Chapter 58: North-South Peace (5)

The great victory in Hanyang showed the confidence of the Anhui Revolutionary Army, and from the initial feeling of apprehension when I heard the name of the Beiyang Army, to the expression of the eager expression of the generals who heard that they were going to fight the Beiyang Army, we can see the vigorous momentum of the current Anhui Revolutionary Army.

Wang Jingluo, the commander of the second brigade of the first division, has been in Anqing, and he has not caught any battles, as a student of the first phase of the teaching team, he naturally has to stand and speak: "Marshal, give the order, the lowly post department is willing to be the vanguard!" Take Hankou for the handsome! ”

Tian Jiyang has seen the faces of the big men of the Alliance, and now he can be said to be holding Fang Jianxiong's thighs with a dead heart, not to be left behind at this time, he stepped forward and said: "Marshal, the humble and the first brigade, familiar with the Beiyang Army, willing to be the vanguard!" Take Hankou for the handsome! ”

An Yi, chief of staff of the Second Division and commander of the third brigade, refused to lag behind, and took a step forward with a sneer: "Great commander, humble and talented, willing to die for the commander, in the battle of Hankou, the vanguard should be the third brigade." "Comfort is a serious lineage, and the other two are a little bit incompatible.

The situation of the first division is still different from that of the second division, the composition of the first division is relatively mixed, there are remnants of the Anqing Uprising like Tian Jiyang, and there are also old gangsters like Wang Jingluo who came from the 31st Association. Unlike the second division, it is enough for An Yi to come out and fight alone.

"What are you fighting for? Whoever is the pioneer, Commander-in-Chief Gui has the final say, I just have to look at the results. Fang Jianxiong scolded, and everyone retreated. Gui Danqi felt relieved for a while, at this time, Fang Jianxiong had not forgotten to consolidate his position as the commander-in-chief of Hanyang, which showed how cool it was to follow Fang Jianxiong.

"Huh. It also depends on the meaning of the General Staff. "Gui Danqi didn't dare to hold it up. Hamilton was pushed out. The Germans were a little unyielding, and said: "Our army lacks heavy artillery, and the casualties of a forced attack will not be small." In addition, on the naval side, it is also necessary for the commander to coordinate and get the support of the navy's heavy artillery, so that the counterattack on Hankou does not need to be attacked from the front, and the main attack can be flanked along the Yangtze River. ”

"That's professional advice!" Fang Jianxiong praised with a smile and said to everyone: "Learn a little more, the first thing to consider in a war is not bravery." It's about winning the biggest victory with the least casualties. Of course, at the critical moment, it is necessary to have the courage to see the red with a bayonet! The General Staff hastened to draw up a battle plan, and time is running out. ”

The group agreed on the battle on Turtle Mountain. There was no intention of avoiding Yang Yulong and Li Siguang at all. The two reacted differently when they heard this, Yang Yulong was even more worried, Li Dudu did not kill the tiger, but introduced a vicious wolf into the house. Li Siguang's reaction was excited, and he said in his heart that this is the real revolutionary army, eager to try in the face of a strong enemy, and everyone is vying to be the first to fight bravely.

Hu Shi'an, editor-in-chief of "Dahan Daily", rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "Good, good! Today is right, a good article is here. ”

Fang Jianxiong said to Hu Shi'an: "Editor-in-chief Hu." I think the focus of the report should still be on the disaster caused by the Sixth Town in Taiyuan. Conquering a city for several days without sealing the sword is an evil habit that must be eradicated. Lu Yongxiang's generation, everyone can punish him! Didn't we rise up to make a revolution just to let the common people live a good life? The duty of a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country! ”

Hu Shi'an was refreshed when he heard this, and sighed with his palms: "What Fang Dashuai said is to the point, and the soldiers are the places where disasters have existed since ancient times. Repeated bans. The marshal raised his arms and shouted, and the response of the whole country was visible. ”

After walking around, after returning to the Hanyang headquarters, Li Muyan took advantage of Fang Jianxiong's tea break and coughed. Fang Jianxiong saw this. got up and said, "Mr. Mu Yan accompanied me for a walk in the yard." ”

The two got up and entered the courtyard, and Qi Erzhu, the head of the guard, immediately led people to guard around. Even Gui Danqi and others. I also have to report to see Fang Jianxiong.

