Qiao Yu was hiding in the trench to observe the situation, only to hear a scream on the side, it turned out that a Sichuan army machine gunner was shot in the head, suddenly blood and brains splashed, the machine gunner was killed, and suddenly the firepower on this side was much weaker, several Yunnan soldiers quickly approached the trench, Qiao Yu saw that the situation was not good, his body suddenly rolled to the machine gun, pushed the dead body away, the machine gun sounded again, and immediately swept to the three Yunnan troops.

Wu Tong wanted to stop Qiao Yu, but he also knew that for a new army can withstand the test of war, courage is a very key factor, the commander can personally go into battle, which is very good for the improvement of morale, Wu Tong also picked up two box cannons, while protecting Qiao Yu while shooting, they all participated in the battle, and the guards on one side also entered the battle, and soon killed more than ten soldiers of the Yunnan army.

"Governor, I saw that when I gave up the first line of defense, the strength of the Dian army had already been consumed a lot, and we still had two lines of defense, so there was no need to fight here at all!"

Qiao Yu also paid attention to the situation on the battlefield, many fortifications were destroyed, and there were not a few soldiers killed or wounded, it was time to give up the first line of defense, so he agreed to Wu Tong's suggestion, and the Sichuan army quietly left and slowly retreated to the second line of defense.

The two sides fought for two or three hours, and the Dian army also had five or six hundred people who lost their surnames, and saw the blood dripping from the heart of Xie Ruyi, who was in command of the front line, this is the essence of the Dian army, and it has lost so much before it touches the wall of Syria, how to go to see the governor of Cai Yi, so he also played out of anger and ordered the Dian army to rest for a while, and then immediately launched an attack.

At this time, after the Dian army launched an attack again, it found that there seemed to be no more annoying machine guns, and there were no cannons that came from time to time, and soon the Dian army broke into the defense line, but the Sichuan army had all retreated into the second line of defense at this time, Xie Ruyitie saw the Sichuan army retreating, and knew that the other party might not be able to bear it, so he ordered the Dian army to speed up the pace of the attack, and strive to attack Syria before dark.

The soldiers of the Yunnan army soon rushed to the second line of defense under the cover of artillery fire, the second line of defense was obviously tighter than the first, there were still scattered barbed wire fences in many sections, and the firepower of the Sichuan army was also much stronger, and the Yunnan army was bleeding from several charges.

"Damn, these Sichuan rats are so difficult to deal with, pull up all the cannons for me, they have to blast a gap for me, I don't believe they can still resist the cannon bombardment!" Xie Ruyi gave the order, and suddenly the artillery of the Dian army became even more frenzied, like a whirlwind blowing through the positions of the Sichuan army.

"Governor, it looks like the Dian army is going to fight hard!"

"Well, I'm not afraid that they are desperate, I'm afraid that they won't work hard, tell Wang Huai that they will hold on until the night and retreat to the third line of defense, how is the preparation of the second brigade?"

"Don't worry, Governor, as long as the special combat team succeeds, the second brigade and the cavalry regiment here will come out from both sides, and all the Yunnan troops will be dumplings, and they will only have a dead end!"

According to Qiao Yu's arrangement, the special combat team is a key link, whether the Dian army of this brigade can be left here depends on the power of the special combat team, and now Qiao Yu can only wait anxiously.

"Gong Bao, good news!" Yang Du rushed to find Yuan Shikai with a telegram, at this time Lao Yuan had been appointed by the Qing court to become the prime minister, to Yanjing City to control the full power, the Empress Dowager Longyu and the regent Zaifeng were forced to entrust the Jiangshan Sheji to Lao Yuan.

However, what Lao Yuan is now taking over is also a mess, the southern provinces are basically reading, Hubei is in a fierce war, the revolutionary party is like Zhongtian, Lao Yuan has already thought of a way to deal with the situation in front of him with his strategists, but on the one hand to suppress the revolutionary party, on the other hand to coerce the Manchu Qing, and finally get the power in his hands, become the prime minister, naturally have to do a big job, Beiyang fierce Feng Guozhang broke through Hankou, set fire to it for three days and three nights, a prosperous Hankou turned into a piece of rubble, but Lao Yuan also showed his power to the world.

