The hour hand is exactly 3 o'clock.

"Action!"

Li Jinxu put down the telescope in his hand, and with an order, a faint light appeared in front of him, signaling three long and one short.

After waiting for a while, there was finally a response on the Nanchang city wall, which was also a faint light of three long and one short.

After a few days of fierce fighting, many Beiyang troops on the city were already exhausted to death, and they did not find the abnormality of the merchant group guards who came to help the battle on the city head, and at the end of the long street, more than a dozen merchant group guards carrying food boxes and ox carts slowly appeared in the light of the fire on the long street under the guidance of a middle-level officer.

"Who?"

The Beiyang soldiers are worthy of being the elite of this era, even if they are extremely tired, they still hear the footsteps for the first time.

"Dog's day, the ears are quite smart, Niu Datou, it's Lao Tzu, the top thinks that your vigil is hard, and I'm here to send you supper, but don't fucking fall asleep and be touched in by Nanban!"

Although the middle-ranking officer was nervous, he still pretended to be casual and walked over with a dozen people.

"I said who it was, it turned out to be Li Da. Mazi, you shit, even if you still have a little conscience, this ice and snow, so cold that your heart is chilling, come over Lao Tzu to see, what are the things? ”

Niu Datou, who had been woken up earlier, scolded and replied, rubbed his stiff and numb fingers, opened the food box, grabbed a warm meat bun and gnawed it.

"Sir, it is stipulated above that the officials of the city gates shall not eat anything from unknown sources."

The soldier next to him persuaded.

"Dog's day, if you don't eat it, it's a ball, Lao Tzu is rare! There is a kind of you kid who doesn't eat, why did the things that Lao Tzu brought become unknown? ”

Li. Mazi was a little annoyed, and kicked the little soldier to the ground, causing everyone to laugh. Mazi was a Beiyang battalion-level officer, which did not arouse everyone's suspicion.

When everyone saw that the officials and cattle at the city gate had begun to eat, where could they still bear it, they rushed up, put down the guns in their hands, stretched out their big hands to grab the food and stuffed it into their mouths.

Li. A guard next to Mazi asked with his eyes whether he would fry the ox cart that had been prepared a long time ago. The medicine bag ignited and blew open the city gate. Asako didn't expect the situation to develop so smoothly.

Originally, it was expected that under the obstruction of the city gate guards, the medicine bag was lit, and the oxen whipping the cart rushed over to blast the city gate, but I didn't expect that his former robe was so careless, even throwing the gun aside, eating and drinking, and his own person with a white cloth wrapped around his arm was already one step away from the gun, and he could reach out to get it.

Things have come to this point, and there is no way back for Li Da. Where would Mazi be polite, his left hand gave a signal to act, and his right hand pulled out a pistol, which resisted the big head of the city gate official Niu.

"Brother, what are you doing, you can't make this kind of joke!"

Niu Datou was a little dazed, and when he received the signal, he immediately picked up the gun that was thrown on the ground, and surrounded Niu Datou and others, because of the snatching of food, almost all the soldiers defending the city were blocked in the hole of the city gate.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who had been mixed in a few days ago and were now pretending to be guards of the merchant group didn't care about this, quickly took out the Beiyang Army uniforms that had been prepared and put them on their bodies, grabbed two steamed buns, and walked to the machine gun position on the city wall with a scolding attitude.

A few others ran to the empty gates.

"Big head, don't embarrass your brother, Yuan Shikai wants to be the emperor, but his brother doesn't want to be a slave, he can only wronged you, don't worry, Commander Li promised that as long as everyone doesn't resist, Commander Li can guarantee everyone's safety, whether you want to go back to Beiyang or stay, it's easy to say!"

"You surrendered to the Nanban?"

Niu Datou only reacted at this time.

"Commander Niu, don't say it so ugly, everyone is Chinese, what surrender does not surrender, just because the ideals are unanimous to come together, in the Lower Northern Expedition Army, the commander of the first division and the third regiment of the second army of the Central China Theater of the Northern Expedition, as long as Commander Niu orders the brothers not to resist, the brothers can now guarantee the safety of the brothers, their own people fight their own people, and there is nothing to show off if they win, but they are afraid of being picked up by the Japanese!"

A young man dressed in the guard uniform of the merchant group took Niu Datou's words and assured him that the matter had come to this point, Niu Datou could not do anything, more than 100 of his men were blocked here, the machine guns were also controlled, and many brothers did not even have guns in their hands, so they couldn't fight back, so they had to sigh and order surrender.

The gate bar of the city gate is very heavy, and several people have not taken off the gate bar with a lot of effort. Mazi hurriedly asked people to help, and the Beiyang sergeant in the distance also seemed to find something wrong, first scolded, and then gradually became lively.

I don't know who fired the first shot, and then the two sides fought in ping-pong, and people in the distance gradually shouted horses neighing, rushing over to this side, Zhang Lin arranged for people to build temporary fortifications, and at the same time let people drive the ox cart to the city gate, if they could not withstand the counterattack of the Beiyang Army, and did not open the city gate, they could only take a plan prepared in advance.

However, Niu Datou and others were rushed into the city tower after their weapons were confiscated. Mazi took a few people to guard, and if there was resistance, he would kill him on the spot, and there was nothing to talk about at this time.

