"Company Commander ()."

On the official road leading from Wuchang Wharf to the Advisory Bureau, there were several soldiers, carrying rifles on their backs and wearing brand new Flying Tiger badges on their arms.

"The brothers have all gone to Liujia Temple, why are we here for this?"

"Execute the order!" Under the scorching sun, Lei Meng had green smoke curling on his forehead, and his hands were on the handle of the M1911 gun all the way, and he was already full of anger about this matter, if the commander hadn't personally ordered him, he would have scolded, and now the soldier said this wouldn't add fuel to the fire!

"Look, the Navy battalion is out ()!"

Although he didn't want to see it, Lei Meng couldn't help but be tempted to sneak a look, only to see that Chu Yu and Chu Qian of the naval battalion were taking several other small gunboats all the way around the Parrot Island to the Yangtze River, and killed them at Liujiamiao downstream.

"Cheer me up! Look what you guys look like! Don't disgrace the commander and our right army! Lei Meng borrowed the topic to play: "Hurry up and finish the work, maybe you can catch Zhang Biao when you go back!" ”

"Someone." Before the commander of the Lei company could finish his training, several soldiers with guns came to him.

Originally, he was a brother who ate in the trenches, so Lei Meng also politely bowed his hand and said: "Brothers, Lei Meng, who is in the lower right army guard team (temporarily using the original establishment name externally), has been ordered by the commander to meet the governor of the capital to discuss important matters. ”

"Right Army?"

A few soldiers blocking the road, you look at me, I look at you, since yesterday evening, the matter of a right army on the opposite side has spread all over Wuchang City, this has not stopped, people sent people to kill the door, as soon as they thought of this self-styled title, the soldiers laughed: "What right army commander, isn't it the Baturu lackeys full of Tartars?" Let's go, Li Du is very busy and doesn't have time to see you. ”

If you really don't see it, forget it, but listening to these guys laughing, Lei Meng, who was already full of anger, also learned from Commander Yang and shouted: "What are you!" Since he is wearing a military uniform and holding a steel gun, don't you understand the rules of the army! ”

He was born with a loud voice, and his appearance was also fierce, and he really suppressed the soldiers who blocked the way, and when he saw that the other party didn't dare to speak anymore, he scolded proudly: "If you are revolutionary, can you forget all the military regulations?!" Whether the Right Army counts or not, is it up to you to have the final say! Lao Tzu doesn't have time to waste time here with you, I'm going to fight Liujiamiao in a while! ”

"Humph! The next time you see the chief, remember to salute first! Lei Meng snorted coldly, glared at the soldier with a straight step, and then swaggered and continued to walk forward with his own people.

Several veterans looked at the other party's neat military uniforms, brand-new flying tiger armbands and neat and unique military steps, and then looked at the wrinkles left by their bodies because they had not stopped for the past few days, and sighed in their hearts and followed ().

Along the way, more and more soldiers saw Lei Meng and his party, and when they arrived at the Advisory Bureau, there were no less than 100 people around them, and the soldiers pointed and pointed, both disdain for the Right Army and curiosity about the Flying Tiger armband. Lei Meng didn't care about this, the more people he had, the more energetic he became, and when he arrived at the door, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Lei Meng, the military officer on the right, is ordered to see Li Tu!" ”

Tang Hualong, Wu Zhaolin and others were having a meeting in the conference room, and because Li Yuanhong was still detained upstairs without eating or drinking, everyone was very anxious, so this voice directly aroused everyone's hearts, and suddenly they all rushed outside.

"Who's making a noise here? Don't know what's going on? Li Xiping outside was the first to rush out, and when he saw it, he scolded loudly without asking, this time it can make Lei Meng angry, and it is okay to come out and reprimand himself by an officer at the same level, and the military cadet who does not even have a hair dares to shout at the officer, what kind of system is this!

"Fuck off!"

The hob meat directly pointed his finger on Li Xiping's face, and the spit flew: "Who are you?" Lao Tzu is here to see Etu! You hairless cadet dare to yell at the officer, is there no military regulations? There is no royal law anymore! ”

Li Xiping was a military cadet in the end, and he received regular military training, and he was scolded so much that he couldn't speak, and many of the soldiers who looked around were officers above the right eye, and they were already dissatisfied with this military cadet who entered and exited the consultative bureau at will, and shouted one after another: "I'll just say, the revolution can't be big or small, and the cadets dare to shout five and drink six, if they are like this, how will we still command the soldiers in the future!" ”

"Yes, we have laid down Wuchang, so that some Mao has not yet grown up to grab the credit."

"If you scold well, the cadets should go back to the military academy to study with peace of mind, lest the Tartars laugh at us and have no one!"

