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Precarious Chapter 17 Battle in the City

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    There were loud gunshots and shouts in Taiyuan City, and it suddenly fell into chaos.  The people in Taiyuan City heard the intensive gunshots outside and thought of the tense situation in the city. They did not dare to go out and closed their doors tightly, hoping that the turmoil would end soon.  []

    The patrol battalion stationed in the middle of the city and the patrol battalion troops led by Lianyin were shocked to hear that the revolutionary army was advancing into the city. They immediately set up defenses at key locations in the city to meet the revolutionary army's attack with all their strength.  Wu Bingguo and Lianyin took a group of cronies and went straight to the Shanxi governor's office to ask for an audience with the governor Lu Zhongqi.

    Lu Zhongqi naturally heard the gunfire one after another in the city. When he heard the news that Wu Bingguo and others were coming, he immediately sent someone to welcome them in.

    After Wu Bingguo and others entered the door, they found that the chief envoy Wang Qingping, the envoy Li Shengduo, the envoy Luo Chengxiang, the envoy Wang Dazhen of Quanye Dao and other officials from the governor's yamen were all gathered here, together with the newly arrived patrolmen Road Lianyin and Patrol Camp Middle Road.  Under the leadership of Wu Bingguo, most of the anti-revolutionary figures in Taiyuan City gathered here.

    Before Wu Bingguo and others could greet him, Lu Zhongqi asked hurriedly: "Commander Wu, you are finally here. How is the situation in the city?"

    "I would like to report to the Governor, the situation in Taiyuan City is still under control. Only about a thousand people from the Revolutionary Army have entered the city. Important positions in the city are still under control. However, my subordinates are worried that the Revolutionary Army still has follow-up troops.  It will be much more difficult for my subordinates to deal with it." Wu Bingguo first comforted Lu Zhongqi. In critical moments, Lu Zhongqi, the governor, was still needed to be in charge, and then he expressed his worries.

    "How could this happen? How could these revolutionary troops rush into the city? Didn't you say that the city walls have been properly guarded? Why did the revolutionary troops rush into the city silently?" Lu Zhongqi asked angrily.  .

    Wu Bingguo was a little embarrassed, but he personally arranged the defense at the city wall. He did not expect that the city wall, which was the most important for defending the city, could be conquered so easily. He had to defend himself: "The Revolutionary Party arranged internal response in the city in advance, and the internal response was combined with the external response.  Next, he seized the city gate first and rushed into the city this time. His subordinates immediately mobilized men and horses to drive them out. However, the new army in the uprising was very powerful and the subordinates had insufficient men and horses, so they had to retreat everywhere.  Important land.¡±

    Lu Zhongqi also knew that he could not blame Wu Bingguo too much now. After scolding him for a few words, he calmed down a little and asked, "How did you arrange the defense in the city?"

    "At present, our department has met with the rebels and engaged in fierce exchanges of fire. Because the revolutionary army has a relatively strong fighting capacity, our department can only give up taking the initiative and now retreat to the intersection of Ning'an Road, North Street and Guangde Road, focusing on defending the north.  The arsenal on the street and the intersection of Guangde Road prevent the revolutionary army from going deep into the city." Wu Bingguo had no choice but to tell some of the arrangements he had made so far, hoping to ease the atmosphere.

    Lu Zhongqi frowned slightly and asked: "The New Army controlled by the Revolutionary Party is no less than 4,000 people. Currently, there are only more than 1,000 people entering the city. If the other 3,000 people arrive in the city, can you guarantee that Taiyuan City will not be destroyed?"  Lost?"

    Wu Bingguo was stunned. At present, the new army of more than a thousand people revolting has made him very anxious. If there are more than three thousand people, then he really cannot control the situation, but it is not easy to say this directly.

    When he was in trouble, Lianyin on the side interrupted: "Don't worry, Governor, as long as we ensure that the arsenal is not lost, the remaining more than 3,000 new troops will not be able to play any role. The more than 1,000 new troops currently making trouble are exactly  The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 85th Biao just received ammunition yesterday, and the rest of the New Army troops have not yet distributed ammunition, otherwise more than 4,000 New Army troops would have entered the city today."

