65 New Life on the battlefield

Night falls slowly, the temperature drops sharply, and drops of water turn into ice. The cold wind roared, and Li wanted to rub his cold red nose and accelerated his pace back to the headquarters. Anding City quietly ushered in a cold night. Over time, the temperature drops, and the sound of footsteps stepping on the snow has also changed, reflecting the process of turning snow on the ground into ice and snow.

In order to warn, the broken rammed city wall was equipped with searchlights for mine lamps. The bright lampposts swept under the night sky, and the outside world where the surrounding walls were not illuminated was dark. The lights swept from time to time showed the figures of refugees sitting in the snow. The revolutionary soldiers held guns and used this method to guard against the enemy who sneaked in at night, but they did not find any moving figures.

The retreat of the Qing army not only made the students in the school lose their husbands, but also created a large number of refugees. These refugees who came from all directions to escape Ma Anliang's forced "military", but the remote Anding city in the northwest can't accommodate so many people. The refugees cling to the root of the broken city wall the night before. On that day, Anding just recovered, and the whole day was tormented in the wind and snow all day. .

Looking at the tragic situation of the refugees, everyone couldn't bear to look at it. Only a few refugees have ox carts or blankets to block the snow. They basically stand in the snow without hindrance. Cooking can't be carried out. Many people can only endure hunger or nibble some dry food. Refugees have to endure the triple suffering of cold, fatigue and hunger. In this harsh situation, almost no one died. Li Xiang had to lament the endurance of the Chinese people. The Chinese nation is definitely the most resolute nation in the world. The only thing Lixiang could do for the time being was to pick out a steamed bun from the soldiers' rations, send the field medical staff led by Xu Zonghan to the refugees to deliver some medicine, and the fallen refugees to the field hospital for treatment.

Post-war recovery is a huge project, but the Ezhou Revolutionary Army has formed a conventional system. Those "the people who provide help to the Anxi Army of the National Revolution" and "the people who may help clean up the soldiers of the Army or the Hui People's Western Army" have been integrated into the two militia brigades of the Anxi Army of the National Revolution. Medium.

The halbers on the street are folded neatly, one after another. Suddenly, from the door of several dry shops along the street, a strange voice came from the quiet and frightened refugees, as if he was shouting something. Li didn't understand Lanzhou dialect. Although he didn't understand what it meant, he could feel that it was a call for help.

Seeing Shen Peizhen standing under the eaves and looking, she also saw Li Xiang. Li Xiang went up curiously and asked, "What's going on?"

"A pregnant woman is about to give birth." Shen Peizhen said nervously and added, "It may be the early production caused by sitting in the ice and snow for a night."

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment. He couldn't help with this matter. He could only wish this mother a smooth delivery. Several soldiers patrolling here seemed to be in line with their thoughts as Marshal Li, holding guns and paying attention to the movement over there.

Shen Peizhen's anxious waiting person finally appeared. Yan Shanshan and Mei Di were running this way, holding the prepared hot water and disinfectant.

Li Xiang and several patrol soldiers stood stupidly, listening to the mother's painful moan inside. Looking at Shen Peizhen and the busyness of the girls running in and out, they couldn't help. They were so anxious that their hands were full of sweat, and their hearts were raised to their throats. Suddenly, the voice of the newborn came, and Li Xiang, several patrol soldiers and the surrounding refugees, couldn't help but cheer sincerely.

Li wanted to squeeze in and saw Ms. Xu Zonghan holding a small thing wrapped in An Xijun's blanket. She immediately leaned over and reached out and wanted to open it to have a look.

Xu Zonghan dodged lightly and stared at Li Xiang: "What are you doing?"

Li Xiang said with infinite emotion: "The battlefield is a world of death, and a new life has been ushered in here. It's really touching. Let the big guys see it and be happy."

"What should I do if my child is frozen in such a cold weather?" Xu Zonghan returned the child to his mother.

Gao Lan.

The one-day meeting was fruitless.

