nucmednet Chapter 117 Autumn Harvest Preparation 4 Finger Magical Power
Chapter 117 Autumn Harvest Preparation 4 Finger Magical Power
Since President Yuan signed the "Twenty-One Demands" on May 5 this year, a large amount of funds have been raised to purchase arms. Various newspapers have advocated the president's lifelong system, constitutional monarchy, and the various benefits of China's imperial system. Only some banned magazines and newspapers can find some useful information. The European Allies and the Entente are fighting in full swing, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and various new weapons are emerging. The most interesting thing is that Italy withdrew from the Allies on May 9, turned its guns around, and directly declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, giving the Entente a stab in the back. Of course, some information comes from foreign newspapers in the concession.
By mid-October, corn and rice were basically harvested, and only the rice in the mountainous areas had not been harvested yet. A military meeting was originally planned, but in order to make the action more covert, Du Chenyu drafted a military action plan alone at the base, and then issued it in the name of the Revolutionary Association Military Committee:
First, the 9th Squadron was transferred to secretly lead the team into the Gaohuang area at the end of October to report to Hu Laosi and form the 10st Battalion of the South Line, which was composed of the 1st Squadron of Hu Haisheng, the 1th Squadron of Chen Jinhu, and the 4th Squadron of Wu Xuyang. In addition, local new recruits were organized into the 9th Squadron, with Liu Heng as the squadron leader. All of them were under the unified command of Hu Haisheng, and Liu Heng also served as a political officer to strengthen the army and prepare for war.
The second transfer, the 10th Squadron, secretly entered the Gaocheng area at the end of October and reported to Xue Chen to form the Central Line 2nd Battalion, which was composed of Xue Chen's 2nd Squadron, Li Haoran's 7th Squadron, He Jiacheng's 8th Squadron, and Wang Quan's 10th Squadron. It was under the unified command of Xue Chen, with He Cunyi as the political officer, to strengthen the army and prepare for war.
Third, Peng Huiyu strengthened the 3rd Squadron to garrison Maoheba; Zhou Kui's 5th Squadron was stationed in Chongqing to defend the northern part of Jizhou; Liu Huacheng strengthened the 6th Squadron to garrison Baizhang Base unchanged and commanded Jiang Zhong's naval squadron.
Fourth, Luo Feng led the reconnaissance team and Lei Jianqin led the guard team to garrison Baizhang.
Fifth, the three auxiliary teams, led by Du Dewu, the engineering team leader, Chen Shaozhong, the logistics team leader, and Tan Zongpei, the medical team leader, should be expanded as much as possible and be ready to be deployed at any time.
On October 10, Du Chenyu was practicing martial arts in the yard. Shen Shiyu came running over and handed him some documents. "Mr. Chenyu, this is some information I have collected recently. Please take a look."
Last month, Chen Menli, the commander of the Bazhong garrison, and Li Wanlan, the captain of the city defense team, were ordered to transfer south, leaving the city defenses empty. Zheng Qihe, a big bandit from Guang'an, went north from Yingshan and looted Enyang Town last night, resulting in shops all over the street being looted. Dozens of merchants were "kidnapped and extorted". Currently, Zheng Qihe is stationed at the foot of Yiyang Mountain south of Enyang, waiting for merchants to raise funds to redeem themselves.
There is another picture below, Zheng Qihe is introducing intelligence. Shen Shiyu now also knows Du Chenyu's style. When reporting something, he must bring relevant materials together to avoid being asked questions without knowing anything.
Zheng Qihe: His courtesy name was Zhi'an, his pseudonym was Queren, and he also had a nickname called "the four-fingered prodigy". It was said that this was because the little finger of his right hand was different from that of ordinary people. Ordinary people's fingers have three phalanges, but he has one extra.
In his childhood, he was gifted and had a photographic memory. He was a famous child prodigy. Zheng Qihe's grandfather was Zheng Shilan, also known as Lan Erye, and his father Zheng Zhuoran, also known as Yongyu, was a famous Paoge uncle. Once, he was expelled from school for violating school rules because of his aggressive nature. After becoming famous, Zheng Qihe heard that there was a martial arts school in Guang'an County and was very interested. In 1911, Zheng Qihe began his martial arts career here. After a period of study, he practiced a good set of boxing and kicking. At this time, a vigorous Revolution of broke out. The hot-blooded Zheng Qihe joined the militia led by Wu Congzhou and Zhang Yanan at the time, and participated in the battle to attack Guang'an Prefecture and establish the Great Han Shubei Military Government.
