At this time in Nanjing, the Qing army commanded by Zhang Xun had 20 battalions of infantry, artillery and cavalry of the Jiang Defense Army, 10 battalions of Wang Youhong's patrol battalion, 5 battalions of Zhao Huipeng's patrol battalion, 1 battalion of the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion Guard, 1 battalion of the Tieliang Eight Banners Infantry and 1 cavalry battalion of Jiangning General, and 20 temporary infantry battalions formed by Zhang Xun in Nanjing, with a total strength of about 30,000 people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Outside the city, there are more than 14,000 people from Xu Shaozhen's department of the Nanjing Revolutionary Army, more than 5,000 people from Liu Zhijie's department of the Suzhou Revolutionary Army, more than 6,000 people from the Lin Shuqing department of the Zhenjiang Revolutionary Army, more than 4,000 people from the Zhu Rui department of the Zhejiang Provincial Revolutionary Army, more than 3,000 people from the Xu Baoshan department of the Jiangnan Revolutionary Army, more than 3,000 people from the Hong Chengdian Department of the Shanghai Army (mostly composed of Shanghi business groups and revolutionary young students), more than 2,000 people from the Li Tiancai Department of the Guangdong Army, more than 2,000 people from the Guangxi Revolutionary Army, more than 1,800 people from the Jiangxi Revolutionary Army, and more than 1,500 people from the Fujian Revolutionary Army, more than 2,000 people in the Jiangbei Revolutionary Army, more than 3,000 people in the Anhui Revolutionary Army, more than 2,000 people in the Yunnan Revolutionary Army, more than 5,000 people in the Zhang Taiyan Department of the Shanghai Liberation Army who were forced away by Chen Qimei, more than 2,000 gangs and elders who participated in the revolution, and a total of about 70,000 people.

The contrast between the strength of the Qing army and the revolutionary army is very obvious, but both sides have no idea about each other's hole cards, Zhang Xun commanded 30,000 troops and thought that his military strength was strong and invincible, while the revolutionary army did not even know the specific number of its own army, and it was really troublesome for each department not to command each other.

But once the revolutionary army made up its mind, the trouble of the Qing army came.

Sun Yat-sen took Huang Xing as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Revolutionary Alliance Army and issued a general attack on Nanjing. After that, the revolutionary coalition army was divided into three routes, Xu Shaozhen of the Nanjing Revolutionary Army (formerly the ninth town of the Beiyang New Army) and the Southern Revolutionary Navy formed the Northern Route Army to attack the Wulongshan Fort and the Shogunate Mountain Fort; Liu Zhijie of the Suzhou Revolutionary Army and Lin Shuqing of the Zhenjiang Revolutionary Army attacked Yuhuatai and cleared the outer positions of Nanjing. The rest of the provincial coalition forces formed the main force of the Middle Route Army, attacked the position of the Qing army of Xiaolingwei generation, surrounded Nanjing by three routes, and the navy patrolled the Yangtze River, Nanjing must be a battle.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of January 2, the Southern Revolutionary Alliance Army and the Qing Army took the lead in engaging the battle on the front line of Maqun and Xiaolingwei, and the proud and complacent Zhang Xun personally led his henchmen Jiang Fang Army out of the city to meet the battle. As soon as Pu engaged, the Southern Revolutionary Coalition Army was like a rainbow like a tiger descending the mountain, and the various departments were extremely brave, Huang Xing ordered the Guangdong Army and the Zhejiang Army to outflank from the left, and the Guangfu Army to outflank from the right, Zhang Xun's self-confidence reached a sieve, and the Qing army of the Yangtze River Defense Army was defeated and retreated, and Zhang Xun hurriedly ordered a retreat in order to avoid being wrapped in dumplings.

At the same time that the Qing army Jiangfang army withdrew to the city of Nanjing, the various departments of the revolutionary army in southern Jiangsu began to attack the Wulong Mountain, the Wulong Mountain Fort is located 30 kilometers northeast of the city of Nanjing, has an extremely important strategic position, the Ming Dynasty began to build the fort, and the Qing Dynasty strengthened the fort. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Wulongshan Fort played an important role in blocking the Japanese attack on Nanjing, and was later demolished by the Japanese army.

