"Boom."

As soon as Wang Anlan put down the phone, a cannonball exploded not far from the headquarters of the Mixed Association, and the loud sound shook the surrounding glass one after another, and frightened some soldiers outside to quickly hide in.

Li Yuanhong also sat in front of the big case with a pale face, and a broken corpse in the hall was shocked, it was a liaison sent by the party, and he was hacked to death on the spot because he was afraid of chaos.

Due to the previous major change of guard, the 41st standard and two battalions were outside, and the 42nd standard was trapped in Hanyang and Hankou and could not cross the river to support for the time being, so there was only one infantry battalion and one artillery battalion left around him, and the officers were only Liu Wenzhi, Wang Anlan and others, and the command post was a lot deserted. Li Yuanhong glanced at Wang Anlan, who was so frightened by the sound of the explosion that he almost fell, and asked, "What did Yang Qiu say?" ”

Wang Anlan calmed down and repeated: "My lord, Yang Qiu said that all the 42 bids are on standby and are waiting for your order, and he also said. ”

"When is it, it's still spitting!" Seeing him flickering as he spoke, Li Yuanhong slapped the table fiercely. Wang Anlan didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly said: "He said that no matter what happens here in Wuchang, he will definitely protect the adults, and he also said that no matter what the adults choose, he is the foreign aid of the adults!" ”

"Foreign aid." Li Yuanhong read these two meaningful words, the corners of his mouth were not noticed, and he continued to say coldly: "Now that the bandits are in chaos, all battalions have echoes, and you wait to eat the court on weekdays and receive the grace of the court. ”

Liu Wenzhi heard Li Yuanhong's voice, and hurriedly said: Don't worry, my lord, I still have two battalions outside the 41st standard, and Yang Qiu's 42nd standard is also on standby on the other side, and these chaotic parties will never dare to act rashly. ”

"yes, or I'm in unison." Li Yuanhong sighed, waved his hand and called his confidant guards to quickly write a few words and said: "You go to find Wu Zhaolin, I heard that he is in command, you give this to him, you must not be seen, he will not kill you after seeing it." ”

When the guards heard that their orders were guaranteed, they hurriedly rushed out of the command post.

At this time, the gunfire outside became more and more intensive, and several shells fell near the command post again, Liu Wenzhi and other officers were even more anxious, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, now we (). ”

"It's better to sail against the current than to go downstream." Li Yuanhong waved his hand after saying a headless and tailless sentence: "You all go back, don't participate in the mutiny, if you hit the door, you can say comfort, if they shoot and scare, don't fight back indiscriminately, as for the soldiers to make trouble, just let them go, the old man can't control this matter." ”

Hearing him say this, the officers finally breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye, Li Yuanhong didn't know where to go at this time, Liu Wenzhi saw this and immediately said: "My lord, you might as well go to my place to rest for a few days, and come back when the matter here is settled." ”

"Okay." Li Yuanhong readily agreed.

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"The bullets are coming, the bullets are coming." In the excited shouting of the soldiers, Yue Peng, who was reading the map in the room, let out a long sigh of relief with his fingers, and only after he walked out of the door after calming down a little did he see that several carriages had been parked in the middle of the barracks, and several anxious soldiers immediately pried open the box, and the yellow-orange bullets suddenly spilled down.

Just as everyone began to collect the bullets, the sound of rapid running also came in from outside, and Zhang Wenjing's third battalion finally arrived, and saw that the number of people was not only not less but more than that, and said in surprise: "Wenjing, you are." ”

Zhang Wenjing immediately pulled out a man in his thirties from behind him, and when the big man saw Yue Peng, he hurriedly saluted and said: "Hang Zhi has seen Lord Guan, we are from the left banner of the Hankou patrol camp." ”

Zhang Wenjing was afraid of misunderstanding, and hurriedly told the matter again, it turned out that when he came back through the Dazhimen Railway Station, he saw Hang Zhi who was leading the team stationed there, the two were fellow villagers and had known each other, Hang Zhi heard that Zhang Wenjing was going to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, and he was excited to immediately bring people to join in.

Yue Peng knew that Zhang Wenjing had always been steady, and since he was the person he recommended, he must be somewhat sure, but the matter still had to be made clear, so he swept his eyes at the new soldiers: "I said ugly things in front, our 42 standards are not other troops, and the standard commander strictly requires orders and obedience ()!" It's about orders and prohibitions, even if there are knives in front of you, you have to grit your teeth if you have an order to rush over! Questions? ”

"No problem, don't worry, my lord, Zhang Guandao has already told me on the way here, and we have long been full of tartars." Hang Zhi and the soldiers hurriedly patted their chests excitedly and promised.

