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On October 14, 1911, after Yi Kuang, Xu Shichang, and Na Tong Baoju, the regent of the Jianguo State, Zaifeng, appointed Yuan Shikai, who had been deposed two years ago and was now recuperating from illness in Zhangde, as the governor of Huguang. On October 22, Hunan became independent, and on October 23, Jiujiang in Jiangxi became independent, and the Qing court was in danger.

On October 27, the imperial court appointed Yuan Shikai as the minister of the Qincha to lead the Beiyang Army to attack Wuhan, and the old Yuan personally went to Hubei to supervise the division. On November 1, the regent Zaifeng was forced to dissolve the imperial cabinet and appointed Lao Yuan as the prime minister of the cabinet to form a cabinet.

In the game, Lao Yuan stepped onto the highest stage as in history, and many players who participated in the Wuchang Uprising changed their attitudes. The next four years will be Lao Yuan's world, and after Lao Yuan's death, he will also be in power in Beiyang, and he will have a better future in the next ten years than with the revolutionary party.

The players are divided into two factions, one faction receives a task in Huang Xing's hands to help defend Hankou, and the other faction asks Lao Yuan to receive a task to attack. The players on both sides were evenly matched, but the strength of the Beiyang army was clearly stronger than the rebel forces, and Hankou fell under the onslaught of the Beiyang.

The number of troops in the game is not entirely based on history, after all, there are too many players, and if there are only six towns in Beiyang, the NPC will not be able to hold the field. When Yuan Shikai re-emerged from the mountain, there were a total of fourteen towns in Beiyang, plus the imperial court's Praetorian Guards, Lao Yuan's troops had as many as eighteen towns.

Of course, the system did not unilaterally enhance Lao Yuan's strength, and the NPC troops of the Revolutionary Party also increased threefold, but they were not Beiyang's opponents. Lao Yuan's methods were very clever, and after conquering Hankou, he did not move and secretly negotiated peace with the Southern Revolutionary Party. At the same time, Lao Yuan began to deal with the Manchu nobles, and on December 6 he forced Prince Zaifeng to resign as regent of the prison state and retire to his mansion.

On December 16, Yuan Shikai transferred Feng Guozhang to replace the president of the Praetorian Guard. relieved of the post of the first assistant commander of the Liangbi Praetorian Guard; The artillery of the Praetorian Guard was transferred to support the encirclement and suppression of the Shanxi Revolutionary Army and disperse the forces of the Praetorian Guard; In the name of preparing for the expedition, the Praetorian Guards were transferred out of the city, and Duan Zhigui was sent to garrison the capital with another Gong Guard, and the capital was completely controlled by Lao Yuan.

Yuan Shikai only controlled the five provinces of Zhili, Henan, Gansu, Shanxi, and Shandong, while Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, and Sichuan, a total of 13 provinces, declared independence. It seems that Lao Yuan is at a disadvantage, but in fact, this is not the case at all. Because he has the most elite Beiyang Fourteen Towns in China.

The most important thing was that the southern provinces were scattered, the top of the revolutionary party was unable to unite the provinces, and there was a split within the League. Except for a few staunch revolutionaries, many revolutionaries advocated handing over power to Yuan Shikai, and there were more and more compromises.

Players also saw the signs that the plot of Yuan Shikai's coming to power could not change, so more and more people chose to stand on the side of Beiyang. Chen Hao received a handwritten letter from Yuan Shikai at this time, in which Lao Yuan reviewed the friendship between the two, and then euphemistically expressed his hope that Lord Chen would be on his side.

Of course, Lao Yuan did not naively think that he could get the support of Lord Chen by talking out of thin air. He promised that once he came to power, he would make Chan the Minister of War. Chen Hao was not a staunch revolutionary party in the first place, he never tore his face with Lao Yuan, and he was just waiting for the price to sell when he was preparing for the Xinhai Revolution.

He quickly replied to Yuan Shikai, also euphemistically saying that he was incapable of the post of Minister of War. Many of the southwestern provinces are their old subordinates, and the navy is pulling up one hand and one foot, and it is really unbearable to leave it alone, and it would be great if he could serve as the governor of the southwest and the minister of the navy.

