In a month's time, the map of Hunan, especially the Xiangxi region, should be complete and complete, this is the order issued by Ding Ruchang and representative Zhong Lin to the Hunan intelligence station and the staff office below at the meeting, Ding Ruchang knew very well that Liu Jun wanted this map in the middle of April, so plus other times, the fastest, in late May or early June, Liu Jun will start a war against the Huguang region. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

One month is enough, at least Ding Ruchang thinks this in his heart.

Wuchang, Hubei, the seat of the governor of Huguang, oversaw the military and political power of Hunan, Hubei and part of Jiangxi, and belonged to one of the nine feudal officials of the imperial court. In the Governor's Palace, Duan Fangzheng, who was dressed in the clothes of a first-class official, walked back and forth in his study with an anxious face, and next to his black study, put a telegram, this telegram was sent by the court spies in the Xiangyang area, and the telegram said very clearly, just yesterday afternoon, Duan Qirui entered Wuchang.

Duan Fang, who got the news, was very worried that Liaodong would take action against his place.

For Duan Qirui, although Duan Fang couldn't say that he understood, he knew that this person was a general who Liu Jun had been sitting in Heilongjiang to defend Tsarist Russia, and now, this general was suddenly transferred back to Xiangyang from Heilongjiang, what is the meaning of this, Duan Fang didn't dare to imagine in his heart.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Xiangyang just said that Duan Qirui was here, and didn't say anything else, I don't think there's too much to worry about." The person who spoke was an officer with a slightly fat figure, a treasure knife hanging from his waist, and a bearded face, this person was Zhang Biao, the commander of the defense of Wuchang City, with more than 3,000 people under him, responsible for the security of the Governor's Mansion and the security of the entire Wuchang City.

Duan Fang, who was scurrying around, heard Zhang Biao, a stunned young man, speak like this, and there was an urge to curse in his heart, what kind of opponent is Liu Jun, could he still greet you when he attacks you, think about it, over the years, if he attacks anyone and greets anyone in advance, he is going to go to war, or the battle has been fought for two or three days, so he is not ashamed to shout in the newspaper and telegram. This kind of thing can only be done by Liu Jun.

Therefore, it is understandable that the end side is worried.

This, Zhang Biao was taken aback by Duan Fang's eyes like this, but he still didn't want his boss to run around like a headless fly, besides, there is no need, even if Liaodong wants to attack, don't worry, after all, there are now more than 50,000 British trained troops in the Huguang area, and there are more than 100 British advisers, he Zhang Biao doesn't believe that the British can't beat a Liaodong.

"Your Excellency, your subordinates don't wander around here anymore, we should go to the Britons in the early morning and get some help from them."

This sentence reminded Duan Fang, how did he forget, now he and the British are in a cooperative relationship, the British see their current situation, they will definitely help themselves to defend Liaodong, after turning his eyes a few times, Duan Fang looked at Zhang Biao who was standing in front of him, and then said: "Let's go, let's go to the inn." ”

Xiangyang, a famous historical city, more than 1,000 years of Qina, here is the front line of the Southern Song Dynasty against the Mongol soldiers, in this place, the advance of the Mongol Empire has been dragged back for many years, so that the always arrogant Mongolian Khan Meng Ge also died in this place.

Today, thousands of years have passed, and Xiangyang is still here, but it has been expanded several times and is still being built. Especially after the Liaodong Army occupied here. A large number of official roads and railways were built here.

The Xiangyang City Defense Headquarters was the Xiangyang Prefecture of the original imperial court, and after the Liaodong Army occupied here, it used this place as the headquarters to command and wisdom the Xiangyang area.

In the headquarters, he was originally the commander of the city defense, that is, the position of the commander of the 11th Division of the Ninth Army of the Liaodong Army, and now he has been sat on the ass by Duan Qirui, and Duan Qirui at this moment finally took off the thick cotton jacket and put on a military coat.

Duan Qirui began to rush to China the day after receiving the telegram, and after a continuous trip of nearly eight days, he finally arrived in Xiangyang, and officially took over as the commander of the 21st Corps in Xiangyang and concurrently the head of the military and political affairs in Henan.

On the way back, Liu Jun had already issued an order to Duan Qirui again, and this order made Duan Qirui understand at once what Liu Jun's purpose was for letting him come to Xiangyang, that is, to command his 21st Corps, as well as the 22nd Corps in Xinyang, the 23rd Corps in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and the 24th Corps in Fujian, to attack the area under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Huguang, and the time of the attack has been determined, on May 15th, that is, from today, there are less than two months to go.

Therefore, after receiving this telegram, Duan Qirui began to convene an emergency military meeting after coming to Xiangyang, and came up with a plan, and then reported it to Liu Jun, asking Liu Jun for approval.

Now, the plan has been discussed yesterday, and Duan Qirui is making the final revisions.

Brush....... Seeing that there were no flaws in the plan at all, Duan Qirui signed his name with satisfaction, and then looked at the chief of staff standing directly in front of him, and then smiled: "Sign it, and then we can rest assured after reporting." ”

The chief of staff of the 21st Corps is called Zhang Lin. A native of Shengjing, the day after Liu Jun took Shengjing, Zhang Lin joined the Liaodong Army, and then after hard work, he entered the Lushun Military Academy to study, and after graduation, he began to work in the 21st Corps. He was capable and analytical, so in less than seven years, he went from a lieutenant colonel to the chief of staff of the 21st Corps.

Zhang Lin glanced at Duan Qirui, who was smiling in front of him, nodded slightly, and then quickly signed his name before saying, "Is the plan sent to Baoji?" ”

Saying this, hearing Zhang Lin's question, Duan Qirui nodded, indeed, this plan is to report to Baoji, otherwise, even if he has great ability, he will not dare to give an order to attack Huguang.

"Report to Baoji and ask for the marshal's consent." After throwing down these words, Duan Qirui stood up, walked in front of the map, and began to look at the current topographic map of Hubei and where he would change it as the first attack location in the future. Duan Qirui estimated that once a war broke out on his side, Wang Shizhen's side would launch an attack on Sichuan if he couldn't say it well. (To be continued.) )