Chapter 110: Chen Xuan's version of Longzhong

The addition of Jiang Zhongqi and others became the last straw that pressed the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers began to panic and disperse, the morale of the revolutionary army was greatly boosted, and the officers kept rushing to the front.

Chen Xuan jumped on horseback and drew the standard saber of the escort team and rushed out first, and the rest of the guards also jumped out at the same time, holding high the phoenix flag of the revolutionary army, and protected Chen Xuan in the center.

The overwhelming shouts roared out, and the reserves of the revolutionary army also joined in the rush, and the Qing soldiers were completely unable to withstand it, and a large area of rout appeared, and the rout ran everywhere, and Chen Xuan also gave the order to surrender in a timely manner.

As the shouts of surrender were remembered on the battlefield, first a small number of people dropped their weapons and surrendered, and then more and more desperate people came.

Chen Xuan did not stop, chasing the tails of the routed soldiers and rushing directly, the sound of shells around him kept sounding, and the guards also fell from time to time during the pursuit, and were drowned by the people who hit behind.

I don't know how long it took, Chen Xuan and the others had already rushed into the fortress built by Ai Zhongqi after the rout.

More and more soldiers of the revolutionary army poured into the fortress, and it was impossible to stop the footsteps of the revolutionary army.

"Report to the Commander! The enemy chieftain Ai Zhongqi was captured alive in the process of escaping for his life! ”

"Good! Well done! ”

Chen Xuan dismounted sideways, now Ai Zhongqi has long lost his previous majesty, limping over under the escort of the revolutionary soldiers, Chen Xuan laughed and walked over, and said while untying the rope on Ai Zhongqi's body:

"General Ai, I can't imagine that we have been confronting each other for so many days, and we actually met here!"

"Don't pretend, if you want to kill, you rebel bandits, no king, no father, pig and dog, sooner or later death and no place to be buried, don't be complacent, although I am defeated, I have a million Qing army, crushing you and others are like giant elephants stepping on ants!"

"Generals don't have to be like this, the goal of our revolutionary party is to build a prosperous, rich and powerful new China, the general's time in the Qing court is not short, what is the Qing court, what is the officialdom like, the general knows best, and now the revolution is rising, and we need an experienced general like the general, why don't the generals abandon the secret and turn to the light, and contribute to the country?"

"Phew! Lao Tzu was born as an official of the Qing Dynasty, and died as a ghost of the Qing Dynasty, so kill me quickly, you don't have to be coy! ”

Chen Xuan's guards were furious, shouted and scolded in unison, and wanted to step forward to beat him, but Chen Xuan stopped him, and now Chen Xuan has a lot of things to do, and he didn't think about how to deal with Ai Zhongqi, so he let people take him down.

As soon as he arrived at Ai Zhongqi's headquarters, another herald came in.

"Report to the commander, there is a middle-aged man surnamed Han outside who asks to see him, saying that he is the general's staff."

"It's Brother Yuanru who is here, why did he come here, hurry up, please, no, I'll go over and pick him up in person."

Han Xu is actually not old, about forty years old, named Han Xu, the character Yuanru, a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu, during the Guangxu period, he was a Jinshi, awarded the Hanlin Academy, and later looked unaccustomed to the actions of the Manchu officialdom, after the First Sino-Japanese War, he was completely disappointed in the Qing court, resigned and returned to his hometown to start education, Ma Xiangbo knew Han Xu's ability, so he recommended it to Chen Xuan as a staff member.

However, Chen Xuan actually did not have much contact with Manchu officialdom and other political organizations in recent years, so Han Xu basically rarely appeared except for giving Chen Xuan some suggestions on the formation of the Baath Party.

"Yiyang, congratulations, some time ago he was still a business giant, but now he has become a well-known Chen Dashuai at home and abroad, and he broke the Manchu Qing Dynasty and captured the enemy general, I'm afraid that Yiyang's reputation will go to the next level!"

"Why do you want to make fun of me, I'm just borrowing the east wind of the Wuchang Uprising, how can I have any fame if I have made some achievements, by the way, Brother Yuan Ru, why did you come to Songjiang?"

"Yiyang Mo, I'm here to ask for an official?"

"Why did Brother Yuan Ru say this, if Brother Yuan Ru was willing to bend and go out of the mountain, Chen Xuan was naturally overjoyed!"

"Hehe, I know my own affairs, my personality is not suitable for being an official, Yiyang does not dislike Han's contempt and hires him as Xixi, and he has never helped much, Han is ashamed, I don't know what Dong Weng plans to do next?"

"Although Songjiang has been taken now, but our army has also suffered heavy casualties, I never thought that the new army would have such combat power, if it weren't for Yuqing secretly using the ship to transport some artillery, this time we are only afraid that we will be defeated and lost! The next step is to rest in Songjiang for some time and then march to Shanghai! ”

Three days ago, Li Yuqing sent people to reinforce Chen Xuan with 50 artillery pieces and heavy machine guns, and Chen Xuan did not hesitate to let the new instructor Qi Baicheng drive to Songjiang in order to lure Ai Zhongqi to send troops.

Qi Baicheng led 1,000 instructors and 2,000 recruits from Jiaxing to Qingpu, and Chen Xuan's men were only more than 4,000 people, thinking that with the support of artillery, he could defeat Ai Zhongqi with 4,000 people in his hands.

