108601908 Far East Maniac Chapter 379 wanders

The sarcasm blew from the other side of the Yangtze River, blowing away the smell of gunpowder that shrouded the city

When the day dawned, the gunfire had thinned out, and the sound of the cannon was even more inaudible.

The residents of Nanjing, who had been terrified all night, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the more courageous people even opened the door and went out into the street to inquire about the last night's battle.

Some people say that the garrison in the city mutinied because of the arrears of wages, and the mutinymen besieged the Jiangsu Governor's Mansion and the Southeast Patrol Embassy, but when some people went to the Jiangsu Governor's Mansion and the Southeast Patrol Embassy to see what was going on, they heard other theories, and the people who held this theory insisted that the United Front in the direction of Hangzhou sent troops to attack Nanjing, because they felt that the sound of guns and cannons sounded more lively in the south of the city, and that direction was the Yuhuatai outside the city, where the First Army of the Beiyang South Advance set up an artillery position. If the enemy forces coming from the direction of Hangzhou were to attack Nanjing, they would first have to settle the artillery positions there.

But there are problems with both of these theories, in fact, last night's battle was first in the west of the city, and then there were gunshots everywhere in the city, and as for the gunfire outside the city, it seemed to be much more sparse, so in the eyes of some sane people, the two versions were unreliable.

However, before the people could really figure out what was going on in last night's battle, the city defense headquarters issued another martial law order, and at this time, it was less than a day before Meng Enyuan's Meng Patrol Envoy lifted the martial law order a few days ago, and the whole city suddenly became dead silent, and there was not a single pedestrian to be seen on the street. At various intersections stood soldiers with guns. Each soldier also had a strip of white cloth tied to his arm.

Of course, not all the soldiers in the city had white cloth strips tied around their arms, and these soldiers with white cloth strips were all soldiers in Meng Enyuan's army. As for Xu Baoshan, the guard of Northern Jiangsu, none of his soldiers wore white cloth strips, but in order to distinguish them from Zhang Yongcheng's Fifth Division, Xu Baoshan's soldiers hung a flower made of ropes on their chests. This is the rules of the rivers and lakes, and this is not a flower, this is called "hero knot" which is very in line with Xu Baoshan's background in the rivers and lakes.

Xu Baoshan's troops were originally mainly stationed in the north and east of Nanjing, but after yesterday's battle, they were all assembled. rushed to the west and south of the city, in order to raid Zhang Yongcheng's Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army.

It was a real melee, although the gunfire lasted all night, but the real hand-to-hand contact did not last long, and the casualties on both sides were not heavy, because not long after the battle started, Zhang Yongcheng commanded the Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army to retreat from the Hanxi Gate and Caochangmen in the west of the city to the outside of the city, and then went around in a circle, and then pulled south to the Yuhuatai artillery formation, and then from there to the city of Nanjing, the shells fell into the city, and the jade was burned. The Confucius Temple, a bustling commercial area in the past, had some cannonballs, and this was the case with the cannons that Nanjing residents heard last night.

The artillery destroyed many houses, but it did not cause any harm to Xu Baoshan's troops. Because when they learned that the Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army had withdrawn from the city, this official army adapted from the Yanxiao team immediately regained its banditry nature, and plundered the west and north of the city with steel guns, because the artillery fire of the Confucius Temple was too fierce, they did not dare to approach. The casualties were not serious, and as for the gunfire that lasted all night, it was mostly the gunfire used by these ruffians to threaten the people when they looted residents and shops. The ammunition that is actually used in combat is not very expensive.

Zhang Yongcheng's Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army first stopped the shelling, and then Xu Baoshan's troops also blew the trumpet to collect the team and returned to the camp loaded with booty. These big names have a clear division of labor and tacit cooperation.

