"Young master, Niu Chuanshan has already imprisoned Guo Tai, and those county orders have also been reprimanded, and the other two conditions have not been agreed, saying that they want to discuss, whether the young master is asking for too high a price, Niu Chuanshan doesn't dare to agree!" Wang Tianhe reported to Qiao Yu.

"Tianhe, it's just that he can't stand it, otherwise how can we expand our power, step up the monitoring of Niu Chuanshan, this guy hasn't completely admitted defeat, he will definitely want to fight back, just take this opportunity to wipe out the rest of the forces in Yucheng!"

Qiao Yu directly forced the palace in fact, he also had his own plans, he had already received the news that the Minister of Railway Supervision Duan Fang had arrived in Wuhan, and the imperial court was also putting pressure on Zhao Erfeng, the old man estimated that he would return to Chengdu soon, and the revolutionary party had obtained arms again, it would be strange if he didn't fight, and the preparations for war in Yucheng were obviously not sufficient, and the biggest problem was the Chamber of Commerce.

Although these big businessmen are tied to Qiao Yu and also support Qiao Yu's plan, they are worth a lot of money after all, and they are unwilling to take risks, their greater willingness is to hold Dongchuan, and they don't even have the ambition to control the whole of Sichuan, let alone affect the situation in the whole country, and the most important thing at the revolutionary juncture is to dare to take risks, so Qiao Yu thought about forcing Niu Chuanshan to let the imperial court make drastic actions first, and then just took the opportunity to put pressure on the Chamber of Commerce, telling them that the crisis was just around the corner, so they could let it go.

However, if this is not done well, it will also play with fire**, so Qiao Yu tightened his control over Yucheng to avoid accidents, as long as the supervision is the water defense battalion, this army has 15 or 600 people, the equipment is quite well-equipped, and the supply and supply of the port is also sufficient, so it is also the most concerned by Qiao Yu, and a lot of spies are planted, and in addition, the first target of the mixed association is mobilized, ready to enter the battle at any time.

And the water defense battalion is also frequently mobilized, and the vigilance has been strengthened, although it is very secretive, but it cannot escape Qiao Yu's surveillance.

Niu Chuanshan has been using the excuse of not implementing Qiao Yu's conditions, and Qiao Yu directly sent down a few teams of people to control Dazu, Jiangjin, Jiangbei, Changshou, Yongzhou and other counties around Chongqing.

However, Niu Chuanshan's attitude can not be concealed from Qiao Yu, although this adult is silent, but Master Huang has no less sneaky in and out of the mansion, everywhere to contact helpers, there are people in Yucheng who support Qiao Yu, naturally there are people who oppose it, some old-school businessmen are extremely repulsive to the factory, most of them live by the privileges of the government, and now with the expansion of the power of the Chamber of Commerce, the space for these people to bully the people is getting smaller and smaller, and they have no ability to transform and operate the factory, they can only watch the market shrink a little bit, Naturally, he regarded Qiao Yu as a thorn in his side, and when he saw that Lord Daotai seemed to be going to deal with Qiao Yu, he also jumped out one after another, those who have money will pay, and those who have people will pay people.

Both sides are stepping up their preparations, and Yucheng has become a little nervous, and soon three days have passed, and all the horses and horses in the water defense camp have been mobilized, and all the soldiers in the Daotai Yamen have also been mobilized to strengthen their vigilance, and no one has a way to retreat.

The spies placed in the Daotai Yamen also passed on the information, Niu Chuanshan prepared to quietly leave the Daotai Yamen tonight, and prepared to go to the barracks of the water defense battalion, it seems that the action is at night, at this time, Qiao Yu's conference room is mixed with all the battalion and above officers present, in addition to Qiao Zhen also participated, and the border guards under him have also expanded to 1,000 people, of which the backbone are veterans who have survived a hundred battles on the Sichuan side, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

"Young master, the number of people and horses in the water defense battalion is not large, just hand it over to the second standard, it is absolutely easy to take them down, Niu Chuanshan doesn't know what to do, even he will clean it up all together, and the rest are some miscellaneous pieces, which are not worth mentioning at all!" Han Yong seemed full of confidence and took the initiative to ask for battle.

