Since Yuan Shikai still had some traps on the Kuomintang, he was more polite to the Kuomintang members in Beijing. The Kuomintang members in the tiger's den in the north should also be more compromising. There is no way to do this, the so-called people are under the eaves, and they can't help but bow their heads.

Yuan instructed the Beijing General Procuratorate to summon Wu Jinglian, head of the Beijing branch of the Kuomintang, to the case. Questioning whether Huang Xing was the leader of the Kuomintang, if Huang's "rebellious" behavior was related to the Kuomintang, then the Kuomintang should bear the responsibility for "plotting rebellion." If Huang's actions had nothing to do with the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang should immediately expel Huang Xing from the party to clarify his responsibilities and give Wu Jinglian a reply within three days.

Wu Jinglian couldn't solve this problem, and he wanted to convene a Beijing branch meeting to study and deal with it, but the time was too hasty, and the meeting was too late. The three-day deadline was coming in a blink of an eye, and Wu Jinglian had no choice but to come up with a countermeasure.

In his personal name, he published a notice in a Beijing newspaper: "The case of Huang Xing's removal cannot be decided without the General Assembly, but the deadline is very urgent, and the General Assembly cannot be convened before the General Assembly, so the order will be complied with." ”

Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Department scolded Huang Xing for being a troublemaker, but in fact, Huang was very wronged.

After the Song case, he has always advocated compromise. Regarding the Song case itself, Huang advocated a purely legal solution, seeking truth and wrong, and stressing legal principles.

For Yuan Zheng. The attitude of the government, Huang in view of the fact that the countries have not yet recognized the Republic of China, and the situation in Mongolia and Tibet is urgent, so he opposes the use of force against Yuan.

His ideas were supported by the majority, so before Yuan ordered the dismissal of the governors of the three provinces, the Kuomintang's aim for settling disputes was: "The Song case should be entrusted to the courts, and the borrowing should be entrusted to the parliament." He also planned to recommend Cen Chunxuan, Wang Zhixiang, Zhang Shizhao, Wang Zhaoming, and others as special envoys for reconciliation to Beijing.

After Yuan dismissed the governors of Jiangxi, Anhui, and Guangdong, the Kuomintang still hoped that there would be no rupture. So on June 10, Li Liejun sent a telegram to report to Yuan Zheng. The government "dismissed the officers in accordance with the order" and telegraphed the troops that had already been mobilized to their original locations.

On 16 June, Hu Hanmin sent a telegram "asking for instructions on going to Tibet" and explained that "the dispute over the loan in the Song case is only a suggestion, and he does not dare to go out within the scope of the law." And Bai Wenwei said that he would resign long before the transfer order was issued. All this was not a delayed tactic by the Kuomintang, but because the majority of the Kuomintang did not intend to carry out an armed struggle against Yuan.

During this tumultuous period, another rumor spread that Japan was said to have instigated it behind the scenes. It is to organize another government in Nanjing. The government elected Cen Chunxuan as president.

On July 28, the second year of the Republic of China, Xiong Xiling's telegram once exposed this conspiracy: "It is reported that the four provinces are independent, and there is a government in Ningbo. The government elected Cen Xilin as the president. When the former North and South negotiated peace, Dog Yangyi came to China in the winter of the previous year, and the movement was separated from the north and the south, and Qu and Xiling were old friends, and they repeatedly went to Shanghai to secretly inform Xiling, saying that Yuan Ru was ambitious, China was in danger, so it was better to persuade Sun and Huang Gong to push Cen to confront Yuan as president, and asked Xiling to introduce the past. Xiling and Zhang Jian, Tang Shouqian, Zhuang Siyi, Zhao Fengchang and Zhujun talked with Dog Yangyi several times and tried their best to oppose it. Fortunately, Huang Xing advocated peace at that time, Cen Yi was ill and did not resign, and the dog returned to China. When I returned to Shanghai in the spring of last year, I did not contact Xiling. The Japanese Kuomintang has taken advantage of the fact that the North and the South are separated. ”

Cen Chunxuan's statement that he organized a government in Nanjing gave Yuan Shikai a sense of urgency. Cen and Yuan had a big gap when they were officials in the same dynasty in the Qing court. During the Xuantong period, Sheng Xuanhuai was very popular, and he was coerced by Longyu and Zaitao, and Zaixun with self-respect. After the Xinhai Uprising, Sheng advocated the use of Cen, and Yixuan advocated the use of Yuan.

