On the eve of the Great War, even the Liberation Society held a lot of meetings. Since Qiu Jin was wounded in the attack on Hangzhou, this was the first time he had participated in the operational meeting of the Liberation Society. The wound that was sutured after the surgeon was no longer painful, but was replaced by an occasional tingling and a tingling sensation, which the doctor said was the sensation of healing. Qiu Jin is an acute child, and since the wound has begun to heal completely, she took the initiative to ask to come out to do something. Tao Chengzhang and Xu Xilin naturally disagreed. Qiu Jin said that she finally came to the meeting.

There's no time to press for now, and I don't have time to say so much. Tao Chengzhang just introduced everyone to each other, and immediately convened a combat meeting. Unlike the last attack on Hangzhou, half of the members of the meeting, Qiu Jin, did not know each other. Qiu Jin heard what the names of these people were, such as the Chief of Staff, the Intelligence Bureau, etc., it should be that the Liberation Society had set up a staff department, an intelligence department, a logistics department and other departments. There are similar bodies in the BJP. Chen Ke once told Qiu Jin that this kind of organizational structure itself is not unique, and that China has had similar military institutions since ancient times.

Qiu Jin looked at the people in the conference hall, most of them were a little sluggish, and a few looked energetic, but they were obviously restless and restless. In addition to those in civilian clothes, there were also people who wore the uniforms of the New Army without their collar badges and cockades. Xu Xilin once said that Rui Fang, the governor of Liangjiang in Nanjing, ordered Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangnan, to kill the revolutionaries, and recently many revolutionaries in the Jiangnan New Army escaped from the tiger's mouth and went to Hangzhou, which greatly increased the military strength of the Guangfuhui.

While looking at the venue, Qiu Jin heard a cadre ask, "Tao Gong, it's time to contact the People's Party and let the People's Party send a medical team to help in the war." ”

Unlike last time, there are no more cadres who have made irresponsible remarks about the BJP. As if they had never spoken ill of the People's Party, the people of the Liberation Congregation simply and earnestly made this rather reasonable request.

"Well, Bethsun, who is to be sent for this?" Tao Chengzhang asked with a rather dignified expression.

Qiu Jin felt that the tone of this expression was a little familiar, and after thinking for a while, she remembered that she was actually somewhat similar to Chen Ke. However, Chen Ke didn't mean it, he was just more indifferent, when talking about business, there was a kind of calmness that was completely incommensurate with his age, and he couldn't help but have a little doubt when he spoke, plus Chen Ke's status, so it gave people a more majestic illusion. In fact, Qiu Jin knew that Chen Ke would often show a heartless smile, looking like a teenager. Compared with Chen Ke, Tao Chengzhang really has a majestic appearance.

Tao Chengzhang didn't know Qiu Jin's perception, and he didn't have any thoughts of imitating Chen Ke in his heart. During the first Anqing Campaign, Tao Chengzhang followed Chen Ke's headquarters. When Chen Ke commanded the battle, he didn't say much, no less, and that confident look opened Tao Chengzhang's eyes. The habit of storytelling describes capable commanders as "calm" when commanding thousands of troops, and this is the first time that Tao Chengzhang has been able to connect imaginary content with real people. After that, when giving orders, Tao Chengzhang often remembered Chen Ke's appearance. If he deliberately imitated it, then naturally he didn't, but if Tao Chengzhang was not influenced by Chen Ke, it was not entirely correct.

Xu Xilin listened to Tao Chengzhang's question, and he thought for a moment before answering: "Let Chen Boping go." ”

Tao Chengzhang nodded, "Okay." Let Chen Boping go. Bosson, go and arrange it now. ”

As soon as Xu Xilin left, Tao Chengzhang began to continue to give orders, and he didn't care whether Xu Xilin, the main cadre, was present or not, which made Qiu Jin feel quite surprised. Qiu Jin actually doesn't understand military affairs, so let her rectify discipline, implement military training, and lead the death squad to charge, Qiu Jin can do it. Qiu Jin didn't understand the arrangement of the entire military plan. She listened carefully, but she couldn't understand many things. After Tao Chengzhang finished speaking, someone got up and asked, "Tao Gong, do you still have to issue guns and ammunition before this war?" ”

"Everyone was already tired from the march, and they collectively transported guns and ammunition to Nanjing, and the guns and ammunition were reissued when they arrived in Nanjing. Unnecessary toil is spared. Tao Chengzhang's answer was very simple.

