October 21 ().

In the early morning, Wuchang City is already a new atmosphere, after the festival to stabilize people's hearts, this ancient city has gradually returned to calm, because the history has been knocked down after the shells are still circling in the north, so the people who have not yet experienced the cruelty of the war seem to think that this rebellion is not bad, and the shops that have been half-hidden for several days slowly open their doors.

Yang Qiu, who walked to the Advisory Bureau under the protection of a class, knew very well that under this quiet, there was already an undercurrent surging, Yin Chang continued to look at Wushengguan in Xinyang every day in a daze, Beiyang launched a temptation and did not come to harass again, the Forbidden City issued edicts one after another, Yuan Shikai was still bargaining with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Wu Luzhen in the north, Cai Yi in the south, and Jiao Dafeng in Hunan who was going to do things tomorrow, etc., in the era of underdeveloped information, these things are more like hidden streams, trickling through and seemingly inconspicuous, But when they come together, they are enough to destroy the withering and decaying.

This is the advantage of a traverser, he can completely lay out the course of events that historians have painstakingly listed for several years, but he has no mind or strength to care about those things now, he only hopes that Song Ziqing can come to the good news as soon as possible, so that he has a chance to break this cage.

Qiu Wenbin was the first to see Yang Qiu who had walked into the Advisory Bureau, and subconsciously straightened his waist, and the latter also paused after discovering him, and finally turned his head and walked into the building after staring at him. The new version of the "Regulations on the Organization of the Government of the Republic of China" finally determined the status of the Right Route Army, and the two armies finally no longer had to be tense on the surface, and the minds of the soldiers gradually turned to the war that was getting closer and closer.

The staff room was full of people, the staff at this moment did not have so many advanced means in later generations, and the Wuchang New Army was not even equipped with a radio, that is, a group of officers surrounded the map and adjusted the deployment through the lagging news from all directions, and drew up a battle plan ().

"Yang Qiu has seen Li Du."

"Chenhua is here." The old fox was still so affectionate, Ju Zheng also nodded, and the officers greeted this young upstart who had gone from Manchu Baturu to a revolutionary hero overnight.

Yang Qiu didn't like this kind of false courtesy, and after reluctantly coping with it, he asked, "Li Du, is there a reply from the Sa Commandery?" ”

Speaking of the sailor Li Yuanhong's expression was not so natural, he sent a letter to Sa Zhenbing, but he has not received any reply so far, which made him worry about whether the sailor is going to fight this battle with an iron heart, Yang Qiu knew that the old fox was "afraid of hands and feet" again, and said with a wry smile in his heart: "The Sa system is well aware of the righteousness, and will definitely understand that overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and realizing the republic is the only way out for this country!" Even if we don't have to worry too much about the naval division, the Guishan Fort is now under the control of our army, and I also ordered to build another artillery position in the east, and 36 cannons to block the river, so we may not be afraid of them. ”

Li Yuanhong thought that Yang Qiu was young and vigorous and didn't know the power of the naval artillery, and said: "Chenhua, you are still too young, the power of the naval artillery of the naval division is much stronger than that of the army artillery, I want to Dadonggou back then!" Don't mention it. ”

Seeing him sighing, Ju Zheng hurriedly changed the topic: "Chenhua, just now a telegram was sent from Shanghai saying that Yuan Shikai had rejected the Qing court's appointment to make him the governor of Huguang yesterday, and everyone was discussing what he was paying attention to?" ”

"What else can you pay attention to, just wait for the price to sell." It was Cai Jimin who spoke, he was very famous in the army, and later Huang Xing also praised him as "the giant of the soldiers in central Hubei", when he was in Sichuan, Yang Qiu also thought about going back to Wuchang to win him and Wu Zhaolin, but unfortunately the mistake made him take the most difficult road, so he also pricked up his ears when he spoke.

