"Brigadier, the ship is ready..."

Standing in front of a river ship, the adjutant said to Yu Weiqian.

On the wharf, countless soldiers of the Second Brigade of the Jiangxi Army were boarding river boats or fishing boats in turn, and the one Yu Weiqian was going to take was undoubtedly the largest of all river ships.

"Okay." With a light nodding, Yu Weiqian looked at the sky, and then at the watch on his wrist. "Let the brethren hurry up, or I'm afraid the brethren at the mouth of the lake will not be able to hold on..."

"Yes—" said that, the adjutant had already turned to deliver the order.

It's just that these soldiers of the Jiangxi army were temporarily arrested after hearing the emergency order, and they didn't prepare at all in advance. Even on the dock, it was a chaotic scene, even with Yu Weiqian's order, the speed was still not fast, and Yu Weiqian was very helpless about it.

Fortunately, after wasting a lot of time, everyone finally boarded the ship.

Just standing in the cockpit of the river ship and looking at the soldiers piled up on the deck, Yu Weiqian always felt that the future was a little bleak.

"Whether it's equipment or anything else, the gap is too big..."

However, the military order is like a mountain, even if Yu Weiqian has his own thoughts in his heart, there is no way.

What's more, as a senior general, Yu Weiqian is also very aware of the importance of Hukou, if Hukou is gone, then the enemy can go down the river and directly attack Nanchang through Poyang Lake, so that it can be regarded as being smashed by Huanglong...

Within the Gan army, except for people like Lin Hu and Li Mingyang, who are loyal to Li Liejun, the rest actually have their own cautious eyes. For example, Ouyang Wu actually has some connections with Beiyang or Anhui. But they also have their own principles and bottom line, that is, foreign troops must not enter Jiangxi.

This is not only because of their own interests, but also because of the xenophobic mentality that is common in this era.

No matter what Ouyang Wu and Yu Weiqian think. But at least when Hukou was attacked, they really didn't want Yan Shao to enter Jiangxi.

It's just that sometimes there are some things that they don't want to do, because even they need the people below to cooperate, which is also the reason why after Li Liejun mobilized the troops, except for Lin Hu's brigade, the remaining troops moved very slowly...

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After a period of preparation. The officers and men of the 2nd Brigade finally boarded the ship, and the necessary ammunition and supplies were loaded into the ship in turn.

As the whistle sounded, the ships moored at the Jiujiang wharf left one after another.

"Brigade commander. What's next? ”

Standing in the cockpit, the adjutant asked softly?

"What else can I do? Let's talk about it depending on the situation, the news from the lake mouth is very vague now, and some of it is even upside down. Only in the past can we know the situation of the Dao..."After speaking, Yu Weiqian glanced at the adjutant. "That's right. What was the morale of the brethren? Nothing is wrong, right? ”

"This..."After hesitating slightly, the adjutant smiled helplessly after looking up at Yu Weiqian. It's okay..."

It's OK...

This doesn't sound very good, at least this is definitely not what Yu Weiqian wants to hear, but he also knows that he can't force too much, after all, this time the matter is so sudden, even he himself is not very prepared, let alone those subordinates under him?

You must know that when Lu Dao was making an emergency assembly, there were many people who were fighting in gambling stalls or brothels. Some are even in opium dens, just pulling people out to fight. If morale is good, that's weird...

Thinking of this, Yu Weiqian looked on the deck and found that a few soldiers happened to be addicted to cigarettes and were yawning there, and immediately sighed.

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Just a few days ago, the various forces in the country were sitting there watching the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang Socialist Party fight there. They didn't think that Yan Shao would make a move, but they definitely didn't expect it to be so soon, after all, there were not many signs that Yan Shao was going to do it before that.

It is precisely because of this that when the Anhui military government's telegram of 'declaration of war' against the Kuomintang was issued, it immediately caused a sensation in China.

And then the news about the shelling of Hukou made this sensation even more intense.

