New Warlords 1909

Soon, a sound of orderly and oppressive footsteps came from a distance.Looking around, I saw very familiar clothes and a very familiar army.This...isn't this...isn't this Hua Lengzi's new revolutionary army?what happened?Didn't they leave Anqing?Why did you come back suddenly?

Not only the citizens of Anqing were surprised, but the officials of the Anhui Provisional Government were also taken aback.Gui Danchi, the deputy military and political chief, hurriedly knocked on the door of the governor Sun Yuyun's house without even putting on his clothes.

"Dudu Sun, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good! That fool Hua, he...he is back again, bringing back six thousand more elite soldiers!"

"What?" Sun Yuyun ran out of the bedroom without even putting on any clothes, "What did you say? Hua Lengzi is back again? What is he doing back? Didn't it be agreed that Luzhou Mansion will be left to him to toss about. No, there's no tricks there, and he came to Anqing again to fiddle with his damn land reform bill?"

"Sun Dudu, now is not the time to discuss this. Think about it, what should we do? The thousand guards we secretly formed are no match for him at all!"

At this time, Han Yan, Shi Tuisi, Guan Peng, Huang Shulin and other cadres of the Anhui Provisional Government rushed over one after another. After hearing Gui Danchi's words, Han Yan immediately said, "How about, Dudu Sun ordered the Huai Shang army to go south and occupy the Hefei, come to surround Wei and save Zhao!"

"Confused, what are you doing to encircle Wei and save Zhao? He Hua Fei is still the military and political chief of the provisional government! Besides, the Huai Shang Army wants to defend Ni Sichong. How many troops can they mobilize? Ten thousand? This small amount of troops is enough for Huai to put his teeth between his teeth." Is it?" Although Sun Yuyun was surprised, she did not lose her inch.

"I'm going to meet this legendary Hua Lengzi who is very capable of causing trouble, and see what he is going to do when he comes to Anqing this time!"

50 Expansion of territory

In the temporary barracks outside Anqing City, Hua Fei's reception room was extraordinarily quiet.The main seat, Hua Fei, who was drinking tea leisurely in military uniform, was in stark contrast to the guest seats, who were anxious interim government officials.

"Mr. Hua, in order to unify the military administration in Anhui, the interim government has begun to abolish the military government branches in various places. For this matter, I have worked hard for several months and have negotiated with the military governors of various places for several months. Most places have agreed to abolish the branches. Mansion, reorganize the militia! The Hua army is now personally leading the army south to Anqing, reorganizing the militias in Wuhu, Tongling, Dangtu and other counties in southern Anhui, it is really unnecessary!"

When Sun Yuyun heard that Hua Fei went south to reorganize the troops of the military and government branches in various places and complete the unification of Anhui's military and government, he immediately cursed in his heart.You are just a military and political chief. The Anqing Provisional Government has been doing these things for a long time. Why are you so busy?Your actions are clearly reneging on what you said, and you want to continue to expand your territory!

Although I thought so in my heart, I couldn't say it out loud.There is no way, the strength in his hands is insufficient, when facing a straightforward martial artist like Hua Lengzi, he really doesn't have much to do, he can only persuade with a smile.

"Mr. Sun, as the military and political chief of the Anhui Provisional Government, Mr. Hua is still responsible for the reorganization of the army! Now, Mr. Sun has resigned as the interim president, and the Senate has elected Beiyang Yuan Shikai as the interim president. The central government has changed. , and the situation in Anhui is still in disarray. This is extremely detrimental to our revolutionary cause! Hua did not think about this, and always felt uneasy. So he decided to lead the army to the south to unify the military and government in Anhui as soon as possible. Strength, so that I can live up to my wish!"

Hua Fei's tai chi hand pushed Sun Yuyun and others to almost vomit blood and die in anger.There is a needle hidden in the cotton, which contains endless hints!First of all, as the military and political chief, he does have the right to reorganize the army in Anhui.Another meaning is that I led the army to the south, and it is my wish to implement the military and political unification of Anhui as soon as possible.It is unreasonable for you to interfere indiscriminately.As for whether Hua Fei is for the cause of revolution, everyone knows each other well!

