Chapter 443: Sparks Burn the Plains

h2 > confrontation between the north, because of the silence of the two sides, did not cause too many twists and turns, to the relief of the Qing court, no one followed Baotou to get into trouble, most of the half a year has passed, just when they put all their minds on Baotou, the south actually changed.

For a whole few days, the headlines in the newspapers, mostly the news of Nanjing's independence, this independence in 1911 set off an uproar, Nanjing from the Ming Dynasty is an important big city, as the most important capital of the Ming Dynasty and the location of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Qinhuai Fengyue has always touched the nerves of the literati, after the Qing Dynasty, the status declined slightly, but it is also a rare big city in the south of the Yangtze River, the new army stationed in 2 towns.

Such a place that can be called an important town, it was so lightly succeeded by the **party** and achieved independence, which has to be said to be a blow to the Qing government, not to mention the taxation in the south, which is extremely critical to the center, Nanjing occupies the Yangtze River basin, and forms a direct threat to Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and other provinces, once these provinces are in chaos, it is another Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even more terrible than the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom.

Yang Yuanzhao also received the news of Nanjing's independence, although Jiangnan was not the focus of his intelligence collection, but the basic layout was still the shops all over the south, plus Baotou and the ** party, the relationship was relatively good, and the general situation was known.

Before independence, it may be necessary to keep it secret to ensure the success of the uprising, but after independence, there is no need to protect some details, and it is relatively complete news that can be summarized by Yang Yuanzhao through certain channels and multi-faceted analysis.

Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing, both in Nanjing, and single-handedly promoted the Nanjing Uprising, which is completely different from the historical facts of later generations, in the history of later generations, when Wuhan was the first uprising, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing were abroad, to the uprising one after another, when the beacon fire was burning, only to return to China, lead the uprising, in the next year, was pressed by the Beiyang Army, after repeated failures, this reluctantly became the provisional president of the Nanjing government, and after the Beiyang Army took the initiative, the achievements of the establishment of the Republic of China were handed over to the Beiyang Army, It opened the era of more than 20 years of civil war in China, and also made China in the early stage of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression even inferior to China before World War I in terms of industry, especially in heavy industry.

Yang Yuanzhao knows very well that the existing strength is not enough to control China, and it is reluctant to control it, which is not only not beneficial to China, but will lead to a series of consequences, the big cake of World War I is about to open, Yang Yuanzhao does not allow China to miss such a piece of cake, the northwest now controls the territory is enough, as long as there is a few years of development, the entire northwest is included in the category, and the huge land and population will become a weapon for China's industrialization and wealth gain.

Originally, even if the ** party did not revolt, he would promote it, and the relationship with Zhang Jingjiang would allow him to influence the ** party to a certain extent, but he didn't expect that before waiting for his action, the ** party had already succeeded in the uprising in advance.

After reading the entire information, Yang Yuanzhao knew that the meeting with Zhang Jingjiang many years ago was the key to the success of this uprising.

When Feng Yuxiang was in the Northeast, he helped the League to train a total of 500 qualified soldiers, and these soldiers did not follow Feng Yuxiang to Baotou, but entered the Military Committee of the League, which was in July and August 1909, and the new organization appeared, with Huang Xing as the mainstay, included in a group of members of the League with military command ability, and began to make a practical layout.

In 1909, it was the opportunity for the new army in the south to expand significantly, after the regent came to power, in order to suppress Yuan Shikai, a large number of new troops were trained in various places, and Baotou benefited from this, and other places were the same, with the variable of the northwest, coupled with the support of Yang Yuanzhao, the League would have a variety of industries many years earlier than the historical facts, and a steady stream of funds for the League, after having money and guns, the armed forces were almost no problem, and the League not only had 4 direct rule in the south, and the troops above the battalion, also strengthened and infiltrated and arranged among the new armies in various places, and then the opportunity of the Nanfang Parade concentrated the forces of the League in Nanjing.

The new army in 2 towns, under the direct leadership of the League, almost a quarter, and half of it was affected, and most of the low-level officers had a tendency to **, these foundations plus the troops that had recently arrived from all over the south, totaling more than 30,000 people, under the secret command of Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing, secretly changed the live ammunition during the exercise, and then suddenly launched, in one fell swoop, the high-level Qing officials and the arsenal.

Next, things are almost logical, the governor's yamen, the political secretary, prisons, treasury and other important departments, one after another were captured, and after defeating the green camp in Jiangsu, the whole Jiangsu no longer resisted the large armed forces of the ** party soldiers, they began to declare the independence of Nanjing, and called on all the people to resist the tyranny of the Qing government, establish a democratic republican government, and jointly decide the fate of China.