"Deputy co-ordinator, can you fight for merit, our first standard is also eager to fight, in the past we were all at the forefront, how can we lag behind now! Rest assured, we don't need a single standard at all, only two battalions are enough, the equipment of the water defense battalion cannot be compared with us at all, they have almost no heavy machine guns, as long as a few Makqin are arranged, it is enough to wipe them out! ”

Just when several people were actively asking for battle, Qiao Zhen suddenly interjected: "Third child, how can I definitely have something wrong, it stands to reason that the Water Defense Battalion is not our opponent at all, they are not hitting the stone with an egg, Niu Chuanshan is not stupid, will he be so reckless?" ”

As soon as Qiao Zhen's words came out, Qiao Yu immediately felt uneasy, Niu Chuanshan is a relatively shrewd bureaucrat, how could he be so misguided, if the water defense battalion can deal with him, why didn't he use it earlier, it stands to reason that Niu Chuanshan also knew that it wouldn't work, so how to explain what is in front of him?

"Tianhe, is there any news from the artillery team?"

"Young master, they are not abnormal at all, I have been closely monitored!"

"That's not right! Now that the situation is so tense, how can they not move, there must be something wrong with the artillery team, we are definitely negligent! ”

Qiao Yu's mind flashed, don't Niu Chuanshan is ready to use cannons to bombard himself directly, there are four 75mm mountain guns in the artillery team, and four 75mm field guns, the rest are garbage, not a threat, even these eight cannons are more dangerous, the range of mountain artillery is relatively small, but it is enough to more than four kilometers, as long as it is hidden in any corner of Yucheng, it is enough to hit Baifu and the factory area, now Yucheng does not have such a large area as in later generations, thinking of this, Qiao Yu's cold sweat flowed, It seems that he is still too careless.

Now it's five o'clock in the afternoon, it seems that tonight is the time to start, time is running out, if at this time suddenly a few more cannons open fire on their own mansion, not only can the personnel damage not bear, but also will mess up the morale of the army, and the water defense battalion will kill again, I am afraid that my side will really collapse, I actually made such a big mistake, it is really smooth sailing and some despise the world.

After all, Qiao Zhen has experienced the war, and her mentality is much better than that of ordinary people, "Third child, don't worry, whether there is or not, as long as we guess it, we won't be afraid, it's a big deal to move to a safe area, what if this mansion is left to them to bomb!" As long as you don't damage the personnel, and the artillery is not a small thing, it will definitely leave clues! ”

"Well, just do what the second brother said, Tianhe, you should quickly send more people now, strictly investigate the abnormal situation in the city, and be sure to find the artillery, in addition, Baifu, the factory area, and the Chamber of Commerce These dangerous locations must be on guard, and the personnel should be withdrawn as soon as possible to avoid being attacked by artillery! I will lead the first standard, go to the artillery team, control the artillery team, Brother Han, you lead the troops to solve the water defense battalion as soon as possible, and the second brother you will be responsible for evacuating the personnel, and maintain law and order as much as possible! ”

The original sense of relaxation was suddenly gone, everyone took action, Qiao Yu took the first standard and went straight to the camp of the artillery team, this artillery team has a total of eighteen cannons, eight new cannons, and the rest are old-fashioned bronze cannons, with a strength of about five hundred people, but they are not satisfied, and the management is not strict, many people are not in the barracks, but spend all day drinking outside, Qiao Yu's army is like a whirlwind into the barracks, quickly solve a few sentinels, and directly kill them.

The commander of the artillery team is named Deng Hua, and he is also up and down in his heart, and it is difficult to calm down, from the bottom of his heart, he is unwilling to be an enemy of Qiao Yu, but as a soldier, he does not dare to disobey orders, and as an old-fashioned figure, he still has a heart for the Qing court, so he agreed to cooperate with Niu Chuanshan.

But now that Qiao Yu's army suddenly arrived, Deng Hua knew that the matter was exposed, and their only chance of winning was to be surprised, and now as long as they were noticed, he also knew that it was definitely not Qiao Yu's opponent, so he asked his subordinates to give up resistance and became prisoners.

Qiao Yu also came to the camp, and at this time, Liu Yunhong pressed Deng Hua to come to him, and Wang Huai also controlled all the captives.

"Lord Xietong, a total of three hundred and forty-seven prisoners have been captured, and fourteen cannons have been captured, and two mountain cannons have been captured, and two field cannons are gone!" Wang Huai reported the situation to Qiao Yu, Qiao Yu nodded slightly, and looked at Deng Hua again.

"Commander Deng will explain your tricks, don't let me bother! Where are those cannons hidden, hurry up and explain! ”