Chapter 318: Fight Big with Small
Chen Hao only recruited two players, Tang Runzhi and Wu Yu, in the Kaiping Martial Arts Academy, and after returning to Yingkou with the two, he learned that "Cheng Zihao" was Chen Baxian, and the two were happy for a long time. They originally wanted to stay in Yingkou to do things, but Chen Hao suggested that they continue to go to Baoding Military Academy for further study, and it would be much more convenient for him to have two more assistants in Baoding Military Academy.
After the signing of the Treaty of Xincho, the Qing government was forced to implement a new policy due to the internal and external situation, which Yuan Shikai strongly supported. He founded the Qilu University Hall in Qilu, and after serving as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, he got inside information, and it is said that the imperial court intended to appoint him as the minister of military training to organize and train the Beiyang standing army in Baoding.
Yuan Shikai attaches great importance to military training, and the scheming old Yuan knows very well that even if he serves as the minister of Beiyang, he will have to be slaughtered without an army in his hands. As the Minister of Military Training, he will cultivate his own descendant army, and his position will be more solid. After receiving the news that the imperial court was ready to appoint himself as the Minister of Military Training, he immediately set about moving the Kaiping Military Academy to Baoding, and most of the time he was personally in charge of the Military Academy in Baoding.
Lao Yuan, a student who graduated from the Kaiping Military Academy and was willing to enter the army, was ready to be arranged in the Wuwei Right Army, but he soon got the news that a large number of students were poached by Yingkou. Lao Yuan's face was very gloomy, and the Yingkou Zhili Hall knew that Wu Peifu was a person who could fight, and he was more willing to win over this kind of talent, but now that Wu Peifu dug his corner, he couldn't count it so easily.
Yuan Shikai didn't deal with Wu Peifu for the time being, because he was too busy. The Baoding Military Academy had just begun to be established, and he was going to hire a large number of Japanese instructors to teach at the military academy, and he had to do many things himself. The Baoding Military Academy was on the right track, and when Yuan Shikai was about to clean up the Yingkou, the guards reported that it was the deputy capital of Jinzhou, who asked to see him.
Yuan Shikai was very surprised, he served as the deputy commander of Jinzhou, not his direct subordinate, why did he come all the way to Baoding to ask for a meeting? Lao Yuan met with Chobuha, and after learning about Chobuha's intention, he had a feeling of pie in the sky, because Chobuha took the initiative to let Lao Yuan send officers to help train the troops.
Yuan Shikai sent a large number of officers to Yingkou to help the six battalions of the Qibuha train troops, which would definitely increase the strength of the six battalions of the Qibuha and make the six battalions of Jinzhou an elite. It's just that the middle and low-level officers in an army have become Yuan Shikai's people, will this army listen to Lao Yuan or Jubuha in the future?
Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be unhappy because he took the initiative to send a troop, but he was a Manchurian, why would he do such a stupid thing? Yuan Shikai didn't rush to agree, he said tentatively: "The sixth battalion of Jinzhou is a patrol battalion, which does not belong to the scope of the new army's training, and it is not appropriate for you to let me send officers to train the patrol battalion, right?" ”
Zhu Buha said angrily: "They are all working for the court, why do they divide each other? The combat effectiveness of the patrol battalion is not strong, and if the governor trains with the new method, he will definitely be able to train a strong army, and he will be able to better fight foreign devils in the future. ”
Yuan Shikai still shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that this method is inappropriate, this matter has to be played by the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will decide." ”
Xuanbuha was anxious all of a sudden, and he said loudly: "The Governor is the first person to train troops in my Great Qing Dynasty, and it is only the following officials who entrust the Lord with the Yingkou, why do you push the mountain and block the four like this?" ”
Yuan Shikai saw that it didn't look like a temptation, so he pondered for a moment and said, "Why do you have this thought? ”
He said that the sixth battalion of Jinzhou was not strong in combat, and suggested that I should ask the Governor to help support some officers, and I thought his idea was good and came to see the Governor." ”
It was Sanshengshi's idea that Xuanbuha came to find Yuan Shikai, and Sanshengshi developed with his heart in Jinzhou, but there was a big gap between his base and Yingkou. The army in the base area lacked junior officers, and lacked guns and ammunition, and Yuan Shikai was ready to hold the thick legs of old Yuan after he became the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang.
Yuan Shikaigui was a member of the imperial court, and it was difficult to get in touch with him, so Sanshengshi began to fight the idea of Buha. He has no brains, and Sanshengshi is his henchman, so it is not difficult to Yin Buha. So he suggested that Yuan Shikai ask Yuan Shikai to help train the troops, and Yuan Shikai sent officers to train the sixth battalion of Jinzhou.
He was also hesitant at first, fearing that he would become a puppet after the army was controlled by the officers sent by Yuan Shikai. Sanshengshi explained that as long as the officers put some effort into buying after they arrived in Jinzhou, these officers would be relieved to serve Qiubuha in the future, and Qiubuha felt that there was a advantage to take advantage of and adopted his suggestion, completely unaware that he had been pitted by Sanshengshi.
Sanshengshi said that he could buy officers, but what kind of person was Yuan Shikai, how could the officers he sent be so easy to buy? After Qiubuha found Yuan Shikai, the sixth camp of Jinzhou was equivalent to giving it to Lao Yuan, so that Sanshengshi would have a name for it, and it would be possible to hold Lao Yuan's thick legs.
As he expected, Yuan Shikai asked why he had such thoughts, and Yuan Shikai knew that it was his idea. The old Yuan of the six battalions of Bai De would not refuse, he promised to send officers to train the sixth battalion of Jinzhou, and also privately sent someone to find Sanshengshi to inquire.
