Chapter 394: Confrontation with Wuchang
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The Beiyang New Army led by Yuan Shikai was frustrated in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and the Qing court had a lot of complaints. www.biquge.info After learning of the news, Prince Zaifeng gathered a group of Manchu relatives and nobles to take the opportunity to centralize power, and took advantage of Yuan Shikai's defeat in Nanchang to exclude Han officials. Yuan Shikai was a powerful Han bureaucrat at that time, and he betrayed Emperor Guangxu during the Wuxu Reform, so he was jealous of Zaifeng and other royal nobles. Ge said that he also regained his nickname, and his eyes also slept and ran away, so Zaifeng and others conspired to kill Yuan Shikai. In this regard, Zhang Zhidong, minister of military aircraft, who had just been transferred to Beijing, expressed strong opposition. Zhang Zhidong believes that now there is chaos in the world of the Qing court, and it is an eventful autumn, and only Yuan Shikai can take on this important task. If Yuan Shikai is punished at this juncture, the Qing court will be tantamount to cutting itself off from the Hainan army. The amount is also showing, reshaking, Fang Run, and the amount is also showing reshaking, Fang Run, so Zaifeng and others conspired to kill Yuan Shikai. In this regard, Zhang Zhidong, minister of military aircraft, who had just been transferred to Beijing, expressed strong opposition. Ge Ye'er took the nickname to run Cixi dragged the old physical strength to line up the suggestions of Zaifeng and others, but instead of offending Yuan Shikai, he gave him more power. Chen Zhong received the first army of Hainan in the northeast to conquer Nanchang, and ordered Qi Gang to rest on the spot, waiting for the army of Lingzhan in the middle to conquer Hunan, and then continue to go north to meet the division in Wuchang. Pi Xiuxiu is the richest place in the world, coupled with Zhang Zhidong's many years of operation, industrial education and military, it is the most advanced in China. Before the Russo-Japanese War, the Qing court saw that the bourgeois revolutionaries were becoming more and more powerful, and the DPRK and China were very panicked. Therefore, the Qing court accepted the advice of some ministers, and in order to maintain its rule, win over the bourgeoisie, and deceive the people of the whole country, it claimed that it was "preparing for the constitution". At first, Zhang Zhidong was surprised when he heard some rumors, and when the five ministers returned to Shanghai to ask for his opinion, Zhang Zhidong's attitude was ambiguous. In the 31st year of Guangxu, five ministers were sent abroad to inspect the constitutionalism of various countries. The following year, the reform of the bureaucratic system was announced, and the outline of the constitution was compiled. At first, Zhang Zhidong was surprised when he heard some rumors, and when the five ministers returned to Shanghai to ask for his opinion, Zhang Zhidong's attitude was ambiguous. However, he was even more opposed to the reform of foreign officials, believing that "if it is done, the world will immediately be in chaos." In Zhang Zhidong's view, the Qing court's restructuring was so hastily that heretics might arise, which would cause chaos in the world. However, the Manchu ministers of the Qing court wanted to strengthen the imperial power and weaken the power of local officials through the reform of the bureaucratic system. As a result, the British minister in China, Zhu Erdian, became a central figure in the mediation between the north and the south. began to wander between the Qing court and the king of Hainan. At the instigation of a group of Manchu ministers headed by Zaifeng, Fang Cixi transferred Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong, who were the most powerful of the local governors at that time, to Beijing. The current governor of Huguang is Zhao Erxun, and when he heard the news that the Hainan army had occupied Jiangxi and Guangxi. He then assembled the garrison in the Huguang area to Hubei Province, made peace with Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army, and prepared for a decisive battle with the Hainan army in Wuchang. Therefore, Ling Zhan's middle army was within the boundaries of Hunan, and did not encounter too fierce resistance from the Qing army, and advanced all the way into Hubei Province. Liu Yongfu's army in Fujian also fought quite smoothly. First, because some of the Qing troops had already rebelled against the imperial court, and second, because of the admiration for Liu Yongfu's prestige in fighting against foreign enemies, Fujian was soon controlled by the Hainan army. The two-way army of Hainan is advancing northward with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas. The two armies of Qi Gang and Ling Zhan met in the Wuchang round. Therefore, Ling Zhan's middle army was within the boundaries of Hunan, and did not encounter too fierce resistance from the Qing army, and advanced all the way into Hubei Province. Qi Gang's army attacked from the east side of Wuchang, and Ling Zhan's army attacked from the west side of Wuchang. Pi Sleep Er engraved price Runrun spoke on behalf of the Beiyang warlords who commemorated Fang Fu Yuan Shikai and stationed in Hanyang and occupied the dangerous place of the Guishan Fort. Guarding the city of Wuchang was Zhao Erxun's Han army. This is the army that Zhang Zhidong trained when he was the governor of Huguang, and its equipment is also very advanced in China. Therefore, the defenders in Wuchang City are a force with a certain combat effectiveness in the Qing court. They built three lines of defense outside the city of Wuchang, each of which was equipped with hundreds of Makqin machine guns. Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, who was watching from across the river, saw the tactics of the Hainan army's attack on Wuchang, and he saw that the Hainan army was going to besiege Wuchang. Liang'er slept and took the price test, and the Qigang army was invincible all the way to the outside of Wuchang City. He ordered the artillery to set up a position and only do artillery bombardment and not attack. In this way, the continuous round after round of bombardment paralyzed the fortifications of Wuchang City. On the morning of the next day, Qi Gang ordered the First Infantry Division of the Fourth Army to begin to advance. Gradually cleared the military forces around Wuchang and besieged the Qing army in Huguang in the small city of Wuchang. Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, who was watching from across the river, saw the tactics of the Hainan army's attack on Wuchang, and he saw that the Hainan army was going to besiege Wuchang. He did not dare to rashly send troops across the river to rescue, because, behind them, Hainan's middle army Lingzhan Group Army was rapidly advancing towards Hanyang. Pi'er said that Fang Cixi dragged her old strength to line up the suggestions of Zaifeng and others, but instead of offending Yuan Shikai, she gave him more power. After two days of fierce fighting, the Beiyang Army and the Qing court Huguang defenders confronted each other in the north and south of the Yangtze River. There was an extremely quiet scene in the three towns of Wuhan, as quiet as death. Dingyeer teased the Runfang grid and talked about sleeping and amusing the eyes of the West and other countries watching on the Yangtze River, but they couldn't sit still. They looked at the situation in front of them and seemed to be in a hurry. Britain, France, Germany, the United States and other countries are thinking about their interests in China, and the Qing government has long been a slave that they can call around. Therefore, between the Hainan army and the Qing court, almost all Western forces in China would not support the military and armed regime of the Hainan Palace. Because, once the world is controlled by the Hainan royal government, they don't know where the situation in China will develop next? In fact, before Yuan Shikai accepted the invitation of the Qing court to go south to encircle and suppress the Hainan army, he had already had his own plans, and he had enough of the days when he looked at the faces of the people in the court, and he wanted to use the war with the Hainan army to win over the Western forces in a vain attempt to build a reformist Chinese empire of his own. Dai Xiu also thought about the way to run, and in addition, the toughness shown by the king of Hainan in recent years and his tough attitude towards the Western powers, so for the owner of an existing interest, an intruder on the sovereignty of the country where he is located, of course, he feels a huge threat. Britain, the United States, Russia, France, and Germany took the initiative to mediate the struggle between the Hainan royal palace and the Qing court. As a result, the British Minister in China, Zhu Erdian, became a central figure in the mediation between the North and the South. began to wander between the Qing court and the king of Hainan. During this period, British, French, and American warships have been cruising on the Yangtze River, and although they are highly combat-ready, they are only in a wait-and-see posture. Chen Zhong, the king of Hainan, ordered his 29 warships anchored on Poyang Lake to sail to the Yangtze River in Wuhan, only a few kilometers away from the warships of several Western countries. Ge'er carved to tease Runrun Zhang Zhidong that now there is chaos in the world of the Qing court, and it is an eventful autumn, looking at the old ministers in the court, only Yuan Shikai can still take on this important task. If Yuan Shikai is punished at this juncture, the Qing court will be tantamount to cutting itself off from the Hainan army. Britain, France, the United States, and other countries as well as other countries are unwilling and dare not act rashly in Wuhan to avoid making mistakes, and they do not want to easily lose their rights and interests in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In addition, Western countries urgently formed a negotiation delegation and rushed to the northeast to negotiate peace with the king of Hainan. They declared hopeless to save the vulnerable Qing government, so they instigated Yuan Shikai to negotiate an armistice and peace with the military regime of the Hainan royal palace on behalf of the Qing court. On the one hand, he used Feng Guozhang to make stubborn resistance in Wuhan militarily, and used Duan Qirui diplomatically to force the Qing court to abdicate. In fact, before Yuan Shikai accepted the invitation of the Qing court to go south to encircle and suppress the Hainan army, he had already had his own plans, and he had enough of the days when he looked at the faces of the people in the imperial court, and he wanted to use the war with the Hainan army to win over the Western forces in a vain attempt to build a reformist Chinese empire of his own. The amount also talks about the amount of the test and the amount of the run, and also the amount of the test and the run, and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang warlords stationed in Hanyang and occupied the dangerous place of the Guishan Fort.