Luzhou City, the compound of the Lu family.

Lu Yongqiang was lying on the recliner with half-squinted eyes to enjoy the breeze, playing with a jade Ruyi in his hand, and humming in his mouth: "I am watching the mountain scenery from the city tower, and I can hear the chaos outside the city......"

Since the whole army of the Yanwu Patrol Battalion set out to fight in the artesian well, Lu Yongqiang's mood has been relaxed and happy, and even some expectations and excitement. He was not worried that the patrol battalion, which had a huge advantage in both strength and firepower, would not be able to take the influential troops that had been expanded by Wang Haoshan's outposts. Destroy Wang Haoshan and take control of the Fushun area by the way, and the salt patrol battalion's voice in Luzhou City will inevitably increase greatly. Thinking of this, he was looking forward to seeing what expressions would be on the faces of those people when the patrol battalion triumphed in Luzhou.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded.

Two dusty patrol battalion officers helped Lu Feng, walked quickly to Lu Yongqiang and knelt down, and cried in grief: "Your Excellency, ......"

Lu Yongqiang stood up suddenly, and scolded loudly: "What howl, what happened?" Inevitably, a sense of foreboding arose in his mind.

Lu Feng seemed to be drained, his eyes collapsed on the ground blankly, and the two officers of the patrol battalion did not dare to look up at Lu Yongqiang: "My lord, we ...... We lost. ”

Syllable!

Lu Yongqiang's hand loosened in shock, and the valuable jade Ruyi fell to the ground and immediately fell apart.

After the shock, Lu Yongqiang was immediately furious and incredulous, and grabbed one of the officers: "What did you say, how is the team?" What about Liu Wu, where is he, why didn't he come to see me? ”

A series of questions erupted from his head and face, and it could be seen that Lu Yongqiang was angry at this time and could not accept the fact that the patrol battalion was defeated.

The officer who was grabbed by the collar replied tremblingly: "Liu Guandao, he ...... He was already dead. ”

"What about the rest of the team?"

"No...... I don't know, after Liu Guandao was killed, the team collapsed, and we could only withdraw with Gongzi. ”

"It can't be, it can't be! Our army has more than 1,500 people, with electric guns and mountain artillery, how could they be defeated by Wang Haoshan's unpopular troops? It's impossible! Lu Yongqiang took a few steps back, his eyes were full of disbelief, his face was a strange flush, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground.

"Your Excellency!" The two patrol battalion officers screamed in shock, and the Lu family's compound fell into chaos.

At this time, the undercurrent of Luzhou City was also surging, and the news of the defeat of the Yanwu Patrol Battalion soon spread throughout the city with the scattered defeated troops returning to Luzhou City.

Hearing the news, the large and small forces in the city sent people to inquire about the detailed battle situation, and at the same time secretly prepared to embezzle the interests of the Lu family. Without the Salt Patrol Battalion, the Lu family would be a delicious piece of fatty meat.

Compared with dividing up the interests of the Lu family, Liu Chaowang, the governor of the southern Sichuan military government, paid more attention to Wang Haoshan's southern Sichuan revolutionary army. He is just an empty governor who was put on the throne, he doesn't have a soldier in his hand, and he doesn't have half of the power, but he is just a mud bodhisattva provided by all forces in Luzhou.

As a former Yongning Daotai, Liu Chaowang is naturally unwilling to be a puppet. But in order to suppress the various forces in Luzhou City and regain power, it is necessary to have someone with a gun and a strong army. So he set his sights on Wang Haoshan's South Sichuan Revolutionary Army, since the South Sichuan Revolutionary Army can defeat the salt patrol battalion with more than 1,500 people and complete guns, the combat effectiveness must not be weak.

"Master Chen, how is the situation, how did Wang Haoshan's Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army defeat the Yanwu Patrol Battalion?" Liu Chaowang asked a thin old man with a goatee beside him.

Master Chen replied respectfully: "My lord, the old man carefully questioned more than a dozen defeated soldiers of the patrol battalion who fled back, and they all said that the artillery of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army was sharp, and they were also equipped with a lot of electric guns. From this point of view, the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army must have defeated the Yanwu Patrol Battalion, which had more people than them, because of its sharp weapons. ”

In the poor and remote land of Sichuan, except for Zhao Erfeng's border guards, I am afraid that no army can be so arrogantly equipped with a large number of electric guns and artillery. It was the three electric guns and two small mountain cannons in the salt patrol battalion, which Lu Yongqiang had saved for many years with a lot of money. The Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army can be equipped with these weapons, and it seems that the road is very wild, and it is a powerful faction worth wooing.

Liu Chaowang thought for a while and said, "In this way, Master Chen, you prepare a generous gift, and then go to Fushun to visit Wang Haoshan on my behalf." Be careful not to be discovered. ”

As a staff member of Liu Chaowang's side for many years, Master Chen immediately understood Liu Chaowang's intention to let him visit Wang Haoshan, and nodded thoughtfully.

Wang Haoshan's sudden rise not only made Liu Chaowang have a desire to win over, but also attracted the attention of the high-level of the Luzhou Alliance.

After the news of the defeat of the Yanwu Patrol Battalion by the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army reached Luzhou City, the Luzhou League Association soon held an internal meeting in Yang Zhaorong's mansion to discuss how to deal with Wang Haoshan's rise.

