In the third year, with the support of revolutionaries, Li, who trained the new army in Hubei, became the commander-in-chief of Hubei.
At this time, Zai Feng, who was in power in the Qing court, panicked and watched the uprising respond to the Hubei government. He can't use Yuan Shikai, who hurt his brother Emperor Guangxu.
On the other hand, Yuan Shikai was at odds with Zai Feng. After receiving the imperial edict, he casually made an excuse and refused to go to his post.
Zai Feng had no choice but to order Secretary of the Army Yin Chang to send troops south. But this Yin Chang has no skills, and he has little knowledge of the art of war. When I arrived in Xinyang, I didn't dare to take another step. I only sent some troops into Hankou.
Li also sent troops to resist the Qing army, and both sides came and went. After several rounds, although there is damage, it does not hurt the overall situation. Sajunmen, who was in charge of fire suppression in the distance, saw that Ma Jizeng and others could not attack for a long time, so he took Jiang Yuan's boat into the battlefield. But before he got close, he was targeted by the artillery of the People's Army on the mountain. Next is the Jiangyuan Fleet of Sajunmen, with militia shells on the ground. The result is clear at a glance.
The main ship of Sajunmen was instantly blasted into several holes. He ran away first, depending on the situation. Seeing this, the rest of the fleet also fled. Without fire support, the northern army was killed by the civilian army and fled in haste.
Later, Huangzhou, Laiyang and other places also announced the uprising. Subsequently, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other provinces became independent.
The alarm spread to Beijing like snowflakes, which worried Zai Feng.
Xu Shichang took the opportunity to move Yuan Shikai out again, so Zai Feng appointed Yuan Shikai as an imperial envoy to govern all the Lu Haijun and Yangtze River water forces going to Hubei.
Yuan Shikai was ordered to find an excuse to resign, but how could Zai Feng agree? He sent Xu Shichang to lobby.
Xu Shichang is already a friend of Yuan Shikai. How can he refuse the invitation to his face? Besides, he already wants to show his strength again. If he refuses, it will not only make Zai Feng beaten, but also increase his weight in the Qing court.
Second civil war
Yuan Shikai, a former governor of Zhili, trained six armies. This time, he went south with the first army Feng and the second army section. Both of them used to be his subordinates and soldiers, and naturally they were very close to him.
After some discussion, the three men decided to take Feng Jun as the former army, Duan as the latter, and fight to the death with the People's Army.
The next day, he led Feng's first army south. After a left rush, he led the army to destroy the defense line of Shekou People's Army. The People's Army urgently sent reinforcements, and the two sides fought for a long time. At this time, Sajunmen rushed to the front with Jiangyuan Ship. As soon as the naval gun opened, the civilian army suffered numerous casualties. Then the People's Army was forced to retreat, and Feng Jun pursued the victory and captured Hankou in one fell swoop.
On the second day of Feng Jun's victory, Yuan Shikai came to Hankou. As soon as he got off the sedan chair, he came to the barracks. He kindly expressed his condolences to the injured soldiers and generously gave them a lot of money for treatment. Every soldier regards him as a relative.
Then they met with consuls of various countries in Han to apologize for the losses caused by the war.
Finally, he took Feng's hand and sat down to discuss the war in Hankou with Feng.
The first negotiation between north and south.
He believes that this uprising is different from previous peasant uprisings, with the support of foreigners behind it. Feng also offended foreigners by killing people in Hankou, and now he must make peace.
Just when things were discussed here, news came from the imperial court that the cabinet headed by Prince Qing resigned. The court appointed Yuan Shikai as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and asked him to form a cabinet in Beijing.
He pretended to resign and play books, but passbook had not yet reached Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places and became independent again.
He simply wrote a letter and sent it to Li, hoping for peace talks. But after two days, there was still no reply. Unwilling, he wrote another letter and sent it, but Li still didn't reply.
The Qing court watched the provinces become independent one after another and asked for it. It also wrote several times urging Yuan Shikai to form a cabinet in Beijing.
Yuan Shikai knows that he can't delay any longer. He called Feng to discuss the matter with Duan. And Duan also expressed their loyalty to him.
After arranging the Beiyang army, he got up and went to Beijing. At this time, Yuan Shikai had just defeated the rebels and was almost like a savior in the eyes of the old people, so the soldiers and civilians sang praises to him along the way and packaged him as a saint. Lao Qing Wang and Lao Xu are waiting for his arrival at Zhengyangmen.
As soon as the sedan chair landed, they greeted him with a smile and walked towards the government in Zai Feng.
What can Zai Feng do? He was an enemy for many years, and now he is the savior. Now he has to pull his face down and humbly compliment Yuan Shikai, who seems very generous. He didn't complain about Zai Feng's half sentence, but he repeatedly shirked the task of forming a cabinet. In a hurry, Zai Feng cried, sweated and knelt down.
Lao Xu and Laoqing looked at Zai Feng's face more and more ugly, and kept winking at Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai felt that his anger was almost over, and he did not hesitate to take on the heavy responsibility of forming a cabinet.
Since he wanted to enrich the cabinet with talents, he chose a group of his cronies, such as Tang and Zhao Bingjun. Now the Qing court is riddled with holes, and there are no local officials in many places. He also selected some experienced officials as ambassadors to visit the provinces.