"Hua Fei!" Secretary-General Han Yan was finally annoyed by Hua Fei's attitude, stood up and shouted, "Don't forget, you are not a member of the Revolutionary Party. The success of the revolution has nothing to do with you! Don't pretend to be because If you have made meritorious service in recovering Anqing and Nanjing, don’t take the Anhui provisional government and Sun Dudu seriously!”

"Sun Dudu thinks that you have contributed to the revolution after all, and entrusted the entire Luzhou Mansion to you. But what about you, how many things have you tossed about in Luzhou Mansion in the past few months? Did Anqing complain? It was Dudu Sun who helped you suppress it! Now that things in Luzhou Prefecture are not peaceful, you came to Anqing again. What do you want? Do you still have a revolutionary government in your eyes? Do you want to Rebel!"

Han Yan's words were very sensitive, but they expressed the aspirations of all the revolutionaries and interim government officials present.Everyone looked at Hua Fei one after another, waiting for his reply.

Hua Fei seemed a little surprised, but he didn't get angry because of it. Instead, he smiled and said, "Secretary-General Han is serious. As a soldier of the Republic of China, Hua, of course, puts the country and the people first! How could he commit such a conspiracy?" Inverse stupidity!"

"Hua is busy with military affairs, so I will resign first. If you are interested in this temporary barracks, you may wish to stay and visit. Guo Tong, you lead the guard company and are responsible for the safety of Sun Dudu and others. If everyone is willing to stay at noon, then Go make a potluck!"

After Hua Fei finished speaking, he was about to stand up and leave, obviously as if he didn't want to get entangled with you here!

"Hua Fei!" Han Yan was furious, and pointed at Hua Fei's nose from a distance, "If Dudu Sun orders you to lead the army back to Luzhou, will you obey the order?"

Hua Fei stood there, stared for a while, and then softly replied, "Soldiers, it is their duty to obey orders!"

After leaving this sentence, Hua Fei left with a blank expression.He made a bunch of government officials angry, and really wanted to scold their mothers. ***, what is there to see in this broken military camp of yours, and you pretend to keep us for dinner, and you are full of gas, who can have an appetite?It's hard to be ignored, but being ignored by Hua Fei so blatantly, and even sent a company of guards to watch, how can a group of interim government officials bear it!

"Captain, please order him Huafei to return to Luzhou. I'll see if he obeys the order or refuses to obey it!" Han Yan walked up to Sun Yuyun angrily.

"He just doesn't comply, what can you do with him?" Hong Siliang, a constitutional gentleman who has been silent all this time, said.

"I... we telegraphed the Nanjing Army Department to remove him from the post of military and political chief!"

"Nanjing? The current interim president is Yuan Shikai from Beijing!" Hong Siliang sighed. He had to say that he hated and annoyed Hua Fei, but in a short time, you still had nothing to do with him.The barrel of the gun is in someone else's hands, and he didn't point the gun at us, so it's not bad!

Han Yan stopped talking. Yes, the current central government has changed. The interim president is no longer Mr. Sun Wen, but Yuan Shikai from the north.Will Yuan Shikai dismiss Hua Fei because he did not obey the orders of the revolutionaries?Not to mention Yuan Shikai, even the original Nanjing government would think twice about making this decision!Until now, Han Yan had a deep understanding of how much unspeakable information was contained behind Hua Fei's statement that the central government had changed.

"Go back and discuss!" Sun Yuyun stood up with a gloomy face, and left first.Hong Siliang was right. Yuan Shikai was elected as the interim president. It is foreseeable that the political situation in the whole of China will undergo major changes again.

Sun Yuyun believed in Hua Fei's words, a soldier must obey orders as his bounden duty!Sun Yuyun also believed that if he really ordered Hua Fei to withdraw back to Luzhou, Hua Fei might lead his army to leave as well!But who can predict that if he does this, when he leads the army south next time, he will be so polite and peaceful.