Qiu Jin saw it clearly, and a look of disappointment immediately appeared on the face of the person who spoke. However, there was a faint look of ridicule on the faces of many veteran cadres of the Liberation Society. The speaker was the new leader of the Hui Party, from Quanzhou. There are more than 300 people under his command, which is not a small strength. However, there were only about 40 guns. Therefore, among the people who want to replenish their weapons the most, he is one of the representative figures.

If he had no experience before, Tao Chengzhang was afraid that he would really be able to arm these places with more guns. The current situation does not allow Tao Chengzhang to do this. Even if a large amount of weapons and ammunition were seized in Hangzhou, it was still insufficient to provide unified equipment for the nearly 10,000 troops that had been gathered. At the previous meeting, Tao Chengzhang slightly revealed the idea of issuing weapons to other armed forces, and the old cadres of the Liberation Society blew up the nest. Everyone has a good reason, "These weapons were captured by everyone desperately in Hangzhou, why should they be given to those who picked up the bargain later?" ”

This is very reasonable, even if Tao Chengzhang knows that the cadre who said this has his own selfishness, he has no way to refute it in principle. This is indeed not a fact that Tao Chengzhang can deny. In the end, the result of the discussion was that if you want a weapon, you can make a difference in battle. The Liberation Society gave the opportunity to participate in the battle with other revolutionary comrades on an equal footing.

"Then how to march, when to start attacking Nanjing." Seeing that they couldn't get weapons and equipment before the battle, the leaders of the other guild parties simply began to ask about the time of the attack.

"Three days later, the troops will be dispatched, and everyone will be distributing food by then. After getting the food, everyone set off for Jinling. In Hangzhou, except for the wounded soldiers and the remaining garrison troops, Hangzhou will no longer be left behind. Either kill the enemy before the battle, or go straight home. Hiding behind is absolutely impossible. "Tao Chengzhang's method is simple enough, the teams everywhere do not bring their own food, as long as the Liberation Society can jam the food supply, absolutely no one can rely on Hangzhou to eat white food.

Qiu Jin didn't know what was going on, two months ago in the Battle of Hangzhou, Tao Chengzhang still had enough tolerance before the campaign was launched, at that time Tao Chengzhang would rather suffer a loss himself, and would not do it so desperately. But that's what Tao Chengzhang is doing now. And to Qiu Jin's surprise, Tao Chengzhang actually publicly ordered to solve the matter, "Xuanqing, you are injured and can't go to Nanjing." I want you to be responsible for the affairs of Hangzhou together with Mr. Zhang Taiyan Zhang. If they don't listen to Mr. Zhang's dispatch and refuse to fight, let them leave Hangzhou. If you don't leave, you don't have to be polite. ”

"Yes." Qiu Jin replied with some hesitation. After saying this, Qiu Jin couldn't help but look outside the door, Xu Xilin was not here, which made Qiu Jin feel extremely uneasy. Tao Chengzhang's performance was too unexpected.

Xu Xilin was talking to Chen Boping at this time, and in order to avoid the eyes and ears of others, they deliberately chose a secluded room. There were six young people at the meeting, and Xu Xilin was clearly their leader.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to go with you this time to Anhui. Whatever differences the People's Party in Anhui may have with you, I hope that you will abandon those ideas. After asking Chairman Chen Ke to send a medical team, you don't need to come back for the time being, and concentrate on learning the knowledge and means of how to govern a place in Anhui. ”

The young people did not express any surprise at Xu Xilin's words. Instead, they all nodded their heads to indicate that they had heard.

"If Zhejiang continues like this, something big will definitely happen. Tao Gong is now determined to implement the electoral system, if the world is peaceful, his method may still work. Now everyone can see that there was no one in the Manchu Qing Dynasty who responded to the revolution at all, and no matter whether Jinling could be conquered this time, the whole country of Jiangsu would never rise up. If the Manchu Qing sent troops to Zhejiang, the only one we could rely on would be us. ”

Xu Xilin said in a hurry, this is the only thing he can do now. Learn from the BJP how to govern the local government and build a strong government like the BJP. At the internal meetings of the Liberation Society, Xu Xilin repeatedly suggested learning from the People's Party. Tao Chengzhang is not completely opposed to Xu Xilin's proposal, but Tao Chengzhang himself is against a "strong government". Chen Ke's super-powerful government is fundamentally in conflict with Tao Chengzhang's ideal of a "small government."

