On the morning of July 24, Zhou Yi was questioned by Lan Xinzhi, who rushed back to the headquarters after hearing the news.

"Division commander," Lan Xinzhi was the first to change his title, because the headquarters of the Mengshan Army had been officially established, and the Tenth Town had been reorganized into the Second Division of the Southern Army, "There was civil strife in Xinning, why didn't you take measures now?" ”

Lan Xinzhi happened to be not at the headquarters last night, he went to check the combat readiness of the baggage regiment, drank some wine, and lived in the baggage regiment. Rushing back to the headquarters in the morning, he heard the news of the rebellion of the 10th regiment and the killing of Liu Chunning, and the staff office was anxious to go to the room, but urged the division commander several times, and there was no specific order so far. Lan Xinzhi immediately went straight to Zhou Yi's bedroom, the guards did not dare to stop him, and seeing that Zhou Yi was still smoking and sitting opposite Zheng Du, Lan Xinzhi immediately asked unceremoniously.

Zheng Du was also upset, Zhou Yi persuaded him bitterly in the middle of the night, from righteousness to family affection, from the darkness of following Long Qian to the light of switching to the imperial court, his mouth was dry, but his brother-in-law didn't nod his head, and he didn't know what he thought in his heart.

Lan Xinzhi's intrusion made Zheng Du very angry, "Is there any humility and humility?" Are there any rules? Who let you in? Zheng Du stood up and pointed at Lan Xinzhi and asked sharply.

Lan Xinzhi knows Zheng Du. From the previous edict to form the Tenth Town, to Zheng Du's reappearance at the headquarters this time, it is naturally impossible to completely conceal the chief of staff who is in charge of the operational work of the headquarters. Due to Zhou Yi's relationship with him, Lan Xinzhi gave Zheng Du the respect he deserved, but who Zheng Du represented, Lan Xinzhi was like a mirror. Previously, Long Qian's anti-Qing Dynasty was still operating in the dark line, but since the establishment of the Mengshan Army General Headquarters, the General Staff, the General Joint Logistics Department and the reorganization of the national troops, the unified number. Lan Xinzhi knew that Long Qian's move was imminent, and it would be inappropriate for Zheng Du to stay by Zhou Yi's side any longer!

Now Zheng Du pointed at himself and scolded, and Lan Xinzhi, who was worried about the rebellion of the Ten Regiments, rushed up angrily, "Get out of the way!" You Manchu lackey should fucking fucking fuck off! Believe it or not, I'll arrest you right away? ”

Zheng Du didn't expect Lan Xinzhi, who had always been gentle and polite, to be so arrogant in front of Zhou Yi, "Zhou Yi, are you still not my sister-in-law?" You still don't care about your subordinates? ”

Zhou Yi, who was trapped in extreme contradictions, immediately became angry, "Lan Xinzhi!" It's up to you what I do! Out of the clouds! ”

"Master Zhou!" Lan Xinzhi was furious, "Don't forget that you raised your hand in several meetings in Shaoguan and Guangzhou!" The commander handed over half of the main force of the Southern Army to you, but you mixed up with this Manchu Tartar lackey every day, and now the ten regiments are in chaos. The signal corps calling for help was waiting outside. You have such an attitude, look at how you explain to the commander! ”

"Fuck, it's not your turn to teach me a lesson! Someone," Zhou Yi called into the guard. "Shut him up for me!"

The guards didn't seem to hear Zhou Yi's order clearly. The division commander wants to close the confinement of the chief of staff? It really made the loyal guards feel at a loss.

"Didn't you hear my commands? Shut him up! Zhou Yi shouted.

The loud shouts of the first and second commanders of the Second Division alarmed the staff officers who had been waiting in the war room for a long time. They came to Zhou Yi's bedroom together, just in time to see the guards dragging Lan Xinzhi out, and Lan Xinzhi yelled at the staff officers. "Immediately notify the Fifth Brigade to send troops to counterinsurgency! Order Zhang Tieshi's 11th Regiment to stand by and not take any action, otherwise it will be treated as a rebel! Fast! I'm responsible for all the consequences! The Commander will be here with us soon! Lan Xinzhi was careful, worried that another regiment of Feng Lun's brigade would also have problems.

