However, the Qunzhi Society is not completely powerless. Although Yang Wangpeng's expedition to Jingzhou took with him a large number of elite forces, there were still quite a number of officers and soldiers loyal to the Qunzhi Society in the republican army, and most of them were from Jiangxi and Hunan, and they were also in a group like those officers and soldiers from Anhui, Jiangsu, and Hubei in the army, and because of the relatively small number of people, they were closer to Yang Wangpeng from Hunan.

But this is the last capital of the Qunzhi Society, and it can't be gambled unless it is absolutely necessary.

"You want to set up another portal? Why don't you want to stay in the IRA? Zhao Bei asked.

Yang Wangpeng hesitated for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "The Qunzhi Academy is all left, isn't the commander-in-chief worried about our secret activities in private?" In the New Army at that time, our Mass Governance Society was not an open activity, but this did not prevent us from launching a revolution. ”

This has been said very bluntly, and it seems that the desire of the Qunzhi Academy to set up another door is very strong.

Zhao Bei smiled faintly, this is also where his worries lie, so if the Qunzhi Society wants to leave, he will not insist on staying, everyone has their own ambitions, and he can't come reluctantly, but if the Qunzhi Society chooses to go to Sichuan, it conflicts with his strategic concept.

The Qunzhi Society can set up a separate portal, but it cannot go to Sichuan.

"Do you want to go to Sichuan? But I heard that Zhao Erxun, the governor of Sichuan, is killing in Sichuan, and the whole Sichuan is in a white terror, and in order to prevent the Republican Army from marching westward, Zhao Erxun has placed a heavy army in Kuimen, just waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net. Sichuan, it's not easy to attack. ”

Joke! Sichuan is my fancy and an important part of my strategic plan, and the Qunzhi Society actually wants to enter Sichuan, so isn't it snatching food from the bowl?

Zhao Bei slandered, without waiting for Yang Wangpeng to defend, and said: "Since your Qunzhi Society is unwilling to follow me, I will not force you, at the beginning of the Huangnigang uprising, there was also a great contribution to your Qunzhi Society, this is also a reward, let's get together and disperse." In my opinion, you might as well go to Henan, where the revolutionary situation is rising, and I will give you a name, and you can go to Henan to develop justifiably.

A few days ago, the Second Army of the Qing Army disintegrated, some of the New Army troops went south to join the revolution, the 29th Mixed Association of the Henan New Army has officially joined the Republican Army sequence, and now it is in Xiaogan, I will hand over the association to you, you will lead them to make a revolution in Henan, Yang Yuanmao and Tyranny will go with you, be your right-hand man, they are from Henan, they can help you master the troops, in terms of weapons and ammunition, I will try to help you. In the future, if you have any difficulties, you can also ask me for help. ”

Yang Wangpeng's heart moved, the incense bait thrown by Zhao Bei was too fragrant, a new army unit of the association, coupled with the funding of arms, was enough for the Qunzhi Society to open up the situation in the short term and set up another mountain.

However, Henan is far from being as good as Sichuan, and Yang Wangpeng can't make up his mind for a while.

Seeing that Yang Wangpeng was silent, Zhao Bei did not urge, looking at the few fishing boats on the river, he was also a little unhappy.

Now the Qing court has just begun to train the new army, the progress in the south is faster, in addition to the Beiyang Army in the north, the new army units in other provinces have either just set up a shelf, or simply are the army on paper, so many of the new army units in the second army sequence of the Qing army are all showmanship, and the old army put on the Beiyang military uniform and called itself the new army, among which the real combat effectiveness is the 29th Association of the Henan New Army, more than 4,000 people.

After the Henan New Army announced the uprising in Xinyang, it was immediately divided into two parts, the officers who graduated from the Beiyang Military Academy pulled the troops to Zhengzhou and joined the Beiyang Army, and the other part of the troops led by the indigenous officers of Henan Province marched along the Jinghan Line to Wuhan, but there was internal strife halfway through, and the officers of the Keban Department and the officers of the Yin'en Department in the army fought for power and profit, although the situation was later controlled, but the army was somewhat ineffective, some troops acted without authorization, turned back to Henan, and the remaining troops finally advanced to Xiaogan, and counted the number of peopleIn desperation, the self-appointed acting co-commander had no choice but to send a telegram to Wuhan, asking Zhao Bei to send someone to the army to help the Henan New Army replenish the recruits on the spot.

