If the Qing army placed heavy troops in these four provinces, it would be a posture of attacking from the north to the north and encircling from all sides, and the so-called "place of four wars" refers to this kind of place.

In fact, it's not that scary, and the "Land of Four Wars" also depends on who the opponent is. In Zhao Bei's view, the only disadvantage in Hubei is the Jinghan Railway, which is also one of the new policies of Zhangzhidong Governor Huguangshi, which has been completed and opened to traffic, but it is in the hands of foreign consortia. If the Qing court sent the Beiyang Army south from this to Hubei, then the republican army would face a real tough battle, and in the historical Xinhai Revolution, the Qing army attacked Wuhan from the Jinghan Road.

If the railway had been opened a few years late, the westward expedition would have been more certain.

However, considering that history has changed now, will the Qing army still carry out according to the historical advance plan? In this regard, Zhao Bei has no bottom in his heart, but he firmly believes that without Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, the dragons will be leaderless, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. It is precisely because of this that he will take great pains to plot and conspire to drive a wedge between Yuan Shikai and the Qing court, even if he can't force Yuan Shikai to rebel, he will make the Beiyang Army lose their spiritual leader.

Seeing the puzzled expressions of the two, Zhao Bei smiled faintly and said: "I have made it very clear that the geographical location of Hubei is very important, once it is occupied, it can cut off the contact between the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Qing army in the lower reaches, and the north can directly attack Henan and Shaanxi, and the south can attack Hunan and Guangxi, and the comrades in various provinces can be covered. Besides, I am a native of Hubei, floating in a foreign country all the year round, the warmth and coldness of human affection lie in my heart, and there are some local concepts, listening to the two accents, it seems that they are also Hubei people, overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and saving Sangzi, it is also our long-cherished wish, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has no way, oppresses the people, how can we revolutionary soldiers not save their own villagers first? Although the southeast is rich, it is not as thick as the nostalgia, which is also my little selfishness. ”

Peng Hanyi and Sun Wu looked at each other dumbfounded, they really didn't expect Zhao Bei to pull out the shield of "nostalgia", but think about it carefully, what Zhao Bei said may not be unreasonable, as long as they occupy Hubei, they will control the situation in the Central Plains, they can see this, the Qing court may not be able to see it, and then the Qing army's attention will turn to the direction of Hubei, which will also be conducive to the uprisings in other provinces. However, this point cannot be broken, once it is broken, it frightens the hairless commander-in-chief, he no longer marches to Hubei, but turns around and marches eastward, then it is tantamount to exposing Hunan to the front-line soldiers of the Qing army, which is extremely unfavorable to the revolutionary cause of the Communist Association, since he himself is willing to stand in front of Hunan, then it is better to let him go, no matter whether he can gain a firm foothold in Hubei, as long as the Hunan Association is together, the Communist Association will not miss this revolutionary train.

Several people sat in the signing room, with their own ideas to discuss the revolutionary situation, although both sides could not be truly honest, but finally let the other party figure out the current situation, and it was through the mouths of the two that Zhao Bei was able to understand the current situation of the League.

Last year's Qinlian Fangcheng Uprising, Zhennanguan Uprising, the Qinlian Shangsi Uprising, and the Yunnan Hekou Uprising at the beginning of this year, these four anti-Qing uprisings launched by the League all ended in disastrous defeats, and the morale of the League was greatly damaged, and there were not a few people who were depressed, and a group of people who had not yet been depressed were arguing endlessly in Tokyo, Japan, some of them advocated long-term lurking to wait for the opportunity, and the other part advocated continuing to launch an uprising to awaken the people.

As he was talking, the guards ran in to give a report.

"Report to the Commander! The Blue Chief of Staff is back! ”

"Ask him to come in." Zhao Bei stood up, glanced at Peng Hanyi and Sun Wu with blank faces, and said, "Chief of Staff Lan is Lan Tianwei, and he is also a member of the alliance. I don't know if you know each other? ”

Both shook their heads. This can also be understood, the League is a secret organization, in order to keep secret, members may not all know each other, this has both advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is not to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, one person is arrested, even a large group of people, the disadvantage is that their comrades do not know each other, even working together do not know the true identity of the other party, one person rebels against the Qing, the other is still in the dark, and this is also a manifestation of the organization of the League, the current League will be more like a club of revolutionaries, a hodgepodge, Far from a strong fighting collective.

Of course, as people of the same organization, they still have a contact code with each other, and this code is generally a unique gesture, which is learned from the Jianghu Society, and the Liberation Association will have this kind of gesture, and the Alliance will also have it.

Under the recommendation of Zhao Bei, Lan Tianwei met with Peng Hanyi and Sun Wu, and the two sides only shook hands to confirm each other's identities.

Looking at the finger movements when they shook hands, Zhao Bei felt quite inappropriate, in his opinion, this kind of code is really too child's play, in case the Qing court secret agent learns, it seems that this method can be used to "fish".

After a few greetings, Lan Tianwei immediately cut to the chase and said to Zhao Bei: "Commander, the negotiations between our army and the British consul in Jiujiang have ended, and the British refuse to hand over the fugitives, and they have protested against our Republican Army, saying that we have obstructed the normal trade order and despised British sovereignty, and they will reserve the right to act freely in this regard." ”

Zhao Bei snorted coldly and said: "This is China's place, even if you talk about sovereignty, you have to talk about it by the Chinese, and it is not their turn to overstep the British!" Xiuhao, you will now order someone to draw up a statement to protest against the shameless act of the British consul Jiujiang in arbitrarily interfering in China's internal affairs, and this statement will be submitted to me for examination and approval after this statement is prepared, and then sent out by telegram, so that the whole world will know that the British are doing everything possible to maintain this rotten feudal dynasty! ”

Lan Tianwei hesitated and said, "Commander-in-chief think twice." This telegram is not trivial, and if it annoys the British Government, it may be detrimental to our revolutionary cause. ”

Zhao Bei waved his hand and said, "I just sent a telegram, and I didn't want to bombard the British Concession in Jiujiang." You are too cautious, in diplomacy, it is not okay to blindly compromise and retreat, you still need to be tough when you should be tough, otherwise, everyone knows that you are a soft persimmon and wants to pinch it. Besides, Britain's current strategic focus is in Europe, and in Asia they can only maintain the situation through their lackey Japan, but Japan now has no strength to interfere in the revolution alone, it can only win over other countries, but Germany, the United States, and Japan are not of the same mind, and the wolf cannot be the dog, and the climate cannot be achieved. ”

Peng Hanyi and Sun Wu on the side were confused, and hurriedly inquired, Lan Tianwei told Duan Jin and Zhang Biao a little about fleeing to the British Concession, and the two of them suddenly realized that although the British did something wrong, but Zhao Bei inevitably made some fuss, but since he was not Zhao Bei's staff officer, it was better not to intervene in this kind of thing, not to mention, the two had already learned the content of the "telegram" before they came, since Zhao Bei could support the Manchu minister Yuan Shikai as the commander of the republic, then, It is not unreasonable to send another telegram to provoke the British. In the eyes of the two of them, the "commander-in-chief" in front of them is either an unpredictable politician or simply a stunned young man who doesn't understand anything, and who mixes into the revolutionary ranks by chance, and sooner or later suffers a big loss.

Although Zhao Bei didn't understand the thoughts of the two, he could also see that the two of them disagreed, but at present, he didn't care what others thought, as long as the goal was achieved, then no matter how despicable the means were, he would not hesitate.

That's politics.