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Chapter Ninety-Six: Cai Songpo's Gaze

The night attack on Chenjiaao knocked out the momentum of the Beiyang soldiers, but it could not change the overall pattern of Feng Huafu and 30,000 Jingrui Beiyang to press the border, just when He Xifan learned that the night attack had begun, he rushed to support with the main force, and far-reaching things also happened in the southwest. ~~

Before dawn, the city of Kunming was dark and dark, and since the Wuchang Uprising, the city was also full of wind and rain, and all kinds of gossip were secretly circulated. Some people say that Yang Qiu was a general secretly sent by Sun Wen to return to Hubei to help after learning the art of war of foreigners in the United States, and he lost tens of thousands of soldiers in Beiyang outside Wusheng Pass, and said that Sichuan was also occupied by him, and after Hunan and Jiangxi became independent, he also listened to his orders to prepare for the Northern Expedition (). Some people also said that the alliance has already announced to the whole country that in the near future, Lianghuai, Huguang, Shanxi, Shandong, and even Zhili will all take action at the same time. Some people even said that Sun Wen and Huang Xing had already sent people to Yunnan, and Kunming was already in danger.

These rumors are true or false, and the local officials are all in the air, and many people no longer dare to go to the Yamén to do business, and they have complained to their homes for various reasons, and many more people have a vague sense of urgency, as if they are looking forward to the arrival of a big change.

The 37th Cooperative Barracks of the 19th Town of the Yunnan New Army was silent, only the general's dormitory on the left was still flickering with a hint of dancing flames.

"The pressure on Hubei is getting bigger and bigger, I know Feng Huafu, Wushengguan lost because of Xiongguan's obstruction, Yang Qiu was able to lead the two associations to catch him off guard, at this moment the city pass has been broken, and it is even more difficult to lose again." It was Huang Yuying who spoke, he was originally a child of a rich family, and when he was 18 years old, he went to Japan to study at his own expense, and successively studied in Hongyuan and Dongbin schools to study military affairs.

When Huang Keqiang of the League raised an incident at the mouth of the river, he gladly accepted Sun Yat-sen's assignment to help. At the time, he was only a month away from graduation. After the defeat of the estuary, he continued to insist on activities in the western Yunnan region in an attempt to make another move. Running around in western Yunnan, preparing for hardships, escaping death many times, and turning danger into relief, but still as always, he did not change his original intention. Later, because of malaria, Yongchang failed again, and felt the importance of military strength, so he decided to change the way of struggle, and was admitted to the new army to serve as a trainee platoon commander in the 73rd standard.

Tang Jiyao and Liu Cunhou, who were sitting next to them, also nodded, both of them have studied at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School for many years, not only friends, but also have a lot of research on various domestic armies, especially Beiyang, which has been repeatedly compared with the Yunnan New Army, and the training troops in peacetime are also imitating Beiyang. Half a month ago, after hearing that the Wuchang Uprising was successful, the two wanted to do it immediately, but they were suppressed by Cai Ye because they were not fully prepared.

"Yesterday, Li Jingxi summoned Jin Yunpeng and Zhong Lin and others to discuss secretly, and in the afternoon began to strengthen the guards of the east, west, south, and north, and also transferred the guards over, and now the Governor's Office, the Ordnance Bureau, Wuhua Mountain, and the Nineteen Town Headquarters all have Jing Rui handles, and the Governor's Mansion also spread the news that they want to disarm on the spot, and the news of disbanding the new army will be missed if we don't do it again." Tang Jiyao was in a hurry, and he raised his arm and waited for Cai Yi's order.

Cai Yi's status in the Yunnan New Army is like Li Yuanhong in Hubei, and his military talent is not comparable to the latter, plus he is the current highest-ranking current officer in the League, and he has always believed that it is better to engage in ** in the southwest than in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, so the three of them all looked at him and waited for a decision. 4∴8065

"Yang Qiu." Cai Yi loaded the last bullet into the revolver and placed it beside him, picked up the "Letter of Persuasion to Yuan Shikai" issued by Yang Qiu two days ago and the national telegram of the elected commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, and asked with a frown: "Which of you has heard of this person?" ”

Tang Jiyao and Liu Cunhou immediately went to see Huang Yuying, after all, his connections in the party were more familiar than the two, but unfortunately the latter was also inexplicably strange about this name, shook his head and said: "I have also been there a few times in Hubei, and the people of the Communist Association and the society know each other, but Yang Qiu is really very ear-born."

Liu Cunhou thought of the recent rumors and said in surprise: "Could it be that he really came back after being sent by Mr. Sun to study in the United States?" ”

"Everyone still says that Sun Wu is Mr. Sun Wen's younger brother? In my opinion, no matter who he is, at least he is full of tartars, and he is better than many of us inside. Tang Jiyao said.