"Dashuai, it's not appropriate!" Li Muyan opened his mouth like this, and Fang Jianxiong said lightly: "What's wrong?" ”

Li Muyan said: "After the northern expedition of the army to the Central Plains, it needs to rest and replenish supplies. Moreover, this move is suspected of forcing Yuan Shikai to work hard, isn't this cheaper alliance? ”

Fang Jianxiong pondered for a moment and said, "What Mr. Mu Yan said makes sense, but this battle can't be fought without fighting." I didn't want to fight, but Yuan Shikai did it in Tongguan and Taiyuan, and Shandong canceled it. Beiyang has basically calmed down, and I can't let Yuan Shikai live too peacefully. Catching up with the main force of Huyan Aobo has arrived in Bengbu, I can concentrate seven infantry brigades, one artillery division, and tens of thousands of people to attack from the north and south. How many people is Yuan Shikai in Hubei? With the local troops, it was only 50,000 men. As long as Xinyang is defeated, I don't want to be annihilated, I just ask Yuan Shikai to bow his head obediently and agree to my conditions. Don't worry, I didn't plan to force Yuan Shikai to die and break the net! ”

The last sentence, Li Muyan was relieved after listening to it. immediately patted the sycophants and said: "My lord's opinion, it is indeed the best policy to form a north-south encirclement and not take it!" ”

Fang's power was turned on, and the whole country was shocked again! Lu Yongxiang Taiyuan's abusive behavior, Nanjing, Shanghai and other provinces have been condemned one after another, Wu Tingfang, as the foreign minister, was the first to send a telegram to the whole country, duty Yuan Shikai to sabotage the armistice, accusing Lu Yongxiang of Taiyuan's evil deeds.

These are innocuous telegrams, and although telegrams are expensive, everyone is happy to spend some money to show their names in front of the whole country. If you really want to say that you sent troops to the Northern Expedition, you will stay at home comfortably. Nanjing was preparing for the Northern Expedition, but it was to let Xu Shaojiao be the commander and let the Jiangbei Army Lin Shuqing go north. In addition, Lin Shuqing of Zhenjiang took the initiative to send troops to suppress the Sun Rebellion in Yangzhou, and then entrenched in Yangzhou and did not leave. Because Huyan Aobo was slow to move, he was preempted by Lin Shuqing and could only be stationed outside the city. Huyan Aobo didn't think about taking Yangzhou, but the local gentry jumped out, and Zhang Qian, Zhang Yilu and others successively threatened to "rule the Soviet Union by the Soviet people".

Huyan Aobo has not been able to make up his mind, so he had to ask Fang Jianxiong, Fang Jianxiong was a little dissatisfied with Huyan Aobo about this matter. The movement of the troops to the east was too slow, which was the reason why the guide was passive. Of course, judging from the actual situation, Huyan has to expand its troops and wait for supplies, and the Anhui army, which is relatively dependent on logistics, does have drawbacks in this regard.

Considering that his own underestimation was underestimated, Fang Jianxiong's dissatisfaction with Huyan Aobo disappeared, and he asked him to go north to Bengbu and wait for Jiang Fangzhen's dispatch. Unexpectedly, Huyan went north, and the strong troops in northern Anhui had an opportunity to move west to Xinyang.

Without further ado, let's get back to the point.

Yuan Shikai used troops in the north, and Fang Jianxiong's reaction was the slowest, but the strongest. Directly demand that Lu Yongxiang be executed, otherwise an attack will be launched. Let Yuan Shikai take the initiative to kill Lu Yongxiang, how can he, Yuan Dashuai, continue to be a handsome? This is tantamount to a war letter to Yuan Shikai.

For a time, all parties reacted strongly, and the non-governmental media were the most active, and they all praised Fang Jianxiong for putting the interests of the people of Li first. The newspapers reprinted Fang Jianxiong's telegram one after another, which can be said to be well known.

