Beiyang reactionaries

Cao Kun has 10,000+ people, and Zhang Zuolin currently only has 10,000+ people.Adding up all the direct troops, there are only about [-] troops.Duan Xun's strength is too strong, and now he is too eye-catching.It's completely different from when Duan Xunwo was in the southwest.

"Then what do you think I want?"

"It's still the same sentence. General, you have to integrate the remaining forces of the Anhui faction to fight against the Zhi and Feng factions together. This will become a factional dispute within the Beiyang Army, which will greatly relieve the pressure on the general. And Lu Yongxiang, Ni Sichong, People like Zhang Guangjian wish the general could be the leader and lead everyone to fight against the Zhili and Fengli."

"it is good."

Duan Xun thought for a while and said, "Some time ago, Ni Sichong sent me a telegram, saying that he would nominate me as the leader of the thirteen provinces to negotiate with Beijing. I don't think this is an unacceptable proposal."

235 Mediation

"What? The leader of the Thirteen Provinces?"

"boom--"

Cao Kun was furious.

He slapped the table directly.He worked so hard to pull Duan Qirui off his horse, only to get a patrol envoy from Zhilu and Henan, and Henan is not under his control.Of course, Cao Kun's power has also risen sharply this time.

Originally, Cao Kun only controlled Zhili. Although he was also strong in Tianjin, he did not completely control Tianjin.But after the victory over Duan Qirui in the Zhiwan War, Cao Kun has already controlled places such as Zhili, Shandong, Beijing, Chahar, and Rehe, and has become the most powerful person in the northern region.More importantly, after the war, the Beijing government was in the hands of Cao Kun.

What Beijing is, it is the political center.Whoever controls Beijing can justifiably command the world.

Cao Kun's position in China's political landscape is rising in a straight line.

But he was not so arrogant.

Duan Xun even so arrogantly stated that he is the leader of the thirteen provinces, representing that the thirteen provinces do not recognize the current Jin Yunpeng cabinet.Behind Duan Xun are Lu Yongxiang, Governor of Zhejiang, Li Houji, Governor of Fujian, Zhang Guangjian, Governor of Gansu, He Fenglin, Governor of Songhu, Zhang Shichen, Governor of Sichuan, Luo Peijin, Governor of Yunnan, Zhou Ru, Governor of Guizhou, Liu Mingzhao, Governor of Hunan, Guo Xiren, Governor of Shaanxi, Hubei interim governor Jiang Hongyu and others.These people all signed after Duan Xun's telegram, expressing their support for Duan Xun's point of view.

The leader of the thirteen provinces?

What a tone.

"Mr. Cao, the situation must be stabilized quickly."

Gao Lingxuan said worriedly: "Mr. Cao, if Duan Xun is allowed to continue to make trouble like this, the Beijing government will definitely lose its prestige, and Jin Yunpeng's cabinet will inevitably fall. When the government's prestige is wiped out, then our effectiveness in controlling Beijing will be greatly reduced. This is very bad for us. The situation must be calmed down before the new cabinet is hit harder."

Gao Lingxuan was in a hurry.

No hurry.Jin Yunpeng's cabinet has just come to power, and it is still a temporary cabinet.At this time, Duan Xun and the others represented the thirteen provinces that did not recognize the Jin Yunpeng cabinet, and there is currently a Dharma-protecting military government in Guangdong that does not recognize the Beijing government.That is to say, more than half of China currently does not recognize Jin Yunpeng's cabinet, which is a big blow to Jin Yunpeng's cabinet and may cause them to fall at any time.

Once Jin Yunpeng's cabinet falls, causing waves in Beijing's political arena, it will be a huge blow to Cao Kun, who currently controls Beijing.Many people would laugh at Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin.

You have worked so hard to control Beijing, but you can't even stabilize the situation in Beijing.In this way, both Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin will be in a passive state politically.

To end this passive situation, Cao Kun and the others must stabilize the current situation as soon as possible.There is no other way to get Duan Xun to recognize the current Jin Yunpeng cabinet as soon as possible.

"I know."

Cao Kun nodded.

But he frowned and said, "But you should know that we have only just stabilized the situation around Beijing. Not only do we have no money, but we have organized too many troops, so we can't fight Duan Xun now."

war.

Where is it said that you can fight.Before the Zhiwan War, how long did Duan Qirui and Cao Kun confront each other and how long did they prepare before finally fighting.In the current situation, Cao Kun couldn't fight at all.

First, Cao Kun has no money.

For this war, Cao Kun expanded his army by more than 2 people within half a year.And together with the war, Cao Kun spent an unknown amount of money.And now that so many troops are being reorganized, what can you do if you don't give them money.

