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Perhaps the celestial phenomena correspond to human affairs. Since July, there have been few sunny days in Nanjing.

haze, rain

People who have lived in Nanjing say: "Nanjing rarely has such weather."

Just as the gloom and rain enveloped Nanjing, Nanjing citizens secretly spread various news.

In the past few days, as the Third Division attached itself to the central government, the gate to northern Jiangsu was opened, and the 8th Brigade of the 4th Division of the Beiyang Army, the 10th Brigade of the 5th Division, and the 79th Infantry Regiment of the 20th Division were successively transferred to Jiangsu.

The First Mixed Brigade of Zhili, one unit each of Zhang Xun's Front Guard Army, Wang Tingzhen's Guard Army, and Lei Zhenchun's Central Reserve Army, with a total strength of about 25,000 people. Yuan Shikai unified these units into the Second Army, and

Feng Guozhang was appointed as Jianghuai Propaganda Envoy and Commander of the Second Army to unified command of the operations in Jiangsu.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai ordered Zhang Xun to lead the entire army southward to Yangzhou via the canal waterway and join Xu Baozhen's 4th Division to attack Zhenjiang; he ordered Feng Guozhang to lead the 4th and 5th Divisions of the Beiyang Army to go south along Jinpu Road, quickly capture Linhuaiguan, and then approach

Pukou, combined with Zhang Xun, will attack Nanjing. At the same time, Feng Guozhang was asked to pay attention to contact Ni Sichong in Anhui and cooperate in the battle.

It can be said that at this time, everyone understood that the Kuomintang and the Yuan Army were just the tail of a rabbit and could not grow. This hazy weather seemed to represent the current situation, the "rebellion" of the Third Division, and the Liu Jianfan detachment of the Eighth Division.

The disastrous defeat in Jiangbei and the withdrawal of Yuan's army across the Yangtze River only made the upper echelons of Yuan's army depressed and unable to deploy resistance.

"...Cancel the name of seeking Yuan, surrender to the enemy, take the blame for yourself, and thank the world. If you still persist in your prejudice, you will risk Jiangsu's life and property, which will violate the general will of the country and become the public enemy of Jiangsu."

On July 23, just as Zhang Xun's troops were approaching Zhenjiang, Cheng Dequan, the former governor of Jiangsu Province, issued a telegram, which once again dealt a political blow to the "anti-Yuan army". As the governor of Jiangsu, Cheng Dequan not only called to cancel the independence, but also politically attacked Huang.

Xing and others, and at the same time also sent a telegram to the Nanjing military circles to arrest Huang Xing and others.

For a time, the military and political situation deteriorated rapidly for Yuan Jun.

The citizens of Nanjing were still quietly discussing the news of Xuzhou's defeat, but bad news came again from the front in Jiangbei.

Zhang Xun crossed the river

"It's almost dawn, and the Kuomintang is going to be finished."

In Nanjing, people who did not want to see the war rekindled rushed to tell each other, and even secretly celebrated that the central government was about to regain Nanjing. Of course, some people had hidden worries. After all, Zhang Xun caused a lot of harm to Nanjing last time.

And now this big braid has hit Nanjing again.

Facing the deterioration of the military and political situation, Huang Xing, who was in the Governor's Mansion, could no longer sit still.

"The First Regiment of the First Division may be preparing to launch a rebellion"

Looking at Huang Xing, Huang Kaiyuan, the chief of staff of the Yuan Army, said slowly. Recently, there has been constant news that troops may rebel, but most of them are rumors.

At this time, Huang Xing looked defeated and said feebly.

"I have said before that we can only support Lianyungang, not rob it, but some people just don't listen. In order to raise military pay, what has become of our dignified army? Relying on the barrel of a gun and forcing people to open bank accounts, what else do you think?

Use it..."

When he raised his head, Huang Xing's face was full of despair, and there was a trace of anger on his face.

"Three days ago, Li Zicheng was assassinated in Lianyungang. The whole of China thought it was us. We sent a bomb to Xu Baoshan. This time, newspapers were full of accusations that we colluded with bandits and sent people to assassinate Li Zicheng. In addition,

Song Yufu’s case... Now, the reputation of our Communist Party has been completely ruined by them."

Zhang Shizhao, Huang Kaiyuan, Wang Xiaozhen, He Chengjun, Zhao Zhengping, Zhang Zi and others present all looked at each other in silence and were speechless.

Huang Xing's words only made Zhang Shizhao sigh in his heart. He didn't know the inside story of Song Yufu's case, but Xu Baoshan, the warlord who occupied Yangzhou, knew that it was Chen Qimei who sent a bomb disguised as an antique to Yangzhou Xu Baoshan.

house, and blew Xu Baoshan to death. Thinking to himself, he cast his sights on Zhao Zhengping. Two months ago, it was he who was ordered by Sun Wen to bring 20,000 silver to bribe the commander of the 8th Division Battalion and order him to massacre the division and brigade commander.

After hearing the news, the division and brigade commanders of these divisions had no choice but to express their opinion, "It is better to destroy our division by internal strife than to destroy it all by attacking Yuan." They were forced to revolt in a hurry under unprepared conditions. Now Sun's command method is:

It's not just to do what is ordered, but to stop at bribery and killing people, and then to use force in disorder.

Now that I think about it, the assassination of Li Zicheng was also... Fortunately, the assassination attempt failed and Li Zhiyuan was only seriously injured. If... But, this relationship must have been settled.

In silence, Zhang Shizhao took a look at Huang Xing, whose face was full of despair, and it took him a long time to say a word.