The laughter around him made Li Xiping's face unbearable, and he reached out to touch the gun, but Lei Meng, who had been guarding him for a long time, suddenly shouted: "You dare!" Whoever pulls out a gun against the commander will be killed! ”

The company commander spoke, and the soldiers who followed him immediately raised their guns and aimed them at Li Xiping, and the soldiers watching next to him did not expect that the situation would turn sharply and draw their guns to face each other, and they also wanted to raise their guns, but when the guns arrived in their hands, they found that the words of the people were reasonable, and the school students tried to kill the team officers, and it was a capital crime to put it anywhere, so the gun that was halfway up was put down again.

"Stop."

Seeing that it was about to cause a bloody conflict, Wu Zhaolin, Tang Hualong and others arrived, Lei Meng knew Wu Zhaolin, and immediately raised his hand when he saw him, and the soldiers put away their guns and acted in one go, so that the eyes of the officers present lit up.

Lei Meng first saluted, and then said familiarly: "Brother Wu, I'm here to see Li Du, this is." ”

"Oh, this is Speaker Tang of the Consultative Bureau, and this is Zhang."

Lei Meng didn't even look at Zhang Zhenwu and several other party members out of the corner of his eye, and rushed to Tang Hualong to salute and said, "Lei Meng, the military officer on the right, has seen the speaker of the council. Tang Hualong had already learned from Hu Ruilin that Yang Qiu was showing favor, but he didn't expect this piece of hob meat to be so knowledgeable, and he suddenly felt that his face was bright, and he asked, "Why do you want to raise a gun against each other?" This is the Advisory Council, why the noise? ”

Seeing Tang Hualong's tone to defend himself, he immediately said that Li Xiping was a "hairless ruffian" who blocked the military situation for no reason, and tried to pull out a gun to murder the officer. It's almost impossible to say that he is a traitor who has mixed into the people with Tartars, because Li Xiping is still pressing his hand on the handle of the gun at this moment, and he has confirmed the matter of assassinating the chief, which made the onlookers around him blush.

Wu Zhaolin glanced at Li Xiping, who was already trembling with anger, and sighed secretly in his heart, he didn't believe that these words were come up by Hob Meat himself, not to mention that people still buckled their big hats.

Tang Hualong has long been displeased with these "nouveau riche", especially the fact that Li Xiping signed the notice on behalf of Anmin that day was really lawless, and a military cadet dared to be presumptuous in front of so many officers! After a long time, how could he, the speaker, establish his authority, so he immediately turned his head to Wu Zhaolin and said: "Fear three, this is a matter in the army, I don't care ()." ”

Wu Zhaolin has been holding back the fire in his stomach for the past two days, everyone still listened to him during the first uprising, but after he defeated Wuchang City, he was unruly like the founding father, he couldn't out, and the lights didn't go out, so he pointed at Li Xiping and shouted: "Come on, get off his gun, and be confined for three days!" ”

Zhang Zhenwu was anxious when he heard it next to him, Li Xiping was a young man he was optimistic about, and immediately jumped out and said, "Why do you believe his words?" Can a Manchu lackey's dog lege wronged a good revolutionary comrade? ”

"Who are you?" Lei Meng stared: "Why haven't you seen it?" Posts? Military rank? ”

Li Yuanhong has not officially ascended to the position of governor, Zhang Zhenwu naturally has no official title, and he is not a person in the army, so this sentence stunned him, and hurriedly reprimanded: "My name is Zhang Zhenwu, and I am from the Revolutionary Committee." ”

Before he finished speaking, Lei Meng, who had already heard Yang Qiu's explanation of this person, immediately interrupted: "I don't care what you are, ask them first." Finger swept the soldiers around: "What is the military regulation as heavy as a mountain!" ”

After finishing speaking, he ignored them, turned his head to Tang Hualong and said, "Speaker, I came to see Li Du on the order of Commander Yang to report something important. ”

"What Commander Yang, who sealed it? Say to yourself! Zhang Zhenwu, who was choked so much that he almost didn't carry it, was already furious when he saw Li Xiping being taken away by the soldiers, and when he heard Yang Qiu's name at this moment, he even opened his mouth and scolded: "He killed our comrades in Sichuan yet!" ”

"Li Du sealed! Do you have an opinion? Besides, if you "comrades" hide in the street corner to assassinate the sneak attack soldiers for the sake of a ruffian who blocks the road and robs, let alone the commander, Lao Tzu will also slaughter it first! Lei Meng deliberately bit the word comrade very hard, and said loudly the truth about why Wang Tianjie was killed, which immediately surprised all the soldiers around him.

"Made, hide in the corner and assassinate, if I do, I will do the same."

"I said, it turns out that Lord Yang is for self-preservation."

