Regarding the Eighth Town of the New Army, Chen Wenqiang is not too worried. www.biquge.info As long as the fire of revolution is ignited in Hubei, and there is a tendency to rise, how many of the officers and soldiers whose families are in Hubei and whose families are in Hubei and who have been cut off from retreat will be loyal to the Qing court and desperately return to the war.

I'm afraid that even Zhang Biao will hesitate to take care of his new relatives and family wealth, and surrender or it is not an accident anyway. Moreover, there are still many revolutionary parties in the new army of the Eighth Town, and they have taken advantage of the wavering morale of the army to raise their arms and cry out, even if they cannot win over the Eighth Town in a structured manner, the scattered of the various departments can be expected.

As for the fifth town of Beiyang, Chen Wenqiang pinned his hopes on a telegram from Yuan Datou. If he didn't want the Fifth Town to fall into the south alone, alone and unspeakable, and be annihilated completely; If he wanted to take advantage of the revolutionary rebellion to force the Qing court to abdicate, he would step onto the stage of history......

"Brother Chen-" Li Yuanhong leaned closer, and his title changed, "I heard that there are some bad evaluations of you in the court, saying that you are difficult to control, so you should be more cautious in the future!" ”

Chen Wenqiang looked at Li Yuanhong, smiled faintly, and said: "This is also forced by the times, if there are no strong measures, you can only follow the corrupt government and corrupt officials, and nothing can be done." When Lord Zhang was in Huxiang, if he obeyed the imperial court in everything, what career could he do? ”

"Having said that, I still have to give the court some face!" Li Yuanhong pondered for a while, and kindly reminded: "Governor Chen has just taken office, and you still have an official position in Hubei, so it's better to be perfunctory on the whole." ”

"I invited him to the banquet, but if he didn't come, he would be embarrassed." Chen Wenqiang sneered: "A guy who relies on his wife to eat, I'm too lazy to perfunctory him." ”

"This, his official position is there, although his foundation in Hubei is thin, don't look at him too much!" Li Yuanhong smiled bitterly: "Of course, now the war in the southwest still counts on your arsenal." The court won't do anything to you for the time being. But this is not a long-term plan, I think back then, Li Hongzhang sat in Beiyang, and the court couldn't treat him. But then it wasn't—"

Chen Wenqiang smiled and said, "Brother Li is kind, my brother has received it." Tomorrow I will go to the Governor's Palace. Meet Shangguan. ”

"That's right!" Li Yuanhong raised his glass with a smile and said, "Also, Brother Chen doesn't want to patronize Hunan and throw the brothers in Hubei aside!" ”

"How can it, if you talk about the time of intersection, if you talk about the depth of feelings, Brother Li and I are not outsiders!" Chen Wenqiang smiled sincerely, "Hunan, after all, there are those industries in Chenzhou, and I have to guard against them." It is to guard against the imperial court. It is also to prevent the Revolutionary Party from sitting on the throne. ”

"Understood, understood." Li Yuanhong nodded with a smile and said: "Then Cai Ye is indeed a talent, and the non-commissioned officer students who studied in Japan are still very popular in China." ”

It seems that the matter of training the new army in Hunan cannot be completely concealed, Chen Wenqiang is vigilant in his heart, but if you calculate the time, it will be too late for others to intervene.

For Li Yuanhong. Chen Wenqiang is trying his best to fight for it. Not only is he holding the 21st Mixed Association in his hands, but he is currently the only force in Hubei that can be feared; also because this fat boy is not a simple person.

Hubei was the first in the southeastern provinces to organize and train the new army at that time. Whether it is a foreigner or someone sent by the imperial court to visit. They all praised this unit for its good training. Because of this, Li Yuanhong also had a great reputation in the entire New Army. As a result, at that time, Hubei became the center of military training in the south of the Yangtze River, and Anhui, Hunan, Guangxi, and Guizhou all sent people to Hubei to study and train, and these people had only received Li Yuanhong's education to a greater or lesser extent. In this way, Li Yuanhong's influence is not limited to Hubei.

Although Li Yuanhong had a lower rank than Zhang Biao in the Hubei New Army, his influence was greater than Zhang Biao's, and his prestige was also higher than Zhang Biao's. At that time, he revised some of the teaching materials for the training of new officers and soldiers. The recruit's textbooks have his name on them. This also made his influence even more influential.

When Zhang Zhidong was training the new army, he formed a fleet, with six warships starting with the word "Chu" and four gunboats headed by "Hu", which were also entrusted to Li Yuanhong to manage and used to defend the Yangtze River in Hubei.

Let's look at Li Yuanhong's background. He lived a very difficult life when he was a child, and now it is not easy to have such a high position, so he has a kind of idea of keeping his position. And this is precisely the reason why he is so lenient with the revolutionary party in the army, because he is worried about the emergence of revolutionaries in his army, and he knows that he will definitely be held accountable, and he will definitely be held accountable in the end.

Chen Wenqiang had already seen that although Li Yuanhong did not agree with the revolution, he was not a die-hard Zhongqing faction, he was more open-minded, and he was not an ignorant and conservative person. Moreover, he is afraid of death, which is crucial. Everyone is afraid of death, and this is understandable. However, everyone's fear of death has different expressions, and Li Yuanhong's fear of death is enough to be used.

If Li Yuanhong was a mediocre and incompetent guy, Chen Wenqiang would not bother to pay attention to it at all, and it was precisely because of his talent and prestige that Chen Wenqiang would attach so much importance to it.

As for Li Yuanhong, he felt that Zhang Zhidong, who appreciated and promoted his benefactor, was transferred to the center, and the eighth town was transferred south to suppress the rebel party, and the imperial court seemed to show signs of dividing and disintegrating local forces. At this time, if you want to keep your status and official position, it seems to be a good choice to form a group.

Chen Wenqiang was domineering, but the court just didn't dare to touch him. Why, it's not that he has soldiers, weapons and ammunition in his hands, and the back road of Qiongzhou. What the imperial court is most afraid of is not only these, but is worried that if Chen Wenqiang is forced to be helpless and merge with the revolutionary party, it will be a major event that will be turned upside down.

Of course, Chen Wenqiang doesn't have this intention yet, and the court doesn't dare to let him have this intention. In the fifth town of Beiyang and the eighth town of Hubei in the south, Chen Wenqiang was responsible for most of the ammunition supply. Although Chen Wenqiang unceremoniously demanded a lot of money and a handful of goods, the quality of ammunition and materials was guaranteed, and the price was lower than that of imports. And a guy with a bad heart, a guy who colludes with the party, will do this?

Now not only the imperial court has to tolerate Chen Wenqiang, but even Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong have turned a blind eye, not speaking ill of Chen Wenqiang, and writing letters asking him to take more care of the new army in these two towns.

Infernal Affairs played like this, Chen Wenqiang didn't feel much surprised. He was not a pure revolutionary in the first place, nor was he a constitutionalist through and through, but a combination of the two, or a sublimation and enhancement of both.

Although others do not see it that way, such as the revolutionary party as the backbone and backbone, and the constitutionalists regard him as the standard-bearer, Chen Wenqiang knows his own darkness in his heart.

Perhaps it was his dark and diverse means that made up for the shortcomings of the revolutionary party, and what was lacking was naturally the lack of insight into human nature and intrigues...... (To be continued.) )