After sending He Sui to the guest room to rest, Cheng Ziyin and Zhang Huizan returned to the headquarters. No pop-up window updated quickly // Both of them stopped talking, each fell into deep thought, only the candle flame danced with the wind from time to time, making their figures sway from side to side on the wall, only a little angry.

After a while, Cheng Ziyin opened his mouth and asked, "Shihou, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Huizan pondered and said: "The news He Sui said has two very key points for us: first, is Wu Suiqing really ready to raise righteousness? If there is fraud in it, we naturally don't have to think too much, just keep the lady pass, and they can't do anything if they want to. Second, if Wu Suiqing really wants to raise righteousness, how should we respond? Is it to stick to the lady and not be able to pass, and sit and watch Wu Suiqing's success or failure? Or inform Yan Baichuan and let him lead the 43rd Mixed Association to go north together? Or do we not inform Yan Baichuan and throw off our arms and do it alone? This matter is very important, and I am afraid that I will have to telegraph to Zhao Xietong before I can make a final decision. ”

Cheng Ziyin said: "It's naturally no problem to let Zhao Xietong make up ideas for us, but the stakes are very high, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain in the telegram." And He Sui has also repeatedly emphasized just now, let us keep it strictly confidential. We can't go back on our word and get fat! ”

Zhang Huizan can be regarded as hearing the sound outside the strings: since Yan Xishan slightly showed his betrayal, Cheng Ziyin "once he is bitten by a snake, he is afraid of grass ropes for ten years", and even Mr. Sun's brother-in-law Zhao Jingxing is suspicious, as if he is the only one who is the most loyal to Mr. Sun in the whole world. Understanding this meaning, Zhang Huizan said: "Then please ask Brother Huchen to command!" Our lady is close to these two thousand people. But the horse is the first to look forward. ”

Cheng Ziyin nodded: "Then Cheng Mou thanked Brother Shihou first!" The two questions you just mentioned. I would like to share my opinion. First of all, I think that Wu Suiqing is sincerely prepared to raise righteousness. Why? The identity of He Sui and others in the alliance cannot be faked, Zhang Shaozeng's advice to Lan Tianwei cannot be faked, and Wu Suiqing's edict of consolation and persuasion is also not fake. These are the crux of the matter, and if they cheat, as long as we check them carefully, they will be exposed. And as long as our army doesn't get out of the Niangzi Pass, this trap is a joke. Why would they spend so much money to devise a clumsy trap here?

"Since Wu Suiqing is sincerely preparing for the revolution, the crux of the matter becomes how we should deal with it. If possible, I'd like to break it down into three steps: First. We mainly rely on the old Brother No. 88 to assist Wu Suiqing in raising righteousness and purging the diehards loyal to the Qing court and Yuan Shikai in the sixth town. The second step is to work with Wu Suiqing to persuade Zhang Shaozeng, Lan Tianwei and others. Change the military admonition to a revolution by force. The third step was to join forces with Wu Suiqing's troops to go north and capture Zhili and Jingshi. ”

Zhang Huizan hesitated a little: "Brother Huchen, your plan is not bad, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and we have no soldiers at hand!" It's no problem to assist Wu Suiqing in cleaning the Sixth Town, but what if Wu Suiqing can't control the Sixth Town? Isn't the brother we went to help a meat bun beating a dog - there is no return? Even if Wu Suiqing can master the Sixth Town, what if after the matter is completed, he sees that our army is small and suddenly turns against him? Most of the people in the world can share weal and woe. Thou shalt not share riches. Yan Baichuan is a lesson from the past! ”

Archimedes said, "Give me a fulcrum, and I will pry the whole earth." Of course, if he really wants to pry the earth, at least he needs a lever that is long enough and hard enough in addition to the fulcrum. Now, Cheng Ziyin and Zhang Huizan are similar to Archimedes who has empty ideas, and sufficient troops are the missing fulcrum and leverage.

Cheng Ziyin thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Shihou, we have all forgotten three important things. First, the number of the Sixth Army Town stationed in Shijiazhuang does not exceed 10,000. Because the Eleventh Association of the Sixth Town had been organized by the Qing court as the first army to go to Hubei 20 days ago, and it was not in Zhili at all. At present, Wu Suiqing only has the 12th Association, the 6th Standard of Cavalry, the 6th Standard of Artillery, etc., and the total number of people does not exceed 6,500.

"Second, although we are throwing off our arms and doing it alone, we might as well borrow Yan Xishan's name when discussing with Wu Suiqing. We and Yan Xishan's forces combined. It is exactly the same number as Wu Suiqing's department. When Wu Suiqing wanted to come and didn't want to go north, Yan Xishan attacked him from Niangzi Pass again. Therefore, we must not dare to act rashly.

"Third, when we assist Wu Suiqing in cleaning the Sixth Town, we might as well kill the killers, take the opportunity to weaken their forces, and take advantage of the chaos to absorb some of the remnants of the army. We contributed people, guns, and efforts, and charged a little interest at the end of the day, so he Wu Suiqing has nothing to say, right? Under the situation of eliminating the advantages of the other, can Wu Suiqing An fight our idea again? ”

Zhang Huizan was about to nod in agreement, when the staff officer suddenly knocked on the door and said, "Report to the commander, our army's radio station has received several important news, please take a look." ”

The two looked at each other: the opportunity to verify the truth of what He Sui said had come!

