When Gong Ren, Tang Qingying, and Wei Jinshan helped Xipin to the headquarters of the Zhaozhong Temple in Hanyang, Huang Xingzheng was anxiously pacing in the house, waiting for the defeated army from all walks of life to come and report the news. Huang Xing saw that Gongren's four people were tired and undressed, and hurriedly grabbed Gongren's arm in surprise and said, "Just retreat, how many people are there in the Guangdong death squad?" ”

Gong Ren cried without tears, lowered his head, choked up, and said: "There are less than 100 people left, more than 300 brothers, it's all over." ”

When Huang Xing heard the news, he sat down on the chair as if he had been struck by lightning, patted his head, and said bitterly: "All blame me, all blame me, careless use of troops, improper command, counterattack Hankou battle, sacrifice more than 800 brothers, and the Guangdong death squad alone sacrificed 300." What face do I have to say goodbye to the people of the three towns of Wuhan, and what face do I have to say goodbye to Mr. Sun Yat-sen. I'm ......," he patted his head vigorously.

Several people involuntarily looked at the defeated soldiers outside the 'door' through the window, it was really miserable, many wounded soldiers were lying down here, lying on their stomachs there, and those who were not injured were also 'spirited' and sighed. Some of the people in the army are fathers and sons as soldiers, and brothers are holding guns, and at this time, the father cries for his son, and the younger brother cries for his brother, crying, 'smoking', and the sound of grief is ......

Tang Qingying muttered indignantly: "How is this battle commanded!" How did it get like this! Why was the pontoon bridge demolished? Why can't we get supplies? Why can't the follow-up troops get old? ”

Huang Xing faced this miserable scene, and couldn't hold back anymore when he heard Tang Qingying's whining' words, he pulled out a pistol from his waist, aimed it at his head, and was about to shoot.

Gong Ren snatched Huang Xing's pistol and said, "Commander, you can't be confused!" Huang Xing snatched the gun from Gong Ren's hand, and blamed himself with remorse: "I am the commander-in-chief of the People's Army, if I hadn't ordered a counterattack on Hankou, if I hadn't ordered the pontoon bridge to be demolished, how could I have been defeated so badly." If I don't die, who will! ”

Gong Ren shouted loudly: "Commander-in-chief, you are dead, you are profitable, but who can we count on with our 20,000 people's army, our Hanyang and Wuchang?" ”

Wu Zhaolin didn't know when he entered the headquarters, he was sarcastic behind Huang Xing: "I said stubbornly, you are on the counteroffensive, I don't know what you have and I don't know the other, the defeat in this battle has long been expected by me." ”

Huang Xing trembled when he heard this, and lowered his head weakly.

Gong Ren had long been annoyed with Wu Zhaolin, an old soldier known as Xiao Zhuge , and yelled at him angrily: "Shut up, the responsibility for failure, can you blame the commander-in-chief alone?" If the attacking people's army does not carry torches during the attack and 'exposes' the objectives of our army; if the attacking people's army is more quick and does not bake the fire in the people's houses; if the 4th and 6th associations cross the Han River; Can the Hankow counteroffensive fail? ”

Tang Qingying also glared at Wu Zhaolin, and said indignantly: "Commander-in-Chief Huang can have the courage to take the responsibility for failure, and Commander-in-Chief Huang can brave the rain of bullets and bullets to command and kill the enemy, which is much better than you." Who are you? Defecting to Li Yuanhong and the Constitutionalists, wearing a pair of 'pants' with them, talking cool words, and creating internal contradictions in the revolutionary army are not all good things you have done! ”

Wu Zhaolin was afraid from the bottom of his heart that Tang Qingying, a heroic 'woman' who could fight and was heroic, hurriedly waved his hand at her and said: "I don't talk to you about this, I don't talk to you about this, good men don't fight with 'women'." ”

Tang Qingying became even more angry when she heard these words, and she stepped forward, staring at a pair of eyes that were about to burst into flames, and was about to go up to catch Wu Zhaolin. Wu Zhaolin had already heard of Tang Qingying's martial arts stunts, and was afraid that she would be caught and hurt herself, so he hurriedly stepped back and waved his hand: "I won't mess with you, I won't mess with you......" Hurriedly slipped out of the headquarters.

Gongren reminded Huang Xing: "Our army is newly defeated, the Qing army will inevitably attack on a large scale, and the defense of Hanyang will inevitably be a vicious battle." Commander, you have to be ready early, huh? ”

Huang Xing began to cheer up his 'spirits', trying to abandon the emotion of defeat, sorting out the 'chaos' and 'chaos' situation in front of him, he was thinking about how to defend Hanyang well, how to resist the wolf-like attack of the Qing army. Gong Ren also said: "The morale of our army is low, and the number and weapons are inferior to the Qing army, which is an absolute disadvantage. If you want to turn the tide of battle, you have to surprise the soldiers! ”

Huang Xing's 'spirit' perked up, looked at Gong Ren's eyes, and said, "What do you mean by strange soldiers?" ”

Gong Ren said: "The Hanyang People's Army should take a defensive position, and the Wuchang People's Army should work with the navy anyway to take an offensive against the enemy in Hankou." If the enemy in Hankou does not move, we will destroy its altars and jars, and if the enemy in Hankou cannot resist it, we will inevitably send troops and reinforcements from the Hanyang front, so that the siege of Hanyang can be relieved. In that case, we'll take the initiative. Then he said a specific plan.

