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Chapter 189 I don't know what is good or bad (2)

Fu Zhao Erxun, a stubborn person who relies solely on verbal threats is

In order to cooperate with the blackmail, while the moon was dark and windy that night, the Republican Army took the risk of dispatching hydrogen balloons and hung an aircraft without propellers. They used the south wind to cross Chengdu from low altitude from south to north. With a "buzzing" motive, they threw more than a dozen aviation bombs into the Qing army camp outside the city in one breath, and dropped a large number of leaflets in the city, creating the illusion of "night attack on the plane", and successfully carried out a psychological warfare.

At the same time, as the guide, the special operations battalion carried out a short-term assault, capturing Laijiadian, a strategic location in the north of the city in one fell swoop.

This successful night attack on air and land not only scared the Qing soldiers in the city, but also made Zhao Erxun's last trace of luck disappear without a trace. Shortly after the air strike, the two Qing army camps located in the east of the city raised white flags and turned to the revolutionary army. Seeing that the morale of the army was out of control, Zhao Erxun could only send an envoy, holding the Sichuan Governor's guards out of the city and asking for surrender to the Republican army. At the same time, he hid in the British shopping mall with his family, preparing to seek refuge here, and then waited for an opportunity to leave the city, and escaped from Sichuan by the British consul who was waiting on the Jinjiang ship outside the city.

However, Zhao Erxun did not calculate his whereabouts but was betrayed by the housekeeper to the Republican Army. Therefore, when the Republican Army troops entered the city, they easily searched Zhao Erxun, who had disguised as a merchant, from the British merchant. Although the British merchants present expressed their protest, the Republican Army still forced Zhao Erxun and his family to leave the merchant and placed them under house arrest in the Sichuan Governor's Office. The absconding plan planned by the British Consul and Zhao Erxun was over. The British small steamer parked on the Jinjiang River could only sail downstream in disgrace.

"So, you are now Zhao Erxun's new butler.

You just said that Zhao Erxun is now: the governor's office is thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors, so, what is he thinking about?"

Zhao Bei looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a smile and asked in a teasing tone.

Zhao Wudou didn't expect that the commander-in-chief asked the question after he said casually. He was slightly stunned and had to bite the bullet and answer.

"When I go back to the commander-in-chief, my master is not an unreasonable person. Naturally, I understand the hatred of the revolutionaries for him. The villain also understands the Liangzi among them. However, since the master has surrendered, there are more than 100 people in the Zhao family. I hope the commander-in-chief will go online for the sake of President Yuan's face and let them go back to their hometown to be a village man. In fact, what the master thinks the most is his family. He told the villain that one person does things and one person is of course the fish on the chopping board. If you want to kill and chop the commander-in-chief, you just don't implicate the more than 100 people in the Zhao family."

"Ha! Zhao Erxun is now enlightened? When he was fighting against the revolutionary army, he had thought about his family members. When he killed Sichuan so much that the revolutionary people were full of blood, he had thought about his inflicted consequences. Now, the revolutionary army has entered the city. He has become a prisoner, and he finally realized it. He came to ask the revolutionary army not to implicate his family members."

Zhao Bei smiled and snorted coldly.

"Hmph! Zhao Erxun judges a gentleman with a villain's heart. When he massacred the revolutionaries, he implicated the innocent. He imagined us revolutionaries as killing innocent butchers like him. When you go back, tell him. We revolutionaries have always been rational. "I implicated" is the dross of the feudal imperial era. I will not implicate the innocent. I will not kill Zhao Erxun's family. But all the family property in other places must be confiscated! In this situation, President Yuan supports him. He is still a defeated general. If he was not concerned about street fighting, he would threaten the people of Chengdu to surrender with dignity? Be aware of people. Don't be ungrateful!"

There is another reason why Zhao Erxun is so ignorant that the commander-in-chief is so angry.

