In early September, Long Qian's illness was getting better, but the order to march to Wuchang was not issued, because Long Qian had always hoped for a peaceful solution to the Wuchang problem. The 1st Division (attached to the 7th Brigade) was stationed south of Puqi and was strictly ordered not to clash with the 9th Town (reorganized into the 1st Division of the People's Army after Huang Xing arrived at Wuchang) that occupied the first line of Xianning in Puqi. Subsequently, Hong Yuecheng and Wang Zhifeng were sent to Wuchang to seek a way to peacefully resolve the Wuchang issue.

After receiving Wang Zhifeng's reply, Hong Yuecheng was detained by Huang Xing. And Shanghai's brazen electrification of the founding of the country finally angered Long Qian. He instructed the General Staff to immediately issue an order to the front-line troops to march and resolutely resolve it by force if the other side resisted.

Situ Jun was worried about the safety of Hong Yuecheng, who had fallen into the hands of the People's Army. Long Qian said, forgive him Huang Xing didn't dare to do things absolutely! The harder the national pillar is beaten, the more guaranteed Hong Yuecheng's life will be.

The commander-in-chief of the front line is Feng Guozhu. Stimulated by Ye Yanbing's solo resistance to the Three Towns of Beiyang and the victory of Lushan Jinzhou, Feng Guozhu decided to write his name in Wuchang City. Since the establishment of the Mengshan Army, Long Qian has worked hard to create a set of humane and relatively fair and fair military promotion system, the Mengshan Army is an armed group, especially in its initial stage, and the merit has become the first credit. Feng Guozhu, as the general with the purest "bloodline" under Long Qian, compared with Lu Shan, Wang Mingyuan, Ning Shijun and others, considers political factors much less and pays more attention to military issues. In other words, it is more superstitious that the army is the ultimate weapon to solve all problems.

As early as half a month ago, Feng Guozhu convened an operational meeting of the main officers of the First Division in Qiaotou Town, north of Changsha.

"Brethren, the situation in the country is moving fast. Lushan's Northern Army was marching towards the Beijing Division, and the Shandong Army defeated the main force of Beiyang, dispelling the commander's greatest fear. Their credit is real, what do we do? Well? You must know that the old foundation of the Mengshan Army can be in our first division! There are old brothers here who have participated in the Mengshan Army, and they should be able to calculate the origin of the various departments of the First Division, grandma, do you want the First Division to fall behind the Sixth, Ninth, Seventh, and Tenth Divisions? Absolutely not! was going to do a big job in Changsha, but who knew that Lu Dao actually made a scene of rebellion by a few small shrimps? Although the commander praised the merits of the 1st Brigade and our entire division in the Battle of Changsha, it is not as real as the merits outside the Shandong Pass! Now it is believed that the ninth town has reached Wuchang. So. The battle of Wuchang may be the last opportunity for us to make meritorious contributions, and the commander has analyzed that the situation has developed to this point, and there will not be many big battles in the future. You have to keep that in mind for me. ”

Feng Guozhu glanced at Gu Xiaolin, the commander of the Seventh Brigade. The old guard battalion commander was quickly promoted. It took only a month from the regiment commander to the brigade commander, "This time to fight Wuchang, the headquarters has delegated the command to the first division." I thought about it, our four brigades, including the seventh brigade brought by Xiaolin, must be on board! We must make a name for ourselves as the first division in Wuchang! I put the words in my head, how to fight Wuchang, the guys and horsemen all enter the city! Which mistake, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of military law! He paused, "The Seventh Brigade is the main force of the Third Division, Commander Wang stays in Guangdong to take care of the overall situation and take care of the back road for the army, and the Seventh Brigade is the main force of the Third Division, I can't help but give Commander Wang face." In this way, the Seventh Brigade and the Third Brigade marched hand in hand, going north along the Changsha to Yueyang Avenue, the Seventh Brigade was on the left, and the Third Brigade was on the right, and Yuezhou was occupied on September 1, and today is August 26, and the bridge head is about 250 miles to Yueyang, giving you four days. Let's do it. The 2nd Brigade and the 1st Brigade also started immediately, and assembled at the bridgehead on the 28th," he paused, "If the first two brigades can't fight well, go to the back and stay!" Make room for others! ”

The 1st Division, which had been fully rested in Changsha and had long been stimulated by the situation in the north, immediately galloped like a wild horse on the loose.

