Zhang Fenghui's question obviously has two meanings*

The first layer is the literal meaning, the brothers have not seen each other for a long time, and when they suddenly meet, they are inevitably a little shocked under the great joy: which gust of wind blew you here?

The second meaning is implicit, but as long as you have the heart, you can hear it, that is, to ask Jiang Zuobin: You people have entered Shaanxi, and now you want to take over the city defense of Xi'an, what do you want to do?

Jiang Zuobin could naturally hear another meaning, but he deliberately pretended not to understand, and snorted: "Senior Brother Xiangchu should know that I and Senior Brother Jingxing, Senior Brother Zhiqing and others went abroad to study sponsored by Master Sun, and since returning to China, we have been working under Master Sun. No pop-up window update fast // Now that the adult is acting as the governor of Sichuan, he was ordered to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and we naturally have to follow the work of dogs and horses, and accompany the adults into Sichuan for driving! I didn't expect to meet Senior Brother Xiangchu when I passed through Xi'an, where do you not meet in life! ”

Seeing Jiang Zuobin pretending to be deaf and dumb, Zhang Fenghui asked tentatively: "How long does Senior Brother Yuyan plan to stay in Shaanxi?" When to leave Xi'an? The foolish brother knows the schedule, so he can treat you brothers with the friendship of the landlord! ”

Jiang Zuobin replied solemnly: "This matter involves the secrets of our army, please forgive the little brother for having nothing to say!" ”

Zhang Fenghui touched two soft nails in a row, and suddenly froze, and said with a smile for a long time: "Senior Brother Yuyan, since the chief ordered us to hand over the city defense of Xi'an, when do you think it will be convenient?" ”

Jiang Zuobin said: "Naturally, the sooner the better!" ”

Zhang Fenghui didn't say more, took Jiang Zuobin to hand over part of the city defense of Xi'an, and then hurriedly returned to his residence. As soon as I opened the door, I saw Qian Ding, the supervisor of the first standard and third battalion of the mixed association (that is, the battalion deputy), and Zhang Fang, the officer of the right team of the artillery battalion (that is, the company commander), sitting in the room, lying on the table and talking with pen and ink.

Qian Ding and Zhang Fang were the leaders of the Shaanxi League, and they also had a fateful friendship with the Elders' Association, and they had a high status in the New Army, and they were the core figures who promoted the uprising of the New Army. Seeing Zhang Fenghui coming back, the two didn't make a sound, but just silently got up and arched their hands at him. Zhang Fenghui turned around to see that no one was following, so he closed the door.

Get closer. Qian Ding had already written several questions on the paper: "Brother Xiangchu, how many troops are coming?" Can you fight? Who is the ruler? When to leave Shaanxi? ”

Zhang Fenghui is older than Qian Ding and Zhang Fang, and the word "brother" is also justified. After Zhang Fenghui sat down, he immediately picked up a pen from the inkstone and replied: "The coming army is the 3rd Battalion of the 87th Standard of the 44th Mixed Association and the Governor's Escort. Where 700 people. Most of the soldiers were young students, while the officers and officers were all veterans. Jiang Zuobin, the pipe band, is my apprentice in Japan, and he is quite knowledgeable, and it may not be easy to deal with. As for when they will leave Shaanxi, they are tight-lipped as a bottle. ”

Zhang Fu wrote: "Since you are a junior, can you be accommodating? ”

Zhang Fenghui shook his head: "Jiang and Governor Sun have a teacher-student friendship...... The attitude is extremely strict, and it may be difficult to accommodate. ”

Zhang Fu frowned and continued: "Will they stay in Xi'an for a long time? ”

Zhang Fenghui thought for a moment: "It's hard to say! Chang Geng, Qian Nengxun, Wen Rui and others all had the intention of being diligent and retaining, or it can be said that Sun Yuanqi moved Sun Yuanqi to leave one or two battalions of soldiers stationed in Xi'an in the name of guarding the back road, waiting for the Shaanxi army to return to defense. ”

Qian Ding pulled the paper and wrote hurriedly: "Can I do it today?" They are new and unfamiliar with the terrain. The foothold is not stable, we have the heart to the unintentional, to be prepared against the unprepared, or can expect to win. In case Sun Yuanqi is captured. Isn't it a great credit to the Sichuan comrades? ”

After Zhang Fang saw it, he quickly marked two shocking big characters on the paper: "Feasible!" ”

Zhang Fenghui was also a little moved, and wrote heavily for a long time: "It's afternoon, the city gate is closed at dusk, how to enter the city?" How are bullets solved? ”

At that time, in order to guard against rebellion by the new army, the officials of Shaanxi Province only had guns for drills in the Xiguan military camp outside the city where the new army was stationed, and there was not a single bullet, and all the bullets were stored in the military uniform bureau in the east of the city. If the new army wants to revolt, it must advance to the city to capture the military uniform bureau and obtain bullets. Then they can attack the various yamen and the Manchu city, which is inhabited by Manchurians.

