Lao Yuan snorted coldly: "Three, that Wu Zhaolin is really good at fighting, you see that people are really accurate!" ”

Originally, Lao Yuan thought that as long as the troops from Beiyang arrived, they would be able to pacify Wuchang immediately. But Wu Zhaolin is really outstanding, the first two days of the battle was commanded by Wu Zhaolin, the well-trained Beiyang Army actually had no way to break through the defense line that Wu Zhaolin used a group of rabble, until Huang Xinglai took over the military of Wuchang, Feng Guozhang's army came, only to find an opportunity, the situation opened up a little.

If it weren't for Wu Zhaolin and the Beiyang Army to conquer Wuchang, the current situation would definitely not be like this.

Cao Kun lay on the ground and quietly gave Duan Qirui a look, and Duan Qirui immediately understood: "Big brother, the matter has come to this, I think Cao San should be severely punished this time!" Otherwise, it will not be enough to calm the morale of the army. But how to punish or wait and talk, when the hundred miles come, we will adjust the military deployment to the most important. ”

Lao Yuan nodded and said no more.

"Yuan Gong, you see, from Jinzhou to Beijing, we have set up six lines of defense to prepare for a death battle with the volunteers, and now that the situation has changed abruptly, I think we can draw more troops to participate in the battle against the south! Jinzhou only needs to put 40,000 troops here, and at the same time step up the construction of the seventh and eighth lines of defense. In the event of a war, resistance is carried out, dragging the footsteps of the volunteers. ”

Jiang Baili gave Yuan Shikai advice from a military point of view, but Lao Yuan did not implement it immediately. After thinking for a moment, he said, "That guy is very fierce, can you stop it?" ”

Jiang Baili shook his head: "I can't stop it." Just like the rebellions in the South can't stop us. All we have to do is move faster than him! My opinion is that the troops going south from Jinzhou should assemble in Shandong, and then go straight to Nanjing! ”

Jiang Baili very cleverly grasped the most important opportunity of the Beiyang Army in this battle, if Yang Dagui carried the banner of revolution and killed him, as long as he killed those revolutionaries, he would still be just a bandit. No matter how bad the situation is at that time, even if Beijing has already lost, as long as Nanjing is defeated and Sun Wen is killed, the international community will be unified again. They won't accept Yang beating ghosts.

When the international community unanimously supported Yuan Shikai, the domestic situation would inevitably change in favor of the Beiyang Army. What Yang Dagui lacks most is prestige and recognition from the international community! Beat his prestige to the bottom line, and then rely on the support of Shijie countries for the Beiyang Army, and fight a protracted war of attrition with the volunteers.

Yuan Shikai's eyes lit up when he listened, and he looked at Duan Qirui who was standing next to him. Duan Qirui immediately said: "I think what Baili said is right, after we kill Nanjing, those chaotic parties will inevitably defend to the death, which can cause a decisive battle between Wuchang and Nanjing at the same time, which is very beneficial to us!" ”

Lao Yuan nodded slightly. What the revolutionary army lacks is reunification. Without a unified command or a unified material allocation, the opening of two battlefields may lead to the chaos of the revolutionary armies themselves, and the advantages of the Beiyang Army can be brought into full play, and at the same time, if the troops suppress Nanjing, whether it is militarily or politically, they can seize the initiative.

After killing the revolutionary army, and then fighting a decisive battle with Yang, what the volunteers lack is strategic materials! With the support of foreigners, he fought a war of attrition with Yang Xiaolin. There's a chance.

Jiang Baili knew that his opinion was about to be adopted when he saw him nodding, and immediately added: "Governor, the problem now is that if the Volunteers send troops, they will be sharp in the early stage of the war. The northern front must be very difficult, and the soldiers who stick to the front must be elite, and at the same time, those who command the army must also have the heart of death! Every front is fighting to the death. in order to stop the footsteps of the volunteers. Hundreds of miles are not talented, I am willing to ask for my life to go to Jinzhou! ”

Lao Yuan smiled: "Hehe, Baili is very happy to say this!" But you can't go to Jinzhou. None of your troops are equipped in place. Besides, now that the situation is complicated, I would prefer you to stay by my side and be a staff officer for me. ”

Jiang Baili didn't say anything more, Duan Qirui immediately said: "Big brother, I'll go!" As long as I'm alive, Yang Dagui won't be able to get to Beijing! ”

Lao Yuan's hand waved, but his eyes were fixed on Cao Kun, who was still kneeling on the ground: "You can't go!" You're going to give me the south! Cao San! ”

Cao Kun hurriedly responded: "Yes." ”

If someone else had stabbed such a big basket, Yuan Shikai would have been pulled out and shot a long time ago! But Cao Kun and Yuan Shikai have been friends for many years after all, and Yu Yuan can't do this, and he is afraid that those old brothers will be cold. Yu Gong, Cao Kun does have some ability, but because of the Wuchang incident, it was abolished, and Lao Yuan felt a pity.

Besides, the third master really messed up the matter this time! Yuan Shikai also knew that he was wronged, no matter how careful Cao Kun's mind was, it was impossible to count it on Xiong Bingkun's body!

Now is the time to employ people, and those who can fight must go to the south and pacify Sun Wen as quickly as possible. The north needs a reliable and willing brother to watch for itself. Although Cao Kun is not as good as Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, he still has the ability and can indeed be trusted. So, let's open the net.

