Yang Shiqi made a special trip from Beijing to Wuyuan City.
Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.
The sky is clear, the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind, and cattle and sheep can be seen low.
The Chile River mentioned in "Cele Song" is the place now called Wuyuan.
The vast Suixi grassland is sparsely populated. After Yuan Shikai was dismissed, Lin Shuo, who had already served as minister of the Ministry of Communications, was also pushed to the position of minister of northwest reclamation affairs. He was basically exiled to the frontier.
Lin Shuo took a fancy to the boundless land at the foot of Yinshan Mountain and moved his Reclamation Bureau to the small Wuyuan City.
The land here is vast and sparsely populated. If you ride a horse for a long time along the Yinshan Mountain to Daqingshan Mountain, you may not see a single family. "Thousands of miles of the Yellow River only lead to wealth." This large area of land formed by the alluvial accumulation of the Yellow River is relatively fertile.
Crops can be grown by planting seeds. However, the harvest depends on God's will.
Suixi is a land of thousands of miles of fertile land, but only lacks water.
If we want to turn this fertile soil into fertile farmland, we must build dams, build canals, and divert water for irrigation.
The cost of building one mile of main canal is higher than the cost of building one mile of railway.
Fortunately, Lin Shuo doesn't seem to be too short of money.
With hundreds of thousands of taels of silver invested every year, the reclaimed land expanded outwards from Wuyuan and Baotou.
Baotou City now has nearly 2,000 households. The Qing Dynasty actually did not send local governors. There is only a Lijin Bureau with more than a dozen tax collectors sent by the Salazi Department. Instead, only the local "Liangshan" people are involved in all matters.
After discussion and settlement, Lin Shuo unceremoniously brought this place under his jurisdiction.
"Did Mr. Xingcheng come all the way to play chess with me?" Lin Shuo asked.
"That's not the case. You sent troops to surround Sheng Xingsun's special train. You are very brave. The regent sent me to comfort you." Yang Shiqi smiled. Lin Shuo was very brave. Sheng Xuanhuai sat on the post again in October of the second year of Xuantong.
As Minister of Public Affairs, on the one hand he encouraged the regent to nationalize the railways, and on the other hand he took advantage of the Japanese and came up with the idea of Lin Shuo's iron ore mine.
Lin Shuo was furious after getting the news. Sheng Xuanhuai happened to be taking a train to inspect the progress of the Beijing-Suiyuan Railway. At Fengzhen Station, Dong Jun intercepted Sheng Xuanhuai's float and surrounded it.
Lin Shuo and his soldiers rushed onto Sheng Xuanhuai's float, pointed at Sheng and scolded him for his treasonous crimes, "NND, if you touch my iron mines, I will immediately raise troops to clear the army. Look at the regent.
If I kill you, I will still be killed!"
Sheng Xuanhuai was scolded by Lin Shuo and the float was smashed by Dongjun. "Lin Anhua is going to rebel!" he ran to Zaifeng and cried.
When the regent heard this, he became angry and really wanted to send troops to attack Lin Shuo's army.
Upon hearing this, Prince Qing quickly stopped him, "Are you really trying to force Lin Anhua to rebel? If he really rebels, what are you going to do to settle it? Lin Anhua wears the same trousers as the Beiyang Army. Maybe the Beiyang Army will turn their guns around.
Come with Lin Anhua to conquer Beijing."
When the regent heard this, he immediately lost his temper and summoned Sheng Xuanhuai to reprimand him. In addition, he sent Yang Shiqi, the Minister of Agriculture and Industry, to Mengdi to comfort him.
There are many people who come to Suiyuan to escape, so there are also many who take risks and become bandits.
There is a saying in Baotou City: "There are more bandits on the grassland than yam eggs in the fields!"
Banditry was rampant on the grasslands, seriously affecting local development, but the local officials of the Qing Dynasty had always been unable to control it.
Lin Shuo didn't care about this. He gave an order and Dongjun marched from Ningxia to the grassland. He only used the bandit suppression as a training exercise. He only killed the horse bandits and fled here and there. Most of the ones who refused to be recruited became ghosts under the sword.
, for a time the people in western Inner Mongolia lived and worked in peace and contentment, which was quite a bit like He Qing Haiyan.
It feels different to hold the barrel of a gun in your hand.
There are fewer bandits on the grassland, but the army under Master Lin has expanded to less than 20,000 people.
The hundreds of thousands of acres of land that have been cultivated have not yielded much harvest, but the Qing Dynasty is coming to an end.
"No need to pinch, no need to calculate, Xuantong will only last two and a half years!"
This song was sung so beautifully that a gunshot was fired in Wuchang City, and the Qing Dynasty was immediately thrown into chaos.
Master Lin, however, sat firmly in Wuyuan.
During the Shaanxi Revolution, the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, Geng Zhaodong's army counterattacked Xi'an. Lin Shuo saw off the messenger and returned to the house to throw Chang Geng's handwriting into the stove, "Grandma, a Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu wants to order me!" He didn't care about Wuyuan Hall at all.
