"President, great news, don't rush to send a telegram!" Zhang Guogan panted and ran to Li Yuanhong's side, and sent a telegram to Li Yuanhong's hand, Li Bodhisattva took it with trembling hands, and when he looked at the content on it, he suddenly burst into tears, was very excited, and shouted loudly: "The pillar stone of the Yuting Country!" O pillar of the country! ”

It's no wonder that Li Bodhisattva is so excited, since Zhang Xun began the restoration operation, Li Yuanhong knew that he had fallen for Duan Qirui, so he ran to Dongjiaomin Lane, hid in the embassy area, and then wanted to power down to the field and let Vice President Feng Guozhang take over as president.

In fact, Li Yuanhong has a hundred unwillingness in his heart, but he has no soldiers and no generals, and there is no way to clean up the chaos, so he can only choose to escape, but at this time, Zhang Zuolin issued a telegram to fight against the rebellion, and then the old Zhang jointly signed Zhang Zuoxiang, Wu Junsheng, Zhu Qinglan, Sun Liechen, Zhang Jinghui and others jointly issued a telegram, supporting Li Yuanhong as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, and Zhang Zuolin considered himself the military commissar of the rebel military command.

In the original history, the commander-in-chief of the rebel army was Duan Qirui, and Lao Duan gathered the three-way rebel army, drove Zhang Xun out of Beijing, and realized the reputation of the three-way republic.

However, because Lao Duan betrayed the interests of the three eastern provinces, there was already a serious discord between Feng Jun and Duan Qirui, Zhang Tinglan knew that if Duan Qirui was not suppressed and the loan treaty between him and the Japanese was stirred up, Feng Jun always had a sword hanging over his head, and the Japanese could use excuses to attack at any time.

Especially after World War I, the Japanese shili swelled rapidly, and if the Feng army blindly took a hard line and really broke out a full-scale war with Japan in advance, Zhang Tinglan did not have this certainty to deal with, so this hidden danger must be solved.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan came up with an idea to let Lao Zhang take the lead in rebelling, and at the same time hand over the title of commander-in-chief to President Li Yuanhong. In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of China. Li Yuanhong is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, although no one in the world takes this important identity seriously, but at this time, Li Bodhisattva is the commander-in-chief, which is well deserved.

Everyone in the world must praise Zhang Zuolin for being sensible, understanding the general situation, and taking the overall situation into account. Moreover, Lao Zhang did not know what to do and what he considered to be the deputy commander-in-chief, but proposed a military commissar system, under the commander-in-chief, the commanders of all other rebel armies could become military commissars. If there is anything, let's discuss it together.

After this method is proposed, in front of the people of the world, it is above board, and how to say it makes sense. There is nothing wrong with respecting the president, and he lowers his posture. Take the initiative to engage in the committee system. It is also a manifestation of humility.

However, this seemingly all-encompassing method has pitted one person, and that is Duan Qirui! Originally, Duan Qirui was going to be the commander-in-chief himself, but his title was snatched away by Li Yuanhong, and if he joined the rebel army, he could only become a military commissar under Li Yuanhong. Status plummeted.

As Lao Duan's confidant and think tank, after Xu Shuzheng saw this power-on, he was also furious, scolding Zhang Zuolin for being shameless.

"Chion. We can't be at the mercy of Zhang Zuolin, simply reorganize the rebel army, leave Li Yuanhong and Zhang Zuolin aside, and we can deal with Zhang Xun ourselves. ”

Duan Qirui thought about it, shook his head with a wry smile: "You Zheng, you don't understand, Zhang Zuolin's move is too ruthless, he grabbed our life, and there is no way to oppose it!" ”

Lao Duan's experience is very rich, so he quickly figured out what Zhang Zuolin meant, if you want to exterminate Zhang Xun, it is definitely not Duan Qirui who can do it alone, and other generals in Beiyang will also participate, such as Cao Kun, such as Chen Guangyuan and others will participate, if you follow Lao Duan's Jihua, they are Duan Qirui's subordinates, and they must listen to Lao Duan's dispatch, and the head work is Duan Qirui's.

If they follow Zhang Zuolin's arrangement, they are all qualified to become military commissars, which means that the big guys are all heroes who have reshaped the republic, and they are on an equal footing with Duan Qirui.

For the mentality of the Beiyang generals, Duan Qirui is very clear, like Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui is not the master of Beiyang, he is just an alliance leader, when the old Yuan was the emperor, the big guys didn't want him to kneel, so they opposed the imperial system, and now the feng shui is turning, everyone doesn't want to give all the credit to Duan Qirui, and they will definitely support Zhang Zuolin's proposition.

After Xu Shuzheng calmed down, he also thought about it, and gritted his teeth secretly: "What a powerful little man Zhang, I didn't expect a character from a bandit to have such a deep scheming, and he will definitely be a big threat in the future." ”

"Things in the future will be said in the future, the current task is to eliminate Zhang Xun as soon as possible, and we can't let Feng Jun snatch the credit for the rebellion!"

Lao Duan is like eating flies, how uncomfortable to think, but at this time Lao Zhang is very satisfied, after his telegram was sent, Li Yuanhong and Cao Kun successively issued a telegram, Li Yuanhong said that he was safe, very supportive of Zhang Zuolin's proposition, although the ability is limited, but also willing to serve as the commander-in-chief, in order to eliminate the rebellion, contribute liliang.

