"Those baggage ships must be captured at the first time!" A man who was prostrate next to Wu Zhenhan said. This person's name is Tian Jinfu, originally the second platoon and one shed Zhengmu (squad leader) of the front team of the 62nd standard second battalion of the Anqing New Army, on the night of the uprising, it was he who followed Zhao Bei to rush left and right in the city, because of the courage of the battle, he was very valued by Zhao Bei, after the recovery of Anqing, Zhao Bei asked Xiong Chengji to officially promote him to the pipe band (battalion commander), this time Zhao Bei came to instigate the uprising of the new army in Qiucao, and also brought him over, commanding the guards.

The baggage boats that Tian Jinfu said are the supply ships brought by the autumn drill troops, and now they are all moored in the port fork outside the town of Huangnigang, the black pressure is pressed in a piece, stretching more than ten miles downstream, the long dragon is generally magnificent, because the water of the Muma River is shallow, the big ships can not enter, and can only be towed by the paddle steamers with shallow drafts to take the wooden boats in the opposite direction, this Huangni Port is the end of the steamship channel, and then go upstream, you can only rely on wooden boats.

Because of this, Zhao Bei and his team took more than 20 wooden boats along the Luoma River, carefully searched all the way, and had to stop when they arrived more than ten miles downstream from Huangni Port, and abandoned the ship to land on the shore, so as not to be discovered by the Qing ships moored in this section of the river.

Because Zhu Daniu successfully got the boat, Zhao Bei was able to bring more than 500 people here, but there were few boats, so he had to bring less baggage, but he brought a lot of silver tickets. They set out from Anqing yesterday at noon, and did not sail west until night, and the people took turns paddling and sailing upstream along the Luoma River, and it took a day to reach Huangni Harbor, and in the middle of the night they unloaded the cannons and baggage from the boats, and then all those boats were scuttled into the river to block the Qing ships from descending, so as not to attack Anqing by water.

Everyone dragged two light mountain cannons, under the guidance of the sharp soldiers, along the south bank of the Luoma River, each person had to carry a cannonball on their backs, but also to carry a sack, which was full of dry food, clothing, bullets, and a weight of no less than 70 catties, all the way to the difficult trek, so hard. Under the cover of night, they approached the town of Huangnigang, occupied the commanding heights on the other side of the river before dawn, secretly set up artillery positions, and everyone lurked in the valley, waiting for the moment of action.

Zhao Bei's plan was: find a way to send people to disguise themselves into the barracks of the Qiu Cao troops, instigate them to respond to the uprising, if the Qiu Cao New Army troops could not be instigated, then bombard the Qing army headquarters, kill their commanders, so that these new army troops would lose their unified command, and then divide and disintegrate, even if they could not be dragged together to rebel, at least they could reduce the military pressure in the west of Anqing.

Obviously, after more than 200 years of squeezing, the shoulders of the Chinese people can no longer bear the enslavement of this feudal dynasty, the invasion of the foreign powers, and the greed of the government are enough to arouse the people's hard work, and the soldiers of the new army are from the people, and the social mentality cannot but have an impact on them. Then, after the Eight-Nation Alliance occupied its capital and completely turned it into a foreigner's ATM in the year of Gengzi, its fate of destruction was already doomed, which was not only the will of the people, but also the trend of the times.

"The baggage ship must be captured first, and even if it can't be captured, it must be destroyed!" Zhao Bei looked at the baggage boats, put down the binoculars, left a few staff officers to continue to monitor the hills, and sent out some mobile posts to strengthen the monitoring of the nearby areas, and then took Wu Zhenhan and Tian Jinfu to leave the monitoring point, crossed the ridge, and returned to the lurking point.

"Zhu Da Niu!" Zhao Bei shouted in a low voice.

"Here!" Zhu Daniu dropped the baked cake in his hand, wiped the corners of his mouth, hurriedly ran over, stood up and saluted, this military etiquette was learned on the ship, and now it has been learned decently, except that he is not wearing a military uniform, he does look like a soldier.

Not only did he not wear a military uniform, but even Zhao Bei did not wear a military uniform, and when everyone came, they all changed into civilian clothes, first, to hide their whereabouts, and secondly, in case they encountered patrolling Qing ships, they could also be perfunctory.

"How's your wateriness?" Zhao Bei took a baked cake that Wu Zhenhan gave him, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it, last night on the shore, until now, he has not eaten, and the baked cake is also cold, only the boiling water is hot.

"Report sir. When I was five years old, I was able to swim in the Yangtze River with adults, and when I was six years old, I was able to cross the Yangtze River. Zhu Daniu straightened his waist, but he was not modest.

"On such a cold day, do you dare to swim in the water?" Zhao Bei asked again.