"Well, from now on we are brothers, each of them will fire thirty rounds of ammunition first, and then set off immediately." After Yue Peng arranged for Hang Zhi and the soldiers to collect the bullets, he immediately pulled Zhang Wenjing to his side and asked, "No problem, right?" ”

"Don't worry, it's my own brother, it's absolutely no problem." After Zhang Wenjing patted Yue Peng on the shoulder, he asked, "By the way, what's going on over there?" ”

"He Xi is leading a battalion to attack the county seat and patrol camp of Hanyang, Lei Meng and the newcomer Ji Fucheng are attacking the Jiangfang battalion of the Guishan Fort, Su Xiaohu picked up a bargain, and the adults temporarily organized him as an independent battalion to receive the gun factory, and even the steel mill has to take the opportunity to wash it!"

"He Xi, Ji Fucheng, Su Xiaohu. The three of them are not adults, but he still dares to delegate power, which really makes me admire. After Zhang Wenjing sighed, he asked again: "By the way, what about the adults themselves?" ”

"I've gone to Wuchang City." Yue Peng's face sank, and Zhang Wenjing suddenly jumped up when he heard it: "What! How can you go to Wuchang to wade into troubled waters now? Xiao Anguo: What are they doing? Why not stop it? ”

Yue Peng was also extremely worried after hearing the news just now, but in his opinion, Yang Qiu was the kind of person who was not that kind of reckless, he acted meticulously and methodically, since he insisted on going to Wuchang, there must be something important.

"My lord, there were a large number of mobs and bandits in Hankou City, and a team did not move first according to the order, and sent someone back to ask if it was true." The soldier who reported interrupted the two of them's thoughts, and Yue Peng patted Zhang Wenjing: "Your Excellency must have your own attention when you do that, let's do a good job in Hankou before he comes back." ”

Zhang Wenjing also knew that taking Hankou was the most important thing at this moment, and hurriedly said: "Hang Zhi just told me that there are two machine guns guarding the Hankou patrol camp, and we don't have artillery now, relying only on bombs and rifles, I'm afraid ()." ”

When Hang Zhi, who had just finished receiving the bullet, heard it, he immediately said, "There are cannons." ”

"There's a cannon? Where is it? Say it! Yue Peng was already anxious about the lack of firepower, and when he heard Hang Zhi say that there was a cannon, he rushed in front of him with an arrow step, which startled Hang Zhi, scratched his head and smiled: "Yesterday, China Merchants came to ten German-made Krupp mountain guns imitated by the Jiangnan Factory, and I heard that they should have been replenished to the mixed artillery battalion in the past few days." ”

"Is this true?"

"I don't dare to tell a lie about this, I have a few brothers in China Merchants Bureau, and they told me when they were drinking yesterday."

Hearing Hang Zhi say this, Yue Peng also knew that it couldn't be fake, China Merchants could have been said to be an arms dealer run by the imperial court, and many purchases in the Eight Towns over the years had been procured by them, so he immediately said: "Wenjing, you lead the team to surround the patrol camp first, and the rest of the people occupy important places such as the customs building and the domain warehouse according to the plan, and I will personally go to the China Merchants Bureau to get the cannon." ”

Zhang Wenjing was just about to leave, when he suddenly remembered what the soldier had reported just now, and hurriedly grabbed him and asked, "What about bandits and mobs?" Yue Peng knew that he would have such a question, so he smiled and said, "The Manchu Tartars are about to be overthrown, and Hankou naturally needs a new order!" ”

"It seems that our self-proclaimed Lord Yue is going to be filthy too, haha." Zhang Wenjing is not a pedantic person, not to mention that he was a secretary in the army before, so he naturally knows how much money it costs to raise an army.

When the gunfire of Hankou and Hanyang rang out at the same time, Ruicheng in the Huguang Governor's Mansion was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and the explosions and machine-gun strafing that constantly sounded outside were more like a needle piercing his heart, and he walked around the study with all his strength. Don't look at him and Zhang Biao fighting happily, sparing no effort to revive the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but he is not proficient in fighting, so the defense of the Governor's Mansion needs to rely on Li Xianglin, the original 29 standard commander who was transferred by Zhang Biao after the Nanhu Artillery Battalion incident.

Li Xianglin was still quite conscientious, more than 1,000 soldiers and military police transferred from the patrol battalion of the three towns, and personally went into battle to supervise the battle, but the combat effectiveness of these troops was very poor, but fortunately, the machine guns helped to stop the rebel army that lacked coordination and command in a hurry (). But he was still scared to death, after all, fighting is not an internal fight, this is a matter of losing his head at every turn. What's more, even if Li Xianglin is defeated and captured, he may not die, and he, the bannerman, will definitely die!