The establishment of the tenth town, Hou Zhaodi, who was transferred from the staff office of the fifth town to serve as the chief of staff, agreed, turned around and ran to the staff office. The officer, who graduated from the first phase of the Shandong Military Academy, had already learned the general situation of the Xinning Rebellion, Lan Xinzhi suspected that the fourth brigade was all involved in the rebellion, and the Lan Chief of Staff thought that the handling method was correct, so he categorically decided to carry out the order of the chief of staff, but was stopped by Zhou Yi, "I'm here, why don't you ask me if I agree?" Are you going to rebel? ”

"Commander, it's not that I want to rebel, it's that someone has already rebelled. Now is the time to act! , every minute there are dead and wounded, and our own blood is shed! Hou Zhaodi replied loudly.

"No orders!" Zhou Yi grimaced, "If the situation is not clear, no one is allowed to move!" Notify the guard battalion to assemble, and the Taiping Mansion will be under martial law immediately! ”

This order became ironclad evidence of Zhou Yi's rebellion! Because at this time, in the Taiping Mansion, all the military strength is directly under the second division, which is very stable, where is the need for martial law?!

Zheng Du thought that Zhou Yi had made up his mind, and he was suddenly happy in his heart, and was about to follow Zhou Yi to the war room, but who knew that Zhou Yi was drunk, "Go back to your house, is this the place where you can come?" ”

Before Long Qian's arrival, Zhou Yi stayed in the war room, during which he asked again about the stations of the various divisions of the Second Division, in fact, it was all nonsense, just a few formed troops, the two new regiments were still an empty shelf, where was the use of research?

"Division Commander, give an order to Brigade Commander Han immediately." Hou Zhaodi, who was in a hurry, urged.

"You know what? The situation of the 19th Association is not clear, what should I do if the 20th Association has a conflict? How do you want me to explain to the commander? ”

For a whole hour and a half, Zhou Yi only gave one order: to quickly find out the situation of the Fourth Brigade, especially Feng Lun's whereabouts.

Then, Long Qian came. Hearing the huge cheers coming from the courtyard, Zhou Yi's face suddenly turned pale.

Martial law naturally couldn't stop Long Qian. The guard troops of the Second Division knew Long Qian, and saw that it was the Supreme Commander who personally led the cavalry troops to break in, and immediately accepted Long Qian's command.

"Why martial law? Did something happen to the division? Long Qian asked the guard battalion commander with a pleasant face.

"Nope. It was an order from the division commander. ”

"Lift the order. From now on, the guard battalion obeys my orders, and not a single soldier is allowed to move without my orders. ”

"Yes!" The commander of the guard battalion replied loudly.

Chi Chun, who was closely behind Long Qian, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Chi Chunxian, who was very old, had already expected that there was a big problem with the second division, and he even secretly ordered the cavalry regiment to prepare for battle in order to deal with a possible rebellion at the division headquarters, but the guard battalion, the main combat force of the division headquarters, was successfully taken over by Long Qian, which made Chi Chunxian's heart fall in his stomach.

He and Long Qian's guard captain Kang Jiyong glanced at each other, and each saw each other's peace of mind.

Long Qian entered the city. Going straight to Zhou Yi's headquarters, the officers and soldiers of the headquarters who were extremely nervous because of the detention of the chief of staff saw Long Qian entering the compound surrounded by a large number of heavily armed guards, and immediately let out a heartfelt cheer, "The commander is here, the commander is finally here!" ”

Zheng Duwen heard a deafening cheer. Zheng Du's face changed greatly, and he involuntarily sat on the ground. Long Qian suddenly appeared at Zhou Yi's headquarters, and Zheng Du knew that the major events of the Dao were suspended.