However, when the new army began to bombard, Chen Xuan knew that he was wrong, the training of the new army was not inferior to that of the revolutionary army, and even far exceeded, and the marksmanship of the new army was also very accurate.

"To Shanghai? How can I get to Shanghai, and who made the plan? ”

"What, is there something wrong?"

"Of course it's not appropriate, it's very inappropriate, the Baath Party has been laying out Nanyang and Northeast China, and now Zhejiang has also been taken, how many talents does the Baath Party have available now? If Shanghai is taken, the Baath Party will not have any talents available, but will fall into the quagmire of struggle between forces such as the League and the Guangfu Society, and Shanghai is so easy to take over? How to eradicate the cancer of the Green Gang? Most of the interests of various countries in China are in Shanghai, and now that the revolutionary mood is rising in China, if public opinion asks the Baath Party to take back the concessions, how will the Baath Party deal with itself? Li Yuqing is in Pudong, and he only needs to form a division to defend Pudong as impregnable, as for Fengxian Jinshan and other places, do they still dare to resist the current situation? It only takes a partial division of a few hundred people to take it down! ”

Listening to Han Xuyi, Chen Xuan knew that he was thinking simply, indeed as Han Xu said, these problems cannot be solved at all, especially the concession matter, there is definitely no way to take it back, and at that time, the reputation that the Baath Party has built up with great difficulty will collapse!

"What should we do with Yuan Ru's brother?"

"Electrify the Northern Expedition!"

"Northern Expedition!?"

Chen Xuan jumped up in shock.

"How can this be?"

"How not?"

Han Xu asked rhetorically.

"Now that the rebel army in Wuchang has been beaten by the Beiyang Army, and Ai Zhongqi's small mixed association has also caused us heavy casualties, and our two or three divisions want to touch hundreds of thousands of Beiyang troops? Ten times as many troops as much! ”

"Ten times as many troops will surely be defeated!"

"Then you still let me go on a northern expedition?"

"I didn't let you go on the Northern Expedition, I asked you to electrify the Northern Expedition!"

"Not that yet, huh? You mean...... ”

Chen Xuan realized that the Northern Expedition and the electrified Northern Expedition have two different meanings, one is to shout slogans, and the other is to lead the troops north.

"Are you saying that after we send the electricity, then we should train and train the troops, and we should develop industry and continue to develop industry?"

"No, you still want to go north, why don't you come and see?"

Han Xu pointed to Chen Xuan's military map and said:

"This line, now that the army in Suzhou has been completely annihilated, the Qing court has no more soldiers to fight in this area, after we turn on the electricity, you immediately lead the troops north to make peace with Qi Baicheng, and march along Qingpu-Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou, turn left after arriving in Changzhou, pretend to go to Nanjing, but don't go to Nanjing, it is also a rotten quagmire, directly take Anhui Dangtu County, so that the steel plant on the saddle will be under the protection of the Baath Party."

Han Xu took a sip of tea, took a sip of it, and said:

"Secret telegram Jiang Fangzhen, let him take the line of Huzhou-Guangde-Xuancheng, and finally stop at Tongling, give Li Jinxu more troops, let him go Jinhua-Quzhou-and then enter Jiangxi, take as much territory south of the Yangtze River as you can, Han Sanlin don't go north, go directly to Fujian, if you can get Fujian, then there is hope for the formation of the navy, the Manchu navy is not a fool, it is said that even the salary cannot be paid, they will have a choice, as for what happens in the end, it depends on the means!"

"What about the northeast, it doesn't matter over there? Changjing and Tan Fangcheng are now fighting very hard over there, and they have been confronting Zhang Shaozeng and Cao Kun! ”

"Who arranged Li Luqing's trip to Changchun, and such a stupid plan was made, it's really stupid!"

Chen Xuan's face was red when he was scolded by Han Xu, no wonder Han Xu said that he was not suitable for officialdom, and his words were direct enough.

"Isn't there no one available in the Northeast?"

Chen Xuan said curtly.

"How can there be no one available, isn't it okay for Cai Yuanpei to take over Changchun, most of Li Luqing's forces are in Fengtian, with his hosting, plus the cooperation of Ah Sheng's subordinates, what is the difficulty in taking Fengtian? Fengtian, Zhang Shaozeng and Cao Kun either surrendered or ran back to Guannei, what else could they do? ”

"What about Harbin, don't want it!?"

"Isn't Zhou Shumo here, what's so difficult about stabilizing the situation in Harbin?"

"Zhou Shumo?"

"What, don't trust him? Yiyang, it's not me saying you, if you want to do great things, you must have a mind, and you have a long-term vision, you look at what kind of people you use, Chen Jiageng Bai Xunjian in Nanyang, Yu Youren in Zhejiang, Cai Yuanpei and Li Luqing in the Northeast, either the top of the Baath Party, or your henchmen, what will others think of you? A cronyism is indispensable, how can a capable person come to you when the time comes? Zhou Shumo's official reputation has always been good, you give him the foundation of the Northeast in exchange for his trust in you, even if he has some thoughts, Harbin is your people up and down, how much can he do? ”

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years!"

Chen Xuan gave a full salute to Han Xu convincingly, and Han Xu did not give in, and accepted Chen Xuan's gift with a big grin.