Shanghai's reaction was that Chen Qimei said that she was happy to see the Northern Expedition of the Anhui Army come to fruition, but did not say anything about support? Counting on his support is not much hope. In Nanjing, Xu Shaojiao telegraphed that he would lead his troops across the river and go north to Xuzhou in the near future. Support the revolutionary actions of the Anhui Army. The question is, how do you plan to go to Xuzhou? Do you want to take Jinpu Road? That's going to go to Guò Bengbu! You might as well go to Bengbu and join the Anhui Army to attack the Beiyang Army on the Jinghan Line.

Other provinces also sent electricity to support, among which Li Yuanhong shouted the loudest. He said: The military and civilians of the three towns of Wuhan will fully assist the revolutionary action of the Anhui army. He also emphasized that before Yuan's reaction, when the peace was not decided, it was not appropriate for the Nanjing Provisional Government to make a move to elect a great president. Li Yuanhong blatantly entrained private goods, and played a set of flattery on both sides. At the same time, in response to the election of the provisional president proposed by the representative meeting of the governors of Nanjing provinces on the 14th, he complained twice!

British Minister Zhu Erdian held a press conference, and in view of the suspicion of the resumption of war between the north and the south, it was decided to block the entrance to the Yangtze River and impose an arms embargo on China. He also said that when the North and the South negotiate peace, all countries look forward to seeing a peaceful China, and have made great efforts to achieve this. Because of the irrationality of some soldiers, which undermined the coming peace, the British Empire had to take drastic measures.

As soon as this telegram came out, the provinces were silent.

After receiving the telegram, Fang Jianxiong of Hanyang tore it apart three or two times and fell to the ground in anger. The faces of the people around him were shocked, and they had never seen the handsome man so out of shape.

Obviously, this telegram was directed at Fang Jianxiong. This is a naked threat!

Everyone in the hall focused on Fang Jianxiong, waiting for his reaction. The British Empire, which is still the number one in the world, no one dares to challenge its authority. If Fang Jianxiong doesn't care about it, everyone plans to persuade him.

After waiting for a while, Fang Jianxiong regained his composure, and said with a faint sneer: "Isn't it an arms embargo?" Isn't it just to block the Yangtze River waterway? Today's Europe doesn't know when the fight will start, and the tail of the British will not be able to warp for a few years. The battle of the Jinghan Line continues, if you don't let me fight, I want to call you, see what you can do with the British Empire? ”

"Dashuai, no!" Li Muyan screamed, Fang Jianxiong gave him a cold look, and Li Muyan immediately sat down in panic. When everyone saw this, they didn't dare to persuade again. Fang Jianxiong stood in the center, held his chest high and said: "Imperialism is a paper tiger, the more you are afraid of him, the more you will bully you." Electrification, such as the British blockade of the Yangtze River waterway, is a gross interference in China's internal affairs. The Anhui army will continue to be unimpeded on the Yangtze River, and if the British ** ship dares to open fire to block it, it will resolutely return fire! In addition, from now on, Anhui will cut off commercial relations with the British. ”

"Dashuai!" Li Muyan shouted hoarsely, knelt down on his legs, hugged Fang Jianxiong's thighs, and cried: "Cry at the risk of death!" Anqing and Wuhu are the foundation of our army, and once the British ships attack, our army will be destroyed in one fell swoop. Mu Yan affirmed the handsome man and retracted his words of confrontation with the British ship. ”

Fang Jianxiong saw Li Muyan with tears on his face, and knew that he was sincere for his own good. With a sigh, he stretched out his hand to help Li Muyan and said, "Mr. Muyan doesn't have to be like this, the Chinese have been holding their breath for too long, and this time they can't just endure it." Even if it is a bankruptcy, I will not give in this time! ”

Li Muyan was speechless for a moment, and everyone was waiting for their eyes to be on fire, and they were ready to go.

Fang's power was on, shocking the whole country again, and the whole world exclaimed, Fang Jianxiong is crazy! ()