Wang Huai was taking command at the camp gate at this time. When he saw that the opponent was retreating, he hurriedly commanded the army to pursue and kill him. At this time, Qiao Yu also arrived at the site of the firefight under the protection of many guards.
"How is it? Are there many casualties?"
Wang Huai looked at his dead and injured brothers, and his face suddenly became ugly. The two sides exchanged fire for half an hour, leaving a large number of militia corpses outside the camp. The first brigade also suffered a lot of losses, and the number of casualties has reached
More than two hundred were killed, mainly while shooting at each other, which highlighted the shortcomings of the Sichuan army's lack of combat experience. However, as it experienced more wars, this army will definitely mature quickly!
"Governor, more than a hundred brothers have been killed in battle, and there are many seriously wounded. The losses are considerable!"
"Well, you have done a good job. The army itself lacks actual combat testing, so problems like this will arise. I did not expect that the People's Army would launch a surprise attack tonight. However, the soldiers were very brave and defeated the People's Army.
This is an attempt, but you must also keep the lesson in mind. When camping, you must arrange sufficient guard forces. Not only sentries, but also complete fortifications. With certain protection, you will not be so passive!"
Wang Huai hurriedly nodded in agreement. The construction of the army cannot be accomplished overnight, nor can it be completed by one or two people. Qiao Yu knows that what he lacks most now is a group of highly qualified officers to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the army. However,
Everything has to be done step by step. It’s already pretty good to be where we are now.
Soon the Sichuan Army took the initiative to pursue and completely defeated the civilian army. They captured more than 600 people in a row, and more than a thousand people fled. Hundreds of people were killed and wounded. Three thousand elite civilian soldiers were wiped out in one fell swoop.
Finally, Wang Tianjie's body was found among the dead. It turned out that when Wang Tianjie was escaping, an artillery shell exploded beside him. Dozens of wounds were made by the shrapnel, and he died on the spot.
After briefly cleaning the battlefield, Qiao Yu hurriedly commanded his soldiers to attack Luzhou City. It was only one or two o'clock at this time, and it was only about three o'clock in the morning when they arrived at Luzhou City. Qiao Yu immediately ordered the artillery team to bombard the city gate.
, and suddenly the sky was filled with artillery fire, as if the heaven and earth were shaking.
When Wu Yuzhang made a sneak attack on Wang Tianjie's city, he felt panic-stricken. In the middle of the night, he heard loud gunfire and cannon fire from the camp. Wu Yuzhang knew that Wang Tianjie did not carry artillery for the convenience of the sneak attack. Now this situation can only
It means that Wang Tianjie's sneak attack failed. As expected, many defeated troops quickly fled back to the city. Then they received a report from Qiao Yu that he had sent troops to attack Luzhou City. Wu Yuzhang suddenly felt a little confused.
His ability to lead troops is still inferior to that of Wang Tianjie, and all the elites in his hands have been taken away by Wang Tianjie. Can these few people under him now stop Qiao Yu's army? Wu Yuzhang knew very well that this was undoubtedly a way to kill himself.
That's all, so when Qiao Yu bombarded Luzhou City, Wu Yuzhang fled directly with his cronies and handed over Luzhou.
As soon as Wu Yuzhang left, the Constitutional Party in Luzhou City quickly raised a white flag to welcome Qiao Yu's troops into the city. As soon as Qiao Yu entered Luzhou, he directly used various public opinions to bombard the Democratic Party for having no sincerity for peace. He had already
He promised that everything could be discussed, and also promised to give up the position of governor. He sincerely hoped that all walks of life in southern Sichuan could join the new government and serve the people of Sichuan. He also regarded Wang Tianjie and others as real revolutionary heroes, but
Wang Tianjie launched an attack brazenly that night, killing hundreds of innocent soldiers.
The Tongmenghui is undoubtedly splitting Sichuan for its own selfish reasons. It completely ignores the welfare of the Sichuan people and the overall situation of overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It is a blasphemy to the revolution and a betrayal of those who died. Qiao Yu also expressed his opinion at the end of his speech.
This is just the wrong practice of a small number of revolutionary parties. The benevolent people in the revolutionary party still really care about the people. Qiao Yu still hopes that Sichuan can end the division and unify as soon as possible. Moreover, Qiao Yu can completely give up the position of governor and everything is based on peace.
expensive.….
