At 11 a.m. on December 22, 1911, in order to achieve the effect of a surprise soldier on the road, Geng Fei led the cavalry company to bypass many crowded places. After a while, he finally took more than 100 brothers from his cavalry company to appear at the city of Chengdu before noon.

Chengdu has the reputation of "the country of heaven", "the south of the Yangtze River in Shu", and "Suzhou and Hangzhou in Shu". Since ancient times, Chengdu has been a big city. Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, it has gradually become the political, economic, military and cultural center of Sichuan and even the entire southwest region. It is no exaggeration to say that Chengdu is the most important city in southwest China. Li Han and his Sichuan military government were actually not without reason for fear of the Xiongguan Chengdu. This Xiongguan was burned by the Tartars who entered the pass in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. However, the Qing court spent more than two hundred years to rebuild it into the largest western region and the most complete and strongest city in the country except for the capital and Nanjing.

Faced with such a powerful pass, the Comrades Baolu, which claimed to have a million in a few months ago, mobilized nearly 100,000 rebels, but failed to capture the pass. Although this is related to their lack of training, lack of weapons and ammunition, and lack of heavy weapons that can pose a threat to Chengdu City, Li Han did not think that the situation he is facing now would be much better than the 100,000 Comrades Baolu that was good at the time.

The army's temporary organization of the 17th Town 33rd Association, a total of more than 2,400 new troops. Because the former governor took away a large number of new troops that had been trained before the transfer of the post, the 17th Town New Army had always had only one full-group organization of the 33rd Association. With more than 3,000 patrol troops seized by Yin Changheng from Zhao Erfeng, and with the help of Luo Lun's influence, he attracted nearly 2,000 elite troops from eastern Sichuan and northern Sichuan. In terms of military strength, Chengdu is no less than Li Han's third, fourth and fifth associations, and even the total strength is still above it! Although Li Han's combat power is only the 33rd Association New Army, which Yin Changheng led to him as a reliance.

However, the Sichuan military government of the Han Dynasty guarded such a high-walled city. Although the combat power was uneven, and almost half of them were still using cold weapons, as long as there were no major mistakes, the end of the battle between the Guardian Army and Zhao Erfeng would be the drill of the battle between Li Han and Yin Changheng. Of course, the premise is that Yin Changheng must ensure that he can firmly grasp the Chengdu city!

The news that the revolutionary cavalry appeared outside Chengdu was immediately spread by the defenders into Yin Changheng's mansion. Yin Changheng, who was secretly negotiating the combat plan with several confidant generals, changed his face after receiving the news. Neither Yin Changheng nor Zhou Jun expected that the revolutionary army, which was rumored to be in Jianzhou last night, arrived at the city of Chengdu overnight. Yin Changheng was no longer in the mood to discuss and quickly ordered a few confidants to mobilize them to enter the city defenses. He hurriedly rode his horse and took his personal soldiers to the city gate to check the situation.

Geng Fei and his cavalry company stopped on the official road two miles away from the generals of Chengdu, and pulled out his monocular telescope that he had won with the instructors from the Army Academy and watched from a distance at this majestic city.

The suspension bridge on the moat in front of the city gate was hurriedly hung up by the panicked defenders. The defenders were all crowded on the city wall, wanting to see the legendary invincible revolutionary army army. There are many well-informed defenders who already know that Jianzhou, Yang'an and Mianzhou, which were originally affiliated with the Sichuan military government of the Han Dynasty, have been captured by the revolutionary army. However, according to analysis, the revolutionary army team will not arrive in Chengdu in two days. Why is it a day? Is it a water transportation? But there is no reason to go to water transportation. No trace of them is found along the coast until now?

Geng Fei held up the telescope and searched on the top of the city until Yin Changheng and his personal soldiers climbed the city tower, he found that several officers he had found before were surrounded by him, and knew that a big man had come. After identifying it in the telescope for a while, he saw the gorgeous Jinsuizi on his military uniform, and guessed that he might be a high-ranking official, but he didn't know that he was the governor of the Sichuan Military Government of the Han Dynasty. He had always been bold and put down the telescope, thought for a while, and there was a person in his head.

