readx; On 19 April, after the Nationalist Army issued a telegram on the crusade against the revolutionaries, Yuan Shikai announced the crusade against the revolutionaries in the name of the central political axe, relieved Li Junlie, the envoy of the Jiangxi army, and Bai Wenwei, the envoy of the Anhui army, and appointed Cao Kun, commander of the Third Division, to concurrently serve as the envoy of the Anhui army, and Jin Yunpeng, commander of the Fifth Division, to concurrently serve as the envoy of the Jiangxi army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Among the two new appointments, Cao Kun's Anhui Protector is genuine, the Beiyang Army originally came to take Anhui, and after controlling Anhui, Cao Kun can really become the Anhui Protector Envoy, but Jin Yunpeng's Jiangxi Protector is completely empty, because Jiangxi is really far away from Beiyang, but everyone knows that now the National Army is marching into Jiangxi. However, Yuan Shikai said that he would not appoint someone from the National Army as the Jiangxi Protector, so he simply let Jin Yunpeng put on a false name first, which means that the Beiyang political axe does not recognize the ruling power of the National Army over Jiangxi in the future.

After Yuan Shikai dismissed Li Junlie and Bai Wenwei, it caused a big stir, before the Nationalist Army had already beaten the revolutionaries, and now even Beiyang has intervened, no matter what the reason behind this is, but the revolutionaries have been beaten by the National Army and the Beiyang Army at the same time, and even many people are speculating whether the Nationalist Army has secretly allied with the Beiyang Army and taken joint action, otherwise why would they follow the Nationalist Army and send troops to Anhui?

There are not a few people who are so worried, even Tang Jiyao was stunned when he heard the news, worried about whether Chen Jingyun and Yuan Shikai had merged, if the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army merged, then the two would unite and any of the other warlords in the south would have to surrender obediently.

Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting and other warlords were originally dissatisfied with the Nationalist Army's dispatch of troops to Jiangxi and Anhui, whether it was Tang Jiyao or Lu Rongting, they successively issued telegrams to persuade Chen Jingyun to stop his troops, and even thought that Yuan Shikai would definitely not want to see Chen Jingyun continue to expand his power, and it was very likely that he would send troops to southern Jiangsu, but they did not expect that the Beiyang Army would not only send troops to southern Jiangsu, but also send troops to Anhui after the Nationalist Army.

When both the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army took action against the Revolutionary Party, the people of the country understood that the revolutionaries were really finished this time.

"These two warlord leaders!" Sun Wen wanted to scold angrily when he learned the news, but he didn't know how to scold for a while, and the anxiety and worry in his heart made his face dark, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Huang Xing also frowned: "How could this Yuan Shikai unite with Chen Jingyun?" This situation is even more difficult! ”

Sun Wen and Huang Xing were worried, and other people within the revolutionary party were also anxious, Li Junlie learned that his Jiangxi Protector Hat's hat had been taken off by Yuan Shikai, and scolded angrily: "I knew that it would be a disaster to make him the president!" Now Beiyang is still far away from Jiangxi, Beiyang can't control Jiangxi, and now Jiangxi's big enemy is the national army, which mainly can't stop the attack of the national army, where Li Junlie's Jiangxi protector can't keep the position.

The Beiyang Army wants to send troops to Anhui, the Jiangxi army is okay, the Tiangao Emperor is far from encountering any actual impact, and Huang Xing's Anhui army is also because of Sun Wen and Huang Xing, and there is no big mess, but Hefei and other places originally belonged to Bai Wenwei's Anhui army is different, the Anhui army now has three divisions, and these troops are usually not quite right with Bai Wenwei, nominally Bai Wenwei controls these troops, but it is not necessarily who to listen to when you really fight, and now Bai Wenwei has no official hat and can not command them, at this time, Yuan Shikai used military expenses and firearms supplies to win over these troops, saying that as long as they threw themselves into Beiyang, the division commander would receive 100,000 yuan, the brigade commander would receive 50,000 yuan, and the rest of the middle- and lower-level officers would also have their own rewards, and in addition to cash rewards, they also promised to replenish firearms and ammunition.

