Chapter 141: The two heroes compete for the southwest (2)

February 1, 1912, Kunming.

At this time, the north was still covered in silver, but Kunming could not feel a hint of chill. The green trees and willows on the banks of Dianchi Lake were swaying, and the egrets that were coming to winter were chirping and noisy, which made Tang Jiyao feel annoyed. He waved his hand and was about to take a rifle from the guards and drove away, but was stopped by Cai E. He smiled and said, "What's wrong with Li Geng (Tang Jiyao's name)? You are not so impatient in normal times."

Huang Yuying smiled first and said, "I think it's because Li Geng is greedy and wants to get a few wild game to taste."

Liu Cunhou next to him knew his thoughts and said, "Governor, it's not that I said you, it's fine if you don't enter Sichuan, why not enter Guizhou? Now there is a mess there, and even Brother and Old Man Club has been fighting over and over again, so there is no change."

Seeing that Tang Jiyao and Liu Cunhou started talking about Guizhou, Huang Yuying chose to shut up. Although someone recommended him as the governor after Chongjiu, he actually knew that if he wanted to firmly sit in Yunnan, he was the reason that he could not suppress him because of these two people! So he was willing to become a staff officer of the Yunnan Army. Tang Jiyao naturally looked down on him now and took the opportunity to say, "Yes, if this mess continues, it will sooner or later cause trouble to us in Yunnan. In my opinion, it is better to be prepared early."

Cai E glanced at the two of them with deep meaning and asked irresponsible: "How is the situation in Nanjing now?"

Tang Jiyao was a little angry when he saw Cai E and refused to respond, but now Yunnan is not the final decision. Cai Songpo is famous and even the top leaders of the party must rely on him to stabilize the southwest. They can only spread all their anger on Nanjing government and said angrily: "It's not like that! In order to win over Yang Qiu, not only agreed to his position as an inspector of the three provinces, but also shot all the heroes of Sun Wu and Zhang Zhenwu! He is really sick, isn't it cold.

Everyone's hearts! He also forced Tang Hualong and his younger brother Tang Xingming to go abroad and gave him the navy from Shanghai for nothing. That's not all, he transferred Li Bodhisattva to Nanjing! Now he was not satisfied with it when he got it in Hubei. He also issued a tax reform and free education to win over the hearts of the people of Hunan and Sichuan. He also issued an ultimatum that he would start to wipe out the three provinces from tomorrow. Now the gentry in Hunan and Sichuan are all frightened and hope that someone can stand up and speak.

But Nanjing was determined to curry favor with Yang Qiu and tried to pull him into the Northern Expedition, so how could he say that? But they themselves were unable to come up with the Northern Expedition plan, but they sent telegrams one after another to ask the provinces to pay taxes to pay military salaries. In the battle of Xuzhou, due to lack of military salaries, the insufficient military salaries were beaten by Beiyang and retreated hundreds of miles, losing more than 5,000 people. Even Lin Shuqing was so angry that he returned to his hometown to be sick. Yuan Shikai held Qing's self-respecting and did not take care of the affairs of the three provinces before he got the position of president. The northeast Lantianwei was also a waste! It was only a few hundred miles away from Beijing, and even a hair in Beiyang was not torn off. The Jiang Baili, who liked to talk about military affairs on paper, did not only exert some evil spirits, but actually agreed to Yang Qiu as the president of Hubei Army University, and now he trained officers specifically for Yang Qiu. In my opinion, if this continues, it would be that if Nanjing and Beijing are not fighting with Beijing, it would have become a battle with Wuchang and Beijing."

Liu Cunhou also fanned the sensation: "The news from Hunan is that after the tax reform in the past few days, many people have come out to express their dissatisfaction and demanded that Yang Qiu cancel the new policy. It is said that marches and demonstrations broke out in Changsha and Xiangtan. The Hanchuan Railway has been decided, and the new line will be taken by Zunyi Prefecture and detours into Chongqing! This is another Yang Qiu's plan. He has controlled Sichuan now and half his foot has reached our southwest. If he is allowed to build this railway, I am afraid... Guizhou and Yunnan will not be able to maintain it."

