Zhang Jingyao was defeated in the battle of Longtoupu, which shocked the whole country!
When the urgent telegram arrived in Beijing, Yuan Shikai was also panicked. After receiving the alarm from Huguang, Li Liejun invaded Hunan and Lu Rongting invaded Guangdong. He was suddenly more frightened and worried: one after another, Japan's minister Rizhiyi submitted another diplomatic opinion.
, was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the general meaning of the book was: "According to the instructions of our own government, due to the spread of civil strife in [China], the Beijing government has no ability to quell the chaos, and in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Jin, it is still maintaining the republic. It shall not be regarded as
The rebel party, the government of this country, has now recognized it as a warring group" and other words.
Soon, there were ministers from Britain, France, Russia, and the United States, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking Yuan Shikai to abolish the imperial system as soon as possible to avoid long-term chaos. Yuan Shikai was eager to respond when a long telegram suddenly came and he hurriedly ordered his secretary to translate it.
The purpose of these two words was to quickly abolish the imperial system and to calm people's minds. When Yuan Shikai saw it, he hurriedly read the last few numbers. As soon as he came out, he immediately ordered an "Emperor Yuan" to flop down on the couch.
Who came from this telegram? It turned out to be Jiangsu General Feng Guozhang, Shandong General Jin Yunpeng, Jiangxi General Li Chun, Zhejiang General Zhu Rui, and Xuzhou General Zhang Xun.
These five generals were originally important figures in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and were usually Yuan Shikai's confidants. This time, due to the issue of the imperial system, they were somewhat disintegrated. Yuan Shikai paid great attention to it, and the sudden arrival of this message made him frustrated. Secretary
When the officer saw Yuan Shikai lying down, he suspected that he had fainted. He took a peek and saw that his eyes were open, his eyebrows were raised, and his fists were clenched tightly. It was even more frightening: he did not dare to call out, but
Secret orders were sent to the left and right to invite the "Prince".
After a while, Yuan Keding came in and approached Yuan Shikai's chair. Yuan Shikai suddenly sat up and said: "Hello! You wholeheartedly persuaded me to be the emperor, so you can inherit the throne in the future. I listened to you and tried my best to provoke you."
This kind of misfortune. Now that people's hearts have changed and the West is falling and the East is responding, how can I step down?" Yuan Keding hesitated: "At present, there are only three provinces of Yunnan, Jin, and Guangxi. It doesn't matter if we raise troops to rebel."
Yuan Shikai was angry and angry: "Don't you read the message from the fifth general?"
Yuan Keding went to the front of the case and saw the secretary's translation, which was about half of the original text. After reading it again, he was too frightened to say anything. He only had this courage.
Yuan Shikai said angrily: "Go and invite Duan Zhiquan."
Yuan Keding murmured: "Fear of transformation may not mean willingness to neuter."
"Cao Cao, Zhang Jingyao came with a secret message and said that he would appoint Lao Duan. Now that the matter is urgent, we have to ask him to come out." Yuan Shikai let out a long sigh.
Du Keding didn't dare to talk, so he had no choice but to go to invite Duan Qirui. As expected, he refused to accept the invitation and insisted on blocking him, so he returned dejected and came to see Yuan Shikai again. Yuan Shikai sighed: "Once the friendship of many years is worn out,
It’s always up to the children to be naughty!”
Yuan Shikai read the warning of the five generals again and looked at his meaning. It seemed that the imperial system would not withdraw but would imitate Yunnan.
Jin, the three provinces of Guangxi, declared independence. This urgent matter was no small matter, so we had to summon a group of officials and hold a royal meeting. Except for the Six Gentlemen and the Thirteen Taibao, all the Secretary of State and below, such as the chief ministers of various ministries, etc., attended the meeting.
Yuan Shikai first took out the message from the five generals and showed it to the public. Then he sighed and said: "According to the message from the five generals, they want me to abolish the imperial system. I have no imperial thoughts, but I am forced to do this because of public sentiment. I want to deceive others. Now that I have
If some people are dissatisfied, I don’t think I should hold on to them.”
Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhu Qiling and Liang Shizhao had already issued an edict: "If your Majesty abolishes the imperial system, your prestige will be reduced and you will be shown to others that you are weak. I will not dare to obey your orders."
When it comes to the word "fate", someone else protested: "Since the birth of the monarchy, I have been secretly pessimistic. However, people in the capital look forward to it and express their approval. How can I dare to join in the dissent? At present, the general trend in the southwest is that eight out of ten
9. The president regrets his misfortune and considers the catastrophe, so he plans to order the guilty and severely punish them, which may be enough to calm people's hearts and save the situation. If the monarchy is abolished and the party members are still unwilling to stop fighting, it is the party members, not the president.
Even the envoys from various countries have no way to support them, to help them make things smooth in the face of adversity, so that the chaos can be settled.
The day before yesterday, the President said that he would rather sacrifice his children and grandchildren to save the country and the people, but why is he so attached to the throne?" When Yuan Shikai heard this, he saw that it was Zhang Yilu, the Director-General of Education, and replied calmly: "Zhongren, you did it last year
Discourage the imperial system, I regret not following your words."
Yuan Shikai had already regretted it, so Zhang Yilu just said "Your Majesty, be careful", which was finally a good idea. Yuan Shikai began to ponder again!
At this time, Yuan Shikai had already considered abdicating...
However, it is too late for Yuan Shikai to regret it now.
As soon as the forwards of the Dingguo Army arrived in Naxi, they immediately started a fierce battle with the Beiyang Army.
At this time, the morale of the Beiyang Army was not as strong as it was when they first entered Sichuan.
Xu Mu's 3rd Division of the Dingguo Army and Wang Zanxu's 6th Division of the Dingguo Army attacked Beiyang from two fronts. Relying on artillery fire, they launched the most ferocious attack on Beiyang.
Subsequently, the First Guard Division also rushed to the battlefield and joined the attack on the Beiyang Army. The Beiyang Army suffered heavy casualties and was unable to continue fighting.
As the war situation in Sichuan changed, anti-Yuan forces emerged in various places.
On the western Hunan side, Wang Wenhua's national-protecting Guizhou army arrived at the Guizhou-Hunan border in late January 1916. They immediately divided their routes to attack Yuan Jun in western Hunan. The 1st Regiment took advantage of the opportunity of Yuan Jun's New Year's Eve celebration in Huangzhou City, Hunan to attack on the evening of February 2.
Yuan's army was unprepared and was defeated the next day and fled Centipede Pass. The Guizhou army entered Huangzhou. 4
On the same day, they captured Centipede Pass and annihilated one unit each of the 5th mixed brigade of Yuan's army and the Zhenyuan Road garrison. The 3rd
The regiment defeated Jinyang on February 5. During this period, the 2nd regiment captured some strongholds on the outskirts of Mayang City, but failed to attack the city twice. On the 13th, the 1st and 3rd regiments jointly attacked Yuanzhou, and Yuan Jun abandoned the city and fled.
On the 14th, the Jin Army occupied Yuanzhou. Wang immediately used part of the 1st Regiment to support the 2nd Regiment to attack Mayang City again, and captured the area on the 16th. By late February, the Jin Army of Protecting the Country conquered Hongjiang and Jingxian County.
, Channel, Suining and other places, and defeated about 3 mixed regiments of Yuan's army. In mid-March, Yuan's army launched a counterattack towards Mayang, Jinyang and other places. The Jin army who protected the country resisted tenaciously and restrained Yuan's army in western Hunan from transferring troops to the main direction of Sichuan.
Li Liejun's troops marched from Kunming to Guangxi on February 20, 1916. In early March, a fierce battle began with Long Guang's troops in the Funing area of Guangnan on the Yunnan-Guangxi border. The 2nd Army opened its Confucian Ladder Regiment in the east of Funing.
In the Guangchao area, they repelled multiple attacks by Li Wenfu, the commander of the 1st Dragon Army route, and the two sides reached a stalemate. The Shengtao Ladder Regiment of the 2nd Army and Huang Enxi, the commander of the 2nd Dragon Army route, fought for several days in the Guangnan area, and Huang Enxi's troops were defeated.
