When Liu Mingzhao led a large army to Changsha, it was already the second day after Hunan Province announced the cancellation of independence, and at this time, the forward company was still stationed outside the city, maintaining a high degree of vigilance against Changsha. High-speed update // Regardless of the fatigue of the carriage and horses, he personally conducted on-the-spot surveys of the military points around Changsha and readjusted the deployment of military forces before preparing to return to the camp to rest.

As soon as he returned to the station in the west of the city, he listened to a report from his entourage: "Brigade commander, Lord Zuo Gongxianzuo, vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Council, and General Yu Daonanyu, commander of the Hunan Provincial Defense Reserve, are here!" Liu Mingzhao received a telegram on the way to Hunan and already knew that Zuo Gongxian was his own person, but he didn't know much about what kind of person this Yu Daonan was. At that moment, he cheered up and cleaned up the army and went out.

Zuo Gongxian seemed to understand what Liu Mingzhao was thinking, and as soon as they met, he introduced: "Brigade Commander Liu, this Commander Yu was just appointed by Governor Tan yesterday, and he was ordered to come to negotiate with you about the defense of Changsha. ”

Liu Mingzhao hurriedly saluted: "Please instruct Commander Yu!" ”

Yu Daonan arched his hand at Liu Mingzhao very casually and said, "Brigade Commander Liu, don't be polite, we will all be a family in the future, and we don't have to talk like this." In other words, Brother Liu is really young, probably in his early twenties, right? is already an official brigade commander, and he deserves to be a hero out of a teenager! Although my brother is a few years older, but his talent is really limited, he was just appointed as the commander of the Hunan Provincial Defense Reserve by the Tan Du Governor yesterday. This commander is actually a false position, with only seven or eight hundred people and five or six hundred bad guns, which cannot be compared with the elite soldiers under Brother Liu. I'm afraid that the elder brother will inevitably have something to rely on in the future, and when the time comes, I will ask Brother Liu to help me a lot! ”

Liu Mingzhao said in his heart: As soon as they met, they began to call their brothers and sisters, and this Yu Daonan was familiar with himself! I just don't know what this harmonious atmosphere is underneath. Is the mind just as loyal and honest?

Sitting down in the hall, Zuo Gongxian took the lead in asking: "Mr. Sun's instructions on the Southern Expedition to Liangguang, I think Brigade Commander Bocheng has already received it, right?" I wonder what you think? What are your comments? ”

Liu Mingzhao nodded: "Three days ago, Liu received Premier Sun's telegram in Changde Mansion. I knew that after finalizing Hunan, I would quickly move south with the First Division of the Hunan Army to attack Guangzhou. According to the telegram, the specific battle plan was to be discussed in detail by Mr. Yang Huizi in Beijing, Division Commander Zhao Yiwu, Brigade Commander Yin Shuoquan, and his subordinates, but at present he has not received any further notice from Mr. Yang Huizi about this operation. It is expected that Brigade Commander Yin Shuoquan will lead his troops to arrive here tomorrow, and there should be a specific plan at that time, and Liu will carefully plan the plan to go south with Division Commander Zhao and Brigade Commander Yin. In short, Liu must resolutely carry out the order of the upper peak! ”

Zuo Gong said first: "How much does Brigadier Bo Cheng know about Zhao Hengti?" ”

Liu Mingzhao said: "Before preparing to enter Hunan Province, the intelligence system sent a specific information on Hunan military and political officials. As the commander of the First Division of the Hunan Army, General Zhao Yiwu was naturally among them. According to the above, he is a native of Hengshan, Hunan. After graduating, he went to Japan to study and entered the sixth artillery department of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. He is an alumnus of the same class as Governor Yan Baichuan, Governor Zhao Xingzhi, and Governor Chiang Kai-shek.

