[It's a rare 6500-word big chapter in the public version again]

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"Let's let, let's let ()."

The shouting behind him made Hu Ruilin turn his head, only to find that Tang Hualong had actually come to his side under the protection of several guards, and hurriedly asked, "Jiwu, why have you decided that Wuchang is a big deal?" ”

Tang Hualong and he are his daughter's in-laws, and both of them are members of the Advisory Bureau, so they have already shared blessings and misfortunes, so they don't hide it and sigh and say: "The old fox has already acquiesced, and the inauguration ceremony is being prepared over there, as for the others, they are all helping the lawless Diao people!" ”

After hearing the dissatisfaction in his words, Hu Ruilin immediately asked carefully, and only after Tang Hualong told him about the past two days, he touched his sparse beard and twisted his eyebrows and said, "Jiwu, you didn't do it right!" ”

Tang Hualong was worried, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Hu Ruilin immediately explained: "The Kuomintang is in a hurry, chaotic, and can't even find a leader after the move, and they have to carry the old fox out, which means that they don't know what to do next!" How can such people achieve great things? So you must hold up the old fox at this moment, assist him in taking care of government affairs, and raise your big hat to suppress those party members in everything, and when drafting documents, you must not write the name of Hubei alone, and it should be named after the whole country, and it is best to change the Hubei military government to the people's ** government! Don't underestimate the difference between the two words, since the first righteousness and the help of the army, this matter should be somewhat certain, as long as you keep holding up the old fox at this moment, the three towns are the first in the country! Only in the future can the party members of the world be controlled! ”

Speaking of this, Hu Ruilin glanced at the crowd around him who were dark but not the slightest noise, and the atmosphere was quiet and dull and terrifying, and sighed: "Jiwu, although you are capable, you have to learn from Yang Qiu in the overall situation, you look at him, a notice, a telegram, and he has become a justifiable National Defense Right Route Army, the National Defense Army!" That's the army of the whole country! What's more, he also raised the old fox to the position of governor, and the most important thing is to occupy the righteousness! Gagged the KMT and forced them to admit it. If he wins this time, I'm afraid he, the commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, will become famous all over the world! ”

As soon as he thought of Yang Qiu, Tang Hualong hated itchy, and glanced at the crowd of people crowded on the street around him: "It's all." ”

"It's all!" Hu Ruilin nodded heavily: "After the oath meeting in the morning, people began to wait on Beimen Avenue, and the sound of the noon cannon became even more like this, in my opinion, I am afraid that half of the people in Hankou have come, and even Hanyang has said that nearly 10,000 people have come, if the news of victory will be transmitted back, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you and me to shake the name of the first person in his two towns ()!" ”

Tang Hualong was even more jealous in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Monopolizing the two towns, taking half of the fat in my arms is not counted, and he also got a gun factory for nothing, poor Zhang Zhongtang spent countless efforts and swallowed it all by him!" Just now, he actually sent a barbarian to Wuchang to ask for money and ordnance, and the opening was a million! Tens of thousands of fast guns and 100 cannons! The wolf's ambition is indescribable! ”

Hu Ruilin looked at Tang Hualong, who was full of jealousy with a complicated expression, and sighed: "Jiwu, I originally wanted to be an outsider regardless of these mundane disputes, but you and I are my sons and daughters, so I still have to remind you that those who lead troops in troubled times must not be touched!" Not only don't touch it, but hold it well! Yang Qiu's right army was newly created, it seems to be vigorous but it lacks heritage, if you help at this moment, once you gain a firm foothold! Don't talk about the three towns, even if it's the whole country, who can move you? As for money, if you have fame, you will naturally have money! When his class teacher comes back, you should go and meet him quickly, don't miss the opportunity. ”

Tang Hualong knew that his in-laws had some skills, and these words did speak to his heart, at this moment, the biggest weakness of these constitutionalists was that they had no military power, and Yang Qiu now took the initiative to throw an olive branch, which was really a rare opportunity! Hu Ruilin knew that he had listened when he looked at him, and was about to say a few more words when he suddenly heard a loud shout from in front of him.

"Win, win! Liujiamiao, won the war! ”

The shouts were like a bright light in the dark night, and like a thunderclap in the chaos, like a violent wind, sweeping away most of the haze covering hundreds of thousands of hearts, those who knew and those who did not know, clapped their hands with each other, shouted, vented the tension and anxiety in their hearts, and in an instant the whole Hankou was immersed in the cheers of victory.

