The signing of the Nanjing Agreement made all parties very satisfied, and also forced Li Shirui's original plan to attack to stop, Wang Yongan personally told Li Shirui that if the Republic of China was established, this battle would not have to be fought. www.biquge.info So Wang Yongan sent a telegram to Li Shirui, ordering him to stop the attack on the Japanese army and wait for the opportunity.

The so-called waiting for the time was an excuse, and Li Shirui was depressed, held a meeting with Shao Yongqin and other officers, and announced Wang Yongan's decision. Shao Yongqin said: "I support Yun Shuai's decision, China is unified, and Japan may not dare to put forward excessive conditions." ”

Li Shirui said: "This time, Japan spent at least one million or more in order to prepare for the war, do you think the Japanese will be so willing to lose money?" ”

Li Zuzhi smiled: "Right Shuai, what do you mean?" ”

"Fight, you must fight." Li Shirui said, "If you don't hurt the Japanese, the Japanese will never give up." ”

Qiao Zhen said at this time: "According to the spies we sent out, the Japanese are stepping up preparations for war, and they have no intention of stopping at all. Li Shirui transferred Qiao Zhen's Nantong garrison back these days, and sent local soldiers to be responsible for reconnoitring the Japanese situation, although there were a lot of losses, but he got information about the distribution of troops, about the layout of the position, about the deployment of personnel, etc., so he was allowed to be included in the military meeting.

Li Zuzhi said: "Then fight, we signed the Nanjing Agreement, and the little devils did not sign the Nanjing Agreement, will they stop?" I support the right handsome, hit! ”

Shao Yongqin shook his head and said, "Report to the military department." ”

Of course, the Japanese side was not affected by the Nanjing Agreement, they were still increasing their troops, Li Shirui repeatedly made it clear to Wang Yongan that the Japanese would never give in, but Wang Yongan thought more, he not only considered the military, but also considered Jiangbei and his future political career.

At this time, Wang Yongan had some selfish thoughts in his heart, after all, if the Republic of China was established, the confrontation against the Japanese would change from Jiangbei to the whole of China, and if the Jiangbei army was really exhausted, what would it rely on to maintain the Jiangbei political group in the future? No one is a saint, and even those who are worshiped as saints make selfish decisions in their lives and choices. Although Wang Yongan's decision to armistice flashed Li Shirui's waist, it was indeed very necessary for the cultural management department of the Jiangbei Group, and Xiao Xiangshan, Luo Yinxian, Zhang Jian, Chen Zhaotang and others were very supportive of stopping military operations with the Japanese.

Wang Yongan immediately summoned the Japanese special envoy for negotiations, Sato Kuji, for the second negotiation, but Sato Hisaharu was ordered to delay the negotiations, because on the one hand, Katsura Taro had already decided to send troops, and the 16th and 17th Divisions were rushing to Nantong, and on the other hand, the Japanese cabinet was a little caught off guard by the Nanjing Agreement reached by the warlords of all parties in China, and it needed to be discussed, so before the discussion, the country did not give Sato Kuji any requirements.

In this way, on the afternoon of April 18, the river began to fog slightly, and many people thought that the strong wind would soon blow away the fog. However, at seven o'clock in the evening, the fog became thicker, covering half of Nantong, and the Langshan Port in Jiangbei and its surroundings were even more shrouded in fog.

Seeing this, Jingxuzi jumped and jumped, ran to the entrance of the headquarters and shouted: "Right handsome, right handsome, the fog is coming, the fog is finally coming, am I accurate?" You promised to help me demolish the Nine Dragons Temple, you promised me, you must count when you speak! ”

Li Shirui sent people to quickly lock the pure void in a confinement room and not go out, and then immediately summoned all the commanders and said to everyone: "The opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, after the fog rises, the enemy warships will not dare to open fire easily, and the decisive moment we are waiting for has arrived!" It's now, it's tonight! ”

Shao Yongqin, commander of the First Division, immediately said: "But Yun Shuai does not support the war against Japan. In a word, everyone was speechless, this Jiangbei group was established by the Wang brothers, Wang Yongan's words are the holy decree, this is the characteristics of the warlord army, if Li Shirui dares to mobilize the army without authorization today, his population may be cut down tomorrow.

Li Shirui said: "We will send a telegram to Yun Shuai now, just wait for his telegram." ”

The six division commanders and chiefs of staff looked at each other, and said in their hearts that Li Shirui was a little crazy, is this time now? What time is it, it's already eight o'clock in the evening, Yun Shuai has to rest early? But in fact, Wang Yongan was having dinner with Chen Zhaotang and others at this time to discuss the future of Jiangbei, if the new government was formed, what would be the position of the Jiangbei clique, whether to enter the central government and compete with Yuan Shikai's Beiyang faction and the southern revolutionary party faction for power and profit, or continue local autonomy to consolidate their own small kingdom.

According to Chen Zhaotang's meaning, Jiangbei may not have a good position in the center, Yuan Shikai, a man who is scheming, will definitely pull everyone to the center and then empty everyone, while his people quietly enter the place, and when everyone finds out that they are being set aside, they also lose their place.

Wang Yongan very much agrees with Chen Zhaotang's words, Jiang is still old and spicy, Chen Zhaotang may not be accurate, but Yuan Shikai is absolutely accurate, otherwise after he was killed by the revolutionary party in history, Yuan Shikai would not be uncomfortable when he heard the news. Wang Yongan's idea was to fight for a position in the central government on the one hand, and maintain political independence at the local level on the other, and he was still ready to support Zhang Jian's entry into the central government, while he himself hoped to become the commander-in-chief of the Jiangbei Army and continue to command his Jiangbei army.

Chen Zhaotang said that Yuan Shikai will definitely let you disarm, you can be prepared, Wang Yongan said that he has already planned the plan to disarm 150,000 people, the nine army divisions are reorganized into nine mixed brigades, each brigade is 10,000 people, and 30,000 of the 150,000 soldiers who have been laid off will be assigned to government departments at all levels to serve as civil servants, so that the local power will not be taken away by Yuan Shikai, Jiangbei will be firmly in his hands, and the other 120,000 people will be reorganized to these people, encouraging them to immigrate to San Lucas, for those who stay, he will expand the Huaibei coal mine, turn soldiers into workers, and will never let them go with a little severance pay.

Chen Zhaotang said with a smile that if Yuan Shikai knew about your plan, he would definitely cry, all his plans were empty of a bamboo basket, and Wang Yongan also laughed.

At this time, Liu Tong came with an urgent telegram, saying that Nantong was in an emergency, and the fog had completely covered Nantong, and this was the best time to attack, and asked Yun Shuai to give instructions.

Wang Yongan frowned and said unhappily: "Not allowed." ”

"Yes." Liu Tong saluted and turned to leave.