With the silence of a burst of crackling firecrackers, Sun Wei's pharmaceutical factory was finally officially launched, the name of the pharmaceutical factory is Yuanheng Pharmaceutical Factory, Yuanheng two words out of the "Book of Changes" Qiangua hexagram, the original text is: Qian, Yuan Henry Zhen.

Since the "Yi Chuan", the ancients interpreted these four characters, most of them are one word and one teasing, thinking that it represents the four basic properties of the Qiangua, often extended to the four seasons, the four virtues, etc., the words of each family are different, and the yuan symbolizes the beginning of a thing, corresponding to spring, the germination of plants; Heng symbolizes the growth of a thing, corresponding to summer, the growth of plants.

Sun Wei named his pharmaceutical factory with the word Yuan Heng, which means that his power will start and develop from this small pharmaceutical factory, which is the beginning of all his ambitions.

At noon on November 10, Sun Wei issued a declaration of oath on the Zhonghe Gate of Wuchang City, announcing the establishment of a task force for the recovery of Nanjing, appointing Zhao Chengwu as the commander-in-chief of the task force, and boarding the ship to march to Nanjing on the same day.

In the morning, Sun Wei summoned Zhao Chengwu and Wu Shuqing respectively in the Governor's Mansion, summoning Zhao Chengwu was indeed for official business, but summoning Wu Shuqing was not enough for outsiders.

When Zhao Chengwu was summoned, Sun Wei instructed him that the biggest purpose of the joint attack on Nanjing at the invitation of Huang Xing was to train the troops, so that these recruits who had not gone through the war could receive a baptism of blood. This attack on Nanking did not require much merit, and the casualties of the soldiers should be minimized.

Sun Wei also instructed Zhao Chengwu to attack Nanjing this time, with the Qing army in Nanjing City unable to resist the attack of the coalition army at all, so this attack on Nanjing City is certain, but this so-called coalition army is not single-minded, each ministry has its own plan, before conquering Nanjing, everyone can still work together, but once the coalition army enters Nanjing City, it will collapse, and the coalition army is likely to fight within its own people for its own interests.

Sun Wei said to Zhao Chengwu that if they make trouble, let them make trouble, since someone comes to uphold justice, they should not be forceful, and after the task force enters Nanjing, it must first control the Jinling Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, disassemble and load the machinery of the manufacturing bureau as soon as possible, and if someone stops it, it can use force.

Hearing Sun Wei's instructions, Zhao Chengwu disagreed, and couldn't stop slandering Sun Wei in his heart: "Do you think that the revolutionary party is like a warlord like you, and only thinks about itself, and the real revolutionary party is selfless, how can it kill each other for its own interests." ”

But Zhao Chengwu didn't dare to say it, some time ago, because he slandered Sun Wei for having a warlord style, Sun Wei was idle for a long time, otherwise it would not be Tan Feng who was not as qualified as himself but himself.

Zhao Chengwu is an anxious person who shows everything on his face, which is also where Sun Wei takes a fancy to Zhao Chengwu, such a person is easy to control. Sun Wei saw Zhao Chengwu's expression and knew that he was slandering himself, Sun Wei no longer broke it, only by letting Zhao Chengwu see the current situation of the coalition army with his own eyes would Zhao Chengwu understand how reasonable what he said.

After sending Zhao Chengwu away, Sun Wei came to the courtyard where he lived for Yang Yi, and Wu Shuqing led her inseparable sister Liang Quanfang to chat happily with Yang Yuying.

When the girls saw Sun Wei come in, they all stood up, and Yang Yuying said, "Brother Xu, Sister Shuqing has been waiting for you once, why did you come now?" Sun Wei said: "Isn't this about to go on the expedition, there are more things to come a little later." ”

Wu Shuqing said: "I'm directing the sisters to pack up, what are you looking for me for?" Because she is about to go on the expedition, Wu Shuqing is wearing a military uniform, but she has a heroic demeanor, and Sun Wei is more and more fond of this outspoken female pipe belt.