Moments later, a kilometer-long stretch of firecrackers was laid on the thoroughfare, and everyone was staring at the end, waiting for the return of the triumphant warriors.

"It's coming! Here it comes! Here it comes!!! ”

The uniform hooves and footsteps of the horses sounded like a drumbeat, and all the heartbeats were captured by these shocking steps, and I saw a rolling torrent outside the Tongji Gate stepping into Hankou with neat square steps.

"All of them! Step, get on the gun! ”

The loud slogan sounded from the front of the team, and everyone saw that with the shouting of the sturdy and fierce officer who led the team, a flag was held high, and the flying tiger in the wind swept down was actually alive, stepping on the sea of blood and laughing proudly in the sky, just like the army that had returned from a bloody battle in front of him. The Hubei Hubei Army already has the nickname of "Flying Tiger Army", and it has confirmed this name at this moment. When hundreds of soldiers lined up in four swung their guns and carried them on their shoulders like a single movement, everyone felt their blood surge.

Steel guns are like a forest, and the steps are rolling!

From time to time, you can see clothes stained with blood and gunsmoke in the procession, especially when dozens of corpses of soldiers carried in the middle appear in front of everyone's eyes, even those who want to see the joke have sour noses and tears.

Pretentious, pretentious! Hu Ruilin and Tang Hualong both saw what that person meant, but they couldn't deny that the common people, especially those young people, ate this set! Even I was burned by this enthusiasm. Miao Luo and Rui Yao in the teahouse were even more teary-eyed, and they couldn't help but think about that person, but unfortunately no matter how they searched, they never saw him.

"Bang bang." Firecrackers rang out, and amid the crumbs of red paper, a porter stepped out of the crowd and took the stretcher with the lying body from the soldier.

A powerful arm, a pair of bruised arms, countless arms! The grievances and anger of hundreds of years of foreign domination were finally vented at this moment, and the recruiting stations of the Right Route Army in Hankow and Hanyang were immediately crowded with fanatical young people.

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At the same time that the army returned in full costume and the two towns of Hankou were in a boil, there was no laughter in the conference room of the headquarters of the Right Route Army in Hanyang, and the officers who came back early on the warship all looked at Lei Meng, who had just returned, with serious expressions.

"Grass grandma, a bunch of donkey eggs ()! Lao Tzu spoke in a low voice, but he was still driven out, and said that he would not give us even a bullet to the Right Army! This is also a comrade army?! Lei Meng was born with a fiery temper, and when he saw Yang Qiu, he immediately pointed in the direction of Wuchang and scolded wildly: "That Sun Wu, whose face is wrapped in gauze, and an old man who coughs whenever he speaks." Oh yes! plus that Zhang Zhenwu, it's not a thing! I told them that the military situation in Hankou was urgently followed by ordnance and ammunition, but these three guys who sold ass and hooked up said that it was okay to ask for guns and ammunition, but they had to hand over the gun factory to them! ”

Su Xiaohu and some other officers who didn't know the details also immediately muttered angrily, even Song Ziqing and the others, who had expected this result, did not have a good face, they originally thought that they would at least allocate thousands of guns and bullets, but they didn't expect that there would be none! Only Yang Qiu looked at the map and didn't seem to hear this at all, Lei Meng saw that he didn't speak, thinking that he was blaming himself, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to find someone: "Commander, I did this errand badly, just let me take my brothers to Chuwangtai to grab a batch of back!" Lao Tzu doesn't believe that he can't kill them! ”

"Stop!" Yang Qiu stood in front of the map, his body was always the most standard military posture, and he stopped him: "I know you have grievances, everyone here is wronged, but what we want now is sincere unity and fight against the enemy together!" Remember? Repeat! ”

"Remember, solidarity! Fight the enemy together! Lei Meng flattened his mouth, and after hesitating for a long time, he still shouted.

