readx; The change in Hunan soon provoked a reaction from the warlords in the south, and the Nationalist Army was the first to react to this. There was not much superficial effort www.biquge.info the protests, but the actual military operations were carried out quickly. The day after Yuan Shikai appointed Yang Shande as the Hunan military envoy, Chen Jingyun had already telegraphed Lin Chengkun in Nanchang and Lin Zhaomin in Guangzhou, asking them to mobilize relevant troops to station on the Hunan border.

After Lin Chengkun of Nanchang received Chen Jingyun's telegram, he immediately ordered Yichun's 2nd Mixed Brigade to arrive in Pingxiang, close to the border of Hunan Province, and ordered the 10th Division of Ganzhou to advance westward and threaten the border of Hunan Province. And because the Beiyang Fourth Division was also about to arrive in Hunan, Lin Chengkun was worried that the first brigade of this division was still a little insufficient, so he transferred a regiment from the third mixed brigade stationed in Nanchang to reinforce the second mixed brigade. And he himself stayed in Nanchang to command. The defense of the Fourth Army is not only on the Hunan side, but also on the Hubei side of the Fourth Army, otherwise the Fourth Mixed Brigade would not have been stationed in Jiujiang.

Lin Zhaomin in Guangzhou also quickly made military adjustments in accordance with Chen Jingyun's instructions, and transferred a regiment from the Third Division to Shaoguan. Then the 1st Mixed Brigade, which was originally stationed in Shaoguan, advanced along the northwest direction and reached the Yizhang line, threatening the southern part of Hunan.

The Nationalist Army has a military movement, and Lu Rongting, who is also extremely concerned about the situation in Hunan, also reacted quickly after a stunned moment, and transferred troops to strengthen the military strength in northern Guangxi, but now the Gui Army was originally facing the flanking posture of the Nationalist Army and the Dian Army, and now after Hunan in the north has also become a threat, the Gui Army's troop mobilization is even more tense, and after all the remaining troops in his hands are looted, Lu Rongting can only deploy 10,000 troops in northern Guangxi. More of the main forces of the Gui army were deployed in western Guangdong and western Guangxi to defend against the Dian army and the Nationalist army.

"Dashuai, it's not okay to continue like this, if we continue like this, I'm afraid we will become a thorn in the side of the three families!" One of Lu Rongting's side will make him worried.

Lu Rongting's face was not good-looking when he looked at the map. His original plan was to meet the source left and right, no one agreed, and finally when the situation became clear, he would join the victorious side, but now it seems that this strategy has no effect, seeing that the national army and the Dian army are pressing step by step, and now you have to add a Beiyang word, then the pressure on the Gui army is unprecedentedly huge.

Lu Rongting pondered for a long time and said, "You say that we can join forces with Beiyang to beat the national army out of Guangdong?" ”

"It's hard! The Nationalist Army also has tens of thousands of people in Jiangxi, and the main opponent of the Fourth Division of Yangshande in Hunan is still them, and those who can fight Guangdong with us at that time are estimated to be the original Hunan local armies, and their combat effectiveness is also known, and they are not much stronger than bandits, so they cannot be counted on! Lu Rongting's generals did not hesitate to say the practical difficulties, but said: "And once we join forces with Beiyang, the Dian army will definitely send troops to fight us, and at that time, the hope of victory for our army fighting on two fronts is really slim!" ”

"What if we join forces with the National Army?" Lu Rongting seemed to be asking others, as if asking himself.

"If we join forces with the Nationalist Army, our army and the Nationalist Army will join forces to send troops from Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan provinces, and the Fourth Division of Yang Shande in Hunan can only retreat north in defeat no matter how much it can fight! At that time, if it is handled well, it will not be a problem to win most of Hunan! The staff officer said so, of course, he had other harms that he didn't say, such as Chen Jingyun's willingness to let the Gui army control Hunan, such as what Chen Jingyun would do with Guangzhou and Guangdong, and if this was combined with the Nationalist Army, would it be annexed in the future. If you don't say this, Lu Rongting himself knows it.

Lu Rongting is also a bold person, and when he saw that the situation had changed greatly, he immediately abandoned the previous policy of wall-to-wall grass and immediately chose the camp.

