When Yin Chang was escorted in front of Zhao Bei, Zhao Bei had just personally distributed a saber to a platoon commander. According to Zhao Bei's order, all officers above the platoon commander are qualified to wear sabers, and the sabers used by each officer are personally distributed by Zhao Bei, and after receiving the sabers, the officers must also stand in front of a red flag, swear loyalty to the revolution, loyalty to the republic, and must absolutely obey the orders of their superiors at all times.

"I swear! As a loyal revolutionary soldier, no matter when and where, it is my duty to obey orders! Wait for the day, be loyal to the country! Sword mountain and sea of fire, move forward bravely! If you violate this oath, you will be court-martialed! Oath taker xxx! ”

The officers stood under a red flag, holding a saber in their hands, and swore an oath with a staff officer with a solemn face, although the oath was simple, but it was enough to show their hearts, and the red flag in front of them was waving in the wind, without any bells and whistles on it, only four golden characters shining in the morning light: Iron and Blood Republic.

"Iron-blooded republic", iron-blooded is the means, the republic is the goal, a bright red military flag, pinning on the future of this country and this nation!

Zhu Daniu stood in this platoon of officers, his tall figure was particularly eye-catching, because of his outstanding performance last night, he had been promoted by Zhao Bei to the pipe band (battalion commander), and he didn't know whether he was excited or excited, his face was flushed, and his rough voice almost covered the voices of others.

After last night and this morning's rectification, the rebel troops have gathered more than 21,000 people, considering that the total number of new troops in the provinces participating in the autumn exercise and observing the exercise is only more than 26,000, and in addition, the 33rd standard of the ninth town of Jiangsu has not been able to arrive by the Yangtze River, this number is already considerable, and the remaining thousands of people have all been scattered and have fled northward, and the rebel troops did not pursue, but only sent reliable cavalry units to search westward, in case the rout of the army spread the news of the mutiny to the west.

With the assistance of the Qunzhi Society, Zhao Bei quickly stabilized the troops, and quickly appointed officers at all levels, among these officers, there were both people from the Qunzhi Society, and Anqing officers inserted by Zhao Bei, although at present, this army cannot be said to belong to Zhao Bei personally, but Zhao Bei believes that it will not be long before he can fully control this army, which will be his starting capital, and it is also a weapon to rewrite history, he will never let others take advantage of the loopholes, and if necessary, he will also use iron-blooded means to integrate this army.

Zhao Bei stood by the military flag with his hands behind his back, watching the row of officers swear to the red flag, waiting for them to put down their sabers, nodded their heads, and said, "Return to the team!" ”

The officers ran back to their respective ranks and stood at the front of the line.

The four Anqing officers did not leave, and after hanging their sabers on their belts, they stood tall under the military flag, and the golden light of the morning sun was projected on their military uniforms, looking solemn and solemn from a distance.

Zhao Bei walked up to the four of them, glanced at them, and said calmly: "I won't say more, what should be explained to you has been explained, and the rest will be handed over to you." ”

"Please rest assured, we will complete the task!" The four shouted in unison.

Zhao Bei took out a letter with fire paint from the pocket of his military uniform, handed it to one of them, and said, "This is a letter I wrote to Xiong Dudu, be sure to bring it with you." ”

"Yes! By all means. The man took the letter and put it in his pocket.

"Remember, if you can't return to Anqing, turn back immediately and keep up with the brigade, and as for those cannons, if you can't bring them back, throw them away." Zhao Bei admonished, then nodded and said, "Let's go." ”

The four of them saluted and retreated, gathered five hundred soldiers, dragged twenty cannons and gun wagons, and carried military flags to the wharf of Huangni Harbor, where dozens of wooden boats with shallow draft were ready to go, and the ships were full of baggage. They were the detachments that were sent back to Anqing City, not only to deliver these heavy cannons to the Anqing Uprising Troops, but also to inform Xiong Chengji of the direction of the Huangnigang Uprising Troops.

