Beiyang reactionaries

The cabinet also expressed its position immediately.

Support He Fenglin to continue to serve as the governor of Jiangsu.

As the cabinet negotiated good terms with He Fenglin, starting May 1922, 5, He Fenglin's No.3 Seventh Division of the Central Army began to withdraw to Huai'an one after another, leaving Xuzhou out.The Thirteenth Army on the front line began to enter Xuzhou and take over Xuzhou.

On May 1922, 5, Hu Jingyi, the commander-in-chief of the Shandong Corps, came to Xuzhou to sit in person.Because the Twelfth Army and Thirteenth Army of the Shandong Corps have completely entered Jiangsu.

After He Fenglin reached an agreement with the cabinet, soon Chen Leshan of Anqing also reached an agreement with the cabinet. On May 1922, 5, the second day after He Fenglin and the cabinet reached an agreement, Chen Leshan announced his resignation as deputy commander-in-chief of the rebellious army, concurrently serving as commander-in-chief of the Anhui front army, and ended the Anqing war by telegram.

However, Chen Leshan not only resigned from his position as the deputy commander-in-chief of the rebel army, but also announced his resignation as the commander of the Fourth Division of the Central Army.The cabinet believed that Chen Leshan was credited with giving up Anqing and successfully resolving Anqing, so he rewarded Chen Leshan.The Ministry of the Army promoted Chen Leshan to be a general of the army and let him retire as a general of the army.At the same time, the Ministry of the Army once again ordered that Chen Leshan's [-]th Division of the Central Army should temporarily be commanded by Pan Wenhua, commander of the [-]th Army, and the troops would be under the command of the [-]th Army.

one by one.

Xie Hongxun was the latest, but not too late.

On May 1922, 5, Xie Hongxun also reached an agreement with the cabinet.Xie Hongxun gave up Tongcheng and let the No.5 army stationed in Tongcheng.The Ministry of the Army ordered that Xie Hongxun's Fourth Division of the Zhejiang Army be reorganized into the No.16 Sixth Division of the Central Army. Xie Hongxun served as the commander of the No.40 Sixth Division and temporarily accepted the command of the No.40 Army.

So far, Lu Yongxiang's three generals have successively announced their acceptance of the cabinet's conditions.

"Prime Minister, this is Lu Yongxiang's condition."

"There are quite a few requests. What do you think?"

On May 1922, 5, Lu Yongxiang finally personally issued the conditions for ending the war.In fact, in the past few days, although the two sides have been in a state of war, they have not fought.

The armies of both sides just confronted each other.

Everyone is waiting.

Wait for the results of the negotiations between the cabinet and Lu Yongxiang.

"Prime Minister, I think appropriate concessions are also possible. Among these conditions of Lu Yongxiang, basically there are not many outrageous demands, and there are not many embarrassing places. Our most important thing now is to end this war as soon as possible and restore the local economy. .If we drag it on like this now, our finances will not be able to afford it. And it will greatly affect the economy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.”

Yang Yongtai persuaded Duan Xun.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai are very good places.Ending the war as soon as possible and restoring peace in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai is the current top priority.As long as the Beijing government controls the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai regions, there will be a huge financial change.

And others don't know, but Yang Yongtai knows that there is an undercurrent in the Congress.Duan Xun should quickly end the war with Lu Yongxiang, resolve what happened in Beijing, and ensure that there will be no other problems in this year's presidential election.If there are any problems in this presidential election, it will seriously affect the stability of the Beijing government.

Of course, in addition to these factors, military expenditures have been spent recently in order to fight wars.The shells and bullets thrown at the front line are all money.Even if there is no war, those troops are confronting each other, and it still costs a lot.

Lu Yongxiang's conditions seem to be many, but they are really nothing.

Lu Yongxiang wants the cabinet to restore his reputation.He can quit the post of patrol envoy to the Yangtze River, but Lu Yongxiang asked the cabinet to restore him to the post of army general and undersecretary of the army.There is also the issue of not being able to pursue this matter, and to ensure his personal safety and property safety, and not to pursue Lu Yongxiang's historical issues for historical reasons.

And it is required that the Ministry of the Army must properly arrange the generals under it.

Especially those senior generals of the Tenth Division of the Central Army, he asked the Ministry of the Army to arrange them well.The personnel issues of the Tenth Division cannot be disrupted in a short period of time.

These things are only on the surface.

As long as Duan Xun controls the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai areas, there will be plenty of opportunities for these troops to clean up in the future.

These things are actually nothing.Among Lu Yongxiang's requests, the most important one is actually asking the cabinet not to pursue his historical issues.This includes many aspects.

