Liang Mai and Li Yaohan said goodbye and left together, and after going out, they saw that there was no one left and right and asked in a low voice: "Brother Ziyun, it seems that this Wang Supervisor is determined to burn Deqing, what should we do?" If we help the abuse, let alone leave a reputation after death, I am afraid that the ancestral graves of our brothers will not be able to live in peace! ”

Li Yaohan sneered a few times and replied disappreciatively: "Brother Yan doesn't have to care, this person just wants to sacrifice Deqing and even Zhaoqing in exchange for the temporary peace of the Kuomintang in Guangdong, how can we make him satisfied?" It must be known that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, not to mention that the strong dragon has another person, he Wang Daoyuan is just a lackey and a reptilian! Brother Yan is the chief executive of Deqing, and the younger brother is ordered to be stationed in Deqing, and the duty of you and my brother is to perform their duties in accordance with the law and defend the land and the people. As for who the governor is, what does it have to do with me? After all, it's just the same errand payment! If anyone dares to harm the people in the name of the republic and the revolution, how can we sit idly by? ”

"What do you mean?"

Li Yaohan said: "If the elder brother does not object, the younger brother wants to contact General Long Zicheng with you and send someone to welcome the Ji army into Guangdong!" ”

Liang Mai was shocked in his heart, and when he saw Li Yaohan staring at him, he hurriedly said: "If this move can save the people of Deqing, the foolish brother is naturally willing to attach the virtuous brother Jiwei!" It's just that Supervisor Wang mentioned just now that he has ten river defense ships in his hands, and if these ships are allowed to cruise on the Xijiang River, it will be a big trouble for both our Deqing and the Ji army. And if we don't solve this problem, even if we invest in the army, it will be difficult to ensure the peace of Deqing. ”

"The younger brother was about to tell his brother about the ten river defense ships!" Li Yaohan is confident, and has obviously been planning for this matter for a long time: "Since the last years of Guangxu in the former Qing Dynasty. The Ji army was invincible across the two regions. This time, Long Shuai was ordered by the president to go east to beg for thieves to pacify Guangdong, which is justified. As long as he can enter Guangdong smoothly, he will be able to take the position of governor. If we can form a good relationship with him at this time. In the future, it is just around the corner! Of course, if our brothers just go to Long Shuai with empty hands, he will only be an ordinary local official who thinks he is invincible and looks forward to sincerity, and of course it is difficult to be appreciated by the blue eye. But at the same time that we want to open the door of convenience, we will present ten river defense ships as a letter of surrender to help Long Shuai enter Guangdong from Zhaoqing by water, so what? ”

Liang Mai felt that his hands and feet were a little weak: "Brother Xian's idea of attacking those ten river defense ships?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Yaohan nodded. "The younger brother wants to ask the elder brother to visit the Jiangfang gunboat station tomorrow in the name of the labor army, and the elite soldiers under the command of the younger brother pretend to be civilians who carry wine, meat, and food, and take advantage of their unpreparedness to defeat the sailors in one fell swoop. Capture the ship, and then contact the forward of the Ji army, which is close at hand. At that time, Wang Daoyuan, who had lost his last support, would inevitably flee when he heard the news, and Deqing could be preserved. And you and my brother are also the biggest contributors to Long Shuai's determination of Guangdong. Why worry about the future? ”

Liang Mai is a civil official after all, and when he heard that he was going to come forward to deceive the camp himself, he was suddenly frightened, and his voice was a little trembling, and he waved his hand again and again: "Brother Xian wants to let Brother Yu go to the army?" No, no, the foolish brother is just a scholar, he has never experienced a battle array, and he can't see bloodshed. I'm afraid that when I see a knife or gun. It's not good to speak, if you delay the big thing of the virtuous brother. Isn't it—"

"Humph!" Li Yaohan snorted coldly, and his tone became a little gloomy, "Since my brother heard about my younger brother's plan, I'm afraid that you will have to participate, and if you don't participate, you will have to participate." If the elder brother is half-hearted, don't blame the younger brother for ignoring the past! ”

