In 1901, Zheng Guanying served as the general office of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway Engineering Bureau and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway Land Purchase Bureau. This person originally wanted to launch a struggle for the right of way of the railway, but he did not expect that soon after, the American Hop Hing Company took the initiative to withdraw its investment, and it was Lu Liang, the premier of the provisional government, who took over.

What he painstakingly pursued was easily accomplished by the Zhenguo Party, which had a great impact on Zheng Guanying, and he once again faced up to the Zhenguo Party. After contact, Zheng Guanying's ideological understanding deepened, and he became suspicious of his original reform thoughts. In mid-1902, he secretly traveled to Canton to meet with Lü Liang, and at this time he changed his mind and became a staunch supporter of revolutionary ideas.

Zheng Guanying's reminder let Lu Liang withdraw from the heavy work of integrating Guangxi, Wei Guangtao's hand can be said to be a stinky move, Guangdong's industry needs the market, but the southern provinces are not indispensable, Guangxi plus Fujian is carrying out super-large-scale infrastructure construction will make Guangdong's factories busy, and there are constantly new factories to join the tide.

However, if someone reaches out and wants to slap themselves, then they can't help but fight back. With the efforts of Cai Yuanpei and others, the Zhenguo Party finally has a good civil foundation, and there are still a large number of businessmen who belong to the chamber of commerce system, so they can't be chilled. There has to be a response.

According to the plan, the integration of Guangxi will take half a year, followed by a larger-scale land offensive. In other words, even if Wei Guangtao jumped high, they would fall down soon after. Now, since you can't ignore it, let Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Yunnan-Guizhou and other provinces become the training ground for recruits of the Zhenguo Army!

The Fourth Army and the Fifth Army of the newly organized Zhenguo Army are both newly established units, and the Fifth Army stationed in Guangxi is not yet fully established, and there is still a shortage of more than 10,000 people, and the rest of the equipment gap is even greater. The Fourth Army stationed in Fujian was basically completed after nearly half a year of formation, but it seriously lacked combat experience, and only a small number of them had experience in suppressing bandits.

Lü Liang called the offensive of the anti-bandit alliance a clearance operation, and the Zhenguo Army confronted it-for-tat and set up a counterattack operation group. The task of the counterattack operation group was to send troops to the southern provinces, organize them in the form of companies and platoons, infiltrate them, and snipe those bandit groups with the cooperation of local gentry, businessmen, and branches of the Zhenguo Party. Wait for the opportunity to expand the influence of the Zhenguo Party, and make preparations for the large-scale entry of the Zhenguo Army in the future.

Fighting violence with violence is Lu Liang's favorite way. However, the operation of the shipping company can only be temporarily stopped, after all, it is not yet the time for the Navy to appear, and the Navy of the Zhenguo Army is not prepared for the Qing Army. Therefore, in the face of the pitiful sea strength of the Qing army, it is better for the shipping company to temporarily avoid the limelight, and the loss of a transport ship means the loss of the navy's reserve soldiers, which is Lu Liang's biggest concern.

The comprador class formed a non-governmental group training very quickly, and they already had a large number of armed men, and there was no shortage of money and food, but what they lacked was an excuse and an opportunity, but now that the opportunity came, without any hesitation, the southern provinces began to purge the members of the Zhenguo Party and those who joined the Ziqiang Chamber of Commerce system.

On December 10, 1902, the officers and men of the third battalion and third company of the second regiment of the first division of the fourth army of the Zhenguo Army took advantage of the night to cross the border between Fujian and Jiangxi and quietly entered Jiangxi. According to the intelligence, in just a few days, two squire families have been hit by the group training and suffered heavy damage, one of the families has been wiped out, and the other family is also struggling to support.

"Hello, I am Wang Qiang of the Nancheng Branch of the Zhenguo Party, and this is Nanwenbo, the representative of Nancheng businessmen."

"Hello, I'm Gao Cheng, the commander of the third company." Shaking hands with Wang Qiang, Gao Cheng turned to his hands and said, "Rest on the spot, the second platoon is responsible for guarding!" ”

Nan Wenbo was a middle-aged man, with a bitter and hateful expression on his face, he came up and held Gao Cheng's hand and said with a sad face: "Company Commander Gao, you are here, those comprador groups have ruined us enough in the past few days." The Lin family was wiped out, and the rest of the family were also trembling, for fear that the next one would be themselves. ”

"Didn't you organize a rebellion?"

