Master Yuan, start!

Lao Ma spat viciously, did not evade, tucked the revolver in his crotch, and walked straight towards the patrol.

With this clamp, the walking posture becomes very strange.

Lao Ma thought the police would stop him and search him carefully.

But unexpectedly, this patrolman was different from the patrolmen elsewhere. He just waved his hand and put Lao Ma and his group into the isolation circle surrounded by the patrolmen.

There are crowds of people outside the isolation circle, and although there are many people inside the isolation circle, it is far from being shoulder to shoulder.

Moreover, once he entered the circle, he was only a hundred steps away from Liu Bingzhang.

"What's going on? Is this police officer blind? I was shaking my butt so much, but he didn't stop me to search?"

Lao Ma felt very strange in his heart, but since he had come in, he didn't think about it anymore.

Just as he was about to draw his gun and point it at Liu Bingzhang, his arm was suddenly pulled by his accomplice.

"Old Ma, look, that guy also has a gun!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Ma immediately stopped pulling out his gun and turned to look in the direction of his accomplice's finger.

I saw a short man dressed as a laborer slowly taking out a pistol from his pocket.

"What's going on? Someone else wants to assassinate Liu Bingzhang?"

Old Ma was stunned at first, but then he was ecstatic. Someone was helping him, which was exactly what he wanted!

Zhaoshu County 96*79.02?

Thinking of this, Lao Ma slowly took out the pistol from his crotch and loaded the bullets into the revolver magazine one by one. At the same time, he instructed his accomplices: "After this man shoots Liu Bingzhang, we will kill him immediately in the chaos.

If we miss, we'll take the opportunity to shoot him twice more and then kill him, understand?"

Lao Ma remained motionless in the back, while the assassin in front of him was Leng Kaisong, the man sent by Chen Jiongming to assassinate Liu.

Seeing Liu Bingzhang getting closer and closer, Leng Kaisong knew that this was his last chance and it would be too late if he delayed any further.

After taking a look back at the surging crowd, Leng Kaisong reviewed the escape route in his mind again, and then suddenly quickened his pace, pretending to be an ordinary citizen, and pretending to approach Liu Bingzhang.

Liu Bingzhang, who was discussing the opening date of the railway with his subordinates, had no idea that someone would assassinate him. When he saw Leng Kaitai coming towards him, he thought he was here to thank him like other people.

"Snapped"

"Snapped"

Three gunshots silenced the noisy discussions of the people within a radius of 100 meters. Immediately afterwards, there were shrill screams and a chaotic crowd.

The patrolmen who were on guard nearby quickly retreated towards Liu Bingzhang.

Seeing that Leng Kaitai's shots missed the vital points, Lao Ma wanted to go forward and fire two more shots, but looking at the policemen who were getting closer and closer, he knew he had to run.

Otherwise, you can't get out!

Lao Ma casually threw the pistol to the ground and ran away to chase Leng Kaitai.

He wanted to kill Leng Kaitai and leave someone behind to take the blame.

Only when the murderer is brought to justice can Wanxian County be freed from blockade and he can escape safely.

...

After Leng Kaitai succeeded, he immediately hid in the alleys of the county town. This was not Chongqing, he was unfamiliar with the place and had to escape immediately.

But he was unfamiliar with Wanxian's terrain, and the county town was small, so after a few turns, he was blocked by a wall.

Just as he was about to turn around, a tall figure blocked his way back.

Before Leng Kaitai could see clearly, the gun in his hand was taken away and he was pinned against the wall, unable to move.

"who?"

Leng Kaitai broke out in a cold sweat and said hurriedly: "I was sent by Brother Chen Jiongming. Brother Chen is Marshal Li's man. Don't hurt our own people by mistake!"

"Chen Jiongming, Marshal Li?" Old Ma's eyes kept rolling when he heard this.

He didn't know Chen Jiongming's name, but in recent years, who in the South didn't know the name of the Young Marshal?

Apart from Li Hongzhang's son Li Jingfang, who else can be called the Young Marshal?

Lao Ma felt that he seemed to have come into contact with some extraordinary inside story.

Thinking of this, his original intention of just taking the money and leaving gradually became active.

Is money more important, or is official position more important?

Of course they are all important!

Lao Ma thought, I want them all!

Chapter 379 Response and the Truth

The news of Liu Bingzhang's assassination quickly spread across the country like a whirlwind.

It is said that he was hit in the chest by three bullets from an assassin and is currently lying in the Wanxian County Government Office, unconscious and his life or death is uncertain.

God has pity on Lsuo:er%! Wanxian doesn’t even have a modern hospital, only traditional Chinese medicine.

However, for this fatal injury, not to mention traditional Chinese medicine, even Western medicine has no good solution.

Faced with this situation, the invited folk Chinese medicine practitioner dared not make a diagnosis or prescribe medicine, but just kept kowtowing.