However, the distance from the barracks to the military uniform bureau is very far, almost ten miles. Moreover, in addition to the revolutionaries and wall-riding factions in the new army, there are also many diehards and Manchus, and simply instigating everyone to rise up will not be able to solve the problem for a while. By the time we got out of the city, the sun had already set! As soon as the gates were closed, there were no more shells. Not to mention conquering the military uniform bureau, it is difficult to enter the city! At that time, the guns in their hands were not as good as burning sticks, so they could only sit and wait for death.

The two of them originally jumped to try, but when they saw Zhang Fenghui's question, it was like pouring a bucket of ice water on their heads in the cold winter, and they suddenly came to their senses. Zhang Fu thought for a moment and approved a few more words: "The army middle school hall in the north of the city is closer to the city, and there are guns and bullets~~ that can be borrowed!" ”

Qian Ding also wrote crookedly: "We can go all the way to the army middle school hall first, get guns and ammunition and encourage students, and capture the north city gate." The other way went to the camp outside Xiguan to mobilize comrades, and returned to the army to attack the West City Gate. I'll wait for thousands of bullets to be hidden, or enough to use! ”

Zhang Fenghui shook his head and wrote: "Even if they enter the city, as long as they stick to the Military Uniform Bureau, the government office, and several places in the city, our army will be defeated in less than one day!" ”

Qian Ding nodded thoughtfully. Zhang Fu was still a little puzzled, and couldn't help but ask out loud: "Why can Wuhan and Changsha succeed, but we can't?" ”

Zhang Fenghui also felt that there were some words that did not reach the meaning of the pen, so he threw the waste paper into a ball and threw it into the brazier, so he explained in a low voice: "First of all, Wuhan and Changsha do not have a city dedicated to the Tartars to live in, so the rebels will abandon the city and flee as soon as the rebels do something. And we have a full city in Xi'an, once something happens, the Tartars will inevitably choose to defend the city. Everyone has seen the city and knows how tall and steep it is. We didn't capture the uniform bureau, we couldn't find the shells, we could only look at the city and sigh!

Secondly, the uprisings in Wuhan and Changsha were declared successful within half a day. Can we attack the Military Uniform Bureau, the Government Office, and the Mancheng in half a day? No one can guarantee it. Once the time is too long, the wavering people in the new army will inevitably lose their fighting spirit and fight back against us with the Han jiān and the Tatars. There were no more than 200 people in the new army who really supported the revolution, so how could they win?

"Third, there are no guest troops in Wuhan and Changsha, while we have them in Xi'an now. Nearly 2,000 people from the 44th Mixed Association have entered Shaanxi, and there will be at least 2,000 more in the future. The vanguard of these people is only three days away from Xi'an, and it is estimated that they can kill them in one day. Even if these people are weak in combat, at least they have guns, cannons, and ammunition, and more than enough ants to bite and kill elephants, which is more than enough to deal with us. ”

Zhang Fu hammered the table hatefully: "Then what should we do now?" ”

Zhang Fenghui squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Wait!" ”

"Then wait until the Year of the Monkey?"

Qian Ding nodded: "Brother Xiangchu is right, we just have to wait!" After all, Sun Yuanqi was the governor of Sichuan, and he must enter Sichuan as soon as possible to quell the rebellion, and it is impossible to stay in Xi'an for too long. As soon as he left. Our soldiers will have to follow, and that's when our chance comes! ”

"The most important point now is that everyone must be cautious and not leak the slightest rumor. Otherwise, you and I will die without a place to be buried! Zhang Fenghui reminded.

"We can save it!" Zhang Fu and Qian Ding said in unison.

