"What is the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army, in essence, is a counter-revolutionary warlord. Not only did they not obey the orders of the junta to accept the reorganization, but they also brazenly sent troops to forcibly occupy the artesian wells, and such reactionary warlords must be suppressed and never tolerated! Lu Yongqiang shouted at the Luzhou military-political joint meeting to send troops to encircle and suppress Wang Haoshan, the salt patrol battalion is the guarantee of his rights, but now Wang Haoshan annihilated a battalion of men, how can he be bitter and resentful.

Deputy Governor Wen Hanzhen looked at Lu Yongqiang who was jumping up and down with a smile: "The salt patrol battalion under the command of Lu plans to send troops to encircle and suppress Wang Haoshan?" If you insist, I don't think anyone will stop it. ”

The current Luzhou military government is still extremely chaotic, and after half a month of bickering, on the surface, all the positions of the military government have been compromised and distributed, but once the interests are touched, you still fight for them. The most obvious point is the distribution of military power, Yang Zhaorong is ostensibly the deputy director of the Privy Council of the Luzhou Chuannan Military Government acting as the commander-in-chief of Chuannan, but in fact he does not have a single soldier, and the various troops are still firmly controlled by the leaders of each army anyway, and even the number of the troops has not changed.

In these years, if you have a gun, you are the king of grass, and Wen Hanzhen, the deputy governor of the capital, is naturally happy to see Lu Yongqiang send troops to encircle and suppress Wang Haoshan, no matter whether he wins or loses, the strength of the salt patrol battalion will inevitably be greatly damaged.

Lu Yongqiang is also an old fox, and his shouting did not work, so he immediately changed his strategy: "Governor Liu, Commander Yang, this time it is indeed the soldiers and horses of our salt patrol battalion, but my salt patrol battalion is also a force subordinate to the military government. Wang Haoshan shot at the Yanwu Patrol Battalion, that is, he shot at the junta, could it be that the junta just turned a blind eye and encouraged the arrogance of such a counterrevolutionary warlord? ”

Lu Yongqiang, the old fox, pulled out the sign of the military government to talk about things, and the military and political leaders of the joint conference could not turn a blind eye, otherwise the southern Sichuan military government would exist in name only.

"Commander Lu is a little restless, sending troops is not a trivial matter. Which troops to mobilize, how many troops need to be dispatched, and how to solve military expenditures are all questions. Governor Liu Chaowang took the time to pick out one problem after another, and he, a governor who was driven out of the duck on the shelf, was not enthusiastic about this problem at all, but secretly considered whether to send someone to win over Wang Haoshan.

Wang Haoshan can swallow hundreds of soldiers and horses in a battalion of the Yanwu Patrol Battalion, and his strength is obviously not weak, but few people are willing to gnaw on this hard bone with a big loss of their strength. In addition, how to solve the military expenses of sending troops, this problem alone is estimated to have to be endless, so a number of military and political dignitaries have expressed that it is not appropriate to fight hard.

Commander-in-Chief Dai Chuannan, vice president of the Privy Council, obviously did not approve of sending troops: "Didn't this Wang Haoshan declare independence early and play the banner of revolution, which shows that he still has a heart for revolution." I suggest that we send someone to talk to him, as long as he is willing to accept the banner of the southern Sichuan military government, and what conditions are to be discussed. Our current enemy is Zhao Erfeng, the decaying Manchu dynasty, and we should unite all forces that can be united. ”

Lu Yongqiang was dumbfounded, doesn't this mean that his battalion of soldiers and horses died in vain? The most important thing is that he must get back the rich salt tax revenue in the artesian well area, otherwise his salt patrol battalion will have to drink the northwest wind.

"I know Wang Haoshan very well, he is a warlord who is ambitious and bent on grabbing territory and expanding his troops, and it is impossible for him to be willing to accept the banner of the military government. If you don't take the opportunity to annihilate him now, I'm afraid it won't be long before he will force Luzhou! Lu Yongqiang spared no effort to peddle Wang Haoshan's threatening rhetoric, but unfortunately not many people paid attention to it.

It is very difficult for a military government with intricate forces to accomplish a practical thing, and the heads and brains of various forces are afraid that they will suffer losses and let others take advantage of them, and in the end they can only die out in the midst of scolding and infighting.

The powerful factions were drooling when they looked at the salt tax in the artesian well, but they were worried that they and Wang Haoshan would be taken advantage of by others after they were both defeated, so they all stood still.

As for Yang Zhaorong, these alliance members, what they care about is to unite all parties in Sichuan to besiege Zhao Erfeng and completely destroy the decaying Qing Dynasty, what does it matter if there are one or two more local warlords in Yongning Dao, as long as they are not Zhao Erfeng's lackeys.

In this way, this strange military-government joint meeting held by the strange military government in Luzhou made a strange resolution to ignore Wang Haoshan's brazen dispatch of troops to forcibly occupy the artesian well.

Everyone can ignore Wang Haoshan's troops to forcibly occupy the artesian well area, but Lu Yongqiang can't ignore it, because it is the most important source of finance and taxation for the salt patrol battalion. If he doesn't get back the artesian well area, he will soon have no money to give the patrol battalion a sound, and the future of the entire salt patrol battalion mutiny due to lack of pay can almost be seen.

Therefore, Lu Yongqiang didn't care about preserving his strength, and after the military-political joint meeting ended, he immediately convened a group of henchmen of the patrol battalion to discuss.

