On August 3, Long Qian returned to Guangzhou. After learning about the development of the situation in Guangzhou and Guangdong in the past 10 days, it was too late to commend Wang Mingyuan and others for their exploits in launching the Guangzhou uprising, and the first thing he did was to inquire about the whereabouts of the Guangdong Navy Battalion. After learning that Wang Mingyuan had mobilized the headquarters guard battalion and a temporarily transferred artillery battalion, with the cooperation of two security regiments (Huizhou and Guangzhou), surrounded and disarmed the naval battalion commanded by Li Zhun, the commander of the Guangdong naval division, and that there were basically no casualties in the naval battalion and that Li Zhun himself was safe and sound. Although he had explained in advance that he would try his best to settle the Shui Shi camp peacefully, Long Qian still held his sweat.

"Well done! You must know that Li Zhun is a patriotic admiral, and we are really short of people in the navy. Originally, he was supposed to go to Huizhou to meet Brigadier General Li in person, but the round trip of six or seven hundred miles was too delayed. In this case, I will write a letter, and you will take the time to go to Huizhou in person to hand over to Brigadier General Li, and apologize on my behalf by the way. He said to him, "Our soldiers should be loyal to this country, and they should not be loyal to one family or one surname." There is no shame in the surrender of the sailor battalion to the Mengshan Army, this is our first naval force, and he should believe that whether it is treatment or future, it is definitely much better than doing a good job for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The future is not visible for the time being, but the military salary is fifty percent higher than the original! Including the training and maintenance fee of the sailor battalion, all of them will be paid in full! This time, our President Jiang did a good job in Shanghai, and Meng Shanjun was not short of money for the time being. When we build the country, we will vigorously develop the navy, and Xisha and Nansha will all want him to guard it! Not with small wooden boats, but with large warships that are not inferior to or surpass the great powers to defend our sacred sea frontier! Long Qian said to Wang Mingyuan with a fluttering eyebrow.

Wang Mingyuan personally commanded the encirclement and disarming of the naval battalion, knowing that Li Zhun was unwilling to surrender. Instead, he was forced by the pressure of the artillery, and was concerned about the casualties of his ships and soldiers, so he ordered to surrender, and agreed with Wang Mingyuan not to harm his soldiers, and not to dismantle the cannons on the warship for other purposes.

Because Long Qian had explained in advance, as long as Li Zhun surrendered, he could agree to any conditions. Therefore, Wang Mingyuan agreed to Li Zhun's conditions and urged the Huizhou Navy Battalion to settle peacefully. Now that Long Qian values Li Zhun so much, Wang Mingyuan disagrees with it, but he also knows that recruiting and surrendering rebellion is the bearing that the founding monarch should have, and afterwards he went to Huizhou again according to Long Qian's instructions. By the way, the Huizhou regiment was brought out and incorporated into the Eighth Brigade. Li Zhun was a little moved after reading Long Qian's handwritten letter. It was much kinder than the first meeting with Wang Mingyuan. Because the salaries and expenses were quickly paid, the officers and men of the Navy Division Battalion were very stable.

Long Qian did not stay in Guangzhou for a few days. After carefully studying the situation between Guangzhou and Guangxi with Wang Mingyuan, Situ Jun, and others, he took the time to meet with Zhou Fu and celebrities in Guangzhou's business circles, and held a one-hour press conference held by the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department. This is the event that Long Qian has scheduled. After looking at the "survey". Long Qian thinks something needs to be clarified. Moreover, because Guangzhou is an open place in China that is not inferior to Shanghai, the strong forces are intertwined and intricate, and they are righteous to the Mengshan army. For example, the German consul visited the headquarters of the Mengshan Army and relocated to Guangzhou, expressing his willingness to help the Mengshan Army morally and materially, and there was no other branch. Long Qian thought twice and asked the Political Department to organize this event.

The miraculous "resurrection" of Qiu Jin, the former influential figure, immediately shocked the reporters attending the press conference. Qiu Jin's high-profile appearance even stole the limelight from Long Qian, the commander of the Mengshan Army. For this reason, the press conference was delayed for 20 minutes.

The reporters asked Long Qian a bunch of questions, because it was the media chosen by the General Political Department, and they had made an agreement in advance that they were not allowed to ask questions such as the Empress Dowager Cixi's great favor and now the Empress Dowager's body was reversed, nor were they allowed to ask questions about military plans, because the commander-in-chief would not answer such stupid questions. What can be asked? You can ask for the rest, it's loose enough, right?

