After the two hundred 75mm Gruson Mountain Cannons from the two artillery regiments were unloaded and landed on the ship, the soldiers of the artillery regiment carried boxes of shells off the ship, and then boxes of yellow and orange bullets were carried down by the soldiers. ''　　　　

Looking around, the dock was filled with boxes of cannonballs and bullets, which were piled up like mountains. If a bomb hit him at this time and detonated the mountain of ammunition, it would probably be razed to the ground.

"Li Xudong, Xiao Jing, you will immediately rectify the artillery regiment and requisition mules and horses from the surrounding areas of Jingzhou for a fee to transport artillery. You should move quickly!" Wang Mo ordered the two artillery regiment commanders.

"yes!"

Li Xudong and Xiao Jing stood up and responded to their orders, then ran away and went to rectify the artillery regiment.

"Lu Dayong!" Wang Mo continued to issue an order, "You should immediately spread out all the reconnaissance cavalry of the Second Division, be sure to keep an eye on all the movements of the Hubei Army and the Beiyang Army, and immediately repay the situation!"

"yes!"

Lu Dayong immediately stepped out of the line to receive the order, and then left to arrange for the reconnaissance troops to carry out reconnaissance missions.

"Hao Gang! You lead the First Regiment of the First Division as the vanguard of the entire army and march towards Wuhan. If you encounter local garrison troops along the way, you will defeat and disperse it, but you must not pursue it! If you encounter the Hubei New Army and the Beiyang Army, you must not act rashly and immediately repay, and wait for the support of the large army!" Wang Mosheng was afraid that Hao Gang would rush too hard, so he had to give a few more instructions.

Hao Gang was very excited to be the pioneer and replied loudly: "I understand!"

Unless it is a local army like the Yichang Garrison with veterans from the Eighth Town as the foundation. Otherwise, it would be no problem for Hao Gang to lead the First Regiment of the First Division to defeat ordinary local garrison troops.

The most important thing is that Hao Gang led the First Regiment of the First Division to fully demonstrate the ferocity and sharpness of the Sichuan Army's offensive. Wang Mo wanted to use this momentum to tell the Hubei Army and the Beiyang Army that the Sichuan Army is here!

"The rest of the troops will end the rest immediately. The army will start to set off, and we have only one destination, that is Wuhan!" Wang Mo waved his hand and issued the last order.

Bang!

All the officers stood attentively and saluted in unison: "Yes!"

...

Hubei, Hankou, Yiyuan.

Yiyuan is a well-known theater in Wuhan. Whether it is a wealthy businessman, a literati, or a military general, there are many people who come here to "support".

During the daily performances, the internal affairs of Yiyuan are very lively, with traffic at the door, and tickets for the show are hard to come by.

This day is no exception. He is especially involved in the famous opera "Meilong Town", and the famous Kunling Wang Keqin played Feng Jie, and Yiyuan is even more full.

There are lyrics in the garden with very tone-tongued opera actors:

Langligelang, Langligelang, I have a little Erlang in my family. I am not afraid of wind and rain. I slept until the sky is shining brightly.

...

The attic is quiet and quiet, and we are both kind and we are both. Don’t say that tomorrow will become strangers, love will come here. How can love come here?

"good!"

From time to time, the audience cheered loudly, and the applause rang out like thunder, and the atmosphere was very warm.

At this moment, sitting in the audience, drinking tea, knocking melon seeds, applauding, including Duan Zhigui, the commander of the First Army of the Beiyang Army, who now controls the military power of Wuhan.

"Beautiful, this Feng Jie is so fucking beautiful!" Duan Zhigui stared at Wang Keqin, the actor who played Feng Jie on the stage with a hungry wolf-like look.

At this time, Zhigui was surrounded by his treacherous and tactful little legs, so he immediately said: "If you like her, you might as well take her back to the mansion tonight. It is also a good story to achieve good things!"

To the surprise of the dog, Duan Zhigui did not agree to the proposal immediately, but smiled meaningfully: "What do you guys know? If you use this beautiful woman properly, it will work as well as gold and silver, and even more effective than gold and silver. As long as you have the right to do it, what kind of woman you want, and how many women you don't want?"

"What sir is saying, is it still wise!" The little guys naturally smiled and agreed.

Duan Zhigui is more of a bureaucrat and politician than a soldier. He is using everything to win the lead, get promoted and make money, and seek personal gain. The beauty trick is a trick he often uses, and he is very skillful and uses it in a variety of ways.

In 1900, Yuan Shikai was appointed as the governor of Zhili by the Qing government. Duan Zhigui was promoted to Tianjin Patrol Police because he bought famous beauties from many sources and won Yuan Shikai's favor.

In 1907, when Zai Zhen, the son of Prince Qing Yili, passed by Tianjin, envied Yang Cuixi, the Kun Album who looked like a fairy in Tianjin and was outstanding ingenious, wanted to take it as a concubine, but was rejected. As an accompanying member, Duan Zhigui immediately used his power to force Yang Cuixi's father and brother, and forced the Yang family to agree. Later, in order to thank Duan Zhigui for his good things, Zai Zhen said good things about Duan Zhigui to his father Prince Qing. So Yili asked Cixi to be promoted to Duan Zhigui's governor of Heilongjiang.

Now, Duan Zhigui discovered the extremely beautiful Wang Keqin again. The first thing he thought of was to dedicate it to Yuan Shikai or Yuan Keding, the son of Yuan Shikai, to win the favor of the Yuan family and continue to climb upward.

Just as Duan Zhigui imagined the scene where Yuan Shikai or Yuan Keding was "very happy" because of the beauty he presented, his adjutant Duan Jianfu squeezed away the crowd and ran towards him with an anxious expression.

