The Republic is so violent

Chapter 130: The World of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies (1)
01 Zhenjiang Yangzhou big crossfire

It is said that Zhang Xun's cavalry broke into Chaoyang Gate, but unfortunately encountered a landmine and was wiped out. Zhang Xun heard it and burst into tears.

Speaking of the land mine war at Chaoyangmen, not only Zhang Xun, but anyone who got involved in this incident would have to cry loudly.Why?Because the mines at Chaoyangmen were not buried by Yuan Jun in the city at all, but by Zhang Xun's braided army themselves.

Why did Zhang Xunjun plant mines himself?Why would they blow themselves up?
This matter... This is how it happened. Beiyang Zhang Xun attacked Chaoyang Gate madly. In order to break through the city gate, he dug a big hole under the gate, planted mines in it, and prepared a guy to blow up the gate opening.But I never thought that after the landmine was buried, it was silent and there was no movement.It turned out to be a smelly mine.Let it be the smelly thunder, just ignore it, I really can't help but want to see the smelly thunder, just let a fool come over and take a look.But Zhang Xun's braided army didn't agree, and wanted everyone to ride horses together and go to the front to see the smelly thunder.When we arrived in front of the smelly mine, everyone got off their horses and moved forward, and there was a bang. The mine exploded at such a critical point. How do you think Zhang Xun didn't cry?

The old soldiers in Beiyang have a common strange problem, they are extremely considerate and caring for soldiers.As early as March 1895, when the Japanese took Dashaling directly, Zhang Xun led his troops to block it. During the battle, a soldier's left arm artery was blown. Zhang Xun immediately took out a snuff bottle bestowed by the emperor, and used the handle of the gun to Crush it, and apply the white medicine in the pot to the soldier's wound.Some soldiers exclaimed: Marshal, this is a gift from the emperor.Zhang Xun replied: What imperial gift, saving people is the most important thing!After the soldier's injury stopped, Zhang Xun ordered him to withdraw, and the soldier said: Commander, I can still jerk off with my right hand...

So Zhang Xun was ranked among Beiyang, not too capable, and his mind was even more unclear, but he was the only one who cherished soldiers and let Yuan Shikai take a high look at him.At this time, knowing that the entire cavalry team was destroyed in Chaoyang Gate, how could they not burst into tears?

After crying, Zhang Xun finally came to his senses. No wonder Old Feng chose to fall in love at such a critical moment. That guy was ignorant on the surface, but he was actually smarter than anyone else.Knowing that the war is fierce and dangerous, it is by no means an easy task to enter Nanjing.

Zhang Xun figured it out: I also sent a fucking telegram to the President.

So Zhang Xun also slowed down the pace of the siege, and he was no longer willing to use his brothers to fill the bottomless pit of Nanjing.

So the Battle of Nanjing presented a super funny layout in the history of military warfare.Xiong Bingkun, the veteran of the First Uprising of [-], sits in the town, governing the first division and the eighth division, and fighting together.He Haiming, the master of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School, personally led the guards to fight between the Tianbao City and took it back from the Beiyang Army five times.The Beiyang Army used Zhang Xun's department to attack Taipingmen, Lei Zhenchun's department to attack the South Gate, and Feng Guozhang's Zhang Zongchang's department to attack the North Gate.In short, Beiyang put out all its elites and confronted He Haiming, the leader of the First Uprising and the master of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School.

At the time of the stalemate, Zhang Xun suddenly received a powerful reinforcement, which was Xu Baoshan's troops in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou soldiers joined the array to attack Nanjing because Zhenjiang followed Nanjing to declare independence.But then Huang Xing picked up his son and left, putting Zhenjiang in an embarrassing situation.Huang Xing is gone, who should we show independently?So people from the business community in Zhenjiang came forward and held a small meeting to decide to cancel the independence. However, in order to prevent the party members from making trouble and wrangling, please come to Zhenjiang to maintain order in Zhenjiang.

