In less than ten minutes, ninety percent of the pigtailed troops and soldiers of the second division in the encirclement had run, and one percent of the men had to lay down their weapons in the face of the East China Army approaching step by step.

Feng Guozhang hung his head.

Zhang Xun scolded and played crazy there.

Both of them were controlled by the East China Army.

Just after the East China Army eliminated the Braided Army and the Second Army, the eight production corps once again besieged the city of Nanjing.

The Yuan army in Nanjing City suddenly saw the East China Army fighting with Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang's troops just now, and originally thought that the turning point was coming, but they didn't think about it, and the battle ended in less than three hours.

But Yuan Jun was also shocked by the strong combat effectiveness of the East China Army.

On the same day, the East China Army, which had drawn its hand, fired thousands of propaganda bombs into the city of Nanjing with artillery, and after the propaganda bombs exploded, leaflets fell from the sky.

Subsequently, the East China Army mobilized 20 heavy Type 2 bombers and flew over the city of Nanjing and dropped a large number of leaflets.

The leaflets were full of promises such as: "Open the door and surrender, the East China Army will never burn or rob", and at the same time promised that the officers and soldiers of Yuan would not be prosecuted for civil war crimes, and that the East China Autonomous Government would only punish the first evildoers.

In fact, Sun Cannon had already run, and Huang Xing also wanted to run, but he ran too late, and when he wanted to run, the East China Army blocked Nanjing City.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Huang Xingzhi had to order surrender.

The gates of Nanjing opened at five o'clock in the afternoon, and the East China army marched into the city in a neat procession.

After entering the city, the East China Army began to maintain order in the streets, and the people were not afraid to see it, after all, the East China Army had long been active in Jiangsu, and they all knew that the East China Army was the most disciplined army.

Earlier, Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang's Beiyang Army stormed the city of Nanjing, and the people of Nanjing were frightened, but after the East China Army suddenly turned its spearhead and killed Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun's troops, the people of Nanjing were immediately relieved.

No matter how the Yuan army and the East China army fought, the worst result was only to be affected by the shells, but these two armies obviously would not rob and annihilate the silver.

After the East China Army entered the city of Nanjing, it posted a notice to reassure the people and maintained law and order on the streets, so that the city of Nanjing was quickly restored to order.

The people also took to the streets, looking curiously at the East China Army on the street.

The Yuan army in Nanjing was disarmed, and the East China Army did not make it difficult for them, and after being disarmed, they directly sent ten silver dollars to the soldiers who fought against Yuan, and dismissed these Yuan troops on the spot.

Huang Xing was arrested in Nanjing!

Along with those arrested, there were other leaders of the Kuomintang.

Xia Jun controlled the war remotely in the military headquarters, and after hearing the following report that Zhang Xun, Feng Guozhang, Huang Xing and others had been arrested, he immediately ordered these people to be detained to the Hangzhou Military Court for trial.

At the same time, he ordered the administrative department to immediately take over the territory of Jiangsu, and strive to stabilize public order in Jiangsu and restore good order in various localities as soon as possible.

…… Yuan Shikai, who was waiting for news from the front line in Yanjing, suddenly received a report from Feng Guozhang on the same day that the East China Army had suddenly surrounded them and launched an attack on them.

Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be shocked, what was going on? Immediately afterwards, there was no news from the front line, and it was very likely that it had been defeated by the East China Army.

Yuan Shikai was a little anxious, he didn't understand why the East China Army suddenly attacked the Beiyang Army, did this mean that the two sides were about to go to war?

Yuan Shikai, who deeply felt that the East China Army was strong, naturally did not want to go to war, and a war with the East China Army could only be said to be a defeat, and it could not compare with others in terms of arms and financial resources alone.

People were able to produce their own munitions, and they did so in large quantities, and they borrowed so much money, and the agricultural industry in the three provinces of East China Autonomous Region developed very well.

In order not to stimulate the development of the situation, Yuan Shikai sent a telegram in a low voice to ask why Xia Jun suddenly changed his hexagram.

It didn't take long for Xia Jun to send a telegram back to Yuan Shikai and say, "Doesn't the president think that Zhang Xun is a potential threat to the restoration of the Qing court?" The second army is composed of full people, and if this army is not removed, the president may sleep in peace? In addition, Zhang Xun's pigtail army and the equipment of the Second Army will be returned, and our East China Autonomous Government can support the central government to build two more armies of the same size for 3 million yuan. ”

Yuan Shikai could only grit his teeth after reading the telegram, but there was nothing he could do.

However, Yuan Shikai has nothing to lose, first of all, Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang are the hidden dangers in his heart, and once the hidden dangers are removed, they are naturally much more comfortable.

Besides, the East China Autonomous Political Axe is willing to return the equipment, and will also send him three million yuan to rebuild the army, Yuan Shikai naturally earned.