"Commander, President Yuan of Beijing has an emergency telegram, saying that the Sichuan Army was entering Hubei east, and ordered you to immediately rectify the 2nd Mixed Brigade and prepare for combat." Duan Jianfu finished speaking anxiously, and then gasped in a big breath.

"Chuan Army?" Duan Zhigui smiled contemptuously, then waved his hand disregardly and said, "I understand, I will take time to deal with it tomorrow."

After casually speaking, Duan Zhigui's attention was re-entered on Wang Keqin, who played Feng Jie on stage.

Duan Jianfu is Duan Zhigui's distant relative, and everything about him is dependent on Duan Zhigui. Seeing Duan Zhigui's disregard for his disregard, he couldn't help but feel anxious and said, "Chief, the Sichuan Army has been in a state of unstoppable force along the way, and has been breaking Yichang and Jingzhou. It is currently making a big march towards our Wuhan. The situation is very urgent. President Yuan also ordered you to prepare for war immediately. Do you see if it is..."

"I said, I will deal with it tomorrow." Duan Zhigui said impatiently, "Don't think I don't know what kind of Sichuan Army is. Is it necessary to be nervous for a group of beggars who are not even considered to be good-looking?"

"But..." Duan Jianfu wanted to say something.

Duan Zhigui immediately interrupted Duan Jianfu with some anger and said, "Okay, this is an order. Go back and don't interfere with my show!"

Helplessly, Duan Jianfu had to leave with a bitter face. Following such a superior, I really don’t know whether it was a blessing or a disaster.

Then, the crowded Yiyuan once again heard the pleasant lyrics of opera actors:

From now on, I will be a good son, a good husband, a good father, and a good king. People will be reunited for thousands of years.

Langligelang, Langligelang, I have a little Erlang. I don’t have to worry about wind and rain. I slept until the sky was shining brightly.

...

The next day, although Duan Zhigui did not take the Sichuan Army seriously, he still followed Yuan Shikai's "Imperial Imperial Imperial", so he quickly conveyed the order to prepare for war to the 2nd Mixed Brigade.

The Mixed Brigade was a special organization that emerged during the rule of the Beiyang government. Generally speaking, the Mixed Brigade has 2 to 3 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry company to 1 battalion, 1 artillery company to 1 battalion, and 1 company to 1 engineering and 1 company to 1 baggage.

From the composition of the troops, we can see that the hybrid brigade has all functions of combat, combat support and combat service support, and can undertake combat tasks.

However, the 2nd Mixed Brigade had a total of more than 4,000 people, and the troops were too small.

After receiving the order to prepare for the war, Chu Enrong, the commander of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, expressed concern to Duan Zhigui about the issue of military strength: "Commander, according to the news of the front-line reconnaissance, there were two divisions of the Sichuan Army that invaded this time, with nearly 20,000 people. However, my 2nd Mixed Brigade only had more than 4,000 people. The disadvantage of this military strength is too obvious, and I have to think of a way."

Duan Zhigui glanced at Chu Enrong and said dissatisfiedly: "Why, you won't tell me, you can't even deal with the mere Sichuan Army, right?"

"Of course not!" Chu Enrong denied without hesitation, "If the military strength is too disparity, even if the invading Sichuan Army can eventually annihilate, the brothers of the 2nd Mixed Brigade will probably have a lot of casualties."

"What do you mean?" Duan Zhigui asked.

Chu Enrong said with some trepidation: "Didn't President Yuan call the Hubei army to help us resist the attack of the Sichuan army? Commander, the humble commander means that Li Yuanhong's Hubei army can help defend the left and right wings of Wuhan. In this way, our 2nd Mixed Brigade will be much easier to defend, and if we seize the opportunity, we can wipe out the invasion of the Sichuan army in one fell swoop!"

Although Duan Zhigui didn't think that the Sichuan Army had the strength to attack Wuhan, he thought that annihilation of the invasion of the Sichuan Army was a considerable contribution and should have won the favor of President Yuan, so he agreed to Chu Enrong's proposal.

At this time, Li Yuanhong was following Yuan Shikai's footsteps. Yuan Shikai wanted to be the president and he strongly supported him. Yuan Shikai said he wanted to lay off the army, so he waved his hand to lay off half of the Hubei army; Yuan Shikai said he wanted to suppress the Democratic Party, so he bloodily suppressed the "improvement regiment".

In fact, in the final analysis, Li Yuanhong and Li Bodhisattva were not a strong man and were prone to succumb to power. At this time, the strong Beiyang army intimidated the world. In order to protect himself, Li Yuanhong shrank and repeatedly flattered Yuan Shikai for peace.

With Yuan Shikai's telegram and Duan Zhigui's request, Li Yuanhong dared not to obey.

Speaking of which, it can be said that Li Yuanhong shot himself in the foot. After the Wuchang Uprising, the Hubei Army had 8 divisions, one mixed brigade and one horse team, a total of about 100,000 people, second only to the Beiyang Army. As a result, Li Yuanhong obeyed Yuan Shikai's presidential order and dismissed most of the Hubei Army. Now there are only 3 divisions and 2 mixed brigades left.

Fortunately, this is the case. Otherwise, no matter how elite the two Sichuan divisions led by Wang Mo would be submerged by the vast sea of ​​soldiers of the Hubei army.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Yuanhong assembled the two nearest divisions to Wuhan to assist the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army to defend Wuhan, and sent a Mixed Brigade to tentatively attack the Sichuan Army that was advancing towards Wuhan. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!