Xiao Zhenlei and Li Yingshi can talk very well, the two are about the same age, many topics are of interest to the two, although Li Yingshi is not a person from other ** organizations such as the Alliance and the Restoration Society, but he is still very open-minded and progressive in thought, Li Yingshi's views on modern cavalry operations are deeply appreciated by Xiao Zhenlei, which makes Xiao Zhenlei have the idea of pulling this person into the iron-blooded National Salvation Society, his new army 23rd mixed association still lacks a cavalry battalion management belt, and the current cavalry battalion management belt is too rigid. The ability is also limited, if Li Yingshi is transferred to serve as the cavalry battalion management band, it will undoubtedly fill the shortcomings of the 23rd Mixed Association in cavalry training and operations, but Li Yingshi is now the first battalion of the cavalry standard of the ninth town of Nanyang, if you want to transfer him, you must also say hello to Xu Shaozhen, the commander of the ninth town, Xu Shaozhen is willing to let go is still an unknown, you must know that Yingshi is appointed as the first battalion of the cavalry standard of the ninth town of Nanyang or Xu Shaozhen personally appointed, obviously this person also attaches great importance to Li Yingshi.

Xiao Zhenlei thought that the cavalry was destined to fall in the future, and would eventually be replaced by armored troops, but in the past twenty or thirty years, the cavalry still has a certain role, and the cavalry can serve as a mobile assault mission, and when the battle is deadlocked, if there is a cavalry assault on the enemy's flank, it will inevitably be able to disrupt the enemy's combat deployment and break the opponent's will to resist.

In terms of cavalry combat, Xiao Zhenlei and Li Yingshi had an in-depth discussion, and appreciated him more and more, the two talked speculatively, completely ignoring other gentlemen and tyrants, and when the two of them talked badly, Li Pingshu, Zhu Baosan, Yu Qiaqing and others had already discussed the specific details of the formation of the Shanghai armed merchant group.

After obtaining Xiao Zhenlei's consent, it was decided that Xiao Zhenlei would be the commander-in-chief of the armed merchant group, and Cai Wei would be the deputy commander, responsible for managing the daily affairs of the armed merchant group.

The specific establishment of the armed merchant regiment was three infantry battalions, an artillery company, an engineer company, and a baggage company. When the armed merchant regiment has been recruited and the training is completed, it will be formed into an army according to this formation. The matter was thus settled, and Li Pingshu and others sent an official letter to the local government in the name of the Chengxiang Autonomous Office, and the county government and the Daotai government knew that the imperial court was ineffective in dealing with foreign invasions, so they turned a blind eye to the fact that the industrial and commercial circles had privately expanded the armed merchant group.

After returning to Xiao Mansion from Li Pingshu's residence, Xiao Zhenlei remembered the matter of the Ninth Town of Nanyang, after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, uprisings broke out in various provinces and declared independence, among which the Ninth Town of Nanyang played a great role in it, but because Xu Shaozhen has been suspicious of Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang, the general Tie Liang of Jiangning, and Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangnan, the ammunition of the ninth town of Nanyang has been insufficient, even if the ammunition is needed for daily training, it is also renewed to report to Zhang Renjun, Before Xu Shaozhen led the uprising of the Ninth Town of Nanyang, Zhang Renjun also specially ordered to send people to collect all the shells and ammunition of the Ninth Town, so that the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Town could only use bayonets, broadswords and other weapons to fight with the soldiers of the patrol battalion and the Jiangfang Battalion.

Xiao Zhenlei was thinking, the Ninth Town of Nanyang is definitely a force to be reckoned with, among the new armies in various places, in addition to the six towns of Beiyang, the eighth town of Hubei and the ninth town of Nanyang have the strongest combat effectiveness, and the ninth town of Nanyang and the twenty-third mixed association of his new army are recently, if they can win over the strength of this town, it will be a great help for him and the iron-blooded National Salvation Society.

That night, he asked Wang Yaqiao to meet, Wang Yaqiao came as promised, the two had a secret meeting between the two sides, Xiao Zhenlei asked: "How is the penetration of the Iron and Blood Operations Section into the new army in various places?" ”

Wang Yaqiao knew what Xiao Zhenlei meant, now the situation is complicated, uprisings are continuous, Xiao Zhenlei is worried that all places will rise up at any time, and the Qing Dynasty may fall at any time, as the person in charge of the Iron and Blood Action Section, he is very clear about the achievements made by his subordinates, and he opened his mouth to say: "The six towns of Beiyang are Yuan Shikai's team, and his control over these six towns is extremely strong, the highest military rank is only the team officer, and there are many other platoon officers, and there are ten or eight of our people in each town.