"Hey, everyone, don't take a tour. I have ordered the cooking camp to prepare lunch!" Guo Tong shouted in a very hypocritical and insincere voice when he saw that everyone was about to leave.Go straight to Han Yan and other angry hums, it turns out that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.There is such a barbaric officer, even the guards in this area have become so insolent!

Before Sun Wen dismissed the interim president and Yuan Shikai had not officially assumed the presidency, this time gap was an excellent opportunity for Hua Fei to expand his territory.Hua Fei didn't remember how long this time would last, but Yuan Shikai finally took up the post of interim president by launching a mutiny under the pretext of staying in Beijing.

In other words, during this period of time, the land of China was in a semi-political vacuum.If he can quickly control Anqing, Tongling, Wuhu, Dangtu and other counties and cities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, then after Yuan Shikai takes office, his weight in Yuan Shikai's eyes will undoubtedly increase, and he will increase his bargaining chip for profit.

Compared with the revolutionaries, Yuan Shikai, who started out with military training, is more willing to believe in strength.In addition, the relationship between Hua Fei and the revolutionaries has always been very tense. For Yuan Shikai, Hua Fei is undoubtedly a signal of a local power faction that can be wooed.The reason why Hua Fei has not dealt with the relationship with the revolutionaries, and even deliberately made the relationship between them deadlocked, is also in the middle of this consideration.Because he understands that the Nanjing Provisional Government is extremely short-lived!

51 Military Exercises

Although Hua Fei claimed to go south to reorganize the civilian army in southern Anhui, most of his army was stationed outside Anqing City, and there was no movement for several days.Except for a regiment of new troops and a regiment of defense troops in Anqing City, the other troops did not even enter the city gate.They only practice and shoot in the temporary barracks outside the city all day long.

After the interim government officials returned from Hua Fei's barracks, they began to discuss.Reporting this issue to Nanjing seems to be of little use.Not to mention that the Nanjing government is now doing its best to deal with Yuan Shikai's going south, so there is no time to take care of such trivial matters.Even if they are not busy, it is common sense to guess that they will still ignore it!Back then Hua Fei only brought a few gendarmes with him, so he dared to arrest the captain and officer of the Admiralty from the city of Nanjing, and he didn't see any reaction from the Nanjing government!

Nanjing doesn't care?So what to do?Contact Li Liejun from Jiangxi?Or contact the revolutionaries in Hubei for assistance?The revolutionaries in these two places may send troops to help, but what is the reason?For what reason?Because the military and political chief of the Anhui Provisional Government wants to reorganize the local militia in southern Anhui?Are you going to send troops to intervene?It doesn't make sense!

The revolutionaries and officials discussed several times and made a secret decision.On the one hand, they sent telegrams to Tongling and Wuhu's military and government sub-governments to ignore the orders of the military and political chief of the Anhui Provisional Government, or to act perfunctorily, anyway, to delay as much as possible.If Hua Fei used force, then they would have an excuse to deprive Hua Fei of his military and political chief in a grandiose manner, and ask for reinforcements from Nanjing and Jiangxi and other places!

On the other hand, they sent someone to secretly notify the local tyrants and gentry in southern Anhui and other places, telling them all Hua Fei's actions in Luzhou Mansion.And hinted to them that once Hua Fei actually controls the military power in southern Anhui and other places.Then land reform measures will also be implemented in southern Anhui and other places, which will be a great loss for them.The only way is to unite all the big and small landlords and squires, unite all forces, and resist Hua Fei's entry into southern Anhui!

In the temporary military camp outside Anqing City, Hua Fei frowned as he looked at the secret report in his hand.The secret security reconnaissance team has already grasped the secret operations of the Anqing provisional government. Looking at the intelligence news, Hua Fei felt embarrassed.

