Accompanied by Shi Dekuan, Qiu Jin and the others entered Anqing City. It had been almost two months since the People's Party attacked Anqing City. Compared with that time, Qiu Jin's most intuitive feeling was that Anqing City had become dirty and messy. Before the outbreak of the war, the city of Anqing City was still operating at a normal level, the urban cleaning work of the government was operating, and the cleaning work of the people of Anqing City was also running. Urban sanitation is maintained at a basic level. Yue Wanghui occupied Anqing for nearly two months, and the city's sanitation, which should have been led by the government, came to a complete standstill, and although the people were cleaning their homes, it was impossible for everyone to transport a large amount of garbage out of the city. Anqing City, which used to be good, is now polluted by filth and stench.

Along the way, Qiu Jin saw that the market in Anqing was extremely depressed, and every household was closed. Not only are there no businesses opening the doors, but many courtyards have large locks on the gates. Thinking about it, the whole family has escaped from Anqing City. This situation is quite similar to Chizhou City. Qiu Jin once thought that after the revolution, the people would enthusiastically support it. Reality ruthlessly taught Qiu Jin a lesson. Revolution is first and foremost destruction, and the people will not unconditionally support the revolution until a completely new system is built.

Qiu Jin was so smoked by the pungent smell of feces that she covered her mouth and nose. But she still couldn't help asking: "Comrade Lu Zhengping, how did your People's Party organize cleaning in Fengtai County?" ”

Lu Zhengping replied very calmly: "In our opinion, urine and urine are good fertilizers. From the very beginning, we set up public toilets and used manure to accumulate manure. Open defecation is forbidden in the base. ”

Qiu Jin sighed slightly, "Wen Qing is always unexpected. ”

Lu Zhengping replied proudly: "When the base area first established the agricultural fertilizer system, Chairman Chen himself personally cleaned the public toilet and pulled the manure truck. ”

Digging dung is a relatively lowly job these days, and when I heard that Chen Ke himself had done it himself, Shi Dekuan and Qiu Jin were shocked. Shi Dekuan looked at Lu Zhengping with shocked eyes, but saw that Lu Zhengping's face was full of pride, and he did not feel the slightest shame that the chairman of the People's Party had done the work of digging dung.

Qiu Jin shook her head slightly, "Why does Wen Qing want to practice himself like this? ”

"What do you mean by practicing yourself?" Listening to Qiu Jin's words, He Jinwu, who came with him, was annoyed at the time, along the way Qiu Jin ignored the two of them, they were not angry, and when they heard Qiu Jin say that he had done his work, He Jinwu couldn't help but be angry, "Everyone in our People's Party has dug up the dung pit and pulled the dung truck." Where does a good harvest come from without accumulating fertilizer? Is this a shame? What kind of person is this? Besides, look, you have to treat Anqing as your home if you occupy Anqing. Look at the appearance of the city, do you treat your own family like this? ”

was scolded by He Jinwu like this, Shi Dekuan and Qiu Jin were so dumbfounded that they didn't dare to say anything.

Lu Zhengping's anger at He Jinwu is very understandable, and the education of the People's Party has always emphasized that "China is our family, and we must treat her well." In addition to this slogan-style propaganda, the BJP also has detailed rules for implementation. In addition to resolutely not allowing troops to intrude on the people, as long as the troops have leisure, they must be responsible for local public health work. Sorting out garbage is one of them. Lu Zhengping is now a political commissar of the People's Party's reconnaissance detachment, and he must participate in the collective training of the party school. This is the passing mentality, the bandit mentality. We, the People's Party, will inevitably liberate the whole of China, even if it exists only for a short time in certain areas, and we will bear the government's blame for this time. It's too late, you can't do big things, and you can't do small things like cleaning? From a military point of view, through cleaning, people became familiar with the local terrain. From a political point of view, the eyes of the masses of the people are clear. There is nothing that the people do not know about what we have done. It's better to live in a clean environment than in a dirty environment. The people will never support the bandits, and if our actions do not show our intention to build for a long time, and if our actions do not prove that we are the people's army, then we will not be able to win the people's sincere recognition and support. ”

One of the reasons why many of Chen Ke's courses have always baffled many comrades is that the content is too trivial and too delicate. When comrades discuss in private, they sometimes think that Chairman Chen Ke is often "more attentive than a big girl". The content of the work is no matter how big or small, and after doing it according to Chen Ke's requirements, the effect is only to make the people look on coldly and say nothing. It wasn't until he saw the current situation of Anqing City with his own eyes that Lu Zhengping understood what kind of results would come if he didn't do what Chen Ke said. Lu Zhengping firmly believed that if he was a resident of Anqing City, he would definitely not support the rule of Yue Wanghui.

