At Hankou Railway Station, a train has just stopped next to the platform of the station, and the carriages it is carrying are opened one by one.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, there's a train behind me, hurry up!!"

Standing at the gate of the carriage, some Beiyang officers in gray military uniforms greeted loudly, and behind them, Beiyang soldiers who were also wearing gray military uniforms jumped onto the platform one by one.

"Zhiquan, which unit is this?"

Standing in a three-story building next to the train station, looking at the Beiyang soldiers who were getting off the train, Feng Guozhang, who had just returned to Wuhan not long ago, looked at Duan Qirui on the side.

After hearing Feng Guozhang's question, Duan Qirui, who was also looking at the train station below, hurriedly replied.

"Fourth brother, it's Shandong's 47th Mixed Brigade..."

The 47th Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army, that is, the 47th Mixed Association of the original New Army in the late Qing Dynasty, was reorganized into a brigade by the Association in February 1912, and was stationed in Jinan, Shandong.

Within Beiyang, compared with some other mixed associations, the 47th Mixed Brigade, which was adapted from the New Army in the late Qing Dynasty, obviously has much more combat effectiveness. Originally, Yuan Shikai was not going to use the 47th Mixed Brigade, after all, the old conservative forces in the north were much stronger than those in the south, and if there were not enough troops left to guard some areas, those old and young people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were likely to make some trouble.

After all, in the north, there are definitely a lot of people like Zhang Xun who are still loyal to the Manchu royal family...

It's just that the Qianjiang Battle failed, Beiyang's main force in Hubei was hit hard, and although several divisions retreating to Hubei could still be used, they were also broken, so after transferring 2 mixed brigades to the north, Yuan Shikai still had to transfer several other combat units to Wuhan.

Among them, in addition to being commanded by He Zonglian, who is also the first division of the Beiyang Army that Yuan Shikai is most worried about (the composition of the soldiers is all flag soldiers), there are also troops such as the 47th Mixed Brigade. Relying on the early arrival of the large loan for the aftermath, Yuan Shikai and Lin Lin allocated nearly 30,000 people to reinforce Wuhan.

However, except for the 1st Division and the 47th Mixed Brigade, which can still fight, the remaining mixed brigades are all fish belly troops that have just been established and have little combat effectiveness...

"Han Xinbing, the more the merrier, although there will definitely be deficiencies in combat effectiveness, but it is much better than having no soldiers on hand..."Saying that, Duan Qirui looked at Feng Guozhang. But fourth brother, where do you think we should guard? ”

Wuhan......

If you have to say, the whole of Wuhan is divided into three pieces by the Yangtze River and the Han River, forming a very interesting triangular shape. Among them, Hanyang and Hankou, which are divided by the Han River, are one piece, and Wuchang, which is on the other side of the Yangtze River, is another...

Hearing Duan Qirui ask, Feng Guozhang first smiled bitterly twice before replying.

"If possible, I really want to only defend Hankou and Wuchang, after all, Hankou has the Han River, and Wuchang also has the Yangtze River to rely on, but the current situation is that every inch of land must be fought for..."

Yunnan's Cai Yi and Hunan's Tan Yanmin have officially stood on Yan Guang's side, and Fujian's Sun Daoren and Zhejiang's Zhu Rui are also ready to move. Now don't say it's a concession of the strategic surname, even if it's a slight disadvantage, the two families may jump out and rebel...

So even if Feng Guozhang knew that concentrating his forces to hold Wuchang and Hankou was the best choice, he had to fight for every inch of land...

Just when Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui met and smiled bitterly, all the soldiers on the train just now had already jumped off. And then before the train had left, a new train had already entered the platform, and the scene was repeated...

Just when Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang were looking at the scene in front of them, Feng Guozhang suddenly spoke up.

"Shibazumi, do you think Kung Ho's plan will succeed..."

"........." Hearing Feng Guozhang's words, Duan Qirui was silent for a while and then spoke. I hope the palace keeper's plan will succeed..."

"Yes, I hope we can succeed, so that our pressure can be reduced a lot..."Feng Guozhang sneered twice. At that time, even if we really retreat to the north, we won't let that person surnamed Yan easily take over the entire south...", he said and looked at Duan Qirui again. "You say......... Was Song Jiaoren really killed by Gong Bao? Or someone else..."

“………”

To this question, Duan Qirui's answer was only silence...

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On the streets of Tokyo, a horse-drawn carriage was speeding towards a house in the distance.

And sitting in the carriage was none other than Lu Zongyu, the Chinese envoy to the Chinese Embassy, who accompanied him to sit with Toushan Man, the real backbone of the Black Dragon Society...

"Mr. Toyama, do you think our trip will be successful?"

Although he was burdened with the sacred mission granted by Yuan Shikai, Lu Zongyu in the carriage seemed to be lacking in confidence...

And Tou Shanman, who was sitting next to him, said with a smile.

"Lu Jun, don't worry, Mr. Sun and I are old friends, and it's absolutely no problem to have me come forward..."

As he spoke, the carriage stopped in front of the house.

"Lu Jun, please get out of the car..."