With Li Bodhisattva's statement, Feng Jun got the title of righteousness, and he also had the sword of Shang Fang in his hand. Cao Kun was a powerful figure in Beiyang, second only to Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, and he issued a telegram expressing support for Lao Zhang's decision, and announced the organization of the Western Route Army, which would immediately send troops to eliminate the Braided Army.

Cao Kun formed the Western Route Army, Fengjun is naturally the Northern Route Army, Duan Qirui, the dignified prime minister, can only succumb to the position of commander of the Eastern Route Army now, so Haode credit was robbed of more than two-thirds by others, Lao Duan is not to mention how depressed he is, but he can only endure it, and act as soon as possible, otherwise the peaches will be picked by others.

In fact, among the three armies, the Bong army is the farthest away, but some time ago, the Bong army proposed to carry out large-scale military exercises, and there were a large number of heavily armed soldiers along the Gyeongbong Railway, and they were very well prepared, and the management of the Gyeongbong Railway also entered a quasi-wartime system.

Therefore, the Feng army was the fastest in its movements, and between Mukden and Shanhaiguan, the Feng army had 28 divisions, an artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, and a number of road guards and a new regiment, all of which were originally used for the exercise.

Now there is no need for exercises, all of them have become rebel armies, Sun Liechen is the commander-in-chief, Zhang Tinglan is also the deputy commander-in-chief, Yang Yuting is the chief of staff, and Zhang Xueliang is also the head of the artillery regiment.

A total of more than 15,000 Feng troops, with lightning speed, quickly moved south, and grabbed ahead of everyone. Zhang Xun telegraphed in the morning to restore, Lao Zhang telegraphed in the afternoon to oppose it, and Fengjun was dispatched overnight, taking the train, directly south, and at four o'clock in the morning the next day, he crossed the Shanhaiguan.

Then the army went all the way south, unimpeded, after passing Tangshan, in front of Tianjin, and at this time Qirui was still in Tianjin to rectify the army. According to the fine tradition of the Beiyang Army, if you want to send troops, you must pay enough for the promotion and supplement the military salary, and even if these things are fast, it will take two or three days, and the Feng army appeared outside Tianjin in less than a day, and was about to leave for Beijing.

This made Duan Qirui angry, Xu Shuzheng was also furious, and this little Zhuge found Lao Duan.

"Prime Minister, let's just cut off the Jingbong Railway and block the advance path of the Feng army, so that they don't want to grab credit!"

Lao Duan's brows furrowed, to be honest, he really had this idea, and after thinking about it in his heart, he said: "You Zheng, we can't refuse openly, I think we should control the railway locomotive first, and then they shouldn't add coal and water to their train, so that the Feng army will not be able to march quickly." ”

Lao Duan was originally reluctant to use these villain methods, but he was forced by the Feng army to the present, Lao Duan couldn't help but do this, he definitely couldn't stand the Feng army snatching the first credit, Xu Shuzheng just received the order and left. The city of Tianjin was lively, and countless citizens, workers, and students were organized, holding various colorful flags and slogans in their hands, and flocked to the Tianjin Railway Station together like a festival.

There were also many newspaper reporters accompanying the procession, hugging each other before and after, lively and extraordinary, after seeing this situation, Xiao Xu was also surprised, he was ready to secretly stumble, put the army together, but so many people were dispatched, if in front of everyone, found out about their actions, then no one can afford the consequences.

Xu Shuzheng was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, who was destroying his good deeds behind his back, he couldn't be killed. Xiao Xu hurriedly arranged for people to inquire, and after knowing the news, Xiao Xu also became honest, it was the Zhou family who organized this operation, and Zhou Xuexi took the lead.

Not to mention Xu Shuzheng, even Duan Qirui didn't dare to offend the Zhou family casually, the Zhou family has been an official for several generations since the end of the Qing Dynasty, has strong connections and great influence in Beiyang, and has the name of an industrial leader in the north, even foreigners have a close relationship with them, such a background, how dare Xu Shuzheng make trouble.

Xiao Xu is also a little puzzled, the Zhou family has always been low-key, why did they come out at this time to hold stinky feet for Fengjun, and then send someone to inquire carefully, and finally figured out that the Zhou family married Fengtian not long ago, and Zhou Xinyao, the girl of the fifth master of the Zhou family, wanted to marry Zhang Tinglan, the eldest son of Zhang Zuoxiang.

The two families are going to become sons and daughters, this time Zhang Tinglan is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Feng army, and his status is still above the young marshal Zhang Xueliang, he is the leader of the new generation of the Feng army, and he is hot, and the Zhou family will support the future son-in-law, and no one can say anything.

And the news of Fan Xudong's entrepreneurship in Fengtian also spread to Tianjin, which had a great impact on the business community, although these businessmen did not want to move the industry to Fengtian, but also wanted to express their goodwill to Fengjun through a warm welcome, but also forced Beiyang to make some changes, more support for industry, so the welcome team is very large, and the Zhou family was unexpected.

The military train of the Feng army slowly drove into the Tianjin Railway Station, and on the platform, it was full of welcoming people, and the image of the heroic soldiers of the Feng army was also intuitively transmitted to the people in front of the people in the customs for the first time.

The train slowly stopped, adding coal and water, Zhang Tinglan, Zhang Xueliang, Yang Yuting and others walked out of the carriage one after another, strutting forward, and appeared in front of everyone. (To be continued......)