When Wang Hengyue went to Guizhou, Duan Qirui also swore to send troops as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army on July 4!
On July 2, Li Jingxi, the cabinet minister who had been in office for less than ten days, disguised himself as a coal transporter and fled from Beijing to Tianjin.
On July 3, Cheng Biguang and Lu Yongxiang, the Songhu military envoy, jointly sent a telegram to crusade against the restoration.
On the same day, Feng Guozhang convened a military meeting in Nanjing. As expected by Zhang Guogan, he seized the opportunity to lead the restoration of the mainstream of the Republic of China and opposed restoration. Unfortunately, Nanjing was too far away from Beijing and was not as good as Tianjin in terms of geographical conditions. At the same time, he sent a telegram to Duan
Qi Rui, listed Zhang Xun’s eight major crimes,
Requesting a joint appeal with Duan. Feng and Duan then jointly issued the following telegram: Since powerful factions in Nanjing and Shanghai expressed their opposition to restoration, Zhejiang Governor Yang Shande also expressed his opposition to restoration in a telegram on the 3rd.
On this day, Hong Xian's imperial regime Fu Yang also made a call to oppose the restoration. But his argument was different. He only opposed the restoration of the Qing Dynasty and not the imperial system in general.
Sun Yuyun, another disaster of the Hongxian monarchy, also made a call to oppose the restoration.
During the period of changes in the restoration, many warlords neither expressed their opposition to the restoration nor expressed their support for the restoration. They tried to see the direction of the wind first, and then expressed their attitude. For example, Wang Zhanyuan, the governor of Hubei, and Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan,
When he came to Beijing to forge the edict, he ordered the electricity bureau not to make it public for the time being, so as not to make it difficult to answer when others asked him about his status. Zhang Zuoshuang "had a special position in Fengtian and it was inconvenient to express his status during the holiday." Someone asked Hunan Governor Tan Yankai's status, and Tan only replied
The word "funny" was added.
The military campaign to suppress the rebellion started on July 7, 1996, and ended on the 12th. It lasted only six days, and there were four days in between when the troops were unable to advance. There were only two days of real fighting.
On the 6th, the rebel army concentrated on Lugou Bridge on the west road and moved to Huangcun on the east road from Langfang. The braided army in Fengtai was in a situation of being attacked from both sides. Zhang Xun ordered the braided army to destroy the Fengtai Railway to prevent the rebel army from advancing.
This move aroused protests from the diplomatic corps. According to the "Xinchou Treaty"
The reason why "Beijing-Tianjin Railway must not be interrupted" is to send foreign soldiers to protect, repair the tracks and restore traffic. This will be very detrimental to the braided army.
When Zhang Luo was resisting the rebel army, he knew that his strength was weak. He only brought 5,000 soldiers northward. This force was only used as a symbol and threat. Once it was officially launched, it would not be enough. In order to cover up his vulnerability, he
He had no choice but to send the non-braided army to take the lead, while the braided army was postponed to supervise the battle. On the 7th, he sent Wu Changzhi's first brigade and Tian Wanwang's regiment to Fengtai for reinforcements, and the second battalion of the braided army was adjourned. As a result, Wu and Tian's troops had not yet reached their destination.
, they turned against each other, and the Li Kuiyuan Brigade of the 11th Division and Liu Peirong Brigade of the 12th Division stationed in Nanyuan also took advantage of the situation and pointed their guns at the Braided Army. Under such circumstances, the Braided Army fled in all directions.
Chen Guangyuan, the commander of the 12th Division, rushed to Xingtai from Nanyuan, and the east and west rebel armies met in Fengtai. The braided troops who retreated from the front line all retreated to the Yongding Gate of Beijing. Jiang Chaozong ordered the city gates to be closed and no stragglers were allowed to enter the city.
, Zhang Xun was furious after hearing this, and forced Jiang Kaicheng to send in braided soldiers.
This was the first battle of the rebel army. It was just a small contact, and there was no big battle at all, because the train was still moving despite the artillery fire. This time the braided army was defeated because the Beiyang Army turned against him, so there was no formal fight.
He was defeated.
