In the entire campaign, more than 1,300 standard rifles, 24 75mm field mountain guns, 28 60mm mortars, grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns, and countless types of ammunition were confiscated.

In Lu Wenhu's underground vault, various banknotes were found, totaling more than 200,000 yuan, and countless other gold, silver and jewelry.

In this battle, Fengzhong suffered 89 casualties, including 31 security personnel and 58 militia members.

Chen Tianhua gave awards to individuals and units with outstanding performance in this battle. To the families of those who died, full pensions were given and memorial tablets were set up in the Zhongyi Temple.

Everything was done very well.

There were more than 150 prisoners from the Tiger Gang and the Guangxi Gang. Chen Tianhua arranged for them to undergo labor reform in various mines in Anyuan Mountain, training them to become self-reliant people.

Just the night before the prisoners were transferred to the mines, something unexpected happened in the prisoner camp.

Early in the morning, the guards checked the ward and found that Song Menqing had been killed in a temporary cell.

He was held in solitary confinement. When the guards found him, he died on the wooden bed. He was accurately shot to death by a crossbow. One arrow penetrated his throat and another arrow penetrated his left chest.

The crossbow was fired from the roof skylight, and the distance was only about ten meters.

The murderer had some skill in flying over walls and climbing over walls. He climbed up to the roof without alerting the guards. A master of martial arts like this didn't need to guess, he knew that he was sent by an Oriental to do the job.

The Japanese hated him for kneeling down and surrendering. No matter what his purpose was, it was to protect his men, but this behavior was something they would never tolerate.

Soon, Kimura was dismissed from his post by Hideo Fujita, the president of Shogen Co., Ltd. and a representative of the military, and was punished for his series of failures in western Jiangxi.

Of course, this is all a story for later.

…

Shanghai, Nanjing Road Public Settlement.

The private room on the third floor of Hongxiu Book Apartment.

The bamboos here are melodious, the singing and dancing are lingering, and the warm current is lingering in the room. There is no coldness in the twelfth lunar month.

At the top of the Red Sleeve Book Apartment, Miss Luan Rong and a group of girls were singing and dancing. The huge hall was filled with skirts and ribbons flying, arsenic chips intertwined, and a smell of mist.

If Miss Luan Rong, the top star, is invited to attend the banquet in person, the host will be either a relative of the emperor, a high-ranking official, or a powerful figure in the military.

The host of today's banquet is Li Pinzhang, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Army's new army stationed in Shanghai, who has only been in office for less than half a month.

Since the beginning of the year, in the new army competition at the Fuqiying Campus in Hangzhou, Chen Tianhua's third association team came out on top, bringing Mr. Li's face to shame.

What's more, Chen Tianhua also won the next contest with the Dongyang instructors by an advantage, and for a time he became famous in both the military and political circles, like thunder.

Li Pinzhang was jealous. Not only was he Li Cunzhi's son, he was also recognized as Li Cunzhi's successor. People in the world called him "Master Li", but he was completely outclassed by Chen Tianhua.

Over the years, Li Cunzhi used the power of the Li family and his own military power to secretly support the rise of Chen Tianhua's power. Now, Chen Tianhua has become full-fledged in terms of industrial economy and military power, reaching the pinnacle status. There are many people in the Qing Dynasty.

Who can compete with him? Everyone will turn their backs on him.

Although Li Cunzhi was happy, he was a little worried in his heart. Chen Tianhua was outstanding and loyal, but he was his son-in-law after all. He was not entirely of the Li family's bloodline and could not inherit the Li family's rule.

Li Pinzhang, a graduate of Tokyo Imperial Army University, is not much worse than Chen Tianhua in terms of military literacy and talents. What he lacks is just the opportunity to practice hard.

Li Cunzhi is a well-established tycoon. He knows well that he cannot put all his eggs in one basket. Now, it is time to cultivate his son Li Pinzhang with all his heart.