Sheng Yun shook his head, and even his big abdomen trembled. At the same time, he said to Chang Geng, "Absolutely guard Lanzhou. If Lanzhou is lost, Qinghai-Tibet, Western Xinjiang, and even Mongolia will cause riots and riots, and the shock of Beijing is even more incalculable." Sheng Yun said with a punch on the densely marked map: "In Gansu, the most threatening rebellion against Lanzhou is the Qinzhou government. Huang Yu, why didn't you see that he was a bone boy!"

Chang Geng said, "In addition to Ma Anliang's elite army, Ma Fuxiang's Zhaowu army must also be dispatched immediately. There is no time to wait for the completion of the new recruitment!"

Ma Fuxiang, who was not willing to work hard for the Qing court, said lazily: "However, the two generals must have the strength to fight back, and they still wait until they are well prepared. Even if they don't want to retreat across the Yellow River, they can only strictly guard Lanzhou, build a defense line on the west bank of the Yellow River, take advantage of the half of the bandit army, and block the bandit army on the east bank of the Yellow River. Wouldn't it be better to counterattack again?

Sheng Yun sneered and said, "Is it better to declare a republic!"

Ma Fuxiang snorted and stopped talking.

Sheng Yun continued to say, "Ma Zhongxiao's camp of Ma Fuxiang Zhao's armed forces, fight back against Qinzhou!"

Ma Fuxiang curled the corners of his mouth. The national situation is like this, and Sheng Yun still wants to rise against the trend. It's really crazy. Compared with the revolutionary army of Ma Zhongxiao's revolutionary army in Qinzhou, the Li Xiang Revolutionary Army, the attack of this unit can only mean suicide. Ma Zhongxiao is Ma Fuxiang's confidant. How can he let Ma Zhongxiao die?

Ma Fuxiang insisted: "If you want to defend Lanzhou, you can't fight back. You should strengthen the existing defense line."

"Ma Fuxiang, how to deal with disobeying the military order, do you understand!" Sheng Yun began to be hard. He left Ma Fuxiang and directly ordered Ma Zhongxiao to go to Qinzhou immediately: "The fate of the Qing Empire depends on whether Lanzhou can be defended now. Qinzhou, the southern gate to Lanzhou, was occupied by Huang Yue. I order you to organize a special attack team to annihilate this bandit army. If it succeeds, I will promote you to the admiral of Qinzhou, and the Zhaowu Army will also be under your jurisdiction!"

At that time, the Qing court had no soldiers and no paid, and it was difficult to fight again. Everyone knew how unreliable Sheng Yun was. However, the unreliable flagman of the Qing Dynasty is not only Shengyun and Changgeng, but also Liangbi. This unreliable flagman trio also has a famous head: "Three Pillars of Manting"!

Empress Dowager Longyu will appear and hold a meeting before the imperial meeting. Duan Qirui's two telegrams made the royal family and others depressed. Some time ago, Pu Wei, the most fierce prince of 200 Gong, was also silent. Empress Dowager Longyu still had two lines of tears and had no opinion. The little emperor of Xuantong was still playing tricks on the dragon chair heartlessly.

Liang Bi, the commander-in-law of the Independent Army, is still resisting and saying, "The Empress Dowager can't allow the people's army, and she will decide the main battle."

"You are the only one who fights, how can you get things done?" The Empress Dowager said, "If the soldiers don't work, there is no way to pay. What can I do?"

Liangbi Mansion said, "It's better to die in a war than to avoid the poison of the Han people."

Seeing that Liangbi was very decisive, the royal family was also bold and echoed.

After dark, the results of the cabinet meeting came to Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai frowned and asked his son Yuan Keding to call Wang Jingwei, who had just arrived in Beijing.