Liang Mai saw that Li Yaohan was murderous, and he had no way back, so he had to bite his heart with his teeth: "It's okay!" It is said that 'wealth is sought in danger', and the foolish brother will follow the virtuous brother to gamble on a game this time! ”

Liang Mai had the idea of leaving him to die and come back to life, but who knew that the plan to seize the ship the next day would be smooth. It turned out that this Wang Daoyuan Wang Governor was full of enthusiasm for the revolution and was also full of loyalty to Hu Hanmin, but he knew nothing about military affairs. The big battle was approaching, and the defense of each battalion was actually useless, and there was no defense against Deqing, which allowed Liang Mai and Li Yaohan to capture six ships in one fell swoop, and the rest of the ships had to go down the river to avoid the annihilation of the whole army.

Liang Mai and Li Yaohan opened the door to steal and seize the enemy, causing the west gate of Guangdong to be completely opened. Originally, Wang Daoyuan relied on the Xijiang waterway as a way to victory, but now it has become a shortcut for the Ji army to attack Guangzhou. Seeing that the general trend was gone, Wang Daoyuan had no choice but to lead his henchmen and cronies all the way back to Guangzhou to make another plan.

However, the rout of the Xijiang defense line seemed to be a signal, which completely unveiled the chaos in Guangdong in the second year of the Republic of China (1913).

On the day that Long Jiguang was stationed in Zhaoqing, Su Shenchu, the commander of the Second Division of the Guangdong Army, who had been bribed by Yuan Shikai, suddenly ordered his artillery regiment to turn its guns and shell Hu Hanmin's Governor's Mansion. Hu Hanmin saw that the people in Guangzhou had betrayed his relatives and left, and he was powerless to return to heaven, so he had to flee in a hurry. The provincial council was also interesting, and half a day later selected Su Shenchu as the provisional governor of the Guangdong military government.

However, Su Shenchu's election as the provisional governor not only did not help stabilize the political situation, but provoked Long Jiguang and Zhang Iquan to be angry, while accusing Su Shenchu of coercing the parliament by force and electing himself as the provisional governor; On the one hand, he waved his troops to Guangzhou on the same day, vowing to ask Su Shen to fight it out and see who was the best candidate for the governor of Guangdong!

These days, reconnaissance planes temporarily stationed in Yizhang County take off almost every day and hover over Shaoguan for reconnaissance. At this moment, as soon as he saw that Zhang Iquan showed signs of withdrawing his troops to the east, he hurriedly informed the Third Brigade of the Hubei Army of the information. By the time Deng Xihou led his troops to carefully cross the Yunling Mountains and arrived in Lechang, the county town with thousands of troops had become an empty city at this time.

Although Zhang Iquan had the intention of going eastward, the specific plan of action was unknown, and now the hedgehog gathered in Shaoguan was likely to be an integrated brigade, and Deng Xihou did not dare to be greedy for merit, so he had to strengthen the guard in Lechang and ask the brigade headquarters what to do next.

Liu Mingzhao and others all felt that Zhang Iquan was in a hurry to go east to compete with Su Shenchu for the position of governor of Guangdong at this time, and he should preserve his combat strength as much as possible, and he definitely did not have the leisure to design a plot against the Third Brigade; However, since Zhang Iquan is definitely leaving, there is no need for the Hubei army to push too hard, so as not to misfire with two blows. After all, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites, not to mention that the other party is still the commander of a dignified brigade?

It was only in the afternoon of the next day that the plane detected that the Guangdong Independent Brigade had completely withdrawn from Shaoguan, and Deng Xihou handed over the Lechang city defense to the follow-up troops and went straight to Shaoguan with Lu Chao. After occupying the railway station and the wharf separately, the two of them said "bitter" at the same time: this Zhang I Quan kept his promise, neither demolished the railway nor destroyed the wharf, but he collected all the locomotives and ships nearby, and then took them away with the army, so that the Hubei army could only look at the railway and the wharf and sigh!

