The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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spn southern Jiangsu area, as well as Shanghai area, which is the most developed economy in China, is also the main transmission area of ​​public opinion circles. Shanghai newspapers have reported the shocking record of the revival army annihilating the imperial guards and braided army in recent days.Among them, the newspapers controlled by the East China Group even began to criticize the Nanjing Provisional Government for not having a revolutionary stand.

Naturally, the Nanjing Provisional Government was not happy, and Sun Dapao quickly asked people to fight back in public opinion, but how could Sun Dapao outshine Jiang Yu.

In addition to the acquisition of the three major newspapers, Jiang Yu has successively acquired more than a dozen small newspapers. These public opinion forces have been integrated. In Shanghai alone, the total sales of newspapers under the Huadong Group accounted for the entire Shanghai. 93% of the total, while in other regions, East China Group's newspapers basically accounted for 100% of the market share, because there are no competitors in other regions.

Sun Dapao and Jiang Yu were not heavyweight players at all. As soon as the public opinion started, Sun Dapao was embarrassed by the negative information from the major newspapers.

Under the propaganda of the Huadong Group, many people gradually realized the true nature of Sun Dapao. In fact, he was just a revolutionary for the sake of revolution supported by the Japanese Black Dragon Association in order to disrupt China. [

Since the establishment of the Nanjing Provisional Government, the revolutionaries have used their power for personal gain and scrambled for power and profit, making the lives of ordinary people not as easy as during the Qing Dynasty's rule. This also made people completely disappointed with the Nanjing Provisional Government.

At this time, the Nanjing Provisional Government not only failed militarily, but also failed in terms of public opinion, righteousness, and popular support.

In contrast, the revival army's annihilation of the imperial guards and braided army in Shandong was beyond everyone's expectations. So vulnerable, no one even thought that the revival army would win.

However, the revival army did win, and it won at a very small price.

Not to mention that the revival army defeated the 20 civilian army of the Nanjing Provisional Government in one fell swoop. Of course, this force was claimed by the Nanjing Provisional Government itself, and the major newspapers of the East China Group also regarded him as 20.

Fighting on both the north and the south fronts, they achieved astonishing victories at the same time. This has to make people speechless at the powerful combat effectiveness of the revival army.

At the same time, the major newspapers of the East China Group also sent people to Shandong to interview, and the revival army's "defeat", "fair trading", and the relief of the local poor after the arrival of the revival army, etc., were published in the newspapers and received a lot of attention. Appreciation of intellectuals.

This time the revival army launched the war on the grounds of expulsion of the little emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so it is first of all tenable in terms of righteousness.

This time the Nanjing Provisional Government launched a war against Jiang Yu. The Nanjing Provisional Government was completely defeated, but Jiang Yu beat the dog in the water. He mobilized the power of the East China Chamber of Commerce and formed a large number of "naval troops" in the market. , Constantly promoted Jiang Yu, made this warlord leader a very stalwart figure, and constantly exposed various scandals of Sun Dapao and others.

At the same time, the major schools across the country are the focus of work, and the navy is placed in the schools. By buying students and teachers, they propagate the Xingye Party and criticize Sun Dapao's Xingzhong Association and Huang Xing's Xinghua Association.

For a while, the reputation of the Nanjing Provisional Government was notorious.

At this time, the Nanjing Provisional Government, on the contrary, felt besieged from all sides. The public opinion did not support them, and the common people began to not support them. The revival army may launch an offensive against Nanjing at any time.

Sun Dapao regretted it too much. What he regretted was why he didn't pack up his clothes and run away. Now that Shanghai and other places are occupied by the Renaissance Army, it is not so easy to run away.

At this time, Tao Chengzhang published a nationwide telegram, calling on both the revival army and the revolutionary army to exercise restraint, so as to prevent the revolutionary forces from fighting each other.

Tao Chengzhang, the leader of the Zhejiang Restoration Association, came out to mediate, which calmed down the military struggle in southern Jiangsu.

After the telegram was published, Tao Chengzhang returned a letter to Jiang Yu, explaining that China should get out of the war as soon as possible, and that the expulsion of the little emperor of the Qing Dynasty could be delayed for a while, and hoped that Jiang Yu would put the overall situation first.

Tao Chengzhang's thinking was similar to that of Jiang Yu's. It was just a reason to expel the little emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. What really triggered the war was Jiang Yu's desire to take advantage of the chaotic situation.

Now that the advantage has been taken, after Jiang Yu wiped out the Imperial Guards and Braided Army, he almost controlled the entire territory of Shandong.After defeating the Nanjing Provisional Government, it also took control of most of southern Jiangsu except Nanjing.

Now that the territory has been seized, there is no need for the war to continue. [

Therefore, Jiang Yu also returned a letter to Tao Chengzhang, expressing his willingness to end the war as soon as possible.

After Tao Chengzhang's matchmaking, Jiang Yu sent a negotiating team represented by Jiang Fangzhen to conduct peace talks with the Nanjing Provisional Government in Shanghai.

