Back to the Republic of China as a commander

When Bai Chongxi got the news, he seemed to hear the mocking voice of Shen Hongying, a guy who had never masked his face.For this person who dared to insult his IQ, Bai Chongxi's anger has escalated.If the previous plan was to take it back and bring it back to justice, then now it is to take it back and torture it. (Is there a difference in the final result?) On September 9, Wang Zhenyu, who had marched for more than 26 miles on horseback, finally arrived in Liuzhou under the escort of Long Yunfei's cavalry from the Mobile Brigade of the Jingzhou Security Detachment.Almost at the same time, Lu Rongting sent a national telegram to Wang Zhenyu in the name of the governor of the Guangxi military government, ordering Wang Zhenyu's troops to withdraw from Guangxi within ten days, otherwise he would use the entire province's army to suppress Wang Zhenyu's rebellion. military. . .

As the situation in the southeast became more and more stable, Wang Zhenyu finally attracted the attention of Yuan Shikai, the president of Beijing.

In Zhongnanhai Jurentang, the chubby Yuan Shikai was sitting on a big armchair after the secretary finished reading Lu Rongting's telegram.Said a word to Yang Du: "This is called Wang Zhenyu, I seem to have heard of it somewhere! Well, I remembered, it has been more than a year, I think I heard Keding stand up."

Yang Du replied with an astonishing memory: "Report to the President, the student happened to remember that it was this person who led the troops to attack the Yudaimen Station in Hankou the year before last."

Yuan Shikai was surprised immediately: "What's the situation in Xiangxi and Guangxi? Can the Senior Advisory Office have details?"

Yang Du said very calmly: "In August, Wang Zhenyu, the governor of Xiangxi, captured Changde, and Wang Zhengya, the governor of Lizhou, went to the field. Because the war in the southeast was intense at that time, and the place was killing each other, it had nothing to do with the war situation, so we didn't report it in time."

Yuan Shikai thought for a while and said, "It's okay, baby, it's just a small matter. If you think about Sun Dapao's serious troubles, you don't need to worry about mange like Wang Zhenyu. You still have to put your mind on the official meeting next month. The presidential election has come up, and Cai E from Yunnan has sent troops into Chongqing. The second revolution of the chaotic party has been suppressed by me. The next personnel arrangement you have to come up with a charter. The most important point is the election of the governor of Hunan Didn't Li Yuanhong advocate Tang Xiangming? Let him do whatever he wants. Fatty Li is credited with being able to quell Sun Dapao and others' rebellion so smoothly this time. I drove to Yuezhou and stayed there, and I sent Shen Jinjian to be his deputy."

Yang Du wrote them down one by one, thought for a moment and said: "President, what should I do with Tan Yankai, the former governor of Hunan?"

Yuan Shikai waved his hand: "That's the new governor's business, I don't care."

Yang Du nodded and said he would do it, and asked another question: "What about Guangxi?"

The complacent Yuan Shikai stood up and said: "It's just the last few provinces, let them make trouble, we just clean up the mess. Don't you think so? Xizi?"

How could Yang Du not know that he deliberately reminded Lao Yuan of the cannibalism just now, but now he still did not forget to put on a look of admiration, and then sent a free flattery: "The president is wise!"

Yuan Shikai laughed and left Ju Ren Tang.

Seeing President Yuan walking away, Yang Du also tugged on the sleeves of his suit, and walked out of Ju Ren Tang step by step.

This Zhongnanhai used to be the Nanyuan of the Imperial Palace, and to be precise, it was also a part of the Imperial Palace. More than ten years ago, the Reform Movement of [-] failed, and Emperor Guangxu was put under house arrest in Yingtai of Zhongnanhai.Now it is the Republic of China, Emperor Guangxu is gone, Lafayette, who had been in power for a while, has also returned to the west, Yang Du is even more confused about the direction while lamenting that things are right and wrong.

In fact, Yang Du has a public identity as a disciple of the Wang family, but in Beijing's political circles, this point has been ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

But Chen Shao under Wang Zhenyu did not. Almost every two weeks, a letter and a money order of 1 yuan would be handed over to Yang Du through a secret channel (Military Intelligence Department Beijing Station).

This is why Yang Du had to bother in front of Yuan Shikai and diverted his attention from Xiangxi.

In fact, not only the relationship between the students of Wangmen and the sponsorship fee of [-] yuan per month, but also some personal factors of Yang Du also played a role.

Yang Du is a very talented and ambitious person, so he defected to Yuan Shikai, and learned literary and martial arts from traditional intellectuals, which is consistent with the thinking of the emperor's family.What he pursued so hard will naturally be highly valued and then he will become a minister in the cabinet. In the future, he will leave his name in history and bless his descendants.

However, Yuan Shikai, the great president, used his talents instead of his aspirations: on the one hand, he would ask himself to refer to important matters, large and small, and fully adopted many of his ideas; but on the other hand, he has never been promoted and reused himself , What he always gave himself was the vacant title of a senior adviser to the presidential palace.