"My lord, retreat, retreat!" While he was worried, Li Xianglin had already walked in with a murderous aura, and when he saw Ruicheng, he hurriedly reported the good news: "My lord, the mark has repelled their attack, and it is safe here for the time being." ”

"Great, great!"

Rui Cheng jumped up excitedly like a child, but he deliberately stayed in the "back road" by his side, Chu Yu and Chen Delong were not easy to fool, and asked: "Lord Biaotong, can it be said that these chaotic parties have just retreated?" ”

Li Xianglin glared at Chen Delong, and said in his heart, everyone is an errand, why bother! Seeing Rui Cheng looking at him, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, although they are organizing a second attack, they have ordered machine guns to help, and the Admiral has also dragged out a lot of rebels, so I will definitely ensure the safety of my lord until the source of the imperial army." ”

"That's good." Rui Cheng also knew that Li Xianglin really tried his best, sighed in his heart and gave another order, and made a lot of false promises before letting him go out and continue to resist, but as soon as the person left, his face collapsed, and he grabbed Zhang Meisheng and asked: "Meisheng, you see how tonight is!" ”

Zhang Meisheng was just a scholar, a shogunate master, who didn't know anything about military affairs, and thought that there were only a few hundred mutinous soldiers, so he replied very resolutely: "My lord." The students are foolish in their opinion, the rebels are just a group of courage, and lack unified command, so as long as the adults are here, they can calm the hearts of the people, and now it is too dark outside, and it is inconvenient for Lord Zhang and Lord Li to transfer troops, as long as they hold on until dawn, these rebels naturally dare not fight again. ”

Chen Delong became angry when he heard this, he was a pure martial artist, and he hated the literati the most, and shouted: "The adults are concerned about the safety of Hubei Province, and it is difficult to predict the riots tonight, so we must not let the adults not take risks, or go to my ship first, where the adults can still command the counterinsurgency." ”

Zhang Meisheng has a temper, and since she has spoken, she has to stick to the end, so she doesn't let it: "Adults can't go!" As soon as the adults leave, the hearts of the superintendents will be scattered, and they will definitely fail! ”

There was a lively fight outside, and the noise inside was full of gunpowder, Rui Cheng didn't know who to listen to, so he had to hide in the inner room to try to be quiet, but he didn't expect that the inside was also chaotic into an ant nest, and Liao Keyu, who was directing the maids to clean up, saw him come in and hurriedly asked, "My lord, how is it outside?" But (). ”

"Madame, don't worry, it's still safe for the time being."

Ruicheng told Zhang Meisheng and Chen Delong's opinions, and Liao Keyu was also secretly anxious when he heard this. If Xindao continues to stay here, I'm afraid it will be a situation where the fish is dead and the net is broken, and the man will be able to eat a bullet, but she is a woman's family, and she often hears how the mob treats women and children after the trouble, it is really a tragic situation that can't die, and hurriedly said: "Master Zhang is a scholar who understands military affairs, I think Chen Guandao is right!" Besides, my lord is here, and my family members are dragging you down, how can you concentrate on guarding? Before all the rebels are here, it's better to leave immediately! Don't listen to them! ”

Rui Cheng didn't want to leave, but if he left, he would be charged with escaping, and those people in the north didn't have the ability, but they wouldn't be soft when they killed people, just when he was most hesitant, he only heard a huge explosion outside, and a cannonball fell into the garden. Now his even turned white in an instant, how could he hold it when the cannons came, and hurriedly said: "Madame, quickly pack up, don't want any big items, just bring me those silver tickets in exchange." Then he immediately ran to the front, found Chen Delong, and said that he was leaving.

Chen Delong is not in the army, how can he feel safe staying on land in a hurry, so when he heard that Ruicheng finally decided to leave, he was immediately overjoyed, and asked the seven or eight sailors he brought to go to the backyard to make a hole and prepare to leave from the hole.

Zhang Meisheng naturally didn't dare to stay when he saw that Ruicheng was leaving, he did a lot of bad things, and he would definitely die if he stayed, so he also drilled out of the big hole with the soft belongings he had already packed. But as soon as he raised his head again, he saw dark shadows swaying around him, and before he could shout, his head was pressed against the muzzle of the black black gun, and then a familiar voice rang out.

"Isn't this Lord Rui and Master Zhang? I'm afraid this is Lord Chen Delong, the head of the Chu Yu ship. In the night, Yang Qiu walked out of the darkness with white teeth