"boom......."

As soon as Wang Anlan put down the phone, a shell exploded not far from the Mixed Association Command. The loud noise made the surrounding glass shatter, scaring some soldiers outside hurriedly hid in.

Li Yuanhong also sat in front of the case with a pale complexion. A broken body in the hall was shocking. It was a liaison officer sent by the party members. He was hacked to death on the spot because he was afraid of chaos.

Due to the previous major change of defense, the two battalions of 41 Biao were outside, and the 42 Biao was trapped in Hanyang and Hankou and could not cross the river to support him for the time being, so there was only one infantry battalion and one artillery battalion left by his side, and only Liu Wenzhi, Wang Anlan and others were left. The command post was much deserted. Li Yuanhong glanced at Wang Anlan, who was scared by the explosion and almost fell down, and asked, "What did Yang Qiu say."

Wang Anlan calmed down and repeated: "Sir, Yang Qiu said that all 42 flags are on standby and are waiting for your order. In addition, he said..."

"When is it, I'm still hesitating!" Seeing his speech flashing, Li Yuanhong slapped the table hard. Wang Anlan dared not delay it, and quickly said: "He said that no matter what Wuchang is like, he will definitely protect the adults. He also said that no matter what the adults choose, he is the adults' foreign aid!"

"Foreign aid..." Li Yuanhong recited these two meaningful words, and a hook that was undiscovered by others, and continued to say coldly: "Now the bandits are in chaos, and all camps have echoes. You usually eat the court's salary and receive the grace of the court. At this time, you should be loyal and uphold your integrity and never do anything randomly!"

Liu Wenzhi heard Li Yuanhong's implicit voice and hurriedly said: Don't worry, I have two battalions of 41st Band, and Yang Qiu's 42nd Band is also on standby on the other side. These rioters dare not act rashly."

"Yes, I'm still aligned with everyone." Li Yuanhong sighed, waved his hand and called his confidant guard to write a few words quickly and said, "You go find Wu Zhaolin. I heard that he is the commander. If you give this to him, you must not be seen by others. He will not kill you after seeing it."

When the guard heard that his life was guaranteed, he rushed out of the command post.

At this time, the gunfire outside became increasingly dense, and several shells fell near the command post again. Liu Wenzhi and other officers became even more anxious and asked: "Sir, now we..."

"It's better to go down the river than to go down the river, just like that." Li Yuanhong said nothing and waved his hand: "You all go back. Don't participate in mutiny. If you come to the door, just comfort me. If they shoot, don't fight back randomly. As for the soldiers, let them do whatever they want. I can't control this."

After hearing what he said, the officers finally breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye. Li Yuanhong didn't know where to go at this time. Seeing this, Liu Wenzhi immediately said, "Sir, why not go to my place to rest for a few days and come back after the matter is decided here."

"Okay." Li Yuanhong agreed readily.

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"The bullet is coming, the bullet is coming..." The soldier shouted excitedly. Yue Peng, who was looking at the map in the room, trembled his fingers and sighed with a long sigh. After he calmed down, he saw that several carriages had already stopped in the middle of the military camp. Several anxious soldiers immediately pried open the box, and the yellow-collar bullets were immediately spilled down.

Just as everyone started to collect bullets, the sound of rapid running came in from outside. Zhang Wenjing's third battalion finally arrived. Seeing that the number of people was not only a small amount, but also a little more, he said in surprise: "Wen Jing, you are..."

Zhang Wenjing immediately pulled out a man in his thirties from behind. After seeing Yue Peng, the man quickly saluted: "Hang Zhi has met Mr. Guandai, we are from the left banner of Hankou City Camp."

Zhang Wenjing was afraid of misunderstandings, so he quickly told the matter. It turned out that when he came back, he saw Hang Zhi who was stationed there. The two of them knew each other from the same hometown. When Hang Zhi heard that Zhang Wenjing was going to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, he was excited and immediately brought people in.

Yue Peng knew that Zhang Wenjing had always been steady in his work. Since he was the person he recommended, he would definitely be a little sure of it, but the matter still needs to be made clear. So he glanced at the new soldiers: "I said it was ugly in front. Our 42 Biao is not other troops. Lord Biao Tong strictly requires the four words of order and obedience! It is about orders and prohibitions. Even if there are swords in front, you have to grit your teeth if you have orders! Is there any problem?"

"No problem, don't worry, sir. Zhang Guandai had already told me on the way here. We have disliked the Manchus for a long time." Hang Zhi and the soldiers excitedly patted their chests and promised.

