Chapter 177 Yuguan Secret Discussion

Although the Beiyang forces in 1906 were seriously squeezed by the government and the opposition, the core military power was still not lost, but more tightly controlled.

Among the existing seven towns in Beiyang, in addition to the original Beijing flag standing army, the current seventh town of the army is full of people, and the other six towns are all high-level generals of the Beiyang system. The first town is still Wang Yingkai, the second town is Wu Fengling, which has been up in the past two years. It is Zhao Dongyun, the fourth town is controlled by Duan Qirui, the fifth town is controlled by Zhang Huaizhi, and the sixth town is controlled by Wang Shizhen.

In addition to the top town control system, most of the high-level auxiliary and standard command are also direct officers of Beiyang.

Even the seventh town, which is nominally under the control of the flag man, in fact, except for Fengshan, which is Manchu, most of the other middle and high-level officers are also Beiyang generals. For example, Cao Kung and He Zonglian, who have a close relationship with Zhao Dongyun, served as the leaders of the 13th and 14th Association respectively in this seventh town.

Among these Beiyang bosses and direct officers, although they are regarded as a whole in Beiyang externally, they are also subdivided into several factions. Among them, Wang Yingkai and Zhang Huaizhi wear the same pair of trousers, which is the most prestigious and powerful faction in the Beiyang internal faction, holding the first town of the army and the fifth town of the army.

In the early years, Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun were also a faction, but after the division of Duan Zhao, they formed a faction. Duan Qirui took the fourth town of the army as his family. In addition, Duan Qirui had a close relationship with Liu Yongqing before, so the Jiangbei Mixed Association in the south can actually be regarded as Duan Qirui's faction, but now Jiangbei Under the control of shade Chang, this Jiangbei Mixed Association naturally can't be counted on. In addition, there are many students in Duan Qirui. In the second town, the fifth town and even the sixth town, there are people installed by Duan Qirui, so don't think that Duan Qirui is much weaker if there is only one fourth town. In fact, it is not.

Zhao Dongyun is the third town of the army as the core. However, after the recent formation of Fengtian two towns, Zhao Dongyun's command of the three towns is the most powerful faction in the current Beiyang system, but his qualifications and prestige are far less than that of Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui.

The rest of Wang Shizhen and Wu Fengling are neutral. They do not participate in the faction disputes of other families, and they do not attract people like Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun. They are only loyal to Yuan Shikai.

If you analyze it carefully, you will find that the contemporary Beiyang is mainly composed of Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui, Zhao Dongyun and other neutrals.

Speaking of these people, you may ask, where did Feng Guozhang go?

Feng Guozhang has been very tragic in recent years. Not only has he not been able to get a position of control, but also the military education and military reform and other affairs he presided over have also been robbed of a lot of limelight by Zhao Dongyun and Duan Qirui, resulting in a weaker sense of existence over the years, so that even Wu Fengling and Zhang Huaizhi have come to power. Feng Guozhang Still failed to get the position of control of a town, so as to establish its own power foundation.

Today, Feng Guozhang can only rely on various military schools under him to compile his own network, trying to rely on a large number of students to save the country, and the effect of this method is not bad.

Although Feng Guozhang has no sense of existence in the first echelon of Beiyang, he is still not comparable to those generals of the second echelon in prestige. Even Wu Fengling and Zhang Huaizhi cannot be compared with him in prestige. His tragedy is that he has no real power and has empty power. I hope I can't transform the power.

In addition to Feng Guozhang's sadness, several other bosses are more or less in control of the real power forces. In addition, there are seven towns in the direct line of the whole Beiyang system, and the combatable collaterals are Fengtian Town and Jiangbei Association, with a total strength of nearly 150,000.

The difficulty of the Qing court's desire to suppress and eliminate the Beiyang faction with 150,000 troops can be imagined!

However, many things cannot be measured by simple numbers, otherwise, people don't have to fight, just compare the book figures directly.

"Relying on our strength, it is not a problem in theory, but once the incident happens, it is difficult to guarantee that unexpected changes will occur, and the attitudes of several southern provinces are also relatively ambiguous!" Duan Qirui said heavily, "Also, now that the autumn exercise is approaching, a town in Hubei and Henan have gone north. In addition, the first town and the fifth town have also received an order to go south to participate in the autumn exercise. What do you think of this?"

Wu Fengling said, "Isn't this obvious? On the one hand, we transfer our Beiyang troops stationed in Beijing to go south, and then be restrained by Hubei Eighth Town and Henan Mixed Association, so that we can have some worries!"

The new army of a town trained by Zhang Zhidong in Hubei was awarded the eighth town number of the army in the recent national unified number reform, which is the first local provincial force to be awarded the official number after the seven towns of Beiyang. The Henan Mixed Association deserves to be the 29th Mixed Association, but there are still two words of temporary editing, and It's not a formal army.