Cai Jimin didn't know Yang Qiu's thoughts, and when he saw him looking at him, he continued: "Yinchang was blocked by Commander Yang outside Wusheng Pass and could not advance an inch, and Beiyang hurriedly tried to blow a blow and lost it, this is not the Beiyang Army that everyone knows at all. Feng Huafu and these people must have been taken care of by Yuan Shikai, so they deliberately did not contribute to the work, and the army could not enter our Hubei for a long time, and the most urgent thing was naturally the Qing court, so in the end, he would definitely be allowed to let him out of the mountain with high-ranking officials (). ”

"Xiangpu (Cai Jimin) is right, we still have to continue to strengthen Wusheng's concern and not take it lightly, as long as it can be delayed for ten days and a half months, the brothers in other provinces will inevitably respond to the incident, and then the pressure on my Hubei will be much less." Tan Renfeng can also be regarded as an old qualified partyman, and everyone nodded when he opened his mouth.

Yang Qiu wanted to see how much ability this military giant had and asked, "Judging from the incense garden, how will we deploy next?" ”

Cai Jimin seemed to be confident, walked to the map and said: "As far as I can see, we must strengthen Wusheng Pass again, at this moment there is only a association of the three brothers, half of them are newly recruited soldiers, in the face of Beiyang must be inexperienced, although there is a Xiongguan, it may not be able to stop, rather than waiting for Beiyang to break through the pass, it is better to take the initiative to attack Xinyang, as long as Yinchang can be driven out of Xinyang, and other provinces have responded, my Hubei will be safe." ”

"No!" As soon as Cai Jimin finished speaking, Yang Kaijia immediately stood up, before the uprising, he was Zhang Biao's diehard, and later saw that the general trend had been decided, so after he got up, many party officers showed disdainful looks, but he continued as if he didn't see it: "Our army is no longer the old eight towns of the past, and replenishing so many new soldiers is already a drag, and a rash expedition out of the customs will only expose flaws, so this move is absolutely impossible." ”

"Yes, Richo!" Zhang Jingliang took the opportunity to get up and said: "You must not go out of the pass to fight, in my opinion, it is still honest to defend the pass, after all, Beiyang has lived in Zhili Henan for a long time, and our army may have a chance to win in the local battle, if you go to the battle." ”

Zhang Jingliang had a very concerned expression about the safety of Hubei, and his tone was even more sincere, if he didn't know his details, maybe even Yang Qiu didn't believe that he would defect, and it was no wonder that the party members in the parallel world would be deceived by him, so that they collapsed.

Li Yuanhong was also full of worry, if it weren't for the situation, if he wasn't a little reluctant to the reputation of the Shouyi Governor, he didn't want to carry Beiyang to death. The name of the governor is very good, but the dead governor is not even as good as a dog, so he does not approve of Cai Jimin's expedition out of the pass, but he only sits firmly in this position, and he still needs the help of the party to pass this pass, so he turned his eyes to Yang Qiu.

Yang Qiu shook his head and said: "The firearms of the Northern Army are fierce, especially the artillery is a hundred times that of me, and a rash attack can only increase casualties, I think we should first strengthen Wusheng Pass, and then use Xiaogan as a shield, Dahongshan and Shushui as the two wings, deploy heavy troops to force Beiyang to not be able to go south quickly, take the opportunity to consume and annihilate its living forces, so that it is tired and looking for an opportunity to win (). ”

His words attracted Li Yuanhong's approval, and when he was about to express his position, there was a sudden commotion outside, and without waiting for inquiry, he saw Zhang Zhenwu rushing in with four or five party soldiers, and saw Yang Qiu pointing his finger horizontally: "Come on, arrest him!" ”

Several party soldiers who had been prepared for a long time were about to start arresting people, but Lei Meng, who was guarding outside and had not been ordered to come in, suddenly became anxious, pulled out his pistol and rushed in and shouted: "Who dares to do it!" ”

As soon as he shouted like this, there was a mess in the staff room, and the guards and soldiers waiting outside all came in, and finally even the security team of the Advisory Bureau led by Qiu Wenbin rushed in, but because everyone didn't know what was going on, they all stood quietly waiting for things to be clear.

Yang Qiu was even more surprised, scanning the surroundings and feeling that it didn't look like someone had deliberately set up a game to kill him, and was about to ask Ju Zheng who had already come over, and stopped: "Chunshan, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Zhenwu brandished his pistol and looked excited: "Sir! We've all been deceived by this dog thief! While he kept saying that he would defend the revolution, he sent a large army north in a vain attempt to split the river and divide the territory! Yesterday, he forcibly surrendered the Jingshan Righteous Army, and killed Liu Tie and his brother Liu Jie! Even Brother Liu Ying was arrested by him! ”

Liu Ying was arrested? Liu Tie and Liu Jie were both killed! Yang Qiu's mind was also stunned all of a sudden, he ordered Yue Peng to speed up his northward advance, but he never expected him to make such a heavy move.