Although the losses of the army were not very serious, for the people in Nanjing, this battle caused them heavy losses, and even the foreigners suffered from the pond fish, although no foreigners have been found to have died in the battle, but as diplomats stationed in Nanjing, it is their bounden duty and obligation to safeguard the interests of their own nationals in China. Not long after Tianwangliang, the British, Japanese, American, and German consuls in Nanjing visited the door and handed over a joint letter of protest to Meng Enyuan's envoys, protesting against the failure of the Beiyang side to fulfill its responsibility to maintain order in the city, and asking Meng Enyuan to personally give a "satisfactory explanation" to the consuls of various countries, otherwise, the matter would damage China's relations with other countries.

Anxious, this division is used to describe Meng Enyuan's current mood is very appropriate, and Meng Xunyue is anxious together with Lu Jianzhang, the plenipotentiary representative sent by the Beiyang Center, the two are now sitting at the conference table, looking at the joint protest letter of consuls of various countries on the table, there are not many people in the conference room, there are more than ten in total, all of them are close associates of Meng Enyuan, Zhu Jiabao and others.

Now that the situation in the north has not yet been completely stabilized, this East Poison has caused such a turmoil, relying on the strength of Meng Enyuan, Zhu Jiabao, Lu Jianzhang and others, which is far from being enough to act as the mainstay of the Beiyang in the southeast.

"Report! The person sent to contact Xu Baoshan had already returned, and he didn't see Xu Baoshan's people, but only one of his adjutants, and the adjutant said. Meng Xunyue's order was issued by phone at that time, and Xu Baoshan did not know whether the person who was talking in his hand was Meng Xunyue himself. Anyway, he supported Meng Xunyue. ”

The adjutant walked into the conference room, followed by an officer, who was the person Meng Enyuan sent to contact Xu Baoshan just now.

"Fart! When did Lao Tzu give him the order to disarm the Fifth Division on the phone? If there was that phone call to him, why didn't he send someone over to review the order? Just pulling the team to fight Zhang Yongcheng, is he supporting me? He is obviously demolishing Lao Tzu! Now he doesn't come here, doesn't this show that he is a thief? ”

Meng Enyuan patted the table and stood up, his face was pale, if he used to think that Xu Baoshan really supported him, then now. He already fully believed what Lu Jianzhang had told him, and the reason why Xu Baoshan supported him Meng Enyuan as the southeast patrol envoy was completely a conspiracy. is to separate him from Zhang Yongcheng, instigate him to fight with Zhang Yongcheng, and then he Xu Baoshan and Xu Zhen will make profits from it.

Lu Jianzhang came all the way here, and finally came up with a mediation plan that could satisfy Meng Enyuan and Zhang Yongcheng, but it was ruined because of last night's battle.

Now, under the pretext of being ordered to disarm Zhang Yongcheng's troops, Xu Baoshan has poured oil on the fire between Meng Enyuan and Zhang Yongcheng, and it is more difficult to bridge the relationship between the two than ascending to the sky.

"Report! The person sent to contact Zhang Yongcheng came back, and he brought Zhang Yongcheng a small message of one pound. Another lieutenant walked into the room, but the words were not in the right place.

"What message?" Meng Enyuan turned his head and asked for it.

"Zhang Yongcheng said that Meng Xunyue made two faces and three swords, and he would not listen to Meng Xunyue's words again." The adjutant thought about it, and although he tried to be as polite as possible, he couldn't think of a better alternative for the time being.

Sure enough, Meng Enyuan's face was even more ugly, but before he could have a seizure, Lu Jianzhang, who was sitting next to him, pulled the corner of his clothes, and then glanced at him and asked him to sit back.

