Chapter 20: Crazy Expansion (2)
Qin Yu's telegram caused a huge storm in the country, the revolutionary party was greatly encouraged and was preparing to plan an uprising in the southern provinces, the newspapers of the whole country were crazy to publish the news of Anhui's independence, but the people in Anhui did not react, Qin Yu was very popular with the people in Anhui, and those landlords were now tied to a line by Qin Yu, and they would not oppose Qin Yu, so Qin Yu took over the entire Anhui Province without resistance.
Not to mention these, the troops sent by Qin Yu to Jiangxi and other places have started their own actions, and the Qing troops in the places where the second division entered Zhejiang along the way all surrendered after contact, except for those bandits and bandits who did not open their eyes, they basically did not encounter any resistance, and the second division went all the way to Hangzhou as if it entered a no-man's land.
The 2nd Division finally encountered the 21st Town of the Zhejiang New Army outside the city of Hangzhou, and the current commander of the 21st Town of the Zhejiang New Army Army Yang Shande, with a total strength of 10,436 people.
The second division immediately launched an attack after encountering the 21st town of the Zhejiang New Army Army, and the 21st town of the Zhejiang New Army Army rushed to respond to the battle in a hurry, coupled with the gap in weapons, the first division was a one-sided war against the 21st town of the Zhejiang New Army Army, and a few hours later Yang Shande led the remaining new army to surrender, the first division suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the 21st town of the Zhejiang New Army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and finally more than 4,000 people surrendered, and more than 1,000 people fled in all directions during the battle. The 2nd Division entered the city of Hangzhou smoothly, captured the governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Zengxi, and then took over Zhejiang Province.
After the first division entered Jiangsu, it set off directly to Nanjing, and every place was directly besieging the local Qing army, and the new army in one town was the new army of the ninth town, and what Qin Yu wanted was to quickly take Nanjing and not let the new army of Jiangsu gather in Nanjing.
The 1st Division soon encountered the new army of the 9th Town, the 1st Division first persuaded to surrender, and some of the new revolutionary troops defected, and the 9th Town soon surrendered under the internal and external attacks of the 1st Division and the defective New Army, and the 1st Division suffered not very large losses due to internal response, only less than 300 casualties. Then the first division used the surrendered new army to deceive the gate of Nanjing, and entered Nanjing, after entering Nanjing, the first division and Zhang Xun's patrol battalion battled, Zhang Xun finally committed suicide, and the first division also captured Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, and took over Nanjing.
After absorbing the new army of the ninth town, taking the newly incorporated new army and leaving some soldiers behind, the 1st Division continued to advance, defeated the 13th Mixed Association in Qingjiangpu, and then continued to be integrated.
Soon the 1st Division arrived outside the city of Suzhou, the 23rd Mixed Association found the 1st Division and quickly closed the gate of Suzhou, the 1st Division immediately let the artillery carry out artillery bombardment, and the shells "boomed" on the city wall of Suzhou, and the 23rd Mixed Association saw the terrible artillery bombardment and immediately surrendered, and the 1st Division took over Jiangsu Province.
The First Division began to attack Shanghai after staying in Suzhou for a day, and when attacking Shanghai, it encountered Chen Qimei and others to grab the fruits of victory, and the First Division began to attack Chen Qimei and others without saying a word, and defeated them in less than three hours, and Chen Qimei and others fled under the cover of Shanghai gangsters.
After the 1st Division entered Shanghai, it surrounded the Jiangnan Manufacturing Headquarters, preventing the technical personnel from escaping and preventing the Manchu officials from sabotaging the machines.
After the third division entered Jiangxi, it went straight to Nanchang, and along the way it also arrived at Nanchang without danger, and entered Nanchang after a few hours of fighting with the 27th Mixed Association, the first town stationed in Nanchang, and Wu Xun, the governor of Jiangxi, committed suicide.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions began to purge the Qing troops in their respective provinces after defeating the new Qing army, and the Qing troops surrendered without a fight in each place, while those die-hard elements were shot.
