At the same time that Feng Lun ordered the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 37th Standard who were coerced by him to attack the headquarters of the 19th Association like a gambler, Long Qian led the 3rd Company of the Cavalry Standard of the 5th Town, which was temporarily transferred to serve as a guard company, was galloping on the mountain road, which was already very close to Xinning, where the 19th Standard Headquarters was located.

Because they were all on horseback, Long Qian took this small army from the headquarters in Zhaoqing and went straight to Nanning by Luoding-Rongxian-Yulin-Guixian. The move was imminent, of course, Long Qian would not enter Nanning, where the Qing army was stationed, but bypassed Nanning and went straight to Xinning. He planned to convene a meeting of the main officers of the Second Division in Xinning, on the one hand, to properly resolve the Xinning incident, and on the other hand, to deploy the military tasks of the Second Division's Northern Expedition.

In order to ensure Long Qian's safety, the cavalry of Lao Wuzhen transferred a company with the strongest combat effectiveness, and temporarily replenished the troops and equipment, and followed Long Qian in addition to his personal guard of more than 40 people, which was this cavalry company equipped with four platoons.

In order to support the Tenth Town, the cavalry standard transferred four whole companies in one go, and even transferred the veteran cavalry commander Chi Chunxian to the tenth town. At present, the old five towns have been broken, is slowly recovering, the main obstacle is the shortage of horses, Guangdong is closer to Yunnan Guangxi is more difficult to buy good horses, although the Yunnan horse is short, but hard-working, also have advantages.

The Third Company of the Cavalry Standard was temporarily transferred to serve as the Longqian Guard Company, and a cavalry machine gun platoon was temporarily added, with more than 180 people in the company, carrying seven light machine guns and two 60-caliber mortars.

The ghost made the gods worse, Long Qian did not rest according to the usual schedule, and the guide said that Xinning was not far away. Long Qian decided to rush to Xinning to rest again, he said to the officers and soldiers, the night is cool, just in a hurry, cheer up, let's go to Xinning to eat and rest.

To the east of Xinning, the sharp platoon of the 3rd Cavalry Company encountered the troops of the 37th Standard 1st Battalion, and the heavily armed night march aroused the suspicion of the cavalry. I can't help but be overjoyed.

The battalion commander Long Hongyuan made meritorious service for this. Straight to the head of the regiment. That's for another story.

Long Qian listened to Long Hongyuan's report and the testimony of the soldiers who fled to the 37th Standard Guard Company in Longying, and was silent for a long time. Due to the darkness, Long Hongyuan, Kang Jiyong, the captain of Long Qian's guard, and Liu Jingui, the commander of the third cavalry company, could not see Long Qian's face clearly.

"Come with me to Xinning." I thought about it for ten minutes. Long Qian finally gave the order.

"Commander. There's a road ahead. You can't go wrong. I'll take the lead with a three-in-a-row. Liu Jingui asked.

"Nonsense!" Kang Jiyong, who was worried about Long Qian's safety, scolded, "Your task is to protect the commander. Don't fucking forget! ”

Thirty-seven marked a big problem, and the nineteenth association had a big problem. It's conclusive! Now that he has encountered the 37th Standard Army, Kang Jiyong has reason to suspect that this force is also unreliable.

"Jin Gui, take Sanlian with you. I believe in Battalion Commander Long, and I believe in my troops even more. "Long Qian knows Long Hongyuan, he is a native of Fei County, he joined the army after the victory of the anti-Li Chun encirclement and suppression, and he is also an old man of the Mengshan Army.

Long Hongyuan quietly wiped the cold sweat, and there were tears unconsciously welling up.

After the whole team continued to advance towards Xinning, they soon heard the fierce gunfire, the gurgling machine guns were clearer in the night, not to mention the explosion of grenades.

"Run forward." Long Qian ordered.

In order to prove himself, Long Hongyuan, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, led the avant-garde to run away in a row, and now the gunfire is an order, and Xinning is already in chaos.

After the Long Hongyuan battalion arrived in Xinning, the fighting had subsided. The sudden appearance of the 3rd Cavalry Company, especially the soldiers organized by Liu Jingui to shout that Commander Long and the brigade had arrived, completely shook the fighting spirit of the chaotic soldiers, and Zhao Weixiu's troops, who did not defeat the headquarters of the 19th Association, scattered and fled, and the 3rd Company of the Cavalry joined the guards company and the miscellaneous personnel of the headquarters of the 19th Association who were struggling to resist, and learned that Long Qian really "magically" appeared in the local area, and the headquarters of the 19th Association immediately burst into thunder.

