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Beijing.
At dawn, a white fish belly appeared on the edge of the sky. The capital, which had been ravaged by the wind and snow for a long time, finally ushered in the first bath of sunshine. The golden sunlight sprinkled over the city with strong oriental charm. It was plainly wrapped and dressed up the whole capital as a silver Qionglou Yuning, which was dazzling.
The capital is turbulent, but it has not improved because of this good weather, and it will only become more and more intense.
... The sound of long live the people's army and the Republic of China is heard everywhere, and the alarm is flying to Scylla Hutong, which is similar to the snowflakes in the capital. The news spread in the capital, and the capital was shocked. The princes and officials of the Qing court were so scared. The poor regent and the Empress Dowager Longyu were so anxious that they only cried.
Li Xiang's action is not intended to be for Cao Cao and Yuan Shikai, who sings for peace, and Zhu Andian, a foreign lord who builds a bridge for peace, two big shots who stamp their feet on the East Asian continent, two loud big ear scrapers.
The world is shaking. After the shock, everyone thought about how Yuan Shikai would take it? Everyone's eyes, including the orphans and widows in the Forbidden City, including the flag man Wang Gong and Han ministers in the capital, including the small people in the market under the root of the imperial city, and the foreign lords in the eastern suburbs, all stared at the deep Sila Hutong in the courtyard.
The rumor came, and to everyone's surprise, Yuan Shikai did not remove Duan Qirui, who humiliated and lost the opportunity. Instead, Feng Guozhang, who shouted the main battle and defeated the people's army, was transferred from Hankou and transferred to the governor of Chahar.
For a while, the Zongshe Party of Jingshi was at a loss, and Yuan Shikai's move was undoubtedly a firm discussion and pace. Up and down in Beiyang, even if there are some people who are not eye-catching, you can see that the positions of Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang have changed Yuan Shikai's true intentions, and other generals must also take the overall situation as the first priority.
The matter of Hubei is now all entrusted to Duan Qirui's department, with Duan Qirui's full power to lead all the Beiyang army in Hubei... It's just such a layout. Once the madman Li sits up, there may be something unbearable at that time! Everyone unconsciously thought about Yuan Shikai's thoughts, even at this time, it was still deep and indelible.
Yuan Shikai is not as deep as outsiders see. The twists and turns of the war in Hubei brought up Yuan Shikai's lazy fighting spirit.
In the long battlefield of the Beijing-Han Railway, whether the Beiyang Army was annihilated by more than 1,000, or Li Fengzi boasted about more than 10,000 propaganda, for the prestigious Beiyang Army on the East Asian continent, it is the first great defeat that China has suffered in decades. Because it was the first time, Beiyang and his Yuan Shikai could not lose their face anyway, and they did not dare to face the truth.
Duan Qirui on the front line tried his best to defend: this is not a defeat, but a small mistake, a small mistake in the case of inaccurate intelligence! The important strongholds and cities of the Beijing-Han Railway Line are still in the hands of the Beiyang Army!
Yuan Shikai also chose to believe all of Duan Qirui's defense. After all, he can't afford to lose face.
However, after all, the "mistakes" of the Beijing-Han railway line humiliated Beiyang, and also made Yuan Shikai, the head of the Beiyang Army, the prime minister of the Qing Empire, suffer a great humiliation in front of the world. Yuan Shikai was furious and said to Duan Qirui, "If you can't calm down the crazy man in Hubei as soon as possible, then get back to me!" The order. It changed the decision to secretly discuss with Yang Du that he would never launch an attack on the areas occupied by the civilian army until the end of the armistice period, and decided to quickly increase the number of troops in Hubei on a large scale again, launch a larger attack, and vowed to avenge this arrow and humiliate.
Duan Qirui was also fighting, and the fighter soon appeared. Not long after Yuan Shikai's telegram was shot, Duan Qirui, the president of the First Army of the front-line battalion of Xiaogan, replied to Yuan Shikai: There is a strong group of the civilian army in the Xiaochang area. According to reliable information, the group has about a division of more than 10,000 people, almost all of which are the elite troops of Li Fengzi.
In the past few days, Yuan Keding, who was extremely diligent in the telegraph room, was the first to see the translation. He was immediately surprised and thought that it was a rare fighter to avenge the arrow of the Jinghan Railway. He immediately reported to his father and strongly advocated the launch of the Yellow Village War.
