Tang Baichuan has just returned to Guangdong, is fighting against Miss Liu San's poetry, enjoying the sweet world of the two, after receiving Chang Zhenbang's message, he had to smile at Liu San apologetically, before he could speak, Liu San reached out to his mouth lightly, shook his head with a smile, and then gently took a long shirt for him, Tang Baichuan reached out for her to wear, inadvertently smelled the faint fragrance on her head, a burst of heartbeat, reached out and gently held Liu San in his arms, in her ear, said: "I'm sorry, I'm leaving again!" Liu San shook his head and said, "Go early and come back early, I'll wait for you!" Tang Baichuan snorted, and reluctantly left him, on the way, he already knew a little from the mouth of the person who came to Chang Zhenbang the reason why he was so anxious, it was about the war in Hubei. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Zhanyuan and Li Chun's personal friendship is really not to say, a small banquet in three days, a big invitation in five days, wind and flowers, moon and snow, everything is just never mentioned to take over the overseer, just like Li Chun, Li Tingyu came to Hubei just to simply visit the mountains and rivers to see old friends, and although he himself was removed from the title of overseer by Duan Qirui, he is still the first overseer in Hunan.

After seven or eight days of seemingly happy life, Li Chun finally couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, and raised the question of taking over as the overseer, as soon as this topic came out, the situation that was still full of happy atmosphere just now suddenly solidified and silent, and after a while, the Western landing bell on the side rang loudly, like a heavy hammer smashed on the frozen lake, and the violent cracking sound sounded in everyone's hearts, Wang Zhanyuan's proud face slowly fell, and stared at Li Chun deadly: "Brother Li, Do you really not remember the friendship of the past and want to force your brother to death? ”

Li Chun said lightly: "Brother Wang, this is definitely not what the brothers meant, it's just that the central government appointed the brothers here to serve as the overseers of Hubei, and the brothers have to do it as a last resort because their arms can't reach their thighs!" ”

Wang Zhanyuan sighed and said: "I heard that Wu Peifu, the overseer of Jiangdu, went to Gaoyou, and he was seriously ill and went straight up, and the position of the overseer of Jiangsu was empty again, why didn't the old brother return to Nanjing to supervise Jiangsu, but he wanted to grab food with the old brother, it was really a little unkind!" ”

Li Tingyu said: "Brother Wang, this is also something that can't be helped, the righteousness of the central government is always more important than personal friendship!" ”

Sun Chuanfang, who accompanied him, was furious and said: "What kind of nonsense is this, Li Chun, you obediently give Lao Tzu back to Nanjing, Lord Wang is in Wuhan, then there is nothing to do, there is still a heart to be sent up and down Hubei, if the two of them toast and do not eat and drink, it will be really unfortunate, Wu Peifu said that he was sick and took leave, and with the support of Cao Sanye, there was no chance to turn over and return to the overseer, but once you call yourself sick and on leave, don't say that the overseer, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to officialdom." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Chun was furious and took the case.

Sun Chuanfang squinted at Li Chun and said, "God bless the clouds and sunny days, people are in trouble, what do you think I mean, old guy?" ”

Li Chun said coldly: "Lao Tzu is strong, and he can live for thirty years in the position of the overseer of Hubei!" ”

Wang Zhanyuan said: "Brother Li, you are really living more and more backwards, how can you be like a child!" After speaking, he turned his face to Sun Chuanfang and said: "Chuanfang, you are a good and honest boy, but you can't say anything, our Beiyang Second Division is the first in the world, and it is even more with the strength of the first division to resist the siege of the rebels and rebels, for the central government, for Beiyang to protect the whole of Hubei, especially other divisions can compare?" But even so, we can't be proud, we can't think that Lao Tzu is the first in the world, President Yuan Da always educates us to understand that there are people outside the world, and there is a truth outside the sky, we still have Premier Duan above, and President Xu Da, even so, you must have a city in your heart, and you can't disobey the elders casually! Although this old man is not as capable as you, after all, he has lived at such an old age, how can you give others a little thin noodles! Don't hurry up and apologize to Brother Li! ”

Sun Chuanfang smiled, bowed to Li Chun and said: "You have lived for such an age, don't be like your Lao Tzu, obediently know Nanjing, otherwise Lao Tzu will beat you out of Hubei!" ”

Li Chun was so angry that his body shook a few times, Li Tingyu hurriedly stood up and held it steadily, Li Chun glanced at him gratefully, stretched out his hand and pointed at Sun Chuanfang tremblingly and said, "You...... You ......"

