The battle of Ji'an ended like child's play, and when Long Yunfei's cavalry appeared in front of Li Chun's scouts, Li Chun no longer cared about the life or death of Hu Hansan, a sworn brother, because there were at least seven or eight such brothers in Jiangxi.

Li Chun's very decisive command withdrew from Jiangxi and went to Nanjing, where Feng Guozhang had already reorganized the Sixth Division, and Li Chun would also serve as the commander of the Sixth Division.

In the battle of Ji'an, less than 30,000 troops disappeared in one day, the news came out, the whole province of Jiangxi was in an uproar, and Lin Hu, the commander of the third division of the Jiangxi army guarding Nanchang, was still hesitating whether to revolt like Ouyang Wu. Because he is different from Ouyang Wu, during the Second Revolution, he accepted the benefits of Lao Yuan, and defected at Hukou, and now if he goes back, Li Liejun may not let himself go.

It's a pity that time waits for no one, he hesitates so much, the officer under him doesn't do it, on the night of February 24, there was a mutiny in Nanchang, in fact, there was not much movement, that is, the army of the regiment surrounded the division headquarters, and then Lin Hu was tied up.

On February 25, Tao Zhiyue and Li Liejun Shuai's First Division of the Youth Army entered Nanchang City.

Subsequently, Li Liejun merged the three divisions of the Jiangxi Army into the Jiangxi Protector Army and appointed himself commander-in-chief, and then led his troops to Fujian with the 1 million yuan promotion fee provided by the Youth Army. There, Xu Chongzhi's army was engaged in a tug-of-war with Li Houji's army outside the city of Fuzhou. The two sides have been fighting back and forth for twenty or thirty days, and they are already at the end of the crossbow, and no one has the strength to pick up anyone. The most important point is that compared to Li Houji, who controlled the Fuzhou Arsenal, Xu Chongzhi's ammunition that had been stockpiled before the uprising and obtained from Wang Zhenyu was gradually running out. You must know that if there are no bullets, no matter how many rifles there are, the effect is not as good as a burning stick.

Therefore, Xu Chongzhi urgently telegraphed Sun Yat-sen to inform him of the truth and requested that a batch of ammunition and materials be allocated as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered the headquarters to suspend the attack and wait for reinforcements.

Li Houji, on the other hand, naturally saw the reality of the Protector Army, but because of his own lack of troops, he had no choice but to follow the example, and while sending a telegram to the Yangtze River Patrol Envoy in Nanjing and the War Department in Beijing to send reinforcements as soon as possible, he ordered his headquarters to be on strict alert. As a result, this situation, which was called a sit-in war by later historians, lasted for more than half a month in one breath, and if Li Liejun did not come again, it is estimated that it would not be a big problem to last another half a year. Anyway, it's just how anxious the boss at the top is, and the gang of soldiers at the bottom is very satisfied with the status quo, and the top is urging tightly, rushing two steps, putting two shots, and then lying on the ground and listening to each other's sounds, and then look at the sun in the sky, when it is not far from the back of the mountain, everyone will finish work and eat, and it will be another day. In the words of Xu Chongzhi's chief of staff, Luo Yiqun, in his report to Sun Yat-sen, this army has no revolutionary spirit at all except in the name of revolution. But now Sun Yat-sen can rely on such an army, and at this moment, Chen Jiongming also took the risk of being seized from Guangdong, and entered Fujian with the second division of the Guangdong army, and the war situation in Fujian and Zhejiang is about to undergo earth-shaking changes......

"What, Nanchang was also lost?" Yuan Shikai felt an irrepressible sharp pain in his chest, these days there has been constant bad news, and Lao Yuan's body is also getting worse day by day. The lower body is even more painful every day because of uremia, but it is difficult to speak.

Yuan Shikai also punished Yuan Keding, Yang Du and others not long ago, but they were just no longer summoned. The situation has reached this point, and Lao Yuan knows that even if he kills all these people who drummed for the imperial system at the beginning, it will be useless.

Just yesterday, on February 23, as soon as Li Yuanhong announced the independence of Hubei and advised him to abdicate as soon as possible, Yuan Shikai fainted directly in Jurentang. So today, when I saw Li Liejun announcing the power of Jiangxi's independence, Yuan Shikai was not in Zhongnanhai Jurentang, but in the presidential palace in Tieshi Hutong. It seems that he was hit by the news of the loss of Hubei yesterday, and when he saw the news of the loss of Jiangxi today, Yuan Shikai did not faint again.

"It's too fast, a huge province can't even support it for a month, and you lose a province in eight or nine days, where is this attacking, and the march is at this speed." Yuan Shikai threw away the message, as if he didn't want to look at this thing anymore, but sighed on the bed alone.

The aunts and wives who served Lao Yuan hurriedly went to call the person who was doing the work for Lao Yuan in, but Lao Yuan shook his head at the person who came and said: "Duan Zhiquan doesn't know the general situation, I don't have anything to say, you tell Hua Fu and Pingqing about the affairs in the south for me, let them think about it, and don't need to ask me here." In addition, please ask Xu Lao to come out, organize the government, and raise materials, we Beiyang still have to think of ways to maintain the situation. Well, by the way, send someone to invite Lei Zhenchun to come to me. ”

This Lei Zhenchun is also a superlative, originally served as a military envoy and commander of the Seventh Division in Henan, but was transferred to the director of the Military and Political Law Enforcement Department of the Beijing Division. This was originally a fat difference, but let Wang Yaqiao toss them in the Beijing-Tianjin area, I'm sorry, and even the old nest was served to the so-called iron-blooded salvation association. Lao Yuan originally planned to replace this old boy, but firstly, there was no suitable candidate at that time, and secondly, the situation slowly stabilized (Beijing Station turned into a latent state), so the director has not been replaced.