With a bold idea, he turned to his cavalry and shouted: "Little bastards, the Grand Governor ordered us to be the first to arrive at the city of Chengdu to surprise this group of adults who were unwilling to accept the leadership of the Grand Governor. I thought that if I brought a small cannon, we would be here, and fire a shot at the place where the major officials gathered at the city tower. Perhaps one shot would blow all the major officials in the city to death. When the Grand Governor comes, no one will dare to refuse to admit it! Everyone, right?"

The cavalry behind him burst into laughter, "Company Commander, we are a cavalry company. A small cannon is dozens or hundreds of pounds. Our war horses are exhausted and we can't drag them to the ground now! What should we do if there is no cannon?"

Geng Fei shook his eyebrows, raised his whip and said in a thick voice: "What should I do? If there is no gun, we have a gun. I will show the gun out. Let's go with me to the city gate for a walk. Let's tease the defenders above, and shoot the guns for me a little, so don't waste bullets!"

These cavalry and Geng Fei have known his temperament for a long time, and then they echoed loudly. Geng Fei stopped talking. With the whip, the cavalry company immediately stopped laughing and gently pulled the horse reins to adjust the order, and arranged it into a battle formation. After the queue was arranged, he went to the front, waved the whip and threw the cannon, "Rising the Iron Blood Eighteen Star Flag and Singing Our Military Song!"

After saying that, he rode out first, followed by a large group of cavalry, and rushed down the city quickly.

"Forward! Forward! Forward! Forward!

Our team is facing the sun,

Stepping on the earth of the motherland,

Carrying the hope of the nation,

We are an invincible force.

We are the children of workers and peasants.

We are the armed people,

From fearless,

Never surrender,

Fight bravely,

Until all the enemies are wiped out,

The banner of revolution flutters high.

Listen! The wind is whistling and the military horn sounds,

Listen! The revolutionary songs are so loud!

The comrades rushed to the battlefield of liberation in a neat manner.

The comrades rushed to the frontier of the motherland in an orderly manner.

Go forward! Go forward!

Our team is facing the sun,

Towards the final victory,

Liberation to the whole country!”

Neat and loudly singing. Although there were only more than a hundred cavalry companies, with the high military singing and the flying "Iron-Blooded Eighteen Star Flag", the charge of more than a hundred war horses was like a war drum, beating the hearts of the defenders on the city wall. On the city wall, Yin Changheng was originally a bit strange when he saw these cavalry standing far away on the official road, as if he was pointing at the city gate, but when he found that the Ministries' cavalry quickly lined up in battle formations, he knew that these brave cavalry were going to do something bad. But before his order was transmitted to the patrol troops on the front line of the city wall, the cavalry under the city had already rushed through the short two miles and rushed to the moat quickly. The cavalry riding on the horses were shocked on the city.

In his eyes, he quickly took the rifle from his back, put the rifle on the shoulder of the horse, and then Geng Fei roared loudly: "Release", a neat gunshot sounded. In a blink of an eye, the patrol troops on the city wall, which had not yet reacted, were hit by more than a dozen. Although there were no casualties because of the bumpy horse riding on the horse, Geng Fei put up a gun. He had the best shooting skills and had already aimed at the young generals on the city wall who were surrounded by a crowd of people. With a gunshot, the figure suddenly fell on the city wall. Seeing that he hit the target, he laughed and shouted at the city tower: "Geng Fei, the company commander of the Third Battalion of the Third Battalion of the Revolutionary Army, is here. We are following the commander-in-chief and will break the city into the pass soon! Brothers, go..."

After saying that, regardless of the reaction of the people in the city, he quickly turned his horse's head and ran away in the distance.

"Governor...Governor, are you okay!"

On the city wall, it was not someone else who was shot by Geng Fei, but Yin Changheng who came to check the situation.

