Li Yuanhong's statement at the critical moment gave Chen Kuilong great support and gratitude. Although Chen Kuilong was still worried, he still felt confident and felt much more at ease. He could barely sit down and drink a tea to calm down. However, his hands were trembling when he covered the tea bowl and touched it several times but could not cover it.

The gunshots outside became more and more intense. Li Yuanhong rushed towards the line of fire. The guards and entourage followed closely behind him, walking past those who were scared and trembling. After rushing away several steps, Li Yuanhong suddenly stopped and said to the staff member who was a little panting around him: "Listen, the voice has come."

"Come?" What does this mean? The staff officer listened to it, and there were gunfire, shouts and fighting everywhere, so how could he tell where it was.

Looking at the other party's confused look, Li Yuanhong didn't bother to explain: "Listen, are there two different directions in the strongest part of the voice?"

After listening carefully, the staff officer finally figured it out - although the sounds were mixed together, there were obviously two more prominent and different sound fields. Even if they had never witnessed the scene of stray bullets flying, Li Yuanhong could still judge that the two sides had already handed over the fire.

"Let's go and have a look at it first."

The revolutionary party's offensive line was exactly against Li Yuanhong's deployment, and they also divided into three groups to kill: the first route was composed of some troops of the 29th Countries, led by Guan Jie of the original team, and explored and advanced from Ziyang Bridge through Wangfukou Street, attacking the left side of the Supervisor and the Eighth Town Command, and confronting the police forces that were responsible for the important defense here; the second route was composed of part of the Thirty-Countries Land. The attack on the Eighth Town Command and the Supervisor from Shuilu Street. The head-on land was the Forty-one Countries commanded by Li Yuanhong himself; the third route was composed of some revolutionary party in the Forty-one Countries, and advanced from Jinshui Gate through Baoanmen Street along Xiaojia Lane, attacking the right side of the Supervisor's Yamen. The opposite was the right wing line of the Qing army with patrol team and fire brigade as the main force.

While these three routes were directly attacking, the gun bells controlled by the Revolutionary Party had found a suitable gun position near the Security Gate and prepared to attack. This place was about 2 more than a straight line from the Supervisory Office. The terrain was slightly higher, there were not many obstacles, and it was easy to observe. They would provide vitality assistance to the Revolutionary Party's attack.

In the deployment of the three routes of offense and defense, the power distribution is not balanced. Li Yuanhong's side has the strongest strength in the middle, and this landlord is the forty-one target led by him personally. Although the left and right wings may have slightly more soldiers than the middle, their quality is incomparable to the new army. The left wing police forces can only maintain public order and intimidate the people. Faced with real swords and guns, they can not scare the two battles. It is already very good to escape

That's right, they were the strongest line of the Revolutionary Army, the Twenty-Nine Ballot. If it weren't for the guards and left-behind soldiers of the Eighth Town Command as the backbone, they would have collapsed long ago; the main force of the right-wing defense forces consisted of fire brigades and patrol battalions. The strength of the fire brigade was worse than that of the police, and the patrol brigade was barely combat-effective. But they could only deal with ordinary bandits, and they were no match for the regular attacks of the revolutionary party.

At around 10:30, the rebel army went from all directions: =: The relevant deployments were clearly reconnaissance, and the troops were limited, the revolutionary artillery team had not yet fully entered the position, and there was no question of firing shells. The defense line was just the sound of light weapons shooting.

"It's true that the fight started!" Chen Huan put down his telescope and looked solemn.

On the night of the incident, the imperial envoy led by Cen Chunxuan felt that the atmosphere was wrong. Although various intelligences failed to reveal when the revolutionary party would take action, it was a conclusion that it was getting closer. After discussing with Chen Huan and others, they decided to take the initiative and immediately sent troops to control the Chuwangtai Armory and selected Sun Chuanfang to lead the team to execute.

This decision-making method was supported by Cen Chunxuan, and he clearly instructed not to notify Hubei - who knows whether Li Yuanhong, Zhang Biao, Chen Kuilong and others are good people?

