On the morning of 18 December, Xiao Yimin led 100 guards to Ya'an, and arrived at the Ya'an baggage camp at noon the next day, where he began the difficult and cumbersome negotiations on the reduction and withdrawal of the border army together with the border army generals and colonels who had arrived from various places.

Two days later, in the afternoon, Governor Yin Changheng went to the old governor's mansion again, handed over the "World Evening" notebook to see Zhao Erfeng, as soon as he saw Zhao Erfeng's face, Yin Changheng would bow deeply and present a telegram with both hands:

"My lord, the situation is not good! The two towns of our new army are still in the process of intense reorganization, up and down into a pot of porridge, Xiong Kewu led more than 3,000 people and horses have already crossed the Neijiang, Liu Cunhou and the two infantry regiments of the Yunnan army have also been driven to Syria, not to say that they are about to arrive in Chengdu, there is a way that the comers are not good, and the younger generations are worried! ”

Zhao Erfeng was very surprised, and handed it to Yin Changheng after reading the message: "It's so fast!" What are you going to do? ”

"We can only send someone to contact the relationship first and explain the situation to their understanding, but we can't be defenseless, right? If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if! But if all the thousands of new troops are sent out of the city to occupy important places, the strength of the city will only be left with 2,000 officers and soldiers, and the city defense force will be stretched! Yin Changheng paced back and forth anxiously.

Zhao Erfeng didn't notice that Yin Changheng handed over the handbook of "World Evening", indicating that he was purely a private visit, and seeing that Yin Changheng was very respectful to him, where would he think of other things?

At this time, Yin Changheng felt quite guilty in his heart, he originally wanted Zhao Erfeng to continue to exert his influence, leave Chengdu and return to western Sichuan, run the Kang-Tibet region, with Zhao Erfeng sitting in Kang-Tibet, Chengdu and even the whole Sichuan are much more stable, plus Zhao Erfeng is famous throughout the country, and the other two governors Cen Chunxuan and Yuan Shikai are called the three famous generals of the Qing Dynasty, and Zhao Erfeng has been on the border for many years, and has repeatedly smashed the Kang-Tibet rebellion supported by the British, and kept the territory of Kang-Tibet, and his meritorious achievements are famous at home and abroad, Yin Changheng really can't bear to kill him, What's more, Zhao Erfeng is already sixty-five, and he has already entered his twilight years.

But if Zhao Erfeng is not killed, the new political axe headed by Yin Changheng will not be able to stand on his power, and Yin Changheng secretly planned the Chengdu mutiny to expel the former governor Pu Dianjun and Zhu Qinglan, which made the heavens angry and resentful, and hundreds of thousands of people now desperately need a scapegoat to vent their hatred, and he Yin Changheng and his military group need to find a scapegoat with enough weight to make a vigorous feat as soon as possible, so as to deter the heroes and powers who are eyeing each other, and then tie the entire civilian group and the capitalist class firmly to their chariots, only in this way, Only when this position of governor can sit for a long time will the entire military bloc stop being divided and reunite as one.

As for Xiao Yimin, who has thousands of troops and has a lot of money, he is not the object of concern for Yin Changheng and his henchmen, although this young man who has risen rapidly from a small market scoundrel is not simple, but as Xie Jiong and others analyzed, if Xiao Yimin, who was born in a teapot, had not been in the camp in every possible way, and by chance he took refuge in the former governor Zhao Erxun, and then became Zhao Erfeng's closed disciple, he would not have today's glory and wealth, in essence, Xiao Yimin, a native, is a standard businessman, what would he dare not do in order to make money?

Taking a step back and analyzing, even if Xiao Yimin is deeply grateful for Zhao Erfeng's kindness, after the incident, he will only judge the situation and seek self-preservation, as long as he is given enough benefits afterwards, it is impossible for him to do stupid things for a Manchu widow who is called Bo Xishan, even if Xiao Yimin is sick in the brain and is bent on confronting the new political axe jointly appointed by the north and the south, without Zhao Erfeng, how many troops can he mobilize with only his Xiao Yimin's influence in the people?

As for the 20,000 or 30,000 border troops, it is not a problem, as long as you look at the reaction of the Chengdu mutiny, you will know that you are vulnerable, and then look at the miserable end of the Chengdu general and more than 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian people, you will know that there is only one way for the border army to go without a leader and without food and clothing - that is, the trees fall and scatter!

Another 10,000 steps back to analyze, even if Xiao Yimin really wants to go to the step of meeting each other, Yin Changheng and his military group will not be polite, even if they pay a big price, they will give Xiong Kewu and Liu Cunhou and others two pieces of fat, and everyone will be able to easily take Xiao Yimin's life together, and if he gets it right, he can pocket all his factories and wealth.

Yin Changheng retracted his thoughts and respectfully waited for Zhao Erfeng's reply.

Zhao Erfeng pondered for a moment, returned to the chair and sat down slowly: "Shuoquan, don't be spitting, let's be straightforward, what can the old man help you?" ”

"The younger generation needs to borrow the number of guards of the important people, specializing in patrolling in the city and the defense of important places, there is no need to go out of the city, as long as they reach a consensus with Xiong Kewu and Liu Cunhou, the younger generation will immediately return it to the adults as they are." After Yin Changheng finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Erfeng nervously.

