Wuchang City is the city where the first shot of the Revolution of 1911 was fired. It is also one of the most important concession gathering places for foreign forces in the Yangtze River Basin of China. At this time, there were only a few pedestrians on the roads in Wuchang City, but surprisingly there was no chaos.

Wu Peifu rode through the streets of Wuchang, not in the mood to look around at all. He received a lot of weapons assistance from the British, and thought he could fight the National Defense Forces. In the first battle in Nanjing, he was defeated by the National Defense Forces. After that, he retreated all the way. Fortunately, he retreated all the way.

The National Defense Forces did not pursue it with all their strength, but followed Wu Peifu slowly. Whether Wu Peifu set up an ambush or suddenly shot back, it was all useless. By the time they retreated to Wuchang, there were not many Zhili troops left who once had hundreds of thousands of troops.

At the gate of Wuchang City, the cold river wind came towards him. Wu Peifu sighed in his heart, is this Wuchang the burial place of Zhili?

Stopping at the place agreed with the National Defense Forces outside the city, Wu Peifu was riding on his horse and saw the person coming across from him with a big long beard. Needless to say, a person with such eye-catching features must be an acquaintance, Zhao Ti. Zhao Ti was from Wan

However, he secretly supported the Zhili clique. When Duan Qirui was in power, Wu Peifu had many secret meetings with Zhao Ti. Zhao Ti said that as long as there was a war between Zhili and Anhui, he would lead troops to join the Zhili clique and counterattack Duan Qirui.

However, He Rui's influence outside the Guan Dynasty was growing more and more, and his attitude was always ambiguous, which made the Zhili clique never dare to take action. After Duan Qirui stepped down, He Rui called himself the Central Committee and recruited people from all walks of life in the Anhui clique. Zhao Ti should have been unable to defeat him, so he

He accepted the reorganization. But he didn't expect that Zhao Ti would come as a representative of the new government. No need to think about it, he naturally came to be a lobbyist.

Zhao Ti looked Wu Peifu up and down and sighed: "Brother Ziyu, long time no see, you have lost a lot of weight."

Wu Peifu has a very eye-catching chin, which is sharp and angular and protrudes forward. The angle formed by his forehead and cheekbones cooperates with his chin to form a trapezoidal slope. In addition, his eyes are somewhat protruding.

He opened his eyes and looked very naive.

However, Zhao Ti knew that Wu Peifu himself was smart, capable, and very flexible in dealing with things. Wu Peifu laughed and said: "Brother Zhao, He Rui stole the land from the direct brothers' homes, and he actually wants them to surrender. To say that he is bullying is too much.

, it’s not too much!”

Zhao Ti smiled bitterly, and his beard trembled twice, "Brother, when did this happen? The direct brothers really care about the family, the land has been redeemed, shouldn't they rush back immediately to support the family? Die here, at home.

How do people cry?"

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Wu Peifu is 50 years old this year, and has reached the age where "death is not considered premature". He was not very afraid when he heard that he would die. However, the direct officers around him changed their faces when Zhao Ti said this. Few people would think that Cao Kun

It is worthy of everyone's loyalty to the death. These direct brothers have been fighting until now entirely because of Wu Peifu. They have been defeated repeatedly in the past, and the morale of the army has actually been lost. At this time, I heard Zhao Ti say that all the land in his family had been 'redempted', and even more

It's frightening.

Wu Peifu was holding back his breath, but he couldn't say anything. Then he saw Zhao Ti waving, and the two followers behind him unfolded a scroll in their hands and held it high.

These are two portraits. In the portrait on the left, Guan Gong is dressed in green robes, with a red rabbit horse under his crotch, holding Chang Ran in his left hand, and a Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his right hand. In the portrait on the right, Yuefei is dressed in red robes, riding on a white horse.

, holding the Liquan Divine Spear.

Wu Peifu has always valued loyalty and highly respected ancient Chinese heroes. When he saw the two portraits, he jumped off his horse. He did not dare to look down on these two great heroes in Chinese history.

Zhao Ti sighed in his heart. When it comes to loyalty, no one in the Anhui clan can compare with Wu Peifu. This is why he is willing to take this job. It is a pity that such a person died in vain.

After calming down, Zhao Ti said: "Brother Ziyu, after the death of President Yuan, Beiyang was divided into three branches. The Anhui clique, the Zhili clique, and the Feng clique. When the Zhili clique fell to this point, no one in the Anhui clique interceded for Brother Cao.

But General He called me and asked me to bring you a few words."

When Wu Peifu heard this, he felt a little better. Many of He Rui's subordinates were from Beijing and Tianjin, but they had never interacted with people in Beiyang. They were regarded as extremely arrogant by the Zhili. At this time, he personally sent someone to

Finally, I have Wu Peifu in my eyes.

Since He Rui had given him face, Wu Peifu asked, "I wonder what Brother He asked Brother Zhao to tell him?"

