Chapter 64: Battle of Beijing-Hankow Line (4)

At this moment, Song Jiaoren was waiting uneasily outside Fang Jianxiong's headquarters. He rushed all the way to Wuchang. After meeting Ju Zheng and learning about the current situation in Wuhan, he couldn't help but feel secretly entangled in his heart.

The Tongmenghui has always had mixed voices. Fang Jianxiong took the initiative to challenge Beiyang. The Tongmenghui was divided into many factions. There are generally three categories. The representative of the first category is Chen Qimei. His argument said: Fang Jianxiong and Yuan Shikai are not good people, and dog bites dog.

Watching the excitement. The second type

The voice is represented by Huang Xing, who believes that Fang Jianxiong is very ambitious and is not a member of the Tongmenghui. Once he defeats Beiyang on the Beijing-Hankou Line, the domestic political situation will become chaotic again. He should be absorbed into the Tongmenghui as soon as possible. In fact,

If not, we must exercise restraint and prevent this.

The third voice comes from some military generals, such as Xu Shaojie of Nanjing, who said: Yuan Shikai is sinister and cunning and cannot be trusted. Fang Jianxiong should be supported to defeat Yuan Shikai and overthrowing the Qing Dynasty by force is the only way to clear the source. Xu Shaojie

He also said that now the Nanjing military

The main reason for the instability is that the provisional governments in various places have not shown support for Fang Jianxiong's actions. Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Jiangsu First and Second Divisions have fled to Hanyang. Most of these people have

They were young officers, many of whom were former members of the Alliance.

As a result of the debate, the joint meeting of representatives of the governors of each province finally decided to continue the peace talks. Only by leading the peace talks between the north and the south can it be possible to have more say after the war between Fang and Yuan. Of course, the premise is that Yuan Shikai wins. However, all parties

The forces are indeed optimistic about Yuan Shikai. Fang Jianxiong's Anhui Revolutionary Army has only been established for a few days. How dare he confront Beiyang, which has been an army for many years?

Some newspapers in Shanghai have begun to bad-mouth Fang Jianxiong, and at the same time exaggerate the power of Beiyang, calling it "a cockroach shaking a tree." Of course, there are also newspapers that applaud Fang Jianxiong, saying more exaggeratedly: In the current situation, the Fang family has more foreigners and Di.

The threat contained was the pressure from Beiyang. In this difficult situation, he just wanted to go upstream. He was a great man rarely seen today. His Anhui Revolutionary Army can be called the backbone of the nation.

Quarrels in newspapers are common. Song Jiaoren didn't care too much. His mind was entirely focused on the key figure Fang Jianxiong. As a result of the quarrel between the alliance, he decided to let Song Jiaoren have a hard time. Fang Jianxiong carried out

Persuade and educate. Advise him not to start a war, taking into account the difficulty of the current peace talks.

Unfortunately, along the way, he saw that the Anhui Revolutionary Army was in the same posture as before the war. Song Jiaoren was originally 50% sure, but now he lost 10%.

"What did Li Songqing do?" Song Jiaoren complained in a low voice. He was sitting in the audience and smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Li Songqing himself cannot be protected. Once the Fang family wins this battle, the three towns in Wuhan will probably have the surname Fang.

"

"Are you serious?" Song Jiaoren was shocked and asked. Ju Zheng nodded and said sadly: "After Fang Jianxiong challenged the British, the people's hearts and minds were all on his side. The younger generation of the Hubei army even went north one after another.

, it is very difficult for you to find one or two young officers in Wuchang now, and all the student soldiers from all over the country have come to Hanyang."

Song Jiaoren suddenly discovered that Fang Jianxiong had become an unpredictable factor. His momentum was like a wild horse running wild, and there was no way to stop him.

He looked up and saw that it had been ten minutes since the guards entered, but there was still no movement inside. The guards at the door were holding strange guns and staring at the two of them with malicious intent.

Song Jiaoren thought of a question: Can Fang Jianxiong, whose military strength is so strong that he has no opponent, be tolerated by the Alliance? Especially with the attitude of the Alliance in dealing with Fang Jianxiong, it was obvious that Song had lost points in front of the people of the world.

Jiaoren couldn't help but secretly regret. If he had known earlier, he should have tried to get the Alliance to express its stance at the meeting and support Fang Jianxiong's move. At least let's show it. The situation is out of control now. Once Fang Jianxiong wins, won't the North-South peace talks become a joke?

There was finally movement inside. Two soldiers carried lanterns to clear the way. Deputy Chief of Staff Hamilton came out with a serious look on his face and accompanied a foreigner. This foreigner was acquainted with the British consul in Hankou, Graham. This foreigner came out in anger, as if

There was no advantage in escaping from Fang Jianxiong. Song Jiaoren's heart tightened, Fang Jianxiong refused to see him, this was an attitude.

Finally, the adjutant Duan Feng came out and invited the two people in with a smile. When Song Jiaoren and Ju Zheng followed him in, Ju Zheng asked, "What is the foreigner Ge Fu doing here?" Song Jiaoren immediately pricked up his ears.

Duan Feng, who was walking in front, said angrily: "On behalf of the Hankou Concession, Ge Fu warned our army that the five hundred meters around the concession are all wartime restricted areas, and both warring parties are not allowed to enter this area."

Song Jiaoren immediately felt a strong sense of humiliation. This is Chinese territory!

