The Nanjing Provisional Government under the leadership of the League was not having a good time, and the most important cornerstone of supporting a regime was finance and the army!

The present Nanjing Provisional Government is not so much a central power as a federation of fifteen provinces under the leadership of the League. Without Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hubei, the influence of the Nanjing Provisional Government was somewhat smaller than in parallel history.

The governors of the fifteen provinces, each with their own abacus, have spotted that if there is a gun, it is the king of grass, who supports the army and divides one side. Although it nominally joined the Nanjing Provisional Government, in fact it still maintained a semi-independent state, and disobeyed the so-called orders of the Nanjing Provisional Government.

Brother Pao, the provisional president, looks more like a governor in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The governors of all provinces clutched the money bags and guns in their hands, and refused to hand over not a single soldier or copper. Verbally the revolutionary righteousness is loud, but in fact, can't you sleep and worry about your own one-third of an acre? Brother Pao gave orders in the name of the provisional president of the Nanjing Provisional Government, and the decrees only worked in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, and the old whips in the remaining provinces were out of reach.

In addition to Chen Qimei's heavy money to buy ordnance from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and form two divisions of the Shanghai People's Army, only two divisions of the Jiangsu People's Army in Xu Shaozhen's hands remained. In terms of structure, it is roughly equivalent to the second division in the Wehrmacht, with about 9,000 men in each division, and 36,000 in full combat. Moreover, more than half of the grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers of the two divisions of the Jiangsu People's Army have run away, and the two divisions of the Shanghai People's Army are mainly composed of the Youth Gang and the Hui Party. As for the navy, almost the entire river defense fleet was voted for the Wehrmacht. At present, the Nanjing Provisional Government does not have any water weapons that can be used, except for a sea-shaped ship and a few old mosquito boats and gunboats.

This is not over, and the Liberation Army organized by the Liberation Society is constantly making trouble. In this way, the military liliang, which was not enough to see, became weaker and weaker.

As for the finances, the only hope is for the Great Powers to borrow. Before, Sun Cannon was in sight when the victory of the revolution in the country was in sight. He once traveled to Europe to borrow money. The little bit of urine of capitalism is not given for nothing, and it is strange that the most shili Western powers are willing to borrow.

At present, the situation in Europe is getting worse and worse, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria are secretly expanding their armaments.

Japan is a good borrower for China's ambitious country, but Japan is still the younger brother behind the UK. The British support Yuan Shikai, even if Japan wants to borrow, it must be agreed by the British boss!

When Sun Dacang's Japanese adviser, Inu Yangyi, told Sun Dacang the news of Japan's refusal to borrow, the Nanjing Provisional Government, which was running out of rice, was gloomy and gloomy.

It's okay to be gloomy and bleak. However, there is also a tendency to be embarrassed internally and externally.

After Hu Shi'an took the lead, the media and people from all walks of life in Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hubei Sansheng used their pens as guns to criticize the Nanjing Provisional Government for splashing dirty water and deducting! In particular, the three towns of Wuchang and Hankou were devastated. Hanyang and Wuchang suffered heavy losses in the previous fierce battles with the Beiyang Army. If it weren't for the Wehrmacht's simultaneous attack on land and water, it would have fought in aid of Hubei. It is difficult to say whether the three towns of Wuchang will be or not.

What kind of goods is the Beiyang Army? Just look at the tragic situation in Hankow. A fire when Feng Guozhang attacked Hankou directly burned half of Hankou. Coupled with the continuous fierce battles, the three towns of Wuchang are extremely depressed in the market. Food, clothing, and supplies are very scarce, not to mention preparing for the New Year, even having a full stomach is a luxury.

In the cold winter, the three towns of Wuchang suffered from military disasters and fires. In such a situation, if there is no external force, I don't know how many people will starve to death in a winter!

After shooting a large group of local gentry who defended the law, the reconstruction of the three towns of Wuchang and the relief work in Hankou quickly got on track. Large numbers of displaced refugees were organized, and young adults were deployed in the streets of burned and bombed areas. Move the stones to clean up the site. When the remains of the victims were found in the rubble, they notified the guards on the side, sprinkled them with lime, wrapped them in cloth, and gathered them to be burned.

