Jagged Warlord

"Chairman, this is too risky." Jiang Fangzhen has joined the National Party, and he has changed his name to Li Mohan as the chairman.

"Baili, although these soldiers have not been in the army for a long time, you have created them all by yourself. Don't you have confidence in them?" Li Mohan asked back

Jiang Fang shook his head and said, "All the training results are excellent, but after all, they have no actual combat experience."

"Then use fighting instead of training. Elite soldiers are all rolled out of blood and fire. I have never heard that elite soldiers can be trained only by training." Li Mohan smiled: "I have great confidence in these boys."

Duan Qingxi said: "I think the chairman can also contact Liang Qichao when he comes to Beijing this time. Our National Party and the Progressive Party have formed a political alliance, which will help the chairman consolidate his position."

Li Mohan nodded, and said: "Yes, I think so too, so I will work hard for you and contact him for me."

"Yes." Duan Qingxi nodded

At the end of 1916, Li Mohan decided to lead ten garrison battalions north to Beijing, accompanied by an armored mobile unit composed of 20 armored tanks led by Shen Liankai.

……Dividing line……

The Overseer regiment left Beijing before Duan Qirui, and the Overseers felt very complicated after they got on the train and left Beijing.The reason why these people got entangled was entirely to maintain the group interests of the Beiyang faction.Because only by preserving the group interests of the Beiyang faction, can their personal interests be preserved and continued, which corresponds to the saying "big rivers have water and small rivers are full, but big rivers have no water and small rivers are dry".But not all of these people supported Duan Qirui, some looked to Wang Shizhen, some admired Xu Shichang, and some fell in love with Feng Guozhang.

In the end, the warlords decided to respond to Feng Guozhang's invitation and gather at Feng Guozhang's place in Nanjing for a meeting.The special train went south along the Jinpu line, and nothing happened on the way.

Feng Guozhang felt that so many people came to support and cheer, and he was very happy to announce the meeting. Unexpectedly, Feng Guozhang's secretary came in with a telegram issued by Li Yuanhong to waive Duan Qirui's post.All the warlords and representatives had a big surprise, and they were all stunned.

Without waiting for Feng Guozhang to speak, Ni Sichong stood up impatiently and cursed: "Li Yuanhong treats the Prime Minister like this, it is clear that he is going to be the public enemy of our Beiyang faction. We don't want such a president. We simply push him down and ask the Prime Minister to succeed him! I First of all, we must raise troops to attack, and I hope you will respond later."

Zhang Huaizhi stood up in agreement: "We will soon have all the provinces act in unison, and attack Beijing from three routes: Jingfeng, Jingpu, and Jinghan. We must dissolve the National Assembly and let Li Yuanhong go!"

Feng Guozhang laughed and said: "If you still want to build a republic and elect a president, the best way is to resign from the military governor and become a member of parliament. Because according to the "Contract", the president can only be elected by the Congress. The chief does not have this right. If this is the case, there is no need for our meeting."

Ni Sichong asked, "What's Hua Fu's opinion?"

Feng Guozhang said: "I think, since the founding of the Republic of China, which day has it been stable? The Qing Dynasty is not as chaotic as it is now. Therefore, the president is not as good as the emperor, and the republic is not as good as the monarchy. Why don't we elect a leader, stand up and make decisions, The country will definitely get better."

"Hua Fu is right!" Zhang Huaizhi stood up suddenly, and applauded: "If the republic continues, the power of us soldiers who are born and died will not be comparable to that of the Congressman who wags his lips and tongue. I agree."

Seeing that Zhang Huaizhi responded first, all the governors and representatives also echoed and expressed their approval.

Feng Guozhang was worried about Duan Qirui's objection, so he asked Xu Shuzheng: "Brother Youzheng, you are the representative of Zhiquan. I wonder how Zhiquan thinks about such a thing?"

Xu Shuzheng said expressionlessly: "The Prime Minister only wants to achieve the goal of driving Li Yuanhong out of office, and all means are not considered."

