"Order the Hamilton Division of the 3rd Division to gradually transfer over the defense area after the arrival of Xu Shaozhen's division. An infantry standard and a 75th mountain artillery battalion were transferred to reinforce the Second Mixed Association in Pukou, and the rest of the Third Division was withdrawn to Wuhu to continue the reorganization, and the shortfall was coordinated and supplemented by the General Rear Department. The Second Mixed Association will go to Yangzhou from now on, and it is necessary to pay close attention to the two Huai salt taxes, and if it is blocked, it can be expedient. ”

The staff officer repeated it, and after confirming that it was correct, he immediately asked Hu Rui to sign his name on the draft of the telegram, and turned around and withdrew. The Zhenjiang Telegraph Office has been temporarily requisitioned, and the Anhui army is currently equipped with low-power short-wave radio stations, which are small in number and have short communication distances, and this is especially true during the march. But helplessly, this is already suitable for the latest product that the German side has come up with according to the information provided by Hu Rui. Hu Rui misses the small class radio station in later generations, but it is a great achievement that Jishu can build the existing low-power shortwave radio station in these years.

"Sanniang, how much is the salt tax in Lianghuai, is it worth making such a big move?"

Hu Rui couldn't help but ask. Before leaving Nanjing, it was Sanniang who tried her best to suggest that a second mixed association be left behind and wait for the flight south to Yangzhou. After all, Hu Rui is not a history major and knows almost nothing about the salt tax.

"Hu Shuai, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Lianghuai salt tax has always been the main tax of the imperial court, and Sanniang has heard many times that the annual income is at least millions of taels."

"Poof~"

Hu Dashuai was decisive, and half a teacup of water sprayed all over the ground like a fountain. At least millions of taels of silver?! According to the research of later historians, when the Gengzi Incident occurred in 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army raided the home of the Manchu Dynasty and plundered about 60 million taels of silver, plus the principal and interest of Gengzi's indemnity of nearly 1 billion taels of silver, which is equivalent to 25 million taels per year in 39 years. Before the Xinhai Revolution, the Manchu dynasty was in a desperate struggle and went on a tax-collecting spree, and before its demise, its annual revenue briefly reached an astonishing 300 million taels, but its expenditures also increased staggeringly, and the Qing government still had to make ends meet, often needing to borrow money from abroad. At this point, it would be good to have 10 million taels in the treasury. After Lao Yuan's comeback, the lion of the Beiyang Army opened his mouth and asked for money openly. On October 27, when the Beiyang Army approached Hankou, the Qing government, which was overwhelmed by the uprisings of the people's troops in various places, was forced to be helpless, and even the private money that the Empress Dowager Longyu stuck in her hand was counted, and it was only 1 million taels.

"Ahem, big deal, big deal!"

Hu Dashuai coughed and raised his thumb and praised repeatedly.

"Sanniang, you can call me Lao Hu in the future, you don't have to be so restrained. The commander, the chief instructor, and the governor are all additional titles. ”

Hu Rui suddenly said with some sadness, and glanced at Sanniang beside him with complicated eyes.

"The top and bottom are orderly, the handsome man is a person who does great things, and Sanniang doesn't dare to climb high."

Sanniang was stunned, and replied instinctively with a slight tilt of her chin.

"Don't be nervous, I don't mean that, Mo Boai, Mo Boai."

Hu Rui looked at Sanniang's eyes with a trace of panic and vigilance, and said with a wry smile.

"It's ridiculous to say, I've been in Anqing for more than three years in a flash (I wanted to talk about this time and space, but I swallowed the words back to my mouth), and people have been busy coming and going, and now I don't have a friend around me who can make friends. Don't laugh, Sanniang, your name, appearance, and personality are very similar to an old friend of mine. Hehe, Yan Sanniang, the strange man Yizhimei. ”

Hu Rui couldn't help but reddened his eyes, he didn't have the joy he expected after conquering Nanjing. I don't know whether it is right or wrong to embark on this road of changing one's life against the sky, and history is no longer what it is. I am afraid that the following history will undergo a series of changes because of him, which have become uncontrollable factors. Until now, he still can't fit into this era, and he is still accustomed to looking at this time and space from the perspective of a young man in the 21st century. Inexplicably lonely and uncertain in the future, he has to face it alone. People are social animals, perhaps because Sanniang here is very similar to the characters in the TV series he is familiar with in later generations, and he always has a little sympathy for Sanniang subconsciously.

"A plum? Good to listen to, good to the ear! ”

Sanniang silently recited it a few times and couldn't help but admire.

"Haha, yes, that's what she said (line from the play). After all, you're the only person I can feel familiar with. I've never regretted walking this path, but I'm also a human being, and I'm tired, and I'm tired! I don't mean anything else, I just hope to have a friend to face with me, and to have a chance to talk to my heart! ”

Hu Rui couldn't help crying and shouting, his mental pressure was too great for a while. At the end of the day, he is just a time-traveler, and without an unpredictable prophet to rely on, he must face the intricacies of the current situation alone. He doesn't have any qualifications to fail, he has to succeed, or everything will be in vain. The Chinese nation will continue to sink in the whirlpool of civil war and external humiliation, paying more blood and lives!

"She's a girl, isn't she?"

A soft place in Sanniang's heart was inadvertently touched, evoking the memories that she had sealed in her heart. Trying to squeeze out a smile, he asked, choked up.

