154 good dreams are hard to find

Filial piety. The boundless darkness, the broken city, sobbed in the cold wind. A little starlight sprinkled on this dark earth.

The light of the big tent of the Beiyang Second Army Command has been on, and Lord Duan Qirui, the president of the army, has been in a good mood these days. Since receiving Beijing's order to appoint him to supervise Huguang, Feng Guozhang, who has been pressing on his head, is also going to get out of here. Huguang will cover the sky with one hand in the future! In fact, there is nothing for him to worry about in the Huguang war. The Beiyang army has made the southern bandits kneel down and beg for peace, leaving only Li Xiang, who is making a small fight in the countryside, which is very disgusting. It doesn't matter. In order to strengthen the vigilance of the Beijing-Han Railway, his Beiyang Second Army invented the division of labor responsibility system and punishment rules of the railway care village on the basis of the armor protection system, and strictly implemented it. There has been no accidents for a month in a row, which is really remarkable effect. The situation in Hubei has always been under his control. I believe that he will still be in his control after he officially takes over in the future... He feels that he is very likely to become one of the three heroes in Beiyang and has the greatest opportunity to succeed Yuan Shikai in the future.

It's very late and cold.

Duan Qirui, who was tired of this battle of opportunity, just finished washing up, and the phone rang. It was the stationmaster of Xiaochang Station.

Duan Qirui saw the secret agent materials in the past few days that reported the revolutionary army activities near the Jinghan Line. Because of the news of the restoration of Nanjing, Li Xiang began to make restless small movements again, and even generated arrogant remarks that he would carry out the revolution to the end. Therefore, he asked the stationmasters of Beiyangbing Stations on the Jinghan Line to report to him once a day. Even if he is a very disdainful enemy, he will look at him squarely. Lions and rabbits should also do their best.

Duan Qirui routinely asked on the phone, "What's going on today?"

"I told my lord that I received a report from Sun Chuanfang in the afternoon that more than 2,000 bandits were found 80 kilometers south of Huaxi."

Xiaochang's webmaster swung his waist at the other end of the phone and replied respectfully. Xiaochang stationmaster is actually very disgusted with Sun Chuanfang, who showed her transcendent talent everywhere. From the bottom of his heart, he thought that he was making a fuss. Wuchang had asked for peace, and it was difficult to start the war again. He did not think that the war would continue. Therefore, he directly poked Sun Chuanfang out, that is, he wanted to be deeply loved by Shangguan at ordinary times. This young man was disgusted by such a fuss.

"Well, pay attention to monitoring and report to me immediately if there is any situation." After saying that, Duan Qirui frowned slightly and was also a little dissatisfied with Sun Chuanfang, who was eager to perform, so he put down the phone.

He wants to rest early today, hoping to have a good dream.

I can't stand Li Xiang's disgust these days, and I don't want to hear the report about him again.

These days, the overall situation in Hubei has been decided. Li Yuanhong saw that he was beaten by Feng Guozhang and asked for peace. It turned out that the rear security affairs he was responsible for were handled by Fu Liangzuo, but he and Xu Shuzheng had other plans. Since Jin Yunpeng came with the will of the eldest son, the order to transfer Feng Guozhang has also arrived. In order to avoid conflicts with Feng Guozhang, so as to avoid Feng Guozhang saying that he is fighting for power and profits. Anyway, Feng Guozhang is about to hand over power, and Lord Duan is only happy to accept the fruit of victory.

So these days, if it weren't for the disturbance caused by the restoration of Nanjing, not to mention the peasant army fighting guerrillas in the countryside, Duan Qirui didn't bother to care about the news of Wuchang.

Duan Qirui was about to go to bed when he heard a "report" outside the door. Before he could answer, he hurriedly bumped in.

It was his chief councilor Xu Shuzheng who crashed into the mainland.

Duan Qirui's face was full of anger. As soon as he looked up, he saw that it was Xu Shuzheng.

"What made you panic like this?"

It is about 800 meters from the headquarters of the Second Army to the dormitory area. Xu Shuzheng ran very fast. I saw him standing there with a red face, holding a pile of paper in his hand, pointing at him, and panting for words.

Duan Qirui, who was angry, was slightly surprised. Xu Shuzheng has been intelligent since he was a child and full of talent. But the great talent is in the chest, and the natural sharpness is exposed. It is too arrogant, and there is an unconventional literary talent that penetrates the bones. In Beijing and Beiyang, they are all famous young talents, and their temperament is naturally extraordinary. No matter how angry others are, he is always not slow and looks at Tao's destructive style. It's unprecedented to see that he is so nervous!