It's messy, it's completely messed up, originally Yang Yuanzhao's purpose was to hug his thighs in 1911 and take advantage of Xinhai ** to do things, but he didn't expect that the news of a newspaper made the Qing court look directly at him, the four towns of the Beiyang Army were dragged by him in Zhangjiakou, unable to move an inch, and under the weakness of the south, the ** party saw the opportunity, such a righteous uprising, much stronger than the preparation of the Wuchang uprising, and the strength of the new army has also risen to a higher level, not only has the alliance built 4 battalions with heavy money, almost 3000 people core, There are at least 30,000 new troops, more than 20,000 basic soldiers who have received basic military training, and more than 500 students who have received ordinary military academy training or have a land sergeant background.

But the next news is not very good, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing, with the support of Zhang Jingjiang, in the past 2 years, have cultivated a lot of descendants, but the alliance is a loose organization, even if Sun Yat-sen has a cult of personality, almost let the alliance fall apart, after the first uprising in Nanjing, they did not continue to control the entire Jiangsu, but in Nanjing to fight for power and profit, more and more so-called veterans, with a little bit of troops and ** heroes, went to Nanjing, they all know, Nanjing may be the center of the future.

Although for most of the veterans, Nanjing may not be as good as Baotou, but here is familiar, the qualifications are placed here, how can they occupy a high position, Baotou heard that only the ability to move, look at the ability and contribution, want to occupy a high position at once, it is absolutely impossible.

The chaotic Nanjing and the chaotic south are full of power and turf grabbing, and even appear, for a piece of territory, the same party is fighting against each other, either this is powered to become independent, or the power is in the field, Yang Yuanzhao understands that this is the real China, compared with them, Baotou is really different.

From the beginning of Nanjing's independence, the beacon fire of the uprising seems to have been triggered at this moment, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, under the beacon fire everywhere, it seems that the spark can start a prairie fire, when the beacon fire of Nanjing spread all over China, Nanchang, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Nanning, one by one the beacon fire rose, each ** party, began a series of uprisings, in just less than a month, the uprising and declared independence of the province has 6, plus Shanxi and Mongolia, basically half of the Qing court, suddenly precarious, there are few people in the southeast who listen to the center.

Shanghai, one of the few calm places in the chaotic south, because there is a concession here, whether it is a heart **, or a fish in troubled waters, they dare not do anything here, because this represents the strongest power in the world, after the independence of Nanjing, a part of the members of the alliance directly belonging to Sun Yat-sen, proposed to liberate Shanghai and occupy the largest financial city and port in China, but before sending troops, from the warning jointly issued by Britain, France, Germany and the United States, it came down, and even Britain, France and Germany did not increase their troops. The tyrannical fleet and army entered the Lend-Lease and warned the ** party not to act rashly, which made the Alliance's measures shrink almost all at once.

One by one, the bad news spread to the capital, the Qing court was completely chaotic, itself because of Baotou's storage zĂ i, defeated the Beiyang Army, Zhangjiakou's confrontation, it touched the hearts of countless people, and now the south is simply independent, the former southeast mutual protection, the southern governors listen to the tune and do not listen to the announcement, but overall, it also maintains the apparent obedience, the Qing court can still get some benefits, no matter what, the south is the land of money and grain, a little bit, it is enough for the Qing court to get a lot of benefits.

After a few days of chaotic quarrels, in the end, the resolution came out, and the telegram ordered Beiyang to return immediately, regardless of Baotou.

When the telegram was sent to Duan Qirui, Duan Qirui looked at each other, the telegram was not sent by the War Department, but the direct vote of the center, such an order did not play any role at all, besides, who would give such a brainless order, when the new army in Baotou was still in contact, if the army was withdrawn immediately, and the new army in Baotou was chased by the tail, the Beiyang Army was not finished, and he could not say that he fully understood the battle for a few months, but he had a certain understanding of the strength of the new army in Baotou. It's impossible to get out of the way.

Under the dilemma, Duan Qirui still sent a report directly to Xu Shichang and Yuan Shikai of the War Department, reporting the current situation and asking for instructions, Xu Shichang came back quickly, and told Duan Qirui that the vote of the center was directly pushed back by him at that time, and Duan Qirui waited for the changes.

Duan Qirui's plan is the same, but he has been waiting for a few months to see what happens, he has been stationed outside for a long time, and the money is spent like flowing water, and it is a little better in the future, calculated down, at most half a year, he needs to consider the matter of retreating, it depends on Lord Yuan's reply. R1152