Cai E didn't seem to hear the two of them and asked irresponsibly: "Who was Beiyang leading the troops in the battle of Xuzhou?"

"The 11th standard tube leads Wu Peifu, and I heard that he is the most capable standard under Cao Kun." As soon as Huang Yuying finished speaking, Cai E recalled in surprise: "Is it him? I heard that when he was in the Baoding Army Academy, he was born and was withdrawn. Unexpectedly... he had a good idea when fighting a war."

Seeing Cai E not getting to the point, Tang Jiyao was a little anxious: "Director Cai, please give me a message. Luo Yuan sent another telegram this morning, the situation in Guizhou is about to break out, and the contradiction between the Constitutional Council and the military and political affairs is getting deeper, and there is a high possibility of fire and fire. We must not sit and watch the chaos in Guizhou affect Yunnan. Moreover, Yang Qiu has already shown signs of becoming the king. Only by snatching Guizhou can you border Hunan and cooperate with Nanjing to conquer him if necessary."

After he finished speaking, Cai E still did not express his opinion and looked at Liu Cunhou: "Jizhi (Liu Cunhou's word), what do you mean?"

"I think the same as Li Geng."

"Tell me about Zihe (Huang Yuying's character)." Cai E turned to Huang Yuying again. The latter understood that he didn't want to speak. He wanted to avoid the important things and just perfunctory things, but before he could speak, Tang Jiyao and Liu Cunhou looked over coldly. He knew that he could not avoid it, so he just gritted his teeth: "You have to make the decision on this matter, but... if you do it, now is the best time!"

Since he said that, he simply let go of his words and analyzed: "The Guizhou Army's equipment is very poor, and it is not an opponent of my Yunnan Army. The only thing we have to worry about is whether Yang Qiu will intervene. Judging from this person's methods, it is certain that he intervenes, but at the time when he is the weakest! He tied his hands and feet to change taxes and made it unstable to Hunan and Sichuan, and was forced to pull out the third division and two brigades to stabilize the two places. The remaining two divisions have to take into account the Northern Expedition and Wusheng Pass. At most one to two brigades cannons and morale in three months. His National Defense Forces can fight with Beiyang because of equipment and morale, but the equipment is not very effective in Guizhou, especially the seven-shen five cannons and heavy machine guns in his hand. It will be difficult to cross the continuous mountains and ensure supply. On the other hand, our army and the law

After a few transactions, the Chinese people bought more than fifty machine guns, and they also bought more than fifty pieces of ammunition. After the soldiers were 9, they had been trained for more than three months. We were closer to Guiyang, and the people of the two places were closer! The advantage of taking Guizhou is that they bordered Hunan. If there is anything, they can join forces with Li Liejun, Jiangxi and Chen Jiongming, Guangdong. Perhaps Lu Rongting, Guangxi, is willing to intervene. The disadvantage is that once this starts, it will definitely be a breakup. Although Yang Qiu was trapped in the internal affairs, it will never last long. He will be able to recover in two or three months. I heard that he has a good relationship with Germany and has bought a lot of military equipment. With the financial resources of the three provinces, it will definitely be much better than us. If he retaliated, it will be difficult to deal with it."

"We also have the financial resources of two provinces to take over Guizhou. Although they are not as good as Sichuan and Hubei, as long as the conflict occurs, Nanjing or the north will be willing to see him weakened. What are you afraid of him?" Tang Jiyao muttered from the side.

Cai E did not immediately express his opinion, turned his head to look at the Dianchi Lake next to him. He listened to the words of the three of them, but he didn't listen to them either, because he was a little worried. It was not because he was worried about Guizhou, but the people around him, especially Tang Jiyao and Liu Cunhou! In fact, he had already seen that these two people were extremely ambitious, and their minds were suppressed before the revolution. Now that the successful nature of the revolution was gradually revealed, he had long been unwilling to lie dormant all over the place.