Long Qian, who was heavily guarded, entered the headquarters of the 19th Association, which had just experienced the war. Wang Yao, the staff officer who commanded the battle, reported the general course of the incident, and combined with the testimony of the soldiers of the 37th Standard Guard Company, Long Qian roughly understood the process of another Xinning incident, and determined that Feng Lun had directed this great rebellion since the establishment of the Mengshan Army. From the mouth of Bai Zhankui, the platoon commander of the 37th Standard Guard Company, it was already confirmed that the main officers of the 37th Standard had been killed, and the entire 2nd Battalion had mutinied, and who else was instigated by Feng Lun in the 19th Association and even the 10th Town, Long Qian was not sure.

Jia Junxiu, chief of staff of the 19th Association, has proved his innocence with blood. A group of officers such as Wang Yao and Long Hongyuan also proved their loyalty with their actions.

Knowing that Jia Junxiu had sent a cavalry to inform the division headquarters and the 38th standard troops, Long Qian did not object, after thinking about it for a while, he issued the first order to Xinning, ordering Long Hongyuan to lead a team to search the city, capture the rebels, and kill them on the spot if they resisted. Then Long Qian gave a second order, appointing Wang Yao as the acting chief of staff of the Fourth Brigade to immediately rescue the wounded and pacify the people.

The gunfire in the city subsided.

After dawn, the first to come to Xinning was the Chi Chun first cavalry standard who got the news, but the 38th standard troops did not appear.

(For the convenience of reading, the number of the Mengshan Army has been changed to a new number since then)

It has been ascertained that in the fierce battle in Xinning last night, 27 people were killed and 39 were wounded in the guard company of the brigade headquarters of the Fourth Brigade and the miscellaneous personnel who participated in the battle. A section of the wall was blown down in the headquarters compound, leaving 51 rebel corpses outside the compound. There were also many casualties.

The casualties of the 10th Regiment have not yet been counted.

"I have appointed Wang Yao as the acting chief of staff of the Fourth Brigade, and Wang Yao will have full authority to command the Fourth Brigade until the new brigade commander I have appointed takes office. Appointed Long Hongyuan as the commander of the 10th Regiment, cooperated with Chief of Staff Wang to count the casualties, capture the rebels, and especially tightly block the large and small roads from Xinning to Nanning, and be sure to capture Feng Lun, a traitor! All captured rebel officers and soldiers are to be kept under strict guard, the wounded are properly treated, and not a single person is to be killed! In addition, a notice was immediately posted to reassure the people and compensate the people who were damaged. ”

"Yes!" Wang Yao and Long Hongyuan immediately received the order.

"Immediately ordered the Fifth Brigade Han Ziying to lead the 13th Regiment of Qin Dahu to Taiping in full armament, from now on. The 4th and 5th Brigades are under my direct command, and orders that are not signed by me or given in person are null and void! Long Qian took out a written warrant and handed it to Wang Yao, "Send a few more people, and Pegasus will be sent to the Qin Dahu Regiment!" And asked Qin Dahu to personally send the receipt to me. ”

"Yes!" Wang Yao saluted and took the warrant.

"Liu Jingui rode the third company and temporarily merged into Chi Chun Xian Riding Standard, and the riding standard immediately formed a team and followed me to Taiping Mansion." Long Qian gave the last order in the early morning.

Long Qian was thinking about the other regiment of the 19th Association and the 11th regiment of Zhang Tieshi. This regiment was originally a supplementary standard for the old Ten Associations, why didn't it appear after receiving Jia Junxiu's order? But Long Qian didn't plan to go to this regiment now, he had to go to Taiping Mansion, where the division headquarters was located, first.

The biggest problem is Zhou Yi. Was he involved in a rebellion? Long Qian, who was riding on the horse with a blue face, felt remorseful in his heart, and the Political Department reported Feng Lun's problem several times. I didn't pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, the Xinning killing incident led to the mutiny of the 2nd Battalion of the 10th Regiment. led to the sacrifice of the regiment commander Liu Chunning and the chief of staff Yu Fuqi, and also damaged a loyal military judge Qin Qihai. On the eve of the imminent general mobilization of the whole army for the Northern Expedition, such a serious incident occurred in the Second Division, and the consequences were extremely serious.

Anyway. There is a late spring riding mark in hand. Wait for Qin Dahu's team to arrive. All obstacles are no longer a problem.

