After dawn, this military campaign in the southwest against Shaanxi was soon known to the whole country with a telegram sent by Zhang Fenghui to the Provisional Government in Nanjing. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Subsequently, in order to win the support of public opinion across the country, Zhang Fenghui began to call the whole country to defend himself. The argument that the southwest is a crime that is intended to be added, and it is actually an excuse for plotting against Shaanxi. And I hope that the southwest side can exercise restraint and not do things that are good for relatives and enemies.

In response to this electrification, the southwest side also replied in the same way as the electrification. It is said that Zhang's rhetoric is to cover up, and his own baggage convoy was attacked, but it was done by the Shaanxi People's Army. He also said that he had a large amount of human and material evidence in his hands to prove the truth of the matter. In the end, the Southwest Autonomous Government solemnly declared that it would use two infantry divisions to exterminate the armed forces that dared to provoke the Southwest Army in Shaanxi.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!

As soon as the telegram was sent, it appeared in the major newspapers before dark. Most of the newspapers took the form of extraneous reporting, and in the process of reporting, the statement of the southwest government was emphasized, which became the hottest political topic in the country at the moment, and the whole country was eyed for a while.

The southwest openly used force against Shaanxi on the grounds that it was chasing down the militants who attacked its own baggage. This excuse, which does look bad in modern times, did not cause much controversy in China at that time. Of course, in fact, there is nothing to dispute, you beat me, I am fighting back, rightly so.

Of course, these are superficial things. In fact, Xi'an at this moment is already under high pressure before the storm, and it is very appropriate to describe the Qin Longxing Han military government at this time with internal and external difficulties. Zhang Fenghui, who was anxious, was in a deep despair.

Expecting Jing Bemu to send troops to the rescue, first of all, he didn't say whether people were willing to come or not, but he said he was willing, and it was too late to catch up at that time. As the commander of the Shaanxi Military Government, Zhang Fenghui could not be clearer about this point. As for asking for help from the Nanjing Provisional Government, it was just an attitude of treating a fire horse as a dead horse doctor. Not to mention that the negotiations with Beiyang for the abdication of the Qing dynasty are at the most critical moment, that is, the 200,000 provincial militias gathered under the city of Nanjing at this moment and made Nanjing a miasma, which is enough for him to drink a pot, how can the Nanjing Provisional Government at this time have the energy to take care of other places. What's more, the Nanjing government's ability to bind the provinces under its command is also a well-known problem to the whole world.

However, in response to the twin power transmissions in the southwest and Shaanxi, Nanjing, as the nominal government, reacted quickly.

The military and political departments of the Provisional Government held emergency consultations all night, but no result was achieved at all. Shaanxi's troops are now only left in Xi'an and Hebei to pacify Jing Bemu. Counting on the Nanjing Provisional Government to argue with the southwest, first of all, not to mention the provinces below that disobeyed the order, the most important thing is that they have no money in their hands. You know, these days, no matter what you do, you really can't do without money. What to do? The helpless interim president Sun Wen always frowned.

The members of the Alliance, who usually talk all the time, finally realized that who they had no room to play at all. In this matter, the southwest is not empty words, people are really substantiated, and there are all human and material evidence, which has been confirmed by the press.

"The use of force in the southwest against Shaanxi is really a wolf's ambition, this is sabotaging the revolution, and it is a naked warlord act!" Yu Youren, a member of the Shaanxi League who was fortunate to attend the meeting, has always had a good writing and a very smooth mouth. You must know that as a native of Shaanxi, he is still extremely concerned about the revolutionary cause in his hometown, and earlier he also raised funds in Shanghai to buy guns and guns for the Shaanxi People's Army.

The problem is that he said it in a loud voice, but there were very few people around him who reacted, and everyone in the audience had their own thoughts. Later, no one looked at him, and he himself was too embarrassed to talk about it, so he opened his mouth stupidly and then stopped talking.

"Do you want to send someone to Chengdu to persuade both sides to strike the army? It's better not to fight this battle or not. This time it was Wang Jingwei who spoke, as an active representative of the North-South peace talks, and at this critical moment, he really didn't want to make another wave.

"Then bother Zhaoming to take a trip!" Huang Xing rolled his eyelids and suddenly interjected. Going to Chengdu? I really dare to say that it will take half a month and 20 days to catch up with Chengdu! At that time, I'm afraid the daylilies will be cold.