Later, Liu Cunhou proposed to lead troops to Sichuan to support the Comrades Association. In name, he was going back to his hometown to help the Sichuan Comrades Army. In fact, he wanted to get rid of himself. Later, when he heard that Yang Qiu took Chengdu, he gave up, but he had been trying to make up for the west side of Sichuan. Tang Jiyao has been in contact with Liu Xianshi and others in Guizhou recently, and secretly sent people to send a lot of guns and ammunition in the name of support, just to take the opportunity to take Guizhou as the governor.

Of course, there is another more important reason besides these, that is, Yang Qiu!

Liang Qichao has sent secret letters many times to hope that he could raise the banner of constitutional establishment, but constitutional establishment is no longer feasible. He is unwilling to support Yuan Shikai, so he can only continue to rely on Nanjing government. However, Nanjing government is not a central government that does big things at first sight. Before the whole country is unified, it has begun to flee internally. With the central government's power, it is not necessary to continue to engage in assassination politics. Sun Wu is willing to fall into depravity. Everyone knows who Tao Huanqing is killed, and even that person cannot be separated. It's just that no one dares to say it.

So Yang Qiu did seize a good opportunity. As long as he could settle the matter of this new policy, he would definitely build the three provinces into a single iron plate, and even rise to become the third force. Should he test him? Thinking of this, Cai E seemed to have made up his mind and turned his head and said softly: "Let the troops prepare. If something really happens in Guizhou... we will go to Guizhou to pacify!"

Tang Jiyao's eyes suddenly became bright and he nodded hard a few times.

The horse's hooves echoed in Guiyang City at night. Looking out through the carriage windows, the city after the hustle and bustle disappeared had a bit of heart-wrenching tranquility. Qiu Wenbin, who was sitting in the carriage, kept pounding his eyelids. He had been here for almost two days. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it out. This feeling made him feel uncomfortable.

"What are Wenbin looking at?" Huang Zelin, who was sitting next to him, was curious why this old friend who had been promoted to Yang Qiu's guard kept looking outside, so he asked.

"...Nothing." Qiu Wenbin hesitated and shook his head, turned his head and asked, "Brother Huang, has Duke Yang replied?"

"Duke Yang is willing to let you enter the Guibei Protection Railway. Zhang Bailin, the president of the Privy Council, was also very intentional, but those of the constitutional party..." Huang Zelin spread his mouth like a child and made a helpless gesture. This action made Qiu Wenbin frown.

Huang Zelin was two years older than him. When the Autonomous Academic Society was just established, he and his fellow literary society came to Guizhou to congratulate him and contacted the armed forces to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and other matters. The two almost became sworn brothers because of their similar personalities. Later, he joined the Eight Towns of the Hubei Army, and Huang Zelin joined the Guizhou New Army and was promoted to the commander of the team because of his good performance. Shortly after the Wuchang Revolution, Guizhou revolted one after another. Huang Zelin was appointed as the Green Guard of Guizhou because he was an officer and a backbone of the Autonomous Academic Society, and was appointed as the president of Guizhou patrol green, the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army.

The 29-year-old commander of the army in a province is not too strange in this year. The commander of the inspection envoy of the three provinces, the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces was not even satisfied with the age of 23. But the problem is that Guizhou was like Hubei at that time. The officers elected were not too experienced and lacked experience, and they could not suppress any veterans and old officers at all. Moreover, he was not as good as Yang Qiu, and he could not even have some decent achievements. With this child's temper... Thinking of the guns of the Guizhou army when he entered the city that day, Qiu Wenbin shook his head secretly again and said, "Brother Huang, you are the president of the Guizhou army now. Isn't it useful to speak?"

Before Huang Zelin realized his problem, he crossed his hands behind his back and smiled: "I am an officer. The Privy Council and the Governor's Office have the final say in government affairs. But I support it. The Hanchuan Railway travels to Guibei and the three provinces of Guizhou and Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan. If a branch line can be built at the same time and go to Guiyang, or even Yunnan, our southwestern provinces will be together."

