Chapter 154: Secret Conversation (Final)
"Yes, Youde is right, no one knows whether their army can guarantee that there will be no accidents, in order to prevent accidents, they still have to check more, especially some untrustworthy people under their hands must be excluded." Wang Yingkai's words are more direct.
"What Brother Shao Chen said makes sense, it really needs to be done, there are so many officers in the third town of my Duan who are banner people, and I have to find a way to kill them after I go back."
After Duan Qirui finished speaking, Wang Yingkai looked at Wang Bin and said, "Youde, how about the Fifth Town and the Fengtian Standing Army under your command?" Can it be stabilized at a critical time? ”
The reason why Wang Yingkai cares about Wang Bin the most is that these two people are relatives, and they don't care about Wang Bin, who Wang Yingkai cares about, and the other is that Wang Bin's army has the largest number of troops, in case something happens to Wang Bin's army, no one can bear this consequence, so these troubles must be solved at the beginning.
Wang Bin replied directly after listening to Wang Yingkai's words: "Uncle Wang, there is no need to worry about this, as early as when my Fifth Town and Fengtian Standing Army were established, the selection of this soldier was all controlled, and these soldiers all knew each other, and the chance of an accident was too small, besides, this main official position was controlled by my henchmen, and there was no problem with loyalty." ”
Wang Yingkai nodded after listening to Wang Bin's words and said, "Since this is the case, there shouldn't be any big problems." ”
At this time, Duan Qirui also said: "Well, in my opinion, the three of us will have the military strength of five towns together, and when the time comes, if these patrol battalions are added together, how can we say that there will be a military strength of six towns, and the imperial court will only transfer the strength of two towns at most in a short period of time, and we will have three times more troops than the imperial court, and then I will see how the imperial court will do something to the three of us?" ”
"Brother Zhiquan's words are not too right, for now, our strength does have the upper hand, but you must know that everything may not be as people wish, and you must know that the provinces in the south are all unclear!" Wang Yingkai said with some concern.
"Uncle Wang is right, not only that, but also the order of the military exercise issued by the imperial court recently, and now the military strength of two towns has begun to rush towards the side of Zhili, this move is obviously to contain my Beiyang military strength, so that we have some scruples."
A month ago, the imperial court had the idea of holding a military exercise, and some of the military forces from Beiyang and Nanyang were sent to participate in the military exercise, and Yuan Shikai didn't care too much about it at that time, so he agreed.
As early as a month ago, Cixi had begun to prepare for depriving Yuan Shikai of his military power, first to carry out military exercises to enter some troops in Nanyang into Zhili, and then to borrow Qingliu's hand to temporarily suppress Beiyang, and finally to borrow Yuan Shikai's hand to completely suppress Qingliu, so that Yuan Shikai was paralyzed because of the victory of suppressing Qingliu, and then took advantage of Yuan Shikai's paralysis to quickly transfer Yuan Shikai from the position of Beiyang minister, and gradually returned Beiyang's military power to the imperial family.
No one could have imagined that so much could happen in just one month.
Originally, according to the normal situation, at this critical time, the army could not be transferred at will, otherwise it would arouse Yuan Shikai's vigilance, but the transfer of this army was for a military exercise in Nanyang and Beiyang, so no matter how smart Ren Yuan Shikai was, he couldn't expect that this military exercise was completely carried out to deprive him of power, and you must know that this military exercise in Nanyang and Beiyang was not the first time, so this time Yuan Shikai really fell a big way.
Wang Yingkai said at this time: "This should be paid attention to, if you are really forced by the court to do something, this is indeed a variable, this first town must be mastered by the court now, the first town was originally the flag man in charge, this sixth town is estimated to be a little dangerous, plus the two towns that are about to arrive in Zhili, at that time, just stopping these two towns will use the military strength of one and a half towns, plus the two towns of Zhili, the army in our hands is just barely enough, Youde is only afraid that two of the three towns you left in Mukden will be out of the customs. ”
After that, Duan Qirui said: "It's not a problem for these troops to take the imperial city, but the most important thing is what we should do after taking the imperial city?" Duan Qirui directly asked about the most critical part of the plan.
"No, although it is not a problem to take the imperial city now, the most important thing after taking the imperial city is the attitude of all countries, especially what is the attitude of Japan and Russia, which is closest to us, what if Russia intervenes?" Different from Duan Qirui's consideration, Wang Yingkai directly considered what the attitude of these ministers would be after taking the imperial city.
When the time comes, we must not fail to take any precautions against these powers! You must know that what this Qing court is best at is colluding with foreigners inside and outside to suppress dissent.
"Don't worry, you two, I will leave a town in Mukden just in case, besides, now Japan and Russia just want to interfere and have no power to intervene, because this war between Japan and Russia is incompatible, and it is impossible for the two sides to reach a consensus anymore, as long as the Japanese make a move, Tsarist Russia will inevitably do it against the Japanese, and Britain is now so far away from us, even if it wants to interfere, Britain is powerless, you must know that now the Kaiser has coveted the throne under the ass of the British Empire for a long time, Britain now had to guard against the danger of the Kaiser, and had no intention of taking care of it. ”
"So when the time comes, as long as we stabilize the situation in Beijing, and then rely on the prestige of Lord Yuan, I don't dare to say that it will not be a problem to regain control of Beiyang in our hands, and when the time comes, when we have all the military strength of Beiyang in our hands, this situation will be settled, and when the time comes, we will have an army of more than 100,000 in Beiyang, I don't believe that anyone dares to act rashly?" Wang Bin's words directly stated his own arrangement.
"Yes, if you follow Youde's method, you have a lot more chances of winning." Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui both agreed.
Wang Bin's words penetrated into the heart, directly pointing out the current contradictions between the powers, and he didn't have much energy to take care of it at all, so that he and the others didn't have to worry about the interference of the powers.
After saying this, Wang Bin and the others had a more in-depth discussion on some matters related to the start of the army, and after an hour, the three people who had finished the discussion all went back to prepare for the start of the army.
Just when Wang Bin and the others had left Shanhaiguan for only a quarter of an hour after discussing the matter of raising troops, and when Wang Bin was still thinking about some matters related to the raising of troops, a telegram was sent out in the form of a secret letter in a telegraph room in Shanhaiguan and was delivered to Tie Liang and others in a very short time. (To be continued.) )