In the original history, the Fujian New Army basically completed the reorganization of the 10th Town only on the eve of the Xinhai Revolution, and later became the main force of the revolution. Now, with Xu Yingqi's all-out dedication, the new army has been formed at an astonishing speed, and more than 5,000 old troops directly reorganized from the standing army, the green battalion, and the Hunan army have become the main force of the 10th town of the new army, and 5,000 new young and strong people have been recruited, and through foreign companies, especially the British foreign companies, they have purchased rifles, artillery, and even three machine guns that are being eliminated.

Sun Daoren, the commander of the 10th Town (originally in 1906), assured Xu Yingqi that the 10th Town had become a strong army enough to deal with the rebellious party in Guangdong after nearly a year of training. Xu Yingqi was overjoyed and immediately wrote to say that the military preparations in Fujian and Zhejiang had been completed, and that troops would be sent to exterminate the rebellious party on the same day. Xu Yingqi, who had been impeached and removed from office in 1902, benefited from this and continued to serve as governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

The news of Fujian caught Lü Liang off guard, and if there was no imminent Japanese invasion, he would not mind taking advantage of the situation to defeat the Fujian New Army and capture Fujian Province. Unfortunately, at this time, most of the revolutionary army was deployed in the coastal areas, preparing to deal with the Japanese invasion. In the Chaozhou area facing the Fujian direction, there were only more than 8,000 troops of one brigade of the Second Division of the Third Army, and there was no problem in defeating the new army, but no more troops could be mobilized to occupy the entire Fujian Province. I have to say that Xu Yingqi chose a good time, which made Lu Liang resentful, hating both Xu Yingqi's ignorance of current affairs and Japan's wolf ambitions.

What makes Guangdong strange is where did Xu Yingqi, Sun Daoren and others get the confidence to dare to attack Guangdong, which has more than 100,000 people in three armies, with a force of more than 10,000 people in one town? The Investigation Bureau did not get that information, and Lu Liang could only concentrate on arming the armed forces.

Less than a month after returning from Japan, Xu Chongzhi was appointed as the 20th Association and the 1st Standard Commander of the 10th Town of the newly organized Army, which is equivalent to the position of regiment commander. You must know that this person is currently only seventeen years old, and he has served as a standard commander at a young age, but everyone in the army takes it for granted. Because this person is Xu Yingqi's nephew, in 1901, he was sponsored by Xu Yingqi to study in the second artillery department of the Japanese non-commissioned officer school.

In Xu Yingqi's private house, a dinner party is underway, and there are four people on the table, Xu Yingqi, Sun Daoren, Xu Chongzhi, and one person who returned to China with Xu Chongzhi, named Deng Yinnan!

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Japanese only value those factories in Guangdong, and they don't take anything else." Deng Yinnan said with a smile.

"Since you came back with Chongzhi, you are my friend, but as far as I know, you have something to do with the chaotic party, and the court and the chaotic party are incompatible, aren't you throwing yourself into the net?" Xu Yingqi suddenly asked.

After Xu Chongzhi traveled east to Japan, he was immediately attracted by the concept of the Xingzhong Society, and had a close relationship with Sun Ge, Deng Yinnan and others. Sun Ge was deeply touched by Guangzhou some time ago, and soon left Guangzhou, and after returning to Japan, he continued to look for a political path for the Xingzhonghui. Later, the Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple sent someone to find him, saying that the Japanese army was about to attack the revolutionary government of Guangdong, and promised to increase support for Sun Ge after the deed, on the condition that he find a way to disrupt the interior of Guangdong. The knife was on his neck, and Sun Ge had to agree, if he didn't agree, he would definitely not be able to leave the Prime Minister's Office.

Afterwards, Sun Ge carefully weighed it and suddenly found that this was a good opportunity for the development and growth of the Xingzhong Society - after the Zhenguo Party was exterminated, the Xingzhong Society could take advantage of the weakness to take over the market of the revolutionary forces in Guangdong, and also get a large amount of development funds, and there would inevitably be chaos after the Guangdong War, which was also a good opportunity for the development of the Xingzhong Society. However, how to disturb the rear of Guangdong is a difficult problem, where water cannot be poured in, and the Xingzhong Association has not developed its own forces at all.

It just so happened that Deng Yinnan reported that there was a foreign student who was the nephew of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, whose family had been exterminated by the revolutionary party and had a deep blood feud with Guangdong, and his uncle Xu Yingqi was training a new army to prepare to attack Guangdong. So Sun Ge immediately sent Deng Yinnan to return to China with Xu Chongzhi, contacted Xu Yingqi, and made an appointment to attack Guangdong with the Japanese army.

"Hehe, Lord Governor, people die for money, birds die for food, this time you have common interests with Xingzhonghui and Japan, it's simple to kill me, you can come and get the head of Xiang Shang at any time, but the big cake after the victory over Guangdong will not have your share, you must know that the number of Japanese troops is not comparable to the tenth town."