Seeing the student he most favored, Duan Qirui immediately turned his anger into a smile and said, "You Zheng, what's so great? Now I am in charge of the situation in Hubei, and everything will be a fore. What else will happen to get out of you and my plans?

Xu Shuzheng was out of breath and just shook his head. He looked nervous and admired. It took him a long time to breathe. Military unification! It's not a big deal!"

After taking a nap in his study, he was also ready to look for Zhou Gong in his dream. He received a phone call from the Jinghan Line Military Station urgently received by the staff officer in charge of communication. After answering, he ran all the way without dressing neatly!

Duan Qirui smiled faintly and said, "What's the matter tonight? They all made a fuss. I just received a report from Sun Chuanfang that more than 2,000 bandits were found 80 kilometers south of Huaxi. Li thought that at this time, he knew that the revolution would be carried out to the end. Which guy did not have the support of Hankou's financial and material resources, and the response of the new army of Wuchang. He was just a group of mountain and wild villagers who danced with hoees and burning fire sticks. What else can he make trouble? If I let him be wild in my territory, I really feel sorry for Lord Yuan's simplicity..."

Xu Shuzheng took another breath, interrupted Duan Qirui's chatter in a low voice, and said, "It's not a fuss. Wu Shengguan called, and they were attacked by thousands of bandits and soldiers, and the situation was critical. Even small bandits have been found in Xinyang City, and there are sporadic gunshots on the street..."

With a bang, Duan Qirui had already stood up and scolded, "What is Lu Jianzhang doing? This guy is such an asshole. The information is very inaccurate. I want to participate in his book fiercely. Lord Yuan gave him the Beiyang information to master, which was a complete mistake... You should convene a meeting of the Military Senate immediately, and you must strengthen the vigilance of Xinyang City. Henan can't be in chaos! It's so easy for us to stabilize the situation in Hubei, but Henan can't be chaotic! Shanxi is already in chaos. No matter how chaotic Henan is, there will be no way back, and the army will be in chaos.

This night, Duan Qirui's good dream can't be done.

Duan Qirui turned around the room anxiously twice, and immediately controlled his impetuous mood and asked quietly, "That's it? In fact, I can't tell you about this matter. I'm just responsible for supervising Huguang. Xinyang is in Henan, and someone else is in charge of it. Report this matter directly to Lord Yuan..."

"Military unification, of course, it's more than that. I haven't finished it yet." Xu Shuzheng said solemnly, "... The small iron bridge between Wushengguan and Dawu County was attacked, causing certain losses. Many sections of the railway between Dawu and Xiaochang on the Jinghan Line were blown up, and the telephone line west of Xiaochang County could not be connected. Just after being attacked by superior bandits in the Xiaochang area, he retreated to the city and lost contact with Huaxi Town and Xiajia Village, two strongholds outside the city.

Duan Qirui suddenly jumped up again, and his trembling fingers pointed to him. His face was pale and he couldn't speak for a moment. After the Battle of Yangxia, the arrogant Southern People's Party, which was blown by the Beiyang, officially negotiated peace only after Yuan became the prime minister of the cabinet. It still asked the British minister of Beijing, Zhu Erdian, to order Ge Fu, the British consul in Hankou, to come forward to Wuchang on October 10 to mediate peace, and the two sides of the war. During the three-day armistice period signed, Ge Fu's consul contacted peace with the provincial congresses meeting in the British Concession in Hankou. Seeing that the situation stabilized, it was completely broken! If it is really as Xu Shuzheng said in the report, it is that the Beijing-Han line is critical, and after Li wants to attack, the rear supply line of Beiyang is cut off, which is equivalent to the whole Beiyang army becoming a lonely army! Li thought that if he did this, it would mean war and that he could really carry out the revolution to the end. It is absolutely impossible for Southern Party members to miss the opportunity to carry out the revolution to the end. The party's popularity that has just been restored to Nanjing will be even more turbulent, and the North-South peace will also become a bubble. And Lord Yuan will never allow this opportunity to steal the country to be lost! There are two planned north-south peace plans: one is national, with Yuan Shikai's cabinet representing the provinces and regions under the Qing court, hoping to have peace talks with a person who can represent all the revolutionary provinces and regions; the other is a local armistice, which is carried out by Duan Qirui, the top commander of the Beiyang Army in Wuhan, and "Li Junmen" in Hubei. Armistice negotiations limited to the region.

