"Boss, come to China Daily."

"Where's China Daily?"

"It's China's China Daily." The code was on, the newsstand owner stepped aside, and Zheng Shiliang walked into the house behind the newsstand with a newspaper. After the failure of the uprising in 1895, most of the secret strongholds were destroyed by the Manchu army and servants, leaving only this one undiscovered. Historically, Zheng Shiliang once launched an uprising in Sanzhoutian, Huizhou, and fought for more than half a month, but was defeated due to the lack of aid. In this world, Zheng Shiliang's actions were sabotaged by the local forces instructed by Lu Liang, so he could only abscond, and now he is lurking in the city of Guangzhou, preparing to leave for Japan. In these days, Tang Caichang's self-reliance army was suppressed, Shi Jianru was arrested and killed for plotting to bomb Deshoubu, and Yang Quyun was killed by assassins sent by the Qing court at the end of last year.

"Mr. Zheng, how is the situation outside?" After entering the house, he turned to the second floor, and one person welcomed him in, asking in a low voice.

"Huang Fu, it's strange, the streets are full of soldiers in new uniforms, with braids cut, holding high the banner of the Guangdong Revolutionary Army, and singing strange songs, I remember one line that was, 'Our troops are to the sun, and the bayonets are for the glory of the motherland!'" The belt was plastered with propaganda slogans everywhere. What's going on with this Zhenguo Party? Didn't it revolt in Heyuan, and the Qing army was facing off in Baonian, how could it suddenly occupy Guangzhou? Zheng Shiliang was puzzled, the revolution is a good thing, it is all for the purpose of overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and rejuvenating China, but this party has a strange way, he has the courage to walk around the street, those military people are high-spirited, advanced weapons, orders and prohibitions, unbelievable!

"Sir, do you want to get in touch with them, talk about their details, and report to Mr. Sun." Huang Fu said. Both of them are members of the Xingzhong Society, Zheng Shiliang was originally a business in Guangzhou, and Sun Ge is a good friend, he and Sun Ge have the same interests, and later joined the Xingzhong Society, has been running for Sun Ge, contacting the party, purchasing firearms, and almost died in the uprising a few years ago.

"It's not suitable for me to show my head too much, you can go out and check it again, be careful, and it is best to find out the attitude of this Zhenguo Party towards the revolution." When the Heyuan Uprising and the Zhenguo Party came out before, he was traveling to Nanyang to find like-minded Chinese, and this time he returned to Guangzhou to have such a big thing happening.

In the British Concession on Shamian Island in Guangzhou, Consul Ryder was discussing the revolutionary riots that had occurred in Guangzhou today with the French Consul Dani, the manager William of Jardine Matheson, and the Guangzhou Customs Officer.

"I have reported this matter, and now is a critical moment in negotiations with Li Hongzhang, and we do not want to see civil strife in the Qing State, which will disrupt our economic order."

"Yes, we must immediately negotiate with it to find out the attitude of the Zhenguo Party, and the interests of all countries must not be damaged at all!"

"If the Zhenguo Party has a hostile attitude towards the West, I suggest that the coalition forces immediately intervene!" It was here that Ryder's attitude was most intense, and the two largest trading ports of Britain in the Far East, Hong Kong and Shanghai, were too close to Canton to be threatened in the slightest. The coalition forces are now stationed in Beijing, and have ceased military operations, only maintaining military deterrence, which is very convenient if they use troops in Guangdong.

After the battle in Guangzhou City, Lü Liang immediately ordered the distribution of the Zhenguo newspaper to publicize the organization, declaration, and constitution of the Zhenguo Party. The Zhenguo Party has Lu Liang as the prime minister, and Lu Yi, Wu Shimin, and Medlong as its general affairs. The organ publication is "Zhenguo Daily", headquartered in Guangzhou. The organizational structure is that the Prime Minister is the supreme leader, and the Executive Department is the most powerful organ responsible for organizing revolutionary activities. With the purpose of "overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, strengthening the country, and standing tall in the world".

At the same time, the former Liangguang Governor's Palace, after being cleaned up, Lu Liang has moved in with a large number of administrative staff to start working. On both sides of the gate of the Governor's Palace, the plaque of "Guangdong Revolutionary Provisional Government" was replaced, and the provisional government set up the administrative affairs of the prime minister of the Prime Minister's Office, and the provisional prime minister was held by Lu Liang. According to the experience of later generations, various administrative agencies, police stations, prisons, etc., are set up, and there is a shortage of talents, and most of the institutions are temporarily in charge of genetic people, and there are few to do things. Lu Liang posted an announcement to the public to recruit administrative personnel, but this could not solve the urgent need, so he could only take his time.

The Qing army occupied the barracks, had certain fortifications, and its number was nearly ten times that of the revolutionary army. However, after the attack on the revolutionary army's position was frustrated, the more than 20,000 bandit brigades were either killed in battle or fled into the mountains and forests, knowing that the gap between weapons and the quality of soldiers was too great, and the Qing army did not dare to easily attack the revolutionary army, which had only built a temporary position not far away. The confrontation lasted for two days, during which the Qing army launched a tentative attack, and the 2,000 Qing troops under the supervision of the war team had not yet gone out of a thousand meters, and a soldier happened to have a soldier on the revolutionary army's position, and all the Qing troops who heard the gunfire turned around and ran!

