Chapter 23 The Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition (12)

Suzhou is not as good as Nanjing, there are not so many peripheral positions, although Fang Jianxiong is dark-hearted, he still will not do such things as destroying historical monuments. The city wall of Suzhou has been relatively well preserved until the sixties and seventies, when it was destroyed in the hands of people.

Hamilton saluted, and according to the regulations, he had to revise the battle plan. On this issue, Fang Jianxiong demanded very strictly, and all troops, regardless of their opponents, must draw up a thorough battle plan before the war. Of course, this thoroughness is based on the premise of pre-war reconnaissance.

Whether it is Suzhou or Nanjing, pre-war reconnaissance and other work, Hamilton brought his staff officers in civilian clothes to survey half a year ago. So I have a better understanding of the situation in Suzhou.

The Suzhou garrison is the provisional 23rd mixed association of Fengjing, and there is a reference for how the specific combat effectiveness compares with the ninth town.

Nanjing fell in one day, Suzhou shook, and the revolutionary party in the new army began to move. After Fang Jianxiong's Anhui Revolutionary Army passed through Zhenjiang, it was almost under the nose of Suzhou.

In the Qing Dynasty, Jiangsu was divided into Ning and Suzhou. The governor of Liangjiang was stationed in Jiangning (Nanjing), and the governor of Jiangsu was stationed in Suzhou. Governor Cheng Dequan, a native of Yunyang, Sichuan, was a poor talent in his early years, and started from his staff in the Northeast, and served as a general, governor, and governor of Fengtian. In 1910, Cheng Dequan was transferred to Jiangsu, and the first thing he did when he got off the post was to visit Zhang Qian, Shen Enfu and other local gentlemen. And maintain good relations, known as the enlightened governor.

On October 16, after the Wuchang Uprising, Cheng Dequan invited Zhang Qian to Suzhou. Discuss big things. Zhang Qian drafted the "Petition for the Reshuffle of the Cabinet and the Announcement of the Constitution", which was jointly performed by Sun Baoqi, the governor of Shandong, and others. Zhang Qian was born as a champion and a leading figure in the constitutionalism. When the situation in the country was unclear after the Wuchang Uprising, Cheng and Zhang still held on to the banner of constitutionalism.

After that, Cheng Dequan carefully guarded the city of Suzhou to prevent the revolutionary party from causing trouble. Unexpectedly, there was a Fang Jianxiong in Anhui, and a guy served Anqing. also took soldiers to fight Jiangning. At the beginning, I thought this kid was gallant! Jiangning is the first important town along the Yangtze River, with more than 30,000 garrison troops, including the ninth town. How many soldiers can be sent from that poor place in Anhui?

Who would have thought that the result was a big surprise, and the ninth town stationed in Jiangning was first subjected to Zhang Renjun's suspicion and rebellion. Then Fang Jianxiong's Anhui army opened the city gate of Jiangning in one morning. This speed, this combat power, really scared everyone.

Seeing that the Anhui Revolutionary Army was rolling in and had already crossed Zhenjiang, the 23rd Mixed Association of the Provisional New Army was ready to move again. Cheng Dequan was completely uncalm, and summoned Zhang Qian, Shen Enfu and others to discuss overnight. In the end, the mainstream opinion is that Jiangsu is the Jiangsu of Jiangsu people, and Anhui people cannot be allowed to point fingers. Under this tone, Zhang Qian, Shen Enfu and others elected Cheng Dequan as the governor and announced ** overnight. Jiangsu Guangfu.

Fang Jianxiong is still busy with how to take Suzhou smoothly and then enter Shanghai, but he doesn't know that because of Fang someone's messing around, history has changed a little. Originally, after the recovery of Shanghai on November 3, the death squad entered the 23rd Mixed Association. instigated the new army to enter the city, and Cheng Dequan was forced to agree only after being pressured**. Now because of the pressure of Fang Hei's army, Cheng Dequan is out of personal interests, and the Jiangsu gentry are out of local interests, and they take the initiative to announce the **. The time was advanced, and the decision was made before midnight on November 3.

Early in the morning of the 3rd. The news spread, and Suzhou was electrified. Governor Cheng Dequan, Ministry of Civil Affairs Zhang Zhangqian, Minister of Finance Ying Dehong, Wu Tingfang are Minister of Negotiations, and Zheng Yan is Minister of Law Enforcement. Later, Gu Zhongchen, the former commander of the 31st Association, was appointed chief of staff and Liu Zhijie was appointed commander of the Soviet army.

The next day, while the Jiangsu Governor's Office sent people to the direction of Nanjing to inquire about the news, Zhang Qian, Minister of Civil Affairs, Wu Tingfang, Minister of Negotiation, and Gu Zhongchen, Chief of the General Staff Department, led a group of gentry to prepare to go out of the city to greet them. The target was the Anhui Revolutionary Army, which was coming towards Suzhou.

This trip is called in the beautiful name, Lao Jun! In fact, it is to block the Anhui Revolutionary Army back, Suzhou has been recovered, so don't go there. Sadly, the Anhui army did not get any news about the action in Zhenjiang, but the Suzhou side did not get any news.

Leng Yu this guy was very meritorious, he got up early in the morning, and the watch on his wrist was the graduation award issued by Commander Fang, and the time showed that it was half past four in the morning. Half an hour to pack up, five o'clock on the whole special task force set off, the vanguard company commander Wang Mazi, with his "bandits" on the train, in front of the search and advance. The spy group was followed by the main force of the army, and the captured train in Zhenjiang played a role, and Fang Jianxiong was finally able to occupy a carriage as his headquarters.

