"Zhongshan is pale and yellow, and millions of heroes have crossed the river.

The tiger is better than the past, and the world is turned upside down and generous.

It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord.

If there is love in the sky, the sky is also old, and the right way in the world is the vicissitudes of life"

The next day, the front page of the Shanghai declaration published such a seven-character poem. The author is Hu Rui, the governor of Anhui Province who has just announced the Eastern Expedition to Nanjing. This is the headline news after the Wuhu Pledge Conference, after applying for an exclusive interview with a reporter in Wuhu. Also on the same day, the Anhui Army, which had been silent for a while since the Anqing Move, officially issued a document informing the whole country that the Anhui Army would march east to Nanjing from now on! Forget the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and wait for others, don't make mistakes!

"Good poetry, good poetry! The atmosphere is thin and sharp, and it is really Hu Xiaolian's handwriting! ”

Zhu Jiabao had a declaration in front of him, reciting this seven-character poem repeatedly, and he was stunned on the spot. At this time, Zhu Jiabao seemed to be out of the matter, and he had nothing to do with himself. After Anqing's incident, he understood that his era and stage had ended, the whole territory of Anhui had been restored, and his governor of Anhui had also come to an end. After many years of ups and downs in the sea, he honed his temperament of pampering and not being shocked, and after coming to Nanjing, he told everything he saw and heard in Anqing, and since then he has never participated in the deliberations of the Liangjiang Governor's Palace. As a royalist, his war was over. At present, the whole country is full of smoke, and the imperial court is busy dispatching troops, and there is no time to hold him accountable. Therefore, Zhu Jiabao is naturally willing to steal half a day of leisure.

Before the words fell, the faces of the officials in the hall of the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion were different. The soy sauce party who went out and bowed their heads and said nothing, Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang who was also the minister of Nanyang, frowned and paced back and forth with a sad face; Zhang Xun, who commanded the Jiang Defense Training Camp, and Jiang Ning General Tie Liang, stared at Zhu Jiabao with gloomy faces. The implication is self-evident: it was you, Zhu Jingtian, who claimed to be Bole, emptied everything to support Hu Rui, and appointed a student who had just returned from studying in Germany as the co-president of the 34th Mixed Association. asked for money for money, asked for guns for guns, and finally raised tigers for trouble and lost Anhui. Now that the Anhui army is in the city, you can still stay out of the matter and judge the poems here?!

"When has this been, Brother Jingtian, do you still have the heart to comment on poetry here?! This Anhui army is about to enter the city! ”

Zhang Renjun clapped his hands impatiently and said to Zhu Jiabao, who was out of the world. Tie Liang and Zhang Xun's faces were even darker than the bottom of the pot, and their eyes were becoming more and more unkind when they looked at Zhu Jiabao.

"Brother Jingtian, it's really good. Tens of thousands of soldiers are coming to the city, and they can still wait and ignore it. My colleagues are beyond reach, and it is said that the bandit leader who led the troops was officially Hu Xiaolian of the 34th Mixed Association. In the 34th year of Guangxu, the artillery team and horse battalion under the jurisdiction of the 34th Mixed Association of the Anhui New Army rioted, and then the New 34th Mixed Association was almost abolished. After Brother Jing Tian took office, he personally wrote to recommend Hu Xiaolian as the new co-president. Now Anqing has fallen into the hands of bandits, who have gathered tens of thousands of people and openly threatened to send troops to Jiangning. Brother Jingtian, I don't know how you feel? ”

Tie Liang saw that Zhu Jiabao was sitting there unmoved, still looking like he was calm and breezy. I can't take care of my colleagues, so I gritted my teeth and sarcastically.

"Hahahaha, are you accusing Jingtian of raising tigers?"

Hu Rui twisted the goat's whiskers familiarly, glanced at the crowd with different expressions, and asked.

