readx; On June 4th, Chen Jingyun's special train arrived in Nanjing! As when Chen Jingyun arrived in Shanghai, a grand welcoming ceremony was organized in Nanjing, and the Nationalist Army carried out an active and large-scale propaganda campaign for Chen Jingyun's arrival in Nanjing, which once made Chen Jingyun's arrival in Nanjing have no less impact on the whole country than when Sun Wen arrived in Nanjing two years ago. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After arriving in Nanjing, Chen Jingyun delivered a short speech in the square in front of the railway station for about half an hour, in which he rarely touched on the current complicated situation in China, except for proclaiming the superiority of the Kuomintang as always.

"The Chinese have been the best nation in the world since ancient times, and in the past 5,000 years, we Chinese have created almost all human civilizations, from writing to printing, from guns to cannons, under the nurture of the two mother rivers of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, generations of Chinese people have multiplied and created our world's best nation. Although in the past 100 years, due to the decay of the feudal aristocracy of the former Qing Dynasty, the Chinese people have suffered unprecedented hardships in 10,000 years, but the Chinese blood flowing in our bodies has not changed, and we are still excellent. What we have to do now is to move to the boulder that weighs on us, stand up our backbones, and tell the world that we who have the noble blood of China will never lower our heads! And that handful of traitors who have forgotten their ancestors and forgotten that they have Chinese blood in them, flattering outsiders for their own selfish interests, trying to make our Chinese people bow their heads, and trying to make our Chinese nation continue to sink, and this kind of thing cannot be agreed to by me, Chen Jingyun and the Kuomintang Socialist Party. The members of the Kuomintang will use their blood and sacrifice to tell the people that as long as this country, as long as the nation still has the Kuomintang Party, then their evil deeds of trampling on the Chinese people will never succeed!

The Kuomintang is confident and capable of leading the National Army to create a better future for the people of the whole country! Chen Jingyun's speech did not hide the intention of the Nationalist Army to occupy Kyushu: "China can and can only achieve great national rejuvenation under the leadership of the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Socialist people have shed blood and sacrificed for the rejuvenation of China before, and many Chinese sons and daughters with dreams have sacrificed their lives and blood, and now and in the future, the Nationalist Party will, as always, exchange its blood and sacrifice for the rejuvenation of China. The forces will be ruthlessly shattered by the wheels of history."

Although the banner of confrontation against the Beiyang Central Political Axe had not yet been openly raised in the speech, from the fact that every move of the Nationalist Army was that Chen Jingyun openly moved the Southeast Xuanfu Embassy to Nanjing, he had almost openly declared that he was going to confront the Beiyang Division.

Although a handful of people in the words did not name names, anyone could hear that Chen Jingyun was directly referring to Yuan Shikai and other Beiyang people.

When Yuan Shikai saw the full text of Chen Jingyun's speech, and saw that Chen Jingyun actually scolded him as a traitor, he angrily tore the speech to pieces!

"Calling me treason? Do you think that you Chen Jingyun is a good thing, colluding with me and colluding with American foreigners, cutting four places in a row for the sake of military spending, and saying that the United States is talking about economic development zones in the name of the United States. People don't know what it is, but don't think you'll be able to fool me! "Yuan Shikai is angry, this Chen Jingyun and Sun Wen have the same virtue, they will give speeches if they have nothing to do, and when you say it, you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue, and you dare to say anything.

"Others say that Sun Wen is a Sun cannon, and I think this Chen Jingyun is also a Chen cannon!" Duan Qirui was also a little depressed, after all, it was not a good thing to be pointed at by him and scolded as a traitor.

"This Chen Jingyun has become more and more presumptuous, without the consent of the central government, he moved the Southeast Xuanfu Embassy to Nanjing, what is he going to do, he is going to read power, he is trying to split 'China!'" Yuan Shikai said: "Send a few telegrams, saying that his behavior has not been approved by the central government, so that he must move the Southeast Xuanfu envoy back to Fuzhou!" ”

"I'm afraid this is not very useful!" Duan Qirui said.

Yuan Shikai also knew that it was not very useful, but what he wanted now was a gesture, if Chen Jingyun did this, Beiyang did not oppose protests, where is the authority of the central government, what will other warlords think, and what will the great powers think.

"By the way, hasn't there been any news from Lu Rongting's side?" Yuan Shikai said in a deep voice: "And what did Tan Yanmin say over there?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "Lu Rongting's side is still the same, asking for money and guns, but he doesn't put a fart." Not only did they liaise with our company, but they also made eye contact with the Nationalist Army. ”

Yuan Shikai said: "This person is a wall-to-wall grass, don't be too angry, as long as he doesn't fall to Chen Jingyun, it would be better if he could pull him over to deal with Chen Jingyun!" ”

"I'm afraid it's very difficult, this person can't see the Yellow River, I think before we start a war with the national army, I'm afraid he will continue to be a turtle with a shrunken head!" Duan Qirui can be said to have a little hatred for Lu Rongting, in the face of Beiyang's wooing, Lu Rongting only knows how to ask for guns and cannons, and in the past few months, Beiyang has spent nearly a million on Lu Rongting, but he didn't see any results, but on the contrary, Hunan Tan Yanmin is much better.