Yesterday, when Zhao Erxun sent someone to send a letter of surrender, Yuan Shikai also took a telegram to Zhao Bei treat Zhao Erxun well. Yuan Shikai then also took a telegram to announce in the name of the President that Zhao Erxun had already promoted his righteousness in Chengdu and turned to the Republican government. He was already a hero of the Republic.

This is not just a matter of inverting black and white.

Before the Republican army could enter Chengdu, the president's telegram was known to everyone in the world. Yuan Shikai's actions were faster than the commander-in-chief's actions. Wasn't he afraid that Zhao Erxun would regret it?

But Zhao Erxun just didn't regret it. People surrendered as soon as they said they surrender. Could President Yuan be able to calculate?

One Yuan Shikai and the other Zhao Erxun cooperated so well. It would be strange if there was nothing wrong with it.

Almost as Zhao Erxun sent the surrender letter, the communication battalion under the General Command of the Republican Army intercepted several password radio telegrams. Although it could not be deciphered, judging from the signal strength, all of them were taken from near Chengdu City without exception. This is by no means a coincidence. Since the Republican Army entered Sichuan, the number of British small warships sailing on the Sichuan River has increased. It can be inferred that these small warships may have radio stations installed on them. Through them, Zhao Erxun in Chengdu City can maintain contact with Yuan Shikai in Beijing City.

Once you understand this, you can understand why Yuan Shikai obtained the accurate information about Zhao Erxun’s surrender so quickly.

The commander-in-chief's anti-British stance did make the British government very dissatisfied with him. Suppressing the expansion of the commander-in-chief's power has become one of the current Far East policies of the British government. For the British government, we must not watch the entire Sichuan fall into the commander-in-chief's control, because this will encourage the commander-in-chief's "ambition".

But the problem is that Sichuan is too far away, and the rifles and ammunition transported by the British small warships were not enough to stop the commander-in-chief from advancing westward. Seeing that Zhao Erxun could no longer support him, the British decided to let him turn to Yuan Shikai.

However, this attempt also ended in failure. The commander-in-chief's pace of advancing westward was firm and unshakable, even the British government

Stop his progress.

Although the British suffered shameful failure, this did not calm the anger of the commander-in-chief.

"The commander-in-chief is very righteous, and the villain admires it. My master said that if the commander-in-chief goes out, my master will repay you. Although the army has entered Chengdu, don't forget that the ministers in Tibet Zhao Ji and Lord Zhao are the legitimate brothers of my master. His 20,000 patrol battalions under him are coming to Chengdu. If the commander-in-chief wants to surrender this team, my master can write a letter and send someone to the military camp to persuade Lord Zhao to surrender as his brother."

After Zhao Wudou finished speaking, he looked up at the commander-in-chief and hummed without comment.

"This deal is cheap, and a letter can be exchanged for your life. Your master is doing a good job of making a good plan."

Zhao Erfeng is Zhao Er's younger brother, a minister appointed by the Qing court, and a minister stationed in Tibet. He has nearly 20,000 patrol battalions under his command, headman in the Tibet area of ​​Sichuan for many years, and has certain mountain combat experience and excellent weapons. This Qing army is the most combat-effective unit in the Qing army in Sichuan. After Chongqing was restored, the senior staff of the General Staff of the Republican Army unanimously agreed that they should be highly vigilant about this unit and that the army was likely to encounter this Qing army when attacking Chengdu. However, the facts proved that everyone's concerns were redundant. According to the report that Ji Yulin just now, Erfeng's troops are still raising food and grass in the area of ​​the Knife Lu, and were attacked by the chieftain armed forces on the way back to Chengdu. The food and salary were cut off, morale, and morale were some problems. Even if they could rush back to Chengdu, they would definitely not get any advantage in the face of the strong city that had changed hands and the revolutionary army that was ready for battle.

Now Zhao Erfeng is trapped in the archery furnace, and he can do it or retreat. The only thing left is to surrender. Even without Zhao Erxun's letter of persuasion, the commander-in-chief is not worried about Zhao Erfeng's troops at all.

