At the southern foot of Dahong Mountain, a group of soldiers rushed north along the Qianjiang River, the huge Makqin machine gun was dragged by a war horse, and the light machine gun was carried on the shoulder, and the whole road was full of laughter ().

There were only two battalions when the northward march from Hanyang began, and it has been expanded to five battalions in just a few days, because the two battalions of the 41st standard were blocked, and there was no shortage of good players in the Hanchuan Righteous Army, so nearly half of the three battalions were veterans of the Hubei army who had been trained for a long time, no wonder everyone's faces were happy. After leaving Hanchuan, the troops were also divided, Hang Zhi took the three battalions to Yuezhou, and Hu Laosan took the independent battalions straight to Yichang and Badong. The three battalions of the rear and the guard company directly under the 2nd Regiment on this side continued to attack Xiangyang in the north, and now everyone wants to hide in Xiangyang, and it is said that Liu Yunyu, who has gathered five battalions, is fighting for strength.

"Tuanza, look."

Yue Peng was deploying the task of using the marching opportunity to conduct exercises to several battalion commanders, and when he raised his head, he saw a small group of cavalry galloping in the distance, and the cavalry immediately saluted after arriving in front of him: "Commander's urgent order!" ”

In addition to the larger towns such as Yichang and Xiangyang, there is a lack of telephones and telegraphs in all parts of Hubei, so Yang Qiu later ordered 12 sets of radio and hand-cranked generators from Traun, but far from water can not quench the thirst of the near, so at present, the contact between various places and Hanyang must be transmitted by fast horses, seeing the anxious faces of the two heralds, Yue Peng hurriedly asked: "What happened?" ”

"Yesterday, Beiyang tested Wusheng Pass, and the commander judged that they may launch a strong attack in the near future, and asked you to speed up and take Xiangyang, and establish a defense line along the side of Dahongshan on the Lishui River as soon as possible!" The herald took out a letter from his chest pocket and continued: "This is a letter from the commander to the regimental seat, and he also said that the vanguard of the sailors under the control of the Sa has arrived in Yangluo, and the Wuchang side has sent two associations to Wushengguan and Xiaogan respectively this morning. ”

Ke Shao, who was already the second lieutenant and company commander of the company directly under him, didn't understand why their faces were serious, and asked, "Isn't this a good thing?" There are only three battalions on Commander He's side, and with the fresh army, he can hold on for a few more days. ”

"It's not that simple." After reading the letter, Yue Peng spread out the map on the spot, frowned, and said, "Governor Li is under the order to change the guard!" If Wu Zhaolin is asked to replace a regiment to guard Wusheng Pass, the commander will definitely find a way to delay for a few days, but sooner or later, he will be withdrawn, and Xiaogan and Macheng will be in the east. ”

Following his fingers, Ke Shao also saw something strange. If Wushengguan is replaced by Wu Zhaolin, and Xiaogan and Macheng are stuck, the road to Dahongshan is difficult to walk, which is equivalent to cutting off the retreat route of He Xi's four battalions!

Ke Shao's back was a little cold, his side had taken the city all the way, recruited troops, and had already sent back two thousand selected recruits to Hanyang in just a few days, which seemed to be beautiful but had already touched some people! Will they take this opportunity to plug a mess, and then? This simple big guy didn't dare to think about it anymore. Yue Peng also did not dare to slack off, although it is not very likely that the two armies will fight among themselves now, but they must not be guarded against! The only way to do this is to speed up the capture of Xiangyang and ensure the safety of the Dahongshan defense line, so that in case something happens, He Xi can take Dahongshan and return to Hanyang along the Xiangshui River, even if He Xi is fine, he can quickly block it after breaking the pass in Beiyang to prevent the situation from further festering.

Thinking of this, Yue Peng immediately folded the letter neatly and stuffed it into his pocket, and ordered: "Ke Shao! Yu Dehai, the two of you immediately take the direct company and the fourth company to Jingshan, find Liu Ying and Liu Tie, and let them accept the reorganization immediately! I will take the remaining two battalions to Xiangyang first, and after you are reorganized, follow the old method, leave one platoon to set up a recruiting station, and then quickly go east to Anlu and deploy a defensive line along the Pengshui River! If I rush to the round before the martial victory level is broken, you must bite the Beiyang flank! ”

"Tuanzao, Liu Ying is now the deputy governor, isn't that?" Yu Dehai is twenty-three years old, and he is also a young officer promoted by Yue Peng, and he is more stable than Ke Shao, so he first asked how to deal with the incident.

Yue Peng understood his thoughts and repeated Yang Qiu's words: "Deputy Governor? Who sealed it! At this moment, the major event of Wuchang has been decided, Li Governor has not appointed a deputy governor, and the announcement of the military government has clearly determined that there are only two ways to go to the Hubei army! You go and tell him, either accept the adaptation, or I'll be a bandit! ”

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In the county government of Jingshan County, Liu Ying looked at Dahongshan outside the window with a worried face.

