51 defense

Before dawn, Anxi's army still marched at an extraordinary speed and went to the east and west areas of Long County before attacking Zhangjiachuan through Guguan Town and Malu Town as originally planned.

The temporary command post is located in a small village near Long County.

Li wants to look for, check and think on the battle map... This is not the home battle in Hubei. Although Ma Hongkui and other Gansu students lead the way, and the huge brother organization in Gansu and Shaanxi is also helping him collect intelligence, it is still far worse than the Hubei battlefield's understanding of the movements of the Beiyang army.

The enemy retreated very fast, and Longdong's pursuit all the way was far from achieving the expected results. It seems that the original strategic deployment will be changed again. But the situation is unknown, and there are countless in my heart, and there is no way to talk about the plan. This is the most distressing thing for the commander. Everyone in the command post was equally anxious. It's just that their anxiety is on their faces, but Li Xiang's uneasiness is hidden in his heart, and his face is still patrolling on the map as if nothing had happened.

The hidden door was suddenly pushed open, a gust of wind and snow swept in, and a corner of the map was raised. Everyone looked from the door, and the people who came in were wearing revolutionary army-style hooded hoods. The hood covered with a layer of snowflakes was taken off, and the face was immediately exposed.

Li wanted to see that it was a daffodil and immediately asked, "How's it going? Have you caught the prisoner?

"I got it!" As the narcissus said, she took off her thick gloves and roasted them on the fire. The result of the interrogation came out. In order to prevent our western army from advancing to the west and keep the northwest nest, the Qing army ordered Ma Anliang to mobilized 3,000 cavalry of all the elite troops of the elite army, gathered in the area of Guguan, Guanshanling and Malu Town, and to gather 5,000 troops in Zhuanglang, Jingning, Longde and other counties behind 3,000 cavalry, in order to increase Gu at any time. In the Guan area, they tried to fight back against the pursuing Anxi army. In addition, Ma Anliang's equipment this time is all Maose guns newly purchased by Chang Geng.

Li wanted to jump on the map and found Guguan at a glance, a place that had long been marked by the army's staff. Guguan is not only the first throat for the defense of the Qing army in Gansu, but also the first door that the Anxi army must open to Gansu. It is located at the junction of Shaanxi and Gansu, 60 miles northwest of Long County. It stands with high mountains on all sides. From this, the old Westland official road hovers up. The mountains are dangerous, with ravines, shrubs and complex terrain. The only official road is sandwiched in the long and narrow valley from east to west, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is the must-have for Qin Long in history. In order to prevent the Anxi army from advancing to the west, the so-called "elite iron horse" of the Majiaxi Army of the Qing army. If fortifications are built according to the mountain and guarded here with danger, there is a tendency of "one man is the key, no one man can open". However, it seems that the cavalry can't exert the mobility of the cavalry in such a terrain. This place is not suitable for the cavalry of the Ma family, and they don't know what the enemy thinks and puts the cavalry in this inappropriate place.

However, after all, it is a strong pass like iron. Who is going to take the lead and smash the door to the west first? Li Xiang knows that the battle of Guguan is the second confrontation between the Anxi army and the Majiaxi army. It will be a fierce battle, which will only be more difficult than the battle of Xianyang. In the northwest battlefield, Ma Anliang is the main enemy of the Anxi army. This guy is both reactionary and stubborn. His combined troops of cavalry are much more difficult to deal with than other troops of the Qing army. It is said that the Ma family army once said wildly that it was easy for the Ezhou revolutionary army to eat someone else's battalion, and it was easy to touch the Ma family army and a battalion. On the battlefield, the creed of these semaic crazy people was "death and ascended to heaven", and their intestines were still shouting "The door of heaven has opened". Therefore, against such a vicious reactionary army, the Anxi army must not take it lightly. In the confrontation of Guguan, this shot must be done well.

Li wanted to meditate for a long time, and then looked up and consulted Zhang Fengyi, the governor of Shaanxi, "Who are you going to give the task to?"

Zhang Fengyi said simply, "I want to give it to the militiamen of Jing Bumu and Zhang Yunshan."

Li Xiang smiled knowingly. Jing Bumu is famous in northern Shaanxi, and the big knife team formed by the summoned Rangers and swords has a brilliant record. Zhang Yunshan was also famous in the battlefield in the west earlier, especially in the battle with Ma Anliang. Both of them are capable of fighting generals in the Shaanxi army. Zhang Fengyi's eyes are very clear. He is also fighting for this opportunity for the generals of the Shaanxi faction to show their faces in front of the generals of Ezhou, so that the new boss Li Xiang can also see the ability of the Shaanxi Revolutionary Army.