To rectify such a tired army, the person sent to this country cannot be an unknown person, but must have prestige.

Originally, Zhao Bei was going to personally take people on a trip, but before he could leave, Yang Wangpeng rushed back to Wuhan and put forward a request to set up another portal, although he was a little reluctant, but Zhao Bei just changed his mind, and simply sold his personal favor to the Qunzhi Society, and handed over the remnants of the Henan New Army to Yang Wangpeng to command, although Yang Wangpeng's prestige is not as good as Zhao Bei, but after all, he is the second person in the Republican Army, the hero of Jingzhou's recovery, coupled with the organizational strength of the Qunzhi Society, should be able to calm the scene.

Henan is Yuan Shikai's hometown, and has always been deeply influenced by the Beiyang forces.

In Zhao Bei's view, Henan is too "quiet" now, except for those green forest heroes in southern Henan jumping up and down, other places are a dead air, although there are some sporadic bandits, but these bandits can not become a climate, and it is easy to leave bandits in the place, this situation in Henan is conducive to the southward movement of the Beiyang forces, and this is not what Zhao Bei wants to see, so someone needs to stir up this situation in Henan, mobilize the revolution, and integrate those scattered revolutionary forces.

The people at the Qunzhi Society are very competent for this job because they are organized.

The current situation is very different from the "Xinhai Revolution" in history, because those historical celebrities with revolutionary consciousness failed to join the "Wushen Revolution" in time, resulting in the strength of the constitutionalists in the provinces being too strong, Yan Xishan, Li Liejun, Cai Yi, Yin Changheng, these figures who played a key role in the Xinhai Revolution have not appeared on the stage of history, without their cooperation, once Yuan Shikai and the constitutionalists join forces, it will be even more difficult to deal with.

Since the general trend of history needs to be promoted, Zhao Bei will naturally not be polite, and Yan Xishan can't find it, so he will push Yang Wangpeng out, let the Qunzhi Society appear on the stage of history, and artificially create local powerful factions, and in view of Yang Wangpeng and others' admiration for Mr. Sun, the leader of the Alliance, Zhao Bei is completely sure that before the fall of Yuan Shikai, the number one opponent of the Qunzhi Society can only be the Beiyang Group.

There is no way, now the Republican Army is not strong enough to take care of all directions, and can only use the main forces in the most important direction first, and that direction is Sichuan.

Only by first solving the internal hidden dangers and building a barrier in the north to relieve his worries can Zhao Bei lead the republican army west to Sichuan, realize his strategic vision, and further develop his own strength.

Of course, if Yang Wangpeng is unwilling to go to Henan, Zhao Bei will never hand over the Henan New Army to him, he would rather organize cadres to go to Henan to develop―――――― but that takes time, and what is most lacking now is time, which is a race against time.

If the Qunzhi Society is willing to comply, Zhao Bei doesn't mind supporting them, just like he did to support Li Yuanhong.

In the end, this is a deal, a fair deal, and it depends on whether the other party makes the deal or not.

Yang Wangpeng pondered for a moment and said, "Go to Henan? The second town of the Beiyang Army is in Henan, will going there cause their hostility? Besides, the railroad tracks in many places on Jinghan Road have been stripped by special operations battalions, and the railway is impassable. ”

Zhao Bei said: "You can rest assured that the railway is not passable, the foreigners are more anxious than us, now the north-south peace talks are being prepared, the situation is stable, the Belgians are already busy building roads, the railway from Hankou to Xiaogan has been restored, you can directly take the train to take over the new army in Henan." As for the Beiyang Army, you don't have to worry, now there is only one association left in the Henan Beiyang Army, if it really fights, they may not be able to beat you, besides, now that the North-South peace talks, Yuan Shikai is eager to consolidate power, and may not take the initiative to provoke, and Yang Yuanmao and Tyrant Shibin are Henan revolutionary comrades, with their help, Henan's 'Western Henan Restoration Han Army' and 'Henan-Shaanxi Coalition Army' are all your allies.