The revolutionary coalition army attacked by sea and land, but the Southern Jiangsu Revolutionary Army led by Xu Shaozhen had just arrived at Wulong Mountain, but saw the white flag hanging on the fort on Wulong Mountain. It turned out that the Qing army guarding Wulong Mountain saw that the enemy army was strong, and most of them were composed of locals in Jiangsu, and they had long been dissatisfied with the Qing government. Now that the revolutionary party has launched a general offensive, everyone does not have to kill themselves to give a funeral to the Qing Dynasty, so they hung up the white flag and declared an uprising.

Xu Shaozhen saw that the Wulongshan Fort had surrendered without a fight, so he marched up (west) along the Yangtze River in one go, and arrived at another Yangtze River Fort, the Mufushan Fort. The Shogunate Hill Fort did not choose to surrender, but under the leadership of the commander and the Southern Jiangsu Revolutionary Army fought fiercely, after a night of fierce fighting between the two sides, the Southern Jiangsu Revolutionary Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and finally conquered the Shogunate Mountain Fort, and the rest of the Qing army withdrew from the fort and fled to the city of Nanjing.

On the evening of the 2nd, Ma Qun and Xiaolingwei were occupied by the revolutionary coalition forces one after another.

After Zhang Xun returned to Nanjing, he regrouped his army and led more than 8,000 troops to try to recapture the outer positions and batteries of Xiaolingwei. By dawn, the Shanghai Army's Hong Chengdian Department and the Guangxi Revolutionary Army arrived and surrounded Zhang Xun's department again. Zhang Xun led his army to break through the siege and returned to Nanjing again.

At the same time, the casualties of the revolutionary coalition army were as high as more than 8,000 people, and the main reason was that the various departments were not subordinate to each other, and they were attacked by Zhang Xun's Qing army in the night battle. If it weren't for the dawn, if it weren't for the arrival of the Shanghai Army and the Guangxi Revolutionary Army, I am afraid that the casualties of the revolutionary coalition army would have been even heavier.

Due to the heavy casualties of the revolutionary army of Ma Qun and Xiaolingwei on the frontal battlefield, Huang Xing ordered a temporary rest for a day, and Sun Yat-sen also came to the position to comfort the wounded and cheer up the revolutionary soldiers. The arrival of Sun Yat-sen moved the revolutionary soldiers very much, and they persuaded him to return to the rear so as not to be injured by stray shells.

Sun Yat-sen said righteously: "You are still not afraid of death when you are in your teens, how can someone who is about to enter the earth be greedy for life?" The generals were greatly moved, and Liu Tong said in his back that Mr. Sun, you are too good at winning people's hearts.

Early in the morning of the 3rd, the General Headquarters of the Southern Revolutionary Alliance Army received news from the Southern Route Army that Liu Zhijie and Lin Shuqing's Southern Route Army had already conquered the outer positions of Yuhuatai and the outer positions of the Lion Fort overnight yesterday, and were now attacking the Lion Rock Fort with all their might.

Zhang Xun knew the importance of the Lion Rock Fort, and if the Lion Rock Fort was occupied by the Revolutionary Alliance, their cannons would be able to throw shells directly into the city of Nanjing, where the two sides fought bitterly.

On the 4th, the revolutionary coalition army regrouped and launched a general attack on the city of Nanjing, Zhang Xun did not have time to support the Lion Rock Fort, and the colleagues of the former Ninth Town sent by Liu Zhijie also took the opportunity to come to the Lion Rock Fort to win over the old bureaucrats, hoping that everyone would not meet each other again, and the Jiangsu people would not fight the Jiangsu people. Seeing that there was no hope for reinforcements from the imperial court, Zhang Xun was a native of Jiangxi Province, and the defenders of the Lion Rock Fort also did their best for the Qing Dynasty, so they announced their surrender.

At this point, all the positions on the outskirts of Nanjing fell into the hands of the revolutionary coalition army, and Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing were so excited that they decided to hurry up the time to conquer Nanjing, regardless of fatigue and casualties.

At the same time, a jubilant wedding banquet was being held in Yangzhou, Jiangbei, and Wang Yongan, the Jiangbei Protector, married his second wife, Xiao Xiaoyue, a female professor of Yangzhou Medical College who was born in Shandong.