Jagged Warlord

In the evening, Li Mohan was wearing the uniform of the Revolutionary Army, riding a tall horse, and patrolling the streets surrounded by a group of militiamen.He was already tall and handsome, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a golden ray of light, as if a circle of gold had been inlaid around his body, making him look even more mighty and extraordinary.Ever since, behind the doors and windows, many older girls and daughter-in-laws secretly looked around.

The militiamen of the [-]th Mixed Brigade also felt that following such a mighty leader patrolling the streets was radiant, so they straightened their backs, chests and stomachs, not as lazy as usual.

Halfway through the street patrol, a militiaman came running out of breath, and said to Li Mohan, "Brother Li, Platoon Leader Ma, please take your brothers to the south gate as soon as possible, saying that he has made a fortune."

"Get rich? What treasure did Lao Xue find?" Li Mohan asked with a smile

The militiaman replied: "Cannon, it is cannon."

It is said that when Zhang Xun occupied Xuzhou, he threatened the people and the revolutionary party in the city and said: "If Xuzhou is not independent, I will do it with cannons." Fangshan, Jiuli Mountain in the north of the city and other places have forts.When Zhang Xun was defeated and fled, these cannons were abandoned by the braided army.

After Ma Qian'an saw the stability in the city, he thought of the cannons on the mountains.But when he rushed to the forts in the south of the city, he found that most of the cannons had been captured by various revolutionary forces.Ma Qian'an was not reconciled, so he searched the fort carefully again, and he actually found a 75mm mountain gun made in Germany and the supporting 20 rounds of shells.

When Li Mohan brought people to the south gate, he saw Ma Qian'an carrying a Hanyang-made pistol with two Mauser pistols in his waist, like a general who had won a battle, followed by a group of people sweating profusely. Pulling the cannon with a rope is struggling.

Li Mohan asked with a smile: "Platoon Ma, do you know how to use cannons?"

Ma Qian'an obviously didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Keep it first, and you can always find someone who can use it."

Li Mohan smiled

After the revolutionary army went north, the task of managing Xuzhou fell to the newly established "Xuzhou Military Government".In this military government, Duan Shuyun, a former Qing official, was the Chief of Political Affairs, Lin Kaimo was the Chief of Civil Affairs, Xu Zhanfeng was the Chief of Military Affairs, Zhang Zuoqing was the Chief of Finance, and Wang Shaohua was the Chief of Communication.The Chief of Communication is like the Minister of Propaganda and the Minister of Liaison.

The first thing the military government did was to establish its own local army. Xu Zhanfeng was in charge of the military administration.But this army was annexed by Zhang Xun before, and then it was beaten to pieces in the Battle of Xuzhou. If I hadn't let them go anyway in time, I'm afraid I would have lost all my money.

Wang Shaohua, a member of the Tongmenghui and the head of communications, has opinions on Xu Zhanfeng, thinking that his subordinates are too aggressive. At the same time, he saw that Cui Daoping, Li Mohan, and Ma Qian'an's subordinates had effective suppression measures, and Li Mohan acted decisively. Set up another battalion for Li Mohan's [-]th mixed brigade.Xu Zhanfeng objected, thinking that his subordinates were competent.

Duan Shuyun and Lin Kaimo, the chiefs of the military government, were former bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty. They didn't like Wang Shaohua, who was born in the Tongmenghui. They looked down on Xu Zhanfeng, a stinky bastard from the bottom of their hearts. team.And gave them a designation: Revolutionary Army No.14 Mixed Brigade, with Cui Daoping as the brigade commander.Ma Qian'an became the chief of staff, and Li Mohan became the adjutant.

The expansion work was not going well. On the one hand, Xu Zhanfeng was behind the scenes, and on the other hand, Cui Daoping felt that the revolution had been successful and he could retire. Although he was known as the brigade commander, he devoted all his attention to teaching and educating people. , the mixed brigade is actually managed by Li Mohan and Ma Qian'an.

Secondly, Li Mohan's selection requirements for conscription are high. In addition to the physical requirements, he must at least know "zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, [-] million" these Chinese characters.The former is barely enough, but the latter keeps most people out of the door.

However, the situation has improved.Since the imperial examination system was abolished in the late Qing Dynasty, many scholars chose to join the army instead.In 0, Huangpi County, Hubei Province recruited 96 recruits, among whom there were 24 endowed students and 14 scholars.There are actually many scholars in Xuzhou.It’s just that there were rumors in the society that good iron doesn’t make nails, and good men don’t serve as soldiers, so in the end, the No.50 mixed brigade only recruited more than 250 soldiers, including the original Cui Daoping’s rebellious soldiers. A total of [-] or so people.

It is said that Xu Zhanfeng, Xuzhou's military and political chief, turned out to be the No. 13 mixed Xie Xie Tong of the New Army stationed in Qingjiangpu, Huai'an in the former Qing Dynasty. Malaysian stick" nickname.Although Xu Zhanfeng, a big bastard, could not read, he had always had a military spirit. Of course, this also had a lot to do with him being from Xuzhou and most of the soldiers he recruited were from his hometown.

In the 33rd year of Guangxu (1907), Yinchang was transferred back to Beijing, and Lu Yongxiang, who served as the leader of the No.13 Mixed Association during his tenure, was also transferred away; The eldest brother Xu Zhanfeng was sent by Yuan Shikai to take over as the leader of the No.13 Mixed Association.In the 34th year of Guangxu (1908), Wang Shizhen had a period of "Ding Worry" and went back to his hometown to attend the funeral. Therefore, Xu Shaozhen, who was then the commander-in-chief of Susong Town, Jiangnan, served as the admiral of Jiangbei during this period.After Wang Shizhen returned to his post, he resigned due to illness in the second year of Xuantong (1910), so Lei Zhenchun was appointed as the acting admiral of Jiangbei.As soon as Lei Zhenchun took office, he managed to get Xu Zhanfeng removed from the position of leader of the No.13 Mixed Association, and replaced his confidant Yang Baoshan to take over the position.

On the fourth day of September 1911 (October 10, 25), the Qing court officially ordered Duan Qirui to be the president of the Second Army to join forces with the First Army led by Feng Guozhang to suppress the Wuchang Uprising.After Duan Qirui was ordered, he hastily handed over his Jiangbei admiral's seal to Xi Liang, who was then the nurse of Huaiyang Haidao.

Xiliang is a banner man, old and timid, and he can only read a few old books, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs. Although he served as the admiral of Jiangbei as a rule, he is very concerned about No. The 13 Mixed Association did not dare to ask about it at all.At that time, the No.13 Mixed Association was also considered one of the "Northern Forces", well-equipped and well-paid. Most of the officers above the management belt of the All-Association were from the crash course of Baoding Military Academy, and belonged to the direct descendants of Yuan Shikai who were directly trained and promoted. Naturally, Xi Liang couldn't afford to criticize arrogant things!