When the court was stable a few months ago, the court said that it would hold an autumn exercise. At that time, Yuan Shikai and other Beiyang people had not realized that the court was ready to suppress Beiyang, so they agreed to send a unit south to carry out an exercise with the Hubei New Army and Henan New Army. However, I didn't expect that the situation would have changed so much in less than three months.

According to normal circumstances, troops cannot be transferred at such a critical moment, but if Yuan Shikai does not mobilize troops, the court will be more suspicious.

Wang Yingkai said, "This fashion is inconclusive, and everything needs to be decided by adults!"

Indeed, no matter what Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui, Zhao Dongyun and Wu Fengling say, in fact, they have no decision. Whether it is to surrender to the court, choose a moderate political confrontation or simply rebel, it is up to Yuan Shikai to decide. The four of them can only be ready for everything now.

Then the four discussed for a while, not only about the situation, but also about the detailed action plan!

What action plan? Naturally, it is to discuss how to start an army once Yuan Shikai is determined to rebel. As for the need to be used, it is a matter of the future. Now we have to be prepared!

"If you are really forced to do something, the variable on the first town is too large, and the sixth town is also close to Beijing, I'm afraid it will be controlled by the court in advance. At that time, if my first town and the fifth town in Shandong will go south, I will have to stop the Jiangbei Mixed Association, Henan Mixed Association and Hubei Town. At that time, relying only on a second town and a fourth town, I'm afraid it's still not safe enough. At that time, Ziyang, your third town will also enter the customs!" Wang Yingkai always arranged affairs as a big brother. To be honest, his faction made Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun dissatisfied.

You should know that Zhao Dongyun and Duan Qirui are not following him, Wang Yingkai, but with Yuan Shikai. Today, although Wang Yingkai came to discuss under the instructions of Yuan Shikai, the appearance of me as the boss still makes them unhappy, but now it is related to Beiyang. After death, this battle of spirit will be put down first.

"At that time, I'm afraid that Rehe, Shanxi and other places will also be chaotic, and the variables of the first and sixth towns are too big. We should still prepare more properly. I think the two towns of Fengtian in Ziyang can also enter the customs, so that we can ensure that there is no mistake." Duan Qirui said so.

However, Wang Yingkai said, "If we do the Qingjun's side, these towns at hand are enough. There are many old troops in the Eastern Province, and there are always people in the town. And once the incident arises, if Japan and Russia interfere in the past, they will not be stopped by Fengtian. Is it possible for them to cross Liaoxi and enter the capital?"

There are still a large number of flagmen in the three eastern provinces, and Heilongjiang and Jilin are not the territory of Beiyang. If they have a fever and want to go south, they have to leave some troops to resist and suppress them. Of course, they don't worry much about these people. What they are really worried about is the interference of Japan and Russia.

How many towns are needed to stabilize the situation in the population, of which only a small part of the troops are used internally, and the main force is still used to prevent foreign interference.

"Ziyang, your two Fengtian towns can't move. They must be nailed to the front line of Jinzhou. Once you can't defend Liaoxi, the situation will be broken!" Wang Yingkai's face was heavy: "As for Tianjin and Tangshan, the troops of the two towns will be enough to stabilize the situation."

"At that time, as long as we stabilize for three or five days, with the prestige of adults, we will definitely be able to reintegrate the seven towns of Beiyang. At that time, after the first town and other troops are attached, the situation will be completely settled. At that time, if foreign countries still forcibly intervene, we will fight a war with them, and I don't believe that more than 100,000 people can't stop us. Come down!" When Wang Yingkai said this, the fat on his face trembled and was full of fierceness.

Shanhaiguan's secret discussion lasted for more than four hours. The four Beiyang bosses present have been talking about how to start an army from the situation in the DPRK. Well, the focus is still on how to rebel. From this meeting, it can be seen that Yuan Shikai does not know whether Yuan Shikai will rebel, but a large number of Beiyang bosses are still looking forward to being able to rise. Not everyone can resist the military rebellion and the founder of the country.

When he left Shanhaiguan and took the train back to Jinzhou, Zhao Dongyun felt that he wanted to wear a yellow robe so much. Before Yuan Shikai said he wanted to rebel, he couldn't wait to discuss how to rebel!

However, these thoughts are too much to think about. His current mind has returned to Fengtian. I'm afraid that he will really prepare for the war this time. Well, he doesn't have many troops on hand. If he wants to prevent foreign troops from interfering, Fengtian and even the whole Liaodong can't defend it. He has to take troops as before. He gathered to Jinzhou and relied on the Jinzhou defense line he had built for many years to resist.

It is estimated that a town is not enough. At that time, you will draw the infantry of the two towns of Fengtian to defend Jinzhou. As for the role that the cavalry troops can't play in this fixed fortification defense battle, you can enter the customs with more than 3,000 cavalry troops of Fengtian's standing army, so that you can only take a lonely third town. After entering the customs, he was finally annexed by Wang Yingkai.

Just when Zhao Dongyun was thinking about what to do in the future, a man with a melon hat in the telegraph room in Linyu County had quietly sent a telegram to the outside world.