There was a terrifying atmosphere in the city of Nanjing, Zhang Xun's pigtailed army had launched more than ten attacks, mountain artillery, field artillery and even siege mortars posed a huge threat to the ancient city walls of Nanjing. At this moment, the army in the city could not even choose a division commander, but despite this, the soldiers' fighting consciousness was still very high, and they stood guard in the streets every day, and as soon as the enemy attacked, they rushed to go without orders; Even in front of the battle, they attacked without command. Needless to say, these soldiers are the remnants of the Eighth Division reorganized by Huang Xing's Nanjing Detention Center.

Feng Guozhang and other Beiyang troops gradually gathered in Nanjing, and the difference in power between the two sides was extremely large, but even in this case, the defense of Nanjing was still fought vigorously, and the Yuan army did not obviously fall behind.

During this period, Bai Wenwei, a veteran of the Kuomintang, led a battalion of guards and about 1,000 gendarmes to Nanjing, which gave great encouragement to Yuan's army in Nanjing. However, when he saw that the battle situation was unfavorable, Bai Wenwei led a small number of people to leave from Shuiximen, while most of the soldiers he brought with him voluntarily stayed in Nanjing, and they were willing to fight with the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Division, and sprinkled their blood in this golden dust of the Six Dynasties.

There were more and more Beiyang troops outside the city, Zhang Xun, Lei Zhenchun, and Feng Guozhang hoarded under the city of Nanjing, and the three troops added up to 20,000 people, and the rebels of the bandit Zhang Zongchang also joined the siege team in the last two days. The battle became white-hot, and the defenders of Nanjing and the Beiyang Army fought fiercely in Yuhuatai, Purple Mountain, Tianbaocheng, Shogunate Mountain and other places, and every position was repeatedly contested, and every piece of land was soaked in blood.

Nanjing Left-behind Mansion, a building with arches and cornices, has a history of 600 years, and was originally the office of the Liangjiang Governor of the Qing Dynasty. It was built in the early years of the Ming Dynasty and was once the Mansion of the Marquis of Guide and the Mansion of the King of Han. In the Qing Dynasty, it was the Jiangning Weaving Administration, the Jiangnan Governor's Office, and the Liangjiang Governor's Office. Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty used it as their palace when they went down to the south of the Yangtze River. The Taiping army occupied Nanjing, renamed Tianjing, and Hong Xiuquan established a very large Tianwang Mansion here. 清军攻破南京后，焚毁了这些宫殿建筑，于同治九年重建了两江总督署。 Lin Zexu, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi, Shen Baozhen, Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong, Duanfang and other famous ministers of the Qing Dynasty all served as governors of Liangjiang.

辛亥革命爆发后，孙中山在此处宣誓就任中华民国临时大总统，并组建了中国历史上第一个共和制的国家政权——中华民国临时政斧。 In April 1912, the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe came to an end, and Yuan Shikai replaced Sun Wen as the provisional president of the Republic of China, and the presidential palace in Nanjing became the current Nanjing Left-behind Mansion.

Now the owner of this place is a twenty-seven-year-old young man, He Haiming, the acting commander of the Yuan army. He wore a major general's uniform, his hair was extremely short-shaved, and he wore a pair of small, round, hard-rimmed glasses.

He is very delicate, even a little feminine, someone once said to him, male and female appearance, the lord of the northern official, fortune tellers concluded that he would be a big official in the north in the future.

He Haiming sat at the desk, his eyes were blue and black, he hadn't slept well for a long time. Although he had the rank of major general, he did not even command a company in battle. This major general was sealed by his old acquaintance Jiang Yiwu, a revolutionary during the Wuchang Uprising, and was later recognized by the political axe of the Republic of China.

This major general was not so much a recognition of his military prowess as a placation of his death sentence by the Manchu court.

It was such a man who had never commanded a battle, and now he commanded the 5,000 defenders of Nanjing in a hard-fought battle.

He Haiming's feminine and virgin appearance was very deceitful, and in fact, as a supporter of the Jacobins, he was no less ruthless than Robespierre, and he did not hesitate to cut off any officers in the army with different intentions, and some even just casually said a few words of stubbornness.

With the 8th Division's unwavering enthusiasm for the revolution, the thick and exaggerated walls of Nanjing, and the revolutionary terror of the Jacobins, the city was still in the hands of He Haiming for the time being, but he did not know how long he could hold out.

