"Shunqing, Yuan Datou is over, but you have to be sober-minded, don't be on a whim, Yanjing's position is not so easy to sit on!" Qiao Guangyuan has rarely talked about government affairs with Qiao Yu over the years, and the old man's biggest thing is to play with flowers and plants, play chess and drink tea, and now he has added another one, which is to tease his grandson.

However, at this juncture, the old man still has to remind his son, lest he make a mistake, "Dad, don't worry, I know it." ”

"That's good!" The old man knew very well the ability of his third son, so he didn't ask the surname Suo, and Qiao Yu was also busy bringing Jiang Baili, Wu Tong, Zhu Qinglan, Wang Lingji, and Wang Tianhe over, and they had to discuss what to do carefully.

Wang Lingji, as the director of the Investigation Bureau, first reported the situation to everyone: "Dashuai, Yuan Shikai is now rewarding meritorious heroes, including those in the former Qing Dynasty, but there is one person who has been excluded, that is, Duan Qirui, the tiger of Beiyang clearly opposes the imperial system, although it is idle, but Duan Qirui has strong strength in his hands, and his situation should represent the thoughts of a group of Beiyang veterans, including Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and other powerful factions, they are absolutely unwilling to call the old Yuan a minister, but because of the situation, They will not take the initiative to come out to oppose it, if Sichuan provokes a big banner, these people will definitely abandon Yuan Shikai! ”

Jiang Baili said on the side: "Director Wang's judgment is not wrong, but it is not good for Sichuan to be the first bird, I think this Sichuan war must take into account three aspects, the first war must not disrupt the industrial development of Sichuan, trade with Europe must be maintained, although the heavy equipment of the second Sichuan Army has increased a lot, but the logistics requirements are greater, and it is still very difficult to fight across provinces and regions, and the third is to make the Beiyang side firmly believe that Sichuan is aimed at Yuan Shikai, not the entire Beiyang!" ”

After Jiang Baili finished speaking, everyone nodded frequently, as early as the previous discussions, it had been decided to set the direction of expansion on Yunnan and Guizhou, Sichuan wants to fight this battle, but the scale of control is more critical, otherwise the industrialization of Sichuan will be interrupted, and the gains will definitely outweigh the losses.

"Dashuai, I think it's better to let the Yunnan army be the first bird, Cai Yi has long expressed his opposition to the imperial system, and now the Yunnan army is in difficulty, and it is urgent to rely on the war to divert attention, we might as well create the illusion that Sichuan is driven by Yunnan and has to send troops in front of outsiders, so that it can paralyze Beiyang and make them feel at ease!"

Wu Tong gave this suggestion, and Zhu Qinglan seemed to disagree, "Dashuai, if you give up your name, Cai Ye will become a real hero, and when it comes to distributing benefits, Sichuan may not get much, and let Cai Yi's prestige increase, it will be even more difficult for us to annex Yunnan!" ”

"Don't worry, the current financial resources of the Yunnan army are simply not enough to start a war, and when the time comes, it will have to rely on the material support of Sichuan, as long as Cai Ye dares to do something in Sichuan, he will hand over Yunnan, there is no choice!" Qiao Yu's confidence comes from strong strength, especially industrial production capacity, if the southwest wants to compete with Beiyang, it must rely on Sichuan, take the hands of others, in this kind of cooperation, the Yunnan army will unconsciously be called the appendage of the Sichuan army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this opportunity is rare, Sichuan must not miss it, but we must learn to use a small amount of consumption to fight a big battle, and we must not affect the overall situation of Sichuan's industry, and we must negotiate with Britain and France to let them come forward to protect the Yangtze River waterway, this lifeline must not have problems!"

"Marshal, I'm afraid that the Entente countries are not willing to fall down with the old Yuan, with Yuan Shikai to maintain, at least it can prevent Yueben from expanding its power in the Far East, if China lacks the central political axe, I am afraid that Yuben's aggression will only be more unscrupulous!" Jiang Baili expressed the worry in his heart.

Qiao Yu also admitted that Jiang Baili's opinion was absolutely correct, what Britain and France hoped for most was that the situation in the Far East could be stabilized, but Qiao Yu still had a way to get them to agree, "Brother Baili, you immediately contact Britain and France and tell them that Sichuan is willing to send volunteers to help them fight together!" ”

At this juncture, Qiao Yu threw out such a bait, Britain and France will definitely bite the hook, the tragic European war has caused heavy losses to these two countries, and now the number of Sichuan workers in some French factories has reached more than half, all relying on the work of these Chinese day and night, so that the Entente can get enough killing tools, and then consume in the endless battlefield black hole.

At this time, no matter who can provide the Entente with sufficient human resources, the Entente will definitely support him, even if he is a demon, it cannot prevent the Entente from cooperating with him.

Jiang Baili also knew very well that Qiao Yu's exchange of interests would definitely make Britain and France at least neutral, so he nodded in agreement, and the whole of Sichuan suddenly began to prepare, the army was fully mobilized and began to enter a state of combat readiness, and the soldiers in the reserve also began to strengthen their training, and the brand-new heavy artillery was just transported off the production line and sent to the barracks, so that the soldiers could familiarize themselves with the new weapons and practice new tactics.

The five divisions of the main force of Sichuan all launched fierce exercises and were ready to attack at any time, of course, military preparations were only one aspect, Qiao Yu contacted Zhang Bailin in Guizhou, and the Guizhou army in northern Guizhou also began to mobilize, Sichuan and Guizhou began to prepare, and the Yunnan Yunnan army prepared earlier.