Meng Enyuan sat down dejectedly, looked at the letter of protest from the consuls of the great powers in front of him with a gloomy face, and asked in a deep voice: "Lang Zhai, how do you deal with it?" Now Zhang Yongcheng has made it clear that he wants to oppose me. It's hard to do it. Shan Xiaoshi has to give him the seat of this small "southeast patrol envoy" to sit? Obviously, it was his artillery that fired at the city, and it was he Zhang Yongcheng who protested against the consuls of the great powers, not me Meng Enyuan! If I give up the position of the southeast patrol envoy to Zhang Yongcheng now, wouldn't that be telling other generals that if you want to be a big official, you must have the courage to shoot at the people? In this way, Beiyang may become a bandit den in the future. ”

This is a high-sounding statement, but in Lu Jianzhang's ears, this means that Meng Enyuan will never accept the suggestion of his cronies just now, and give up the official hat of this "Southeast Patrol Envoy" to Zhang Yongcheng, in the final analysis, Meng Enyuan is too addicted to official addiction and refuses to let others ride on his head, at this point, he is not as good as Zhu Jiabao, Zhu Jiabao takes this official position very lightly, and what he cares about is the unity of Beiyang.

But then again, even if Meng Enyuan was willing to give up the position of the southeast patrol envoy. But Zhang Yongcheng may not be able to sit in this seat. Now the consuls of the great powers already know whose troops are firing artillery at Nanjing last night, they will definitely not let go of this division commander Zhang, this lawsuit will definitely hit the center of Beiyang, when Xu Shichang is angry, even if he Zhang Yongcheng is the southeast patrol envoy, I am afraid that it will not be long before he sits, it is not good, Beiyang will also push him Zhang Yongcheng to the front as a scapegoat, so as to calm the anger of the foreigners.

"Shucun, you dissipate your anger, Zhang Yongcheng is a martial artist, he does things recklessly, it is indeed not the material to be a southeast patrol envoy, even the president of the first army of Beiyang South He can't do it, let's immediately send a telegram to the center, please the center quickly remove Zhang Yongcheng from his post, the shelling of Nanjing is the responsibility of Zhang Yongcheng alone, and it has nothing to do with us."

Lu Jianzhang's words made Meng Enyuan breathe a sigh of relief. However, he remembered another thing, so he asked, "Xu Baoshan falsely passed on the military order and attacked the Fifth Division. How should this matter be calculated? ”

Lu Jianzhang glanced at the other officers present, and then said in a deep voice: "Shucun, with our current strength, can we deal with Zhang Yongcheng and Xu Baoshan at the same time?" We can only pull one and fight the other, and now the first thing we should solve is Zhang Yongcheng. ”

"Why don't you pull Zhang Yongcheng to deal with Xu Baoshan? After all, Zhang Yongcheng is from Beiyang. A staff officer disagreed with Lu Jianzhang's opinion.

"Yes, Zhang Yongcheng is from Beiyang after all, Xu Baoshan is a bandit leader, and he doesn't listen to orders." Another officer chimed in.

But Lu Jianzhang has his own opinion, he said in a deep voice: "The foreigners named Zhang Yongcheng to deal with him strictly, do you think that we can pull Zhang Yongcheng with our strength?" Now the center has a demand for foreigners. The Great Powers will never be offended in this matter. As for that Xu Baoshan, I didn't know that he was a catty. Bastard, but for now I still have to stabilize him. Stabilizing Xu Baoshan is equivalent to stabilizing the situation in the southeast. Now the situation in the north has not yet calmed down, and if there is chaos in the southeast again, our Beiyang will be scattered. ”

Lu Jianzhang's words were heartfelt, and everyone present frowned, only Meng Enyuan had a stiff expression. When he came back to his senses, he hurriedly asked, "Let Xu Baoshan go now, what will I do in the future?" If he doesn't listen to orders again, won't we be led away by his nose? ”

"The eldest husband can bend and stretch, Han Xin was still humiliated by his crotch back then, and now we endure it for the sake of the overall situation of Beiyang, not for the fear of him Xu Baoshan. Now, we must first gather the military spirit of the Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army, Zhang Yongcheng can't stay in the Fifth Division, but Zhang Yongcheng is gone, it doesn't mean that the Fifth Division will follow him, the Fifth Division is Beiyang's troops, not his Zhang Yongcheng's troops, only by rectifying the Fifth Division, can we have the strength to clean up Xu Baoshan. Lu Jianzhang was very unimpressed by everyone's hesitation.

