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Chapter Ninety-Eight: Yang Shiqi's Idea

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The rumbling cannons outside Weidian Town and the news of Yang Qiu's meeting with Liu Chengen soon spread to Wuchang, Huang Keqiang and Li Yuanhong had just sent Wang Hongsheng from the north, and after hearing that Yang Qiu had rejected Yuan Shikai as the president in person, he stomped his feet fiercely: "It's too nonsense, Yuan Shikai has a heavy army, and this time he went out of the mountain and was funded by foreigners, and he was also awarded the power to hold the whole country hostage soldiers and horses. ”

Song Jiaoren also sighed, no wonder Huang Keqiang was dissatisfied, they just hinted that as long as Yuan Shikai was anyway, they could consider making him the president, but they didn't expect Yang Qiu to refute it over there, this was not a misunderstanding for Yuan Shikai and forced him to lean towards the Manchu Qing

Li Yuanhong wanted to use the two of them, but Sun Wu's matter told him not to underestimate Yang Qiu, it was not good to fall into the well at this moment, and only after pretending to consider it did he say: "Didn't Chen Hua finally say that this was his personal idea, in my opinion, there is still room for maneuver at this time ()." ”

"That can't be left to him, if you disturb the overall situation, wouldn't it be bad for the great cause" Huang Keqiang didn't have any sir, but it was just that Xingzhong would split back then, which led to the great weakening of ** power, which made people feel painful, and the battle of Huang Huāgang actually had reasons for the lack of strength after the split. Now that Wuchang has brought out Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong, these constitutionalists have dealt a blow to him, but he didn't expect that Yang Qiu, who had no party and no faction, would take charge of the most important military power. And from the incident of the Liu brothers, it can be seen that he doesn't think about anything else at all for the sake of victory, so he was afraid that the country would fall into continuous division after **, so he immediately pulled up Song Jiaoren and said: "No, we have to go to the front line to see." After finishing speaking, the two said goodbye to Li Yuanhong, and took the Miao brothers and sisters who had just returned to prepare to take the train to Xiaogan overnight, but they were told that the train would not wait until tomorrow morning until Dazhi Mén.

When the two were anxiously waiting for dawn, they didn't know that Yuan Shikai's special train had quietly arrived at Xinyang Mansion.

The weather began to get colder and colder, and Yuan Shikai, who was only sixty years old, gradually couldn't endure the severe cold, so he had to put his line on the train, and the accompanying radio and telegraph machines were dripping endlessly, and more than 100 guards carried Charliman's riding guns, and hung German-made self-made products around their waists, which surrounded the whole train. When the officials and gentry who had arrived from all over Xinyang saw them, they didn't even have the courage to approach the train, so they could only wrap their clothes tightly and wait for the summons.

A red stove rose in the carriage, and Feng Guozhang, who had just arrived from Wusheng Pass, stood next to him and asked Yang Shiqi with his eyes, the two had a good relationship, and the latter quietly lowered the corners of his eyebrows and reminded him to deal with it carefully.

"Yang Qiu, Yang Qiu"

Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in the leather chair, didn't see the two of them, he was holding two completely different telegrams and muttering to himself, hesitating (). One was sent by Wang Hongsheng from the Hankou Concession, and the telegram said that he had found out the cards of Li Yuanhong and Huang Keqiang, and both of them said that as long as he persuaded the Manchus to abdicate, they would be willing to nominate him as president, and this news was secretly happy. But another telegram sent by Liu Chengen overnight poured cold water, first Chen Jiaao was attacked by the night and lost more than 500 people, and even an artillery company was captured by the people's army, and then after the meeting, Yang Qiu said in public that the position of president could only be left to Sun Wen, which made him faintly feel that there was still a break in this matter.

In the past, he wouldn't care about a junior like Yang Qiu, but since the newspaper has repeatedly publicized the Wushengguan Battle Report, and Li Songqing doesn't know which tendon has not made him the commander-in-chief, things have suddenly become wrong, and it seems that nothing can be done without this young man. At this moment, he has the power of the army, and most of the generals in the army are tricked by him, and the soldiers are in full swing, which is really a headache.

"Huafu." Yuan Shikai put the two telegrams on the table, stretched out his hand to roast the fire and asked: "You are also an old man who has stood up with me since I was a child, give me a thorough understanding, how sure are you this time?" ”

Yang Shiqi also heard his mouth for the first time, his heart and eyes suddenly twisted, with his understanding of Yuan Shikai, knowing that this time he was really angry, this can't blame him, the result of more than 4,000 dead and wounded in Wusheng Pass, Beiyang and other behemoths also have a toothache, you must know that the six towns except for the first town is the Banner Guard, the total is only seventy or eighty thousand, and only one Wusheng Pass will lose four thousand, and if you really want to advance to Hankou, you don't know how many people will die.

What's more, unlike Yang Qiu, who only needs to defend to the death, he has to consider not only a Jinghan line, but also the Jinpu line in the south, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are already independent, especially Nanjing, which is a hundred times more important than Wuchang Even if the Praetorian Guard is counted as only six towns, not only do you have to take care of the two lines, but also Wu Luzhen and Lan Tianwei in the north, and the troops are already stretched. If it costs countless casualties to take Hankow, it will be very bad

This question also made Feng Guozhang frown secretly, he was completely sure that he would raze the three towns in the old eight towns, but Yang Qiu's sudden appearance brought hidden dangers, especially when he came from nowhere so many machine guns and cannons, which suddenly made up for the disadvantages of the southern army, and the role of these new equipment could be seen in the first battle of Wushengguan. However, he didn't have as many worries as Yuan Shikai, and immediately said: "Li Chun has already led the 11 associations to Weidian, and he is attacking there overnight (). Si Cheng (Wang Yujiazi) has also passed the Wangjiadian, and will be able to go to Weidian early tomorrow morning, and the two associations should be able to take Weidian, as long as it is broken here, Xiaogan will no longer be in danger to defend within ten days, and Guozhang will be sure to advance to Hankou."