Although Cai Yi did not hesitate to show his loyalty to Lao Yuan in order to appoint him as the governor of Yunnan, Cai Ye at this moment will definitely not take his promise seriously, and the crusade against Yuan Shikai is at best to fight for the personality of the people and to defend the hard-won republican system, and at least to change the predicament of the Yunnan army, so that the Yunnan army can get out of the barren land of Yunnan.

Cai Yi's teacher Liang Qichao and the Progressive Party led by him are also actively active, lobbying the Beiyang generals everywhere, so that everyone can stand up against Yuan Shikai, this kind of activity is still very effective, except for a few people, most local powerful factions have decided to watch from the wall, to put it bluntly, it is to see Yuan Shikai's laughter.

On this day, when Cai Ye was discussing the situation with the officers of the Yunnan Army, a telegram from Qiao Yu came, and Cai Ye opened the telegram and was overjoyed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Patrol Envoy Qiao has sent a telegram, and he has promised to provide the Dian army with 20,000 rifles, 2 million rounds of ammunition, as well as 20 105 mm mountain guns, and 40 Makqin heavy machine guns, as well as a large number of military supplies!"

As soon as Qiao Yu made a move, he took out so much equipment that immediately shocked the Dian army, these equipment can almost pull up two divisions of people, in the eyes of others, it is a gift, and the poor Dian army does not believe in this big pie at all!

"Dudu, Qiao Yu won't be fooling us, Qiao Yu is not a rich man, where can he get so many good things!" Gu Pinzhen still has some questions.

"There is no doubt that Sichuan definitely has this strength, these are less than a month's output of the Sichuan Arsenal, he doesn't need to play us, but Qiao Yu has sent so much equipment, I'm afraid he just wants us to take the lead, I don't know what everyone thinks?"

When everyone heard that these things were true, they immediately smiled, "Governor, if Sichuan can really provide so much equipment, our Yunnan army will be sure to fight hard with Beiyang, Lao Yuan is perverse, it is self-defeating, and the Yunnan army will swear to defend the republic to the death!" Luo Peijin immediately spoke in support.

Lao Yuan wants to ascend the throne and become the emperor, in addition to the southwest is actively planning to oppose Yuan Shikai, there are two other forces as well, this is the Kuomintang that has retreated to the book, at this time Sun Wen reorganized, established the Chinese Revolutionary Party, Sun Wen asked every party member to press the handprint, swear allegiance to him Sun Wen alone, the alliance that was already divided will become more and more chaotic, Huang Xing and other old members have separated from Sun Wen.

However, the turning point came after Qiao Yu and Yue Ben clashed in Wuhan, and Yue Ben already regarded Sichuan as a future opponent, and also saw through that although Yuan Shikai was incompetent, he still couldn't obey Yue Ben, so Yue Ben began to increase his support for Sun Wen.

Sun Wen was also very knowledgeable, and wrote several letters to the Yue Ben side, promising countless benefits, as if turning China into a colony monopolized by the Yue Ben, in addition to Sun Wen also secretly expressed his willingness to give up Manchuria to the Yue Ben political axe many times, in exchange for the support of the Chinese Revolutionary Party to replace Yuan Shikai and rule China.

Now that Lao Yuan is going to ascend the throne as emperor, Sun Wen knows that the opportunity he has been waiting for has finally appeared, and he will gather all the henchmen in Tokyo.

"Comrades, Yuan Shikai has gone against the grain, trying in vain to destroy the republic and ascend the throne as emperor, the opportunity we have been waiting for has come, we must return to China, contact the righteous people from all sides, and jointly oppose Yuan Shikai!" Sun Wen became more and more happy, and at this moment Wang Zhaoming sent a letter over, Sun Wen took the letter and looked at it, and his face suddenly became grim.

It was Huang Xing who wrote this letter, and a few days ago Sun Wen invited Huang Xing to join forces again to oppose Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor, and now Huang Xing sent a reply letter back:

Friendship with brother for more than ten years, the public treatment of Xing'en with the mountains, Yu remembered in his heart, but he still had the righteousness of the country and the nation in his heart, and he did not dare to forget for a moment, nor did he dare to agree with Mr. Revolutionary methods, since the founding of the Republic of China, the public traitor and the Yuan family, but the Yuan family can not bear to do it! The people of the three provinces, millions of territories, as heavy as mountains, the public once said to save the country, if you want to save the country, you must first sell the country, and you are also stupid, it is difficult to assist Mr., please resign, and I hope that Mr. will respect himself!

Huang Xing's letter completely put aside the relationship between him and Sun Wen, and bluntly said that Sun Wen betrayed the country, how could Sun Wen not be annoyed and ashamed.

"Keqiang is ignorant and misunderstands my revolutionary strategy, which is really heartbreaking!"

"Sir, don't worry, since Huang Keqiang is unwilling to be a real revolutionary, we still have countless hot-blooded men who are willing to follow Mr., and the revolution will definitely succeed!" Chen Qimei comforted Sun Wen on the side.

After a while, Sun Wen calmed down, "Everyone, the revolutionary road is destined to be difficult and dangerous, and I hope everyone will take Huang Xing as a warning, now Ince will go to Shanghai to contact the old department, Zhaoming, Hermes-Epitek, you go to Hong Kong, and then contact Cai Yi, and strive to jointly raise troops against Yuan Shikai, this time we can't miss the opportunity again, we must take the power into our own hands!" ”