Chapter 245: The Battle of Public Opinion in Guangdong
Perhaps because the war was about to break out, there was also a sense of unpleasant depression in the morning in Guangzhou, although it was only April, Chang Zhenbang was a little stuffy and greasy, and it almost became his habit to go to work after taking a shower every morning, but he climbed the city wall early in the morning and looked at the slowly rising red sun. This was the second day that he killed the messenger sent by Sun Monkey, and Li Liejun set up more than a dozen cannons outside the city overnight, and sent people to the city to persuade him to surrender.
Chang Zhenbang couldn't help but be a little disappointed, these revolutionaries really like to show off their tongues, although they did some shameless things, they were stunned to put gold on their faces, and dressed themselves up as a last resort, so that Chang Zhenbang felt disgusted when he heard it, for the answer of the other party's envoy, Chang Zhenbang directly replaced the anger in his heart with the cannon bombardment, and the artillery fire easily destroyed the cannon array that Li Liejun's department spent a day and night to build, fortunately, Li Liejun's troops are those who have experienced a hundred battles in Yunnan. As soon as they saw that something was wrong, they had already hid far away, but it was a pity that Sun Wu's chaotic people who stood under the city of Guangdong to show off their might, this burst of shelling really killed them, leaving countless corpses, and they were scattered in an instant.
Li Liejun's face was gloomy, and he immediately ordered the artillery to be fired, and after a morning of shelling by both sides, it was only that the road between Guangzhou City and Li Liejun's department was completely scattered. However, it is not that there were no casualties on both sides, but the city of Guangzhou was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the walls were thick and high, which provided good protection for the defenders.
When this kind of thing reached Chang Zhenbang's ears, he was stunned for a moment, and turned around and asked: "Lord Long, didn't Qin Lian let Feng Xiangrong give it to Li Liejun a long time ago, why did he still shoot?" ”
Long Shichu spread his hands helplessly and said: "Li Liejun is greedy, he is so happy but he is famous, so he especially likes to brag and listen to others' boasting. Don't mind, adults. ”
Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Why should I mind, the opponent who has no desire is the enemy, such a character is just a stepping stone, since he is fake, I will come to a few real!" Zhang Xiaoliu! ”
"The subordinates are here!" Zhang Xiaoliu replied loudly on the side.
Chang Zhenbang said: "Let people talk about Li Liejun's greed for beauty, killing his best friend, and marrying his friend's wife, and send a telegram to the judges of all state capitals in the world how to judge this matter!" ”
Long Shichu was shocked: "My lord, what's going on? ”
Chang Zhenbang smiled faintly and said, "Do you know Hua Shiqi?" ”
Long Shichu thought for a while and said, "Isn't this Li Liejun's wife?" ”
Chang Zhenbang said: "No, Li Liejun's original surname is Chen, this Hua Shiqi is just his aunt's wife, but this aunt's wife is not simple, but his friend Gong Yong's wife, just because he fell in love at first sight, he became murderous, killed Gong Yong on trumped-up charges, deceived people's bodies with rhetoric, and threw the original partner aside." It's not a thing. ”
Long Shichu was shocked, and finally said: "Your Excellency, you must not be gullible in this matter. ”
Chang Zhenbang said: "I have sent someone to escort Mrs. Li to Shanghai to sue Li Liejunting's wife for remarrying, and by the way, let Gong Yong's family also go to Shanghai to complain, you also know that this governor was born as a military envoy of Jiangxi, and I have never heard of Gong Yong's relationship with Beiyang after reading all the information." Li Liejun can be described as a vain killing. ”
Long Shichu said: "Maybe it was a mistake to kill, but the situation was dangerous at that time, and it was right to kill the wrong person and not let it go." ”
Chang Zhenbang said: "Ordinary people also have to ask and kill again, he Gong Yong is Li Liejun's best friend and the adjutant appointed by him personally, how can he kill without asking?" ”
Long Shichu didn't know what to say, but he felt that this alone would not have any impact on Li Liejun.