Li Xiang waved his hand and said, "That's it. All the officers are busy!" The meeting is off!"

When the narcissus saw that all the officers had left, she sighed: "The price of Xizheng public debt has completely collapsed, and it has become a piece of garbage, with only 5% of the par value left. People who have gone bankrupt have jumped into the Huangpu River..."

"As long as the Western Expedition wins, the Western Expedition public debt will rise to the sky!" Li wanted to be very arrogant at first. As he spoke, he softened himself first: "Male Gobi! The four-nation banking group wants to reproduce the battle of Napoleon Waterloo! In that war, Nathan became the largest creditor of the British government in exactly the same way as he is now, thus leading the future issuance of public bonds of the British government, and the Bank of England was controlled by Nathan. The British government's public debt is the voucher for the future government's tax revenue. The British people's obligation to pay various taxes to the government has become Rothschild Bank's tax on the whole people in disguise. The British government's fiscal expenditure is raised by issuing public bonds. In other words, the British government has to borrow money from private banks because it does not have the right to issue currency, and it has to pay about 8% interest. All principal and interest are settled in gold coins. When Nathan held the overwhelming amount of British government bonds in his hand, he actually determined the price of public bonds, which affected the monetary supply of the whole UK. Britain's economic lifeline was tightly squeezed in the hands of the Rothschild family. Nathan, who was full of ambition, did not hide his pride in conquering the British Empire: "I don't care what kind of English puppet is put on the throne to rule this huge sunless empire. Whoever controls the money supply of the British Empire controls the British Empire, and I control the money supply of the British Empire!" The establishment of the four-nation banking group was originally to control the Qing government. Now that the Qing government is about to fall, they want to control me like the Qing government.

"If the four-nation banking group replicates the Bank of England model to the Ezhou government's conspiracy will succeed. From then on, the repayment of the permanent and ever-increased debt interest of the Ezhou government is like a noose firmly wrapped around the neck of the Ezhou people, struggling more and more tightly. We can't watch the collapse of the Western Expedition public debt. If the day when the Western Expedition wins and the Western Expedition public debt rushes into the sky, the country that has just gone through the unprecedented war and the RMB credit that has just been issued will have collapsed long ago, and the Yangtze River economy will be in a depression. Tang Yuewan couldn't help scolding, "Don't you think so?"

"Don't worry." Li wanted to shake his head. It's not easy to cut their wool back. Those who jump on the Huangpu River are also those who are not determined to my Western Expedition. They deserve it. I have confidence in the Western Expedition, so I believe that the Western Expedition's public debt will definitely rise to the sky, so I know better than anyone when I should collect the wool.

"The 20th President of the United States, James. Garfield said, "Medi frowned: "In any country, whoever controls the money supply is the absolute owner of all industry and commerce. When you understand that the whole system is easily controlled by a very small number of people in one way or another, you don't have to tell you the root cause of inflation and austerity.

Li wanted to hear nothing and didn't say anything. He laughed.

Nanjing, the Grand Presidential Palace.

Sun Yat-sen was finishing his best four words "the world is the public", and suddenly raised his head and asked, "Li Xiang's Western Expedition public debt has also collapsed?"

This had to surprise him. The issuance of military public bonds in Nanjing failed and the Northern Expedition stopped. Originally, the good Western Expedition bonds suddenly collapsed. Originally, he thought that Li Xiang, who had been creating miracles, would also create miracles again. Will the Western Expedition also face the fate of failure?

Miss Song pondered for a moment and replied, "Yes. But Li Shuai did not stop the pace of the Western Expedition because of this.

"Is the Western Expedition still going on?" Sun Yat-sen breathed a sigh of relief, sat down sweetly, took a sip of tea, and said calmly, "I hope Li Shuai will live up to our expectations. All the strength of the alliance in the northwest region has also been handed over to him. The Northern Expedition has failed, and the Western Expedition cannot fail again."

Miss Song was unhappy for a while: "Sir, are you determined to give up your seat? Maybe with the help of Li Shuai, we can compete with the Northern Expedition?

Sun Yat-sen gently put the teacup on the table and said, "I have risked my life for decades to promote the revolution. In fact, it is for the people's livelihood of the country, not for personal status. I still insist on the position in the telegram to Yuan Shikai before taking office and the conditions given when appointing Wu Tingfang to negotiate. As long as Yuan Shikai agrees to the republic and let the Qing Dynasty abdicate, the Republic of China can be established, and I am ready to hand over the presidency to him at any time.