It was already the third day, and Bao Nian, frightened by the pattern of modern warfare, did not dare to fight hard, despite the 30,000 men under his command, and hundreds of years of rule made the fierce Manchus of that year as timid as rats. Pang Erhu, the only one in the general's general army who can lead troops to fight, was shot black when he stopped the bandits from retreating a few days ago, and now he is still lying in the tent and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

"General, the grain and grass carried by our army is only enough for five days, and it's time for Guangzhou to transport grain and grass for us." The logistics officer said to Bao Nian. No one expected that the battle would turn into a protracted war, and the ammunition in the barracks was fairly abundant - the Qing army had basically not used it, but the grain and grass were already a little tight, especially after the upper echelons of the army embezzled some of the grain and grass.

"General, it is not a way to delay for a long time, as far as I know, there are three main passages to the outside of Heyuan, which are three directions, namely north, west and east, it is better for us to divide it into three, block three directions respectively, 10,000 people in each place, just hold on, so that the chaotic party will collapse without a fight."

Bao Nian shook his head, there are people staring at this matter, if he doesn't solve it as soon as possible, there will inevitably be unnecessary trouble. Besides, with the firepower of the chaotic party and the quality of the Qing army, it is not a matter of whether to block them separately or send them to death separately. These subordinates are proficient in walking birds and dogs, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, but as a general and general soldier, they just don't know how to fight. As the main general, Bao Nian finally couldn't help but slap the table, and said loudly: "Instead of delaying here, it is better to fight hard, divide all the soldiers into groups, one team for every three thousand people, and attack in turn, I don't believe that those chaotic parties can withstand it!" This tactic could have been very effective if it had been used by the Japanese army or the Manchus hundreds of years ago, but it was not possible for these soldiers. The entire battlefield was located in the valley between the river and the mountains, with a maximum of 3,000 soldiers spread out on the front, and the narrow terrain was just conducive to the firepower of the revolutionary army.

It is a pity that Bao Nian did not have the opportunity to practice the tactics that were destined to be impossible to succeed, and in the rear of the Qing army's camp, nearly 7,000 soldiers from the three regiments of the Third Brigade took advantage of the situation to sneak up, and the revolutionary army completely surrounded the Qing army.

The movement in the rear attracted the attention of the Qing soldiers on the watchtower of the large camp very early, and after shouting, it took a while for the soldiers of the whole battalion to know the news of the surroundment. While Bao Nian and other high-level officials were discussing, many soldiers had already taken off their uniforms and secretly ran into the mountains and forests on both sides, where many bandits were waiting for them to join.

"So, Guangzhou has been lost?" Bao Nian sat weakly in a chair with a dull gaze, and a general soldier picked up a piece of paper from the ground, looked at it carefully for a while, and then changed his face greatly, and said loudly as if talking to himself. The rest of the people were also incredulous and gathered to read the contents of the letter. This letter was sent by someone after the rebel party in the rear blocked it, and Bao Nian has been sitting on a chair after reading it. Guangzhou is gone, his own responsibility is decided, and now he is still blocked by the chaotic party, and it is not certain whether he can escape alive.

"Regiment commander, the third brigade called, asking for the simultaneous start of artillery bombardment at ten o'clock in the morning, and the infantry began to attack at ten o'clock in the morning, and the Qing army was solved in one battle!" Lu Hu took the telegram brought by the staff officer, the third brigade finally came, if it wasn't for the fear that the best effect would not be achieved, he would have led people to attack it a long time ago, after all, there were few people, and it was inevitable that most of the Qing army would escape, now it's good!

"The order was given that the infantry artillery and mortars were ready at the same time, and the shelling was carried out for fifteen minutes at ten o'clock sharp. Infantry units are ready to attack! ”

On the artillery position, shirtless artillerymen were carrying shells and preparing for shelling. Since the launch, the infantry artillery of the revolutionary army has not been used, just for fear of scaring away these tens of thousands of Qing troops. At ten o'clock, the artillery commander waved down the short flag, the 14 infantry guns opened fire in turn, and the numerous mortars also opened fire, and the fire on the position was shining.

The artillery of the third brigade on the other side was more numerous, and the Qing army camp was suddenly drowned in a frantic explosion. Le Fei lay in the foxhole, covering his ears with his hands, looking at the explosion scene in front of him excitedly, and the huge roar behind him made Le Fei initially feel the power of artillery. He Guangsha beside him was not so optimistic in his heart, it had been fighting for several minutes, could there be any enemy left in the camp, and it was estimated that our infantry would only have to clean up the mess.

"Tick tick!" The bugle sounded, and Le Fei, who had enjoyed a feast of artillery fire, climbed out of the foxhole and marched on foot in the direction of the enemy. Kilometers apart, you don't need to hit at full speed. For a while, the roar in the ears seemed to be still echoing, and after entering the three hundred meters, the soldiers began to become cautious, the machine gunners set up their machine guns to prepare for cover, and the soldiers alternately covered in squads. After entering the range of 100 meters, the enemy attack was not found, the speed of the impact became faster, the soldiers rushed through this 100 meters at the fastest speed, and the gate and fortifications of the Qing army camp had become fragmented, which did not cause much trouble to the soldiers. The scene in the camp stunned the soldiers, with broken weapons and enemy corpses everywhere, and a large number of Qing soldiers kneeling on the ground and crying loudly, and the shouts of "shoot or kill" did not elicit a response. Fifteen minutes of high-intensity artillery fire covered the Qing soldiers with countless casualties, and the rest seemed to have lost consciousness - they were blown up stupidly!