"Go out and bring this sentence to the whole army! Go and invite Su Lao again, I have something important to discuss with him. Seeing that Lei Meng ran away aggrievedly, Yang Qiu swept the officers expressionlessly: "Lei Meng didn't get help, but it doesn't mean that we won't fight!" We have sworn to defend Hubei, so we must not give up our oath because of the slightest grievance! Now the gun factory is ours, are you afraid that there will be no ordnance? In addition, I have asked the shopkeeper of Heshengyuan to send a telegram to Shanghai to purchase a batch of ordnance, the last batch of machine guns was bought by them, maybe there will be good news in a few days, we have Hanyang to garrison, there is a wide river barrier, even if you can't buy it, the existing cannons and machine guns are enough to blockade tens of thousands of people! ”

These words made everyone's hearts a lot less gloomy, especially today after seeing the power of machine guns and new cannons, they also added a little confidence, Yue Peng took the lead to stand up: "The commander is right, what we have to do now is not to wait for support, it is a foregone conclusion that the Beiyang heavy troops will come, so the most important thing at present is to speed up the sweep of the four fields, and strive to clear the remnants of the enemy around before the arrival of the Beiyang!" ”

"The imperial court reacted quickly this time, we must first thwart their spirits, in my opinion." He Xi's eyes swept and came to Wusheng Pass.

Yang Qiu's eyes are also on here, he has studied the Yangxia War, in addition to the weak soldiers and equipment of the people's army, the lack of preparation is also a big reason for the defeat, the deployment of the party in the parallel world is chaotic, from the 10th Shouyi until the 17th The first batch of Qing troops arrived at Liujiamiao to round Zhang Biao's department before crossing the river to launch an attack, and before there was no work to strengthen the defense, and forgot to support the troops stationed at Wusheng Pass, which led to the loss of the most important pass in Hubei, Beiyang was able to quickly move south through the Jinghan Railway.

Now that he's back, naturally this kind of mistake can't happen. Now the train from Liujiamiao to Wushengguan is still smooth, and the troops can arrive in just one night, but he thinks not only about Wushengguan, but also about Yichang, Xiangfan and other north of the Yangtze River! It's just that the number of veterans in hand is really insufficient, how to solve this biggest constraint? As his gaze moved over and over the map, the conference room fell silent, and from the eyes that repeatedly scanned the map like a falcon, everyone could guess that today's battle of Liujiamiao might just be a prologue.

Just when everyone was waiting most anxiously, Yang Qiu finally turned his head, and instead of saying his thoughts, he asked, "Wenjing, is the Liu Family Temple counted?" ”

Zhang Wenjing was stunned for a moment, and immediately took out the list: "173 people killed, 733 captured, 71 of them wounded and need medical treatment, 1,300 rifles were captured, 4 57mm mountain guns, 2 of which were destroyed and unusable, and two Haqikes machine guns." There are more than 300 boxes of ammunition, 280 war horses, and more than 500 tons of military rations and other materials that were supposed to be transported to Henan in the station. In addition, Zhang Biao, Li Xianglin and other officers have been imprisoned, and he has promised to hand over the looting on the day the commander releases him. In addition, I just counted the donations, and so far the two towns have received a total of 300,000 donations, and more than 2,000 people have been registered at the recruitment station. ”

These figures relieved everyone, and Xiao Anguo joked in order to ease the atmosphere: "So, we don't lack weapons at all, and we really can't grab them." ”

"Huh."

"Brother Xiao is right." Everyone was amused by his words, even Yang Qiu hooked the corners of his mouth, his gaze slid over the faces of Yue Peng and Song Ziqing, and deliberately said: "So what we lack most now is not arms, but veterans who can fight!" ”

Swept away by his gaze, Yue Peng and Song Ziqing knew that I was afraid that this was Yang Qiu testing their vision, and after thinking about it, the former took the lead and said: "There are no veterans, the 41st Biao 1st Battalion is in Yichang, and the 3rd Battalion is in Yuezhou, at this moment, the three towns should be on the way to retreat, most of them are neutral soldiers, now we have a reputation, and everyone is an old man in the mixed association, so we should be able to take it over, even if we can't bring it all back, at least we can collect a battalion of veterans." ”

Song Ziqing also said: "In addition to these two battalions, there are also many patrol battalions in Yichang, Jingzhou, Xiangfan and other places, among which Liu Yunyu and Xie Baosheng are the strongest. Although the patrol battalion is not as good as our new army, many of the veterans in it have been transferred from the eight towns over the years, and the quality of the soldiers is much better than those recruits who can't even hold guns. ”

"That's right, do you have anything to add?" Yang Qiu nodded, and his gaze swept to He Xi, Jiang Tai and the others, but everyone couldn't think of that kind of army that could immediately increase the combat effectiveness of their side, and in the end, Zhang Wenjing could only spread it out and said: "Commander, don't test us." ”

