The next day, during the review, Wang Zhenyu's second battalion was standing neatly on the far right of the whole army at this moment. When Commander-in-Chief Huang arrives at the campus, Wang Zhenyu, who is the star officer, will be the first to see and report to him. Thinking that he was about to meet the famous Huang Xing in history, Wang Zhenyu obviously felt that his breathing was a little uncomfortable, and his emotions began to become excited.

No matter how later generations slander this revolutionary father, there are two things that cannot be questioned: one is his loyalty to the revolution, from beginning to end, Huang Xing did not seek even the slightest personal gain for himself from the revolution; Another point is Huang Xing's never-say-die revolutionary spirit, although he has repeatedly failed, he has been defeated again and again and never gave up. Such a spirit of perseverance is precisely what our ancient nation lacks the most.

But none of this is important at the moment, the important thing is that Wang Zhenyu will soon meet Huang Xing and Huang Keqiang, one of the three ancestors of the Kuomintang. If this is enough for him to brag about himself for a lifetime in the future, yes, even if he danced rumba with Lin Chiling, he didn't see Huang Xing come to the excitement with his own eyes.

In the distance, two horsemen galloped forward. The two Quanfu armed soldiers galloped in front of the whole army and turned their horses, and galloped back without making any stops, so that everyone now knew that Commander-in-Chief Huang was coming.

About a few minutes later, a group of people on horseback came into view. Wang Zhenyu shili is very good, and soon he saw clearly that the front of this line of people was a middle-aged man wearing a blue general's dress and a slightly fat figure. Could this be Huang Xing, look at that beard, that's right, it's the same as the photo in the history textbook, this should be Huang Xing.

Getting closer and closer, Wang Zhenyu tried his best to straighten his chest, and his shoulders were clamped hard behind him, this military posture was the only result of Wang Zhenyu's many military training in later generations, and it was an absolute standard to put it anywhere.

"Wang Zhenyu, the commander of the second battalion of the first co-duty star officer infantry team of the first division of the Hunan Army, reported to the commander-in-chief" When Huang Xingxing was three meters away from him, Wang Zhenyu took a big step, turned his body to the right, and shouted loudly with dantian spirit, and then performed a standard military salute.

Huang Xing rode on his horse and returned a military salute to the officer in front of him, without speaking, his eyes quickly moved from Wang Zhenyu to the entire parade array.

Wang Zhenyu had already learned the rules before, and he continued: "All the officers and soldiers of the First Division and the First Association of the First Division of the Hunan Army Aiding Hubei are in place, and I invite Commander-in-Chief Huang to review them. ”

Huang Xing nodded at this time, and said five words to Wang Zhenyu with a kind face: "Hard work, please take a break." Wang Zhenyu tried to restrain the excitement in his heart, saluted, and then turned right to return to the team. There was another burst of joy in his heart, and Commander Huang spoke to himself. Although this is just a routine, it is better than the beggar in Lu Xun's pen who boasted that the landlord talked to him whenever he met people, that is just one word, get out.

The speed of Huang Xing and his party was not fast, he really looked at it one by one. Until the end of the far left side of the queue, Huang Xing twisted the horse's head, drew his saber, pointed straight ahead, and then galloped towards the right side of the entire queue. While galloping, he shouted: "Drive out the Tartars and restore China." ”

Huang Xing drove the whole army again, and the morale of the whole army was immediately ignited, and all the officers and soldiers first excitedly raised their weapons in their hands and shouted, "Huh, Huh," and then shouted in unison: "Drive out the Tartars and restore China." ”

Wang Zhenyu also shouted along, hoarse......

Wars are always full of drama and chance.

On the afternoon of November 16, when tens of thousands of people's troops crossed the Han River, the most shocking thing happened. In the face of such a large-scale military movement of the people's army, the Beiyang Army did not know that they were enjoying this strange war that they could win but did not allow to win.

Feng Guozhang, the president of the First Army, who was responsible for the southward suppression of the Wuchang rebellion, deployed a total of eight troops from the Fourth and Sixth Towns of Beiyang under his command on the area from Yudaimen Station to Nan'anzui, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at Hanyang. As for outside this area, the Beiyang Army did not divide too many troops to fortify at all, which was not because he Feng Guozhang was entrusted with it, but it was an inevitable choice. With the liliang in his hand now, if it weren't for Yuan Gongbao's repeated strict orders not to allow him to start the war again, he would definitely be able to take Hanyang within three days if he gave an order, and he really couldn't look down on the combat power of the people's army after the Battle of Hankou.

But last time, he took Hankou on his own initiative, and although he was rewarded with a title by the princes afterwards, he was also reprimanded by Lao Yuan for this life. If he attacks Hanyang again without Lao Yuan's order, it is likely that the reprimand will turn into a replacement. However, the higher authorities did not allow them to fight, and they had to be prepared to fight, so the Beiyang Army focused its operations on the front line of the mouth on the south bank and always maintained a coercive posture against the people's army on the other side. As for his flank, due to many reasons such as despising the civilian army and the fact that this area is empty and has no military value, Feng Guozhang really didn't care too much. Of course, the biggest reason is that I would not have thought that the people's army would go against military common sense and attack its own flank against the Han River, which is unscientific.

Due to many factors, the Nationalist Army's counterattack on Hankou had a fantastic start, and they successfully appeared behind the flank of the Beiyang Army, without the enemy's knowledge.

