Wang Dayan shook his head and said dejectedly: "Now that I have thought about it for a while, I really haven't found any suspicious people. It's when you're outside the window of the four faucets, and there's a veteran who always hangs around behind you. When you were in Zhang Xiaogai's house, there was a young soldier who was a little suspicious. And when you were outside Tang Caichang's house, there seemed to be a local village woman who didn't sleep for half the night, so she stayed not far from you for a while. ”

Gong Ren frowned deeply: "Could it be that there are three assassins?" Wang Dayan shook his head and said, "Whether it's an assassin or not, I'm not sure." ”

Gong Ren said to himself again: "Is it true that three people are one person? Wang Dayan shook his head again and said, "Three people are one person, how is it possible?" I obviously looked at him as three people. ”

Gong Ren said: "Xiangshan's Liu Papi will be disguised, he can change whatever he wants, Liu Papi is dead, can it be said that there is another Liu Papi." It's weird......"

The arrest of the assassins was to be concluded at this point, because the troops were about to set off at dawn. Gong Ren almost lost his life three times in this Kongtong cave, how could he not leave a shadow in his heart, of course, he carefully drew this matter in his heart, wondering who this killer was?

But after thinking about it for a while, I didn't figure out who this assassin was?

Among the troops bound for Datong was the Chinese army under the command of Wu Luzhen. Qin Lishan was the vanguard of the Chinese army, leading more than 300 triad rebel troops with yellow silk on their heads and Wang Longtou and Gong Ren, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water. In order to avoid encounters with the Qing army along the way, they traveled day and night, marched secretly, and chose a path where no one was around.

Qin Lishan and Gong Ren were familiar with each other, and he also recited a poem to Gong Ren, he rode on a horse and chanted catchily: "It is difficult to fight for the life of ten thousand surnames in one death, how can it be like a bitter body!" I am willing to incarnate and drill through the gold and stone, and create the ball of the Eastern Emperor. The sound of insects chirping under the house awakens the poetry and frightens the soul. Collect the Jiao pen and dream of the republic, and ignore the ancient world. ”

Gong Ren said repeatedly: "Good poetry, good poetry, I can't imagine that you, the forward general, are still a great poet!" Although he said that it was good, he felt that Qin Lishan, a person who would protect the emperor for a while and revolutionize for a while, was really ambiguous and difficult to ponder. After a pause, Gong Ren said to Qin Lishan again: "Do you say that Mr. Sun's revolution is good, or is it Kang Youwei's royalist?" Qin Lishan said: "Regardless of the revolution or the royalist, anyway, we will beat the dogs, and after the dogs, we will beat the foreigners and Ermaozi, and all these bad things will be destroyed." As for Kang Youwei and Sun Wen, I think they are both good people. ”

Gong Ren thought that Qin Lishan's thoughts were concise and clear, which probably also reflected the thoughts of many people.

After walking for a while, Gong Ren said: "I have been marching for three days, and I have not met a Qing army. It seems that Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, is secretly supporting us, or he would have started a fight with us a long time ago. Qin Lishan said: "This old boy is ghostly!" He wants to use our power to achieve his goals, not so cheap. It's good to get to Chase ......"

Gong Ren frowned and said, "There is one thing I don't understand, Datong is so far away from Hankou, why do you want to start an incident in Datong." Could it be that Chase is a blessed land or has something else hidden? Qin Lishan smiled: "This is a military secret, I can't tell you for the time being, but you'll know when you get there." ”

Gong Ren nodded and said, "Okay! ”

Under the cover of night, the troops marched eastward at a rapid pace, and when it was almost dawn, a patrolling Green Battalion Qing army suddenly appeared in front. The team on this side immediately became nervous, the knife was unsheathed, the gun was loaded, and there was also a rush over there, and there was a sound of pulling the bolt "boom".

The Qing army lined up and blocked the road, fighting knife to knife and gun to gun on both sides for a while. One of them asked, "What are you doing?" Which team is it? Qin Lishan shouted: "We are a self-reliant army, and we are going north to King Qin, if you are a team of the Qing Dynasty, you should quickly dodge." There was chattering for a while, and after a pause, the other side shouted: "Is it Qin Lishan's team?" and this side said: "Yes-" and the other side shouted: "Since it is Qin Lishan's team, you can go over." After a while, the Qing army flashed far away. Qin Lishan commanded the team to pass quickly.

Gong Ren said to Qin Lishan: "As soon as it is said that it is the team of Qin Lishan, the king of Qin, I will let you pass, you Qin Lishan is still fragrant." Qin Lishan said: "This is Zhang Zhidong's territory, this old boy is a ghost in this place, I'm afraid he has already given an order to the Qing army, otherwise, if there is no bloody battle, how can it be so easy to call us over." When it comes to Wang Zhichun's territory in Anhui, it's different, that kid is extremely reactionary, we have to be careful. ”

Along the way, they encountered the Qing army a few times, but there was no friction between the two sides, and after asking a few words, they went their separate ways.

