Chapter 19: Crazy Expansion (1)
Qin Yu now goes home to accompany his wife every day in addition to work, and Mrs. Qin is also by Erin's side every day to watch Erin not let Erin do this and that, and even the group does not allow Erin to go, here Erin is very troubled, in the concept of Westerners, you can go to work if you have a child, but in China, you are pregnant and don't let you do anything, the difference is very big.
Qin Yu gathered Chen Fu and them again to discuss the progress of Chen Fu's work and confirmed that the next move was foolproof.
Qin Yu and the others sat around a large round table, drinking hot tea while discussing, Qin Yu sat on the main seat and took a sip of tea before asking Chen Fu and them: "Tell me how you are preparing now, and if you need anything, you can tell me." ”
Chen Fu stood up first: "My affairs in Xuzhou are ready, 10,000 soldiers are ready, as long as you speak, you can attack, but I don't know what we should do when we encounter the Beiyang army during the operation?" ”
Qin Yu knocked on the table: "We just need to control the southern part of Shandong, there will be no Beiyang Army in the south of Shandong now, if we encounter it, we will annihilate them, and we are not allowed to have other armies in the place under our control, but you don't want to go north, it is now the territory of the Beiyang Army, don't rush in, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law, Xuzhou is the bridgehead we will go north in the future, the strategic significance is more important than any place, and it is so close to the Beiyang Army, we must hold Zaozhuang when the reinforcements have not arrived, The Linyi area must not be lost. ”
"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission."
At this time, Wang Li stood up and said: "I don't have any problem, that is, the revolutionary party is very rampant in the Huangshi area, and they once came to persuade me to join the revolutionary party, but after I refused, they did not leave but continued to propagate in nearby towns, and now many people have joined the revolutionary party, am I afraid that when the time comes, I will clash with them and annihilate them?" ”
"Ignore them, then you will invite them out of the southeast of Hubei, if they don't know each other, they will all be dragged to dig coal, no matter who encounters such a situation, they are willing to do so, a group of guys who are full of food and nothing to do are used and don't know, let them reflect on it."
Li Bingying and Chen Kai asked, "Are we going to do something in Beiyang?" ”
Qin Yu: "What you don't want to do is to slowly develop our party members, pass on information to us, and use this opportunity to quickly improve your military position, and strive to have a large number of troops in the next Northern Expedition plan, and then come to attack inside and outside, from now on, we will not have any contact to avoid the suspicion of the Beiyang Army." ”
Qin Yu said to Qin San, Li Dahai, and Han Ming who were in Shangqiu, Zhumadian, and Xinyang respectively: "The three of you must also guard against the Beiyang Army, and take advantage of the fact that the Beiyang Army has not yet reacted to open up the three of you to form a protective line to protect Anhui, Qin San, you not only have to connect with them, but also connect with Chen Fu, Han Ming, you also have to connect with Wang Li, I want to make an extra-long protective front from Shandong to Jiangxi to protect the territory we are about to get." ”
At this time, Chen Fu and the others knew why Qin Yu had arranged them like this in the first place, it turned out that Qin Yu had already thought of this, and Jiang Fangzhen was very shocked, he was really a genius, who wanted to be an enemy with him, he didn't even know how to die.
After discussing it again, Qin Yu asked them to rest, Jiang Fangzhen didn't walk there and kept admiring: "Brother Qin is amazing, you actually started to arrange such a long front a few years ago, it seems that the rumors of the Berlin Military Academy are true, when I left, General Attenborough was still saying that we have produced an incredible military talent in China, it turned out that Brother Qin, admire and admire!" ”
Qin Yu was also very proud of the praise of the military strategist he liked very much in later generations, the praise of the idol, how rare it is.
Qin Yu squinted: "It's nothing, it's just a clever mind, Brother Jiang's talent is not under me, I can't be busy without your help." ”
Jiang Fangzhen felt that it was also the same, Qin Yu's shop was too wide, and he would definitely not be able to be busy by himself, and after chatting for a while, Jiang Fangzhen also left.
On the night of October 10, 1911, gunshots rang out in Wuchang City, and the Wuchang Uprising broke out, and the revolutionaries of the 8th Battalion of the New Army Engineering fired the first shot of the Wuchang Uprising, seized the Chuwangtai Ordnance Station located near Zhonghe Gate, and successfully occupied the entire Wuchang after a night of operation, and established the Hubei Military Government.
This time, the Qing government was very shocked, and immediately stopped the autumn exercises in Yongping (now Lulong County, Hebei), and ordered the Minister of War Yin Chang to rush to Hubei, and all the armies in Hubei and the troops going to the aid were left to their control; Commander Sa Zhenbing led the navy and the Yangtze River Naval Division to quickly sail to the Wuhan River.
