: Force again

The next morning, Liang Qichao immediately sent a entourage back to Beijing, and he stayed in Guangzhou and contacted the progressive party members in Beijing through telegrams to elaborate on the interests of this cooperation in detail, hoping that the party would make a unified reply as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too late to miss the opportunity.

Just as Liang Qichao and Guangdong Co-Promotion Association were in full swing, Sun Yat-sen suddenly sent a telegram from Japan to the Guangzhou Military Government, which was to request Wu Shaoting to "remember the friendship of his former comrades, help the tutelage in danger" and send troops to aid the Guilin left-behind mansion. It turned out that after Liu Guxiang and Liu Zhenhuan lost their mistake in Liuzhou, they realized that the situation in Guilin could not be reversed, and the current plan was to ask for help from the outside world.

The contact with Yang Ximin was fruitless. Liu Zhenhuan once proposed to ask for help from Guangdong, which was nothing more than a matter of political stance. Now Guilin is in danger. Once there is no bargaining chip in his hand, what political stance should he talk about? However, Liu Guxiang is in a strong revolutionary mood and is really unwilling to violate personal principles. In the end, he did not agree to Liu Zhenhuan's suggestion, but chose to ask Sun Yat-sen for help.

Sun Yat-sen, who was far away in Japan, received an urgent telegram, but he had no soldiers or generals in his hands. He was even far away from the ocean and did not save the nearby fire. With no choice, he had to let go of his face and wrote a special telegram to Guangzhou, begging Wu Shaoting to send troops to provide assistance.

This telegram is full of ease and silence, and it is very true. However, after reading it, Wu Shaoting just sighed: "Liu Guxiang, Liu Guxiang, it's not that God is going to destroy you, but that you have made the wrong bet!"

If Liu Guxiang did not choose to ask Sun Yat-sen for help, but sent a telegram to Guangzhou directly, even if Wu Shaoting would not send troops to rescue him directly, he would at least give a quote of certain materials and equipment, and could even create some momentum in Guangdong, making Lu Rongting dare not advance easily. Unfortunately, Liu Guxiang was too stubborn, but his revolutionary passion ignored the reality. He sent a telegram to Japan for help from Sun Yat-sen. In the end, Sun Yat-sen came to ask Guangdong to send troops?

With this extra link, Wu Shaoting is enough to determine that Liu Guxiang is no longer reliable. Since the other party is devoted to following Sun Yat-sen, there is no need for him to sell this favor.

He put the telegram down and told the General Staff Headquarters not to pay attention. He still mobilized troops in Yunfu, Zhaoqing and other places according to the previous plan, and increased troops in Wuzhou at any time. The reason why he was not in a hurry to react was that his purpose was to wait for Guilin to fall. By that time, Lu Rongting would be proud, Yuan Shikai would be even more rampant, and Yang Ximin would feel deeply isolated and helpless. Point the seventh floor of the tower, otherwise there would be a light in the dark, and if he wanted to do it, he would do it at the best time.

After only three days, Li Hanzhang and Lu Yuguang's two armies completed the strategic encirclement of Guilin. Apart from hitting a few rounds of shells into the city every day, they did not rush to launch the final blow.

Lu Rongting, who was in charge of Nanning, received the latest battle report and was in great pleasure. It was not because it was just around the corner to recover Guilin, but because Guangdong did not even make a fart about the battle in Guilin. It can be seen that the relationship between Liu Guxiang and Wu Shaoting was really broken. For him, this is a sign of Guangdong's sharp downturn. He can recover Guilin today and Wuzhou tomorrow. In a few days, he can even enter the land in Guangdong.

On the same day, Lu Rongting sent another telegram to Beijing to ask for the final payment of another 500,000 military expenses. Although the battle in Guilin has not been too difficult and the expenses are not much, since he can get the greatest benefits, what reason is there not to fight for it? For him, this is just to make up for the losses of the Guangdong-Guangdong War.

The telegram was transmitted from Nanning to Hankou, and then transferred from Hankou to Beijing.

