Although they supported Yuan Shikai on the lips, Wang Yongan and the Zhenbian Army did not carry out any military operations to support Yuan Shikai, and the forces of Xiong Kewu who opposed Yuan Shikai in Sichuan Province were in Chongqing and other eastern Sichuan regions, and all the materials and talents needed for Wang Yongan's construction in Xikang Province needed to enter Sichuan from the eastern Sichuan region and then enter Xikang.

Of course, if Xiong Kewu really didn't have a long eye, attacked the transport fleet of the Zhenbian Army, and plundered the goods of the Zhenbian Army, the Zhenbian Army would not be polite to Xiong Kewu and his "Nine-Man Regiment".

The so-called Nine-member Regiment is an armed force headed by Xiong Kewu and composed of Dan Maoxin, Li Weiru, Yu Peidi, Yu Jitang, Zhang Chong, Wu Bingjun, Liu Guanglie, and Long Guang after the recovery of Sichuan.

When the provinces declared independence, Xiong Kewu also carefully discussed with the other members of the Nine-member Regiment whether Sichuan should be independent of the central government, and unlike other places, Sichuan had a strong central level - the Zhenbian Army on its back.

Xiong Kewu and others believed that the purpose of this fight against Yuan must be clear, and while facing a powerful enemy, they could not provoke other enemies, and they only opposed Yuan Shikai, and for the Zhenbian army that supported Yuan Shikai, the nine-man regiment should actively win it over, and should not set it up as an enemy. So the Nine-Man Regiment sent Xiong Kewu's chief of staff, Li Weiru (one of the members of the Nine-Member's Regiment), to Kangding to persuade Wang Yongan not to use force against Yuan's army.

Probably because Yuan Shikai did not look down on the Yuan army, so this time to quell the rebellion, Yuan Shikai did not mobilize the army of the Jiangbei Department to participate in the war, and for the Shu army that pacified Xiong Kewu, Yuan Shikai ordered the Hubei governor Li Yuanhong, the Shaanxi governor Zhang Fenghui, the Yunnan governor Cai Yi, and the Guizhou governor Tang Jiyao to send troops to attack Chongqing.

Sichuan Governor Hu Jingyi ordered Zhou Jun, commander of the First Brigade of the Sichuan Army stationed in Luzhou, to send troops to attack Chongqing, and Wang Lingji Model Regiment and the Second and Third Brigades of the Sichuan Army were organized into a detachment, which went south from the North Road, and a detachment formed by Liu Cunhou, commander of the Fourth Brigade, went down the east of the river and approached Chongqing.

At this time, Xiong Kewu has not waited for Wang Yongan's reply for the time being, but time is not waiting, if he does not resist at this time, it is very likely to be eliminated, so Xiong Kewu immediately declared the independence of Sichuan, established the Chongqing Yuan Army Headquarters, and appointed himself as the commander-in-chief, Yang Shukan served as the chief of civil affairs, Liu Zhifan served as the chief of the general staff, but Mao Xin served as the deputy chief of the general staff, and Yu Jitang served as the commander of the navy, recruited 9,000 troops and 1,000 water troops, and the troops were divided into three routes, and the first detachment took the middle road through Yongchuan, Rongchang, and Longchang, and entered Luzhou; The second detachment held Hechuan and defended the north road; The third and fourth detachments defended the southern road and resisted the Yunnan and Guizhou armies.

Li Weiru finally arrived in Kangding City, but found that Wang Yongan could not be found anywhere, and finally learned at a tunnel entrance that Wang Yongan and some people had gone into the sewer to check the quality of the sewer.

Li Weiru had to wait honestly, from noon to night, Wang Yongan and some government officials came out of the tunnel, covered with dirty mud and dust, Li Weiru looked for a long time and couldn't find Wang Yongan, and couldn't help but ask: "Excuse me, which general is the town side?" ”

Wang Yongan wiped his face and said with a smile in Sichuanese: "It's me, which one are you?" ”

Li Weiru looked this dirty young man up and down, and couldn't believe it: "You are the general of the town, aren't you lying to me?" ”

"Lie to you, you're a bedbug." Wang Yongan said.

Li Weiru hurriedly saluted and said, "Li Weiru, chief of staff of the Fifth Independent Brigade of the Sichuan Army, has seen the general. ”

Wang Yongan returned a military salute, nodded and said: "I know you, you participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising, and personally led the student army to rush into the yamen of Chongqing Mansion to capture Chongqing Governor Niu Chuanshan and Zhizhou Duan Rongjia alive, and cut their braids with your own hands, isn't it?" ”

Li Weiru felt proud for a while, but she didn't expect that she was well known to the general of the town, which showed that she was still well-known in the military circles. Unconsciously, it has become an honor to be recognized by Wang Yongan. Li Weiru was about to say something, Wang Yongan waved his hand and said, "I have to take a bath first, or you will go to the bath with us?" ”

Li Weiru couldn't cry or laugh, how can I take a bath with you? Then he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I'll wait for the general, I'll wait for the general." ”

"It's not far from where you can take a bath." Wang Yongan said with a smile, led everyone to a small river, turned back and said, "Brothers, conquer this small river, start." Then he was the first to strip naked and jump into the river, and the rest of the people quickly stripped naked and jumped down from the river, and bathed in the river. A group of bare-bottomed old men are nothing to look at, but Kangding is a place where many ethnic groups gather, and even the local Han girls have been influenced by ethnic minorities and have become very wild, standing in the distance and staring at this group of old men talking and laughing.

Li Weiru was very embarrassed, he stood on the shore, as if he was a guard showing people clothes......

Wang Yongan shouted in the water: "Chief of Staff Li, I think you seem to have rushed all the way, why don't you go to the river to wash together, they are all men, what are you embarrassed about?" Because he has been on the front line of the construction of Kangding City, Wang Yongan is often dirty on weekdays, and he can only boil water to take a bath in the cold weather, but now it is May, and the weather is warm, Wang Yongan jumped directly into the river to bathe. His subordinates were embarrassed at first, but they were squeezed by Wang Yongan's words, everyone was an old man, and they were afraid of a ball, so everyone "treated each other frankly" with the Xikang Overseer. Since then, it has become a habit, that is, everyone is willing to take a bath in the river with Wang Yongan, after all, this is the best time to slap the horse......

Li Weiru was not familiar with the rules here, and in a daze, more than 30 big men jumped into the water naked, taking a bath and washing their hair with a smile, and the water was full of cheerful sounds.

"Come down, come down, let's talk." Wang Yongan beckoned to Li Weiru.

When Li Weiru heard the conversation, she suddenly had no scruples, and quickly stripped off her clothes and jumped into the river.

Wang Yongan immediately said: "Don't stand stupidly, rub your whole body hard, rub your whole body red and hot, you won't feel cold." Although the weather is hot, the water is the snow water that melts directly from the snowy mountains, and it is cold. ”

Li Weiru regretted that she wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river, why didn't you say it earlier? Let's take a bath in snow water, and you're not afraid that I'll freeze to death?!