Since Wang Jingwei went to Shanghai to discuss peace with Tang Shaoyi until the establishment of the provisional government, he served as the counselor of Wu Tingfang, the general representative of the Southern Council, as a member of the League. However, he was secretly the secret counselor of Tang Shaoyi, the general representative of the Northern Council. He usually stays at Wu Tingfang's residence in Shanghai [Guandu Lu], but he often reports on the discussion and developments to Yuan Shikai. Especially, he attacked Sun Yat-sen and said, "You don't agree with the peace. Are you reluctant to give up the president?" He scolded Sun Yat-sen for wanting to be the second in Hong Xiuquan. Wang Jingwei also rejected the nomination of the governor of Guangdong, and issued a declaration with some people, proposing "wu noism", that is, not to be an official, not to be a member of parliament, not to accept concubines, not to smoke, not to drink alcohol. This was used to prompt Sun Yat-sen to renounce power.

Because the Beijing-Tianjin Alliance would storm the Yuan incident, and the North-South talks were basically in a state of suspension, Wang Jingwei saw that he had nothing to do in Shanghai, so he ran to the north alone. However, because he secretly defected to Yuan Shikai and defeated Sun Juyuan; and as the president of the Beijing-Tianjin branch of the League, he obstructed and destroyed the armed uprisings and assassinations of the Northern revolutionaries, no one paid attention to him in the Beijing-Tianjin branch of the League.

Seeing Wang Jingwei, who was as strong as jade, came in, Yuan Shikai said to him in a master's tone, "Zhao Ming, come here... I have heard before that Dr. Sun Yixian is a man of high-spirited people, who has been running for the country and the people for more than ten years. Now he is the first interim president of the Republic of China, which is also expected by the public. However, if you want to be president, you will meet each other in the army, fight with the same room, and march north, it will inevitably damage Mr. Sun Wen's reputation.

Wang Jingwei raised his eyebrows slightly, faintly disdainful, and said with a smile, "The goal of our revolutionaries is to overthrow the Qing court. In order to achieve this goal, we will not hesitate to use any revolutionary means!"

"Good!" Yuan Shikai patted his thigh: "All rivers return to the sea. Our goal is the same, which is to end the dictatorship of the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible. However, for the purpose of the country and the people, it is best not to fight.

Wang Jingwei said with a sad face, "Over the years, the Qing court has ruined the country into thousands of holes, and the country is poor. If there is another civil war, I'm afraid it will only lead to the subjugation of the country."

Yuan Shikai also pretended to sigh and said, "The abdication of the Qing Emperor has become an impasse at present. In fact, it is just a few royal relatives and nobles who do not know the depth of heaven and earth. They are holding on to death. His pillar is Liangbi. He has the strength of the praetorian guard as the backing. It is said that they will also form another royal cabinet to replace my responsible cabinet, and then Liangbi will personally lead the army to conquer the south. If it goes on like this, the civil war will not stop, the soldiers will be in trouble, and the country will not be the country.

Wang Jingwei saw that Yuan Shikai looked sad and worried about the country. He pondered for a while and asked, "Master, aren't you right about the current situation?"

Yuan Shikai shook his head with an annoyed face and said, "You want to negotiate peace, but the south doesn't buy it, and the Qing court doesn't accept it. Is there a war? I can't bear to live a life and the country is broken. Although the Qing court at present can be compared to an old and dilapidated big house, if you want to knock it down, even if thousands of people work hard together, it may not be able to achieve the goal. Then again, if one of the pillars is pulled out, it will fall down by itself.

Wang Jingwei understood Yuan Shikai's intention to assassinate Liangbi. He no longer dared to engage in assassination activities, but he immediately remembered that the comrades of the Beijing-Tianjin Branch of the League in Tianjin were preparing for assassination. Yuan Shikai ranked first and Liangbi ranked second. Wang Jingwei patted his chest and replied, "Get rid of Liang Bi, I should do my best."

Yuan Shikai was overjoyed: "Okay! That's up to you." As he spoke, he took out a check from the drawer and handed it to Wang Jingwei: "Take 20,000 yuan first. If you are short of money in the future, just tell your brother Ke Ding."