Duan Qirui Telegraph said: "The sharp blow to Li Jun, who is concentrated in Huangcun, can have a great effect on the revolutionary will of the enemy. Therefore, the Beiyang Army should be ready to carry out the annihilation of Huangcun, because the enemy is almost the elite main force of the Li army and is already isolated. Our army should not miss the opportunity to fight with a large force and a large scale to completely annihilate the enemy. My duty believes that as long as the strategic attempt to annihilate the enemy is achieved, it can solve the Hubei incident by force, promote the Li regime to surrender or seek peace, take a decisive step, and also save the adverse impact of our army on the Beijing-Han Railway in Lake.
Yuan Shikai was also overjoyed when he heard the news. He thought that this was a great opportunity to stop the arrogant propaganda of the victory of the Jinghan Railway Line being carried out by Li Madman. He immediately decided to encircle and annihilate Li Madman's army in Huangcun. And it is required that the Beiyang Army will definitely achieve great results in this attack, so as not to let the Li Crazy Army of a division in the Huangcun area escape the net, so as to completely annihilate it.
In order to make a quick decision, Duan Qirui did not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. On the same day, he ordered the Xiaogan battalion to shrink the defense of the first army's Jinghan railway line and the generals in the important towns of various military stations: First, the Xiaogan battalion attempted to break through the enemy near Huangcun. II. The Eighth Association of the Fourth Town (Chen Guangyuan) should break through the enemy near Huangcun with a powerful force and occupy the area north of the Caidian Line north of Hankou. Third, the third association of the second town (the third association Wang Zhanyuan) should take Xianghuangcun (excluding) near the Tokyo-Han Railway Line and Huangzhou before the eighth association (Chen Guangyuan), which occupies the fourth town.
In order to ensure the victory of the annihilation of Huangcun, Duan Qirui even sent two people from Feng Guozhang. Before the battle started, he sent the "Xiaogan Camp Dispatch Team" composed of high ginseng such as Xu Shuzheng, a think tank of the first army of the Xiaogan Battalion, to the front line of Huangcun to guide the battle on the spot.
More than 8,000 Beiyang troops have been mobilized from 18 towns occupied by the Beiyang Army, such as Hankou, Xiaogan, Xiaochang, Dawu, Guangshui and Xinyang, and have used all the troops of the Beiyang Army in Hubei except the bottom line stationed in various places, with more than a hundred large and small cannons, divided into nine routes. Taking the north-south confrontation and the circuitous tactics of the flanks, he surrounded and swept the Xiaochang base area in an attempt to quickly fight. He wanted to quickly encircle and annihilate the main force of the Li Madman's army near Huangcun and put him to death.
No matter what means are taken. You can't make his crazy Li bigger and stronger!
To solve this disturbance, Yuan Shikai immediately held a cabinet meeting. At this time, he used the trend of the revolutionary army to squeeze the last bit of power from the regent.
In the early morning, the Prime Minister's government hurriedly held an emergency meeting because of Yuan Shikai's idea. The Qing court has been doing foreign affairs for decades, and the only place where the Prime Minister's office is open a large table in the council chamber. At the horizontal head, the fat Yuan Shikai sat upright, and a huge dragon flag hung above the wall behind his head, coaxing the atmosphere of the venue.
Yuan Shikai sat on the left hand of the new members of his cabinet: Liang Dunyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hu Weide, Deputy Minister. Minister of Civil Affairs Zhao Bingjun, Vice Minister Wu Zhen. The minister of the branch is strict. Wang Shizhen, Minister of the Army, and Tian Wenlie, Vice Minister. Tan Xueheng, Vice Minister of the Admiralty. Tang Jingchong, Minister of Academic Affairs. Shen Jiaben, Minister of Justice. Yang Shiqi, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. Xiyan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. Da Shou, the minister of the Ministry of Lifan, and Rongxun, the vice minister.
Yuan Shikai sat on his right hand and waited for the emperors of the Qing Dynasty.
Before the meeting, only Zhao Bingjun, Yang Shiqi and a few other Yuan Shikai's real intention of the discussion this time, and more people did not know what had happened. At this time, they asked in a low voice.
Yuan Shikai glanced at Yang Shiqi. Seeing that the other party nodded, he turned to Zhao Bingjun and said, "Let's start!"
Zhao Bingjun, who presided over the meeting, first gave a brief explanation after receiving a telegram from Duan Qirui, and then Yang Shiqi first read out the latest situation of the Southern Democratic Party.
The atmosphere at the venue was solemn and quiet for a while. Only Yang Shiqi's hurried and powerful voice passed by everyone and echoed in the room.
