Duanfang led the army to Xichuan closer, but it was not smooth, there were a large number of officers who were inclined to revolution within the army, ordinary soldiers were even more reluctant to fight, and they had to face endless militia harassment along the way, and the soldiers were soon exhausted, Long Jianming also commanded the East Road People's Army and Duanfang several major battles, although the Hubei New Army relied on well-armed and well-trained to repel the attack, but in the face of the surging militia, Duanfang was also shocked, and a sense of fear rose from the bottom of his heart, the commanders were like this, not to mention ordinary soldiers.

The army barely arrived in Zizhou, and the soldiers were no longer willing to go forward, trapped in the city, difficult to move, at this time, his subordinates hurriedly called a telegram to Duanfang's hand, Duanfang glanced at it, and immediately fell into collapse, it turned out that there was a problem in Yucheng.

"He Yang, I regret not listening to your advice, Qiao Yu, this traitor, is going to kill me completely!" The end was like earth, and the draft of the telegram fell to the ground, Li Heyang hurriedly picked up the telegram, and when he looked at it carefully, he suddenly spun around and stood unsteadily.

It turned out that before Duanfang arrived in Zizhou, there was a problem at the wharf in Yucheng, and it turned out that the workers at the wharf were unwilling to load and unload materials for Duanfang's ordnance ship, and the workers in Yucheng said that these materials were used to slaughter the Sichuan people and resolutely refused to load and unload.

Before the end of the direction of Xichuan advance, because of the fear of the back road is unstable, he left a battalion of soldiers to guard the wharf, to ensure the smooth flow of supplies, who knows that just a few days after the end of the side, the wharf broke out a strike movement, the commander of this battalion is named Doro, is a man, Duan Fang's cronies, he thought that guarding the dock in the rear, do not need to go to the front line to charge, is a great thing, so he finally said to linger in the courtyard.

As soon as he got up from the pile of fat powder, the adjutant ran over in a panic, "Report to your lordship, something is wrong, the poor ghosts at the dock are on strike, and our two ships can't be loaded and unloaded, but we have to delay the military plane!" ”

Although Doro is a bastard, he is not a fool, and naturally knows the important surnames of these two ships, one of which is loaded with munitions, eight Maxim machine guns, and a large number of bullets, which are precious and abnormal, and the other ship is loaded with food, which is also very important.

At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was preparing for military exercises, and the location chosen was Zhili Yongping, known as Yongping Qiuying in history, originally the Qing court was to show military strength to the outside world, deter the revolutionary parties in various places, and also to show the results of the new army's repertoire to the West.

It can be said that there are basically no machine guns in the army in southern China now, Qiao Yu's army is basically not formally established, and the weapons are also purchased privately, and the Qing court is not clear about his power, and the machine gun is naturally not collected, and Duan Fang is a Manchu magnate with deep connections, and the Sichuan uprising is like a fire, and it is necessary to use heavy machine guns to kill these eight machine guns, and it took a lot of effort to get these eight machine guns, and prepare a full range of bullets, and want to send them to the front of the army, how do you know that the workers are on strike now, Naturally, this batch of munitions could not be transported to the front of the army.

Knowing the importance of machine guns, Doro hurriedly ordered his men and horses to kill on the docks, these Hubei soldiers were loaded with live ammunition and collided with the dock workers, Doro brandished his command knife and rushed to the workers.

"You poor sticks, why don't you go and unload the boat for Lao Tzu, or I'll chop you all up and throw them into the river to feed the king!"

"If you have the ability, you can kill us, we will not let you turtle sons slaughter our own compatriots with these weapons! I don't want to die! A representative of the workers stood up, not at all polite, and Doro was furious, and with a wave of his saber, he was about to cut down the worker, and at this time the other workers were also red-eyed, and immediately several bricks were thrown over, and one of them hit Doro's forehead, and blood flowed out.

Originally, Doro only wanted to scare the workers, but now he was hit with a brick, and he waved his saber and slashed at the worker, hitting him right in the shoulder, and blood splattered everywhere.