After Jiang Fangzhen rushed to Shanghai from the Shandong front line, he quickly negotiated with the Nanjing Provisional Government. During the negotiation process, the Lianghuai Administration had the upper hand.

In the end, at the cost of paying 500 million taels of compensation from the Nanjing Provisional Government and handing over the area currently occupied by the Revival Army to the Lianghuai Administration for 'escrow', the war was finally quelled.

After the negotiation, Jiang Fangzhen immediately went to discuss business with Tao Chengzhang.

Jiang Fangzhen came to Shanghai not mainly for negotiation, but actually for Tao Chengzhang.Jiang Fangzhen is also from Zhejiang, so it is more appropriate to contact the Restoration Society.

Tao Chengzhang has a high reputation in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. He is a virtuous person, so in this era, most people can obey him, and Jiang Yu has to give him some face.

At this time, the situation in China was very simple, and it was roughly divided into three forces, namely the revolutionary group, Shikai's Beiyang, and the remaining forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Among the revolutionary groups, the one that has great significance for unity is the Restoration Society. With Tao Chengzhang's character, there is still hope for the two sides to unite.

As long as the two sides unite, Jiang Yu will expand his power to Zhejiang, and he will be able to use Zhejiang as a springboard to attack Fujian in the future.

When Tao Chengzhang saw Jiang Fangzhen, he was very happy for Jiang Fangzhen's current achievements. Immediately, Tao Chengzhang began to ask some questions about the Lianghuai Administration and the Revival Army.

Jiang Fangzhen directly invited Tao Chengzhang to go to Jiangsu and Anhui for investigation, and then he could get a glimpse of the whole picture, and Tao Chengzhang readily agreed.

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In the Xinhua Palace in the Forbidden City, Yuan Shikai had just moved in. He had someone transplant crabapple trees from Henan to the Xinhua Palace, intending to live here for a long time.

The original good mood was ruined by the continuous battle reports from the front.

Feng Guozhang led the imperial guards into Shandong, but was wiped out by the revival army, not to mention, but most of the troops were wiped out by the revival army. Feng Guozhang himself ran back to Beijing with more than 500 people in disgrace.

The braided army was even worse. Few of the 16 people ran away, and Zhang Xun, the braided commander, died in Huangquan.

Yuan Shikai was startled by the powerful fighting power of the revival army. The destruction of the Guards and Braided Army forced Yuan Shikai to face up to this military force.

According to the reaction of the imperial guards who ran back, the equipment of the revival army was exceptionally good, and the equipment of the entire Beiyang army was not as good as that of the revival army.

The advantage of the Beiyang Army over the Southern Revolutionary Army is that it has the advantage of heavy machine guns and artillery, but this is a complete disadvantage in front of the Renaissance Army.

The revival army has a lot of heavy machine guns, and more light machine guns. There is also a kind of gun (submachine gun) that has a relatively short range and can shoot quickly. It is not an opponent of the revival army in terms of firearms.As for artillery, the Renaissance Army not only has many artillery pieces, but also many heavy artillery pieces.

What is even more frightening is that the revival army is also equipped with many cars, which means that this army is very mobile and can move quickly while dragging heavy artillery. [

And judging from the process of the Texas War, the commanders of this army are also very good.

Yuan Shikai couldn't help thinking, how much would it cost to wipe out this army?

Obviously, the current 10,000+ people in Yuan Shikai's hands cannot be defeated, because these troops may be able to defeat the revival army, but what about after that?

And he doesn't have the money to fight now.

but……

If he doesn't fight, can his position still be stable?

At that time, wouldn't it be ridden on the head by the Southern Revolutionary Party to shit and pee.

Therefore, Yuan Shikai fell into a very entangled situation. He needed to fight, and he didn't want to fight.

Just when Yuan Shikai was struggling, the envoys sent by the revival army came to Beijing, and Jiang Yu sent Sun Zhendong to Beijing.

Yuan Shikai immediately sensed some information, and immediately summoned Sun Zhendong.

After seeing Sun Zhendong, Yuan Shikai couldn't help being surprised at Sun Zhendong's age. The messenger was only in his early 20s, very young.

Yuan Shikai suddenly smiled, and with strong confidence, he asked Sun Zhendong, "Are you here to discuss peace with me?"

Sun Zhendong was taken aback when he heard this, and then chuckled lightly, and said, "Master Yuan, you guessed wrong. The next time I came here is not to negotiate a peace, but to persuade Master Yuan to negotiate a peace."

"Oh? How do you say that!" Yuan Shikai asked, stroking his short beard and staring at Sun Zhendong in puzzlement.

"Because Master Yuan's Beiyang Army can't beat our Renaissance Army, so I'm here to persuade Master Yuan to negotiate a peace." Sun Zhendong had a strong self-confidence, but Yuan Shikai smiled directly, and he asked with a smile: "This The officer holds tens of thousands of soldiers, and the revival army is no more than [-] to [-] at most, why should I be afraid of this?"