Hunan Tan Yanmin has not been aware of foreign affairs since the Xinhai Revolution occupied Hunan, and has been concentrating on Hunan's internal affairs, in fact, Hunan's internal instability is not stable, and the chaos of the army factions caused by Jiao Dafeng's assassination has not been sorted out until now, and he is not as ruthless as Chen Jingyun or Tang Jiyao, Lu Rongting and other standard warlords, he is more of a politician, and it is normal for him not to be able to control the army. Although Tan Yanmin is unstable in foreign affairs, but now the situation in China is so chaotic, the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army are fighting each other, and it is naturally impossible for him, a small warlord living in Hunan, to stay out of the matter, even if he declares neutrality, it is impossible, because the Beiyang Army's army in Hubei is already eyeing the tiger, and the Gui Army is also stationing troops on the Hunan border, not to mention that there is a national army in the east, this is simply facing the enemy on all sides, once a big war breaks out, whether it is the national army or the Beiyang army, it will not care about Tan Yanhong's neutrality statement, And those who will choose to enter Hunan, after all, they will occupy it if they don't occupy the enemy.

In this case, Tan Yanmin also began to choose a camp, and Yuan Shikai also sent someone to woo him.

"The Hunan side is going very well, two of the commanders of the four divisions of the Hunan Army have already thrown themselves at us, even if Tan Yanmin doesn't agree for a while, we can control Hunan!" Duan Qirui said.

Yuan Shikai said: "That's good, after taking Hunan, I want to see if the Gui army and the Dian army will still be of the same mind as the national army!" ”

"This protest has to be sent quickly!" After Yuan Shikai finally ordered this, he let Duan Qirui go out.

In fact, when Chen Jingyun set out from Fuzhou, Beiyang had already issued a telegram of protest, saying that Chen Jingyun's act of going to Nanjing had seriously infringed on the authority of the central authorities and was an actual act of separatism, but Chen Jingyun still ignored it, and domestic public opinion did not set off a wave of opposition to Chen Jingyun for this reason.

Anyone knows that the decisive battle between the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army has been prepared, and when the two sides are ready, a major war between the North and the South will break out on an unprecedented scale. Chen Jingyun's move to Nanjing was only a part of the preparation process, and the symbolic significance was greater than the practical significance. Now the people of the country are wide open, waiting for a big war between the two sides to see who will win and who will be able to take the central power.

Not only did the Chinese people not oppose Chen Jingyun's behavior, but even the great powers, including Britain, did not express any obvious opposition. Now that any diplomatic protest is already imaginary, neither Chen Jingyun nor Yuan Shikai will give up their great cause of hegemony because of a diplomatic protest from those great powers.

The British-led banking group of five countries has supported Yuan Shikai with their practical actions, and the tens of millions of pounds of large-scale loans for the aftermath are more effective than any diplomatic protests. The United States, which is opposed to the five-nation banking group in China, has also approved the second round of bailouts, and the money has been given to Chen Jingyun, waiting for Chen Jingyun and Yuan Shikai to make a big fight and replace Yuan Shikai as the de facto ruler of China.

Now that everyone has placed their bets, it's time for the cards to be dealt!

After getting Chen Jingyun's new round of two arms deals, and getting the 5,000 rifles sent by Chen Jingyun for free, Tang Jiyao finally issued a telegram, saying that Chen Jingyun's visit to Nanjing was crucial to maintaining China's stability and was a necessary measure. Such a telegram is not as vague as the previous ones, but a clear attitude to support Chen Jingyun.

On the surface, this is already the most obvious signal of Tang Jiyao and Chen Jingyun's alliance!

And Lu Rongting, who is also a warlord in the south, is still unmoved in the face of Chen Jingyun and Yuan Shikai's two sides, at this time he does not dare to express his position easily, if he expresses his support for Yuan Shikai, then for sure, Tang Jiyao and Chen Jingyun immediately sent troops to jointly destroy him, it is estimated that Beiyang will not be able to react to the south to support him, he Lu Rongting will be finished, and at the same time he does not want to join Chen Jingyun's camp now, he does not have a huge army in his hands like Tang Jiyao, and the strength of the Gui army is far inferior to the Dian army, Once he joins Chen Jingyun's camp, Tang Jiyao will be able to achieve the actual dominance of the southwest region even if he is below Chen Jingyun. But Lu Rongting can't, if he joins the national army a little, it is very likely that he will be completely annexed, and finally become one of the several commanders of the national army, and there is little hope of maintaining the current power in the ruling situation.

But no matter what, he Lu Rongting must choose a camp, whether to join the National Army or join the Beiyang Army, Lu Rongting is uncertain, he wants to wait, wait for the first battle between the National Army and the Beiyang Army along the Yangtze River, and then choose to see the results of the war, and Beiyang has the advantage, so he will not hesitate to join the ranks of Beiyang and send troops to Guangdong. If the Nationalist Army has the advantage, then he, Lu Rongting, will give up those thoughts of reading and join the Northern Expedition of the Nationalist Army, and it should not be a problem to take Hunan at that time.

When Chen Jingyun sent people to win over Lu Rongting, he had already said that if the Gui Army supported the Nationalist Army, then the Gui Army could maintain its reading strength and be organized into the Fifth Army of the Nationalist Army, and he, Lu Rongting, served as the commander of the Fifth Army and was responsible for attacking the Hunan region.

Yuan Shikai sent people to win over Lu Rongting to offer a higher price, in addition to military expenses and ordnance, not only promised Lu Rongting the position of governor of Liangguang, but also said that Jiangxi and Fujian can be occupied by the Gui army, and the premise is that the Gui army must defeat it himself.

Lu Rongting hesitated for a long time, but he never made up his mind, which made Tang Jiyao and Chen Jingyun quite dissatisfied, and successively sent envoys to Guangxi to persuade Lu Rongting, but Lu Rongting was unmoved.

However, when Lu Rongting did not move, news suddenly came from Hunan, Tan Yanmin issued a telegram, announcing that he would take the initiative to go into the wilderness, and then Yuan Shikai appointed Yang Shande, commander of the Fourth Division of the Central Army, as the Hunan Protector and retained Tan Yanmin as the governor of Hubei.