Long Qian ignored Zhou Yi who came out, and stared at Zheng Du, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground, "Oh, this is Zheng Ergongzi." It's not good-looking. Come. Invite our distinguished guest, Zheng Ergongzi, to rest. ”

Kang Jiyong waved his hand, and the two guards snatched it out, dragged Zheng Du and left.

"Commander, listen to my explanation......" Zhou Yi rarely saw Long Qian so bitter. Zhilu said that this is a big trouble. But he still didn't expect Long Qian to do it to himself.

"Hmm. What to explain? Has the messenger sent by Jia Junxiu last night arrived? ”

"It's ......"

"What time did you arrive?"

"Well, about twelve o'clock, maybe later......"

"Even if it's two." Long Qian raised his wrist and looked at his watch. "It's 10:40. During the long period of eight and a half hours when you received the alert from the Fourth Brigade, what arrangements did you, as a division commander, make? Long Qian's sharp gaze stared at Zhou Yi, who drooped his head.

"Commander, you misunderstood......" Zhou Yi is now remorseful to death.

"Really? The commander of the Fourth Brigade, Feng Lun, defected, Liu Chunning and Yu Fuqi were killed, Jia Junxiu was seriously injured and did not know whether he was alive or dead, and the 10th Regiment and the team directly under the Fourth Brigade suffered serious casualties. I can explain it, do you think you can explain it to the dead robe? Come on," Long Qian looked at Chi Chunxian behind him, "Commander Chi, in view of Senior Commander Zhou Yi's physical problems and his brain is a little confused, I will now hand him over to you for strict protection, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Obey!" Chi Chun stepped forward first, and Lisuo got down Zhou Yi's gun, "Senior Commander Zhou, please." Don't embarrass me. ”

"Commander, you can't do this! I don't know if Feng Lun has rebelled,......" Zhou Yi shouted.

"Don't you know Zheng Du's intention? Since you don't know the way, you can think about it, think about it. When Feng Lun is caught, let's talk about it again. Long Qian waved his hand indifferently, and several soldiers under Chi Chunxian had already started to twist and drag the second person who was once the Mengshan Army out of the army.

The officers of the Second Division didn't expect Long Qian to arrest Zhou Yi as soon as he came, except for Zhou Yi's shouting, no one was angry, and no one pleaded for Zhou Yi.

"What about Lan Xinzhi? Where did the death go? Is your brain broken? Well? Director Hou, you say. Long Qian didn't see Lan Xinzhi, who he trusted, and he didn't believe that Lan Xinzhi would get together with Zhou Yi and Feng Lun.

"Report to the commander, Chief of Staff Lan was detained by Division Commander Zhou. It's in the confinement room. ”

"Let him go, and call him to me." The stone in Long Qian's heart fell to the ground.

Lan Xinzhi should be grateful to Zhou Yi. In the July 23 incident, the 2nd Division suffered losses not only by a number of dead people, but also by greater losses. The 4th Brigade, which was originally the main force of the 2nd Division, received a cold reception, and although Zhang Tieshi, the commander of the 11th Regiment, explained that he did not carry out Jia Junxiu's orders on the grounds that it was inconvenient to send troops rashly due to unknown circumstances, he lost Long Qian's trust. When the war began, Zhang Tieshi was transferred to the joint logistics headquarters and lost the opportunity to make contributions on the battlefield. The officers of the division headquarters, especially the officers of the military law and intelligence system, were all stained with Zhou Yi's light, but because the chief of staff Lan Xinzhi was imprisoned by Zhou Yi, he was forgiven by Long Qian, and his career was basically not affected. Hou Zhaodi's urgent suggestion that the Fifth Brigade come to Taiping was affirmed by Long Qian, and after that, Hou Zhaodi directly served as the chief of staff of the Second Division, crossing a big hurdle in his life.

A person's life is wonderful, and it depends on whether he can go right at the critical time. In his later years, Hou Zhaodi said this to his son who was in politics, sometimes your words determine your life.

