Qiao Yu was busy implementing the bill, and Yin Chang led the army straight to Wuhan, but Yin Chang also had self-knowledge, and he couldn't command the proud soldiers of Beiyang at all with his own two moments, so he went to Henan Huanshang first to visit Lao Yuan.

"Xiang Cheng, you are so idle, go and roast me on the fire, if you understand my difficulties, go out of the mountain, I Yinchang really can't pick up this burden!" Yin Chang couldn't stop complaining when he saw Lao Yuan's face, as if he was an angry little daughter-in-law, but Lao Yuan smiled slightly.

"Brother doesn't have to be like this, what can a few chaotic parties do, the army can recover Wuhan as soon as it goes, I am just a grass man now, drinking tea every day, fishing and fishing, teasing grandchildren, the affairs of the court are too far away from me, where do you know what military affairs!"

"Xiang Cheng, the two of us, are you still making fun of me, so you can show me a clear way, otherwise I won't even be able to command the army!"

The relationship between Yin Chang and Lao Yuan is definitely not shallow, Yuan Shikai's fifth son Kequan married Yin Chang's daughter, Yin Chang's son also married Yuan Shikai's seventh daughter, the two are double in-laws, looking at Yin Chang almost snot and tears, Lao Yuan had to nod and agree: "Old in-laws, you can rest assured, I will definitely let Hua Fu and Zhiquan obey your orders!" Yin Chang got Lao Yuan's assurance and went straight to Wuchang, Hubei, but Lao Yuan had secretly given an order to Feng Guozhang and the others, telling them to go slowly, wait and see. With Lao Yuan's instructions, it was strange that this army was able to march quickly, and Yin Chang also found out, so he stopped when he arrived in Xinyang Prefecture.

Sent his men to march to Hubei with the army, the northern army had no fighting spirit at all, and was defeated by the morale of the people's army, and for a time the people's army was shocked, followed by Hunan, Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou provinces to read the power, the world shook, the Qing court was also dizzy, the dignified regent Zaifeng actually shed tears on the urgent documents, but there was no way to solve the dilemma in front of him, Yixuan, Natong, Xu Shichang and others asked to enable Yuan Shikai, and the old Yuan was waiting for the price to sell, not seeing the rabbit and not scattering the eagle.

As the provinces have read their strength, the world of the Qing Dynasty is accelerating its collapse, Qiao Yu has also stepped up the pace of army expansion, Dongchuan has initially implemented three bills, and there are many landlords who have taken the lead to oppose it, all of which have been suppressed by Qiao Yu, and all the land of these landlords has been nationalized, and all kinds of taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been gradually cleaned up, and the people of Dongchuan have benefited from the new political axe and naturally began to support this new regime, and the recruitment of troops is very hot, and the strength of the three divisions will soon be fully expanded.

On October 30, when the news of the revolution in Yunnan came, Qiao Yu felt real pressure, he would definitely not give the Dian army a chance to enter Sichuan, and if he wanted to prevent the Dian army from entering Sichuan, the only way to quickly unify Sichuan was to quickly unify Sichuan.

Qiao Zhen, Han Yong, Su Ding, Wang Tianhe, Liu Yunhong, Wang Huai and others gathered in the conference room, and Wu Tong personally pointed at the map of Sichuan, explaining the current situation to everyone.

"Now the situation is obvious, if you want to unify Sichuan as soon as possible, there are two routes in front of us, one is to directly attack Chengdu, seize Chengdu, eliminate Zhao Erfeng, who is still loyal to the Qing court, you can quickly unify the entire Sichuan, the advantage of this route is that it is fast, the most direct, but it has to cross the end of the side, the people's army, and finally attack Chengdu, there are too many enemies, and the consumption is too great, once it is delayed for a long time, there will be problems with logistics and supplies!

The other route is to go south to southern Sichuan first, control the most important source of wealth in Sichuan, Jingyan, with the support of the salt tax in southern Sichuan, our finances can operate safely, and then mobilize troops to go north and besiege Chengdu! This is relatively safe, but after a long time, once the Qing army goes from southwest Shaanxi to aid Zhao Erfeng, the war in Sichuan will be endless, which is extremely unfavorable to us! ”

Wu Tong introduced these two marching routes to everyone, and everyone was pondering, each of the two marching routes has its own advantages and disadvantages, how to choose, Shi Yi took the lead in speaking.

