Zhao Bei carefully looked at the two young men in front of him, that Sun Wu was very close to the name of Sun Wen, the leader of the Alliance, because his name was very close to the name of Sun Wen, one scholar and one martial artist, so he was falsely rumored to be Sun Wen's brother in the Xinhai Revolution, although it was ridiculously wrong, but this provided convenience for him to carry out his work.

In these years, there is a revolution, and it is impossible to have no prestige.

"Yes, contemptible Sun Wu." The young man wearing the student hat was also stunned. "Commander has heard my name before?"

"Your name is reminiscent of the Mr. Sun of the Alliance." Zhao Bei touched the corner of his forehead and said, "Aren't you from the Gongjin Association?" Why are you a cadre of the Alliance again? ”

The two young men were taken aback and looked at each other, Peng Hanyi said: "Yes, we are also members of the Communist Association, and we belong to the peripheral organizations of the Alliance, but we are also members of the Alliance, and the Association was only established in Tokyo last year, and I don't want the commander-in-chief to know about it." ”

It turns out that the Kyojinkai was founded in Tokyo. Zhao Bei corrected one of his erroneous historical understandings, glanced at the two of them, and said: "I am a member of the Liberation Society, and I am well-informed, so of course I know about the Gongjin Society. I don't know why the two of you came to me? Do you want to join the IRA? If you wish, I can ask you to be my adviser. ”

Sun Wu came back to his senses, hurriedly shook his head, and said, "No! We have a mission to return to our homeland, and we can't give up halfway. This is not the place to talk, can you find a secluded place to talk? ”

Zhao Bei said "um", stepped into the headquarters, and walked into a signing room with four guards to talk in detail with the two revolutionary comrades of the Alliance.

"The mission of the two returning to China must be to establish an organization in the Yangtze River area, right?" Zhao Bei got straight to the point.

The two glanced at each other, and then nodded, this time back to China, they were ordered by the Communist Association to go to the Lianghu Regional Games Party and establish an organization, this task is extremely confidential, and they don't want to be broken by the other party.

Sun Wu said: "The commander-in-chief is right, originally we were the party of the Returning to China Games, but now it seems that it is better to focus on the new movement army." Compared with the armed forces of the Hui Party, the New Army is more disciplined and more combat-effective. This was seen by the Liberation Society, but not by the Alliance, and now, our Fellowship Association also intends to instigate a new army. ”

Zhao Bei nodded, in the historical Xinhai Revolution, the Society and the Communist Association relied on the New Army to launch an uprising, and now it seems that due to the stimulation of the Anqing Uprising and the Jiujiang Banner, the Communist Association has recognized the important role of the New Army in the anti-Qing uprising, but since history has changed with his crossing, then, I am afraid there is no chance for the Communist Association.

Peng Hanyi continued: "We returned from Japan half a month ago, and we had arrived in Hunan a few days ago, but when we heard the news of the successful uprising of the Anqing New Army in Changsha, we decided to divide the troops into two routes, one to contact the Anqing Rebel Army, and the other to continue to instigate the Hui Party in Hubei and Hunan to respond to the uprising. Launched an uprising in Hunan to respond to your army. ”

"Who is the head of your organization in China?" Zhao Bei asked.

"Comrade Jiao Dafeng is in charge of Hunan, and Comrade Deng Wenhui is in Jiangxi presiding, but they have not yet returned to China."

Zhao Bei picked up the tea, pondered for a moment, and said: "It's not a secret, our army's ammunition is not abundant, the Taihu New Army participated in the autumn exercises, and didn't bring much live ammunition, attacking Jiujiang, our army consumed some ammunition, and there were not many weapons captured. However, since everyone is an anti-Qing revolutionary comrade, a helping hand can still be extended. I'll tell you the truth, in fact, our army is about to go west to conquer the three towns of Wuhan, and when the time comes, we will occupy the Hanyang Arsenal, and we can support your army with some guns and ammunition. If your army can respond to the uprising in Hunan by then, our army's westward expedition will be smoother. ”

"However, the 'telegram' issued by your army said that the targets of your army's attack are Jiangning and Guangdong." Peng Hanyi asked.

