If the reinforcements can't be borrowed, there is no point in continuing to be in Yangshouyuan, and the military situation on the front line is urgent and cannot be delayed. Yin Sheng, the pen and the fun and the pavilion www.biquge.info stayed at Yuan's house for a day, and at noon the next day, he took his leave and got into the car and went to the front line to supervise the battle.

Yin Sheng opened up, and the second general Cao Li naturally had to follow the car. It's just that the night before departure, Zhao Guanhou talked with the two for half the night, and both of them had a sense of proportion. When setting off again, Li Xiushan transferred a target unit from his infantry association to serve as the lead, responsible for clearing the road, checking the ambush, and ensuring the safety of the train.

This arrangement is indeed foolproof, no matter where the bandits set up an ambush, they will not be able to harm the honorable Lord Chincha. The only price to pay is that the train runs slower than the legs. But compared to millions of military salaries and Lord Yin's life, what can this little loss be counted?

Banxi Hachiro came to Yuan's mansion to meet him on the night of Yin Sheng's departure, and Zhao Guanhou even suspected that he had been in Henan for a long time and waited until Yin Sheng's train left before coming to visit. When he saw Zhao Guanhou, he was very cordial, talked about the experience of fighting side by side in the Kanto region, and mentioned the situation in Songjiang.

"Zhengjin Bank is willing to cooperate with Shandong Zhengyuan in an all-round way to ensure that the financial order of the gold market is maintained and that there will be no large-scale turmoil due to the war."

Banxi Hachiro talked about the economy for a while, and praised Chen Lenghe's business skills and management ability. Zhengjin Bank suffered a lot of losses in this rubber stock turmoil, which really hurt its vitality. In Songjiang's business, the competition is not as strong as Zhengyuan, and it has lost a lot of business. However, when Banxi mentioned this matter, he introduced it in a joking tone, and he didn't mean to be angry.

When he came to the study, after the guests and hosts sat down, Banxi smiled again: "I came today to celebrate Mrs. Shen's birthday and give her birthday gift." The screens and ruyi that Fang just gave were all for the lady, and this gift was for the palace guard, I don't know if the palace guard likes it. ”

As he spoke, he opened the briefcase he was carrying, revealing a scroll inside. When the scroll was spread out, it was a delicate map of China. He pointed with his hand, "Gong Bao, for the sake of our friendship, I will give you this gift." ”

Yuan Weiting looked at the map and said with a smile: "Mr. Banxi, is this gift too valuable?" ”

"This gift is fitting for those who can afford it. Gong Bao, I think that in the whole of China, the only person who is qualified to have this gift is you, please don't refuse, you must accept it. ”

Banxi looked at the map, intentionally or unintentionally, and knocked on the location of Anhui with his hand, "China has been in turmoil recently, and there are more and more places where chaos has occurred." ”

Zhao Guanhou asked, "What?" What did Mr. Pancy hear? ”

"There is no news, but some lawless people in our country have been rampant recently. When the Metropolitan Police Department was investigating them, it got information that they were going to transport a group of people and weapons to somewhere in China. Buyers in this place have a good financial ability to pay and are willing to pay a high price for arms, and even if our police try their best to prevent smuggling, there will still be fish that slip through the net and reach their destination. Based on past experience, this is a precursor to unrest. ”

Anhui Governor Zhu Jiabao, whose son Bai Chengzhen is his godfather, is naturally a Qing cadre, and Zhao Guanhou has to be regarded as the same faction. He is known as the first follower, and he is a skillful husband, and he has strengths in urging the department to finish the grain, and his friendship with Yuan Weiting is also very good.

But Anhui's lack of points is not a good shortage. Anhui Province as a whole has limited production, and it is unable to feed itself from farming, and it has suffered a lot of poison during the Hongyang Rebellion. Yes, robbers, green forests, and the power of thieves criss-cross. The local tyrants formed a village to defend themselves, and the magistrates had no choice but to do it.

Zhu Jiabao didn't have a good way to deal with these heroes, so he could only entrust his official affairs to Wang Qingyun, the speaker of the Consultative Bureau, and entrusted him to organize a group exercise. Anhui's military and political power depended heavily on Wang. can be in this kind of place, mixed like a fish in water, no matter what you know, you are also a half-black and half-white character, even if you are a person in the threshold. Once Anhui changes, it is difficult to say which side it is on.

