"The news provided by Lao He is consistent with the news found through the other two channels. It seems that the Li family army is indeed going to take action tonight. Their target is the Shanghai County Government. It seems that our actions are going to be advanced. If we don't act, it will probably be too late." Chen Qimei then looked slightly darker and said with some concern.

"Then we won't wait for Sun Wen and Huang Xing to reply, and immediately launch the uprising of the Qing Gang and the Chamber of Commerce. We have been operating in Shanghai for so many years, and Li Tiancheng must not be stolen by Li Tiancheng." Jiang Zhiqing immediately looked at his attitude and said anxiously.

"It's not too late, Lao Tan and Zhiqing, we can't hesitate anymore. No matter how strong the Li family army is, we are not vegetarians. As long as we mobilize the brothers in Shanghai to uprising and occupy the Shanghai county government office first, we will inform the whole country that Shanghai has been occupied by the rebel army of the Tongmenghui. In this way, if Li Tiancheng knows the current affairs, he will not fight against our Tongmenghui. In that way, he will bear the reputation of being unkind and unjust and usurp the fruits of the revolution. Morally, he will lose a city first. Next, we call on the righteous people in the world to not only fight against the Qing government, but also against Li Tiancheng, and give them a charge of bandits and isolate them, and the situation will become more and more beneficial to us." Chen Qimei thought for a moment, then his expression gradually became firmer, and then said solemnly.

"Okay, then we will contact our subordinates now, take action, and initiate trouble in advance!" Tan Renfeng brushed his thick beard with his hand, and a gleam in his eyes flashed.

"Zhiqing, go and contact the brothers of the Qing Gang, start as soon as possible, form a rebel team. The number of people depends on the situation. It is best to be able to pull up two thousand people. I now appoint you as the leader of the regiment and organize troops to capture the county government as soon as possible, and there must be no mistakes!" Chen Qimei then turned to look at Jiang Zhiqing and issued an order with great force.

"Yes!" Jiang Zhiqing immediately gave a standard military salute, and after a stern expression, he quickly turned around and went downstairs.

After Lao He walked out of the mansion and turned a few streets, a young man with a baseball cap appeared behind him. Lao He was a smart and capable intelligence officer. How could he not know the other party’s intentions? He tried his best to get rid of the other party, and finally had to break into the private house, then climbed over the wall to get rid of the young man.

This young man was stationed by Li Tiancheng in Shanghai, focusing on the intelligence personnel of the revolutionaries. Both sides did their intelligence work well. Not only did Chen Qimei and Jiang Zhiqing get the news that Li Tiancheng wanted to send troops to Shanghai, but the intelligence personnel stationed by Li Tiancheng in the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and other organizations quickly sent back the news. Chen Qimei's people acted in advance. Jiang Zhiqing mobilized a large number of practitioners and small handicraftsmen in the industrial and commercial fields, and began to distribute guns and ammunition that had long been hidden in their private houses, and rushed from the south of Huangpu District toward the Shanghai County Government on Guangqi Road, Huangpu District.

"The revolutionary party finally chose to stand opposite us. Jiang Zhiqing had already taken people to attack the county government. He wanted to seize the first contribution of the capture of Shanghai. It was 8:15 pm at the 30 minutes. They were probably going to break through the defense of the county government and attack the county government. It was too late for us to send troops to rush over." After Li Tiancheng received the news, he immediately held an emergency meeting and announced the news that the revolutionaries had just started to invade the incident to the generals attending the meeting.

"They did this clearly to compete for credit from us and let them capture the county government, so that they can occupy Shanghai with justification. At that time, we will send troops to attack the revolutionary party. I am afraid that we will not be able to explain to the people in the country and other places. It seems that we must take urgent actions to seize the county government in front of them." Ma Chaoyun continued Li Tiancheng's words.

"Without any further, I ordered the special forces company under the First Brigade of the First Division to set off immediately and send five squads of soldiers to take four helicopters to the Shanghai County Government. We must seize Tian Baorong before Jiang Zhiqing attacked the county government and captured the magistrate Tian Baorong. If the revolutionaries dared to attack again, don't blame me for being rude. In this way, we have no worries in morality."

"Everyone will go down and deploy the action immediately. According to the original plan, the other troops of the First Brigade will be ready to set off immediately and head towards the downtown area of ​​Shanghai in three directions. The Second Brigade will be on guard south to prevent the Qing soldiers from going north to attack Songjiang and Shanghai." Li Tiancheng looked at the mechanical watch on his left wrist again with a serious expression. Seeing that the pointer had pointed at 8:16, about ten minutes had passed before Jiang Zhiqing's departure, and immediately issued an order.

Two days have passed since Yan Lisan attacked the southern Jiangsu region. The Qing soldiers from Zhejiang and northern Jiangsu have received orders and immediately went to Shanghai and southern Jiangsu to clear Li Tiancheng's Li family army. The new army in Jiangsu is preparing to go to Changzhou and Wuxi. However, due to limited railway lines, the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway has been controlled in advance by Li Tiancheng. A small section of Zhenjiang leads to Wuxi. The railway in Suzhou has been blown up by Yan Lisan, and the Qing soldiers cannot advance quickly along the railway.

