At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the common social disease of the whole society was impetuousness, and the old social system was no longer completely able to solve all kinds of practical problems, and the result was that both the Manchu government and the revolutionary party under it were as eager for quick success as headless flies.

In this attack on Anqing, Chen Ke wanted to disrupt the situation, not to help "revolutionary parties" like Tao Chengzhang seize the world. Even so, Tao Chengzhang's performance still made Chen Ke feel a little unbearable. Not to mention the fact that Tao Chengzhang dared to come to receive Anqing with 300 people, Tao Chengzhang actually wanted to rely on these 300 people to get Chizhou and Anqing in his hands at the same time, and even wanted to command Chen Kelai. Needless to say, Chen Ke was speechless, and even Chen Tianhua, Shang Yuan and others who were beside Chen Ke couldn't help but turn their faces.

Even so, Chen Ke still wanted Tao Chengzhang to recognize the situation, and he said with a straight face: "Mr. Tao, you must have heard of the word "soldiers' speed", and now it's really too late. If Enming is allowed to push the cannon into Anqing City, how many more people will die for us. And Anqing is where heavy troops are hoarded. We went to conquer Anqing, and Chizhou could not get reinforcements at all. What are you afraid of. ”

"It only takes half a day." Tao Chengzhang continued to persuade, "Brother Wen Qing, it's only been half a day, and Anqing will definitely not get the news." ”

"We can't wait for half a day, this time it was supposed to let Mr. Tao take over Chizhou. You're ill-prepared yourself, and we don't have the extra forces to help you. And Chizhou and Anqing are so close, as long as Anqing's new army is eliminated, what else do you have to fear. ”

"There are a lot of our own people in the new army." Tao Chengzhang said immediately.

This is clearly wrong, at least not at all. Chen Ke and the cadres of the People's Party immediately changed their faces. But fortunately, everyone is still a little self-contained, so I couldn't help but say nothing else. Tao Chengzhang is also a smart person, and when he saw everyone's faces, he also knew that he had said the wrong thing in a hurry. But where did Tao Chengzhang have the experience of commanding thousands of troops, and he still had the kind of rebellious thinking of facing the Manchu Qing and attacking the strong with the weak. As a result, Tao Chengzhang said the wrong thing again, "Brother Wen Qing, let's go to the city and discuss it with Mr. Yan Fu." ”

Chen Tianhua couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately interjected, "Brother Huanqing, our troops are already fighting in the city, how else do you want us to enter the city?" At that time, you said that you would let the comrades in the new army take charge of the internal response, how did this matter go? ”

Chen Tianhua has known Tao Chengzhang for several years, and the two have been dealing with each other for a long time. Tao Chengzhang used to do things neatly and neatly, but now he is facing such gains and losses in a Chizhou, which makes Chen Tianhua very dissatisfied.

Tao Chengzhang's face flushed, persuading the new army to do what should be done was the last thing he wanted to mention now, the base of the Guangfu Society was not in Anhui but in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Anhui was originally the territory of the Yue Wang Society. It's just that everyone is more intimate with each other. Bai Wenwei's recent news is very simple, and the core meaning is "wait a minute." "Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin are lonely in the city and can't play any role. Tao Chengzhang actually couldn't do what the revolutionary comrades in the new army could do.

Chen Tianhua used to be a revolutionary party like Tao Chengzhang, so he can especially understand Tao Chengzhang's thoughts. Seeing Tao Chengzhang's dilemma, Chen Tianhua said sharply: "Brother Huanqing, if you can't handle the affairs of the new army, then you don't need to do it anymore." When we attack Anqing, if they refuse to surrender, then we will use our guns to make them surrender. ”

After hearing this, Tao Chengzhang's face immediately became very ugly. Compared with Chen Ke, Chen Tianhua can be regarded as an "acquaintance", and even "acquaintances" have such an attitude, Chen Ke can never speak better than Chen Tianhua. But Tao Chengzhang still has to make a final effort, "I want to talk to Mr. Yan Fu about this matter." ”

Chen Tianhua was very disappointed when he saw that Tao Chengzhang was still about to hold on to the last straw, "Brother Huanqing, Mr. Yan Fu is now dispatching the fleet to set off immediately." ”

"If Mr. Tao wants to meet Mr. Yan Fu, then we will send someone to take you there." Chen Ke finally interjected. Chen Ke made this decision only to maintain the "united front." Chen Ke did not know exactly how the party maintained the united front in those years. But it is obviously not a friendly practice to let people get off the stage in person.