In addition to the wages of two coppers a day, the Wehrmacht also provided two meals a day. Old and young women and children were also organized to do some easy work such as carrying water to cook and clean toilets, and they were paid a copper a day. Tents and cotton clothes brought from Anhui and Jiujiang were distributed before the heavy snowfall, and the shacks built by the victims with wood and bricks made this winter not only starved no one to death, but also made do with the New Year.

Just rush this, I don't know how many families secretly worship Hu Dashuai's immortal tablet at home. Even the poorest small family would rather eat one less bite and save a handful of rice from their mouths to worship in front of the immortal ranking.

From the Hunan army of Lord Zeng back then, to the self-improvement army trained by Zhang Xiangshuai and today's people's army, who has ever seen such a benevolent army? Who has ever seen such a benevolent and righteous handsome?!

No matter what others think, at least the people of the three towns of Wuchang privately directly call the national defense army Bodhisattva soldiers. Now that I see someone talking nonsense with their eyes open, throwing dirty water and detaining basins on the Wehrmacht and Hu Dashuai, can the people let them go?!

This confrontation of public opinion, which is invisible to the smoke of gunpowder, faintly has a hint of the flavor of the people's war. With the help of the people of the three provinces and all walks of life, the counterattack and condemnation of the League and the Nanjing Provisional Government became more and more fierce.

After being polished and retouched by a group of writers and literati, the story of Kaoru Otsuki's mother and daughter was adapted into the Republic of China version of "Chen Shimei and Qin Xianglian". In addition to being published in major newspapers, it was also adapted into a stage play by radical students, and spontaneously staged in various crowded places. At the same time, there are also the old stories of Yangmei Governor Chen Qimei's prostitution and smoking and the life experience of some leaders of the League in Japan.

At this time, the people did not know what spiritual life was, and the conditions for entertainment were extremely scarce. In the case of a full stomach, there are free dramas sent to the door to watch, and they are all trying to make up. Kaoru Otsuki alone earned enough tears and condemnation from the women.

"Phew, what a bad guy!"

Whether Brother Pao wants it or not, this brand is buttoned up anyway.

"Zhiqing, go and find out, who leaked the secret! How could this little red guy from the countryside of Anhui be so familiar with Mr. Sun's experience in Japan back then!! ”

in the conference hall. Chen Qimei's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and she whispered to Jiang Zhiqing beside her.

Playing mouth cannon has always been the League's forte, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly. In the past, many uprisings failed, relying on its powerful ability to agitate public opinion, the League took the opportunity to suppress and smear the Qing government and earn the public's share in public opinion.

But this time, the boat capsized in the gutter, and the killer feature that had been tried and tested many times in the past actually failed. couldn't beat the fox and caused a commotion, Chen Qimei was so angry that she didn't have the strength to lift the table anymore and go crazy. You have to pay for the damage yourself, so let's think about countermeasures. This is the first time for the Alliance.

"Dudu, didn't Tao Chengzhang's gang leak it? Crazy Zhang also jumped very fiercely on this opportunity recently, and the uncertain Mr. Wang Sun splashed dirty water on his body. ”

Looking at Chen Qimei's black face comparable to the bottom of the pot, Jiang Zhiqing replied cautiously with a bitter face.

"Little red guy, sooner or later, Zhang Crazy and Tao Chengzhang will look good!"

Chen Qimei nodded noncommittally. muttered viciously.

In the conference hall, Huang Xing, who hated Hu Rui as much as Chen Qimei, also had a black face. But after seeing Sun Wen, whose face was even worse. Huang Xing was still unhappy under strong pressure. patiently enlightened Sun someone.

The disgraceful private life incident was dug up and hyped up, and used it as a selling point to question his personality. Anyone will be furious, except for hooligans born in gangsters like Chen Qimei, the politicians who will be very fond of their feathers (Chen Qimei smokes a lot of cigarettes and prostitutes have a lot of fun, I don't know if the virtue of the bald guy was cultivated when he was mixed with this Chen Qimei. ）。

Didn't there once be a saying in the West. As a politician, the code of the mount mother is integrity! Regardless of the accuracy of this sentence, just the notoriety of abandoning his wife and children (not for the first time) is jealous of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, which attached importance to the concept of family ethics. It's all a huge hit.