This stabbed the hornet's nest, and the workers were excited, and primitive weapons such as sticks and shovels poured up, and Doro was also at a loss in the face of the surging workers.

"Shoot, shoot these poor ghosts, kill them!" The Hubei soldiers got the order, had to carry it out, a burst of gunshots, and suddenly more than a dozen workers fell in a pool of blood, at this time on the other side of the dock suddenly sounded three gunshots, a team of Sichuan soldiers quickly arrived at the dock, the leader was Han Yong, I saw that he was angry, as if the killing god possessed, holding two box cannons in his hands, quickly surrounded the Hubei army in the middle.

"That turtle son shot and beat people, how dare he slaughter the common people, and still look at us Sichuan people!"

Han Yong strode in front of Doro, and the box cannon in his hand was pressed against Doro's head, and at this time, the soldiers on both sides raised their guns and aimed at each other, seeing that they were about to fire!

At this time, on the teahouse next to the wharf, Qiao Yu was slowly sipping fragrant tea, looking at the situation on the wharf from afar, and at this moment, a fragrant wind blew over, and a beautiful shadow floated to the opposite side of Qiao Yu.

"I said, why don't you go to the dock as a reporter from Lu University, don't you like to discover news materials the most?"

The person who came was Lu Wanqing, since the last assassination, Lu Wanqing has been recuperating in Yucheng, Qiao Yu has wanted to send this eldest lady home several times, but this eldest lady has not left, often taking pictures around with a camera, writing press releases, Qiao Yu has been busy, and she has not met a few times, but in the eyes of outsiders, this reporter Lu Da is a member of the Qiao family, so he is extremely polite to her, and Lu Wanqing lives very comfortably.

"I smell the smell of conspiracy, to be honest, the matter of the dock was not instigated by you, I want to write the truth, so that the people of the world can see your insidious face!"

"Hehe, you can write casually, I also have a letter here, which is about to be sent to Fushun in southern Sichuan, do you want to read it?"

As soon as Lu Wanqing heard the word Fushun, she suddenly felt as if she had been struck by lightning, her eyes widened, and she pointed at Qiao Yu and said, "You dare to secretly investigate me, you are violating my **!" ”

"Miss Lu, you ran to Dongchuan so recklessly, your father doesn't know how to worry about it, you go and talk to his old man!"

Lu Wanqing was suddenly like a deflated ball, and sat down opposite Qiao Yu honestly: "Is my father okay?" ”

Qiao Yu pointed to the teacup: "Come, pour me a cup of tea!" ”

"You!" Lu Wanqing always couldn't get a bargain in front of Qiao Yu, and she became more and more annoyed in her heart, picked up the teapot, and poured him a cup of tea angrily: "You know that bullying girls is not a gentleman at all!" ”

"Miss Lu, when I found out that you were angry, you looked a lot better than when you were angry!"

"Deng's disciple, the famous Qiao Xietong is like this!" Lu Wanqing suddenly changed her strategy, her little face was full of smiles, but she started fighting with Qiao Yu! Qiao Yu was still a little uncomfortable, took a sip of tea, and said:

"Ling Zun is fine, but your father is really a little weak, and he was bullied very badly by your uncles and uncles!"

Lu Wanqing lived in Yucheng, Qiao Yu out of prudence, naturally wanted to investigate her family background, and found that Lu Wanqing's family was not simple, but the daughter of a big salt merchant in southern Sichuan, the Lu family has been operating in southern Sichuan for hundreds of years, has gone through four generations, and passed on to Lu Wanqing's father Lu Nai, this Lu Nai is also interesting, unlike other brothers, he actually converted to Catholicism and became a Westerner, and Lu Wanqing was sent to Europe to study since she was a child, received a Western-style education, and returned to Sichuan two years ago, Because he doesn't fit in with his family, he is not welcomed.

Dazu's Sun Ren is naturally too far behind the Lu family, but Sun Ren is more willing to spend money, work hard to make friends with the Lu family, and become brothers with Lu Nai.