Su Xiaohu is in Tazi Mountain, five miles away from Chengdu.

Yang Qiu's order to him was to take Chengdu half a month after arriving in Chongqing, in order to seize the time, he and Ma Kui set off from Wuchang overnight, arrived in Badong on the 2nd, and joined Hu Laosan and immediately marched to Chongqing.

After arriving, he first organized the troops in his hands, and the three battalions left by Song Ziqing were of good quality, all of them were veterans of Echuan at the beginning, and there was also an artillery battalion composed of 16 57mm guns. The second battalion of the old first regiment was naturally changed to the core training battalion, Hu Laosan's infantry battalion and two Echuan veteran battalions formed the first regiment, and the other battalion was broken up and the two thousand recruits were organized into the second regiment and the third regiment.

Considering that there were too few veterans who had fought in the war, and the recruits hurried to Badong because Zhang Wenjing was afraid that Sun Wu would transfer away and only trained for half a month, Yang Qiu deliberately strengthened the firepower of the pioneer brigade when he was in urgent need of ordnance in the Hubei War, in addition to the two heavy machine gun squads, he also added 10 Madsen light machine guns, plus 4 heavy machine guns (two Haqikais) and 18 light machine guns in the hands of the second battalion and Hu Laosan. The training battalion and the first regiment were all distributed to the Mauser 98, and finally let him carry 2,000 grenades and five explosives bags.

After three days of reorganization and strengthened training, leaving the three regiments stationed in Chongqing and Guang'an, he and Hu Laosan led their troops to Chengdu, but because of the rugged mountain roads along the way, they did not arrive here until today. When he passed through Neijiang and Zizhong, he also trained on behalf of others, taught some bandits and Manchu remnants a good lesson, and scavenged the powerful and corrupt Manchu officials in several places, and sent back hundreds of thousands of yuan to Chongqing.

Deputy Commander Xiao's praise made everyone a little proud. But what he cares about most is the order, compared to these rogues, Chengdu is the cream of the whole Sichuan.

Fortunately, the strongest in Chengdu at present is that Zhao Erfeng only has 3,000 border guards mobilized from the Yunnan border and Xikang and other places, although these border guards are all long-trained divisions, but the equipment is very poor, except for Hanyang, there is basically no heavy firepower, the only thing that worries him is that the seventh town of the Sichuan Army stationed outside the city has participated in the siege of Chengdu, although this army has been divided a lot by the robe brother and the comrade association, and the ordnance and equipment are also insufficient. But at present, there are still more than 4,000 people stationed outside the city under the leadership of Yin Changheng and others, and there is no doubt whether they will come to attack them, so they must be prepared on two fronts.

The weather in Chengdu in November was already a little cold, and the artillery battalion was sweating and digging artillery bunkers, and one mountain gun after another was pushed into position. The master carried the load and sent boxes of shells to the side. Su Xiaohu was also an officer born in a professional class, and if it weren't for the Manchu Qing Dynasty's only son not to be a soldier, he would have been sent to the Japanese non-commissioned officer school long ago with his ability. Therefore, he knew that Zhao Erfeng's death was not a big problem, and he was afraid that Yin Changheng and others would join forces, in that case, they would not be able to win with artillery alone, so they did not attack immediately after arriving, but ordered the second regiment to build a defensive line. A large number of door panels and logs were also found to build fortifications, ready for a war of attrition.

"Brigadier Commander, Brigadier Commander!"

When Su Xiaohu and Hu Laosan inspected the preparations, a staff officer's call sounded behind them: "Brigade commander, someone from Chengdu is here." ”

"Someone's coming? Who? Su Xiaohu turned his head to look, and saw an officer wearing the uniform of the former New Army looking at him, his brows furrowed, could it be that Zhao Erfeng couldn't bear to send someone to negotiate peace?

When I hurried back, I saw that the leader was a tall man. An officer of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a Japanese saber tied around his waist, and a dignified and majestic appearance, asked, "Are you ()?" ”

"Sichuan Yin Changheng."

After entering Sichuan, Su Xiaohu has been paying attention to and collecting the military and political situation in Sichuan, and through the stories of the former 62 standard soldiers and officers, he knew that this Yin Changheng was a man of the year in Sichuan, and was called "Yin's eldest son" because of his tall stature when he was young. Later, he returned to Sichuan to continue to serve as the general office of the supervision and training office and the army primary school, and many of the younger generations in the Sichuan army came from his disciples in these years, and they were very influential in Sichuan. So what he was most worried about was that because he was the Hubei army, he would cooperate with Zhao Erfeng's 3,000 border guards to attack him from the flank, but he didn't expect to kill people as soon as he first deployed them. Saluted: "Xiaohu has seen Yin's eldest son." ”

Yin Changheng was also looking at Su Xiaohu, younger than himself, although his figure was not high, he was very energetic, and his body exuded an indescribable vitality. And those soldiers who came all the way just now also surprised him, although there are many recruits, but they do things quickly and meticulously, there are few scenes of fighting and laughing, no matter whether they can fight or not, at least this army is very disciplined. Thinking of the great victory of Ogura Mountain that I learned yesterday, I finally understood why people could fight Beiyang for a month, and they could still attack and annihilate the fourth town with a backhand.

However, he is still a little worried, now Sichuan is chaotic enough, all parts of the country have become independent, after the comrade army and the robe brother armed forces have been dispersed, many of them occupy the mountains and go their own way, and in the long run, there will definitely be banditry rampant, and the turmoil will be unstoppable. But at this time, Hubei Yang Qiu's national defense army actually intervened again, first incorporated several battalions in the eight towns of Sichuan, and then raided Guang'an, Chongqing, and finally simply sent a brigade with so many machine guns and artillery to kill in, although nominally the people were ordered by the army to help, but he was still a little unsure of what it meant, not to mention that he had said to Cai Ye before that the Dian army would enter Sichuan as soon as possible to help, so when he heard that Su Xiaohu arrived at Tazi Mountain, he immediately rushed to meet him.