"Of course, under the organization of Minister Wang, we organized all the families in our hands and fought several battles with the comprador group, and more than 30 people died. The comprador group has good guns, many people, and the soldiers of the imperial court to help in the battle, we are really not their opponents! ”

"Minister Wang, could you please tell us more about the situation of the comprador group?"

"Company Commander Gao, it's dark at least, and it's a wilderness, let's find a place to settle down, and then consider the next move."

"Go to me, our armed forces are all staying with me, and there are more than 200 people, more than 100 guns, and anything can help." Nan Wenbo hurriedly said, these regular troops of the Zhenguo Army are easy to deal with, and they don't have to worry about being afraid. Is it easy to make some money? is a comprador group again, and a court soldier, he shouldn't have been involved in Guangdong in the first place.

In a hidden rural house in the Nan family, the armed men who were wandering in it stared blankly at the soldiers of the third company who walked in, good guys, dressed in a neat military uniform, with a bullet belt wrapped around his waist, a pistol and a bayonet in his legs, a large backpack on his back, a sapper shovel inserted horizontally, a murderous rifle in his hand, a grenade on his chest and shoulder, and a steel helmet that made the whole person's Bigg rise immediately. Of course, these people don't necessarily know the equipment, but they look like some good goods. When the soldiers with machine guns and mortars walked in, everyone was dumbfounded, this is the Zhenguo Army, fuck, there are so many good equipment! Looking at these soldiers again, their faces look immature, but their sturdy bodies show that they have undergone rigorous training, and they will not be worse than the Qing army and the comprador regiment!

After settling the soldiers of the third company, Gao Cheng and the others walked into the house, and a family member served tea, and after leaving, Nan Wenbo got up and closed the door. Gao Cheng, who was in a hurry, couldn't help but ask, "Minister Wang, can you talk about it now." ”

"There are so many military forces in the Nancheng area, and there is a battalion of green battalions in the Manchu court, which is poorly equipped, and it's okay to bully civilians, but we can ignore it when we have a Nancheng regiment. The comprador regiment had three battalions, namely the Dong Zi Battalion, the Zhang Zi Battalion, and the Kui Zi Battalion, with more than 600 people, armed with foreign guns purchased from the Shanghai Ocean Company, but no artillery. The members are all dead soldiers trained in the comprador family, and they are very brave, and our Nancheng regiment has fought with them several times and suffered heavy losses. In particular, it should be noted that the foreign guns equipped by the comprador regiment are all rear-loading repeating rifles, which have a certain density of firepower. Another one is the second standard of the first association of the ninth town of the Jiangxi New Army stationed in Fuzhou, they rarely dispatch, Li Xingrui is very precious to them, for fear of dying one. Wang Qiang introduced in detail, which shows that the Jiangxi branch of the Zhenguo Party has done a lot of preparatory work, the Zhenguo Army soldiers who entered Jiangxi this time are not only three companies and one, but also 20 teams of the same size, which are connected with each other by radio, and the Fujian branch of the counterattack action group will be in command, responsible for the strategic actions of each company and coordination with each other.

"What do we need to do most at the moment? Before we came, the higher authorities asked us to cooperate with the work of the party branches, and the combat objectives were determined by you, and our troops were only responsible for combat matters. ”

"Then you're welcome, our main goal is the comprador regiment, and the new army can be handed over to the larger forces in the future. The comprador group usually stays in the southern city, and finds the target according to the intelligence before attacking, so we need to wait for the news from the southern city, and it is best to deal with the comprador group outside the city. ”

Gao Cheng and Wang Qiang's conversation Nan Wenbo almost didn't listen to it, and now his mind was full of regret and annihilation, a high-end filter cigarette in Guangzhou struck three matches before lighting it, took a deep breath, and just calmed down his uneasy mood. There was a knock on the door, and Nan Wenbo asked aloud, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master, there is news from the city that the comprador group has found the place where we are hiding, and now they are rushing here, there are more than 600 people, all of them are here, and it is estimated that they will be here in two hours!" Jiading's words made Nan Wenbo's hands tremble, and the cigarette fell on his leg, burning a hole in the high-end trousers made in Guangzhou.

Wang Qiang stood up with a smile, pressed one hand on the shoulder of the lively Nan Wenbo, and said, "Lao Nan, let your people give two to lead the way for the three companies, and let's go to the comprador group." ”

"Can I take care of my family?" Nan Wenbo said with a sad face.

"Now, either you die or I die, do we have a way back? If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your family in Fujian, if we fail, they will become orphans and widows! "Many gentry businessmen sent their families to the relative safety of Fujian, which was a precautionary move after the massacre.