After taking down Zhou Yi, Long Qian listened to the reports of Lan Xinzhi and Hou Zhaodi, and ordered, "The order for the transfer of the fifth brigade has been issued, and Han Ziying should be on the way." The Eleventh Regiment is not moving. Half an hour later, a meeting was convened for all officers above the regimental commander level in Taiping Province. ”

At this time, Long Qian felt extremely tired and afraid. I didn't sleep all night last night, rode horses in a row, and killed several horses after three rides, and now my two inner strands hurt hotly, and it is estimated that the skin is worn out. Long Qian pulled a chair and sat down in the war room, withdrew the loaded pistol from the bullet and turned off the safe, drank the water handed by Kang Jiyong, asked Hou Zhaodi for a cigarette, and began to think.

In addition to Kang Jiyong and another guard guarding him. The rest exited the war room.

I didn't expect that there would be a real mess, and I regretted not heeding Cao Minzhong's warning. Fortunately, the scale of the rebellion was small, and it seemed that only ten regiments were involved, and the other regiment of the fourth brigade showed no obvious countermeasures. Feng Lun was still a little worse, and he didn't even control his own direct team. But there must be something wrong with Zhou Yi!

What to do with Zhou Yi? He is different from Feng Lun, he has been with the Ten Associations for a much longer time! The original Old Ten Association, and the current Second Division, how many of Zhou Yi's dead friends are there? The big war is coming, do you still have time to dig deep into the traitor? He suddenly appeared at the headquarters of the Second Division, categorically arrested Zhou Yi, and suppressed everyone. If you stop there. It would be troublesome for the troops to enter the battlefield in the Northern Expedition and problems again......

Feng Lun...... The face of this fierce general who definitely betrayed himself and betrayed the Mengshan Army lingered in Long Qian's heart and lingered. In that year, he fought hard against Cai Chengxun's troops during the anti-Li Chun encirclement and suppression. Feng Lun was wounded in the arm and insisted on fighting. Just by your side. In that year, Xigu fought the Eight-Nation Alliance's Seymour troops. Feng Lun, as the battalion commander, took the lead in the assault and completed the intermediate breakthrough. The heroic company commander Fei Ning, who has never been forgotten by Long Qian, is Feng Lun's subordinate. At that time, there were only more than 1,000 people, and almost everyone could be called by name. and Feng Lun, these "senior officers", get along every day and are intimate! What is the reason that when the army has grown to the present, the victory of the whole country is just around the corner, but it has caused a disaster and turned into elbows and armpits?

What to do? The senior officers are waiting for the upcoming meeting, waiting for their attitude......

The meeting lasted only 15 minutes. Long Qian announced that Zhou Yi would be dismissed from the post of commander of the Second Division, Lan Xinzhi would be the acting division commander, and Hou Zhaodi would be promoted to chief of staff. Ordered Lan Xinzhi to immediately take the division headquarters guard battalion to Xinning to specifically command the aftermath of Xinning, especially the capture of Feng Lun. Ordered an immediate surprise interrogation of Zheng Du to find out the truth. At the end, Long Qian said a few words to the officers.

"I know what you want to hear. I tell you, this is the end of the matter. Feng Lun deserves death! Even if he is caught, I will not forgive him. Zhou Yi betrayed my trust and the soldiers of the whole army, and at the critical moment when we were about to raise the banner of anti-Qing righteousness, he actually hooked up with the secret envoys of the Manchu Tartars! After receiving an urgent letter from Chief of Staff Jia Junxiu, he did not move, and he actually locked up Chief of Staff Lan Xinzhi, who put forward correct opinions! That's why I caught him. But you are different, I trust you, otherwise I wouldn't have let you sit here. The Mengshan Army is a glorious army, and our anti-Qing is not for ourselves, but for the sake of this country! Such an army will never be instigated by one or two conspirators, and Feng Lun's farce is the clearest proof! I've already said that's the end of it! Except for those who followed Feng Lun's rebellion and shot at his robe, except for Zhou Yi, I will not hold anyone responsible! Whether you had a personal relationship with Feng Lun before, or a friendship with Zhou Yi, it's all in the past! It won't affect my trust in you! Isn't it good, let's see the real chapter on the battlefield of anti-Qing and statehood! Got my words? Meeting. ”

