The Overseer of Zhejiang suddenly received a mysterious telegram with only one word on it, which was red. Two days later, Chen Guangyuan heard about it in the jokes of his subordinates, and immediately went to the telecommunications office of the Overseer's Mansion in a hurry, found the duty officer of the day, and after asking the reason for the incident, he immediately took out his gun and collapsed without saying a word in the name of lying about the military situation and privately blocking the telecommunications. Then summoned the generals of the Beiyang Twelfth Division, on the grounds that the bandits in northern Zhejiang were serious and attacked Jiaxing and other counties several times, and sent a brigade to quickly rush to Jiazhou City to relieve the siege, and the generals of the Beiyang Twelfth Division present were in an uproar, you must know that there are town guards in Jiaxing and Huzhou, and the local Jiahu town guard Wang Guilin is even stronger and stronger, and there are many people, not to mention waiting for idle bandits, that is, the Beiyang Twelfth Army puts on the clothes of bandits and people are not necessarily Wang Guilin's opponents, not to mention the men and horses of a brigade, isn't it an egg to hit a stone, I am afraid that if I can't suppress the bandits, I will be suppressed, and if I can't get Jiahu and two places, I will lose Hangzhou.

Looking at the negative reaction of the officers below, Chen Guangyuan couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, and couldn't help but think of what Chang Zhenbang said when he left, he Chen Guangyuan treated the brothers of the Beiyang Twelfth Division as old brothers, but what did the Beiyang Twelve Divisions take him Chen Guangyuan for, it was better to strictly rectify and drive away Lu Yongxiang, with Shanghai's thirty percent tax, he could establish two or three new divisions, thinking of this, he sighed leisurely and said: "The bandits are arrogant, and our generation must not sit and watch the success or failure of factions." ”

Having said that, the Beiyang generals below are still not too intense. At this time, Chen Guangyuan's expectations for the Beiyang Twelfth Division fell to the lowest, and at this moment, the duty officer of the telecommunications office rushed in and said, "Lord Overseer, it's not good, the Jiangsu Army suddenly took over the armament in my Songhu City, and also sent Qi Xieyuan's troops to advance to our Shanghai City. The Songhu Protector sent Lu Yongxiang for help. ”

"These Jiangsu people are too deceitful." A strong dissatisfaction finally broke out in the 12th Beiyang Division, but Chen Guangyuan was taken aback, and he was very unhappy in his heart, because he took these people as old brothers, and he actually spoke for Lu Yongxiang, which was really hateful.

"Report!" A duty officer from the telecommunications office rushed over and said, "The troops of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces suddenly appeared near Wenzhou and Quzhou, and He Fenglin, the town guard of Taizhou, sent a telegram asking for help. Threatened that if there were no reinforcements within three days, they could only retreat to Ningbo. ”

"It's over, Zhejiang is in danger, the enemy is attacking at both ends, and Zhejiang is in danger of being destroyed!" The officers were terrified.

Chen Guangyuan sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, my generation has no choice, all the brothers of the 12th Beiyang Division will immediately return to the team, attack Shanghai, and exterminate the rebellion!" ”

It was hard for the officers to believe their ears, and what was the reason why the Overseer, instead of sending troops against the enemy, helped the enemy attack Shanghai? But soon some people figured out what was going on, not long ago, Chang Zhenbang frequently traveled between Nanjing and Hangzhou, it turned out to be for this, no wonder the Overseer began to train the army severely after Chang Zhenbang left, and all the roots appeared here.

After thinking about it, the officers were enthusiastic and asked for battle, Chen Guangyuan could not understand their thoughts, and immediately divided the troops into two routes, selected the weakest brigade from the 12th division to rush to Taizhou, and the rest of the people marched towards Jiaxing in full armor.

Jiaxing, Huzhou town guard Wang Guilin did not wait for Chen Guangyuan to give an order, he took his brigade into Shanghai to assist Lu Yongxiang in defending Shanghai, so that these two important towns in northern Zhejiang were not defended only by the so-called city defense regiments, and when Chen Guangyuan led the army to the north, the troops came to the city, and the two city defense regiments were dispersed by the 12th Division without firing a single shot. In fact, the troops of the 12th Beiyang Division entered Huzhou, and after Jiaxing, they did not advance, and they sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight.

