The spies of the Hubei New Army galloped between the fleet and the city of Hefei, and began to search far from the range of the city walls. The troops of the People's Party in the city have begun to take precautions, and all the gates of Hefei City are closed, and soldiers have also appeared on the city. To the surprise of the spies, they noticed seven or eight people at the head of the city, all looking down with binoculars or monoculars. Telescopes are not a bargain, and only officers are equipped with them in the Hubei New Army. There were seven or eight people with binoculars on the city wall of Hefei City, which showed that there must be at least nearly 1,000 troops defending the city.

The news about the defenders of Hefei was faithfully transmitted back to Li Yuanhong's headquarters, and after listening to the report of the spies, Li Yuanhong's brows furrowed slightly. According to the original military plan, Li Yuanhong hoped to drive the gunboats to Hefei City, and the infantry artillery coordinated to attack Hefei. Now the navy is clearly hopeless to move on. Some sailors who are familiar with the nature of the water have gone down to the river to check, and the undercurrent artificially created by the People's Party in the Nanqi River looks very neat from the water surface, but in fact, the water flow in the underwater part is very irregular. Eight sailors of the New Army who went down with good water quality, but four of them were swept away by the undercurrent, and thanks to the timely salvage of the New Army Sailors, two of them had already drunk enough water, and the other two were actually drowned. This result made Li Yuanhong feel an unlucky taste. Those who went into the water came up to report that the underwater was actually a barrier with huge neat stones. There are no good quarries near Hefei, and God knows how the People's Party managed to get so many big stones.

The spies also picked up some villagers from the surrounding villages, and according to the villagers' confessions, the barrages were actually made by the BJP a few days ago. There are also many traces of large troops stationed near the riverbank, but there is no trace of carrying stones. Could it be that the people of the People's Party understand the demon law? Can you make these big rocks out of thin air? After some investigation and sampling, Li Yuanhong finally recognized that these things under the water were actually cement. The origin of the obstacle was finally understood, and Li Yuanhong fell into a new confusion, the People's Party was able to throw expensive cement into the river, if it was just to block the new army in Hubei, this is really a waste of money.

At present, there is no way to get the cooperation of the artillery of the fleet, and there are thousands of People's Party troops in Hefei City, to say the least. The original plan to quickly march into Hefei and raid Hefei has failed. Li Yuanhong felt that he couldn't say unhappy about the march, but the news still leaked so badly. The People's Party was able to get the news a few days in advance, could it be that there were spies from the People's Party in the Hubei New Army?

The staff officers did not dare to answer after hearing Li Yuanhong's thoughts, not only that they did not dare to sing a confrontation with Li Yuanhong, but also that the people's party's actions were beyond the imagination of these people, and in order to block the navy of the Hubei New Army, the people's party actually erected such a high obstacle in such a wide Nanqi River.

Li Yuanhong sent the spies of the New Army out to search for the whereabouts of the People's Party, and it has been more than a day now, except for the increasing number of soldiers guarding the city on the city walls, the news has been exactly the same. There were no People's Party troops around Hefei, and all the People's Party troops were in the city of Hefei.

Staff officers and officers alike wanted to be promoted through the battle against Hefei, but that didn't mean they had to think about everything. From the perspective of the experience of these people and the military knowledge they have learned, no matter what oddities the People's Party has, as long as the Hubei New Army can take Hefei City in one fell swoop, the People's Party will not be able to come up with any tricks. Therefore, the Hubei New Army was docked near the river, first, because the troops could not rest, and second, because the People's Party would continue to increase its troops.

They had no choice but to change their tricks to persuade Li Yuanhong, "Lord Xietong, it's not a way for our army to stop here." Lord Zhang Zhidong ordered us to quickly exterminate the rebellious party, and if we can't even take Hefei, we can't explain it. ”

"Lord Synergy, as far as we know, there are more than five thousand bandits, and most of them are fierce bandits. If we can't take Hefei as soon as possible, and the bandits will coerce the people to defend the city, it will be even more difficult for us to fight Hefei. ”

"The purpose of the bandits barrage is nothing more than to confuse our army, and our army cannot advance or retreat now, and the impact on the morale of the army will be too great."

These persuasions made Li Yuanhong's thoughts continue to guide in the direction of continuing to march into the army, but the reason why Li Yuanhong finally made up his mind was not from the statements of the staff officers and officers. After the People's Party barrage, the water level of the Nanqi River gradually rose, and the river began to expand to both sides of the river. If Li Yuanhong did not decide to march again, the original ferry port would be completely unusable, and Li Yuanhong would have to retreat to the ferry 20 miles away to land. These 20 miles are still the distance of the water route, and if it is replaced by a land route, it will be more than 40 miles of distance out of thin air. If the army marched fifty miles to attack Hefei suddenly, Li Yuanhong still had the confidence to let him lead the army to go a hundred miles first, Li Yuanhong knew that this would be too unfavorable for the Hubei New Army.