Qiu Wenbin said: "Your idea is very similar to that of the commander. His meaning is to build Hanchuan Road first. After two years of wealth, you can connect Guiyang and Kunming. It is best to connect Guangxi and Guangdong. In this way, our southern provinces can also be united first, so there is no need to be afraid of the north as we are now."

"North? Haven't you all defeated Beiyang? Why do you still say such things?" Huang Zelin asked.

Perhaps only he dares to say such things. Beating once does not mean you can always defeat it. Moreover, after Beiyang suffered this loss, he would definitely do his best to fight again next time and said, "Brother Huang, don't underestimate Beiyang. The reason we can win in the battle is that the commander started to deploy before the event, and then blew up Wu Sheng and shut down his food route. Even so, he paid the price of more than 16,000 civilian soldiers. Nearly half of the casualties in Laoba Town were killed and injured, all of which were piled up by human lives."

Huang Zelin seemed to have no idea what he said and smiled: "It's a pity that we didn't catch up. The Governor's Office had lit up five thousand troops to support you. As soon as he was about to set off, the Xiaocangshan victory came. If our Guizhou army was there...haha, maybe the northern expedition would have begun."

Qiu Wenbin laughed silently, laughing at the old friend for being too "confident". Now even Xu Shaozhen, who is known as the strongest in the two Huaihe Rivers and fought in Nanjing with real swords and guns, dared not praise such words, and quickly warned: "Brother Huang, don't underestimate Beiyang."

Seeing him with a look of consolation, Huang Zelin suddenly laughed: "I'm joking with Wenbin, you are you! You have had a fight with Beiyang, but I'm jealous? I don't know how much strength our Guizhou Army has? Not to mention comparing with your National Defense Forces, even the Yunnan Army and the Gui Army are better than us. Especially after Governor Cai took office, he heard that he bought a lot of arms with the French, and there were dozens of machine guns. In my opinion, only the Yunnan Army in the south can compare to you."

"You guy, I'm worried in vain. Okay, I'm here too. Remember to tell me and the governor tomorrow. Brothers can't go back empty-handed this time." Qiu Wenbin laughed, punched him and saw that the inn arrived. He immediately lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage. But as soon as he got out of the car, the feeling of uneasiness floated up again. Looking around, he found that the street seemed to be particularly quiet. He turned his head and asked, "Brother Huang, have you lifted the military control order? Who will patrol this road to the evening?"

"Military Control Order, no? Recently... Guiyang is a little uneasy, how could I lift it?" Huang Zelin stretched out his head and looked ahead, and found that there were no people in the two posts guarding the inn in the distance. He immediately turned dark and cursed: "The soldiers of the Eastern Patrol Battalion are so inappropriate! Why don't even send people to guard here? I'll ask Huang Canzhang what the hell is doing!"

Fortunately, he said that the Guizhou Army was expeditioning the Northern Expedition, and even fled to the post at night. He was so angry that he immediately asked the coachman to take a horse to prepare for inspection in the city camp. Seeing that he was still impatient, Qiu Wenbin shook his head and smiled bitterly and walked into the inn, but when he stepped into the gate with one foot, a violent explosion suddenly came from behind him.

boom.......

The familiar voice made him guard Wusheng Pass, attack Chenjiaao at night, and then fought desperately in Xiaocang Mountain and Beiyang No. 4 Town, he suddenly rolled on the spot and pulled out his pistol. At this time, the soldiers of the guard squad in the inn were also alarmed and rushed out with guns at a rapid speed. When he leaned out to check, his eyes suddenly turned blood and red!

I saw that Huang Zelin's carriage had been blown up and a raging fire broke out. Hundreds of soldiers in Guizhou uniforms rushed towards this side like hornets poked in a nest.

"Enemy attack..."

The shrill shouts suddenly wrapped the entire Guiyang City.

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