While the people of Sichuan are mourning this governor who stood up for the people, they are also waiting for the final truth to be revealed.

When the news spread, Yuan Xiangcheng immediately realized that it was aimed at him.

No matter which side assassinated Liu Bingzhang, he would be the biggest beneficiary on the surface.

That night, he immediately issued a telegram in the name of the Central Committee of the Socialist Revolutionary Party condemning the assassin.

On the other hand, Yuan Shikai also ordered Feng Guozhang, who was stationed in Jiangning, to take quick action and dispatch the 4th, 5th and 6th Divisions of the Jiangnan Military Region to Nanchang to form a large-scale confrontation with the Lingnan New Army in southern Jiangxi.

And in a corner of Jiangning City, rumbling sounds were heard from time to time.

That was the sound coming from the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau.

The Jinling Manufacturing Bureau was once the leading arsenal in the Jiangnan region, capable of producing gunpowder, muskets, mines, mountain cannons, repeating cannons, and even Maxim machine guns.

However, the weapons and equipment produced are often not very durable.

When Yuan Shikai first trained his troops in Incheon, Korea, he purchased several cannons from the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau.

Later he found out that he had been cheated. He spent five times more money and bought a cannon that was only at the level of the 5s.

Therefore, after taking over the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau, Yuan Shikai ordered people to renovate it for half a year, turning it into the Jiangning Arsenal of the National Revolutionary Army, specializing in the production of black powder, smokeless gunpowder, artillery shells, bullets and other items.

After receiving the news that the army was heading to the front line, the lights here were turned on and intensive production began.

After each bullet and shell is produced, it is bundled and packed into boxes and quickly shipped to where they are most needed.

The Jinling Manufacturing Bureau was demolished and destroyed by the Japanese in the original time and space.

After arranging these things, Yuan Xiangcheng did not search: [He immediately set off for Wuchang. He held the telegram about Liu Bingzhang's assassination and looked at the dim night sky.

"The assassination finally happened."

Political assassinations were not uncommon in the previous life. The revolutionary party started out by assassinating people in its early days.

However, in this time and space, the Qing Dynasty fell so quickly that some young revolutionaries were lost among the crowd before they had a chance to display their assassination skills.

Even so, Yuan Xiangcheng never relaxed his vigilance against assassins.

But he didn't expect that the assassin didn't stab himself, but instead targeted someone else.

Who wanted to assassinate Liu Bingzhang?

Yuan Xiangcheng analyzed the issue from the perspective of who benefited the most, and in the end, he felt that he was the most suspicious.

Everyone knew that there might be a war between the National Revolutionary Army and the Huai Army.

A major support for the Huai Army was the Sichuan-Huaihe New Army.

Now that Liu Bingzhang has been eliminated, who is the happiest?

Who else but yourself?

Yuan Xiangcheng was indeed happy, however, he had never thought of using assassination to solve the problem.

After much deliberation, Yuan Xiangcheng finally decided not to worry about these issues anymore and instead began to think about how to deal with the impending chaos.

The Sichuan-Huaihe forces and the Guangdong-Huaihe forces seem to be integrated, but in fact they have had conflicts with each other.

The fact that they were able to stay under the same banner was thanks to Liu Bingzhang's gratitude for Li Hongzhang's friendship.

Now that Liu Bingzhang is dead, the movements of the Sichuan-Huaihe military group have become a mystery.

Should I be independent, surrender to Li, or surrender to myself?

Overall, Yuan Shikai believed that his military strength was stronger than Li Hongzhang's.

But there are some differences in different regions.

In short, the country is strong on land but weak at sea.

Li Hongzhang has been secretly recruiting soldiers during this period. How could Yuan Shikai be the kind of person who would just sit there and wait for death?

The North China and Northeast Military Regions had already begun the transformation of "brigade-mounted divisions", and the National Revolutionary Army had suddenly gained 5 active-duty soldiers.

The total number is 25, which is at least the same as the Sichuan and Guangdong Huai Army combined.

Moreover, Yuan Shikai frequently traveled between the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River during this period, and gradually figured out Li Hongzhang's cards.

What he relied on on land was nothing more than the rugged terrain of Lingnan, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack; what he relied on at sea was nothing more than the South China Sea Fleet, which was larger in number than the Beiyang Fleet.

As long as these two points can be avoided, most of the Huai Army under Li Hongzhang's command can be said to be destroyed.

After dealing with these miscellaneous matters, Yuan Shikai did not stay in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas any longer. He took the fastest ship from Jiangning to Wuchang.

In addition, the 3rd Division directly under the Jiangnan Military Region was led by Yuan Shikai and marched to Wuchang in a mighty manner.

Yuan Xiangcheng didn't care even though someone was throwing dirty water on him.

However, if you dare to splash, you must be prepared to save your life!

...

Just when the attention of the people all over the world was attracted by the news of Liu Bingzhang's assassination.

The center of the vortex, Wanxian, is a completely different scene.