Lao Yuan's cane was pointed on Cao Kun's head: "I'll remember the matter of Wuchang for you, and I'll clean you up later!" Go to Jinzhou for Lao Tzu immediately! If Yang beats the ghost and comes over, do you know what to do? ”

Cao Kun knew that Lao Yuan would fight to the death if he asked him to go to Jinzhou. Once Yang Dagui sent troops, if he Cao Kun had not been killed on the day of the defeat of Beijing, Lao Yuan would not have let him live. This is already Uncle Yuan's extrajudicial grace, and Cao Kun was busy kowtowing: "Don't worry, big brother, brother knows it." ”

Lao Yuan kicked him again: "Get out!" Zhiquan, get ready to send troops from Shandong! Sun Wen seems to be holding that national convention in Nanjing, I want to surprise him, let him know how many pounds and taels he has! ”

Nanking.

Yang Xiaolin's telegram was indeed like a hammer on the head of the newly established provisional government, and Mr. Sun Wen was almost stunned by this blow.

After returning from overseas, Sun Wen was warmly welcomed by these revolutionaries at home, and everywhere he went, there were flowers and applause, and now the figures in the provinces who held military power expressed their support for Sun Wen, such as Li Yuanhong and Chen Dequan.

All this made Mr. Sun Wen see that the ideal he had been pursuing seemed to be close at hand, and that democratic China seemed to be a ripe fruit on a tree, as long as he waved his hand lightly, he could take it into his arms.

The first thing he did when he came back was to form a government of the Republic of China. Although Li Yuanhong repeatedly said that he would let Sun Wen take charge, Sun Wen insisted on his own concept, saying that the president of the Republic of China must be elected by everyone, and a provisional government should be established first. The constitution is then determined, and the president is elected in accordance with the constitution's charter. This is the only way to produce a president!

In this respect, Sun Wen is similar to Chen Tianhua, they both focus on democracy, and they are very weak in their personal interests. In the period leading up to the presidential election, Sun Wen proposed that Li Yuanhong should also serve as interim president and preside over government affairs.

In fact, this is not much different from Sun Wen's host, the character of the mud bodhisattva is still so cowardly, before Sun Wen came back, he listened to Huang Xing everything, and no matter what happened after Sun Wen came back, the mud bodhisattva had to come to ask Sun Wen.

This somewhat made Mr. Sun Wen's heart a little uncomfortable. It's true. Mr. Sun Wen couldn't figure out how to think about it, he was a dignified and promising middle-aged. After fighting for the revolution for half his life, sacrificing his youth, he has not even had time to solve his personal problems, but he has never been able to succeed. weishenme？ Weishenme, the fat man, doesn't want to make a revolution but can succeed?

Don't know weishenme.

Sun Wen didn't like to see Li Yuanhong's humble smile, which seemed to have infinite ridicule in it.

So he tried not to contact Li Yuanhong, and some necessary things were to ask his secretary, Wang Jingwei, who was also working overseas with him, to find Li Yuanhong.

Wang Jingwei told Sun Wen that after Li Yuanhong saw the documents they sent, he didn't care what the documents were. Just asked: "Has Mr. Sun Wen seen it?" ”

If Sun Wen read it, Li Yuanhong didn't even look at it, and signed it directly and agreed. If you say that Sun Wen hasn't seen it. He didn't look at it either, and threw the document back: "Take it and show it to Mr. Sun Wen first." ”

It turns out that the nickname of the mud bodhisattva really didn't come from nothing.

That's okay, at least Li Yuanhong didn't work against him, Sun Wen can follow the blueprint he envisioned. to plan for the future of democratic China.

This blueprint had been rehearsed countless times in the minds of Sun Wen and others, so they were not flustered when they started to implement it. Despite the aggressiveness of the Beiyang Army, the situation of the revolutionary army on the battlefield was not very good. But they believed that as soon as the Volunteers were dispatched, the situation would change immediately. The Volunteers will definitely send troops, because Yang Dagui is also a revolutionary party, and there is no reason to refuse.

This idea sustained many people in the South, revolutionaries and speculative revolutionaries.

However, Yang Dagui really refused, which not only made revolutionaries like Chen Tianhua feel the anger of Sun Wen, but also made a subtle change in the mentality of those who did not have a firm revolutionary position. Without the support of the Volunteers, whether they could hold out under the fire of the Beiyang Army has become a question that must be considered.

After slamming Yang Xiaolin's energized power on the table, Mr. Sun Wen's face was a little pale: "Bandits! Rogue! He's a bandit and a hooligan! ”

If Yang Xiaolin had sent him a telegram in private, his life would have been a little better. Even he can compromise with the Northeast in private, after all, his federal government is just a jihua, and appropriate concessions can be accepted by Sun Wen.

But Yang Dagui actually sent a telegram to let the people of the whole country know his attitude, how can this be done?

Hu Hanmin, who was sitting under Sun Wen, lifted his glasses: "Although I have never been in contact with Yang Dagui, I said at the beginning that a bandit is unreliable!" I really don't understand how Xingtai and Zou Rong can cooperate with him until now? ”

Chen Jiongming immediately asked, "Mr. Sun Wen, Mr. Zou Rong, do they have any explanations?" ”

Sun Wen shook his head: "Xingtai said that he was arguing with reason and was preparing to launch a council meeting in the Northeast, but that bandit's attitude was very tough!" ”

Everyone sighed after hearing this, and Chen Jiongming thought for a while: "Mr. Sun, the situation in Wuchang is very tense now, and Duan Qirui is already preparing to send troops from Shandong, and the target is our Nanjing." If the Northeast does not send troops to contain it, from a military point of view, we have little hope of holding Nanjing. So, we have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. (To be continued......)