By the time Tang Hualong and Hu Ruilin arrived at the camp of the Hanyang Right Route Army, it was already dark, but the picture in front of them was still shocked, only to see that the colonel's yard was already full of carriages, deer firewood, military rations, raincoats, and huge machine guns ()! The ammunition boxes were carried to the car in piles, and the young recruits who had only enlisted in the army during the day also rolled up their sleeves, looking at the veterans who were ready to be pulled out with envy, and working hard as temporary porters.

"What is this for?" Tang Hualong couldn't bear it anymore and asked the guards around him who were leading the way.

"The commander has ordered the Northern Expedition, and the brothers are preparing to set off and go north overnight." In his eyes, whether it was the lifeless old Eighth Town before, or the chaotic Wuchang Left Route Army at the moment, it was not as full of vitality and vigor as here, especially after the victory of Liujiamiao during the day, everyone's heart was mobilized, so when it came to the battle of recovery that was called the Little Northern Expedition by the officers, even the corners of his eyebrows were blazing.

But this sentence was undoubtedly a thunderclap in the ears of the two people next to him! Northern expedition?! God, isn't this man too whimsical? I want to go on the Northern Expedition at this moment! The soldier was surprised when he saw the two of them, and laughed: "The two adults guessed wrong, it's not the National Northern Expedition, it's the Little Northern Expedition!" To the north to recover the whole of Hubei! ”

I heard that it wasn't the Great Northern Expedition, and the two of them were all relieved, but before their hearts were completely silent, they were provoked by the last sentence "Recover the whole of Hubei" to thump again, Hubei?! Tang Hualong didn't believe that Yang Qiu would cross the river to challenge Wuchang's authority at this moment, but the problem was that Wuchang was south of the Yangtze River and only accounted for less than one percent of Hubei! He's going north now, isn't that a good hole! Hu Ruilin came up with a Yangzhou mantra in his heart, if this Little Northern Expedition is completed, ninety percent of Hubei will have the surname Yang!

But the problem is that he can only fight two bids at the moment, and the party in Wuchang has a heavy army, so he is not afraid that the army will be served by others after the expedition? ()！ Tang Hualong, who had already regarded Yang Qiu as a partner of the Constitutionalist, heard that he was going to make a small Northern Expedition, his face changed, and he stomped his feet and said, "It's not wise, it's not wise!" ”

The soldier glanced at Speaker Tang, who was pale-faced, and was very disdainful of the commander who doubted this remark, and when he saw Yang Qiu, who was talking to Yue Peng under the street lamp, he immediately ran over to salute and report: "Commander, Speaker Tang and Councilor Hu are here." ”

"Brother Jiwu and Councilor Hu, you are rare guests." Yang Qiu hurriedly took a few steps to meet him, took Tang Hualong's hand and said with a smile: "Brother, I was still talking about the two of you just now, this time I really said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao have arrived." ”

"Although Hu is a few years older, how can he be as young as Chenhua and worry about the country, it is better to be like Jiwu and call the old master Ziwat." Hu Ruilin humbled himself a few words and asked: "Chenhua, I heard the soldiers say just now, you want the Little Northern Expedition?" ”

The dispatch of the army can't hide it, and there is no need to talk nonsense on this issue, so Yang Qiu raised his head: "Defeating the remnants of Liujiamiao is equivalent to completely recovering the three towns of the Han River, but the Manchu Tartars still rule the vast Hubei region, since the revolution!" We can't let them be powerful anymore, we must get rid of these vampires who are attached to the people of Hubei as soon as possible, and give the people a good day! ”

These words were loud and powerful, so that Tang Hualong's belly was black and he was still putting on a show at the moment, but now the constitutionalists are really at the time to find a backer immediately, and Li Yuanhong's future in Wuchang is unknown, so he can only bet on him temporarily, put away his dissatisfaction and reminded kindly: "Brother Chenhua, it's not that you are saying frustrating words for your brother, you are only two bidders now, are you in a hurry?" Besides, I didn't help with the ordnance matter during the day today, brother. ”

"Brother Jiwu doesn't have to blame himself, I believe that the matter of ordnance will be resolved naturally after Li Du takes office." Yang Qiu waved his hand and said, "It was not a rash move for me to make the decision to go north today. It is already a foregone conclusion that the army from the north will come, and there are thousands of Qing troops entrenched outside the three towns, if we can't defeat it as soon as possible, we can't concentrate on dealing with the Beiyang enemy! Although Chen Hua only has this brother who swears to follow, we are soldiers, and we can't stop fighting because of the small number of people! So please Brother Jiwu and Brother Zihu take me to tell the people of the Three Towns, please rest assured, Chenhua vows to protect the heart of the Three Towns will never change. ”

Seeing that his heart for the Little Northern Expedition had been decided, even the soldiers began to line up, and the two knew that they couldn't stop it, so they could only take one step at a time, hoping that Wuchang would not make drastic moves and cut off the thread that they were rarely tied to ().