Yang Du is not very interested in being called an aide like a master of Shaoxing, so he also has some criticisms about it.

In fact, he still agrees with Yuan Shikai's character, and the treatment he gives himself is not low, and he usually treats him with extra courtesy.Moreover, in terms of private life, it is not like the rumors from the outside world, such as sleeping in the palace overnight and prostitution of court ladies.

Although this Zhongnanhai was a part of the former imperial palace, it is now the office area of ​​the central government of the Republic of China, and the small court of the last emperor Puyi has long been compressed into the Forbidden City next door and cannot get out.

As for the maid of honor, it is even more unreliable. Yang Du, this court lady, had seen it out of curiosity, and there was basically no good-looking one, all crooked melons and jujubes.Come to think of it, this lady has no future, not to mention, it will be difficult to find someone to marry when she is released at the age of 25.Therefore, most of those who have a beautiful daughter in their families get married in a hurry at the age of thirteen or fourteen, so as to save the pain of entering the palace.In this regard, Yang Du could only express his silent condolences to the concubines in the palace.

As for Lao Yuan, he has saved more than a dozen concubines, no matter how hungry he is, he will not reach that point.

Presumably, they are also those ignorant Eight Banners children who have read Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since they were young, and all treacherous officials have followed Dong Zhuo's model.

Although Yuan Shikai was better than Sun Yat-sen in the south who only chanted revolutionary slogans, but Yang Du always felt that something was wrong with the president, which made him feel bad.

After reading Chen Shao's letter, Yang Du knew that something was wrong with the president, and it can be summed up in two words: bad luck.

In the final analysis, President Yuan still represents the original ruling order, which is doomed to fail.Under such circumstances, even if the reunification is finally completed by force, the future of this country will still follow the old path of the past.

On the contrary, if what Chen Shaoxin said is true, then what this Xiangxi guardian envoy named Wang Zhenyu is doing now is very energetic and has a bright future.

Local government and county people rule counties, which is something that China has never dared to imagine in the past thousands of years.At the central level, power is highly centralized, and what is stronger than Yuan Shikai's is that this Wang Zhenyu completely relies on the system to control the army.Although it is also a recruiting system, from the most basic soldiers to officers at all levels are all deployed by the staff office. This approach greatly avoids the emergence of private soldiers and warlords.The most important point is that although the government is governed at the core level of the central government, it also limits the role of the local government at the economic level. It actually uses a Xiangxi Development Company to coordinate economic projects.

Yang Du can even conclude that ordinary officials would never dare to blackmail such a company that requires policies and backgrounds.And once the local economy is not destroyed by the government, the speed of development must be amazing. . .

It is not difficult to think of a way, but it is difficult to implement it.Obviously, Wang Zhenyu not only thought of it, but also did it. . .

Yang Du got a little excited and then regained his composure. The younger brother's words were exaggerated, but the monthly check of [-] Dayang was true.Since I can't get along with President Yuan, it is necessary to leave a way out for myself. . .

Chapter 138

While Wang Zhenyu was busy appeasing Liu Guxiang and others in Liuzhou City, and further communicating with the local gentry.

On September 9th, in Guangxi Governor's Mansion in Nanning (anyone who supports Yuan Shikai will be renamed Governor. Due to the complicated situation in Guangxi, the titles of Governor and Governor are used in confusion, but they all refer to Lu Rongting), although there is no clear instruction from the Beijing government. A military meeting was still held against the northern Guangxi region.

Because Lu Rongting played the banner of defending Guangxi and expelling the Hunan Army, the meeting this time was unprecedentedly enthusiastic.

Attending the meeting were: Chen Bingkun, commander of the first division under Lu Rongting's command, Tan Haoming, commander of the second division, and Huang Bangbiao, commander of the mixed brigade.And the patrol team, that is, the main leaders of the local armed forces, including Wei Rongchang, the commander of the First Army, Lin Junting, the commander of the Second Army, Long Jinguang, the commander of the Third Army, Song Anshu, the commander of the Fourth Army, Chen Chaozheng, the commander of the Sixth Army, and Wuzhou Governor Mo Rongxin.

Lu Rongting, as the governor of Guangxi or the governor of Guangxi and the initiator of this meeting, was naturally the first to speak: "Everyone, as we all know, Liu Guxiang, the former commander of the Fifth Army, colluded with Sun Wen's rebellious party and intended to cause chaos in Guangxi, but was killed by his righteous men. Shen Hongying broke the rebellion. Naturally, the rebellion was resolved without bloodshed. Originally, this was also a good thing, but Liu Guxiang was so stubborn that he secretly colluded with Wang Zhenyu and others from the Hunan rebellious party to attract foreigners to Guangxi and annex us. Tell me about it , Are there really no men in Guangxi? Is Guangxi really a place where those Hunan guys come whenever they want?"