Sanshengshi followed Yuan Shikai's guards to the door, and when he could finally see Yuan Shikai, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. After the guard reported, Sanshengshi walked into the house, bowed his head and saluted, "I've seen the Governor." ”
Yuan Shikai waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite!" Sanshengshi, I heard that it was your idea to let this official send officers to help Jinzhou train the patrol battalion, why do you have such an idea? ”
Sanshengshi had already wanted to say something, and he hurriedly said: "Xiaguan has always admired the governor very much, and knows that only adults can train a strong army, and after learning that the adult is the minister of military training, Xiaguan can't wait to serve under the lord immediately." If all the patrol battalions in the three eastern provinces were trained by adults, and our Qing Dynasty had another strong army, we would definitely not be bullied by the foreign powers again. ”
Sanshengshi emphatically showed that he admired Yuan Shikai and wanted to do things under Yuan Shikai, and then mentioned that he asked Lao Yuan to help train the troops, which was actually euphemistically telling Lao Yuan that he persuaded Yu Buha to hand over a letter of submission. Hearing his words, Yuan Shikai showed an appreciative look on his face, and felt that this Yiren was a smart person.
After Yuan Shikai sent officers to Jinzhou, Sanshengshi could better control Jinzhou's army with the help of Sanshengshi, so he said gently: "Sanshengshi, you have a heart, and you can also rest assured that you can send officers in Jinzhou, and there will be more to rely on in the future." ”
Sanshengshi said in fear: "Your Excellency's words are serious, the lower officials just want to serve your lords, and in the future, you will definitely do your best to handle the affairs of Jinzhou and train a strong army for your lords." ”
"Hahahaha!" Yuan Shikai laughed heartily and said: "You have made a lot of contributions to the training of the sixth battalion of Yingkou to become a strong army, and when the time comes, I will play the imperial court and appoint you as the commander of the new army." ”
Sanshengshi promised to train a strong army for Yuan Shikai in Jinzhou, in fact, he indicated that he would secretly cooperate with the officers sent by Lao Yuan to control the Yingkou army, so Lao Yuan also generously drew a big pie to show him. This betrayal of Xuan Buha has gained Lao Yuan's trust, and one of the goals of Sanshengshi has been achieved, but he still has a second step. ”
Sanshengshi said with some hesitation: "There is no problem for the Governor to send his henchmen to control the Sixth Battalion of Jinzhou, but the lower officer thinks that the officers sent over cannot be just graduated from the military academy. Otherwise, just like Yingkou, the officers who graduated from the Kaiping Military Academy went to Yingkou, and these officers would not necessarily listen to the command of adults. ”
Yuan Shikai's face darkened, he waved his hand and said: "I will send my henchmen to Jinzhou, you don't have to worry about this, the official has his own ideas about the affairs of Yingkou." ”
"Player Sanshengshi, congratulations on your success in provoking the relationship between Yuan Shikai and Yingkou, your conspiracy attribute has increased by 1 point, and you have comprehended the conspiracy skill 'small and big'."
Gain big with small: primary power and skills, give up certain interests to obtain greater benefits, or sacrifice your own interests to make the enemy lose greater benefits.
Sanshengshi sold Xuanbuha to join Yuan Shikai There is also a disadvantage, his base is one with Jinzhou, and after the six battalions of Jinzhou are mastered by Yuan Shikai, the private army under his command will also become a vassal of Beiyang. In this way, he can get benefits in Beiyang, but because he was branded in Beiyang, he could only stand on Yuan Shikai's side after Xinhai.
Sanshengshi didn't believe that Chen Baxian had lost control of Yingkou, and his development in Jinzhou was far inferior to Yingkou, so his second purpose was to make Yingkou also part of Beiyang. Some time ago, Chen Baxian resigned after the newspaper debate, and he guessed that Chen Baxian did not want to offend the revolutionary party, and if he tied Yingkou to the chariot of Beiyang, Chen Baxian would no longer be able to curry favor with both sides.
Sanshengshi allowed Yuan Shikai to easily master the sixth camp of Jinzhou, which opened up an idea for Yuan Shikai to solve the Yingkou problem. Since the sixth battalion of Jinzhou can be controlled in their hands, why can't the army at Yingkou be controlled? There are only two options left in Yingkou, either to completely take refuge in Yuan Shikai, or to become a thorn in Yuan Shikai's side.
Sanshengshi guessed that Yingkou would most likely choose to take refuge in Yuan Shikai, after all, Lao Yuan would be very strong for a long time. After receiving the system's prompt to comprehend the conspiracy skill, he was sure that his plan was successful, and Chen Baxian could only mix under Yuan Shikai in the future.
It's just that Sanshengshi still miscalculated, because he, like Xuanyuan Jian and others, never imagined that Chen Hao would give up Yingkou. Chen Hao rushed to Baoding this time to represent Wu Peifu's loyalty to Yuan Shikai, and told Lao Yuan that the entire Yingkou army would obey his command. The patrol battalion is the army of the imperial court, and Lao Yuan will not be silent after taking refuge in Lao Yuan, and after snatching the warship and leaving Yingkou, no one will think that Yingkou is a Beiyang army.
In order to control the Yingkou army, Yuan Shikai will definitely send some henchmen and officers, but it will have no impact on Yingkou. The nine battalions in Yingkou were basically adapted from horse bandits, and Lao Yuan's officers could not control the troops in a short period of time, and when Chen Hao abandoned Yingkou two years later, he would not take all the troops with him, just leave Lao Yuan's henchmen and some soldiers.
Not long after Sanshengshi left, Yuan Shikai's guards came in again to report: "Lord Governor, the alien Chen Ba first asked to see him outside the door. ”
"Oh?" Yuan Shikai said in surprise: "Hasn't he been recuperating?" What to do in Baoding? Let him in! (To be continued.) )