Half of the participants were foreign journalists. They were anxious to learn some of the policies of the Mengshan Army. The sudden exposure of the strength of the Mengshan Army made them realize that this was not a small fight by the revolutionary party, but an epoch-making event! This military general, who had previously suppressed the revolutionary uprisings in Guangdong and Guangxi, suddenly joined the anti-Qing camp, and he would undoubtedly be the one who raised the banner of anti-Qing rebellion. It's simply legendary, too much of a literary work's personality conflict material

The reporters, especially the reporters of the foreign media, threw out a series of questions to Long Qian, and when they found out that the neat but tired commander of the Mengshan Army could actually communicate in English, the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic.

Qiu Jin found that Long Qian was particularly good at dealing with reporters, and he could even respond to foreign reporters' quirky questions with humor. For example, the reporter asked him, "As a general of the Qing Dynasty, but you raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, is this considered duplicity as the Chinese say? Long Qian smiled and said, you know that the beautiful man in our Chinese's minds is the kind of handsome and elegant son with a white face and beard. You say, if I had another face, would I wear this one?

The conference room erupted in laughter. The foreign reporters understood Long Qian's ungrammatical English, which was actually an allusion to President Lincoln, and was appropriated by Long Qian here, and the "laughing fruit" was just as good.

Qiu Jin, who presided over the reception, and Xu Si, who was in charge of recording, were all laughed back and forth by Long Qian's words. Qiu Jin paid special attention to Xu Si, perhaps in Xu Si's eyes, Long Qian was the most beautiful man. In fact, he is just darker, with a heavier beard, and Qiu Jin, who has a heroic and extremely masculine personality, thinks that Long Qian is a man.

Perhaps, power can glorify men. Holding great power, especially a figure like Long Qian who is making history with a strong soldier in his hand, is very attractive in the eyes of many women.

In response to the question of assuming the success of the "revolution", how would the Kiyo be treated? How is the central government established? What is the national body? What is the form of government? Whether or not he would cooperate with Sun Wen and his family to oppose the Qing Dynasty and these sensitive issues, Long Qian talked about them eloquently without hindrance. Long Qian gave a positive answer to the question of the interests of the great powers in China, which they were most concerned about, and even the question of the ratification of a series of treaties imposed on China, saying that there is no doubt that the Mengshan army will dominate the future republican government, but the Mengshan army will never be a dictatorial government, and this is also the established policy. The central government of the future. It does not necessarily take place after the overthrow of the Manchus, but it may require a modest transition time, such as the formation of a provisional government to establish a provisional constitution, which will be elected after the country's political system has been established. Of course, this transition period will never last, and I personally believe that two years is enough. As for diplomacy, I personally believe that history should be respected. How to deal with all the problems left over from history to the new government is a matter of public opinion. Here I would like to make an attitude clear. The new government of the republic. It must be a government based on the rule of law, an open, inclusive, civilized, and progressive government, and a government that is willing to establish diplomatic and economic ties with all countries based on equality and mutual assistance.

This is a clever statement that does not say that those unequal treaties will be recognized. For example, the Gengzi indemnity that weighed on China's head. Nor does it say that the Old Testament will be torn up. One is to obey the public will. Very clever reply.

Foreign correspondents basically got what they wanted. Although many reporters from the Chinese media have been somewhat dissatisfied since Qiu Jin and below. Reporters thought that although the press conference was only 80 minutes, it was extremely informative. Journalists generally believe. The Long Qian general, Yun Wen Yunwu, who suddenly dominated the headlines, showed extremely outstanding military, political and even diplomatic qualities. The Mengshan Army had such a commander, which was a great misfortune for the Qing Empire.

After the high-profile appearance of the reception, Long Qian appointed Wang Mingyuan as the commander of the Guangzhou garrison, while stabilizing the rear and straightening out the logistics supply channels, and on the other hand, he hurriedly reorganized his third division to ensure that the rear of the Northern Expeditionary Army was safe.

On August 3, the 1st Division of Fengguozhu, which had completed the reorganization and assembly, had stepped out of Shaoguan, and its vanguard, the 1st Brigade of Yan Shulin, officially entered Hunan, officially opening the curtain of the Northern Expedition. The First Brigade began to gallop and roar like a wild horse. On August 4, Yizhang was occupied, and Chenzhou was conquered on August 6, and the first brigade advanced more than 50 kilometers a day.

Due to the rapid progress of the First Division of Feng Guozhu, Long Qian immediately led the General Staff organs to move to Shaoguan, established an advance command post, and commanded the Northern Expedition nearby.

On August 10, the Battle of Dezhou officially began, and on that day at a meeting of the League held in Tokyo, Japan, several factions within the League were in serious conflict.

The sudden upheaval of the country shocked the leaders of the League, who were frustrated by the successive failures of the armed uprisings, and realized that the opportunity for the League had come.

But where the opportunity lies, the leaders of the League are deeply divided. It should be noted that Huang Xing, who escaped the pursuit of the Mengshan Army, finally returned to Japan after many hardships. However, he fell ill due to extreme fatigue and did not attend the meeting of 10 August.