Almost the next moment, the telegrams of all parties about maintaining calm have been sent, especially the telegrams from the Beiyang side are very harsh, while asking Yan Shao to remain calm, he also claims that as the central government, the Beiyang side will never allow such a thing to happen, and will even personally intervene in it when necessary.

The sending of this telegram also marked the end of the honeymoon period between Beiyang and the National Socialist Party.

Compared with these, there is also a lot of public opinion.

Originally, because of Yan Shao's assassination, coupled with his past reputation, Tao Chengzhang and other old examples, and Yan Shao's bad relationship with the Kuomintang, most of the public opinion believed in Anhui's conclusion that the Kuomintang was the murderer, and in public opinion it was even more inclined to Anhui.

But now that such a thing has happened, public opinion has suddenly changed.

Those who call for restraint are not mentioned for the time being, and many newspapers feel that even if Yan Shao occupies a certain reason in this matter, they should not start a war lightly because of this. There are even many people who think that Yan Shao wants to use this as an excuse to take revenge on the Kuomintang, and at the same time enhance his strength to prepare for future things—————— from a certain point of view, this is absolutely true, because Yan Shao thinks so in his heart.

Originally, according to Yan Shao's meaning, he would completely realize the military and political affairs before 1914 and enter the stage of political training, but now the Kuomintang people actually dare to send people to assassinate him?!

As I once said, the most important thing in this world is his family, which can also be said to be his only backlash.

Now that his family is hurt, how can he bear it? Every time he saw the two people on the hospital bed, Yan Shao couldn't wait to crush Chen Qimei's gang to ashes.

Coupled with the fact that he originally wanted to find an excuse, it can be said that the Kuomintang did this by taking the initiative to send an excuse to the door.

Although it is just done like this, it is inevitably a bit far-fetched in terms of reasons. Public opinion is almost on the opposite side. But in order to get a reasonable reason that most people can support, it will take at least more than a year for the special affairs bureau to set it up. Yan Shaoke didn't have so much time to squander.

So, let's just be more direct, anyway, this world world is originally a world world that looks at strength.

It is best to have the support of public opinion, but if there is none, as long as you can win the war, it is nothing.

"As long as the Hukou side goes well, you can take Jiujiang and Jiangxi next, and then the whole territory of Jiangxi." Stand in the battle chamber of the Governor's Palace. Yan Shao looked at the map on the wall. "Taking Jiangxi is equivalent to blocking the road of reinforcement of the Kuomintang troops in Guangdong and Fujian, and we don't have to worry about the rear. Concentrate on dealing with Beiyang. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Shao glanced sideways at Tang Li who was standing in the corner.

In the combat conference room full of soldiers, Tang Li's identity as a special affairs bureau was inevitably a little embarrassing, and everyone saw her as a woman. I won't give her any face—————— to be exact. Don't dare to give.

For this kind of spy organization, everyone is disgusted and disgusted, but it is better to avoid offending, after all, the result of opposing this kind of organization in the past hundreds of years, there have been countless examples there...

Lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Yan Shao asked softly. "How's Sun Daoren's contact?"

Fu Xiuming and Liu Guangyuan, who were standing on the side, heard Yan Shao say this, and they all listened attentively.

"I've been contacted..."Caterina is still lying on the bed, unable to get off the ground for a short time. Therefore, for the time being, I can only take a good rest and let go of the work of the Special Affairs Bureau. handed over the work to Tang Li and Luo Wenying, and because of this, Tang Li was in charge of Fujian's affairs. "Sun Daoren was originally dissatisfied with the Kuomintang in the province, so after we sent someone over this time, he just thought about it for a while and nodded in agreement, willing to delay Xu Chongzhi and those people for us..."

Sun Daoren's situation is actually somewhat similar to Li Yuanhong, Sun Daoren was originally the governor of Fujian, and he has been on the sidelines after the Xinhai Revolution, and later due to the change of situation, Sun Daoren joined the League in desperation.

The question is whether he joined unwillingly, and his position as governor was also supported by the revolutionary parties that invaded the city by the League—————— whether he was very similar to Li Yuanhong.