As they said, Sun Yuanqi did not stay too long, and left Xi'an for Hanzhong every other day. However, to the great disappointment of Zhang Fenghui and others, before leaving, Sun Yuanqi was invited by Shaanxi officials to leave 550 people in the 3rd Battalion of the 87th Bid in the name of protecting logistics, transporting ammunition, raising grain and grass, and being responsible for liaison.

In the days after Sun Yuanqi left Xi'an, the situation in the world changed again. Jiangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Zhejiang and other provinces have announced their recovery. While the Shaanxi officials were silent, they couldn't help but secretly rejoice in the wise move to retain Sun Yuanqi's soldiers. Of course, they are not all sentimental, and even have some complaints about Jiang Zuobin and others. Why? Because Jiang Zuobin used the excuse that there were too many new recruits in the army from time to time, he carried out exercises inside and outside the city, and by the way, he deprived Shaanxi of a lot of food and ammunition.

At noon on November 5, Chang Geng, Qian Nengxun and others sat in the yamen and listened to the rumbling guns outside the city, and began to be depressed again. Quite a while. Chang Gengcai asked Qian Nengxun: "Brother Ganchen, how many bullets did that Qiu Ba take away today?" ”

Qian Nengxun had a bitter face: "Under the pretext of training target shooting, they took away 55,000 rounds of ammunition in one go. ”

Chang Geng was furious. Tengdi stood up: "Fifty-five thousand bullets? There are only 550 of them, right? Can a person shoot 100 rounds a day? They really wronged us in Shaanxi! The old man will write a letter to Sun Baixi and ask him to take care of this group of bastards! ”

Qian Nengxun hurriedly grabbed Chang Geng: "Lord Tai is angry!" Although these bastards are a little pampered and arrogant, their daily gun rumble at least deters those ill-intentioned Xiaoxiao. In case Sun Baixi is angry and transfers them all, we can do it! ”

What Qian Nengxun said, how did Chang Gung not understand? He was a little unhappy in his heart and wanted to use the excuse to vent his anger. As soon as he saw that Qian Nengxun had given him the steps, he immediately borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, sat down angrily, and kept muttering: "What a reason!" How unreasonable! I don't know if "how can this be true" is talking about Jiang Zuobin. Or Sun Yuanqi. Maybe it's that money can be trained, right?

Just when Chang Gung was sulking, Xi'an General Wen Rui hurriedly barged in with a telegram: "Two adults, something happened in Jiangsu!" ”

Chang Geng and Qian Nengxun hurriedly got up: "What's wrong with Jiangsu?" ”

In fact, Shanghai and Zhejiang have announced their recovery one after another, and they already have some premonitions about Jiangsu. Now that my fears have become a reality, I am still surprised.

It turned out that last night more than 50 people from the Navy took a train to Fengqiao, Suzhou, where the 23rd Army Mixed Association was stationed. The new officers and men stationed in the Soviet Union were encouraged by the Shanghai army. They all asked for it anyway. Immediately, he wrapped his arms in a white cloth and rushed to the Fu Office to ask to see Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu. Cheng Dequan saw that the people were wrapped in white cloths, and he knew that he could no longer control the situation, so he promised to declare independence at dawn: "At this time when there is nothing to do, this move is not disapproved, and it must be done without committing any crimes, and do not disturb the people." ”

At dawn on November 5, the new army and the revolutionary army stationed outside the city wrapped white cloth in their sleeves, entered the city and came to the governor's yamen, and promoted the governor Cheng Dequan as the governor of Jiangsu, and entered the great seal of the governor of Jiangsu. In this way, the soldiers were bloodless, the people were not frightened, and Suzhou was recovered. Cheng Dequan also became the first Qing Dynasty feudal official to oppose water. However, in order to show that "the revolution must be destroyed", Cheng Dequan ordered people to pick up a few eaves tiles on the lobby roof of Fuya with bamboo poles to show that the old is removed and the new is clothed.

After reading the telegram, Chang Geng scolded Cheng Dequan. Qian Nengxun was afraid that Chang Geng and Wen Rui would be suspicious of him, so he hurriedly expressed his loyalty, and scolded even more fiercely than these two Manchurians.

After scolding for half an hour, the three of them had dry mouths, and finally shut up temporarily. After drinking the tea, Chang Geng suddenly remembered something very important: "Brother Ganchen, shouldn't we send tens of thousands of more rounds of ammunition to Lord Sun's subordinates and treat them well?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qian Nengxun hurriedly agreed, "According to the lower officials, you can also allocate them some more guns!" ”rx！。