After the 200 75mm Grusen Mountain guns of the two artillery regiments were unloaded from the ship, the soldiers of the artillery regiment carried boxes of shells off the ship, and then boxes of yellow, orange and orange bullets were carried down by the soldiers. ｀｀し

As far as the eye can see, the dock is full of boxes of shells and bullets, which are literally piled up. If a bomb were to come and detonate the mountain of munitions, it would be estimated that the entire port area would have to be razed to the ground.

"Li Xudong, Xiao Jing, you immediately rectify the artillery regiment and requisition mules and horses in the surrounding areas of Jingzhou City to haul artillery for a fee, and act quickly!" Wang Mo ordered the two artillery regiment commanders.

"Yes!"

Li Xudong and Xiao Jingqi responded solemnly, and then ran away and went to rectify the artillery regiment.

"Lu Dayong!" Wang Mo continued to give orders, "You immediately scatter all the reconnaissance cavalry of the Second Division, be sure to keep an eye on all the movements of the Hubei Army and the Beiyang Army, and report back immediately if there is a situation!" ”

"Yes!"

Lu Dayong immediately went out to receive the order, and then left to arrange for the reconnaissance unit to carry out the reconnaissance mission.

"Hao Gang! You led the 1st Division and 1st Regiment as the vanguard of the whole army and marched to Wuhan. If they are intercepted by local garrisons along the way, they will be routed and dispersed, but they must not be pursued! In case of encountering the Hubei New Army and the Beiyang Army, you must not act rashly, report immediately, and wait for the support of the large army! Wang Mo was afraid that Hao Gang would rush too hard, so he had to say a few more words.

Being a pioneer, Hao Gang was very excited, and responded loudly: "Understood! ”

Unless it is a local force like the Yichang Garrison Regiment that has veterans from the old eight towns as the foundation. Otherwise, it would not be a problem for Hao Gang to lead the first division and a regiment to defeat the ordinary local garrisons.

The most important thing is that Hao Gang led the first division and a regiment to show the ferocity and fierceness of the Sichuan Army's offensive to the fullest, and Wang Mo wanted to use this momentum to tell the Hubei Army and the Beiyang Army: The Sichuan Army is coming!

"The rest of the ministries immediately ended their rest. The whole army is mobilized, and we have only one destination, and that is Wuhan! Wang Mo waved his hand and gave the last order.

Syllable!

All the officers stood in unison and saluted, and responded in unison: "Yes!" ”

……

Hubei, Hankou, Yiyuan.

Yiyuan is a well-known opera garden in Wuhan. Whether it is a giant businessman, a rich scholar, an inkman, or an officer or general. There are a lot of people who come here to "hold the corner".

During the daily performance, the housekeeping of Yiyuan is very lively, the door is full of traffic, and it is difficult to find a ticket.

This day is no exception. In particular, she played the famous opera "Meilong Town", and Sister Feng was played by the famous Kunling Wang Keqin, and Yiyuan was even fuller.

In the garden, there are very eloquent lyrics of opera actors:

Lang Riglang, Lang Riglang, I have a little Erlang in my family. I am not afraid of wind and rain, and I sleep until the light of day, the light of day.

……

Quietly the attic is quiet, Qingqing and I are two*. Mo Dao will become a stranger tomorrow, and he will be here. How can it be done here?

"Good!"

From time to time, the audience cheered loudly, and the applause thundered, and the atmosphere was very warm.

At the moment, sitting in the audience and sipping tea. knocked melon seeds and clapped his hands, including Duan Zhigui, the commander of the First Army of the Beiyang Army, who now controls the military power in Wuhan.

"Beautiful, this Sister Feng is really fucking beautiful!" Duan Zhigui's hungry wolf-like eyes stared directly at Wang Keqin, the actor of Sister Feng on stage.

At this time, Zhigui was surrounded by knowledgeable doglegs, so he naturally immediately joked: "If the adults fall in love, you might as well take her back to the mansion tonight." Achieving good deeds is also a good story! ”

To the surprise of the doglegs. Duan Zhigui did not immediately agree to this proposal, but smiled meaningfully: "What do you guys know, if this beautiful woman is used properly, it is as good as gold and silver, or even more effective than gold and silver." As long as you have the right in your hands, what women do you want, and how many women do you want? ”

"Your Excellency is right, or your adult is wise!" The doglegs naturally laughed and agreed.

Duan Zhigui is not so much a soldier as a bureaucrat and politician. In order to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, get promoted and make a fortune, and seek personal gain, it can be said that he does everything. The beauty trick is a trick that he often uses, and he uses it very skillfully, and he uses it in a variety of ways.

In 1900, Yuan Shikai was appointed governor of Zhili by the Qing government. Duan Zhigui was promoted to Tianjin Patrol because he bought famous beauties to Yuan Shikai and won Yuan Shikai's favor.

In 1907, when Zaizhen, the son of Prince Qing Yixuan, passed through Tianjin, he envied Yang Cuixi, who seemed to be a fairy and had outstanding intelligence, and wanted to accept him as a concubine, but was refused. Duan Zhigui, as an attaché, heard about this incident, and immediately used the power in his hands to coerce and lure Yang Cuixi's father and brother to force the Yang family to agree. Subsequently, in order to thank Duan Zhigui for his good deeds, Zai Zhen said good things about Duan Zhigui to his father, Prince Qing. So Yi Liang invited Cixi and promoted Duan Zhigui to the governor of Heilongjiang.

Now, Duan Zhigui found the extremely beautiful Wang Keqin, and the first thing he thought of was to dedicate it to Yuan Shikai, or Yuan Shikai's son Yuan Keding, in order to win the favor of the Yuan family's father and son, so as to continue to climb up.