At this time, the south of Shanghai is Wang Guilin's department, the city is Lu Yongxiang's Beiyang 10th Division, Kunshan in the north of the city is stationed in the 15th Division's elite brigade Qi Xieyuan, Songhu stationed the other two brigades of the 15th Division, the three brigades into a corner, to Shanghai with Mount Tai to the top of the momentum, but Shanghai County is not afraid, after all, there are the Wanguo Concession guards, there are patrol troops with loaded guns and live ammunition to patrol day and night, and there are warships guarding outside, naturally it is impregnable, but Lu Yongxiang wants to rely on the concession to defend the county is in vain, the minister and consul have already informed himIf he can't keep the city, the foreign devils will take over Shanghai and let him out.

Qi Xieyuan knew that Shanghai was a rich and gentle township, and the oil and water of the town guards here were completely comparable to those of remote provinces, although the financial power was taken by Wen He, but there were still a lot of all kinds of oil and water, and he was even happier than being a military envoy elsewhere, so he was reluctant to break the city of Shanghai, so he could only limit the battle to the periphery of Shanghai as much as possible, but when he had to do so, he would not mind breaking the city of Shanghai, after all, it was better to break Shanghai than nothing.

Wang Guilin learned that Shanghai was pressed by Qi Xieyuan's troops, and after Lu Yongxiang asked for help, he immediately took the brigade to the north to get Lu Yongxiang's great qualifications. However, Qi Xieyuan is not afraid, behind him is Li He's Beiyang 15th Division, Jiaxing, Huzhou is the Beiyang 12th Division, with the armies of the two provinces against the land of Shanghai projectiles, how can there be no reason to win, not to mention that Chang Zhenbang's two divisions have also penetrated deep into southern Zhejiang, containing all the troops that may support Shanghai, He Fenglin's department has retreated to Ningbo.

After Lu Yongxiang heard the news, he was taken aback, and sent troops to Kunshan that night to fight with Qi Xieyuan's department, this Qi Xieyuan minister is not handsome, but the ability to march and fight is not bad, with a brigade of elite not only stubbornly resisted the attack of the tenth army day and night, but also took advantage of the chaos to change the troops of a regiment into the uniform of Lu Yongxiang's department, and rushed to the city, if it wasn't for Wang Guilin's understanding, Shanghai City would have been returned to Qi Xieyuan, without Shanghai to rely on, the twelfth division, The two Beiyang elite north-south flanking attacks of the 15th Division are estimated to be able to kill all of Lu Yongxiang's troops and Wang Guilin's troops. However, Qi Xieyuan's regiment was also lucky, and was preserved with Li He's timely support, Wang Guilin saw that the local reinforcements were coming, and he didn't dare to fight, so he had to be trapped in the lonely city, which regiment of Qi Xieyuan rushed to Kunshan with reinforcements to relieve the danger of the destruction of Qi Xieyuan in Kunshan, and almost Lu Yongxiang's whole army was wiped out, and after he retreated to Shanghai, he counted the men and horses, and the tenth division that went out with him was almost disabled, and it was less than the size of a brigade when it was full.

"Damn!" After Lu Yongxiang saw the statistical report, his angry face turned blue and purple, and Wang Guilin leisurely put down the tea in his hand and said: "In the battle last night, our army's losses were a bit heavy, after all, Qi Xieyuan is a famous general in Beiyang, if it weren't for bad luck, he would already be a provincial overseer, so if he was defeated, there was nothing to be sorry about." Lu Yongxiang glanced at him, but saw that his face was calm, and he felt a little bit of Zhizhu in his hand, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, could he also be anti-water? Then I thought about it, it was impossible, as long as he sat back and watched Qi Xieyuan's troops enter the city last night, Shanghai and his own heads would all belong to Qi Xieyuan, but how could he be so calm, could it be that something happened to this station? Thinking of this, he hurriedly grabbed Wang Guilin's hand and said, "Old brother, when is this coming, you will be hidden and tucked to make my brother happy, if there is any good news, tell my brother quickly." ”

Wang Guilin smiled slightly, took out a telegram from his sleeve and handed it over, "Brother, please look!" ”

Lu Yongxiang took the telegram and looked at it, first shocked, and then couldn't help laughing, and said: "Thinking that he Chang Zhenbang also has today!" That's it, let him fan the flames to make trouble with Lao Tzu lively, how about now, the general is backwater, Fujian is finished, I don't know if he can hold Guangdong and Jiangxi, hehe. ”

Wang Guilin smiled and said as if grabbing merit: "Big brother, my brother has sent a telegram to Zang Zhiping to form an alliance with him, so that He Fenglin can go north to relieve the siege of Shanghai and break the deadlock in Shanghai, if he can enter Fujian, you and my brother can enter Zhejiang, Zhejiang and Fujian are united, and the eldest brother will be one step higher in Premier Duan's heart, if Zang Zhiping is talented and does not have a long face, he can only retreat to our Zhejiang, who is still the opponent of the eldest brother in Zhejiang, who else can do the position of the Zhejiang overseer besides the eldest brother?" At that time, Anhui Ni Sichong and his eldest brother will form a corner, even if he Chang Zhenbang does not dare to underestimate us. ”