Camping in the village during the day, Qin Lishan asked the soldiers to distribute rich tickets, saying why King Qin's truth. The people in the village were poor, they lived in adobe thatched huts, they wore tattered clothes, there was no overnight food in the pot, there were not a few copper plates in their pockets, many people got rich tickets, went to the account room to pay two yuan, bought some food and arranged for the family, and then followed the team. The number of people is getting more and more, and gradually it has grown to more than 1,000 people.

There are more and more people, but Gong Ren is worried in his heart, what do these people eat and drink? And how to supply weapons and ammunition? More importantly, how can these peasants train if they don't have time, and how can they fight a war without training?

By the time we arrived at Datong, it was August 2, and the date of the uprising was only seven days away. This Datong town belongs to the territory of Tongling County, Anhui Province, the town center to the northwest 10 miles to the Yangtze River, the wide Yangtze River in the west of Datong turned a bend, and then to the north surging away.

Qin Lishan, Wang Longtou, and Gong Ren commanded more than 1,000 people and stationed in a village called Dingjiaya. Gong Ren looked at the team dressed in various clothes and holding various weapons, and said to Qin Lishan: "The team is too chaotic, we have to organize it immediately." Qin Lishan asked, "What kind of organization?" Gong Ren said: "First organize 2 battalions, each battalion has 4 teams, each team has 3 platoons, each platoon has 3 sheds, and each shed has 14 people. After the organization is completed, the training of various subjects is immediately carried out, which is called grinding the gun in battle, and it is not fast and light. Qin Lishan said: "You and Wang Dayan should hurry up and make arrangements." ”

Outside Dingjiaya Village, some of the heavily armed sentinels stood at the intersection, some patrolled back and forth, and they closely monitored the distant avenues, small roads, and trees in their sight, green gauze tents that had just risen, and rice fields everywhere. In the various grain fields outside the village, groups of soldiers with large knives are practicing knife skills, and teams of people with fast guns are practicing shooting skills. Gong Ren and Wang Dayan patrolled side by side, and Wang Dayan stood up from time to time and let out a roar to correct some incorrect movements.

Gong Ren frowned and said to Wang Dayan: "Weapons, ammunition, what we lack most is weapons and ammunition." Without that, what's the use of having so many of us! Wang Dayan also said: "Without weapons, we can't bite with our teeth and kick with our feet!" But we can't expect the enemy to send us weapons and ammunition, we have to take them from the enemy through battle! You can't expect pie to fall from the sky! ”

But pie-in-the-sky things still came. At dawn the next day, the sentry suddenly came to report that a group of people, driven by a cart, had delivered 200 fast guns, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and 500 broadswords, unloaded their weapons in the village and left. The sentries asked them where they were, and they didn't say.

Gong Ren asked Qin Lishan: "What's going on?" Qin Lishan just laughed. Gong Ren was strange, so he asked: "There are a lot of us, but we lack weapons, isn't this a charcoal in the snow, isn't this pie in the sky?" What do they do? Why do you send us weapons? Qin Lishan still laughed. Gong Ren asked anxiously: "Don't sell it, don't say it, suffocate me." ”

Qin Lishan said: "How can there be a reason for pie falling from the sky, this must be sent by Sun Daoyi of the Anhui Fu Agency's guards." Gong Ren suddenly realized: "Why did you come all the way to Datong to launch an uprising, I'm afraid this is also for Sun Daoyi." Qin Lishan "shh You need to be merciful! Gong Ren nodded and said, "Understood, understood." ”

Because of the addition of 200 fast guns and 500 broadswords, the self-defense forces have been greatly boosted at this time, and their emotions have become even higher in practice. Intermittently, some people came from Wuhu, Taiping, Yuxi, and Yuezhou with rich tickets, saying that they wanted to join the Self-Reliance Army, and the number soon swelled to more than 2,000 people. Seeing that so many people were coming to join the Self-Defense Army, Gong Ren wondered again in his heart, and asked Qin Lishan: "What's the matter with these people, how do they know that the Self-Reliance Army is here?" Qin Lishan smiled but did not answer. Gong Ren smiled and punched Qin Lishan and said, "If you don't say it again, I will be rude to you." ”

Qin Lishan said: "This must be the person of Fu Huanzhang, the leader of the Anhui Elders' Association, if it weren't for their support, where would I dare to come here to revolt." Gong Renmeng slapped Qin Lishan and said, "Okay, good, Datong, Datong, it turns out that you have worked hard here!" ”

Watching the soldiers outside the door come and go, his spirits were uplifted, but Qin Lishan was unhappy again, as if he was preoccupied. He paced anxiously back and forth in the room, occasionally checking the military map on the table, and asking about various situations. He asked Gongren: "I don't know if the people we sent out have made contact with Hankow?" ”

Since the Independence Army had held a military meeting in Kongtongdong, Dabie Mountain, it had set up the headquarters of the Independence Army in Li Shende Hall in the British Concession of Hankou at this time.