Of course, Song Yufu also had great ambitions in politics, but great ambitions do not mean political maturity. Otherwise, he would not have thought that Yuan Shikai could be defeated through parliamentary politics, and his life would be saved in the end. Moreover, great ambitions are not the same as political maturity.

Things should be synonyms with ambition.

There is a question that Song Jiaoren has always wondered why neither Huang Xing nor Chen Qimei likes Fang Jianxiong. Chen Qimei did not even hide the disgust on his face when he mentioned Fang Jianxiong. Song Jiaoren had never met Fang Jianxiong. The last time he planned to go to Anqing, Fang Jianxiong arrived first.

Hanyang, the trip was abandoned. I never thought that I would have to make another trip in the end.

Fang Jianxiong's temporary office is very simple, just an ordinary house. After walking in, you can hear the sound of dripping from time to time, which should be next door. Fang Jianxiong was signing an order, and he was quite polite when he saw the two people.

He took the initiative to step forward and cupped his hands and said: "The name of Song Yufu has been admired by Jian Xiong for a long time!"

Seeing the relaxed look on Fang Jianxiong's face, who didn't seem to take the foreigners too seriously, Song Jiaoren had no confidence in persuading Fang Jianxiong, so he could only do his best and responded lukewarmly: "I just wanted to come here.

Let me ask you, Commander Fang, what do you think of the opening of the peace talks in Shanghai?"

After saying this, Song Jiaoren felt a little regretful. He couldn't express his anger at this time. Surprisingly, Fang Jianxiong didn't look angry at all after hearing this. Instead, he laughed and raised his hand to greet the two of them to sit down.

Then he said: "The prerequisite for peace talks should be that both sides are evenly matched. From my point of view, the South is now a fragmented mess, fighting on their own. If it weren't for the Anhui army, Hanyang wouldn't be able to hold it. The representatives at the negotiating table can be tough.

Get up? If I am not wrong, Nanjing and Shanghai have decided to form a provisional government. Will the provisional government be a presidential system? Or a prime ministerial system? If the peace talks are successful and Yuan Shikai acts as president, will it be changed to

What about the prime ministerial cabinet system?”

Song Jiaoren was stunned for a moment, and looked at Fang Jianxiong with a strange expression for a while before saying: "What system to adopt has not been determined yet. Overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establishing the Republic of China is the consensus of our generation." Song Jiaoren deliberately said

It avoids the issue of Yuan Shikai acting as president, which is an important prerequisite for peace talks between the north and the south.

"Actually, I don't agree with the establishment of any provisional government. Because such a government is destined to be short-lived. It may even bring disaster to the people of Nanjing!" Fang Jianxiong put away the smile on his face, and Song Jiaoren was about to refute,

Fang Jianxiong had already continued: "Brother Yufu, don't rush to refute, just wait and see. That's it, whether it's peace between the north and the south, or the provisional government, don't count me, Fang Jianxiong. I'm a soldier and have no interest in politics. Come here.

,see a visitor out!"

Fang Jianxiong finished speaking firmly, turned around and left. Song Jiaoren, Ju Zheng was angry in his heart, but he didn't know how to show off?

"Fang Fuguo, you deliberately launched a war and sabotaged the peace talks. Aren't you afraid of leaving an eternal infamy in the annals of history?" Song Jiaoren shouted. Fang Jianxiong stopped and turned around, smiled, and said lightly: "What is history?

History is written by people, and it is compiled according to the needs of rulers. And I am destined to be a winner! I firmly believe in this and will never waver! You can continue to talk to Yuan Shikai. When I returned to China, I met Zhang Jingjiang on the boat.

I rejected his invitation to join the Tongmenghui. In fact, I have always believed that a loosely structured organization like the Tongmenghui will not be able to win in the volatile and dangerous political environment in the future."

This time Fang Jianxiong really left. The guards came up to see the guest off, and it was clear that he would leave without leaving. Song Jiaoren and Ju Zheng turned pale and walked away consciously. The mood of the two was still different. Ju Zheng's

It felt like Fang Jianxiong was arrogant to the extreme! Song Jiaoren was thinking about the loose organization theory and seemed to be touched. However, this touch was only for a moment and soon disappeared because he had to face an embarrassing problem, the North and the South.

Are the results of the peace talks still useful?

On the way back, Song Jiaoren kept thinking about how to solve the crisis at hand. After thinking about it, there were only a few ideas. The first was to inform Shanghai, and the second was to mobilize the media mouthpiece to criticize Fang Jianxiong. The problem is, this

The effect of the second article is hard to say, and it might even be counterproductive. The third is that the only option is to suspend peace talks and wait for the outcome of the war.

There was silence in the Hanyang headquarters. The pointer on the watch reached 4:59 on the 18th. In the direction of Caidian, An Yi was looking at the time. The watch was a prize for excellent educational performance. In the direction of Qingshan, under the escort of naval warships, the first

The first brigade has quietly arrived at the designated location. Tian Jiyang is also constantly looking at his watch, pricking his ears to listen, and opening his eyes to look at the sky in Hanyang. Wang Jinglue is also looking at his watch. As a member of the first short-term class, he and

Compared with those who worked long-term shifts, Li Yifeng was somewhat under pressure. Although both of them were brigade commanders, Li Yifeng had already made meritorious service in northern Anhui, but Wang Jinglue had not made any achievements.

The pointer finally pointed to zero, and the Germans' precise thinking took effect. The machine-like Hamilton shouted: "Time's up!" Fang Jianxiong, as commander-in-chief, nodded.

"Start!" Hamilton shouted loudly, and three red flares were launched into the air one after another. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.

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