Therefore, through Li Jingfang and Sheng Xuanhuai, he was active in Shanghai, and he went to the capital in person to take charge of the newly established Army Department. With Zhang Zhidong adding fuel to the fire, he finally secured the command of the new army stationed in Shanghai for Li Pinzhang.

Shanghai was the first international metropolis, economic and cultural center opened to foreigners in the Qing Dynasty.

Because of the particularity of its location, the Shanghai Daotai and garrison heads are under the direct jurisdiction of the central government.

Although the commander-in-chief of the new army stationed in Shanghai by the Ministry of War is only a commander-in-chief, his actual power is very great. In the concessions and the Youth Gang in various countries in Shanghai, he has to give him face because he has military jurisdiction, which of course includes public security.

Li Pinzhang's arrival attracted the attention of the revolutionaries in Shanghai, especially Chen Qimei, Liu Yufang and others of the Tongmenghui.

Speaking of which, the two parties are really not outsiders. First of all, Chen Qimei's uncle Chen Zongyu is next door to Li Pinzhang in the Hangzhou mansion, and Chen Zongyu's Fengzhong Bank, Li Mansion and the Li family are important shareholders.

Secondly, Li Pinzhang is Chen Tianhua's brother-in-law, and not just anyone has this kind of relationship.

Li Pinzhang's second commander in the Zhejiang New Army was Jiang Zunliang, who was a member of the Tongmenghui developed by Chen Qimei.

According to Jiang Zunliang, Mr. Li has a very liberated mind and great ambitions. It is not a problem to start an uprising and rebel. This is completely in line with the purpose of the Tongmenghui to "liaise with the party, mobilize the new army, recover the Han people, and return our mountains and rivers."

For this reason, Chen Qimei held a banquet at the Red Sleeve Book House for Li Pinzhang and others to express her warm welcome to Lord Li.

Those who accompanied Li Pinzhang to the banquet were all his cronies and colleagues. In addition to Jiang Zunliang, Li Xinghong, deputy commander-in-chief of the Meiguang Autonomous Region Garrison, was among them.

Li Xinghong was originally a relative of the Li clan in Anhui. He was originally a guard of Li Cunzhi. He later went to Tianjin Military Academy to study. He was definitely a close general who followed Li Cunzhi's lead.

Tonight, all the red girls in the Red Sleeve Bookstore have been called. In the hall, kites are flying and swallows are singing. No matter who it is, they are leaning on the red and nestling in the green. Their faces are rosy amid the soft words, they exchange glasses of wine and talk to each other.

Drinking wine, even in the busy schedule, I still don't forget to raise and lower my hands, touching this and pinching that, and I am so busy.

The girls, on the other hand, were trying to refuse and welcome, but they forgot about themselves and had no idea where they were.

After a dance, Luan Rong's face was slightly sweaty, and he sat next to Li Pinzhang. Mr. Li, who was smiling so hard that there was only a slit in his eyes, hugged Luan Rong's slender waist and pulled his chubby

He leaned forward with his face, and gave the other person a kiss on the cheek.

Luan Rong resisted with her hands angrily, "Mr. Li, I'm almost exhausted. I haven't even taken a sip of water yet!"

Li Pinzhang laughed happily, picked up the wine glass with his own hands, and brought it to Luan Rong's small cherry mouth. Luan Rong was about to get into trouble. He saw her eyes flying wildly, her red lips lightly opened, and she drank the wine in one gulp.

A bright red lip mark was left on the rim of the cup.

Li Pinzhang raised his wine glass frivolously, stuck out his plump tongue, and lightly licked his lips, causing the men and women to laugh.

"Master Li..."

Luan Rong drank a glass of wine in one go, her pink face even more flushed, "I tried my best tonight, Mr. Li, I will be rewarded heavily."

"Reward...reward...heavy reward!"

The nephrite Wenxiang twisting and turning in his arms made Li Pinzhang confused and fascinated, "How could I, my master, mistreat our Hongxiu's number one, Miss Luan Rong?"

Luan Rong chuckled, stretched out her delicate hand to pour a glass of wine herself, and brought it to Li Pinzhang's mouth.
Chapter completed!