Feng Guozhang was secretly delighted, and even said: "Good! Good!"

Xiang Chengchang passed away, the Central Plains has no master, and the flag of righteousness points to the north. This is the right time.

Now that the decision has been made, everyone began to make plans and discuss the steps to raise troops.

Ni Sichong said: "Isn't this easy to handle? Let Marshal Feng be the leader of the alliance, and lead his troops into Beijing, and capture Li Yuanhong's bastards to Caishikou and have them executed."

Feng Guozhang laughed and said: "Although this is a solution, it is too reckless to do so. It is better for the governors to declare their separation from Li Yuanhong's government after they return, and then make a posture of attacking with troops. Li Yuanhong does not have a single soldier in his hand. If you die, you must be in a panic, and there is no hope for help. At that time, I will go to Beijing as a mediator and tell him to dissolve the National Assembly obediently and return the power to our Beiyang lineage."

"Good! Good!", "Wonderful! Wonderful!" Everyone applauded after hearing this.

Xu Shuzheng showed a slight sneer, and then complimented: "Unexpectedly, Marshal Feng is not only invincible in his military skills, but also resourceful and resourceful, which is beyond our reach!"

Amid the applause of the crowd and Xu Shuzheng's compliments, Feng Guozhang felt a little elated.He pretended to be modest and courteous, and then said: "After the meeting, we will jointly declare that the order is invalid on the dismissal of the Prime Minister. First, we will give Li Bodhisattva a stick to that bottle of clay Bodhisattva to vent our anger for Zhiquan. Everyone thinks How?" Everyone echoed again, and the matter was settled.

That night, Ni Sichong's confidant Wang Zhilong came to visit Xu Shuzheng.The two talked about the meeting during the day, Xu Shuzheng said to Wang Zhilong: "Feng Huafu is now focused on establishing his own family, and he won't listen to what we say, so we agree with him to engage Li Yuanhong, let him be the first bird, let him do it first, we The opportunity is here." Hearing this, Wang Zhilong couldn't help giving a thumbs up to Xu Shuzheng's trickery.

Subsequently, Feng Guozhang sent a telegram to Li Yuanhong.Claiming that the order to remove Prime Minister Duan Qirui has no legal basis, the provincial governors and representatives who participated in the Nanjing Conference unanimously opposed it. "If there is no fair solution, other changes will inevitably be triggered."

Li Yuanhong received a secret report from Li Mohan, saying that ten battalions of troops were already on their way north, and asked him to delay as much as possible.So Li Yuanhong personally visited Beiyang Dragon King Shizhen, begged hard, and hoped that Wang Shizhen would form a cabinet.Wang Shizhen, on the other hand, refused to sell his friends for glory, and only promised to be the chief of the army, saying that he could help the president at any time.

In the south, Ni Sichong in Bengbu was the first to declare independence.Subsequently, Henan, Zhejiang, Shanxi, Fujian, Shaanxi, Fengtian and other provinces responded and declared independence.This time the Beiyang provinces declared independence, which is completely different from the nature of the previous declarations of independence by the southern provinces. In the past, the southern provinces opposed the Beijing government, but this time it was the Beiyang soldiers who opposed the Beijing government. At this time, the Beijing government has only one unarmed president, who is trapped in the government and has no resistance.

On the other hand, Duan Qirui, who was under field in Tianjin, was full of people, and the research department, the transportation department, and the pro-Japanese faction rushed to his door.The Department of Research has completely turned to Duan. A large number of members of the Congress of the Department of Research have resigned and left Beijing. Tang Hualong also resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives to tear down the Congress.Duan decided to organize a provisional government in Tianjin and elected Xu Shichang as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy. Once the independent provinces joined forces in Beijing to expel Lebanon, he would convene a provisional Congress to elect Xu as the provisional president.Regarding the question of organizing a provisional government, Duan has sent telegrams to the northern provinces to solicit opinions, and as soon as the call comes back, Pao Wat will appear on the stage.The list of cabinet members of the provisional government has also been arranged, including figures from the research department, the transportation department, and the pro-Japanese faction.Xu Shichang himself wrote the telegram regarding the Generalissimo, intending to submit it for review, but Zhang Guogan, Qian Nengxun, etc. all advocated to wait and see, so they did not submit it.