"The mind is not progressive, and the stubbornness is not spiritual!"

After holding it for a long time, Sun someone, who has always been elegant, roared with a black face. seems to be scolding Hu Rui and the armed forces under his command, with low ideological consciousness.

Hu Rui and the Nanjing Provisional Government started a scolding war, and the most refreshing thing is probably Lao Yuan. Looking at the two sides constantly biting back and forth, Lao Yuan had the urge to burst into tears.

This stunned man finally stopped chasing Beiyang and biting like a mad dog!

In the cheers of the Beiyang Group, Lao Yuan's henchman Yang Du even drank three glasses of aged daughter red in one go, and then looked up to the sky and laughed drunkly.

Lao Yuan's life has been full of ups and downs, and his vision is not an ordinary poison. In his eyes, the current Hu Rui and the Wehrmacht are the great enemies of Beiyang!

Lao Yuan hadn't read any books, and he didn't understand the truth, but he knew the role of the gun in this troubled world! The hard fist is the last word, and the things that Wen Zou Zou has a reputation for fishing are effective, but are they on the barrel of the gun...... I can only hehe.

In Lao Yuan's eyes, Hu Rui has still become a nail household that does not eat hard and soft. You compare your fists with him, and he fights harder than you and fiercer than you; You reason with him, and he plays hooligan with you. In addition to Brother Kong Fang, which is somewhat effective, even the armed intervention of the British boss is not good. Such a stunned person really made Beiyang feel a headache, he couldn't fight hard, and he couldn't play hooligans, and there really seemed to be no other way than to win over the accident.

The Nanjing Provisional Government's stinky move undoubtedly completely pushed this stunned man out. Yuan Shikai, who coveted the throne of the great president, finally put his mind at ease and boldly prepared to clean up the Nanjing Provisional Government.

Tang Shaoyi, who participated in the North-South peace conference as a representative of Beiyang, received an urgent telegram from Lao Yuan overnight, and then announced the termination of the negotiations early the next morning on the grounds that "the Nanjing Provisional Government has violated the agreement"! At the same time, it was also officially announced that the ceasefire agreement during the peace negotiations was automatically lifted!

"If the power of the king does not work hard to achieve the will of the people, then the presidency will be promoted, so that it can be justified. The election of the provinces is not what people want, and the oath is in the heart of the district. Every day. ”

The panicked Sun Cannon racked his brains to explain, and played with both hands to prepare. Those who did not believe in evil planned to continue the Northern Expedition, and secretly gave Chen Mingming, the acting governor of Guangzhou (Hu Hanmin, the governor of Guangzhou, who was in Nanjing and had just been appointed secretary general), to continue the Northern Expedition.

In this time and space, due to Hu Rui's commotion, Lao Yuan can rest assured that he can come and free his hands to clean up the Nanjing Provisional Government. Lao Yuan, who couldn't wait any longer, also advanced the showdown.

As early as January 3, 1912, Wang Jinming and Shi Congyun of Luanzhou, Hebei Province (now part of Tangshan City), and Feng Yuxiang, the leader of the 80th Standard 3rd Battalion of the 20th Town, contacted the revolutionary party organization in Tianjin, the Northern Republican Association (the president was Bai Yayu), to secretly raise money and instigate an uprising. In January 1912, Wang, Shi and others were instructed by the League to launch an uprising. On January 3, Luanzhou declared independence, established the "Northern Revolutionary Military Government", and elected Wang Jinming as the governor of the capital, Shi Congyun as the commander-in-chief, and Feng Yuxiang as the chief of the general staff.

Tangshan is not far from Tianjin, which is also the barrier of Beijing, and the uprising of the Twenty Towns undoubtedly planted a nail in the side of the Beiyang Army. In the past few days, the Beiyang Army, which had been fighting in the three towns of Wuchang a while ago, could only swallow this breath, and Lao Yuan told the Manchu court to put pressure on it, and it was impossible to move the troops if they lived or died.