Yangzhou soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately rushed to Zhenjiang in mighty strength. On the way, they suddenly heard the sound of shells in mid-air, whizzing, booming, and the Yangzhou soldiers were bombed with arms and legs all over the sky.

Who is it?
After the initial shock, the Yangzhou soldiers discovered that it was the Zhenjiang soldiers who fired the bombardment.

It is absolutely necessary and reasonable for the Zhenjiang soldiers to bombard the Yangzhou soldiers.Gein Zhenjiang soldiers stationed in Zhenjiang, eat in Zhenjiang, drink in Zhenjiang, very eager to have a deep love with the people of Zhenjiang.But now that the Yangzhou soldiers came suddenly, it was obvious that they were robbing their own territory.If there are so many soldiers in Yangzhou, where will Zhenjiang soldiers go to eat in the future?
So this battle must be fought.

So Zhenjiang and Yangzhou soldiers fought fiercely, and both sides sent telegrams at the same time, saying that the other party was a rebellious party, and wanted to fool Beiyang Zhang Xun to kill the other party for him.

Zhang Xun was overjoyed, and immediately left Nanjing alone, and came to mediate the conflict between Zhenjiang soldiers and Yangzhou soldiers.He brought a large sum of money and asked the Zhenjiang soldiers to take the money and leave, and they all disbanded.Then he called the Yangzhou Xu Baoshan Department: Come here, come here, I will give you some small things, take down Nanjing City, this is not difficult for you, right?

02 Hong gang leader came out of the mountain
Zhang Xun got Yangzhou Xu Baoshan, who was willing to work hard, and Feng Guozhang also had a ruthless Zhang Zongchang. Nanjing was basically finished.Just at this time, there was another commotion in the city.

The Nanjing Chamber of Commerce found a few young military officers, held a meeting and discussed: We in Nanjing, who is going to provoke whom?The artillery fire keeps going on every day, and the wars don't stop. Are we still allowed to do business with our people?We must cherish the hard-won good situation of stability and unity. We need to be stable. If anyone is unstable, we will make him stable...Everyone will pool money, 5 yuan, and please invite He Haiming, the master of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School, to leave Nanjing and return to you for the revolution. Go to your own house, don't make trouble here.

The details of the subsequent negotiation between the two parties are not clear. From the analysis of He Haiming's character, it is more likely that Dayi refused the 5 yuan bribe, because the war broke out in Nanjing immediately.

The garrison launched an armed rebellion and launched a fierce attack on He Haiming's personal guard.

Speaking of He Haiming's guards, they are basically gangsters and members of the underworld. They are the most brave when fighting alone, but they are not proficient in joint operations, so they were beaten by the guards. He Haiming Fortunately, the footsteps were fast, so he fled to Jinling Hospital and hid.

The guards searched the hospital unhurriedly, but they searched until dark, but He Haiming was not found.

Where did He Haiming hide?
This question has not been thought through clearly yet, the faction in the army was already furious. According to historical records, soldiers of the Eighth Division besieged the division headquarters in the middle of the night and killed two officers who did not support independence on the spot.But in the firefight against the garrison, it failed.

So the garrison happily posted a notice announcing the cancellation of independence.But before the paste on the notice was dry, the brothers from the [-]th Division had already joined the brothers from the [-]st Division, and the two families jointly attacked the garrison regiment. The officers in the regiment were killed and the rest of the soldiers fled.

He Haiming came out of Jinling Hospital, only to find that he had been demoted to be the commander of the Eighth Division, and the throne of the governor of Jiangsu was snatched by Zhang Yaoqing from Zhenjiang.

However, who is this Zhang Yaoqing who suddenly appeared?
Speaking of this piece of Yaoqing, he is very famous.In the early years when Sun Wen launched the racial revolution, he sought out brothers from all corners of the country to make troubles. Zhang Yaoqing, one of the seven masters of Tenglong Mountain, happened to meet him.After the revolution was victorious, Zhang Yaoqing's influence in the arena became more and more important.At least for now, the ten thousand brothers of the Hong Gang are all his subordinates.