Everyone shouted immediately: "Of course not, Lord Overseer, beat those Hunan guys hard, let them know how powerful our Gui army is..." In short, there were all kinds of shouts, some of them who had not read the book even shouted "killing!" Guang Zeng Guofan's disciples and grandsons came to avenge Hong Tianwang. Fortunately, this is not the former Qing Dynasty, otherwise it would be the capital crime of exterminating the family.

When Song Anshu, the commander of the Fourth Army, was mature and prudent, he asked his own question: "My lord, how many troops are there in the Hunan Army entering Guangxi?"

Lu Rongting actually sent a spies to investigate, but when the spies finished their investigations, the first Xiangxi garrison division had not yet arrived in Liuzhou, and the second brigade was stationed on the outskirts and had not entered the city, so the reported number of Hunan troops was only 5000.

When Song Anshu heard that there were no more than 5000 people, he felt relieved. Not only him, but almost everyone present was extremely confident in the fighting power of the Gui army.Since the victory of Zhennanguan in the Sino-French War, the Gui army has been almost invincible. In the eyes of the Gui army, the world is invincible.Calculating carefully, the total number of people in these families is almost [-], and Lu Rongting's subordinates are the veterans of the Guangxi New Army. With so many people, they will all be drowned, so the problem of winning is naturally not a big deal.

Song Anshu thought of another question: "My lord, I don't know what rules President Yuan Da in Beijing has for us to send troops to northern Guangxi?"

At the moment, Lu Rongting was sitting in the first seat like a big horse with a golden knife, his upturned thick eyebrows matched with a serious expression, full of murderous looks: "Old Song, don't worry too much, Yuan Gongbao is suppressing the rebellious party this time, our Guangxi Gui army is out Great effort. If we hadn't been in charge of the Hunan Army and the Guangdong Army for him, would his Beiyang Army have successfully captured Nanchang? Since we have worked hard and made great achievements, we still have to pay for this little reward. So I think If you want to go, we don't have to wait for Beijing's order. Before the reinforcements from the Hunan Army arrive, we will rely on the force in our hands to expel them in one go. Guangxi can only be ours Guangxi of Guangxi people, Hunan guys get out..."

The crowd shouted again, "Hunan guy, get out!" . .

Lu Rongting's arrogance is emboldened. Let alone the 60 elite infantrymen under his command, there are more than [-] mountain cannons produced by the Hanyang Arsenal alone, with more than [-] shells. Lu Rongting in the war seems naturally not a big problem.

And with the improvement of his strength and status, Lu Rongting's ambitions are also growing further.In this era when soldiers are kings of grass, Lu Rongting's thoughts are also alive.Now he is searching desperately in Guangxi, resorting to military force, and doing everything he can to expand his force.He even has a clearer expansion plan than Wang Zhenyu. The first step is to use Liuzhou to unify all forces in Guangxi and realize the integration of military and government in Guangxi;

The second step is to bring Guangxi's elite into Guangdong and make yourself the master of Guangdong and Guangxi;

The third step is to seize Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian, and let the Lu family's flag be planted all over the south of the Yangtze River;

The fourth step is. . . . . .

In the end, it is to win the world, and Yuan Datou sits in the position of the great president. Why can't I, Lu Rongting, sit?

So this time, Lu Rongting is ambitious and confident in attacking Liuzhou together.Don't look at the meeting, in fact, many people who participated in the crusade have already set off towards the guests. The so-called meeting is nothing more than building momentum and unifying ideas.

But Lu Rongting didn't notice that a strange smile suddenly flashed on the face of a young officer less than 15 meters away from him.In high spirits, he was still promoting his attack plan: "Chen Bingkun, you go back to Guilin immediately, and the team led by veteran Mo (Mo Rongxin) in the first division round will attack Liuzhou from the side and rear, and Tan Haoming will lead the second division to rendezvous The mixed brigade marked by Huang Biao, together with Brother Song’s troops, will attack from the front. The other four armies will attack from the two sides. I request that each department arrive at the attacking position within ten days at the most and launch the offensive. I will wait for my adjutant to discuss the specific plan. Send it to everyone. Everyone must work hard in this battle, and we must fight the majesty of our Guangxi army."

Don't be surprised, the most unprofessional in China in this era is the army. When the boss yells a few words, the younger brothers will have to run away.

And for the battle plan, everyone is not very interested, because now the officers are more confident than Lu Dujun or Lu Dudu.Compared with victory, they care more about the benefits of sending troops.

Chen Chaozheng was the first to say with a mournful face: "It is my blessing, Chen Chaozheng, to release the horse for the Lord Overseer, but I think you, the old man, also know the difficulties we have here. Now the gang of soldiers and ruffians under me don't see any benefits. Just don't work, if I'm a little bit in a hurry, they will make a fuss and mutiny. Governor, I'm in trouble!"

Everyone agreed one after another, and each of them condemned those soldiers and ruffians under him in front of Lu Rongting.And they also said that when this battle is over, they will borrow troops from Lu Junmen to go back and kill all the soldiers and ruffians under him.