Seeing that Wu Shuqing's beautiful dress was a little distracted, Sun Wei said: "What can you do now, of course, it's a matter of going on the expedition." Wu Shuqing said: "What is there to say about the expedition?" Sun Wei said: "I heard that you were very brave in Wushengguan last time. Referring to his glorious history, Wu Shuqing came to the spirit and said: "Of course, if it weren't for your order not to attack, I would have been able to attack Xinyang and capture Yuan Shikai alive." ”

Sun Wei smiled: "You just blow it." But this time you have to take it easy, don't rush so hard, and pay attention to protect yourself. Wu Shuqing said: "As a soldier, especially an officer, you should take the lead, only the horse leather shroud." Sun Wei said: "What kind of horse leather shroud, soldiers should protect themselves first in order to better destroy the enemy." If you can't guarantee to protect yourself, or blindly charge, you don't want to go on this expedition. ”

Yang Yuying also said: "Brother Xu is right, you should protect yourself first in order to better serve Brother Xu." Sun Wei corrected: "It's not for me, it's for the revolution." Wu Shuqing said: "I will definitely protect myself this time when I listen to you." Sun Wei said: "It's not early now, let's finish lunch together and hurry up to the army to assemble the team." Wu Shuqing said yes and went to dinner with Sun Wei.

The Hubei Military Government's advance force for the recovery of Nanjing boarded Tang Qianming's fleet at 2 o'clock on November 10 and headed for Nanjing. At 8 a.m. on October 12, the fleet with the flag of the Hubei military government arrived, and at this time, the weapons and ammunition detained by Chen Qimei in Zhenjiang also arrived with Chen Qimei.

Chen Qimei was accompanied by Li Zhengwu, who was ostracized in Shanghai.

Seeing that there was no future in Shanghai, Li Zhengwu decided to go to Nanjing to break through, because Li Zhengwu's reputation in the Qing Gang was too great, on the way to Nanjing, Zhang Zongchang, who had originally voted for Hu Ying, the governor of the Shandong People's Army, led his troops to vote. Li Zhengwu saw that Zhang Zongchang was very fond of Gao Mada, so he recognized Zhang Zongchang as his apprentice and appointed Zhang Zongchang as the head of the regiment.

When Zhao Chengwu arrived in Nanjing, the governors of all parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang led their troops to Nanjing, and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army totaled about 15,000 people, and according to Huang Xing's order, Xu Shaozhen was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army.

The ministers and officials of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang allied forces who greeted Zhao Chengwu at the Nanjing wharf were dumbfounded when they saw the troops disembarking from the warships, and the well-dressed and well-equipped Hubei Military Government had nearly 15,000 people disembarking from the warships. If you look at the cannons (mortars) that were removed from the warship, there were hundreds, although they were a little smaller and looked a little stranger, but they were cannons after all.

The ministers and governors of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army sighed in their hearts that they were really rich people, and they couldn't afford to pay for these people's military salaries, let alone these more expensive equipment.

After Zhao Chengwu disembarked from the ship, he met with Chen Qimei, Minister of Military Affairs of the Shanghai Military Governor's Office, Xu Shaozhen, Commander of the Coalition Army, Bai Wenwei, Commander of the Ning Army, Lin Shuqing, Commander of the Zhen Army, Liu Zhijie, Commander of the Soviet Army, Hong Chengdian, Commander of the Shanghai Army, Zhu Rui, Commander of the Zhejiang Army, Li Tiancai, Commander of the Song Army, and Ding Huaijin, Commander of the Vanguard of the Shanghai Army.