Cai Ye didn't speak, and quietly looked out the window, in fact, he didn't really want to know who Yang Qiu was. Throughout the millennium, during the years of the change of dynasty, such heroes abounded from the ground, and he was only a little surprised by the rumors that Yang Qiu occupied Sichuan. Since ancient times, no matter whether he Yang Qiu entered Sichuan or not, at least it shows that this person has ambitions for Sichuan. His vision is much sharper than ordinary people, Sichuan is the center of the entire southwest, and it is also the most important cornerstone of whether the southwest can be rapidly expanded after the success of the move, so he has deduced before that he quickly sent troops into Sichuan to occupy the richest western Sichuan Plain, and then quickly advanced to Huguang to complete the great cause. But he didn't expect that it was Hubei that started first, and the person who commanded the army had never heard of it, so would it conflict with him if he continued to implement the original plan? What's more, this person is neither a member of the party nor a child of a family, and he almost rose from the ground by himself, will he become a big trouble for his people in the future?

Forget it, it's too far away to think about these now, let's stabilize Yunnan first (). Thinking of this, Cai Yi grabbed the gun and put it into the holster: "Cheng méng, you can afford it, brothers should do their best, but Li Jingxi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, is the nephew of Lord Li Hongzhang, and he has a favor with me, I think." ”

"Songpo doesn't need to say it, we are not unreasonable, no matter how you say that Lord Li still did some good things for the country back then, as long as Li Jingxi does not obstruct **, you have the final say on such small things."

"Okay, I'll leave a letter and let him go to the French Concession for refuge on his own, and after he leaves, I will immediately lead people to attack the southeast mén, Liu Xianye in the northwest mén is a coward, so Li Gengen will lead the students of the martial arts hall to attack" Cai Ye suddenly made up his mind: "Expelle the Hulu, restore my Han family, and take Kunming within nine days"

"Okay" Tang Jiyao grabbed his hat and went to reorganize the army, and the other two also went out to prepare, and after the three of them left, Cai Ye turned his head again to look at the direction of Sichuan, and after the success of the move, did he retreat bravely in the rapids, or did he send troops to Sichuan?

Under the strange and unpredictable smoke and clouds of Xinhai, no one knows that the two most outstanding soldiers in this era have actually looked beyond the whirlpool and cast their eyes on the territory of Sichuan, which is still in Hunluàn.

At the same moment when the southwest storm suddenly rose, the sun also rose from the Hubei Plain, and the warm sunshine blew away the cold of the night.

After the night of the first uprising, the military and political fu blockaded the river and ordered all the ships of the three towns to accept military management, so that the Yangtze River Gang suddenly had no livelihood, so she simply joined the medical team when she had nothing to do, because she learned martial arts since she was a child and grew up in the United States, she knew more about medical care than ordinary people, so she was immediately used to come here, due to the lack of doctors and yào products, the hospital conditions have been very difficult, fortunately Zhang Zhujun and others came from Shanghai yesterday to join, and finally had some appearance.

The ups and downs outside have not been able to bypass here, from the mouths of the wounded soldiers who are sent in large numbers every day, she also learned the news of the killing of the Liu brothers in the northern march and the tragic battle of Wushengguan, and then the Xiaogan incident Sun Wu and others stepped down, and that person suddenly became the commander-in-chief, which gave her a feeling of palpitations and sleepiness.

If anyone knows about Yang Qiu's rise experience, she must be one of them, the first encounter in Sichuan, the assassination on the streets of Wuchang, the Jiāo Yi with Heshengyuan, Ji Ang's speech at the oath meeting, etc., all make her unable to tell what kind of man this is

On the one hand, he firmly overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but on the other hand, he was incompatible with Mr. Song and others, what does his future look like? Just as she was thinking about it, there was a sudden shout from the front yard, and she saw dozens of stretchers being carried in by the soldiers, and the groans and screams suddenly covered the place again.

"Where did you get it?" After Zhang Zhujun arrived, he quickly became one of the councilors' supervisors, and immediately asked for details when he saw the wounded soldiers.

"We came from Weidian, yesterday the Beiyang 13 standard dog * attacked us, killed more than 100 brothers, these are serious injuries, we have no way to treat in front." The second lieutenant who sent the wounded soldiers with red eyes: "Doctor, they will give it to you, try to save them as much as possible, now the commander is personally leading people to attack the Beiyang Department of Chenjiaao, he said that the enemy's large army will definitely arrive this afternoon, and there will be a big battle tomorrow at the latest, and we must rush back immediately, and he also asked me to tell you that you must be prepared for the arrival of a large number of wounded soldiers." ”

"The commander personally led people to attack Chenjiaao?" Miao Luo quickly grasped this sentence, and Fang Xin suddenly pinched it for some reason, he was already the commander-in-chief, why did he just come down from Wusheng Pass and go to the front again? In a hurry, he didn't care to think about it, and asked urgently: "You said that Yang Qiu went to the front line again?" ”

The second lieutenant was a little unhappy when he saw this very beautiful nurse calling Yang Qiu's name, but he was a doctor, and his brothers' lives were in their hands, so he nodded and said, "Yes, I set off in the middle of the night last night and took a battalion to mark a mark, and now it should be over." ”

One battalion to mark one? Miao Luo felt like he was fainting, was he crazy? Just as she wanted to continue to ask clearly, a big hand next to her suddenly grabbed her.