And Zhang Yaoqing's appearance in Nanjing City is attributed to Beiyang Zhang Xun.

In the former, Zhang Yaoqing actively responded to Sun Wen's second revolution and sneaked into Zhenjiang to instigate independence.Unexpectedly, Zhenjiang was independent first and then not independent, and it was not independent. He also invited the Xu Baoshan Department of Yangzhou soldiers. As a result, Zhang Xun took the opportunity to disband the Zhenjiang army that had been controlled by the gang brothers.In grief and indignation, Zhang Yaoqing came to Nanjing, intending to make Zhang Xun look good.

When I arrived in Nanjing, I found out that the governor of Jiangsu was a master of the mandarin duck and butterfly school. Zhang Yaoqing was very angry. You are a writer, not to mention writing your love novel.It was immediately announced that He Haiming would be demoted to the commander of the Eighth Division, and he himself sat on the throne of the Great Governor.

But before Zhang Yaoqing warmed up his ass in the position of the governor, another person came.

As soon as this person arrived, Zhang Yaoqing had to give way.

Who is the person who came to make the big boss of the Hong gang shy away?
03 Bo Wenwei's Big Trouble in Nanjing
The person who entered Nanjing at the critical moment turned out to be Bai Wenwei, commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army in Anhui.

As we said before, Bo Wenwei was deceived by Hu Wantai, a member of the Anhui Party, and when Bai Wenwei entered the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Hu Wantai stormed the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion again, beating Bo Wenwei so much that he wanted to cry without tears.Fortunately, Shen Dunhe, who founded the Red Cross Society of China, rescued Bai Wenwei, so Bai Wenwei returned to Nanjing to look for Huang Xing...he came to Nanjing at this time.

As soon as Bo Wenwei arrived, he first took the post of governor of Jiangsu, and then He Haiming's post of division commander of the Eighth Division. The Nanjing Revolutionary Party immediately became energetic and full of confidence in repelling the Beiyang Army.

Then, Bai Wenwei left a letter to He Haiming, which said: Xiao He, you are not bad, not only can write romance novels, cheat little girls who don't know the world, but also fight, very good, very good, you continue to Fight here, and I will silently bless you in Japan... Leaving this letter behind, Bai Wenwei took his guards and left the city with high spirits.

When Bai Wenwei escaped, the army and civilians in Nanjing didn’t know anything about it, but there was a dense blockade on the Beiyang side. As a result, after Bai Wenwei left the city, he was intercepted by the Beiyang Army, and the guards were defeated. He fled to a Japanese cargo ship and crossed the sea.

In all fairness, what Bai Wenwei did in Nanjing City is quite annoying-if you are the governor of Jiangsu, you should not leave immediately, at least not too fast.Since you said you would leave, why are you robbing the governor?Isn't this foolishness?

In any case, no one cares about the mess in Nanjing anymore. He Haiming was surprised to find that the positions of the governor and the commander of the Eighth Division had been thrown on the ground. , Continue to lead everyone to fight against Beiyang.

Since then, Xiong Bingkun and others also left Nanjing and went to Japan.

According to Lao Xiong himself, when he was full of passion and fighting the Beiyang army, the captain of the guard suddenly said to him: Brother Xiong, hurry up, there is still a chance to go now, at least we can still protect you out of the city.

After hearing this, Xiong Bingkun immediately packed up and rolled out of the city.When he left the city, he happened to meet a veteran of the Hubei Engineering Battalion. The old Xiong was overjoyed, so he entrusted his old comrades to exchange for circulation coupons, boarded a Japanese freighter from Dashengguan, and went to Japan to continue the revolution.

Old Xiong narrated that when he left, Nanjing was still in the hands of the revolutionary party.

But immediately, the Beiyang Army will launch a general offensive.