This is a land with a tradition of resisting tyranny, and the Green Forest Uprising led by Wang Kuang and Wang Feng was the second large-scale peasant uprising after the uprisings of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Now he cooperated with Wuchang to launch the Yonglong River Uprising, killed Zhang Jinfu, and included a patrol battalion under his account, originally according to the plan, he should have set off to capture Tianmen yesterday, and then moved to the Han River and Sun Wuli should join forces with the outside to let the Gongjin Society control Hubei, but suddenly the three full battalions from Hanchuan made him feel very wrong.

If he were to change to other troops, maybe he wouldn't be worried, but this army is not the revolutionary army that came to support, but the boiling army of the Manchu Tartar Baturu Yang Qiu!

"Guangxi (Liu Tiezi): Tell me, what should we do now? Is it the Liang brothers who were reorganized, or. ”

Although he only said half of the words, Liu Tie understood what he meant, and he was appointed as the deputy governor at the beginning, not because there was no one in the Gongjin Association, but entirely because Sun Wu hinted that the inside and the outside should cooperate, so that even if Wuchang failed, he could quickly lead the troops to Hanshui to support Yangxia, but now Yangxia suddenly rose a Yang Qiu, completely disrupting the previous deployment, which made their army a little unjustifiable.

Liu Tie and his brother went east to Japan to study together, and after getting acquainted with Mr. Sun Wen, they joined the League, and also changed their military forces to study at the Japanese Military Academy.

Since he is not in Wuchang, it is not very clear what has happened to the ground there, but looking at Yang Qiu's power today, Li Yuanhong is the governor, Sun Wu is silent, and the original Jiang Yiwu has simply disappeared this time, indicating that they are being marginalized little by little!

This is not a good thing, so whether this army can be kept and leave a little flame for Hubei, the word of the Communist Party, is very important! So Liu Tie thought for a while and said: "The three battalions seem to be huge, but there are nearly a thousand Liang brothers' righteous army inside, although we lack armament, but we may not be able to hold Jingshan, as long as we keep this place for a few days, Sun Wu and they will definitely find a way to keep this side." ”

Liu Ying nodded, these are similar to what he thinks, but what will the army below think? Before the Manchu Qing abdicated, they had internal friction, would they have scattered all the prestige they had built up with their scattered family wealth?

"Brother, there is a battalion outside the city, there are six or seven hundred soldiers ()!" When he couldn't pay attention, Liu Jie's shout had already come from outside the door, he was also Liu Ying's brother, he loved to practice martial arts and practiced a good skill, and he had a good relationship with the robe brothers in the four miles and eight towns, and led one hundred and ten robe brothers to make great contributions in the uprising.

When the three of them and the officers just stepped on the low county city wall, Liu Tie was secretly surprised, because the opposite side was actually a three-layer wedge-shaped offensive formation, a Makqin machine gun on the left, and two five-life and seven-mountain guns in the back to prepare.

Liu Ying also saw that something was wrong, and he also felt that this army was a little different from the Hubei army he had seen before, but he couldn't say what was the difference, he only felt that these soldiers were very disciplined, and they were not chaotic at all when they made pre-war preparations, and they were also equipped with Makqin machine guns that were only installed in Beiyang for the first time in China.

"It must be Yang Qiu's full of Tartar lackeys and Li Yuanhong who are in cahoots, wanting to monopolize Hubei and continue to be a slave! Sun Wu, what the hell is going on, let these Manchu officers continue to hold military power! At the beginning, it was said that he would be the governor, and the eldest brother would be the deputy governor, commanding both sides of the Han River to command the anti-Qing Dynasty, but now the army has come to encircle and suppress us, and he didn't even say a word! On the side, Liu Jieke's temper was much more irritable, and he shouted: "Look at the posture, it is obvious that the person who comes is not good!" Brother, let's fight! If we don't wait for them to be ready, I'll die without a place to be buried! ”

"You can't fight, you can't fight." As soon as Liu Jie's words came out, several officers of the Yonglong Qing Army behind him immediately shook their heads: "Although our army has more than 2,000 people, there are only more than 400 guns, and there is no artillery to help. ”

"They are also revolutionary troops, maybe the formation is to prevent accidents, I think it is better to send someone to ask clearly."

Facing this kind of opponent who put up an offensive formation before exchanging information, Liu Ying was also very unhappy in his heart. Now the other party has only one battalion, and the strength is already equal, so he does have the intention of fighting a dozen and delaying it for a few days to wait for news from Wuchang, but he is afraid of instability in the army, so he is ready to send someone to contact first. But before he could choose anyone, he saw several soldiers on the opposite side approaching with an officer, and when he saw that the large army in the distance was not moving, he immediately greeted him.

