Chapter 292: Conquering Wuchang
The bridge leading to Wuchang collapsed in the huge blasting sound, and the rolling Yangtze River passed away, but Chang Zhenbang had a feeling of being busy in vain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThere are countless forts on the snake mountain, Li Chun's lone army goes deep If he can't support in time, it is definitely the fate of the whole army, this Wang Zhanyuan wolf ambition, for the position of the overseer, brazenly blew up the bridge, if Li Chun fell into his hands last time, he may be sent out of the country, this time I am afraid that it will be more auspicious.
"Is Overseer Li already in the past?" Li Tingyu was in danger and immediately asked.
"Lord Qiyu, Li Chun and Li Overseer's men and horses went to Wuchang from here, the villain is really real!" The sergeant who was asked said with a package ticket.
Li Tingyu thought for a while and said: "Pass the order, hurry up the boats, rafts, and ships, but anyone who can send our army into Wuchang City will be rewarded with three hundred oceans!" ”
"Yes, sir!" The soldiers went down to greet in response, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the high reward suddenly made the people who were hiding at home and nesting in the quilt run out happily, watching all kinds of rafts, boats, sampans, etc. gather, Chang Zhenbang immediately let the rebel army drop the artillery and get on the ship lightly.
The boats were as dense as ants to cross the Yangtze River from Hanyang to the other side of Wuchang, although the artillery outside Wuchang was incessant, sinking the boats, setting off huge waves, and frightened the fishermen several times, but fortunately, the silver tickets were scattered one by one, dispelling their concerns, and most of the rebel army arrived on the opposite bank in time.
Li Chun came out of the concession, with a belly full of wretched spirit, it is known that he is taking over the overseer of Hubei, and he must personally conquer Wuchang City, officially for this reason, after the guard division was divided into three, he was also assigned a brigade of men, and it was also the most well-equipped and energetic part of the men. As soon as the men and horses arrived, he quickly whipped towards the city of Wuchang, who would have thought that the second division of Hubei was stationed in the city of Wuchang, and the eighth division was by no means easy, the commander of the eighth division, Wang Ruqin, actually set up a plan to close the door and fight the dogs, first with the strength of a brigade and Li Chun broke out into a fierce encounter, and then retreated while fighting. Li Chun saw that the other party was fighting so tenaciously and retreating so slowly, he didn't think it was fake, and he wanted to vent his anger, so he immediately commanded the men and horses to press step by step, and when he entered the city of Wuchang, the troops from all directions swarmed up, and immediately suppressed Li Chun, Li Chun realized that after the plan, he immediately commanded the Guards Division Hanyang to shift, don't look at it as a retreat, often at this time it can show the strength of an army, saying that they are the guards of the Beiyang Second Division in their bones and finally burst out at this time with their due combat effectiveness. It is okay to say that they are dogs jumping over the wall in a hurry, but they repelled many attacks by Wang Ruqin of the Eighth Division with a weak force, and almost captured Wang Ruqin alive. After Wang Zhanyuan's Hubei Second Division arrived, he suppressed Li Chun's remnants near the Wuchang City Gate with the superior strength of two divisions, and when Li Chun planned to withdraw to Hanyang by the same route, and after meeting Chang Zhenbang and Li Tingyu, he came to fight Wang Zhanyuan to the death, but he never thought that on the Snake Mountain, Wang Zhanyuan also set up cannons, and they were cut off from retreat.
In the section of the bridge, Wang Zhanyuan immediately greeted and said: "Brother Li, for the sake of you and I are both in the same vein as Beiyang, you should surrender your guns, as long as you resign from the position of Hubei overseer, my brother guarantees that you will leave Hubei safely, and you will never lose your word. ”
Li Chun wiped the dust and ashes on his head, and shouted fiercely: "Brother Zhanyuan, Lord Chang Zhenbang has already led his troops to the three towns of Wuhan, even if he recognizes it for his brother, he will not give up!" At that time, there will be a big war in Hubei, under the military disaster, the people will be difficult, the civil strife in Beiyang, and the southwest will be rampant. ”
Wang Zhanyuan's face was blue and said: ", Li Chun, you old thing don't talk nonsense, even if you destroy the entire Hubei, Lao Tzu will not give up the position of the Hubei overseer!" Come on, I'll fight! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating! ”
At the sound of an order, the Hubei Second Division and the Hubei Eighth Division immediately launched a fierce attack on Li Chun's area, and the soldiers and students of the guards were dying, and the combat effectiveness that broke out was really strong, even the men and horses of the two divisions did not let Wang Zhanyuan get a single benefit.
