Chapter 86 85. Guangdong was forced to become independent

Guangdong is the birthplace of revolution. Although Long Jiguang is entrenched in Guangdong, the spark of revolution is lurking everywhere.Since the uprising in Guangxi, Guangdong has been unstable. Chen Jiongming invaded Huizhou, but was defeated by the Dragon Army. However, the Chen Division scattered in eastern Guangdong. Wei Bangping's army, Lin Hu's army, Zhu Zhixin's army, Deng Keng's army, Ye Xiasheng's army, He Haiming's army, Li Yaohan's and Lu Lanqing's army, etc., are everywhere.Then Mo Qingyu, the head of the regiment, became independent in Chaoshan, and Long Shichu, the guardian envoy, and Feng Xiangrong, Daoyin, became independent in Qinqian.

Besieged on all sides, Long Jiguang asked Beijing for instructions on how to deal with it?At the same time, please send reinforcements.Yuan Shikai secretly ordered Long to "independently support the central government", and also sent a telegram to the 10th Division stationed in Shanghai to help Guangdong as soon as possible, and the 12th Division stationed in Nanyuan took over the defense of the 10th Division.The troop transport operation had not yet begun. On April 4th, the two warships Baobi and Jiangda, which were anchored in Guangzhou, joined the rebel army and went to Wei Bangping's department. Wei Sui led the fleet to Haizhu and prepared to attack the city.

On April 6, Long Jiguang and Zhang Mingqi announced the independence of Guangdong. The announcement was as follows: "For the announcement: According to the public announcement of all the gentry and scholars in Guangdong, Guangdong Province has been suffering from disasters for many years, and the place has been extremely withered. Recently, many provinces have opposed Yuan. Independence, Guangdong Province is full of dangers and corruption. In order to preserve the lives and property of the people in the province, all walks of life have jointly invited General Longshang to be the governor of Guangdong to defend the place and maintain order with his original powers. Please immediately decide on the implementation and other matters. After reviewing the letter, we hold strong opinions. The governor is in charge of the local area, and on the premise of maintaining law and order, he has engraved telegrams to all provinces, agencies, organizations, and local civil and military officials of this province to announce on the same day Independence. All the local merchants and people, as well as the officials and merchants in Guangdong from various countries, are all protected by the civil and military officers under the leadership of the governor. They must live and do business as usual. There is no need to be surprised. That is, the public enemy of the people, the governor himself will take severe punishment to fulfill the responsibility of weeding out the weeds and ensuring peace. They all work together to protect peace and have high hopes. This is hereby announced."

Guangdong's independence is false independence, it is independent according to Yuan Shikai's secret order, independence and support for Beijing is tantamount to non-independence, so then the "Haizhu Incident" happened. Tang Juedun, the former president of the Bank of China, came to Guangzhou on behalf of Guangxi to meet Long Jiguang, Zhang Mingqi approached him and was killed in Haizhu on April 12. After the Haizhu incident, Tan Xueheng urgently contacted Lu and Liang, and the telegram said: "Wuzhou explored and cast Lu Dudu Liang Rengongtai as a lesson: At today's Haizhu meeting, Tang Junjuedun and his younger brother Xuekui were shot and killed on the spot. Wang Junxieji and Lu Junqing were seriously injured and died later. It is very fortunate for Guangdong to be called to come to Guangdong from Xingye to properly discuss the aftermath." Long Jiguang and Zhang Mingqi completely pushed the responsibility for the Haizhu incident to the outside world. Regarding Cai Naihuang and Yan Qihan, Cai Naihuang was ordered by Yuan Keding to come to Guangdong to engage in opium to raise funds for the monarchy. Of course he opposed the independence of Guangdong, and Yan Qihan was a general of the Guangdong army.

At this time, due to the swarms of militiamen from all over Guangdong, Long Jiguang's orders would not leave Guangzhou. Of course, he was afraid that the Guangxi army would overwhelm the border, so he tried his best to explain to Guangxi. When going out of the province, half of the Three Dragon Army must go to Jiangxi with the National Guard Army, while Silu Rongting waits until Guangzhou and chooses his own residence.As a result of the final measures, four items were agreed: (1) investigate and deal with the culprit in Haizhu; (2) invite Lu Rongting and Liang Qichao to go to Guangdong to maintain the Guangdong Bureau; (4) Strictly deal with bandits and defend the place.