The two of them were not missing any of this look by Yang Qiu, he knew best that these constitutionalists were eager for power, especially military power, for this reason Tang Hualong in the parallel world also racked his brains to encourage Juzheng, and made a "Wuchang Military Government Organization Regulations" in the name of Sun Yat-sen, which finally made Li Yuanhong monopolize power and finally squeezed out the party, and the first righteous fruits won by the Social and Communist Advancement Association became all other people's peaches, and even Zhang Zhenwu's killing strictly said that it originated from this.

So after sending off the soldiers, he immediately changed his worried look, turned his head and deliberately asked Zhang Wenjing: "The northward march has begun, and the good news will definitely come back soon, have I asked you to draw up a list of civil affairs in each county?" ”

List of civil administrations by county?

Zhang Wenjing scratched his head, he didn't know about this matter? Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and when he saw the two people next to him, he suddenly pricked up his ears and guessed what Yang Qiu was going to do, so he acted as a question: "Commander, you don't know, we are all soldiers carrying guns, how many can we!" ”

"Idiot!" Yang Qiu deliberately cursed, pointed to Tang Hualong, whose eyes were shining on the side, and said: "Speaker Tang and Councilor Hu are both veteran members, and they are both top leaders in civil affairs. ”

Tang Hualong didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity, so he pretended to be modest and said: "Chenhua praised it, Tang Mou has that kind of ability, but there are still some things that can be done when it comes to civil affairs." ”

"Do you hear that? Learn more! Yang Qiu pretended to glare at Zhang Wenjing, who smiled secretly in his heart and hurriedly gave his hand: "Wenjing doesn't understand civil affairs, and I hope that the two adults will not hesitate to give advice." ”

Yang Qiu also smiled and said: "The two brothers don't hide it privately, Yang Qiu is indeed a headache for this kind of civil affairs, any of you might as well take it out, all parts of Hubei need it." ”

Tang Hualong and Hu Ruilin knew that it would be difficult for them to have military power, so they had already been fighting the idea of civil affairs, and when they heard him say this, they immediately patted their chests and promised to recommend talented people to him to help manage. Yang Qiu also had no choice, compared with Beiyang, which had deep roots, he was too poor in this regard, so he had to temporarily get together with these constitutionalists, but it was impossible for him to watch the atmosphere be damaged again, and finally said with a straight face: "The selection of civil affairs depends on two people, and it is necessary to ensure the logistics needs of our army's northward march ()!" It's just that Chen Hua has an ugly saying in the front, it is already a new government at the moment, you recommend people must not make any trouble, and they still have to accept military control before overthrowing the Manchu Dynasty! ”

"Chen Hua rest assured, the enemy is currently in a national disaster, and we will never do anything to drag down the army." After Tang Hualong finished speaking, he hurriedly pulled Hu Ruilin to say goodbye, preparing to use a list overnight that would not only reassure them, but also reassure Yang Qiu.

Looking at the two who disappeared into the darkness, Yang Qiu's eyes were cold: "Remember! The police, taxes, customs must be our people! This is non-negotiable! Zhang Wenjing nodded emphatically.

The aftermath of Liujiamiao has not yet dissipated, and the news that the Right Route Army has been opened again has caused a commotion, especially Wuchang, which is separated by a river, is even more at a loss, although everyone also has the heart to start the north, but because Li Yuanhong has not officially become the governor, the army is leaderless and can only watch the three arrows of the Right Route Army go north.

"No, it has to be changed!"

The atmosphere in the small meeting room of the Wuchang Consultative Bureau was tense, Liu Gong and other party members who had been summoned overnight had unhappy faces, Sun Wu, whose face was covered with gauze, slapped the table, and the sharp color in his eyes was even more straight through the river, for him, these three days were as difficult as three years, because there were too many things that were unexpected!