Chang Zhenbang said: "Maybe Li Liejun can be said to take care of his deceased friend's wife before marrying and loving, but the Governor of this country still found the two witnesses who caused Li Liejun to falsely accuse Gong You, and sent them to Shanghai together, and asked the British Concession personnel to take proper care of them." ”
Long Shichu was completely speechless, Li Liejun was so heartbroken, he was afraid that he would not be able to wash away his sins for the sake of the revolution.
The next day, the headline about Li Liejun stopping his wife and remarrying and Hua Shiqi's murder of her husband spread instantly with the help of Chen Lianbo's heart, and this newspaper made Li Liejun and others a little annoyed and angry, but what made him even more angry was the overwhelming telegram that his original wife and Gong Yong's family had sued him in court in Shanghai, and asked the judges of the world to make decisions for the vulnerable groups under the persecution of power, and the whole country was in an uproar, and Li Liejun's reputation was notorious. Sun Monkey went to Hong Kong for this reason and hoped that the British authorities would come forward to stop this kind of thing, but how to suppress such a happy thing, and the British Empire is a country ruled by law, and for such undesirable things, it is also categorically refused, after all, Sun Monkey gave all the rights of China to Dongying, and at this time there is something to find the British gentlemen, it is too late!
After Li Liejun saw the telegram and newspaper, he immediately became annoyed and angry, and immediately commanded Lin Hubu, who had just arrived at the front line, and Li Gengen's two newly formed Baise divisions, under the cover of artillery fire behind them, to rush towards the city of Guangzhou.
Baise is the poorest area in Guangxi and the area that produces strong soldiers, Guangzhou is the richest area in Guangdong and the favorite area of the Cantonese people, so naturally it has become the most hated area of the Baise Division. The slogan of "revolution to protect the country", holding a rifle and carrying a long ladder, attacked under the city of Guangzhou, Chang Zhenbang immediately ordered the bombardment, and a happy cannonball fell among these Baise people, and instantly killed the surrounding sand and their flesh and blood into slag, but the sincerity of the revolution, the enthusiasm of protecting the country, and the broadsword of the supervising team and the machine gun behind them, let them face death in the direction of Guangzhou one by one, and a few lucky not to be killed by artillery fire in time, but also to be killed by the bullets flying from the city wall, just less than an hour of attack, let the blood of the Baise people stain this piece of land red, looking at the mutilated corpses under the city gate, Chang Zhenbang couldn't help but shake his head, Tang Baichuan said: "Seventh brother, is it worthless for these soldiers?" ”
Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "These soldiers are worthy of death if they seek benevolence, but it's a pity that the cannonballs defending the city are a pity." That's all going to cost money. ”
Tang Baichuan said: "That's what I said, it's better to put less artillery tomorrow and give Li Liejun some illusions that he is short of ammunition." I've been beating people for a day or two, so I have to make people move their muscles! ”
Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Then how to put this cannon?" I don't want enemy shells to hit our gates. ”
Tang Baichuan said: "Two cannons will be fired tomorrow, one cannon will be fired by three cannons the day after tomorrow, and four cannons will always be fired from the day after tomorrow, so Li Liejun may believe it." ”
Chang Zhenbang said: "And our artillery fire only needs to cover Li Liejun's artillery fire, as for those soldiers, let them come, anyway, the brothers are also idle on the city tower these days, let them move." ”
The next day, when the two Baise divisions attacked the city of Guangzhou again, they found that the artillery fire on the city of Guangzhou was much thinner than yesterday, and Li Liejun glanced at Sun Wudao: "Brother Sun Wu, at this time, it depends on the strength of you revolutionary masses. ”
Sun Wudao: "General Li paid the bell for the revolution and for Mr. Zhongshan's hegemony, brother, I am ashamed of myself, and now that I have a place for my brother, how can my brother refuse." ”
Li Liejun said: "Then there is Brother Laosun, Mr. Zhongshan is really grateful to go to Hong Kong to do things for his brother, please be sure to tell Mr. Sun, after Liejun captures Guangzhou and kills Chang Zhenbang, you must ask his old brother to guide the revolution and save China's future." It's just that Lie Jun's Eastern Crusade will inevitably kill people and be uncounted, and Mr. Zhongshan is a little unsightly. ”
Sun Wudao: "Brother Liejun is dazzling differences, Guangdong is the foundation of the Chinese revolution, and it is also the hometown of Mr. Zhongshan, Mr. Zhongshan still hopes to fight less, but for the revolution, he can't help but sacrifice, even if the people of Guangdong die in the revolution, as long as the Chinese revolution can succeed, he is also happy!" ”
Li Liejun nodded and said: "Mr. Zhongshan has this spirit of dedication to the revolution worthy of Liejun's emulation and appreciation, the revolution must not be slack off for a day, Liejun will mobilize the masses around Guangzhou, we must take Guangzhou as soon as possible, and recover Guangdong, only in this way can we be worthy of Mr. Zhongshan's teachings and sacrifices." ”
Three or four thousand people from nearby prefectures and counties were commanded by Sun Wu, and they were driven like horses and cattle on the slaughterhouse, crying and shouting towards the city of Guangzhou.