Xu Shaozhen, the commander of the coalition forces, was shocked by the majesty of the Hubei army and did not dare to serve as commander again, and wanted to cede to Zhao Chengwu. Zhao Chengwu said: "General Xu, this is absolutely impossible. When I came, the governor of my family told me that the generals of the coalition army were all outstanding people in the world, and asked me to learn more from the generals, talk less and do more. General Xu asked me to be the commander of the coalition forces to make me disobey the orders of my governor, which is harmful to me. Although General Xu is assured, our department will strictly abide by General Xu's military orders. ”

The ministers of the coalition army were relieved to see Zhao Chengwu say this, with the strength of the Hubei army, if Zhao Chengwu was allowed to be the commander of the coalition army again, then these people in the coalition army could only play soy sauce. Everyone unanimously supported Xu Shaozhen as the commander of the coalition forces, and Zhao Chengwu really didn't want to be the commander of the coalition forces, so Xu Shaozhen could only continue to be his commander.

On November 13, the battle of the allied forces to attack Nanjing began. Xu Shaozhen led the Soviet army to advance the headquarters to Bailong Mountain outside the Qilin Gate in Nanjing, and took Tianbao City on the Purple Mountain as the main attack point; The Zhejiang Army and the Song Army were the left and right flanks, attacking the Shogunate Mountain and Wulong Mountain respectively; Zhao Chengwu's Hubei army was the south road and attacked Yuhuatai; The Shanghai Army was the general reserve under the command of Chen Qimei.

In the left and right route armies, the commander-in-chief of the right route army, Li Tiancai, the commander of the Songjun army, led his troops to march to the Wulongshan Fort, because of the work of Cheng Kun, a member of the League, and others, some of the Qing troops of the Wulongshan Fort fell to the revolution, and the officers and soldiers guarding the fort responded, and the Songjun occupied the fort without a single shot or bullet. The Song army rested at Wulong Mountain for the whole night, and marched to the Shogunate Mountain Fort in the early morning of the 14th with the might of the Wulong Mountain Fort without a fight. On the position of attacking the Shogunate Mountain Fort, the Song Army and the Zhejiang Army of the Left Route Army, which had been attacking for a day, joined forces and attacked the Shogunate Mountain Fort together.

Because the Qing army of the Shogunate Hill Fort was very shocked and panicked when they learned that the coalition forces had occupied the Wulongshan Fort yesterday without a single shot, and saw that the attacking allied forces were strong and did not dare to resist hard, the Qing army of the Shogunate Hill Fort was defeated after only a little resistance. After the coalition forces captured the Shogunate Hill Fort, they fired artillery from the Shogunate Hill Fort and bombarded the Qing Army's Arctic Pavilion Headquarters and the Lion Rock Fort.

In the Middle Route Army, on the 13th, the commander of the coalition army, Xu Shaozhen, led the main forces of the Soviet army and the Zhejiang army to march from the east to Qilinmen, and on the 14th, they encountered the Qing army in Maqun and bravely captured 5 hills.

In the battle of the horse herd, there was a team of female soldiers who were particularly outstanding, and this was the female soldier death squad led by Yin Weijun. Although Yin Weijun is only a 17-year-old girl, she is resourceful and brave. Under her leadership, the female soldier death squad fought together, cooperated with each other, fought hard, and finally defeated the Qing army and won the victory.

On the 14th, Zhang Xun personally led 8,000 people to besiege the Zhejiang army, at the critical moment, the chief of staff of the Zhejiang army, Lu Gongwang, came to the front line to supervise the battle, the 1st battalion of the Song army and the town army horse team also galloped back, the three armies fought back, killed the Qing army commander Wang Youhong, annihilated more than 2,000 enemies, and then the coalition army captured Xiaolingwei, and the forward arrived at the first line of the Purple Mountain.

The Southern Route Army, on the 13th, Zhao Chengwu led his troops to also progress smoothly, and after occupying Shangzhen and Gaoqiaomen, they advanced to Yuhuatai.