Later historians were unanimously critical of Huang Xing's counterattack on Hankou during the Battle of Yangxia, and published a large number of academic papers on the subject, defrauding a large amount of State Council research funds (these cultural liars were not afraid to have sons without assholes).

They believed that a counterattack on Hankou in a situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak was an adventurous act that was doomed to failure from a military point of view. And knowing that he would fail, he still had to do it, which also strongly demonstrated the basic fact that Huang Xing lacked military talent from one side. That feeling is what will happen if that battle is replaced by their gang of brick family commanders, anyway, it is stronger than Huang Xing! A bunch of guys on paper.

However, the bricks are absolutely right in their analysis, Huang Xing is taking a risk by choosing to counterattack Hankou, which is hoarding heavy troops. Because the situation has developed to the point where he can't take risks, he can't be allowed to continue to be stable.

The loss of Hankow after more than a month of bloody fighting greatly damaged the morale of the revolutionaries and seriously shook the prestige of Huang Xing, the wartime commander-in-chief.

Within the Hubei Military Government, there were also great opinions about Huang Xing, an outsider, who came to take command of the army. It's just that due to Huang Xing's huge revolutionary prestige, it is inconvenient for everyone to openly oppose it, but there will naturally be no shortage of things like demolishing the stage behind the scenes. Now that Hankow has been lost, everyone has no scruples, and the call for the removal of the wartime commander-in-chief has gradually risen in Wuchang, and the situation has been on the verge of getting out of control.

In such a situation of internal and external difficulties, if the situation cannot be reversed by boosting morale through a victory, then it is very likely that the Wuchang uprising will fall into the end of the ten uprisings before the League, and the success will be lost.

Don't disagree, Huang Xing is not a traverser, he can't know what history will do next. Where would he have thought that Yuan Shikai was actually fighting at the moment to raise bandits and self-respect, and as long as he stayed in Hanyang and didn't act rashly, he could sit back and wait for the victory of the revolution.

Those who stand and speak can not be afraid of back pain, but Huang Xing, as the commander-in-chief of the war, must be responsible for the entire revolution. Therefore, knowing that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and knowing that the counterattack on Hankou may fail, Huang Xing must also take risks without hesitation, which is the fearless spirit of the revolution.

Of course, although it is a risky fight, it is not the same as playing the brain-dead jade crushing attack like Little Japan. The basic fact that the enemy is strong and we are weak cannot be ignored, so the decision to counterattack Hankou was made by Huang Xing after careful consideration, rather than a decision made by later generations in the form of a pat on the thigh.

One of the factors that made Huang Xing make up his mind was that, according to the accurate information sent back by the revolutionary comrades lurking in Hankou, although the main force of the Qing army in Hankou was concentrated on the Nan'anzui line, most of its logistical baggage was hoarded at Yudaimen Station. Every day, wagons will go south, transport all kinds of materials from the north to unload here, and then distribute them according to the needs of the troops at the front. If it is put in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this station is the nest of Yuan Shao's army in the Battle of Guandu, as long as this place is captured, it will definitely be able to turn the tide of the war.

The intelligence also said that guarding this Yudaimen station was an association of the sixth town of Beiyang of the Qing army, and the assistant commander was called Ma Jizeng. Well, it has nothing to do with Chun Yuqiong......

Huang Xing took this piece of information handed back by the revolutionaries at the risk of death, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he decided that only by risking an attack on Yudaimen and cutting off the Qing army's rear route and material supplies could he deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Tartars and truly and effectively turn the tide of the war in the entire Hubei and even the whole country.

Huang Xing didn't know the importance of guarding Hanyang, but at this moment he had no choice but to make a desperate bet. Various factors forced Huang Xing to finally make the choice of counterattacking Hankou.

And Huang Xing, who had 8,000 reinforcements to the Hunan army and successfully arrived at the front line and obtained a group of fresh troops, finally made up his mind to attack, and the victory or defeat was in one fell swoop.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, looking at the Zongguan that was not majestic in front of him, and even had a little bit of damage, Huang Xing put down his binoculars, gritted his teeth and said to several chief officers who were standing beside him to aid the Hunanese army: "Let the sons attack!" ”

"Yes" Wang Longzhong, Liu Yutang and the others stood up and saluted, turned around and returned to their respective units to give combat orders.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the fog had already dispersed, and the Hunan army, which had been in ambush for most of the day, took the first battalion of the central part of Wang Long, the first battalion, and the second battalion of the Hu Zhaopeng department, which belonged to the Liu Yutang department of the second association, as the vanguard of the assault of the whole army.

The two divisions did not stupidly form an infantry phalanx according to the training drills, but emphasized speed and agility. The two battalions of men and horses made a long snake and rushed straight to the Qing army, striving to rush into the fortifications of the Zongguan defenders as soon as possible.

Guarding Zongguan was a group of infantry from the sixth town of Beiyang of the Qing army, with only more than a hundred people. It was mainly used as a vigilance, so it was not equipped with cheap defensive heavy weapons such as the Maxim heavy machine gun. In addition, I didn't expect the people's army to dare to sneak under their noses, so although they built simple fortifications, they were not guarded. In the panic, the Nationalist Army was naturally caught off guard, and this group of Qing troops failed to organize any effective resistance at all, just watched the Nationalist Army descend from the sky and appear beside him, and then the muzzle of the black hole was pointed at his own people. At this time, no matter how difficult his head is, he knows that he should hold his gun high above his head with both hands. Almost in the blink of an eye, the sect changed hands.