Sun Wen, who had planned to go to the United States again to raise funds for the alliance, canceled his trip due to the great changes in the country, and the meeting on August 10 was of course chaired by Premier Sun Wen.

The meeting unanimously agreed that Long Qian's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty had brought an opportunity to the great cause of the revolution, and that it was necessary to make arrangements in the country as soon as possible, but in terms of the direction of action, three voices would appear in the alliance.

As mentioned above, the League is actually a combination of the three anti-Qing forces, and Sun Wen's Xingzhong Society is mainly the Guangdong faction. Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren's Huaxing Society was mainly the Hunan faction. There is also the Guangfuhui of Zhang Binglin and Tao Chengzhang (Qiu Jin belongs to this faction), mainly the Jiangsu and Zhejiang factions. Under pressure from the Qing court, the three factions united to form an alliance, but in fact the internal integration has not been completely integrated.

Since the uprising of the Hunan and Jiangxi Border Sect in 1906, a series of armed riots organized by the League have all ended in disastrous defeats and heavy losses after the main force of the Longqian Department moved south. This led to a great weakening of the power of the Cantonese faction represented by Sun Yat-sen and the resulting infighting.

The first was the split between the Restoration Society and the Alliance led by Tao Chengzhang. Originally, the first leader of the Liberation Society was Zhang Binglin, who was released from prison in Shanghai in June 1906 and went to Japan, where he was warmly welcomed by the members of the League and the students studying in Japan. The newspaper "Minbao", the organ of the League, was changed to Zhang Binglin as editor-in-chief. At that time, in the League, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, and Zhang Binglin were also prestigious leaders, especially Zhang, because of his profound knowledge and high prestige in intellectual circles. However, Zhang Binglin was dissatisfied with Sun Wenri's domineering style, and Zhang Binglin left the League in 1907 and returned to China, studying his knowledge while writing some articles on the current commentary. After Zhang left, Tao Chengzhang, a native of Zhejiang, became the leader of the faction of the Restoration Society. At the end of 1907, Tao Chengzhang, who was dissatisfied with Sun Wen, instigated some members of the League in Tokyo, advocating the convening of a congress to remove Sun Yat-sen from the post of prime minister and elect Huang Xing as his successor. However, Liu Kuiyi, who was close to Huang Xing and presided over the daily affairs of the alliance, did not approve of this approach. So Tao Chengzhang's proposal did not materialize. But the rift has been created. In 1908, Tao Chengzhang and some members of the Liberation Society traveled to Singapore and various parts of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) to reorganize and restore the organization of the Liberation Society, and clearly expressed their opposition to the leadership of the League. In this case, Tao and Sun can no longer cooperate.

The second was that the members of the League in the provinces of the Yangtze River valley were dissatisfied with Sun Yat-sen's efforts to launch an uprising in southern China. In the autumn of 1907, they organized the "Kyojin Association" in Japan, which was not regarded as a separation from the League, but in fact it was already a parallel organization to the League, and he changed the average land rights in the four sentences of the League's program, "expelling the Tartars, restoring China, equalizing land rights, and establishing the Republic of China" into such nondescript slogans as equal human rights, which once again confirmed the anachronism of Long Qian's slogan of equal land rights. However, its organizational form still continues the party's method of "opening incense halls and forming alliances and joining the gang". It also proves its backwardness.

The Cantonese faction led by Sun Wen believes. With the main force of Long Qian's Northern Expedition entering Hunan, there will be a vacuum again in Liangguang. It was conducive to the activities of the League in Liangguang and advocated continuing to carry out the "revolution" with the goal of Liangguang. Hu Hanmin and Wang Zhaoming were supporters of this proposition, but Sun Wen's proposition was immediately opposed by Tao Chengzhang, Tan Renfeng, and Song Jiaoren. Especially Song Jiaoren. Unceremoniously noted. Because the Longqian military clique categorically broke with the Manchus. Moreover, the establishment of a "republican and democratic new China" is fully worthy of our cooperation. Now that everyone is on the same front again, the anti-Qing campaign has become a common goal. How could he go to Long Qian's rear to make an uprising? Isn't this helping the Manchu Tartars? How does this make the people of the whole country view the League?

Song Jiaoren's rebuke was supported by Tan Renfeng. Tan Renfeng thought that the forward of Long Qian's department had left Shaoguan, and the front of the army was directed at Hengyang, which showed that he took Wuchang as his strategic goal. In the past two years, a group of our comrades have successfully entered the New Army of the Eighth Town, and have also established literary societies and other organizations in Wuchang, which have the basis for doing things, and the attention of the Manchu Tartars has been attracted by Long Qian, which has created conditions for us to do things.