Zhang Xun panicked at this time. He hurriedly sent telegrams to the warlords from various provinces attending the Xuzhou Conference, asking them to fulfill their promises, support restoration, and stop the attack.
But who will control the rebel army now? It took no effort to conquer Langfang in one battle, join Fengtai in another battle, and march to the gates of Beijing in three battles. The victory report of Duan Zhigui, commander-in-chief of the East Road rebel army, said: "The Rebel Military Commission
There are many discarded pigtails and opium cigarettes."
The battle of Langfang was actually not fought. The local defense force was the 16th Mixed Brigade of the Army. Duan Qirui appointed Feng Yuxiang, the former commander of the brigade, and Langfang fell without a fight. At this time, another brigade commander Wu Peifu was at Cao Cao
He served as the commander of the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division. Wu and Feng had fought against the National Protectorate Army in Sichuan, and now they were participating in the war against rebellion.
On July 8, upon receiving Zhang Xun's order, the Braided Army retreated into the inner city of Beijing and concentrated in the Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and Zhang's residence along the Nanhe River. The infantry was ordered to lead the Jiang Chao sect to send troops to defend the city gates. The troops originally stationed outside Beijing were
Zhang Xiyuan's troops from the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division took advantage of the situation and attacked Chaoyang Gate.
As a result, street fighting may break out in Beijing, and the situation suddenly becomes tense. Beijing Police Chief Wu Bingxiang hurriedly visited Brigadier Zhang and asked him to withdraw. The reason was that the city gates in Beijing had been taken over by neutral infantry commanders!
After Zhang Xun's braided army retreated into the inner city, Beijing became a three-tiered sphere of influence. The braided soldiers stationed in the inner city still flew the five-clawed yellow dragon flag. The middle line was a "neutral zone" without a flag, led by Jiang Chaozong.
Troops were stationed at various city gates, and Jiang Chaozong still used the pseudo-post of the Nine Gate Admiral Lou after the restoration to make peace notices for the people. The notices were neither called "Republic of China" nor "Qing Empire" but also used the yin and yang calendars.
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Outside the city were the rebel forces flying five-color flags. Seeing that the situation was over, Zhang Xun couldn't help but panic. He sent the puppet foreign minister Liang Dunyan to the [Japanese] embassy to ask the Japanese envoy to protect the "emperor". "No point: This is
At that time, Li Wuhong was still living in the Japanese embassy. Liang saw Li and apologized to Li. Zhang Xun also wanted to imitate the old wisdom of Li Ji and Guo Bang, setting fire to the palace and taking the "young master" out of Qihua Gate to hunt for Rehe in the west.
, of course this doesn’t work either.
At this time, the city gate carts in Beijing were filled with half-moon-shaped sandbags, machine guns were set up outside the gate of Zhang's house in Nanchizi, and the shops in the urban area were closed. The people were panicked because they were afraid that they might repeat the looting of Nanjing in the second year of the Republic of China.
One scene.
However, Zhang Xun was very smart this time. He knew that foreigners in Beijing were very dangerous, so the braided soldiers did not burn, kill, and loot like they did in Nanjing. They actually did not take any grass or trees from the people.
The rebel army did not actively attack Beijing because they were afraid that the ancient city would be destroyed by artillery fire after the street fighting, so Duan Qirui planned to resolve everything through diplomatic channels. On July 8, Duan Qirui sent Wang Daxie and Liu Chongjie into the city to contact the ministers of various countries, please
He conveyed it to Zhang Xun and proposed the following four armistice treaties: (1) abolish the imperial system, (2) disarm the braided army, (3) preserve Zhang Xun's life, and (4) maintain the preferential treatment conditions of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, Fu Liangzuo and Qu were sent.
Tongfeng entered the city to handle the military evacuation of the pigtails.
The ministers of various countries selected the Dutch minister as their representative to convey the conditions of the rebel army to Zhang Xun's puppet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Zhang Xun to accept it, and expressing that all countries were willing to recognize Zhang Xun as a state prisoner and protect him.
