Jilin's "changing sky" was actually the day before the incident in Guangzhou. Because of the discovery of the change of the governor's yamen, in the case of not being able to contact the Guangdong headquarters, Lu Shan showed extremely rare courage and responsibility, and resolutely ordered the arrest of the main officials of the provincial government below the governor Zhu Jiabao, took over the defense of Jilin, and sent a flying horse to notify Cheng Erhu of the Changchun Department and the Shi Dashou department of the twin castles at the junction of Jilin and Heilongjiang to take action immediately!

Jilin was occupied by the Northern Army of the Mengshan Army after a short fierce battle, this day was the evening of July 27, strictly calculating the time, and this moment was the moment when Wang Mingyuan persuaded Zhou Fu to surrender. Therefore, the honor of Shouyi should be recorded in Jilin and not in Guangzhou. This is a historical case, so much so that twenty years later, someone "overturned" the case for Jilin.

Fortunately, the next day, Lu Shan received a telegram from Guangzhou, so there was no need to worry about disrupting Long Qian's pace. Therefore, Jilin even responded to Guangdong before Shandong electrified.

Interestingly, the whole country and even the world were in chaos because of the "rebellion" of the three provinces, but the main planner Long Qian was still on the way to Guangxi and rush back to Guangzhou.

Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Jilin, who had been notified by telegram before the incident, was finally unable to escape, and Governor Zhu, who had already left the city, was marked by the cavalry of the 18th Town in the afternoon of the next day, oh, now it is Jiang Cunxian, the commander of the cavalry regiment of the 9th division of the Mengshan Army. Zhu Jiabao, who was sad in his heart, drank the standard camp that was ready to resist, knowing that he was by no means an opponent.

"If you want to kill, Zhu deserves it, please let Jiang Biaotong let go of my brothers!" Zhu Jiabao shouted.

"Why is Lord Zhu doing this? Commander Lu has no intention of harming us, if he submits to our army. There will be a lot of borrowing in the future. Jiang Cun saw that Zhu Jiabao was interested, and he was also happy in his heart. ordered the disarmament of the 100 cavalry who fled from the city with Zhu Jiabao, "Brothers, for the time being, as long as you don't make senseless resistance, our army has no intention of harming us." Come back to the city with me. ”

So far, Zhu Jiabao has actually contributed to the development of the eighteen towns, and the prince has always regarded the eighteen towns as his own force, cultivating them in many ways, but he did not expect that it has always been a legacy of tiger breeding.

"Commander Lu?" Zhu Jiabao saw Jiang Cunxian's kind attitude, and his heart was much more settled.

"Lu Commander's real name is Lu Shan. I have long been the deputy commander of the Mengshan Army. This time, my handsome family raised the righteousness of Guangzhou. Lu Shan has been appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Mengshan Army and commander of the Northern Army. ”

The generals of the Northern Army, who were eager for war and eager to return to their hometowns in the south, had long been looking forward to this day. Since the end of last month, I received a telegram order for the establishment of the headquarters and the reorganization of the troops, and I have been holding back for a whole month!

Listened to Jiang Cunxian's words. Zhu Jiabao slapped himself hard.

But. Zhu Jiabao refused to cooperate with Mengshanjun. This man has no grudges against the generals of the Northern Army. Therefore, he did not receive any ill-treatment, but was placed under house arrest in his former residence in the backyard of the governor's yamen. Lu Shan personally ordered that Zhu Jiabao's family should not be disturbed, except for the loss of freedom, this governor is alive and well.

But other officials in Jilin were not so lucky. The commander of the Jilin patrol battalion, a total of 21 people below the Jilin prefect were killed, and their family property was not included in the army. These people were all considered to be die-hard loyalists of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and had many troubles for the Eighteen Towns, including the Jilin Domain, which had many difficulties for the Eighteen Towns because of their military spending.

The inevitable armed conflict resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries in Jilin and Heilongjiang, half of whom were innocent civilians in Jilin, Changchun and other cities. In a great era of changing dynasties, this price is not too big.

It has been a few days since the main cities of Jilin were basically controlled, and according to the plan formulated in advance, Shi Dashou's 10th Division would first attack Heilongjiang, occupy Qiqihar, disarm the Qing army in Heilongjiang, and then return south after the southern expedition had no worries, secretly assemble on the front line of Changtu Hall, and then undertake the strategic task of detouring the right flank of the northern army.

Eighteen Towns is constrained by both weapons and personnel, and has not expanded rapidly in the past two years. Prior to "27 July," the Northern Army had secretly completed the reorganization of its troops in accordance with the instructions of the General Headquarters, with a total of 12 infantry regiments consisting of two divisions and four brigades, four cavalry regiments of three divisions and one small regiment, and two artillery regiments.