During the second revolution in history, Li Liejun raised the anti-Yuan banner at Hukou, Jiangxi, and the "second revolution" broke out. Anhui, Hunan, Guangdong and other provinces have declared independence one after another. Representatives from all walks of life in Fuzhou petitioned the Governor's Office to declare independence.

At the beginning of the revolution, Sun Daoren was as attentive and hesitant as he was during the Xinhai Revolution. Later, Xu Chongzhi, commander of the 14th Fujian Division, contacted Liu Tong, Huang Guangbi and other revolutionaries and coerced Sun Daoren to raise troops against Yuan. Sun Daoren had no choice but to send a joint telegram with Xu Chongzhi on July 19, declaring Fujian's independence and electing Xu Chongzhi as the commander-in-chief of Fujian's Yuan army.

However, although Xu Chongzhi prompted Sun Daoren to declare independence, Sun Daoren only paid lip service to Xu Chongzhi's request to send troops to the Northern Expedition, and did not support it in action, and the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce did not raise funds on his behalf. Due to the lack of military salaries, although Fujian declared independence, the Yuan army never left the province.

It can also be seen that Sun Daoren, like Zhu Rui, is also a first-class wallgrass, and because of some puppet-like relationships, he does not have much good impression of the Kuomintang.

And although he is similar to Li Yuanhong, Sun Daoren's status is much worse than Li Yuanhong.

After all, Hubei is the land of righteousness, and the whole country is looking at it, and it is precisely because of this righteousness that Li Yuanhong became vice president very easily. Although Sun Daoren is also the governor of a province, he basically did not get much attention because he did not have the name of Shouyi.

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"That's it..."Hearing Tang Li's words, Yan Shao nodded. In this way, at least for a short time, there is no need to worry about the revolutionary party in Fujian..."

Of course, it was not without a price for letting Sun Daoren do this, because Yan Shao also gave him a promise.

That is, if Yan Shao can really succeed in cleaning up the revolutionary party in Jiangxi, then he will help him in the future, drive the Kuomintang in Fujian out of the city, and let him really become a real governor.

If it fails, forget it...

After all, if Yan Shao fails, the chances of him being able to stay in the country will be very small, and he will naturally not be able to ask for anything at that time.

In fact, Sun Daoren is gambling on one thing, that is, Yan Shao can clean up the Kuomintang in Jiangxi at the same time. and was able to withstand Yuan Shikai's pressure in the north.

As for Yan Shao being able to win against Yuan Shikai? This Sun Daoren really didn't think about it.

Although Sun Daoren is also a character who has stayed abroad, his vision still belongs to the old-style character after all. In his opinion, just look at the range of forces of the Kuomintang and Beiyang on the map. You can see a lot of things.

But even so, Sun Daoren was still willing to help Yan Shao.

Don't look at the governors in the south, many of them support Yuan Shikai, but in their hearts they actually hope to maintain this kind of autonomous life at this stage, so that they can continue to be their own emperor on their own territory.

In this case, Beiyang's strong position is actually a threat to them.

Of course, they didn't want Yan Shao to fight with the Kuomintang, but they also didn't want both the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang to disappear. Only the dominant position of the Beiyang family was left. In that case, the lives of these free governors would come to an end.

This is actually another reason why Zhu Rui and Cheng Dequan are willing to be wall grass.

In fact, except for orthodox soldiers like Cai Yi, I am afraid that there are few governors who will obey the orders of a president like Yuan Shikai. (In Cai's eyes.) Yuan Shikai was a great man, the only person who could correctly lead China, so he would obey the order to crusade against Sichuan during the Second Revolution. ）

Sun Daoren is willing to help Yan Shao, not like Zhu Rui and them. is also because his relationship with the Kuomintang is really not good.

Nature. Yan Shao also agreed to his request, but I'm afraid Sun Daoren couldn't have imagined that Yan Shao really wanted to expel the Kuomintang, but if the real governor or something, if he really entered the stage of political training, then the governors of the whole country would be abolished, and replaced by the provincial governor, a position without military power.