The shot hit his chest, but after he fell down, there was only a little anger and pale on his face, and no bleeding came from the wound. Seeing that all his subordinates surrounded him, he suppressed his anger and waved his hand to indicate that he was fine. The shot was his chest, and there was a small pocket there. He took out a pocket watch that had been penetrated by a bullet, and he couldn't stop his fear. If he forgot to wear it today, he might still have life or not!

His confidant generals next to him were also extremely angry and asked to lead troops out of the city to teach these arrogant revolutionary troops a lesson, but he shook his hand and refused. Since he became the chief commander of the Sichuan Military Government of the Han Dynasty, no one could respect him when he saw him. However, his reason was not overwhelmed by anger. He could not understand anything outside the city at all. He did not know where Li Han's large army was. From the quality of this cavalry team of more than 100 people, you can see the quality of Li Han's army. He sighed. It was Hubei who had experienced many battles and Qing dynasties.

The army killed several rounds of elite troops, and its quality was no less than the more than 2,000 new troops he had. He had not yet found out how many troops Li Han mobilized this time to attack Chengdu. If he mobilized all the troops entering Sichuan and Hubei, Chengdu would not be able to hold on for long. After all, the army entering Sichuan and Hubei is not as good as the Guarantee Army. It is rumored that whether it is Li Han's Hubei Revolutionary Army or the civilian army in Hubei, they are all elites equipped with heavy artillery, and their equipment is much better than the 33rd Association. You should know that the 33rd Association has only one mountain artillery battalion, but because the Sichuan Arsenal has long stopped production of artillery and can only produce bullets, gunpowder and guns, the 33rd Association has seriously lacked heavy firepower.

At this moment, he was worried that if this cavalry was just Li Han who tempted his army in the city to encircle and suppress him, he finally fell into a trap set by Li Han and was ambushed.

So, although he was angry, he still explained to the generals who defended the city and asked them to defend seriously and vigilantly. Then he silently got off the city. Yin Changheng, who was also from the army, knew that Li Han's army could arrive from Jianzhou to near Chengdu overnight, so there was only one possibility left--Heyun. Therefore, it is very likely that Shibantan Town has been lost more than 20 miles away. However, if we march overnight, we must be tired. So should we arrange our army to go out of the city and attack with our fatigue?

Soon, he thought of the qualities shown by those bold and arrogant cavalrymen, which gave up this idea.

Relying on Chengdu City, he may be able to hold on for a month, but after leaving the city... the outcome is unknown!

Sighing, Yin Changheng quickly left the city tower and returned to the city to recruit Luo Lun to inquire about the contact information of the Lu Army. Not long after, almost all the people of all sizes in Chengdu knew that the Revolutionary Army had arrived and even almost killed Governor Yin.

The Cavalry Company had such a big disturbance outside the city, and the intelligence department staff in the city, Cai Qing and others could not have known it. Soon the news came to their ears!

"The Grand Governor and the others have arrived? So soon?"

Just after using some means, he avoided the defenders of the Governor's Office. When he saw the former Sichuan Governor Zhao Erfeng who was under house arrest, Cai Qing and the two were in a good mood. Although the old man who had been detained for more than half a month tried his best to show indifference and calmness, both of them saw that Zhao Erfeng, who could no longer see the style of Sichuan Governor, was so simple that he looked like an ordinary old man, was moved. After all, some time ago, it was reported that Yin Changheng wanted to kill him to shock the Eight Banners and Patrol Forces who were trying to make trouble in the city. If it weren't for the news, he would immediately ask several constitutionalists to be known as

Liu Ruo Luo Lun and others pleaded for him. Although he ordered the arrest of more than a dozen constitutional leaders including Luo Lun, he kept asking his subordinates to entertain him. He even went to the prison for condolences many times, which made many of them understand his painstaking efforts and helplessness. In addition, he then agreed to hand over the patrol troops in the city and outside the city to the command of the Sichuan Military Government of the Han Dynasty. In addition, the strong performance of the army entering Sichuan at that time made Yin Changheng dispel the idea of ​​killing him to increase his prestige and shocking some of the forces in the city that were dissatisfied with him!