After determining the general task of capturing Fengtian and Shanhaiguan and containing Beiyang and relieving the pressure on Shandong, the leaders of the Northern Army headed by Lu Shan repeatedly studied and formulated a plan for the southern expedition by dividing the troops into two routes.

The first plan was to divide the troops into two routes, from Jilin to the east of Hailong, and then along the main road south to Huinan, along Huinan, Qingyuan, over the Tiebei Mountain straight to Fushun, from the east to Fengtian. The 10th Division marched south to Mukden along the Changtu and Tieling roads, and after the two divisions joined forces to capture Mukden, they then marched west to Jinzhou and attacked Shanhaiguan.

After receiving the latest report on the enemy situation from the headquarters, it was learned that the sixth town of Beiyang showed signs of going east to Mukden, and the northern army believed that the original plan was no longer feasible. The two divisions were divided into east and west, and could not echo each other, and if the 6th and 20th towns were combined, the strength would be stronger than that of the 9th or 10th divisions. There is a danger that they will be broken by each one. Because the headquarters and the intelligence department have repeatedly warned that Sixth Town should not be taken lightly. Lu Shan decided to revise the original plan, abandon the route of attacking Fengtian from the west of Qingyuan in Huinan, concentrate the infantry in the Ninth Division, and personally lead the strengthened Ninth Division along Changtu and Tieling to Fengtian, attracting the main force of the Sixth Town to advance eastward, and after the void of the Liaoxi Corridor, the cavalry was concentrated in the Tenth Division, starting from Changchun, passing through Kangjiatun, passing through the front banner of the left wing of Horqin, passing through Dubiercheng (now Zhangwu), Fuxin, and Yixian to Jinzhou, going around a big circle, and copying the back road of the Sixth Town. Lu Shan judged that the supply of the sixth town came from Guannei, and once Jinzhou was lost, the two towns of Beiyang outside the Guanxi suddenly became a lonely army, and the battle was fought here, and victory beckoned to him.

This plan was approved by the generals of the Northern Army. Deng Qinghua, who had a conservative personality, led the staff office to agree to the plan after repeated deductions. The plan was formulated on the basis that after the Ninth Division was strengthened into three infantry brigades and most of the artillery, it would not necessarily lose even if it singled out the 6th and 20th Towns. The 10th Division, which consisted mainly of cavalry, was sparsely populated, and the difficulty was to replenish supplies, but fortunately the season was good, and the horses could forage on the spot. Even if the 10th Division can't defeat Jinzhou, or if the 6th Town doesn't leave Shanhaiguan, the 10th Division's appearance in front of Shanhaiguan will also be a great threat to the 6th Town, in that case, the 9th Division will successfully defeat the 20th Town and occupy Mukden, and the strategic intention of the headquarters has basically been completed.

In order to plot outside the customs, Long Qian went out of the customs in 1903 with the "Bailing Detachment". The selected generals were all the best generals under him, Lu Shan, Fan Deping, Deng Qinghua, Cheng Erhu, Xiong Xun, Sheng Guang, Shi Dashou, Jiang Cunxian, Shang Fengchun, Xu Gongzhi, and Ding Xiaofu, all of which were the choice of the moment.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Eighteenth Town is considerable. This is the only unit of the Mengshan Army that has fought the modernization war, and the generals of the Northern Army who have passed the bloody test of the Battle of Fengtian in 1904~1905 have more experience in the operation of large corps than the Shandong Army and even the Southern Army. During the period of the garrison in North Manchuria, the main task of Lushan was to suppress the bandits, and in the past few years, the horse bandits and mountain bandits entrenched in Jilin and Heilongjiang were wiped out, and the cavalry of the troops became the main feature, except for the combat cavalry. There were also a great number of horses in the baggage regiment. It is an advantage that Kannai does not have. Even the infantry, because they participated in the anti-bandit operation for more than two consecutive years, their ability to run long distances was also higher than that of the Southern Army and the Shandong Army.

One of its shortcomings is that the troops are highly arrogant and have poor discipline. This point is not as good as the two front armies in Guannai. The second is that the construction of base areas has not been carried out thoroughly. Lack of mass support. The third is the poor supply of ammunition and the absence of a consolidated logistics base. Although in recent years, several arsenals have been established in Guannai, especially with the support of Zhu Jiabao, which can reload bullets. It can make inferior explosives, and it can also repair firearms, but cannonballs can't be made, and guns and cannons can't be made. Fourth, the troops are not very full; because the population of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces is extremely sparse, it is very difficult to recruit troops; among them, Xiong Xun's 25th Brigade and Cheng Erhu's 28th Brigade are considered to be fully staffed according to the headquarters establishment, while Fan Deping's 26th Brigade and Ding Xiaofu's 29th Brigade are seriously lacking in personnel. In particular, although the Ding Xiaofu Brigade had three regiments, each regiment had only two battalions.

