Chapter 021 Windfall from Heaven
In Wuchang, there will naturally be no missing celebrations. Li Yuanhong personally awarded medals to Wang Longzhong and other officers and soldiers of Hubei, and also rewarded the second battalion officers and soldiers with a total of 100,000. He also hoped that they would continue to kill the enemy bravely and make more contributions to the revolution...
But at this time, Wang Longzhong, who was the co-organizer, did not plan to stay in Hubei anymore, and he wanted to go back to Hunan.
Wang Longzhong's intention to return to Hunan was not a temporary problem. Firstly, it was because of distrust. Since the reorganization of the Hunan Army in Hubei and aiding Hubei, Wang Longzhong has no longer willing to obey Huang Xing's command. Secondly, after all, his hometown Hunan is the foundation of his army and his subordinates. He felt that it was necessary for him to take the troops back to Changsha and ask Tan Yankai and others for Governor Jiao and Governor Chen to ask for an explanation. Otherwise, it would be too late to wait until Tan Yankai and the others have settled down and then go back.
So that night, at the celebration banquet set up by the Hubei Military Government, Wang Longzhong directly bypassed Huang Xing, the commander-in-chief and directly submitted his resignation to the Chief General Li Yuanhong who was in full swing.
Governor Li really scared the Beiyang Army in Hankou. Although the Beiyang Army stopped its military operations due to the destruction of supplies, what would happen next? Who knows? Maybe when the supplies were replenished, Hanyang would be another bad battle. Therefore, he disagreed with Wang Longzhong and the Hunan Army to withdraw back to Hunan. You must know that Wang Longzhong has more than three battalions at this moment. After reorganizing the remaining troops of Liu Yutang, this guy had five battalions and nearly four thousand horses, not to mention that the two thousand horses of Gan Xindian also followed his butt. Such an army that had been formally trained and tested in practice, at this deadly moment, was the capital to save his life. How could Li Yuanhong let him return home?
There is another thing that Li Yuanhong is very clear about. This counterattack against the Hanshui battle was originally lost. And according to the report of his spy line in the wartime headquarters, he lost very thoroughly and was a mess. But in the end, it was all up to these brave night attacks by the Hunan soldiers that miraculously turned defeat into victory, reversed the entire situation of the war, and barely stabilized the situation in Hanyang in front of him. How can he let Wang Longzhong go at this time? Who will guard Hanyang when they leave?
So Li Yuanhong quickly promised to make up military pay and ammunition, hoping that Wang Longzhong could stay in Hanyang for a longer period of time.
But Wang Longzhong was unmoved and insisted on leaving. He felt like a mirror in his heart. He had been out for more than a month. Wait a little longer? When Tan Yankai and his friends took the position of governor of Hunan, they would have no chance. So no matter how Li Yuanhong promised, Wang Longzhong would not let go.
Then Sun Wu and others from the Hubei Military Government came to persuade him one after another. Huang Xing, who learned the news later, rushed back to Wuchang from Hanyang overnight, trying his best to persuade Wang Longzhong to take into account the overall situation, but it failed.
Wang Longzhong did not expect that he was so valued by the Hubei military government. Although he did not change his determination to go back, he was not easy to do anything in terms of face.
During the conversation with Huang Xing, Wang Longzhong said to Huang Xing very emotionally: "Chief Huang, you know, we all came out to revolutionize the Tartars. But who would have thought that my old king had just led his team from Changsha to revolutionize the Tartars, and then the Tan man had revolutionized the lives of our Governor Jiao and Governor Chen. I thought it was clear that right and wrong, but I, Old Wang, had been on the front line for a month, fought with the Tartars and killed, and lost nearly two thousand brothers. I have never seen even one person since I started to finish.
A comrade came forward to say the first half of the matter of Governor Jiao and Governor Chen being killed, even Tan Renfeng was the same. You should know that when Wuchang was in crisis, we came to Governor Jiao to borrow troops, but we Governor Jiao did not say a word, and sent all the people who were trusted. Otherwise, the Mei surnamed Mei could move Governor Jiao and Governor Chen with a battalion of troops. But Governor Jiao and Governor Chen died in a bad life. Tan Renfeng said that we wanted to governor for us Governor Jiao.
Revenge? No, are the two Governors Jiao and Chen not revolutionary comrades who are anti-Tartars, they are lackeys of Tartars. So, don’t give me any explanation, right? Don’t even ask, right? Do you pretend to be stupid? Okay, I, Lao Wang, no one is trusted, I will take my brother back to Changsha to ask for an explanation for our Governor Jiao, and Chief Chen. Commander-in-Chief Huang, don’t say anything, don’t persuade me. Although Lao Wang is a clumsy, I understand the truth. I am a straightforward person and have a bad temper. I have offended you.
You are generous and don’t care. I know you are not here to be an official, you are really here to revolution, and I can’t completely refute your face. In this way, I will leave my nephew’s second battalion to obey your command. If my old king is not good at returning to Changsha this time, and like Governor Jiao and Governor Chen are killed by those bastards, please take care of that kid Wen Zheng for me. This kid has been with me since he was twelve years old. I will not take him back to Hunan to wade into muddy waters for so many years. Please!"
After saying that, Wang Longzhong stood up with tears in his eyes and bowed to Huang Xing. Then he closed his mouth and eyes, and did not allow Huang Xing to speak out.
When Huang Xing saw that Wang Longzhong had made up his mind and could not return, he could only stand up and said, "Wang Xietong is indeed a person with the most affection and nature. If Governor Jiao and Governor Chen know each other underground, they will feel at ease. I know, so I will say goodbye."