Lu Yongxiang also smiled and said: "Let's defend Shanghai City, all this is there, if you can't stand it, there will be nothing, what news is there from Brother Ni Sichong." ”

Wang Guilin said with a smile: "Brother Ni Sichong sent a telegram to denounce Li Chun, and he has already let the Anwu army advance eastward. Do you know that the Anwu Army is the most powerful army of our Beiyang Army, and with their help, our hard days are over. ”

Lu Yongxiang said: "In this case, let's stay in the lonely city, anyway, there are some foreign devils who restrict the Jiangsu army outside the city, and we will recuperate in the city to wait for work." ”

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Zang Zhiping, the envoy of the Fuzhou Protectorate, finally announced the protection of the Dharma in Taizhou under the inspiration of Sun Monkey, and called He Fenglin of Ningbo and Wang Guilin of Shanghai to form a Dharma Protector Alliance, and Yue Zhaolin of Jiangxi immediately retreated from Quzhou to Jingdezhen.

Immediately led south to Fuzhou, Ningde, Nanping and returned to Shun, after getting the news, Wang Dewang immediately retreated to Xiamen with all the baggage treasury in Fuzhou City, gold and silver, so that the land of Fujian was easily taken away by Zang Zhiping, after Zang Zhiping entered Fuzhou, he immediately formed the Fuzhou Protector Military Government, and was immediately posthumously regarded as the marshal by Sun Monkey who was far away in Kunming, and at the same time, the revolutionaries from all over the country quickly entered the Fuzhou Protector Military Government, Soon, the power in Zang Zhiping's hands swelled to the point of three divisions plus two mixed brigades.

The news came to the whole country in an uproar, Premier Duan even ordered Chang Zhenbang to quickly send troops to conquer northern Fujian, Chang Zhenbang also announced martial law in the three provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian on the same day, and dispatched troops to crusade against the rebellious Zang Zhiping, no one will doubt his determination, for anyone is the same, Chang Zhenbang immediately mobilized Jiangxi Yue Zhaolin, Wu Hongchang, Guangdong Shen Hongying, Li Yaohan, Fujian Wang Xifeng to send troops to Fujian, and appointed Zhaoqing Li Yaohan as the president of the rebel army to control the army. It was supposed to be Chang Zhenbang personally quelling the chaos, who knew that after the news came, Chang Zhenbang immediately fainted, Tang Baichuan sat in Guangdong, and Li Tingyu sat in Jiangxi are inseparable people, and it will be cheap Li Yaohan, Tang Baichuan promised, as long as Li Yaohan led his troops to pacify the bandits, he would be recommended as the Fujian military envoy. Don't look at this Zhaoqing is also a protector, but after all, Zhaoqing cannot be compared with a province in Fujian, Zhaoqing is just an upgraded version of the town guard, but the Fujian protector is the embodiment of the Fujian overseer, Li Yaohan was overjoyed when he heard this, and three days later, he made a gesture of sending troops to Fujian.

After Li Chun heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "The roots are not deep-rooted and not solid, and they are trying to get involved in the three provinces, this catastrophe will be inevitable, I am afraid that Li Yaohan's dispatch of troops to Fujian will become a big trouble for Chang Zhenbang, Yin Jian is in front of Li He, you can't not be unaware!" ”

Li He nodded and said, "My nephew knows, now Chang Zhenbang is sick in bed, and he can't take care of things, so the annotation will be handed over to Tang Baichuan." Tang Baichuan is proud of his talents, which has caused many people in Guangzhou to be dissatisfied, and he can't control Guangdong at all, let alone Jiangxi, it's completely the third uncle Li Tingyu, uncle, do you see if we are going to the president to ask him to crown Li Tingyu and Li Sanshu as the overseer of Jiangxi. Uncle Li San is an old man in Beiyang, and it is absolutely no problem to be a Jiangxi overseer. ”

Li Chun glared at him and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Li He said with schadenfreude: "Back then, Chang Zhenbang took advantage of the chaos to take Jiangxi, put his uncle under house arrest for several months, and took away the military and political power of Jiangxi, and now it is the time to take advantage of his illness to kill him, Uncle Li and Uncle You are the best friends, he became the overseer of Jiangxi, and we Jiangsu and Jiangxi will be able to attack and defend as one, who dares to provoke us at that time, maybe the uncle of the president's throne can also sit on one in the future." ”

