Shi Dekuan was dressed in the uniform of the Anhui New Army, but the word "picket" was written on the red embroidered hoop on his left arm. This young man, born in 1885, is just 22 years old this year. The four members of the Yue Wang Club who followed behind Shi Dekuan didn't look very happy. The group walked silently on the streets of Anqing. It is not yet the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and if it is a year, the streets should be extremely lively. Amid the sporadic sound of firecrackers, children are running around the streets, and it is time for businessmen to open their doors. Now, with few pedestrians on the streets and shops locked, the bustling city of Anqing seems to have become a dead city.

When the group patrolled to the vicinity of the Anqing Governor's Yamen, they saw some people in long robes surrounding the gate of the Governor's Yamen and asked to see Chen Duxiu and Chen Dashuai of the Revolutionary Army. The guards stopped the caftis and prevented them from entering. Seeing this situation, several people who were with Shi Dekuan couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Those damn people's parties. ”

Shi Dekuan did not answer, he served as a picket in the Yue Wang Society, and was responsible for the internal discipline of the Yue Wang Society. These gentry surrounded the gate of the Anqing Revolutionary Government, and this was not an internal dispute. Shi Dekuan and his comrades bypassed this group of people and continued their patrol work.

"Dekuan, let's go south." Someone persuaded.

When Shi Dekuan heard this, his pace slowed down for a moment and then became firm and powerful. The person who spoke saw that Shi Dekuan didn't listen to persuasion at all, and hurriedly caught up with two steps and grabbed Shi Dekuan. "Dekuan, that's what those parties do. And it's just a visit to the kiln, why are you so serious? In this war, we still have to rely on the people under the Hui Party. ”

"The revolutionary army is not allowed to stay in prostitution, I don't care as a picket, who cares?" Shi Dekuan asked.

"What's the use of you managing it so many times? Those people are dying of hating you. Who has supported you? The comrade who had just spoken looked at Shi Dekuan with a gaze that hated iron and steel. Several other members of the picket also looked at them unkindly.

"In the past, there were people who abducted female students, and after the party entered the city, they gambled and prostituted. What the hell is going on with this revolution? I can't manage the People's Party, but I can always manage the Party, right? There was irrepressible anger in Shi Dekuan's voice.

At this moment, a new army signal soldier rushed from behind, and after seeing Shi Dekuan, the signal soldier shouted: "Mr. Shi, Chen Dashuai, please go back." ”

The comrades who dissuaded Shi Dekuan immediately became much more relaxed when they heard this. Shi Dekuan glanced at the signal soldier indignantly, but he did not refuse this order. Turning around, Shi Dekuan walked back the way Fang Cai came.

The Anhui governor's yamen is much more lively than the street. The people of the Yue Wang Association went in and out of each room, and this kind of complicated scene can calm people's mood. The lobby of the governor's yamen still maintains its majestic original, and Shi Dekuan walked through the lobby into the back hall, and the layout of the back hall has changed greatly. The main and guest seats have been moved, and the room is made of three square tables to form a long table, and the first person sitting in the first place is Chen Duxiu, the marshal of the current Anhui Revolutionary Government. On either side of Chen Duxiu were Bai Wenwei and Chang Hengfang, the two major cadres of the Yue Wang Society. Sitting down were some other cadres. Some of the leaders of the congregations sat in lower positions.

Chen Duxiu was talking to Bai Wenwei and Chang Hengfang, and as soon as they saw Shi Dekuan coming in, the three of them stopped talking.

"Dashuai, what is the matter with calling me?" Shi Dekuan asked.

"Dekuan, I remember that you are from Shouzhou." Chen Duxiu asked.

"Shouzhou Shijia Jiren." Shi Dekuan gave a more accurate answer.

Bai Wenwei took over Chen Duxiu's words, "We are going to appoint you as a representative to go to Fengtai County to talk with the People's Party." It's too unreasonable for the People's Party to kidnap schoolgirls, not only you go, but some gentry will go with you. ”

Hearing this, Shi Dekuan felt refreshed, and his voice was much louder, "When will you leave?" ”

Bai Wenwei replied: "I will leave tomorrow." You go and prepare now. ”

"Yes!"

