63 lies

The streets of Gaolan City greeted the rising sun with last night's light snow. Maybe it was this cold weather, or maybe it was a chaotic world. There were few people on the road, and only a few idle soldiers came out for a walk.

Sheng Yun, who fled all the way back to Lanzhou from Longdong, received an emergency report from the front line early in the morning and immediately summoned Ma Anliang to listen to the situation report.

"The two stupid brothers, Ma Lin and Ma Qi, were defeated and died in the chaotic army in Liupanshan, and the third pass was lost; Huang Yue, who grew up and handsome, was ungrateful and turned against it in Qinzhou..."

Ma Anliang's reward suddenly dispelled Shengyun's sleepiness: "I know. Lanzhou immediately entered a state of emergency and immediately called the generals of the whole army for a meeting!"

After hurriedly giving the initial order, Sheng Yun immediately put on a patch coat and came to the governor's office with a warm hat with a coral red top.

Sheng Yun found Chang Geng and reported on the development of the situation. Chang Geng received Shengyun in the living room in casual clothes and listened to his report while looking at the map. When he heard that Huang Yue turned against him, he was very surprised and at a loss. He said in panic, "Huang Yue is a revolutionary party. Why is no one suing me!"

Ma Hongkui's father, Ma Fuxiang, also learned the news at this time. In his sleep, he was awakened by Ma Zhongxiao's report. When Ma Fuxiang first heard it, he asked suspiciously, "Is it credible?"

Ma Zhongxiao said firmly, "I have my news channel, and there has been a forecast for a long time, so it must be credible!"

Ma Fuxiang was silent. The attack on Shaanxi vanguard of the Eastern Expedition Qinwang organized by Chang Geng and Shengyun was first intended for Ma Fuxiang, not the cruel and arrogant Ma Anliang. However, Ma Fuxiang believed that "the dictatorship will not be soon, and the republic will be completed" and refused to serve the Qing court again. He took the opportunity of his father Ma Qianling's death in the second year of Xuantong to "subdue the system. As an extort, Chang Geng and Sheng Yun had to order them to stay in Lanzhou. He knew that the sky in Gansu was going to change, but he didn't expect it to change so soon!

"Report!"

The star officer outside the door raised his voice and another report, breaking his thoughts.

"What's the matter?"

"Changshuai, please go to the governor's office."

After hearing this, Ma Fuxiang hesitated for a moment and still got up.

Chang Geng and Sheng Yun finally gathered the important members of Lanzhou for a meeting. The four leaders of the Han army: Lu Hongtao, the commander of the Zhenwu Army, Zhang Xingzhi, the leader of the Zhuangkai Army, Zhou Wuxue, the leader of the Zhongwu Army, and Wu Bingxin, the commander of the Jianwei Army; the three leaders of the Hui Army: Ma Fuxiang, the leader of the Zhaowu Army, Cui Zhenghuang, the commander of the Xiaorui Army, and Ma Anliang, the commander of the Elite Army, all arrived.

Cui noon coughed, glanced at the big guy, and began to report the seriousness of the situation: "The Xiaorui Army and the Elite Army suffered heavy damage in the Battle of Longdong, and only ten battalions can be organized. Even if the strong man is caught in Lanzhou, the absolute strength is still not enough compared with the surging Li madman. Moreover, the two generals, the enemy is not only as brave as the soldiers fighting, but also as the return to the army who held the opening ceremony of the Tianmen, and even the weapons and equipment are much sharper than us. The front reports that our Kerbo Mountain cannons can't beat an iron king of the enemy.

Who hasn't heard of the horror legend of the Iron King? Ma Anliang was so crazy that he once boasted that Haikou said, "A few student dolls have changed. What's the important? I'll flatten them. It's just a matter of time." Unexpectedly, he broke the halberd when he met the madman Li.

Sheng Yun stared at Cui noon with his bloody eyes and said, "If the cannonball doesn't work, then you have to stop the enemy's iron bastard with rou bullets!"

Cui Noon stopped talking. Sheng Yun and Chang Geng, the two Manchu people, wanted to die with the revolution, but they didn't want to bury Man.

Ma Anliang's intention to be loyal to the Qing court was immortal and said hatefully, "Let's have a sports war with Li Madman!"

"Can you exercise more than crazy Li?" Ma Fuxiang said unsadly.

In the Hubei battlefield, Li Xiang turned over perfectly with an absolutely weak force, which has shocked the world, so Ma Anliang combined with the current unfavorable situation of the northwest Qing army to say this. However, Ma Fuxiang didn't say that he didn't say anything. Li wanted to turn the situation in Hubei, which was more of the aspirations of the Ezhou Revolutionary Party and the people. The Qing court and the Beiyang Army had established a national enemy, and the failure was the most normal result. In the battlefield of Gansu, Ma Anliang's sports war has no mass base, and Li Xiang, who invented sports war, is familiar with the characteristics of sports war. Why should he fight sports war with Li Xiang? As long as the Qing army moves, I'm afraid it will be defeated by Li Xiang, encircling and suppressing troops, and dying faster.

Chang Geng and Sheng Yun looked ugly and did not agree with Ma Anliang's wild words. Naturally, what the Qing court looked like. They knew about sports warfare, but whether they could fight sports fought was another matter.

Beijing.

Yuan Shikai criticizes the clothes, wears a bamboo hat, and is fishing for the snow in the cold pond. Yuan Shikai returned to the habit of fishing in the morning in Yuanshang Village on the pretext of being stabbed and injured. According to the crown prince Yuan Keding, Yuan Shikai was thinking about national affairs while fishing. Yuan Keding received the cabinet, the military advisory office, and the Gansu spy's report on the defeat of Sanguankou and the righteousness of Qinzhou. Yuan Shikai listened to his son's report, nodded gently, and put down the fishing line.