The 13th Mixed Association of the New Army in Jiangbei has already been instigated by us to rebel against a battalion management band, four team officers, and six platoon officers. Zhang Biao's Eighth Town of the New Army and Li Yuanhong's 21st Mixed Association were very well guarded, and we could not send people to blend in with them, nor did we have the opportunity to get close to the high-ranking officers, so we only rebelled against a few platoon officers and tents, which did not have much effect.

The 31st Mixed Association in Anqing, Anhui Province Since Xu Xilin and Xiong Chengji and other ** party members have held two uprisings and failed, the Qing court is extremely defensive of the 31st Mixed Association, Yu Dahong, the co-ordination, is a very selfish and addicted to officials, and now he is extremely loyal to the Qing court, and is extremely careful in recruiting troops and dispatching officers, it is difficult for our people to mix in, let alone rebel against high-level officers, until now, we have only rebelled against a dozen sheds, However, although the number of these low-level officers who can control zhì is not very large, fortunately, there are more than a dozen squads, as long as a major incident occurs, if there is a person in charge of the chaos to calm down and command, he should be able to obtain some military power.

Jiangxi Nanchang Wu Jiezhang's 27th mixed association, this is the largest number of people we sent and the number of rebellion in an army, Shang Dequan this person is a small station, very loyal to Yuan Shikai, it is almost impossible to succeed in rebellion, and Wu Jiezhang this person is generous, indecisive, often indecisive, our people are difficult to determine his attitude, this mixed association has three standards, respectively, fifty-three standards, fifty-four standards and fifty-five standards, of which fifty-four standards Qi Baoshan and fifty-five standards Zhuang Shouzhong are all our people rebel, In addition, our iron-blooded National Salvation Society has developed more than 100 high-level officers in this army, but in this army, the people of the alliance are also ordinary, for example, there is a person named Li Liejun, who is the leader of the 54th standard and the first battalion, and some of his subordinates, in addition to some members of the alliance in the army, such as Lin Sen and Jiang Qun, these two people are officers under Ma Yubao.

The twenty-first town of Zhejiang, I won't go into detail about this, Cai Guodong has fully controlled the twenty-first town.

The 26th Town of Canton was dismissed because of the failure of the uprising in February last year, and we arranged for some of its members to go to the 25th Town with some of their soldiers, and there were our men in the new army in other places, but none of our men were in very high positions in the marching army, and if something happened, they did not play a big role, but there were some people in the new army in various places, as long as they were given time, they should be able to play a role."

After Wang Yaqiao's narration, Xiao Zhenlei understood the power in his hands now, except for the 21st town of the 23rd Mixed Association and Cai Guodong of the New Army, which he directly controlled, only the 27th Mixed Association in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, could control most of the forces, Cai Guodong had been appointed by Zeng Yun as the commander of the 21st Town last month, and the previous commander Lu Benyuan died of illness.

If once the Wuchang Uprising breaks out, he can quickly launch it and control the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, as for the other identities, the people in his hands do not have so much energy, they can only fish in troubled waters, and if they are lucky, they may be able to obtain some benefits.

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "I won't talk about the local new army in other places for the time being, the development speed is too slow and too slow, what is the situation in the ninth town of Nanyang?" What is the situation of our people in this army? ”

Wang Yaqiao said: "The situation of the Ninth Town of Nanyang is extremely special, and the League and other ** organizations have the most officers in this new army, but due to the fact that Bai Wenwei, Zhao Sheng and other ** parties of the League were found out, the Qing court carried out strict surveillance of the Ninth Town of Nanyang, and even the commander Xu Shaozhen was very guarded by Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang, and others, and our people developed extremely unsmoothly in this army, but it is gratifying that just last month, our people rebelled against Sun Ming, the standard commander of the Eighteenth Association, But other than that, we don't have any other capable people in the ninth town of Nanyang. ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said, "Find a way to inform Sun Ming and let him influence the officers below, and strive to win the support of the officers below, and can you arrange for me to meet with Xu Shaozhen, the commander of the Ninth Town of Nanyang?" The location of the Ninth Town of Nanyang is too important, if we can control this army more, it will be extremely advantageous for us! ”

"Okay, I'll figure this out!"

Then the two talked for a long time, and Wang Yaqiao also brought a lot of the latest news. After Wang Yaqiao left, Xiao Zhenlei fell into deep thought, and one of the news brought by Wang Yaqiao this time attracted Xiao Zhenlei's attention. It is reported that Song Jiaoren, an important leader of the League, had already secretly returned to Shanghai from Japan at the end of last year, served as the chief writer of the Minli Daily, and wrote a large number of ** articles under the pseudonym of the fisherman.

It seems that the top leaders of the League also saw the instability of the domestic situation, and Song Jiaoren, the core figure of the League, couldn't help but come back from Japan to personally preside over the overall situation. R1152