The troops were repulsed. On the 15th, Ningwu General Lu Rongting sent a telegram announcing Guangxi’s independence.
The Yunnan National Guard Army took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack against the Dragon Army. At the same time, the Zhao Zhongqi Regiment of the 3rd Army, which came from Yunnan to Guangxi to intercept the Dragon Army, arrived in Shillong and flanked Huang Enxi's troops with the Fang Shengtao Regiment.
The Huang tribe was defeated, and the remnants fled to southern Yunnan. The Ting, adapted from the First Division of the 3rd Army, marched to Huang Yucheng's tribe. At this time, they also advanced from Yunnan via Xingyi, Guizhou to Guangxi, and cooperated with the Gui army to surround Long Mingguang's headquarters and capture all of it. Disarmed. Seeing that the situation was over, Li Wenfu led his troops to surrender. The Longtigan bandits and the remnants of Huang Enxi from the 3rd Longtigan Army who fled to southern Yunnan were intercepted by Liu Zuwu and other troops of the 3rd Army. Some were wiped out and some fled the Yunnan border.
Yuan Shikai's military operations failed, and Yuan's troops were also attacked in Guangdong, Shandong and other places, and his diplomacy suffered successive setbacks. He was forced to announce the abolition of the monarchy on March 22, 1916, but he still held the position of president.
However, despite successive victories in Sichuan, the National Defense Army commanded by Cai Zhen at this time really had no way to go any further.
In addition to the huge casualties, one of the most important factors also emerged: money!
At this time, the Protectorate Army really didn’t have many coins in their pockets. In the past, Yunnan was a poor place that received food relief from the central government. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, it relied on an annual subsidy of 80 yuan from the central government. Ten thousand yuan.
Now that Cai Zhen is back, President Yuan has become weaned. He only has the 400,000 yuan he got from selling his house and land. Now that the 400,000 yuan has been used up, can the brothers of the Yunnan Army really have no choice but to drink from the northwest wind?
In fact, at the time of the expedition, the Yunnan Army's military pay was less than two months. Even this less than two months' military pay was filled with a large amount of "Dian soil", that is, opium. The value of this stuff is equivalent to that of ocean yellow croaker, and it is easier to use than Dian Yuan. If you have more, you can consume it wherever you go.
It's not that Cai Zhen doesn't want to continue fighting, but that he really has no money!
Similarly, this is also the reason why Wang Hengyue felt relieved to let the National Guard Army enter Sichuan.
He is not afraid of your Yunnan troops coming in. Just a military salary can kill you!
There is also the issue of ammunition supply. The weapons and equipment of the Yunnan Army have always been good. In the last years of Guangxu, Xiliang, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, ordered fifty-four mountain-mounted cannons from Germany, each with a thousand ammunition: Maxim machine gun 19-ting : There are more than 10,000 new five-gun rifles, each with 1,000 bullets.
In addition, in the late Qing Dynasty, the governor of Yunnan had always paid attention to stockpiling weapons. At this time, the ammunition on the Yunnan Army's books was enough to support a medium-sized war.
The question is, given the road conditions in Yunnan and Sichuan, how many Biffs would be needed to transport enough ordnance and ammunition for tens of thousands of people to fight a medium-sized war?
After several battles, the ammunition in the hands of the Yunnan Army was almost empty. If it were not for Wang Hengyue's support, I am afraid that it would not be able to hold on now.
"It's time to pick fruits." Wang Hengyue suddenly said this in his headquarters.
"Pick fruit?" Jiang Li was startled.
Wang Hengyue smiled: "Beiyang is tired and injured. Where is the Yunnan Army? No money, no bullets. I heard that the First Army of the National Defense Army almost mutinied because of military pay. Now that their mission is over, it is our turn It’s time to pick fruits.” Jiang Li nodded.
"Beiyang is not much better." Wang Hengyuexiong said confidently: "The Yunnan army so close to Luzhou has all used up their bullets, and the same goes for Beiyang who came all the way. Where did they come from?" Let them go back Where to go."
Wang Hengyue is ready to completely solve the Sichuan issue!!.