Cen was in Shanghai, and it is said that Sun and Huang both went to visit him. He told the visitor: "Everyone else is afraid of Yuan Shikai, but I am not afraid of him, but I want to compete with him." I didn't want to be president, but now that I have something ready, I might as well give it a try. ”

In order to deter and control the Kuomintang to support troops and respect Jiangxi and Nanjing, the Beiyang Army went south by two routes: Duan Zhigui, commander of the First Army, commanded Wang Zhanyuan, commander of the Second Division, and Li Chun, commander of the Sixth Division, to serve as the line between Hubei and Jiangxi. The Second Route Army included Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun, Lei Zhenchun and other troops (because the Second Route Army was more than one army, so it was called the Second Route Army), which was commanded by Feng Guozhang and moved south along the Jinpu Road to try to control Nanjing.

These are all descendants of the Beiyang Army. Duan Zhigui and Feng Guozhang are both Yuan's henchmen, two important chess pieces in Yuan's mind, Yuan has determined that Duan Zhigui is the governor of Hubei and Feng Guozhang is the governor of Jiangsu.

It is safe to say that the advance of the Beiyang Army at the moment can only exacerbate the tense situation, and it is also an important factor leading to the outbreak of the "second revolution." Although, the north and the south have been nominally unified, Yuan Zheng. The government is the legitimate government of the whole country. The army can be sent to any part of the country, so-called, out of the division famous.

The Beiyang Army was menacing and aggressive.

Li Liejun was the most powerful of the four Kuomintang governors, and Yuan Shikai was also the most jealous of Li.

After Li was dismissed, Sun Yat-sen sent Ju Zheng, Bai Yuheng, and Wu Tiecheng to Nanchang to offer condolences. He urged Li not to be disorderly and declare independence.

Li Po hesitated, thinking: "After being dismissed, he raised troops to fight against Yuan, and people will think that they are in love with the stack, how can they be smooth." So I decided to leave Jiangxi and go to Shanghai to pay homage to Sun Yat-sen.

Li Liejun arrived in Shanghai via Anhui on June 15 and stayed at No. 60 Xieqiao Road.

Bai Wenwei advocated the use of force, and planned to attack in Anhui first, and went to Shanghai to ask Sun Yat-sen for instructions. Because Sun Anhui is approaching the north and can defend Nanjing, it seems that it is not appropriate to move first. It is best for the provinces of Hunan, Guangdong, and Jiangxi to become independent first, and then Anhui can intercept the attack. So he dissuaded Bai, and Bai was dismissed by Yuan and went to Nanjing Shengpingqiao to live.

Li Liejun met with Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, Chen Qimei, and others in Shanghai, and repeatedly discussed the strategy for dealing with Yuan in the future. Mr. Zhongshan had always advocated the use of force against Yuan after the Song case, and now he is more resolute in raising troops. Others also deeply felt that Yuan Shikai was killing everything, and if he continued to retreat, Yuan Shikai could only be more rampant and more fearless. At present, there is only one way, and that is to raise troops to resist.

At this time, Huang Xing had already sent people to mobilize troops in Nanjing.

Li Liejun was indignant and was willing to take the first responsibility. He then returned to Jiangxi from Shanghai on 7 July and arrived at Hukou on 8 July. The 9th and 11th regiments of the old division and the two battalions of the baggage engineering were summoned to occupy the Hukou Fort on 12 July, and declared independence at home and abroad.

Lin Hu, commander of the Li Mixed Regiment, volunteered to be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy forces in Jiujiang. Ou Yangwu, commander of the First Division, Liu Shijun, commander of the Second Division, and Cai Sen, commander of the Fourth Brigade of Gannan Province, all telegraphed to the rearmament of the war.

On July 13, the second year of the Republic of China, the Jiangxi Provincial Assembly publicly elected Li Liejun as the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi's Yuan army, generously swore an oath, and issued a document on Yuan Yuan:

"Since the founding of the Republic of China, all our citizens have not wanted to achieve the goal of a true republic. Yuan Shikai took advantage of the time to steal the handle, and the emperor did it himself. exterminate humanity and assassinate the Fathers; Ben fashionable about the law, and borrowed a huge amount of money. Money has a spirit, that is, public opinion can be bought with justice! The position is unlimited, and it is controlled by the minions of the heart. It is really a failure to betray the people's entrustment. Our people should urgently defend themselves and fight together with the world! ……”

This is the "Second Revolution" in the history of the Republic of China, also known as the "Battle of Guichou" and "The Battle of Ganning".

