Long Jiguang, who is embattled and stormy, asked Yuan Shikai for advice on how to deal with it on the one hand? On the one hand, it was required to send a large army for reinforcements.

Yuan Shikai secretly ordered Long Jiguang to "independently support the central government" and sent a telegram to the 10th Division stationed in Shanghai to rush to help Guangdong, and the 10th Division's defense was to be taken over by the 12th Division stationed in Nanyuan.

Before the troop transport operation began, the two warships Baobi and Jiangda, which were stationed in Guangzhou on 4 April, actually joined the rebel army and threw themselves into Wei Bangping's army. Wei Bangping then led the fleet to Haizhu and prepared to attack the city.

Desperate Long Jiguang, Zhang. In desperation, Mingqi declared the independence of Guangdong on 6 April.

The notice is as follows: "For the announcement: According to the public report of all walks of life in Guangdong, Guangdong Province has been plagued by disasters for many years, and the place has withered away. Recently, most of the provinces have opposed Yuan and declared independence, and Guangdong Province is in danger and is in danger of erosion. For the sake of maintaining the lives and property of the people of the whole province, all the people from all walks of life jointly invited General Long Shang to be the governor of Guangdong Province to defend the place and maintain order with his original powers. This is a matter of course for supporting the republic, and it is justified that it will be implemented immediately.

"After checking the submission, it was very controversial. The Governor of Pontus, on the premise of maintaining law and order, sent a telegram to all provinces, organs, organizations, and local civil and military officials of the province to declare independence on the same day. All local merchants, citizens, etc., as well as officials and merchants of various countries in Guangdong, shall be under the protection of the civil and military attachés under the command of the Governor of Pontus, and shall remain in peace and business as usual, without suspicion. If there are unscrupulous people who pretend to entrust the people's army and use the excuse to disturb public order, they will be the enemies of the people, and the governor of the city should take strict measures to deal with them in order to fulfill the responsibility of eliminating the good people. They all work together to protect the tranquility and have high hopes. Notice is hereby given. ”

Guangdong's independence is a false independence, it is independence under Yuan Shikai's secret order, and independence and support for Beijing is equivalent to no independence. But the truth or falsehood is independent of the outside world, but the impact is real. In other words, in any case, Guangdong's independence further strengthened the prestige of the anti-Yuan forces that protected the country.

LONG Jiguang, ZHANG. Mingqi's fake independence soon revealed his true face, because the "Haizhu Incident" happened immediately afterward.

This incident, known in history as the "Haizhu Massacre," occurred on 12 April, when former Bank of China Governor Tang Jueton, on behalf of Lu Rongting, led people from Wuzhou to Guangdong to contact Long Jiguang. It is considered to be the first to stand for Lu Rongting and Liang Qichao, who are preparing to come to Guangdong.

At noon on that day, Tang Jueton, Long Jiguang's subordinates, and Xu Qin, leader of the Kuomintang Party, attended a meeting held by Long Jiguang at the Haizhu Island Maritime Police Station in Guangzhou to resolve the issue of dealing with the aftermath of Guangdong's independence. Shortly after the meeting began, Yan Qihan, the commander of Long Jiguang's guards, and others suddenly opened fire, killing Tang Jueton, Tan Xuekui, and Wang Guangling.

Liang Qichao was very angry when he learned the news, he was going to go to Guangzhou, but now he can only stay in Wuzhou to see the development of the situation.

Long Jiguang was worried that things would get bigger, so he hurriedly sent Zhang. Mingqi went to Wuzhou and explained the situation to Liang Qichao and Lu Rongting.

After the Haizhu Incident, he served as the provisional government of the Republic of China in Nanjing. The chief of the navy, Tan Xueheng, who was supervising the Guangdong River Control Office at this time, urgently telegraphed Lu Rongting and Liang Qichao.

Dian Yun: "Wuzhou Tantou Lu Du Governor Liang Ren Gongtaijian: At today's Haizhu meeting, Tang Jun Juedun and his younger brother Xuekui were shot and killed on the spot, and Wang Jun Xieji and Lu Junqing were seriously injured and subsequently killed. When Jingli invited Long and Zhang Lianggong, they were always maintained, so as not to make Guangdong erosive, and they all looked forward to calling Guangdong from the starry night to discuss the aftermath methods, and the whole Guangdong was very fortunate. ”

LONG Jiguang, ZHANG. Mingqi completely put the responsibility for the Haizhu incident on Cai Naihuang and Yan Qihan.