So no matter how Xu Xilin suggested and lobbied, Tao Chengzhang was still unmoved. Xu Xilin retreated to the next best thing, and let the launch of the Nanjing Campaign be postponed to complete the unification of Zhejiang first. Tao Chengzhang resolutely opposed this, and he even accelerated the pace of organizing and launching the Nanjing Campaign, which seemed to be a little persecuted in many places. This is obviously another way to express an attitude against Xu Xilin.

The disagreement between the two giants within the Restoration Society also affected the main cadres of the Liberation Society, and in this regard, Xu Xilin did not have the support of the majority, which made Xu Xilin extremely disappointed. Since he was unable to realize his ideas here in Tao Chengzhang and within the Restoration Society, Xu Xilin had to rely on his trusted youth to go to Anhui to "learn from experience". Xu Xilin decided that as long as the Nanjing Campaign was over, he would leave the center of the Restoration Society, whether it was Shaoxing or Anhui or other places, in short, Xu Xilin must build a firm base and come out.

"Mr. Xu, since Tao Gong has always refused to accept advice, why do you have to participate in the Battle of Jinling? Now that there is a lot of chaos in all parts of the place, wouldn't it be better for you to go down and straighten out these places. Chen Boping asked.

"Peping, I must participate in this battle of Jinling. At this time, Tao Gong needs people, and I must not pick at this time. Xu Xilin answered categorically.

Chen Boping couldn't help but say, "Mr. Xu, don't you understand? Why are your proposals consistently rejected at meetings? The cadres who have no opinion do not know how to unite the local forces, so they can only adopt this model of local self-government. Those cadres who have considerable influence at the local level, if they now have a strong government that governs the whole of Zhejiang, they will not be able to guarantee their strong position in the local area in the future. Mr. Xu, these people are now putting their own interests on their heads, and you now claim to be the commander of the Guangfu Army, but in fact, there are many people who disobey you. Why do you ask for such hardship? ”

Chen Boping is Xu Xilin's hardcore, not only has he followed Xu Xilin since the Anhui period, but he also firmly supports Xu Xilin's political views. As for the struggle within the Liberation Society, Chen Boping saw it very clearly.

The young people who were with Chen Boping did not have Chen Boping's insight, and when they heard this, their faces changed greatly.

"Pepin, you are not allowed to say such things to me in the future." Xu Xilin stopped Chen Boping's speech without saying a word. Looking at Chen Boping's excited expression, Xu Xilin couldn't help but say: "Peping, since I have promised to be revolutionary, I will no longer take my own safety into account. There are already many people who say that I am hiding behind and greedy for life and afraid of death, and this time I must go to the front. Everyone is dead, what can't I Xu Xilin die? ”

"Mr. Xu......" Chen Boping couldn't hold back any longer, and just said the beginning, he was interrupted by Xu Xilin again.

"Peping, I just have different opinions with Tao Gong, but it is not Tao Gong who suppresses me because of selfishness. You must not be mistaken about this, let alone be instigated by others. Although Tao Gong is more domineering, he is by no means a selfish person. You are not allowed to go out and talk nonsense in the future. ”

"Even if Tao Gong is selfless, he doesn't just do whatever he wants." Chen Boping still can't accept Xu Xilin's statement.

"So I asked you to go to Anhui to study for me, and after we finished our studies, we went to the local area to implement our ideas. If you really think we're doing the right thing, you shouldn't think about it that much. Do what I have to say. ”

Finally persuaded Chen Boping and others, Xu Xilin hurried back to the conference hall. At this time, the meeting was over, Tao Chengzhang was waiting for Xu Xilin, and when he saw him coming back, he pulled Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin to discuss privately. Also sitting with Zhang Taiyan was Zhang Taiyan, and the main cadres of the Restoration Society were basically all there.

Xu Xilin thought that Tao Chengzhang would go straight to the point and criticize Xu Xilin's views again. Unexpectedly, Tao Chengzhang actually briefly introduced the content of the meeting first, Tao Chengzhang said that he didn't care too much about the medical team, compared with the medical team that was destined to arrive on time, Tao Chengzhang had a mountain of things to care about. Soldiers need food and grass, and the Liberation Army cannot fight with broadswords and spears. Anyway, we have to issue weapons and ammunition to the main forces. Because Tao Chengzhang himself doesn't know how many people he has under him. Even with heroes like Tao Chengzhang who traveled all over Zhejiang, they still failed to remember the names of all the leaders of the troops under the "Liberation Army".