Speaking of Erfeng, it is also very famous in history. After the rise of the "Road Protection Movement" for the governor of Sichuan during the Revolution of 1911, this person suppressed bloodyly, not only got the name of "Zhao Tu", but also caused the "Road Protection Comrade Army" to rise. The Qing court was very panicked and suppressed the Sichuan Revolution and had to transfer part of Hubei's new army into Sichuan. This move directly led to the "Wuchang Uprising". It can be said that the demise of the Qing Dynasty was Sheng Xuanhuai who lit the first fire, and then Zhao Erfeng poured oil on the fire, so the broken house of the Qing Dynasty collapsed.

After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Zhao Erfeng saw that the situation was great, so he hurriedly changed his position and turned to the revolution. However, his speculation was not successful, and he was later chopped off by the revolutionary party, which was considered to have paid the price for his original counter-intention.

On the contrary, Zhao Xun lived to the Xin Revolution and became the editor of "Draft History of Qing Dynasty". He used his pen to embellish the destruction of the Qing Dynasty and was regarded as a stubborn figure among the remains of the Qing Dynasty.

Now, due to Zhao Bei's intervention, the anti-Qing outbreak was in advance. The hat of the "Governor of Sichuan" was still worn on Zhao Erxun's head, and the hat of "Zhao Tu" was also supported by him, while Zhao Erfeng was still commanding a tired army on the edge of Sichuan. Thinking of this historical change, Zhao Bei felt a little amused.

Perhaps the commander-in-chief was not very fond of Zhao Erxun's suggestion of surrender. Zhao Wudou said again: "Before the villain came over, the master wrote a note, urging the villain to hand it over to the commander-in-chief, and no one was allowed to pass it away."

As he said that, he took out a roll of paper from the lining of the hat and put it on.

"Oh? Zhao Erxun still has the leisure to write notes?"

Zhao Bei was a little curious, so he took the note and before he could unfold it, he heard Zhao Wudou remind him.

"Commander-in-Chief, you can just look at this note by yourself. The master has specially advised you."

Zhao Beiyu felt strange, so he put the note on his palm and spread it out. After seeing this, smoke suddenly appeared in seven orifices.

There are only two sentences written on the note:

"I have killed the Sichuan Tongmenghui to pieces, and Sichuan is already in the hands of the commander-in-chief."

This is not only explicit, but also just a judging a gentleman with the heart of a villain!

The meaning of this sentence is also very clear: if Zhao Erxun had not started a massacre in Sichuan, Sichuan would have long become the world of the Tongmenghui. Where would the commander-in-chief take the place to swallow it in one mouthful?

This is simply despising the Republican Army and the Commander-in-Chief!

Rather than saying that this is a reward, it is a hint that this is a hint: Why did the Sichuan Uprising, which was in action, fail? Because the commander-in-chief did not lend a helping hand in time! Because the commander-in-chief wanted to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight!

This is simply a nude slander!

Almost for a moment, the murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the commander-in-chief.

"An old official fox."

Originally, the commander-in-chief planned to keep Zhao Erxun's life. After all, his telegram also said that as long as the Qing officials turned to the Revolutionary Army, they would not blame each other. Although Zhao Erxun surrendered at the last moment, he surrendered and the arsenal was not destroyed. Chengdu City fell into the control of the Revolutionary Army. Moreover, considering the wait-and-see attitude of the constitutionalists in Sichuan, the commander-in-chief needed to let Zhao Erxun go, and he was just snatched the house. There was no need to kill them all.

But now, the position of the commander-in-chief has been shaken a little.

However, Zhao Erxun is an old fox in the officialdom. Since he dared to write this note, he might not have thought that he would anger the commander-in-chief. So, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd, the commander-in-chief still has to go and take a look.

"Tian Jinfu, prepare horses! Let's go to the Governor's Office! Let's see what Zhao Erxun has for lunch and what his appetite is."
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