In a word, the Northern Army is conducive to quick battles, not to lasting. From this point of view, the Northern Army can only be invincible if it has reliable contact with Shandong.

To establish the Northern Army, Long Qian only appointed Lu Shan as the commander and gave the establishment of two divisions and four brigades, which was of course determined according to the strength reported by Lu Shan. But the appointment of the next rank officer was not specified, which was the greatest trust in Lushan.

After deciding on the plan for the southern expedition, Lushan adjusted the establishment of the northern army, and announced it without approval because the radio station had been unable to contact Guangdong.

At the beginning of August 1909, the establishment of the Northern Army was as follows: Commander of the Northern Army: Lu Shan; Deputy Commander: Shi Dashou; Chief of Staff: Deng Qinghua; Chief of Staff Jiang Fangzhen;

Ninth Division: Division Commander, Lu Shanjian; Deputy Division Commander: Fan Deping; Chief of Staff, Deng Qinghua. Commander of the 25th Brigade, Xiong Xun; 26th Brigade Commander Fan Deping (concurrently);

Tenth Division: Division Commander Shi Dashoukan; Deputy Division Commander: Cheng Erhu; Chief of Staff: Shang Fengchun; Commander of the 28th Brigade: Cheng Erhu (concurrently) Ding Xiaofu, commander of the 29th Brigade.

Commander of the Cavalry Brigade directly under the Central Government: Sheng Guang; It has jurisdiction over three cavalry regiments.

Lu Shan adjusted the order of troops, and the 10th Division was under the jurisdiction of the 28th Brigade of Cheng Erhu and the Shengguang Cavalry Brigade, and Shi Dashou commanded him to use a large detour to the south. The 29th Brigade of Ding Xiaofu, the original 10th Division, was transferred to the 9th Division, and he led the attack on Mukden. The artillery regiment of the 10th Division carried only one mixed battalion of caliber 57 and 37 to follow the 10th Division south, and the rest were transferred to the artillery regiment of the 9th Division.

Lushan no longer stayed in the north to garrison troops, and the whole army went south, smashing out of the ground with a hammer, leaving no back. In Jilin, the provincial capital, Lushan left only one infantry battalion to guard the families of the officers.

On August 5, 1909, Fan Deping, Cheng Erhu and other generals led the army to return to the south, and the main force of Lushan, which was actively preparing for the southern expedition, met in Changchun, and on August 6, the head of the Northern Army held the last military meeting in Changchun Hall.

Two days later, the northern army divided into two routes and began the southern campaign of the Mengshan Army to dominate the world.

Jilin has changed abruptly, and Fengtian is already rumored. After receiving the warning from the central government, Tang Shaoyi, who had been serving as the governor of Fengtian for nearly five years, went to the headquarters of the 20th town all day long, and held continuous meetings with Zhang Shaozeng, the commander of the 20th town, and the main officers of the 20th town to discuss how to deal with the crisis in the northeast.

Tang Shaoyi regretted coming to the Northeast for a long time. Although it is an unusual number to be promoted from the prefect to the governor, although the Kanto region was the "land of dragon prosperity" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu center attached very little importance to the Kanto. Moreover, the population outside the customs is sparsely populated, even if it is the most prosperous Fengtian, it cannot be compared with the capital of Dayi, the vast territory of Fengtian Province is still less than 15 million, and even the two provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang have a population of only about 30 million, which is not as good as Shandong Province.

Not to mention the economy.

To be an official, you should not only talk about your rank, but also about your position. Tang Shaoyi, the governor of Fengtian, cannot be compared with Yang Shixiang's governor of Shandong, let alone the governor of Jiangsu. In Tang Shaoyi's eyes, it is even better to go to Shanxi in Fengtiangan. Last year, he worked hard to level out Shanxi. But it didn't work out. With the decline of Yuan Shikai in the center, he felt that he had been abandoned.

What's worse is that the eighteen towns are reversed! Tang Shaoyi never imagined that the small army that he followed all the way from Lunan to Tianjin would become such a huge force ten years later, when this force opened his hideous face and shook off all the disguises on his body to show his majestic body, Tang Shaoyi regretted that he did not take refuge in Long Qian as soon as possible.

Tang Shaoyi is not an old-style bureaucrat. Although he grew up in the Manchu bureaucracy. With the experience of studying in the United States, his knowledge and insight far surpass that of his peers, and he has always been in favor of a constitutional monarchy or even a democratic republic. Of course, a constitutional monarchy can be spoken. A democratic republic must not be mentioned. When he saw Long Qian's "survey". I actually agreed with the message drafted by Long Qian (actually Hong Yuecheng)!