Except for Zhang Renjun and Zhang Xun, who pricked up their ears and looked forward to it, and Tie Liang, who gritted his teeth, the other officials watched their noses and noses and hearts, and sat quietly like an old monk and did not express any opinions. Except for Tie Liang, Zhang Xun, and Zhu Jiabao, the others were all officials from all walks of life under the Liangjiang Governor's Palace, and their rank and power were generally not high. The vast majority of them are Han Chinese, and although the current situation in Nanjing is not good, it will not harm their fundamental interests. Naturally, the vast majority of people wisely choose to stay out of the situation. After all, these three are all feudal officials, and no one can afford to offend.

After laughing, Zhu Jiabao sighed, avoided Tie Liang's questioning gaze, and said self-deprecatingly.

"Since the fifth year of Guangxu (1879), he has stepped into the official career. For more than 30 years, the past is vivid. Brother Baochen and all of you are also old acquaintances, and you have also seen what you have done since you took office as governor of Anhui in the 33rd year of Guangxu (1907). In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, the Wuhu Horse Artillery Battalion committed a rebellion, do you still remember? On that day, the artillery battalion bandits shelled Anqing City, and the patrol battalion in the city was overwhelmed by the battle and fled when they heard the news. It was the old man who single-handedly stabilized the chaos, and the old man himself couldn't figure out how much blood of the bandits were stained with these hands! The old man said that the sea was up and down, not seeking to soar, but to be worthy of the grace of the Son of Heaven and the instructions of the sages! Falling to today's place, time is also, life is also! Where were they all born?! The old man boasted that he was a myriad of people in his life, and he often behaved in Bole, and he didn't want to be unsure of the late season, and mistakenly regarded the minister as loyal! As a result, today's tiger breeding is a problem, endangering the Qing Dynasty! The old man knew that he was to blame, so he took the shackles and went to Beijing on foot to ask the saint and the queen mother for his guilt! Farewell, everybody! ”

After that, he didn't care about the people in the hall anymore, and immediately brushed his sleeves away.

"Brother Jingtian, don't be rash, Brother Baochen has no intention of reproaching, just don't choose what to say for a while! Please stay, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, both are loyal and good in troubled times, and now that Jiangning is in crisis, you and I should be in the same boat and think in the long run! ”

Seeing Zhu Jiabao brushing his sleeves away, Zhang Renjun glanced at Tie Liang reproachfully, and immediately stepped forward to dissuade him. Tie Liang, Tie Liang, knowing that you are a Manchurian and want to keep the foundation of your ancestors, why don't we? It's all going to be.,You still have the heart to say this.,Isn't it messy enough?!

On the occasion of parting, Jingtian Zuihou rapped, Hu Xiaolian and his person are by no means things in the pool, and he is good at scheming and strategy. The old man has known countless people in his life, and he has been easily deceived by him. Since the 34th year of the Guangxu fight, this person has been secretly preparing in secret, and even the Germans have a high opinion of this person. You can take charge of the army on the horse, and you can run an industry on the horse, and you can be a rare talent. Now it is sitting in a province, Ansan Iron Mine and Anqing Manufacturing Bureau are all under its control, with tens of thousands of soldiers under its command, all of whom are tigers and wolves, and there are German people secretly helping. The old man boldly concluded that Jiang Ning must be lost! That's all, I hope you will make arrangements as soon as possible. Jingtian said goodbye. ”

Zhu Jiabao looked coldly at the people with different expressions behind him, turned around and brushed his sleeves away. Now he finally understood that the revolutionary party in the south of Weishenme could always launch riots by surprise, not because the opponents were too strong, but because they were not united. The officials of the Qing Dynasty are experts in infighting, and they are all staring at their own one-third of an acre, who cares about the overall situation of the imperial court?

"Is the Qing Dynasty really running out of gas?"

Zhu Jiabao smiled bitterly and looked at the chaotic hall behind him, muttering to himself.