    After being reminded by Lian Yin, everyone present suddenly woke up.  Indeed, in order to prevent accidents, yesterday only ammunition was distributed to the first and second battalions of the 85th Target of the New Army. Other units of the New Army did not have combat bullets at all.  As long as the arsenal is guarded, the Qing army in the city will only face the more than a thousand New Army soldiers.

    Lu Zhongqi breathed a sigh of relief and ordered to Wu Bingguo: "Commander Wu, I order you to take full command of the patrol battalion and patrol battalion in the city. You must guard the general arsenal and the Guangde Road intersection must not be lost. You must guard the revolutionary base."  The party is blocking the intersection of Guangde Road.¡±

    Once Guangde Road is lost, the patrol office will immediately be exposed to the revolutionary party's troops. Therefore, Lu Zhongqi strongly requires it to guard the two key points of the arsenal and the intersection of Guangde Road.

    To be honest, Wu Bingguo didn't want to take this job, but at this moment, he couldn't refuse.  Besides, once the Revolutionary Party takes control of Taiyuan, it will not end well for itself. Wu Bingguo has no choice but to do his best to protect Taiyuan City.

    "Don't worry, Governor, my subordinates will do their best." Wu Bingguo responded with clasped fists.

    Not long after Wu Bingguo left, Lu Zhongqi was still worried about the safety of the governor¡¯s Yamen.Feeling a little worried, he ordered the governor's Yamen Guards, also known as Fubiao, to assemble urgently.  After the assembly was completed, Fubiao was immediately ordered to use the street outside the governor's office and the governor's office compound as his base, and not to lay down multiple defense lines.

    The governor's Yamen Guards originally consisted of 300 people. After Lu Zhongqi took office, he expanded it to 500 people. They were all old soldiers and horses. They were equipped with the latest German rifles and three Maxim heavy machine guns that were rare in China. Their combat effectiveness was relatively high.  The patrol battalion should be one line higher.

    Lu Zhongqi¡¯s idea is obviously to save the governor¡¯s office first, and then contact the garrison in various places to gradually eliminate the revolutionary rebels entering the city.

    It is a pity that after Yao Yiji commanded the New Army to invade the city, he immediately sent out troops to cut off all the telephone and telegraph lines from the governor's office to other places. Coupled with the New Army's siege on the outside, Taiyuan City was now isolated from the outside world.  Isolated.

    There are still fierce exchanges of fire in the city, and the situation in Taiyuan City is getting more and more tense!

    It is not only the Shanxi governor's office that is nervous, but also the revolutionary army.  After entering the city, the revolutionary army's progress was very smooth at first. Before the patrol battalion could react, they passed three streets in a row. As long as they passed through Guangde Road, they could attack the governor's office. However, at the intersection of Guangde Road,  The revolutionary army encountered fierce resistance.

    At the same time, because the patrol battalions and patrol battalions in the city focused on defending the arsenal and the intersection of Guangde Road, the revolutionary army that attacked the governor's office was frustrated, and the arsenal was still in the hands of the Qing army. The follow-up troops of the revolutionary army still had no way to obtain ammunition and had to  Watching helplessly.

    As soon as the gunfire rang out in the city, the members of the Advisory Council immediately realized that the New Army had launched an uprising. They did not expect that the New Army would launch an uprising so early. Their "peaceful transfer of power" activities had not yet begun, so they immediately secretly  Contact, intending to contact the governor's office and the revolutionary party, intending to have the Advisory Bureau mediate between them to achieve a peaceful transition so that they can benefit.

    "It is a pity that the two warring parties did not accept the suggestions of the members of the Advisory Council, and the fighting continued.

    Yao Yiji, as the commander-in-chief of the front line, personally led a group of troops to capture the Guangde Road intersection, and then directly attack the governor's Yamen. Then the patrol battalion deployed heavy troops at the Guangde Road intersection, allowing him to return without success.  Realizing that he could not break through the Guangde Road intersection with his own troops, he detached a small group of troops to drag the defenders at the Guangde Road intersection, and then led most of the troops to join the attack on the North Street Arsenal.

    He understood that only by conquering the arsenal and distributing the ammunition to the more than 3,000 people who followed, could he mobilize heavy troops to break through the defense at the Guangde Road intersection, and then attack the heavily defended Shanxi Governor's Yamen.
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