To be honest, he is extremely dissatisfied with Wang Jingwei these days, especially in the matter of the North-South peace talks, this person has been too active, and seems to have forgotten his position.

Huang Xing's words suddenly made Wang Jingwei feel dumb and unspeakable. He's right to come up with an idea here, but that doesn't mean he's going to take the job for himself.

"It is still necessary to make a difference militarily and let the southwest retreat in the face of difficulties." Sun Wen finally said a more reliable sentence.

This time, the pressure was transferred to the head of Huang Xing, the chief of the War Department, and Huang Xing, who had gathered military persuasion into one, should be the time to use force. It's just that in the face of President Sun Da's ardent expectant eyes, Huang Xing at this time really couldn't continue to pat his chest and promise Sun Wen something, or because of two words - no money.

"I'm afraid Nanjing won't be able to help Shaanxi much." Huang Xing said this sentence vigorously, and after speaking, seeing President Sun's ugly face, he gritted his teeth and continued: "Shaanxi is really beyond the reach of Nanjing, and if you want to maintain enough military pressure on the southwest, you can only go through the three provinces of Guangdong, Hunan and Hubei. It is said that the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass, so we still need some time to raise sufficient funds. ”

To say that Huang Xing, the chief of the War Department, is really aggrieved, and his waist is really not stiff. The Provisional Government has no money, and it is almost impossible to uncover the pot, so how can there be money to fight. However, the governors of the provinces, they pinched the barrel of their guns and carried money bags, but none of them were willing to give some blood, and often shouted the slogans of the Northern Expedition while opening their mouths to ask the provisional government for payment. The Nanjing Provisional Government had no name for righteousness, but it did not want to be controlled by others everywhere.

As soon as Huang Xing said this, Sun Wen also understood that it was not easy to make the three provinces increase military pressure on the southwest. If you want to say that Guangdong is a little better, and you still have the confidence to mobilize, Chen Jiongming, the governor of Guangdong, is also a member of the old league, and his position as governor was also given up by Hu Hanmin. But Hunan and Hubei, thinking of this, Sun Wen had to shake his head. After going around in a circle, I still returned to the original point, the problem of money.

"Could it be that our dignified Nanjing government, sitting on the territory of several provinces in the south, and holding the name of the central government's righteousness, can't deal with just one southwest?" Yu Youren stood up angrily and spoke loudly.

As soon as these words came out, the entire conference room fell silent! All kinds of unwilling emotions began to permeate everyone's hearts, but they couldn't come up with a feasible plan.

At this time, the meeting obviously couldn't go on, so Sun Wen had to hastily decide on a few ways to deal with it. First, launch a public opinion offensive and call on both sides to call for a truce; Second, he sent a telegram to the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei, and Guangdong, saying that he hoped that the three provinces would make some moves on the southwestern border and maintain a certain degree of military pressure on the southwest. Third, the Shaanxi side was ordered to actively prepare for war and wait for the results of Nanjing's mediation

The long meeting was finally over, and the group dispersed. Soon, the Nanjing Provisional Government sent a telegram to the southwest and Shaanxi respectively. First of all, persuade the southwest to withdraw its troops, maintain restraint, and do not move troops without permission. Secondly, Shaanxi is urged to hand over the relevant responsible persons as soon as possible and give an explanation to the southwest. Thirdly, he appealed to the southwest and Shaanxi not to engage in such a thing as fighting with each other among revolutionary comrades, because the Qing Dynasty has not been extinguished, the revolution has not been successful, and they should be united, and so on.

Regarding the conflict between the southwest and Shaanxi, except for the people inside the alliance, who are anxious, in fact, most people in the world are waiting to see the excitement at this time. Yuan Shikai wanted to curb the expansion of the southwest, but he was really powerless, and he was wrestling with Nanjing and intriguing with the Qing court, so he didn't have the slightest extra energy to take care of Shaanxi.

Xiao Mubai is not the kind of master who likes to play with mouth cannons. On the day he received the telegram from the Nanjing government, he instructed his troops to speed up the closing and seize the provincial capital of Xi'an as soon as possible, so as to control the whole of Shaanxi.