Zhao Ti asked: "China has declined to this point. Brother He attacked Japan, killed the garrison troops, and hanged the foreign gangsters in the concession. We want to completely unify China. Is this right or not?"

Wu Peifu was unhappy. However, he had always hated the Japanese. Wu Peifu actually admired He Rui for killing the Japanese army. After thinking about it, he simply replied: "Is this right or wrong? If Wu has such strength, he will naturally do the same."

Do it!”

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Zhao Ti continued to ask: "With so many people starving to death every day in the world, should the people starve to death like this? Should the land be equally divided so that everyone can live?"

When the direct officers behind Wu Peifu heard this, many of them were already angry, "Will my family starve to death if others survive?"

Zhao Ti smiled slightly and said, "Brothers, listening to what you said, have you been deceived by someone? I come from the north, and the land is not only given to those who have no land, but is shared equally by everyone.

There are only three kinds of people, one is the officials and the army who eat the royal food, the other is the people in the city, and the other is the people who work in the city and only return to their hometowns during the New Year and festivals throughout the year. There is another explanation for this land reform.

, there is land to the tiller.”

Wu Peifu passed the examination and was admitted as a scholar. He had carefully read the policies of the new government. As long as the new government did not deceive people, Wu Peifu could not say that these policies were bad government.

At this time, the officers around him stopped making noises. Wu Peifu simply replied: "This policy cannot be said to be bad. But it does not make me surrender."

Zhao Ti knew that Wu Peifu just liked to show off his style, and for him to say this, he actually understood that He Rui really didn't want his life. Zhao Ti continued to ask loudly: "Our Beiyang has been divided into four parts since the death of President Yuan Da.

Now that the Anhui clique brothers have returned to the central government, are the Zhili clique ready to regard themselves as a rebel party in the south? Brother Ziyu, so many brothers have followed you through life and death. If you continue to fight at this time, they will die. Do you think you are worthy of them?

What?"

When the surrounding officers heard this, some of them already cursed: "Do you think I'm afraid of death?"

But more people remained silent. From Nanjing to Wuchang, this area was still the direct territory. If the war continued, all the territory would be lost. At that time, everyone had nowhere to go.

Zhao Ti ignored the few tough-talking officers and continued to say to Wu Peifu: "Brother Ziyu, everyone must behave with dignity. But that kind of etiquette is the emperor's recruitment of surrender and rebellion, in order to give other mountains a chance."

Example. Now is the Republic of China. Chairman He has never wanted to be the emperor. The Republic of China does not talk about that. The war you are fighting with the National Defense Forces is a civil war. Surrender now and this matter ends here. What should everyone do in the future? Qing

It's clear, it's clear. Also, the matter of your collusion with the British is over. I wonder what Brother Wu thinks?"

Although Wu Peifu would never compromise when facing the Japanese, he was actually quite flexible when facing Beiyang. After what Zhao Ti said, Wu Peifu knew that his chance was only this time. Moreover, Zhao Ti said that He Rui did not want to be the emperor, so he did not engage in recruitment and surrender.

Wu Peifu unexpectedly liked the way of accepting rebellion.

Now that the matter has come to this, Wu Peifu said: "I can't make the decision on this matter alone. I have to ask Mr. Cao to make the decision."

Zhao Ti knew very well that Cao Kun had wanted to surrender for a long time, but he was just afraid of being liquidated, so he said readily: "Then I'll bother Brother Ziyu."

On January 18, 1924, Cao Kun led the remnants of the Zhili clan to surrender to the National Defense Forces of the Republic of China in Wuchang. Since then, the once divided Beiyang no longer existed. At least in the eyes of other forces in the Republic of China, Beiyang was unified. The commander of the Guangdong Army, Chen Jiongming, passed

Foreigners from the Yangtze River Basin who fled to Guangdong were arrested, and they immediately announced their submission to the leadership of the Republic of China government.

The richest regions in China, except for the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Province, all belong to the new government of He Rui.

Since then, although the resistance still exists, it has become weaker and weaker. On April 19, when the National Defense Forces marched from Hunan to Yunnan and Guizhou, the governments of both Yunnan and Guizhou sent telegrams to express their acceptance of the leadership of the central government. On May 27, the troops arrived in Lhasa.

The Tibetan government swears allegiance to the central government.

Since then, China, which has been divided for decades, has finally been nominally unified.

As a modern country, the unifying standard is naturally to convene a congress. Representatives from various places took different means of transportation and headed towards the capital.

The National Defense Forces and cadres going south marched towards various parts of the motherland. Zhong Yifu, commander of the Eastern Group Army, received the order and his new position has been assigned, member of the Southwest Bureau of the Civilization Party.

The mission of the Southwest Bureau is to complete a transportation channel into Burma as soon as possible. The purpose of this channel is to support at least one army (40,000 people) of mountain infantry to continue fighting in Burma and the northeastern region of British India.

