Li Chunhuo Ran turned around and glared angrily: "Chief of Staff Xiangtao, what do you mean by this?" Persuade me to betray the marshal? ”

Ding Xiaolan hurriedly defended: "How can Xiaolan not know the governor's loyalty to the marshal? How dare you persuade the governor to betray the commander? It's just that the humble position slightly understands the truth that 'the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected'. Free eBook download // Privately speculated that the situation in the Gyeonggi area should be tense now, so the marshal will give the order to withdraw troops to the north. However, Jiangxi is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and if there is really any urgent matter, the dust has already settled when we rush back so far; Moreover, there are now four or five divisions or more troops stationed around Gyeonggi, and if we can't solve them, it is estimated that it will be useless for us to rush over. If it's just scabies, why do we bother going back and forth? In case Li Xiehe (Li Liejun) kills a horse pistol, won't we have to go south again? ”

Li Chun was silent, as if he was wondering if Ding Xiaolan was reasonable.

Ding Xiaolan hit the railway while it was hot: "I think that if the governor stays in Jiangxi now, if the situation in North China takes a turn for the better, he can leave half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River for the president; Once the situation changes, the governor will not bother to follow the example of Tan Zuan (Tan Yanmin) and Sun Huian (Sun Daoren), be a Taiping governor, and by the way, he can also help the marshal and the Beiyang robe, wouldn't it be far better than the Beiyang people dying together?

"Humble remember the "Historical Records? In "The Zhao Family", Gongsun Pestle and Cheng Ying had a conversation to protect the Zhao orphans, and Gongsun Pestle asked Cheng Ying: 'Is it difficult to raise orphans to grow up, hoe rape and succeed to the throne, or is it difficult to die generously?' Cheng Ying replied: "Of course, it is easier to die generously, but it is even more difficult to raise orphans to grow up and succeed to the throne!" Gongsun pestle said: "The ancestors of the Zhao family treated Mr. very well, so please ask Mr. to take care of the orphans, I still do the easy thing!" After saying that, Gongsun Pestle died calmly. Later, after the orphans of the Zhao family succeeded to the throne, Cheng Ying said: "When the Zhao family suffered the disaster of extermination, all their peers died. It's not that I can't die, but I want to endure the humiliation and steal life to raise the Zhao family! ’

"Nowadays, public opinion is raging all over the country, and I have become a finger from top to bottom in Beiyang, and the shortage of ammunition and food in various departments of the army is even more known to you and me. What the future situation of the country will be, it is not known. In that case, why didn't the Governor leave this useful body and reluctantly make it difficult? This is the real loyalty to the handsome! And what if it is withdrawn to Jiangbei? The Governor is nothing but an insignificant and dispensable nominal Governor! ”

"Reluctantly? Indeed, it is even more difficult to stay in Jiangxi! Li Chun shook his head and sighed, "Regardless of whether the marshal and the Beiyang robes can understand Li's painstaking efforts, I'm afraid that the brothers of the Sixth Division will turn against Li!" ”

Ding Xiaolan couldn't understand the meaning revealed in Li Chun's words, and immediately went up the pole: "The brothers in the army are vulgar. How can you understand the good intentions of the governor? They don't want to think about it, there are groups of handsome wives and concubines, children and grandchildren, and they have always spent lavishly, if there is really anything wrong, how do these people make a living? In the end, you can't rely on a confidant like the governor to help? Of course, there are some foolish people who can't make sense with him. For such a person, it is best to give him a gift out of the country! ”

Li Chun's spirit suddenly perked up, and he blurted out, "What is Brother Xiangtao's opinion?" ”

Ding Xiaolan said: "Aren't Ma Zigao (Ma Jizeng) Division Commander, Wu Dichen (Wu Hongchang) Brigade Commander and others in a hurry to cross the river? The governor may wish to lead a regiment of troops across the river to the north and station in Huangzhou, Hubei or Anqing, Anhui, in the name of the advance of the northward and the pioneer of the path; The governor led his henchmen far behind them, and as soon as they led their troops out of the province, he immediately sent people to block the crossings of the Yangtze River and cut off their way of retreat. In this way, they can only talk to the river! ”

"What if they disobey?" Li Chun immediately thought of another question.