Sun Chuanfang said: "Loyalty is good for the ear, and good medicine is good for the disease!" Lao Tzu is young, but this is still good! ”

"Shut up!" Li Tingyu angrily reprimanded Sun Chuanfang and said: "You uneducated thing! ”

"Li Tingyu, what do you mean by this!" Wang Zhanyuan glared at Li Tingyu, and said coldly: "It's up to the master to beat the dog, even if Chuanfang makes a mistake, what are you Li Tingyu, I'm afraid it won't be your turn to speak!" ”

Li Chuntie blushed and said: "Lao Tzu is the new Hubei overseer of the central government, although this Sun Chuanfang is your Wang Zhanyuan's subordinate, as long as he is in Hubei, Lao Tzu can control him!" ”

Sun Chuanfang said-for-tat: "Hubei overseer? You have not received the seal, the second has not taken office, and the third is to accept civil and military congratulations, and you want to be the overseer of Hubei with a piece of broken paper. After speaking, he turned to Wang Zhanyuan and bowed and saluted: "Lord Overseer, this old thing dares to ignore the laws of the imperial court and falsely claim to be the overseer of Hubei, the crime is extremely heinous and unforgivable, please allow your subordinates to take down the old thief, and the law has been corrected!" ”

Wang Zhanyuan shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "I'll call you brother again, for the sake of the old friendship, you should go back to Nanjing, if you are obsessed, brother can only ignore the old feelings for the sake of the national law." He shook his head and sighed again and again.

Li Chun stretched out his hand and slapped the table, and said, "Since Brother Wang is reluctant to take the position of the overseer, then Lao Tzu wants to see what ability you have to make me unable to be the overseer of Hubei!" As he spoke, he reached out and picked up the teacup on the table, and threw it to the ground, only to hear a clatter, and the teacup was torn apart. Ma Ben, who was standing guard outside, rushed in, and Sun Chuanfang saw him and smiled: "The old thing is based on the fact that you also want to play cup smashing?" It's too tender, let Lao Tzu teach you how to play! As he spoke, he took out his gun and rushed into Ma Ben, and they also took out their guns and aimed them at Sun Chuanfang, Sun Chuanfang, and Ma Ben behind Wang Zhanyuan were naturally not to be outdone, and they raised their guns and looked at each other angrily.

Li Tingyu couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene, and said: "Put it away, put it away, how can our dignified Beiyang heroes be like the Southwest Chaos Party is a Hongmen banquet at every turn, can we still have a good time?" With that, he blasted their horses out of the door.

Wang Zhanyuan glanced at Li Tingyu, waved his hand and drove the horse behind him out.

Then everyone silently ate a few bites of food, the banquet ended in a hurry, Li Chun, Li Tingyu and the two of them returned to the barracks without saying a word, who knew that as soon as they entered the barracks, they saw the soldiers in the camp falling to the ground drunkenly, but the snoring was scattered and very rare, Li Tingyu hurriedly grabbed Li Chun and said: "Brother, this place is not suitable to stay for a long time, let's hurry up!" Li Chun was a little dazed, but his trust in Li Tingyu was almost blind, he said to go, Li Chun didn't say a word, got on the horse and left, not far away, he heard the chasing soldiers behind like a flood swept over, Li Tingyu saw this, knew that the two couldn't get rid of it, and hurriedly took Li Chun to the Hankou Concession in a circle.

Wang Zhanyuan did not have the courage to step into the concession even if he had thousands of troops and horses, so he had to spread secret agents in plainclothes all over the concession, and also posted bounties in the corners and corners of the three towns of Wuhan, as for the Beiyang Sixth Division, all the weapons and ammunition were confiscated, and they were bombed into the abandoned factory building of the Wuhan Iron Works and shot and imprisoned. However, none of these officers drank wine and ate meat, after all, the reason why all the Sixth Division was captured was that these people ate the wine and meat sent by others, and were poisoned by other people's sweat, so that they became prisoners without firing a shot.

