"Since this is the case, it will be hard to pine slope, and the Sichuan army will be mobilized immediately, Chen soldiers Beichuan and Dongchuan, to help attract Beiyang troops, as long as the Sichuan-Han railway is repaired, the Sichuan army will definitely send troops to fight Yuan immediately!"

Qiao Yu and Cai Yi discussed properly, the two armies of Yunnan and Guizhou were quickly mobilized, Cai Yi led 8,000 Yunnan troops and Zhang Bailin's Reading Brigade, a total of 14,000 people, directly out of Guizhou, to attack Hunan, Liu Xianshi led his troops to directly attack Guangxi, blocking the two Guangxi armies from attacking the southwest.

After discussing the plan for the army, Cai Ye immediately sent a telegram to the whole country together with Liu Xianshi and Zhang Bailin, announcing that the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou would break away from Yuan Shikai's rule, and then swore to fight against Yuan.

The radio wave reached Yanjing, Yuan Shikai was planning the enthronement ceremony with all his might, as soon as he heard the news, Lao Yuan was also very depressed, since he became the president, Lao Yuan was wary of the southwest, but he didn't expect that there was a problem in the southwest now, and now the rebellion in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces can not make Lao Yuan worry.

However, to Lao Yuan's relief, Sichuan did not rebel with Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, that is, there was still hope of pulling Sichuan over, and Lao Yuan gathered all the civil and military officers under him. ‘

There are Duan Zhigui, Yuan Naikuan, Cao Kun and other generals, as well as Liang Shiyi, Yang Shiqi, Yang Du, Chen Eun and other civil officials, as well as Yuan Shikai's eldest prince Yuan Keding, Lao Yuan glanced at everyone majestically, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, Aiqing, now that Cai Yi in the southwest is rebelling and openly rebelling against the country, I don't know if you have any way to share my worries and eliminate the rebellion?" ”

Lao Yuan said very heavily, but most of these civil and military people were silent, these old people in Beiyang were also extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's claim to be the emperor, and they all had a sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox, originally Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang were second only to Yuan Shikai in Beiyang, and now these two are being snubbed, it is obvious that Lao Yuan is suppressing dissidents, and everyone with the surname Suo does not speak, and wants to see Lao Yuan's laughter.

Duan Zhigui is Lao Yuan's godson, and when he saw that everyone else was silent, he couldn't help but speak, "Father, the child thinks that the Dian army and the Guizhou army are both called Huazi troops, and there is no way to compete with the Beiyang powerhouse, but Sichuan is more difficult to deal with, and now it is not difficult to pacify this gang of thieves, so Gansu and Shaanxi can jointly send troops to Beichuan, and then let Zhang Jingyao lead the troops to Wuhan to block the road for the Sichuan army to go east out of Sichuan, as long as it relies on a strong deterrent ability, it can make Sichuan dare not send troops, Even if you send troops, you can easily break through Sichuan, and then use Ma Jizeng and Long Jiguang to attack the two armies of Yunnan and Guizhou, and you will definitely be able to quell the rebellion in one fell swoop. ”

Duan Zhigui said this, the generals who were still a little hesitant in their hearts were moved at this time, although Duan Zhigui had some rice buckets, but what he said was not wrong, these troops in the southwest did not look at them in their eyes, as long as the Beiyang Army passed by, it could be exterminated, this is a world-class feat, and it will definitely be appreciated by the president.

Everyone peeked at Cao Kun, now Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang are not there, Cao Kun's qualifications are older than these people, as long as he speaks, everyone can follow along, who knows that Cao Kun didn't say a word, lowered his head as if he was asleep, and didn't listen to anything.

"Your Majesty, what General Duan said is not wrong, the southwest is indeed the enemy of scabies, but it is a matter of His Majesty's authority, and he must not act hastily, so Weichen thinks that he should start in many ways, both soft and hard, first of all, he must publicize it in the newspaper, Cai Ye also expressed his support for His Majesty just a month ago, and now he is ruthless, he is really a despicable and shameless villain, as long as the people recognize the face of Cai Ye and others, they will not be deceived by their lies!"

This time it was Chen Eun who made the suggestion, although Chen Eun touched a nose in Sichuan, but it was not that Chen Eun had no ability, but that the Sichuan system was special, and Chen Eun was not given a chance at all.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was thinking about Lao Yuan, now the newspapers are full of unfavorable news for Lao Yuan, and now Lao Yuan urgently needs to regain the initiative of public opinion, Chen Eun's policy is also feasible, as long as it is morally proved that Cai Ye is a treacherous villain, then it can prove that Cai Ye's actions are wrong, of course, this is just Chen E's wishful thinking, but Lao Yuan listened to it in his ears and agreed very much.

Chen Yan continued: "In addition, we must use both soft and hard measures against the thieves in the southwest, not just rely on military force to exterminate, but also solve the problem as peacefully as possible, after all, the war losses are too huge and the risks are too great, Weichen suggested that Li Jingxi and Zhao Erfeng go to persuade this Cai Ye and Qiao Yu, let them give up confrontation and support Your Majesty!" ”

Chen Eun has introduced two old men, Li Jingxi is Li Hongzhang's nephew, it turned out to be Cai Yi's old chief, Cai Yi is very grateful for Li Jingxi's promotion, so let this old man go south to persuade him, maybe it can have an effect, in addition, Zhao Erfeng is also the former governor of Sichuan, if he can also come forward to persuade Qiao Yu, it would be great!

