Until early September, the situation in Jiangxi and Shaanxi provinces became increasingly unclear.
Regarding the fall of Hankou, the performances of these local warlords were naturally different. But no matter how different they were, they all believed that Cao Kun's failure meant that they could no longer fish in troubled waters. Everything they had actively managed earlier, as well as the secretly given to Cao Kun,
The aid has all come to nothing today.
Li Chun learned from the experience. Not only did he provide a lot of military supplies to Hankou, he even sent several speedboats to the Yangtze River to support Cao Kun. Although these actions were done secretly, from the perspective of Yuan Su and the northern central government, they were not at all
It is not difficult to see through this. The thing that worries him most now is not that he has lost the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, nor is it that he has failed in vain, but exactly how to explain to his superiors.
This point will inevitably become the deciding point for his position and that of the entire Jiangxi Province.
If you want to continue the matter, you will inevitably encounter the hostility of the Central Guards. It is possible that the next move of the Central Guards is to wipe out Jiangxi. Li Chun is more or less aware of this matter.
The things Yuan Su did in Henan cannot be groundless. This young boy caught up with the rare major split in the Beiyang government and took the opportunity to stand up and eliminate dissidents under the banner of the central government, especially those of the older generation.
generals, and supported the so-called young faction to mainstream status.[
What's even more despicable is that Yuan Su still accomplished these things. Looking at the entire central government now, Yuan Su is the only one who controls the most elite troops in Beiyang and also controls national-level financial aid. This is simply dumbfounding.
Of course, Li Chun also knew very well that the final failure of Hankou was not entirely to blame on Cao Kun. It has been very difficult for Cao Kun to sustain the banner of the Beiyang Military Reform Commission from the beginning of the year to the present. He also understood that he was late
The delay in sending troops and the wavering attitude on the part of Shaanxi were the key reasons for Hankou's failure.
It was not that he was unwilling to send troops, or that he was hesitant. In fact, he had already made some decisions at the beginning of all the calculations, that is, he could not send troops under any circumstances. Of course, it was not just to reap the benefits.
No, let's offload all the burdens and responsibilities to the west, and let people like Cao Kun, Chen Shufan, and Chen Huan do the best.
The geographical influence of Jiangxi and Hubei is almost the same, and it is not as strong as Shaanxi.
Once his position is really put to death, the consequences will be unimaginable. In Li Chun's eyes, he has always regarded Feng Guozhang as his big brother, but no one knows what Feng Guozhang's position is. Naturally, he hopes to instigate Feng Guozhang to join this anti-imperialist movement
incident, after all, Feng Guozhang had clearly expressed his anti-imperialist will earlier.
But no matter how many insinuations he made, and no matter how many people he sent to contact him, Feng Guozhang still refused to express his position.
Under such circumstances, if he is on the wrong team, or if Feng Guozhang defeats him, wouldn't it be really doomed?
Just that morning, before Li Chun got up, the door of his bedroom was knocked by the attendant.
He struggled to get up, his mental state was very bad, and he asked energetically to the door: "What's the matter?"
The attendant's voice was somewhat urgent as he said: "General, a call from Hubei. Cao Kun has been arrested."
Li Chun frowned slightly. Although there was no specific news in this regard some time ago, since Hankou has been captured, there is obviously not much room for Cao Kun to go forward. He said angrily
: "You're so anxious to bother me about this little thing. I understand, please step back."
The attendant quickly said: "General, that's not all. The Guards have moved south."
Li Chun jumped off the bed. He didn't even bother to put on his clothes. He rushed to the door and opened it. He asked solemnly: "What's going on? When did the Guards go south?"
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It has to be said that he has always been very concerned about the dynamics of the Guards, and what he is most concerned about is the next step after taking Hankou. Hankou was just pacified last month, and now the political situation in Hubei is in chaos.
, only a few days later, troops were sent south, which is really surprising!
Not only that, where will the Guards go south? What is the next move? Who is it targeting? These issues are very important to Li Chun, and he must understand them clearly at all times. For this reason, he has transferred people from the east
Two regiments were formed and stationed in the Ganzhou and Jiujiang areas. The purpose was to prevent the Guards from suddenly turning their attention to Jiangxi.
The attendant handed the telegram to Li Chun, and then said: "On the 27th, the leading troops of the Guards suddenly completed their assembly in Yueyang. On the 30th, the fifth division and the third division successively left Jingzhou.
Lintan. It took less than seven days to complete the transfer of the main force of the Guards."
Li Chun's expression softened slightly. At least he could now confirm that Yuan Su was not plotting against Jiangxi. But then he thought again, Yuan Su was not so sinister. Hubei had not yet been completely stabilized, and the Central Guards were actually mysterious.
Unknowingly, we headed south to Hunan. What’s more, we landed directly in Yueyang?
"How did Tang Xiangming react?"
With Tang Xiangming's character, he finally climbed to the position of Hunan Governor. Now he is facing the National Defense Army entrenched in Changsha, and he will definitely be in a very tangled situation. But even so, Tang Xiangming still has the strength in his hands.
To stabilize his position in Hunan, Changsha was originally not within his planning territory, so why would he care about the influence of the National Guard Army now? [
In other words, he certainly would not want the Guards to suddenly appear in Hunan at this time.
"It's not clear yet. The Communications Room and the External Relations Department were also worried about what happened in Hunan earlier, but there is still no official news from the Hunan Governor's Office." The attendant said seriously.
"How is this possible?" Li Chun's eyebrows suddenly furrowed. He was not sure how the Guards arrived in Hunan so smoothly and quickly. Without Tang Xiangming's support, this would definitely be an unreasonable thing.
But if Tang Xiangming really wants to support the Guards, he should make his position clear as soon as possible. Why should there be any delay in this matter?
"Director Li of the External Relations Department speculated that the Guards would secretly send people to Yueyang to directly raid and kidnap Governor Tang just like they did with Hankou?"
Li Chun did not speak, but now it seems that this possibility is the highest. Otherwise, why would Tang Xiangming not respond at all? Even if he does not openly support the Guards going south, the Guards still appear in Hunan Province, and the position cannot be ignored.
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[I'm really sorry, I have been busy with a new book in the past month. I have revised it three times, but it is still not satisfactory. I have applied for a training class at the Communication University of China next month, and I have to go to Beijing to study, which may have to be delayed for a while. 】