"What does Jing Cun think he Lu Rongting will rely on?" Yang Shuoming turned his head to look at Chen Jiongming and asked calmly.

"The hearts of the people." Chen Jiongming met Yang Shuoming's gaze and replied bluntly.

"People's hearts?" Listening to Chen Jiongming's answer, Xu Yuanjin and Tang Jing were all stunned for a moment.

"As far as I know, he Lu Rongting has been in Gui for many years, and there is little construction in the local area, where does the people's heart come from?" Tang Jing also saw the look of doubt in Yang Shuoming's eyes, and asked for Yang Shuoming.

"The heavens only know one thing, but I don't know the other. The reason why the Lu family was able to occupy Guidi for a long time was not because of the fact that Hanzhi was in charge of Ganxi, and he had paid a lot for the construction of local people's livelihood. Chen Jiongming looked at Yang Shuoming, turned his head and said to Tang Jing meaningfully, "What he has done for the people of Guangxi is not even as much as what he has done for the local people in Tianyun Mountain, but he can win the hearts of the people of Guangxi, relying on stabilizing the situation in Guangxi and the people's livelihood." ”

Listening to Chen Jiongming's words, Tang Jing nodded thoughtfully.

"Can you elaborate on the competition?" Yang Shuoming looked at Chen Jiongming and said.

"The Lu clan stabilized Guangxi, and the first thing was to eliminate Guangxi Youyong." Chen Jiongming said, "Guangxi Youyong was initiated at the border pass, once boasted of foreign land, and the vigorous period of its activities was after 1884, that is, after the Sino-French War, when the retrenched anti-French soldiers and the rebellious soldiers of the Qing army in the interior forced Liangshan to form a brigade, and then gradually joined the party to form a coalition to resist France." In the early stage, You Yong made many contributions to defend our frontier and resist the encroachment of the two southwestern provinces of our country, but in the later stage, You Yong gradually became a bandit, and its members were uneven, and even worse, the evil things such as raff, shoveling villages, looting, pumping water, and offering were endless, and the people hated it. In the late Qing Dynasty (1902) and 1903, bandits were rampant, kidnapping and extortion, robbing villages, and everything. Lu was also originally a You Yong, in the first year of the Qing Dynasty by the Qing court, appointed as the Qing court patrol military management belt, at the age of 36, first stationed in Longzhou, and then moved to Nanning, Guixian to handle the Qing Township, recruit You Yong, after Lu was ordered, exert its potential influence in You Yong, solicit the Youjiang Baise area to Yunnan in the territory of the Youyong big leaders to surrender and rehabilitate, individual unwilling to surrender, were broken by each of them, to the end of the year, Youjiang You Yong is flat. In the following year, Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang, entered Gui to suppress bandits, and reused Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting to level the Liuqing area with the two hands of 'suppressing and appeasing'. The Long clan marched in front, while the Lu clan followed behind to appease them, and all the larger Youyong leaders appeased the Lu clan. In March of the following year, the Lu family returned to Zuojiang and recruited the bandits in the Ningming area, and he was Youyong Xiping in Guangxi. After Lu Rongting suppressed You Yong, the place was pacified, and the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment, recuperate, and the hearts of the people of Guangxi were all returned to the Lu family, and it has been said to this day. ”

"I see." Yang Shuoming remembered some of the beautiful words he had heard in the history class of the university in the original time and space about "You Yong Resisting the Law", and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth that was not easy to detect.

If it weren't for Chen Jiongming, the "revolutionary traitor" who was infamous in the history books of later generations, to tell him about Guangxi You Yong, it would be hard for him to imagine that Guangxi warlord Lu Rongting would have won the hearts of the people of Guangxi by subduing You Yong.

