The Republic is so violent

Chapter 132: The World of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies (3)
So Marin went to He Haiming: Hello, how much do you want?As long as you leave Nanjing, as many chambers of commerce as you want will satisfy you.

He Haiming: Shut up, you spokesman for imperialism, stop interfering in our internal affairs.

Marin: Then how far do you have to make trouble before you are willing to stop?

He Haiming: Until the suffering people all over the world are liberated.

Marin: Please, other people's lives are going well, so you don't need to worry about it.You are the real suffering fools yourself, I have seen your soldiers starve to the point of eating the wall.

He Haiming: The more difficult the environment, the easier it is to inspire the fighting spirit of revolutionaries.

Marin: But you can't go all out to eat the wall first just to make others feel uncomfortable, right?Think about it for yourself, isn't this too careless?Don't be unhappy to say that you are short-sighted. Look where the leaders of this revolution have gone?Everyone went to Japan to take a hot spring bath, but you jumped out and gnawed on the wall on your own initiative. You are not only lacking in mind, you are lacking in mind to the peak.

He Haiming: You are short-hearted... How much are you willing to pay?
Marin: Ask yourself the price, anyway, I won't let you chew on the wall anymore.

He Haiming reported a number, and the Chamber of Commerce was elated, and immediately began to collect money, and quickly collected the money and sent it to He Haiming.He Haiming ordered the troops to assemble and explained the current situation: Brothers, the current international situation is like this. Sun Wen escaped, Huang Xing escaped, Li Liejun escaped, Bai Wenwei escaped, Hu Hanmin escaped, Chen Jiongming escaped They escaped, all those who could escape escaped, and we were the only ones who had not escaped.Brothers, tell me why we didn't escape?

Because our revolutionary will is stronger!The soldiers answered.

Firm your head!He Haiming said, brothers, it is not only Sun Wen and Huang Xing who have long legs, we also have long legs.But why they escaped and we are still here?It's because we don't have money--whether you go to Japan or France, you can't afford the boat ticket alone.Because we have no money, we stayed in the revolution, but now that the general situation is gone, it is meaningless for us to continue to stick to it.So I accepted the terms of the chamber of commerce and gave everyone a sum of money to pay. After everyone gets the money, they will find ways to get out of the city and go their separate ways.Don't forget that there are parents, wives and children waiting for you at home...

The soldiers were overjoyed and shouted in unison: "Pay the bill quickly, pay the bill quickly!"

He Haiming began to pay the soldiers, saying: This is the happiest day for my old He. With so much money, I didn't feel greedy at all. I was already moved by my character.

After the money was distributed, the soldiers ran off to the store to buy things, and organized a group to leave the city by themselves.When the chaos was raging, suddenly a group of people held long guns and came towards He Haiming aggressively: He Haiming, who allowed you to let everyone leave?Have you asked us brothers?

It turned out to be the party of the Eighth Division, the most ruthless kind in the revolution.

Even He Haiming was scared when he saw these people: ...At this time, Nanjing is surrounded on all sides, and if they don't leave, is there any other way?

have!The group of people said: As long as we stick to it for a while, brothers from other provinces will raise their flags to respond. Think about how the situation in Wuchang was compared to today?Didn't that also win the victory of the revolution?If we retreat today, then our brothers who died before will die in vain, and all the blood shed will be in vain!He Haiming, ask yourself if you are willing?

He Haiming: Of course I am not reconciled!

Just don't be reconciled!If you are not reconciled, carry the revolution to the end!
12 Crazy Expendables
On the morning of August 1913, 8, the gate of Yifeng in Nanjing was suddenly opened. A death squad of about 28 people, with strange eyes, short guns in hand, explosives around their waists, and bombs around their necks, shouted in unison and headed towards the shogunate. The Beiyang army on the other side of the mountain rushed over.

The Beiyang Army on the other side of Mufu Mountain is Zhang Zongchang's department who has recently defected to Feng Guozhang, and it is Zhang Zongchang's marching headquarters.

