The so-called indiscriminate punching to kill the master is very appropriate in the battle that happened in Tongguan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe defeat of the Beiyang Army is unclear, and the victory of the revolutionary army is also unclear.

Zhou Fulin took your army all the way to Henan Lingbao before he stopped, counted the number of people, and only told him to cry without tears, the previous 20,000 troops are now only more than 5,000, not counting rifles, and the artillery is even more lost. Fortunately, after the revolutionary army chased out of Shaanxi, they contained the rebels and retreated, otherwise I really don't know what the result would be. In a panic, he hurriedly sent a telegram to Beijing.

Receiving Zhou Fulin's telegram asking for help, Yuan Shikai was furious, that was his Beiyang elite! He was only trembling when he lost one, but this time it was good, Zhou Fulin, a fool, lost five or six thousand people in one battle, which was greater than the losses that had been fought with the people's army on the Hubei front for three months.

However, Yuan Shikai also knows that now is not the time to hold accountable, but to think about how to clean up the aftermath. Henan is an important place, not only related to the front line in Hubei, but also related to the situation in the world, which must not be lost. At present, the fifth town stationed in Shandong was urgently ordered to send a co-reinforcement to Henan, and the third town that had swept Shanxi also sent part of its troops south to Henan.

This time, Yuan Shikai really remembered the Communist Party in his heart. It's just that at this time, he was busy clearing the way for himself to take over as the provisional president of the Republic of China, and he couldn't take care of Xiao Mubai, who was located in the southwest. However, it was only a matter of time before he cleaned it up, and the person he was worried about was really not good.

Sun Yat-sen paced back and forth in his office in the presidential palace, and he now faced a predicament that was unprecedented.

Only a few days after the establishment of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai gathered heavy troops, not only launched a fierce attack on the northern provinces of Guangfu, but also eyed the north of the Yangtze River, looking like he was crossing the river to attack Nanjing at any time. Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing both felt the burning pain, and the joy of the new establishment of the Republic of China was immediately washed away.

Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, and Russia united to deny the Republic of China and privately let it out, which means that in China, they only value Yuan Shikai. The attitude of the Western powers towards the newly established Republic of China is of course important, and their lack of support has cast an indelible shadow over the future of the new government.

In addition, coupled with the emptiness of the treasury, there has been a delay in raising funds. Diplomacy and finance became two of the greatest problems that the Interim Government could not solve.

At this time, there was also an undercurrent within the Provisional Government. The constitutionalists and the old bureaucrats who entered the provisional government invisibly formed a powerful force and force, and they vigorously preached that they wanted to force Sun Yat-sen to abandon the Northern Expedition and cede the presidency to Yuan Shikai in exchange for the abdication of the Qing court.

On this day, Sun Yat-sen sat opposite Huang Xing in the Hartung Garden. Huang Xing's face had a look of exhaustion that could not be concealed. On this trip, he also came to persuade Sun Yat-sen to send a telegram to abdicate Yuan Shikai to the post of provisional president. He knew that the man in front of him was bent on the Northern Expedition and overthrowing the rule of the Qing court by force, and all of them, including Yuan Shikai, were the targets to be defeated. But he thought everything too simply, and Huang Xing himself had different opinions.

As long as Yuan Shikai can make the Qing court abdicate, support the republic, and establish the Republic of China, this can be regarded as achieving the goal of the revolution, and it is completely okay to make him president. Yuan Shikai was a relatively open-minded person, and his thinking was by no means stale and conservative, which can be seen from his consistent advocacy of reforming the law, training the new army, and vigorously running the new policy. On this trip, he put forward six demands to the Qing court, such as convening a parliament and organizing a responsible cabinet, which were not much different from the policy of the revolutionary army from the perspective of the overall policy of governance. At the beginning of Yuan Shikai's comeback, he advocated tolerating the Wuchang uprising, and sent a special envoy to the south to negotiate peace, and now he has the willingness to support the democratic republic. It can be seen that he is not an old bureaucrat who is shrewd and stubborn, and he is by no means a man bent on making enemies of the revolutionary army.

Sun Yat-sen obviously knew Huang Xing's intention, and without waiting for Huang Xing to speak, Sun Yat-sen first said: "Keqiang, you and I have been running for more than ten years in the revolution, born and died, where did the so-called come from?" For the toiling masses, of course! What about Yuan Shikai? He is by no means for the masses, but for himself, for their Beiyang group. In this case, how can we entrust him with the post of president of the Republic of China? ”

Hearing Sun Yat-sen's words, Huang Xing lowered his head and was silent for a while, but did not say anything.