To this end, Zhong Yifu also rushed back to the capital from Hunan to understand personally the ideas and goals of this job.

When we arrived in Henan, we saw many engineering and technical personnel working along the railway line. Zhong Yifu thought that the line was to be repaired, and he was really happy. This war to unify China had 8 points of politics decided upon from the strategic design.

A plan for a 2-point war. However, if a war breaks out, the government forces in various places will be vulnerable to a single blow. I am afraid that even 1 point of military power will not be enough.

What really affects the advance is the bad traffic, and the logistics supply that is made more difficult by this bad traffic. If a double railway line is built, the Yangtze River route from the northern industrial base to the south will be much easier. This will be of great benefit to the completion of the southwest transportation line.

Back in the capital, the Central Committee of the Civilized Party held a meeting. Zhong Yifu also met Hu Xiushan, who was left in the northeast to defend against possible attacks. The military armies of all major powers generally have "three officers", and the National Defense Forces of the Republic of China have a similar organizational structure.

Since the National Defense Force is an armed force led by the Civilized Party, it is inevitable that the Party Chairman also serves as Chairman of the Military Commission. Therefore, the three officers of the National Defense Force of the Republic of China are the Vice Chairman of the Military Commission (Minister of Defense) who is in charge of military orders, the Chief of Staff, and the Director of the General Logistics Department. Hu Xiushan is appointed.

He became the director of the General Logistics Department. Zheng Silang, the original commander of the West Route Army, was a member of the Northwest Bureau.

He Rui spoke with a relaxed expression, "The British side has stated that they will never recognize the new Chinese government. They will not enter into any other negotiations with us before completing negotiations on British interests such as the concession. This is also very good, Myanmar

Myanmar has been our neighbor since ancient times. The Myanmar government informed us that there is a group of armed bandits in Myanmar, nicknamed the British. The Myanmar government invited us to enter the country to suppress the bandits. For the sake of the thousand-year friendly relationship, we agreed to the invitation of the Myanmar government.

Send armed forces into Myanmar."

Ever since Zhong Yifu ordered the sinking of the British fleet bombarding Shanghai, all the foreigners he saw were as well-behaved as Sun Tzu. He Rui's jokes could no longer make him laugh. Zhong Yifu asked a question, "

Chairman, our current strength is not enough to truly shake British rule in India. What is the reason for doing this?"

He Rui nodded, "You are right. India is the fundamental pillar of Britain. If it loses India, Britain will be just an ordinary power in Europe. Because of this, Britain will never give up on India. We will crack down on British influence in India.

The purpose of existence is to increase the cost of British rule in India. We in China have experienced long-term wars, and we know very well what kind of negative impact this kind of chaos will have on a country's economy."

Zhong Yifu thought about the Indian information he read on the way back and raised a question, "Chairman, I have a very intuitive idea. The British have colonized India for so long, and the wealth they can extract has almost been wiped out. Let's attack the British

The power will only cause Britain to send more troops to fight us, and this consumption is not particularly large."

"If it's precious metals and other floating wealth, Britain has already scrapped it countless times over the years. But the interests of industrial countries themselves lie in the market. As the largest colonial market in Britain, India's labor force produces extremely large products. For example, after the American Civil War, the southern United States

Cotton was no longer transported to Britain, but was supplied to textile mills in the northern United States. Britain began to grow long-staple cotton in India, which solved the raw material needs of British factories. This is only a minor part of India's important role in Britain.

Role. The important role of India is that the products produced by the Indian people must be priced in British currency."

At this point, He Rui stood up and started drawing a schematic diagram on the blackboard. At the same time, he said: "When the British money printing machine is turned on, what is the use of the printed paper? It is too hard to wipe your butt. But the British banknotes are different from those in India.

After the produced goods are matched, the piece of paper has value. You can exchange the piece of paper for goods. It is very easy to exchange the piece of paper for wealth."

At this time, He Rui had finished drawing the schematic diagram. He turned around and faced his comrades, "We entered India to fight. As Comrade Zhong Yifu said, the British mobilized their troops to fight us and did not spend much money. The British 1

We must be able to afford it. However, our goal is not simply to eliminate the British army and occupy Indian land. It is to mobilize the colonial people to gain independence by attacking the British army. In this case, British banknotes can be exchanged for goods and labor.

The number started to decrease.”

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Having said this, He Rui picked up the blackboard eraser and erased a piece of the long bar representing the goods available in the UK. The long bar that originally represented the pound was the same length as the goods, and now the pound grew by a length.

"Britain is indeed rich, but British money has no corresponding products and is just a piece of paper. It is meaningless. Having to maintain so much currency means that the purchasing power of currency shrinks, which means inflation. In the late period of Yuan Shikai and the early period of Duan Qirui, for
To be continued...