"Er'an is reasonable, it's just that these two people almost don't ask about the world, so please ask Er'an to work hard to invite them out!"

"Your Majesty can rest assured that Weichen has a third suggestion, that is, to let the powers support Your Majesty, it is best to persuade Britain and France to cut off Sichuan's trade routes, so that Sichuan will become a toothless tiger, and it will not be terrible!"

Chen Eun said that the stupidity of the old-style characters is shown here, he never dared to believe that the great powers would ask for China, so he regarded the trade between Britain and France and Sichuan as a handout between Britain and France, which completely reversed the essence of the matter, but this can't be blamed on Chen Eun, being able to see the important surname of trade has shown that Chen Eun is superior to others.

"Your Majesty, Hubei is the heart of the world, there must not be any problems, I suggest that General Cao concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of the counterinsurgency army, lead the third division into Wuchang, sit on the Yangtze River, and keep the connection between the northern and southern armies!" This time it was Yang Du who added a piece of advice.

Yang Du is very aware of the power of Sichuan, and also knows that even if Beiyang goes all out, he may not be able to win, and if he underestimates the enemy, there is only one way to lose, so Yang Du pushed Cao Kun out, hoping that he can personally command, so that he can be sure.

Yuan Shikai also secretly praised Yang Du's thoughtfulness, "Zhong Shan, I'm going to bother you!" ”

Cao Kun also knew that he couldn't hide, so he hurriedly said: "Weichen obeys the order, but Your Majesty's salary gap is too big now, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to mobilize the army soon!" ”

The Beiyang Army has learned a new style of cooking and equipped with new equipment, but it is a pity that Beiyang is still an old army, and the military salary is not fully paid in peacetime, but it is only given a promotion fee when it comes to the war, Cao Kun is not the right time to ask Lao Yuan for money at this time, but Lao Yuan seems to be angry.

"Zhong Shan, don't worry, since you let the brothers go to work hard, where can you treat them badly, and the military salary will be doubled, but there is only one condition that once the war starts, the southwest must be pacified as soon as possible!"

Lao Yuan promised a generous reward, Cao Kun had to agree, Yanjing was also very busy at this time, one telegram after another was sent, the first to receive the telegram was Shaanxi Governor Lu Jianzhang and Gansu Governor Zhang Guangjian, in the telegram asked them to concentrate the Shaanxi and Gansu armies to attack Beichuan and contain the forces of Sichuan.

Zhang Guangjian and Lu Jianzhang are both Yuan Shikai's henchmen, and they are also extremely supportive of Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor, and these two people have long heard of the wealth of Sichuan, and know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Therefore, Zhang Guangjian and Lu Jianzhang quickly mobilized their soldiers, Lu Jianzhang mobilized a division and brigade of the Shaanxi army, a total of 15,000 troops, to attack Beichuan, Zhang Guangjian took 8,000 Gan troops to attack, and at the same time recruited a large number of Hui and ethnic forces, so that these people became the advance army of their plunder.

In addition to the troops sent by Shaanxi and Gansu, other armies were also mobilized, and at this time, the armies of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces were also mobilized, divided into two routes, all the way to Hunan, all the way to Guangxi.

Just when the two sides were about to go to war, Zhao Erfeng, who was invited out by Yuan Shikai, also went to Sichuan, Lao Zhao took the train directly from Yanjing to Wuhan, and then transferred to Yichang, Sichuan-Han Road is now working overtime to build, and finally there is still a section to be completed, so Lao Zhao can only take a boat to Yucheng, and then to Chengdu, although several times along the way to change cars, now it is extremely troublesome.

But this is much better than before, and if the Sichuan-Han line is fully connected, it will be more convenient.

"Shunqing, the old man has only been away from Sichuan for a few years, and Sichuan has changed a lot, I didn't misunderstand you, you are really capable!"

"Old Governor, are you okay with your old health?"

After Zhao Erfeng left Sichuan, he has been eating and chanting Buddha, without the interference of mundane things, the old man's body has improved a lot, he looks more energetic than before, his eyes are bright, and his speech is full of energy!

"Alas, everything is put down, this mind is happy, and there are a lot of problems, otherwise my old bones will not be able to revisit Sichuan!"

"The old governor is here to persuade me, right?"

"That's right, my old in-law became the emperor, let me come to persuade you, as long as you can guarantee that you can't afford to oppose him, and then take the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, he will appoint you to be the southwest patrol envoy, add the king, and guard the southwest for generations, the conditions are very favorable, but you won't agree, right?"

Lao Zhao's words immediately added a joke to the persuasion, saying that it was not an exaggeration for Lao Yuan Zhong to betray his relatives, and even relatives like Zhao Erfeng did not support him.

"Old Governor, to be honest, the reason why Sichuan did not declare war with Yungui is that Sichuan still has to mobilize the army and make final preparations, I will never watch President Yuan become Emperor Yuan!"

"That's good, Yuan Shikai overthrew the Manchu Emperor by himself, and then turned around and wanted to overthrow the republic, he became the emperor himself, he couldn't say anything, he had lost his moral support, Shunqing, you can let it go, and return the world to the world!"