The group entered the yamen of the governor of Anhui, and the leaders of the Yue Wang Society could barely receive the three of them politely. Everyone informed each other of their origins, and Bai Wenwei asked straight to the point: "I don't know how many comrades from the People's Party came." ”

"It's just the two of us, and we are responsible for escorting Mr. Qiu Jin back to Chizhou." Lu Zhengping said.

"No other reinforcements?" Bai Wenwei asked.

"Nope." Lu Zhengping spoke straight to the point.

As soon as he heard that there were no reinforcements, the atmosphere in the hall immediately cooled.

Chen Duxiu hadn't thought about how to break this embarrassing situation next, but he heard that one of his side had already stood up and asked in a weird way: "I said Mr. Qiu, there are two people from the People's Party." Since you don't have reinforcements, what are you doing in Anqing? See the joke? ”

"May I ask who this ......," Qiu Jin asked with a frown.

"In Xia Diao Dezhang." The one who spoke answered with a big grin.

Qiu Jin sneered: "I haven't even heard your name, are you still wild in front of me like this?" ”

Diao Dezhang never expected Qiu Jin to be so unkind, he consciously lost face, and suddenly got up angrily.

Lu Zhengping didn't wait for the conflict to break out, so he said loudly to Chen Duxiu: "Mr. Chen, is what this Mr. Diao Dezhang said what you mean?" ”

Chen Duxiu was violently commanded such an army, and he actually did not completely disagree with Diao Dezhang's words. But he did not instruct Diao Dezhang either. At this time, it is not to criticize Diao Dezhang, nor is it to criticize it.

Diao Dezhang rolled his eyes, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he sneered: "I didn't expect you to be so eloquent." Then let me ask you, you didn't send troops to rescue, and second, you didn't send money and food, what are you doing in Anqing? Come and see, isn't it still the of sincere cooperation. Without us carrying the Manchus here, Chizhou, where you have been restored, and Fengyang of the People's Party would have been beaten by the Manchus long ago. Where is your turn to pretend to be condolences here. My old Diao understands that the People's Party is simply uneasy and kind, and stabbed such a hornet's nest in Anqing, so that our King Yue will give you a top cylinder. ”

Seeing Diao Dezhang spitting and scolding the People's Party and the Restoration Society here, Qiu Jin's face turned blue with anger. However, Lu Zhengping and He Jinwu felt that Diao Dezhang was a complete "no profit and no early riser" ruffian. The upper echelons of the People's Party knew that handing over Anqing to Yue Wanghui was originally a malicious practice. It's just that the leaders of the Yue Wang Society couldn't see through the situation, and without waiting for the People's Party to speak, they themselves hurriedly rushed up to the top of the tank. The People's Party is also happy to do such a favor. For people like Diao Dezhang, the purpose of occupying Anqing is to make a fortune, but it is not easy to be fooled by this.

At this moment, only a sound was heard, and Bai Wenwei slapped his palm on the table. "Diao Dezhang, what do you mean by that? At the moment of the great enemy, you don't say how to resist the enemy, but talk about these things, what do you want to do? ”

Facing the angry Bai Wenwei, Diao Dezhang didn't care at all, "Mr. Bai, I have long wanted to say that this Anqing is terrible." Manchu so many people, so many gunboats. There are only four or five thousand of us, how can we hold Anqing? What I mean is that let's quickly withdraw from Anqing, and there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future. Sticking to Anqing is a dead end. ”

Bai Wenwei said angrily: "Withdraw from Anqing? Where are we going after we withdraw from Anqing? Will I follow you back to your hometown? ”

There was a quarrel in the conference hall. Lu Zhengping originally thought that Diao Dezhang was going to attack the People's Party, but after listening to it for a while, he found that Diao Dezhang did not have this purpose at all, and he actually wanted to escape. And there are so many people who echo Diao Dezhang.

The quarrel lasted for a while, and finally Chen Duxiu said to Qiu Jin with a tired look: "Mr. Qiu Jin, let's go inside and talk first." Dekuan, you come along. ”

Avoiding the quarrel in the hall of the governor's yamen, the living room of the governor's yamen was much quieter. There were very few people in attendance, Qiu Jin, Lu Zhengping, He Jinwu, Chen Duxiu, Shi Dekuan, not long after everyone sat down, Bai Wenwei also walked in angrily.