"Brother?"

Miao Yuan, who was full of beard, hurriedly took Miao Luo across the river to see Song Jiaoren, and when he was about to ask Yang Qiu about it, an urgent telegram was also quickly sent to the small conference room of the Advisory Bureau.

"Great, great"

"Keqiang, the good news is that last night the front line attacked Chenjiaao at night, killing hundreds of people in Beiyang in one fell swoop, and also seized two machine guns, six mén cannons, and countless grains and ordnance" Tian Tong excitedly waved a telegram and rushed into the conference room, and as soon as he entered the conference room, he saw that in addition to Li Yuanhong and Huang Song, there was also a man in military uniform. Khaki, gilded, isn't that the attire of an officer in the north?

"Ziqin, let me introduce you, this is Brother Xiaoyuan, he just came to Wuchang from the north to participate in the grand event." Huang Keqiang's introduction immediately reminded Tian Tong of a person, Li Shucheng, the military adviser of the Qing court.

"Brother Tian Tong's name and brother have heard of it for a long time, and it is really a blessing to see it today." Li Shucheng smiled. He is also a graduate of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, in 1905 at the inaugural meeting of the League held at the house of Sakamoto Jinya, Akasaka District, Tokyo, because he was worried about being investigated, he signed the covenant under the pseudonym Li Tang, and stayed in Guilin for a period of time after returning to China, and was later transferred to the Beijing Military Advisory Office.

After the Wuchang Uprising, he and Huang Yin were sent by Zaitao to assist Yinchang, but the two of them went out of Mén to say goodbye to the Qing Kingdom, Huang Yin went to Shanghai to assist Chen Qimei, he heard that Beiyang attacked Wuchang, so he detoured to Anhui and arrived last night.

Li Yuanhong's mind was all about how to win over Huang Keqiang and weaken Yang Qiushang, so he immediately turned back to the topic and asked, "What did Ziqin say just now that he killed hundreds of people?" But good news from the front? ”

"yes." Tian Tong immediately took out a telegram and said with a smile: "After Commander Yang arrived at Weidian last night, he immediately led a battalion to attack Chenjiaao at night, knocked back more than 20 miles from the 13th standard of the fourth town of Beiyang, killed and wounded more than 500 people, captured 300, and seized a large number of ordnance. ”

Li Shucheng had heard about the situation just now, so he hurriedly took the telegram and looked at it carefully, walked to the map and studied the map carefully, and clapped his hands after a while: "Miao is really Commander Miao Yang is worthy of being a person who knows the soldiers, although the night attack was hasty, it knocked out the sharp spirit of Beiyang and regained morale, so that even if Feng Huafu's army arrives, Xiaogan can support it for a few days (). ”

"Does Shucheng really think that Yang Qiu is a person who knows soldiers?" Song Jiaoren frowned, and glanced at Li Yuanhong, whose face was not very good, this was what he was most worried about, it was a good thing that the front line even passed on the good news, at least it showed that the ** power was strengthening day by day, but to this day, Yang Qiu is still unclear about the enemy and me, especially his birth and lack of any party background make people very worried, afraid that he will divide one side of the party, which will lead to ** and finally become internal friction.

"Of course." Li Shucheng didn't notice the gods of a few people, and said with a smile: "On the way to yesterday, I heard about the Xiaogan Incident and the change of commander in battle, and I was very worried, both of which are taboos in wartime, so I was also thinking that I should launch a counterattack as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the army, but I didn't expect Commander Yang to do it first, and also used the 13 bids to win the night attack, which is much smarter than me." ”

Li Shucheng continued: "But a few of you still have to be prepared, I have also been in contact with Feng Huafu and others in the Military Advisory Office in the past two years, if Beiyang really grits his teeth and fights this battle, I am afraid that we will still win less and lose more, so I hope to make plans early." ”

Huang Keqiang is also anxious about this, don't look at the current ** momentum like a prairie fire, but except for Hubei, the person in the north actually didn't make a move, and asked: "The day before yesterday, Yang Qiu had called to persuade Yuan Shikai to withdraw his troops, and gave in to him as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, but what was waiting for him was his cannon to see Xiaoyuan, what should we do?" ”

"Generalissimo of Terracotta hehe." Li Shucheng smiled: "Li Du, Keqiang, it's not that I have the ambition of others, I'm afraid this vacant position will not be looked at by Yuan Gongbao, according to me." ”

He didn't go on, but the meaning was clear to the three of them, especially Li Yuanhong and Song Jiaoren had thought about simply taking out that position to envelop Yuan Shikai before, only Huang Keqiang didn't immediately express his position, saying that he was unwilling to do this in his heart, but if he continued to fight, I am afraid that it would be the Manchu government that would benefit.

Just as he was about to speak, Wang Anlan suddenly came to report: "Li Du, Mr. Huang has sent someone from the north." ”