Long Jiguang wanted to procrastinate through negotiations, waiting for the overall situation to change, so Yan Qihan, the culprit of Haizhu, fled first after hearing the news and hid in Shanghai.Lu and Liang saw that Long had no sincerity, so they marched down the river from Wuzhou to Guangdong, and entered Zhaoqing. Li Yaohan, the guard of Zhaoqing, welcomed the Gui army. Governor Long also sent a public lesson to all the generals and soldiers in the military: Rong Ting and Qi Chao inherited the strategy of Governor Long and came to Guangdong to discuss major plans. They planned to lighten their loads and reduce their obedience. The urgent task of saving the country is to be a far-reaching plan for the joint division of Guangdong and Guangdong. They urged the heavy troops to come to the meeting. There is no excuse for Rong Ting and others. For the sake of the country's future, it has nothing to do with the internal negotiations between Guangdong and Guangdong.I am still afraid that the princes in the military circle and the elders of central Guangdong may have misunderstood, so I would like to share the thoughts and plans of Rong Ting and others first.Rong Ting is calm and straightforward by nature, and has no desire to fight for power and position.In the military circles of central Guangdong, there are many people who have worked with Rong Ting, so they should be able to know what kind of person they are.Today, forced by justice, shed tears to revive the army, supervise the troops on my own, go out to the Northern Expedition, and take the seat of Guangxi governor, but I don't want to live for a long time.Now that I am here in Guangdong, I just want to discuss a major plan within ten days, that is, to go north, and I must not stay in Guangdong for a long time.There may be concerns from the outside world that Rong Ting will go to Guangdong, and there will be changes in the military circles in central Guangdong.Rong Ting dared to believe it, and vowed to guarantee that it would never happen.I hope that all the lords in our military circle will be sincere.As for Qichao's book, a scholar, he has no knowledge of military affairs, and he does not want to interfere in military affairs.For the virtuous men of all parties, he only respects and accepts them, without showing favoritism.In the past two years, he has devoted himself to social education and has long been separated from the party.This time, due to righteous indignation, I reluctantly followed the gentlemen and tried my best.At the beginning of the first righteousness, I vowed that no matter what the status is, I will never be willing to live there. If there is any rivalry, I can only retreat.This time I came to Guangdong, I only respect the heart of my hometown, and do a little bit of the responsibility of maintaining and caring.Cantonese affairs are roughly determined, so you have to travel to other places, and think about your own effects. This has absolutely no influence on the military circles in central Guangdong, let alone talk about it?It should be known that the current national thief is actually the Yuan family.The Yuan family does not retreat for a day, and the country suffers endlessly.Now Yuan's situation is getting poorer and poorer, but after a long time of accumulation of obscene power, it will take all our strength to destroy the trap, and our army is doing its best to serve the country at this time.If the order in the territory of Guangdong and Guangdong is peaceful and there is no internal worries, we will be able to launch a strong force and quickly settle the Central Plains.If the kudzu vines grow internally, they will be taken advantage of by the enemy, and they will collapse themselves, let alone hold them hostage to save the country, and have no place to entrust their wealth, power and position.In view of this, Long Du, Rong Ting, and Qi Chao have worked hard to take care of them for a month, so as to make the two Guangdongs a family and fight against insults together.Geng Geng blood sincerity, can show the sky.I think our soldiers will be able to understand this deeply.I hereby give an advance notice.As for the aggressive strategy of the Northern Expedition, after meeting with Long Du, it should be decided to proceed quickly.All our soldiers who are eager to serve in the army, please treat them well, and they will surely have the ambitions of the kings.Lu Rongting, Liang Qichao.salty.print.

Then Lu Rongting ordered Mo Rongxin to lead an army of five thousand to Sanshui. Since Sanshui was not far from Guangzhou, Long Jiguang had to strive for a compromise, so he went to Zhaoqing with Zhang Mingqi to discuss with Lu and Liang, and established five agreements; 1) Long Jiguang was still the governor of Guangdong after independence; After Cen Chunxuan entered Guangdong, he tried to appease Sui, and drew a clear defense boundary from Sanshui, with Makou as the boundary. Wei Bangping, Li Yaohan, and Lu Lanqing defended from the southwest to the defense, and the defense from the southwest to the Dragon Army.

On April 20, Long returned to Guangzhou from Zhaoqing, and started to organize the three armies of the Guangdong National Defense Army, making a gesture of being ready to go. On the 24th, Long handed Cai Naihuang to Tan Xueheng and sent him to Changdi to shoot him.