In 1912, the first year of the Republic of China, the Han Shubei Military Government was abolished. In Guang'an in the late Qing Dynasty, the Pao Brothers organization was very popular. It was divided into two factions, "Shuangliu" and "Xiliu", which opposed each other, competed with each other, and fought fiercely. Zheng Qihe's father was the flag-bearing uncle of the Shuangliu faction. However, Zheng Qihe later joined the Xiliu faction led by Wang Jubo in his hometown and recognized Wang Jubo as his sworn brother. The reason why he joined the Xiliu faction is unknown. That is, this year, in 1915, Xie Huasheng was captured and killed by Yang Peizhang, the governor of Guang'an. After Xie's death, his subordinates were commanded by Zheng Qihe. As Yang Peizhang and others continued to clear up, Zheng Qihe could not persist in Huaying Mountain, so he led his troops to leave Guang'an and came to Yingshan County. Although Zheng Qihe was a bandit at this time, his actions were different from those of ordinary bandits. This team has strict discipline and specific rules and regulations to restrain the so-called brothers. In terms of operations, they only rob wealthy families, are not allowed to rape women, and are prohibited from killing innocent people.
As the leader of the garrison in Guang'an, Feng Yuxiang arrested Zheng Qihe's father Zheng Zhuoran in order to subdue Zheng Qihe, and used this as a condition for Zheng Qihe to accept the amnesty, otherwise he would kill Zheng Zhuoran. Feng Yuxiang's request was rejected by Zheng Qihe. So Zheng Zhuoran was eventually killed by Feng Yuxiang, and the campaign against Zheng Qihe continued. Under Feng Yuxiang's campaign, Zheng Qihe was forced to lead his troops to move from Guang'an to Yingshan, which is why Zheng Qihe took advantage of the empty defense of Bazhou City yesterday and looted Enyang Town.
Du Chenyu took a quick look and saw that Zheng Qihe, who was born in 1891 and was only 25 years old this year, was already a prominent figure in northern Shu. He was stirring up trouble before he was 20 years old. He didn't expect that they would have to fight so soon. Although the information about the evacuation of the Bazhou City Defense Team was indeed many days late, there was nothing they could do about it. Their intelligence officers were all small traders and could not understand the developments of high-level affairs, allowing Zheng Qihe to occupy Enyang first, which was a flaw in the ointment.
"Mr. Shen, what do you think of this incident?" Du Chenyu asked.
"Mr. Chenyu, we are still far away from Enyang. There is the county town of Bazhou or the territory of Jizhou in between. Distant water cannot quench nearby thirst. It is a bit beyond our reach," said Shen Shiyu with a frown.
"Has Mr. Shen ever been to Qinglongchang?" Du Chenyu asked.
"No..." Shen Shiyu was a little confused.
"Mr. Shen, have you heard of the saying that the first town of rice storage is Enyang River, which means that after setting out from Enyang Wharf in the morning and unloading at Qinglongchang, you can still rush back in the evening. Of course, Enyang is at least 90 miles away from Qinglongchang. It takes 7 or 8 hours to go upstream, but it only takes about 4 hours to go downstream from Qinglongchang," Du Chenyu pointed to Qinglongchang in the middle of the sand table and drew a straight line along the Houba River.
"Master Chenyu means that I should take over Qinglong Field and then go down the river to rescue Enyang!" Shen Shiyu's hands were shaking a little. This was a rather risky move.
Du Chenyu didn't say anything.
"Master Chenyu, this is a bit risky, but I can't refute you. It's just that winter is coming soon, and we don't know how the shipping situation on the river is!" Shen Shiyu rubbed his hands and said.
"Call Jiang Zhong immediately. He said that he is the captain of the sailors and this matter cannot be done without him. We need him quickly..." They had no right to speak and needed professionals to answer their questions.
Twenty minutes later, Jiang Zhong arrived panting.
"Captain Jiang, you are familiar with water. Is it still possible to navigate the river from Qinglongchang to Enyang? Can we transport thousands of people to Enyang quickly?" Du Chenyu asked.