Two hours after the Battle of Dasha River, in Jinan Mansion, Yuan Shikai listened to Wang Shizhen's urgent report and was furious, "What did you say? Changqing County is occupied? Nearly a thousand casualties of the New Army? ”

"Yes." Wang Shizhen's face was extremely heavy, and he handed over an urgent report sent from the Dasha River Express Horse.

Yuan Shikai took the paperwork, swept it quickly, his face was gloomy to the extreme, half loud, he didn't get angry and laughed: "Very good, Makqin machine gun, Mauser pistol, very good, hire Qing, send an order to the new army, swear to defend the Dasha River defense line, let Hua Fu transfer twenty artillery pieces in the army, and bombard them fiercely for me." ”

"Where's Zhongmiya?" Wang Shizhen asked tentatively.

"Attack, don't wait, more than 10,000 new troops, I don't believe that I can't defeat Zhonggong." Yuan Shikai said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Dashuai, I'll do it."

When Wang Shizhen was about to walk out, Xu Shichang suddenly rushed in and stopped: "Slow." ”

"Big brother, what are you?" Yuan Shikai looked at Xu Shichang with a cold gaze.

"Brother, listen to the eldest brother's words, this battle can't be fought, the Tiger Ben Army dares to go north, then it must be fearless, its edge is flourishing, we can't resist it, otherwise we will definitely suffer heavy losses." Xu Shichang said anxiously.

"Then let my 1,000 new troops die tragically by the Dasha River? The bones are not cold? Yuan Shikai said coldly.

"Big brother, their death makes us realize the strength of the Tiger Army's firepower, so that more New Army brothers will be spared, otherwise, the New Army brothers will be more seriously injured." Xu Shichang said bitterly.

"Then you say, what now?" Yuan Shikai gritted his teeth, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked.

"Retreat to Jinan, pass the news to the Qing court, just say that the Tiger Army is too strong, has captured the entire southern part of Shandong, the new army has suffered heavy losses, unable to resist, is retreating to Jinan, let the Qing Court find a way, when the time comes, the Qing Court will definitely transfer troops from Henan, Zhili, Jianghuai and other places to come to support, besiege the Tiger Army, and then we will give it a fatal blow." Xu Shichang said in a dignified voice.

"Then what if the Tiger Ben army is unforgiving and directly attacks Jinan?" Yuan Shikai asked.

"No, no matter how strong the Tiger Army is, no matter how fast it develops, they have only risen for half a year, and they are a little later than us, and now they have occupied the entire southern part of Shandong, and there is no more strength to occupy Jinan." Xu Shichang said.

"Yes, Dashuai, there is a flat river in the north of Jinan Mansion, there is no danger to defend, not to mention whether the Tiger Ben army can occupy Jinan, even if they are lucky enough to win us, there is no extra force to hold Jinan." Wang Shizhen also continued.

Yuan Shikai groaned deeply, and after a long while, he sighed and said, "Okay, just do what you say, and withdraw the new army to Jinan." ”

"Yes, I'll do it." Wang Shizhen answered in a deep voice.

"Big brother, you go and do it. Hire Qing to stay first. Yuan Shikai said.

"Yes."

After Xu Shichang left, Yuan Shikai looked at Wang Shizhen calmly and asked lightly, "You went to find my eldest brother?" ”

"Yes, Sir." Wang Shizhen did not hide it.

"I know your loyalty, between us, there is nothing to say, you say it, as long as it is right, I will listen, okay, you go down first, don't do it next time." After Yuan Shikai finished speaking, he closed his eyes and recuperated.

"Yes." Wang Shizhen only felt a little chill in his back, but he didn't dare to say more, he went to Xu Shichang to be a lobbyist, and he was afraid that he would not be able to persuade Yuan Shikai.

……

On the banks of the Dasha River, Chen Jiugong, commander of the artillery battalion, had already pulled 15 artillery pieces to a secret place behind the trench under the order of Wang Jundao, and set up a fort, aiming at the improvised position temporarily constructed by the New Army on the other side of the Dasha River.