Hearing that there was a police officer in Anhui, Yuan Weiting didn't say a word, and said with a smile: "Now I am an idle cloud and wild crane, and what is lively in the place has nothing to do with me." Mr. Banxi is a guest from afar, let's eat and listen to the play today, there is no need to mention any state affairs, try to confuse people's hearts, come, let's go outside for a few drinks. As for this gift...... I took it. ”

At the banquet, everyone no longer talked about business, only gossip. When it was time to go to bed at night, Yuqing said to Zhao Guanhou: "Jin Ying has already told me, Anhui Xu will give it to you." ”

"Promise me?"

"Less garlic, can't you see the current situation? The fourth brother is out of the mountain, it is a sure thing, it is a matter of time. Anhui heard that the Fusang people said that there was going to be a mess, Zhu Jiabao had no soldiers in his hands, and he really made trouble with the Ge Ming Party, he would definitely not be able to suppress it. When we have the advantages of the two provinces, and we can recruit troops from Anhui, Anhui Province is Zhang Shaoquan's hometown, he has accumulated the enemy's national privates, and the prime minister is Hefei. If we scrape a few layers, we will be able to make a fortune, and then we will be able to speak harder. ”

Zhao Guanhou smiled: "What, don't you talk about being loyal to the country?" ”

"Jin Ying is going to order a storm pavilion, how can I be so stubborn? When you marry a husband, you always have to think more about your husband. Besides, now that there are so many banner people living in Shandong, if there are no strong soldiers, how can they be saved? ”

Yuqing looked out, put his face in Zhao Guanhou's ear and whispered: "Yuan Si is just a white ding, the emperor's grace is mighty, let him be a military aircraft, what is the result?" Now because he can control the power of the army, he wants to be self-reliant. You don't owe him anything, in terms of background, in terms of ability, what are you inferior to him? He's just a fake talent in Zhongzhou, and you're Lafayette's minister. If he is not loyal to the country, you can be disloyal to Yuan, as long as we have the strength, you can rebel against Yuan, and you can take Yuan's place. ”

She snorted coldly, "Yuan Si has the support of foreigners, don't we have it?" At the beginning, the people of Fusang wanted to support you to be the emperor, but you couldn't deign to be an emperor at that time. I also said that you are not allowed to be reckless Dong Zhuo, but now, since the country can't be saved, it is better to give it to you than to cheapen outsiders in the world. Fuso, Albian, Prussian, you have a wide range of friendships, much stronger than Yuan Weiting. As long as there is one man who supports you, who is willing to lend you debts, and who sells you weapons, we can defeat him. And Jenson, who can also help you borrow money. When that happens, even if it's ...... As an emperor, I also support you. Let's live in the capital, you are the emperor, Sister Hanzhi is the queen, I will be your concubine, every day in the palace, neatly dressed, waiting for you to come......"

Zhao Guanhou said with a smile: "Yuqing, have you thought about it, why did the Fusang people sell a friendship to us?" Don't you think it's suspicious that they support the Geming Party on the one hand, and on the other hand, they support us? ”

Yuqing was stunned, "You mean, the Fusang people said that the ban is unfavorable, is it false?" ”

"Of course it's fake, those chaebol ronin are all Fuso nationals, if Fusang really doesn't want them to help us, how can those citizens disobey the will of their own country. The reason why the Geming Party can obtain arms and funds must be the support or acquiescence of the Fuso government. On the one hand, they supported Ge Ming's party, and on the other hand, they sent a map of the whole country to the palace guard, and also told me the route of the munitions ship so that I could check it, why do you think it is? ”

"Be a teacher and a ghost again...... Yu Qing groaned slightly, "They want us to kill each other Chinese!" ”

"It's worthy of being my good wife, really smart enough." Zhao Guanhou approvingly: "The covetousness of the Fusang people for our country may not be smaller than that of the Tiele people, but the times are different, the national strength is poor, they dare not do it too obviously, and the persecution is not too much, otherwise the great powers will not agree." The intervention of the three countries to return Liao is a lesson from the past. And our country, with its vast territory and large population, is beyond the reach of Fuso. If you want to attack by force, it is tantamount to swallowing an elephant with a snake, and reluctantly, you have to break your stomach. The only way is to find the Chinese to deal with the Chinese, first ask us to kill each other, they sit and reap the profits, and then support a few people who like their own hearts as puppets in order to manipulate, so that this big country may be manipulated in their hands. Therefore, it is necessary to support the Ge Ming Party, but also not to let it sit big and become strong and uncontrolled, but also to weaken it and balance the left and right. I can't go to their tune and go according to their will. Gong Bao is a strong man, and today, he needs a strong man, at least among the people I have seen so far, there is no one more qualified to clean up this mess than him. He also promised me that he would treat the two palaces well and would not kill on a large scale, which is a good ending in the current situation. I can understand your thoughts, but we still have to be practical and don't do things that are out of place. ”