"After returning home. He led the Guangxi Army Primary School with Cai Songpo, and successively served as the assistant commander of the Guangxi Standing Army and the director of the Guangxi Supervision and Training Office. When the revolution broke out in 1911, he led the New Army to support Shen Youlan (Shen Bingkun), who was also a native of Hunan and was the governor of Guangxi at the time, to declare independence. After Shen Dudu was expelled from Gui by Wang Tieshan (Wang Zhixiang) and Lu Ganqing (Lu Rongting), he led his troops north with Shen Youlan to aid Wuhan, and was appointed by Li Huangpi as the commander-in-chief of the Left Wing Army, stationed in Xiaogan to confront the Qing army in the south. Until the peace between the north and the south, the department was ordered to go to Nanjing.

After the founding of the Republic of China, General Zhao Yiwu was appointed commander of the 8th Brigade of the 16th Division. Awarded the rank of Major General. Immediately after the central government moved north, President Yuan announced the reduction of the army. The army then withdrew to its original hometown of Guangxi for reorganization. As a result, he was intolerant of Lu Ganqing, so he had to stay in Hunan. Governor Tan Zu'an cherished heroes, so he obtained the consent of Huang Keqiang, who was left behind in Nanjing at the time, to leave General Zhao Yiwu's headquarters in Hunan and stationed in Changsha. Subsequently, he was appointed as the commander of the First Division of the Hunan Army.

"In terms of intelligence, General Zhao Yiwu's resume is probably like this, and Liu knows so much. I wonder what Speaker Zuo has to say? ”

Zuo Gongxian praised: "Brigade Commander Bo Cheng is well-informed and knowledgeable, Zuo admires!" It's just that the intelligence pays attention to the life of Zhao Hengti, but ignores his mentorship and political tendencies. Just now, Brigadier Bo Cheng mentioned that he was classmates with Yan Baichuan, Zhao Xingzhi, Chiang Kai-shek and others, in fact, he also had a famous classmate, that is, Li Xiehe, the current governor of Jiangxi and the commander of Jiangxi's Yuan army!

In addition, he joined the League and Huang Keqiang's iron-blooded husband group while studying in Japan, and has always had a bad relationship with Huang Keqiang. Therefore, since Huang Keqiang and Li Xiehe announced their independence to fight against Yuan, he has been vigorously encouraging Tan Du to lead the army to the Northern Expedition. Fortunately, when your ministry entered Hunan Province, it took the lead in blowing up the Military Uniform Bureau, so that Zhao Hengti had nothing to do.

But he has always been cowardly, especially after Tan Du announced the abolition of independence and support for the central government, and ordered the soldiers of Hunan Province to lay down their arms, he was even more angry, and often colluded with revolutionaries inside and outside the provincial capital in private, with bad intentions. Therefore, Tan Ducai temporarily appointed Brother Yu as the commander of the provincial defense reserve to take precautions to avoid accidents. ”

Liu Mingzhao was shocked in his heart, but his face was unmoved: "Do Premier Sun and Mr. Yang Huizi know at this time?" ”

Zuo Gong first took out a secret telegram from his arms and handed it to Liu Mingzhao: "They naturally know that Zuo has reported this matter to Mr. Sun before. What they mean is to let Tan Du and Brigade Commander Bocheng deal with this matter together, provided that it does not affect the overall situation of the Southern Expedition, especially not to leak the plan for capturing Guangdong, not to delay the time of the Southern Expedition to Guangzhou, not to shake the military spirit of the First Division of the Hunan Army, and not to undermine the overall stability of the whole Hunan Province! ”

After reading the telegram, Liu Mingzhao silently thought about how to deal with it.

Yu Daonan added: "Although I am mediocre, brother, I have been in the Hunan army for a long time, and I know a little more about some people and things, and I hope it will be beneficial to Brother Liu." The current 1st Division of the Hunan Army is mainly composed of the 16th Brigade of the 8th Division of the former Nanjing, plus part of the new army of Hunan Province before and after the Xinhai Revolution. The old foundation of the 16th Brigade was brought out by Zhao Hengti from Guangxi, and many of the middle-level officers were his students when he was teaching in the Guangxi Army Primary School, so Zhao Hengti had a very high prestige in the whole division, and even had the saying that 'I only know Zhao Hengti, but I don't know Tan Yanmin'. In addition, Zhao Hengti has always deliberately encircled his henchmen and rejected and attacked dissidents, and now the First Division of the Hubei Army has become the hall of Zhao's words, and Brother Liu must be cautious when dealing with it! ”