This speech was quickly published in newspapers and spread throughout Sichuan. After people saw this speech, they all praised Qiao Yu's selfless attitude and scolded the militia for being shameless and starting the war at will, regardless of the military.
The goal of both the government and the civilian army is to overthrow the rule of the Qing court. Now is the critical moment, but the civilian army is taking the initiative to attack friendly forces, which is really disgusting.
Of course, there are people who understand. No matter what you Qiao Yu says, it’s useless. You established the military government, so you naturally have the first opportunity. How can you give away the power so easily? There is nothing wrong with the civilian army choosing to launch a surprise attack. It’s wrong.
It's just a failure, but ordinary people think very simply. After Qiao Yu announced the abolition of lijin and the policy of limiting rent and interest, the people's hearts were largely on his side. When Qiao Yu took over for
After the aura of the country for the people, those who oppose him are naturally the enemies of the people. Moreover, it was the civilian army who took action first, which makes it even more ulterior.
The various local armies that were originally attached to the People's Army dispersed one after another, greatly reducing the power of the People's Army. Moreover, the People's Army's pay has been relatively tight. Many soldiers have been in arrears for a long time. Now these soldiers are asking for their pay, making it difficult for them to pay their dues.
Yang Shukan, who was in charge of Rong County, was very worried.
Zhang Peijue, Zhu Zhihong, Xie Chi and others sat around to discuss a solution to the current predicament. In fact, everyone knew very well that it was just a lack of money. In fact, during this period, the people's army captured the city, seized a lot of materials and money, and suppressed the
There were a large number of bureaucrats loyal to the Manchus, and of course there were some unjust, false, and wrongful convictions among them, but the people's army still raised a lot of money.
The key is that almost all of this money was used to purchase arms, medicine, food and other supplies. It can be said that a large part of it fell into Qiao Yu's hands. Now the people's army is naturally extremely difficult. Moreover, Wu Yuzhang was defeated and Wang Tianjie died in the battle.
It was only the loss of more than 10,000 civilian soldiers. What is more important is the subtle changes in people's hearts.
Originally, everyone followed the Kuomintang to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but now another force has emerged, and it is more combative and more disciplined. Moreover, since the road protection movement, the local wealthy businessmen have received a lot of harassment, suffered heavy losses, and urgently need to recover.
Order, it is obvious that abandoning the Democratic Party has become a consensus, and the plight of the People's Army is obvious.
Xie Chi first broke the silence and said: "Cangbai, if the soldiers cannot be paid, they will mutiny. Several merchants who promised to provide us with supplies in the past have suspended their supplies on the pretext of transportation difficulties and inconvenient turnover. Now arms, food
, the money is seriously lacking, if we don’t think of a good way, we really can’t survive!”
Several people looked at each other. Everyone knew the difficulty Xie Chi mentioned, but the problem was how to solve it. Zhang Peijue suddenly said: "How about we abandon southern Sichuan and march directly to Chengdu to seize Chengdu before Qiao Yu. Now that the Qing court has lost power, Zhao Erfeng
Our troops have shrunk to around Chengdu. If we capture Chengdu now, we may be able to gain a political advantage, and then we will have the capital to confront Qiao Yu!"
Yang Shukan shook his head, "The idea is good. The key is that Duanfang's army is still in Zizhou, and Zhao Erfeng is not easy to deal with. We have no money and no arms. I'm afraid our team will collapse before we reach Chengdu."
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"Cangbai, what do you think we do against the bank?" Zhu Zhihong suggested.
The Alliance was discussing a way out, and Qiao Yu was also meeting with an important guest, Lu Wanqing's father, Lu Nai, one of the major salt merchants in southern Sichuan. Since Lu Wanqing arrived in Chongqing, Qiao Yu found an opportunity to write a letter to Lu Nai
, informed her of her situation. After all, we can’t let her parents worry in vain.
Since Lu Nai got the news about his daughter, he suddenly felt an indescribable feeling. Qiao Yu is a powerful sect in Chongqing, with an army and power. It would be nice if he could make friends with such a person, but his girl is like this
What does it mean to be someone's secretary for no apparent reason? He is influenced by the West and doesn't care about his daughter going out to work, but what do others think? A person's spitting can make you drown.
Not hearing that Qiao Yu had arrived in Luzhou, Lu Nai hurried from his home in Fushun to Luzhou to meet Qiao Yu!