In fact, before Li could discuss Commander-in-Chief Yuan, the Jiangxi Army had already made contact with the Beiyang Army. On the evening of 12 July, Zhang Jingyao, commander of the 24th Infantry Regiment of the Beiyang Army, arrived in Jiangxi with his whole regiment.

At dawn on the 12th, the northern army began to attack, and the Jiangxi army responded with a company, morale was high, and more than 100 people of the northern army were captured, and many were captured. Ma Jizeng, the commander of the 12th Brigade of the Northern Army, rushed to reinforce him, and the Jiangxi army had already won the victory. Zhang Jingyao was defeated in this battle, and the Jiangxi army captured more than 100 guns and branches of the Northern Army, killed a company commander, five platoon commanders, more than 200 soldiers, and captured one deputy of the battalion. Only one soldier was wounded.

After Li Liejun advocated the uprising at Hukou, Hunan Governor Tan Yanmin immediately declared independence, and Xu Chongzhi, the commander of the Fujian Division, also declared an uprising. Sun Daoren, the governor of Fujian, was still waiting and watching, and Xu forced Sun, but Sun had no choice but to reluctantly join the Yuan army.

After Bai Wenwei of Anhui handed over the governor, he had already gone to Nanjing to live. After Li Liejun returned to Jiangxi, Bai Wenwei also returned to Anhui on July 17 to declare independence in response to Jiangxi. Unexpectedly, Hu Wantai, the commander of the Anhui Army, had been bribed by Yuan Shikai, turned against Bo, and besieged the Governor's Mansion in the middle of the night. Bai Wenwei didn't have time to avoid being almost in danger, but fled to Wuhu. Hu Wantai united with the navy and army to attack Wuhu, but Baili was unable to fight and suffered a miserable defeat.

In Shanghai, Chen Qimei planned and deployed. Guangdong was declared independent on July 18 by the governor Chen Jiongming and Hu Han**, and planned to send troops to aid Jiangxi. However, because Lu Rongting, the governor of Guangxi, and Long Jiguang, the commander of the patrol, defected to Yuan Zheng. Prefecture. Guangdong is pinned down by Guangxi and cannot send troops. On the Sichuan side, Xiong Kewu, commander of the 3rd Division of the Sichuan Army, organized a campaign against Yuan's army on 4 August and declared independence.

After Li Liejun launched a campaign against Yuan in Jiangxi, Mr. Zhongshan originally planned to go to Nanjing to preside over it. Huang Xing felt that Sun Yat-sen's responsibility was not the cause of Rong Wu, so he volunteered to go to Nanjing on July 14. The departure was so hurried that he did not even inform his wife, and did not send a letter to his wife until he arrived in Nanjing.

After Huang arrived in Nanjing, he immediately summoned the officers of the 1st and 8th Divisions stationed in Nanjing to meet at the residence of Prime Minister Li Hongzhang in Bafutang. It was decided to organize a discussion against Yuan Jun and respond to Jiangxi.

At that time, in the Nanjing garrison, Wu Shaoxuan, the commander of the fortress, Pu Jian, the deputy head of the martial arts, and Cheng Fengzhang, the instructor of the second regiment of the fortress, were all Yuan Shikai's men and held an opposing attitude. Huang Xingdang immediately arrested and executed the three of them in order to establish the prestige of the army.

After Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, abandoned his post and left Shanghai, Nanjing declared independence in the name of Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, and appointed Huang Xing as the commander-in-chief of Jiangsu's Yuan army. Huang Baocang is the chief of staff, Xu Chonghao is the chief of staff, Qin Xiaolu is the director of the fund-raising department, Shen Manyun is the director of the mint, and Zhu Shouyi is the warehouse commissioner of the Yuan ** War Department on Mafu Street.

At the same time, he ordered the 3rd Division in Xuzhou to block the Yuan army moving south, and the 1st Division Zhang Zi and the 8th Division Chen Zhiji sent troops to Linhuai Pass to control the key passes.

Nanjing took a generous oath on July 15.