On a position at the head of the Cihu River, after glancing at the blood-stained land, a young man who looked like an officer took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out of it and lit it for himself, the officer sat down with his back against the wet ground, and then said to several subordinates next to him. "It's getting dark, let's light the lantern..."

"Yes!" The soldiers saluted, then hurriedly took out a big red lantern from a wooden box next to it, and then managed to hang it on a wooden pillar at the head of the beach.

By this time, it was getting dark, but when these red lanterns were hung on the beachhead, and there was a wooden pillar 2 or 30 meters apart, the area near the beachhead was still illuminated a little brighter than before.

Seeing that his subordinates had done everything well, they gently spit out a smoke ring, and the officer was also relieved.

Bai Wenwei is still smart, and he knows that if he fights head-on, he doesn't mention whether he can win after the most difficult time, even if he wins, he can't afford the casualties. Therefore, he decisively adopted the means of defending during the day and attacking at night.

The first time, if it wasn't for the timely delivery of flares, I'm afraid it would have really allowed them to gain a foothold on the beachhead.

The problem was that the revolutionary army was very short of flares, and it was too late to buy them from Europe or the United States. The original number of flares was obviously not enough to support the revolutionary army to maintain a relatively bright environment in the Cihu River. At the same time, in the next few days, Bai Wenwei kept ordering the troops to attack at night, and the officers and soldiers on the front line were a little nervous.

If he took the initiative, Bai Wenwei had already dug a lot of trenches on the other side of the river. The number of people is four times that of Yan Shao, if he can't clean up his opponent in the shortest possible time at a very small cost like Liu Guangyuan did when he dealt with Xing Jian'an. Then even if Yan Shao can drive Bai Wenwei out of Anhui, he will already fail...

So in the end, there was no way, Yan Shao could only choose a stupid method—————— hang lanterns or gas lamps near the river beach...

Thankfully, there was little heavy fire on the other side, which meant they couldn't do much about the lights hanging from the wooden posts. After hanging these things, at least it can be ensured that even at night, the officers and soldiers in the fortifications can see the situation on the river. This also made the number of night attacks by the opposite Bai Wenwei troops much less.

However, it is obviously not the same thing to continue to be in such a stalemate...

"Squad leader. When do you think this battle will be over...", also pulling a cigarette from his pocket, the machine gunner sat down next to the officer, lit it, and asked helplessly. "It's not a matter of just waiting like this..."

"That said—" Another younger soldier sat down. Just didn't smoke. "If you want me to say that it should be solved sooner..."

"Don't talk nonsense...", he slapped the two men on the head. The squad leader said. "The Governor naturally has his own decision, and you are not ignorant of the Dao, there are many more people than us on the other side, and so many trenches have been dug out, if you really fight hard, I don't know how many people will die in the Dao..."

That being said, the squad leader was a little impatient.

In March, it was just the beginning of spring. It's not cold, but it's definitely not warm either. If it's in some parts of the north, such as the Tohoku region, it's not impossible to get two snowfalls. It had just rained twice a few days ago, and they were in the wet trenches, and these soldiers naturally couldn't get up...

Many officers and men even felt that it was better to have a good fight with the other side than to just mold in a trench full of stagnant water. Especially after the rain just a few days ago, the already dry blood in the trenches has become fresh again, and the trenches are full of pungent fishy smells, which is naturally even more unbearable.

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I didn't know what the officers and soldiers were saying, Yan Shao in the command headquarters was looking at a letter, and only after half a ring did he raise his head and say to Tang Lidao, who was standing aside. "These people...... Is it credible? ”

"There shouldn't be any problems..."Tang Li knew very well what Yan Shao was asking, so he replied immediately. Ying Shan in this has always been at odds with Bai Wenwei, and there are several division commanders who come to Anhui just to find a way to live, originally if Bai Wenwei could capture Dangtu, maybe they would follow him, but now that there is no hope, it will become a matter of course that they will betray Bai Wenwei..."

"That's it..."Yan Shao nodded. In this case, I should be careful not to let them betray me in the future..."

This is naturally a joke, because the divisions on the opposite side are basically temporarily integrated, and people like Ying Shan, who are division commanders, will be useful in their original old troops at most, and if they are placed in other regiments and battalions, basically no one will listen...

In this case, if Ying Shan really votes for them, it will definitely be very easy to elevate them...

took a blank piece of paper from the table, and Yan Shao took a pen and wrote it.

A few minutes later, a letter handed to Ying Shan and the others had been written.

Looking at the handwriting on the letterhead, Tang Li couldn't help but sigh, because Yan Shao's words were different from a few years ago.

As a young man who is accustomed to using computers in later generations, how can Yan Shao's words be imagined, not to mention that after years of compulsory education, Yan Shao can only understand some traditional characters at most, and if he writes, it will really embarrass him.

So in the first few years after returning to China, Yan Shao's words can only be described as miserable. As a maid who has been following Yan Shao for many years, Tang Li is naturally very aware of this.