Watching Shi Dekuan leave quickly, Bai Wenwei had a relieved look. And the leaders of the party looked at Shi Dekuan's back with a disgusted look.

In 1905, Bai Wenwei taught gymnastics at Anhui Public School in Wuhu, and Chen Duxiu also taught part-time at the public school. After returning, Bai Wenwei contacted Chen Duxiu, Chang Hengfang and other advanced students in Anhui Public School to establish the Yue Wang Association. Yue Wang Hui means to worship the spirit of Yue Wang Jing Zhong to serve the country, and the address is in the Guanyue Temple in Wuhu at that time. In July and August 1905, the Yue Wang Association was officially born. More than 30 people participated in the organization at the beginning, and the first meeting was held to read the oath at the Guandi Temple in Wuhu. And rented two rooms in Wuhu as a contact point. Most of the leaders of the Yue Wang Association also accepted the political program of the Alliance, and the main leading members except Chen Duxiu all participated in the Alliance, and the ordinary members also joined collectively.

In October 1905, Bai Wenwei was invited by Zhao Sheng of Nanjing to go to the Ninth Town of the New Army to serve as the former officer of the second battalion of the 33rd standard. In winter, Chang Hengfang went to Anqing to serve as the director of Shangzhi Academy. As a result, the Yue Wang Association was divided into three departments, the one in Wuhu was the general meeting, with Chen Duxiu as the president, Nanjing and Anqing as the two branches, and Bai Wenwei and Chang Hengfang as the branch ministers.

By the end of February 1907, less than two years had been born this revolutionary organization, a few days later than the founding of the People's Party.

After experiencing the Battle of Anqing, the top and bottom of the Yue Wang Society already knew that compared with the People's Party formed by Chen Ke, the strength of the Yue Wang Hui was by no means a little bit different. Bai Wenwei was not able to witness the siege war launched by the People's Party, but he was able to capture Anqing in one night, and this kind of fierce battle shocked Bai Wenwei. When he saw with his own eyes the traces of battle everywhere in Anqing City, large patches of blood, corpses, and black traces left by grenade explosions, all showing the fierceness and cruelty of the battle. The People's Party, which has such an armed force, is by no means something that the current Yue Wang will be able to challenge. In order to be able to improve the strength of the Yue Wang Society as soon as possible, they had to win over the Hui Party as soon as possible.

"Mr. Bai, isn't it time to pay today's military salary?" One of the leaders of the Hui Party who was sitting at the bottom of the meeting asked unashamedly.

Since someone raised the head, the other leaders of the Hui Party immediately began to follow up, "Yes, this is the New Year, why do the brothers have to have double copies, right?" ”

Bai Wenwei has to get used to this kind of performance of the party, and these days the party has not done anything other than asking for money. He didn't even get angry anymore, but said calmly: "Didn't you say that you would be paid every three days?" ”

Regarding Bai Wenwei's statement, the leaders of the Hui Party did not accept it at all, "Mr. Bai, you have taken Anqing, where is the lack of this money?" Give the brothers a double salary, and when the war starts, the brothers are willing to work hard. ”

"Huh? Ladies and gentlemen, we have already discussed the salary every three days, so we have to talk about the spirit of the rivers and lakes, right? Bai Wenwei has long been tired of dealing with these parties, and his tone is a little impatient when he sees that the parties are not relenting.

Hearing Bai Wenwei's tone become very unpolite, a party leader suddenly slapped the table and said loudly: "Mr. Bai, I think you are just a mouthful!" Our brothers followed you from birth to death, and you refused to even give up this idea, what do you mean? Think we're good to pass by, don't you? ”

"You show me some respect." Before the leader of the party could continue, Fan Chuanjia had already taken the case. "When did we owe you the wages we owed you? You were born and died, and you have fought so far? Or have you done something? Do we just talk about it? I think you're the ones who can talk! ”

The leader of the Hui Party did not expect that King Yue, who had always been polite to them, would suddenly become tough. Fan Chuanjia was wearing the uniform of the new army, with a pistol in his waist, and he stood up majestic. Fang just scolded Bai Wenwei for "just talking with his mouth", and the party leader did not dare to directly confront Fan Chuanjia.