"Now that the matter has come to this, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about it?"

"Nothing can be done..."

Reciting these four words, Huang Xing's face was full of sorrow.

"I was not defeated by Yuan Shikai, but by the Kuomintang itself."

"Commander-in-Chief..."

Hearing this, He Chengjun sighed secretly in his heart. Just when he was about to continue, Huang Xing stood up suddenly and said loudly.

"Now, even if there is only one battalion left, I, Huang Keqiang, will stay in Nanjing and fight Yuan Ni in a bloody battle."

"The death of the Commander-in-Chief will not help the country. Now if the Commander-in-Chief leaves Nanjing, he can still plan for the future..."

Zhao Zhengping was a little frightened. As the director of the Yuan Army Military Station, he did not want to accompany Huang Xing to die in Nanjing, not to mention that he also knew that this was just...

"Commander-in-Chief, please think again."

Deputy Chief He Chengjun also hurriedly persuaded, and those around him also followed suit. Huang Xing had to consider their opinions. He held his chin with his hand, paused for a few minutes, and finally nodded heavily.

"It seems...that's all it can do."

Putting down the tea cup in his hand, Zhao Nanpo looked at his old boss in front of him.

"I wonder how Brother Shuliang is thinking about it?"

Before coming to Nanjing, Zhao Nanpo thought that the Eighth Division was still the same Eighth Division when he left. Now the Eighth Division had only more than 6,000 soldiers. Although the old friends were still in the Eighth Division, they were still there for several months.

The entire Eighth Division is basically...hey

Facing Zhao Nanpo's words, Chen Zhiji sighed and looked directly at this old friend from Lianyungang.

"The Eighth Division owes us two months"

"I know"

Zhao Nanpo nodded. The army was in chaos, even those officers in the Eighth Division who were from the Alliance.

"Then... why don't you move the battalion company commander and kill me to stand on your own feet?"

Chen Zhiji's expression seemed a little complicated. Two months ago, didn't the man in Shanghai send Zhao Zhengping to the Eighth Division for movement?

Shaking his head, Zhao Nanpo looked directly at Chen Zhiji and said.

"This is really a shame for us, how could it be that I did it?"

As a military judge, Zhao Nanpo has his own persistence. In his opinion, it is always a bad idea to move the troops to kill their commanders to become independent. What will eventually be destroyed is the entire army. Today, he can move the troops, and others can also move in the future.

force.

"if,"

Raising his eyes slightly, Chen Zhiji, Feng Guozhang's son-in-law and the commander of the Eighth Division who was not trusted by the "Communists", stared at Zhao Nanpo seriously.

"If the Eighth Division declares the cancellation of independence, I wonder how Nanshan is going to deal with the colleagues who have declared independence..."

"Radical elements in the military and members of the Iron-Blooded Surveillance Corps were dismissed from their posts at once, and officers and soldiers were given additional military pay."

After hearing this, Chen Zhiji fell into silence. As the commander of the Eighth Division, he knew better than others that the dissatisfaction of the soldiers now was due to two months without pay, but what he was most worried about was the financial panic in Nanjing.

The disaster caused by the collapse of the army. Radicals and members of the Iron-Blooded Surveillance Corps were all dismissed from their posts. It was also expected. The people who were dismissed were probably those who were attached to pornography.

"Huang Xing is leaving Nanjing"

"I know, so I ask the teacher to make plans as soon as possible."

“I don’t know who will be in charge of Jiangsu after independence is cancelled.”

Chen Zhiji raised his eyes and asked back.

"Please invite the division commander, together with the representatives of the First Division, the Chief of Civil Affairs and others, to send a message to invite Governor Cheng to return to Nanjing to preside over Jiangsu affairs."

"oh?"

Slightly raising his eyes, Chen Zhiji looked at Ma Nanpo in front of him, and vaguely understood in his heart that Liuhe Company may have already been in contact with Governor Cheng. Even the two independent brigades in Zhenjiang and the Second Division stationed in Jiangsu announced their cancellation of independence. I am afraid that Liuhe Company was also in the middle.

The result of walking.

"There are also many people in the Eighth Division who favor independence and support independence..."

"If you want to pay your salary and dismissal, please make up your mind soon, Mr. Chen."

The silent Chen Zhiji listened to Ma Nanpo's persuasion, but still hesitated. Finally, he looked at Ma Nanpo, the commander of the First Division who had just been appointed by Governor Cheng, and nodded.

"Nanshan, I will allocate a battalion from the third regiment to you, and you will go to the first division to take over the defense. As for... Keqiang's husband, Baojing will leave Nanjing at midnight tonight, and Ji will have to see them off before that."

With a secret sigh, Chen Zhiji continued.

"Tonight, please be kind to Nanshan's subordinates."

After saying that, Chen Zhiji got up and walked out the door, but Ma Nanpo had a smile on his face. He knew that Chen Zhiji had made a decision. He knew Chen Zhiji quite well, because Feng Guozhang's son-in-law, and not

He was tolerated by the Communist Party, and because he presided over the "Eighth Division of the Communist Party" to declare independence, he was not tolerated by Beiyang. And the opportunity given to him by the chairman today was not an opportunity for the Eighth Division...

"Shu Liang..."

Looking at Chen Zhiji who was forced to rebel by her husband, Huang Xing opened his mouth with guilt but could not speak. Zhao Zhengping, who had brought money to move troops to kill him, spoke quickly.

"Mr. Chen, I wonder if Mr. Chen has any money to give to others. Keqiang's husband has spent all the money on his wife..."
To be continued...