The six of them sat around the table, and although Chen Duxiu was still tired, he was not present with those internal separatists, and he quickly regained the unique elegance of a literati. He opened his mouth and asked, "This Mr. Lu, I don't know if Chairman Chen Ke can explain anything special when he sent you over this time." ”

Lu Zhengping was one of the first comrades of the People's Party to propose the liberation of the base area, and he had both attitudes and outstanding performances in the battle of Liujiapu in Wuhe County. In the many battles that followed, he accumulated a lot of exploits. Now a commissar of the reconnaissance battalion. The reconnaissance battalion is the absolute elite unit of the People's Party, and it performed extremely well in the Anqing Campaign. Although it is only a battalion-level unit in terms of establishment, it is actually half a level higher than other battalion-level units. If it was just to escort Qiu Jin, Lu Zhengping and He Jinwu, the commander of the second company of the reconnaissance battalion, would never be used.

"But I don't know what Mr. Chen is referring to when he says something special?" Chen Ke did give Lu Zhengping some tasks, and if conditions permitted, he asked Lu Zhengping to provide some military command assistance to the Yue Wanghui and the Guangfu Society. But Chen Ke also explained very clearly, even if he couldn't save the Yue Wanghui and the Guangfu Society, Lu Zhengping had to return to the base with He Jinwu alive. Lu Zhengping was extremely moved by Chen Ke's attitude of caring for his comrades so much. So Lu Zhengping was not in a hurry to pick up.

Chen Duxiu didn't sell Guanzi either, he said calmly: "Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has called, we need support." Your party's troops are brave and good at fighting, and we only need to borrow a thousand. A thousand people is enough. ”

"Then how is Mr. Chen going to use these 1,000 people?" Lu Zhengping continued to ask, "Defend the city, or go out of the city to fight?" ”

Chen Duxiu didn't understand military affairs, and Bai Wenwei took over the topic, "We want your troops to go out of the city to fight." ”

When He Jinwu heard this, he turned his face away. King Yue will borrow a thousand people from the People's Party, which will be used to send them to death. Seeing He Jinwu's performance, Bai Wenwei also felt very embarrassed. I can't go on with the rest of the words.

Lu Zhengping didn't pay much attention to this, he continued to ask: "Then what about the wartime now?" Can you please let me know? ”

"Since yesterday, the naval division of the Qing army has stormed Anqing and has been repulsed many times by our batteries." Chen Duxiu can only pick up the record that he can get to say.

Lu Zhengping continued to ask, as if he hadn't heard it: "I heard that it was the Hubei New Army, but I don't know where the naval division of the Hubei New Army is stationed?" Where is the Army stationed? How many people are there. Who is in charge of these horses? ”

"This ...... has not yet been clarified." Chen Duxiu was also very disappointed by this.

Yue Wanghui occupied Anqing for nearly two months, and he didn't even have a decent intelligence system. The People's Party is thousands of miles away, and it is afraid that it will get more news than Yue Wanghui. Lu Zhengping is an active soldier of the reconnaissance force, and he is extremely disappointed with Yue Wanghui's performance. If Chen Ke asked Lu Zhengping about this, Lu Zhengping would rather commit suicide than say the words "not clear".

The enemy did not know the basic information of the enemy when he came to the door, and wanted to borrow troops to go out to fight in the field. This proves that the Yue Wang Society has completely failed militarily. Anqing City, which is full of feces and urine outside, is enough to show that King Yue will fail politically. Fang Cai's internal battle was enough to prove that the Yue Wang Society had also failed organizationally. Political, military, and internal organization all failed, and Lu Zhengping really didn't know what kind of "revolutionary party" King Yue would be.

As a member of the People's Party, Lu Zhengping knows very well that he is very different from Chen Ke, chairman of the People's Party. But compared with Yue Wanghui, Lu Zhengping believed that he was absolutely qualified to be the leader of such a "revolutionary party".

Forcibly retracting his thoughts from this useless feeling, Lu Zhengping began to think about how to help Yue Wanghui, but after thinking about it, there was no other way than to let the People's Party completely take over Yue Wanghui and Anqing.