It's just that after years of contact, and the most important thing is Elaine's supervision, now Yan Shao is not only used to writing in traditional characters, but also the characters have become much more beautiful than when he first returned to China, which naturally can't help but make Tang Li sigh...

didn't know what Tang Li was thinking, and after writing the letter, Yan Shao packed the letter and handed it to Tang Li. "I'll leave this letter to you..."

"Don't worry, sir. I'll do it..."Accepting the letter, Tang Li said softly.

When Tang Li turned around and was about to leave, Yan Shao rubbed his wrist and complained in a low voice.

"Traditional Chinese characters are beautiful though. But it's too cumbersome to compare with simplified characters..."

Maybe it's because of the profession, or maybe it's because of the gender, anyway, although Yan Shao's words were very small, they still reached Tang Li's ears.

Pricking up her ears, Tang Li was a little curious about what the simplified Chinese characters in Yan Shao's mouth were, but after all, the task was important, so she just kept this matter in her heart. Then walked out of the command with the letter.

And behind his back, Yan Shao complained for a while, and then closed his mouth.

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That same evening. After late at night, a man in a black robe crossed the Cihu River and walked into the barracks of the 11th Division of Yingshan under the help of several officers on the opposite side.

Perhaps it had been arranged in advance, and the men did not encounter a single soldier patrolling along the way. And around the battalion commander where Ying Shan lived. There were only a few pro-soldiers left standing there.

Standing at the entrance of the tent, Ying Shan stood there in a military uniform.

When he saw that the man in the black robe and his subordinates had returned, he hurriedly waved his hand and signaled them to hurry into the tent.

After everyone walked into the tent, Ying Shancai was slightly anxious and said to the black-robed man. "How's it going?"

"Master Ying, this is the handwritten letter from our Governor to you..."

Lifting the hood from his head, a young man who looked very young took a letter from his bosom. Handed it over to Ying Shan.

After seeing the letter, Ying Shan hurriedly left a few of them behind. Stand aside and take it apart and look at it. After half a ring, Ying Shancai turned his head to look at the young man in the black robe. "Is it two days from now?"

"That's right." The young man nodded. "It's getting late today, naturally there is no way, tomorrow when you meet with several other division commanders, we will agree, and we will do it the day after tomorrow..."

"But..."Frowning slightly, Ying Shan was a little embarrassed. At this time, a few of us are gathered together, and it is easy to arouse Bai Wenwei's suspicions..."

"Don't worry, when the time comes, you will receive an invitation from Commander Lei Pinglei, and invite a few of you to play mahjong in his camp, with his invitation, naturally there will be no problem..."

At the same time, after hearing Lei Ping's name, Ying Shan's face also showed a trace of surprise. "Even he's one of yours?" Not only him, but even the adjutant standing next to him was a little surprised.

At this time, Ying Shan was just glad that he had cooperated with the other party, otherwise I am afraid that he really wouldn't even know how he died. Because Lei Ping is the commander of the Ninth Division of the First Army under Bai Wenwei, in other words, Bai Wenwei's descendants, like Xing Jian'an and Hang Zhengwen, have followed Bai Wenwei for many years...

And such people have already taken refuge in Yan Shao, so you can imagine what Bai Wenwei's fate will be next.

Hearing Ying Shan's words, the young man in the black robe smiled and said. "In this world, after all, there are still people who know the current affairs in the majority..."After saying this, the young man in the black robe smiled at Ying Shan, and then turned around and exited the tent.

The people's army who followed Bai Wenwei this time was originally poor and crazy, so they wanted to get some benefits. If Bai Wenwei can really win, they are naturally willing to maintain a loyalty for Bai Wenwei, but now, no matter how you look at it, Bai Wenwei doesn't seem to win so easily, at this time, Yan Shao sent someone to come to the door with checks with an amount of more than 10,000 yuan, and they naturally know who to follow...

From a certain point of view, they even wished that Yan Shao could take them in as soon as possible, so that they could have a full meal.

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Looking at the back of the young man leaving, Ying Shan smiled slightly bitterly.

At this time, Ying Shan's adjutant came over and stood beside Ying Shan's side and asked. "Commander, what should I do next? Do you really want to do what the guy just said? After speaking, he walked aside and poured a cup of tea for Ying Shan.

"Otherwise, what else can I do..."Shaking his head, Ying Shan sat down on the chair. Now I can only wait..."After speaking, Ying Shan turned his gaze back to the handwritten letter written by Yan Shao to him, and the words on the letter were very beautiful, so he couldn't help but nod.

If it had been another time, maybe he would have appreciated it. But now he pays more attention to the content of the letter, after all, the glory and wealth of his next life are on it, so he can't be more cautious...

Seeing that the teacher looked at the letter, he was fascinated. The adjutant didn't ask anything more, but quietly withdrew from the tent. However, after exiting the court, his eyes flickered slightly.