Yuan Shikai sneered after receiving Chen Hao's reply: "Chen Baxian's appetite is really not small. If you want to be a local overlord in the southwest, you also want to master the navy in the name of justice. How can there be such a good thing. ”

Xu Shichang shook his head and said: "Chen Baxian actually controls the navy, and it is understandable for him to serve as the minister of the navy, and he also wants the four southwestern provinces to have too much appetite." ”

Chen Hao controlled 90% of China's navy, and Lao Yuan promised him the post of Minister of the Army, but in fact he had bad intentions. The Minister of War seemed to be more important than the Minister of the Navy, but the troops in the southern provinces would not be at all at their disposal. The six towns of Beiyang will not listen to his command. Lao Yuan had a wishful thinking, he asked Chen Hao to serve as the Minister of the Army, and then appointed his henchmen as the Minister of the Navy, wanting to seize the Navy in Chen Hao's hands.

Even if Chen Hao really went to serve as the Minister of the Army, it would be impossible for the Navy to be co-opted by Lao Yuan. Because he has the top imperial heart stunt. However, he was not interested in the Minister of the Army, if he had the title of Governor of the Southwest, he would be a big warlord after occupying Sichuan, and controlling the four provinces would be much more promising than being the Minister of War in the capital.

Xu Shichang said with some concern: "My lord, if Chen Ba first stands on the side of the revolutionary party, the navy he controls is the biggest capital. With the support of the navy, the revolutionary party will not easily agree to the conditions of the adults, which will be detrimental to the plans of the adults. ”

Yuan Shikai also had a big headache, he waved his hand and said, "Let's dry Chen Ba first!" There was really no way to think about his conditions anymore. ”

Lao Yuan soon couldn't dry Lord Chen anymore, and the Beiyang Navy, which attacked Wuchang in mid-November, announced that it would be merged into the Nanyang Naval Division. Navy Admiral Sa Zhenbing and Li Yuanhong were teachers and students, and Tang Qianming, a staff officer of the fleet, and Tang Hualong, a hero of the Wuchang Uprising, were brothers, so the two agreed to the uprising under the persuasion of the revolutionary party.

In mid-November, the Beiyang ships sailed from Wuchang to Jiujiang, Sa Zhenbing said that he was ill and left the ship to go to Shanghai for treatment, Huang Zhongying served as the commander of the fleet, and the fleet officially declared an uprising after being persuaded by Jiujiang Linsen. It is not surprising that the navy supported the revolutionary party Lao Yuan, but it is really strange that Li Yuanhong of Hubei and Li Liejun of Jiangxi rebelled against the navy and gave command to Chen Baxian.

Yuan Shikai was taken aback, if Li Yuanhong, Li Liejun and Chen Baxian secretly formed an alliance, Chen Baxian's influence would be too great. Lao Yuan became entangled, and promised to let Chen Baxian become the governor of the southwest to control the four provinces, but he was unwilling, and if he did not agree, he was afraid that he would support the revolutionary party.

Chen Hao did not care about Lao Yuan's feelings, and he invited Sa Zhenbing to continue to serve as the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, saying that Nanyang would set aside two battleships, four battlecruisers and ten armored cruisers under the command of Beiyang. The strength of the new Beiyang Fleet is not weaker than that of the Nanyang Naval Division, and it is countless times stronger than the previous Beiyang.

Tang Qianming and Huang Zhongying were also reused, and the officers of the former Beiyang Naval Division almost unchanged, and the trust of Lord Chen touched these naval officers. Under the persuasion of Li Yuanhong, Sa Zhenbing agreed to re-serve as the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, and led the Beiyang Fleet north to "protect Gyeonggi" according to the orders of Lord Chen.

The top scheming stunts are very rebellious, and Chen Hao dares to boldly appoint Beiyang Navy officials, so he is not afraid of their betrayal. Even if Sa Zhenbing and the others really had bad ideas, the captains of the warships he gave to Beiyang were all his henchmen, and Sa Zhenbing and the others couldn't command them.