But now the situation is that dead horses have to be treated as live horse doctors. Lu Zhengping thought about the several military plans that Chen Ke had told him for a while, and then asked, "Mr. Chen, how many people in your ministry can be pulled out to fight?" I mean, how many people do you think there are people who can take out three or five hundred miles in four days and still fight? ”

"This ......," Chen Duxiu turned his head to look at Bai Wenwei.

Bai Wenwei didn't know what Lu Zhengping meant, "What does Mr. Lu mean?" Are you laughing at the fact that we can't fight? ”

"It doesn't mean that at all. As far as I know, this time it was the Hubei New Army. Lu Zhengping said as he took out a map from his satchel and threw it on the table. This is a map of the battlefield provided by the BJP's Graphic Section.

"Since it is the Hubei New Army, the Navy is also quite powerful. Within a hundred miles along the Yangtze River, I am afraid that it has been blocked. Therefore, to say the least, you have to go out of 150 miles to avoid being discovered when you cross the river. I originally thought that King Yue would know about the stationing of the new army, and then we would not fight in Jiangbei. Instead, they crossed the Yangtze River and went around to fight behind the Hubei New Army. Moreover, it cannot go to the east, there is Chizhou in the east, and the Hubei New Army must be on guard, and it must cross the river from the west. That's why I asked your unit how many troops there were that could be taken out for three or five hundred miles in four days. ”

Everyone's eyes followed Lu Zhengping's fingers to move on the map, such a detailed drawing was something they had never seen before. It is densely marked with various place names.

"Of course, if King Yue and the Restoration Society work together, it would be better for both sides to send troops at the same time." After Lu Zhengping finished speaking, he glanced at Qiu Jin, and then continued: "Since everyone is here, I think I might as well tell the truth, how many capable people are there in the Yue King Society and the Guangfu Society." ”

Bai Wenwei and Qiu Jin looked at each other, marching more than 300 miles in four days, they had no concept of this standard at all, let alone training. Lu Zhengping's question is not that they don't want to answer, but they can't answer it at all. Bai Wenwei asked tentatively: "I wonder how many people under the command of the People's Party can do this?" ”

When Qiu Jin heard this question, he immediately thought that Lu Zhengping and He Jinwu would definitely be able to do it.

Lu Zhengping replied with a straight face: "Mr. Bai, it is the Yue Wang Hui that occupies Anqing now, not our People's Party. Don't you think it's too far off topic? ”

Bai Wenwei argued: "Our army can meet this standard, there are about 500 people. But now that the Manchu soldiers are approaching the city, we still find it difficult to defend the city. Where else can you send these elites out of the city? ”

Lu Zhengping immediately retorted: "Why are you sticking to this Anqing? As long as the new army in Hubei is eliminated, this Anqing City will inevitably belong to King Yue. If the new army in Hubei cannot be eliminated, King Yue will inevitably be beaten passively. Mr. Bai, you should be able to figure this out. ”

"Mr. Lu, according to what you say, your party doesn't want this Anqing City, do you already know that you can't defend it?" Bai Wenwei couldn't help but ask. In fact, he had long been puzzled by the People's Party's abandonment of Anqing so happily, although he was very dissatisfied with Diao Dezhang's attempt to escape, but Bai Wenwei agreed with Diao Dezhang's accusation of the People's Party.

After listening to Bai Wenwei's accusation, Lu Zhengping didn't even feel unhappy anymore, he asked Bai Wenwei rhetorically, "As far as I know, before the war, King Yue would insist on this Anqing City, but now that you have Anqing City, do you want to blame our People's Party for giving you this city?" ”

Seeing that the situation was about to turn into meaningless accusations, Chen Duxiu, who had long been extremely tired of this, hurriedly interrupted the words of the two, "Mr. Lu, is there no other way than to go out of the city to fight?" ”

"Mr. Chen, we in the People's Party have always advocated field warfare, and we only understand field warfare and siege warfare. Let me defend the city, I really won't. And as far as we know, the Hubei New Army now has only one town plus one association. The total number is only 17,000. Those who can be pulled out to fight Anqing are at most 10,000 people. When we deduced the Anqing defensive battle, we felt that we could not fight a positional war with the Hubei New Army. There are arsenals in Hubei, and their bullets and shells are superior. After letting them hold it down, it will damage morale. Only by weakening their firepower superiority in the field and concentrating their forces to fight a war of annihilation can they win. But I don't know what Mr. Chen thinks about the military? ”