Yang Qiu smiled slightly, walked to the map, and his fingers suddenly moved up, and when his fingertips were about to enter Sichuan, Song Ziqing's eyebrows suddenly jumped twice, and he reacted and clapped his hands and said, "That's right!" How did we forget about them! ”

Zhang Wenjing also understood at this time, and immediately said: "In the 31st standard, there are three battalions in the 31st standard, one battalion in the 32nd standard, plus a baggage team and an artillery team, which is almost 3,000 people!" And they're all veterans of our Eight Towns! At this moment, the civil strife in Wuchang is undecided, and there is little contact on the road, so we must not have launched a hand signal to them, as long as we can control it in front, it will be a big help in the name of our right army swearing to protect Hankou! ”

Yang Qiu did have the idea of entering the Sichuan army again, and the Hubei army that entered the Sichuan army in that time and space did not kill Ruifang Xingye in Zizhong until the loss of Hanyang and went south, but now that the Yangxia War has just begun, it is a good opportunity to do it! The question is who is left to co-opt and co-opt?

"I have made good friends with several officers of the 41st standard, and I can bring back more than 100 soldiers at the worst time." Yue Peng volunteered to finish speaking and immediately looked at Song Ziqing, who knew that he couldn't hide his bottom line, and said with a smile: "Zi'an will pick up the 42 bids, then I will go to the Sichuan troops, I have a few good friends within the 31 bids, I believe I should be able to bring back some soldiers ()." ”

"It's not just about bringing soldiers back!" Yang Qiu suddenly supported the edge of the table with both hands, and his body pressed forward slightly, giving people a feeling of urgency: "It is a foregone conclusion that the northern soldiers will press the border, and the number will only be more than I said!" Many of you should know better than me that even if we can master the complete Hubei army, one town and one association, we may not be able to defeat Beiyang! ”

"So I ask each of you to give a hundredfold spirit from now on! Forget Liujiamiao! Today's battle is only the beginning, and there are bigger and more tragic battles waiting for us! I don't care what you think! It doesn't matter what you plan to do in the future! We must be in this together! Find a way to strengthen yourself as soon as possible! Yang Qiu pushed the table and stood up straight suddenly: "So now I order!" ”

The passionate words had already mobilized all of everyone's enthusiasm for fighting, and even Xiao Anguo stood up straight after hearing the two words of the order, and then he quickly walked to the map: "He Xi." ”

"Here!"

"You lead a regiment, a battalion, and three battalions to take the train north to Wusheng Pass immediately, and I calculate that the vanguard of the Henan City Patrol Battalion will arrive tomorrow night at the latest, and your troops must arrive before the pass is lost and occupy there to blow up the railway, and must not give Beiyang the opportunity to quickly assemble southward!" I don't know how long it will take to send reinforcements, but you have to prepare me to fight hard for 20 days without them! ”

"Commander, don't worry, even if Lao He dies, he will fucking die in 21 days!"

"Yue Peng! You immediately select veterans and anyway soldiers to form an independent battalion, with Hu Laosan as the battalion commander, plus the second regiment and three battalions to form the northward arrow! Add an additional 3,000 rifles, eight five-life seven-mountain guns, and 20 light machine guns at your command! After the two battalions of the 41st standard were reorganized, they immediately attacked and advanced north along Xiantao, Hanchuan, and Tianmen. ”

Xiao Anguo interrupted and worried: "Commander, the Liang brothers of Hanchuan and Liu Ying of Jingshan have both responded to the uprising, and Liu Ying has also raised the banner of the deputy governor of Ezhou, and is active in this area at the moment, will Yue Peng go here?" ”

"I don't know what the deputy governor is!" Yang Qiu cut off categorically and said: "Now there are only two route armies on the left and right in Hubei, and my right army is in charge of the north of the Yangtze River!" Either recruit or ...... Knock out! ”