"Okay, I'll be brothers from now on. Each person fires thirty bullets first and then sets off immediately." After Yue Peng arranged for Hang Zhi and the soldiers to collect the bullets, he immediately pulled Zhang Wenjing to his side and asked, "Is it okay?"

"Don't worry, it's my brother, there's absolutely no problem." Zhang Wenjing patted Yue Peng's shoulder and asked, "By the way, how is it going on over there?"

"He Xi led the first battalion to attack Hanyang County and the Shangcheng Camp. Lei Meng and the new Ji Fucheng attacked the Jiangfang Battalion of Guishan Fort. Su Xiaohu picked up a bargain. The lord temporarily organized him into the ** battalion to receive the gun factory. Even the steel mill had to take advantage of the opportunity to wash it!"

"He Xi, Ji Fucheng, Su Xiaohu. None of them are adults' direct subordinates, but he still dares to delegate power. I really admire him." Zhang Wenjing sighed and asked again, "By the way, where are the adults themselves?"

"I have already gone to Wuchang City." Yue Peng's face darkened, and Zhang Wenjing suddenly jumped up when he heard it: "What! How can I go to Wuchang to wade into muddy waters now? What are Xiao Anguo and the others doing? Why not stop it?"

Yue Peng was extremely worried after hearing this news, but in his opinion, Yang Qiu was not the kind of reckless person, and he was meticulous and orderly. Since he insisted on going to Wuchang, there must be something big.

"Sir, there are a large number of mobs and bandits in Hankou City. The team did not take action first according to the order and sent someone back to ask if it was..." The soldiers who reported interrupted the thoughts of the two. Yue Peng patted Zhang Wenjing: "Sir, you must have your own attention when doing that. Let's do it well before he comes back..."

Zhang Wenjing also knew that the most important thing to take Hankou at this moment, so he hurriedly said: "Hang Zhi just told me that there are two machine gun guards in the Hankou City Camp. We don't have cannons now. Just relying on bombs and rifles, I'm afraid..."

After hearing this, Hang Zhi, who had just received the bullet, immediately said, "There are cannons."

"There are cannons? Where are they? Tell me quickly!" Yue Peng was worried about the problem of insufficient firepower. When he heard Hang Zhi say there were cannons, he rushed to him with a quick glance. He scratched his head and smiled: "Yesterday, the China Merchants Corporation came to ten German-made Krupp mountain cannons made by Jiangnan Factory. I heard that they should have been supplemented with the Mixed Association Artillery Battalion these days."

"Is this true?"

"I dare not tell lies about this. I have a few brothers from China Merchants Group. They told me when they were drinking yesterday."

When Yue Peng heard Hang Zhi say this, he knew it would not be fake. The China Merchants Bureau could have been said to be an arms dealer run by the imperial court. In recent years, many procurements in the eight towns were purchased by them, so he immediately said: "Wen Jing, you lead the team to surround the city patrol camp first, and the remaining people occupy important places such as customs buildings and vassal treasurys according to the plan. I personally go to the China Merchants Bureau to get cannons."

Just as Zhang Wenjing was about to leave, he suddenly remembered what the soldiers reported just now, and hurriedly grabbed him and asked, "What happened to the bandits and the mob?" Yue Peng knew that he would ask this question, and smiled lowly and said, "The Manchu and Tartars are about to be overthrown, and Hankou naturally needs a new order!"

"It seems that our self-proclaimed noble Lord Yue is also going to be dirty, haha..." Zhang Wenjing is not a pedantic person, not to mention that he was the clerk of the army before, so he naturally knew how much it would cost to raise an army.

When gunfires sounded at the same time in Hankou and Hanyang, Nei Ruicheng, the governor's office in Huguang, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. The explosions and machine gun shootings kept piercing him like needles, and kept walking around in the study. Although he and Zhang Biao were fighting happily, they spared no effort to revive the Qing Dynasty, but they were not proficient in fighting. Therefore, the governor's office had to rely on the former 29th Biaobiao Commander Li Xianglin who was transferred by Zhang Biao after the Nanhu Cannon Ball incident.

Li Xianglin was quite responsible. More than a thousand soldiers and military police transferred from the three town patrol camps and personally supervised the battle. However, these troops had poor combat effectiveness. Fortunately, with machine guns, they blocked the rebel army that had no coordination and command in a hurry. But he was still afraid of death. After all, war is not an internal struggle, and it is a matter of losing his head at all. More importantly, even if Li Xianglin and the others defeated and were caught, they might not die, and the bannerman... they would definitely die!