Ding Xiaolan sneered a few times: "We wish they would disobey!" As long as they do not leave the Jiangxi Provincial Territory, the governor is still their immediate boss. If they dare to disobey. We just justifiably dismissed them from their posts, and we even saved the strength of a regiment that was sent out of the country, and the commander and the War Department had nothing to say. ”

Li Chun nodded with satisfaction: "This plan is very good, there is no need to make a big move, and there is no need to hurt the righteousness of my comrades." Brother Xiangtao is really talented! ”

A few days later, under Li Chun's command, Ma Jizeng and Wu Hongchang hurriedly went north with a regiment of troops. Although they had doubts in their hearts, they never thought that Li Chun, who was a confidant of the handsome, would have two hearts at this time. It wasn't until they arrived in Huangzhou, Hubei, that Li Chun, who was far behind, suddenly ordered to block all the Yangtze River crossings in Jiangxi. Ma Jizeng, who was demoted from division commander to regiment commander all at once, and had to be co-led with the original regiment commander and brigade commander, woke up like a dream and hurriedly called the presidential palace and the War Department to ask what to do.

When Yuan Shikai heard the news, he instantly understood Li Chun's little Jiujiu, and he was so angry that the three corpses jumped violently, and scolded Li Chun's ancestors for eight generations in his heart. Although he was eager to cut Li Chun with a thousand knives, in order not to force Li Chun to oppose him, he tried his best to win the fiercest Sixth Division among the Beiyang armies. Yuan Shikai also had to pretend to be casual and urged Li Chun to go north as soon as possible, and the language style he used included many characteristics such as plain and popular to move people, majestic and tragic to emotional, majestic and heroic to overwhelm people, fresh and elegant, calm and unhurried, secluded and cold, stormy and rainy, etc., which can be completely collected into a collection of essays.

At first, Li Chun took into account Yuan Shikai's kindness and support for him, and tried his best to explain the importance of Jiangxi, his last resort, and the benefits of the Sixth Division staying in Jiangnan. Waited until the end. Li Chun's reply was only a hard erection "Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected". It is estimated that if Lao Yuan dares to push harder, Li Chun will dare to declare Jiangxi's independence immediately!

After this blow, Yuan Shikai's condition became more and more serious, lingering on the sickbed day by day, not thinking about the rice and rice, and could only barely survive with ginseng soup, chicken soup, and beef juice, and Li Chun's name was newly added to the list of "wrong me" that he was talking about from time to time.

The final blow to Yuan Shikai was Tang Tianxi's betrayal.

It is said that Tang Tianxi took the last ammunition and ordnance looted from the capital, and set out on the journey south with his good friends. However, not long after Tang Tianxi arrived in Zhengding, he didn't have time to take a look at the majestic and precipitous Niangzi Pass, and an old man came to visit. Tang Tianxi was surprised and delighted when he saw Chen Xiao appear in front of him: "Er'an, why are you here?" I heard that you have been highly used by Sun Baixi since you arrived in Sichuan, and you have now been promoted to the chief of civil affairs of Shaanxi, how can you have time to see the down-and-out old people? ”

Chen Xiao went straight to the point and said: "It's not a secret, Chen was entrusted by someone to come to persuade Brother Yunting to surrender." ”

Tang Tianxi was stunned at first, and then said, "Brother Er'an, what do you mean by this?" The handsome man treats me like a mountain. How can you betray! If you don't talk about the country but only talk about goodbye, we can still drink and talk; If you want to mention the matter of persuasion again, don't blame Tang for turning his face and not recognizing people! ”

Chen Mi didn't move: "Now the national situation does not allow Chen to say more, now the first mixed brigade of the Shanxi Army is in Niangzi Pass, as long as hundreds of fighters give an order, Zhengding will be turned into a sea of fire in an instant." Now there are two roads in front of Brother Yunting: the first road, the brigade commander, 100,000 silver dollars; The second way. When Chen never appeared. ”

Tang Tianxi sneered: "Brigade commander, 100,000 silver dollars want to buy the foolish brother? Brother Er'an can't help but look down on Tang too much, right? ”

"How dare the little brother look down on Brother Yunting? Chen is just helping people talk! After that, Chen Xiao stood up: "Brother Yunting is busy with affairs, and the younger brother also has some mundane affairs, so I won't talk much." However, if Brother Yunting is free, he can go outside the city to worship Wu Shouqing (Wu Luzhen). Wu Shouqing, as the commander of the sixth town, became famous for a while, but he was cut off because of 20,000 taels of silver. It's amazing! Fortunately, in the past two years, although things are different from people, various prices do not seem to have fluctuated much. ”

