposite, looking at Chang Ruiqing and his little messenger who was obviously a woman disguised as a man with strange eyes. Jin Yongyan did not go south with Chang Ruiqing to suppress the bandits, but stayed in Tianjin to continue to contact all parties, so he didn't know Zhao Xianger's identity.

"Something is wrong!" Chang Ruiqing suddenly sighed at this time, threw the newspaper in his hand on the table, and his eyebrows were furrowed tightly, as if he was thinking about something.

Jin Yongyan took the newspaper and looked at it, only to see that the front page prominently carried the news that "a large-scale strike has occurred in Petrograd, with the participation of about 130,000 workers." He smiled at Chang Ruiqing: "Brother Yaoru, this big thing shouldn't be this Petrograd workers' strike, right?" ”

Chang Ruiqing raised his eyes and looked at Jin Yongyan, who looked disappreciative, and nodded slightly. Today is March 9, 1917, and the newspaper is carrying the news of yesterday, March 8. And according to the Russian calendar, yesterday was February 23, and in history, this strike was the www.biquge.info of the February Revolution in Russia! In just seven days, the Russian Romanov dynasty was coming to an end, and the Russian Revolution, or a revolution that would eventually spread over the whole world, had just begun!

Jin Yongyan smiled and said: "Yaoru, what you have to care about at the moment is not foreign affairs, but how to strive for the greatest benefits in this southwest pacification war!" Brother Yaoru, what is your goal? Division commander or town guard? ”

There was a slight hint of disdain on Chang Ruiqing's face, but he quickly concealed it. His goal is to control at least one province, and official positions such as division commander and town guard are completely out of his eyes!

He smiled and said, "Headmaster, do you think I have the talent to suppress a province?" ”

Jin Yongyan was stunned, a little surprise slipped across his face, and blurted out: "Yaoru, do you want to turn your back on Beiyang...... Cast on Sun Yat-sen's side! ”

Here in Beiyang, Chang Ruiqing's qualifications are too shallow, and he has climbed too fast as a mixed brigade commander, and he may be targeted for further promotion, and the result can only be climbed high and fall hard! Chang Ruiqing wants to find an overseer here in Beiyang, and he can't even think about it for ten years. The only way is to betray Beiyang and take refuge in Sun Yat-sen...... But the problem is that Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng have the grace of knowing him! If you betray, you will be spurned by the world!

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly: "Gong Zheng's kindness is too heavy, Ruiqing can't betray his old man." However, Sun Yat-sen's characters have also been contacted, and they are willing to help me take Fujian, and I will help them seize Guangdong! ”

Jin Yongyan frowned slightly, a little unhappy in his heart, such an important matter, Chang Ruiqing actually didn't come to discuss it with his staff at the first time! It seems that the other party has not fully trusted himself...... He barely squeezed out a smile: "Yaoru, the Kuomintang and the Revolutionary Party have some forces in Fujian, if your brigade can pass, there is still a chance to seize Fujian." ”

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand: "It's not a problem to seize Fujian, the problem is how to maintain the relationship with Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng after the capture of Fujian...... I can't turn against them! He looked at Jin Yongyan with an expression of humility and inquiry: "I don't know what the principal can do?" ”

"It's not like there's no way." Jin Yongyan thought for a while and said with a smile: "What you want must be the actual interests of Fujian Province, right?" Don't take the name of the overseer and the governor yourself, the overseer let Duan Zhilao and Xu Youzheng arrange people to do it, and you can operate it again, don't let the strength of Beiyang send them to Fujian as overseers. As for the governor, he recommended the people of the Fujian Navy...... They are low-headed snakes, and they must find a way to win them over. Of course, the army and the territory cannot be let go of death! ”

The train had completely stopped at the moment, and Zhao Zhen, who had stayed in Beijing, walked into the carriage with a smile, and two black Western carriages had stopped on the platform. Chang Ruiqing saw his little brother coming, and immediately got up to greet him: "Youlin, your days in Beijing are okay, how are your military training?" Didn't bother you in any way, did you? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and nodded, and first said hello to the old principal Jin Yongyan before reporting to Chang Ruiqing: "The soldiers of the supplementary regiment have just arrived, and the officers who are planned to be assigned to us have not yet arrived, and they will not come to take up their posts until the graduation of the fourth phase of Baoding, and the weapons and equipment will not be in place until the end of February." Oh, and there are also eight brand-new Japanese mountain guns, which were just sent to Fengtai yesterday, and our artillery battalion can be expanded in place now. ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seemed that Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng no longer doubted their relationship with the Red Brigade! He put the big-brimmed hat on his head, woke up Zhao Xiang'er again, and walked off the train with Jin Yongyan talking and laughing, and then put Jin Yongyan in one of the carriages and let him go to the Liuguo Hotel to rest, and he got into the other car with Zhao Zhen and Zhao Xiang'er.

Chang Ruiqing ordered: "Let's go home first." As he spoke, he took out a check for 10,000 yuan from his pocket and handed it to Zhao Zhen: "Youlin, you can take this money and make a home in Beijing." ”

Zhao Zhen was not polite, took the check and stuffed it into his pocket: "Brother Yaoru, do we still have to stay in the Fengtai military camp and not go south?" ”

"Look at this." Chang Ruiqing handed Zhao Zhen the English-language newspaper that carried the news of the strike in Petrograd. Zhao Zhen took the newspaper and looked at it, and frowned slightly: "Brother Yaoru, what do you mean ......?"

"Russia is going to be in chaos!" Chang Ruiqing took a deep breath and said in a solemn tone: "Russia's domestic contradictions are very acute, and they are by no means something that can be released after a few strikes...... I expect a civil war in Russia! This is a good opportunity for the withdrawal of Outer Mongolia, Youlin, are you willing to undertake such a mission? ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically: "Outer Mongolia is withdrawn?" Why me? Bai Jiansheng and Wu Yuxun are much more capable than their younger brothers. ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled: "It is precisely because they are so capable, so they are not allowed to go, although the territory of Outer Mongolia is large, but the traffic is blocked, the population is only hundreds of thousands, the Mongolian people are poor and stupid, and they also believe in Lamaism...... This kind of territory is not a place where heroes can be used, so people who want to break out of the world cannot go to Outer Mongolia. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen's face turned red and he was slightly embarrassed. Compared with Bai Chongxi and Wu Shi, who are bent on doing great things, he is more able to go with the flow, and he does not show any great ambitions, let alone think of dominating one side.

Chang Ruiqing looked at his good brother calmly, and he was also repeatedly thinking about the withdrawal of Outer Mongolia in his heart. With his current position, interfering in this matter seemed to be a suspicion of meddling. But the opportunity to recover Outer Mongolia is just around the corner, this is more than 1.6 million square kilometers of territory, once the opportunity of the Russian civil war is missed, there will be no more chance! Although Xu Shuzheng also sent troops to complete the withdrawal of Outer Mongolia in history, but because the troops were sent too late, the troops dispatched were insufficient, and the relationship between China and Russia (Soviet Russia) was not good, so it caused Outer Mongolia to be lost and lost. Now that I've come to this plane, I can't repeat the same mistakes, right?

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