Saying that, Tou Shanman also patted Lu Zongyu's thigh to show comfort...

By the time Tou Shanman and Lu Zongyu stepped out of the carriage, several members of the alliance in front of the house had already greeted them.

And then...

"Lu Zongyu !!"

Seeing Lu Zongyu who walked out of the carriage with Toushan Man, the faces of several people in the alliance changed.

As a friend of Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others, Tou Shanman often came to the headquarters of the Alliance to drink with the two or talk about the current situation, so these members of the Alliance in front of the door were very familiar with Tou Shanman, and when they saw Tou Shanman, it was only because Tou Shanman came to drink with Sun Yat-sen and others this time.

But Lu Zongyu...

Although there is no intersection between the people of the Tokyo Alliance and the people of Beiyang, as the Chinese minister to the Chinese government, how can they not know each other?

"This guy is a minister stationed in Yue, and he has diplomatic immunity, not to mention that this is his own land, and he can't be killed if he kills him, otherwise he will only bring trouble to the alliance—————— but if he just beats him, there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

Thinking so, after noticing that Lu Zongyu had no guards other than the groom this time, several people from the alliance first glanced at each other, and then walked towards Lu Zongyu with a fierce look in their eyes.

The composition of the alliance is already very mixed, except for those young students, there is almost nothing that cannot be accepted into the three sects and nine streams, not to mention that there are people like Chen Qimei in the alliance who "lead by example", and naturally there are not many scruples.

can climb to the position of the minister, Lu Zongyu can also be regarded as a human spirit, at least definitely better than the hairy boys in front of him. So after noticing the fierce light in the eyes of these hairy boys, Lu Zongyu first sighed, and then retreated behind Tou Shanman, letting Tou Shanman's not tall body cover himself.

At this time, Toushan was also displeased, although Beiyang and the Kuomintang were indeed higher than the sky and deeper than the sea, but how to say that Lu Zongyu also brought it by himself. Now these guys want to teach Lu Zongyu a lesson in front of themselves, but they don't give themselves face, right?

However, the bad guy Yamaman also knew the purpose of his visit, so he just coughed twice and then spoke.

"Several, please go to the headquarters and report it, and say that Toushanman has come over with Mr. Lu Zongyu, the minister stationed in the country..."

Hearing Toushanman's words, several people from the Alliance were stunned for a moment, and then they also realized that no matter what, this was the person brought by Toushanman, and they had to give face. What's more, now that Lu Zongyu and Tou Shanman are coming over together, there must be something important, so after glaring at Lu Zongyu behind Tou Shanman, a young man turned around and walked into the headquarters of the Alliance behind him.

After the young man walked into the headquarters of the Alliance, the remaining few people were still glaring at Lu Zongyu fiercely with their eyes, after all, the feud that drove them out of Chinese mainland was not so easy to eliminate.

And hiding behind Tou Shanman, Lu Zongyu is not afraid of what they will do to him.

After all, after the Kuomintang was forcibly disbanded by Yuan Shikai, the League was already a lost dog, and now it can only hide in Yueben and several other countries, and in Yueben, it also relies on the help of organizations such as the Black Dragon Society. Now that he has the support of his own mountain, he doesn't need to be afraid of them at all.

Looking at Lu Zongyu's appearance that I have someone to support him, although those people in the alliance are itching with hatred, there is nothing they can do about him.

After all, now the alliance will have to ask the Black Dragon Society for help in many things, and Toushanman is precisely the backbone of the Black Dragon Society, if he repairs Lu Zongyu who he brought in front of Toushanman, although the anger will definitely come out, but it will also offend Toushanman and the Black Dragon Society, which is really a thing that outweighs the loss...

Fortunately, just when a few young people were helpless, they learned that Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others, who had come over with Lu Zongyu, had walked out of the headquarters of the Alliance.

"Toushan-kun, I haven't seen you for a long time..."After Sun Yat-sen, who had just seen Toushanman yesterday, finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Zongyu behind Toushanman with his eyes, and then asked. I don't know the head of the mountain..."

"Mr. Sun..."Although Sun Yat-sen was very cordial to Tou Shanman, Tou Shanman still used the honorific title for Sun Yat-sen. I brought Lu Jun here this time because I had something important to discuss with Mr. Sun, and I don't know if I can enter to discuss with him? ”

Although he didn't know what important things Tou Shanman had to tell him, and he still had to take Lu Zongyu, the envoy in office, Sun Yat-sen still nodded.

"No problem, Toushanjun, and ........." Glancing at Lu Zongyu, Sun Yat-sen was silent for a moment and said. And Mr. Lu, please come in too..."

"Then thank you..."Lu Zongyu also knew that the matter that Yuan Shikai explained to him was very important, and there could be no mistakes, so after nodding, Lu Zongyu followed Tou Shanman, Sun Yat-sen and others into the headquarters of the Alliance.

After entering the living room of the headquarters of the Alliance, under the signal of Tou Shanman, Lu Zongyu startled Sun Yat-sen and the others as soon as he spoke.

"The contemptible people came this time to invite Mr. Sun Yat-sen and Mr. Huang Xing back on behalf of the palace guards..."

(To be continued)