Long Qian was glad that he had come in time.

Zhou Yi is now in extreme panic. After receiving Jia Junxiu's report in the middle of the night, he has not sent a single soldier to help Xinning.

What's he doing? In the middle of the night, he kept arguing with Zheng Du, who lived next door.

Before the Spring Festival, Zheng Du followed the herald group to western Guangdong to announce the formation of the tenth town. Evaded Long Qian and returned to Jingshi ahead of schedule. Therefore, he was rewarded by Tieliang. A year later, Tie Liang once again sent Zheng Du to the Tenth Town, which had already entered Guangxi westward, with a huge amount of money, to further plot against Zhou Yi.

Tie Liang promised that as long as Zhou Yi "really" stood on the side of the imperial court, the imperial court would not hesitate to reward the marquis! If you want to lead the troops, the tenth town is still under the command of Zhou Yi, and you can expand a thirteenth town based on the tenth town, and all the officers below the command are recommended by Zhou Yi, and the imperial court must approve it; If you want to work in the center, Tie Liang can arrange for him to serve as the right attendant of the War Department; If you want to enter politics, you can arrange for him to serve as governor in one of the three provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi or Shanxi!

The price is not too high, but the premise is to take control of the Tenth Town and make it clear that he will lead the Tenth Town to suppress it when Long Qian reveals his rebellion.

Zheng Du sent the Tenth Town for the second time and developed a relationship with Feng Lun, who had already become acquainted, and promised Feng Lun a high position under the control of the new military town, which effortlessly moved Feng Lun. From Feng Lun's mouth, Zheng Du learned all the contents of the Shaoguan and Guangzhou meetings. even got the shocking truth that Long Qian took the opportunity of King Qin to rob two palaces nine years ago! What surprised Zheng Du the most was that the eighteenth town of Beiman turned out to be Long Qian's troops! From the system to the standard, they are all senior officers of the Mengshan Army who have been pseudonymous for many years!

It was a bolt from the blue! If it weren't for the revenge of killing his father, Zheng Du would have wanted to mess with Long Qian!

Of course, Zheng Du will not switch to the camp because of the exposure of Mengshan Army's amazing strength. Zheng Du sent his entourage to secretly repatriate the Beijing Division, and reported to the center that Long Qianjun had already determined the irrevolt. On the one hand, he used the facts revealed by Feng Lun as a threat, and stepped up the mobilization of Zhou Yi, who had been hesitant.

In late June, Zhou Yi received an order for the establishment of the General Headquarters of the Mengshan Army and the reorganization of the troops. However, before the outbreak of the second Xinning Incident, Zhou Yi still did not make up his mind to oppose the Mengshan Army.

Zhou Yi did not explain the actual situation to Zheng Du, that is, he was not sure to control the rebellion of Long Qian in the tenth town at all!

Among the senior officers in the tenth town, except for Feng Lun's Tiexin rebellion, the rest of the people will not follow him, Chief of Staff Lan Xinzhi is not a problem, as long as two guards can solve it, but the fifth brigade Han Ziying's department, the third regiment of the two brigades that are being reorganized, and even the commanders of Feng Lun's own fourth brigade, Zhou Yi has enough reason to believe that they will not oppose Long Qian. Long Qian dared to openly say to them that he would eventually rebel, and the fact that the imperial court had not received the news was ironclad proof!

Zhou Yi knew very well that Long Qian's painstaking management to the present strength was not ordinarily huge. If Long Qian raised an army to overthrow the Manchu Qing, his position would not be lower than the price offered by the imperial court. However, the facts pointed out by Zheng Du also point to his death, not that Zheng Chan was born in the Zheng family, nor that Zheng Du served the imperial court, but the fact that Long Qian had lost his trust in him and Feng Lun was determined to rebel and assassinate Long Qian! The other is the fact that he has accepted heavy bribes from the imperial court several times! If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. Don't think that you don't have evidence of accepting huge bribes, just point out who you have seen somewhere on a certain day, and the powerful intelligence department of Long Qian you mentioned will be able to get evidence of your meeting with the secret envoy of the imperial court! You couldn't tell if you had a hundred mouths! Zheng Du threatened Zhou Yi like this.

The key lies in Feng Lun. Feng Lun's rebellion was successful, Long Qian didn't need to think about it anymore, but even if Feng Lun failed, the relationship between him and Feng Lun would make Long Qian suspicious, this is not the nature of bribery and killing prisoners, this is a great revenge that will cause Long Qian to die! Throughout the ages, what leader would tolerate his own murderer living within his own power? Do you still need to check historical books? Even a three-year-old child understands this.