But Mao Xin and the others were helpless when they heard the news, but Liu Mingzhao didn't care: "You don't have to mind!" The rivers in Shaoguan are crisscrossed, all kinds of boats are everywhere, and it is impossible for Zhang Zicao to search all the boats and take them away, as long as we can afford the price, we will definitely be able to find a lot of fish that have slipped through the net. Taking a step back, even if Zhang Zicao really has the ability to dig three feet into the ground in Shaoguan and collect all the ships, we can also think of another way. For example, the forests inside and outside Shaoguan City are dense and lush, and it should not be difficult to use local materials to tie up some large wooden rafts to transport heavy weapons!

"Originally, there was a railway between Shaoguan and Guangzhou, which could save us the pain of walking, but now it seems that we can only save the trouble of opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water, but the test of walking is inevitable. Fortunately, we are not in a hurry to go to Guangzhou to join in the fun, it is better to let Zhang Zicao meet Long Zicheng first, and see which of them has the blessing of being a feudal official. ”

But Mao Xin said: "According to his subordinates, Zhang Zizhang has the convenience of the railway, and it is only a day and a half from Shaoguan to Guangzhou, and he must have arrived earlier than Long Zicheng." Whether Long Zicheng can taste the sweetness of the governor depends on how Zhang Zicao deals with Su Ziqi (Su Shenchu). Su Ziqi had only two infantry battalions, an artillery regiment and an engineering baggage battalion near Guangzhou, and his strength was slightly inferior to Zhang Zicao. If Su and Zhang fight, Zhang Zicao's independent brigade can also win, but it will win miserably, how to deal with Long Zicheng's tiger and wolf division after that?

"If Su Ziqi takes care of the overall situation and understands the general situation, or Zhang Zicao is smart enough to send someone to persuade Su Ziqi, the two soldiers will be together, but I am afraid that no matter how fierce the Ji army is, I will not dare to easily pick up their tiger whiskers, unless Long Zicheng can take the ruthlessness of the Ji army! From our point of view, we naturally hope that Su and Zhang can shake hands and make peace and fight to the death with Long Zicheng, who will come later, so that we can reap the benefits of the fisherman. But how the specific situation will develop, the subordinates dare not say it casually! ”

Liu Mingzhao pinched his eyebrows: "Yes, the current situation in Guangdong is no longer as simple as 'praying mantis catching cicadas, yellow finches behind', but a bit like playing mahjong, Su Ziqi is the dealer, Zhang Zicao, Long Zicheng and we all want to tie the cards." Everyone is a fool, and they are silently calculating the upper and lower families in their hearts, and no one is willing to expose their hole cards easily until the last moment. Whoever shows up first will be the first to be out! ”

Yang Bojian said: "In any case, Su Ziqi, who has already made his cards, will definitely be the first to be out." As for Zhang Zicao, although he is the first to strike, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have the last laugh. At this table in Guangdong, in the end, it was Long Zicheng and ours! ”

Liu Mingzhao shook his head and said, "If we fight alone, we do have a great chance of winning, the key is whether the other three will collude to cheat?" For example, Zhang Zicao cooperates with Long Zicheng, or Long Zicheng joins forces with Su Ziqi, then the situation will be very unfavorable to us. And now that time is pressing, if we pounce on it with all our might, it will be easier for them to join forces! ”

But Mao Xin said: "The brigade commander doesn't have to worry too much, in the end, the position of governor can only be sat by one person, and it can't be decided by Su Ziqi, Zhang Zicao, and Long Zicheng by lot, right?" And they are all heroes for a while, so they naturally refuse to live under others, otherwise they would not have rushed to Guangzhou in such a hurry. It's a big deal, let's see the real chapter in Guangzhou City! (To be continued.) )

PS: Resume update today. Thank you for your understanding!!