First of all, because of the insufficient internal preparations, coupled with his accidental injury, Li Yuanhong had to be brought out after the success of the uprising, which made him, who had long coveted the governor of Shouyi, face the dilemma of being subservient, and in the past few days, most of the old troops in the new army have supported Li, and Yang Qiu even simply threatened with soldiers! In addition, the loss of control of Hankou and Hanyang led to the unexpected rise of Yang Qiu, and the inexplicable birth of the Right Route Army, which greatly weakened the revolutionary forces, especially Hankou, the richest city, and Hanyang, a gun factory with a complete military industry, which made it impossible to carry out many of his ambitions.

What's even more infuriating is that Yang Qiu actually has to make an inch, not to mention that he controls the arsenal by himself, and he brazenly sends people to ask for ordnance and military funds! In addition to today's battle of Liujiamiao, the Right Route Army and his nondescript Flying Tiger Banner have become the well-known symbols of the revolutionary army in the two towns on the other side, and even Wuchang has spread all over the place, but the eighteen-star flag has dimmed a lot ().

It's a breath that's hard to swallow!

"Sun Wu." After calming down, Liu Gong felt that the afternoon's approach seemed to be too much, and after thinking about it, he said, "Do you think you will provide a batch of ordnance over there?" ”

Sun Wu exchanged glances with Zhang Zhenwu next to him, gritted his teeth and said, "No! Yang Qiu is already a little bit of a rival with us now, if he provides so many more weapons, he can quickly expand to tens of thousands of people, who can still contain him at that time? ”

"You can't say that." Xiong Bingkun is an officer in the end, and he knows the current situation very well: "The two towns and three associations in Beiyang, plus the other subordinate armies, have at least thirty or forty thousand!" In addition, Beiyang has always been elite, and the generals are like clouds and soldiers are brave, one-on-one is not something that we can stop, and if Hankou falls, I am afraid that it will be difficult to keep Wuchang! ”

"It is precisely because he can't keep Hankow that this is the best opportunity to contain him, as long as Hankow can't be kept, he and his right-hand army will be immediately pointed at by Qianfu! We can completely recuperate, and wait for him and Beiyang to fight to the death, and then we will be able to completely control the three towns in one fell swoop and drive the whole country! As soon as Sun Wu finished speaking, Xiong Bingkun got up and said loudly: "No! There are hundreds of thousands of people in Hankou alone, you are joking with human lives, who will believe us in the future? ”

This sentence also resonated with many party officers present, especially the old people of the society, because most of them were born and raised in Hubei, and unlike foreign organizations such as the Communist Advancement Association, they naturally did not want to see the hard work of several years of hard work ruined.

Although Sun Wu couldn't get used to this group of "mud legs", after all, at this moment the society controlled the most important gun, although he was full of anger, he had to temporarily suppress it, and said: "I didn't mean to give up Hanyang and let the Mantars ravage, I just said that when he can't hold on, we will immediately send troops to replace him, so that the people will know who is really good for them." ”

Xiong Bingkun didn't believe Sun Wu, but since he said so, it was naturally not good to continue to accuse, and said: "Anyway, I still say the same thing, the three towns belong to each other, like a tripod, and the lack of one will inevitably lead to a global rout!" ”

"Zai Qian is right, don't give up Hankou lightly until the last resort." Liu Gong was afraid of getting stiff, so he hurriedly came out to be a peacemaker, and said, "By the way, why haven't you seen Bo Kui all the time?" ”

"We didn't know that there was no one after being chased by the patrol camp on Xiaochao Street that night, and we didn't see anyone when we opened the cell." Zhang Zhenwu said: "Maybe run back to Yichang for a while, I think it will be clear when I come back tomorrow with the 41st bid." ”

"Nonsense, a agreed commander-in-chief is not in his position at such a critical time, really. Forget it, don't wait for him, let's talk about the governor first. Sun Wu took advantage of the topic and said: "I have been in Hankou for the past few days, and news has been coming from the other side of the river that Li Yuanhong is very popular with the old officers, how can this work?!" The success of the uprising is the fruit of our many years of hard work, and we cannot call an old officer to snatch it. ”

