Sichuan's road protection movement is in full swing, sweeping almost the whole of Sichuan.

And Wang Hengyue, who knew that all this would happen as scheduled, has always been watching coldly.

The expansion movement is proceeding at a rapid pace, and in some respects it has reached the point of unscrupulousness! Time, now time means everything to Wang Hengyue!

The third battalion had grown to more than 1,200 men, and the Armed Guards had reached the same number. The security forces and armed police also frantically expanded to seven or eight hundred people.

The regular army and paramilitary organizations are combined, and Wang Hengyue already has more than 3,000 soldiers in his hands at this time!

Enough, with the current situation, Wang Hengyue is enough to deal with emergencies for the time being.

Relying on the salt well and the transportation company, Wang Hengyue continued to wave the silver ticket and buy a large number of new weapons from Kleiman and Du Charlie. In particular, the 300,000 taels of silver that Ma Weiqi gave Wang Hengyue on his deathbed were almost all turned into artillery and heavy machine guns, as well as newly purchased machines!

Ma Weiqi may never have thought that he had been loyal to the Manchus all his life, and his personally selected grandson-in-law had no intention of serving this court from the beginning. Even from the very beginning, preparations were made for the collapse of this imperial court.

The Rong County Telegraph Office has also been established, which has greatly facilitated Wang Hengyue's contact with the outside world!

The cymbal-top arsenal was at full capacity, relying on Leshan, an important material transit place, and a large number of military materials were transported to Rong County, resulting in a large number of weapons coming down from the machine production line.

The grenade, a weapon with uncomplicated craftsmanship, has begun to be equipped by the cymbal-top arsenal into the new army. At the same time, technicians led by Vester and others also began to develop heavy machine guns and small cannons.

The arsenal's own research and improvement of the new firearm "Rong II type" has been partially distributed to the soldiers of the new army, this surname can be more stable, more accurate shooting, may soon be able to show its style on the battlefield!

The turbulent situation in Sichuan will never be let go of by those revolutionary parties.

In the pro-road movement, a large number of revolutionary parties participated. They didn't care what the essence of this pro-road movement was, they just keenly judged that the best time had come for the revolutionary party!

The activities of revolutionaries such as Long Mingjian and Wang Tianjie in Rong County became more and more frequent, and under the banner of the "Road Protection Movement," their activities were completely semi-open.

Wang Hengyue and his new army did not interfere with them in anything, for the upcoming great era, this force must be drawn together.

Even in some places, Wang Hengyue also gave them some support, including financially.

In a letter written by Long Mingjian to the headquarters of the League, he commented on Wang Hengyue: "The new army in Rong County, Sichuan, led Wang Hengyue, sympathized with the revolution and supported the revolution, and in the first six months of this year alone, he supported 12,000 taels of silver, more than 200 rifles of various types, and a number of bullets.

It is rare for a revolutionary party to give such an evaluation to a Qing army general. And long before that, the Alliance had already known about Wang Hengyue in Rong County, Sichuan from Xiong Kewu's mouth.

Wang Hengyue has become the object of attention of the revolutionary party!

After the failure of the Canton Uprising organized by the revolutionary party in April, Sun Wen, the leader of the League, even said in a speech at a fundraiser in the United States:

"The revolution is not isolated, even in the army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there are a large number of new officers and soldiers who sympathize with us and support us, such as in Hunan, for example, in Sichuan, who rescue our revolutionary comrades and support our revolutionary cause."

Sun Wen did not name him, but at this moment, in Sun Wen's heart, he already had the name Wang Hengyue.

With Wang Hengyue's acquiescence, Long Mingjian and Wang Tianjie began to organize the people's army in the name of protecting the railway and protecting Sichuan, and its main members were party members who came from around Rong County.

As long as he doesn't violate his own interests, as long as he doesn't stretch his hand to his new army, Wang Hengyue will not interfere! He even instructed his subordinates to make an agreement with Long Mingjian:

Rong County's stability is a top priority, as long as they don't use their brains in Rong County, no matter what they do, the new army will not interfere.

Long Mingjian and Wang Tianjie readily agreed to this request!

They also know very well that if they want to carry out their work here smoothly, they must definitely not be able to do without Wang Hengyue's support!

"Rongxian, Artesian Well, and Gongjing must increase their strength again!" At the military meeting, Wang Hengyue's face was extremely serious: "Sichuan is a big explosive barrel right now, and a little spark will explode!" No matter what happens in the future, the interests of my Rong County must come first! ”

"Your Excellency." Yang Fangyun hurriedly walked in: "The activities of the revolutionary party have become more rampant. They liaised with the Hui Party and prepared for an armed uprising. Entrusted by the Chengdu League, Long Mingjian summoned Wang Tianjie, Qin Zaigeng, Zhang Dasan, Chen Kongbo and others to convene a meeting attended by revolutionaries and leaders of various elders' associations in Sichuan to agree on a strategy for armed uprising. It was decided to organize the Baolu Comrade Army, with Long Mingjian and Qin Zaigeng presiding over the uprising in eastern and southern Sichuan, and Zhang Dasan and others in charge of the uprising in northwest Sichuan, and decided to revolt in various places, and the uprising was about to break out! ”

"I see!" Wang Hengyue nodded.

"My lord, is it really going to change?" Xie Shuixiang asked with some hesitation.

Wang Hengyue was silent: "Don't worry about changing the sky, I said that our interests come first." Whether it is the imperial court or the revolutionary party, as long as we have guns and people in our hands, we will have the foundation of survival! ”

The subordinates nodded silently.

It is not easy for the new army to develop to the current scale, and no foreign forces will be allowed to interfere! This is the only thing that all the Wang Hengyue brothers think in their hearts.

"Order, all the new army, armed guards, security forces, and police all distribute live ammunition, closely monitor Rong County, and do not slack off in the slightest!" Wang Hengyue made up his mind, and the order came out of his mouth:

"Order, the Internal Affairs Department, the Statistics Department, and the Police Department will send additional personnel, and I must know all the movements in Chengdu, Leshan, and Rong County at the first time. Order, the cymbal top arsenal to send two hundred more soldiers of the armed guards, anyone who tries to do anything wrong with the arsenal without my order, will be killed! Order, secretly control the Rong County Telegraph Office, all incoming and outgoing telegrams, must be secretly examined, there must be no mistakes! ”

The subordinates glanced at each other and puffed out their chests:

"Yes!"

Wang Hengyue let out a long sigh of relief, and the prelude to the great era finally opened slowly as promised!