Only the next day, the commander of the first division of the Anhui army announced that he would obey the orders of the central government, and turned his gun to fight the revolutionaries, and before Cao Kun's troops attacked Anhui on a large scale from the Jinpu line, nearly half of Anhui's troops had already announced that they would surrender to Beiyang.

The Beiyang Army's dispatch of troops to Anhui was originally expected by Chen Jingyun, but he guided the development of the situation step by step from the time of the assassination, which formed the current situation, which not only allowed the Nationalist Army to avoid the situation where everyone shouted and beaten, but even achieved a positive image of public opinion. Although it is said that Anhui north of the Yangtze River will be taken by Beiyang, and the threat to the Nationalist Army will be great, it is not worth mentioning compared with what the Nationalist Army gets. After the Nationalist Army takes Jiangxi, it will be able to greatly expand its strategic space, and through the adjustment of troops, the deployment of the Nationalist Army's troops can be optimized to the greatest extent.

On April 24, the Ninth Division of the Nationalist Army captured Xuancheng, and the 15,000 Soviet troops defending Xuancheng only escaped more than 3,000 and killed more than 2,000 people, and the rest surrendered to the Nationalist Army; The 25th Beiyang Army captured Huainan, and the 2nd Division of the Anhui Army fell to Beiyang; On the 26th, the 10th Division of the Nationalist Army defeated the defense of more than 20,000 people from two divisions of the Jiangxi Army and occupied Ganzhou, Jiangxi; On the 28th, the 9th Division of the National Army arrived in Wuhu and launched an attack on Wuhu with the 52nd Regiment; At the same time, the Sixth Division of the Nationalist Army, with the cooperation of several naval vessels, launched a crossing of the river from more than ten miles east of Anqing, and then successfully crossed the river and advanced westward to the outlying areas of Anqing to carry out the Anqing Campaign; On the 29th, the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the National Army captured Fuzhou, Jiangxi, and the 3rd Mixed Brigade captured Yingtan, Jiangxi, and then the two brigades merged and marched towards Nanchang. On the 30th, the defenders of the Jiujiang Fort accepted Sa Zhenbing's surrender and announced that they would change their flag and change their banner to join the Navy of the Nationalist Army, for which Chen Jingyun hereby approved the establishment of the Yangtze River Fortress Garrison Regiment, which is responsible for the garrison of Jiangyin and Jiujiang batteries along the Yangtze River, and the coastal defense fortress garrison regiment under the Nationalist Army system, one is responsible for the coastal coastline batteries, and the other is responsible for the batteries along the Yangtze River.

When May arrived, the rule of the revolutionaries in Jiangxi and Anhui had fallen into a complete collapse, where was Li Junlie left in Jiangxi with only more than 20,000 men left to guard Nanchang, and most of the rest of Jiangxi was either out of military blankness or had been occupied by the Nationalist Army, while in Anhui, Xuancheng in southern Anhui had been captured by the Nationalist Army, and fierce battles were being fought in Anqing and Wuhu, and the situation was already far away. The Anhui region north of the Yangtze River is now only Hefei and is still in the hands of the Third Division of the Anhui Army under the control of Bai Wenwei, and most of the other areas have either fallen to Beiyang or have been captured by Beiyang.

"Revolutionaries are gone!" Lu Rongting sighed, the domestic situation is now becoming more and more obvious, whether it is the National Army and the Beiyang Army joining forces, the revolutionaries are finished, and now the power of the Beiyang Army and the National Army has far exceeded that of other warlords, forming a situation of competition between the two powers, as for they will unite to deal with other warlords Lu Rongting does not think so, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, not to mention the battle of Jiuding, no matter how it changes, the National Army and the Beiyang Army are always the biggest opponents, And he and Tang Jiyao are just second-tier forces, and they may be able to play some roles, but they can't affect the overall situation.

