Chapter 161, Shanghai Uprising

On this day, Liu Weihai brought a young man with a beard, a thin body but bright eyes. When Li Shucheng saw the other party's spirit, his heart moved, and he judged his identity.

"Master, this Mr. Gong has something to look for you. Liu Weihai said.

"Okay, come in and talk. Li Shucheng invited. I thought to myself, "The surname is Gong, I think it's the surname Gong." ”

After sitting down in the living room, after serving tea, there were only two people left in the living room, and the young man surnamed Gong drank tea and said: "Mr. Li founded the Salesian Home and adopted a child who had lost his parents, which is really full of respect. ”

"There are quite a few rich people who do this. Li Shucheng said, "I'm just attaching his tail." "There are still some rich people who will do this in this era, and there are quite a few in Shanghai alone.

"That being said, there aren't many people who invest as much money as you do. The young man surnamed Gong said, "The vast majority of landlords and rich people are eager to scavenge the last dime of the poor." Now there are foreign powers eyeing each other, foreigners compradors and landlords oppressing inside, warlords and warlords frequent, and the people are living in dire straits!"

"I know this, and I also admire you young people who are progressive in their thinking, fighting for the independence of the country and a better life for the people. Li Shucheng said.

After listening to Li Shucheng's words, the young man surnamed Gong was overjoyed and said the purpose of this trip: "Now that the Northern Expeditionary Army is in full swing, we plan to organize an uprising in Shanghai and cooperate with the Northern Expeditionary Army. ”

"It will take some time for the Northern Expeditionary Army to fight, but if it is at the current pace of marching, it should be prepared now. Li Shucheng said, "But you are all ordinary people, how can you revolt? Even if you have guns, you don't even know how to use them." Moreover, fighting a war is also about tactics, you have not practiced, and you don't need to think about it to know that you can't defeat the defenders. ”

"It's too late to think about it, we don't even have a gun right now. The young man surnamed Gong said, "So, I came this time to borrow a gun from Mr. Li." ”

"Borrow a gun?" Li Shucheng said, "You don't need to borrow it, I can give you a thousand guns, and some grenades." You are for the country and the people, these guns and grenades hope to reduce some casualties. ”

"One...... A thousand guns?" the young man surnamed Gong was overjoyed and said again and again, "This is great! This is very good!" They now only have dozens of long and short guns in their hands, which they have collected with great difficulty. It was also learned that the Salesian Home had guns, so he came to Li Shucheng to try his luck.

"I'll give you weapons, but you have to train in secret, don't go to battle with weapons. If so, it will not help you, but harm you. Li Shucheng admonished, "Also, you should establish a tight organization, don't be scattered, and choose reliable people, otherwise once the secret is leaked, the uprising will only fail." ”

"Thank you for the reminder. The young man surnamed Gong hurriedly said.

"Okay, that's settled. Li Shucheng said, "Is there anything else?"

"No more. The young man surnamed Gong said, "When are we going to get weapons?"

"At night, the goal is too big during the day. Li Shucheng said, "Drink tea, drink tea." ”

After the matter of the gun was solved, the young man surnamed Gong had the heart to taste it carefully, and exclaimed: "This tea is so fragrant! ”

"This is Da Hong Pao, which belongs to oolong tea, and it was a tribute when Zhu Yuanzhang was a tribute. Li Shucheng said, "This tea is okay after six or seven brews." ”

"Tribute tea, no wonder!" said the young man surnamed Gong, "although I have heard of the name of this tea, I have never seen it, let alone drank it." ”

"Now you have a lot of problems with the cooperation between the two parties, right?" Li Shucheng asked.

"What's the problem?" asked the young man surnamed Gong.

"Although you cooperated with the Northern Expedition and made a breakthrough all the way, in fact, the problem has long been apparent. Li Shucheng said, "They started restricting you shortly after Sun Wen's death, right?"

"Well, we're working very well together. The young man surnamed Gong said.

"It's working well because you're back down. Li Shucheng said, "However, can concessions bridge the relationship between the two sides? The two sides of you represent different strata, one side represents the landlords and the family, and the other side represents the poor masses, and the relationship is naturally hostile. Now you've been squeezed out of the core, aren't you? And this Northern Expedition, they have seen how well you have mobilized the masses, and they have no idea about you?"

"Now Sun Chuanfang has not been defeated, so they have not been exposed. Li Shucheng continued, "When Sun Chuanfang falls, these small warlords like Yan Xishan will definitely take refuge in him, and there will only be one Zhang Zuolin left in the north, who can defeat Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang's 400,000 troops, but they can't defeat Zhang Zuolin's 350,000 army? Otherwise, after defeating Zhang Zuolin, with your current development speed, it will not be them who will solve you, but you who will solve them. ”

"This ...... This...... Impossible, right?" muttered the young man surnamed Gong.