Of course, Tao Chengzhang didn't know, he couldn't help but subconsciously compare Chen Ke with him, and he had a general understanding of the situation of the commanders and political commissars above the company level of the People's Party. Most of the company-level commanders, Chen Ke probably knew these names. This is not because Chen Ke has a strong ability to read and remember, but the recurring names in a large number of documents, and the events associated with them, make it easier for Chen Ke to remember these commanders and political commissars.

But Tao Chengzhang also admitted that it was indeed not good to be able to manage all the troops under the command of the Liberation Society. But Tao Chengzhang himself can't help it, he has traveled all over the place, although he has seen many people, and more news has been heard. Even if you have heard the name of a certain hero, because these heroes are also walking all over the place, the information you get is not accurate. Not to mention, names, titles, and nicknames, these heroes are very "exquisite" in these places. It is likely that there are heroes with different images in several places, but in fact, they are one person. For example, Zhou Congwen, a heroic man from Wenzhou, in Wenzhou, he is the leader of a local merchant group escort team, and everyone calls him Zhou Zhiyong, and in Jinhua, he is called Zhou Zhiyong, mainly in the medicinal materials business. In Hangzhou, he was a businessman named He Yongshan, who sold everything. On the contrary, there is a heroic man named Liu Xuhu in Ningbo, who is famous for his heroic heroes. In fact, there are two heroes using this name, one is a local enlightened faction from a martial arts person, and the other is a gangster who has a bit of a thief's taste, doing some dart escort business, and also doing some business that is not very visible.

For various reasons and ideas, heroes who are out there will not easily tell others their true information. Tao Chengzhang has traveled all over the world by himself, and he also has a lot of names. Many times, he heard others say that XXX has XXX heroes, but it is actually Tao Chengzhang himself. All kinds of things are put on Tao Chengzhang's head, even if Tao Chengzhang doesn't know about these things at all.

When a large number of heroes who had been watching before gathered in Hangzhou, Tao Chengzhang initially had to meet one by one, probing, persuading, and integrating, and soon he found that he did not have so much time and energy. Before deciding to send troops, Tao Chengzhang had to adopt a more radical approach, that is, publicly announcing rewards and punishments. Anyone who is willing to play as a striker will be rewarded. Those who bravely contribute in battle will be rewarded afterwards.

After saying this, Tao Chengzhang finally told Xu Xilin and others his true thoughts on launching the Nanjing Campaign. In Xu Xilin's view, a group of rabble, unorganized and undisciplined, launched a revolutionary war with passion, suffered heavy losses, and may not succeed. It's a huge waste that doesn't make sense. However, Tao Chengzhang precisely believes that this kind of anti-Qing action from the people is in line with the Guangfu Society's "Restore the Han nationality, return my rivers and mountains, promise the country with his body, and retire with success." ". Zhejiang people spontaneously overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then spontaneously established a Zhejiang government in Zhejiang, this is Tao Chengzhang's real idea, and this kind of thing is also the best. Tao Chengzhang wanted to become the revolutionary father admired by everyone in Zhejiang, but he did not want to establish a government under his own leadership. For Tao Chengzhang, this is a moral issue.

If others say so, Xu Xilin may not believe it. But when Tao Chengzhang said that it was a "moral issue", Xu Xilin believed it. "Brother Huanzhang, don't worry, I can trust you." Xu Xilin said firmly.

"Thank you, Berson. I now have something I want to entrust to you, this time to attack Nanjing, our Liberation Army should be the vanguard. Xuanqing is injured, can you lead the troops? Tao Chengzhang said to Xu Xilin.

"Okay." Xu Xilin replied. In fact, he also knew Tao Chengzhang's thoughts, Tao Chengzhang had always doubted whether Xu Xilin was a real revolutionary party, and Tao Chengzhang even suspected that Xu Xilin wanted to be a big official himself, and he didn't dare to take on the task of fighting at all. Xu Xilin originally felt that he would simply fight to the death on the front line, even if he died in battle, he could prove that he was not a greedy person who was afraid of death at all.

Without waiting for Qiu Jin and Zhang Taiyan to interject, Tao Chengzhang clapped the board, "Then I will hand over the death squad of our Restoration Society to Bosun." ”