"Sir, retreat, retreat!" While worried, Li Xianglin walked in with murderous aura. When he saw Ruicheng, he quickly reported the good news: "Sir, the bid has already repelled their attack, and here is temporarily safe."

"That's great, great!"

Ruicheng jumped up like a child excitedly, but he was deliberately left by his side with the "rear path". Chen Delong, the Chu Yu ship manager, was not easy to fool, and asked: "Master Biao Tong, can you say that these rioters retreat so much?"

Li Xianglin glared at Chen Delong, thinking that everyone was doing a job, why bother! Seeing Ruicheng looking at him, he quickly said: "Don't worry, although they are organizing a second attack, they have machine guns to help the battle. Admiral also dragged out a lot of rebels, which will definitely ensure that the safety of the emperor will be until the imperial army comes."

"That's good." Ruicheng also knew that Li Xianglin had done his best. He sighed and told him again, and made a lot of false promises before he could let him go out to continue to resist. But as soon as he left, his face collapsed. He grabbed Zhang Meisheng and asked, "Meisheng, look tonight... but what should I do!"

Zhang Meisheng was just a scholar, a shogunate master, and knew nothing about military affairs. He thought there were only a few hundred rebel soldiers, so he replied firmly: "Sir. Students are foolish in their opinion, the rebels are just a group of courage and lack unified command, so as long as they are here, they can calm people's hearts. In addition, it is too dark outside now, so it is inconvenient for Lord Zhang and Lord Li to transfer troops. As long as they persist until dawn, these rebels naturally dare not fight again."

Chen Delong became angry as soon as he heard this. He was a pure martial artist and hated the literati the most. He shouted: "The adults are in the safety of Hubei Province. It is difficult to predict the riots tonight. You must not let adults take risks. You should go to my ship first, where adults can still command the rebellion."

Zhang Meisheng has a temper with a scholar. Since he spoke, he must stick to the end, so he does not allow him to: "Sir, you cannot leave! Once you leave, the hearts of the supervisor will be dispersed, and there will be no doubts about failure!"

The fighting outside was lively, and the noise inside was full of gunpowder. Ruicheng didn't know who could hear that he had to hide in the inner room to make peace. Unexpectedly, it was also a mess inside. Liao Keyu, who was directing the maids to clean up the fineness and softness, saw him come in and asked, "Sir, how is it outside? But..."

"Don't worry, ma'am, it's safe for the time being."

Ruicheng expressed the opinions of Zhang Meisheng and Chen Delong. Liao Keyu was also secretly anxious when he heard this. He thought that if he continued to stay here, it would be a situation that would be a death-death situation. Men would never be able to eat a bullet at the worst. But she, a woman, often heard outside talk about how the mob treated women and children after making trouble. It was a tragic situation that he could not die. He hurriedly said: "Sir Zhang is a scholar, but how can he understand military affairs? I think Chen Guandao is right! Besides, sir, here, my family is dragging you down, how can you concentrate on guarding? While the riots have not all arrived yet, it is better to leave immediately! Don't listen to them!"

Ruicheng also wanted to leave, but if he left, he would be charged with escaping in the face of battle. Those in the north were not capable, but he would not be lenient when he was killing people. Just when he was hesitating, he only heard a huge explosion outside, and a shell fell into the garden. Now his even turned white. How could he keep the cannons when they came. He quickly said, "Madam, pack it up quickly, don't want any big items, just exchange me for all the silver bills." Then he immediately ran to the front and found Chen Delong and said he wanted to leave.

Chen Delong is not an army, so he doesn't feel safe when he stays on the land in a mess. So when he heard that Ruicheng finally decided to leave, he was immediately overjoyed and asked the seven or eight sailors he brought to go to the backyard to make a hole and prepare to leave through the hole.

When Zhang Meisheng saw Ruicheng leaving, he naturally did not dare to stay. He did a lot of bad things, and he would definitely die without a complete body after staying. So he also held the soft and soft house he had already packed and drilled into a big hole. But when he just raised his head again, he saw the black shadows shaking around him. Before he could shout, his head was pushed by the black muzzle, and then a familiar voice sounded.

"Aren't this Lord Rui and Master Zhang? This person is probably Lord Chen Delong, the leader of the Chu Yu ship...." In the darkness of the night, Yang Qiu walked out of the darkness with white teeth.

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