In this case, the main force should be invested in Wuchang, if we take the three towns of Wuhan before Long Qian's army approaches Wuchang, a situation will be created in which we can talk to Long Qian, on the one hand, to deal a severe blow to the Qing court, and on the other hand, to show our strength. Otherwise, we will have no place in the country in the future!

The key is in the latter.

Tan Renfeng's subconscious, Long Qian exposed such a huge strength, and the anti-Qing Dynasty would be successful. The political situation after the collapse of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the goal that the League should pay attention to. Of course, Tan Renfeng's idea is to establish a united front with the Long Qian military clique.

Sun Wen changed color when he heard this. Without waiting for him to refute, Tao Chengzhang said, I think it is more feasible to do things in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. For what? Long Qian's attack target was Wuchang, and he must have no time to take care of the southeast. At the same time, it also attracted the power of the Qing court to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Jiangsu and Zhejiang have become a vacuum, and the rubber stock crisis that broke out in Shanghai recently has a spreading trend, which has been a great blow to the Qianzhuang ticket number, so it has created conditions for us to do things, and I think it should be done in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Hu Hanmin knew Sun Wen's thoughts, and said, Everyone, before determining the direction of action, we must first figure out a question, that is, what is Long Qian? Is he our enemy or friend? In the past three years, how much blood has Long Qian had on his hands? How can you try to cooperate with him?

"That's the problem. Long Qian, like the Manchus, was the sworn enemy of the revolution! Sun Wen shouted.

"I don't agree." Song Jiaoren said, "Long Qian used to be our enemy, but now he is not. Our goal is to overthrow the Manchus and establish the Republic of China, and Long Qian is also doing the work of overthrowing the Manchus, so we can't unite with the Manchus, right? Wouldn't that be even more shameless to see the martyrs under the Nine Springs? ”

"That's what Dull Chu said. Once an enemy, now we can't be friends. It was Tao Chengzhang who spoke. Since he accidentally learned that Qiu Jin was still alive and served as the propaganda director of the General Political Department of the Mengshan Army, Tao Chengzhang's perception of the Longqian Group naturally changed.

Sun Wen's face turned pale, "In that case, the alliance will be dissolved." Powerful forces can form another party. ”

Song Jiaoren was shocked when he heard this, "How can you say this?" ”

Sun Yat-sen said coldly, "Party members wantonly attack the prime minister, and there is no alliance without the prime minister?" ”

Tan Renfeng immediately retorted, "The study of the meeting, of course, you have to speak freely, I just put forward what I think is the correct proposition, how can I become an attack on the prime minister?" ”

"To disobey me is to betray the party." Sun Wen shouted.

"If you say so, whatever you want." Tan Renfeng left the table angrily.

The Tokyo Conference on August 10 caused a split in the League. Afterwards, Tan Renfeng and Song Jiaoren did not listen to Huang Xing's advice and decided to create a situation in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. To this end, the Central Committee of the Alliance was established and planned the action based on Wuchang. The Central Committee took away most of the strength of the Alliance, and even Liu Daoyi, who escaped from nine deaths, also joined.

Tao Chengzhang insisted on developing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the remnants of the Guangfu Society turned their attention to the southeast.

It was the Cantonese faction that firmly supported Sun Wen. In view of the current situation of the League and Sun Wen's strong demand, the "authentic" part of the League was formally reorganized into the Chinese Revolutionary Party, with Sun Wen as the premier, and an executive body was established. But they also knew that it would be more difficult to deal with Guangdong under Long Qian's control than it was under Manchu rule. Huang Xing and Liu Kuiyi, the two leaders of the Huaxing Association, not only did not agree with Sun Wen's proposal, but also bitterly felt that the League was split, and they were caught between them, which was very difficult.

In order to show their continued support for Sun Wen's revolutionary cause, Huang Xing and Liu Kuiyi eventually joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party.

The Tokyo Conference on August 10 effectively announced the end of the League's historic mission. Sun Wen, a leader with a firm personality and single-handedly set off an anti-Qing wave, has since faded out of the stage of history, which is due to historical limitations. He always demanded unconditional obedience from within the League, just as subjects submitted to the emperor. He has never been able to figure out the correct relationship between the leader and the members of a modern political party, whether there is a leader before a political party, or whether there is a political party before a leader, and how the leader of a political party is formed. He never realized that the question of the role of the individual in the formation of the historical torrent was precisely because of his long absence from the front line of struggle, which led to the decline of his prestige within the organization. And the most critical is the issue of leadership, since Long Qian raised the banner of anti-Qing, Sun Wen has realized that the leading power of anti-Qing is not in his own. This would result in a lack of its place in China's power structure after the fall of the Manchu Dynasty. It is inappropriate to help Qing Qing fight against the dragon, and it is unwilling to help the dragon destroy the pure heart, and it cannot be said that there is no desire for power behind it. (To be continued......)