According to the alliance agreement, the revolutionary army composed of three thousand new troops originally stationed in Hangzhou set off south to Wenzhou and Taizhou. Before the new army revolt, Tong Baoxuan was recognized as the highest general of the uprising, so Zhu Rui automatically gave up his throne and let Tong Baoxuan be the supreme commander of the revolutionary army. The revolutionary army then followed the Zhenguo Army and the European military system to integrate the Qing troops in southern Zhejiang together and built a division of 7,000 people, with three regiments under its jurisdiction. The original 3,000 new army was one regiment, and the old army was divided into two regiments. The new army then left Hangzhou and went south to Wenzhou and Lishui.

The Hangzhou military government controlled by Zhenguo Army was established the day after Hangzhou was captured. All the policies promulgated were formulated in accordance with the laws and regulations of the Shanghai Military Government, including the administrative system, the structure of government subordinate departments, civil servants, etc. The military government established one chairman, with Ma Chaoyun also serving as the chairman of the Zhejiang Military Government to manage the important affairs of Zhejiang military and political affairs. The main officials of the Executive Yuan were arranged and appointed by the military government, and Tang Shouqian and Chen Junru were appointed as the president and vice president of the Executive Yuan. Officials of the education, judicial and other departments were selected and appointed from the former local officials in Zhejiang.

Zhejiang Province's tax and fiscal policies also implement the new system of the Shanghai Military Government, and the terms of tax reduction and exemption are generally consistent, so as to calm the hearts of the people as soon as possible, resume production, reduce the burden on farmers, and greatly increase farmers' enthusiasm for producing grain.

With the experience of Shanghai, the military and political work arrangements in Zhejiang are relatively timely and in place. There are also large-scale riots in Hangzhou. There are only a few hooligans, gangsters and evil forces taking advantage of the chaos to commit beating, smashing, looting, and the Zhenguo Army quickly pacified, and there were no large-scale riots in the entire Zhejiang Province.

The reorganization of troops in various places is underway. Most of the former Qing generals who opposed the surrender of Zhenguo Army were silent at this time. A few stubborn elements who continued to make boycott remarks were found as typical examples and were expelled. Most of the generals of the former Qing soldiers remained in office, and some military positions were taken over by Zhenguo Army to facilitate the Zhenguo Army's control of these adapted troops. The adapted troops were then forced to cut their braids, but the military uniforms and caps had not been replaced. They still had to wait until the rear factory produced batches of military uniforms.

Zhenguo Army has now begun to gradually change into uniform light green military uniforms, with uniform frontier military caps, steel helmets and shoes, belts, bedding, etc., and the construction of camp dormitories must also be gradually unified. This part of the recruited troops will complete the dressing within half a month.

The Zhejiang military government agency located in Hangzhou was quickly established and can be listed for office within a week. The current focus of work is still on military affairs, and civil affairs work is arranged by the Executive Yuan.

The day after the revolutionary army led by Tong Baoxuan and Zhu Rui arrived in Wenzhou, the Qing soldiers in Fujian began to gather 15,000 troops from Fuzhou and Ningde and other places to rush northward. The Qing soldiers walked through the Fenshui Pass in Fuding. Fenshui Pass has been a strategic road from the southeastern coast of Zhejiang to Fujian since ancient times. After passing the Fenshui Pass, the Qing soldiers could approach Wenzhou. However, due to the steep terrain in the southeastern Zhejiang region and hilly, the Qing soldiers' actions were much slower than in the plain area. However, the 15,000 troops faced the 7,000 revolutionary troops, and their strength was obviously much stronger than the other side. In the long-term confrontation, the Revolutionary Army with disadvantage in weapons and equipment was difficult to win.

This time, the Qing court had no reservations. Regardless of the empty defense of Fuzhou and other places, most of the elite troops of the Qing army in Fujian were transferred north, including elite artillery, engineering, cavalry and other troops, trying to defeat the revolutionary army in southern Zhejiang in one fell swoop, recover the lost territory in southern Zhejiang, and then directly reach the southern wing of Zhenguo Army. Together with the Beiyang Army, the north and the south form an encirclement of Zhenguo Army. When the Beiyang Army's large troops rushed to Changzhou, Yixing and other places, they would jointly launch operations to compress the defense ground of Zhenguo Army to the center, force them to retreat step by step to the narrow southern Jiangsu region, and wait for an opportunity to wipe out.

But this is just a strategic plan of the Qing government. The plan cannot keep up with the changes, and the Zhenguo army will not sit still and wait for death. Moreover, the Zhenguo army is not comparable to the revolutionary army in southern Zhejiang. The powerful artillery and light weapons and equipment advantages are enough to withstand the attack of troops that are far larger than our own. Moreover, the Zhenguo army will not sit there and be beaten, and they will still take the initiative to attack if they find the right opportunity. With the approach of the Wuchang Uprising, Li Tiancheng was not worried about the more than 30,000 elite Beiyang troops coming from the north. He expected that the Beiyang army would definitely divide its troops to attack Wuchang by then, so that the dilemma in southern Jiangsu would be solved. At that time, he would take advantage of the chaos to add fire to other provinces, and continue to dig out the corners of the Qing court.

The relatively weak revolutionary army was not the main target of the Qing army in Fujian this time. The revolutionary army had just been established and had not yet grown. Moreover, the most deadly thing about the revolutionary army was that they did not have their own arsenal and their finances were relatively tight, and the continuous supply of weapons and ammunition was extremely difficult. The other side was supported by the Qing government's financial appropriations, and the Qing army's weapons and ammunition were sufficient to fight for a long time.

During the alliance agreement, the Zhenguo Army did not agree to provide weapons and ammunition to the new army when necessary. Moreover, the Zhenguo Army believed that its personnel were expanding at this time, and the war was tight. There was not much surplus in weapons and ammunition reserves and could not provide support to the Revolutionary Army. The Revolutionary Army still needed to find a way out. In fact, the Zhenguo Army's supply of weapons and ammunition was also a little nervous. As the war became more and more frequent, military expenditures gradually increased, the Zhenguo Army's consumption was getting bigger and bigger. In the short term, it could only be self-sufficient and unable to provide foreign aid.

After the Revolutionary Army felt that the Qing army was coming in a fierce manner, their side could only guard against it for a while, but could not guard it for a long time, they immediately sent a letter of help from Zhenguo Army. However, they also received a letter of notification from Zhenguo Army to go west to Xianxialing, Quzhou, and to enter Jiangxi and Hunan. This is also the content stipulated in the alliance agreement. One side must notify the other party before it has a major military operation.

The Zhenguo Army did this with a purpose, which was to temporarily not lend a helping hand to the revolutionary army, so that they could feel the difficulty of fighting the Qing soldiers alone. When they waited for them to end up unable to hold on, they had to hand over the southern Zhejiang defense zone and hand it over to the Zhenguo Army. In this way, once the revolutionary army's territory was occupied by the Zhenguo Army, the Zhenguo Army would stay in southern Zhejiang and never leave again. What others asked for their own way was better than snatching them. In this way, the Zhenguo Army could be morally reasonable, but in this era of the strong prey on the weak, the Zhenguo Army would not be ruthless. When should it take action, it should be done. If it is not occupied at this time, it will be better to wait for it.
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