"I haven't tried. We people on the water will not touch the river water in autumn, otherwise we will have old cold legs when we are old. ”

"The revolution needs you to swim in the water, do you dare to go?" Zhao Bei's sharp gaze swept away.

Zhu Daniu was not ambiguous, and said: "The chief ordered it!" I signed up for the army just to kill the Manchu dog officials, just for the revolution! Don't say that you want me to go into the water, that is, you want me to go down to the sword mountain on the fire sea, and I don't blink an eye! ”

"Good, you're revolutionary." Zhao Bei patted the crumbs of the baked cakes in his hand, took the enamel jar, drank a small half jar of hot water in one go, smacked his lips, and said: "Zhu Daniu, you will select fifty water-based and revolutionary ones from those newly recruited shipwrights and sailors to form a commando team and prepare for action." ”

"What for?" Only then did Zhu Daniu realize that this young "pioneer officer" was not having a relationship with him.

"You'll find out at night. Now, you go and pick up the volunteers, then quickly rest, recuperate, and in the afternoon the whole team gathers and asks the gunners to show you how to use the guns again. Zhao Bei glanced at Tian Jinfu behind him, and said: "Tian Jinfu, you gather our sabers and bayonets, select some to take advantage of, and give them to the commando team to use." In addition, bring out the shochu we brought, and the commandos may be able to use it. ”

"Wu Zhenhan!" Zhao Bei glanced at Wu Zhenhan, who was squatting on the side and nibbling on the baked cake.

"Here!" Wu Zhenhan stood up.

"The tongue-grabber hasn't come back yet?" Zhao Bei asked.

Wu Zhenhan pointed to the eastern ridge and said, "I'm back!" They're back. ”

Zhao Bei looked at the ridge, and sure enough, he saw a few people walking down the ridge, followed by a few people with big ties, wearing military uniforms, which were the "tongues" that were caught.

Those people walked to the valley, and the first one saluted Zhao Bei and said, "Report to the chief." Chen Tieshan, who was in the department, fortunately did not disgrace his life, and his tongue was caught. ”

"Interrogation one by one!" Zhao Bei sat down on a shell box, crossed Erlang's legs, and ordered his subordinates to take the others aside first, leaving one of the youngest prisoners.

Wu Zhenhan ripped off the rope from the captive's mouth and ordered him to kneel, but the captive was obedient, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, shouting: "A good man spare his life, a good man spare his life!" ”

"I'm not a good man in the green forest." Zhao Bei looked at the other party's dirty military uniform, and the command knife in his hand knocked lightly. "When I ask you, you have to answer honestly, you can't lie, otherwise, when the time comes, a pair of confessions, if you talk nonsense, don't blame my knife for being unkind!"

"Even if the hero asks, the villain knows everything!"

"What town are you a soldier in? What exactly? Zhao Bei asked.

"The villain is a breeding soldier in the ninth town of the Jiangsu New Army, and he specializes in raising horses. Just now he came out to release the horse to the commander, but he was caught by the hero's men. ”

"What is the morale of your army in the Ninth Town now? Who is in charge? ”

"The ninth town is Xu Shaozhen's (the word Guqing)'s team, and now it is under his control, but since the rumors the day before yesterday, the army's heart has been chaotic, Lord Xu can't suppress it, and some people in the camp are talking nonsense, saying that Jiangning has been occupied by the rebels, and everyone is also following the killing of officials to rebel and return to Jiangsu."

"Sure enough!" Zhao Bei glanced at Wu Zhenhan and saw that he was cocking his thumb at him, and it seemed that the revolutionaries in the New Army of Qiu Cao had begun to act. So he smiled faintly and asked the captive again: "Is there a revolutionary party in your ninth town?" Is it the 'chaotic party' in the mouth of the government? ”

"This ...... The villain doesn't know. I only know that there was a 'Japanese notification meeting' in the Hubei New Army a few years ago, but it was later copied by the government, and many people in the camp were also dismissed, and it was said that they were all suspected of disorderly parties, but they couldn't catch the evidence, so they could only be driven out of the barracks. This is still what the Huotou Army of the Eighth Town of Hubei said, whether it is true or not, the villain really doesn't know. ”

Zhao Bei nodded with satisfaction and said, "First wronged you, stay here for a while." Come! He took off his military uniform. ”

Several guards came up, untied the ropes from the captives' hands, stripped them of their uniforms, and then tied them up again, and took them aside, and after a few moments another man came, but this man was so stiff that he refused to kneel.

"Who are you? Dare to frame the official army? The captive asked.

"Who do you think we look like?" Zhao Bei stood up.

"It's not a green forest." The captive glanced at it a few times, and his gaze stayed on Zhao Bei's command knife. "Your people behave well, walking, sitting, and raising, like soldiers of the new army, and the few who caught me are even more extraordinary, using the art of grabbing in the army, and your saber is also very familiar, are you from Anqing?"