The Zhejiang New Army, closest to Shanghai, had already taken action after receiving the order, but after seeing Yan Lisan's troops wiped out 6,000 Qing soldiers overnight, they deliberately delayed the time and delayed the journey north. They were afraid that they would become the next target to be annihilated and did not dare to take the lead easily. The Qing government was also worried that the new army in the south would not be able to do its job effectively, so they had asked the Beiyang Army to reorganize their troops immediately and be ready to go south at any time to cooperate with the Jiangsu New Army in the ninth town to attack southern Jiangsu.

The Beiyang Army was the most powerful force among the Qing soldiers. The people who went south to suppress the revolutionary army were the Beiyang Army. Yuan Shikai, the former commander of the Beiyang Army, had no official position at this time and was still at home. Until the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Yuan Shikai re-emerged to suppress the revolutionary army, and later negotiated peace with the revolutionary army until he stole the fruits of the revolution and became the president of the Republic of China.

The sound of neat footsteps of the Li family army kicking and stomping in the barracks of Shanghai garrison came. A team of 54-person special forces were running towards the four helicopters that had just flew from the warehouse, and then skillfully boarded the helicopters. They were all live ammunition, wearing helmets, five snipers and five light machine guns, and the other soldiers carried the Type 81 rifles, and two boxes of tear gas, smoke bombs, and two boxes of grenades.

The four helicopters made a huge roar and began to take off gradually. With the faint nightlight, they began to fly quickly towards the county government in the southern city of Shanghai in the north. The speed of the helicopter can reach more than 200 kilometers per hour. It only takes a few minutes to fly to the county government government twenty kilometers away. It is more than enough to arrive at the county government government before Jiang Zhiqing.

The troops of the First Brigade began to advance towards Shanghai. Considering the speed of the march, the artillery battalion and their supplies were stranded in the rear. Only a small number of light mortars were carried together to head north. A total of 4,000 people were divided into three routes. One thousand people from the First Battalion of the First Regiment headed north along the Huangpu River. One thousand people from the Second Regiment entered the south city center from the middle. Two thousand people from the Second Regiment detoured the west and entered the city from the west.

The official house of Tian Baorong of Shanghai County Yamen was brightly lit at this time, and the servants were hurriedly transporting valuables outside. A team of Qing soldiers guarding the county Yamen were summoned to guard the four walls. They were distributed on all four rows of buildings and raised their guns to aim at the streets outside. Since it was night, there were no pedestrians on the cold streets at this time, but they knew that after a while, the place would become lively.

The magistrate Tian Baorong did not receive any information about Chiang Kai-shek and others attacking the county government, but it is no secret that the Li family army was coming to attack. Compared with the strength of both sides, the defense army in Shanghai only had two teams, with a total force of less than 300. In addition to more than 30 guard soldiers in the county government, they could only be ravaged against the Li family army.

Tian Baorong was very aware. He did not summon the defense army to guard the county government, but only left the guard soldiers. The soldiers of the defense army allowed them to set up defenses on their own. In fact, Tian Baorong allowed them to do whatever they wanted to fight, and if they didn't want to fight, they would disband and run away early. He must not be right and go head-on to fight the Li family army, and was only prepared to take their family and escape from this place of right and wrong with them whenever there was any disturbance.

The servants of Tian’s family in the county yamen were carrying a few heavy boxes from inside the house to outside. The boxes were very heavy. They took great effort to lift them out of the secret warehouse of the magistrate. Although the boxes were covered with thick copper locks, they all understood what was inside. Otherwise, Tian Baorong would not have brought them some debris that were not available at the critical moment of life and death.

After receiving the information in advance, the reason why Tian Baorong did not escape was here. He usually embezzled valuables such as gold, silver, jewelry, and other hidden items at home had not been transported out. It would take at least a period of time to get all these things done. These things were very heavy and could only be taken away in a carriage. If the Li family army members came, he would have to climb over the wall and all the gold, silver, and jewelry were all burned. Tian Baorong was so anxious that he was sweating. While listening carefully to the outside of the county government, he reminded the servants in the house to move faster.

But at least until now, Tian Baorong knew that the Li family army had not appeared nearby. Otherwise, even if they did not shoot, the sound of so many people running would be heard one kilometer away.

Tian Baorong had already informed the British people in the British Concession that once Shanghai was captured, he would hide in the Concession and would be safe at that time. However, before the Qing government issued an order, he would not dare to leave his post without permission, otherwise he would have patted his butt and left, and he would have been so lucky.

"Hurry up, move more quickly, the rebels are coming soon, and it will be too late." Tian Baorong stood at the gate of his house, pointing loudly at the servant who was carrying the box with difficulty and scolding.

At this moment, Tian Baorong gradually heard a rumbling roar from outside. Then he pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but he could not tell what was going on. However, he could feel that this sound seemed to indicate that danger was coming, so he urged his servants even louder.
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