Fan Enqing, a fellow student of the fifth grade, watched with horror.
Not following orders does not mean that there is no action.
Lin Shuo was expanding his army on a large scale. In more than a month, Dong's army expanded to more than 30,000 people. Who knows when he secretly stockpiled so many arms in Wuyuan.
In mid-November, news came: Yan Xishan, the local governor of Shanxi, had abandoned the city and fled to northern Shanxi with a group of defeated soldiers. He seemed to have the intention of fleeing to Mongolia.
Lin Shuo smiled and waved his hand, and Dongjun, who was training, gathered on the large playground outside Wuyuan City.
The red rising sun shone on the vast snowfield, and Lin Shuo read aloud the message written by his staff in front of tens of thousands of soldiers. The article was not white or white, but it was catchy.
The young soldier below who had just joined the army couldn't understand the words "Expulse the Tartars and help the Han Dynasty" at all. He pulled the sleeves of the veteran on the side and asked quietly: "Team Lieutenant, what does it mean anyway?"
"It means we have rebelled. We are going to rebel against the Qing Dynasty! There is going to be a war." The veteran didn't understand.
"Doesn't that mean we want to be a revolutionary party?"
"It doesn't matter whether it's a revolutionary party or not. Anyway, you are right to listen to the commander-in-chief. I guarantee you will have food and drink!"
On November 21, 1911, Lin Shuo and Wuyuan swore an oath to fight against the Qing Dynasty. The Dong army was reorganized into three towns and six associations, known as the "Northwest Restoration of Han Army". Except for Zhang Weicheng, the commander of the Fifth Association, who graduated from the Japanese Military Academy, the other five associations
The leaders all come from the old camp of Dongjun.
The snow is capped, people shout and horses neigh, tens of thousands of troops march eastward along the Yellow River like wolves on the grassland, very much like the Huns cavalry back then. History seems to have been a big joke, but this time it was the Han army that entered the pass to overthrow the aliens.
rule.
Lin Jianfan led the troops of the Third Town and the Two Associations to attack Suiyuan City, but Lin Shuo personally led the army into Jin.
In early December, Dongjun crossed the frozen Yellow River and entered Shanxi. The impoverished Yan Xishan was in Baode with more than 2,000 remnant soldiers, forcing the local wealthy owners to demand food and wages, just like bandits.
After hearing the news of the entry of the army, Yan Xishan did not recover for a long time. At first, he thought it was the Qing army coming to conquer, and all he could think about was whether he should continue to escape or surrender his weapons on the spot.
Or his chief of staff, Zhao Daiwen, was more sober: "The Governor, they are called the people's army. Should we send someone to contact them?"
"Yes, should, should!" Yan Xishan finally came to his senses.
Yan Xishan sent Zhao Daiwen and Zhang Peimei with more than ten people to contact Dongjun. In Hequ, they met Zhang Weicheng, the ruler of the Fifth Association who was the vanguard of Dongjun. Zhang Weicheng was from Fengzhen, northern Shanxi, and initially worked as an apprentice at Tianyiyuan Company.
Later, he joined the Dongjun Army. Because he had passed the scholar examination, he soon showed his military talent. He was admitted to the Baoding Beiyang Crash Course and was later recommended to study in the seventh period of the Japanese Military Academy.
Because they were all from Jin Province, Zhang Weicheng was familiar with Yan Xishan, Yao Yiqi and others when he was in Japan.
Yan Xishan was in Baode City when he suddenly heard a panicked report from Tan Ma: "Master Governor, a large group of troops from the north is heading towards Baode. It seems to be led by Chief of Staff Zhao!"
Yan Xishan was shocked, "Hey Zhao Daiwen, I was thinking about how to lose the city, but I didn't expect this kid to move faster than me! He quickly braved the wind and snow to the top of the city, picked up the telescope and took a look, and saw that he was far away
The white flag was fluttering, and a large group of troops, numbering five or six thousand people, was heading towards Baode City.
The thief Zhao Daiwen was riding a horse and walking in front of the team with several officers.
Lao Yan thought about it for a while and felt that something was wrong. The other party didn't look like they were here to fight. Looking carefully, there were five big characters written on the white flag: Northwest Restoration of Han Army!
I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that the person who came was a friend rather than an enemy, so I quickly went back to the house to change clothes.
Why do you think?
Governor Yan was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat just now. Don't catch a cold on such a cold day.
Zhao Daiwen led Zhang Weicheng's troops into Baode. Yan Xishan was overjoyed, as reinforcements had arrived.
"Come here, let Mr. Feng prepare some good banquets. I want to entertain the revolutionary comrades!"
Drinks were exchanged, wine and meat flowed freely, and the revolutionary comrades made Feng Laocai's liver hurt and he lay down on the hospital bed.
