After arranging the mobilization and deployment of the Huafu army, Guo Yu came to the town guard embassy office and called Mu Sheng, Guo Yu prepared a manuscript and prepared to publish it in his Huafu newspaper, Guo Yu was ready to have a dialogue with the government of the Republic of China first, the current people's understanding and use of public opinion is far inferior to that of later generations, and in later generations one thing may be different because of the different directions of public opinion propaganda, and get two completely different results, so now Guo Yu is ready to implement public opinion warfare, so that he can stand in a position acceptable to the people, as long as the people's base goes out, Then you can be invincible.

Called Mu Sheng, handed him the statement he wrote, and asked him to publish it in full directly on the second day, and Guo Yu's statement appeared in the newspaper on the second day: "Guo Yu was poor as a young man, but he was keen and studious, and he stayed abroad to learn Western knowledgeGuo Moutong guò newspaper issued a statement that Su Chang declared independence from now on, established the Huafu Special Economic Zone, and hoped that the general public would come to the special economic zone for development. The back of the article is to introduce the relevant situation of the special economic zone, what is the independence of the judiciary, the reduction of taxes, the standardization of management, the administrative department must not appear to eat and take cards, etc., to ensure local security, and so on.

The next morning, Guo Yu's article spread all over the country with the Huafu newspaper, and now as long as there is a Huafu shopping mall, there will be a Huafu newspaper, after people see such a report in the morning, those who have some insight can see that Guo Yu is ready to be independent, but where does he have such a big confidence as a town guard.

Such questions Li Yuanhong, Duan Qirui, and Feng Guozhang are also considering, where is Guo Yu's confidence.

Because of its strong timeliness, wide coverage and trying to report issues from a fair point of view, Huafu Bao was quickly accepted by the people of the Republic of China, and now in just two months, it has surpassed the declaration and Ta Kung Pao and has become the veritable number one newspaper in the Republic of China.

Feng Guozhang picked up the newspaper when he got up for breakfast in the morning, and saw Guo Yu's statement, and he was very shocked in his heart, because this Jiangsu is Feng Guozhang's territory, and now he is an inconspicuous town guard who dares to declare independence, isn't this a direct slap in the face, he can't help but think of the scene when he met Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui a few days ago.

Before Yuan Shikai died of illness, Feng Guozhang came to the capital to see Yuan Shikai for the last time, the second day after Yuan Shikai's death, Li Yuanhong was inaugurated as president, and the rest of the matter was busy, at that time, Li, Duan, and Feng The result of the private discussion was to eliminate the personnel left by Yuan Shikai, because before they were against Yuan Shikai to be the emperor, so they hated the group of people who supported Yuan Shikai to be the emperor, so the first thing Li Yuanhong did after becoming the president was to clear the thirteen Taibao and collect the rights in the hands of these people.

At this time, after a series of operations in the early stage, the three of them have determined their future positions, President Li Yuanhong, Prime Minister Duan Qirui, and Vice President Feng Guozhang.

At that time, several people also discussed the appointment of the provincial overseers, and basically determined that after Li Yuanhong was officially sworn in as the president, he would directly reappoint the provincial overseers, protectors, town guards and other positions, among which many of Yuan Shikai's original close people would be replaced, and finally Feng Guozhang mentioned Guo Yu when talking about his own Jiangsu.

"Su Chang's town guard Guo Yu, this son is arrogant and arrogant, he has no achievements in Su Chang's office, and he is an official who bought it from Yuan Gong with money, you can see how this son's heart is, I will revoke his position as the town guard, recruit him to Beijing, arrest him directly, and be tried together with the Thirteen Taibao in the future." Feng Guozhang remembered Guo Yu's words when he reported to see him a few days ago, and now he directly put on splint shoes for him.

Duan Qirui has never seen Guo Yu, but he has been a secretary of state before, and he knows some domestic government affairs well, so he naturally knows that Huafu Club is already a behemoth now, and Huafu shopping malls are also open all over the country, this Guo Yu is also a good name, and Duan Qirui is still not very at ease about directly moving Guo Yu, "Brother Huafu, Guo Yu's Huafu Club now has hundreds of thousands of congregations, and there are many Huafu Halls in North and South China, which has become the climate, and we are rash to move Guo Yu now, I am afraid it will cause a bad reaction." Duan Qirui frowned and said.

Li Yuanhong also said in a deep voice, "For such a character, we also have to consider it carefully, he is not as good as Yang Du, Liang Shiyi and others are just government officials, Guo Yu has a heavy army in his hands." ”

Feng Guozhang refused to give up and continued, "Just because he has the climate now, we should have made plans in advance, Guo Yu's income has Huafu shopping mall, and the soldiers have the land of Su Chang, he trades with foreigners, and weapons can be purchased from the Americans, and after a few years, we still have that one to control him, why not wait for him to be fledgling at this time, and we will take him down in one fell swoop, even if we don't have the intention to kill him, when the time comes, hand over his Huafu army, and let Guo Yu go abroad by himself." Feng Guozhang also stated the stakes.

Feng Guozhang still doesn't take Guo Yu's current strength to heart, as the leader of the direct warlords, he has hundreds of thousands of troops, and he doesn't care about Guo Yu's more than 10,000 people now, but Feng Guozhang has a very poor impression of Guo Yu, and now is the time for power change, so he naturally wants to kick Guo Yu, a guy who is not his own person, out of his own Jiangsu, and let him respond to himself in Jiangsu.