In the so-called "field of historical research" in the historical time and space where Yang Shuoming originally lived, this method was always popular: that is, the "uprisings" and "struggles" of the working people in history, such as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Boxer Rebellion, can only be praised, and cannot be talked about the backwardness and limitations in them. If they do, they may be said to "ignore the mainstream and essence", or even be labeled as "vilifying and slandering the working people". Therefore, as long as it is an uprising and struggle of the working people, no matter what defects and backward things it has, it must be "enthusiastically praised"; And for the feudal rulers and controversial historical figures at that time to do something that was in line with the wishes of the people, no matter what kind of beneficial role he played under the diachronic conditions at that time, it is necessary to "base himself on criticism"! Not only must we "fight brutally and strike mercilessly", but we must also "step on 10,000 feet" and "never turn over"!

"Jing Cun hasn't said anything yet, how he Lu Rongting 'robbed Yue Jigui'." Cheng Biguang, who had not spoken, suddenly said, "This is also one of the reasons why he, Lu Rongting, was able to win the hearts of the people of Guangxi." ”

Chen Jiongming nodded with a wry smile and said: "Since the Gui army entered Guangdong, the Lu clan has relaxed the gambling ban under the pretext of the Northern Expedition, and took over the arsenal, mint and other key departments, and kept them in the hands of his cronies. The guns and bullets produced by the various arsenals in Guangdong first met the needs of the Gui army to transport them back to Guangxi, and the Cantonese people could not touch them, and the mints produced silver quills were all transported back to Guangxi Province, so that Guangxi's finances and finances were more than sufficient, while Guangdong's silver was short, the currency was low, and the losses of the Cantonese people exceeded 10 million. In this way, the officials and people of Gui Province are of course grateful. ”

"They did bad things, and they wanted to clamp people's mouths, and some newspaper reporters and editors protested against gambling and exposed the inside story of Gui's officialdom, and they were all arrested and shot on charges of 'provoking the hearts of the military'." Cheng Biguang's eyes flashed with resentment, "And so on, the Gui family lost the hearts of the people in Guangdong, so that when Hanzhi waved his army into Guangdong, the Gui army wanted to increase troops to hold on to resist Hanzhi, but the Lu family sent a telegram to his subordinates, instructing 'There is no need to increase troops to defend the city', because 'the people's hearts have gone, it is detrimental to defend it, and it is beneficial to abandon it'." This statement shows that Lu is well aware of the importance of the people's heart, so he will spare no effort to beggar-thy-neighbor and win people's hearts. If Han Zhi wants to pacify the Gui system, he must be guarded against here. ”

"It seems that dealing with a character like Lu Rongting will have to take some more twists and turns." Yang Shuoming listened to Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang's words, took a deep breath, nodded, and stood up from the map table.

"Tang Jiyao in Yunnan has Cai Songpo to deal with, and now the trouble is this Lu Rongting." Xu Yuanjin said, "As long as you get him down, the big thing can be decided." ”

"I'm afraid not necessarily." Yang Shuoming shook his head, and his gaze fell on the location of Hunan Province on the map.

"Hanzhi is worried about that old Tang's family?" Xu Yuanjin immediately guessed what Yang Shuoming was thinking, glanced at Tang Jing with a smile, and said jokingly.

Tang Jing listened to Xu Yuanjin's words, sneered, and did not speak.

Thinking of what Yuan Shikai's "love general" Tang Tianxi did in the original historical time and space, Yang Shuoming's face also showed a strange smile, which made Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang feel a chill.

Of course, Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang couldn't imagine what Yang Shuoming was thinking in their hearts at this time.

Yang Shuoming remembered that he had read some historical materials on the Internet, and after Yuan Shikai became emperor, the beginning of the "National Defense Movement" was expected by him. But it is the small details that seem insignificant that really affect the course of history. The key little person who crushed Yuan Shikai's Hongxian Empire was this Tang Tianxi.