Soon the three provinces were controlled by Qin Yu's army, and soon the three provinces became independent, and Qin Yu was the governor of the three provinces, in charge of the three provinces and one qiē affairs, and then began to electrify the independence of the three provinces to the whole country, and Qin Yu was the governor of the three provinces.
The electrification of the three provinces shocked the whole of China, Yuan Shikai, who was far away in Beijing, was almost so depressed that he vomited blood, now Qin Yu has four provinces in his hands, four provinces, Yuan Shikai is a little dizzy, Qin Yu actually pocketed the entire Jiangnan without saying a word, and the richest place in the country is in Qin Yu's hands.
Now he knows why Qin Yu would let Anhui become independent so quickly, it turned out that the people had already prepared, otherwise how could there be three provinces that would be loyal to Qin Yu instead of the military government in Hubei that claimed to be the pioneer of the revolution, it was so powerful, I just don't know when Qin Yu started arranging.
When he learned that the three provinces were loyal to Qin Yu, Yuan Shikai immediately stopped the attack on Wuhan, who knows if Qin Yu will go north, and it will be cheaper for Qin Yu to continue the attack, it is not worth it.
After the three provinces became independent, the Wuhan government was first happy, and then angry, why did they not explain the recognition of the Wuhan government, and why did they also obey Qin Yu as the governor of the three provinces? It turned out that he had made wedding dresses for others, and he was here to attract the main force of the Qing army, and he took the opportunity to rob, and the Wuhan government was also relieved to see that the Qing army stopped attacking.
Now the whole country is shocked by Qin Yu, the governor of the four provinces, what an honor, the newspapers continue to print this news frantically, and Qin Yu will become a national celebrity in a few days.
"Sell the newspaper, sell the newspaper, the governor of Anhui has become the governor of the four provinces!"
"Sell the newspaper, sell the newspaper, the governor of Anhui has become the governor of the four provinces!"
The newspaper sellers all sold the latest news about Qin Yu on the street, and as soon as they shouted, a large number of people frantically snapped up the newspaper.
Now the whole country is talking about Qin Yu, some good and some bad, as if a group of young people are debating fiercely, and one of them said angrily: "He is stealing the fruits of the revolution and doing his own thing under the banner of the revolution, he is a warlord, a warlord who tries to sabotage the revolution in vain, don't you hear that they attacked the revolutionary army in Shanghai, the revolutionary army in the four provinces is either invited out or eliminated, this is a warlord." ”
"That's right, if he wasn't a warlord, how could he not obey the orders of the Wuhan government and attack the revolutionary army."
"I heard that Qin Dudu is welcomed by the people of Anhui in Anhui, and hasn't he been suppressing bandits, opening factories and other industries, you haven't been to Anhui, don't talk nonsense, in recent years, he has paid for his own money, I don't know how many people have been sent to study abroad, didn't he also founded a university? Have you ever seen a warlord like this? ”
One person pulled the person who was talking behind him, and signaled him not to say any more, now these people are all die-hard members of the revolution, and it is better not to say too much about Qin Yu's affairs.
Someone immediately refuted him: "You don't see that Qin Yu is the young owner of the Qin family, the largest trading house in the country, he is a corrupt landlord class, and what he does is just for the interests of himself and his family, you see that the Qin family has been buying land frantically all these years for the benefit of his Qin family." ”
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, when I met him in Germany, he has been running around for us international students, and has also helped us pay for our tuition, and their Qin firm has funded or loaned to those students over the years, I don't know how much, these are Qin Yu's ideas, more than half of the basic people to study abroad are supported by the Qin firm, can you say that such people will be the ones who sabotage the revolution?"
"He was able to be respected as the Metropolitan Governor by the four provinces because of the love of the people of the four provinces for Qin Yu, not the warlord you said, I believe you will know in the future."
No matter what the outside world talks about Qin Yu, Qin Yu doesn't care, now he is paying attention to Chen Fu's war, in order to better consolidate this defense line, Qin Yu sent a division and a new army to help stabilize the front after the four provinces were settled.