"Yes, just like you, it's beautiful, it's beautiful......"

Instinctively replied, Hu Rui immediately rushed to the end of the sentence. That's too light!

"Well, I promise you! You and I are both people with hearts and stories, okay, let's share the two complex things with each other. Well, Lao Hu? ”

Sanniang didn't mind, smiled mischievously, her eyes were full of tenderness and a touch of sadness. Maybe it's because they've been getting along for a long time, Sanniang's conversation and words don't help but feel influenced by Hu Rui, and they are more and more like the style of later generations.

Someone can't help but look up to the sky daxiao.

The guards guarding outside the temporary headquarters moved their posts far away without understanding the sound......

There was nothing to say all night, but when he got up in the early morning of the next day, Hu Rui arrived with unprecedented ease and pleasure.

"Sir, the battle has been drawn up, given that the heavy artillery unit is not accompanied by it, the staff means to emulate Xiao Lingwei. The main force of the 2nd Division and the divisional artillery regiment served as cover and assistance, and the commander of the guard battalion drove another intersperse! ”

On the rocking train, the German chief of staff Bermann reported the proposed jihua to Hurui word for word.

"Very good, add another sentence that 75mm mountain artillery must not be used to attack Suzhou! This is a historic city, and if we are sinners through the ages! Suzhou is no better than Nanjing, there are no strong fortifications, mortars of various calibers should be enough. ”

Hu Rui waved his hand and added. Last night, the troops stayed in Zhenjiang for the night and requisitioned all the wagons and locomotives in Zhenjiang Railway Station. Early this morning, all of them took the train and went straight to Suzhou.

"I agree with you in principle."

Berman shrugged his shoulders rarely, a look of approval behind Goldman's unilateral eye.

Sanniang behind her was in her chest, looking at the high-spirited Hu Ruiwan and smiling.

Long before the Anqing incident, after receiving a large amount of funds and equipment, the intelligence network in Sanniang's hands extended everywhere, covering the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Suzhou is no exception, and before the Nanjing Campaign, the intelligence department secretly explored the entire city of Suzhou.

The Suzhou garrison is the 23rd Mixed Association of Fengjing, all of which are made in Hanyang, and there is a 57 mountain artillery battalion in Hubei. In terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, it was similar to the Ninth Town in Nanjing, with a total strength of less than 4,000 people. Jiangsu governor Cheng Dequan was also stationed in Suzhou, and when he was transferred to Suzhou in 1910, he got off the train and went to visit Zhang Qian and a group of local gentry as soon as he got off the train.

When Hu Rui raised troops from Wuhu and attacked Nanjing on a large scale, Cheng Dequan also sneered and gave a foolish comment. Nanjing is the land of the Liangjiang Governor's Palace, the ninth town of the new army, plus the total strength of the river defense patrol battalion exceeds 30,000 people, and there are strong fortifications and barriers such as Yuhuatai and Tiancheng, which are formally easy to defend and difficult to attack. The poor place in Anhui has been a place of beggars since ancient times, and there were several big floods in early spring, which will be poor. Measuring you, Hu Xiaolian can't dig three feet into the ground, and you can't find many silver dollars to use to pay for the army, at most there are a bunch of hungry ghosts working for you.

Cheng Dequan is also a champion and a supporter of the constitutionalists. This time, I didn't forget to sign a joint name with the local gentry and asked the imperial court to issue a constitutional edict. Wuchang is fighting lively, and the uprisings of the people's army across the country are also overwhelming, and the Manchu court, which is in a hurry, still has the heart to grind its mouths. A reassuring telegram was too lazy to send. Seeing that there was no news after the book was published, Cheng Dequan's tears were about to fall in Suzhou. The good news did not wait, but waited for the news that the Anhui army easily captured Nanjing, and then came the bad news of Zhenjiang's recovery. Cheng Dequan was shocked, and the new army in the city was also ready to move the 23rd Mixed Association, hoping to take Suzhou before the arrival of the Anhui army, so that there would be a governor of Suzhou.

Cheng Dequan, who was anxious, immediately summoned Zhang Qian and other powerful local gentry to discuss countermeasures this time. Zhang Qian, who is also a champion, was born in industry, and has a solid family foundation in his hands. In the early years, he had close contacts with Yuan Shikai, and later Yuan Shikai vigorously set up an industry, and Zhang Qian also greatly appreciated it. Although the two later parted ways, since Yuan Shikai came out of the mountain, the two got on the line again. Zhang Qian co-opted a group of gentry, vigorously advocated "the Su people control the Su", fooled Cheng Dequan into giving in, and announced the recovery of Suzhou before the arrival of the Anhui army! (In history, Zhang Qian's remarks of "the Su people control the Su" were also directly caused by the later warlords' secession) After hearing that the Anhui army crossed Zhenjiang along the Shanghai-Nanjing railway line to continue the eastward expedition, Zhang Qian, who had the thickest family background, was elected to take a sum of silver scraped together by the local gentry to prepare to block the car outside Suzhou.

"Lao Hu, I think Suzhou may not have to fight ......"

Sanniang took a telegram and said with a wry smile.

As soon as the words came out, the whole carriage was silent, and everyone's eyes were on Sanniang.

"Zhenjiang has recovered, and Cheng Dequan considers himself the governor. Zhang Qian was already waiting outside the city with a sum of money pieced together by the local gentry. ”