Therefore, Sun Chuanfang accepted the order of the local government: immediately disarm the defenders, take over the Chuwangtai Armory and hold on for at least 24 hours. If the defenders are unwilling to submit, they will be killed.

The one who was full of murderous intent was fortunate, and the guards were very convinced of the orders held by Sun Chuanfang and others. They were eager to think of a good way to make excuses, so they could only give up. After Sun Chuanfang took over, he burst into cold sweat all over his body. If the defenders were a little tougher, today's situation would be troublesome.

"Sir, it seems that the direction of Chu Wangtai has been in contact with fire." Chen Huan's sharp eyes and familiar with the terrain, he pointed at everyone with his fingers.

After taking the telescope handed over by the entourage, Cen Chunxuan looked at the scenes in Chu Wangtai and other places, nodded with a serious expression, and then began to observe the dynamics in the city with the light of fire.

"It's a mess, how do you think of the governor Chen Kuilong?" Zhou Xuexi had never experienced such a scene. He looked a little uneasy, but looking at Cen Chunxuan and others' calmness, he felt a little embarrassed. A wave of nameless fire all vented on Chen Kuilong, "This kind of border is simply a fool."

"Oh, it's a lot of trouble."

"Sir, find a secret place first..."

"Don't worry, I used to suppress bandits many times when I was in Guangxi, and I also took the opportunity to go up several times. I have long been used to bloody scenes. I'm afraid it's the first time you can get it."

"Yes, I was quite worried just now." Zhou Xuexi felt a little embarrassed.

"Normal, normal." Cen Chun was about to comfort the other party, and the scouts arrived.

"Report, report... Sir, the rebels are fiercely besieging the headquarters of the Eighth Town and the Supervisor's Office."

"How many people?"

"I don't know the details, it is roughly estimated that 2,000 people are

"How many people are there in the Supervisory Office to defend themselves? Who is in charge?"

"I heard that Lord Chen and Li Xietong are here, and the yamen guards are said to have 2,000 people, but

Pass……"

"But what?"

"When I went to investigate the situation just now, I found that people kept slipping out of two places, looking panicked, as if they were deserters. I was anxious and couldn't see clearly. However, from the clothes, it was not a new army..."

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"It's probably the patrol team's money." Wang Yingkai was furious, "It's not enough to succeed, but it's more than enough to fail... all of them will be lifted at that time!"

After Wang Yingkai became famous for suppressing Zhang Xun, he hated the corrupt patrol battalion. He wanted to guess everything.

The gunshots rushed forward, and the scouts were right. The eighth town headquarters and the supervisory office kept coming from the front and running towards the rear, and rushed to the imperial envoy's garrison.

"stop!"

"Brothers of the Imperial Guard, we are patrol battalions. The revolutionary party has rebelled so hard. Let us hide from you."

what to do?

"Let them return to the defense line, and those who leave their posts without permission will be killed!" Chen Huan was determined.

But the Imperial Guard's shouting was ineffective. These people had just escaped from the thrilling battlefield and were reluctant to go back. They begged to squeeze into the Imperial Guard's defense line. Some bold and arrogant people even planned to destroy the defensive facilities arranged by the Imperial Guard and rushed in.

"Open the fire!" Chen Huan shouted angrily, "A bunch of guys who have failed to do anything but have enough trouble. Why don't you tolerate it? Open the fire!"

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"Reinforcement fortifications. Reinforcement fortifications."

Except for the house, the imperial envoy's garrison had no other reliance on the rest of the garrison to guard the danger. The delegation was mobilized to be all over the top and bottom, wrapped with tables, stools, door panels and wet quilts, quickly forming a simple bunker fortification, and two lines of defense were built along the depth of the garrison's defense.

"Send a report to the capital." Chen Huan was in command while calmly dictating the telegram, "Wuchang incident, chaos and war broke out, and the four rebels attacked the four routes. The imperial guards swear to guard the imperial envoy's garrison to death. I hope to add troops to protect..."