"Lang Zhai, are you a little too cautious? Don't forget, we still have two warships in our hands now, and Commander Liu is personally in charge of the warships. As long as our army cooperates well, it will not be a problem to clean up Xu Baoshan. Meng Enyuan said.

"Akenoha, haven't you figured it out? If this is really a game set up by the United Front, then the more chaotic Nanjing is, the happier the United Front will be, once we fight with Xu Baoshan in the city, do you think that the troops of the United Front in Hangzhou are watching the excitement? Won't they take the opportunity to sweep north and swallow Jiangsu in one go? ”

Lu Jianzhang's words made Meng Enyuan a little unconvinced. Meng Enyuan said: "Now the north and the south are armistice and peace. If the United Front dared to sabotage the armistice and peace talks, the foreigners would not let them go, because they did not have the courage to attack Nanjing. ”

"That's right, the United Front members of Congress don't have the guts, but their chairman Zhao Bei has the guts! What do you think he Zhao Bei started on? Do you rely on foreigners? Wrong! He relied on a bunch of hot-headed revolutionary youth! Your First Army of Beiyang Southward Advance has never seen a battle with the United Front in Henan, and their troops are not at all different from the United Front troops in Hangzhou, so you must not be deceived by those people's army troops in Hangzhou! Whether it's organization, equipment. is still revolutionary enthusiasm, Zhao Bei's troops are far better than the RUF troops in Hangzhou, just with this, Zhao Bei can completely sabotage the peace negotiations again! Because he has strength. Now, even the people in Nanjing know that the Second Army of the Beiyang Southward Advance has been wiped out in Henan, and the morale of the troops of the United Front is booming, as long as that Zhao Bei orders, I believe that the United Front troops in the direction of Hangzhou will definitely advance northward in a big way, and if we make a mess ourselves, it will be the front door into the tiger and the back door into the wolf. ”

Lu Jianzhang's words made everyone calm down, and they all began to analyze the pros and cons here, although they felt that Lu Jianzhang had some truth, but most of the people were also a little resistant to this "Qincha", now although Meng Enyuan is the southeast patrol envoy, but what do everyone think, the highest military and political chief in this city is the son and daughter of the Meng patrol envoy.

"Lang Zhai, do what you say. Let's send a telegram to the center first, explaining in detail the causes and consequences of last night's battle, and then you accompany me to the consulates of various countries to apologize to those foreigners, fortunately, there seems to be no foreigners killed or injured, and no foreigners' merchant houses have been destroyed, so there is no need for the center to pay indemnities and no need to sign any treaties. By the way, let's transfer some troops back from the Taihu Lake, and now Nanjing City is empty of air defense. Just rely on the troops in our hands, I am panicked, if there is any chaos again, our Beiyang will not be able to control it. ”

Meng Enyuan's words disappointed the officers present, and they realized that Meng Xun's envoy was obedient to this Lu Qincha, and it was probably impossible to expect him to reverse the situation in the southeast.

However, although Meng Enyuan obeyed Lu Jianzhang's words, it did not mean that Lu Qin was in control.

"Shucun, I can't accompany you to the consulate, I'm going to Xu Baoshan." To be Jianzhang said.

"Why?" Meng Enyuan was a little strange.

"To stabilize him! In any case, before the order of the Central Committee to dismiss Zhang Yongcheng came. We must treat this Xu Baoshan as an uncle. Other than that. You must keep your mouth shut about what we have just discussed. Don't say anything about it, otherwise, if the news leaks, there will be a good show in Nanjing. ”

Lu Jianzhang let out a long sigh, this sigh carried three points, Nai, but at the same time it also carried seven points of hesitation.

The current people in Beiyang are more or less hesitant.