On 27 August, exactly one month after the "survey telegram" was issued, the 3rd Brigade took the lead in setting out, and the next day, the 7th Brigade, which had been adjusted in place, also set out. The target is Yueyang, an important town in northern Hunan Province.

The Battle of Changsha destroyed the will of resistance of the Hunan patrol battalion, and the forward troops of the 1st Division advanced northward at an average rate of 60 li a day, breaking sporadic resistance along the way, and on August 31 occupied the undefended city of Yuezhou, less than 500 li from the next target, Wuchang. On the evening of the next day, Feng Guozhu arrived in Yuezhou with a former enemy command post composed of selected staff officers and guards, and sent a telegram to the Changsha headquarters announcing the occupation of Yuezhou. Soon, Feng Guozhu received a telegram from Situ Jun: Wuchang Mutiny, the revolutionary party has taken action, and a telegram has been sent to occupy Wuchang.

"Hey, Manchu Tartars are such big rice buckets! How can this happen! "Feng Guozhu's first feeling is that Wuchang has no fight!

Sure enough, in the early morning of September 2, Feng Guozhu received a telegram from the headquarters again, and this time the telegram was signed by Long Qian, "I am basically convinced that the revolutionary party has succeeded in raising the uprising, and the ninth town is controlled by the revolutionary party." The task of your troops to occupy Wuchang remains unchanged, but care should be taken to strengthen ties with the Ninth Town of the uprising to avoid conflict. ”

"As long as they give up Wuchang, there will naturally be no conflict." Feng Guozhu said to himself, and immediately sent cavalry to inform the Third Brigade that had gone north, to inform the news of the Wuchang mutiny and to convey the instructions of the headquarters to avoid conflict with the Ninth Town, but Feng Guozhu added an order: the task of occupying Wuchang remains unchanged, and if there is resistance, it should be broken.

At this time, the troops of the Ninth Town controlled by Lin Shuqing and others had already moved south, and were rushing to the area around Tingsi Bridge to deploy defenses, ready to fight the Mengshan army. Amazingly, this new military town, which had undergone a drastic change, was not in disarray, but remained largely intact. Because the senior officers under Xu Shaozhen were not hated by the lower-level officers and soldiers, that is, they had no resentment, so the senior officers who were unwilling to devote themselves to the revolution were sent out of the army after receiving a fairly generous "Cheng Yi", and Lin Shuqing and others quickly appointed the revolutionary party as officials at all levels, and after three months of additional salaries, they quickly assembled their troops and went out of Wuchang to occupy a favorable position, preparing to resist the "attack" of the Mengshan army.

Lin Shuqing was appointed as the commander of the ninth town, he didn't even have time to change his name, and he didn't have his own boss, since he rejected Tan Renfeng and Song Jiaoren's proposal to unite the Mengshan Army to build the Republic of China, Lin Shuqing was a "single household". He said to the officials of the Ninth Town, "Some people in the League are afraid of the strength of the Mengshan Army, have betrayed the revolution, and have forgotten Long Qian's deep hatred for suppressing the revolution and massacring our rebel comrades, but we can't!" We can't forget the blood feud of Big Brother Boxian's tragic death at the hands of Long Qian! The Manchus are our enemies, and the Mengshan army is our enemy as well! Some comrades once said that they should return to Jiangning, what should they do when they go back? Not to mention that the navy has withdrawn to Jiujiang, and we have no ships to transport troops, so we will return to Jiangning, and we will also find the Mengshan army to fight in the future! In that case, we might as well fight now. They marched all the way north from Guangdong, and they were already tired soldiers, while the morale of our army was booming, and they were supplemented by Wuchang silver taels and ordnance, and now it was a rare opportunity to break the enemy. The 17th Association went first, and the 18th Association followed up, and we will fuck him in Puqi! ”

As a result, two well-equipped and well-trained armies collided head-on in the town of Tingsi.