Cai Naihuang was ordered by Yuan Keding to come to Guangdong to engage in opium tobacco and raise funds for the imperial system. Of course, he could not tolerate Guangdong's independence, and it obviously made sense to use every opportunity to undermine Guangdong's independence. But Yan Qihan is the commander of Long Jiguang's guard army, how could he not listen to Long Jiguang and listen to Cai Naihuang, it is difficult for Long Jiguang to justify himself.

After the Haizhu Incident, all factions had the theory of "slaying the dragon", but Liang Qichao and Lu Rongting still hoped to pull Long Jiguang to the side of the anti-Yuan forces from the perspective of the overall situation.

At this time, due to the swarming of the people's troops in Guangdong, Long Jiguang's order did not leave Guangzhou, and of course he was afraid that the Guangxi army would overwhelm the border, so he tried his best to make a gesture to Guangxi.

Lu Rongting then put forward several conditions: 1. Hand over the culprits Cai Naihuang and Yan Qihan, 2) assign the guards out of the province, 3) half of the Long Army must go to Jiangxi with the Protector Army, 4. Lu Rongting and others will go to Guangzhou, and the residence will be of their own choice, and Long Xu will be given up in the East Park for the army to be stationed.

After consultation, the two parties agreed on four paragraphs: (1) investigating and prosecuting the culprit of Haizhu; (2) Invite Lu Rongting and Liang Qichao to Guangdong to maintain the Guangdong Bureau; (3) Lu and Liang Dianqi suspended the offensive of the National Defense Army in Guangdong Province and waited for a solution; (4) Strictly deal with bandits and defend the locality.

Long Jiguang wanted to use negotiation to delay, waiting for the overall situation to change, and everything was delayed again and again. Soon after, Yan Qihan, the culprit of the Haizhu Incident, fled and absconded to Shanghai.

Lu Rongting and Liang Qichao saw that Long Jiguang was insincere, so they marched down the river from Wuzhou to Guangdong and entered Zhaoqing, where Li Yaohan, the town guard, welcomed the Gui army.

Lu Rongting and Liang Qichao jointly issued a telegram to Long Jiguang and all the officers and men of the Guangdong military circles, the full text of which is as follows:

"The governor of Longdu and sent it to all the generals and soldiers in the military circles: Rong Ting, Qichao Cheng Longdudu's move, came to Guangdong to discuss the plan, originally planned to reduce the light, the starry night galloped, the heirs of the dragon governor four electricity, the urgent task of the Northern Expedition to save the country, as the two Guangdong division enterprising far-reaching, forced to lead a heavy army to the meeting, Rong Ting and other duty-free, with the Gui army of 10,000 people, the first east, this matter is purely out of the Longdu Governor's intentions, for the sake of the country's future, and the internal negotiations between the two Guangdong, has nothing to do with it. I am still afraid that the monarchs of the military circles and the elders of central Guangdong may have misunderstandings, so I would like to first reveal the intentions and plans of Rong Ting and others. Rong Ting is tranquil and straightforward by nature, and has no desire to fight for power and position.

"In the military circles of central Guangdong, there are many people who have worked with Rong Ting, and they should know that they are people. Now forced by justice, he rejuvenated the division with tears, supervised the troops on his own, left the Northern Expedition, and was the governor of Guangxi, and he did not want to live for a long time. Now I have come to Guangdong, I just want to agree on a big plan between ten days, that is, to go north, and I must not drown in Guangdong for a long time. There may be concerns about Rong Ting's arrival in Guangdong, and there will be changes in the military circles in central Guangdong. Rong Ting dared to believe it and vowed to ensure that it would be gone. I hope that all the kings of our military circles will promote integrity.

"As for Qichao's scholar, he has no knowledge of military affairs, and his reluctance to interfere in military politics has nothing to say. He has no respect for the virtuous men of all parties and factions, and has no partiality. In the past two years, he has devoted himself to the cause of social education and has long been disassociated from the party. This time, he was forced to obey the gentlemen and did his best. At the beginning of the first righteousness, that is, swore that no matter what kind of status, he would never live, and if he was strong, he could only retreat. This time I came to Guangdong, but I respect Sangzi's heart and do my duty to maintain care. Cantonese affairs are rough and decided, so you have to travel to other places, and think more about self-effectiveness, this comes from the military circles in central Guangdong, and it has no impact, let alone say it?