The Beiyang Fleet's "defense of Gyeonggi" was in fact putting pressure on Lao Yuan, who did not control as much territory as the Revolutionary Party, and if the Navy transported the Revolutionary Party's troops to land in the north, Lao Yuan would no longer have any advantage. After the Beiyang Fleet entered Yingkou Port and was stationed, Lao Yuan immediately decided to send a telegram to Chen Hao, agreeing to his condition of serving as the Governor of the Southwest and Minister of the Navy.

The game time entered 1912, and on January 22, Sun Yat-sen issued a statement that as long as Yuan Shikai was in favor of the abdication of the Qing Emperor, he would resign on his own and give way to Yuan Shikai. After Yuan Shikai got the guarantee, he stepped up the process of forcing the palace, he lobbied and bought the Prince of Qing, Yi Kuang and Na Tong, and bribed the favored eunuch Zhang Lande next to the Empress Dowager Longyu with money, threatening the Empress Dowager Longyu that the general trend was gone, and if the revolutionary army killed the Beijing royal family, the life could not be guaranteed, and if he agreed to abdicate, there would be preferential conditions.

On January 22, British Minister Zhu Erdian, together with the French, Russian, and Japanese ministers, declared in favor of the abdication of the Qing Dynasty; On January 26, at the behest of Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui led 47 Beiyang generals to send a joint letter to the cabinet, the Ministry of War and the princes and ministers, proposing that the people's army had agreed to the preferential treatment conditions for the Qing Dynasty's royal family, royal family, and Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan ethnic groups, and asked the imperial court to issue an edict to declare the establishment of a republican form of government at home and abroad.

After Chen Hao got Yuan Shikai's promise, he began to focus on Sichuan, and it was the key to be the king of the southwest to take Sichuan. After Yuan Shikai took the throne, all he could give him was the name, and he still needed to grab the territory himself, so he was ready to act in advance.

Historically, when the Sichuan Military Government of the Han Dynasty was established, due to Pu Dianjun's compromise with Zhao Erfeng, the military governments of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces considered the Sichuan Military Government to be a "government of the Elders' Association". The provinces did not recognize the Sichuan military government, believing that the Chongqing Shu military government was the revolutionary government and the only legitimate government in Sichuan.

The governor of the Yunnan Military Government, Cai Yi, even sent a letter to the Hubei Military Government, hoping to unite to attack Chengdu. The Shu military government also sent a telegram inviting Yunnan and Guizhou to send troops to support the crusade against the Sichuan military government. In the game, Cai Ye did not become the governor of Yunnan, but served as the Minister of Military Affairs of the Guizhou Military Government, under the command of Xu Xilin. However, Liu Zixuan, the governor of Yunnan, and Xu Xilin, the governor of Guizhou, accepted the invitation of the Shu military government at the behest of Chen Hao and sent troops to Sichuan at the same time.

The two main divisions of Guizhou were again divided into two routes, and the second division entered the Xuyong Hall in Sichuan from Renhuai in the north of Guizhou; The third division entered Xuzhou Mansion from Dongchuan Mansion in Yunnan, and Liankeping Mountain, Hengjiang Town, and Anbianpu approached Yibin. The envoy of the southern Sichuan town complained to Chengdu and asked Yin Changheng and Luo Lun to send reinforcements, otherwise there would be no way to hold the two prefectures.

Yin Changheng and Luo Lun were very afraid of the army coming from Yungui, and cobbled together a force of 12,000 people to go to Luzhou Mansion and gave an order to defend to the white demons. When the 12,000 men arrived, the first order given by the White Demon was to hand over the weapons to the arsenal and redistribute them after arranging defensive positions.

The 12,000 reinforcements were puzzled by this order, but the white demon was the commander, and they did not dare to disobey the order. After collecting the weapons, Bai Hu Demon immediately ordered 3,000 henchmen to surround the 12,000 people, declared that Luzhou Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion were anyway, and supported the Yunnan-Guizhou coalition army to defeat the "Elders' Government" in Chengdu. (To be continued......)