Yuqing was silent for a moment and whispered, "That is to say, what I think is all wrong." ”

"You can't say that, what you think is not wrong, you can only say that it is not suitable for the current time, the fire is so bad that the pig's head is rotten, and the fire is not good, then it can only be half-baked. Besides, what you said is not entirely wrong, for example, I really want to be the emperor now......"

By the time the Zhao family and his party returned to Shandong, the situation in Anhui had been in chaos, and the once silent Huaishang Army had revived and raised the battle flag again. The iron hooves smashed the Yellow Dragon Banner, and the gunfire shattered the dream of peace.

Sichuan was in turmoil, the new army garrisoned in Anhui entered Sichuan to investigate the chaos, and the troops composed of the patrol battalion and the green battalion were vulnerable in front of the Huaishang army. In Shouzhou City, Wang Qingyun, who relied on the Great Wall for Zhu Jiabao, had already cut off his braids and taken off his robe. Dressed in a Taixi military uniform, behind him is the big dragon leader and big boss in the party, or the owner of the village and the big leader.

These people were dressed in a mess, some were wearing robes, some were obviously ill-fitting suits, some were dressed on stage, and some were dressed in practice clothes, colorful and full of flowers. But everyone cut their hair in braids to show that they had broken off with the former gold. In front of him, there is a portrait of Jingzhong Wu Mu Yue Pengju, everyone burns incense to worship the statue of Jingzhong, and vows to expel the Tartars and recover Shenzhou.

The three-way Huaishang army, divided into joint attacks, has swept through Anhui Province. Zhu Jiabao was forced by the situation, tore down the Yellow Dragon Banner in Anqing, hung the five-color flag instead, and established himself as the governor of the Geming Army in Anhui.

However, Wang Qingyun did not recognize his identity and was not subject to his control, and at the same time, Ge Mingjun, who raised troops in Jiangxi, did not recognize the status of this metropolitan governor, and sent troops into Anhui to prepare for the use of force to change the governor. The situation in Anhui as a whole is in chaos.

Although the strength of the Huaishang Army is claimed to be 20,000, its strength is not very strong, and compared with the Hubei and Hunan armies composed of some new armies, the equipment and training of the Huaishang Army are inferior. In addition, the last time the Huaishang army entered Shandong, Zhao Guanhou planted an unknown number of chess pieces in the Huaishang army.

But right now, it's not the time for him to leave the division, Yuan Weiting's name has not been decided, and he can't use troops here. After returning to Shandong, he invited the consuls of Albion and Prussia to consult, and assembled the new army of the entire Shandong. The fifth town, the second mixed association, nearly 25,000 soldiers, packed their bags, prepared their weapons, and prepared to go out of the province to fight.

In the yamen of the governor of Shandong, a map of Anhui has been nailed to the wall, and at present, Dajin does not have a high proportion of military maps, and Anhui is not in the jurisdiction of Zhao Guanhou, and there is no way to survey it on the spot. It's just that in the northern Anhui region adjacent to Shandong, Zhao Guanhou went to some places because of the water control, and these places were carefully mapped.

The officers with the troops at the standard level and above have all arrived, and unlike the last time everyone made trouble against the imperial court, this time the behavior is almost already choosing a side. Among the generals, including flag generals such as Hu Xiaolin, their positions also need to be taken into account.