After all, Feng Guozhang is the overseer of Jiangsu and has direct jurisdiction over Guo Yu, and Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui have nothing to do with Guo Yu, so naturally they will not protect him, anyway, Guo Yu is in Jiangsu, and it is Feng Guozhang's own business to make trouble, so the ultimatum guò Gu Guò Feng Guozhang's mention yì, directly removed Guo Yu's position, and ordered him to go to Beijing to report on his work, pending treatment.

How do you know that only three days have passed, Guo Yu directly published an article in the newspaper, announcing the establishment of a special economic zone in Suzhou, this is not a disguised declaration of independence. Now, as soon as Yuan Shikai died, the independence of the provinces has been canceled, and even Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao in Yunnan have announced the victory of the National Protectorate Movement and directly canceled the Military Affairs Institute of the National Protector Army, and at this time, Guo Yu dared to risk the world's greatness and dare to declare independence, which Feng Guozhang never expected before.

Feng Guozhang didn't eat breakfast, so he drove to Li Yuanhong's residence, ready to discuss Guo Yu's matter with Li Yuanhong, when Feng Guozhang approached Li Yuanhong's living room, Duan Qirui had already taken a step ahead of him, and sat in the living room to discuss the matter with Li Yuanhong.

"Huafu, you're here." Li Yuanhong asked Feng Guozhang to sit down, and Li and Duan naturally knew why he came.

"This Guo Yu is so bold and dares to declare independence at this time, and he simply doesn't take the government of the Republic of China in his eyes." Feng Guozhang threw the newspaper he had been holding in his hand on the coffee table hatefully.

"You don't have to be angry, look at what he said in the newspaper, what kind of special economic zone to set up, you can see that this person is also talented, and he can come up with such a reason." Li Yuanhong said with a smile.

"President, this wind must not be long, we must teach Guo Yu a lesson, and it can also play a deterrent role, and the people at the bottom of the province think we are a new ****." Duan Qirui has a resolute personality, even if he didn't have a bad feeling for Guo Yu before, he would definitely speak to Feng Guozhang at this time.

"Before I came to the presidential palace, I received a report from the Jiangsu local government that Guo Yu had begun to mobilize troops yesterday, and the two troops were stationed in Changzhou and Wujiang counties, so that one unit directly threatened Shanghai, and it seems that this son has plans to resist by force." Feng Guozhang said.

"Do you know how many of them there are?" Duan Qirui asked.

"There should be three divisions, otherwise he wouldn't dare to divide the troops into three divisions." Feng Guozhang said this, and his brows furrowed.

"He has only been in Suchang for a long time, but it has only been three or four months, and the government at that time did not give him a soldier, a soldier, a gun or a bullet, let him develop on his own, but he didn't expect to pull up a force of 40,000 or 50,000 people in a short period of time, Guo Yu is really not to be underestimated." Duan Qirui said.

"Guo Yu can't stay, I'm going to send troops to encircle and suppress him, what do you two think." Feng Guozhang asked Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui.

"I think it's better to reprimand in the name of the War Department, and order Guo Yu to hand over his military power and go to Beijing to report on his work." Li Yuanhong thought for a while and said. Feng Guozhang disdained this statement in his heart, if Guo Yu was so obedient, he would not have received the dismissal telegram and directly reversed.

In the afternoon of the same day, the War Department of the Republic of China, in the name of Duan Qirui, sent a telegram of reprimand to Guo Yu, ordering him to hand over his military power within three days and report on his work in Beijing. Otherwise, Guo Yu will be sent to a military court for trial for the crime of disobeying military orders.

You think I'm scared, I'm afraid that your telegram won't be me Guo Yu, after Guo Yu got the telegram and read it, he directly threw it to the clerk, and then directly let the clerk record the call back, which roughly means that the Suzhou Special Economic Zone has its own military and judicial system, and it doesn't bother the government of the Republic of China.

When several people saw Guo Yu's reply, they were all furious, and directly ordered Chen Tiaoyuan, the commander of the Fifth Mixed Brigade of Jiangsu and the guard of Xuhai Town, to set off from Nanjing, Yang Shande, the envoy of the Songhu Guard, to send troops from Shanghai, and Lu Gongwang, the guard of Jiahu Town, to send troops from Huzhou to attack Guo Yu's Huafu army on three sides.

After the military department issued the transfer order, Feng Guozhang was also ready to return to Jiangsu after this period, and he sat in Nanjing to command the encirclement and suppression of Guo Yu, after all, Guo Yu now has tens of thousands of troops that cannot be underestimated.

As soon as the military department's order was issued, Guo Yu's agents received the news and informed the intelligence group of the news through the guò contact, and within half an hour, the details of the order were placed on Guo Yu's desk.

Guo Yu shook the recording paper and said to himself, "Using troops on three sides, two divisions and one mixed brigade, the number of people should be about 60,000, and you really look up to me." Then he shouted outside, "Notify all officers of the meeting." ”

Guo Yu walked into the conference room, first asked Zhou Wu to read the information to the officers who were doing it, and then said, "War is inevitable, since the enemy has hit us, we have to fight back fiercely, inform Wang Yue and Zheng Junfeng of them, prepare to meet the enemy, I allow them to have the right to arbitrarily act on the spot, how to fight they will do it themselves, I just want the result." The second pillar summoned the first division and the special combat team, and prepared to give Yang Shande and Lu Yongxiang a head-on attack. ”R1152