Li Chun, Li Tingyu said that although the two received the care of the British Consulate here, but after all, they are under the fence, and their hearts are really not good, but if they leave the lend-lease, they will fall into the hands of Wang Zhanyuan, this morning, the British Consulate sent someone to tell them that Wang Zhanyuan has written to the central government in Beijing, saying that Li Chun and Li Tingyu have disappeared since they entered the ground in Hubei, although his talent is not very good, but he has no choice but to continue to supervise Hubei before Li Chun takes office, but please rest assured that the prime minister and the president He is by no means a power-hungry person, as long as Li Chun appears, he will immediately hand over his errand. Li Chun was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Li Tingyu for advice, Li Tingyu thought about it for a long time, but also helpless, if it was to conquer the city, he was not ambiguous at all, but now there is no disease in his hands, sitting in the concession, there are really some clever women who are difficult to cook without rice, after thinking for a long time, he had to let Li Chun be a little restless, and then sent a telegram to Jiangxi and Guangdong. Jiangxi's telegram was asking the town guards to strictly guard against people from Hubei, and the telegram to Guangdong was a secret telegram, explaining clearly the current predicament of himself and Li Chun, and asking Chang Zhenbang for help.

Even if Chang Zhenbang calculated, he thought that relying on Li Chun, Li Tingyu's ability and the strength of the Beiyang Sixth Division, even if he couldn't defeat the entire Hubei, he would be able to compete with Wang Zhanyuan. But who would have thought that Sun Chuanfang would do this, and he would use medicine to overturn the entire Sixth Division, this Sun Chuanfang's means, but the courage to use medicine to overturn a division still made him a little admired, and he also knew that with this person, Hubei was by no means easy to overcome, and he was even more distressed about the lives of all the soldiers of the Sixth Division in his hands! After thinking of a good solution, he was so anxious to find Tang Baichuan.

As soon as Tang Baichuan entered the house, Chang Zhenbang greeted him and said, "Third brother, you are here, something big has happened in Hubei." Tang Baichuan said with a smile: "Seventh brother, don't be impatient, I already know the situation in Hubei, Seventh Brother is not to be ado, hurry up and send troops to Wuhan!" ”

"How to send troops? How to send troops? What about the Sixth Division? This is the most elite force in our hands! Don't let anything go wrong! Chang Zhenbang asked anxiously. Tang Baichuan said with a smile: "Seventh brother, listen to the brother and say slowly, all the brothers of the Sixth Division are in the hands of Sun Chuanfang, if we go to Hubei seriously, I am afraid that if we enter Hubei, needless to say that it will be a vicious battle, not to mention that Hubei is the ground of others, I am afraid that the fight will be more auspicious and less auspicious, even if it wins, it will be a tragic victory, and when the time comes, the other party will threaten the sixth division, I am afraid that Master Li Chun will also learn from that Wu Peifu, and he will ask for leave." Chang Zhenbang said: "The little brother is anxious about this, this army is not, not the army, the little brother is really embarrassed, so he is anxious!" Tang Baichuan waved his hand and said: "Please also ask your Excellency to rush to the Guangdong Consulate General overnight, and ask him to find a way to rent a Hong Kong steamer to transport your lordship's guard division to the British Concession in Hankou. ”

"What about the Second Division?" Chang Zhenbang said: "As long as the second division is not in our hands for a day, Hubei will not be at peace for a day!" Tang Baichuan smiled and said: "Although the second division is not in our hands, after Lord Li Chun becomes the overseer of Hubei, half of the second division is in our hands!" Chang Zhenbang was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed and asked, "Why is this!" Tang Baichuan smiled but said nothing, and arched his hands and left.