"I. The news of the fall of Nanjing spread to Shanghai. Cheng Dequan, Tang Shouqian, Chen Qimei, etc. decided to take Nanjing as the seat of the provisional government of the bandit party, and voted on the representatives of independent provinces to vote Huang Xing as the provisional marshal, and Li Yuanhong as the tentative deputy marshal and also served as the governor of the Hubei army, and issued a telegram saying: Now Nanjing is restored, the Hubei army The task is tight. The division of assisting Hubei and the division of the Northern Expedition is ready to go, and there is an urgent need for unification. Today, it is better to tentatively appoint Nanjing as the seat of the provisional government. Huang Junxing as the provisional marshal, and Li Junyuanhong as the provisional deputy marshal and also serve as the governor of the Hubei army. By wavering, it is far behind the overall situation. As soon as the representatives who go to Hubei return to Shanghai and go to Nanjing to publish, all the establishments will be ready to be carried out without delay. The opportunity is urgent, and they have to decide by power. , beg for the original."
"II. In Hubei, the violent bandit army destroyed the Beijing-Han railway line, attacked our garrison, and clashed with our garrison base. It is reported that the First Army of Xiaogan's independent defense is being dispatched to the scene.
"III. The Hubei bandit army blew up the Beijing-Han railway line, and its troops were about three divisions, destroying the Beijing-Han railway line one by one. The battle with our Xiaogan battalion has now occupied a corner of the Jinghan Railway. But the number of enemy machine guns and infantry guns is increasing. Along the Jinghan Railway, our army is fighting hard.
"III. Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng are doing the following: (1) Guarding the largest army to sweep the enemy of Xiaochang..."
After reading the message, everyone was stunned. The venue was still silent, and only Yuan Shikai's eyes were on everyone's faces.
Yuan Shikai fully understood the consternation of the people at this time. He deliberately exaggerated the situation more than what Li Xiang advertised in the People's Daily, that is, to scare the emperors of the Qing Dynasty fiercely.
For Yuan Shikai, he retained Wuchang and left a territory for the revolutionary army. In addition to showing his tolerant attitude to the outside world, the most important thing is to retain the opponent of the peace talks, proving that the strength of the revolutionary army cannot be underestimated, so that he can continue to squeeze the Qing court, so as not to break through Wuchang and others.
However, something happened that made Yuan Shikai uneasy.
On December 2, 1911, on the day the armistice agreement between the two warring parties in Wuhan came into effect, Nanjing was captured by the revolutionary army.
In this way, the morale of the revolutionary army camp rose, and the spirit of being hit by the fall of Hanyang and Hankou reappeared.
Although Nanjing was captured by the revolutionaries and more than a dozen provinces declared independence, the initiative of the overall situation of the country is still in the hands of Yuan Shikai.
On the one hand, he wants to keep the fire of "Wuchang" to nourish the enemy's self-respect; on the other hand, he wants to suppress the two provinces of Jin and Shaanxi first for the peace of the backyard in the north.
Based on this, his tone for the outside is naturally not as obvious as Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, who show "excism" and "harmony" as in his heart, which also makes Beiyang officers unable to figure out what their Premier Yuan's attitude towards the south is for a moment.
Seeing that no one opened his mouth, Yuan Shikai put down his short hand and said, "It happened suddenly, so please discuss the countermeasures, mainly the judgment of the current situation and the next steps." With that, he raised his voice and put away a slight smile. "When I entered Beijing, I said that since the outbreak of the southern problem, it has been developing in a serious direction. Although I have always emphasized the importance of forbearance, suppressing, caressing, and using it together, I'm afraid that the situation in the south will not allow us to be too heavy. At present, there are only 30,000 Beiyang troops in Hubei, with few soldiers and poor equipment. They are surrounded by the brutal Li crazy troops. This will inevitably lead to the idea of the South taking the opportunity to reject the North Sea and carry out the revolution to the end. Remember that Hubei is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and there are also the undead of the Beiyang elite. Losing Hubei is equivalent to losing the national defense lifeline of the Qing Dynasty, which will inevitably harm the great cause of the Qing Dynasty. If the Qing Dynasty did not agree, even if the corpse was abandoned in Hubei, the undead of Beiyang would not agree. Therefore, the serious situation in Hubei must be resolved. This Beiyang Army's action is a little sudden. Please talk about your views on the next step.
The first to stand up to break the deadlock was the tall and majestic Zongshe fanatical Liangbi at the end of the Qing Dynasty. At this time, he swept over the leisurely and detached impression given to him in the past. His expression was grim, his eyes were calm, and he was quite militaryly popular. He said with the unique curly voice of the people of the capital flag: "I think the action of Xiaogan Camp is completely reasonable. The cabinet should give full support to Xiaogan Camp and take this incident as an opportunity to completely solve Li, Hubei. The madman problem." The words are concise and the attitude is clear.