Glancing at the Makqin heavy machine gun that was being pushed in front by the soldiers, Yin Changheng showed envy: "Xietong is really generous, even the match point machine gun that Beiyang has just prepared, no wonder he is full of confidence." ”

Su Xiaohu didn't understand what he meant, and said out of politeness: "Eldest son Yin is wrong, he is the commander of the Pioneer Brigade of the National Defense Forces, this kind of us call the Makqin heavy machine gun, as for the co-ordination, it is already in the past!" ”

The title of division and brigade is still very new to China, but it is not unfamiliar to Yin Changheng, who went to Japan to study, pointed to the defense line being built in the distance, and suddenly asked: "Brigade Commander Su, are you guarding against me over there?" ”

"Yin's eldest son is a military elite in Sichuan. Always be careful when you first arrive. Knowing that he couldn't hide it from others, Su Xiaohu walked to the table generously, pointed to the map on it and said, "A Makqin heavy machine gun, six five-life and seven-mountain cannons." The positions were deployed in a deed pattern, with a regiment on both lines of defense, plus a reserve company. ”

"Haha." Yin Changheng saw that he generously said the deployment to deal with him, and laughed: "Brigade Commander Su really looks like he is below, you even surrounded and annihilated the fourth town of Beiyang." I don't dare to do a sneak attack. ”

Su Xiaohu was a little puzzled, and glanced at Hu Laosan and his staff officer: "Encircling and destroying the fourth town?" Which of you got the news? ”

Yin Changheng smiled dumbly, feeling that this army didn't know that there had been earth-shaking changes in his family, and immediately told Yang Qiuqin about the victory of the troops in Xiaocang Mountain, and Su Xiaohu slapped excitedly after hearing this. Turning his head, he said, "How did I not know?" What about radio? ”

"Brigade commander, the radio is set up, but the telegraph operator has been sick for the past two days and has been useless, or I will let him come over immediately."

"Forget it, let's have a good rest, it's the same after taking Sichuan." After speaking, Su Xiaohu glanced at Hu Laosan: "Third brother, send someone to tell all the ministries the good news, so that everyone can cheer up." ”

It was probably the news of the defeat of the Fourth Town by their own brother forces that spurred the soldiers of the Vanguard Brigade. The artillery took the lead in pulling open the gun jacket and began to swing the muzzle to aim at Chengdu not far away, Yin Changheng hurriedly said: "Don't hide it from Brigade Commander Su, Pu Dianjun and other councilors are negotiating with Governor Zhao to settle the matter of Chengdu peacefully, if you open fire, I'm afraid your previous efforts will be wasted." ”

"A peaceful settlement?" Su Xiaohu disagreed: "Did he promise to let the three thousand Yunnan border town troops lay down their arms?" Did you agree to abdicate? Yin's eldest son, Xiaohu is not alone in Chengdu's affairs. I only know that some diseases can be relieved, but some diseases must be cut quickly! Our commander doesn't want Chengdu to be ruined, but see for yourselves, what has become of Sichuan after the Baolu Incident? Is this still the land of abundance? Now there is a trend of independence and secession in various places, and in the long run, there will be constant wars ()! So even the commander of Hankow in danger let us come. I just want to solve Sichuan as soon as possible and restore stability in Bashu! ”

Su Xiaohu glanced at Yin Changheng: "Yin's eldest son is two years older than Xiaohu, and he is also our young soldier!" The commander said. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was in power, and foreigners were rampant, and it was time for us young soldiers to take responsibility! As a young officer in Sichuan, why don't you join our national defense force and work together to build a new country? Xiaohu received an order to recover Sichuan within half a month. It's been more than half of the time, so this time I'm imperative! This is not only for the sake of reforming the life, but also for the sake of stabilizing Sichuan as soon as possible, and for the sake of tens of millions of compatriots! Yin Changzi now has two choices, one is to cooperate with me to complete the task hand in hand. The second is to sit on the sidelines. ”

"What if I pick third?"

Looking at Yin Changheng, Su Xiaohu smiled slightly, and in an instant, the whole person seemed to change, and confidently and arrogantly pointed to Chengdu in the distance: "I only believe in one thing, anyone who stands in front of my cannon will either disarm or have a good fight with me!" ”

What kind of commander leads what kind of soldiers, Yang Qiu is not even afraid of Beiyang, let alone Sichuan. He also knew that Su Xiaohu was right, Sichuan erosion had already appeared, and if he couldn't clean up the rivers and mountains as soon as possible, he would definitely fall into a civil war, but he was still very worried to see the 16 neatly arranged mountain cannons, after all, Chengdu was the capital of Sichuan, and it was Sichuan that was unlucky in the end, and said: "Although Brigade Su's artillery siege is refreshing, the cannonballs don't have eyes." ”

Su Xiaohu smiled slightly, took him to the artillery position, and pointed to the sight: "Eldest son Yin can see clearly, we are only aiming at the city gate, as long as the city gate is broken, Xiaohu will naturally not fire the cannon at will." ”

Seeing that he was a man in the open, Yin Changheng thought about it and asked again: "There is one more thing that I hope Brother Su will answer, what about after taking Chengdu?" ”

"Yin's eldest son, Xiaohu is a soldier, not a politician! My task is to take Chengdu, and the future will be decided by the commander. After Su Xiaohu finished speaking, he immediately issued an order to prepare for the siege of the city, Yin Changheng knew that it was impossible to stop it, and Pu Dianjun and the others' idea of a peaceful solution was never as safe as the artillery and bullets, so he simply took a step forward.

"Slow."