On January 14, 1912 (the suppression of the Twenty Towns Uprising in history should have been on January 10, but it needed to be slightly changed here because of the plot) Lao Yuan gave an order. The Beiyang Army set up an ambush in Tianjin. According to the order, the Northern Revolutionary Army, which attacked Tianjin, encountered a long-planned ambush by the Beiyang Army at Leizhuang. Under the intensive artillery offensive, the northern revolutionary army attacking Tianjin suffered heavy casualties, and Wang and Shi were lured to the Qing army camp for negotiations, arrested by ambush soldiers and shot. Bai Yayu and others broke through the siege in defeat and were also shot. Feng Yuxiang escaped.

The fanged Beiyang Army did not relent. The head was cut to the ground. After paying a lot of blood, the revolutionary army in the north did not achieve an inch and collapsed in an instant.

"Comrades Keqiang, Wang Jinming, and Shi Congyun died, and our revolutionary Liliang in the north was almost lost, how can this be a good ......?"

After being shocked by the telegram and breaking out in a cold sweat. Sun Cannon, who knew that he was playing with fire, hurriedly summoned a group of die-hard cronies to a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

“……”

Huang Xingzhi rolled his eyes, big brother, you are my brother! This order to continue the Northern Expedition was given by you. Now that the attack on Tianjin has failed, and the Northern Revolutionary Military Government has finished playing with it, it will be remembered to figure out a way......

What else can be thought of about this?! This is all torn face, and I can only take it!

"Gu Qing, tell me."

Seeing that Huang Xingguang rolled his eyes and didn't gnaw, Sun's face darkened a little more, and he directly named him.

Xu Shaozhen was the commander of the Nanjing garrison, Huang Xing was silent, and Sun Cannon immediately turned over Xu Shaozhen's brand. Chen Qimei, who was in the back, swallowed and spat very consciously, ready to be asked.

"President, at present, there are only two divisions of the Jiangsu People's Army, each with a strength of 9,000 people, and there is an extreme shortage of grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers. The firearms can be basically unified, and the batch of Hanyang made by Zhang Xun patrol battalion when he took over Nanjing was also handed over, plus the original inventory of the ninth town, it can be made by Hanyang for one person. There are only some Schneider 37 rapid-fire guns and 57 retreat guns originally equipped with the Jiangning patrol battalion, 12 Makqin machine guns, and none of the 75 mm caliber guns. There was also not much ammunition, about 120 rounds per rifle, less than 4,000 rounds of ammunition for the 37 and 57 guns, and the military pay was still ......"

Xu Shaozhen stood up stiffly, snapped her fingers and said.

"Gu Qing, I want to listen to the way, not the suffering!"

Sun, whose face was becoming more and more ugly because of the data, interrupted unhappily.

“……”

Xu Shaozhen rolled her eyes.

"President, do you want to send a telegram to Hubei and Anhui, what kind of position is promised, and ask them to send troops to support? They are all revolutionary comrades, Yuan Shikai acted perversely, intending to provoke a civil war and sabotage the revolution, and our revolutionary comrades should unite as one at this juncture. ”

In a strange atmosphere of rolling his eyes, Song Jiaoren suddenly spoke.

"Fisherman, be careful! This reactionary warlord is an opportunist who has infiltrated the ranks of the revolution, and we should have expelled such scum long ago! ”

Before Sun could speak, Li Liejun jumped up.

In parallel history, this product can be regarded as a fierce general, and he became the governor of Jiangxi. In this time and space, as a rare military talent in the Alliance, Li Liejun was still appointed as the governor of Jiangxi, but ...... In name only, Jiangxi has long been under the control of the national defense forces.

In front of a nominal governor of Jiangxi, it is self-evident how aggrieved and depressed this thing is, so this will be the first to rise.

"I'm afraid that if we go to the telegram, people may not buy it......"

Hu Hanmin sighed faintly.

“……”

Huang Xing, Chen Qimei and others became more and more ugly, but they were noncommittal about Hu Hanmin's words.

Where to go from here, and how to choose?

There was a gloomy cloud in the conference room, and the head of the Alliance, Sun Someone, was also worried. (To be continued......)