Immediately after the meeting, Long Qian used the radio to send a secret telegram to the headquarters that the Guangxi mutiny had been brought under control. Guangdong was instructed to step up preparations for action. In this telegram, Long Qian specially sent instructions to Jiang Jiying and David, asking the headquarters radio station to contact them.

In order to save his life, Zheng Du confessed in the afternoon that he sent a series of reports to the imperial court on the Mengshan army's plot to rebel.

"Telegraphed to the headquarters and immediately issued an anti-Qing message, and the troops entered the first level of combat readiness. According to the plan, the Guangdong side immediately launched! Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Mingyuan has full command power! Long Qian considered that it would take a few days for him to return to the headquarters, and besides, the Second Division needed to sit in charge by himself, straighten out the command relationship, and completely clear the civil strife before he could leave with confidence.

The Xinning Rebellion in the Second Division did not cause serious problems for Long Qian before the overall situation was launched, and the Second Division was quickly brought under control. On the Xinning side, under the search and arrest of the main force of the 10th Regiment and the team directly under the brigade headquarters, Zhao Weixiu and most of the rebel officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion were captured at dusk on the 24th, and three days later, Feng Lun was captured in the mountainous area less than 20 miles from Nanning. According to Long Qian's instructions, he was shot on the spot without trial! Ignore Feng Lun's request to see Long Qian in person! The officers and men of the 2nd Battalion of the 10th Regiment who participated in the rebellion were arrested and imprisoned separately, and all of them were shot after a hastily military trial when the anti-Qing war was in full swing a month later!

They paid the highest compensation for the deaths of more than 470 volunteer prisoners. The General Political Department of Foreign Affairs publicized this incident as a major example of the Mengshan Army's strict military discipline and upholding justice, and to a certain extent calmed down public opinion, especially the attack on the Mengshan Army by the Sun Wen Revolutionary Party. Ms. Qiu Jin, who had already served as the head of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the Mengshan Army, witnessed one of the executions, and she then wrote an article published in the newspaper in Guangzhou, which was controlled by the Mengshan Army, proving the fact that the Mengshan Army was strict in military discipline. However, it is clear to the senior officers in the army that the real cause of the killing of these officers and soldiers was the July 23 incident. Otherwise, with Long Qian's character of protecting his subordinates, they would not all pay the price of their lives for Xinning's killing of prisoners.

The Xinning Rebellion caused about 700 casualties in the 2nd Division, which was not a significant loss for a force with more than 10,000 troops. However, the aftermath did not subside, and 21 officers of the 10th and 11th regiments of the 4th Brigade and the 11th Regiment were implicated, all of whom had a deep personal relationship with Feng Lun, and were transferred from their current posts to make other arrangements. This seems to be Long Qian's gaffe, because he had told the officers of the second division that no one would be held accountable. But this is not a gaffe, because none of these officers have been dismissed, not even demoted, but have only been transferred from the combat unit to the logistics or staff organs.

The 2nd Battalion of the 10th Regiment, which no longer existed, was reorganized by more than 30 officers of the Youth Army Union who were detained by Zhao Weixiu. Han Ziying, commander of the Fifth Brigade, was transferred to the commander of the Fourth Brigade, Wang Yao, who had made great contributions in the Xinning Rebellion, was appointed chief of staff of the Fourth Brigade, and Long Hongyuan was appointed commander of the Tenth Regiment.

The reorganization of the Second Division delayed the progress of their Northern Expedition, and when the First Division under the command of Feng Guozhu went out of Shaoguan to capture Chenzhou, the Fourth Brigade of the Second Division occupied Nanning, which was already an empty city. (To be continued......)