"The previous work has been wasted." He thought with frustration. He felt that he was very hopeful to become the person with the greatest opportunity to take over Yuan Shikai's power in the future among the three heroes of Beiyang - this dream was broken so quickly.

"Immediately organize troops to reinforce Xiaochang City." Duan Qirui only said such a sentence for a long time.

Xu Shuzheng shook his head helplessly: "The communication with several military stations on the Jinghan Railway has been interrupted, and the discussion in the camp can't even figure out what happened on the Jinghan Line... Military unification, my lord, you have to calm down! The situation between the enemy and us is unknown, and they rush to send troops. I'm afraid that the situation in Hubei will be more chaotic and difficult to deal with! At least wait until dawn..."

"The communication with several military stations on the Jinghan Railway has been interrupted? The councilor in the camp can't even figure out what happened? How can you make me calm down!" Duan Qirui, who was walking around the room impatiently, roared angrily, "You will find the staff officer in charge of communication and combat. This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed in my army. They are limited to figure out what happened on the Jinghan Line within two hours. It is said that Fu Liangzuo, Wu Guangxin and Qu Tongfeng, come to filial piety! An emergency staff meeting will be held immediately to decide on the operational plan to quickly send reinforcements. Lord Yuan's place is going to be teleplayed soon! Lu Jianzhang, this rice bucket!"

As the president of the Second Army of Hubei Banditry sent by Beiyang, Duan Qirui has never felt very pitiful, and the sky in front of him was as dark as the curtain.

That's all I just said, and the phone rang.

The phone call was from Feng Guozhang, the president of the First Army, who has not yet handed over his position in Hankou. He didn't care about each other's estrangement. At the critical moment of Beiyang's plan, he had to ask him for help: "The Jinghan Railway is being attacked by Li Xiang's bandits everywhere..." After saying half a sentence, there was a busy sound of "dudu" on the phone, and he was so angry that he dropped the phone on the table. In the future, the wired telephone and cable telegraph connecting to Hankou were also completely disconnected, and the Second Army Camp in Xiaogan immediately fell into an unknown situation.

Duan Qirui seemed to grow old and sighed, "We shouldn't have underestimated this Li Xiang at the beginning!" Who would have thought that Huang was bold, Li was timid, and famous all over the world. They all broke the sand in front of our Beiyang, but this unknown Li wanted to turn the day over. Lord Yuan once said: If you don't have Hankou, it is not enough to seize the spirit of revolution; if you don't lose Nanjing, it is not enough to chill the courage of the Qing court. If we can't grasp the situation in Hubei, Nanjing will be taken away by the southern party. Now the courage of the Qing court is cold, but the revolutionary spirit is like a tide... The situation in our Beiyang is so passive!"

Now this bleak situation is like this, and his future of Duan Qirui is also bleak.

The fruit thrown to him by Feng Guozhang rotted in an instant, and the play of peace could not continue. He was the sinner of Beiyang.

The whole room is silent. Both of them are analyzing the great gains and losses. The more they think about it, the more afraid they are.

Duan Qirui was the first to calm down and said quietly, "As long as Hankou is still in our hands, Wuchang Li is timid and can't make trouble for the time being!" There are foreigners in mediation and negotiation, and the peace is also involving the interests of foreigners. They will definitely not give up. There is a possibility that the peace will continue... The situation is not so bad that it is hopeless."

"Then Li Xiang..." Xu Shuzheng asked bitterly.

"He Li wants to provoke foreigners, but there is no good result! Foreigners don't want to see him proud. Duan Qirui said coldly, "Now let's stabilize our feet first to prevent someone stab us in the back!" It's hard to squeeze out Feng Guozhang. Don't make wedding clothes for others again... After the limelight, I have a way to deal with Li Xiang!" He has completely calmed down and said, "You Zheng, let's wait for further news here at any time and try to get in touch with the military stations. Fu Liangzuo, Wu Guangxin and Qu Tongfeng are here. They are ready to fight and ready to support at any time. This council office will carefully consider the plan and relay it to Lord Yuan here. News, according to the actual report, we must emphasize that the important town strongholds such as Hankou and Xiaogan and Wushengguan are still in our hands, and everything is still under the control of Beiyang.

"Yes!" Xu Shuzheng agreed to leave.

Only Duan Qirui was left sitting alone, and his whole face was hidden in the shadow of the light. It was quiet. After a long time, I heard him say quietly, "One person leverages the world's general trend. Occasionally, it can be said to be a miracle of some kind of opportunity achievement. It's ability again and again!" But it's hard for me to have a good dream tonight, and you can't create a miracle again!"