This time, the Imperial Guards specially brought large-scale radio transmission and reception equipment to maintain contact, which is convenient and easy to keep confidential. At such an emergency, it comes in handy.

Faced with the fierce impact of the revolutionary party and the reality of the two wings retreating step by step, Li Yuanhong immediately made a decision. On the one hand, he drew troops from the middle to guard the two wings to suppress the crumbling defense line. On the other hand, he ordered his subordinates to quickly find a large white cloth and write a big letter to surrender, "If you can wake up, you will not blame the past and make meritorious contributions." In the face of the enemy with less pressure, he personally led the guards to rush forward and counterattack, not only repelling the revolutionary party's offensive, but also captured dozens of prisoners.

However, as the two wings of the Revolutionary Party continued to strengthen, the defensive forces built by the police, patrol battalions, fire brigades and other mobs retreated step by step, and the defense line gradually retreated. Although the area of ​​the defense zone was reduced accordingly, it also made the Revolutionary Party closer to the target. Chen Kuilong stayed in the lobby from time to time heard the sound of stray bullets hitting the beams and pillars of the houses, which made him so scared that he didn't even dare to step out and could only tremble.

It’s not that Li Yuanhong didn’t want to move closer to the Imperial Guard Defense Zone, but since he had the style of a famous general, he naturally understood that this was unlikely: First, the Imperial Guard and the New Army were not familiar with it. Now there is a melee, who can tell who is who? If he was the commander of the Imperial Guard, he would also have to shoot and suppress it in order to defend his position; Second, the revolutionary party’s current spearhead is directly aimed at the Eighth Town Command and the Supervisory Office. The enemy is a circular offensive, and this side is a circular defense system. The Imperial Guard Defense Zone is at the end of the ring. As long as the front ring does not collapse, the imperial envoy’s station will not be directly impacted, and there will be enough time for defense preparation and fortification construction. From this level, it is not necessary to move closer.

Just when the battle near the Supervisory Office was in a stalemate, the battle at Chu Wangtai became fierce. Xiong Bingkun and Wu Zhaolin commanded the troops to rush five or six times in succession, and each time they returned in vain. Although more and more troops gathered, the casualties suffered were getting bigger and bigger, and even the number of people added in the past half an hour could not keep up with the number of casualties.

At the front of the position, blood flowed all over the ground, and corpses were everywhere, and every step was torment. On the Imperial Guards, thousands of bullets were fired one after another, and the barrel water of the heavy machine gun had already boiled. Fortunately, the armory had no shortage of any supplies. Except for the grenades that could not be replenished, other bullets were vented at any cost.

Sun Chuanfang originally wanted to take the opportunity to fight a counterattack, but considering that guarding the armory was the first priority, she resisted the impulse and continued to use firepower to block the frontiers of the defense line, which made the revolutionary party unable to raise its head.

Since the shooting was not good, Xiong and Wu simply ordered the suicide squad to prepare for the suicide squad. The suicide squad members held bombs in their hands and were ready to throw them close to each other, but Sun Chuanfang was already prepared, and the so-called suicide squad really turned into an suicide squad.

Almost when the two rounds of suicide squads failed, the revolutionary army artillery team outside the security gate had set up positions and began to test the firing according to the coordinates given by the front line. At first, the shells didn't know where they flew, but after more than 10 rounds, there was a "boom". The shells hit the left core of Yuanhong, the eighth town, relying on the remaining guards and troops of the eighth town. Now the backbone of the eighth town has been reimbursed, and the left wing naturally collapsed.

"Retreat!" The police had been exhausted. Now, seeing that the situation was not good, they all fled one after another, and they only regretted that their parents had fewer legs.

The battle became more and more intense. Outside Wusheng Gate, the two bandit suppression troops that launched a mutiny in the evening came back. The revolutionary party was preparing to throw out its biggest trump card in this chaos tonight. Under the early impact, the defense line near the Supervisory Office was already shaking, and now 3,000 new forces have been invested. The revolutionary party took the initiative to swallow it in one bite.

Can Li Yuanhong withstand it?

Can the Imperial Guard withstand it?
Chapter completed!