Since the Ninth Town of Jiangsu and the Eighth Town of Hubei came to participate in the autumn exercises, not to carry out combat missions, the ammunition carried by the army was not much, and most of the bullets were empty cartridges used in the exercise, and there were very few live ammunition; although all the baggage ammunition was seized after the uprising, after counting, each soldier could only get more than 20 live ammunition on average, and in contrast, the artillery shells were more abundant, and each cannon had an average of more than 100 shells, most of which were howitzer shotguns and high-explosive shells with strong lethality.

Zhao Bei decided to go west, although this proposal won the support of most of the officers of the Hubei New Army and the Jiangsu New Army, but there were still a few officers who were a little dissatisfied, and there were still many Anqing officers, in order to appease the emotions of these people, Zhao Bei had to deliberately divide 20 cannons, and handed them over to the Anqing officers to bring back to Anqing to support the Anqing uprising troops. There are plenty of artillery shells in Anqing City, but there is not enough artillery, and these twenty cannons can greatly strengthen Anqing's defense.

This move immediately won the favor of the Anqing officers, and the resistance to the Western Expedition was greatly weakened, although Zhao Bei felt sorry for those cannons, but at this time, the people's hearts and the army's heart came first, and if the military heart was not closed, the Western Expedition would be overshadowed, and the troops would also have cracks.

In fact, Zhao Bei's move also has a hidden intention, that is, to use these cannons to enhance Xiong Chengji's confidence in holding Anqing City, Anqing will hold on for one more day, the Qing army will be dragged for one more day, and Zhao Bei's resistance to advance will also be weakened by one point.

Of course, Zhao Bei also had to explain his practice of the Western Expedition, so he wrote a handwritten letter and handed it to the officer to bring back to Anqing.

Zhao Bei is not worried that Xiong Chengji will react violently to this, after all, he is the first hero of Anqing's breaking of the city, without him, there would be no Anqing Guangfu Junta, and before leaving, he also mentioned the topic of "acting cheaply" to Xiong Chengji, Xiong Chengji did not object, as for returning to Anqing, it was just Xiong Chengji's first choice.

In the final analysis, this historical trend still has to be promoted by itself, and others can't count on it, after all, they are not traversers.

"The troops have all been assembled, please inspect the troops by the vanguard officer!" Wu Zhenhan and Yang Wangpeng walked to the military flag, stood upright and saluted.

Zhao Bei returned the salute, pressed the handle of the saber with his left hand, walked up to the school review platform accompanied by the two, saluted first, and then spoke impassionedly after putting down his arm.

"Soldiers, now I officially declare that from this moment on, everyone present, whether it is an officer or a soldier, whether it is a Jiangsu or a Hubei, will be a member of the revolutionary army from now on. If the revolution fails, the struggle will not stop! If the revolution fails, the military flag will not fall! …… What is a 'revolution'? Revolution is rebellion, revolution is violence! This revolution is not only a national revolution, but also a popular revolution! The overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was only the first step of the revolution, and leading China to prosperity and strength was the ultimate goal of the revolution! …… How many people with lofty ideals shed their blood, not for personal glory and wealth, not for a simple change of dynasty, but for the purpose of awakening the sleeping people, saving this dying nation, and saving this dying country! ……”

The front of the review platform is black and pressed, stretching from northwest to southeast for more than a mile, and the troops of more than 20,000 people are simply crowding this small river valley plain, at this moment, everyone looks at the supreme commander on the stage with a solemn expression, although they may not be able to hear what he is saying, but this does not prevent them from continuing to maintain that standard standing posture, which is a habit that has been cultivated for a long time, and they are all cultivated under whips and sticks. Everyone followed the coaxing, not necessarily all for the "revolutionary cause", it is true to vent the anger in the heart, but once the anger is vented, calm down and think about it, the camp roar, the killing of officials, and the rebellion, each of them is a matter of the nine clans, and they have no choice but to make a revolution to the end and overthrow the Manchu court, even if this crime is gone, not to mention, as soon as the new officers took office last night, they conveyed the order of the vanguard officer Zhao Bei: From now on, every revolutionary soldier, regardless of the size of the official position, An additional two oceanic "combat allowances" were paid every month until the end of the war. If you don't say anything else, just rush to the allowance of those two oceans, and this battle must be fought! If you win, you are the revolutionary father, the revolutionary hero, if you lose, you will die, and if you can't die, you will simply drag your gun up the mountain and fall into the grass, and you will have to be a "king", right?