Just when Zhou Yi was still in pain and struggling, Feng Lun finally launched. He was not consulted or ventilated beforehand. What prompted Feng Lun to take the risk was the news that Long Qian came to Guangxi. Feng Lun said. This time, Long Qian must have the mission of dealing with the Xinning murder case. If you are dismissed from the post of co-ordinator. I will never come out of nowhere! Even if someone pleads, the best outcome for him is to be transferred to an idle position, and never think about taking charge of the army!

But Feng Lun obviously miscalculated. Although Liu Chunning and Yu Fuqi were killed, Liu Chunning's regimental guard company resisted. The Ten Regiments were not under his control. And. Chief of Staff Jia Junxiu obviously saw through him. Otherwise, no cavalry would have been sent to urgently notify the division headquarters.

When Jia Junxiu sent someone to report the emergency, Zheng Du was in Zhou Yi's room. stopped Zhou Yi, who was about to issue some orders, "The critical moment has come." You must not send troops to reinforce the Nineteenth Association! Feng Lun is their old chief, and there is no reason why he can't control the situation of the Nineteenth Association. Wait a minute, if Feng Lun's news comes, you immediately notify the relevant officers to come to the meeting, and if you don't do anything with us, you will be killed on the spot!" Great things can be done. ”

Zheng Du thought that Feng Lun was a highly qualified general in the Tenth Town, with extremely high prestige, how could he not be able to control his troops? Zheng Du was not only deceived by Feng Lun's bragging, but also thought of Mengshanjun simply. The biggest problem was to ignore Long Qian's absolute prestige in the Mengshan army. From a group of hundreds of remnants scattered by the official army to hundreds of thousands of troops across the north and south, a large number of officers who follow Long Qian are their god and their future emperor in their hearts! If a large number of lower-level officers of the Lushan army outside the Guanxi did not know Long Qian, they naturally lacked worship, but the main force of the Mengshan Army, which had always been led by Long Qian himself, was completely different. The officers had a worship of their commanders akin to the gods.

Long Qian's self-discipline, open-mindedness, and fairness were important factors in winning the loyalty of the officer corps. But the most important thing is that the Mengshan Army is growing rapidly under the leadership of Long Qian. With these two points, the officers above the battalion commander do not even have one percent of the anti-thinking of making dragons! The second is the establishment of the Youth Army Federation, which has recruited a large number of members among the lower-level officers and men, all of whom are outstanding officers and men who are brave in combat, have excellent training, and have good discipline! The Youth Army Alliance openly advertised its allegiance to Commander Long, and the officers and soldiers were proud to join the Youth Army Alliance. That's why there was a scene where Zheng Xiaoshui, the company commander of Zhao Weixiu's department, publicly questioned Zhao Weixiu's order and was killed. Instead, the performance of the second battalion, which went to more than 30 outstanding officers and soldiers, in the 7.23 incident is not worth mentioning, and it can't even beat the headquarters compound defended by a guard company!

Insert a word. Zheng Xiaoshui, who died in Feng Lun's rebellion, was posthumously awarded the second-class gold medal of excellence, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he entered the Mengshan Army Martyrs' Shrine to enjoy the sacrifice forever. This young company commander who died in civil strife used his life to earn the infinite glory behind him and the glory of his family. Zhengjiazhuang, as the earliest base of the Mengshan Army, set up a huge stone monument for Zheng Xiaoshui, a son.

Compared with Zheng Xiaoshui, Liu Chunning and Yu Fuqi, who also died in the 7.23 incident, were treated far worse, and they only received the treatment of martyrs of the Republic, so they didn't want to enter the Martyrs' Shrine at all. This is because compared with Zheng Xiaoshui, Liu and Yu, who are the regiment commander and chief of staff, bear a lot of responsibility for the 7.23 incident. This point of view makes sense, because Zhao Weixiu is Liu Chunning's subordinate after all. Despite Feng Lun's factors, the Xinning killing of prisoners and the 7.23 civil strife left a huge stain on military history, and Liu and Yu, who died in the 7.23 incident, are indeed not good martyrs admired by the whole army.

The biggest victim of the 7.23 incident was Zhou Yi. Indecisive, he received an alarm from Xinning in the middle of the night until dawn, and did not give any order to prove that he had not participated in the rebellion. The hesitation and reflection of this night made him completely lose his historical position. (To be continued......)