After the mediation of all parties, Chen Qimei reluctantly sat in the position of governor of Shanghai, with Ma Hanlong taking up the post of military affairs minister, Niu Yongjian as the head of the headquarters, Huang Yin making a big fuss at the venue because of his gun, and he didn't catch anything, Li Pingshu was the chief of civil affairs, Wu Tingfang was the chief of foreign affairs, Chen Huizu was the chief of finance, and Wang Yiting was the minister of communications.

After Ma Hanlong became the Minister of Military Affairs, he immediately reorganized all the troops in Shanghai, reorganized the Qing army of more than 2,000 people in the Restoration Conference into a division, appointed Li Xiehe as the head of the regiment and concurrently the commander of Wu Song, and immediately went to Nanjing to participate in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army, and reorganized the Shanghai armed merchant regiment into a division, appointed Li Yingshi as the division commander, and ordered him to lead his troops to participate in the preparation of the Northern Expedition of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army. He also ordered Liu Fubiao and others to organize the members of the Youth Gang, and a total of more than 3,000 people were gathered together to form a division with three regiments under its jurisdiction, and appointed Zhang Chengwei, a member of the League, as the division commander, to lead his troops north to participate in the preparation of the Northern Expedition of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Allied Army, and Huang Yin, Liu Fubiao, and Jiang Zhiqing were respectively appointed as regiment commanders.

Ma Hanlong also did this to compromise, after all, when Zhejiang was recovered, the League did not get any oil and water, Jiang Zhiqing and others were on fire, and Chen Qimei also expressed his dissatisfaction with the Iron and Blood Salvation Party many times, which was also to balance the relationship between all aspects.

In addition to the fact that these three divisions were to go north to join the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army, Ma Hanlong also organized and trained two divisions based on the more than 4,000 people of the Zhenhua Company's escort team, namely the first division and the second division of the Shanghai army. Hearing that the military government was going to recruit troops for the revolution and go north for the Northern Expedition, young people from all walks of life had aspirations and signed up to participate, and even most of the Chinese patrols in the Public Concession and the French Concession went to the Chinese Territory to sign up when they heard the news.

Just because Ma Hanlong recruited troops in Shanghai, he saw that the Chinese patrols in the public and French concessions were almost running out, which made the authorities in the public and French concessions extremely dissatisfied. Without the Chinese patrol, the patrol houses in the two concessions would not be able to play at all. The Public Concession Police and the French Concession Police had to report the matter to the higher-ups, and the matter finally went to the British Consul General in Shanghai. Fa Leishi immediately came forward to negotiate with Chen Qimei, the governor of the navy government, Chen Qimei did not want to offend the foreigners, so he could only ask Ma Hanlong to stop recruiting Chinese arresters, Ma Hanlong said that he could not stop those Chinese arresters from signing up, they were all voluntary, and the revolutionary enthusiasm was very high, and of course he could not do this as the highest officer in recruitment.

Chen Qimei was extremely annoyed that he couldn't order Ma Hanlong, which made him lose face in front of Fa Leishi, and he thought that Ma Hanlong was a member of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party. It was Xiao Zhenlei's subordinate, so he immediately sent a telegram to Xiao Zhenlei to explain the situation.

After receiving the telegram, Xiao Zhenlei considered that the revolution in China had just begun, and he could not turn his face with the foreigners, so he quickly replied with a telegram, instructing the patrol that had been recruited to forget it, and from the time of receiving the telegram, he would not recruit the concession patrol as soldiers in the future, so as to avoid the fate of the concession patrol house becoming empty, and at the same time proposed that the concession authorities remain neutral. Unable to help the Qing court, he finally urged the Shanghai Navy government to send troops north to support the Northern Expedition.

After getting the telegram, Chen Qimei immediately found Ma Hanlong, sent the telegram to him, and asked him to do things according to the instructions. With Xiao Zhenlei's instructions, Ma Hanlong ordered to stop recruiting Chinese to patrol and arrest, and ordered Li Xiehe, Li Yingshi, and Zhang Chenghua to immediately lead the third, fourth, and fifth divisions to Nanjing to participate in the attack on Nanjing.

The revolution here in Shanghai is bustling with activity. Suzhou is not idle here, and there are many miscellaneous things after the establishment of the Jiangsu Military Government. Xiao Zhenlei entrusted some less important political matters to Cheng Dequan and the members of the Iron and Blood Salvation Party in Suzhou, and he took time to reorganize his army while keeping the overall situation under control. Carry out a frenzied round of army expansion.

The 23rd Mixed Association of the New Army was directly reorganized into the First Army of Jiangsu, with Liu Zhijie as the commander, under the jurisdiction of two divisions, an artillery brigade, and a cavalry brigade, and the 45th Standard was organized into the First Division, with division commander Zhu Xi and Shi Kan, chief of staff and member of the political committee, and the 46th standard was reorganized into the second division, with division commander Chen Jizu and political member and chief of staff Jiang Zhengying. The artillery brigade was reorganized from the original artillery battalion, and the cavalry brigade was reorganized from the original cavalry battalion, and the main commanders remained basically unchanged.

At the same time, more than 20,000 people from the 40th town who were secretly recruited were reorganized into the Second Army, and the army commander was Wu Shiyou, under the jurisdiction of the Third Division and the Fourth Division, which had the most complete soldiers and equipment, and after the reorganization was completed, there was basically a shortage of very few soldiers, and in the few days after arriving at the periphery of Nanjing, it was already fully recruited, and the whole army totaled 25,600 people.