Sun Wen ran, Huang Xing ran, Li Liejun ran, Bai Wenwei ran, Xu Chongzhi of Fujian ran, Xiong Kewu of Sichuan ran, Hong Chengdian, Leng Shu, Chen Jiongming???? At the same time, Fujian, Sichuan, Guangdong, and Hunan, which participated in the "Second Revolution", all announced that they would give up their reading power and take over by the Beiyang Army, and the revolutionary party was left with the lonely city of Nanjing and 5,000 soldiers, and he He Haiming, a young man who had always commanded the army, was left to support the overall situation, and he really didn't know how long he could hold out!

After the successive failures of the Yuan army in various places, Yuan Shikai pointed out that "Huang Xing, Chen Qimei, Niu Yongjian, He Haiming, and Cen Chunxuan" were the first-class criminals in this war, and the rest such as "Sun Yat-sen, Zhang Ji, Li Liejun, Bai Wenwei, Tan Renfeng, Chen Jiongming" and others were also wanted. All sectors of society were not optimistic about the "second revolution" and even condemned it as a rebellion.

Some people even directly accused them of using anti-Yuan as an excuse to actually fight for power, and some even scolded them for kidnapping the people of the whole country in the name of revolution, and the so-called "second revolution" is not worthy of being called revolution at all.

Even within the KMT, there were many who objected to the use of force to resolve the "Song case"; As for the "aftermath of the big loan case", most people will know that this is the inevitable way out of financial predicament after thinking about it. After the League was reorganized into the Kuomintang, due to the participation of some miscellaneous small parties, although the momentum was great, the elements were no longer pure, and many old comrades of the League also believed that the revolution had been accomplished.

In a word, the situation at that time was very different from that of the Xinhai Revolution, not to mention that Yuan Shikai's power was even stronger than during the Xinhai Revolution, and most of the Kuomintang did not report hope for the results of the revolution, and the party's military leader Huang Xing's subsequent farewell in Nanjing was not a manifestation of this attitude.

He Haiming couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was really lucky to be listed as a first-class war criminal with his idol Huang Xing??? It's just that the idol has fled to the book, and the fans have to endure the crisis.

He Haiming could see from the eyes of the common people that they did not welcome Yuan Jun, which was in stark contrast to the Xinhai Revolution, when people beat gongs and drums to welcome the revolutionary party and eat pot pulp to welcome Wang Shi.

After the Xinhai Revolution, the Republic of China caused people to feel at ease, and the long-term social turmoil made people look forward to the emergence of a strong leader and a central political axe. As a result, Yuan Shikai has just become the power of stability and a symbol of peace that the people of the whole country are looking forward to. The common people in the market did not take the initiative to accept any revolutionary righteousness, and what they hoped most at that time was that Yuan Shikai could set things right, restore order as soon as possible, and continue to live a peaceful life.

He Haiming knew very well in his heart that ordinary people regarded them as the "three feudatories" of the Kangxi Dynasty, and begging Yuan Jun was a chaotic party in their eyes, and Sun Wen, a well-known revolutionary leader, became a chaotic minister and thief who troubled the Republic of China.

The guards walked in from outside, saluted, and asked, "Commander, are you still shaving your head and face today?" ”

He Haiming nodded quietly, and after a while, a head shaving master walked in with a burden.

A hot towel covered his face, softening his hair and stubble, and the shaver smeared soap bubbles on his face, carefully shaved his face clean, and plucked out his ears with the handle of his knife.

This is a habit that He Haiming developed after coming to Nanjing, no matter how busy he is, he must also clean up his image and make himself look energetic, if he looks decadent, then the emotion of failure will inevitably be transmitted to the soldiers.

In this special period, any negative emotions will be fermented, which in turn will lead to the collapse of the army.

"Commander He, are you comfortable?"

"Yes, comfortable!" He Haiming closed his eyes and enjoyed it, which was also the time when he was most relaxed every day.

"An old friend of yours asked me to greet you for him." The head shaving master said with a smile.

He Haiming asked without thinking, "Who?" ”

"Jiangxi Governor Gao Ming." The head shaving master said calmly while shaving his face.

He Haiming sat up suddenly, and the sharp tip of the knife cut a bloody cut on his face.

