Insufficient balance

  "What right do you have? Just because of your incompetence, hundreds of brothers died!"

  "You... I don't accept this!" Peng Shousong was a man who had mixed with the Hui people for a long time, how could he swallow his anger? He immediately prepared to draw his gun: "I'll see who dares to take my soldiers!"

  "How dare you, armed with a dagger, to stab an official!" Yuan Fang shouted loudly beside him, and then rushed over to draw his pistol. Before everyone could react, Yuan Fang had already aimed at Peng Shousong and fired.

  Two consecutive gunshots, "bang" and "bang", were heard, and Peng Shou fell to the ground, his chest bleeding profusely. The blood quickly soaked into the ground. At this time, the guards rushed in and surrounded Chen Jingyun.

  Looking at Chen Kui's anxious face, Chen Jingyun said, "Nothing!"

  Chen Jingyun is fine, but Peng Shousong is dead! He was shot twice by Yuan Fang and collapsed. The development of the incident was completely unexpected. The guards quickly confiscated Yuan Fang's gun and even took away the guns of other officers as a precautionary measure.

  After the arrest, Chen Jingyun sighed: "We are all old revolutionaries, how can we make such a low-level mistake!" "Yuan Fang, you too, he may be wrong, but you don't have to kill him now! Alas, you shouldn't be the captain either, but the war is urgent now, so you'll act as the fifth team leader for now. If you do well, we'll consider making it official later."

  Among the people present, most were Chen Jingyun's direct subordinates, and at this time they naturally supported Chen Jingyun in taking down the Second Regiment. With Peng Shousong dead, several of his battalion and regimental officers who came from the Huixing Party were also dismissed, so they didn't have a say in the matter either. Xiao Qibin and the people from the artillery regiment just looked on silently without speaking, while Yuan Fang and Li Jimin also remained silent.

  "Never mind that, everyone. Now, how are we going to deal with the thirty-seven outside?" Chen Jingyun asked after drinking tea and tapping on the table.

  At this time, the crowd just recovered from Peng Shousong's death and immediately began to speak. During the discussion, Chen Jingyun also did not interrupt, letting the military officers below discuss it. This was mainly because he had inherited Chen Jingyun's memory but not his intuition for making military decisions. So he handed these professional matters over to career military officers.

  After some discussion, the officers quickly came up with a corresponding plan, without too much expense on night raids and high-difficulty detours, but adopted textbook-style standard tactics. The two wings of each department extended forward, expanding the battle line, and then the first regiment took the lead in pressing forward from the front. At the same time, the 18 artillery pieces of the National Army fired alternately, continuously bombarding the position of the 37th Regiment, disrupting the enemy's rest, until early the next morning, after reorganizing, the National Army launched a comprehensive attack with its huge troop advantage.

  This time, Chen Jingyun arranged all four Mark IV machine guns at the back, not to fight the enemy, but to shoot deserters. The Mark IV heavy machine gun is not good for attacking, but it's very effective in suppressing deserters. After killing more than a dozen deserters, both old and new soldiers in the National Army understood that Chen Jingyun was determined to defeat Qin Yunian. A group of mid-level officers were also summoned by Chen Jingyun before departure to give a pep talk, the content of which was to whip up everyone's morale to fight hard, and those who failed to do so would be dismissed on the spot. With this great pressure, the officers led the soldiers forward, and the 37th Regiment, although strong, had its morale lowered after a night of shelling. Before the National Army's large-scale charge, there was another 20 minutes of artillery preparation, which made the 37th Regiment quickly collapse under the National Army's superior firepower.

  "Sir, let's go! The front line can't hold on!" an officer shouted at Qin Yuanyan with a look of urgency, but Qin Yuanyan remained unmoved.

  "Where to go? Can we return to Chang Le? Chang Le is only a few dozen miles from Fuzhou, and there's no safe place to defend. Besides, can we still escape?" Qin Yuannian put down the binoculars, he already knew that the front-line troops had dispersed, he could even see those Nationalist soldiers chasing and killing them, this battle was lost. Actually, before coming here, he had guessed that there might be such a result, but he didn't hesitate at all.

  "Lord Sun, I have failed your trust. Your Majesty, I am unworthy of you!"

  Qin Yuenian pulled out the pistol from his waist and stared at it in a daze. The several bodyguards beside him saw this and hastily shouted: "Sir, no!"

  As their voices fell, Qin Yuen also pulled the trigger. With a loud bang, he fell backwards, his big eyes still open...

  Qin Yuanyan died, and the 37th Division no longer had the courage to fight on. Soon, they raised white flags all along the line...

  In this battle, the National Army lost 78 men and over 200 wounded, with over 200 missing or escaped soldiers. The 37th Division lost over 100 men and several hundred wounded, with the rest surrendering and being captured. However, after persuasion, many of the surrendered soldiers from the 37th Division joined the National Army. To avoid conflicts between soldiers, Chen Jingyun arranged for these surrendered soldiers to be assigned to the 3rd Regiment, which had not participated in the battle. With nearly a thousand veteran soldiers joining, the 3rd Regiment quickly regained its combat effectiveness.

  As for Qin Yu's suicide, Chen Jingyun was quite perplexed! Why did he have to die for this rotten dynasty?