The artillery fire on the city tower fell from the sky on the heads of everyone, the blood and stumps were torn apart, and the people who were already panicked were even more chaotic, and the revolutionary aspirants and the Baise division behind them were scolding and driving away viciously, and few retreats were beaten lightly, and the heads were killed, as for those who resisted, they were unceremoniously killed by one shot, such cruel methods appeared in the Nanchang riots, but the scale was smaller, where is the scale as large as now, Although Chang Zhenbang is very sympathetic to these people, Chang Zhenbang will definitely not be soft, and still ordered the defenders on the city wall to fight back. At the same time, in order to show his bravery and expose these so-called revolutionaries, he invited some reporters from the city, especially British reporters in Guangzhou, and asked them to stand on the city tower and take pictures of the so-called revolutionary people below.
The next day, the newspaper waited for the revolutionaries to drive out the unprovoked people as cannon fodder's ugly act, the news came that Sun Monkey in Hong Kong suddenly became the most disgusted guy in Hong Kong, almost rats crossing the street everyone shouted and beaten, can only hide in the foreigner's hotel to become a trapped beast, fortunately Hong Kong is a free port, there are many Dongying people in it, the so-called Tao is more help, all brothers in the four seas, when Sun Monkey was in trouble, many people in Dongying naturally paid for him to send him out of Hong Kong. In order to repay the friendship of the Dongying people, Yuan Shikai did not dare to agree to the things in the 'Twenty-one Articles', he agreed without hesitation, and promised that after Li Liejun captured Guangdong, he would implement the jump.
When Sun Monkey returned to Li Liejun's army, he not only came alone, but also many close friends of the Black Dragon Society, but also brought a lot of arms to Li Liejun's army. At this moment, Li Liejun almost jumped up with joy, and immediately ordered Lin Hu's Baise division to drive the thousands of ordinary people captured from nearby prefectures and counties towards the city of Guangzhou.
These days, he can see that after these days of fierce attacks in the city of Guangzhou, it has almost reached the point of exhaustion of munitions, and now that he has received the funding of the Dongying people's arms, Chang Zhenbang is afraid that the grasshoppers after the autumn will not be able to jump for a few days. This is not taking advantage of the presence of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's Sun Monkey, he also has to exert his power, show his face and let these people see that he Li Liejun is also a man, maybe he can capture Guangzhou City.
Seeing him driving away the people, Sun Monkey stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Lie Jun, I have something to say, you let people build a high platform for me." ”
After a while, a high platform was erected, Sun Monkey Dayang was defeated and stood up, and those miserable people who cried and wiped their tears were driven to the front of the high platform.
Sun Monkey said in an official tone: "Fathers and fellow villagers, you have worked hard, for the revolution, you have paid, and when my revolution is successful, I will set up a monument for you!" ”
"Applause! If anyone doesn't applaud, Lao Tzu will let him die now! ”
Lin Hubu of the White Division said viciously, and the people in front had to applaud helplessly.