"You must know that today's national thief is actually the Yuan family. The Yuan family will not retreat for a day, and the national troubles will not stop for a day. Now Yuan is becoming more and more poor, but the obscenity has been accumulating for a long time, and it still takes all his strength to destroy it, and our army is going all out to serve the country, which is at this time. If the order in the two Guangdong provinces is quiet and there are no internal worries, they can come out of their strength and quickly stabilize the Central Plains. If the internal self-generated kudzu vine is taken advantage of, it will be taken advantage of by the enemy, and it will collapse by itself, let alone hold it hostage to save the country, and the position of wealth and power, let alone trust. In view of this, Long Du, Rong Ting, and Qichao have been painstakingly adjusting and protecting each other since January, and they have become two Guangdong families and one heart to resist insults. Geng Geng's blood is sincere, and it can show the sky. I think my soldiers will be able to understand this very well. I hereby inform you in advance. The aggressive strategy of the Northern Expedition, after meeting with the Dragon Governor, was decided to proceed quickly. All those who are determined to obey our soldiers, please be at ease, and they will have the ambition of the kings. Liurongting, Liang Qichao. Salty. Stamp. ”

Then Lu Rongting ordered Mo Rongxin to lead an army of 5,000 to Sanshui.

Since Sanshui is not far from Guangzhou, Long Jiguang can't help but strive to compromise, so he joins Zhang. Toll. Qi personally went to Zhaoqing to discuss with Lu and Liang, and reached five agreements; (1) After the independence of Guangdong, Long Jiguang was still the governor; (2) Zhaoqing set up the Liangguang Metropolitan Headquarters, and promoted Cen Chunxuan as the commander of the capital; (3) Punish the culprit Cai Naihuang to death; (west) the Northern Expedition from the Speed; (5) Since Cen Chunxuan entered Guangdong, the people's armies in various localities have tried to pacify Sui, and have drawn a clear defensive boundary from Sanshui, with Makou as the boundary, and the southwest and above are defended by Wei Bangping, Li Yaohan, and Liulanqing, and the southwest is defended by the Long Army.

On 20 April, Long Jiguang returned to Guangzhou from Zhaoqing and began to organize the three armies of the Guangdong National Protector Army, making a posture of being ready for action.

On the 24th, Long Jiguang handed over Cai Naihuang and sent him to the Long Causeway to be shot.

Cai Naihuang is a person who made a death force for the Yuan family to be the emperor, and his character is also very bad, and he has done a lot of bad things with Yuan Keding, so he should be a person who is innocent of death. But as the culprit of the Haizhu incident, he must have been wronged.

There is a record of his arrest and execution: Long Jiguang returned to Guangzhou from Zhaoqing, "as soon as he entered the provincial capital, he had a secret conversation with Tan Xueheng, and Xueheng understood it, so he transferred hundreds of sergeants until Cai Naihuang's apartment broke in." Naihuang is inexplicable, still with the Xinna's room, talking about drinking, very charming, suddenly saw Tan Xueheng, knew that it was not good, hurriedly got up and wanted to escape, how to withstand Tan Xueheng's force, a grab, as if similar to the eagle (and bird).

"Pity this old man Cai, who has never tasted this royal law in his life, he was so frightened that he trembled all over, and cried with trembling: 'This...... What is this for? ’

Tan Xueheng didn't talk in detail, dragged him out of the door, handed it over to the sergeant, escorted him out of the city, walked to the causeway, and shouted: "Quickly tie up the murderer and send him to hell." ”

"Cai Naihuang only knew that death was at the moment, and he said to Tan Xueheng: 'I don't commit any major crimes, even if the crime deserves death, I also want to let me see Zicheng, how can you kill me?' ，

"'Why did you design to kill someone?' Tan Xueheng said: 'Do you still say that there is no major crime? Needless to say, the past is now the Haizhu Conference, you conspired with Yan Qihan and others to kill many people, and my brother Xuekui also died in your hands, asking you if you should die or not? ’

"Naihuang couldn't help crying: 'Long Jiguang betrayed his friends to protect his life, Tan Xueheng avenged his brother, finally I, Cai Naihuang, was unlucky, and I suffered for others, I don't want to live for sixty or seventy years, but die here."

"'Who told you to do this?' Before the words were finished, he was tied to the pillar by the sergeant, with a strange sound, the bullet pierced his chest, Cai Naihuang moved a few times, and then a soul galloped back to his hometown.

The pedestrians watching from the embankment all said that this thief should be shot, and none of them loved it. A beautiful woman came to the ground, walked to Naihuang's side, and finally cried a few old men, old killing, and after the sergeant explained, I knew that this pretty girl was a beautiful concubine who drank with Naihuang, and she was only a half-moon husband and wife with Naihuang.

"The boy has a poem and sings about it: Enjoy all the glory and glory, and the causeway is tied to tears. The greedy man is called fast when he dies, and there is only the amorous crying Gillian. ”