"The Hubei New Army has landed." The news soon reached the BJP's front command. One by one, the comrades of the Central Military Commission became excited. The people's battle plan relied on the changes in the Hubei New Army, and the slow pace with which Li Yuanhong's orders were issued was really anxious. Chen Ke looked at the comrades of the Military Commission, and he wanted to see from the looks on these people's faces who was more qualified.

Although it is more unreliable to observe words and looks, it is impossible for Chen Ke to be in the army as often as before. The way he judged himself to be in control was to report on the execution of orders, and the rest was for the various supervisory bodies. In the end, all that remains is the observation of these comrades.

In the past, Chen Ke didn't know what it meant to observe words and colors, but after being a "leader" for so long, Chen Ke finally had some experience. There are also differences in the scope of application of this thing. Generally speaking, the more scientific comrades are, the more loyal they are to their duties and conscientious their work, the more they will be able to grasp the general laws of things.

Taking military affairs as an example, the strategy of the army is based on the characteristics of the enemy and the balance of forces, and the so-called confidant is to figure out what it has and what kind of material and human resources it can possess in the short and long term. On this basis, it is necessary to conduct targeted military and tactical training. The training of the People's Party's troops is more scientific, and the training of marching, shooting, and bomb throwing, as well as attention training, is not just a matter of talking about it, and it is simply impossible for the soldiers to master it without boring and repeated training again and again.

Human nature is to want to be comfortable, and this kind of strict repeated training consumes too much energy system, so this is the work of the political commissar. The commissars wanted the fighters to know what they were fighting for and for whom. This is the true magic weapon of the people's army's invincibility.

In the case of qualified military commanders and commissars, their energy is focused on their work, and preparation and training are never too much. These people generally have a strong look of concentration. And when speaking, it is common to answer with specific numbers. It was very easy to talk to them. Unqualified military commanders and commissars are generally louder and more hollow in their speech. And after they encounter problems, they are not very good at solving them. So there is often a tendency to consciously or unconsciously avoid talking about key issues. The so-called "critical problems" are thorny problems that are not easy for everyone to solve. If the commanders and political commissars in charge are not easy to solve, those irresponsible comrades will not be able to solve it.

These are only Chen Ke's initial feelings, and he knows that today, when he is gradually detached from the grassroots, he must learn to be a "general" instead of a "general".

After observing his comrades, Chen Ke couldn't help but think of his current rival Li Yuanhong. Chen Ke knew some things about Li Yuanhong, so this made it difficult for Chen Ke to be objective. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is not a compatible thing.

On the morning of the second day of the Wuchang Incident, the revolutionary army found Li Yuanhong in the Loess Slope, immediately took him to Chuwangtai, and then flocked to the Information Council and made him the governor. But Li Yuanhong insisted on refusing to accept it. "This is a serious move and we must be cautious," he said. I am not a revolutionary party, I am not qualified to be the governor, the qualified one is Sun Wen, why don't you take him as the governor. At this time, the revolutionary army took out the pre-prepared notice for Li Yuanhong to sign, and Li Yuanhong said in a loud voice as if he was afraid of being bitten by a snake, "Don't harm me, don't harm me!" Li Yuanhong's attitude of passive resistance angered the revolutionaries around him, who angrily scolded, "Li Yuanhong does not know how to lift up, and is a loyal lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty," and "just give him a gun to eat." Li Yidong, who was present, was also furious, he raised his gun and shouted at Li Yuanhong: "You are a Manchu slave, you should be killed!" We will not kill you, but we will make you the governor, but you are not willing. You are willing to be a slave of the Qing Dynasty, I will shoot you and choose another governor. As he spoke, he was about to pull the trigger, which frightened Li Yuanhong's face and broke out in a cold sweat. In the following days, Li Yuanhong remained silent and did not think about rice food, and he made up his mind that he would no longer be an official of the Qing Dynasty, nor should he serve as a revolutionary army. Until October 13, Li Yuanhong still refused to take up the post of governor, and the revolutionary army had to put him under house arrest in the military government. He was sad all day long, and his thoughts were heavy. I thought, this is the end, the court treats me as a traitor, the party treats me as a prisoner, my wife and concubines and children, I am not allowed to meet, if I have a pistol with me, it is better to kill myself by drinking bullets, and I am unanimous. It can be seen from this that Li Yuanhong's determination to passively resist at that time was great.

However, with the development of the revolutionary situation and the successive recovery of Hankou and Hanyang, the revolution centered on Wuchang had the potential to form a magnificent momentum. In this situation, Li Yuanhong saw that the three towns of Wuhan had been returned to the control of the People's Army, so his attitude began to change somewhat, and the first sign of this change was to cut off his long braids.

Li Yuanhong has a very strong two-facedness, and Chen Ke doesn't know very well which kind of performance he is facing now.