Tang Tianxi was originally an actor from an opera troupe, and was admitted to the house by Yuan Shikai very early (it is rumored that Yuan himself has a good relationship with Longyang), became Yuan Shikai's cronies, and climbed all the way to the position of the commander of the Seventh Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army. After the outbreak of the Protectorate War, the situation in the south at that time was not as depicted in the history textbooks, the situation was very good, Yunnan Hu [***] and the Third Division of the Beiyang Army were entangled in Sichuan, although the two provinces of Guizhou and Guangdong raised their flags in response, but the threat to Yuan Shikai was not great, because as long as the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army in Hunan and Jiangxi was there, it would be difficult to make progress in protecting [***]. Ma Jizeng, commander of the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army, was loyal to Yuan Shikai, and there was no big problem. At this time, Tang Tianxi cried and shouted to Yuan Shikai to ask for war, to go to the south to quell the chaos, Yuan Shikai listened to Tang Tianxi's words, and asked him to lead the Seventh Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army to the south as a supervisor. But what Yuan Shikai didn't expect was that Tang Tianxi, who had always been greedy for money, was bribed by Zhao Hengti of the Hunan Army with 300,000 oceans (which can be described as a clear proof of the ruthlessness of the bitch's ruthlessness), and one night he turned around and raided the division headquarters of the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army, killing Ma Jizeng, and the dominance of the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army suddenly fell into the hands of Li Chun. After Yuan Shikai learned the news, he was sick and angry, and soon he died and dreamed of the imperial system, which came to an end.

And now that Yuan Shikai has been assassinated, history has embarked on another trajectory, what kind of drama will a clown like Tang Tianxi stage?

At this time, Yang Shuoming thought of the historical story of Tang Tianxi's rebellion after being bribed by money, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.

"These situations mentioned by Jingcun and Hengqi are very useful, and they remind me that maybe we can take Guangxi without spending too much money."

"What's Hanzhi's idea?" Xu Yuanjin saw that Yang Shuoming's eyes showed that kind of cunning light again, knowing that he was likely to have some "bad moves", he couldn't help but ask with a smile.

Listening to Xu Yuanjin's words, Tang Jing, Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang's faces all showed concentration.

"Lu's so-called winning the hearts of the officials and people of Guangxi relies on the word 'profit'." Yang Shuoming said, "'Combine with profit, and disperse when you are profitable'." We might as well take a two-pronged approach, making good use of this point while conducting a military offensive. ”

"Good idea." Xu Yuanjin was the first to understand, and couldn't help but stroke his palms and laugh.

"Hanzhi's love for the soldiers and the people's strength is touchable." Chen Jiongming also understood what Yang Shuoming was going to do, and nodded with a wry smile, "This is not a bad idea." ”

"It's just as Hanzhi just said, 'Combine with profit, and disperse when you are profitable'." Tang Jing looked at the few people present, smiled, and suddenly said, "Then are we people now considered to be a combination of the same interests?" ”

Tang Jing's words made the originally lively meeting suddenly become a little cold, and several people looked at each other, did not speak, but focused their eyes on Yang Shuoming.

Yang Shuoming remembered his tragic experiences in the original historical time and space, and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh in his heart.

In that era when the economy was developing as rapidly as people's greed, wasn't it also full of all kinds of interest groups? And in the competition between these interest groups, how many ordinary people's happiness is crushed?

Since I came to this era and no longer just fought for survival, the direction of my efforts has been determined.

But for this goal, he now has to use the methods used by those people in the original historical time and space!

"Old Tang, you want to remind Hanzhi, but what you said is a bit too much," Xu Yuanjin's laughter broke the awkward silence, "We brothers work together, not just business partners for profit." ”

"What's that?" Tang Jing smiled, turned his head to look at Xu Yuanjin, and asked rhetorically.

"You and I first met Hanzhi, and now we are standing here, is it purely for profit? If it's a benefit, we've got enough. Xu Yuanjin said while looking at Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang, "What are Jingcun and Heng Qineng here for?" ”

Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang looked at each other and smiled, Cheng Biguang skimmed his mustache and motioned for Chen Jiongming to speak first, Chen Jiongming thought about it and said: "I can't say it, but I know that we are different from Lu Rongting, Tang Jiyao, and Sun Cannon." ”

"That's enough." Tang Jing nodded with a smile, and turned his gaze to Yang Shuoming again, "I believe that many people have the same idea as me and Jingcun. ”

Yang Shuoming looked at everyone, and his heart suddenly inexplicably welled up with a burst of warmth.