Huang Xing listened to Gongren's words, slapped his big 'leg', and said, "Okay, this strategy is very good!" Huang Xing thought for a while, and then said: "It's just that the troops from Wuchang are transferred to attack Hankou, and we have to discuss with the governor of Lidu." In this way, I will say hello to the governor of Li Du first, and you will supervise the implementation of the specific plan to attack Hankou from Wuchang, what do you think? ”

Gong Ren hurriedly excused himself and said, "How can I, a little death captain, take on such a heavy responsibility? No way! No way! Huang Xing patted Gongren's shoulder and said: "I see that you can do it, Brother Gongren, now that the enemy is current, there is no talent like you, so you can work hard!" Gong Ren thought for a while and said, "Since you say so, I will be reluctant to make it difficult." But I'm ugly to say that in the front, it is up to people to plan things, and it depends on the will of God whether it will be achieved or not. ”

Huang Xinglian said: "Okay! Good! Good! I believe you. ”

The death squad of Gong Ren immediately crossed the Yangtze River and came to Wuchang City to rest. Because Xipin was injured, Gong Ren arranged for Xipin to recuperate in a hospital, let Wei Jinshan take good care of her, and take advantage of the short battle gap to cultivate the relationship between the two, and then come to Li Yuanhong with Tang Qingying.

Li Yuanhong and Gong Ren and Tang Qingying are old acquaintances, and today's Li Yuanhong can no longer be compared with the Li Yuanhong of the past.

In the past, Li Yuanhong was just a prisoner under house arrest by the revolutionary party, and he could beat him as he wanted, but today Li Yuanhong has a solid foundation in the military and political government, and he holds great power.

Tang Qingying said to Gong Ren: "When I saw Li Yuanhong, I wanted to kill him, how do you see how annoying he is." Gongren persuaded Tang Qingying and said: "Don't 'mess' here, don't 'mess up', if you can't bear it, you will 'mess up' with a big plan." We have an important task now, but we can't spoil our big thing in order to kill a Li Yuanhong. ”

The two arrived at the entrance of the military and political fǔ 'gate' and explained the situation to the guards, who went in first to report, and waited for a while before an adjutant led Gong Ren and Tang Qingying to see Li Yuanhong. At this time, the military and political fǔ was already three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, loaded with guns and live ammunition, as if facing a great enemy.

The two entered the office and saw Li Yuanhong sitting on a chair behind the wide desk leisurely looking at the documents, looking like he was ignoring the tie, eating all day long, and pampering, so the two had to stand aside respectfully and wait patiently.

After waiting for a while, Li Yuanhong read this document and then looked at that document, looking endless. After waiting for a while, Li Yuanhong was 'smoking' again, drinking tea, and still looking like he had a beginning and an end.

Tang Qingying saw Li Yuanhong snubbing herself like this, and she couldn't help but have a murderous aura in her eyes, and she looked at Gong Ren. Gong Ren hurriedly stopped Tang Qingying with his eyes, meaning to let her wait patiently. After waiting for a while, Gong Ren really couldn't wait, so he had to say to Li Yuanhong: "Governor Li, Commander Huang sent us here to implement the plan to attack Hankou, please give instructions to the governor?" ”

After a long time, Li Yuanhong let out a long breath and said slowly: "Oh-this, I know." Your two noble surnames? What kind of position? ”

Tang Qingying finally couldn't hold back anymore, and blurted out: "It's not that you don't know us, what kind of garlic are you pretending!" Now that the war is urgent, once Hanyang is not guaranteed, and Wuchang is also in danger, can you still sit firmly in this chair? It was too late for Gongren to block Tang Qingying's mouth, and he was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his head, so he had to play a round and say: "She is a rough person, don't be like her." ”

Tang Qingying ignored Gong Ren's words, and continued to roar angrily: "We offended you before, but now we want to shoot you and kill you, whatever you want?" ”

Gong Ren was so anxious that he sighed in his heart, thinking that Tang Qingying's mouth did not have a 'door', the more he talked, the more he lost his senses, and he looked at Tang Qingying vigorously.

Tang Qingying didn't look at the public tenacity, raised her head and 'straightened' her chest, looking like she was not afraid of the sky and the earth. None of the three of them spoke for a moment, and the air in the room seemed to freeze.

The more he didn't speak, the more tense the atmosphere became, Li Yuanhong's face swelled like a pig's liver, red for a while, purple for a while, gray for a while, white for a while, looking like that, at this moment, he was going to settle the old account with Tang Qingying.

Suddenly, Li Yuanhong let out a meaningful laugh at Gong Ren and Tang Qingying, laughing so much that Gong Ren's heart was like fifteen buckets seven up and eight down, and twenty-five little mice scratched their hearts with a hundred claws. Tang Qingying 'touched' the gun with her left hand and the knife with her right hand, but if she couldn't do it, she had to fight to the death.

Li Yuanhong laughed for a while, and said slowly: "Two warriors, where did you get such a big anger, I didn't do anything wrong." I have ordered the Third Association Cheng Bingrong to carry out the attack on the Qing army in Hankou, so you two will help him plan and execute it. I have also given orders for the assistance of the Navy. Let's see, is there anything else? ”

Gong Ren was relieved to see that a conflict seemed to have disappeared, and Tang Qingying also breathed a sigh of relief and took her hands out of her weapons.

Gong Ren hurriedly said, "Thank you, Governor Lidu, we will follow your orders." Tang Qingying didn't say a word, turned around and left, leaving Gongren there alone. Gongren hurriedly said to Li Yuanhong: "Governor Li, take care, we are leaving." ”

Li Yuanhong continued to look at the document again, without raising his head, nodded slightly and said, "No." Gong Ren said, "Thank you," and hurried out of the 'door'.

Out of the military and political fǔ 'gate', Gong Ren saw that Tang Qingying was still angry, so he criticized her and said: "Why are you like this, you have to pay attention to a strategy in doing things." Tang Qingying clenched her fists and said: "I will have to kill this 'bastard' sooner or later, he will be the governor, how can the people's army be undefeated." ”