"Report, there are many small boats carrying rebels on the river! Show me, Lord Overseer! ”
Wang Zhanyuan roared fiercely: "Let the cannons on Snake Mountain beat me hard!" The artillery on the Snake Mountain immediately aimed at the river like a flood, and the shells whizzed away, and at the same time, Wang Ruqin also led the main force of the Hubei Eighth Division to move forward and deploy along the river. With absolute vigor, the rebel army that had just landed drove it down the Yangtze River.
"It is said that this rebel army is powerful, I think it's just that, Lao Tzu wants to drive all these bastards into the river to feed Wang Ba!" Wang Ruqin said very proudly, the adjutant on both sides smiled very flatteringly, who knew that at this moment, a fleet slowly sailed from east to west on the river, it was the Guangdong fleet under the jurisdiction of Chang Zhenbang, the fleet did not say a word and aimed the muzzle at Wang Ruqin's department and hit it, after Wang Ruqin's department was suddenly attacked by the fleet, it was quickly blinded, and the whole army was destroyed if it was seen, Wang Ruqin hurriedly let the eighth division retreat for nearly 30 miles, and finally stabilized the formation, and the guard division on the river and the sixth division of Beiyang finally took advantage of this opportunity, Successful landing, after the rectification of Chang Zhenbang, Li Tingyu divided the troops into two ways, and Wang Ruqin's department of a big battle, Wang Ruqin's troops could not support, immediately defeated, Li Chun's remnants heard the gunfire from the shore, then sent scouts to find out the truth, learned that it was Chang Zhenbang and others to come to respond, Li Chun's remnants cheered, immediately moved towards the riverside, Wang Zhanyuan was willing to give up, naturally bitten his back, the two armies while fighting and retreating, soon encountered the remnants of Wang Ruqin's troops and Chang Zhenbang's pursuers, The two sides had a big battle, the artillery fire was continuous, the sound of killing shook the sky, although it was not bloody, but it was also corpses all over the field, and finally Wang Ruqin's department was defeated, Wang Zhanyuan's department could not resist the attack of Chang Zhenbang and Li Tingyu, so he had to flee to Wuchang City.
Li Tingyu immediately went to Snake Mountain, after a fierce battle, captured the Snake Mountain Fort, and then aimed the cannon on the fort at the Wuchang City for a period of chaos, the people in Wuchang City were suddenly panicked, at the same time Chang Zhenbang and Li Chun's remnants of the army continued to march towards Wuchang City, the two sides and the city gate for a fierce battle, because Chang Zhenbang's guard division did not have heavy siege artillery, if you want to open the Wuchang City Gate is really not easy.
After dusk, Tang Baichuan got off the Guangdong fleet, went into Chang Zhenbang's camp, attached to Chang Zhenbang's ears and said a few words, Chang Zhenbang agreed again and again, and then Chang Zhenbang summoned the clerks in the army, and asked them to copy thousands of copies of the persuasion book, after the persuasion was written, he let Zhao Laosi try to make one or two rough catapults, and put these written letters of persuasion into Wuchang City, after the people and gentry picked up the letter of persuasion, they were even more panicked, just because the letter of persuasion was only twelve big characters, and the door was opened to welcome me Chang, Those who close the door and reject me die.
The wealthy businessmen and gentry in the city discussed overnight, and the big family Zhang Million said: "The central government appointed Li Chun to supervise the army in Hubei, Wang Zhanyuan is really a bit unusual, you must all know, it stands to reason that they have nothing to do with us, but this military disaster together, water and fire are ruthless, Wang Zhanyuan is greedy, tyrannical, there is no need to pay for the lives of the people in the city!" ”
Hubei Council member He Jiwu said: "Brother Zhang's words are very reasonable, not to mention that the five southeastern provinces are rich and stable, even the military strength is also millions, today during the day Wang Zhanyuan, Wang Ruqin two divisions can not beat people, Wuchang City can't stand it at all, I think its city gate fire and pond fish, it is better to open the city." ”
Gentry Liu Judao: "What Councilor He said is reasonable, Wang Zhanyuan resisted the central government, after Wuchang fell, the people of the city were suspected of rebellion, we don't need those small people with small families, they are all people with wealth, I don't think there is any need to cause the family to be ruined for Wang Zhanyuan!" This sentence spoke the hearts of many people, and after some deliberation, the public councillor He Jiwu persuaded Wang Zhanyuan to surrender in Kaicheng, and prepared 100,000 oceans for him to use the power of money to let Wang Zhanyuan let the city not leave at the necessary moment! Who would have thought that He Ji Wuyi would enter the Overseer's Mansion, and after explaining his intentions, Wang Zhanyuan's face suddenly drooped and without saying a word, he hung the heads of He Ji's five lords on the flagpole of the Overseer's Mansion on the charge of gathering a crowd to rebel, and as for the 100,000 oceans, Wang Zhanyuan was unceremoniously confiscated.