Early in the morning, Zhang Zongchang was taking off his trousers up to his ankles, squatting on the latrine pit and gritted his teeth.Hearing the shouting, he stood up with his trousers in his hands, his expression changed immediately, and he shouted hurriedly: "Flee!"escape!escape!Brothers, run for your life quickly, it’s a big deal if you run slowly...

The rest of the soldiers were surprised and said: "Mr. Zhang, there are only 100 people over there, not enough to fit our teeth. One burst of machine guns will solve the problem. Why are you afraid of this?"

Will you fucking fight a war?Zhang Zongchang scolded anxiously, although the number of opponents is small, they are all death squads who don't want their lives. They have left the city today and have no plan to go back. There are bombs all over their bodies. Fighting you for one is enough money, fighting you two for one.On the battlefield, the most feared is this kind of desperado, run away!
It is said that the soldiers finally woke up at this time, we are here to fight, we want to win, not to seek death.If you encounter such a master who doesn't want your life, hurry up and run away.Therefore, Zhang Zongchang led the team, and the rest of the whole division rushed up to the Pagoda Bridge, and then rushed down the bridge, rushing in the direction of the river bank in a panic.

More than 100 desperate revolutionary army death squads followed closely behind. Just as Zhang Zongchang judged, these people had no intention of going back alive after they left the city.Fortunately, Zhang Zongchang was clever and led his entire division to flee wildly, otherwise Zhang Zongchang's team would definitely be crippled once the Death Squad got caught up.

The Death Squad drove Zhang Zongchang madly, and the closest distance was only about 400 meters.Although Zhang Zongchang's troops escaped quickly, they couldn't stand the crazy death squads shooting wildly, causing more than 40 casualties.Although people kept being knocked down by the Death Squad behind them, Zhang Zongchang and the others had made up their minds and ran like crazy without looking back.Run away, run away, run away...

It wasn't until the Death Squad was exhausted from the pursuit that they couldn't move anymore that Zhang Zongchang's men heard a clatter, and they all lay down on the ground and gasped for breath.This death squad's trapped beast is still fighting, it's really scary, it's a war, why are you so serious.

However, after a frantic chase by the Death Squadron, Zhang Zongchang calmed down instead.

He said: This is the last fight of the partisans.Husband war, courage also.This time they failed to catch up with us, and their courage was exhausted. If they want to do it again, they will have no chance.

13 Xie Cai is also contagious

Zhang Zongchang is a soldier and knows the rhythm of war best.Knowing that Nanjing City has gone through the Battle of the Death Squad, it basically exhausted its last strength, and it can no longer make trouble.But He Haiming, who guards the city, is a literati. Literati are more emotional and lack rational quantitative thinking.Seeing that the Death Squad works so well, I thought about using this trick in the future.

On August 8, He Haiming held a military meeting. The topic of the meeting was to consider that the enemy was outnumbered, and the tactics would be changed from offensive to defensive.But as he was talking, He Haiming got excited and his head became hot, and the task assigned was to attack all of them violently.

He Haiming ordered: one death squad would go out of Yuhuatai to attack Zijin Mountain; Zongchang's marching headquarters.

But something like the Death Squad is based on a moment of passion and explosive power, but the time is also short.And once it erupts, the skill is basically exhausted.In order to explode again, there must be a long period of emotional brewing and accumulation.But this reasoning doesn’t make sense to He Haiming. He writes mandarin ducks and butterflies. The love between men and women in novels can last for a long time, but it is difficult to ask people in reality to really do this.

So when it came time for the Death Squad to die, the first Death Squad stopped cooking.Taking a break is just taking a break, and there is no need for any reason.And the second death squad, which was to support the first one, also took a rest.This kind of Xie Cai spread like a plague, and even the two death squads behind suffered from Xie Cai's disease.

And the Beiyang army outside the city was accurately calculating the rest time of the defenders, and the score was not bad.

On August 8, the Beiyang Army launched a general offensive.

