Even though all sectors of society continued to call for peace, the war began.

On September 3, 1924, the first shot was fired in Yixing, Jiangsu, and the Soviet army was the first to provoke the war.

The Soviet army originally wanted to capture Changxing, Zhejiang in one go, but was met with stubborn resistance from the Zhejiang army and the attack was blocked.

After the outbreak of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, the two sides mainly fought fierce battles in five directions: Yixing, Shanghai-Nanjing Line, Jiading, Liuhe, and Qingpu.

There are battlefields everywhere around Shanghai, but Shanghai is temporarily safe, and refugees from all over the country are pouring into Shanghai, and the number of refugees in the concession is increasing day by day.

The Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce convened a meeting of hundreds of people, including the Grain Industry Association and the Lawyers Association, to discuss the proper resettlement of refugees and the stabilization of grain prices.

The Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession issued a notice prohibiting the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies from entering the Public Concession, and thousands of marines from various countries in Shanghai landed.

The headquarters of the International Chamber of Commerce in the Public Concession was urgently defended by the Soviet army in Nanxiang, the area around North Sichuan Road was guarded by the Japanese Navy, the area around Yangshupu was defended by American soldiers, and the area from Jing'an Temple Daxi Road to Fahua Town in Huajie was defended by British soldiers.

The volunteers of the French Concession went out to protect the safety of the concession, and the situation suddenly became tense.

Lin Zixuan has participated in many meetings of the Chamber of Commerce, and the resettlement of refugees and the pacification of food prices are the most important matters, and the Lin family has a flour mill in Shanghai, so they naturally have to contribute.

The concession is not bad, but the Chinese border is in chaos.

The refugees in the Chinese community have already taken refuge in the concession, and they can only wait outside, and if they don't have a concession pass, they dare to break in, and those foreign soldiers will really shoot.

This is the first time Lin Zixuan has encountered a real war, and what he heard is completely different from what he actually encountered.

He did not leave the French Concession, and did not even hear the sound of gunfire. But looking at the refugees outside the concession, he knew the cruelty of the war, and the only thing he could do was donate. In the newspapers, he called on the concession authorities to accept refugees as much as possible.

The whole month of September was spent in the haze of war.

Zhejiang warlord Lu Yongxiang realized that Zhejiang could not be saved, and decided to give up Zhejiang and surrender to Shanghai.

He thinks as long as he keeps Shanghai. With Shanghai's material and financial resources, it will be able to make a comeback in the future.

For this reason, on September 18, Lu Yongxiang fled into Shanghai with a large amount of gold and silver, and the Zhejiang army was leaderless, and the Soviet army took advantage of the situation to attack, and successively occupied Jiaxing, Changxing and other places.

At the end of September, the war in Zhejiang was extinguished.

After the occupation of Zhejiang, the two armies of Jiangsu and Fujian came to Shanghai together. On October 4, 8, 10 and 13, they occupied Jinshanwei, Songjiang, Qingpu and Longhua respectively, and approached Shanghai.

The flames of war were ignited in Shanghai's Huajie, and the sound of gunfire could be heard in the concession, and the entire Shanghai people were panicked.

Although Lin Zixuan believed that the army would not attack the concession, he was also prepared for the outbreak of war.

Feng Jingyao's men will protect the safety of the Lin family.

However, no one expected that on October 13, Lu Yongxiang issued a telegram to relieve himself of military power. and fled to the concession for refuge.

The remaining troops of the Zhejiang army elected Xu Shuzheng of the Anhui system as commander-in-chief, wanting to continue the war, and on October 15, Xu Shuzheng was placed under house arrest by the Ministry of Industry of the Shanghai Public Concession.

So far. The Jiangsu-Zhejiang War ended with the victory of the Soviet army and the defeat of the Zhejiang army.

The strong intervention of the Ministry of Industry in the Public Concession shows that the Westerners will not allow a large-scale war to take place in the concession, because the losses will be too great for them and the gains will outweigh the losses.

It's just that. Jiangsu and Zhejiang, however, have been hit hard.