Now Yuan Shikai is rebelling in the north, Zhili and Shandong are his roots, and although Henan is his hometown, he may not be able to manage it now. Besides, when you enter Henan, you don't necessarily have to immediately sweep the whole province, you can first establish base areas in southern and western Henan, mobilize the revolutionary masses, and when the time is ripe, then march north in one fell swoop, and settle the Central Plains. ”

"There are no large arsenals in Henan." Yang Wangpeng gritted his teeth.

Zhao Bei turned his head, looked in the direction of Hanyang, and said: "The Hanyang Arsenal is the common arsenal of our revolutionary army, as long as the output is sufficient, I will give you as many guns as you want, and the price is also negotiable, you can only charge you the cost price, if you send raw materials, the price can be cheaper." Of course, when you go, I can guarantee that you will have a gun. ”

"Well, well. Let's go to Henan. ”

Yang Wangpeng nodded unwillingly, for him, this choice is also the only choice, if there is a head-on conflict with Zhao Bei, the chances of winning the Qunzhi Society are very low. Since the beginning of the Huangnigang Uprising, Zhao Bei has been working hard to set an example of a revolutionary vanguard, and this example is by no means the Qunzhi Society, Jinjipo and Nanchang were won by Wu Zhenhan, Jiujiang City was personally commanded and conquered by Zhao Bei, and the western expedition to Hubei was planned by Zhao Bei, whether it was prestige, military exploits or prestige, Zhao Bei was far from covering the Qunzhi Society, and turning his face with such a revolutionary hero, no matter what kind of reason he had, he could not convince the military and the people.

In Yang Wangpeng's view, leaving Zhaobei and setting up another door is the only feasible way out, even if Henan is untenable, you can also go west to Shaanxi, and it may not be a road to advance from southern Shaanxi to Sichuan, and at that time, Zhao Bei will not be able to control him.

Now when the world is in turmoil, it is the time for heroes to show their skills, Zhao Bei is a hero, Yang Wangpeng is also a hero, no one refuses to be left behind, everyone is finally a comrade, so as not to fight each other and hurt the harmony.

Seeing that Yang Wangpeng accepted this suggestion, Zhao Bei sighed. Even if the Qunzhi Society does not choose to take the initiative to leave, he will take decisive action when the time is right, and at that time, it may not be so kind of words, and now the Qunzhi Society chooses to leave by itself, although it has taken away part of the revolutionary forces, but at least the two sides have not torn their faces, and there is a basis for continued cooperation in the future, which will not have a negative impact on Zhao Bei's prestige, and can further distract the attention of hostile forces, which can be regarded as a win-win choice.

Yang Wangpeng had a certain idea, so he immediately resigned and left, and convened the comrades of the Qunzhi Society to discuss.

Looking at the back of Yang Wangpeng in the distance, Zhao Bei sighed for a moment in his heart: "If you give birth to Yu, why is it bright?" This era is mine, and no one can take it away. ”

"Commander, are you still eating this fish? The soup is almost dry. ”

Tian Jinfu, the captain of the guard, padd the pot handle with a towel and brought the pot of fish soup to Zhao Bei.

"I haven't touched the chopsticks yet, so I won't eat them. You send someone to bring this pot of fish soup to the tea garden, invite Comrade Yang Yuanmao and Tyranny Bin of the Henan League to taste it, and by the way, ask them to prepare to return to Henan. ”

……

Two days later, Zhao Bei, commander-in-chief of the Republican Army, set up a platform in Hankou, personally awarded Yang Wangpeng a saber and a pass defense, and appointed him as the "advance commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Hubei Military Government." He led his troops to the Central Plains to defeat the diehards in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

In the farewell of the Wuhan gentry and merchants, Yang Wangpeng and others led hundreds of Northern Expedition athletes to set off on a pledge, took the train from Hankou, and marched to Xiaogan.

However, more revolutionaries chose to remain in the Republican Army.

Lan Tianwei, a cadre of the Alliance, did not leave, Bai Wenwei did not leave, Peng Hanyi, the liaison of the Communist Association, Zhang Jiyang of the Restoration Society did not leave, and even Zhang Licheng and Zou Runyou of the Qunzhi Society did not leave...... Because they have seen that their commander-in-chief has enough courage, determination, perseverance and ability to accomplish this revolutionary cause, Yuan Shikai's "anyway" has proved his strategic vision, and perhaps it will not be long before Zhao Bei can lead China on a new path with his vision beyond the times.

They believe in it, and they are religious!