Chen Jiugong was a naval gunner in the First Sino-Japanese War, after the Battle of the Yellow Sea, he became the main gunner of the Southern Gang Fort in the Weihaiwei Defense War, after the defeat of the Qing Zheng Axe, the Southern Gang Fort was destroyed, and he also became a jobless vagrant and returned to his hometown in Tai'an.

After Wang Jundao captured Tai'an Mansion, he collected all kinds of talents from all over Tai'an, and discovered him, because he had a special affection for artillery, even in the past few years of retirement, he has been studying things related to artillery, and he can be said to have reached the point of knowing contemporary artillery well.

After Wang Jundao's modern military training, he was appointed as the commander of the artillery battalion, for a person like him who was abandoned by the Qing political axe, Wang Jundao has the grace of reinvention for him, and more importantly, Wang Jundao can come up with all kinds of new artillery that he can't even think of.

On the artillery position, Chen Jiugong looked at his pocket watch, and it happened to be the time for Wang Jundao to let him open the cannon, he yelled and said, "Open the cannon!" ”

Fifteen shells burst out of the barrels in an instant, and with a sharp whistling sound, they flew towards the positions of the new army on the other side of the Dasha River.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Almost at the same moment, the sound of explosions sounded on the opposite bank, and the billowing smoke rose into the sky with the scattered dust, and the positions of the new army were suddenly in disarray; because they were only improvised positions and lacked anti-artillery holes, nearly 100 soldiers of the new army were killed by this round of shells, dozens of people were killed on the spot, and dozens of people were inserted into the shrapnel and rubble produced by the explosion...... If you have it, you will be stunned on the spot.

The new army, which was lucky enough to be fine, trembled, and before they could rejoice that they were still alive, they were greeted by a new round of shells from the artillery battalion of the Tiger Army.

Subsequently, under the command of Chen Jiugong, fifteen artillery pieces poured more than 100 shells on the positions of the new army, and only two, three, or four hundred new soldiers were directly killed and wounded by the shells, but this kind of artillery bombardment completely destroyed the courage of most of the new army soldiers, and no one was willing to stay in their own positions anymore, and they all ran away desperately with weapons, and the battlefield was suddenly in chaos. In the face of such heavy artillery fire, who is not afraid of death? Who doesn't want to run for their lives?

When the artillery of the artillery battalion stopped firing, under the cover of heavy machine guns, a total of more than 1,000 people composed of soldiers from the pistol battalion and the assault battalion had already rushed across the bridge over the Dasha River and fired fiercely at the chaotic new army.

The new army, which was already in chaos, was even more dispossessed, and fled backwards one after another, and some of them threw away their weapons and ran wildly because it was too inconvenient to escape with their weapons, wishing they could run faster.

In the end, nearly 1,000 soldiers of the New Army escaped the charge of the Tiger Army, and the Tiger Army did not continue to pursue, but cleaned up the battlefield and collected the spoils, which was also ordered by Wang Jundao in advance.

While the battle was going on by the Dasha River, Wang Jundao had already sneaked into Jinan City with Lei Ba and Han Muxia.

When night fell, Wang Jundao found Tang Jian, and he asked Tang Jian directly: "How are the brothers?" Have you all entered the city? ”

"All of them disguised as caravans of goods entered the city, and they were concentrated in a few inns on a few streets around Yuan's mansion." Tang Jian nodded.

"Have you found Yuan Shikai's whereabouts?" Wang Jundao asked.

"The brothers saw him and his subordinates hurrying into the Jinan New Army barracks in the evening, and they haven't seen him since." Tang Jian said.