"My lord, since those turtle sons are hiding from the side to watch our jokes, then our patrol battalion will send our own troops. Wang Haoshan just took advantage of Feng Guan to lead them to sneak attack, nothing remarkable! As long as you give the order, I will take the brothers of the left camp to clean up Wang Haoshan's turtle son! Liu Wu, the left battalion manager of the salt patrol battalion, was Lu Yongqiang's henchman for many years, and took the initiative to stand up and express his position.

Of course, the officers of these patrol battalions were very aware of the importance of the salt tax in the artesian well area to the salt patrol battalion, and they expressed their willingness to lead their troops to exterminate Wang Haoshan and take back control of the artesian well area.

Lu Yongqiang was not relieved by the request of his henchmen and officers to fight, and still frowned: "I asked you to send someone to investigate the situation of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army, how is the investigation?" How did the right battalion of the artesian well be taken by them, even if it was a sneak attack, it would be impossible to annihilate the right battalion with a full range of guns and two machine guns, just with Wang Haoshan's 100-strong sentry Ma Zhuangding's 1,000-strong troops. ”

"Father." Lu Feng stood up to answer Lu Yongqiang's question, "I arranged for someone to go to Fushun and Artesian Wells to investigate, and the news came back that Wang Haoshan didn't know where to buy a thousand brand-new Hanyang-made and 200,000 rounds of ammunition, and those recruits already had a Hanyang-made one. They were outnumbered and gunbonded, and they attacked at dawn while the brothers in the right battalion were asleep, and Feng Guan led them to organize a defense at all, and the camp was lost. ”

"How is this possible, a thousand brand new Hanyang-made? It's impossible to buy a thousand brand-new Hanyang-made pieces at one time, let alone us! Liu Wu looked incredulous.

Lu Feng didn't want to believe it in his heart, but he still said helplessly: "I don't believe it either, but the person I sent said that he pretended to deliver food and sneaked into the camp of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army and saw it with his own eyes. ”

"In this way, you really can't underestimate Wang Haoshan." Lu Yongqiang groaned for a while, suddenly his eyes skyrocketed, and he slapped the table, "Then open our reserve warehouse, move out the three electric guns and the two small mountain guns in the warehouse, use all the ammunition, and all the 1,500 people from the left battalion, the middle battalion and the logistics battalion will all be dispatched to annihilate Wang Haoshan's southern Sichuan revolutionary army with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai!" ”

This is a posture to smash all the belongings of the patrol battalion, Lu Feng and Liu Wu and other officers of the salt patrol battalion were extremely shocked, they really didn't expect Lu Yongqiang to be so bold, he was like a red-eyed gambler who pressed all his net worth desperately.

"Father, is this too risky, in case it ......" Lu Feng was very worried that if this battle was lost, I am afraid that Luzhou would no longer have a foothold for their Lu family.

Lu Yongqiang waved his hand: "There is no case, if you can't get back the salt tax revenue from the artesian well, the salt patrol battalion will be finished." What's the difference between dying early and dying late, it's better to fight with all your might, I don't believe that Wang Haoshan's rabble of more than 1,000 people can withstand our full strength! ”

I have to say that Jiang is still old and spicy, and it is not a fluke that Lu Yongqiang can get to this position today. He knows when to compromise, when to be tough, and when to be desperate. Although he is more like a politician than a soldier, this is a typical soldier in the turbulent era of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

After Lu Yongqiang gave the order, the salt patrol battalion in Luzhou City all moved, and soon the other forces in Luzhou learned the news, but they all tacitly watched the progress of the situation, and secretly prepared to pounce if there was a cheap pick-up.

Although the combat effectiveness of the salt patrol battalion is not as good as that of the new army in various towns, because of the abundant oil and water of the salt tax, the guns and soldiers are quite neat, which is much better than the general patrol battalion and the green battalion.

Lu Yongqiang did not hide it, and there was no way to hide the news that he sent troops, so the news that the Yanwu Patrol Battalion sent 1500 troops from Luzhou quickly spread to the artesian well.

The Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army had just experienced a vicious battle, of course, this was not a bad battle at all in Wang Mo's eyes, at best it was a failed raid, but because there were too many recruits, there were still more than 200 casualties. Now that Lu Yongqiang has pressed over with 1,500 soldiers and horses at once, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army to resist.

Rao is the commander of the three battalions of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army, all of whom have been in the army for many years, and he cannot help but be pessimistic about this battle.

"What, that's it? Hearing that Lu Yongqiang's turtle son used 1,500 soldiers and horses to fight over, he was so frightened that he peed his pants? Wang Haoshan was very dissatisfied with the reaction of the three battalion commanders, although he still understood in his heart.

"Dashuai, even if we try hard this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to please it. Not only are their forces close to our two sides, but I heard that Lu Yongqiang also moved out the electric guns and artillery in the warehouse of the Yanwu Patrol Battalion, how can this battle be fought? Ge Changchun said with a bitter face.

Hao Gang, a fierce general in the past, was also worried: "As for our recruits, I'm afraid that if the electric gun bursts out a few times and the mountain artillery bombards a few shots, they will have to be frightened and scatter." ”

"Isn't it just a couple of Maxim machine guns and a few small mountain guns? As long as I have money, I can also get all kinds of light and heavy machine guns and artillery of various calibers, and if I don't have an advantage in troops, then I can make up for it with a firepower advantage! Wang Mo expressed his disdain for the poor few Makqin machine guns and small mountain guns in the Yanwu Patrol Battalion.

"Really?" Wang Haoshan and the three battalion commanders stood up in surprise.