The sea is vast and the mountains are far away. I don’t know where Xiaoxiang is?

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On the edge of Taihu Lake, teams of neatly arranged and clear-cut teams are gradually moving. This is a new army to participate in the "Taihu Autumn Fighting".

Since its founding, the new army has paid great attention to the synthetic exercises between various units. Qiu Cao is the abbreviation of "Autumn Military Training", which is a military exercise to test the results of the new army's training. In October 1905 and October 1906, the Beiyang New Army's autumn exercises were held respectively, called "Hejian Qiu Cao" and "Zhangde Qiu Cao". The goal of "Taihu Qiu Cao" is to inspect the new army in various towns in Nanyang, including the eighth town in Hubei, the ninth town in Jiangnan, and the 31st mixed association of Anhui.

Huicao was originally scheduled to start on November 19, and Yinchang, Duanfang and other officials should go to Taihu military parade in person. Unexpectedly, Cixi suddenly passed away. Yinchang rushed back to the capital the next day after receiving the telegram, leaving only Duanfang with Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, and Xu Shaozhen, the commander of the Ninth Town, to review together. The most exciting thing is that the newly established balloon teams in the two towns will also officially participate in the practice.

I heard that balloons could fly people to the sky. Duan Fang, who was enthusiastic on the reviewing stand, looked at it with a telescope and asked worriedly: "Can that thing really bring people to heaven?"

"The Grand Marshal, it's true. Half a year ago, the town established a balloon reconnaissance team. Wang Yongquan, the head of the engineering battalion, served as the captain, hired a Japanese coach, equipped with a 'Yamada'-style balloon. The following table shows that they have tried it many times, there is no problem." The Eighth Town was the first new army to establish a balloon team in China. Duan Fang's question made Zhang Biao very proud.

"Okay, then start!" The liaison officer waved the signal flag, the balloon loosened the tethered rope, began to rise slowly, drifting into the air. 3 zhang, 10 zhang, 20 zhang... until it was almost 50 zhang before it stopped steadily.

"Good guy, it really rose."

"Master, please read carefully, there will be articles next." Following Zhang Biao's tip, Duan Fang picked up the telescope and observed it again. The commanders in the balloon basket kept waving the flags and commanding and mobilizing various departments on the ground as agreed in advance. With the wave and combination of various flags, the troops participating in the preview quickly and orderly changed the attack, retreat, ambush and other tactical formations. For a time, dust was flying, and the sound of killing sounds attracted all sides of the world. It was obviously difficult to implement such a large-scale command of troops, and coordination was obviously difficult to achieve by the dispatch of the ground flags in the past. Aside from watching the excitement, the experts looked at the tricks, and those generals and attending the observation were all applauded.

Even a layman like Duan Fang also saw it with relish and praised: "This thing is really good, but unfortunately Lord Yin failed to feast his eyes. Zhang Biao, you have to worry about this matter. When Qiu Cao is over, the report submitted to the Army Department will be well recorded for you."

"Thank you, Marshal, for your cultivation." Zhang Biao smiled so hard that he couldn't stop. Xu Shaozhen, who was beside him, couldn't stand his flattery and ignored him.

"Report...Master General." Before the exercise troops were withdrawn, the messenger quickly sent a telegram. Duan Fang opened it and looked at it. His face changed drastically and his brows frowned.

The whole story starts more than a month ago. After learning that the "Taihu Autumn Care" was about to be launched, the Anhui revolutionaries decided to take the opportunity to attack. Xiong Chengji, the leader of the Yuewang Association, organized the association to try to take Anqing in one fell swoop. However, this strategy was discovered by Anhui Governor Zhu Jiabao before it was implemented. Zhu decided to reduce the troops to go to Taihu Autumn Care before leaving. Any suspected person of the revolutionary party should stay and remain unmoved. There is only 62 battalions for Anhui 31st Association to go to Taihu.

Xiong Chengji failed to make another plan and decided to launch it overnight while the "Empress Dowager's Mourning" rebellion. He and Fan Chuanjia, Xue Zhe and others gathered together to conspire, and agreed to use the artillery camp controlled by Xiong Chengji and the horse camp to attack the city, stationed in the city, and the buoy camp controlled by Xue Zhe and the baggage team where Fan Chuanjia was located as the insider. He agreed to launch it at 10 o'clock that night, and then elect the president after breaking the city, demanding that the whole country recognize it, and rush to Taihu Lake, control the Qing army participating in Qiu Cao, capture Nanjing and use this as a base to march into the capital. The plan was extremely grand, but unfortunately the news leaked.

Zhu Jiabao had already gone to Taihu Lake. After hearing the news of An Qing's unstable situation, he hurried back and made an emergency arrangement with Yu Dahong, the 31st Association. Not only did he get two soldiers involved in the matter that night, he also learned about the uprising, but he also ordered the gossip and Jixian and other city gates to be closed, and heavy troops were dispatched to defend the city. It was just because the two soldiers didn't know much about the situation, Zhu and Yu failed to grasp the overall situation.