Dongjiao Minxiang also received a notice from the Gansu battlefield, but it was not reported to Zhu Edian, the British ambassador to China, but the representative of the bank group living in Dongjiao Minxiang received a telegram from a British businessman in Lanzhou at home. After reporting the information to the British Embassy by phone, he immediately called the representatives of the four-nation banking group in Beijing.

The northwest battlefield is an internal war of the Chinese people, but there is a more dangerous currency war behind this war, which is their battlefield. However, the notice sent by the British businessmen in Lanzhou is not clear enough and must wait for further information.

"Please don't panic, gentlemen," John said first, and then told the representatives of the four-nation banking regiments in Beijing the news, "The Ezhou Revolutionary Anxi Army has begun to launch a full-scale attack!"

"We didn't panic. We read the newspaper this morning."

Before that, foreign newspapers had been advocating for the Qing army in the northwest. Over time, they also seemed to believe that the Qing army had been taking the initiative in the northwest battlefield.

"No, I think the situation of the Qing army is dangerous this time!" John gave up their fluke idea.

At this time, the English newspaper that the newspaper boy began to sell in the eastern suburbs in the morning has reported the news of the battlefield in Gansu. But this news only said in the English newspaper: "The Anxi Army of the Ezhou Revolution has begun a full-scale attack, but the army of the Qing Dynasty in Northwest China is resolutely fighting. Don't be nervous." It's very simple and easy, so ordinary citizens, whether foreigners or Chinese who know English, don't care about it at all. But after all, more and more people have learned about the battlefield in Gansu.

A statement issued by the People's Daily of Xinhua News Agency said: "... The puppet court army full of traitors began to attack the Shaanxi Revolutionary Army area. Our revolutionary army fought bravely and stopped the enemy's attack... After analysis and discussion, the Ezhou Revolutionary Military Government ordered Ezhou State. The Anxi Army of the People's Revolution launched a decisive counterattack to disarm the enemy!"

However, this newspaper was banned very severely in Beijing. Few people in the capital saw the newspaper. Most of them learned about it through the nickname of the Qing Times on the street newspaper. The name is "The bandit army in Ezhou did not abide by the North-South Armistice Agreement and began a comprehensive invasion of Gansu War in a premeditated manner. Our army immediately fought with it and is repelring the bandits."

Therefore, although I learned the news of the Gansu battlefield, there was no panic in the flag man and clan in Beijing, but an inexplicable excitement. Because both the Qing court and the foreigners claimed that the Northwest Qing Dynasty had an advantage, the "unmiserable war" attempted by the Ezhou bandit army was strongly counterattacked by the Northwest Qing army and was repulsed. Because some foreign propagandists are still shouting the argument of "Eat lunch in Xianyang and dinner in Xi'an", the people of the capital are convinced of the ability of the Northwest Qing army. Many people believe that the news of the attack of the bandit army in Ezhou is equivalent to heralding the victory of the Qing army in the northwest.

Although the Qing court, Yuan Shikai and the embassies in the eastern suburbs have received accurate reports of the loss of Sanguankou and the independence of Qinzhou, a moderate war report has not been issued in Beijing.

During this period, the nickname of the Qing Times began to be distributed in Beijing. However, everyone has noticed the signs of the beginning of the war. Previously, there were piecemeal news in English newspapers and some small newspapers and rumors circulating among the citizens. After the number was spread, the news suddenly spread. Today, the circulation outside the issue reached 100,000, setting a record for the newspaper, and the door of the newspaper was full of newspaper boys. It brings excitement and excitement to people rather than an alarm.

The outside of the account contains the conversation of Liang Bi, the backbone of the Zongshe Party, one of the three pillars of the court. The content is full of gorgeous words such as "the king of the elite army of the Northwest Qing Army" and "the general counterattack begins".

Zhu Lingdian also announced in an English newspaper that foreigners in China "Please don't panic at present. It is not clear whether the Ezhou Revolutionary Army will expand the Revolutionary War. The embassy warned everyone not to go out if there is nothing to do..."

The newspapers mastered by the Qing court and foreigners wrote some fake news reported in the tone of "the victory of the Qing court's troops", such as "the Qing army destroyed the new weapon armored chariot that the bandits had never seen before" and "the Guguan area destroyed the bandit cavalry brigade, and seized 123 rifles and five Maxim heavy machine guns. Two cannons, a reinforced regiment to annihilate the bandit army", "the commander of the rebel bandit army in Ningxia region surrendered, and the Qing army also caught the rebel bandit leader."

When the foreign reporter of the roadside community called the Prime Minister's office to confirm the news at night, the Qing Dynasty officials who answered the phone were still blowing off the bandit army of Li Madman, and added, "By tomorrow morning, the attack of the bandit army can be completely suppressed, because without the order to go eastward, everyone is still a little unhappy. "

The foreign consultant group of Dongjiao Minxiang stated at a press conference that the attack of the Anxi Army of the Ezhou National Revolution has been substantially suppressed. At the same time, the princes of the Qing court Zongshe who were present announced the news of the Qing court, saying that the general Sheng Yun, who was guarding Lanzhou, had begun to fight back.

This is an obvious lie. However, it was this series of false reports that temporarily stabilized the confidence of the north, and it was also this series of false reports that caused the Shanghai Stock Exchange securities market to have extreme distrust of the Western Expeditionary Public Debt of the Ezhou Revolutionary Army - Xizheng Public Debt has once again ushered in a selling frenzy!