"There is a saying that you can't have the heart to harm others, and you can't have the heart to prevent people. Li Shucheng said, "Power is never something that can be shared with others. It is very common for fathers and sons to turn against each other for this thing, and when you open the history books, they are all bloody lessons! I heard that a high-ranking official surnamed Liao was killed? Even those who are still his own people have been killed, let alone you outsiders! This is a major matter related to your future and life, and no matter how careful you are, it is not wrong. "Even if you don't have to use your brain to analyze, Li Shucheng knows the result, and it is clearly written in the history books.

Li Shucheng made some analysis, which made the young man surnamed Gong worried, and the big red robe had no taste in his mouth, so he said goodbye and left.

"Well, I'll say what you asked me to tell him. Li Shucheng said, "As for whether they will be on guard, it depends on the consideration of their high-level management." "On the question of the relationship between the two parties just now, it was Jiang Mingyue who told Li Shucheng. As for Li Shucheng, he really hadn't thought about this problem, he knew that there would be big people coming out to clean up the mess anyway, and he didn't need to use his brain.

I don't know what's going on, a few days after the guns were gone, Li Shucheng and the two were sleeping at night when they were awakened by the sound of gunfire in the distance. "Didn't you tell them to train for a while? It seems that this time it is doomed to failure, and a batch of guns will be lost. ”

"Maybe they have a reason to do it. Jiang Mingyue said, "Forget it, go to sleep, and you'll know what's going on when you get up tomorrow morning." ”

Early the next morning, Li Shucheng left the concession and quickly figured it out: there was an army attack outside the city last night, and there were people in the city who responded. However, the strength of the two sides was too weak, and the army attacking outside the city quickly failed to attack the city and retreated, resulting in the sacrifice of more than a dozen people in the city who responded, and more than 100 people were arrested.

When he returned home, Li Shucheng told Jiang Mingyue the news he had heard, and Jiang Mingyue said: "So they did organize people to train." Li Shucheng nodded in agreement with Jiang Mingyue's analysis, otherwise, a thousand guns would definitely be fierce, and the sacrifices would definitely be more than that.

After this failed and hasty uprising, the leaders of the Shanghai uprising realized that their forces were weak, so they decided to lurk and wait for the opportunity.

More than three months gradually passed, and after a hard battle, the Northern Expeditionary Army finally occupied Hangzhou, and the vanguard arrived in Jiaxing.

The troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army were close at hand, and the workers of Shanghai began to strike. Originally, the commander of the Shanghai defense was anxious when he saw that the Northern Expeditionary Army was getting closer and closer, but he did not expect that the workers in the city would strike in solidarity with the enemy. At this time, he is not easy to move, I don't know if there are reinforcements, and whether he can defeat the enemy in the end. I wanted to teach these workers a lesson, and after thinking about it together, I finally thought of borrowing the power of the foreigners, the workers went on strike, and the interests of the foreigners also suffered. As a result, they colluded with foreigners in the public concession to suppress the strike, arresting and killing dozens of people. This angered the striking workers, and the strike unexpectedly turned into an uprising.

However, without unified command, the Northern Expeditionary Army stopped in the suburbs, and the uprising failed again, with six or seven hundred people killed and captured.

"This is not child's play, this is war!" Li Shucheng sighed, "There is no strict organization, no complete plan, no unified command, and hundreds of lives have been sacrificed in vain." Alas!"

Not long after he finished speaking, the young man surnamed Gong, who came last time, came again.

"Come in. Li Shucheng said emotionally, "I don't know how you guys did it, this is a war, not a child's play, hundreds of people died like this, all of them are living lives." While there are sacrifices to be made, there are also sacrifices that could have been avoided. ”

"Mr. Li, this time I was really forced to revolt step by step. The young man surnamed Gong said, "Because of the hasty plan, the inability to unify the command, and the leakage of secrets, so I ...... it."

"Forget it, I hope you will take this as a warning. Li Shucheng said, "How many guns and ammunition did you lose this time?"

"More than four hundred guns were lost. The young man surnamed Gong smiled bitterly, "But there are not many bullets." "A considerable part of the existing guns were bought back by the workers who participated in the uprising at the cost of their lives, but the bullets were gone, and every shot was missing.

"Okay, I'll give you another thousand guns, and some more ammunition, and three more machine guns and two mortars, and I'll go to the Salesian for the night." Li Shucheng said, "I hope you will make a good plan this time, and in addition, don't leak secrets when you make plans." "If the uprising fails again, then Li Shucheng will not be helping them. Helping them in this way will harm them, and whoever dies in a war will die in a war, and if he loses a war, more people will die.

In mid-March, the Northern Expeditionary Army formed an encirclement of Shanghai, and on the 21st, the 1st Division of Xue Yue of the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the suburb of Longhua, and the Shanghai defenders were shaken. After a month of meticulous preparations, Shanghai revolted again, and for a time the whole city seemed to stop, and hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike to turn into an uprising, storming various military and police strongholds, and finally won the victory after nearly 30 hours of bloody fighting.

"It's not easy!" Li Shucheng said, "It's just that the fruits of their victory will soon be picked." ”