Tang Shaoyi has been thinking about Long Qian these days! Tang Shaoyi, who thought he had a good relationship with Long Qian, even thought that if he rebelled against Twenty Towns, with this credit, he would not be treated badly by Long Qian. He knew that Long Qian had a very high opinion of himself. I also know Long Qian's ability to engage in the economy. I know more about Long Qian's importance and appreciation of himself.

But Tang Shaoyi, who had no military power, did not dare to express his "rebellion". It's not just that he doesn't have the right to transfer the twentieth town, but more importantly, he thinks about Yuan Shikai, the old lord. Yuan Shikai was driven home by the imperial court and now switched to the camp. It's not like I'm sorry for Lao Yuan.

Now, the situation has pushed the civilian official to the forefront, and he must make the worst possible choice.

Twentieth Town is a hodgepodge. This new military town, which was established after the Eighteen Towns, is theoretically regarded as the Beiyang armed forces, because its 40th Association mainly comes from the 6th and 4th Beiyang Towns, and the other Association, the 39th Association, is reorganized from the Fengtian Patrol Battalion.

Now serving as the commander of the 20th town is Zhang Shaozeng, Zhang Zuolin, the 39th assistant commander, and Wu Luzhen, the 40th assistant commander.

The commanders of this unit, who were relied on by Tang Shaoyi, all had ghosts.

Zhang Shao, the commander of the system, had his heart set on revolution, and Wu Luzhen, the commander of the 40th Association, was simply a revolutionary party. And Zhang Zuolin, the strongest in the 20 towns, is also a grass on the wall, and the heart of wait-and-see is very heavy.

It is a great spectacle that the four military and political chiefs who decided the fate of Mukden had different thoughts at the critical moment of changing the dynasty.

Zhang Shao was Chinese New Year's Eve. Studied military affairs in Japan, graduated from the Japanese army with honors, majoring in artillery, and Jiang Fangzhen, who became the chief of staff of the Northern Army of the Mengshan Army by virtue of his real talent, is an alumnus, but a little later than Jiang Fangzhen. He was lucky, after returning to China, he worked as an instructor in the Zhili Training Office, and the two younger brothers of the current regent, Zaixun Zaitao, are all considered his students, probably have this relationship, and he can be promoted like a rocket in the Beiyang Department, which does not pay much attention to the foreign military academy students, and he became a town commander within three or four years of returning to China. You must know that the qualifications of the current commanders in Beiyang have not been in the army for more than ten or twenty years?! Of course, Zhang Shao once took over the Twenty Towns, which is related to the fact that the center does not attach much importance to the Twenty Towns.

Wu Luzhen is a revolutionary party, which we have already introduced. But it was not Wu Luzhen's 40th Association that supported the combat power of the 20 towns, but Zhang Zuolin's 39th Association.

Zhang Zuolin, who was born in the patrol battalion, was also a battalion commander when the Lushan detachment came out. It also started by relying on the opportunity of the Russo-Japanese War. The Lushan detachment helped the Russians according to Long Qian's instructions, and became famous in the Battle of Mukden, and later won the favor of the Russian side and the imperial court, and was able to be stationed in Jilin and trained into a town. However, Zhang Zuolin helped Japan drive out Russia, and with the help of the Japanese, he strengthened his strength in the Russo-Japanese War.

Zhang Zuolin has always envied Lu Dashan, who will meet once in the family. People have gone the right way, and now they are the commanders with tens of thousands of male soldiers, a whole level higher than themselves, this level is a moat, with Zhang Zuolin's background, don't think about crossing it in this life. If Lord Zhao, the general of Fengtian who admired him at the beginning, might have a glimmer of hope, in the Beiyang Army, which is now dominated by the Beiyang Military Academy, his background is destined to come to an end.

If it is about strength, Lu Dashan, who beat the beards who made Lao Maozi helpless in the north Manchuria, is not only a little bit stronger than himself, I heard that the old Maozi troops who withdrew from the north have taken a lot of good things, and they have supported the strength of a town without relying on the imperial court. It is said that Lord Liangbi inspected the eighteen towns and praised them.

Zhang Zuolin, who has always been good at winning the game, has chatted with Zhang Zuoxiang, Tang Yulin, Wu Junsheng and other henchmen more than once, and thinks that he will never be able to pass the level of Heigoutai, so Zhang Zuolin now hears that the North Manchurians have created a rebellion against the Manchus, and knows that he is going to face that Lu Dashan, he is extremely worried, for fear that he will lose half of his life's hard work in a battle. (To be continued......)