As soon as Miss Song heard this, she was so angry that she was full of anger: "You... You... Yuan Shikai's dictatorial conspiracy, such as Sima Zhao's heart, can also be seen through by a three-year-old child. You are irresponsible for the revolution and shirking the burden! I think you are really a man who can't help up! If you want to give way, just let it go! Your secretary, I'm quit!" As she spoke, she couldn't control herself for a long time. She burst into tears and burst into tears. Finally, she stamped her feet and ran out of the office crying all the way.

Sun Yat-sen couldn't help smiling bitterly, and his hardships were also unspeakable.

Yuan Shikai sent a telegram to the Nanjing government. If he can take the post of president, he will induce the Qing Emperor to abdicate the throne. On the one hand, Zhao Bingjun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, at the front meeting of the Qing Dynasty, proposed that he plans to ask the Qing Dynasty to abdicate. At the same time, he will dissolve the provisional government of the Republic of China and set up a new national unified government in Tianjin to protect the face of the Qing Dynasty. Yuan's plan was peeped through for Sun Yat-sen. There have been several telegrams to Wu Tingfang, asking him to put forward the following three points to Yuan Shikai: First, the Qing Emperor abdicate, the regime will be eliminated at the same time, and his subjects shall not be privately appointed; Second, the provisional government shall not be established in Beijing; Third, after the countries recognize the Republic of China, the interim president will resign and ask the Senate public. Take Yuan as the president.

After receiving the authorization of Sun Yat-sen, Wu Tingfang, the representative of the South, immediately called Yuan Shikai and informed four: (1) The Qing Emperor abdicated and gave up all sovereignty. ( 2) The Qing Emperor shall not interfere in the affairs of the temporary government. ( 3) The location of the interim government must be in Nanjing. (4) President Sun must be dismissed as a country recognizes the achievements of the interim government and domestic reform and is peacefully established; Yuan Shikai shall not interfere in all matters of the interim government before President Sun is dismissed.

In order to prevent Yuan from going back on his head, Sun Yat-sen also announced in the newspaper the procedure for the transfer of power stipulated by the provisional government of Yuan Shikai: (1) The abdication of Emperor Qing, Yuan Zhizhao's ministers in Beijing, and the ministers of various countries were transferred to the government of the Republic of China. ( II) Yuan publicly announced his absolute support for republicanism. ( III) After receiving the notice of the Qing Emperor's abdication from the diplomatic corps, Sun Wen was dismissed immediately. ( 4) Yuan will be elected by the Senate as the interim president. V) After Yuan was elected as the interim president, he vowed to abide by the law set by the Senate and was able to grant power.

The government of the Republic of China announced the procedure for the transfer of power, which is equivalent to informing the whole country that Yuan Shikai is using peace to carry out secret power transactions.

Sun Yat-sen said that after Yuan Shikai abdicated the Qing Emperor, he immediately resigned, so why did he make these at this time? He explained to Wu Tingfang: "The former telegram said that the Qing Emperor would abdicate, and the temporary president resigned on the same day, with the intention that Yuan Neng would sever all relations with the Manchurian government and become a citizen of the Republic of China, so it is allowed to raise Yuan on the same day. Later, Yuan Yi did not only want to go to the full government, but also had to cancel the government of the Republic of China at the same time, and organized another interim government in Beijing. Then such a provisional government will be a constitutional monarchy, a democratic government, who knows! Even if he calls himself a democratic government, who guarantees it? Therefore, the article said yesterday that it must be dismissed as it is recognized by all countries. It is nothing more than to consolidate the foundation of the Republic of China. It is not that there is a conflict of opinions.

Sun Yat-sen's three defense lines are aimed at Yuan Shikai, but his defense line is so useless! Since the revolutionary camp is to rely on Yuan Shikai's strength to end the Qing Dynasty, how can Yuan Shikai not be expected to gain power from the Qing Dynasty? Is there any way to make Yuan Shikai not establish a regime opposed to Nanjing in the north? In order to ensure that the Nanjing government becomes a unified regime for the whole country, Sun Yat-sen could imagine a chess game that relied on the recognition of the imperialist powers. He reiterated his promise to promote Yuan Shikai as president, but he postponed his dismissal as interim president until "countries recognize" the government of the Republic of China. He thought that once the imperialist powers recognized that the Nanjing government was a unified regime, Yuan Shikai had to be the president of the Republic of China and could not have any other plans.

Yuan Shikai and all the people who supported him in the north and south did not pay attention to Sun Yat-sen's three.