"Send a secret telegram to Nanjing, saying that for the great cause of the Chinese Republic, Rong Ting has an unshirkable responsibility!" When Lu Rongting said this, the generals of the Gui Army in the room also had different faces, some happy and some depressed. In the past two years, the Gui army has been caught between the Dian army and the national army, and the pressure to survive is extremely great, but despite the pressure, it has not lost the right to rule the reading power. And now Lu Rongting is finally going to unite with the Dian Army and the Nationalist Army, this time the union, even if it will maintain relative reading power in the early stage, but it is a matter of time before it is annexed in the long run. What will be the future in the future, Lu Rongting himself does not know, at this time, he is a little envious of Tang Jiyao, although it is in the name of unity, but Tang Jiyao relies on the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, plus the strength of more than 100,000 troops of the Yunnan army and the relatively safe geographical location, it is not a problem to maintain the surname of Reading Li, and the union of the Yunnan army and the national army is a combination of actual interests. As for the Gui army, compared to the weakness of the two, the total strength is only 60,000, and the equipment is also extremely poor, it was originally faced with the attack of the Yunnan army and the national army and chose to unite, and it is unlikely that it will always maintain the surname of Reading Power in the future, and the status quo may be maintained nominally in the early stage, but it will definitely not be possible after a long time.

No matter what, Lu Rongting made his choice!

Nanjing's Chen Jingyun looked at the secret message sent by Lu Rongting in his hand, and his face was happy: "Okay! Lu Shuai is worthy of being a bold and decisive person! ”

Lu Rongting joined the camp of the National Army, which means that the three warlords in the south have all united to form a complete southern warlord alliance system, and they already have the strength to conduct a comprehensive confrontation with the Beiyang system. Lu Rongting joined, and more importantly, it could liberate a considerable part of the troops of the Dian Army and the National Army, and the main force of the Gui Army could also be withdrawn, and the troops used in the confrontation of the three families before were nearly 100,000, and now after they are united, this part of the troops can be used for the Northern Expedition.

On 12 June, Lu Rongting issued a telegram, saying that Chen Jingyun's entry into Nanjing was an important measure to maintain China's stability, which would be of great benefit to the country and the nation, and at the same time condemned the Beiyang political axe for signing a large-scale loan treaty with the banking group of the five countries without the consent of the Chinese people, let alone the approval of the National Assembly, and the treaty was harsh, not only betraying the country's salt policy, but also using the state finance as collateral, so that there is no doubt that it has betrayed the country, and it will be humiliating the country compared to any traitorous treaty signed by the Qing Dynasty before that year.

The fundamental intention of this telegram was to publicly declare that Gui Jun had now joined the camp of the Nationalist Army, and by the way condemn Yuan Shikai for betraying the country and stirring up public opinion.

Beiyang was not to be outdone, and immediately criticized Lu Rongting for persecuting the industrial and commercial people in Guangxi, making the people of Guangxi miserable.

On the thirteenth, Tang Jiyao once again issued a telegram, and this time he pointed the finger at the aftermath loan signed in two months, saying that the aftermath loan was not approved by the Congress, without the consent of the people, and it was completely a traitorous treaty signed by Yuan Shikai for his own selfish desires.

On the same day, Chen Jingyun issued a telegram, saying that Yuan Shikai's dissolution of the National Assembly and the expulsion of members of the National Assembly had violated the spirit of the republic and seriously violated China's republican process, and demanded that Yuan Shikai reconvene the National Assembly within two months.

Subsequently, Lu Rongting and Tang Jiyao also followed up one after another, merging Yuan Shikai's dissolution of the National Assembly and the aftermath of the big loan, which means that Yuan Shikai is a traitor and a talented person.

At a glance, the three major warlords in the south were already building public opinion, and newspapers in various places were boiling for a while, full of all kinds of news, and the war between the north and the south had officially begun.

On 20 June, Chen Jingyun once again issued a telegram saying that the dissolution of the National Assembly and the expulsion of members of the National Assembly by the Beiyang political axe have seriously violated the spirit of the republic, and that the republic of China has reached the most critical moment, and he, Chen Jingyun, as a Chinese, absolutely cannot see the republican of China sink here, so he decided to re-establish the National Assembly in Nanjing, and invited the vast number of congressmen to go south to take up their posts and discuss the great plan of the country!