Duan Qirui came to the President's office with a telegram. Yuan Shikai was feeding his goldfish tank. The goldfish tank was replaced with several better and more expensive Longzhong Big-eyed Gold. Zhang Yiao stood by his desk and reported the situation in Wuhan slowly. Since Xu Shuzheng went south to take charge of Wuchang, the momentum of the Bailang Uprising has been obviously curbed. The army of foreigners from various countries joined forces with the Beiyang bandit suppression army to fight several encirclement and annihilation battles north of Hankou and south of Xiaogan, severely hitting the main force of the Bailang Uprising Army.

The Army Department had already learned that Duan Qirui's face was quite brilliant for this. His proud disciple did not disappoint and achieved results so quickly. This incident gave him more confidence in speaking in front of the president, and at the same time he could see how Xu Shuzheng was available. In the midst of Wuhan, he was controlling military affairs with a new face while having to ease among the powers of various countries. It is really commendable to do this.

Yuan Shikai saw Duan Qirui walking in and signaled that Zhang Yiao no longer had to continue reporting. He smiled and said to Duan Qirui, "Zhiquan, your good disciple really did not disappoint your mentor. It has stabilized the situation in Hubei in less than two months. It turns out that a famous teacher will produce a high disciple."

Duan Qirui smiled calmly and said modestly: "Everything has to be attributed to the President's courage to use his younger generation. If the President hadn't given Xu Shuzheng this opportunity, he would still be mediocre now."

Yuan Shikai smiled and put down the feed in his hand. He was so old that he stopped. Then he saw the telegram clip in Duan Qirui's hand, so he asked, "Do you have any new news to tell me?"

Duan Qirui said lightly: "It's not very new news. It's just a telegram sent by Guangxi to ask about the other 500,000 yuan. This is the third letter this month. It seems that Lu Rongting has really fallen into the eyes of money." As he said, he handed the telegram to Zhang Yiao.

Zhang Yiao passed it to Yuan Shikai for a look. Yuan Shikai almost just glanced at the title and threw it on his desk.

"Our Grand Marshal Lu is not in the eyes of money. Grand Marshal Lu is now determined to recover the losses of the Guangdong-Guangdong War from us. Having said that, we did treat Grand Marshal Lu badly in the last year's Guangdong-Guangdong War." Yuan Shikai said slowly. Although he seemed to be full of apology in his words, he could not see the sincerity at all in his tone or expression.

"According to Hunan's report, Lu Rongting fought to the city of Guilin in only ten days. This battle was already a treasure in the Gui army. The reason why the Gui army has been delayed in Guilin was to use delays to ask us for funds. President, according to your wishes, how should you deal with this matter?" Duan Qirui asked for instructions, but his implication was already very obvious, and there was no need to waste funds on Guangxi.

"It is not a waste to spend money where it should be spent. Since Guilin is already Lu Rongting's possession, Wu Shaoting is still indifferent in Guangzhou, so we can force him to follow suit. Reply to Guangxi, asking Lu Rongting to quickly take Guilin and then mobilize troops to recover Wuzhou. As long as he heads towards Wuzhou, I will allocate him 700,000 military expenses again." Yuan Shikai's eyes shone brightly. Although these words were very slow, every word was powerful.

"President, I'm afraid Lu Rongting dares not be so impulsive. Wuzhou is truly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong." Duan Qirui said with concern.

"It doesn't matter if Lu Rongting dares to be impulsive, but I will let him have this impulse. Fujian has almost prepared for it, so let Li Houji send troops to attack Zhangzhou before the end of the month." Yuan Shikai said confidently.

"Yes, I will convey the order immediately." Duan Qirui thought about it and agreed directly without any slight words.

Everything is done according to the plan. This action is related to the result of checks and balances between the north and the south. If Guangdong's arrogance is not suppressed, I am afraid that the north will be subject to the south. Li Houji has been raising troops in Fujian for more than a year, and now he has the navy to cheer. Taking Zhangzhou will definitely be a success. Wu Shaoting ignored Guilin's affairs, and obviously wanted to protect himself, so he took this opportunity to completely cut off all the wings of Guangdong.
Chapter completed!