The exchange of fire between the two sides became more and more intense, the counterattack of the Beiyang Army was not afraid of death, but Zhang Lin's men took advantage of the territory, and no one on either side could stand cheap, but as time passed, Zhang Lin's casualties became larger and larger, and it became more and more difficult.

There was a cheer from the city gate, and with the concerted efforts of everyone, the city gate was finally opened, and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who had been waiting outside, rushed in, unfolded the situation, and launched a counterattack.

Zhang Lin wiped the cold sweat on his head, he knew that the general situation had been decided, so he hurriedly called his subordinates to lead the way for his comrades who entered the city, and attacked the strongholds in the city, and the entire Nanchang City was in chaos in an instant.

In the Overseer's Mansion, Jiangxi General Li Chun rushed out of the room of the eighth concubine with a panicked face and a cloak.

"What's wrong, what's going on?"

"Dashuai, it's not good, the Northern Expeditionary Army has entered the city, and the chamber of commerce in the city has also rebelled, let's go quickly, it's too late if you don't leave!"

The attendant officer grabbed Li Chun, ignored Li Chun's scolding, took the military uniform of an ordinary soldier and put it on Li Chun's body, and ran to the West City Gate, where there was no movement, and a group of guards also followed, it stands to reason that the North City Gate is the farthest place from the attack of the Northern Expeditionary Army, but the attendant officer did not dare to take this risk, maybe the Northern Expeditionary Army guessed that someone was going to escape, and there was already an arrangement outside the North Gate.

Since the team has entered the city, Li Lizhu is no longer kept, and began to attack the four gates together. The sound of bomb explosions is endless, and the sound of shouting and killing and surrendering is endless.

"Throne, the east gate of the city has been broken, and the brothers have entered."

The operational staff officer reported to Li Lizhu.

"Immediately let the soldiers on the front line occupy the commanding heights, don't give Beiyang a chance to counterattack, recruit Beiyang soldiers, these are elites, it's a pity to die here, let the soldiers of the North Gate and the West Gate don't hesitate, use artillery to open the city gate, and attack with all your might!"

"Yes!"

The battle became more and more intense, although Li Chun ran away, the Beiyang Army still struggled to resist under the leadership of middle and low-level officers, Hong Yunxian and others also knew that success or failure was in one fell swoop, so they also let go, and personally led the guards to set fire everywhere in the city to create chaos.

Li Lizhu's army fought hard to attack, but it did not take advantage of the land, and the fighting was particularly hard, and the street fighting was originally the most testing place for the army, and everyone seemed to be isolated, and maybe a bullet flew out of it and ended their lives.

After fierce fighting until dawn, the Beiyang Army finally came to its senses, and the supreme commander, General Li Chun, seemed to have not passed on an order for a long time, and the middle and senior officers began to be anxious, and the soldiers sent out for help did not return, while their own team was getting smaller and smaller.

When the sky is dark, everyone doesn't think, if it is bright today, only to find that most of the original city has been occupied by the Northern Expeditionary Army, a large number of Northern Expeditionary Army into the city, colorful camouflage like a manic sea wolf, wave after wave swept over, and the Northern Expeditionary Army has the advantage of equipment, long and short guns, grenades. Bounced away, and the bullets seemed to be scattered without money.

The Beiyang Army was instantly defeated, and everyone didn't know at night, it was a random fight, and the officers were able to suppress the team, and now it is clear at a glance that Beiyang has completely failed in Nanchang, and the officers and soldiers began to flee, first one or two, and then a group of people disappeared, or were killed, or captured.

The smart soldiers of the Beiyang Army took off their military uniforms and disappeared into the crowd, but although the Beiyang Army fought well, the military discipline was very bad.

In the past, no one supported him, so he could only accept it, but now Chen Dashuai's team is here, they know Chen Dashuai's military discipline, and many Beiyang soldiers who fled to the people's homes were corrected out, and the unlucky ones were directly killed by the people, and they happily came to ask for credit.

The battle to clear the remnants of the enemy continued until the evening, when the gunfire in the city became quieter, and the first thing Li Lizhu did when he entered the city was to revive a series of officials appointed by Chen Xuan when he was in Jiangxi.

Hong Yunxian also released Bang Anmin with the assistance of the military political commissar to form the Jiangxi Provisional Military Government. Prefecture.

Li Lizhu's army also occupied key departments in the city and cooperated with the provisional military administration. The government counted the seizures, and immediately sent a telegram to Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Xuan, reporting the achievements, and sent a telegram to the new Republic of China government in Shanghai, asking officials to be sent to take over Jiangxi as soon as possible.

Sun Hongye had cleared up some of the local warlords in the north, but it was far from enough, and after Li Lizhu and others had set up a general trend, they hurriedly sent troops to recover all places, and at the same time established a military camp outside Nanchang City, reorganized prisoners and recruited new soldiers.

Chen Xuan did not give Li Lizhu much time, and he would continue the Northern Expedition after half a month, that is to say, within this half month, Li Lizhu not only could not recover all parts of the country, but also had to ensure the combat strength of the army and not affect the progress of the Northern Expedition.