Chang Zhenbang sent Tang Baichuan away, went to the Guangdong Consulate General overnight, Consul General Basiri is his old acquaintance, heard him coming, and let people invite him into the living room with a sigh of anger, the waiter brought the fragrant coffee and handed it over, Chang Zhenbang smiled and thanked him, then glanced at Brazil, Brazil nodded knowingly, and the waiters in the living room retreated one by one, glanced at Chang Zhenbang and said: "Your Excellency is the five provinces on the southeast coast, I don't know what can give you such a headache?" They came here late at night. Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "Small officials have the troubles of small officials, big officials have the troubles of big officials, I want to ask Your Excellency to help me go to Hong Kong to rent a cruise ship that can carry 10,000 people to the British Concession in Hankow!" Please, please, play please! As he spoke, he took out a 3,000-dollar HSBC bill from his sleeve and stuffed it into Basiri. Basili took a look, took it, thought about it, and said, "It's just that there are cruise ships of the British Empire in this city of Guangzhou, why do you have to go to Hong Kong?" That's a lot of money! Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "Actually, Zhenbang is just entrusted by others, and I hope that my brother will help me a lot!" As he spoke, he took out another 2,000 HSBC ticket and handed it over, and Basiri sighed and said, "Originally, I shouldn't be in charge of such a trivial matter, but who made us friends, I just thought of a way." After saying that, he was about to go to sleep, who knew how many steps he had just taken, but he said suspiciously: "Huh? With your current power, you can't use so much money to find it yourself? ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "The awesome friend is in a hurry, really in a hurry!" It's okay for the younger brother to do it, but the time is pressing! I had to ask for help in front of my brother. Basili snorted and said, "When will he want it?" Chang Zhenbang said: "It's best to leave at dawn, and I hope that the old man will help a group of brothers!" When Basili heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "This matter is really urgent, no wonder you are looking for me, but it doesn't matter, my brother will help you do this." Just ask that friend of yours to go to the Governor's Palace tomorrow. Chang Zhenbang was overjoyed, said goodbye and left, overnight with his own guard division on the East China Sea Fleet to land near Hong Kong, found a small boat to go to Hong Kong leisurely, not to mention, the British are really reliable, Brazil really found him a luxury ship of 10,000 people, Chang Zhenbang boarded the ship, asked the price and gave half of the deposit on the spot, the captain was very happy after accepting it, but saw that only Chang Zhenbang was on the ship, I couldn't help but have some doubts, but after receiving the money, I had to listen to others, Even if there is only Chang Zhenbang alone, the captain is happy to send him to Hankou, who knows that not long after leaving Hong Kong, Chang Zhenbang let him dock nearby, the captain said in embarrassment: "We are serious businessmen, if the adults want us to do those things that are evil, smugglers and traffickers, please allow me to refund your deposit and send you to the governor's palace to ask for guilt!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Mr. Captain is worthy of being a British gentleman if he really enforces the law impartially, and it is not a secret that this official is in the position of patrol envoy of Guangdong, Gan and Fujian, if this official wants to do that wrongdoing, smuggling and selling people, it is much better to use Chinese than you British who have a strong sense of justice!" The captain thought about it, but he still asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency, your voyage is to Hankow, and you should not stop halfway." Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Temporary supplies always have to stop halfway!" The captain stubbornly said, "That's a supply, but isn't it a supply?" Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "It's a supply, it's just that you supply grain, grass and fresh water, but the official supplies it is personal!" Do you know why this officer ordered your big ship? The captain was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know, I also have some doubts about this." Chang Zhenbang said: "That's because we have a lot of people going to Hankou, but I am the only one who arrives in Hong Kong, if you don't believe it, let's not let Hong Kong go, and then wait for them?" The captain thought about it and it would be easy to return to Hong Kong, but there were a lot of troubles back and forth, and after thinking about it, the captain said, "Do you have anything to prove your identity?" If I can prove it, my ship can follow the arrangement of the adults, as long as the adults make up the money, if not, my ship will send you to Hankow only, and please pay the rest of the expenses at that time. Chang Zhenbang smiled, he had already taken precautions against these dead-eyed foreigners, and after the captain verified that it was correct, he would lean against the shore, and the guard division boarded the ship and sailed to Hankou

This book was first published in Reading Books