When the news came, the wealthy merchants and gentry were disappointed, knowing that Wang Zhanyuan could not do anything, they immediately recruited the people who depended on them when Chang Zhenbang attacked the city, rushed to the vicinity of the gate, opened the city gate, and welcomed the new overseer to take office.
When Chang Zhenbang launched an attack on the east gate of Wuchang the next day, a large number of people rushed to the city gate area, regardless of the guns and bullets of the second division of Hubei on the city wall, bravely opened the city gate, and the guard division immediately rushed into it like a torrent, the second division was caught off guard and retreated, Wang Zhanyuan immediately sent a supervising team to supervise the battle, but at this time, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, the people hated, where to stop the rebel army like a wolf and a tiger, Wang Zhanyuan had to let Wang Ruqin continue to supervise the war, and returned to the overseer's mansion, after the most important gold and silver were cleaned up, He took a few cronies to open the west gate of Wuchang and went north to Suizhou.
It doesn't matter if he leaves, the fire of resistance in the entire Wuchang City is like being poured a basin of cold water, and it suddenly disappears, Li Chun is the first, and takes the lead in rushing into the entire Overseer's Mansion, surrounded by the Guard Division, and enters the government affairs hall. Seeing this, the other civil and military officials immediately knelt on one knee and shouted in unison: "Your subordinates welcome the Overseer to take over, and the Overseer will be blessed with Jin'an!" ”
Li Chun smiled slightly, and took over the seal of the overseer with great power, at this time Chang Zhenbang and Li Tingyu both rushed over, Li Chun hurriedly put the big seal into his pocket, and welcomed Chang Zhenbang and the two people in joy with a happy face. Li Chundao: "Thank you for the care of the adults, the lower officials will definitely guard Hubei for the adults!" ”
As the overseer of Hubei, he claimed to be a subordinate official to the patrol envoy of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian in full view of everyone, and an indescribable sense of absurdity permeated the entire Hubei Overseer's Mansion. Chang Zhenbang said disapprerovingly to Li Tingyu, the overseer of Jiangxi: "Brother Li, you have to help Uncle Li more about Hubei, and it is very convenient for your two provinces to border each other." Li Tingyu said: "Please patrol to reassure the adults, Brother Li has something, and his subordinates are like brothers and sisters with Brother Li, and there is no reason not to help!" Li Chun said with a smile: "Thank you Third Brother Li, with the words of Third Brother, my brother's heart can be put in my stomach." ”
Tang Baichuan smiled slightly and said: "Old Overseer Li, the world is mighty, there is no province in the province that does not miss the kindness of the adult, especially the three provinces of Hubei, Jiangxi and Suzhou, and regard Old Overseer Li as his father and brother. Li Chun's face was overjoyed, and then he said in fear: "My lord is a patrol envoy, how dare you expect this when you first arrive in Hubei?" Besides, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian and Hubei, Jiangxi and Jiangsu both have Jiangxi Province, so I'm afraid there is a conflict of power! Tang Baichuan said: "Old Overseer Li's words are wrong, you and the adult are like father and son, and the adult has served under the command of the adult, how can you let the official position of the old man stay in the name of the elder for a long time?" In addition, the Central Committee appointed Chang Zhenbang as the strategic envoy of the southeast to govern the five southeastern provinces. ”
Li Chun immediately realized: "Lord Tang's proposal is naturally excellent!" The lower official seconded the proposal! ”
Occasional during the Beiyang government. The size of the jurisdiction is different, such as the early years of the Republic of China with Yin Changheng as the Sichuan side of the strategic envoy, the Republic of China in the sixth year with Cao Kun as the Sichuan, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi Sichuan economic envoy, said to be almost the same as the patrol envoy, but the setting of the economic envoy is set up for the adjacent disobedience to the central discipline and rebellion of the overseers, according to the understanding of ordinary people, Lao Tzu gives you a bigger official than the overseer, so that you nominally become the boss of several provinces to play prestige, but those provinces are rebellious, you have to use your own ability to beat them down, no ability? This majestic title is also very hateful, whether you can withstand it or not, the center depends on you.
However, Chang Zhenbang served as the envoy of the southeast economy, whether in terms of title or power, did not indicate the meaning of the conflict with the southwest rebellion, but just changed the title, and the Hubei, Jiangxi and Suzhou patrol envoys just did not conflict with the title, and the central government would still give this face! However, it is difficult to say whether Duan Qirui will play some small tricks.
This conversation did not avoid the meaning of everyone, and everyone almost couldn't believe their ears after hearing it, the amount of news was too large, and it was too shocking, and many people were stunned for a moment. However, these people also applauded in the applause of the officers of the rebel army.
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