"On the Jiangsu side, due to the defection of the 3rd Division Cavalry Regiment to Yuan, the 8th Mixed Brigade had to retreat to Nanjing. ●⌒ Zhang Xun took the opportunity to capture Xuzhou, Huaiyin, Yangzhou, and approached Zhenjiang, and Mr. Huang Xing has left Nanjing and is on his way to Shanghai.

In Anhui, Feng Guozhang's troops successively captured Bengbu, Linhuaiguan, Chuxian and other places, and were approaching Nanjing.

On the Jiangxi side, due to the slow movement of the right-wing army, it was unable to cooperate from the flank in a timely manner, and the troops stationed in Jiujiang City also did not move, and Governor Li Liejun failed to complete the campaign goal of concentrating superior forces to annihilate the 6th Division of the Beiyang Army. Soon, Wang Zhanyuan, commander of the 2nd Division of the Beiyang Army, led his troops to cross the river to help, and together with the 6th Division, repelled the attack of Li Dudu's left and right flanks. Subsequently, the Beiyang Army launched an attack on the fortress of Hukou, and with the support of four ships including the navy's 'Jiangli', they attacked by water and captured the lake.

On the Guangdong side, Lu Rongting, the governor of Guangxi, and Long Jiguang, the commander of the patrol battalion, led their troops to Guangzhou, and the Guangdong artillery regiment and the baggage battalion immediately defected to support Yuan Shikai and bombarded the governor's mansion, and the governor Chen Jiongming had to flee to Hong Kong. Subsequently, the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Divisions and the 5th Brigade of Guangdong immediately announced the abolition of Guangdong's independence. ”

Dai Jitao, the confidential secretary, told Sun Yat-sen about the relevant situation of the war situation in various provinces one by one.

There is almost no good news, but the bad news is one after another, the situation has become so severe that the situation in the provinces will collapse at any time, and Sun Yat-sen's frowning brow has not been stretched.

Zhang Jingjiang and Chen Qimei, who were on the side, also had a bad look, they did not expect that the second revolution launched under the leadership of Mr. Sun would be completely defeated so soon.

Sun Yat-sen closed his eyes and pondered, and only slowly opened his eyes for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "The Hukou fortress has been lost, and Jiangxi is already in danger. We can't continue like this any longer, and we must let the Sichuan Army immediately send troops to Hubei, flank the logistics and transportation lines of the Beiyang Army, and relieve the pressure on Xia Ru. ”

At this time, Zhang Jingjiang said: "Mr. means to raise a million oceans, please ask the Sichuan army to immediately send troops to Hubei?" ”

"I don't agree, just those cannon fodder-like Sichuan troops are worth a million oceans? Even if the Sichuan army sends troops to Hubei, can those tofu-like teams cause any trouble to Beiyang, and can they relieve the pressure on Xia Ru? Chen Qimei was very dissatisfied with spending such a large amount of money on the Sichuan army, and he didn't think that those turtles and Sichuan troops could cause any trouble to the powerful Beiyang Army.

"Yang Shukan and Xiong Kewu on the Sichuan side both swore that the current Sichuan Army, especially the descendants of the Wang family, was comparable in strength to the Beiyang Army. Even if this is an exaggeration, the strength of the Sichuan army should not be too bad. Zhang Jingjiang said thoughtfully, he vaguely felt that Yang Shukan and Xiong Kewu were not exaggerating, but reason told him that it was impossible.

Chen Qimei said with disdain: "The strength is comparable to the Beiyang Army, Jingjiang, do you believe it?" In my opinion, this is obviously Yang Shukan and Xiong Kewu's exaggeration to save face, counting on the group of turtles of the Sichuan Army to deal with the Beiyang Army, it is better to hope that the Beiyang Army will crash and die by themselves. ”

There is no doubt that the people present are not optimistic about what trouble the Sichuan army can cause to the Beiyang Army by sending troops to Hubei, including Sun Yat-sen.

Sun Yat-sen is an idealist, saying that the ugly point is not to hit the south wall and not looking back, and to say that the good thing is perseverance. Before the Revolution, he personally led as many as 10 uprisings, and indirectly guided countless uprisings. Many of them were almost impossible to succeed, but he still launched an uprising.

This time is the same, although it is unlikely that the Sichuan army will send troops to Hubei to save Li Liejun's troops, the Sichuan army is basically the only straw for the second revolution.

Sun Yat-sen thought for a while, and finally said: "In any case, we have to let the Sichuan army send troops to Hubei to give it a try, even if we can't cut off the Jinghan line, it's good to attack the logistics supply line of the Beiyang Army, and it can always relieve the pressure on Xia Ru." ”

Hearing this, Chen Qimei's face changed, and she couldn't help but say, "Sir, do you really want to give those little red guys in Sichuan a million oceans of military expenses?" That's a million oceans, where are we going to raise it? ”

In fact, not to mention one million oceans, it is two million oceans, and Chen Qimei alone can take it. How rich the oil and water in Shanghai is, everyone knows that Chen Qimei has been sitting in the position of the governor of Shanghai for so long, and he still has a net worth of millions of oceans. However, Chen Dudu has a clear distinction between public and private, and he has no idea of breaking his family and serving the country.

The question of money is still to find Zhang Jingjiang, the money bag of the Kuomintang.

Sun Yat-sen's gaze turned to Zhang Jingjiang and asked, "Jingjiang, can you raise a million oceans as soon as possible?" ”

"In a hurry, to raise such a huge amount of money, I can only contact the volunteers in Nanxun to think of a way. Sir, let me have ten days, and I will go back to Nanxun to raise funds. Zhang Jingjiang replied.