At the same time, Lao Yuan sent people to secretly kill Wu Luzhen, the governor of Shanxi, one of the biggest tumors in the history of the Republic of China is assassination, frequent assassinations made the fragile Ming boil politicization come to naught, the revolutionary party in the very beginning in order to fight against the Qing court, wantonly adopted this revolutionary method with the highest surname price ratio, which really shocked the Manchu court.

Wu Luzhen is a strong general in the revolutionary party, studied in Yueben, entered the military after returning to China, gradually took control of the power, became the commander of the sixth town of the army, participated in the Yongping Autumn Festival, and the troops were in the heart of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, since Wuchang Shouyi Wu Luzhen has been active in activities, to overthrow the Qing court, intercepted the materials of the Beiyang Army that attacked Wuhan, and also planned to attack Yanjing, the Manchu Qing had no way to deal with him, so he had to be appointed as the governor of Shanxi, and wanted to encircle him, but Wu Luzhen was iron-hearted against the Qing, this benefit is naturally useless, It can be seen from this that the Manchu Qing Dynasty's level of employment was really problematic, and it actually handed over the soldiers and horses of a division to such a person.

Lao Yuan was still in Wuhan at this time, and was heading to Yanjing, if Wu Luzhen was allowed to move, maybe Yanjing would be occupied in advance, so all of Lao Yuan's calculations would be in vain, and the general trend of the revolutionary party would be completely achieved, so Lao Yuan bought off an officer under Wu Luzhen and stabbed him to death on November 7.

Lao Yuan first relied on the drastic changes in the current situation to force the Qing court to hand over power, and then laid down Hankou to deter the revolutionary party, and at the same time killed Wu Luzhen to stabilize the overall situation in the north, laid the foundation for the formation of a north-south confrontation, and also created conditions for Lao Yuan to finally reach the top.

However, no matter how shrewd Yuan Shikai was, he would not have expected that he would use assassination to deal with Wu Luzhen as if he had opened Pandora's box, and the disaster of the Republic of China began, and he himself was also unjustly wronged, and how many ghosts who died unjustly were pushed to him in the future, of course, Yuan Shikai was not clean.

At this time, Yuan Shikai was working in Yanjing City, and Yang Du walked in happily.

"Xiangcheng, great news, the two tigers in the southwest are fighting, and the southwest is worry-free!"

Yang Du visited Qiao Yu before, and at the same time went to Xichuan to take a look, and had a lot of first-hand information, when he was rushing back, Wuchang Shouyi broke out, Yang Du hurriedly returned to Yuan Shikai's side, and actively made suggestions.

Yuan Shikai also has the overall situation in mind, and he is more sure of the two lakes and the southeast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but only the southwest is more troublesome, especially since Yang Du has been in Sichuan, he has often reminded Lao Yuan to pay attention to Qiao Yu, saying that although this person is young, he has deep vision, is gloomy, and is good at seizing the opportunity, and he must not let him gain power.

Lao Yuan still cares more about Yang Du's words, Yang Huizi usually doesn't praise others much, so he naturally has his reason to respect Qiao Yu so much, and Lao Yuan also pays more attention to Cai Yi, who is also a top military talent who studied abroad, and also has the Yunnan army, which cannot be underestimated.

If these two people join forces, I am afraid that the southwest will not be under his control, but now after getting the news, Lao Yuan suddenly relieved himself.

"Huizi, which of them do you think can take advantage?"

"Xiang Cheng, in my opinion, it doesn't matter who takes advantage, the key is that if they pinch it, the southwest will be easy to handle, but if you want to win or lose, I think Qiao Yu may take advantage of it!"

"Oh? Huizi, now that Sichuan is not unified, and the Sichuan army is far less elite than the Yunnan army, how can it take advantage? ”

"Xiang Cheng, I think Cai Ye thinks the same way as you!" After Yang Du finished speaking, he showed an unfathomable smile, although Yuan Shikai hated Yang Du's pretending to be profound, but he also recognized Yang Du's judgment in his heart, Cai Yi will definitely underestimate the enemy, and those who underestimate the enemy, no matter how powerful his forces are, will inevitably fail, and he must not underestimate the enemy.

The night shrouded the Jinsha River, and a small group of men and horses along the riverside were rapidly approaching the wharf where the Yunnan army crossed the river, they were the elite of the Sichuan army, and the special combat team trained by Qiao Yu single-handedly, today's main task was to destroy the ferry boat collected by the Yunnan army, and cut off the back road of the Yunnan army in one fell swoop.