Chapter 118: Competition, Avoiding the Real and Attacking the False
A person who walks away from the avenue, or is at a loss, stands on the path and admires the scenery in front of him; Or you know you're going wrong, but you see a little new scenery**. The www.biquge.info more you stride forward, the more you deviate from the goal.
In this era of turbulent changes, people's hearts are stirring, theories are flying, and everyone has their own ideas and chooses their own path around the theme of saving the country and trying to survive. Since there is a choice, it is natural to believe that it is correct, which is understandable.
Under the crisis of the destruction of the country due to internal and external troubles, countless people with lofty ideals opened their eyes wide and struggled to explore the way to save the country and the people. As a result, various theoretical ideas such as industry to save the country, education to save the country, study to save the country, business war to save the country, and revolution to save the country have also emerged. In particular, the extreme ideas in it have become the source of wisdom for all kinds of strange ideas of Chinese thinkers.
However, without exception, these theories and ideas lack the ability to penetrate complex historical phenomena, and they are powerless to resist the coercion of Western extremist ideologies, and they are even more invaded and influenced by nationalist sentiments. As a result, it appears to be extreme and incomplete, passionate and irrational. At this critical juncture of great social transformation, China's history lacks such a helmsman-like thinker who can guide the way.
And do the revolutionary leaders who are so eloquent and who have drawn up their own beautiful blueprints really have the recipe for salvation? Learning from the United States, France, Britain, and Japan, do you learn the appearance, or do you really learn the essence? The transplantation of the political system needs fertile soil, otherwise, it will either wither due to lack of nutrients, or grow into crooked melons and bad dates, which will make the transplanters stunned. It is the dragon seed that is sown. The harvest is fleas, and that's what it says.
When the Wanning Uprising broke out, they continued to attack the city. The recovery of Qionghai, Lingshui, and Baoting seems to point out a successful path to the revolution and seems to prove their correctness in the revolution. However, the initiators of the uprising, the Renaissance Society, did not think so, and in the continuous propaganda about the Wanning uprising, they frankly admitted the difficulties they encountered and summed up their experiences and lessons.
"The old-style party seems to be the main force of the revolution. The weakness is obvious, and when the incident happens, all the flocks swarm up, and the orders are different. Loose behavior, difficult discipline and restraint, uneven people in the party, and strong feudal ideology are also great drawbacks......"
When things seem good to outsiders, Revival says and does. But it's a very unusual thing. On the one hand, it is constantly winning. On the other hand, he is depreciating himself and complaining, what's going on?
"Xiucai cannot rebel, the peasants and workers lack knowledge, and the army cannot revolutionize. Therefore, the strength of the party should be relied upon, and overseas Chinese have received a modern education and can also help. Although there is some truth in what the Revival Society said, I see it from my point of view. It seems to be misleading and confusing. ”
The revolutionary Beichen has always been suspicious of relying on intellectuals to launch revolutions, and he once said: "I have long known that scholars cannot make revolutions. Defeated by the Hui Party. Therefore, he had his own judgment and understanding of the actions of the Revival Society, and felt that the Revival Society was emitting smoke and did not want other revolutionary groups to follow its example, so he was deliberately exaggerating and belittling the strength of the Society.
In view of the actual situation, although the Revival Society is a revolutionary organization, it is also a competitor of the League like the Royalist Society. With the propaganda of this uprising, it seems that the Revival Society still has the momentum to surpass the Royalist Society in the competition for financial resources and talents.
"Now that there is a debate with the Royalist Society, the two factions are already on the same page." Beichen said in a deep voice: "In order to defeat the arrogance of the royalists, I am ready to travel all over the cities, with the intention of dissolving the royalist associations in various ports, and I want to raise 500,000 gold in order to prepare for a large-scale uprising in the country and boost the momentum of our alliance." ”
"If you have 500,000 gold, the uprising will be successful." Huang Xing was very excited, and said angrily: "The uprising should be chosen in the area of Xianghu Lake, on both sides of the Yangtze River, full of my revolutionary righteous soldiers, revolutionary ideas, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the banner of righteousness rises, and responds from all sides, if it happens, it will respond to all calls......
"No, no." Beichen shook his head again and again and said, "The two lakes are in the Chinese mainland, if something happens, how can weapons be transported in?" Without weapons, even if you have millions of heroes, it is in vain. ”
At the beginning of the establishment of the Alliance, the cooperation between Sun and Huang was quite pleasant. In addition to personality reasons, it should also be related to Huang Xing's ideological understanding.