As soon as the news came out, many of the expelled congressmen rushed to Nanjing, if nothing else, just for Chen Jingyun's 5,000 yuan consolation money, they also had to come to the congress, congressmen are now a profession, and they earn a lot of annual income after being elected, and Yuan Shikai dissolved the congress in order not to let the congress contain him, not only drove away those former Kuomintang congressmen, but even those congressmen of the progressive party were also driven out of the congress, which made many people in the progressive party quite dissatisfied. Especially Liang Qichao has already publicly scolded Yuan Shikai for being a traitor, and there is no good atmosphere for the two of them to hook up and cooperate a few months ago.

Now Chen Jingyun said that he wanted to re-establish the National Assembly in Nanjing, so many people came to Nanjing, for the ideals in their hearts, for the 5,000 yuan of consolation money given by Chen Jingyun, in short, they came, although the total number of people is not large, but the momentum has been successfully created!

In order to exterminate the warlords in the south, Yuan Shikai could not let the Congress get in the way, so he scolded the Kuomintang for treason and dissolved the Congress at the same time. At the same time, in order to win over the southern warlords, he spent a lot of energy and costs, and successfully controlled Hubei and Hunan successively, trying to expand his power and increase his advantage over the national army.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and Yuan Shikai dissolved the Congress, although there was no restraint, which allowed him to focus all his energy on rearmament and warfare in order to sweep away and calm the world. But it also gave Chen Jingyun an excuse, accusing him of dissolving the congress against the spirit of the republic and wanting to realize the rule of scholars, and now he even said that he would re-establish the congress in Nanjing and strive to obtain a righteous name for himself! It was good that Yuan Shikai took Hubei, but after Tan Yanmin also threw himself into Beiyang, Lu Rongting finally made up his mind to throw himself into the camp of the National Army, which was a great loss for Beiyang.

The choices made by these two parties have promoted the development of China's situation step by step, and also made China's situation more tense day by day.

In fact, such a result is even within the expectations of many people, since the end of the war in southern Jiangsu last year, the people have been waiting for the arrival of the decisive battle between the national army and the Beiyang army, although there is an episode of the Anhui and Jiangxi battles in the middle, but it has not affected the overall situation of the country, the Beiyang Army and the national army are still two power struggles, and it has not affected the relevant preparations of the two families.

And now, whether it is Beiyang or the National Army, they have gone through more than half a year of preparation, all the troops on the front line have made various preparations, ammunition and other military supplies have been transported to the front line and reserved, at this moment they are all ready to fly, waiting for a signal!

On July 1, the Nanjing Congress held a general meeting, and on the same day, the Nanjing Congress impeached Yuan Shikai and ordered him to step down within two days, otherwise a coalition army would be formed for the Northern Expedition!

That night, Yuan Shikai issued a telegram, calling the Nanjing Congress an illegal organization, a wolf ambition of a group of small people trying to split China, and the central political axe will not sit idly by!

The next day, the foreign army issued an all-army mobilization order, which stated that Chen Jingyun, Tang Jiyao, Lu Rongting, and other great warlords in the south wanted to split the country for their own selfish desires, and that the central political axe had decided to use thunderous means to return China to a prosperous situation and safeguard China's unity. On the same day, Yuan Shikai announced the removal of Chen Jingyun from the post of Xuanfu envoy to the southeast, the removal of Lu Rongting from the post of the Guangdong envoy, and the dismissal of Tang Jiyao from the post of the Yunnan envoy, and announced that these three people had committed the crime of treason, and the central political axe would arrest Chen Jingyun and others, and gave Chen Jingyun a head bonus of up to one million yuan! Many other military and political leaders of the southern rebel warlords were also wanted by the Beiyang Central Political Axe, and a few important personnel were also dismissed from the head bounty, such as the head of Lieutenant General Shen Gang, the number one general of the National Army and the commander of the Fourth Army, has been worth 300,000 yuan!

The Great War of the North and South has been lit!