Wu Zhaolin knew that Lei Meng was the hob meat deliberately sent by Yang Qiu, and if he continued to make trouble, it was estimated that the army's morale would be even more chaotic, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Lei, this matter is all a misunderstanding, now everyone is a comrade, Commander Yang will not pursue it, and you will also extinguish the fire ()." ”

Tang Hualong didn't want things to be too bad, after all, these people were still needed to block the Qing army, not to mention that they had really defeated Hanyang and Hankou, plus the notice on his side had just come out yesterday, and that side immediately followed, and the title of the commander of the right army could not be erased, so he also said: "Captain Lei, Li Du is resting, and you can tell me the same if there is anything." ”

"Speaker, don't blame me for talking too much, the commander must tell Li Du in person, and there is no way to do it."

didn't expect Yang Qiu to be able to train this piece of hob meat to look like this, Tang Hualong could only ask Wu Zhaolin with his eyes, the latter thought that Yang Qiu should have no reason to kill Li Yuanhong, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see Li Du." ”

Although Zhang Zhenwu was unwilling to let Lei Meng see Li Yuanhong like that, the notices of the Right Route Army had already been all over the world, and even the whole country had been electrified, and Li Yuanhong's name as the governor of the capital could not be removed, so he could only grit his teeth and follow.

At the window on the second floor, Li Yuanhong, who was under house arrest but said to be protecting, had already seen this scene, and when he saw Lei Meng reprimanding several party members, his face was red and he had nothing to say, so he smiled slightly, so he sat down again and suffered again.

"The army officer on the right side, Lei Meng, see Li Du!"

Lei Meng's waist is straighter than just now, and Li Yuanhong, who has not spoken since he was placed under house arrest, also opened his golden mouth for the first time when he saw him and smiled: "I remember you, the No. 42 hob meat hehe, you have become a team officer, not bad!" ”

"That's all cultivated by the Governor, and the commander appreciates it." Hearing Li Yuanhong praise himself, Lei Meng also touched the back of his head and smirked, Zhang Zhenwu saw that Li Yuanhong actually spoke for this bastard, and he hated it even more in his heart.

"Yang Qiu, he."

"Governor Li, the commander has led us to recover Hanyang and Hankou, and also captured Ruicheng, and now he is in prison, waiting for you to cross the river to see what to do." Although Lei Meng was a bastard, when he came in just now, he saw a lot of sentry posts, and he also knew that Li Yuanhong was under house arrest, so he immediately glared at the bull's eye, looked around at the people who had been stunned by the news, and said fiercely: "Li Du, if you want to cross the river now, Lei Meng can protect you!" ”

This sentence frightened Wu Zhaolin, Tang Hualong and the others, and they were surprised to hear that Yang Qiu had already caught Ruicheng, but they didn't expect that he still wanted to forcibly take Li Yuanhong across the river! This is a big deal, if it is really taken across the river, I am afraid that this side will be divided immediately, and when the Qing army comes, everyone will be dead and dead.

Li Yuanhong also knew that it was impossible for him to leave even if he wanted to leave at this moment, so he waved his hand and smiled: "You think too much, I've been a little busy these days, and they're afraid that others will disturb my rest." ”

Hearing Li Yuanhong say this, even Zhang Zhenwu breathed a sigh of relief, Lei Meng still didn't believe it and said loudly: "Li Du, Commander Yang asked me to tell you that you are his boss, one day, one life!" As a soldier, since I chose to wear a military uniform and carry a gun, I don't have so much hypocrisy, and I don't have so many fancy intestines! He said that even if you didn't wear a military uniform that day, it was his old boss! ”

No matter how many empty words there were in these words, Li Yuanhong still warmed his heart when he heard it, and said with a smile: "It's hard to think of me at this moment." ”

"The commander said, if there is no merit recommended by the governor of Li that day, there will be no success of the commander in recovering the two towns today, so let me greet you before I come out! Oh yes. Lei Meng immediately took out a red cloth bag from his arms, and after slowly opening it in front of everyone, a brand-new M1911 pistol appeared in front of everyone, and said: "The commander said, last time Li Du, you said in the meeting that you liked this kind of gun, so I specially found Master Su Hongsheng to order one, and let me bring it over to you." ”

Yang Qiu's two new-style pistols had already spread all over the three towns, and there were many soldiers who were envious when they saw Lei Meng pinning two pistols just now, and at this moment, when they saw this exquisite pistol that was obviously retouched, they also secretly swallowed their saliva.

Li Yuanhong slowly picked up the gun, and after playing with it twice, he suddenly saw a line of small characters engraved on the handshake handguard, and quickly squinted his eyes, and Tang Hualong next to him also came over, and read one word: "The first governor of China"!

