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Hongze Lake is located in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River in the west of Jiangsu Province. It was originally a group of small shallow lakes. It was called Fuling Lake in ancient times. It was called Pofutang after the Han Dynasty, Hongzepu in the Sui Dynasty, and Hongze Lake in the Tang Dynasty. After 1128, the Yellow River moved southward.

The Sishui River takes the lower reaches of the Huaihe River below Huaiyin and enters the sea. The Huaihe River loses its entry into the sea and collects water east of Xuyi. The original small lake expands into Hongze Lake.

There are more than a dozen iron-hulled cargo ships lined up at the Gaoliangjian pier in Hongze Lake. On the pier, soldiers are lining up to board the ships one by one. The iron-hulled cargo ships have no seats. The soldiers who board the ships go directly down the ladder.

In the cargo hold, sitting in the cargo hold or on the side of the ship, each ship was crowded with hundreds of soldiers, and on two wooden springboards, a field gun was being pushed and pulled onto the bow of the ship by the soldiers.

“Nothing to fear”

Han Wutian, who was standing in a bamboo shed by the dock, clicked on the map with his finger.

"Now the Dingwu Army is disorganized. The commander cannot restrain the soldiers. The soldiers are scattered and scattered. It is impossible to organize an effective defense. As long as Yangzhou is captured, the Dingwu Army will collapse without defeat."

At this time, Han Wutian seemed quite confident. As the acting commander of the Third Division, when he left Xuzhou, he issued a military order to the military envoy, saying that he could capture Yangzhou and defeat the Dingwu Army in three days.

Yangzhou is far away from the Jinpu Railway. In order to reach Yangzhou in the shortest time, he specifically asked the military envoy for sixteen iron-hulled ships to transport troops directly to Yangzhou City. These ships were originally used

The ship that came to deliver equipment to the Huoqiu Iron Mine had to wait for two days before it returned.

"Anyway, the method of fighting is very simple, that is, shelling, landing, and siege, and the armed forces will have a center to bloom."

When Han Wutian presented the six-character plan, Xiao Xiao, the acting commander of the fifth brigade, frowned.

"Sir, the current Third Division is a mixed force of the General Corps and the Third Division. It is half police and half soldier. We are not yet able to cooperate skillfully. I think we should..."

Xiao Xiao pointed to the location of Gaoyou on the map.

"For the sake of safety, I think we should disembark from here and then slowly advance to Yangzhou to run in with the troops..."

Before he could finish his words, Han Wutian smiled.

"If Zhang Xun was here, we would have to fight like this. But now that Zhang Xun is dead, Zhang Wensheng cannot control the Dingwu Army. What we have to do is to fight quickly. As long as Yangzhou is defeated, our mission will be completed."

"But, if the braided army collapses, I'm afraid they will turn into bandits and cause harm to you..."

"Didn't the Sixth Brigade go south by land? Then the Sixth Brigade would turn to suppress the bandits?"

Staring at the map for a moment, Han Wutian's eyes narrowed slightly.

"In short, our goal is-Yangzhou"

In the land of northern Jiangsu, the sky is high and the clouds are light. The scorching sun in September always hangs on the top of Yangzhou City early, showing her excessive brightness and brilliance. It makes the whole county smoke.

People hid under the eaves and in the shade of trees, fearfully enjoying the cool weather.

The whole city is being slowly roasted and burning unconsciously. In the distance and on the trees beside the houses, the tireless summer cicadas are singing non-stop, conveying a sense of irritability and uneasiness to the citizens.

We had no choice but to hope that this uncomfortable tranquility would not be broken.

Since the founding of the Republic of China, with the completion of the Tianjin-Puzhou Railway, Yangzhou, a canal city that has been prosperous for thousands of years, has declined. At the same time, it has fallen into a troubled era. First, Xu Baoshan's party troops stationed troops in Yangzhou, and then later

It was the arrival of the Braided Army. The former wanted to take away real estate wealth, while the latter took away frivolous wealth. Yangzhou City had long been robbed.

When Zhang Xun, the commander-in-chief of the braided army, finally ordered to restrain the troops, the tranquility that the citizens had longed for did not last for a few days. A new disaster struck again. On August 23, as the news of the braided commander's death came out, a sudden sound was heard outside the city.

Amidst the dense gunfire like fried beans, I don’t know what team came to attack the city again.

It turned out that the soldiers without restraint were in trouble again. When the gunshots were fired, there was a black and roaring riot outside the city. Inside the city were panicked citizens. The situation suddenly became extremely tense. Citizens

They rushed to the Hexi side on the other side of the Grand Canal, and the city was in chaos. Not long ago, when the braided army entered the city, the catastrophe of kidnapping rich families and women and looting their property was still in front of us. This time the braided army caused chaos, and another catastrophe started.

In front of my eyes.

"Ba"

The sound of gunfire coming from outside the commander's residence only made Zhang Wensheng confused. What happened to this army?

As the commander of the Dingwu Army, he knew that his prestige in the army was far less than that of the commander-in-chief. But in the past, he could at least suppress the troops, but what about now? But few of the commanders of the Fourth Army, left, right, center, and battalions agreed with him.

, all military orders are regarded as farts.

"Mr. Wan, please come here to discuss matters."

After giving instructions to the guard outside the door, Zhang Wensheng sighed secretly in his heart. At this time, he wanted to hear Wan Shengqiu's opinion. A few minutes later, Wan Shengqiu came. He had already moved out of the place where Zhang Xun gave him an order.