Moreover, Lei Zhenchun is also very active and loyal on the issue of the imperial system, which is very rare for Lao Yuan. If the councilor doesn't open his eyes, our Director Lei will immediately arrest someone, and then make up a charge of fornicating with the party.

Such a loyal and good comrade, Yuan Shikai wanted to do something at this critical time, and he naturally thought of him.

"Emperor Bixia, Zhenchun is here" Although Yuan Shikai has restored the title of President of the Republic of China, Lei Zhenchun, who claims to be a vicious dog and a loyal dog, doesn't care about this, he still calls Lao Yuan as Emperor Bixia.

Lao Yuan seemed to be a little satisfied with this, so he didn't correct this mistake: "Zhenchun, how did you do the things assigned to you last time?" ”

Lei Zhenchun immediately remembered what it was, the last time the old man asked him to kill Chen Qimei, the leader of the rebellious party who was active in Shanghai, he was a little muttered at the time. Because this Chen Qimei is not simple, he is from the Green Gang, and he is also a figure with a head and face in Shanghai, and the most important thing is that he is also an expert in assassination, and it may be difficult to kill such a person easily.

But Lei Zhenchun still replied respectfully: "Back to the Great Emperor Bixia, this matter has been done, the operatives have entered the concession of Shanghai, and they are laying out, just wait for Chen Yingshi, the fat fish, to take the bait." ”

Yuan Shikai is half-lying on the bed at the moment, with his back against a thick pillow, he is also a good person, Lei Zhenchun was obviously perfunctory when he said it just now, and what he said was the same as if he didn't say it. But in times of crisis, there are only so many people who can use them. Yuan Shikai nodded very hard and said: "Zhenchun, this matter is done well, but let's not rush this matter first, I still have a big thing for you to do that will determine the future, and after you finish this errand, the southern provinces, you can just pick one to be in charge." ”

What is the situation in Beiyang now, Lei Zhenchun is very clear, he is very doubtful that the old man's promise can be fulfilled, but now besides the old man, who else can he rely on? In the past few years, the law enforcement department has done a lot of bad things, if it weren't for the old man protecting himself, he would have been picked up by others, he naturally bowed down and said: "Please Emperor Bixia command, Zhenchun must go to the soup and fire, and he will not give up." ”

Yuan Shikai nodded with satisfaction, motioned for Lei Zhenchun to sit down, and ordered the others to leave. Then he grabbed Lei Zhenchun's hand and said: "This southern rebellion is because I miscalculated the opponent, I only thought that Cai Ye was our henchman, but I didn't think that the real opponent was Wang Zhenyu, a guy who pretended to be a pig and a tiger, careless, careless." ”

"The Great Emperor Bixia doesn't have to blame himself, I think that Wang Zhenyu is just a clown who jumps into the beam, and he can't toss for a few days, and then the soldiers in front of him will use their lives, and his fate will be the same as Bai Lang and the like." Lei Zhenchun did not forget to comfort Lao Yuan.

Yuan Shikai shook his head and said: "I have a copy of the news transferred by Japanese diplomats here, this news is related to the case of Prince Qing's Mansion that year, and the Japanese found out that the money from King Qing's Mansion was transferred from Tianjin several times, and finally entered Wang Zhenyu's pocket. In other words, Wang Zhenyu, who was a hostage in Beijing back then, actually did so many things under our noses, and the most ridiculous thing is that I listened to Xiong Bingsan's words, thinking that this kid was a fool, and actually let him go. Now it seems that this is simply a return to the mountain. ”

Lei Zhenchun's face immediately couldn't hang up: "It's actually him, damn it!" ”

If you want to say what Lei Zhenchun's greatest wish in life is, it is definitely not to be promoted to become rich, but to clean up the guys who made themselves disgraced in Beijing back then. Now Lao Yuan actually told him that the mastermind of those things that day was Wang Zhenyu, how can you let him not be angry.

"Great Emperor Bixia, you say, the minister should do something" Lei Zhenchun asked almost through gritted teeth.

Yuan Shikai wanted such an effect, he coughed a few times, and said quietly: "It is impossible for us Beiyang to defeat Wang Zhenyu and them by military forces alone, and I don't know how long Nanjing can last." Those foreign devils don't have a good thing, and seeing that we are narrowing, they even stopped taking out loans. I thought about it, but I could only find some masters and kill Wang Zhenyu. This youth army is based on this person, and he is still young, his sons are young, and there is no one who can take over, once he has an accident, the youth army will be lively inside, and at that time we Beiyang will have a chance to turn the tide of the war. So Zhenchun, this matter is different from killing a ruffian hooligan like Chen Yingshi, you must pay attention to confidentiality and implement it personally, if you don't succeed, you can only become a benevolent. ”

Lei Zhenchun nodded and said: "Emperor Bixia, please rest assured, I will go to arrange, no matter what this time, I will calculate the new account and the old account together, and I must kill Wang Zhenyu, a kid who doesn't know whether to live or die." ”