"Isn't this a strategy that was agreed in advance?" Zhan Dabei, who had just been released from Hankou Prison, said: "If something happens to you, you will elect Li Yuanhong as the temporary governor of the capital, and after we gradually control the military and administrative powers, we will depose him, not to mention that before the uprising, we have invited Huang Xing and Wu Luzhen to Hubei to preside over the plan, as long as any of them come, there will be a candidate for the official governor." ”

Sun Wu secretly hated in his heart, he had said so beforehand, but he was not really dead! These people used this set of rhetoric to prevaricate themselves at this moment, obviously afraid that the Communist Party would take power, so they hurriedly said: "Well, you don't have to wait for them to come, the success of Shouyi is in Wuchang and Hubei, of course, we should choose among us." ”

Xiong Bingkun heard Sun Wu's voice, and immediately objected: "We have had a dispute over the leadership before, and now that the uprising is successful, we can't bring up the old things again, let's wait for either Huang Xing or Wu Luzhen to return to Hubei, not to mention that at this moment, the army is unstable, and the enemy is at present, we need a person who is familiar with the art of war to lead everyone, and you and I are not candidates to lead everyone through this catastrophe." Besides, the notices have already been posted, and the nationwide electricity has been sent out early, is it too late to talk about these at this time? ”

didn't expect Xiong Bingkun to give himself so face, Sun Wu's eyes behind the gauze became a little stronger, and said: "If you don't know the military, you can't lead the troops?" With my revolutionary spirit, I may not be afraid of Beiyang. Besides, Yang Qiu has already raised troops to launch the Little Northern Expedition at this moment, if we don't come up with a candidate for the commander, how can we serve the public? ”

His words were really a bit nonsense, and even Cai Jimin was a little annoyed, and said: "Yang Qiu has already issued an announcement to only serve as the commander of the Right Route Army, and also elected Li Yuanhong as the governor, vacating the Left Route Army ()!" Looking at his strength today, he is only a group of men and horses that can fight, and the others are recruits who can't even use guns, seeing that the Tartar army is about to arrive, even if he wants to seize power, how can he compare to the tens of thousands of elite soldiers on our side? But just now Li Zuodong said to me that Liu Ying on the Jingshan side has already taken up the title of the deputy governor of the Hubei Hubei Army of the People's Republic of China, and he also issued an announcement to beg the Qing court in this name, and I waited for this side to send it for a long time, and he hurriedly followed up, what is going on? ! ”

This sentence made Sun Wu's face a little unbearable, everyone knew that Liu Ying was his person, and the previous meeting said that Sun Wu would be the governor of Shouyi, and he would be the deputy governor. But now the situation has changed, Li Yuanhong has become the governor of the capital, and he, the deputy governor, is naturally not worthy of his name. Zhang Zhenwu, who was next to him, saw that Xiong Bingkun and Cai Jimin both supported Li Yuanhong, and he was even more dissatisfied in his heart, so he pulled out his gun and got up and said: "I support Sun Wu, we are waiting for the revolution to overthrow the Manchu Qing and establish a republic, how can we appoint the old officials?" I'm going to kill him!" ”

Deng Yulin, who was in the corner, was really tired of arguing and arguing, and muttered: "Go, if you are not afraid of a split in the army tomorrow morning, and the soldiers will cross the river to Yang Qiu's side, go and kill him." ”

After he said this, Zhang Zhenwu really didn't dare to do it, everyone knew that the army's morale was unstable these days, and the soldiers pulled out their guns and started fighting if they had a slight movement, and hundreds of people had died in Wuchang City in the past three days, and even several old officers had died.

Fortunately, Liu Gong was sleek, and immediately pulled Zhang Zhenwu to sit down: "Okay, okay, don't fight, the matter of promoting Li Yuanhong is decided for the time being, and we will discuss it after Huang Xing and them arrive." Now that the enemy is present, even if it is an empty name, let him sit and stabilize the morale of the army first. ”

Since Liu Gong said so, everyone had to stop discussing this matter for the time being, but the scorn between the society and the Communist Party has deepened a lot. Seeing that the atmosphere was so dull, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door, and Li Zuodong excitedly pinched the telegram and walked in: "Ju Zheng and Tan Renfeng are coming, this is the telegram I just received, saying that they have arrived in Jiujiang and will come in a few days at the latest." ”

Hearing these two names, Liu Gong finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and Sun Wu also looked at the night outside in Hessen, his eyes sparkling as if he was making some important decisions.