The explosions, shouts and the neighing of machine guns plunged the whole of Wuchang into frenzy and turmoil, but no one expected that the Huguang Governor's Mansion would fall into a terrible silence (). Whether it was Ruicheng or Zhang Meisheng, they didn't expect that someone was waiting for them here, and they didn't expect that the person waiting for them was actually a great hero of the imperial court, loyal and brave Batulu Yang Qiu!!

Chen Delong was even more dumbfounded, leaving from the backyard was just a temporary idea, how did he know?

I can't tell you it's written in a history book, can I? In Yang Qiu's sneer, the soldiers quickly got off everyone's guns, and the incessant explosions and shouts of killing made people nervous, but fortunately, the terrain here is complicated, coupled with the lack of effective command, so it has become an offensive loophole, allowing him enough time to "talk" with Ruicheng.

"I heard that adults have made money over the years, and they have been a little tight recently, I don't know." Yang Qiu glanced at the sandalwood box that Liao Keyu was holding tightly in his arms, and glanced at Bingwen.

Seeing Bingwen snatching the box, Rui Cheng was so angry that he was about to scold when he was frightened back by a soldier with a rifle butt, staggered a few steps and didn't dare to speak again. After opening the box, there was a stack of thick silver tickets, Bingwen had never seen so much money in his life, and after counting it excitedly, he whispered: "My lord, it is 400,000 yuan in total, and there are some gold and silver jewelry." ”

"400,000?" Yang Qiu was furious: "My lord, you are the governor of Huguang!" It is said that you have earned at least 5 million over the years! I don't want all of them, just give 3 million, you take the rest, where do you go, how about it? ”

Rui Cheng's face is blue, he is not a big corrupt official, although he has a small savings, but 3 million is really terrifying! If I wanted to have so much money, I would have left the governor's office a long time ago. He was also a little backbone, gritting his teeth and not saying anything, Yang Qiu's eyes immediately swept to Zhang Meisheng when he saw this, and slowly pulled out his pistol: "Say it, say it and I'll let you go." ”

The cold eyes frightened Zhang Meisheng trembling, he had given Rui Cheng a lot of ideas over the years, and naturally knew what would happen if he was caught by the party, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Biaotong, the students really don't know very well, but a few days ago, Lord Rui converted Huguang's autumn tax into a foreigner's check. After speaking, he squinted at Ruicheng's chest.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Meisheng betrayed himself like this, and before Ruicheng could scold the export soldier, he had already tore open his clothes and found his personal purse, and when he opened it, there were a few checks from the British HSBC Bank inside.

The full 2 million checks made Yang Qiu finally breathe a sigh of relief, and with the addition of 400,000 silver checks, it could at least last for a while. As for the fact that he looked at the valuable gold and silver in the box, after thinking about it, he still gave it back to Liao Keyu, and then his eyes stopped at Chen Delong: "Chen Guandao." ”

Chen Delong was already sweating with fright, and when he saw him return the floating wealth to Liao Keyu, he said in his heart that this time he must have left his life and could not leave anything else, seeing that the three gunboats were parked not far away, he simply gritted his teeth and said: "Chu Yu, Chu Qian, Jianghan and the sailor battalion are willing to listen to the dispatch of adults!" ”

After Bingwen and the surrendered sailors controlled the three ships without difficulty, the direction of the Governor's Mansion was already in flames, looking at Wuchang City, which was nearing the end of the battle, Yang Qiu knew better than anyone that it was not his victory from the beginning to the present, but the victory of history. Being able to catch Ruicheng and get the three ships of Chu and Yu is also because of history, all he did was to follow the trend! But from tomorrow, history will officially enter another fork in the road! It will be a chaotic, chaotic, deep and terrible maelstrom! Will you be able to make it to the end?

The battle of Hankow also came to an end, and under the rapid and ferocious offensive of more than 1,000 soldiers, Hankow, the richest of the three towns, had quietly changed its master.

Stepping through the gate of most of the patrol camp that had been bombarded by 3 Krupp guns in the south of the Yangtze River, there was a group of prisoners with their hands raised and their faces full of horror, and they were diametrically opposed, the 42 standard soldiers whose blood had not subsided had already begun to clean up the battlefield, and the two machine guns naturally became the happiest trophies, Yue Peng also smiled and took off his military hat and patted it lightly twice, before turning his head to look at the other side and muttering to himself: "Hankou is ours, but what should we do next?" ”

With the breaching of the patrol camp, the dense gunfire over Hankou began to gradually thinn, and the results of the battle were quickly counted, more than 500 prisoners of all kinds were captured, more than 300 surrendered, the most important government offices, customs and feudal warehouses were all preserved, and three Habekaisi machine guns and ten brand new 75 mm Krupp mountain guns were also captured, so that the 42 standard finally had some decent heavy firepower ().