"Yuan Shikai's new army camp is left with less than five hundred new army guards, the rest are some logistics old and weak, the new army has all been sent out, you personally lead the special operations battalion one company and two companies, if Yuan Shikai wants to go out of the barracks, just beat him back, if he doesn't go out of the barracks, then an hour later he will also attack his barracks, don't spare the ammunition, give me five hundred grenades to greet the new army barracks casually, ten mortars also give me to pour shells into it, but remember not to attack in, You only need to fight outside the barracks for an hour, and after an hour, no matter whether Yuan Shikai transfers Yuan's personal troops to reinforcements or not, you all quickly evacuate and rush to the west gate of Jinan. Wang Jundao said in a deep voice. The 500 grenades and 10 mortars were newly produced in recent times, and they were smuggled into the city by the special operations battalion during the day, hidden in wagons carrying goods.

"Then do you want to kill Yuan Shikai?" Tang Jian nodded and asked. Now that he has that sniper rifle with an effective range of more than 700 meters, he is confident that he can snipe Yuan Shikai with one shot if he is defenseless.

"No, Yuan Shikai has a master by his side, on a night like this, the sniper rifle is useless, it is difficult to kill him, and he can't die now." Wang Jundao shook his head and said. He knows Yuan Shikai's ability, it is impossible to die so easily, Yuan Shikai himself has been worshipping a famous teacher since he was a child, learned a good fist and foot and a good swordsmanship, how high the strength is, no one knows, in history he was frequently assassinated, and he escaped his surname, which shows this, and he has a very good set of people, and he has gathered a group of masters around him as bodyguards, the most important thing is that Yuan Shikai can't die now, once he dies, then all the people under his command are tigers, if he takes a team to occupy one side, it will be very troublesome, if he doesn't die, Wang Jundao can deal with him with one mind.

"Okay, then keep his surname first, and then take it later." Tang Jian nodded and said.

"Mu Xia, you take the third company of the special combat battalion to control the west gate of Jinan City, and you must ensure that before I arrive, the city gate is in our hands." Wang Jundao then commanded.

"Don't worry, commander, with me, the West City Gate can't be lost." Han Muxia nodded.

"Lei Ba, you go and take the fourth and fifth companies of the special operations battalion, as well as the 'divine sword', drive all the carriages, and follow me to the Yuan Mansion." Wang Jundao said again. There are a total of thirty people in the 'Excalibur', which is the most powerful thirty people in the special operations battalion, and they are usually hidden in the special operations battalion.

"Yes." Lei Ba nodded in response.

"Okay, you guys go quickly." Wang Jundao said.

After the three of them took the order and left, Wang Jundao called ten "divine soldiers" who had been following him closely, they were warriors who stood out from the tens of thousands of tiger soldiers, all of them were strong in martial arts, able to tear the tiger alive, and at the same time, all of them were brilliant in marksmanship, 100 meters through Yang, each of them was temporarily equipped with a refined Tang knife made of alloy steel, two sharp daggers, two Mauser pistols with 20 rounds, and 300 rounds of ammunition. They are Wang Jundao's close bodyguards, and since these days, there is only one person who has trained them, and that is Chen Bo Chen Shijun.

Wang Jundao directly instructed the ten 'divine soldiers': "After entering the Yuan Mansion, don't kill the children, don't kill the women, don't kill Yuan Shikai, don't kill Xu Shichang, don't kill our people, and the rest, as long as you dare to resist, they are all within your killing range, remember, use the gun to solve the masters of the Yuan Mansion as much as possible." ”

"Yes, young master." Ten people responded respectfully.

"Well, go ahead, you sneak into Yuan's Mansion first, each of you be careful, act in pairs of two, and take care of each other." Wang Jundao nodded.

"Yes." The ten men answered, and quietly exited the inn.

Wang Jundao sat quietly, thinking about what to expect.

After a long time, he finally sorted out all kinds of possible changes, which are nothing more than several:

The first is that Yuan Shikai transferred the treasury.

The second is that Yuan Shikai was so prepared that he couldn't do it from time to time, which led to the return of the new army of Zhonggong.

The third is to get the gold jewelry, but before you can leave the city, you are blocked in your way.

The fourth is other unexpected events, such as some large families living in Jinan City or foreign armed personnel in the city to support Yuan Shikai.

In the middle of the sound, Wang Jundao thought about the countermeasures one by one, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered: "Xu Qingyun, do you want to take you away?" ”

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