Zhang Wenjing agreed: "The commander is right, the chaos of guns and troops in various places is not conducive to the future. What we are facing now is the elite Beiyang! Any unrest should be destroyed immediately! Now there are about six battalions of rebels in Jingshan and Hanchuan, and at least three battalions can be left after being reorganized. What's more, except for the three towns, the rest of the places, especially the rural areas, are still poor, as long as you publicize that many young people are willing to come out to serve as soldiers, these rural children are the best soldiers who bear hardships and stand hard work! If we can incorporate the 41st standard and two battalions, plus these rebels, we can continue to advance to Yichang, Xiangfan, Anlu and Yingcheng, and carry out propaganda and recruit new recruits along the way, and we can soon pull up 20,000 or 30,000 troops! In this way, a large left-wing cluster can be formed, and even if Beiyang crosses the Wusheng Pass and enters Hubei, the restlessness of the flanks will drag them down with a large number of troops, and it will be impossible to concentrate all their forces on the Hankou side! ”

Without waiting for everyone to continue talking, Yang Qiu's gaze turned to Song Ziqing and Wang Guangxiong: "Ziqing, Wang Guangxiong!" You're the heaviest task! You immediately take two gunboats and an infantry company north along the Yangtze River into Sichuan, find a way to incorporate the Hubei brother troops into Sichuan, and then immediately take Chongqing and Guang'an for me! ”

"Chongqing, Guang'an!"

There was a sudden silence in the conference room, everyone you look at me and I look at you, all of them saw the horror in each other's eyes, just now everyone thought it was strange why they brought the naval camp, but now they finally understand! Song Ziqing's eyes lit up: "Commander, you ...... Think really far. ”

Yang Qiu stood straight, like a sharp javelin. He knew better than these people that no matter how lively he fought, unless he had the ability to immediately take out that person on the Northern Expedition, there would definitely be a nominal central government in this country in two months, no matter how unreliable this government was, but after all, it was the central government! Therefore, this period is the best opportunity for expansion, and it is necessary to take advantage of this time to build a solid and large base! And Sichuan is one of the core of the base in his mind! Therefore, even if it is hard to fight on the Hubei side, he will send troops to occupy Chongqing first as an outpost for future marches! So he immediately said: "I know you are wondering why Hubei is not stable and I am in a hurry to enter Sichuan, I will only say one thing now!" We are not the Hubei army now, we are the Wehrmacht! It is an army that wants to overthrow the rotten Manchu Qing and fight a new country ()! So our eyes can't just be on Hubei, our future is to protect the whole country! ”

Yue Peng and Song Ziqing quietly glanced at each other, and they both saw the heat in each other's eyes, and even Jiang Tai, Su Xiaohu and the others straightened their waists. Protect the whole country! Become a real Wehrmacht! Isn't this the highest dream of a soldier?

Yang Qiu slowed down: "Wenjing." Now that the war is fought, the treatment of soldiers should be raised, which used to be two oceans a month, but now it has been increased to five yuan per person, ten yuan for officers below the company level, and 20 yuan for each person above the company level. When recruiting soldiers, they should also immediately pay five yuan for settling-in. ”

"Brother Ma, you immediately recruit 3,000 masters, all the trains and ships here are also under your command, and the gun factory is also handed over to you to supervise production, so you must ensure the logistics needs of this requisition! Brother Xiao, the recruit training here in the Three Towns will be handed over to you. The captives were also cleared, the wounded were treated by someone, and those who wanted to leave were 10 oceans each, and those who were willing to stay were scattered to train with the recruits. Yue Peng, Ziqing! Your recruits are also fighting and training at the same time, and they must not relax their ideological education!

After Xiao Anguo nodded in agreement, he looked around at the people who were about to set off for battle, and said with concern: "Brother, the army is about to overwhelm the border, and our side is going to carry out such a large-scale battle of liberation!" I'm afraid that if I don't cross the river and say a few soft words, I'll give some money if it doesn't work. ”

"No need! We don't have that much time for nonsense! Yang Qiu shook his head, he had to seize every minute now! Don't stop! If you stop this army that has not yet been united, there will be noise, so it is decided to take advantage of this gap to recover Hubei first! No matter how difficult it is, he just has to keep fighting! Only in this way can the troops gradually merge into a real whole, and an iron-clad Wehrmacht can appear!

So he slapped the map north of the Yangtze River that occupies ninety percent of Hubei, and his words were sonorous: "This northward march is not only to recover the entire Hubei, but also the beginning of the future recovery of the southwest!" It is also a battle for the world of our national defense forces! He Xi will fight for us for 20 days! If you don't want to see the soldiers on Wusheng Pass sacrifice in vain, then give me as much as you can within 20 days! Go for it! Before Beiyang enters, completely recover Hubei! ”