Sun Monkey said proudly: "Since it is a revolution, then it is better to make a revolution with joy, but it is a big deal that you will be a good man again in 18 years, so you must charge with joy, kill the enemy with joy, and let those hypocritical imperialist newspapers see the revolutionary feelings of our masses, so that the world will know that we are happy to make a revolution, and we are happy, okay, you can go!" The revolution will bless you! ”
Lin Hu immediately drove these people towards the city of Guangzhou, while letting them rush, while scolding and scolding to make them laugh, if anyone dares to sell in front of those unscrupulous reporters, they will kill whom, these people's heavy smiles are really more than crying so that they can't help but shed tears, such a smile was photographed by those reporters on the city tower, it caused a wave of condemnation of Sun Monkey's crime.
This craze for denouncing Sun Monkey spread from Guangzhou to the surrounding provinces and counties, and naturally also spread to Chen Jiongming in Dongjiang, when he saw these newspapers, he couldn't help but crumple them up and shouted: "Ridiculous, really ridiculous, this is a frame-up, a complete frame-up, Mr. Sun, what's going on with such a person!" ”
The adjutant standing on the side couldn't help but say, "Lord Chen, many brothers have escaped today. In less than five days after this continued, our army was gone. ”
Chen Jiongming was stunned for a moment, took a few steps, grabbed the adjutant and said, "Why don't you explain to them the conspiracy of Chang Zhenbang, a reactionary warlord!" This is pouring dirty water on Mr. Sun, and it is pouring dirty water on the revolution. ”
The adjutant sighed, but he didn't go against the grain and dragged Chen Jiongming's hand down, and said, "My lord, you disappointed me too much, Mr. Sun is no longer the original Mr. Zhongshan." Open your eyes and take a good look! Is this monkey worth it for us to do this for him! ”
Chen Jiongming was furious, slapped the adjutant to the ground, and said, "Don't say bad things about Mr. Sun in front of Lao Tzu!" ”
The adjutant got up from the ground and wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, and said with sour tears: "The Tao is different, the brothers are gone, the general takes care!" ”
"Stop! Stop! You and I have been brothers for more than a day, how can you believe such an out-of-tune lie? What about your revolutionary ideals and consciousness! Chen Jiongming grabbed the adjutant's shoulder and said.
The adjutant couldn't help crying anymore, Chen Jiongming wanted to persuade him, but he saw that he fell to the ground all of a sudden, and gritted his teeth while hammering and hitting the ground: "General Chen, I am from Xiangshan, and my younger brother, younger siblings, nephews and old father were all killed by Chang Zhenbang by Li Liejun, a brute. I can't do such a revolutionary brother! ”
Chen Jiongming knew that he was telling the truth, and wanted to advise him a few words, but what position did he stand on? For the revolution, for the revolution, then his whole family became cannon fodder, for brothers?
The word brother only made him feel a sense of powerlessness, like two mountains weighing him down, and after a long time, he said, "You go!" ”
The adjutant left, and also took away Chen Jiongming's enthusiasm, when he walked out of the barracks, he saw that the barracks were full of crows, and it seemed that there was no one else but him.
Chen Jiongming couldn't help crying, after the pain, he changed into civilian clothes and went to Guangzhou, he wanted to see what was going on, he wanted to see all this clearly with his own eyes, and tell the world that all the dirty water was framed.
But when he came to the barracks, he found that the army found some paint, smeared two big blushes on the faces of the people who were going to rush over as cannon fodder, and then smeared red lips, and drove them to the city of Guangzhou again like expelling pigs and dogs. Many people in the city enthusiastically donated money and materials, and many merchant groups spontaneously joined the garrison troops.
"Mr. Sun!" Chen Jiongming couldn't help but rush into Sun Monkey's camp and question. But when he saw Sun Monkey, Li Liejun and a group of Dongying friends discussed military discussions. Sun Monkey glanced at him and said with a smile: "Jiongming, come in and tell you good news, there is a shortage of ammunition in the city of Guangzhou, and we will recover Guangzhou in a few days, and then Jiongming will be the governor of Guangzhou again." ”
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