Just as Sun Yat-sen was speaking impassionedly and inspiringly, Dai Jitao, the confidential secretary, walked into the room anxiously and reported to Sun Yat-sen: "Sir, Wang Mo, the young marshal of the Sichuan army, sent a telegram, this is a telegram. With that, he handed over the telegram in his hand.

Sun Yat-sen took the telegram and looked at it, his face sank, and then he turned blue.

With a "snap", Sun Yat-sen slapped the message on the coffee table and said angrily: "What does he want to do, what does he want to do?" ”

Zhang Jingjiang and Chen Qimei looked at each other, not knowing what kind of news could make Sun Yat-sen so angry.

"What's wrong, sir?" Zhang Jingjiang asked softly.

Sun Yat-sen's face was still pale, and he did not speak, but handed the message on the coffee table to Zhang Jingjiang.

Zhang Jingjiang took the telegram and read it softly: "Since the establishment of the Republic of China, there have been endless disputes between the north and the south. When the Duke of Song was assassinated, the aftermath of the big loan boomed, and the north and the south finally met each other. Brothers are on the wall, civil war breaks out because of strife, what can the state do? The Sichuan army entered Hubei in the east, not wanting to start another war, but intending to stop the war!

The case of Song Gong can be decided by law; There are many disputes about the aftermath of the big loan, and it can also be negotiated peacefully.

On behalf of the 40,000 compatriots of all countries, Wang Mou implored His Excellency the President and the princes of the Southern Kuomintang to stop the war for the country!

At this time when the country is in a difficult situation and the great powers are waiting for us, we, the sons and daughters of China, should work together and go hand in hand, so as to defend the great cause of the republic and make the Republic stand tall among the great powers!

However, if there are still people who rely on their own force, ignore state affairs, and insist on going their own way, Wang can only personally lead 100,000 Sichuan troops to attack them and stop the war with war.

Wang, Jiang. ”

After Zhang Jingjiang finished reading the telegram, there was silence in the room, and the needle drop could be heard, as if even the air had frozen.

"What does Wang Mo, that little red guy want to do? Is this to be a wall grass, left and right? Bastard, I'm going to send someone to kill this little red guy! Chen Qimei was so angry that she scolded on the spot. yelling that he was going to send someone to assassinate Wang Mo.

Chen Qimei, a person who relied on the party to start his business, has no other ability than to engage in assassination and throw bombs. In the Kuomintang, so to speak. He is a political stalwart who advocates assassination.

However, the assassination of Wang Mo at this time, whether successful or not, would only push the Sichuan army to the Beiyang side and bury the last hope of the Kuomintang.

For this. Sun Yat-sen still saw it very clearly. Therefore, although his face was still ugly, he still stopped Chen Qimei: "Okay, Ince! In any case, we can't clash with the Sichuan army at the moment, otherwise we will only benefit Beiyang and Yuan Shikai, understand? ”

Chen Qimei was very unwilling, but he had always respected Sun Yat-sen, and he could see that Sun Yat-sen's attitude was very resolute, so he had to be speechless. Secretly angry.

"Ji Tao, you immediately telegraph Yang Shukan over there in Sichuan and ask him to rush to Hubei. He was familiar with the inside of the Sichuan army, so he wanted to find out what Wang Mo wanted to do, and tried his best to get the Sichuan army to annihilate the 2nd and 6th divisions of the Beiyang Army. Sun Yat-sen instructed Dai Jitao.

"Yes, sir!" Dai Jitao answered, and left to send a telegram.

"Sir, if the father and son of the Wang family are pulled over by Beiyang, then what should we do?" Zhang Jingjiang asked worriedly.

"If the Sichuan army falls to Beiyang at this time, then we ......" Sun Yat-sen did not continue. If the Sichuan army fell to Beiyang at this critical juncture, it would lead to serious consequences, and Rao was resolute and he didn't dare to think about it.