Zhang Jingjiang was born in the family of Nanxun silk merchants, and has a lot of connections with the major wealthy merchants in Nanxun. When the Nanjing Provisional Government was established, it was almost impossible to maintain it due to financial difficulties, and it was Zhang Jingjiang and a group of Nanxun businessmen who donated huge sums of money to ease the financial constraints of the Nanjing Provisional Government. Later, Sun Yat-sen declared Nanxun Town as "Nanxun City" in recognition of the merits of Nanxun merchants.

Now to raise a huge amount of money of one million in a short period of time, the way Zhang Jingjiang can think of is to go back to Nanxun to raise it.

Hearing that Zhang Jingjiang would take ten days, Sun Yat-sen frowned and said, "Ten days...... I'm afraid that Xia Ru won't be able to hold out for so long. Jingjiang, can it be faster, it is best to raise funds within five days, and strive to let the Sichuan army send troops to Hubei as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Jingjiang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll rush back to Nanxun overnight!" ”

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In Sichuan, the official road near the Neijiang River was once again crowded with troops, and groups of heavily armed soldiers were endless, and there was no end in sight.

Wang Mo rode on the side of the official road to supervise the march of the troops, although this time there was no need to march as quickly as the last time he attacked Chengdu, he did not want to see these soldiers slack off.

"Young marshal, young marshal......"

Hearing someone shouting at him, Wang Mo followed the voice and turned his head to look, but it was Yang Shukan and Xiong Kewu who were being stopped by his guards, probably shouting so much because they were anxious to see him.

Wang Mo waved his hand and asked the guards to let Yang Shukan and Xiong Kewu come over.

As soon as he walked in front of Wang Mo, before he could catch his breath, Yang Shukan said: "Young marshal, Mr. Sun has promised to raise one million oceans for the Sichuan army, can you send troops to Hubei?" ”

Wang Mo didn't have a trace of joy on his face, but said lightly: "What are you anxious about, wait until I see the million oceans with my own eyes." ”

Xiong Kewu saw that Wang Mo didn't take the matter of sending troops to Hubei to heart at all, so he was angry and scolded angrily: "Ge Laozi, what do you mean? The Beiyang Army has broken through the Hukou Fortress, and Li Liejun's troops are currently in danger, do you want to watch them die? ”

Yang Shukan was also very dissatisfied, and said with a gloomy face: "Young marshal, are you going back on your word?" At the beginning, you said that as long as we raise one million ocean troops for the Sichuan army, you will send troops to Hubei. Now it's shirking left and right, what does it mean? ”

Wang Mo glanced at Yang Shukan and Xiong Kewu coldly, and said, "Even if you put a million oceans in front of me now, it is impossible for me to immediately send troops to Hubei." It is impossible for you not to know that Yuan Shikai has ordered the Dian army and the Guizhou army to enter Sichuan to jointly encircle and suppress our Sichuan army. Am I going to put aside my own life and death to rescue your People's Party? ”

"Isn't it the Dian Army and the Guizhou Army? It's enough to have me and Peng Guanglie's 3rd and 4th divisions, and I promise to block them, it's all right? Xiong Kewu shouted, he was still somewhat confident at this time, after all, the 3rd and 4th Divisions had just replenished their troops and guns, and their strength had increased greatly.

If you want this, even if it is cannon fodder, it must be willing cannon fodder to play the greatest role.

Wang Mo said with a straight face: "In this case, I have no other requirements, as long as the 3rd and 4th divisions hold back the Dian army." I will annihilate the Qianjun army as quickly as possible, and then immediately wave the army east into Hubei, how about it? ”

Yang Shukan and Xiong Kewu glanced at each other, Yang Shukan nodded and said: "Yes, just do what the young marshal said, the 3rd and 4th divisions of the Dian army are responsible for blocking it." However, we hope that the young marshal can send troops to Hubei as soon as possible, after all, the offensive of Beiyang on the Jiangxi side is very fierce, and it is difficult for Li Dudu to hold out for too long. ”

"I'll send troops to Hubei as soon as possible, but don't get too happy. Once your defensive line is broken through by the Dian army, I will not hesitate to withdraw my troops from Hubei. Whether you Kuomintang people are dead or alive depends on how long you can hold the Dian army. Wang Mo said and looked at Xiong Kewu.

Xiong Kewu glared at Wang Mo and said, "Don't worry, even if our 4th Division is exhausted, we will definitely hold the Dian army!" ”

Subsequently, Wang Mo ordered the 3rd and 4th Divisions to go to the Yibin-Luzhou area in southern Sichuan to build a defensive line, and ordered them to fortify layer by layer, using multiple defensive lines to delay and deplete the Yunnan army.

More critically, Wang Mo placed Peng Guanglie's 3rd Division in the first line of defense, while the 4th Division was responsible for several lines of defense behind, completely blocking the retreat of the 3rd Division. I believe that as long as Xiong Kewu doesn't want to see Wang Mo quickly withdraw after sending troops to Hubei, he will definitely force Peng Guanglie and the Dian army to fight to the end.

Not only did Peng Guanglie become cannon fodder, but he didn't have to be a villain to be resented, Wang Mo's abacus was loud enough.

As long as they still hope that Wang Mo will lead his troops east into Hubei and cut off the Jinghan line, so as to turn the situation in Jiangxi around, then they will have to fight the Dian army at all costs.

After deploying the defense of the 3rd and 4th Divisions in the southern Sichuan region, Wang Mo led the 1st and 2nd Divisions to Chongqing and waited for the Guizhou army to enter Sichuan.