"This Yang Qiu, fooling around ()." Li Yuanhong said nonsense, but the gun did not mean to put down, but seemed to like it very much, and just as he was about to speak after two strokes, he heard a fierce cannon sound suddenly from the opposite bank.

Tang Hualong had never fought, and he trembled with fright when he heard the sound of the cannon, Zhang Zhenwu's face was also pale, only Wu Zhaolin was still calm, and shouted and asked, "What's the matter?" Who's firing the cannons? ”

"It's started, it's started!" Just when everyone was nervous, Lei Meng rushed to the window, jumping like a child and shouting excitedly, and the guards and soldiers who stayed downstairs also high-fived each other happily.

Li Yuanhong immediately walked to the window, saw the black smoke rising in the direction of Liujiamiao, and immediately understood, pointed over there and asked, "Lei Meng, this is." ”

"Yu Li Du, in order to celebrate Li Du's appointment and to sweep the four fields and prevent the Qing Dog from joining forces with the outside, the commander has personally led all the brothers of the 42 bids to attack Liujiamiao, and today he will annihilate the remnants of Zhang Biao and solve the danger of Hankou!"

Attack Liujiamiao?!

Everyone was excited, yesterday after learning that Zhang Biao had been regarded as a confidant after entrenching in Liujiamiao, just now someone suggested that the army should immediately cross the river to defeat him, but because the army was unstable, and could not find a suitable commander, so he didn't do it, but he didn't expect that Yang Qiu over there would not hesitate to invest all the heavy troops to kill the past, such determination is really staggering.

Tang Hualong's face was not very good when he looked at the artillery fire, he didn't have any rules and regulations on his side, and Yang Qiu over there not only took the richest Hankou into his arms, but also planted the Flying Tiger Flag on the most important customs building! also put the behemoth of the gun factory directly into his pocket, not to mention that the customs has nearly 3 million incoming items every year! This Hanyang Gun Factory alone is not a steel mill separated by a wall with countless arrears tossed by Sheng Xuanhuai and at the mercy of the Japanese, it is the property of the Qing Empire, and it is worth at least a few million if you count the money! Now he is taking advantage of the instability on his side to attack Liujiamiao again, if he is lucky to win again, it will be fame and fortune!

Who else can be his equals in the Three Towns?

Li Yuanhong withdrew his gaze from the smoke of gunpowder, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, and asked, "Lei Meng, you just said that you were looking for me?" Is this the thing? ”

"One more thing ()." Lei Meng took out a list that had already been prepared from his pocket: "Li Du, the commander has obtained the exact information, the Mantars have made Yin Chang the commander of the army, leading the Beiyang Army to two towns and three associations, Henan City Patrol 52 is coming in the starry night, and the sailors of the Sa General System have also set off from Shanghai!" ”

Without waiting for everyone to digest this terrifying news, Lei Meng had already continued to be anxious and said: "Li Du, you know best, our 42 standard troops are insufficient, and there is a serious shortage of heavy weapons such as artillery, and Hankou must be the main battlefield, so the commander hopes that Li Du can see that for the sake of the millions of Hankou people on the opposite side, allocate 1 million military funds, 20,000 rifles, 2 million bullets, 100 cannons and shells for urgent use, and then transfer 5,000 elite soldiers to the Right Route Army to defend Hankou!" ”

What the!

Two towns, three associations and then add water divisions! Everyone hasn't come to their senses yet, and here you open your mouth to 1 million military resources, 20,000 rifles, 2 million bullets, 100 cannons and 5,000 elite soldiers!

Not to mention Tang Hualong and Zhang Zhenwu, even Wu Zhaolin jumped up, Chuwangtai has reserves, but there are only more than 50,000 rifles, of which more than 10,000 are Japanese 30-type rifles eliminated by Beiyang, and there are only 120 cannons. What's more, if you haven't covered the heat yet, you have to be taken half of it first! And after laying down the domain treasury before, everyone knew that Ruicheng had already secretly transferred the autumn tax that had just been collected, and now there was less than 800,000 cash left, but Yang Qiu was good, and his mouth was 1 million!

This is obviously self-respect, too shameless!

Li Yuanhong frowned, and was a little dissatisfied with Yang Qiu's big appetite, but if the intelligence was true, there were really so many Beiyang troops coming, and I am afraid that this bit of ordnance was not enough! And the 42 standard is indeed too weak, from the military point of view Hankou and Hanyang are the first to bear the brunt, although the governor of Shouyi can live through the ages, but he doesn't want to die, if you don't build some fortifications as soon as possible, it will be really troublesome, so after thinking about it, I wrote a few words and handed them to Lei Meng, just about to tell when a voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Ordnance, can't move!"