Seeing that Zhao Erfeng seemed to be hesitating, Yin Changheng gritted his teeth and stepped forward, clasped his fists again and bowed, and said with great sincerity:

"My lord, Chang Heng was born in troubled times, in order to survive well, what he did was really a last resort, and the younger generations did not know what the world would become, taking this opportunity, the younger generations had a few heartfelt words to tell the adults: the younger generations are willing to make a secret agreement with the adults, and if the Qing Dynasty really collapses in the future, Chang Heng is responsible for protecting the marshal; If the Republic of China does not succeed, the marshal is responsible for protecting Changheng, Changheng is willing to swear with the marshal, the sea is dry and the stones are rotten, this will not swerving! ”

Zhao Erfeng was greatly moved, Huo Ran stood up a few steps and walked in front of Yin Changheng, stretched out his hands to help him up, and nodded heavily with old tears.

Yin Changheng endured the ecstasy in his heart, and took the opportunity to make a request to Zhao Erfeng: "Please send an order to the soldiers to gather, Changheng Fox is a fake tiger, I have a few words to say to everyone, and I can call some later." ”

"Good!"

Zhao Erfeng readily agreed, and soon ordered the guards to gather in the front yard.

Accompanied by Zhao Erfeng, Yin Changheng made an impassioned speech to more than 2,000 border officers and soldiers:

"I am here today to ask Lord Zhao to help, with the help of the power of the monarchs, to ensure the peace of the people of Chengdu, and let the people of Sichuan know that the monarchs are still soldiers of Sichuan, and they still eat Sichuan's salary, but under the order of the new political axe governor, they will defend Zhao Dashuai and protect the people of Chengdu, so that the monarchs will wash their grievances and really have a reliance in the future!"

"Only the orders of the governor are obeyed!"

All the soldiers agreed in unison, and they were very moved in their hearts, how do you know that Yin Changheng's meaning is to imply that these people will go with me, and only I, Governor Yin Changheng, am your real backer.

Yin Changheng simply said a few words, skillfully transferred the 2,500 guards around Zhao Erfeng, and took a key step in order to further disintegrate the military morale of Zhao Erfeng's subordinates and realize the shocking plan of rapid rise.

On December 21, 1911, the 27-year-old governor of Sichuan, Yin Changheng, held his wedding ceremony with great fanfare, and thousands of people in the city watched the ceremony, and everyone was happy that this young governor who led his troops to quell the rebellion in the midst of danger had reached a good fate.

However, the grand wedding was only to cover up the huge conspiracy that was unfolding in secret, and thousands of Chengdu people and the vast majority of officers and soldiers did not know that another huge crisis that shook the world was bloody and bloody, and since then the fuse that cannot be lifted has been laid

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, the lights on the upper floor of the imperial city were still bright, and in the face of more than 20 generals who had secretly gathered, Governor Yin Changheng put away his pocket watch, raised his hand and slapped the case, his eyes widened angrily, and he shouted in a low voice: "Life and death are decided today!" ”

The crowd in the conference room was excited, and the generals in the hall stood up and saluted, and in a blink of an eye, the tables and stools rang out, and the most fanatical new assistant commander Xie Jiong led more than a dozen officers to turn around and leave.

In less than half an hour, Xie Jiong's 2,000 new officer corps surrounded the old governor's mansion, and hundreds of sharp soldiers climbed over the wall under the response of Zhao Erfeng's chief of guard, Tao Zekun, and the defense officers and soldiers of the governor's mansion were cut down without any defense, and the rest fled in terror without any resistance.

With a loud "bang", the door of the small building where Zhao Erfeng was resting was kicked open, and Zhao Erfeng in the haze was grabbed from the bed by the surging soldiers, held high above his head and flew as if he ran to the main gate of the imperial city, and in the blink of an eye he was tied to the horse stake under the building of Mingyuan.

Zhao Erfeng looked up to the sky and sighed in great pain, looked at the dark and dreary sky in the west and did not move for a long time, and finally turned to Yin Changheng under the light of dozens of torches: "Can Zhao live?" ”

Yin Changheng glanced at the more and more onlookers and civilians, jumped on the stone platform on the side in a few steps, and shouted condescendingly:

"Now, this governor has handed over the power of life and death to dispose of Zhao Erfeng to the monarchs, please let the monarchs decide!"

One of the 2,000 soldiers onlookers shouted: "Zhao Erfeng slaughtered my Sichuan people and created a bloody Chengdu case that shocked the world, he should be killed!" ”

Countless voices then rang out: "Kill! Kill—"

Zhao Erfeng's long gray hair flew in the wind, his white beard trembled frequently in the cold wind, and he suddenly raised his head and laughed: "Yin Changheng, you did a good job!" But you have to be careful, old man's today, it's your Ming, haha, hahaha-"

"Tao Zekun, don't you want to do it yet?" Yin Changheng yelled.

Tao Zekun roared, raised his blade and waved it suddenly, Zhao Erfeng's white-haired head fell in response, and he rolled out a few meters away.

Tao Zekun didn't have time to wipe away the blood stains on his face, he rushed out with an arrow step and grabbed the head, and held the ring high to show a circle, and the audience suddenly burst into earth-shattering cheers......

(To be continued)