The independent provinces drove out the governors one after another. Firstly, Li Gengen, the governor of Shaanxi, was put under house arrest by Chen Shufan, who was forced to resign because of illness.Sun Faxu, governor of Shanxi Province, was originally promoted by Li Yiyi. Seeing that Li's status was shaky, he brazenly catered to the opinions of the army governors, and issued a winter telegram requesting the abolition of the "Interim Constitution". Organized a provisional government, but his position could not be preserved at last. Soon after the telegram was sent, he was driven away by Yan Xishan.

In the first day, Li Houji sent the Fuzhou police chief, Minhai Dao Yin, to see the governor Hu Ruilin, and announced his letter saying: "The current military period, there is no need for the post of governor, please leave immediately." On the 5th, Hu went to the military governor's office to bid farewell, but Li refused to see him. He sent someone to pay 2000 yuan for the travel expenses, and sent troops to escort him to the ship in the name of protection.

In addition, the independent provinces generally have the phenomenon of arbitrary expansion of the army and withholding of national taxes.Zhang Zuolin took the opportunity to establish the No.20 Ninth Division, with Wu Junsheng as the division commander.Zhao Ti withheld all the income of the Jinghan Road Bureau.

During this period, the six southwestern provinces sent telegrams one after another to oppose military interference in politics and the dissolution of the Congress. On May 5, Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan, called for mediation, and Jiang Guiti, a veteran of the Huai army, agreed, and suggested inviting Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun, Tan Yankai, etc. to Beijing to organize a "reconciliation meeting" with Wang Shizhen.Sun Yat-sen opposed the mediation, and urged the six southwestern provinces to raise troops to fight against the rebellion.Cheng Biguang, the chief of the navy of the Kuomintang, advised the independent provinces to cancel their independence, and expressed the attitude of the navy to always protect the republic.Li Liejun traveled from Shanghai to Guangzhou, planning to lead the two divisions Zhang Kairu and Fang Shengtao of the Guangdong and Yunnan Army in the Northern Expedition.Chen Bingkun, Governor of Guangdong, Tan Haoming, and Li Liejun, Governor of Guangxi jointly sent a telegram to initiate an alliance of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces, and suggested that Lu Rongting be publicly elected as the leader of the alliance. "Convention Law", supporting the republic as the unswerving purpose", and asked Feng Guozhang to "adhere to the heart of protecting the law".Tang Jiyao sent telegrams to the southwestern provinces, suggesting that a provisional government be organized in Guangzhou, with Dai Li as president.

The Legion of Warlords claimed that independence was a "military remonstrance". If Li Ken accepted their four conditions of dissolving the parliament, amending the constitution, organizing and improving the cabinet, and rejecting the "government officials", independence could be revoked and he would bow his head and plead guilty to Li.The so-called government officials not only refer to a group of staff in the military staff of the government, but also politicians and members of Congress who are close to Li.They made up names such as "Three Strategists", "Four Fiends", "Five Ghosts" and "Thirteen Thugs": Three Strategists refer to Guo Tong, Wang Pengnian, and Zhang Shizhao; Shu; the five ghosts refer to Tang Yi, Guo Tong, Wang Pengnian, Ha Hanzhang, and Jin Yongyan; the thirteen thugs refer to Chu Fucheng, Tang Yi, Bai Yuhuan, Li Shuying, He Wen, Ling Yue, Peng Yunyi, Lu Fu, and Xiao Jinrong , Han Yuchen, Qin Susan, Jiao Yitang, Zou Lu.Some of them were repeated; some were not close to Li. The so-called thirteen thugs were all congressmen who belonged to the Kuomintang or did not cooperate with the research department.In order to make it easier to fight against these people, the Overseer Corps listed them all as "Gong Fu Ren Ren".