"It's just a matter of striking the west." Zhao Bei put down the teacup. "There is a disadvantage in attacking Wuhan, that is, the Jinghan Railway that has been completed, if the Qing army goes south along the railway, it can go directly to Hankou, and it only takes two or three days at most, and the Qing army can consolidate the defense of Wuhan. So, I wanted to direct the attention of the Qing court to the east and south. ”

"What if the Qing army doesn't take the bait?" Peng Hanyi asked.

"There's no way around that, you can only attack. In any case, Wuhan must be taken, where there are not only arsenals, but also steel factories and weaving factories, it is a city with a good industrial base, and it is also the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and its geographical location is very important. Considering that the battle of Wuhan is likely to be a tough battle, and the consumption of arms is very large, at present, our army's weapons and ammunition can only be used by itself, and cannot support your army. ”

"Why don't you go straight to the southeast? It is a rich area, and it is more convenient to raise money and food. Peng Hanyi asked again. The arsenal is not only in Hankou, but also a large arsenal in Shanghai, Li Hongzhang and Liu Kunyi have been operating for many years, the machinery and equipment are all new, and the guns and cannons produced are no worse than those of the Hubei factory, and the quality of mountain artillery is better, and there is still an arsenal in Jiangning, and if you take the southeast, you can master at least two arsenals. Moreover, the revolutionary forces in the southeast have a good foundation, and they have responded to every call, and now the ninth town of Jiangsu has been controlled by the commander-in-chief, and the Qing army in the Jiangsu area is empty; if the ninth town is the vanguard, not only Jiangning will be able to go down in the near future, but it will not be difficult for the entire Jiangnan to recover. ”

Peng Hanyi and Sun Wu were puzzled, and looked at Zhao Bei to see how he answered. In their opinion, going straight to the southeast is the best plan at present, and attacking Hubei against the current is really a bit risky.

Zhao Bei also hesitated about this, but when he thought of the special situation in the southeast, he dispelled the idea of going east. There are two main reasons: first, the southeast region is the base of the Alliance and the Restoration Society for many years, and the forces are intricate and deep-rooted, if he leads the army there, it is equivalent to entering someone else's territory and becoming a guest army. Second, although the southeast is rich, it is also the most powerful region of the great powers, and there are too many obstacles for the revolutionary cause to carry out innovation, and the proximity to the sea allows the warships of the great powers to cover the landing of infantry at any time.

Hubei, on the other hand, has always been a region ignored by the revolutionaries, where the alliance and the Guangfu will have a weak force, but it is not a backward and closed area, industry and commerce have a certain foundation, if Zhao Bei leads the army to occupy Hubei, it is a dragon into the sea, no one can control him, although the wealth of Hubei is far less than that of the southeast region, but the power of the great powers is relatively weak, and the comprador forces attached to the great powers are also much weaker, if you want to carry out innovation there, it should be a good testing ground, not to mention, "Huguang is familiar with the world", Hubei, Hunan has already become China's granary, with soldiers in one hand and grain in the other, and then the Central Plains, who dares to guarantee that the person who will win the world in the end is not him Zhao Bei? Hubei is also called the "thoroughfare of nine provinces", to the west can be directly approached Sichuan, to the east can be downstream, the front of the army points directly to the south of the Yangtze River, to the south can sweep the southwest, to the north can advance to the Central Plains, retreat can be defended, advance can be attacked, it is really a good place to cut the territory and dominate.

Of course, correspondingly, this is also a "land of four wars", if there is no certain confidence, Hubei is indeed not the first choice for the base area, which is probably the reason why Sun Wu and Peng Hanyi prefer to choose the southeast direction.