……

Beijing, War Department. Military Intelligence Boardroom.

The conference room can be described as a twinkling star, this is the largest convening of high-level Beiyang officers since Yuan Shikai became president, and even Wang Shizhen, who is now at home, was also summoned.

However, in the huge conference room, there are a large number of generals who have experienced a hundred battles, and there are not a few shrewd and capable staff. But no one spoke.

Syllable!

Yuan Shikai slapped the table violently and scolded angrily: "What, are you all dumb?" Since I can't come up with a way, then Beiyang will simply break up, and I will go back to my hometown in Henan to retire! ”

No wonder Yuan Shikai is angry and anxious, it is really that Beiyang is already on the edge of the cliff, and the overall situation of the country may collapse at any time.

In the end, Wang Shizhen, who was still at home, had no worries, and took the lead in speaking: "President, judging from the current situation, it is too late to transfer troops to rescue the 2nd and 6th Divisions in Jiangxi, let them break through on their own." ”

Chen Yan said with a worried expression: "Break through on your own? The 2nd and 6th Divisions may not have much ammunition left, and the lack of ammunition and the front and rear attacks of Li Liejun's troops and the Sichuan army are probably too bad to break through on their own. ”

For a firearms unit, without ammunition, it is no different from scrapping. In this case, it was very difficult to just face the counterattack of Li Liejun's troops, not to mention the wolf-like Sichuan Army, and letting the 2nd and 6th Divisions break through on their own was equivalent to watching them die.

Yang Du, who has always been good at planning and calculating, was also worried at this time, and said worriedly: "Once the Sichuan Army and Li Liejun's troops join forces to annihilate the 2nd and 6th Divisions, I am afraid that the whole country will be in chaos, and all kinds of demons and monsters will emerge." ”

Indeed, although the Republic of China has been established, it is still secretly unknown how many forces are waiting for the opportunity to move.

There are royalists, constitutionalists, Kuomintang parties, and local warlords who are ready to move, and there are Japan, Russia, Britain, France, and other powers eyeing each other; once Beiyang loses the strength to control the overall situation of the whole country, internal and external troubles will erupt together, and the newly established Republic of China will most likely be torn apart overnight.

One or two said dejecting words, which made Yuan Shikai even more angry, and said with a smile: "Then you mean that the 2nd and 6th divisions are dead." The overall situation of the country is destined to collapse, and I, the great president, will exist in name only? ”

"President, I think it's better to transfer the 2nd Army on the Jiangsu side back to the north as soon as possible, and stabilize the situation in the north first. As for the south, it will be left to the Kuomintang for the time being, and it will be resolved later. Wang Shizhen suggested.

Duan Qirui echoed his words: "President, I agree to the proposal of the secretary of state, we might as well shrink back to the north for the time being." When the new army is well organized, let's wave the army south again and sweep away the Kuomintang and the damned Sichuan army in one fell swoop! ”

The rest of the Beiyang officers and staff said that they should be patient for the time being, accumulate strength, and fight again in the future.

There was no way out, Yuan Shikai thought about it, and was about to agree to this resolution, ordering the 2nd Army on the Jiangsu side to withdraw north immediately.

However, at this moment, Yuan Shikai's adjutant Zhou Wei hurriedly walked into the conference room. With a happy face, he walked up to Yuan Shikai and whispered a few words, and handed over a telegram.

To the surprise of the participants, after Yuan Shikai flipped through the message, his frowning brows suddenly relaxed. His face couldn't help but show joy.

"This is the telegram sent by Wang Mo, the young marshal of the Sichuan Army, you all take a look." Yuan Shikai handed down the telegram in his hand and showed it to the participants one by one.

"What? What does this Wang Mo mean? From time to time, after someone read the message, the teacher and student exclaimed.