What went wrong?

Hearing that Liu Ying was arrested and Liu Tie died, not to mention Cai Jimin and other officers, even Ju Zheng and Tan Renfeng suddenly opened their mouths, and the room suddenly exploded, only Li Yuanhong and Zhang Jingliang and other old officers sat quietly, and they didn't know whether they wanted to see the conflict between the two factions or to resolve the crisis.

The sudden accident made Yang Qiu's brain spin rapidly, the Liu Ying brothers in the characters of Xinhai Year are not eye-catching, but the background is not inferior to Wu Luzhen and others, they studied in Japan together to join the Alliance, and studied in the Japanese Military School, and later the Alliance split and joined the Communist Association led by Sun Wu, and Sun Wen, Huang Xing and others are connected, and there are deep connections with Brother Pao ()!

In the Yangxia War in later generations, they swept across both sides of Hanyang, relieving a lot of pressure on the three towns, if it weren't for Li Yuanhong's fear of him becoming a big threat and not letting him fight Xiangyang, maybe he would have appeared in advance by going north to unify Hubei at this moment, and later participated in the second revolution, and was one of the few people in the Hubei general regiment who responded.

And most importantly! On his side, he had just got in touch with Ju Zheng, and was ready to hug the thigh of the alliance to pave the way out for the future, but before the words fell, he forcibly absorbed other people's weapons and killed people! Will this affect future cooperation? But to put it mildly, he is happy to see Liu Ying destroyed, because the Liu brothers are the only real party armed forces left in Hubei, and after defeating him, both Sun Wu and Juzheng will lose the largest foreign aid, so they have to rely more on the two armies, the question is whether they will choose Wuchang or their own side?

When he gave Yue Peng the order to speed up his northward advance, he thought about simply forcibly taking Jingshan, but he didn't expect to accidentally injure the Liu brothers, and the communication troops sent back must have been delayed, so the people sent by Liu Ying arrived in Wuchang first.

Zhang Zhenwu is reckless, and he is a well-known reckless person among the three martial arts of the first righteousness, but he will never know the consequences of breaking into the staff room with a gun! So there must be Sun Wu standing behind him! Because only Sun Wu was the last one who wanted to see the Liu brothers destroyed, he wanted to take this opportunity to catch himself off guard and suppress the growing Right Route Army, which was almost the same as his method of suppressing the Yangxia branch of the military government with the society as the team in the parallel world!

Seeing that he hadn't spoken, Zhang Zhenwu thought he had admitted the accusation, and said angrily: "Yang Qiu, you killed my revolutionary fighters in Sichuan before, and now you are launching a northward advance under the pretext of recovering the whole province and killing innocents indiscriminately!" If we don't punish us harshly today, won't we make the world laugh at my revolution? ”

"Smack!"

Before he could finish shouting, everyone saw Yang Qiu suddenly step forward and slap him hard in the face!

The crisp and loud slap made the audience gasp, and even Li Yuanhong couldn't figure out why Yang Qiu didn't explain first but slapped Zhang Zhenwu hard. But this slap made him secretly happy in his heart, these days he has not been less angry with Zhang Zhenwu's arrogance, and now he sees the five red fingerprints on his face that are getting deeper, and he can't wait to make up for it himself.

Zhang Zhenwu didn't expect Yang Qiu to dare to hit himself first, so angry that just about to raise a gun and a pistol had already resisted his head, after taking the gun factory, Su Hongsheng began to continue to imitate the M1911 pistol, and also reduced the caliber to 9 mm more suitable for the use of Chinese people according to the requirements, so the guards and soldiers around Yang Qiu were all double guns, one person and one in the middle, and almost immediately locked everyone in the room.

was pressed against the head by the muzzle of the thunderous gun, Zhang Zhenwu didn't dare to speak, Ju Zheng saw this and hurriedly shouted: "Stop, stop!" Chenhua, tell me what's going on? Brother Liu Ying, but you ordered him to be killed? ”

Yang Qiu didn't wave his hand to let the guard company remove the gun, anyway, it was already like this, he didn't want people to have a chance to shoot the black gun, so he turned his head and said to Ju Zheng: "Mr. Ju Zheng, Yang wants to ask you first when answering your question, should there be many warlords in the future Republic of China, or should the military and government be unified?" ”

"Naturally, it is the unification of the military and the government." Tan Renfeng answered on the side.