When Huang Xing expounded the roots of his revolutionary thoughts, he traced it back to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was the same as Beichen, and he regarded Hong and Yang as idols in his life. However, Huang Xing went further, believing that the misfortune of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was that "their brothers had selfish intentions, competed with each other for power, and killed each other, resulting in defeat and success"; said, "Reading history so far, I don't feel angry and full of anger, and I sigh for it"; Therefore, when he makes a revolution, he "pays attention to this". Huang Xing's so-called "attention" is to take care of the boss Beichen's self-esteem and authority everywhere, and we will do whatever you say. However, it is not so easy to realize this and implement it.
"This weapon is dead, people are alive, so why is it difficult to transport weapons from the Yangtze River?" Huang Xing argued: "Ma Fuyi, the leader of the Elders' Association, is still in Huxiang, and the 100,000 brothers of the Elders' Association are fighting hard and waiting for the day. The previous uprising failed, but this time we will be able to regroup, and we will definitely succeed. ”
"Huxiang is not as wide as Liangxiang." Beichen still insisted on his own opinion, "Those who are two wide, the waterway can lead to Hong Kong, the land route can go to Vietnam, the border is extremely long, the Qing army is invincible, weapons can be easily transported, even if things go wrong, the people who have raised the incident can retreat safely......"
Beichen's opinion was very resolute and his views were also very clear, and it was easy to get overseas money and weapons in the Liangguang Uprising; first seize the two Guang as base areas, and then move north; The revolutionaries from the north and south of the Yangtze River responded together, and the Manchu rule would be overthrown.
"Fame does not have to be self-fulfilling, merit does not have to be self-reliant, and secondly, success is not living", this is Huang Xing's creed. After adjusting the statement in Beichen, first Liangguang and then Huxiang, Huang Xing once again succumbed.
Beichen's domineering and domineering is also criticized by many people, and Song Jiaoren is very disgusted in history, saying that he "can't be open and honest, treat others with an open heart, and act close to autocracy, which is embarrassing." ”
After the defeat of the Second Revolution, this state reached its peak, and Beichen asked party members to take an oath, affix their fingerprints, and declare that they would sacrifice themselves and obey Mr. Sun. on this. He explained: "A revolution must have a single leader; The revolution must be absolutely obedient under a single leader; I was the first to advocate the overthrow of autocracy and the establishment of a republic, and it would be a different direction to leave me to talk about democracy and republic. Obey me blindly; If I raise the revolution again, I dare to say that there is no revolutionary mentor except me......"
It is true that you are the first to advocate revolution, but your path is completely correct, and your decision is the truth? I'm afraid not really, at least Chen Wenqiang doesn't have such a worship and blind obedience mentality. And in political parties or groups. Domineering and financial resources often play a dominant role. Chen Wenqiang is in the revival meeting, it is precisely a combination of both.
The League finally made a decision, and Beichen went to Nanyang to raise money. In addition, a branch of the League was set up in Vietnam, and a general organ of armed uprisings in Guangdong, Yunnan and Guizhou was set up in Hanoi to make plans and preparations. Huang Xing sat in Tokyo and continued to expand the organization. Maintain the "People's Daily". And sent someone to contact Huxiang Haojie to prepare for the response.
In fact, the location of the uprising was in Liangguang or Huxiang, and it involved not only favorable to the revolution, but also major events mixed with the revolutionary status of the descendants Sun and Huang. If Beichen is the leader, he must abandon the Yangtze River and the two lakes and choose to start an incident in Liangguang. Because most of the old departments of the Xingzhong Association were people from the two Guangzhous; If Huang Xing is the leader, it will be to give up the two Guangzhou. chose to develop along the Yangtze River at the same time, because it is his land and the foundation is stronger.
But it is obvious that compared with Huang Xing, the Japanese Black Dragon will be more optimistic about Beichen. And the weapons and money of the revolutionary uprising depended on the support of the Black Dragon Society, which constituted the cruel reality that Huang Xing had to give in.
At that time, the China League was a strange mixed society of Chinese, but there were also many Japanese, in addition to Miyazaki Inzo, Uchida Ryohei and Sueyongjie, at least including Kita Ikki, known as the soul of Japanese fascism. However, whether the Black Dragon Society at that time had the idea of large-scale invasion and annexation of China, at least it cannot be viewed from the historical results in reverse.
If it were not for the warlords after the Republic of China, if it were not for the fact that the people were struggling to make a living, if it were not for the frequent civil wars in China and the loss of more than ten years of development time, if it were not for the economic crisis of the capitalist countries, if it were not for the ...... In short, Japan's attitude and strategy toward China have also changed along with the continuous development of the domestic and international situation, and it is by no means a set policy from the beginning.
In the final analysis, if you are backward and chaotic, your people are not aligned, and your armament is weak, there will definitely be people who covet and bully you. This principle is similar for any country and nation, especially in the international community under the law of the jungle at that time.