As soon as Tao Chengzhang walked away, the party members and cadres around Chen Ke all looked at Chen Ke, and Chen Ke ordered: "Prepare for the transfer now." As soon as the battle was over, he immediately took the prisoners to Anqing. Comrades, it's a tough battle, and it's never easy for everyone anymore. Are you ready? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood that Chen Ke definitely did not mean to compromise with Tao Chengzhang, and everyone immediately came to the spirit. "Don't worry, Chairman Chen. We will definitely be able to defeat Anqing and capture Enming alive. ”

Yan Fu had a usual serious look on his face, and after listening to Tao Chengzhang's words begging the People's Party to stay in Chizhou for a while, Yan Fu didn't think about it, and directly refused. "Huanqing, let me tell you two things. First, although I am Chen Ke's teacher, I am not the chairman of the People's Party. Chen Kecai is the chairman of the People's Party. Second, the decisions of the People's Party are jointly decided by the Party committees, and the decisions of the Party committees are the final decisions of the People's Party, and Party members must obey the decisions. As a member of the People's Party, I had to obey organizational discipline, and I didn't say what I wanted. I can understand Huanqing's mood, what I can tell Huanqing is that only you quickly made a decision, whether to stay in Chizhou now, or follow us across the river. As soon as the river is crossed, the fleet will immediately head south and return home. At that time, we didn't even have a boat available, so I had to tell Huanqing about this first. ”

Tao Chengzhang never imagined that Yan Fu would find such an unreliable reason for "abiding by organizational discipline", and he was speechless for a while. This can't be blamed on Tao Chengzhang, although everyone also says "discipline" these days, but this discipline has always been observed. It's your turn, everyone is talking about their own qualifications, strengths, and powers in the organization. It has nothing to do with discipline. With Tao Chengzhang's worldview, this is Yan Fu deliberately fooling himself.

But Chen Ke "fooled" Tao Chengzhang, Tao Chengzhang could still resist, Yan Fu said so, Tao Chengzhang could only accept it. While he was thinking silently, Yan Fu was not idle, he kept giving orders, mobilizing the fleet to prepare for sailing. In the face of such a cold reception, Tao Chengzhang is also a talent after all, and he is also very assertive on weekdays, but he was temporarily disrupted by the straightforward attitude of the People's Party. This can't be all blamed on Tao Chengzhang, after all, before he saw it with his own eyes, he really didn't believe that the People's Party already had such a power. Now there was no other choice, he had thought twice and made up his mind.

After calling the comrades around him, Tao Chengzhang first sent people to immediately contact the comrades of the Liberation Association who had not arrived for the time being, and asked them to hurry to Chizhou, and then ordered the comrades of the Liberation Association who had already arrived in Chizhou to enter as a whole team after the People's Party gave up Chizhou. Because he didn't have time to bring the notice, Tao Chengzhang dictated the content of the notice to Anmin. It was strictly forbidden for comrades to loot the people, and to maintain order in Chizhou. Anyone who encounters bandits taking advantage of the chaos to loot can be killed on the spot to set an example.

Tao Chengzhang's loud orders one by one are quite orderly. The comrades did not think as much as Tao Chengzhang thought, and finally got the city of Chizhou, and the revolution was no longer a flash, but a city. Although they knew that it was not the credit of the Restoration Society to defeat Chizhou, these comrades still excitedly took the order.

Yan Fu listened to Tao Chengzhang's orders clearly, and Yan Fu was very clear about Tao Chengzhang's desire to show his ability. It's just that Tao Chengzhang just thought wrong, Yan Fu, as the principal of the Beiyang Naval Academy, is proficient in military affairs. After he was forced to leave the army after the Gengzi Incident, the only thing he could see was the meeting of the People's Party's military committee. The complexity of modern military operations is not at all what Tao Chengzhang can imagine, and the "ability" shown by Tao Chengzhang is as simple as a child's play in Yan Fu's opinion. Yan Fu didn't want to take care of Tao Chengzhang a little, so he listened to this deployment. That kindness vanished immediately.

Tao Chengzhang didn't know Yan Fu's thoughts, and after he finished the order, he felt that the big matter had been dealt with, so he said to Yan Fu: "Mr. Yan, I will follow you across the river." ”

After the battle, the troops of the People's Revolutionary Army rumbled out of Chizhou, and the members of the Liberation Society hurried into the city. The People's Revolutionary Army undertook two platoons of corps, and the Liberation Conference was trying to rush ahead of the process, and the teams of both sides were immediately blocked at the city gate. At the door is the leader of Chai Qingguo, where does he see the Restoration Society. At the sound of the order, the troops of the revolutionary army pushed aside those of the Liberation Society.