Of course, there are some things that will never appear on the statistical table again, and after returning to the station, Yue Peng immediately poured a sip of herbal tea before asking, "How is it in Hanyang?" He Xi won't be unable to beat it. ”

"It's been fought early. No, it should not be fought at all. Zhang Wenjing said with a smile: "After He Xi took people to the Hanyang patrol camp, he just set up a machine gun and swept through the people and surrendered, at that time he also wondered how it could be so simple, and then he went in to see that there were more than 200 people left in a battalion, and there was one less machine gun." ”

"Oh? How so, what about others? ”

"Li Xianglin, who was the 29th target, was called back to protect Ruicheng, and let He Xi pick up a bargain, and we will eat bones here." Zhang Wenjing smiled: "It's okay to go back and ask for more rewards from adults." ”

"Come on, this is a hard bone, we don't even have a decent army, I was thinking, if we were in Wuchang." As soon as Yue Peng said this, Zhang Wenjing interrupted and smiled: "I don't have as much ambition as you, the muddy water of Wuchang can be one day late, there is no need to die." ”

Yue Peng understood what he meant, Wuchang was no better than Hanyang and Hankou, the latter had almost no decent armament, not to mention the complete 42 standards, even if a battalion was sent, it would be nine out of ten. But Wuchang is different, even if a lot of troops have been transferred, all of them add up to more than 10,000 people, and the Kuomintang and the royalists have taken it as the center, and the muddy waters are too deep!

From the point of view of purely military strength, with the current 42 standard forces involved, I am afraid that there will not be many bones left! Just as he was about to say a few more words, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ke Shao escorting two carriages in, and hurriedly jumped up: "Why did you bring things here?" ”

"Don't worry, those things have been transported back to Hanyang and handed over to Lord Xiao, this is what Biao Tong asked us to go to Hesheng Yuan to pick up." Yue Peng was relieved when he heard that it wasn't those things, and Yang Qiu deliberately explained to He Shengyuan before he came out, so he hurriedly opened the box, only to see that more than a dozen boxes were all Zhang Anmin's notices, and the remaining two were armbands like European shields, with a grinning tooth embroidered on the armband, and it was a very fierce tiger head at a glance, and the strange thing was that there were two cloud wings diagonally above the tiger head.

Zhang Wenjing had already opened one of the several cloth rolls at this moment, so that the soldiers were stunned when they unfolded it, the cloth scroll turned out to be a flag, and the flag was painted with a tiger with two wings and a long roar on it, and the tiger stepped on the sea of blood, and there were a lot of white bones in the sea of blood, which was not only lifelike, but also gave people a fierce and bloody feeling.

Just as the two of them were savoring the meaning of the winged flying tiger and the flag, a voice came from behind them: "The tiger has wings, aiming at the clouds, roaring in the sky, and the sound is shaking the four fields!" Hehe, it seems that your ambition is not small! ”

The command post was set up in the third battalion garrison, and now that the outside is all under control, ordinary people can't get in at all, so the two of them hurriedly turned their heads to look, and after seeing the people clearly, their eyes lit up at the same time: "Ziqing, how are you." ”

Song Ziqing sighed, took off his hat and hooked it on his finger and said with a wry smile: "It's very annoying over there, I wanted to come over to talk to you for tea and chat, but I didn't expect your side to be more lively." As he spoke, he walked to the flag, looked at it for a long time, and then said, "Good military flag, which of you designed it?" ”

Zhang Wenjing and Yue Peng looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: "Except for our adult, who else can anticipate the enemy's opportunity and prepare these things so early." ”

Song Ziqing was stunned by the words of the two in unison, and was about to ask in detail, when he heard another urgent report: "Pipe belt, dock report, three gunboats are heading this way!" ”

Gunboat?! Not to mention Zhang Wenjing and Yue Peng, even Song Ziqing, who is still unclear about the details, his face sank, although the gunboats on Wuchang's side are not big, but the naval guns are not army guns, and three gunboats are enough to change a lot of things!

"Pull all the cannons over, and all battalions and teams beware of shelling on the river! Contact Hanyang and ask if the Gusan Fort has been taken and be ready to support us! Yue Peng's order was urgent and clear, which made Song Ziqing secretly admire, and when he saw that the two had rushed out, he also stomped his feet and chased after him.