Zuo Gongxian also said: "Commander Yu is not alarmist, but Zhao Hengti has been operating in the army for a long time, and he is intertwined, and he can affect his whole body, and he is really sloppy in dealing with it." Of course, if Zhao Hengti is not so powerful, there is no need to trouble Brigadier Bocheng. ”

After pondering for a moment, Liu Mingzhao said carefully: "Previously, Premier Sun and Mr. Yang Huizi asked the First Division of the Hunan Army to go south together with the Second Division of our Hubei Army, because in view of the strength of two divisions and one brigade in Guangdong, it is inevitable that our lone army will be difficult to defeat with two fists and four hands; With the help of the First Division of the Hunan Army, at least it can not fall behind in terms of troops. However, judging from the current situation, it is obvious that we did not anticipate the complicated situation in the First Division of the Hunan Army, nor did we anticipate the difficulty of replenishing the division's weapons and equipment, still less did we anticipate the huge hidden dangers that may exist in the coordinated operations of the two armies.

As Speaker Zuo said, General Zhao Yiwu and Huang Keqiang have a bad relationship, and now Hunan's guns and ammunition have been destroyed by the bombing, even if they have the heart to do something, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. If we fight in concert with them, if we are not equipped with weapons, we will be tantamount to a group of young and strong people, and it will not greatly contribute to the combat strength; If they are given additional weapons, once they collude with Jiangxi and Guangdong and defect to the battlefield, it is easy for the front to collapse and the overall situation to erode. Weighing the pros and cons, it is better to let the First Division of the Hunan Army stay in place and wait for the post-war adaptation! ”

"Commander Bocheng is ready to go south alone?" Zuo Gongxian couldn't help but lose his voice in surprise.

"Brother Liu plans to ignore the First Division of the Hunan Army? What if Zhao Hengti starts a rebellion? Obviously, Yu Daonan is most concerned about the safety of Hunan Province.

Liu Mingzhao explained: "I don't plan to go south alone, let alone ignore the First Division of the Hunan Army, after all, Hunan is the rear of the attack on Guangdong, if the situation in Hunan is erosive, won't we become a lone army with no way to advance and no way to retreat?" Now, after six or seven days of long-distance travel, our Third Brigade is extremely exhausted, and is ready to rest in Changsha for a few days before heading south. During this period, I will reorganize the garrisons stationed in Changsha and the surrounding areas in accordance with the orders announced by Tan Du before, and confiscate all the guns and ammunition in their hands, so that they can become toothless tigers.

"The key to this attack on Guangdong lies in the word 'fast', it is likely that the battle will be decided in about thirty days, but this time rhythm is not completely controlled by us, and whether Zhao Yiwu's troops can launch a rebellion, this time rhythm can be decided by us. Because they want to start a rebellion, the guns and ammunition they need will not be a small amount, and the money they will spend will not be a small amount, as long as Brother Yu, the commander of the provincial defense reserve, strengthens the inspection, it will be absolutely difficult for them to replenish enough weapons and equipment in the short term. Without enough weapons, where can a rebellion begin? ”

Seeing that Yu Daonan wanted to stop talking, Liu Mingzhao continued: "Furthermore, later on Brigade Commander Yin Shuoquan will also lead his troops south through Changsha, and Speaker Zuo and Commander Yu can telegraph Premier Sun to let the Fourth Brigade leave a part of its troops to assist Tan Du in maintaining the situation in Changsha. Moreover, Premier Sun will soon issue an order to summon students from Hunan and Hubei provinces to reorganize the First Division of the Hunan Army. At that time, the ministry was mixed with so much sand by Premier Sun, and he was afraid that Zhao Yiwu would be powerless if he wanted to launch a rebellion.

"Speaker Zuo doesn't have to worry that we have too few troops to go south. Although Guangdong has two divisions and one brigade of troops, but they are scattered, plus some troops are transferred from Jiangxi, and Long Zicheng is involved in some troops, and the enemy in front of us rarely exceeds the strength of one brigade. Coupled with the help of planes, it should be able to barely fight! (To be continued.) )

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