His house was moved to this handsome mansion for the rebel soldiers who were hiding in and around the city and looting everywhere.

"Command"

As soon as he entered the house, Wan Shengxu bowed. He was really shocked by Zhang Xun's death. At the same time, he also understood that he was afraid that he would have to rely on Zhang Wensheng in front of him for the rest of his life.

"Mr. Wan, let's close the door today and talk about our hearts and minds."

Zhang Wensheng, who looked solemn, sighed and said.

"You have seen what Yangzhou is like now, and you also know what the Dingwu Army is like. No one of us should beat around the bush..." As he spoke, Zhang Wensheng said honestly what he had been thinking for many days.

Read it again.

Wan Shengchu could see Zhang Wensheng's sincerity and understand his difficulties, as well as the relationship between these difficulties to the fate of the Dingwu Army. Wan Shengchu knew better than anyone what would happen if this chaos continued.

"Anyway, that's it, that's it. Today the president sent Li Zhiyuan without any soldiers or guns. Tomorrow it might be him Feng..."

However, at this moment, Wan Shengzhi's thoughts were even more chaotic than Zhang Wensheng's. He could only look at Zhang Wensheng helplessly, sighed softly, then lowered his head helplessly and became silent.

Zhang Xun is the commander-in-chief of the Dingwu Army, officially known as Marshal Zhang; Zhang Wensheng is the commander-in-chief of the Dingwu Army and leads the army. But even though Zhang Wensheng is a warrior, Zhang Wensheng does not have the prestige of Marshal Zhang in the Dingwu Army.

Why? It's not just for food. If Zhang Wensheng can come up with military pay, then the military army will not be in chaos, but Zhuzhu...

Zhang Wensheng became a little anxious when he saw that Wan Shengzhi was silent and just kept silent.

"Oh, Mr. Wan, you should tell me your own methods! Why are you so boring?"

Zhang Wensheng's words made Wan Shengzhi look up and hesitate.

“In the final analysis, it’s still military pay.”

Zhang Wensheng suddenly felt short of breath when he heard that Wan Shengqiu was carrying military pay. The reason why this was happening now was all because Cao Shida, the general's quartermaster, absconded with the money after the general was assassinated. This will cost the military hundreds of thousands of yuan in military pay.

They were all swept away by him.

"Cao Shida..."

Gritting his teeth and mumbling this name, Zhang Wensheng's heart suddenly became angry. If Cao Shida hadn't fled with the money, if the news of his fleeing with the military pay hadn't spread, how could his Dingwu army have rebelled and become the target of everyone calling for beatings?

The rebel army.

After three days of vacation, no one would ask when there was nothing to fight. Besides, who would dare to ask if there were soldiers in hand? But if the commander cannot control the troops, then that would be a real big deal.

When the commander cannot control the troops, it means that he has no soldiers. If he has no soldiers, it means...

"If the military pay is not settled for one day, then..."

As he said this, Wan Shengzhi glanced at Zhang Wensheng.

"The army will become unstable from day to day. If you want to stabilize the army, you must have military pay. As long as we can pay one month's military pay now, the army will be stable immediately."

As Zhang Xun's confidant, Wan Shengqiu knows better than anyone else that the Dingwu Army is different from other armies. Other armies are at best "making money in front of the government." But if the Dingwu Army has no military pay, it will not be "on the spot" now.

The officers and soldiers of the Dingwu Military Forces have long been accustomed to this, so if there is no military pay, they will naturally have to "raise" it.

"But, Mr. Wan, it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice."

With a long sigh, Zhang Wensheng's face was full of sadness. This matter of military pay is easy to say but difficult to do. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he spent all his money, but he only stabilized three battalions of soldiers. This must be

The military pay...is worth hundreds of thousands of yuan a month.

"Military pay...cough..."

The sneer was interrupted by a cough. A ray of sunlight passed through the window in the dark room. A figure slowly walked into the sunlight, revealing a pale face. The waxy yellow paper-like face was rarely seen.

Not a trace of blood.

Under the sun, there was still a slight sneer on this young man's face.

"Lao Si, I'm talking about you kid... Now Yangzhou is in chaos just like you said."

The words coming from behind made the young man frown slightly.

"Chaos, chaos is all right. It can last for a few days, but it will save them from harming the people again."

The young man, who was so thin that he could be knocked down by a gust of wind, sounded very calm, but there was a hint of disloyalty in his eyes.

"As soon as that old boy Zhang Xun dies, Fourth Brother, let your brothers tie up that Cao Shida. This...hey..."

The man who walked into the house sighed and looked at Lao Si standing by the window. When he picked him up from the boat three weeks ago, his appearance really shocked him. There was still a little bit of his brother's spirit there.

head.

"Brother, the young master is currently in Yangzhou. When the troops arrive, please help me deliver this letter."

Li Siqin raised his head and looked at the man in front of him. Some warmth arose in Li Siqin's heart. Without his help, I was afraid... With his eyes closed, Li Siqin still felt that scene by the moat. If he had not been rescued later.

Get up, I'm just afraid of my life...

When I was injured, I thought about returning to Lianyungang or Nanjing, but the things that the young master ordered were not completed. No matter what, I had to complete the things that the young master ordered. On the day I returned to Yangzhou, when I was about to restore contact with the Intelligence Department, I heard

The news that Zhang Xun was killed was also from that time...

Suddenly several gunshots interrupted Li Siqin's thoughts, followed by a violent explosion.

"Fourth, this is..."...
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