"Nong, what are you doing?" Where did the Liberation Society think that the troops of the People's Party were so fierce, and some people actually wanted to drag Chai Qingguo theory. Chai Qingguo didn't know much about the southern dialect that he was talking about, and he didn't expect to be dragged by others. Moreover, the time for the march was pressing, and the two sides exchanged a few words in words that they did not understand at all. Chai Qingguo couldn't hold back any longer, slapped away the other party and grabbed his hand, and was about to leave. Maybe it was too much strength, and the person on the other side stumbled and fell to the ground. This annoyed the people of the Restoration Society, and a few people immediately came up.

Fortunately, Chen Tianhua and Tao Chengzhang had already seen the friction, and rushed over at this time, so they didn't make things bigger. Chen Tianhua only heard the man who had just been knocked down by the Guangfu Society shouting: "A small soldier, what is the cross." ”

He hurriedly explained: "This is not a small soldier, this is the commander of the Chai Qingguo Chai Brigade of our People's Revolutionary Army, and his military rank is equivalent to the co-commander of the New Army Mixed Association." ”

After hearing this, not only did the person not dare to speak, but even Tao Chengzhang was startled. The BJP's troops were dressed almost identically, the only difference was the epaulettes and the emblem on the back of the uniform. In the past, such a large group of dark blue soldiers could not see any difference at all among the members of the Liberation Association who did not understand the military system of the People's Party.

Chai Qingguo didn't want to waste time here at all, he ran after the team without saying a word. Chen Tianhua didn't want to waste time, he asked Tao Chengzhang to command the Guangfu Society to enter the city later, and he also followed Chai Qingguo towards the river.

"Mr. Tao, how did these people defect to the People's Party. It looks more powerful than the official army. "The people of the Liberation Society are already confused. Tao Chengzhang couldn't answer this question at all.

The troops boarded the boat very quickly, and Tao Chengzhang led 300 people to occupy the Yamen of the Chizhou Governor's Mansion before running to the river. There were less than 200 people left on the shore and were getting aboard. When he and Chen Tianhua got on the boat together, the riverbank was empty. The sailors shouted trumpets and rowed hard. The fleet headed for the next target, the town of Mawo in the east of Anqing Prefecture.

Being on Chen Ke's boat, Tao Chengzhang's biggest feeling is "clean and tidy". The fleet did not look like it had been a long march at all, and the cabins were almost spotless. The muddy footprints that everyone stepped on and off the boat were actually cleaned up by Chen Ke personally leading the comrades. This strange practice made Tao Chengzhang extremely uncomfortable. Chen Ke: Which play is this?

What made him even more unaccustomed was the dark blue military uniform in the entire cabin, which was obviously not a good cloth and had been washed many times. Some of the cloths have been washed and white, and there are a lot of patches, but these simple military uniforms are so neat and tidy, with all the short hair, which gives Tao Chengzhang a great pressure.

Chen Ke and the other cadres were looking at the map, and no one cared about one more Tao Chengzhang coming out. Tao Chengzhang looked at the map carefully, and saw that the map was colorful, completely different from the map of the government he had seen, but like a map of a foreign country. It's very interesting to be treated as a non-existent person. Tao Chengzhang's city mansion is not bad, he can endure loneliness, and he honestly stays by the side.

Before evening, the flotilla finally reached its destination. What shocked Tao Chengzhang even more was that he thought that the fleet would be anchored by the river, but he didn't expect that after the fleet unloaded the supplies, they set sail down the river one by one. He couldn't hold back any longer, grabbed Chen Tianhua and asked, "Xingtai, where is the fleet going?" Are you going back to Chizhou? ”

Chen Tianhua glanced at Tao Chengzhang with a little sympathy, "The fleet is going back to Fengyang." ”

"Then how do you go back to Anqing after the fight?" Tao Chengzhang immediately thought that the People's Party was going to occupy Anqing and not leave.

Chen Tianhua is a smart person, he knew it when he saw Tao Chengzhang's expression, and he smiled: "Don't worry, Brother Huanqing, we won't stay in Anqing after the fight, we will go back by land." The fleet went down first not for anything else, and when Anqing was hit, the news would definitely leak. Many waterways along the way are still controlled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if the fleet does not go now, and is blocked in the waterway at that time, then it will not be able to return to Fengyang at all. ”

Tao Chengzhang knew that this was reasonable, and what was the use of worrying about it. He fortunately smiled open-mindedly: "It seems that the People's Party is a shipwreck." ”

Chen Tianhua didn't deny it, he just nodded silently.