While the wine was in full swing, Yan Xishan reiterated his old talk and clinked glasses with Zhang Weicheng: "Brother, now that you have a strong army and a strong horse, I will let you be the governor!"
Zhang Weicheng was stunned: "Brother, aren't you being mean to me?"
Yan Xishan said sternly: "Brother, this is sincere. Do you think that the governor is so good? If not, there are thousands of people who are asking for food and pay every day. I am really fed up with hunger, but there is no one to take over."
, if you don’t believe me, ask Zhou Laoliu.”
Zhou Weifan nodded at the side, "He is afraid that his whole family will be executed and his women will be confiscated!"
Yan Xishan really didn't want to be the bad governor at this time. He started the revolution with a moment of bravery, but only after the defeat at Niangziguan did he start to be afraid. Since he left Taiyuan, he has been worried about how the past dynasties dealt with the traitor families.
, the more I think about it, the more I feel scared.
Moreover, food and drink for thousands of people is also a big problem. His current situation is like that of a big bandit leader.
It's not easy to be a revolutionary governor.
Zhang Weicheng looked embarrassed, "No way, I have a commander above me."
"It makes sense, it makes sense. Marshal Lin was once a second-rank official in the imperial court. It is just right for him to be the governor!"
A few days later, Lin Shuo led an army into Jin. After pretending to refuse, he took over the seal of the Jin army's governor-general from Lao Yan.
Later, Lin Shuo felt a little embarrassed and said, "Why don't we become sworn brothers and I will accept you as my brother-in-law?"
From now on, Lao Yan would also become famous in the Chinese political arena by virtue of his status as a foster brother. This was something no one expected at the beginning.
The Restoration Han Army in the northwest counterattacked Taiyuan. Later, Zhang Yu, Qiao Xu, Kong Geng and other remnants came to seek refuge, and their momentum became stronger and stronger.
While Lin Shuo led his army to attack Taiyuan, he sent people to constantly contact Yuan Shikai, who had regained power.
Li Chun, the commander of the Sixth Town of Beiyang who is stationed in Taiyuan, is very nervous. Now that the former commander of the Sixth Town in his hands, Wu Luzhen, has been assassinated, he only has an association with less than 6,000 troops. It is okay to deal with tens of thousands of civilian troops. He has to deal with Dong Jun.
, he felt unsure.
He knew very well the equipment and training of Dongjun. Everything was not much different from that of the Beiyang Army. He had also been sent by Lao Yuan to serve as a trainer for Dongjun for several months.
Don't expect that Lin Anhua won't hit you because of this little bit of love.
Li Chun held in his hand Lin Shuo's autographed letter to him. The title was very polite. The first sentence was "Brother Xiushan", but the content was not so polite. Lin Shuo's meaning was very clear, asking him to withdraw from Taiyuan and return to Niangziguan.
Hello, everyone. Otherwise, a large army will besiege the city, and both sides will fight to the death. Then don't blame me for being ruthless.
Li Chun thought about it and had no choice but to send a telegram to Lao Yuan for instructions. After all, his opponent was also the old man's son-in-law.
Lao Yuan's reply was very clear, asking him to swear to defend Taiyuan, but he added at the end: The army must be preserved.
Li Chun is so angry, why should I hold on if I can save the army? Then run away!
Immediately ordered the troops: Everyone gather, let's go out of the city to meet the enemy and go to Niangzi Pass!
An ignorant staff officer asked: "Sir, the enemy is coming from the west..."
Li Chun raised his leg and kicked it: "Damn it, do you understand that this is called outflanking? I will punish you to go back to the military academy to study again!"
As soon as Li Chun and his men ran away, Zhang Xiluan, the new governor of Shanxi, took a look and said, "Why should I stay here if the Beiyang soldiers have already run away? If we don't end up like Lu Zhongqi if we continue this, let's run away too!" So he took his two
The battalion guards took the train overnight to Zhengding, traveling further than Li Chun.
On December 22, 1912, the Northwest Restoration Army regained Taiyuan. Although they only fired a few blank shots, the whole city celebrated as if they had won a great victory.
Lin Shuo officially served as the commander-in-chief of the Shanxi People's Army. The first thing he did after taking office was to announce that he would go straight to Longting and send troops to Chahar!
Someone raised an objection: "Commander, Beijing is in the southeast. It seems that you can just go south along the Zhengtai Railway!"
Lin Shuo closed his eyes, "Grandma, look at Li Xiushan's consciousness, and then look at you! It seems that we must strengthen political education in the future."
However, the newly appointed Chief of Civil Affairs Yan Xishan quickly understood the actual intention of the leader, "The road to Niangziguan is not easy to walk, and it is not heavily guarded by the Beiyang Army. We will take a detour from Chahar. This road takes up a lot of land, so we must
Capture Zhangyuan, the important town in northern Saibei!"
Lin Shuo was very satisfied. This brother's consciousness was different and he had the potential to become an excellent political commissar.