Zhao Bei and his senior staff officers also knew a little bit about the minds of their subordinates, so they did what they liked, in addition to preaching some revolutionary principles, they also talked about the immediate benefits. For those soldiers who were born as talents, it is of course necessary to impress them with revolutionary righteousness, and for those soldiers who are from small peasant backgrounds, they must not only use revolutionary righteousness, but also use practical interests to win the hearts of the military.

"Soldiers! Let's go all the way to the west, go all the way and fight all the way, and if we occupy a city, we will send a 'light recovery salary', two oceans per person! Don't be too little! When the revolution succeeds in the future and the property of the Eight Banners nobles is confiscated, each of us revolutionary fathers will be able to get a share, silver, land, and houses are all indispensable! ”

Zhao Bei took two steps forward, waved his arm, and continued to incite: "Don't say anything else, just talk about the 'flag salary', those flag people have been paid since they were born, what is the basis?" Isn't it because the ancestors of their banner people occupied the flower world of our Central Plains? It is by relying on this ancestral shade that the people of this banner can have no worries about food and clothing, and they don't have to do any work, and they set up cages and skate birds all day long, because we are treating them as cattle and horses.

What is a 'revolution'? Revolution is a redistribution of social wealth by violent means! What is Social Wealth? Social wealth is money and power!

Back then, the pigtail soldiers of the Eight Banners entered the Central Plains, occupied the country of our ancestors, took away the silver, land and women that belonged to us, and let us treat them as cattle and horses, which is more than 200 years of cattle and horses, and our blood and sweat have been squeezed out and drained. Today, we revolutionary soldiers rise up to revolution and rebel, in order to take back the things that were taken away by their banner ancestors, to take back our silver, to take back our land, and to take back our women! What is a revolution? Revolution is a money grab! Grab the field! Snatch! These things were originally ours, and now we have taken them back, and it is justifiable! ”

Hearing Zhao Bei's words, the emotions of the soldiers in the front row were mobilized, and they couldn't care about discipline, and the bold ones began to talk to each other, and the people at the back of the queue who couldn't hear what they were shouting on the school review platform also asked the people in front. Everyone may not understand the truth of "revolution", but everyone understands the meaning of "grabbing money, grabbing land, robbing girls", the so-called "people do not destroy the heavens and the earth for themselves", which since ancient times, which person who has been fighting as a soldier is not to seek a future for himself? Not to mention anything else, the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan flattened the long hair, and the gold, silver, jewelry, and beautiful jade silk transported back to Hunan's hometown from the south of the Yangtze River were pulled back by boat, which turned Hunan into a small Jiangnan. It is said that the reason why Jiangning is still dilapidated is because the Hunan army robbed Jiangning of poverty, and in the past, it was said that there were beauties in Jiangnan, but now if you go to Jiangnan to take a look, how many beauties can you find? It's Hunan, since the triumphant return of the Hunan army, there are more and more beautiful Hunan sisters, are those beauties falling from the sky?

When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang pulled the soldiers to pull the flag and rebelled, didn't they shout "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning"? Why do other banner people eat well, dress warmly, and sleep with more beautiful women? Isn't it because they hold the seal of military power? Now, Lao Tzu has grasped the power of the army, and the next thing is to take the seal handle, with the power of the soldiers, the gold and silver mountains, and the beautiful jade silk are not left to us to choose?

Tell the truth, tell the truth! This "vanguard officer" is a person who understands and knows what our big-headed soldiers are thinking, and following such a person to make a revolution is a head!