"Governor, from the point of view of humble position, the Qing army will definitely not go south from northern Sichuan, the direction of their main attack must be Wuhan, don't worry about this, but southern Sichuan is the base camp of the people's army, if you march into southern Sichuan, I am afraid that it will completely fall out with the people's army, and if someone takes advantage of this opportunity to take Chengdu in advance, they will occupy the advantage of rank, so I think it is still necessary to attack Chengdu directly!"

After Shi Yi finished speaking, many people nodded in agreement, Qiao Yu shook his head slightly: "Zhugong, our main enemy now is no longer the Manchu Qing, but the People's Party, it is those other forces that covet the wealth of Sichuan, just yesterday there was an uprising in Yunnan, I think that a military and political axe will be established soon, Yunnan has a strong army, but the place is extremely barren, they used to rely on the financial support of the central government, and now without this support, if they want to continue to raise troops, they must covet southern Sichuan, so they must prevent the Yunnan army from entering Sichuan!" ”

As soon as everyone heard Qiao Yu talk about the Dian army, everyone was suddenly shocked, it seems that people deserve to be leaders, and their main enemies will stay on the Manchu Qing, Qiao Yu has already seen the threat of the Dian army, this is indeed a good trade-off.

"The governor means to attack southern Sichuan first?" Han Yong asked.

"Actually, I'm a little hesitant now, there is a Sichuan Machinery Bureau in Chengdu, which can produce munitions, and we are all relying on buying weapons now, and the value of the arsenal is too great!"

"If the Governor hesitates because of this, I don't think it's necessary! Although the Sichuan factory can produce weapons, it is far from sophisticated, and there is a big gap compared with the Hanyang factory, and it can only produce old-fashioned rifles, and the output is only one or two thousand rods a year, which is not enough for the army to use, and the arsenal yamen style is serious, and the production efficiency is very low, and our future weapons may have to buy weapons! ”

Su Ding briefly introduced the situation of the Sichuan factory, Qiao Yu understood the situation of the Sichuan factory, and was a little disappointed in his heart, he thought that with the arsenal he would be able to solve the problem of weapons supply, but now it seems that he has thought about the problem simply, according to Su Ding said that the Sichuan Machinery Bureau must carry out a comprehensive rectification in order to really provide enough weapons for the army, and the cost of rectifying the arsenal is absolutely sky-high, and it has to rely on the support of the great powers.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yu made up his mind, "In this case, after the third day, the first division and the second division will march to Nanchuan, Brother Han, you have to guard Yucheng well, this is our foundation place, and there must be no problems!" ”

Han Yong nodded yes, everyone began to prepare, the army was pulled, it was not a trivial matter, there was definitely a lot of preparation, ordnance, grain and grass, and application materials must be prepared, and a part of the people were recruited to help carry the baggage, fortunately, now the military and political axe has a strong organizational ability, and there is the support of the Chamber of Commerce, and the funds are sufficient, so the preparations are done quickly, and they are waiting for the official dispatch of troops.

"Secretary Lu, how about introducing me to the situation of Fushun Salt Farm?"

Qiao Yu became the governor, and Lu Wanqing was still the secretary, but the work was not as busy as before, after all, Qiao Yu had begun to establish a huge staff group, and Lu Wanqing felt a little idle.

"Your Excellency, you don't lack salt to eat, why do you ask that?"

"Secretary Lu, the governor of Benben, has decided to personally conquer southern Sichuan, and I will send you back to the Lu family at that time, and I will see what Ling Zun will do with you, a bold girl!"

"Do you really want to attack southern Sichuan?" Lu Wanqing's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked unusually interested.

"That's natural, will this governor still speak, do you have something to do?"

"Then will you change the malpractice of the salt industry? You don't know that although the salt industry in southern Sichuan seems to be prosperous, there are handfuls of blood and tears behind it, and snow-white salt is the dirtiest thing! ”