Political issues, economic issues are included.

Yang Yongtai thinks that these are not major issues of principle, and it is best to reach a negotiation agreement with Lu Yongxiang as soon as possible.

"Prime Minister, I do not agree."

Dai Kan spoke against Yang Yongtai's statement.

He said directly: "Prime Minister, some things can be compromised, and some things must not be compromised. The war this time was caused by Lu Yongxiang's destruction of the national policy of 'separate rule between the army and the people'. This is unmistakable. Therefore, this We did not make any mistakes in this war, and we must not make any mistakes. The decision-making of the cabinet is very correct. Therefore, we absolutely cannot agree to Lu Yongxiang's request that we restore his reputation, restore his undersecretary of the army, and the army general. Because agreeing to these things, doesn’t that mean that we admit that we made mistakes in this war? This is not a matter of making concessions, but a matter of principle. If we make concessions on this issue, how will future history be written?”

"But this condition is written at the top, which is what Lu Yongxiang cares most about. Lu Yongxiang must be worried that we will be held accountable afterwards, so he asked for such a condition. At present, Nanjing is in the hands of Lu Yongxiang. If there is a war in Nanjing, then Nanjing will be destroyed by war. It was destroyed once. Now the top priority is to resolve this war as soon as possible, and we will have a lot of opportunities to make corrections in the future."

Yang Yongtai immediately refuted Dai Kan.

When Dai Kan opened his mouth to say something, Duan Xun waved his hand and said, "Lu Yongxiang doesn't have that much courage. He threatened us that if we don't agree to his conditions, he will die with Nanjing, which reveals his guilty conscience. Now we are under a lot of pressure, and Lu Yongxiang is under even greater pressure. Lu Yongxiang asked several provinces in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui to transfer financial funds to Jiangsu Bank for the purpose of paying for the army. But it was unsuccessful at that time. Now Lu Yongxiang estimates that There is not much money. Without money, what will he use to maintain his troops. He can never come up with his own money."

Dead fight?

Some of Lu Yongxiang and his group of Beiyang warlords dared to fight to the death.If it was 20 years ago, when they had just joined the army for more than ten years, they might have such courage and courage.

But they have been in high positions for many years, and they don't have to worry about eating, drinking and having fun, and they have long since lost their pride and courage.

"Send a telegram to Lu Yongxiang, saying that I can only give him three promises. First, protect the personal safety of him and his officers. Second, protect the property safety of him and his officers. Third, guarantee that no I will hold him and his officers accountable for history. Other than that, I will not agree to any conditions. And I will only give him two days for these three promises. Once the two days pass, all these promises will be invalidated. I will mobilize all the troops that can be mobilized to attack Nanjing. And during these two days, once his troops plunder the city, these people will not be bound by this promise."

"Yes."

357 Pingding 2

"Wei Wen (Lin Wei), look at this."

1922 5 Month 7 Day.

Suzhou.

After Chen Yi issued a telegram to support the cabinet and oppose Lu Yongxiang, she has been in Suzhou.He stayed in Suzhou, just watching the development of the situation quietly, and he did not participate in the war.For his own sake and for the sake of his Zhejiang Army Fifth Division, he could only choose and support the cabinet.Because he knew that Lu Yongxiang had no chance of winning this war.But even if he supported the cabinet, he didn't want to bear more infamy, so he didn't attack Lu Yongxiang, and he stayed put.

When Lu Yongxiang and the cabinet started negotiations, Chen Yi knew that the war was about to end.

At this time, Chen Yi started to have a headache again.

Because Duan Xun sent someone to contact Chen Yi earlier, and gave Chen Yi two choices.But these two choices made Chen Yi unable to decide after much deliberation, so he invited Lin Wei, his most proud direct descendant, to discuss it.

Chen Yi is capable and knowledgeable, but Chen Yi has a bit of a literati temper, and she can't easily decide what to do.Compared with his Army University junior, Lin Wei, his chief of staff, is decisive enough.Every time Chen Yi made an important decision, Lin Wei would make suggestions and be there.So Chen Yi has always relied heavily on Lin Wei.

Lin Wei took what Chen Yi handed over and looked at it.

"Teacher, is this what Beijing means?"

"kindness."

Chen Yi sighed and said, "A few days ago, Chen Tiaoyuan sent someone to contact me and gave me such a choice, saying that it was Duan Xun's intention. Which one do you think I should choose?"

"Master, what do you think?"

"Undecided. I don't know how to choose, so I invite you here."

Chen Yi scratched her head.

This decision is really hard to make, neither option is too bad.But there are many problems.

"Master, then I will speak boldly."

"Go ahead."