But where does Cao Kun have money?

Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin are currently short of money, so they began to blackmail the Beijing government.Tell the newly appointed Jin Yunpeng that you must give us 1000 million each, so that the large forces of both sides will leave Beijing.

Although Jin Yunpeng was dissatisfied, he had to raise the money for them.After all, if the troops of Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin did not leave Beijing for a day, the normal work of the Beijing government would not be able to continue for a day.

Second, Cao Kun was worried.

At present, Cao Kun has reorganized a large number of Duan Qirui's troops. At present, at least five or six divisions of Duan Qirui have been reorganized.On the surface, it is indeed a great increase in strength.But how dare Cao Kun lead these troops to fight Duan Xun.

After all, these troops were originally Duan Qirui's direct line troops, and originally belonged to the Anhui faction.Cao Kun reorganized their troops, just gave them a number and asked them to accept his orders.As for the personnel issues within their army, Cao Kun has not grasped it yet.After all, time is too short.

If these people suddenly turned against Duan Xun at the front line when he was fighting with Duan Xun, what would Cao Kun do?

Third, Cao Kun was not at all worried about Zhang Zuolin.

After defeating Duan Qirui this time, Zhang Zuolin's entry into the customs also greatly increased his strength.But speaking of it, Zhang Zuolin was dissatisfied.Because apart from the reorganization of several brigades and the removal of some weapons and ammunition, none of the other political benefits have been obtained.

On the contrary, Cao Kun can not only control the political situation in Beijing, but also take over places such as Tianjin, Chahar, and Rehe. His strength is a real increase.Moreover, many direct troops of the Anhui Clan surrendered to Cao Kun, and none of them surrendered to Zhang Zuolin.Because in their eyes, Cao Kun's direct lineage is the authentic descendant of the Beiyang Army, and Zhang Zuolin's Fengjun is not the Beiyang Army at all.

This made Zhang Zuolin very angry.

So Cao Kun was very worried about Zhang Zuolin.What if Zhang Zuolin suddenly hits him in the back when he leads a large army to the south and competes with Duan Xun for Henan and Hubei?

So don't look at Cao Kun's current strength has greatly increased, with 10,000+ troops, but he really dare not fight Duan Xun.At least digest these troops, let's talk about the tighter control of the Beijing government.

"By the way, Duan Degong also used 10,000+ troops this time, more troops than me, and fought a lot of battles. But where did he get the money?"

Cao Kun just couldn't figure it out.

Duan Xun sent troops around this time, even twice as many as Cao Kun.Although Cao Kun's direct-Anhui war claimed to have an army of one hundred thousand, in fact, the number of troops actually fighting on the front line was 8 to 10,000.And Duan Xun mobilized 10,000+ troops on various battlefields, not a number, but a real mobilization of [-]+ people.How much would it cost to attack with so many troops.But Duan Xun's troops seem to show no sign of stopping military operations at all.

This is really incomprehensible.

Why is Duan Xun so rich?

Should not be ah.

Among the provinces controlled by Duan Xun, except for Sichuan and Hubei, which are a little rich, the other provinces are not very good.Hubei was just occupied by Duan Xun, and it is estimated that he did not even have time to sort out the financial system.It is impossible to have so much money just by relying on Sichuan.

In the current situation, how can your troops act without money.

"Borrowed from the Japanese? Also borrowed from domestic banks? It is said that they borrowed tens of millions, and there are even rumors that Duan Xun borrowed hundreds of millions."

"Japanese? Duan Hefei failed to borrow 500 million from the Japanese a few months ago. How did Duan Degong (Duan Xun) get the money?"

Cao Kun was taken aback.

Before the Zhiwan War, Duan Qirui borrowed 500 million from Japan as war funds.Originally, Japan had already agreed to Duan Qirui, and the money was ready.But because Britain, France and the United States strongly opposed it, the money could not be borrowed in the end.

But how did Duan Xun borrow money, and it was tens of millions.As for saying hundreds of millions, in Cao Kun's view, it should be based on rumors.

"I didn't borrow it before the war, but I started to borrow it one after another a year ago. At that time, I heard that it caused a sensation in the Shanghai financial circle because Duan Xun borrowed too much money. In order to borrow money, Duan Xun borrowed many minerals in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Mortgaged to the bank."

borrow money.

After Duan Xun told Wang Yongjiang, Wang Yongjiang continued to borrow more than 8000 million yuan in succession.As Gao Lingyu said, Duan Xun mortgaged many important minerals in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.