The head shaving master hurriedly took out the cotton, He Haiming stared into his eyes and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm a shaved head!" The master's face was calm.

He Haiming snorted coldly: "Say, who are you?" Do things for whom? ”

The head shaving master put his hand into his arms, He Haiming immediately became alert, took out a pistol with lightning speed, and put it against his forehead.

"Commander, you're nervous!" The head shaver slowly took out a small cloth bag from his chest, then spread out his hand to signal that there was no weapon, and then opened it at an extremely slow speed.

Inside is a blue-skinned cipher code book.

"Commander, this is from Governor Gao Mingdu, saying that you may be able to use it."

He Haiming and Gao Ming are old acquaintances, when he was a small follower, he had followed Liu Gong and Jiao Dafeng of the Communist Association, at that time Gao Ming was already a bigwig of the Communist Association, and he was also one of the countless revolutionary predecessors He Haiming once admired. When Gao Ming, Jiao Dafeng, and Liu Gong stole the golden Buddha of the temple in order to raise the funds for the uprising, He Haiming also went to work as a coolie.

After He Haiming calmed down, he said coldly: "He is the governor of Jiangxi, what does it have to do with me in Nanjing?" I am a member of the Kuomintang, although he is a revolutionary predecessor, what does he have to do with me? Then shave my face! ”

The head shaver wiped the blood on his face with a cotton swab, and then smeared the grease to prevent the wound from becoming infected, and said with a smile: "Then does the vice chairman of the Kuomintang have anything to do with you?" ”

He Haiming could no longer pretend to be calm, he was like a child hearing his mother's call, and asked excitedly, "Who are you talking about?" ”

"Vice chairman of the Kuomintang, Jianghuai patrol envoy, Anhui governor Chai Dongliang." The head shaving master slowly uttered a string of illustrious titles.

He Haiming suddenly rose hope, the task of guarding Nanjing had almost crushed him.

He had only read a notice in the newspaper in which the Kuomintang announced that the Jianghuai Parade had made Chai Dongliang join the party and be appointed vice chairman. Now that Sun Wen, chairman of the Kuomintang, has fled to Nanjing, Song Jiaoren, acting chairman of the board of directors, has been assassinated, and Huang Xing, vice chairman of the board of directors, has also fled to Tokyo, Chai Dongliang, vice chairman of the board of directors, is now the highest-ranking leader of the Kuomintang in China??? Nominally, of course. But where does He Haiming understand these things, although he has the title of major general, he seems to be quite capable of bluffing, but he was sealed by Jiang Yiwu in the Shouyi Three Martial Arts, but he was recognized by the national political axe afterwards. He had never participated in a high-level meeting of the Kuomintang, and he was even more unclear about what was going on inside.

After the "Second Revolution", he still wondered why the heroic figure who sent troops to recover Mongolia and thwarted his own Mutiny in Fengtian did not move for a long time? The Jianghuai Army, which can be called the hero of the Southern Army, stood still in Anhui and Jiangxi, and allowed Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun and others to make trouble south of the Yangtze River.

"What orders does Chairman Chai have?" He Haiming felt that he had finally found the organization again, and suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders had been lifted.

The head shaving master smiled and said, "I'm just a head shaver, how do you know so much!" Then he pointed to the codebook: "You better contact the governor directly." ”

He Haiming patted his head and suddenly realized: "Understood, it turns out that Gao Ming, no, Gao Dudu is also a member of our party?" He secretly scolded himself for being too stupid, the Communist Association had already entered the League, how could Gao Ming, as a veteran of the Communist Association, not be a member of the Kuomintang? He should not only be a party member, but also a high-level figure, otherwise how could he become the confidant of Chai Dongliang, vice chairman of the Kuomintang? How could he be appointed as the governor of Jiangxi Province!

The head shaving master had an unfathomable smile on his face: "I don't know about this, but I know that Gao Dudu has always been under the leadership of Vice Chairman Chai." ”

??? Dividing line ???

In the Anhui Military Advisory Office, Chai Dongliang kept sighing, and secretly felt worthless for He Haiming, the Kuomintang bigwigs had run out, and let him have a small fish to top the tank, and he actually mixed up a "first-class war criminal".

However, Chai Dongliang also sincerely admired He Haiming, a person who had never commanded an army, was able to keep the defense of Nanjing City in order, with a lone army of less than 5,000, he resisted the 20,000-day strong attack of the 20,000 Beiyang Army without collapsing, and there was no mutiny and chaos even in the city.