"Good news, President." Yang Shiqi said with a smile, "It seems that the Sichuan Army and the People's Party are not of the same mind, we can completely seize this point and make a big fuss." Maybe it will make them turn their faces. As long as there is internal strife between the Sichuan army and the Kuomintang, it will be much easier for us to clean them up. ”

"The father and son of the Wang family are still local warlords in the final analysis, and this is clearly to expand their strength." Duan Qirui sneered, he had seen through it, how could these local warlords have any position at all, they would only grab territory to expand their strength.

"President, judging from Wang Mo's telegram, it seems that the Sichuan army has not entered Jiangxi. The meaning of annihilating the 2nd and 6th divisions, maybe we can send someone to Hubei to talk to him. Yang Du analyzed.

Everyone thought about it, it was true, since Wang Mo sent a telegram at this time to ask for a truce between the north and the south, then he would definitely not take the initiative to enter Jiangxi to attack the 2nd and 6th divisions.

"Good, good!" Yuan Shikai smiled happily and said, "You, as the plenipotentiary, will rush to Hubei to negotiate with the Sichuan army as soon as possible." As long as the Sichuan army is willing to support the central government. It's not too much of a condition, you can agree to it first. ”

"Yes, President, I'm going to Hubei overnight now!" Yang Du got up and answered.

It's a desperate situation. The previously solemn and frustrated atmosphere in the conference room was swept away, replaced by a sense of relaxation and euphoria.

On the Hubei side, since Wang Mo sent out the telegram, he knew that people from Beiyang and the Kuomintang would inevitably rush to Hubei to win his support, so he gave a brief explanation of the defense of Jiujiang and Wuxue, and then returned to Wuhan to wait for the representatives of the north and south.

However. Wang Mo, who returned to Wuhan, did not immediately meet Li Yuanhong, who had been asking to meet him, nor did he meet the representatives of the north and south, but an unexpected guest came to his temporary residence in Hankou and handed him a letter of worship to ask for a meeting.

"Huiyuan Money? The Liu family? Wang Mo looked at the prayer post, and then looked at the long gift list sent with the prayer post.

"It's really bloody." Wang Mo smiled meaningfully, and then said to Wang Erhu, "Let them come in." ”

After a while, Wang Erhu came in with Mrs. Liu and Mr. Liu from Huiyuan Qianzhuang.

"The concubine is Liu Chen, and I have seen the young marshal." Mrs. Liu didn't show any abnormality because of Wang Mo's youth, and bowed generously.

"In Xia Liuchen, I saw the young marshal." Young Master Liu is very shallow in the city, although he seems to bow his hand respectfully, anyone can see his reluctance.

"You're not local, are you?" Wang Mo asked.

Mrs. Liu replied: "Back to the young marshal, the ancestral home of the Liu family is Hubei, but when the Qing Dynasty was in trouble, he moved his family to the sea to avoid war, and later he was able to gain a foothold in the United States. ”

Wang Mo smiled and said, "I'm not a local, I'm still so well-informed, it's not easy to find out my identity and my temporary residence in Hankou so quickly." ”

Liu Chen couldn't help muttering: "Do you need to check, these days, the newspapers in Wuhan are reporting your affairs on the front page every day." ”

"Chen'er!" Mrs. Liu hurriedly scolded Liu Chen, for fear of making Wang Mo unhappy.

Wang Mo waved his hand to show that he didn't care, and asked, "Okay, let's talk about it, what's the matter with taking so much trouble to find the door?" ”

Mrs. Liu took out the reparation statement that had been prepared a long time ago, and said: "Last time in Zigui County, we were reckless for a while, and collided with the young marshal and the Sichuan army, this time we came to make amends, and I hope that the young marshal will ......."

"Okay, you don't have to come to this set of empty words, it's better to get straight to the point!" Wang Mo interrupted Mrs. Liu's words extremely strongly.

After all, Mrs. Liu came out of a merchant family, where had she seen Wang Mo acting so directly and with a strong soldier, and she was stunned for a while. (To be continued.) )