At night, the artillery team was launched as planned. The pilot Chen Changyong was about to shout, but the soldiers rushed over and killed with a wooden stick and hammer that had been prepared. The horse camp also cut off the pilot Li Yuchun. Less than a quarter of an hour, the two battalions met and rushed to the Linghuzui Arsenal. Fan Chuanjia's younger brother Fan Chuanguo worked in the arsenal and immediately opened the door to meet. After the revolutionary army got the ammunition, they worked together to attack the city.

At around 12 o'clock, the cannons rumbling and gunfire sounded all day long, and he was panicked. Xue Zhe's original mission was to open the north gate to welcome the revolutionary army that siege the city. When he led more than 100 people to arrive, the patrol battalion was already ready to take charge and seize the city gates. At the critical moment, he wavered and did not dare to launch it. Instead, he retreated back to the garrison. Fan Chuanjia's baggage team was directly supervised by Yu Dahong, and all officers and soldiers were unable to rush out with guns but no ammunition.

The city failed to respond, and the revolutionary army outside the city was at a loss and could only step up the attack. However, after the Anqing City to Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it had been repaired repeatedly. The city was high and the walls were thick, and those mountain cannons could not pose too many threats. At 5 a.m., the shells were about to be sold out, and the city walls were still controlled by the patrol battalion.

That night, there were five warships led by the navy admiral Chen Congzhou, anchored on the Anqing River. Before the incident, he had already expressed his "resume", but when he saw that the revolutionary army was not going well, he turned against him. The revolutionary army barely supported until 7 a.m., and retreated without fighting. Fan Chuanjia in the city tried his best to assassinate Yu Dahong. He was arrested after the incident. He was executed on the same day and Xue Zhe died.

Zhu Jiabao was still in shock and took a telegram overnight to Duan Fang for assistance. The telegram that Duan Fang got was the one in his hand.

Zhang Biao gritted his teeth: "It is really hateful that the revolutionary party is causing chaos. Please send me to quell the rebellion."

Xu Shaozhen's face was a little hesitant, but he still said to the other party: "Please give the order."

"Qiu Cao's journey is about to stop. The two of them will choose elite troops, go from the road to the north and south, and be sure to win one net."

"yes!"

Conspiracies are everywhere, and conspiracies are everywhere. When Xiong Chengji people racked their brains to take advantage of the chaos, there were also people in the capital who were planning to take advantage of the chaos.

Since Shanqi entered the military plane, Prince Su's mansion, which was a bit dull in the past, became lively. Zaitao, Zaixun, Zaize ran here from time to time, and Zaize was the most active.

Zaize was the sister of the queen, which made him deeply trusted by Cixi. In order to limit the interests of Yili-Natong-Yuan Shikai, Cixi specially handed over the branch secretary to him to show balance. Zaize was a person who had been abroad, inspected constitutionalism, and opened his eyes. After returning, he pointed his finger at Yili. In his opinion, Lao Qing had no ability but was the most ruthless, which made him feel impatient. Unfortunately, although Cixi was dissatisfied with Yili, she had never wanted to take him down. Zaize was impatient, but she had no choice but to do so.

When Cixi died and Yuan Shikai died, Zaize felt that the opportunity for Qing was finally here. For this reason, he contacted the two brothers of the Zai family and tried to follow Shanqi's path. Originally, he wanted to follow Zaifeng's path, but Zaitao and Zaixun both shook their heads and said that this fourth brother was too indecisive and that it would be better to rely on Prince Su than to count on him, not to mention that Shanqi is both an elder and an iron hat, and how can he compare with Prince Qing?

"Zaize, it's not that I'm just relying on my seniority to make sarcastic remarks. The emperor has no intention of trying to touch Lao Qing in the past two days."

"The prince said this is good. Now he doesn't mean to touch Lao Qing, but what about the future?" Zai Ze refused to give in. "I will only say two points. First, the prince's entry into the military aircraft this time was recommended by Prince Chun, but without the emperor's hint, he would never be so active; second, Cen Yun's step back, you know more about what he and Lao Qing are related to him than me. Isn't this lice on the bald head? It's obvious!" He hinted that the reason why Shanqi was able to enter the military aircraft was because the emperor wanted to divide Yili's power.

"You're saying something justified." Shanqi pondered for a moment, "but I always feel that the time is not yet ripe."

"The time for the deceased celebration is not ripe, but for someone, it's ripe." It turned out that Sheng Xuanhuai, the Minister of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, saw the political situation in the court, thought of taking advantage of the troubled waters and set his sights on the position of the Minister of Posts and Communications. Because the current Secretary of the State Council Chen Bi and Yi Li had a close relationship, he catered to Zaize's taste and offered the strategy of deceased celebration. Zai Ze was only thinking about how to deceased celebration, but did not see clearly the private goods Sheng Xuanhuai was carrying behind and happily agreed, and came to Shanqi to discuss.

"Prince, I have a series of plans." Zai Ze whispered a few words in his ear.
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