"Ke Shao, the second lieutenant company commander of the Second Regiment of the National Defense Right Route Army, was ordered to meet Liu Ying, the leader of the Righteous Army." After Ke Shao saluted, his eyes just stopped on Liu Ying, who was surrounded by everyone, and Liu Jie next to him jumped out angrily and shouted: "Bold ()!" My brother is the deputy governor of the Hubei Military Government, and the second town is in charge! ”

"Shut up!" Liu Ying hurriedly drank him, and arched his hand and said, "Under Liu Ying, I don't know what this brother is doing with his troops?" ”

Seeing that Liu Ying was around thirty years old, Si Siwenwen did not look like a traitor, and Ke Shao's words were a little polite: "Under the order of the military government, our army is marching north to recover all counties in Hubei, and all the righteous troops belonging to Hubei must be disarmed and reorganized. Before he finished speaking, Liu Jie couldn't help but scold again: "What military government order?" My eldest brother is the deputy governor, why doesn't he know? I want to disarm us, and tell you that Commander of the Tartar lackeys has no door! ”

Hearing Liu Jie scolding Yang Qiu, the soldiers behind him were all furious, and Ke Shao frowned even more and shouted: "I am a soldier, and executing orders is the highest duty!" Yesterday, after the Wuchang Horse Riding Ground Sacrifice Ceremony, Li Du has officially announced the list of military governments, and also stipulates that the Hubei army is only divided into left and right roads! There is no evidence, you said that your eldest brother is the deputy governor, so you took out the letter of appointment of the military government and the governor of Lai! ”

At this moment, the situation in Wuchang has changed, Li Yuanhong has come to power, the constitutionalists and the party are competing in separate courts, and there is another commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army who still makes everyone unable to figure it out, Liu Gong and others can't see the shadow, how can they come up with a letter of appointment.

"What? Can't take it out? Ke Shao raised his eyebrows, he learned from Yue Peng that the situation was urgent now, so he didn't want to waste time, and said bluntly: "Within a quarter of an hour, show the certificate or accept the reorganization immediately, otherwise our army will be disarmed by force!" After finishing speaking, he deliberately glanced at the officer behind Liu Ying: "You are all soldiers, and you should take it as your duty to obey orders!" The brother represents the Lai Tu, the military government! Brothers, think clearly about the consequences of armed confrontation! Once the war causes the death and wounding of the brothers and the people of the county, your sin will be great. That's all it takes, make your own choice, and take your leave! ”

Liu Ying's face changed slightly, he didn't expect this ordinary team to be so strong, and he dared to provoke the officers below in front of him.

These words did make the soldiers of the patrol battalion who served as the main force of the righteous army murmur secretly, they were all officers sent by the new army to the patrol troops in Hubei, it turned out that Liu Ying said that the Wuchang brothers' troops had revolted, and he was the deputy governor, so everyone followed him, but I didn't expect that at this moment, I couldn't get any letter of appointment, and people were reluctant to let go of power, especially the arrogant brother Liu Jie still wanted to pull them against the junta, and they shook their heads and took half a step back.

Don't look at it as just this half a step, but it shows that some people have no heart to fight, Liu Jie saw this and immediately beckoned some irons and shouted: "Everyone listen to me, this Yang Qiu killed many of our comrades in Sichuan before, and now he is in the military government and wants to exterminate us!" Do you want to join such a treacherous person? We are a revolutionary army! But his troops are aiming at us with artillery! Isn't this a wolf's ambition? Even if we want to vote, we should go to Wuchang! ”

His words about Yang Qiu's bad deeds also encouraged some young people who didn't know the truth, and Liu Tie next to him secretly said that it was not good, and immediately pushed down Liu Ying, who was silent: "Brother, do you really want to?" ”

Liu Ying gritted his teeth and pulled out his pistol, he also understood that if he was disarmed now, he might not want to come out in this life! So it's better to fight a dozen, as long as you can make some trouble, maybe you can help Sun Wu bring down Yang Qiu! But in the face of the regular military camp, can more than 2,000 people on their side win? As he paced back and forth, ignoring the determination of the other side, the muzzles of the two mountain guns in the distance were turning a little.

"Fire!"

When the watch reached the end minute by minute, Yu Dehai and Ke Shao immediately gave the order to attack, the cannonballs fell on the city tower with a whistling sound, and the machine guns repeatedly ravaged the city wall, and the ferocious firepower made Liu Ying and the others suddenly change color At the same time, they didn't expect that Yang Qiu's troops would unceremoniously say that they would fight!

The Jingshan Righteous Army, which had been distracted by Ke Shao's words, could not stop the onslaught at all, and after the direct company that took the lead rushed into the county, the Yongyang patrol camp took the lead in raising the white flag, and Liu Jie, one of the three Liu brothers, was shot and killed indiscriminately, Liu Tie was seriously injured, and only Liu Ying was forced to surrender in the end.

On October 20th, after only paying the price of more than a dozen wounded, the Jingshan County Ya was planted with the Flying Tiger Battle Flag, but the death and injury of the Liu brothers smeared a layer of haze on this incorporation, but at this moment Ke Shao and Yu Dehai did not have the concept of causing trouble for the commander, the two excitedly broke up the Jingshan Righteous Army into two new battalions, and the remaining recruits also selected 1,000 people, and according to the regulations, each person was sent to Hanyang for recruit training, leaving a company to garrison Jingshan, and he turned his head to Yingcheng and Anlu in the east.