Although they had heard He Sui mention many major events that happened during the day today, when they actually saw the news, they were still shocked by the dazzling information:

At 7 o'clock in the morning of November 6, Zhang Shaozeng, the commander of the 20th town, and Lan Tianwei, the commander of the 2nd Mixed Association, jointly sent a telegram, strongly demanding that the Qing court reorganize the imperial cabinet, convene a congress, and implement constitutional government.

At 8 a.m. on November 6, the CBC (China Broadcasting Corporation) urgently broadcast the news that "the Imperial Cabinet announced its resignation on the night of the 5th", and then newspapers of all sizes across the country also published the news with front-page headlines. In an instant, the whole country became boiling, and no one knew whether Yixuan and others took the initiative to resign in advance, or were coerced by Zhang Shaozeng, Lan Tianwei and others who were close to their elbows and passively disbanded the cabinet. But there is no doubt that except for a few parties such as Zaifeng, Yixuan and Yuan Shikai, the whole country believes the news.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning of November 6, the prime minister of the "Imperial Cabinet" Yi Xuan led the assistant ministers Na Tong, Xu Shichang and other cabinet members to officially enter the palace to resign. The regent Zaifeng's persuasion was fruitless, so he could only accept his resignation with tears.

At 12 noon on November 6, the regent Zaifeng sent a telegram to the world, deciding to appoint Yuan Shikai as prime minister of the cabinet, and urging him to enter Beijing as soon as possible to form a cabinet to handle various military and political affairs.

At 4 p.m. on November 6, Yuan Shikai, the governor of Huguang, issued a telegram, saying that "the prime minister of the cabinet has a very important responsibility, and he is deeply concerned about the load of Fuke, and I sincerely ask for the revocation of his fate." Later, it was reported that Yuan Shikai had arrived in Zhengzhou at noon, that is, after receiving the news of Yixuan's announcement of his resignation, he hurriedly left for the north, which shows that he is determined to win the post of prime minister, and the so-called "imploring to take back his life" is just his pretentious gesture.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of November 6, the regent Zaifeng sent another telegram to the world, announcing that Yuan Shikai had been appointed prime minister of the cabinet and asked him to go north to form a cabinet as soon as possible.

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Reality fully confirms that sentence: it's not that I don't understand, but that the world is changing too fast!

Zhang Huizan raised his head after a while: "Brother Huchen, it seems that what He Sui said is completely true." So what do we do now? ”

Cheng Ziyin slammed the table: "What should I do?" Mess up and see who's fast! Looking at Yuan Shikai's fake virtue, he will have to refrain at least two or three times before agreeing, and it is estimated that he will enter Beijing tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow during the day. Of course, Yuan Shikai is not a fool, he will never go north alone, and there must be a large army to open the way to protect him.

"According to this calculation, if we want to join forces with Wu Suiqing, we must solve the problem of the sixth town before dusk tomorrow, and then the coalition army will go north and join Zhang Shaozeng, Lan Tianwei and others in the capital, and the Qing court will be caught off guard. Otherwise, once it is delayed for a few days, with only the six or seven thousand people in the sixth town, tens of thousands of imperial guards in the north, and Yuan Shikai's elite Beiyang soldiers in the south, they will be wiped out in a few days. When the time comes, we will suffer from the pond fish, even if there is a lady who is in danger, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape! ”

Zhang Huizan also got up: "Okay, people die and birds are facing the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years!" Let's do another big one today! ”

Ignoring He Suigang's lying down to rest, he hurriedly sent someone to invite him and told him the latest situation. He Sui became anxious after hearing this: "Our Wu Tongzhi is the first student of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, known as one of the 'Three Masters of Non-commissioned Officers', and is the leader of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School in the Beiyang Army. In recent years, in order to restrain Yuan Shikai's power in the six towns of Beiyang, the Qing court reused the Japanese non-commissioned officer faction. Yuan Shikai has always believed that among the Beiyang soldiers, only our Wu commander can compete with him, so 'there is Yuan without Wu, and there is Wu without Yuan'. When the First Army moved south, the Eleventh Association of our Sixth Town was originally intended to be weakened. If Yuan Shikai leads his army north now, he will never miss the opportunity to exterminate our army. In this way, our army is in danger! ”

Zhang Huizan said: "It's not a secret, our army now has a standard force in Niangziguan, and more than half of them have suppressed bandits in the northeast, and they have the strength to fight." What Commander Cheng means is that we will work together to solve the internal problems of the Sixth Town before dusk tomorrow, and then contact Zhang Tong, Lan Xietong and others while going north, and strive to meet outside the capital. I don't know what happens to your army? ”

He Sui frowned: "It seems to be a little too anxious, right?" A lot of things haven't been planned yet! ”

Cheng Ziyin said impatiently: "Time is urgent, the military situation is like fire, what else is planned?" We just want to mess around, and finally fight who is fast! By the time they made a careful plan, Yuan Shikai's butcher's knife had already reached his neck! ”

Zhang Huizan also said: "As long as Yuan Shikai goes north, he will definitely pull out the nail of the sixth town first." There are tens of thousands of Praetorian Guards in the north of the imperial court, and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang elite soldiers in the south, flanking on both sides, plus the internal instability of the people, I am afraid that when the time comes, you can only take some of your cronies to our lady! ”

He Sui gritted his teeth: "Okay, I'll go back and discuss with Wu Tongji." Please also send someone back with me, so that we can contact each other when the time comes. ”

Cheng Ziyin and Zhang Huizan nodded secretly: The victory or defeat of the Eastern Expeditionary Army is in one move! (To be continued.) )