"Do you have any other governors besides Fujian?"

"No, the cake is so big, how can you divide it when there are more people eating it? Besides, I also know a little about your family's situation, Fujian's war against Guangdong is inevitable, but it is not easy to say about other governors, and it is not a good thing for the feudal officials to cooperate with an empire like Japan, and only you can join in. ”

Such a statement of Chiguoguo made the old and serious Xu Yingqi sweat profusely, and said in his heart that these chaotic parties were bold and cooperated with the imperial court and Japan openly. However, speaking of which, although the family feud cannot be avenged, but the strength of more than 10,000 people is not bottomed by themselves, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, has not replied to himself so far, Zhang Nanpi does not plan to send troops at all, Tao Mo, the governor of Liangguang, is still in prison in Guangzhou, Guangxi has no troops that can be handled, the new army in the north is being formed, and no one wants Beiyang soldiers and horses to cross the border, so Yuan Shikai is not a good stubble. In this way, it is not impossible to use the hands of the Japanese, but the matter must be kept absolutely secret!

"This matter is widely implicated, can you and the people behind you guarantee that you will not leak secrets?" Xu Yingqi expressed his concerns, and his nephew Xu Chongzhi was young and vigorous, and seeing that his uncle was still hesitating, he couldn't help but persuade: "Uncle, grandpa died in a dispute between the chaotic party and the family, and hundreds of people from the family are suffering in prison, and just a few people in the tenth town of Fujian can't save them!" Since the Japanese and the Xingzhong Society are willing to do this, they will not let the news spread, and please make a decision as soon as possible! ”

Sun Daoren has beaten Xu Yingqi with a package ticket, and the tenth town can definitely defeat the Guangdong Rebellion, Xu Chongzhi is slapping him in the face when he says this. Although he doesn't like to hear it, Sun Daoren also knows that Guangdong is rich, and legend has it that Lu Liang's family is rich and rich, and it is more generous than the treasury in the imperial court.

Xu Yingqi finally made up his mind that the hatred of killing his father was not shared, although his father was not killed by the rebels, but he was also angry with them! As for the reaction of the imperial court after the leak, let's still be on the side, his political opponent Zhang Nanpi and others are trying to impeach themselves, and the situation in the imperial court after Li Zhongtang's death is very unfavorable to him, and it is not so bad.

In mid-March 1902, before the Japanese army was dispatched, the new 10th town of the Fujian Army was assembled in Tanzhou, and Sun Daoren was full of spirit, but it was still unknown how much combat effectiveness this army could exert. Half of the soldiers were reorganized from the old army, and half were newly recruited young people, and although the training method was adopted by the German Army, there were no officers who knew the new army training methods, and Sun Daoren only inspected Japan for half a year. As a result, this army has become a four-style army, in terms of military uniforms, weapons and equipment, it is indeed a new-style army, and in terms of military appearance, military discipline, and weekday training, it is full of traces of the old-style army.

On April 13, 1902, a large fleet departed from the port of Yokohama, including escort battleships, the new battleships Fuji and Yashima, the new armored cruisers Asama, Tokiwa, Yakumo, and five other old warships. 100 transport ships, carrying more than 30,000 soldiers, belonging to the 3rd and 16th Divisions of the Japanese Army, as well as artillery, ammunition and other supplies. Japan, with the support of Britain and the connivance of the Western powers, began the battle against the revolutionary government in Canton.

At the same time, the 2nd and 4th Divisions of the Japanese Army's native garrison and the 8th Division of the Taiwan Garrison were also ready to set off as the second and third landing troops. Japan's military action did not attract much international attention, and most people believed that the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and that the war would end in a short time and end in Japan's victory. Of the fleets of the great powers stationed in the Far East, only Britain and France each sent one observation ship to follow the Japanese navy.

The Provisional Government of Guangdong, an ally of Tsarist Russia, did not notice the power of Canton at all, nor did they think about the impact of this battle on the Russo-Japanese War a few years later. Tsar Nicholas II had not even heard of the names of the Cantonese Revolutionary Government and Lüliang, the Manchus were no longer part of the world order, and it seemed to have become a forgotten corner of the world.

And this is exactly what Lu Liang wants to see, he does not want his power to be prematurely noticed, even if Japan is instigated by the British behind the back, it does not attract too much attention in the world. This is a good thing, making a fortune in a muffled voice is the king, and it will take a while to show the power of Huaxia.

Low-key does not mean not resisting, the navy is forced to be weak, this battle will not be dispatched, but warships are still being manufactured, qualified manufacturing workers and sailors are constantly being trained, and shipyards and ports are constantly expanding.

On April 10, 1902, three days before the Japanese army was dispatched, the preparations for war in Guangdong were basically completed, the army departments arrived at the designated positions, the logistics support system was perfected, and the materials could be transported to the front line of the battlefield by railroad and trucks as soon as possible.