"According to the investigation, Nanjing's troops in the direction of Wuhu, a total of six battalions, are all Jiangfang patrol battalions under Zhang Xun, and they are all under the command of Cheng Wenjun. There were 3,000 people in full fights, and there were no heavy weapons. Yuhuatai in Zhoucun is the only commanding height in the south of the city, and it is also the core of the entire Nanjing urban defense system. There was a battery on it, and heavy artillery was also arranged. Previously, after the Ninth Town of the New Army launched an uprising in Moling Town, the first standard cavalry under the jurisdiction of the former police station arrived at Yuhuatai as the vanguard force. It was ambushed by the defenders who had been prepared for a long time, and then the Qing army continued to reinforce and used heavy artillery. The casualties of the defenders of the Ninth Town and Yuhuatai were not small. At present, more than 1,000 remnants of the Ninth Town have been evacuated to Zhenjiang to replenish ammunition. The Qing army in the direction of Yuhuatai had no intention of pursuing, but they also sent about two battalions to search for and clear the nearby stragglers of the Ninth Town. At present, the actual strength of the Yuhuatai direction will not exceed 3,000 people, and all the firing points and heavy artillery positions have also been proven. ”

The intelligence department adapted from the Yanzi gang is very powerful, and the eyeliner spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is almost pervasive. Previously, when the Qing army exchanged fire between the ninth town and Yuhuatai, he secretly noted the positions of each machine gun fire point and heavy artillery on Yuhuatai. The hard-pressed Ninth Town was beaten and only more than 1,000 people were left to retreat to Zhenjiang, and they couldn't imagine that they had invisibly made a cameo appearance as a scout, saving a lot of strength for the Anhui army in the direction of Wuhu. Now the flying grass in Nanjing can be reported to the Anhui New Army as soon as possible.

"Nanjing is surrounded by rivers on three sides and the Yangtze River in the west. Yuhuatai in Zhoucun is the only commanding height, so the first goal of our designated operation is to capture Yuhuatai. According to the intelligence, there were no strong fortifications on Yuhuatai, and there were some losses in the existing fortifications and firing points during the previous exchange of fire with the Ninth Town. The defenders have become tired after a night of fierce fighting, and with the newly built heavy artillery regiment of our army providing fire support, there will be basically no big casualties in the capture of Yuhuatai. Subsequently, our army turned to attack Chaoyang Gate through Gaoqiao Gate, and then attacked Tianbao City, the most dangerous commanding height of Nanjing City. In this way, the people in the city can be avoided by mistake to the greatest extent. In addition, our army will attack from the direction of Moling Town at the same time as attacking Tianbao City. Go both ways! Once Tianbao City is taken, the Qing army will lose the defensive barrier of Zuihou, and Nanjing will not be attacked! The gunboat team of our army, together with the Marine Corps, took the lead in attacking the river defense training camp of the Pukou generation as a countermeasure. ”

Colonel Berman, head of the German advisory group, pointed to the huge map of the city of Nanjing on the wall. The translation on the side is word-for-word, word-for-word.

"That's how it is, Your Excellency Commander, please instruct!"

Berman, who had just been promoted to major general and chief of staff, immediately saluted after making his report.

"The generation of Xiaguan Wharf has the Qing Army's Yangtze River Fleet, has this factor been taken into account?"

More wins, less wins. Hu Rui did not dare to be careless.

"Your Excellency, Commander, this has been taken into account. The Jiangfang training camp at Gongpukou was not equipped with artillery of more than 50 mm caliber and lacked strong fortifications. Therefore, Jihua excluded the gunboat Xun 1 ~ Xun 8, which was converted from a steamboat, and together with the shallow water passenger liner that was attached to the Marine Corps, it was totaled in Pukou. The main gunboats of the gunboat team, PT2 and PT4, were all deployed on the river around Shimonoseki. In addition, when the offensive is launched, the heavy artillery regiment will also allocate a 105th heavy artillery battalion to block the river. ”

Berman replied meticulously that when the JHUA was formulated, the entire German advisory group, the intelligence department, and the staff officers of the headquarters were all collectively in battle. Brainstorming, for fear of missing a possible factor. Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. The battlefield is always changing, and no one knows what the outcome of Zuihou will be until Zuihou.

"Well, then nothing can stop us. I just want to say that this is the first step we have taken, and we must do it in a down-to-earth manner. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and hopefully this will be a haode beginning. I announce! ”

"Wow"

With a bang, all members of the headquarters stood up.