On the 14th, the Qing government organized the first, second, and third armies, with the fourth town of the army and the mixed third and eleventh associations of the army that accompanied Yinchang to Hubei as the first army, and Yinchang as the military commander (also known as the president); With the Fifth Town of the Army as the Second Army, Feng Guozhang as the military commander; With the Janissaries and the Army's First Town as the Third Army, and Zaitao as the military commander, the three armies quickly assembled near Hankou.
On October 18, 1911, the armies of the Hubei military government and the Qing government were fighting in Hankou, Qin Yu officially began his crazy expansion, he reorganized the new army in Anhui into five divisions, one division of 10,000 people, his first, second, and third divisions entered Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi respectively to master these three provinces, the fourth division was sent to aid Qin San, to help them withstand the Beiyang Army, and the fifth division remained in Anhui to maintain order.
After the departure of the first, second and third divisions, Qin Yu led people to surround the Anhui Governor's Mansion with the help of Nei Ying, Anhui Governor Zhu Jiabao was surrounded in the Governor's Mansion, Zhu Jiabao usually accepted bribes from the Qin family, and turned a blind eye to Qin Yu's affairs in Anhui, and now he didn't expect Qin Yu to surround him, he was very angry, but in order to save his life, he obediently raised the white flag and surrendered.
When Qin Yu saw him, he asked Qin Yu puzzled: "Why are you doing this, I treat you well, how can you be so ungrateful?" ”
"I want to respond to the revolution, the Manchu Qing is no longer suitable for China's development, I want to overthrow the Manchu Qing, if you follow me, I will promote you to be the governor of Anhui."
"No, it's impossible, rebellion is a capital crime, this will turn heads, you better let me go."
Qin Yu saw Zhu Jiabao's frightened look and said impatiently: "For the sake of you helping me, I will let you go, but after I succeed, I still have to wronged you now." So saying, he asked for someone to take him down.
An hour later, Qin Yu electrified the whole country:
It has been 70 years since China was invaded by Western powers in 1840, and China has been in a dire situation of being slaughtered by others for these 70 years, while the Manchus have not achieved self-improvement; The corruption of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was no longer suitable for the development of our country, and for the sake of the general interests of the country and the nation, the Pontic Communists decided to respond to the revolution to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and break Anhui from the rule of the Manchus from now on.
I declared the independence of Anhui, temporarily became the governor of Anhui at the unanimous demand of the people, and appointed Jiang Fangzhen as chief of the military general staff of Anhui.
Anhui Governor Qin Yuzi
October 18, 1911
This telegram shocked the whole country, this was the first province to respond to the Wuchang Revolution, the Manchu Qing were very shocked, and quickly contacted Yuan Shikai to ask him to send the Beiyang Army to Anhui to suppress the revolution.
And Yuan Shikai was also very shocked, and was discussing with Yang Du, the leader of his wisdom group, what to do, now the Beiyang Army is in Zhili and Shandong to strictly prevent the uprising of the revolutionary party, and he has sent the main force to suppress the military government in Hubei, and now he has no ability to suppress it, and he knows Qin Yu's identity, Qin Yu is definitely a difficult bone to gnaw, and he may lose Yan zhòng, which is not cost-effective.
Yuan Shikai was very puzzled: "What do you say about this Qin Yu, but it's the opposite." ”
Yang Du: "It's nothing more than the word interest, his base camp is in Anhui, now the revolutionary party is powerful, if you don't want your family property to be revolutionized by the revolutionary army, you can only respond to them, so that they can't start with him, and it is more beneficial to the Qin family to control Anhui, with the economic support of the Qin family, Qin Yu will be very strong, I'm afraid a big warlord will be born." ”
Although Yang Du said this, he still didn't believe that Qin Yu's purpose was only like this, but he still reminded Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai, who heard Yang Du say that Qin Yu would become a warlord who was going to be a separatist, was very angry, broke the cup on the table on the spot, and said angrily: "Damn, now the country is chaotic enough, he actually took advantage of the fire to rob." ”
Yang Du hurriedly persuaded: "Yuan Gong should be ready, I think after Anhui independence, many provinces and cities will follow the independence, and now the revolutionary party in the south is the great enemy." ”
Yuan Shikai also shook his head helplessly after hearing this: "Alas, in the troubled times, it seems that we have to prepare." ”
The revolutionary army, which was fighting the Qing army in Wuchang, was greatly encouraged when they learned of Anhui's independence, and they were full of energy to sacrifice their lives for the revolution.
And Sun Dacang, who was far away in Japan, was also very happy after hearing the independence of Anhui and wanted to return to China as soon as possible, but he did not find Qin Yu's telegram and did not say that he wanted to join the Wuchang military government.