  Some people and some things can't be understood from one's own perspective. You think it's an abnormal thing, but to some people, it's a matter of course.

  Returning to the headquarters, Lin Wenyin and Zheng Zuying rushed up to ask about the war situation. Chen Jingyun said: "Qin Yuannian's unit has been eliminated! Everyone can rest assured!"

  Upon hearing this clear news, the many people waiting in the headquarters finally put their minds at ease. Later they learned that last night Peng Shousong was killed on the spot for attempting to assassinate Chen Jingyun with a weapon, and one by one they all changed color. However, Peng Shousong was a member of the Huì Party, and he had never gotten along with Lin Wenyin and Zheng Zuying, so even though they were somewhat dissatisfied in their hearts, now that the person was dead, they didn't dare say anything.

  He then handled some civil affairs, no matter whether it was Chen Jingyun in his previous life or this life, he had never been a civil official, and when it came to government affairs, he could be said to be quite confused. Since the uprising, he has not managed any civil affairs, and has handed them over to Zheng Zuyin and his men for management.

  Zheng Zuyin used to be a member of the Advisory Council, and the heads and deputy heads of various departments in the newly established military government were all former council members, renowned scholars and gentry. Except for Lin Wenyin, the head of the Military Affairs Department, who was from a military background, the others were all veteran officials. They managed civil affairs with ease, and within these few days, they had put things inside and outside Fuzhou in order, making it reasonable and systematic, so that the people did not panic. Today, although there are still battles outside the city, the city has largely returned to normal, with people moving around, no longer as dull and lifeless as before yesterday.

  "The Governor's mansion has been cleaned up, when is Zihua moving over?" asked Zheng Zu Yin.

  The Governor's Mansion was also the Fujian-Zhejiang Governor's Mansion of Song Shou. When the Military Government was established, it planned to move the Governor's Mansion there, but unfortunately, on the night of the uprising, it was attacked by Lin Wenying's Engineering Corps and suffered significant damage, so it didn't move there after all.

  "Now that it's all fixed up, of course we're going to move in!" Chen Jingyun thought carefully: "Are all the departments settled now?"

  "Everything is fine," said Zheng Zuoyin. "Although the military government is still in its infancy, all departments are stable and everyone is working hard!"

  "That's good!" Chen Jingyun tapped his hand on the table: "Now that the situation is chaotic, we must try to stabilize civil administration and not seek change with a single mind, disturbing the people's hearts!"

  "This is natural!"

  At this time, Chen Jingyun turned his gaze to An Hualin: "By the way, has the financial side been sorted out?"

  An Hualin immediately took out a small account book and said, "After several days of tense clearing, I have made a detailed account. In the past few days, we have collected a total of 28 million silver coins in treasury, seized floating wealth worth 8 million yuan, and other books, paintings, jade utensils and real estate worth around 40-50 million silver coins."

  "Sell the immovable properties and other assets for cash as soon as possible!" Chen Jingyun knew that the financial situation was tense at present, and in just these few days, he had spent no less than 1.5 million in military expenses, and there were only two or three hundred million left to spend, which would not last long!

  Civil administration and financial matters were also quickly settled. Soon, Chen Jingyun drove those people out and then convened a military conference with the generals.

  "Attention!" Along with the guard's loud shout, the officers who were originally seated stood up in unison and looked towards the entrance!

  Still wearing his military uniform, Chen Jingyun stepped in with his long boots and walked to the main seat. After sitting down, he said, "Everyone, please sit down!"

  At this time, the military officers sat down again, looking at a group of military officers below, Chen Jingyun showed a satisfied smile. There were not many people present, all of whom were regimental or higher-ranking officers, most of whom were Chen Jingyun's direct subordinates, such as Feng Qin, Ma Cheng, Lin Chengkun, Zhuang Dafu, Lin Feitai, Chen Weihua, Li Lianyang, and others. There were also Li Jimin, Xiao Qibin, and Yuan Fang. From the people present, it can be seen that Chen Jingyun's direct subordinates' power is growing day by day. Lin Wenyi rushed to become a nominal military chief of staff with no real power, Peng Shousong was killed, and among the remaining Tongmenghui military officers, only Xiao Qibin remained.

  Chen Jingyun looked around and slowly spoke: "From yesterday to today, although the battle was once difficult, but all the soldiers listened to orders and finally took it down with one effort. After defeating the 37th banner, our army has no threats within a hundred miles of Fuzhou. However, this does not mean that we can relax our vigilance! Not to mention the Qing army in the surrounding provinces of Fujian, but there are still many other military forces in Fujian! Specifically, let Feng's staff tell you!"

  Feng Qin stood up and said: "Yes!"

  He immediately walked to a small blackboard behind him, pointing to a map of Fujian Province and began to say: "Currently, in addition to us, there are two battalions of the 39th Regiment stationed in Funing Prefecture in the northeastern part of Fujian Province; In the north, Yanping Prefecture has one battalion of the 38th Regiment and one battalion of the 40th Regiment, a total of two battalions; Shaowu Prefecture has the second battalion of the 40th Regiment. We have already sent surrender telegrams and envoys to these three places, but so far there is no clear feedback!"