Gong Ren said, "Not yet." During this time, the Yangtze River was suddenly tightly sealed, and the people sent out were either arrested or blocked. When Qin Lishan heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he asked Gong Ren again: "Do you think that there is something wrong with the Hankou organ?" Gong Ren said, "No, if there is a problem, they will not fail to inform us." Qin Lishan shook his head: "The blockade along the Yangtze River is so strict, even if there is any situation, they can't notify us." ”

At this time, the bookkeeper shouted to see Commander Qin. Qin Lishan muttered and said, "What good thing can Mr. Bookkeeper do when he looks for me, he doesn't want things or money." I don't have any money on me, it's weird and annoying, I don't see! Missing! ”

Saying that he didn't see it, the bookkeeper broke into the house, he looked sad, and when he saw Qin Lishan, he complained: "Commander Qin, Wang Longtou, Gong Longtou, if you don't think of a way, we won't be able to open the pot." Because of the garrison here, everything is long money. In this marching war, one liter of rice a day per person is not too much. One tael of silver only buys four buckets of rice, and these 2,000 people have to eat 50 taels of silver a day, plus forage, medicine, and hundreds of taels of silver, where can I get so much money? ”

Qin Lishan waved his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you think of a way, after these two days, Commander-in-Chief Tang will remit Kang Youwei's money, and we will have money." But the bookkeeper muttered: "But the barracks can't afford to open a meal, as long as the meal is not opened, it will be a mess." Otherwise, send the brothers to the village to do something. Qin Lishan said with a blank face: "That's not good, our self-reliant army has discipline, we can't disturb the place, if you want to use money, you have to go to the official mansion!" ”

As soon as the bookkeeper was sent away, the spies came to report again: "Commander Qin, at noon on the 7th, the seven members of our self-reliance army were arrested by Xu Dinglin of the Datong Baojia Bureau with a battalion of Qing troops and imprisoned in the cargo bureau. When Qin Lishan heard the news, his brows furrowed even more.

Gong Ren said: "It's going to be troublesome now, these 7 people can't help but be beaten and confessed, and as soon as they confess, won't our plan of action be exposed." The situation is urgent, and it is necessary to make a decision immediately, or ...... They quickly revolted, so that they did not advance or retreat, hesitated, and could only be beaten passively. Wang Longtou also shouted: "When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic, and it is time to make up your mind." Aren't we short of money, the salt bureau is not far from us, let's lay down the salt bureau first. ”

Qin Lishan said hesitantly: "But Hankou has not been contacted so far, why haven't they given us an order!" Gong Ren said: "The general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected." The original plan was to revolt on August 9, but Hankow didn't say that there would be no uprising today! Besides, the time has come, and every minute of delay may miss a minute of precious opportunity. If we ask the enemy to strike first, it will be too late for us to regret it. ”

Qin Lishan slapped the table and shouted categorically: "We can't wait any longer, today is already August 9th, that is, the day of the uprising, as long as we don't receive notice, we will revolt on time." Didn't we have nothing to eat, so we laid down the salt bureau first, and we were worried about no pay, no weapons, no guns and no guns. Okay, while the Qing army is not aware of it, we will strike first. He discussed it with Wu Luzhen, and Wu Luzhen also agreed, so Qin Lishan immediately issued an order to immediately send two battalions of troops to attack and occupy the Datong Salt Bureau.

The two battalions of volunteers quickly moved to the Datong Salt Bureau and launched a surprise attack on the Datong Salt Bureau. Because the Datong Salt Bureau was unguarded, it was beaten up at once, and after a short period of resistance, the officials and soldiers ran and fell. The Qing army near Datong did not dare to rush into attacking the self-reliance army because of its limited military strength. There are 4 pillboxes in the Datong Salt Bureau, and the terrain is very dangerous, Qin Lishan and Wu Luzhen happened to put the uprising headquarters in the Datong Salt Bureau.

Immediately after the Independence Army occupied the Chase Salt Bureau, they used the silver they had stolen to buy food, guns, and medicines, and continued to distribute rich tickets.

Wei Ling, the commander of Tongling County, hurriedly sent a telegram to Wang Zhichun, the governor of Anhui, reporting the emergency situation in the Datong area. Wang Zhichun hated and feared, and hurriedly sent more than 700 people from the Wuwei Chu Army and the Anding Army to Datong from the north.

In this way, the self-reliance army and the Qing army were evenly matched and ready for battle, and a major battle was inevitable.

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