The first one to break into the city was Zhang Xun, who was not smart enough. After that, he would pay a heavy price for it—but Zhang Xun also had Zhang Xun's heart. He took the old Xu Baoshan army in Yangzhou as the vanguard, and let these stupid soldiers work for Beiyang. The tricks are super old-fashioned, digging tunnels and laying mines. From the night of August 8st to the afternoon of September 31st, there was a loud noise, and the Taiping Gate in Nanjing slowly collapsed. The mine blasted a huge hole.

So the Beiyang army entered the city in a large scale.Zhang Zongchang sent a report to Feng Guozhang at the headquarters of the Shogunate Mountain March:

[-]. Chaoyang Gate has been knocked down by Zhang Xun's department with landmines. There are more than one group of people entering the city, and red flags are planted all over the city.

11. The [-]th mixed regiment of the fifth division entered Taipingmen at [-] am this morning.

12. The No.[-] Infantry Regiment of our division also entered the Shence Gate at the same time.

11. The No.12 Infantry Regiment of our division is now preparing to advance. It is planned to lead the troops into Yifengmen as soon as the No.[-] Regiment enters the city and occupies the Kaiyifengmen of Lion Mountain.

[-]. After the troops in front of us enter the city, we will follow the commander's previous order and implement a guard around the Sanpailou area.

Judging from the report, Zhang Zongchang's and Zhang Xun's troops were front and rear feet. As soon as they entered the city, they were strongly blocked by Zhang Xun's braided soldiers. Zhang Zongchang was not a person willing to suffer, and he fought back in anger.So He Haiming took this opportunity to retreat into the city and turn to street fighting.

So, why did Zhang Xun's men open fire on Zhang Zongchang?Aren't they a gang?
It is precisely because they belong to a group that they will grab credit and kill each other.Afterwards, Zhang Zongchang was so angry that he wrote to Feng Guozhang to sue Zhang Xun:

The discipline of the Volunteer Army was too bad. After the team left the customs, they set fire to the house and took the opportunity to loot.When my teacher entered Yifengmen, he still shot at me, thinking that he was greedy for merit.I sincerely pray that the commander of the army will strictly order the commander to quickly restrain him, or transfer him to another place at his discretion, so as to protect his reputation and avoid leaving out the facts of the outsider.

14 Imperialism Testifies
We have to reevaluate Zhang Zongchang.

This person is not only superior in military ability, but also extraordinary in political views-if he is really an idiot, how can he become the governor of Shandong who commands an army of 30?Those who mock and belittle him are only mocking themselves.If the idiot Zhang Zongchang still has such achievements in life, then what should he do with people whose life achievements cannot be compared with Zhang Zongchang?
Acknowledging Zhang Zongchang's wisdom is just a fair attitude towards history.

Thinking that Zhang Zongchang is an idiot is just humiliating his IQ-if your IQ is higher than Zhang Zongchang, how can you lose to Zhang Zongchang in life achievements?

At least, when the Beiyang Army entered the city, Zhang Zongchang's judgment, analysis and prediction of the current situation all came true.

In his telegram to Feng Guozhang, he said that Zhang Xun's behavior would reveal the truth of the outsider, which is not false at all.In fact, Zhang Xun's performance in Nanjing almost ruined himself.

Almost all historical materials record the numerous crimes committed by Zhang Xun's braided soldiers in Nanjing.Among them, the most authoritative information cited by people is P? S?Scene from "An American Diplomat's Mission to China" by Huang Enshi:
... When we entered Nanjing, this ancient city was lying alone and melancholy in the gray morning light. … Those tall soldiers with braids and black military uniforms stood on the street, "defending" the city, and the residents were frowning and hurried along the street in fear, seeing charred and ruined walls everywhere , everything in the house was destroyed and abandoned on the street; fragments of shells still remained in the walls.It all makes for a depressingly tragic scene...

P who wrote the book? S?Huang Enshi, the U.S. ambassador to China who just took office, had a very bad impression of Zhang Xun's braided soldiers.

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