Before Brother Tieliu could make a grand launch, he was disturbed by this damn telegram, and the hungry people couldn't bother to eat lunch, and the matter of mobilizing troops to suppress the Taizhou uprising in the conference room had already begun the International College Debate Tournament.

"The suppression of the revolution is unjust, how can we do such things to aid and abuse." Wu Yuncheng's voice was sharp and thin, and he could hear it clearly through the arguments of so many people.

"Please, big brother, we are now officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, either dealing with foreign devils or exterminating bandits in various places. This Taizhou has killed officials and rebelled, and it is only natural for our officers and soldiers to go to quell the rebellion! Back then, Second Master Guan also beheaded Pei Yuanshao of the Yellow Turban Army, which of our people is this, ah, vocation. He Laoba tried to use logic to persuade Wu Yuncheng, but sometimes when a soldier meets Xiucai, it may be more difficult to make sense.

"Taizhou belongs to Jiangsu, but it is the territory of Liangjiang*. The surrounding Chuzhou and Nanjing are garrisoned by new troops, so why do you want to mobilize us and other Shandong new troops? Could it be that someone in the court is secretly doing something and trying to kill people with a knife. "Conspiracy theorists are eternal, and our Wu Luzhen brothers also feel that there seem to be forces in the court that are unfriendly to Shandong.

"I'm afraid I don't dare to put out fires with salary, as far as I know, both the Rizhihui and the Guangfuhui have developed their influence in the Nanjing New Army and the Jiangsu associations, plus the Qing Gang, the Hong Gang, the Yan Gang and other gang forces are all influential in the New Army. If the new army from the two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui was sent to suppress the revolution, perhaps the imperial court would be wiped out. Although Zhang Nanjiang's family is in Zhejiang, because his family is doing business, he has a good understanding of the situation in Liangjiang, and he has a sharp explanation of the concerns of the imperial court.

"Yes, although there are many troops in the imperial court, what can be used is only the six towns of Beiyang and our Wuyi New Army, and the mobilization of Beiyang is empty, so the mobilization of Shandong's Wuyi New Army is also the proper meaning of the question. But let me wait to fight the revolutionaries head-on, and there are Lafayette considerations in this. "Xiong Fenghuang has been integrated into the role of the mastermind, he analyzes the reactions and pros and cons of all aspects, basically except for the revolutionary party and our armed wing new army, this matter is good news for all soy sauce people. It is likely that one side is in trouble and several companies applaud, and it is no longer meaningful to investigate who is making waves.

"The autumn drill will be carried out according to the established plan, and a cavalry battalion will be sent to strengthen the previous cavalry battalion in Zuo Town, and I will go to Taizhou Mansion with me." Wu Chenxuan thought about it again and again, if his generals came out, any one of them could be captured, but it was not easy to grasp the proportions in this, and it was necessary to quickly quell the riots and chaos, but also not to hurt the foundation of the revolutionary party, so as not to make it ugly for the two parties to meet in the future. If this matter is handed over to the people of the Beiyang Department, it will be a massacre, and the naïve revolutionaries are not much better than the piglets in the slaughterhouse in front of the professional killing machines of the Wuyi New Army; If it is handed over to the people of the Restoration Society, maybe it will deduce the drama of forcing the palace, and the new army and the rebel army will force Wu Chenxuan to rebel against the Qing Dynasty; However, if Du Zicheng and other cadres of the old insurance regiment are allowed to play, they will carry out their orders to the letter, but it is not a child's play to set up the enemy in front of the battle, and if one is not good, it will be a gang, either the revolutionary party does not appreciate it or makes the Qing court suspicious, and then the Wuyi New Army will not fall well. Thinking of this, Wu Chenxuan felt that this kind of fine hair work had to be put on his own battle. "During my expedition, the others have their own responsibilities, and everything in the family is handled by the four of you, Zhiquan, Xiong Gong, Second Brother Miao, and Du Zicheng, if the differences of opinion cannot be reconciled, you will telegraph me to make a decision."

Seeing that Wu Chenxuan had made up his mind, the others stopped interjecting. Only Huang Xinpei felt that the other party was an association, and now he was coerced by the people of the whole city, with a huge number of troops, and the boss led an infantry standard and a cavalry battalion, but there were only about 3,500 people. "General seat, is this force a little thin, or a target is also drawn from the right town, and it is better to strengthen some artillery to be more sure."

"Hehe" and "Haha" The officers couldn't help laughing, but Huang Xinpei felt that he might have made a joke, and he couldn't help but be at a loss. Wu Chenxuan waved his hand and relieved his secretary of the siege, "What Xiao Huang said is also reasonable, the lion fights the rabbit and do our best, and in the future, we officers must also learn to "despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically", we must know that under the baton in our hands is the life trust of our siblings, and we will never allow the needless losses brought about by underestimating the enemy because of pride. All the officers hurriedly wrote down the famous sentence just now in the notebook, Duan Qirui was also repeatedly smacking this famous sentence, and couldn't help but admire, although the general seat is not a professional soldier, but the level of military theory can be called everyone, this simple sentence vividly portrays the indescribable command mentality of the generals from ancient times to the present. Later, Wu Chenxuan learned that Duan Qirui wrote this sentence into a banner and hung it in his study as a central hall, and asked to paint this exquisite sentence behind the shadow wall of Zaolin Military Academy as a motto that every graduate must deeply understand.