Although Hua Fei is used to solving problems by force, he also understands that using force to solve problems blindly is not a long-term solution.He has [-] elite recruits and [-] defenders, and it will not be a problem to capture Wuhu or Tongling.But doing so will not only bring huge casualties, but also may be taken advantage of by others, so the loss outweighs the gain.

Whether it was the attack on Anqing or the sneak attack on Nanjing, the reason why Hua Fei succeeded was because of a quick word, because of suddenness.Although his main new army is well-equipped and well-trained.But the only battle that can really be regarded as a tough battle is the Battle of Nanjing, which is not considered an elite soldier in a hundred battles.Although the militia forces in Wuhu, Tongling and other places are weak in combat effectiveness, if they are prepared, casualties are always inevitable.

What troubled Hua Fei the most was that the local tyrants and country gentry from all over southern Anhui heard that he was leading an army to the south and took action almost immediately.Landlords big and small, middle peasants and rich peasants all joined the local united village league organizations under the coercion of those big local tyrants and gentry.Concentrate the armed forces of each family, and put on a posture of confrontation with Hua Fei.

When the land reform was carried out in Luzhou Prefecture, Liu Steward, Hua Er, Cao Yuan, Mo Haiyu, Li Qianyu, and even some students from the Jagged Military Academy gave advice.However, Hua Fei insisted on implementing this measure. Firstly, because Luzhou Mansion was his headquarters, he needed to take this opportunity to sweep away all unstable forces that had grievances with his Hua family.Secondly, many of his new army members are from Luzhou Prefecture.If their families cannot be allocated land, how can they continue to follow themselves willingly?

It's just that Hua Fei was just a mercenary after all, and he was extremely inexperienced in politics, especially in governance.He is only used to pursuing the result, while ignoring the importance of the process.This approach has directly led to the predicament we are facing now.Although everything did not exceed Hua Fei's expectations, but there is really no way to solve it for a while!

How to do?How to solve it?Hua Fei walked around the room with his hands behind his back, looking at the map for a while, and standing in front of the window in a daze for a while.Although I don't know how long this period of anarchy and chaos will last, Hua Fei understands that this time will definitely not be long.

Since there was no plan for a tough battle at all, the few members of the staff stayed in the Hefei Jagged Military Academy to study and teach, which left Hua Fei with no one to discuss with.

"Endgame, how should I play the cards?" Hua Fei murmured to himself.Should we continue to play cards unreasonably?Or should we change our strategy?What should I do if I don't play cards according to common sense?How to change the strategy?

"Crack!" The wooden window lattice was snapped by Hua Fei, who turned around and shouted, "Guo Tong!"

"Here!" Guo Tong, who had been waiting outside the door, quickly ran in.

"In the name of the military and political chief of the Anhui Provisional Government, telegraph the military governments of Wuhu, Tongling, Dangtu and other places in southern Anhui, and the Sixth Regiment of the First Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Defense Army. Ten days later, they will join forces with the First Fleet of the Navy near Anqing Sea-land joint military exercise! The military governments around the world are ordered to send troops or representatives to participate in the observation."

"In addition, in my personal name, I will send invitation letters to the foreigners and gentry along the river and southern Anhui to invite them to participate in this military exercise!"

"At the same time, send a telegram to Shanghai. Invite Kyle, Smith and my foreign friends to participate in this military exercise as guests!"

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The pen in Guo Tong's hand stopped for an instant, and he raised his head in confusion and asked, "Military...military exercises?"

"What? Didn't you remember the order?"

"Remember...remember clearly, yes!"

Military exercises have existed in ancient times. In the late Qing Dynasty, the new army often held autumn exercises, which can be regarded as military exercises at that time.Until the last moment when there was no other way, Hua Fei was unwilling to use force in southern Anhui to complete his de facto actual control over southern Anhui.Therefore, with the help of a military exercise, the forces in the entire southern Anhui region can clearly understand how strong his military power is.It's a deterrent, it's a pressure.Borrowing military exercises to demonstrate a strong military, then in the reorganization negotiations with the militias in various places, they will gain the initiative and a greater bargaining chip.