Just as Duan Zhigui was imagining the scene of Yuan Shikai or Yuan Keding being "happy" because of the beauty he offered, his adjutant Duan Jianfu looked anxious and squeezed through the crowd and ran towards him.

"Army commander, President Yuan of Beijing has an urgent telegram coming over, saying that the Sichuan army is marching east into Hubei, and ordering you to immediately rectify the 2nd Mixed Brigade and prepare for war." Duan Jianfu finished his words anxiously in one breath, and then gasped for breath.

"Sichuan Army?" Duan Zhigui smiled contemptuously, then waved his hand disapprovingly, and said, "I know, I'll take the time to deal with it tomorrow." ”

casually said a perfunctory sentence, and Duan Zhigui's attention was refocused on Wang Keqin, who played Sister Feng on stage.

Duan Jianfu is a distant relative of Duan Zhigui, everything he is attached to Duan Zhigui, seeing Duan Zhigui's disapproving appearance, he couldn't help but be anxious, and said: "Commander, the Sichuan army is like a bamboo all the way, breaking Yichang and Jingzhou, and is currently marching towards our Wuhan, and the situation is very urgent. President Yuan also ordered you to prepare for war immediately, do you see if it is ......"

"I said, I'll deal with it tomorrow." Duan Zhigui said a little impatiently, "Don't think that I don't know what kind of goods the Sichuan Army is, a group of people called Hanako who are not even good-looking, can they be nervous?" ”

"But ......" Duan Jianfu wanted to say something.

Duan Zhigui immediately interrupted Duan Jianfu's words with some anger and said, "Okay, this is an order, you go back, don't hinder me from watching the play!" ”

Helpless, Duan Jianfu had to leave with a bitter face, following such a chief, I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

Subsequently, the crowded Yiyuan once again sounded the melodious lyrics of the opera actors:

From now on I will be a good son; Good husband; Good father; Good king. People are reunited, ten thousand years are long.

Lang Riglang, Lang Riglang, I have a little Erlang in my family. I am not afraid of wind and rain, and I sleep until the light of day, the light of day.

……

The next day, although Duan Zhigui did not take the Sichuan army seriously, he still obeyed Yuan Shikai's "holy decree", so he quickly conveyed the order to prepare for battle to the 2nd Mixed Brigade.

Generally speaking, the mixed brigade has 2 to 3 infantry regiments, 1 company to 1 battalion of cavalry, 1 company to 1 battalion of artillery, and 1 company of engineers and baggage.

It can be seen from the composition of the arms that the mixed brigade has the all-round functions of combat combat support and combat service support, and can undertake combat missions.

However, the 2nd Mixed Brigade had a total of just over 4,000 men, which was too small.

After receiving the order to prepare for battle, the commander of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, Lu Enrong, expressed his concern to Duan Zhigui about the problem of troops: "Army commander, according to the news from the frontline reconnaissance, the Sichuan army that attacked this time has two divisions and nearly 20,000 people. And my 2nd Mixed Brigade only has more than 4,000 people, and the disadvantage in this force is too obvious, and we have to think of ideas. ”

Duan Zhigui glanced at Enrong and said quite dissatisfiedly: "Why, you won't tell me that you can't even clean up the Sichuan Army, right?" ”

"Of course not!" Zhen Enrong denied without hesitation, "It's just that if the disparity in strength is too great, even if the invading Sichuan army can be annihilated in the end, the brothers of the 2nd Mixed Brigade will probably have a lot of casualties." ”

"And what do you mean?" Duan Zhigui asked.

Luo Enrong said with some apprehension: "Didn't President Yuan send a telegram to the Hubei Army to assist us in resisting the invasion of the Sichuan Army? The army commander, which means that he can not let Li Yuanhong's Hubei Army assist in the defense of the left and right flanks of Wuhan. In this case, it will be much easier for our 2nd Mixed Brigade to defend, and if we seize the opportunity, we can annihilate the Sichuan army in one fell swoop! ”

Although Duan Zhigui didn't think that the Sichuan army had the strength to attack Wuhan, he thought that the annihilation of the invading Sichuan army was also a great achievement, and it should be able to win the favor of President Yuan, so he agreed to Luo Enrong's proposal.

At this time, Li Yuanhong could be regarded as following in the footsteps of Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai wants to be the president, and he supports it wholeheartedly. Yuan Shikai said that he wanted to cut the army, so he wiped out half of the Hubei army with a big wave; Yuan Shikai said that he wanted to suppress the Kuomintang, so he bloodily suppressed the "Improvement Group".

In fact, in the final analysis, Li Yuanhong Li Bodhisattva is not a strong person, and it is easy to succumb to power. At this time, the strong army of Beiyang deterred the world, and Li Yuanhong, in order to protect himself, was cowering, and repeatedly flattered Yuan Shikai and begged for peace.

With Yuan Shikai's telegram and Duan Zhigui's request, where did Li Yuanhong dare to disobey.

Speaking of which, it can be regarded as Li Yuanhong lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot. After the Wuchang Uprising, the Hubei Army had 8 divisions, 1 mixed brigade and 1 horse team, totaling more than 100,000 people, second only to the Beiyang Army in strength. As a result, Li Yuanhong obeyed Yuan Shikai's presidential order and removed most of the Hubei Army, and now only 3 divisions and 2 mixed brigades remain.

But fortunately, otherwise, no matter how elite the two Sichuan divisions led by Wang Mo were, they would have to be submerged by the mighty sea of soldiers of the Hubei Army.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Yuanhong assembled the two divisions closest to Wuhan to assist the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army in defending Wuhan, and sent a mixed brigade to tentatively attack the Sichuan Army that was marching towards Wuhan. (To be continued)

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