Chapter 378. One city, two governments, and two governors
"The Fourth Master is indeed a clever plan. Look, the Revolutionary Army has attacked in!"
Chen Qimei took the glasses that the prison guard had just carefully wiped for him, put them in his ear with a smile, turned around and said lightly to the prison that was temporarily changed into Yigufang!
Behind him, most of the members of the Jingwu and the Qing Gang were injured. Although most of them were dismissed now, with the help of the jailers who had been "recommendated" by Yang Meng, they almost barely had a wooden stick or shovel on their hands as weapons.
These people were originally the Shanghai suicide squads responsible for the attack. After walking between life and death, there was inevitably a sense of solemnity in their spirits.
In the words of the prison guard, this is called the iron-blooded evil spirit, but what is surprising is that these iron-blooded men who come and go from blood to fire, but they are convinced by the weak scholar Chen Qimei.
Although Chen Qimei called himself a scholar, she was decisive and agile. She was known for her "Sijie" in Shanghai, so some people called him Mr. Sijie or Siye.
These four flaws are quick words, quick ideas, quick means, and quick actions.
Otherwise, Chen Qimei would not have become a Shanghai tycoon who made Huang Jinrong afraid of only a martial arts association that taught national skills.
Of course, Chen Qimei stepped to the peak of his life because of these "Four Evils", but this time he surrendered was also because of these "Four Evils".
In fact, it should be because he was too agile.
Before the Shanghai Uprising, Chen Qimei and Li Xie and the two made an appointment to incite together, but because the uprisings in other provinces and cities were almost hesitant after the Wuchang First Rebellion, Chen Qimei naturally thought that Shanghai was almost within reach.
Therefore, after many business tycoons agreed on the time of the uprising, he simply led the suicide squad alone to attack the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau half a day in advance.
This is naturally because he wants to win the first effort to restore Shanghai.
As a result, he was not able to get the first merit, and even he was captured by the Qing soldiers.
If it weren't for Yang Meng and Huang Jinrong's secret move, he would probably still be unable to get out of the trap now.
Chen Qimei naturally knew these things better than anyone else, but he was not discouraged at all, because from the moment Yang Meng handed the key to his hand, he had quickly formulated another action plan.
A plan to continue to compete with Li Xiehe for the governor of Shanghai is also a reward that the Revolutionary Army can look forward to.
Li Xiehe joined the Huaxing Association in his early years, and later participated in the Restoration Association and the Tongmeng Association. After the failure of the Ping, Li and Liu uprising, he once fled to teach in Nanyang. In the minds of overseas Chinese charity from the South China lineage, he had a high prestige.
Tao Chengzhang reorganized the Restoration Association and received great help from Li Xiehe. Therefore, this person is not only the backbone of the Tongmenghui, but also one of the main spiritual leaders of the New Restoration Association.
It was able to instigate the new army in Shanghai, including the military and police forces, in just over a dozen days, which was enough to show that Li Xie and his strong abilities were enough.
However, it is such a person who is now regarded as his biggest competitor by Chen Qimei.
Even though he learned that Chen Qimei was captured, he urgently ordered the Restoration Army to go to the rescue in the early morning, and joined forces with the other two groups of troops to attack the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau regardless of casualties, Chen Qimei was still unwilling to admit defeat.
Because not only Yu Haqing, Wang Yiting, Chen Manyun and other industrialists were joined by the Tongmenghui. Even business celebrities such as Li Pingshu and Zhu Baosan also sponsored the revolution because of his Chen Qimei.
Moreover, he also mastered the arming of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and the Business Group, so that the Tongmenghui could widely promote the social foundation.
What's more, he also has the brothers from the Qing Gang and the elites from the Jingwu Society behind him.
When everyone takes the first step, it will be difficult for them to retreat. Li Xiehe cannot, and he, Chen Qimei, cannot.
When they came to this point today, no matter whether the two of them wanted to compete for the position of governor or not, they had to fight for it with all their might, because the brothers behind them would never watch their opponents take the first seat.
Therefore, both of them have only the way in front of them, no fun after their death, and no shoreline to turn back.
Speaking of this, Chen Qimei also has to sincerely thank Yang Meng. If he had not planned secretly and took action in time, he would probably not be able to take advantage of the crisis that created the chaos and risked the idea of capturing the armory first.