Li Chun glanced at him fiercely and said, "This matter is not busy, so Chang Zhenbang is really exhausted and bedridden?" ”

Li He said with schadenfreude: "Guangzhou is under martial law, Mrs. Xiaozhu and Mrs. Xiaodie stand side by side, Tang Baichuan seizes power, and Zhao Laosi is not angry, it is really a good show." ”

Li Chundao: "In this case, with my friendship with the third brother, it is not as anxious as a moment, Chang Zhenbang saved my life with Nanchang after all, we still have to remember this kindness, Li He, you asked people to find some precious medicinal materials to send to Guangzhou!" ”

"Yes, I still understand the truth of the third uncle." Li He said with a smile.

"How's the war going in Shanghai? What do the big president and the prime minister mean respectively? ”

Li He said: "Premier Duan's main energy is still to put down the rebellion in the southwest, and ask Guangdong and Jiangxi to quickly quell the rebellion in Fujian, as for the war in Shanghai, the two adults did not show their attitude, and they don't seem to know the situation in Shanghai, but Ni Sichong's Anwu army has entered the Jianghui border, and only made a few offensive statements, but in fact did not enter Jiangsu Province, just in case, let's not send troops over." ”

"Ni Sichong's Anwu army is the elite of the Beiyang elite, if he goes all out to attack our Jiangsu, we will have no chance, do you know why the Wu'an army didn't attack it?" Li Chun asked.

Li He thought for a while and replied: "You and Ni Sichong are old brothers, and the relationship is by no means comparable to his mere Lu Yongxiang, but since he Lu Yongxiang asked for help, Ni Sichong couldn't help but express it, so he sent troops but didn't cross the line." ”

Li Chun glanced at Li He mockingly and said, "Kid, you are still far worse than that Chang Zhenbang, he Ni Sichong is a general under Duan Qirui, how can he stop for a little personal friendship?" These are all the means of Premier Duan and the president! How is Shanghai now? ”

Li He thought for a while and said: "There have been several fierce battles, but there is still no result, and both sides are in a stalemate!" ”

"What's going on over there with Chen Guangyuan?" Li Chun thought for a while and asked.

Li He said: "The first brigade defended Shaoxing, the first brigade defended Jiaxing, and the first brigade defended Huzhou, completely containing the reinforcements of Taizhou He Fenglin, and the Fujian Protector Military Government was connected by Sun Monkey, and wanted to unite with the navy on the condition of ceding Xiamen as a naval city, but was unanimously rejected by the navy of Sa Zhenbing's department, but it is said that with the assistance of Sun Monkey, the traitor Lin Baoyi has led the 'Haiqi' and other fleets from Vietnam to Fuzhou, and patrolled in Xiamen and other places. Fujian's form is not very good. ”

Li Chundao: "Sun Monkey plotted against Sa Zhenbing's navy and wanted to unite with him, which is really ridiculous!" However, if it is called Chang Zhenbang, it is estimated that it will be a different situation. ”

Li He said disapprerovingly: "Chang Zhenbang is bedridden, it would be good to have half of Guangdong Province in hand after he gets up, what can he do?" ”

Li Chun coughed a few times, Li He hurriedly stepped forward to serve, but Li Chun pushed and grabbed his hand, and said: "Chang Zhenbang can be in the patrol envoy from a city defense regiment for only five years, he has his own outstanding ability, of course, there are also his flaws, boy, you can only be the head of the semester, you can be blue!" Ahem. Li He said: "What my uncle taught me is that Li He remembers!" Li Chun shook his head and said, "Do you know Chang Zhenbang's director?" Li He said: "Be good at seizing opportunities, and dare to gamble between life and death!" Li Chun shook his head and said, "You're right, and you're not right!" Chang Zhenbang's biggest advantage is generosity and generosity, he gave a price that others can't offer, so he has succeeded, just like Zang Zhiping in the Fujian Rebellion this time, he was Li Houji's general, but Chang Zhenbang gave him the position of the military envoy, that is, he gave him the authority to supervise the army in Fujian, if it weren't for Zang Zhiping, he would have been dissatisfied with Duan Qirui, and Zang Zhiping would not be a member of Chang Zhenbang's general! And your third uncle Li Tingyu is also in the position of the superintendent of Jiangxi in the name of the protector envoy, with such courage, not to mention the comeback, it is possible to devour the world, you have to learn from him! ”

Li He said: "After the end of this battle of Shanghai." My nephew should take a good look at how he calms Fujian."

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