"Since it is the unification of the military and the government, why is it wrong for me to order the northward march and incorporate the rebel armies from all over the country? Although I don't know why I was injured by mistake, the day before yesterday, after Li Governor took office, he had already informed the whole country that our army was only divided into two routes, left and right, and he had not appointed the post of deputy capital! Liu Ying did not respect the orders of the military government, and still went his own way, constantly telegraphing the whole country in the name of the deputy governor, coercing unknown soldiers and civilians to obey him! I'd rather ask if he was acting on his own initiative, or. Yang Qiu's eyes swept coldly, and when he saw Sun Wu who had arrived at the door, he said angrily: "Someone is trying to split in Hubei, intending to cooperate with the Qing army!" ”

Ju Zheng, who was pressed by this big hat, was a little dissatisfied, but seeing that Yang Qiu didn't seem to know about it, he was relieved for some reason, as long as he didn't personally order the killing, then there was still room for maneuver in this matter. It's not that he doesn't know the importance of Liu Ying, but it was not easy to promote the substantive unification of the three towns, in case Yang Qiu is forced to another road because of this matter, maybe tomorrow the Beiyang army will be able to kill the door of Wuchang's house!

But Liu Ying's brother did die because of Yang Qiu, and if it is not handled well, it is possible that the party will split again, what should I do? Thinking of this, his gaze immediately turned to Li Yuanhong (). The latter doesn't want to care about this matter, his power is unstable at this time, and he needs the party and Yang Qiu to control each other, only in this way can he sit firmly in the position of governor, and then cut off one by one when the power is in hand, so he doesn't want the two factions to clash immediately, or just play fifty boards each?

Seeing that Ju Zheng and Li Yuanhong were silent at the same time, Sun Wu secretly said that it was not good and immediately came out and said, "Li Du! Mr! This matter is not trivial, and now the whole country is looking at us in Wuchang and Hubei! If this person is not severely punished, then who will take our party members seriously in the future? Do you say that if you kill, you will kill?! ”

It is said that Sun Wu is witty in the three martial arts, Zhang Zhenwu is reckless, and Jiang Yiwu is loyal, and at this moment, these words really took back the momentum, but unfortunately Yang Qiu already had an idea in his heart, and he said categorically without waiting for him to speak: "Mr. Juzheng, Li Du!" I don't want to fight anymore today! The truth will come out one day! Since Sun Wu said that my soldiers abused force and killed the fighters by mistake, then I will bear this responsibility! You can testify to me, from this moment on, I ask myself to resign from the post of deputy minister of military affairs, and resign from the post of head of the Yangxia Branch! Ask Sun Wu to serve as the head of the branch to manage Yangxia, and Yang himself immediately led his troops to Dahongshan to fight against Beiyang! ”

It may be nothing to resign as the deputy minister of military affairs, but you can resign from the position of the head of the Yangxia branch and let yourself be the head of the branch office! Isn't this a godsend? Sun Wu's face flushed excitedly, but Li Yuanhong thought that Yang Qiu was going to lead his troops out of Hubei, so he got up and said with a serious expression: "Chenhua, you have to think clearly, the righteousness cannot be violated!" ”

"Yang's heart for the country and the people can be learned! The Right Route Army also didn't have the ability to be a slave to the Manchu Tartar Emperor! If they die unfortunately, the two of them don't have to be embarrassed. After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he turned his head and glared at Zhang Zhenwu coldly: "This slap is for you to remember!" The success of the revolution does not mean that you will not abide by military discipline! Next time, I will see you casually pointing a gun at Shangguan and killing him! ”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and walked out with Lei Meng, and when he passed by Sun Wu's side, he deliberately paused slightly before striding away.

Qiu Wenbin saw Sun Wu who clenched his fists tightly, and also saw his back that never seemed to bend, but he didn't know how much the incident just now touched this young man who suddenly rose, and in the face of Sun Wu's counterattack, his steps became firm again