Cai Qing's face was full of joy. Although it was a bit dangerous for him to sneak into Chengdu, he had gained a lot. Through Zhao Erfeng's personal account, they realized that the former governor of Sichuan was still a little back-up when he handed over the control of the patrol army. Although Yin Changheng was also cruel, he immediately dealt with several of his confidant leaders, but he still had several confidant leaders of the team, and believed that he could control the first or two battalions of patrol army. Not only that, he also had a confidant in the new army. He was originally a 33 Mixed Association, but later Yin Changheng suspected that he approached Zhu Qinglan, the former commander of the seventeenth town, and found an excuse to demote him to the team. For him, Zhao Erfeng believed that as long as he wrote a letter, he could still convince him to respond.

However, he also put forward a condition, that is, before the matter is undertaking, all the family members in his mansion must be transferred to a safe place.

This request is indeed a bit troublesome, but Li Han expected. Cai Qing agreed immediately after receiving the order from Li Han. However, he had to find Zhou Jun, the Minister of Military Affairs of the Sichuan Military Government of the Han Dynasty. Before Li Han came, he had already brought him a 50,000 silver note from foreign banks. As long as he could convince Zhong Tidao to be greedy and lustful, he was worth it, even if he was a villain, he would spend more money!

Cai Qing said: "Realistically speaking, the Grand Commander and their army should not arrive in the afternoon. I guess it is the Pioneer Camp!"

He was an experienced staff officer who had been with Li Han for a long time, but he knew a lot about the Revolutionary Army.

Zhong Tidao was stunned. Before he could speak, news came from outside that someone was visiting him. Zhong Tidao went out vigilantly and found that it was a confidant next to Zhou Jun. Only then did the two of them follow him with confidence.

When they saw Zhou Jun, the two of them knew why he had rushed to gather the two of them. It turned out that he had just returned from Yin Changheng's mansion and had just received some news from Yin. He believed that the reason why the people in the city knew that the Revolutionary Army had arrived so quickly and spread the news that he was shot everywhere was probably because someone in the city secretly defected to Chongqing, or even the people around him. Therefore, he ordered Zhou Jun and other generals to thoroughly investigate the army, but did not want some other forces to be involved in the army. Zhou Jun heard from him that he had the intention of inserting his confidant to control the various battalions of the new army. At that time, his confidant was replaced by Yin Changheng's men. Therefore, after leaving Yin's mansion, he secretly summoned the two.

Cai Qing was shocked when he saw that he was obviously worried and regretful, but he took out 30,000 silver notes from his body without any rushing face and sent them to Zhou Jun. On the one hand, he said that these were today, and the general sent someone to send them from the south to ask him to help manage the relationship between the city and sort out the chaos. On the other hand, during the conversation, he "inadvertently" said that he and others had convinced the rest of the military power in the city. Zhou Jun was indeed as introduced by Zhong Tidao.

He was greedy for money, and when he saw the 30,000 silver bills, his eyes narrowed. While saying that he had something to do in the city, he didn't need to be managed. After Cai Qing and his men persuaded him a few times, he put away the silver bills, and slapped his chest and comforted them repeatedly. During his time as Minister of Military Affairs, he had installed many confidants in the police station and the new army. Once the army of Duke Li came, as long as the two of them gave orders, he would immediately lead his troops anyway.

At the same time, he also expressed his interest in other generals who held military power as they mentioned, hoping to find out so that they would not accidentally hurt their companions during the uprising. Cai Qing took the opportunity to ask him to help transfer the former Governor Zhao Erfeng's family from the Governor's Mansion while the soldiers stationed near the Governor's Mansion were changing shifts. Zhou Jun had just received 30,000 silver notes, and he felt very good and agreed readily.
Chapter completed!