Tang Li will be so relieved about Ying Shan, of course, not only because of the contradiction between him and Bai Wenwei, but more importantly, there are many people around Ying Shan's side who have been bought by the Special Affairs Bureau, for example...... This adjutant who has been following Ying Shan for a long time...

On the second day, everything was just as the black-robed young man had said. It was only getting a little darker. Lei Ping, the commander of the Ninth Division, had already sent someone to invite Ying Shan to play mahjong with him.

This reason is seamless, because many people in Nanjing know that Bai Wenwei's henchman likes to play mahjong very much. Even when the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army attacked Nanjing, he rubbed twice with a few subordinates in the camp—————— of course, he was just a small regiment commander at that time...

Although the current situation is much more troublesome than that of Nanjing, Lei Ping did it. I'm afraid not many people will doubt it. And that's exactly what happened. After it got dark, several division commanders and regiment commanders, including Ying Shan, ran to Lei Ping, although Bai Wenwei heard a little from his subordinates, but after frowning, he didn't suspect anything, just lowered his head and Xu Baoshan continued to look at the map on the table, thinking about what way to break through the defense line of the Anhui Revolutionary Army on the opposite side and take Dangtu in the shortest possible time...

However, standing next to Bai Wenwei, Xu Baoshan seemed a little cautious.

Instinct, perhaps. It could be something else, Xu Baoshan always felt that something was wrong with this matter. It's just that Lei Ping, who made the invitation this time, is Bai Wenwei's confidant. The others are also some division commanders second only to him, and Xu Baoshan himself does not dare to act rashly, so he can only hide this matter in his heart.

"Perhaps, in addition to facing the enemy on the opposite side, I should also make more preparations..."Thinking so, Xu Baoshan turned his eyes to the map again, but his attention had drifted to nowhere...

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I don't know that Xu Baoshan is already slightly suspicious over there, in Lei Ping's tent, Lei Ping is rubbing mahjong while discussing tomorrow's things with the division commander and regiment commander sitting around.

This time, he opened a total of three seats in the tent, which is enough for 12 people, so he doesn't have to worry about not being able to sit down.

"By the way, this gentleman—" After a slight hesitation, Bi Gao asked with some curiosity. Why didn't you contact Commander Xu of the Second Army? If that Xu Laohu is also on our side, we don't need your army to do anything at all, we can solve Bai Wenwei's first army by ourselves, and things can be much simpler..."

Didn't go up to rub cards with others, the black-robed young man who contacted Ying Shan last time sat in the corner of the tent—————— he was responsible for answering, if he sat in one of them, it was inevitably a little inconvenient to talk to the other two, and it was easy to make people misunderstand something, people, sometimes they will always become sensitive, suspicious, like to over-analyze some simple things, if the young man really sits at the same table with some other people, it is difficult to say whether the other two people will have more ideas, So it's better to sit here.

After hearing Bi Gao's words, the young man smiled helplessly.

"Actually, we also proposed this to the Governor, but the Governor said that of course there is no problem in accepting you, although the composition of your troops is ...... Well, it's a bit more complicated, but after all, it's a revolutionary team, and although there are flaws, it's not a big deal. And what about Xu Baoshan? In the past, they were salt lords, and their subordinates were all outlaws, if they really wanted to accept them, would they not ruin the reputation of the military government in the future? So it's better to just leave his second army behind..."

These people's troops who followed Bai Wenwei to find something to eat, although the composition is a little more complicated, but after all, it is not bad, and if it is slightly reformed, it does not mean that there is no room for salvation. As long as they can feed them, they are still relatively honest, which is why Yan Shao will send someone to buy them.

But Xu Baoshan is different, Xu Baoshan used to be a salt lord, and only after killing the former governor of Yangzhou did he become a revolutionary party, and the people under him were also Xu Baoshan's subordinates in the past, all of them were outlaws, if this kind of person is really recruited, it will only ruin the reputation of the military government in the future.

Of course, some people persuaded Yan Shao, saying that he should pretend to recruit Xu Baoshan first, and when the matter is over in the future, they are trying to find a way to set him up. Anyway, at that time, he was a bare-bones commander, and Yan Shao naturally had no problem fiddling with him as much as he wanted...

The problem is that Yan Shao's current identity is different from the past, if he really does that, even if Xu Baoshan was a person who did nothing evil in the past, it is still difficult to take off a reputation that is untrustworthy.

This is not to say that Yan Shao will be a 'righteous gentleman' in the future, and he will have to say everything he says, but for people like Xu Baoshan, he will carry the brand of 'untrustworthy', which will inevitably be a bit of a loss...

Ilano and others are also more supportive of this, after all, Yan Shao's identity is different now than in the past, and a good image will only be beneficial, not harmful, so even Bai Wenwei's cronies are qualified to accept it, but Xu Baoshan and his subordinates are not, because Yan Shao's team does not need such people... (To be continued......)