"If you want me to say, a reactionary warlord like Wang Haoshan, who only wants to expand his territory and collect the people's fat and ointment, should be led by our Luzhou Alliance to organize the alliance of various forces in Luzhou City and completely exterminate him." Huang Fang has always had little affection for Wang Haoshan, who sent troops to forcibly occupy the artesian well without an order from the southern Sichuan military government.

"The Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army is not so easy to exterminate." Deng Xiling shook his head, "According to the defeated soldiers of the patrol battalion who fled back to Luzhou, the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army is equipped with a lot of electric guns and artillery, and the firepower is very fierce. Even if the coalition forces are successfully organized, to completely annihilate them, I am afraid that they will have to pay a great price for casualties. ”

Huang Fangyu insisted: "Wang Haoshan can forcibly occupy the artesian well today and destroy the salt patrol battalion, and tomorrow he can enter Luzhou City and replace us." ”

Deng Xiling frowned: "It's too far-fetched for you to say this, besides, these people in Luzhou City are not vegetarians, and Wang Haoshan may not have the ability to enter Luzhou City." ”

"But......" Huang Fang wanted to argue something.

"Alright." was knocked on the table by Yang Zhaorong, "I thought, whether Wang Haoshan can or not, whether he will enter Luzhou City or not has nothing to do with us, as long as he does not defect to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and be a lackey for Zhao Erfeng, then everything is easy to discuss." ”

Deng Xiling nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, the current task of our alliance is to deal with Zhao Erfeng and overthrow the rule of the Manchu dynasty in Sichuan, so as to contribute to the great cause of the revolution." ”

Huang Fang was still a little unwilling: "But in case Wang Haoshan takes refuge in Zhao Erfeng, you can't deny that it is completely possible for a reactionary warlord like Wang Haoshan who has milk and is a mother." ”

Deng Xiling frowned and pondered: "This is indeed a problem. ”

Once Wang Haoshan defects to Zhao Erfeng, it will endanger the southern Sichuan military government, thus destroying the general strategy of southeast Sichuan to unite against Chengdu, and no one dares to pack a ticket, this situation will not happen.

"In this way, we will still send someone to Fushun to meet Wang Haoshan, touch his bottom, and if possible, persuade him to accept the banner of the southern Sichuan military government." Yang Zhaorong still did not agree to use force against Wang Haoshan, because he knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to organize a coalition of various forces in Luzhou City.

What the League wanted was to unite all forces in Sichuan to oust Zhao Erfeng from power, and then declare **, so as to support the revolution in the southern provinces. As for how much power they can seize in this process, and whether they can control the forces of all parties, it is not in their consideration at all.

To put it simply, the League's approach was to fan the flames everywhere in order to achieve the goal of destroying the Manchu house, and how to rebuild the new house and how to distribute the right to live in the house was not in their plan. This is due to the limitations of the quality of the revolutionary youth in this era, and it is also the result of the covert promotion of the Japanese forces.

Because of this, from the beginning of this era, Wang Mo decided not to hug the thighs of the alliance. To some extent, the alliance is nothing more than a tool used by Japan to disrupt China. If it had not been for the warlords of the early Republic of China, China's national strength would not have been greatly weakened, and there might not have been a war of resistance against Japanese aggression that later sacrificed tens of millions of people.

On the same day, the forces of all parties in Luzhou City couldn't wait to send envoys to Fushun, and such big dramas as temptation, co-optation, and bribery were staged in Fushun's royal family.

Wang Mo is a pure soldier, and he is not impatient with these deceitful entertainments at all, so he no longer cares about these things.

"Stone, where are you dead, bring me a basin of water!" Wang Mo shouted in the courtyard, and then went into the room to lie on the bed and close his eyes to rest. He was a little strange, in the past, when he was at home, Chen Shishi always followed closely behind his buttocks, but today he didn't see anyone.

After a while, Wang Mo heard the sound of pushing the door, and then there was a sound of broken footsteps, it seemed that Chen Shishi was still at home.

The sound of water droplets from twisting the towel came, and Wang Mo immediately felt the cold towel covering his face and wiped it gently.

Wang Mo was a little unaccustomed to being served like this, and grabbed Chen Shishi's hand: "Forget it, I'll do it myself." ”

Hey!

Wang Mo suddenly felt that the touch of Chen Shishi's hand was not quite right, too small, too soft, how could it look like a woman's hand?

Hurriedly ripped off the towel and opened his eyes, Wang Mo was stunned.

It's really a woman, but why is this girl so familiar?

Wang Mo looked at the girl in front of him carefully, and felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her for a while.

The girl was looked at by Wang Mo's burning gaze, so shy that she couldn't even raise her head, and a touch of crimson appeared on her white and tender cheeks.

"You...... You're not that ...... That ......" Wang Mo slapped his forehead, "The one I rescued from the Sky Breaker, why are you here?" ”

The girl still lowered her head and replied in a weak mosquito voice, "Young master, it was my wife who took me in the house." Mrs. said, I will serve you exclusively in the future. ”

What does my mother mean by this, let such a cute and shy girl serve herself, isn't this tempting and confusing yourself into sinning?

Wang Mo hurriedly shook off the dirty thoughts about Lori and Uncle in his mind, and asked again: "What is your name, why didn't you go home?" ”

"My name is Lin Xue'er." The girl just said her name, but didn't say why she didn't come home.

Wang Mo asked the reason and where her home was a few more times, but Lin Xue'er just shook her head vigorously and kept silent.

In the face of such a bobblehead doll, Wang Mo had no choice but to temporarily give up his plan to send Lin Xue'er home.