"Okay, this battle is not for us to exterminate bandits and robbers, not to fight foreign devils. A group of young people who take saving the country as their own responsibility are nothing more than a little more intense, and my trip is not to kill people, but to treat diseases and save people. Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to fight with me for this task without decapitation, right? "All the officers laughed straight at each other, and they also understood that this matter had to be taken out of the general seat, and they went by themselves, and it was not okay to mess up, but if they did a good job and subdued a group of revolutionary parties, who would these forces belong to at that time? This kind of merit is not something that military attaches should seek, and all the officers are very conscious of no longer arguing about sending troops to Taizhou.

"Could it be that the general seat and the revolutionary party have already been connected, do you want to join forces with Qiao Cannon?" After the meeting ended, Xiong Xiling went to Duan Qirui's office, usually in order to avoid people saying that they were forming a party for personal gain, they rarely went to the other party's office to talk about things, this was really the first time Xiong Xiling went to Duan Qirui's office. Lao Duan's office is the same as his character, simple and tidy, with desks and chairs as standard, and even the thermos is made of wicker. If anything, it's a few shelves of books. Some officials also like to have a few bookshelves in their offices, but judging by the dusty books, it is clear that no one has moved them for a while. There are even a lot of bookmarks in the corners of the books on Lao Duan's bookshelf, obviously the owner has put a lot of effort into these books.

"The third brother Bing is too worried, I think that the general seat personally led the troops this time is only afraid that it has something to do with the chassis."

"Oh, how can I see it?"

"It's not hard to see the clue about this. The Wuyi New Army is nominally about 50,000 in the three towns, but counting the three supplementary concords and several independent units, the total strength is not less than 100,000, and the chamber of commerce's own insurance regiment is also expanding. Although the Shandong Chamber of Commerce and Shandong's political envoy Yamen fully supported it, after all, only Shandong Province had the strength, and the finances were already overwhelmed. "Duan Qirui was born in the old Beiyang, and he followed Lao Yuan to the household department to hit the heavenly bell back then, and the right army of Wuwei was just 10,000 people, and the annual salary consumption made them think hard. In that year in Shandong, only a few days of comfortable days passed, the assistance was abundant, and the right army of Wuwei also secretly expanded a vanguard to come out, although it was not as large as the scale in history, but there was also a joint force. Lao Duan's sensitivity to finances is stronger than the rule of several towns, and those people are used to living a lavish life with Boss Wu, and they have no concept of financial burden at all.

"You mean, the head seat wants to seize the chassis from Jiangsu." Xiong Xiling pondered in his heart, and felt that what his old friend said was reliable, "This Jiangsu is the chassis of the two rivers*, and the head office will monopolize the two provinces as the identity of Shandong Domain, which is not in accordance with the rules." ”

"Rules? Hehe, I think the general seat said it well, power comes out of the barrel of a gun. Duan Qirui smiled slightly, and poured a cup of Laoshan green tea for his old friend, "The governor of the Qing Dynasty, but whoever has soldiers and money in his hands, the court has to coax him to pay tribute. This is because the local governor has saved face for the imperial court, and the decree of the imperial court can be implemented. If there are 100,000 elite soldiers like Lord Yuan and Zongzuo in hand, and they don't give face to the court, I'm afraid that the court will sit on wax. ”

"Alas, when the time comes, I am afraid that the rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty will be repeated, and I will have no peace in China." Xiong Xiling is still a traditional literati, and he can't accept the situation of martial arts dictatorship no matter what, of course he doesn't know that the Beiyang where he played in history has opened a history of martial arts dictatorship for nearly half a century, just like the second in the late Tang Dynasty. "In desperation, the imperial court may not make a move to control China with razing, if you are not careful, let foreign devils steal my Huaxia artifact, then we are all sinners through the ages."

"The third brother Bing is very worried, I have also heard that Lafayette has the words "I would rather be with foreigners than domestic slaves" in private. It is not the first time that this imperial court has betrayed the interests of the Chinese nation, and if they really find themselves unable to steal a high position, they will definitely not hesitate to destroy the country and destroy the species for the selfish interests of millions of their fellow clans. Duan Qirui said, "So this time the general seat is not only for the chassis and manpower, but also to let the court have a glimmer of reverie about the future, so as not to make crazy moves in despair." ”

"In this way, the general seat also plans to be a loyal minister and good general who assists in protecting the foundation of the imperial court." Xiong Fenghuang was very resistant to directly pulling the flag and rebelling, and with the choice of not violating the Confucian way of loyalty and forgiveness, it was obvious that he would be able to convince himself to continue working for this de facto feudal town.

Duan Qirui sent off his old friend, and smiled bitterly in his heart, remembering the conversation he had with Wu Chenxuan in the secret base. At that time, he also asked Wu Chenxuan the same question, how to treat the imperial court?

He clearly remembered Wu Chenxuan's mysterious smile, saying that this was a technical job, and it was not easy to tidy. Then he said, if you want to overthrow the imperial court, you must have power, if you want to have power, you must have an official position, and if you have an official position, it is disloyal and unjust, what virtue does this disloyal and unrighteous person have, how can he lead the group? At that time, he Duan Zhiquan also felt that it was a dead cycle, and there was no solution at all. Wu Chenxuan said with a smile, I can be so-so with the court, as long as I am worthy of the few people who promoted me, it can be regarded as a loss of personal morality. As for righteousness and morality, do you think that clarifying the universe and recreating Xuanhuang is considered to be immeasurable merit?