But the reason why Yuan Shikai gritted his teeth was that Xia Jun captured Nanjing, which meant that Jiangsu would fall under the control of East China's autonomous political axe.

"A good plan, it's a good plan, this kid is really hidden." Yuan Shikai said to his son Yuan Keding at home: "This Xia Jun, in order to occupy Jiangsu, simply took Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun and the rebellious army in one pot, but they took advantage of the fight. ”

"Father, don't we still have Anhui!" Yuan Keding said.

"Hmm!" Yuan Shikai nodded, he had already sent Ni Sichong to attack Anhui, and the two sides would be half a catty! All have turf to get.

"But we can't make this kid feel better, let the following get some movement out." Yuan Shikai said, Yuan Keding nodded, contacted several newspapers that day, and began to criticize the East China Autonomous Political Axe in the newspapers for attacking the Central Army in order to fight for territory.

This storm of accusations soon spread to the three provinces of East China, and some newspapers in the three provinces of East China also harbored some criticisms.

Xia Jun hurriedly called Lu Xun, the chief writer of "Fuxing Daily", and then explained the matter in Fuxing Daily.

Xia Jun said in the Fuxing Daily: "In the eyes of our East China Autonomous Government, the Xinhai Revolution was a racial revolution, not any other revolution. We have both succeeded and failed in this revolution. The success lies in the fact that we, the Han Chinese, overthrew the Manchus and ended the Manchu Dynasty's dark rule for more than 260 years. The failure lies in the fact that the Manchu forces have not been completely eliminated, and there is a danger of restoration of the Qing dynasty at any time. ”

"The reason why our East China Autonomous Political Axe wants to annihilate Zhang Xun's pigtail army and Feng Guozhang's second army is because Zhang Xun is the leader of the restorationist faction, and his requirement that all soldiers wear braids fully exposes his motivation for restoration. Feng Guozhang's Second Army was the Qing Janissary Army, and most of its soldiers and officers were Manchus, and the reason why the Xinhai Revolution, a racial revolution, did not succeed was largely because of the existence of the Second Army......"

Xia Jun's explanation in the Fuxing Daily was quickly reprinted by major newspapers, and as soon as the report was published, Xia Jun received universal support.

In particular, in the three provinces of East China, much of the propaganda received by the people was anti-Qing, and the people did not forget the crimes committed by the Manchus.

In particular, the teachers and students read the newspaper and strongly demanded that the military tribunal shoot Zhang Xun Lingchi and the Manchu officers and soldiers of the Second Army to death.

Just after the capture of Nanjing, Xia Jun sent two production corps north to attack Xuzhou, and on the other hand, sent three more production corps into Anhui to solve the turbulent situation in Anhui.

After Ni Sichong led the army into Anhui, Bai Wenwei was defeated all the way, and he was not Ni Sichong's opponent at all.

However, Ni Sichong's army is better than Zhang Xun's pigtail army, but it is still a robbery, and the military discipline of the Beiyang Army makes people shake their heads.

The three production corps attacked Anhui unimpeded along the way.

Soon the three production corps attacked all the way to the Huai River, and Ni Sichong's troops also happened to hit the Huai River, and the two armies confronted each other across the Huai River.

Ni Sichong was full of ambition and wanted to unify Anhui in one fell swoop, so as to realize his warlord dream, but he didn't want to become an East China political axe and suddenly jumped out, disrupting his plan directly, so that Ni Sichong couldn't help but hate secretly, but he didn't dare to cross the river, and the East China Army would be Amitabha Buddha if he didn't cross the river.

Yuan Shikai was angry, he was really angry.

The East China Autonomous Axe seized the opportunity to capture most of Anhui, and although separated by the Huai River, the territory south of the Huai River was obviously much larger than that to the north.

People are angry because they fear that they will be hurt.

The East China Autonomous Axe annexed Jiangsu, and at this time annexed the area south of the Huai River in Anhui, and the territory was nearly doubled, and from the map, the richest territory in the entire south of the Yangtze River was occupied by the East China Autonomous Axe.

This made Yuan Shikai feel terrifying.

He, the central political axe, has been pressed under the local political axe.

At the same time, this time, the East China Autonomous Political Axe suddenly went berserk, not only hitting the Kuomintang, but also the Central Army, which made the prestige of the East China Autonomous Political Axe overshadow the Central Committee.

At present, the provinces are afraid of the axe of East China's autonomous government, not the central government.

In particular, Yan Xishan in Shanxi, since he formed an alliance with the East China Autonomous Political Axe, he no longer takes Yuan Shikai seriously.

In this regard, Yuan Shikai can only feel helpless, the strength of the East China Autonomous Political Axe is indeed strong, if they want to compete for his position as the president, then he will definitely not be able to be it.