In a telegram to the State Council, the Jiangsu Provincial Peasant Association said: "The war in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was passed by the army. Villages and towns are in ruins, and people are running and moving. I don't know how many people are unemployed, rich and poor, and poor and die, and this is especially true in counties such as Yixing, Kunshan, Jiading, Taicang, Songjiang, and Qingpu in the Jiangnan Theater. ”

This is nothing more than a local war in China's chaotic situation.

In the north, in order to cooperate with Lu Yongxiang to send troops into the customs, Zhang Zuolin broke out the Second Zhifeng War.

Surprisingly, the protagonist of this war is neither Zhang Zuolin nor Wu Peifu, but Feng Yuxiang.

In October 1924, Feng Yuxiang served as the commander-in-chief of the Third Army of Zhifang, took advantage of the fierce battles between the Zhi and Feng armies in Shimenzhai and Shanhaiguan, accepted a bribe of 500,000 silver dollars from Zhang Xueliang, and led the army back to Beiping to launch a coup d'état.

He imprisoned President Cao Kun, overthrew the government of Cao Kun, expelled the Qing Dynasty deposed Emperor Puyi from the palace, and occupied the city of Beiping.

It was definitely a brilliant comeback.

The most interesting thing is that on September 8, the American "Time" magazine published a cover photo of Wu Peifu, calling him "the strongest man in China" and the man with the most hope of unifying China.

A month later, he was betrayed by Feng Yuxiang.

Since then, Wu Peifu has been going downhill, and finally defeated and went into the wilderness, living in Beiping, becoming a hurried passerby in this great era.

It's a bit of a slap in the face, and the Western media will never understand the political situation in China anyway.

After Feng Yuxiang occupied Beiping, he sent a telegram to Sun Zhongshan and invited Sun Zhongshan to Beiping to discuss the state of the country, but at the same time he compromised with Zhang Zuolin of the Feng Department and Duan Qirui of the Anhui Department.

Sun Zhongshan accepted the invitation and proposed the abolition of unequal treaties and the convening of a national assembly as a solution to the situation.

On November 10, Sun Zhongshan issued the "Northbound Declaration" in Guangzhou.

He proposed convening a preparatory meeting for the National Assembly and a formal National Assembly attended by representatives of nine groups, including modern industrial organizations, chambers of commerce, education, universities, provincial student federations, trade unions, peasant associations, and the various armies and political parties that jointly oppose Cao and Wu, in order to seek the peaceful reunification and construction of the motherland.

On November 13, Sun Zhongshan, Song Tingling and others left Guangdong and headed north on the Yongfeng ship.

He arrived in Hong Kong on the 14th and Shanghai on the 17th, and was warmly welcomed by the citizens of Shanghai.

On the 19th, Sun Zhongshan entertained reporters in his apartment and expressed his views on the current situation.

He said: "In the past 13 years, our China had only the name of the Republic of China, but there was no reality of the Republic of China, and it was really a fake Republic of China. ”

"The root cause of China's present troubles lies with the warlords and the imperialists who aid the warlords. When we come to solve the Chinese problem this time, the first point at the National Assembly table is to break the warlords, and the second point is to break the imperialists who come to the aid of the warlords. Only by breaking these two things can China achieve peaceful reunification and long-term peace and stability. ”

Lin Zixuan met with Sun Zhongshan, who invited him to Beiping to discuss state affairs on behalf of Shanghai's business and academic circles.

With Lin Zixuan's current identity and status, he is indeed qualified, but he politely declined.

He remembered that Sun Zhongshan went to Beiping this time, and then he couldn't afford to fall ill, and the Beiyang government was held by Duan Qirui of the Anhui family, and everything did not change.

He opened his mouth, trying to dissuade Sun Zhongshan from going north, but this trip was just in vain.

It's just that Lin Zixuan knows that Sun Zhongshan will not listen to his advice, and he will not give up the slightest opportunity to change the country.

"Take care, sir." When parting, Lin Zixuan bowed deeply and said earnestly.

This bow is a gesture of gratitude, for all that this almost sixty-year-old man has done for China.

He walked out of the villa at No. 7 Xiangshan Road, his heart was quite heavy, and he knew that this side was goodbye. (To be continued.) )