Seeing Huang Xing's appearance, Sun Yat-sen sighed and said, "Do you think I have to be the interim president?" I just think that the situation in the south is really not easy to achieve, and it will be useless to hand it over to Yuan Shikai. ”

Huang Xing raised his head, looked at Sun Yat-sen and said: "Prime Minister, when the reunification of the north and the south is completed, there will be a legal system, and when the time comes, everything can be on track according to our wishes." ”

Sun Yat-sen didn't speak, just shook his head.

As he was talking, Xu Shaozhen and Wang Jingwei walked in. Xu Shaozhen was the commander of the Nanjing garrison, and Wang Jingwei was the first counselor of Wu Tingfang, the southern representative of the North-South Peace Conference.

"President, the matter has come to this, whether it is peace or war, please decide. Abandon the peace negotiation and reorganize the Northern Expedition, no matter what the odds are, at least for the time being, we still have one chance. Xu Shaozhen said.

Sun Yat-sen pondered bitterly, and there was no shortage of words for a long time. He didn't want to go on the Northern Expedition in his heart, truly restore the whole country, and end the imperial system. However, let's not talk about the financial impermissibility, let's just talk about the quality of the troops near Nanjing, and even he, a person who does not know much about military affairs, knows that these troops are vulnerable.

Huang Xing looked at Sun Yat-sen calmly and said, "Prime Minister, since Yuan Shikai promised the abdication of the Qing Emperor, let's negotiate peace." The people's army lacked money and financial resources, and most of the soldiers were newly recruited, with lax discipline and lack of training. If the provinces are restored and each of them goes his own way, it will be difficult to have a chance of winning if they do not seriously rectify the training. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Sun Yat-sen turned to Xu Shaozhen and said, "What do you think?" ”

Xu Shaozhen thought for a while and said: "The best opportunity for the Northern Expedition has been missed, whether it wins or loses, now it is just a chance to fight." ”

Wang Jingwei shook his head and said: "The Beiyang Army has captured Taiyuan, and although Shaanxi has repelled the Qing troops from the east and west with the help of the Sichuan Army, it has only stabilized the position, and the situation is still dangerous. And Zhang Xun's army in Xuzhou has also moved south again and entered Suzhou. The Beiyang Army has more artillery than us, and there are more guns than us, and it has been trained for a long time, and it is by no means something we can deal with. If you are reluctant to fight, Nanjing may not be able to protect it. I think it's better to seize the opportunity and negotiate peace as soon as possible. ”

Sun Yat-sen turned his face sideways to look at Xu Shaozhen again, and before he could talk, Wang Jingwei continued: "Yuan Shikai is looking for a foreign bank to borrow money and is preparing to go south in a big way. Our Beiyang Army in Hubei can't beat this way, so can it fight all the way to Beijing? In my opinion, it is better to win over Yuan Shikai and force the Qing court to abdicate, so that not only can a military disaster be eliminated, but also a republic can be reached as soon as possible. ”

Sun Yat-sen was silent, his heart full of sadness. He knew that these days, Wu Tingfang, Zhang Jian and others often had secret meetings in the villa of Zhao Fengchang in Xiyin Hall, Nanyang Road, Shanghai, and sometimes Tang Shaoyi, the general representative of the peace talks in the north, would also join them, as well as ministers from Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Russia, etc., they had already discussed, on the one hand, they forced the Empress Dowager Longyu and Pu Yi to abdicate, and on the other hand, forced him Sun Yat-sen to give up the power of the provisional president, and then praised Yuan Shikai. Even, the champion prince Zhang Jian had already drafted the edict of the Qing emperor's abdication and sent it to Beijing.

That's it, after all, these people and themselves are not on the same path. I don't think that now, even the closest revolutionary comrades in the League have begun to persuade themselves to give way. That's it, the general trend is hard to disobey! His heart was desolate, and Sun Yat-sen, whose face was like ashes, had nothing else to say.

After coming to the office with several people, Sun Yat-sen dictated a telegram:

Premier Yuan of Beijing did not tolerate the Civil War and suffered misery, so he did not oppose the move to negotiate peace. Although the monarch and democracy do not wait to be counted, the king's painstaking efforts are forgiven. If there is the power of the king, do not work for war, reach the will of the people, protect the harmony of the nation, and the Qing family will also be happy. Wencheng is recommended by all provinces, and the oath is there, and the heart is only there, and the day is learned. If the text is used as an inducement, it will be misunderstood. I hope to make a big plan as soon as possible. To comfort the desires of 40,000,000 people.

The day is January 15, 1912.