Feng Guozhang said proudly, but Yuan Shikai also heard the voice outside the line, after the Jinghan line was broken, it did bring a lot of trouble to the troops, otherwise how could only the two associations arrive in Weidian now, but he had no choice but to say: "In this case, Huafu, you can go, the next three associations must also rush to Weidian within two days, this time don't make a mistake again." ”

After Yuan Shikai finished speaking, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, afraid that he would forget his previous instructions, so he stopped him and was silent for a while and admonished: "Huafu, you have to remember that only with Wuchang can we be important, so you must take care of this matter, don't have the idea of killing all the people Now the Jinpu line is not very peaceful, even if we take the three towns, in the end we will lose Nanjing, it will be empty joy, if we are too deep here, the party will inevitably go north from the Jinpu line." Once the two Huai out of Luàn, Shandong will not be spared, and now our soldiers are dragged in the north, so you have to be careful in everything, remember to be the way of the handsome, you must observe the overall situation, can fight and peace, and be a general. ”

Feng Guozhang looked at Yuan Shikai with some embarrassment, he knew what he was thinking, but now that he was fighting a war, how could he say that he could control it? What's more, the battle of Wushengguan has already made the soldiers below angry, and forcibly suppressing it will only damage morale. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, Beiyang is no longer the Beiyang of the past, is the army mixed with too many thoughts still an army?

Yuan Shikai didn't know what Feng Guozhang was thinking, and when he saw him nodding and leaving, he thought he had listened to it, so he picked up the telegram again and asked, "Xingcheng, what do you say we should do now?" ”

After Yang Du went to Beijing to fight the outpost, Yang Shiqi regained the position of chief staff, and saw that he was worried about the two telegrams and smiled slightly: "If the palace guard is not afraid of causing trouble, he might as well send both telegrams to the British newspaper." ”

Yuan Shikai was stunned for a moment, then his eyes brightened, and he laughed: "Xingcheng, Xingcheng, you are the old man's ovary, and even the backyard is the same." ”

Yang Shiqi smiled embarrassedly, everyone knew what he was afraid of, but he didn't expect Yuan Shikai to joke about this, so he didn't dare to answer and continued: "Yang Qiu is reluctant to raise the palace security, I'm afraid it's also because of the situation." He is now speaking nicely and has tens of thousands of troops, but there is Li Songqing behind him, and now Huang Keqiang and Song Jiaoren are here, and the position of commander-in-chief may not be stable. He sees people's hearts too simply, and thinks that he will have a place in the world when he becomes famous in the first war, but he forgets that the party has been planning for so many years, and finally came out of Wuchang, how can he be allowed to pick peaches and rise to power, and now the newspapers in Shanghai are still boasting about him every day, and he has faintly been promoted to the first person in the Southern Army. is the so-called big tree, the more he is like this, the more the party people are at ease with him, as long as we publicize Huang Keqiang and his words, there will be dirt between the two factions. A few days ago, I learned that Hunan was going to send troops to aid Hubei, and it was clear that he was here to support Huang Keqiang, Yang Qiu is now bigger, and Huang Keqiang may not dare to give him the Hunan army no matter how much he has, so that there will definitely be a conflict at that time, and see how he resolves it. ”

Yuan Shikai nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "Since they use newspapers, then we might as well use them, you will send a telegram to Keding later, and tell him to wait for the news of the newspaper to come out and let him stir up the wind, and see what the old boy can do to me."

Yang Shiqi gritted his teeth when he saw him talking about Shanqi, knowing that the old grudge in his heart had not been let go, and said with a smile: "Gong Bao can rest assured, Huafu has hit a real fire this time, and he will definitely launch a fierce attack when he goes back." As long as you win Xiaogan, Gong Bao can go back to Beijing and be your prime minister, as for the party members are scattered, they can't become the climate, but there is no them in the world, how can Gong Bao be important? ”

Yuan Shikai smiled slightly, and was about to twist a few words, when there was a rush of running sound in the carriage passage, Yang Shiqi blocked people from taking the telegram and quickly turned his head: "Gong Bao, Kunming." ”

"But Cai Songpo?"

Yuan Shikai suddenly got up, saw him nodding and sat down slowly, his fingers knocking back and forth on the table. He knows Cai Yi's fame. Although Kunming's remoteness does not threaten him for the time being, once Yunnan and Guizhou become independent, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian will be sandwiched between Jiangxi and Yunnan, and the party members will certainly take advantage of the situation. The south of the Yangtze River will definitely not be able to protect the south without any major problems, and the party will definitely make a move in Shanghai and Lianghuai to grab the Jinpu line, so it is crucial to stabilize the north immediately Thinking of this, he immediately got up and said: "Go to Zhou Fulin, huā some money, let him control and let him do it as soon as possible, don't wait for the north and south to get the line, it's too late." ”