He turned his head not to look at Fan Chuanjia's angry eyes, but to look at Chen Duxiu, "Chen Dashuai!" When this voice came out, the voice of the leader of the party seemed to be greatly wronged, "Is this how you treat your brothers?" What do you have to say, to make it so vicious, are you asking us to help you revolutionize? Aren't you afraid of chilling everyone's hearts by doing this? ”

Chen Duxiu couldn't do anything about such a thing that would happen every few days. looked at Anqing, but Chen Duxiu's joy could not last for a few days at all. He suddenly found that Anqing had become a hot potato, not the starting point of the revolution as he had thought before.

When the People's Party retreated, about 300 people from the Anhui New Army defected to the People's Party, and they withdrew to Fengyang Mansion with the People's Party. The total strength of the Anhui New Army used to be more than 4,000 people, and more than 300 people defected to the People's Party under the leadership of Pu Guanshui, but after the war, another 300 people left, plus those who were killed in battle, wounded, and those who refused to defect to the revolution and fled. The army at the hands of King Yue was less than 1,800 men. These 1,800 people had a great hard time defending Anqing, let alone organizing any expeditions.

Without troops, the Yue Wang Society could only rely on the manpower of the Hui Party. But the party wants money in addition to money. The war was not fought, and the Yue Wang Society had to engage in a "war" with the party first.

Originally, in the plan of the Yue Wang Society, the gentry near Anqing were the ones they could fight for. Through the gentry's "donations", the Yue Wanghui could scrape together a sum of money, which was used to hire the armed forces of the local guild parties. It is also possible to open up the situation temporarily.

But the People's Party's abduction of girls' school students gave Yue Wang a headache. From Chen Ke's point of view, female students are naturally more likely to succumb to the power of reality, and what is needed in the base area is intellectuals who can honestly be people's teachers, rather than a group of stunned young men who do not belong to the camp of the People's Party and have read books. But from the perspective of the parents of female students, their views are completely different. The gentry who are willing to pay for their daughters to study are absolutely distressed by their daughters. Now Anqing has gone through a military disaster, and his daughter is not alive or dead. The gentry naturally refused to cooperate with the Yue Wang Society, which occupied Anqing. Not only did they refuse to cooperate, but they first asked King Yue to hand over their daughter.

The BJP retreated extremely quickly and took all the horses from the horse camp. When King Yue learned that the People's Party's troops had completely withdrawn from Anqing, they only hoped that the People's Party would move as quickly as possible. In the first few days of taking charge of Anqing, King Hou Yue would be completely immersed in a kind of ecstasy, and it was not until Chen Duxiu and other cadres of the Wuhu Association that King Yue would arrive in Anqing that the situation could be regarded as initially stabilized.

During this period, the revolutionary comrades of the Guangfuhui in Anqing City had all withdrawn to Chizhou on the south bank of the Yangtze River under the deliberate exclusion of the Yue Wanghui. It was not until more than 30 gentry "visited" Chen Duxiu, the revolutionary government of Anqing, at the beginning of the Chinese New Year's Eve and inquired about the whereabouts of their daughter, that Yue Wanghui learned that the People's Party had abducted more than 200 female students.

Chen Duxiu immediately sent people to chase the People's Party troops, but he didn't even see a shadow. Since then, the Yue Wang Society has been in a dilemma, if it is true to the gentry that it is the People's Party that defeated Anqing, the Yue Wang Society has not played any role in it at all. The gentry simply would not believe it. They had never heard of the organization of the People's Party, and why did the People's Party withdraw immediately after defeating Anqing, and hand over Anqing to Yue Wanghui for nothing? There is no such reason in the whole world.

But about the matter of female students, Yue Wanghui is indeed behind the black cauldron.

In order to solve this matter, Yue Wanghui had to send Shi Dekuan to the People's Party's territory dignitaries. Of course, Shi Dekuan, as a picket, has always been strict in discipline, which offended the leader of the Hui Party. Sending Shi Dekuan out is also a consideration.