Once this general offensive is completed, the Second Revolution will officially end.Therefore, before the general offensive began, party members everywhere were almost frantically moving, trying to continue the revolution.Therefore, as far as Beiyang is concerned, this general offensive will never be launched too quickly. They need enough time to accept the aftermath of this revolution.

04 Domineering little old man
With the unprecedented influence of Xiong Bingkun, the leader of righteousness, and the deep affection of He Haiming, the master of the mandarin duck and butterfly school, it is not unreasonable to form a weird military balance with the Beiyang elite—but, just as Yuan Shikai worried, Nanjing is in a very short period of time. Three consecutive independences within a period of time will inevitably affect the changes in the country.

The first to be affected is Hunan.

Speaking of which, Hunan is also an old revolutionary base area. During the First Rebellion of [-], it has always been the rear of Hubei unswervingly, and has achieved the eternal achievements of the fat boy Li Yuanhong.In addition, Jiang Lingwu, the leader of the Hubei Literature Society, had already infiltrated Hunan, secretly campaigned, and made a big fuss with his mind on it. It can be seen that the panic in Hunan has reached the extreme.

On July 7, Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan, convened all civil and military officials to discuss the current situation and tasks.

At the meeting, the Kuomintang people proposed immediate independence, which was immediately refuted by the moderates, and the reasons given by the moderates were very sufficient: the assassination of Song Jiaoren has not been found out until now. He did it himself, or Yuan Shikai did it. This needs further analysis and observation. If there is no clue to declare a state of war, will the elders in Hunan agree?
The Moderate faction is well-founded, with a large number of people, and obviously has the upper hand.But suddenly an old man stood up in the venue, and it turned out to be Tan Renfeng, a member of the old revolutionary party and old alliance.He took something out of his pocket, slapped it on the table: Do you know what it is?

When everyone looked at it intently, their colors suddenly changed.It turned out to be a pistol.

Seeing old man Tan picking up a pistol, playing with it slowly, he said: I think back in Guangzhou, the 72 martyrs of Huanghuagang blood-stained the long street, how heroic it was.Fortunately, the old man is still there today, and the old man's gun is still there. If there are any opponents of independence today, it is impossible to say that the old man will try his marksmanship with him to see if he improves.

The moderate group was frightened by the domineering old man Tan, and no one dared to say anything.

So the independent faction immediately gained the upper hand and took the stage to give speeches one after another.But the revolutionaries were too talkative, and their emotions were more agitated, and it was getting dark while they were talking. Only then did they realize that there were only impassioned revolutionaries left in the venue. up.

05 Who blew up the arsenal?
The first meeting in Hunan was disrupted by the old man Tan Renfeng, and no results were produced.

How come there is no result?
It is related to the safety of the people in Hunan, and there must be a result.Tan Yankai asked everyone to continue the meeting, but the moderate faction was afraid of old man Tan Renfeng, so they dared not go to the meeting.In the end, after all, they reached an agreement with the revolutionaries that no one was allowed to bring dangerous items to the meeting, so everyone went to the meeting.Without Tan Renfeng's pistol, the meeting immediately became one-sided. The moderate faction suppressed the revolutionary party, but because the revolutionary party's emotions were too impulsive, there were loud voices of mourning and threats of riots, which made the moderate faction say no. It was awkward, so this meeting did not produce any results.

Two meetings went nowhere, and that was the outcome.

But Tan Renfeng, Jiang Lingwu and other party members would never accept this result.So, the party members went to find Cheng Qian, who held the military power.

Cheng Qian became very famous after that, but when Tan Renfeng, Jiang Lingwu and others found him, he was crying loudly.

Why is Cheng Qian crying?

It's hard not to cry about this.It is said that after Cheng Qian took control of the military power in a province in Hunan, he recruited troops and brought in three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, but they were far from enough for a division.It doesn't matter if you don't have enough, as long as you pay a salary, some people are willing to come to serve as soldiers.The problem is that ammunition is the most difficult thing to get. Once there is a war, no amount of ammunition is enough to consume.