Of course, the peach is reciprocated. It's okay to let Sun Daoren continue to stay in his position as a governor.

However, this first has to wait for Yan Shao to defeat Beiyang. As for the rest, it's too early to tell...

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In addition to Sun Daoren in Fujian, Yan Shao has also made contact with Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Hubei provinces. Compared with poor Sun Daoren, the governors of these provinces are much more imposing.

And after some contact, they have also agreed that even if Yuan Shikai sends troops, they will only be a bystander.

After all, if Yan Shao and the Kuomintang fell at the same time, they would not do them any good.

However, both Yan Shao and they are well aware of how fragile this verbal agreement is.

If Yan Shao can really block Beiyang's attack, then this agreement will be observed, but if Yan Shao is defeated, then they definitely don't mind jumping up and getting a piece of the pie.

Anhui's wealth, they have been coveting it for a long time...

"Besides, what's going on over there at the mouth of the lake? Is it going well? ”

After listening to Tang Li's answer, Yan Shao glanced at Fu Xiuming again.

"It's going well..."Hearing Yan Shao ask himself, Fu Xiuming took two steps forward. The news that has just been transmitted back from the Wind and Rain that the landing force has captured several outlying fortifications of the Hukou Fort, and the defenders of Hukou seem to have been stunned by our surprise attack, coupled with the gap in equipment and other aspects, it has not been able to prevent an effective defense, and I believe that Hukou will definitely be taken before dawn tomorrow..."

"Okay, tell Xiao Yongyan to let him take Jiujiang immediately after taking Hukou, and then go straight to Nanchang, be sure to defeat the main force of the Jiangxi army before the reinforcements from Guangdong, and..." Sun Daoren's promise may not be really useful, even if that guy is willing to drag Xu Chongzhi and them for us, but the military power is in Xu Chongzhi's hands, if that guy insists on doing it, I'm afraid Sun Daoren may not be able to stop it..."

"Understood..."

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Just when Xiao Yongyan received Yan Shao's telegram on the gunboat, on the river, the fleet of Yu Weiqian's second brigade also encountered the three gunboats sent by Gu Chengzhou to block the river.

When Yu Weiqian stood on the river ship and saw the three gunboats on the river, he almost stopped his heart.

Although more than three hours had passed since the attack on the Hukou Fort, the defenders of the Hukou Fort had never figured out the situation. It's just that the Zhiludao battery has been subjected to heavy shelling, but they don't know exactly how many enemy ships have come.

It is precisely because of this that Yu Weiqian will come by boat for reinforcements. Not only because of the lack of understanding of the enemy's situation, but also because of the importance of the Hukou Battery.

But after seeing this scene, he fell into a dilemma.

Rushing forward? There were no warships in his fleet, but if he retreated, he didn't mention whether it was too late to adjust the bow now. What to do on the Hukou Fort? The situation there is very dangerous, and if you don't rush over, it's hard to say how long the defenders of the battery will last...

Although the struggle in Yu Weiqian's own heart was fierce, the three gunboats on the river did not seem to give Yu Weiqian much time to think.

Such a large fleet suddenly appeared on the river, and it was impossible not to see it unless the people on the three gunboats were blind. What's more, their task is to blockade the river and prevent any reinforcements from the Gan army from rushing to the mouth of the lake?

So before Yu Weiqian could come up with a way, the three gunboats had already adjusted their guns and opened fire on the flotilla on the river.

When things came to this, Yu Weiqian couldn't continue to grind, and decisively ordered a retreat.

They were fishing boats or river boats, and they couldn't fight their opponents at all. If he continues to rush forward like this, his 4,000 men and horses will probably sink to the bottom of the river to feed the fish and shrimp.

I have to say that Yu Weiqian's order was very decisive, but the three gunboats behind were always chasing...

But in a few moments, a number of ships have already been sunk by shells...

As for the defenders of the mouth of the lake? At this point, it's completely hopeless... (To be continued......)