That night, Wang Longzhong convened a meeting of all officers above the barracks to inform everyone that they were going back to Hunan. In addition, the second battalion would stay in Hubei and continue to obey the command of the commander-in-chief Huang Xing during the war.
After the meeting, Wang Longzhong kept Wang Zhenyu: "Wen Zheng, Uncle returned to Hunan this time, the future is unclear and the ending is unpredictable. I had to leave you in Hubei. Do you have no objection?"
Wang Zhenyu admired Wang Long for being very particular, and knew that the probability of success in his return was not high. After all, there was no record of this action in later history textbooks, so it was naturally unsuccessful.
He nodded: "Uncle, it's not a good thing for my nephew to go back. It's better to stay in Hubei. If something happens, you'll come here. At least there are so many brothers here. But Uncle, do we have to go back to Hunan to argue for this statement?"
Wang Longzhong shook his head: "Uncle has no choice. Tan Yankai is so powerful. A friend from Changsha wrote a letter saying that Governor Tan is very good at winning people's hearts. Governor Jin and Governor Chen's old subordinates will either be eliminated or sent to the front line of Hubei. According to this trend, it will take no time for him to be completely firm, and he will not expect to seize the throne. It is a blessing to take revenge. If I continue to stay in Hubei and don't return, I will probably leave my uncle and nephew to the end of the war. The uncle is in the army at the age of fifteen. After so many years, if he really doesn't lead troops, he will probably have to go back to his hometown in Baoqing Mansion to gather land and collect rent. Farming is nothing, which is much easier than being an official. I am afraid that these villains will not forget to harm me by then, and then my uncle will be 25 years old."
Wang Zhenyu also knew that power was the thing. Once he started to compete for it, he would not take a step back and say nothing. He nodded and said nothing.
Wang Longzhong reminded him a few more words, mainly to be optimistic about the troops and do a good job in training.
On November 24, Wang Longzhonghui, the First Association of the First Association of the First Division of the Hunan Army, assisted Hubei, officially announced his withdrawal from Wuhan and returned to Changsha.
Li Yuanhong, the chief general of the Hubei Military Government, was very angry when he learned about it. Telecom Changsha Hunan Military Government, with severe words, demanded that Tan Yankai, the chief general of the Hunan Military Government, severely punish such acts of escape. This was probably the biggest joke during the Revolution of 1911. Tan Yankai himself didn't know how to face this murderous man who rushed straight to Changsha. Li Yuanhong actually asked him to punish him. He was really speechless!
Wang Zhenyu has also been upset recently. Although he has relied on his outstanding and even slightly magical performance in the battle in Hankou, he has now become a well-known figure across the country and an excellent representative of civilian military officers. However, the wheel of history is still stubbornly moving forward according to its original trajectory. The only difference is that due to the small butterfly effect of the Yudaimen Night Attack, Duan Qirui achieved the command of the First Army from Feng Guozhang twenty days earlier than in history. Moreover, the Qing government agreed to a temporary truce between the north and the south for various reasons. Li Yuanhong avoided the joking of running forty miles to Wuchang, and Wan Yaohuang chased the governor at night to use a seal to stamp the letter of the truce.
But these things have nothing to do with Wang Zhenyu, and the most fundamental problem is that they have not been solved. What should I do after the revolution?
If you follow your clan uncle Wang Longzhong, you must have a future, because there is no such figure in history. In other words, Wang Longzhong will run back to seize power under the banner of revenge for Governor Jiao and Governor Chen, who will definitely not succeed. Politics is a matter of sailing against the current, and if you don’t advance, you will retreat. Next, it is estimated that the clan uncle will have to withdraw from the political stage. It would be better to follow Lu Diping, if you follow him, at least when Xiao Luzi becomes the chairman of Jiangxi Province in the future, he can still get a division commander and brigade commander to do it. If you don’t help, you can be the director of education. If you have nothing to do, you can try on the industrialization of education in advance and get this ten thousand years of opportunity. Let’s see who dares to fight for this pile of manure in the future.
Following the governor of Tan Yankai and Tan, it seems that this person is doing well in the Republic of China, at least he has never been silent, and he is still a big shot until his death. However, after all, he is Wang Longzhong's nephew, but if you want to say that they can be new to each other, it is nonsense. Besides, even if Tan Yankai really believes in himself and reuses himself, how big will he have? Don't look at the fact that Lao Tan can play Hunan in three times in Hunan, a place of the four battles during the Republic of China period, and he still has a place in the later National Government. But that's because he is the boss
, when he went bankrupt, he was still trying to make a comeback. How could he work with him like this? Moreover, Lao Tan's later direct descendants Cheng Qian, Zhao Hengti, Tang Shengzhi and others became more and more unreliable after Lao Tan's death. Could it be that he would not be reliable? In the Republic of China period, the Hunan Army had not become a climate at all, and it was completely the source of high-quality military sources for the major warlords. It was really the Zhejiang people who paid for the revolution, Guangdong people and Hunan people who worked hard. So after Tan Yankai, he basically ignored it, and there was no future in both sides of the big and small.
So what should I do when facing the next chaotic times? Whether it is Yuan Shikai or Sun Yat-sen, I guess I will not look at myself with the enemy now. With this little military achievements and this little army, it is okay to fool the common people. These big people must have a standard for judging the value of each person, and their current situation will definitely not meet the standards. Alas...
Chapter completed!