Seeing that the situation was over, Zhang Xun made a wishful thinking. He wanted to lead the braided army to safely exit Beijing and return to his hometown in Xuzhou through diplomatic relations. At the same time, he, Lei Zhenchun, and Zhang Zhenfang jointly submitted their resignations to Puyi. Of course, Puyi's little puppet emperor approved.
A false edict was also issued to appoint Xu Shichang to form a cabinet. Before Xu Shichang arrived in Beijing, Wang Shizhen acted as his deputy.
Zhang Xun never dreamed that his dream of restoration would be short-lived, and that those warlords who were "only brave" at the Xuzhou Conference would now look at it with a "delay" and "wait and see" attitude.
He was a one-man show. When the situation was over, he wanted to leave. He wanted to imitate Yuan Shikai. Yuan used to stage Hong Xian to become emperor, but failed to become emperor, so he turned around and wanted to be president. Now that Zhang Xun has failed to restore power, he also wants to
Go back to Xuzhou and become a commander.
When Duan Qirui proposed four ways to resolve the current situation to Zhang Xun through the diplomatic corps, Zhang responded with four lines of ballads. He said: "I will never leave the army, and the soldiers will never leave their weapons. Where did I come from, and where will I go?"
Where to go."
At this time, he had forgotten the little emperor he supported. Someone asked him how to explain the Qing Dynasty. He said loudly: "I am too stupid. Everyone is smart. Restoration is not my idea alone.
It is not my wish alone. If the restoration is successful, everyone will enjoy the blessings. But if it fails, I will be the only one to suffer. This matter originally had nothing to do with the imperial purge, but when it was completed, the little emperor sat in the Dragon Court. If it failed, I will suffer alone.
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Zhang Xun wanted to completely blame the affairs of Beijing on Xu Shichang and Wang Shizhen. He believed that these two people were the elders of the Beiyang faction and the important ministers of the Beiyang faction. With them in charge, the people of the Beiyang faction would feel more comfortable. At the same time,
, he intuitively believed that the Beiyang faction was not opposed to restoration, but opposed to him taking charge of it all by himself. Now that he has left the aftermath of Beijing to Xu Hewang, the Beiyang faction will not kill them all, but of course they will let him live.
Returning to Xuzhou. He was indeed very sad. He deeply felt that he had been betrayed by some warlords. Therefore, he felt that whether he maintained the "Qing Empire" or restored the Republic of China, he had to leave it to Xu Shichang and his like. The sooner he could leave Beijing.
This is better than a nest.
At this time, people all over the country were accusing Zhang Xun of betraying the Republic of China, and no one who had attended the Xuzhou Conference came forward to speak on Zhang Zhuanshuai's behalf.
Starting from July 9, the rebel army united with the Beiyang Army in Kinki and marched to the gates of Beijing. The First Division was outside Andingmen, Guangqumen, and Chaoyangmen, the Thirteenth Division was outside Xizhimen, and part of the Eleventh Division was outside.
Outside Yongding Gate, part of the 3rd Division and 12th Division were outside Zhangyi Gate, and the other parts of the 11th and 12th Divisions were in Xiyuan, encircling Beijing.
The situation of the restoration was completely disintegrated. Feng Delin, the commander of the 28th Division who had always been loyal to the emperor, defected to Zhang Xun and supported the restoration. Seeing that the situation was not right, he wanted to escape. Unexpectedly, he escaped to Tianjin and was captured by the rebels at the train station!
On the 10th, Lei Zhenchun, Zhang Zhenfang, and Liang Dunyan also escaped from Beijing and were arrested at Fengtai Station.
Lei Zhenchun and Zhang Zhenfang were both Yuan Shikai's favorites when he became emperor. Now they participated in the restoration, and people at the time called them "double imperial prisoners."
They asked to send a telegram to Ni Sichong in Xuzhou, but the telegram was also withheld.
Only Kang Youwei, who was good at disguise and was known as the literary sage, gave up his headdress and disguised himself as an old farmer from the countryside, secretly escaping from military and police surveillance posts along the way. His property was seized during the garrison coup.
It was returned in the third year of the Republic of China, but this time it was sealed again.
The short-lived restoration farce ended in such a ridiculous way.
However, in the direction of Guizhou, Sichuan Warlord Wang Hengyue's military operations are still going on!!