Talents are rare, street writers, you really can't afford to hurt!

"Governor, He Haiming is willing to accept the adaptation, and will incorporate the Yuan army into the sequence of the Jianghuai Army, and at the same time hand over Nanjing City to us!" Gao Ming rushed back to Anqing from Nanchang with a roar.

Chai Dongliang nodded with satisfaction: "This kind of thing needs to be sent into the city to negotiate the details with He Haiming face-to-face, otherwise it is easy to have accidents." ”

Gao Ming volunteered: "I'll go." ”

Chai Dongliang's head shook like a rattle: "No, this kind of thing is too dangerous, what if He Haiming turns his face and doesn't recognize people?" You must not go. ”

He Haiming's heart was ruthless, and Chai Dongliang had heard a little about it, and he would never dare to let Gao Ming take this risk.

Gao Ming smiled faintly and said: "It's still the most suitable for me, after all, I have old friends with him and it is easy to gain trust, now Nanjing City has been besieged for twenty days, and the people in the city are panicking, if I send someone to go, I am worried about mistakes." ”

Chai Dongliang refused to agree with anything, but kept shaking his head.

Gao Ming said: "The love of the governor, I feel the five guilty, but if we are also like Sun Wen, Huang Xing and others, and hide in danger, how long do you think the unity of the Jianghuai Army can be maintained?" ”

Chai Dongliang repeatedly persuaded him, but Gao Ming just didn't listen and insisted on going to the danger in person, which made Chai Dongliang helpless.

"Governor, how can you get in this Nanjing city like a besieged iron bucket?" Gao Ming finally explained Chai Dongliang, and remembered a very real question.

"Okay, what are our planes for? Flying directly from Ma'anshan into the city of Nanjing is the safest way. Chai Dongliang said with a smile.

"Airplanes?" Gao Ming's face turned pale suddenly, and the guillotine couldn't scare him, but as soon as he thought of flying into the air with that monster in his seat, his legs couldn't help but tremble.

"Old master, you still don't want to go!" Chai Dongliang persuaded again.

"This matter has to be me, the governor doesn't need to persuade again!" Gao Ming's teeth trembled up and down, but his tone remained resolute.

Gao Ming took two deep puffs of cigarette, suppressed his heart that almost jumped out of his chest, and then asked: "Dudu, even if He Haiming is willing to accept our adaptation, can the Beiyang Army outside the city let us into the city?" They fought for 20 days, with heavy casualties, and all of them were red-eyed, I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to enter the city at this time! ”

Chai Dongliang sneered: "If they are willing to obediently hand over Jiangsu Province, then that's it, if they don't, I will let the 30,000 Beiyang troops in Jiangnan come and go!" Old master, let me tell you the truth, Tang Xiangming's navy has blocked the Yangtze River, and I will cut off the ferry of the Jinghan Railway just by waiting for my order, and the Beiyang Army in the south of the Yangtze River can't even send a grain or a bullet of supplies, let alone reinforcements, as for Duan Qirui's four divisions of 50,000 people in Wuchang, hum, is that also a soldier? ”

Gao Ming was dumbfounded and said: "The governor can't be brutal, if that happens, won't we become rebels?" ”

Chai Dongliang laughed and said: "The soldiers will recover Jiangsu without blood, this is to maintain the legal system of the Republic of China, and whoever dares to stop it is to destroy the Republic of China??? Don't forget, the Kuomintang still has the majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, and I am still the vice chairman of the Kuomintang! ”

Gao Ming suddenly realized and said with a smile: "It's still the governor of the capital, and the virtual title of the vice chairman of the Kuomintang has also come in handy!" However, don't forget that Sun Wen is the chairman of the Kuomintang, what if he opposes it? ”

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "Now it is Sun Wen and Huang Xing who launched a rebellion, not the Kuomintang who launched a rebellion. If he dares to oppose it, I will initiate the Kuomintang council and expel Sun Wen from the party! ”

Gao Ming was speechless for a moment, he had already known Chai Dongliang's shamelessness, but he didn't expect a person to be shameless to this extent.

"Governor, there is no need to hold any council, Sun Wen has already expelled himself from the party!" Gao Chuguan's voice came from outside.

(To be continued)