When attacking Yuhuatai, when attacking Yuhuatai, there was also a team of female soldiers who were equally outstanding, and this was the women's army headed by Wu Shuqing. Wu Shuqing had long forgotten Sun Wei's entrustment, and led her women's army to attack Yuhuatai with a box cannon in one hand, wrapped around the Hanyang Arsenal to imitate the German wooden-handled grenade, and threw grenades while shooting, leading the women's army to occupy Yuhuatai and force the Zhonghua Gate first, although Wu Shuqing was like a god and was not injured at all, but Wu Shuqing's women's army casualties were the largest, which was contrary to Sun Wei's instructions when he came.

So after occupying Yuhuatai, Zhao Chengwu called Wu Shuqing in front of him, because Sun Wei's face was not good, and reprimanded, but Zhao Chengwu still told Wu Shuqing that Sun Wei's attack on Nanjing was aimed at training, and he didn't want the army to suffer too many casualties, and once again told Wu Shuqing to try to protect the lives of his soldiers in future wars.

Wu Shuqing looked at the female barracks with heavy casualties, and also regretted her recklessness and let her sisters suffer a lot of senseless sacrifices. Zhao Chengwu saw that Wu Shuqing recognized his mistake, so he asked Wu Shuqing to sort out his army.

Zhao Chengwu ordered the army to rest at Yuhuatai for a night, and then led the army to Tianbao City. At that time, the weather was cold, and the Qing army resisted stubbornly. Under the blockade of enemy artillery and machine guns, Zhao Chengwu's task force suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, Zhao Chengwu ordered the attacking army to retreat, and ordered the army to dig trenches from the north slope of the Purple Mountain and the main peak in the direction of Tianbao City.

After the task force dug the trenches within the range of the mortars, Zhao Chengwu put all the mortars in the trenches and launched an indiscriminate attack on Tianbao City. A regiment of infantry charged the city under the cover of mortars, staging a small infantry artillery battle.

The resistance of the Qing army was very fierce, and they fought back one after another under the heavy artillery fire of the task force. Zhao Chengwu saw that the Qing army was resisting fiercely, so he recruited the attacking army back, and responded to the Qing army's artillery fire. Subsequently, Zhao Chengwu sent another regiment of infantry to attack Tianbao City, and after fierce resistance, he ordered the army to retreat, and then bombarded Tianbao City with artillery.

After repeating it more than a dozen times, the Qing army in Tianbao City could no longer support the artillery attack, and Tianbao City also changed hands.

By November 15, the revolutionary army had swept away all resistance outside Nanjing, and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army joined Zhao Chengwu under the city of Nanjing.

After the Tianbao City was breached, the Nanjing City was almost all in the hands of the coalition forces, which announced that the countdown to the fall of Nanjing City had begun. However, Zhang Xun, who controlled the Jiangfang Army and had real power, resisted stubbornly and refused to surrender.

The coalition forces used artillery to bombard the Qing army lookout at the Taiping Gate and the Zhang Xun command post of the Arctic Pavilion in the city. Zhang Renjun and Tie Conscience knew that Nanjing could not be defended, so they asked the American priest Ma Lin, the director of the Drum Tower Hospital, to help them, and in the middle of the night, they fell out of the city from the city of Grimaces with a soft pocket, and then boarded a Japanese warship from Xiaguan and fled to Shanghai.

On the night of November 16, Zhang Xun also saw that the defeat was decided, so he led hundreds of his remnants of the guard out of the south gate and fled north from Dasheng Pass. After Zhang Xun fled, Hu Lingxuan of Xuzhou Town, Zhang Liansheng, Zhao Ronghua, the commander of the patrol battalion, and others surrendered.

When entering the city of Nanjing, Lin Shuqing, the governor of the Zhenjiang Military Government, was overjoyed and pretended to occupy the first seven uniques: "The flags are lowered and the stone city is blown, and the sun shines on the sound of ten thousand horns; In such a war, I actually returned my Han family camp! (To be continued.) )