The Hehuachi Military Uniform Bureau in Changsha has some ammunition stored. Although it is not enough, it is enough to make Cheng Qian feel more at ease.So every now and then, Cheng Qian would go to the Military Uniform Bureau to take a look, touch the ammunition, and think about the scene when these ammunition came in handy. As a soldier, Cheng Qian felt very useful in his heart.

But one day, Cheng Qian was on his way to the Military Uniform Bureau, and touched his ammunition again, when he suddenly saw flames bursting into the sky from the direction of the lotus pond, followed by an earth-shattering loud noise, and the military uniform bureau's ammunition flew into the sky.

That unexpected incident made Cheng Qian shed tears at the time: Who did this, ah, which prodigal son did it, how many people can be killed by these ammunition, it is such a waste to burn it with such a fire up.

Some sources say that these munitions were burned by Yuan Shikai's minions, the purpose was to prevent Hunan from raising troops.This statement is justified.Anyway, the revolutionaries would not blow up the ammunition depot by themselves, and this matter must be blamed on Yuan Shikai.

We can say with complete certainty that it was the explosion of the lotus pond ammunition depot that inspired Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan Province, to have a strong desire for independence.

Where does this desire come from?
Speaking of Tan Yankai, like Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, he is a bureaucrat of the old era. His characteristic is to serve his hometown and consider the people wholeheartedly.Therefore, these people are particularly unwilling to engage in any kind of revolution. Good life is lived day by day. How can there be any reason why fighting and killing will become more and more prosperous?

But the reason why these old bureaucrats are old is that they have contacts with various forces, and they have very close personal relationships.To put it plainly, they and Yuan Shikai are close friends who eat in the same pot, and they are close friends with the Revolutionary Party who flirt with each other.Let’s not carry out the second revolution, I’m sorry for the friends of the Kuomintang, let’s carry out the second revolution, and I’m sorry for Yuan Shikai.

Therefore, their common choice is: to carry out the second revolution, but also not to carry out the second revolution, and to explain to friends on both sides.

So, how can we carry out a second revolution and not make a second revolution?

It's very simple. For example, like Tan Yankai, after discovering that the arsenal in the lotus pond exploded, Tan Yankai immediately seized this opportunity and declared Hunan's independence.When the party members cheered enthusiastically and Yuan Shikai was about to get angry, he announced the cancellation of independence.

Tan Yankai has declared his independence, which is an explanation to the party friends.But to organize a campaign against Yuan Jun, there is not even a bullet, so canceling independence at this time will not only make Yuan Shikai happy, but also make party members and friends find no reason to complain.

Therefore, even Mao Zedong praised Tan Yankai, saying that he was a clever bureaucrat.

So now, we should know who blew up the arsenal in the lotus pond, right?

The only suspect is the governor Tan Yankai.

06 Death of Jiang Lingwu

After Hunan's independence, it canceled its independence, which made Jiang Lingwu, the revolutionary hero, miserable.

According to the investigation, Jiang Lingwu was organizing an army in Yuezhou at that time, and wanted to go north to challenge Yuan.Unexpectedly, Yuan Shikai suddenly issued a warrant for the arrest of veteran cadre Jiang Lingwu.At the same time, Vice President Li Yuanhong and Premier Xiong Xiling also issued arrest warrants for Jiang Lingwu.These arrest warrants, like chasing soul charms, put Jiang Lingwu's life in extreme danger.

Although there are many party members involved in the uprising, most of them have a close relationship with the local government. As long as the central government does not issue arrest warrants, the situation will not be in any danger.But once the wanted order is issued, many bounty hunters will emerge, so the people who are wanted by Yuan Shikai have no choice but to escape.

Cheng Qian persuaded Jiang Lingwu to go to Shanghai, and then take a boat to Japan.

(End of this chapter)