However, Yuan Shikai was unwilling to accept the sudden expansion of the territory of the East China Autonomous Political Axe, so he issued an order to the East China Autonomous Political Axe, saying: "The thieves of the Second Revolution have been eliminated, and the East China Army is invited to withdraw from Anhui." ”

At the same time, Yuan Shikai gave the Anhui overseer to Ni Sichong.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shikai had just issued an edict, and the East China Autonomous Political Axe telegraphed and said: "Anhui's merger into the management of the East China Autonomous Political Axe is in line with the interests of the East China Autonomous Political Axe." ”

This power attack fully exposed Xia Jun's power politics.

For the first time, the fangs of the axe of the East China Autonomous Government were revealed to the world.

Absolute strength is the basis for the exercise of power politics by the axe of East China's autonomous government. This was the case with the United States in later generations, and their president said, "It is in the interest of the United States to have troops in Iraq." ”

In my own interest?

This excuse is really naked, without the slightest cover-up.

The agricultural reclamation companies in the three provinces of East China Autonomous Province have the largest number of industries in Jiangsu and Anhui, and controlling Anhui is indeed in the interests of the East China Autonomous Government.

The sudden and drastic development of the situation made the Chinese people a little overwhelmed, and Sun Cannon shouted the second revolution, which failed in almost a month.

Then the East China Autonomous Political Axe not only beat the Kuomintang, but also had a dispute with the Central Political Axe because of the turf matter.

The central political axe was making trouble there, and Huadong Autonomous Political Axe just gave a very indifferent answer.

This kind of answer made President Yuan Da a little angry, the matter in Anhui was just angry, and soon President Yuan Da was angry about the matter in Guangdong.

In Guangdong, Yuan Shikai's tactics were also very successful, he not only arranged two wedges of Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting to force Guangdong to fight Yuan's forces without moving, but also bribed the generals in Guangdong with money, so that Hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming lost control of the army.

In desperation, Chen Jiongming specially sent people to Shanghai to invite Cen Chunxuan, a former Qing bureaucrat who was specifically opposed to Yuan Shikai, to come to Guangdong, trying to use his previous subordinate relations with Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting to ease the situation, but Cen Chunxuan, the old leader, was already angry in front of Long and Lu, and instead of listening to Cen Chunxuan's advice, these two men entered Guangdong instead.

Chen Jiongming was furious, and sent a telegram directly to Xia Jun, asking him to lend him the first reading force group to suppress bandits in Guangdong.

Xia Jun was overjoyed when he received the telegram, and agreed very happily, and immediately ordered the First Reading Force Regiment to suppress bandits in Guangdong to expel Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang's troops from Guangdong.

The First Reading Regiment fought with 50,000 men of Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang outside the city of Guangzhou after three days, and on the same day defeated 50,000 Guangxi soldiers and horses with the strength of one regiment.

The 1st Reading Regiment is a professional army, equipped with mortars and everything, and the firepower is so fierce that it is terrifying. As soon as the battle began, the soldiers and horses of Guangxi were blinded by the fierce artillery fire.

Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang originally tried to surround the No. 1 Reading Force Regiment in East China, but the problem was that as soon as they surrounded the people, the No. 1 Reading Force Regiment jumped out of the encirclement with ferocious firepower, and then killed a horse pistol, driving 50,000 people all the way down and running all over the mountains.

Fortunately, the First Reading Force Regiment did not pursue, and on the same day, the First Reading Force Regiment warned Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang again to let them withdraw from Guangdong, otherwise the East China Autonomous Political Axe would send a large army to Guangxi.

Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang could only secretly scold their mothers and reluctantly withdrew from Guangdong.

The situation in Guangdong was soon stabilized with the support of Chen Jiongming, and Chen Jiongming naturally had to repay the favors he owed to the East China Autonomous Government.

When Yuan Shikai heard the news, he knocked on the table angrily.

At this time, the East China Autonomous Political Axe occupied Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, southern Anhui and Shanghai, and colluded with Yan Xishan in Shanxi and Chen Jiongming in Guangdong.

For the confrontation with the autonomous political axe of East China, Yuan Shikai felt more and more powerless. Just a salt tax made such a big fuss.

However, what made Yuan Shikai feel even more depressed was that the East China Autonomous Political Axe was rapidly expanding its territory, and he could not show too strong opposition.

Indeed, if he annoys that kid at this time, he will have no good fruit to eat.

Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang, who returned to Guangxi, were also very depressed, because they had gained nothing in this revolution, and they were also beaten in the face, and they did not dare to retaliate when they returned to Guangxi, and they wanted to use their knives against the East China Bank and the East China Commercial Bank set up in Guangxi, but the problem was that the consequences were very serious.

(To be continued)