Tang Tianxi couldn't help but have a cold war: It was also a time of turmoil, and it was also in Zhengding, and the party involved was also Sun Yuanqi, but after two years, the object was changed from the sixth town to the commander of the fifth brigade of the third division, and his own Liuyang Kui was worth 20,000 taels of silver? What about the 100,000 silver dollars? Seeing that Chen Xiao had already put on his hat and was about to go out. Tang Tianxi hurriedly grabbed Chen Mi: "Brother Er'an, why are you in a hurry to leave?" There's something to discuss! Anything is negotiable! ”

Late at night on the fourth day of Li Chun's refusal to cross to the north, Tang Tianxi suddenly led his troops to rebel and join forces with the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Shanxi Army to attack the Zhengding Army. The garrison was quickly routed by surprise, and Cao Kun was captured in one fell swoop. Tang Tianxi's move opened the door to Gyeonggi, and the situation in North China suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse, and the Beiyang Army was thus cut into two parts that could not be taken care of at the end of East China and North China. At this time, Sun Yuanqi's victory in this battle is no longer a suspense. It's just a matter of time.

Yuan Shikai received an urgent telegram from Tang Tianxi and immediately fainted on the bed. At present, the situation is urgent, the prime minister and vice president are not dealing with Yuan Shikai, and there is no secretary-general and deputy secretary-general to temporarily preside over the overall situation, and the young master Yuan is still confined in the Xishan Courtyard, and Duan Qirui does not dare to make claims, so he has to send people to invite Li Yuanhong, Xu Shichang, Yuan Keding and other dignitaries. A French doctor was invited to inject Yuan Shikai with a heart booster.

With a needle, Yuan Shikai woke up from a coma, but his spirit was greatly aggrieved, and he couldn't stop muttering to himself: "Tang Yunting is the opposite!" Tang Yunting is reversed! ”

Duan Qirui said in Yuan Shikai's ear: "We already know the news of Tang Yunting's rebellion and Cao Zhongshan's capture. But how to clean up the situation next, please ask the president to order! ”

Yuan Shikai came to his senses completely, looking at Li Yuanhong, Xu Shichang, Yuan Keding and others beside him, as if he already knew that his time was short, and said weakly: "Song Qing, Juren, are you all here?" It's so good that you guys are here, the old man is probably useless! ”

Although Li Yuanhong and Yuan Shikai had a lot of grievances, they couldn't help but feel sad when they saw this scene, their eyes were red and their nose was sour, and they reluctantly stepped forward to comfort: "The president doesn't have to be anxious, you are just hot and poisonous, and it will naturally be fine to recuperate for a few days!" ”

Yuan Shikai shook his head: "Song Qing doesn't need to comfort me, the old man knows his own family affairs!" The old man has been in the army for 30 years, from the soldier to the president, he has always known the soldiers and knows the people, but he did not think that he was defeated in the army, and the people betrayed and left, which is really fate. It's just that the country is so erosive now, but Sun Baixi, a Western scholar, has the sole control of the country, and the old man can't turn a blind eye! ”

Yuan Keding wiped his tears and stepped forward: "Father, please rest assured, Keding will definitely kill Sun Yuanqi, the dog thief, and avenge the shame of my Beiyang!" ”

Yuan Shikai glanced at Yuan Keding: "The old man is not Sun Baixi's opponent, let alone you are such a gentleman?" Hugh is talking nonsense and making jokes in vain! After a pause, he said weakly to Li Yuanhong: "Now that the Civic Party has been dissolved, the Kuomintang has declined, and only the New China Party is dominant, whether the Congress can be convened in the future is all up to Sun Baixi's thoughts." According to the "Law", Song Qing should succeed him as president after the death of the old man, I hope you can restrain and persuade Sun Baixi, don't let him recklessly corrupt the country! ”

Li Yuanhong smiled bitterly: Both of you and I were tossed to death by Sun Yuanqi, how can I fight him alone? If you can save your life, you have already burned high incense! But despite thinking so, he still said: "With the president here, the country can't be messed up!" ”

Duan Qirui took advantage of Yuan Shikai's sobriety, and hurriedly interjected and asked: "Marshal, now that the situation is like this, how should the Beiyang armies respond?" ”

Yuan Shikai said: "Now that the defeat has been decided, don't do a senseless fight, let the ministries lay down their arms and save some vitality for the country!" ”

"Father, we may not have the strength to fight, why take the initiative to admit defeat!" Yuan Keding was still unwilling.

Yuan Shikai was already unheard.

At about ten o'clock in the morning of February 27, 1914, Yuan Shikai, a generation of heroes, died of illness in the Jurentang of the Grand Presidential Palace at the age of 55.

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