Lin Shuqing was busy building a position defense and did not attack the Mengshan army on the opposite side, because Long Qian died of illness, Situ Jun blocked the news and strictly ordered the Fengguo Pillar not to attack. The two troops confronted each other on the front line of Puqi and Xianning for more than 10 days, and Feng Guozhu was so anxious that he sent a telegram to the headquarters to ask for instructions, not to sit idly by and watch the enemy build and improve the fortifications, and to fight early. Situ Jun also knew the unique terrain of Tingsi Town, but because of Long Qian's problem, he was not allowed to act, and he could not disclose the news that the coach was critically ill, so at a time when the whole country was paying attention to the situation in Wuchang, the front line passed calmly for more than ten days.

After Long Qian's condition improved, he affirmed Situ Jun's order to prohibit the invasion of the army, and sent Wang Zhifeng to Wuchang for peace talks, always holding the attitude of peacefully resolving the dispute with the Alliance. After receiving Wang Zhifeng's reply, Hong Yuecheng was detained by Huang Xing. And Shanghai's brazen electrification of the founding of the country finally angered Long Qian. He instructed the General Staff to immediately issue an order to the front-line troops to march and resolutely resolve it by force if the other side resisted.

Situ Jun was now relieved, and in a telegram to Feng Guozhu, he recounted the circumstances of Hong Yuecheng's detention and instructed Feng Guozhu to break the current enemy with a decisive and resolute attack, so that the Kuomintang could completely dispel its unrealistic illusions.

Most of the time, military issues are simpler than political ones.

Feng Guozhu, who was on the front line in Puqi, was also enraged by the electrification of Shanghai.

"Brethren, what does it mean to be shameless? That's it! The commander is just too soft-hearted to negotiate with them? What to talk about? Talk about a bird! I've known all the! If the negotiations can be famous, what do you want us soldiers to do? If it weren't for the blind staff of the General Staff, Lao Tzu would have laid down Wuchang a long time ago! Feng Guozhu was angry at the order of the General Staff to stop advancing, and he said to the battalion commanders of the 3rd Brigade who were responsible for the frontal attack at the operational meeting, "Wu Nian's 7th Division, which has made a big deal in Wuding Mansion, has gone south!" Will Wuchang be occupied by us or will it be ceded to the Seventh Division? Grandma's, if we don't fight a few more hard battles, it's time for the number of our first division to be given to someone else! You have all seen the terrain in the past few days, and the preparations are almost complete, and the official attack will start at three o'clock this afternoon! Don't stop without my orders! I'm just staring at your brigade headquarters, which unit retreats without an order, shoots the commander-in-chief! For the honor of the first division, give Lao Tzu a hard beating! The world is the commander! No one can fight! Don't say yes? Ask us if we have guns in our hands! Now it's okay, the order is here, do it! The 3rd Brigade immediately launched an attack on the town of Tingsi and broke through the enemy's resistance within two days. The 7th Brigade, located at the mouth of the old river (west of Puqi), immediately turned to Jiayu, crossed the narrow road between the Xiangjiang River and Axe Lake, and made a detour to the line of Ma'anshan and Zhifang. The 2nd Brigade served as a backup for the 3rd Brigade and was ready to take over the attack of the 3rd Brigade. ”

Due to the limited terrain, the Pillar of the Seal cannot deploy more troops. He also did not want to rely on the detour of the Seventh Brigade to tear apart the enemy's defense. It was not easy to walk, and from the map, it was clear that the water network of the road was vertical and horizontal, which limited the follow-up of artillery and heavy weapons. Of course, he pinned his hopes on it, but he was not so confident in the combat effectiveness of the Third Brigade, so he transferred to the Second Brigade and placed it behind the Third Brigade, and if the Third Brigade failed in the attack, he was immediately replaced by the Second Brigade.

"Please rest assured, the third brigade will not embarrass the first division." Guo Haichang, the commander of the Third Brigade, who had not yet caught a battle since the dispatch of the troops, shouted viciously. (To be continued......)