Before the meeting, Liang Bi had inquired about some gossip through some people placed in the Beiyang Army, and had vaguely glimpsed Yuan Shikai's attitude towards this incident, so he showed no hesitation and sharpness when he came up his point of view.
These people who participated in the cabinet meeting, whether they are members of the Zongshe Party or the new cabinet, have already accepted the idea that Hubei will solve it by force. The difference is just the sooner or later of this day.
Yuan Shikai smiled gently and held a hurried meeting, but quickly reached a consensus. Finally, he said casually: "In order to boost the hearts of the army and encourage morale, the imperial guard should advocate and demonstrate. The royal ministers should also set an example for their subjects, so the royal ministers should lead some of the imperial guards to go to the south."
His topic is very open and upright, but such a proposal is enough to scare Zaitao, a famous timid beizi. As soon as he heard that Yuan Shikai wanted him to be handsome, he immediately scared Zaitao to death.
Yuan Shikai's proposal was refused by Zaitao, and Ren Liangbi and other Zongshe maniacs's persuasion was also ineffective.
"In this way, it will be difficult to eliminate the southern civilian army to solve the problem of the Hubei Li madman." Yuan Shikai sneered, "We can only continue to invite the old British government to lead the line, and ask the Empress Dowager to issue a decree to hold a national peace conference with Nanjing..."
Shanqi and other Qing emperors saw that Yuan Shikai did not move. He turned his face and sang the peace talks publicly. He also forced the empress dowager to lower the order. They were furious and asked him loudly: "The victory of Guishan, Hanyang and Hankou have recovered, and the victory is so great. Wuchang can recover in a few days. Why did he talk and stop the war with the thief party?"
Yuan Shikai smiled contemptuously and replied, "Although Hankou and Hanyang are closed, Nanjing has fallen again. Nanjing is the most important place in the world, and the situation is double that of Wuhan. The party is powerful, demagogic, and the hearts of the people are fluctuating. This is a stopgap measure. For a period of three years, I will destroy the party members. If you move blindly and take the world as your every bet, you might as well exercise power on my behalf, and Yuan should avoid the position!"
Under the intimidation, several Manchurian nobles who came out of the cage were silent. Arrogant and arrogant as Liangbi can't do anything.
The cabinet meeting ended like this. After that, Empress Dowager Longyu of the Qing Dynasty decreed: "Now that there is a truce between the north and the south, we should send members to discuss the overall situation. Yuan Shikai is the minister of full power, and the minister will entrust representatives to go to the south to discuss it effectively to determine the overall situation."
Empress Dowager Longyu of the Qing Dynasty issued an order. The court, which had been in a panic, suddenly caught a life-saving straw. The Zongshe Party, when it comes to commanding a modernization war, it can be said that it has no success. I think that under the strategy, under the edict, it is natural for everyone to fight bravely and fight to the death for the holy king. The little bandit party will be broken in a light battle. Strategic planning, tactical design, logistics organization and resource mobilization for modern warfare. These Baqi men raised in the cage have no such authority and no practical ability to operate! Yuan Shikai came up with a way, and they accepted it all at the moment.
Under the snowflakes of the Qing court, it stirred up waves all over the world at the end of the Qing Dynasty, which was originally like stagnated water.
How can the powerful Beiyang Army, the powerful East Asian army, which is piled up with how much money, even admired by the Germans, be so miserable by Xiao Li in Hubei? The people in Beijing are the most well-informed and speak loudest. They are all about the streets and alleys.
"............ Why can't I do it in the Qing Dynasty? Wuchang Yifu advocated chaos, and the thirteen southern provinces responded... The Kuominion opened the National Assembly, opened the parliament, and prepared to establish a constitution. Isn't it also moving towards enlightenment step by step? What's wrong with this?"
"Prepare for the constitution... Prepare for a fart! The famous sergeants in Jiangnan are not all the masters of the Advisory Council. Now they have changed into members of the Parliament of the Republic of China!"
"What's the use of the parliament? It is said that the alliance will send Huang Daringai to the doctor in a hurry. When the Jiangsu and Zhejiang people's army occupied Nanjing, there were more than a dozen governors in Jiangsu alone. Huang Daring had no choice but to ask Cheng Xueshuai to preside over the military and politics of Jiangsu, and invited Mr. Zhang, the champion, to participate in the state affairs..."
But who is Mr. Zhang? He was suitable for teachers and students in the Qing Army and Yuan Palace in North Korea. They still sit facing south and north..."
"Look... Look... This state matter depends on the meaning of Yuan Gongbao..."
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