"Alright, that's the end of the discussion on this issue." Yang Shuoming waved his hand at everyone with a smile, and turned the topic to the current situation, "Now think about it, how can you subdue those soldiers under him Lu Rongting all at once." ”

Guangxi, Hepu, Jiangfang Fortress.

With a loud sound, the Guijun forts laid along the mouth of the Lian River rose one after another with thick smoke.

"This is the bomber of the Gan army?"

Shen Hongying, the guard of Qinlian, hid in a bunker and watched the large bombers flying in the sky with a telescope, with a hint of horror on his face.

"Yes! Mister! A Guijun officer wearing a military hat crookedly pushed the brim of his hat with the barrel of his pistol, wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, and replied with a panicked face, "Grandma's! The bombs dropped by these bunnies seem to have eyes, and they are looking for our key places to attack, and the brothers have suffered heavy casualties......"

As soon as the officer's voice fell, as if to cooperate with what he said, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in a fort in the distance, Shen Hongying's feet shook, and he almost fell, he helped the officer, stood firmly, and followed the prestige, only to see the high pillar of smoke covering the light, so that the light in the bunker instantly dimmed.

Shen Hongying knew that this should be the scene that would only appear after the ammunition depot of the battery was hit.

"Grandma's! Such an earth-shattering ......" The officer's words were drowned out by the sound of explosions that sounded again, and Shen Hongying looked at the fort that had been completely hidden in the fire and gunsmoke with a pale face, and the fear in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Shen Hongying, who was born in the green forest, has experienced countless battles and many life and death crises, but there has never been a time when he feels so frightened and powerless as he does today.

"No wonder this surnamed Yang can beat me away in Qingdao, with these things, ghosts are also afraid......"

Shen Hongying saw a huge bomb dropped by the belly of a bomber fall to the ground, and with a loud bang, the parapet wall of the fort disappeared, and his legs trembled involuntarily.

At this moment, several small black dots suddenly appeared on the wide river, which had become a little dim due to the smoke of gunpowder.

"Boss! Let's get out! Otherwise, if they don't need to hit us, we'll all have to blow it up!" An adjutant advised.

Shen Hongying turned a deaf ear to the adjutant's words, he held the binoculars, no longer looking at the plane in the sky, but aimed at the river.

"That's the gunboat of the Gan army, a thief and a fucking murderer! The waterway on our river is sealed by them! The adjutant knew what Shen Hongying was looking at and explained on the side.

Shen Hongying stared at the river tightly, and soon saw the appearance of these small, handsome but murderous gunboats.

Appearing in front of Shen Hongying were four river gunboats, each with a rotating turret in the front and rear, the shape of these gunboats was basically the same, the difference was that the main turret in the bow of the first two gunboats was a double-mounted gun, and the last two were single-mounted guns.

These four gunboats flying the red, yellow, and blue "human" flags quickly sailed over the river, and at this time, the Guijun Jiangfang battery, which had been bombed by bombers, was already in a mess, and in the face of the sudden enemy on the river, only a few guns were firing sporadically, but the shells were far away, and there was no threat to these gunboats at all.

The four gunboats soon began firing at the opposite shore, and with the thunderclap of fires and sounds, the few Gui artillery positions that were still trying to return fire quickly turned into a pile of rubble.

The artillery fire of the Gui army's resistance was completely silent at this time, and four gunboats cruised on the river, and soon, one after another, troop transports appeared on the river.

Shen Hongying realized what was about to happen, and his face became even paler.

"Boss! Let's go! If you don't leave, it's too late! The adjutant also noticed what was happening and said with tears in his voice.

The telescope in Shen Hongying's hand fell, and he let several of his subordinates rush out of the bunker in despair, as for where to flee, he didn't know where to flee.

"The fort of the Gui army is so unbeatable."

Tang Jiumei, who was standing on the "Lijie" gunboat, held up the binoculars, looked at the fire and smoke on the riverbank, and said softly.

"What they get is all things to scare the people, and when they encounter a real hard hand, they won't work." A Chinese naval officer standing beside her looked at the girl with two box cannons pinned to her waist with a smile and said, "The equipment and training of the Gui army are actually very poor, and they can't be compared with the Gan army at all. ”

(To be continued)