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It is the strategy of the Renaissance Society that revolutionary groups do not cooperate with each other, promote each other in the form of interaction, learn from each other, develop each other, and strive to occupy the leading role of the revolution.
But obviously, such a strategy is easy to be misunderstood, and it is easy to be perceived as showing oneself and trying to suppress others. For example, the propaganda of the Revival Society said that the party is unreliable, firstly, it is true; Second, I want to remind other revolutionary groups to be vigilant; The third is to lay the groundwork for how the Wanning Uprising will end.
Regardless of what the revolutionary groups, including the League, viewed, the situation after the Wanning uprising was indeed developing as expected by Chen Wenqiang and others.
After fierce fighting, the main force of the rebel army captured the county seat of Qiongzhong; The troops led by Wu Luzhen fought even more fiercely, they were fully equipped, machine guns, explosives, the attack on Lingshui and Baoting can be described as a thunderbolt, after the city collapsed and fell, the Qing army fled in confusion.
Throughout history, the League organized ten anti-Qing uprisings, which one was almost smooth at first, and then either poor in salary, or was killed by the Qing troops gathered everywhere. In other words, the Qing army, which maintained daily law and order at the local level, was unable or unwilling to suppress large-scale uprisings, and they were just a bunch of waste that the imperial court barely kept with money in order to avoid greater social turmoil.
In just half a month, the rebels have achieved such results and have achieved the purpose of propaganda and momentum. But the decisive battle was also imminent, and Liu Yongdian led three patrol battalions from Haikou to the south, walked to settle down, and drove towards Qionghai.
Chen Wenqiang has not made a final decision on whether to deal a decisive blow to the Qing army in Qiongya, or is ready to make adjustments according to the changes in the specific situation. If all forces and equipment are used, victory is assured. Of course, this will also expose the strength, and it is inevitable to attract more Qing troops.
However, if it ends in a tiger's head and the Qing army reoccupies Qiongnan, it will definitely strengthen its vigilance, and the development space expected by Chen Wenqiang will not be expanded. Therefore, to what extent to end requires a fairly detailed planning, and it is extremely difficult to grasp this scale, and the details are more important.
A one-percent mistake can lead to a hundred percent failure, and in many cases, the success or failure of a matter depends on the details that go unnoticed. With the help of his own ability and insight, Chen Wenqiang is obviously better at moving between the cracks than others.
"Three patrol battalions, more than 1,000 Qing troops, plus the Li soldiers from the Fuli Bureaus in various places, I'm afraid there are not two or three thousand people." Zheng Hongming is not a simple-minded and rough person, he also has his own analysis and judgment, knowing that there must be the support of the Revival Society at this time, otherwise, most of them will be exterminated by the Qing army. And this is also the reason why he has repeatedly conceded to Chen Wenqiang, money, food, and firearms, after all, it is difficult to support them for a long time by seizing them.
Facing Zheng Hongming's somewhat suspicious gaze, Chen Wenqiang smiled faintly and said: "Li Bing is just a role in beating the side drum and carrying heavy baggage, if we want to, we can also recruit a lot." The main enemy was still these three patrol battalions, with more than 1,000 Qing soldiers. It is estimated that it is difficult to win in a frontal battle, so the enemy should be wisely calculated. ”
"Wu Shuai is the Zhuge of the world, and the last general will obey his words." Zheng Hongming seemed to be infected by Chen Wenqiang's calm emotions, and his expression relaxed a lot.
"Avoid the real and attack the false, and the soldiers must be righteous." Chen Wenqiang pretended to be unfathomable, stretched out his hand and pointed to the map and said: "Our army will not fight against the Qing army in Qionghai, but will turn to attack Qiongzhong, or meet with the men and horses led by Major General Xu, with their backs to Wuzhi Mountain; Or march westward from Qiongzhong and plunder Baisha, Changjiang, and Danzhou. In such a battle, our army will fight more and more people, and the more guns there will be; The Qing army was exhausted from the non-stop trek. When the enemy is weak, our army will choose the opportunity to fight a decisive battle, and the battle will be decided. This so-called avoiding the enemy's edge and hitting the enemy's Sui return. ”
As soon as a few schoolbags were dropped, Zheng Hongming and others immediately showed admiration, this Wu Shuai is very knowledgeable, and the four words and four words must be undoubtedly written in the war book. Moreover, if you don't fight to the death with the Qing army, you will only fight and defend weak towns, the danger is small, and there is a lot of oil and water to be fished!
"Wu Shuai has a plan, let's implement it." Zheng Hongming felt that this strategy was very good, and Chen Wenqiang did not force them to fight to the death with the Qing army, which was very much in line with his wishes.
Chen Wenqiang smiled and bowed, Zhizhu was in his hand, and he was missing a goose feather fan in his hand.
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