In addition, Xiao Zhenlei reorganized the Qing army of those patrol battalions that had surrendered and been captured in various parts of Jiangsu, and organized them into a division, with division commander Yu Hanliang and chief of staff and political commissar An Yannian, who were the Fifth Division of Jiangsu.

Except for the Third Division of the Shanghai Army, which was led by Li Xiehe, a member of the Guangfuhui, and the Fifth Division of the Shanghai Army, which was led by Zhang Chenghua of the Alliance, these two divisions, with a total of more than 6,000 people, are not Xiao Zhenlei's descendants, and they must not be able to command at the critical moment, and they cannot be counted in the army of the Iron-blooded National Salvation Party, Xiao Zhenlei himself calculated the army that could be commanded in his hands: there are four divisions on the Jiangxi side, five divisions and a mixed brigade on the Zhejiang side, and five divisions on the Jiangsu side, a total of 14 divisions and a mixed brigade. At present, except for the Jiangxi Fourth Division, the Jiangsu Fifth Division, and the Zhejiang Mixed Association, which were reorganized from patrol battalions, all of which are full, the other main forces are still understaffed, and it is not enough to recruit them as long as they have more than three months, and Xiao Zhenlei is not worried about this.

After the failure of Xu Shaozhen's uprising in Nanjing, he led the remnants of his army to retreat to Zhenjiang, allowing Shen Tongwu and Sun Ming and others to gather their troops, and he personally went to Suzhou to meet Xiao Zhenlei. Remorse for his hasty uprising, he decided to unload the military power, and after coming to Suzhou, he saw Xiao Zhenlei and said: "I'm ashamed, I fell for Zhang Renjun and Tie Liang and Zhang Xun, and I started in a hurry, and the improper command caused the army to be defeated, if it wasn't for the fast retreat, the ninth town of Nanyang would be over, the matter has come to this, and I also ask Huanyu to lead the troops to the north to support, in addition, my ninth town lacks ammunition, and I can allocate some to Huanyu, my department is willing to accept your command and integration!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei comforted: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Xu Gong doesn't have to worry too much, the third and fourth divisions of my Jiangsu military government have been stationed in Moling Pass, but the Qing army in Jiangning City has a large number of troops, and the weapons are sufficient, I am afraid that it is not realistic to capture Jiangning in the near future, these days I have contacted Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and agreed to set up a joint army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and send an army from each place to promote the joint army, and assemble under Moling Pass before November 20, and launch an attack on November 26 at the latest!" ”

Xu Shaozhen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said: "This is the best, as long as Wuchang resists, and our side takes Jiangning, we can cross the Yangtze River and wave our troops into the Central Plains!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and sighed: "Gong Xu, I'm not worried about the Qing court not falling now, at this time, it will be a matter of time before the Qing court falls, I'm worried that the fruits of the victory of the revolution will be picked by ambitious people!" ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Xu Shaozhen was taken aback when he heard this.

Xiao Zhenlei said: "I know very well the situation in Wuchang, our revolutionary army has been able to hold on until now, not because of how well they can fight, but because the big head of Yuan in the north deliberately released water!" ”

Xu Shaozhen was shocked: "What? This, this, this?????? It can't be, right? Why did he do it? ”

Xiao Zhenlei sneered: "What else can it be? Embrace the army and respect yourself! He also knows that the republic has become an inevitable trend, what he wants now is to become the president, keep us revolutionary parties to threaten the Qing court, so that the Qing court realizes that the imperial court can no longer be maintained, and if you want to save your life, the emperor must announce his abdication, he Lao Yuan does not want to be a disloyal minister, so he forced the emperor to abdicate through the hands of our revolutionary party, so that he does not have to bear the infamy of disloyalty, what a good calculation! ”

Listening to Xiao Zhenlei's analysis, the more Xu Shaozhen thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and hurriedly asked, "Then how do we deal with it?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Our current strength is still too weak, if our army is strong, we can directly attack the capital and not compromise with anyone, but this is not very realistic, the Beiyang Army is an elite division, although I am not afraid of his old Yuan now, but if it starts, it can only be a lose-lose situation, and in the end it will consume the strength of our country itself, once there is an invasion of foreign enemies, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist, no way, I know his ambitions, but we have no ability to stop him, You can only take one step at a time. According to my estimates, as soon as we capture Nanjing, the north will definitely send people to negotiate with us, and you also know that among the revolutionaries, in terms of seniority, you and I are just small characters, not to mention that you are not a revolutionary party, and I am afraid that we will not have the right to speak at that time! ”

Xu Shaozhen thought for a while and said: "Huanyu, no matter what, I support you, although their alliance has been active relatively early, its roots in the army are not very deep, I think that now Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places are all your people, you control such a big place, I believe Sun Wen also has to pay attention to your opinion!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a moment and said: "Forget it, I'll talk about this later, by the way, you just said about the reorganization of the ninth town, do you think this will work, the ninth town is reorganized into the third army of Jiangsu, you are the commander, and there are two divisions under your jurisdiction, which are respectively adapted from the 17th Association and the 18th Association, and the lack of soldiers will be given priority to you after the unified recruitment of the military government for the society, and the treatment of officers and soldiers in the army is the same as that of other units under me, what do you think?" ”

Xu Shaozhen was overjoyed when he heard this, he had long known that Xiao Zhenlei was rich, and the salaries of his army were paid in full, and there were enough weapons and ammunition during training, and he basically didn't have to worry about logistics with such a person, which was the reason why he took the initiative to vote. (To be continued......) R1292