However, apart from a few important people in Beijing who can't be shirked, there are officials but no candidates. Moreover, the naval fleet of the Qing court and the Yangtze River Navy both voted for the people at this pass. Now, except for Zhili and Henan, the north and south of the Yangtze River, Sichuan and Tibet have all been owned by the people.
Of course, there are still some local armed forces unwilling to give up, such as Zhang Xun, the prefect of Nanking, who are still clinging to this isolated city.
The third civil war
Although Yuan Shikai was anxious on the surface, he didn't panic inside. He saw that the people's army was so arrogant that he didn't take him seriously at all. He made up his mind to let them give some color to see see.
Now that he has conquered the Manchu dynasty, if he wins the People's Army again, the world will be under control.
After making up his mind, he called Laoqing.
Since there is going to be a war, there is no shortage of places to spend money, and the private library left by Empress Dowager Cixi must be obtained.
Lao Qing also regarded Yuan Shikai as a savior. Now Yuan needs money, so he hurried to the residence of the Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager Yulong looked at the savings she had just got, and cried for a long time before covering her hot hands. However, when the country was in crisis, she had to hand over internal funds.
After Yuan Shikai got the money, he sent people to Feng's former army. He asked Feng to fully besiege Hanyang. Feng was ordered not to neglect. He quickly built a general platform and swore to win Hanyang.
The commander-in-chief of Hanyang Army is Huang Xing. He is a hawk, and he has always advocated revolution. Although he suffered many failures and wars, he was indomitable. Seeing that the Qing army was eyeing up, he always wanted to recapture Hankou.
When the Qing army went to war, they met Li, the governor of Hubei, and wanted to go to Han to kill the enemy.
In the afternoon, Huang Xing crossed the river and arrived in Hanyang. Hanyang civilian army and Qing army launched a life-and-death struggle in Guishan. After several days of fighting, the number of the People's Army dropped sharply. Huang Xing began to recruit new recruits on the spot, but the veterans couldn't beat the Beiyang Army, so the new recruits died. When they met Feng Jun, they were hacked, messed up and completely squeezed by Feng Jun.
Fortunately, Huang Xing can recruit people, and after two days of fighting.
Feng was angry. A little commander came out of nowhere and could lead a group of new people to fight with him for so long. If you increase and I decrease, you may lose.
After careful consideration, he decided to modify the night ferry, and Huang Xing looked at Feng Jun who suddenly disappeared and was at a loss.
That night, Feng Jun sneaked into the Hanshui River, and the government's artillery was aimed at the civilian army outside Hanyang.
The People's Army dispersed in a hubbub, and Huang Xing hurried back after getting the news, but the fortress outside Hanyang had been seized by the Qing army. Knowing that he had accomplished nothing, he ran back to Wuchang.
But Kameyama's troops are still stationed in the same place, and now they have escaped without a commander. Feng Jun occupied all the cannons, not a single soldier.
Later, Hanyang City was breached, and Hubei Governor Li could not send troops from Wuchang. In regret, he saw Huang Xing who fled back again.
When Huang Xing saw Du Li, he blamed himself, but he burst into tears. Li Du knew that he was an important figure in the revolutionary party and dared not accuse him. Instead, comfort him. Huang Xing failed again. Embarrassed, he assured Du Li that he could borrow soldiers from the east, Ma Yuan and Hubei. Li casually replied, hoping that he would leave early. Why does this man always get lost?
After the victory, Feng was made a second-class baron. Old Yolanda gave him a new order: attack Wuchang.
He immediately sent heavy troops to Guishan, set up artillery and began bombing Wuchang (Wuchang and Hanyang are separated by a river). Fortunately, Li is ready for the battle. He deployed more than 70 miles of militia in the upper and lower reaches of the Han River in case of being attacked again. Although the shell was ejected into the city, it was not serious because of its limited power.
It's just that people and boats along the river have been victimized, and they have become the key targets of escape. At that time, the Han River was also a cross-flow with broken limbs and broken arms, and the river had been dyed red. What's more, a group of women and children were buried in the belly of fish.
Second North-South Peace Conference
Consuls from all over the world stood up when they saw Lao Feng being so cruel. They demanded a truce between the two sides. But it's time for old Feng Gang to sell hard power. How could he compromise? What's more, he didn't dare to stop until Lao Yuan spoke.
When the British consul saw that his words didn't work, he immediately found Lao Yuan. Old Yolanda did not dare to offend the British easily, but what should he do if the People's Army did not convince him?
After a series of consultations, they made a series of conditions for the British consul: the bandit party should withdraw from Wuchang15; All the bolts of the bandit leader's warship should be removed, and so on.
The British consul told Li, the governor of Hubei Province.
At this point, Hubei Governor Li was no longer in charge. Now, the provinces in the north and south of the great river are independent, and each province has its own governor.
Moreover, all the governors sent representatives to Hubei. In order to unify the outside world, they wanted to form an interim government.
Originally, they were going to have a meeting in Wuchang, but now they have to live in Hankou Concession because Wuchang is besieged.
When they saw Feng's truce, they were furious, but because of the face of the British consul, they had to agree.
In the mainland, they thought of a way to add a few more items to the armistice agreement: the Qing army withdrew from Hankou 15, and the trains of the Qing army should also be kept by the British.
In this way, the two sides held the British consul back and forth. But Feng did not dare to bombard Wuchang.