This is Asia's first arsenal. Although the self-produced ordnance ammunition is not as good as imported goods, the stock squeezed from Li Hongzhang is said to be enough to equip the entire Shanghai Qinggang.
With these 100,000 soldiers transformed into the Qing Gang, Chen Qimei was confident that she even took Nanjing together.
Therefore, this battle can only be won but not defeated.
Fortunately, with the help of several jailers, they had already figured out the environment and defense structure of the manufacturing bureau. Even though they didn't even have a pistol in their hands, they still successfully rushed to the armory.
The word "kill" may be a bit too much, and the word "kill" may be more appropriate. Because the situation of being attacked from front and back in the creation of the situation, the Qing soldiers who were originally still holding their posts almost fled when they heard the news. Often, everyone just raised the wooden sticks and shovels in their hands, and the Qing soldiers holding muskets obediently surrendered!
Therefore, when these men who had died once happily re-equipped weapons and ammunition, and rushed towards the almost defeated Qing soldiers without fear of death, the Shang team that rushed in from the back door was immediately in a huge surprise...
"Mr. Sijie is indeed powerful. He actually has the ability to turn the tide and grab the armory first!"
The brothers Pan Yueqiao and Xia Yueheng were already exhausted, but when they saw Chen Qimei with a calm face, they quickly organized people to equip the Xingye Business Group with difficulties, the balance in their hearts naturally turned to Chen Qimei, who pretended to be mysterious.
"Let all the brothers of the business group and the Qing Gang change their clothes immediately, organize their formations and work with me to support Xie and brothers at the front door!"
After learning that Li Xie and Chen Qimei, who had been attacking the front gate, regained the loyalty of the merchant army, did not rush to attack the front gate. Instead, he took advantage of the righteousness to let Li Xie and fight against the Qing soldiers who were trying to break through, and he quietly turned his disadvantage of being captured in one fell swoop through this sentence.
Although both sides are revolutionary, this title is extremely important.
Chen Qimei could not openly fight for power and profit, but he could use this time difference to completely control the entire business group's armed forces and the Qing Gang after changing clothes again.
If he is one step slower, he will be given the reputation of being rescued by Li Xiehe. If he competes with Li Xiehe for the position of governor, he will inevitably be known for being ungrateful.
Fortunately, he is faster than Li Xiehe.
So, now it has become him, Chen Qimei, who took the lead in capturing the armory and led a group of soldiers to assist Li Xiehe! ~
This is Chen Qimei's clever way to turn her hands into the clouds and turn her hands into the rain. This is Mr. Sijie, who is famous in Shanghai.
Whether he is scheming or good at manipulating authority, Chen Qimei has now won the most important piece of this song.
Therefore, when the two people looked at each other in the chaos of war, they knew that their brothers would become passers-by from now on.
This is not only a battle between Chen Qimei and Li Xiehe, but also a battle between the Tongmenghui and the Restoration Society...
When the war gradually stopped, the revolutionary army, which originally fought side by side, became two teams with distinct meridians in such a subtle situation because of the silent confrontation between the two people...
"The Wusong Fort Guard Guard has not been corrected anyway, so I will lead my troops to take the water camp!"
I don’t know how long it took, Li Xiehe finally took the lead in breaking the silence between the two, but there was a hint of expectation in his eyes looking at Chen Qimei.
"Wusong has always been the gateway to Shanghai, and it is a key place that military strategists must fight for. Xie and his brother are in charge. I am very grateful!"
What disappointed Li Xiehe was that his brotherhood for many years was still not as good as the throne of the governor of the Shanghai Army. Although he saw a trace of dodging in Chen Qimei's eyes, he heard the voice he didn't want to hear in his ears...
Therefore, at the meeting to elect the Shanghai Governor after the war, naturally no member of the liberation participated!
Several business masters were speechless. Although they admired Li Xiehe's strength in their hearts, they were the Tongmenghui.
This was a victorious conference, but it was also a split conference, because while Chen Qimei took office as the governor of the Shanghai Army and quickly issued an announcement on Anmin, Li Xiehe also established a military and political branch in Wusong and appointed himself as the governor of Wusong...
One city and two governments, two governors are divided into two.
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