Zhenjiang was followed by Changzhou and Wuxi, and these two places were still under the control of the Qing army, but in the face of the army, the officials and gentry of the two places did not dare to have the slightest resistance, and the officials and gentry of Changzhou decided to go out of the city to greet them and bring supplies for the labor army. I never thought that the Anhui army would advance along the Shanghai-Nanjing railway, and the vanguard regiment would not pay attention to them at all and roll forward. finally waited for the main force, met the young commander Fang, and got a positive answer: "As long as the liberation is announced, the Anhui army will not enter the city, and will go all the way to Shanghai to kill." ”

The materials of the labor army were naturally laughed at, and Changzhou was extremely satisfied, and 200,000 taels of silver, plus some supplies and all the train cars, saved Changzhou City from war. The Anhui army crossed the border, and before the officials and gentry could finish their joy, the people of the League jumped out, and the revolutionary party headed by He Jian announced that he would become the commander of the military government branch. Well, this fox is so timely that the local officials and gentry dare not resist.

Before the Anhui army arrived in Wuxi, the people of the alliance first greeted them on the road, and a group of people led by Qin Yuliu came to the labor army, and said that Wuxi was also recovered, and Qin Yuliu was the commander-in-chief of the military and political sub-governments of Wuxi and Jinkui counties.

It is probably only at this time that so many commanders will spring up all over the country. Qin Yuliu and others met with Fang Jianxiong, and after a brief meeting, they asked for the Anhui army to support some ordnance. Fang Jianxiong didn't take this stubble, but fortunately, the people of Wuxi had already prepared and moved out 200,000 taels of silver, asking to make some contribution to the revolution. Fang Jianxiong reluctantly subordinated his subordinates at this time, and provided 3,000 Hanyang-made rifles and a number of bullets.

That's it, Wuxi has also passed. The protection fees in Changzhou and Wuxi were collected, and Fang Jianxiong was quite satisfied. At the same time, I regret it a little, why don't you charge a little protection fee in Zhenjiang? Well, I'll go back and collect it.

The journey was smooth, and in the afternoon, Suzhou City was in the moment, and a group of people were already waiting outside the city. The vanguard had no choice but to stop, send people up to inquire about the news, and come back to report that the people of Suzhou had liberated themselves and wanted to express their deep friendship with the Anhui Revolutionary Army.

This made Leng Yu want to cry depressedly, what did Nima do all the way? Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, how is it a trick. Can you not follow the coaxing, if you don't revolt, let's fight and die. After comparison, the people of Zhenjiang are more backbone.

If you didn't say anything, hurry up and report to the back.

Fang Jianxiong did not scrape the land in Nanjing, that is considering that Nanjing is too close to Wuhu, waterway wharves and railway stations are used, and the relationship between the ninth town is also good. For the people of Changzhou and Wuxi, Fang Heizhai is not welcome. This road is a place where there are many rich people, and if you don't search for it, I'm sorry for the hard work of the army. Fang Jianxiong was very satisfied with the enthusiasm of the people of Changzhou and Wuxi. In the carriage, he looked forward to Zixiong and called Zheng Quan to discuss how to get the people to support the revolution in Suzhou.

Speaking of Zheng Quan, the value of Zheng Quan and Li Muyancun is different, Zheng Quan is quite strategic and economic-minded. Along the way, I helped analyze the people's situation on the front line of Shanghai and Nanjing, and put forward some suggestions. In principle, don't be soft on the benefits that should be taken, although the Anhui army will not stay, but it can't go in vain. Zheng Quan mentioned that Shanghai should not stay for a long time, like Nanjing, he also attracted people's attention, even if the local rebound was over, the key line was the British sphere of influence. It is better to search and take Jiangbei and Anhui as the best policy. In the future, we will seek to take Jiangxi and Hubei, and take the material resources of the two places to form the atmosphere.

For a long time, Fang Jianxiong has indeed lacked such a figure who looks at the Anhui forces from the overall strategy, and the appearance of Zheng Quan has greatly made up for Fang Jianxiong's shortcomings in this regard.

Fang Jianxiong's attitude towards Zheng Quan was also different, and he took the initiative to talk about some of his ideas: "If the Anhui Revolutionary Army wants to be tempered into a strong army, it must pass the Beiyang Army. Therefore, strategically, it is still necessary to take the initiative to march to the north and take the initiative to seek engagement with the Beiyang Army. The purpose of the Eastern Crusade is to ensure that there are no worries. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is necessary to find an opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the Beiyang Army in order to establish the prestige of the Anhui Revolutionary Army as the strongest army. ”

Zheng Quan expressed some views on this strategic concept: "At present, the Beiyang Army is mainly concentrated in Hubei, and Henan and Shandong are mainly local troops. If our army wants to go north, the first to bear the brunt is nothing more than Shandong and Henan. If you want to hit Beiyang hard, you should first take a place in Henan, and then peek into the back road of the Beiyang Army in Hubei. ”

This time the conversation between the two on the train laid the strategic concept of Fang Jianxiong's department. Fang Jianxiong was about to call Hamilton and others to discuss major matters, when the train stopped, and a guard came to report that Suzhou had been recovered, and the Minister of Civil Affairs Zhang Qian and others came to labor with the local gentry.

"What? Again? Fang Jianxiong's eyes lit up, the people of Suzhou are very wealthy, and I have heard of this for a long time. Fang Jianxiong is still very happy to be able to stop fighting, but this protection fee can't be charged too little, right?

"Okay, let's meet them in the car." Fang Jianxiong said this arrogantly, and Zheng Quan hurriedly persuaded: "Commander, no matter what you want to do, you still have to get by in terms of face, right?" Zhang Qian and others are still very influential in China. ”

Fang Jianxiong, who has always had a good reputation, was more able to listen to what he said, and immediately nodded to accept the reasonable opinion. ()