In this case, we have to think carefully about how to go in the future, is it completely on the side of the national army? And then unite for the Northern Expedition? Or did he take refuge in Yuan Shikai, and then attack the national army with Yuan Shikai in the north and south

Yuan Shikai's lobbyists have come several times, and the purpose is nothing more than one, that is, to win over Lu Rongting, wanting him to give the Nationalist Army a stab in the back when the Beiyang Army is moving south, not only promising him the whole of Guangdong, but even giving him Fujian. Such conditions did not make Lu Rongting very tempted, but he also knew that the temptation was the temptation, but Guangdong and Fujian were not so easy to take, and the Beiyang Army would not send people to help him fight, and it would only count if the Gui Army defeated it himself.

At this time, there is a problem, if the Gui army can defeat the national army, he will already fight it, and he still needs to be such an aggrieved Guangdong protector now, even if the national army does not reinforce Guangdong, Lu Rongting has little confidence in the third division. The third division relied on the fortified city of Guangzhou to defend it, and it didn't take it for a month or two, and by this time the reinforcements of the Nationalist Army had already rushed over from Jiangxi or Fujian.

"And that Tang Jiyao, this person has long had a secret agreement with Chen Jingyun for common defense, won't he help the national army when the time comes, and then stab the Gui army in the back!" When Lu Rongting said this, the senior generals of the Gui Army below were also depressed.

Among the many warlord forces, not to mention those who have not yet formed and have no influence, among the major warlords in China, the Beiyang Army deserves to rank first, and the second must be the National Army, and the original revolutionaries control the two provinces of Jiangxi and Anhui. It is claimed that there are more than 100,000 troops, so the third is okay, and the fourth is the Yunnan army, with nearly 100,000 troops, holding Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Further down is Lu Rongting's Gui army, and there are 50,000 or 60,000 people in Guangxi and most of Guangdong. As for the rest of the petty warlords, they are not on the table.

Among the five major warlords in China, the revolutionaries are about to be finished, in addition to the Nationalist Army and Beiyang, the Gui Army and the Dian Army, and these four are the most passive in the strategic situation of the Gui Army. Although the Nationalist Army was also in a state of being flanked by the Beiyang and Gui armies, it had a strong military force, and now the strategic situation has greatly improved after taking Jiangxi. The Beiyang Army is in control of the entire North China, and the strategic situation can be described as the best one, and the Yunnan Army is only facing the Gui Army, as for the Sichuan side, although it is a stinky pool, it can't be washed off if it gets dirty when it reaches in, but the Sichuan side is no threat to Yungui.

Only the Gui army is in the gap between the Dian army and the national army, and both sides are stronger than him, and the Gui army is not sure to fight any of them, and they can't develop outward.

Now after the revolutionaries are finished, if Lu Rongting rashly throws himself into Beiyang and then fights with the Nationalist Army, it is one thing whether he can win or not, but it is very likely that Tang Jiyao behind him may not be able to give him a knife. After all, the national army will be attacked from both sides at that time, but if the Yunnan army also fights the Gui army, then it means that the Gui army is also facing a state of being flanked, and it will be easy to take Guangxi at that time. The Yunnan army did not have the trouble of fighting on two fronts, and although the Sichuan side could not be defeated for a while, it could send the main force back at any time, and then use all its strength to clean up the Gui army.

Therefore, it is a very dangerous thing to throw himself into Beiyang, but it is even more dangerous to throw himself into the national army, with the strength of the national army, if he throws himself into the national army, the Gui army will definitely be swallowed and there will be no scum left, and he Lu Rongting will not even think about expanding his territory, and whether he can keep his power is still a question.

If neither side surrenders, it will not work, and the battle for hegemony between the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army will eventually split the results, and it is estimated that which side of the winner will be happy to clean up the Gui Army and complete the actual reunification of China.

The idea of great reunification of the Chinese people is sharp and intense, whether it is Yuan Shikai or Chen Jingyun or Sun Wen, if they take control of the central power, then the first thing is to unify China. Even with Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting, no one in power could accept that there was a large local army that would not be under its command.

Throw yourself into the National Army? Throw yourself into the North Seas? Neutrality? These are three choices, which made Lu Rongting ponder for a long time and failed to find the answer

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Chapter 3 is presented!