When Zhao Guanhou pointed to the map and analyzed the current situation, Hu Xiaolin was the first to speak: "Marshal, today, the prestige of the imperial court can no longer be discussed, and there is only one thing that can be discussed, that is, soldiers." If you want to raise soldiers, you must first have money, the ancients said, there is Tusi and wealth, we control one more province, we can have more income, Anhui has a strong army, and the land controls two provinces, the location is critical. We can't let go of this land. Back then, many Anhui people made a fortune with Zhang Shaoquan, let's go into Anhui, and we can scrape a few taels of oil from them! ”

Gao Sheng said with a smile: "Second Master Hu, you can wait, I listen to your tone, I don't look like a loyal minister." You're the flag man. ”

Hu Xiaolin's expression remained unchanged, "I am a flag man, but I am a poor flag man." I, the banner man, earn that little bit of hardcore crops, and I can't even support myself. It was the handsome man who made me an official, and gave me money to support my family, marry a wife and have children. Even the uncles in the capital came to our Shandong to hide from peace, and I am such a poor ghost banner person, I can't be loyal. I'm now loyal only to the big handsome, not to anything else. ”

Looking at the map, the officers present looked very excited, after all, with the expansion of the territory, the troops will be expanded, and the military salary will be easier to raise. Not to mention that Anhui has salt profits, as long as you sit on the ground and collect taxes, you can get a lot of money, and whoever can be put in Anhui to be an officer for a few years can make a lot of money. For this position, everyone is holding their breath and wants to fight for it.

Ren Sheng's Huaijun Department was originally from Huaishang, and he was familiar with the people and places there, even in the Huaishang Army, there were a lot of old knowledge. At this time, there is a great attitude of unyielding, please fight. "Dashuai, you don't need to let others go out to take Wan, and you will bring your own one of your own associations to fight."

Huo Qiu said in the crowd, "This Anhui, there are still others who are worried about it." is that Ni Jichong, when Uncle Zhen was the governor in the Northeast, he was a vassal secretary in Heilongjiang. was impeached and dismissed for corruption, but this time he came out again and gave a very heavy birthday gift to the eldest wife, wanting to find a pioneer seal and go to Anhui to open a mansion. It's really a joke, what kind of friendship does our handsome have with Gong Bao, just by virtue of him, can he snatch this position? ”

"That's it, just because his surname is Ni, he still wants to seize the territory of Huai, and he doesn't look at it, he has a few catties and a few taels. It was a place where strong troops were sent, and what battles he had won, and why he cared about it. We're going to settle on this place! ”

Zhao Guanhou looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, in the imperial court, there has not been a clear appointment for the palace guard." Now is not the time for us to move, as long as we give an order, we can immediately wave our troops to suppress, and when the time comes, everyone will have a share, and no one will suffer. ”

In the capital, the cabinet meeting has been held twice, and the faces of the relatives and nobles have become worse and worse, and there are more and more rebellious provinces. Like a beacon fire, there is already an uncontrollable situation.

In addition to the few provinces that have rebelled, Liangyue and Fujian are the provinces where the Ge Ming Party has made great trouble, and the other provinces are still like this, and it is a matter of time before these three provinces become independent. There are very few provinces that the imperial court can control.

Yin Sheng, who was the hope of turning the tables, staggered like a woman, although the vanguard arrived at Liujiamiao and joined the remnants of Zhang Biao, but the troops were too small and did nothing.

The large army was crowded in one place at Wusheng Pass, the train in front did not move, the train behind could not move, the troops and baggage piled up, but they did not hesitate, for the Dajin court, the precious time passed day by day in this waiting.

At this time, these relatives must admit that it is no longer possible to turn defeat into victory by counting on the bannermen. The only one who can save the endgame is to choose one of the two from Yuan Weiting in Henan and Zhao Guanhou in Shandong. Between the two, Zhao Guanhou's prestige and qualifications are far inferior to Yuan, relatively speaking, it is easier to control, it is to Chengfeng and Xiaogongwang and others, the current view is to take Zhao Guanhou as the general and wave south.

But his previous attitude also shows that it is not easy to get him south. The court wanted to bow its head, but Zhao Guanhou refused to even give the steps. King Qing's pipe spewed clouds and mist, and he didn't say a word, obviously not intending to speak. When the people of Zhenbeile arrived in Jiaozhou Bay, they naturally knew his attitude, and there was no better way for the relatives and nobles for a while.

A little eunuch suddenly handed a telegram in from outside, looking extremely panicked, "Urgent telegram, ...... from Songjiang"

Cheng Feng said coldly: "At this time, there will be no good thing if you come to call urgently." He had already guessed the content, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and take the telegram. But after he took a few looks, the dark clouds on his face gradually dissipated, and he actually showed a rare smile. couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "This is God open his eyes, a few, this time Lu Jun can't think of a mountain, and it's impossible!" (To be continued.) )