On the night of September 21, Shen Hongying, who had just sat in the position of master of Liuzhou for less than a week, suddenly felt a sense of panic and confusion. According to reason, most of Liu Guoxiang's old subordinates had been cleaned up, and Lu Dajun from Nanning indicated that as long as Liu Guoxiang and Liu Yuejin (the right-wing water general) were handed over as prisoners of war, he would recognize his legitimate rule over the Liuzhou area. But tonight was so strange, no matter what, she couldn't sleep, and although it had already been autumn, her body felt extremely hot, making her want to jump into the Liu River for a refreshing bath. Could something have happened to Lu Dajun? Shen Hongying even thought of this possibility.

  At the moment of inexplicable irritability, a piercing gunshot suddenly broke through the silent night sky. As a bandit for many years, Shen Hongying's keen senses, different from ordinary people, immediately judged that her unease tonight might have originated from this gunshot.

  He immediately called his deputy officer: "Take a few people out to see where the shooting is."

  The words had barely fallen when the sound of gunfire erupted, and it was clear that something big had happened. Shen Hongying immediately stopped the deputy officer, cancelled the previous order, and shouted loudly: "Wake up the lady and the young masters immediately, assemble the guards, we will go to the North Gate first..."

  Shen Hongying's decision saved himself and his family, because outside the south gate, Bai Chongxi, who judged that Shen Hongying would return to surrender to Lu Rongting in a critical moment, let Li Dachao, who mistakenly killed Tao Er, ambush with a company of soldiers for an entire night. As a result, nothing was achieved except feeding the mosquitoes in the forest.

  Bai Chongxi miscalculated, he didn't understand Shen Hongying's character, this person has always believed in seeking help from oneself rather than others. So when faced with danger, the decision he made was to hide in the mountains and continue as a fugitive, rather than going to surrender to Lu Rongting.

  Let's take a look at what happened in Liuzhou on the night of September 21st?

  After the second mutiny in Liuzhou, Shen Hongying sent someone to arrest Liu Yueqing, the commander of the Liuzhou naval force stationed in Liujiang. Liu Chengfu's over a thousand men also dispersed on their own after hearing the news. With Lu Rongting's appointment arriving later, Liuzhou's defense became slack.

  Shen Hongying currently has 2,000 men under his command. One thousand are his original troops and relatively reliable; the other one thousand are new recruits and not so reliable. Shen Hongying is preparing to reorganize this thousand men, so according to old rules, these thousand men do not have weapons before the reorganization is completed.

  It just so happened that on this evening, Liao Liu, who was defending the west gate of Liuzhou, was marrying his sixth wife and was having a big wedding. As a result, the west gate, which originally had over 100 defenders, now only had more than 30 people on duty, and as soon as it got dark, they closed the city gate as usual.

  As for the commotion outside the city, it's none of their business. They can't even get a full meal, and these resentful guys don't bother to care about it either.

  At this time, a group of people suddenly walked towards the west gate. The officer on duty at the city head looked and loudly asked: "Halt, who are you? If you don't speak up, I'll shoot."

  "Second Master, don't be frightened, I'm He Ma Zi, the deputy officer of Tao Du Dui. You'd better shoot and let me see?"

  Mo Eryi heard that the ruthless Tao Du was back, and immediately toned down a bit: "Brother, it's a misunderstanding. It's dark and I couldn't see a thing. Where is Tao Du?"

  "Heizi drank: 'Tao Du and Lan Du stopped to rest in the town ahead, entering the city tomorrow. You guys are comfortable, we've been chasing in the mountains for three or four days, and now we've caught Liu Zhenhuan, bringing him back to Shen Da's house. Hurry up and open the door, don't delay our fortune. Hurry up, otherwise I'll turn my face and not recognize you, and shoot you dead, it won't count.'"

  This last sentence is true, Bai Chongxi wants to seize the time. If the city gate really can't be opened, the fake city operation will immediately become a strong attack. The main force of the mountainous first division will be responsible for the strong attack, and even the recoilless guns have been set up. The only problem is that it has not been tested whether it can hit the target or not.

  Mo Er hesitated for half a day, and even had He Ma Zi use a torch to shine on the bound Liu Zhenhuan several times. Upon seeing him, it was indeed Commander Liu. The weakness of lacking strict military discipline immediately revealed itself. He chose to order the opening of the gate, and even came down personally to take a look.

  "Heizi, you've made a great contribution this time. When the time comes to show off in front of Shen Da's family, don't forget about your brother's hard work!" Mo Er still couldn't resist teasing him with two sentences.

  But soon his face turned from red to white, and then to green. Because a black hole gun muzzle was pressed against his forehead, in addition to the fear, Mo Er fell to his knees like a conditioned reflex, still muttering: "Good man, don't kill me, I'm just a errand boy, don't kill me, don't kill me."

  "Shut up! Otherwise, I'll make you sleep forever with a bayonet, believe it or not?"

  Mo Er immediately shut up and didn't make a sound, looking at the other twenty or so brothers, all of whom had been subdued. His heart skipped a beat as he thought that Shen Da Ren was going to suffer a great loss this time.

  More and more people wearing blue-gray military uniforms, holding steel guns and carrying backpacks, passed through the west gate. Mo Er took one look at this situation and immediately became honest. He leaned towards He Ma Zi standing on one side and said: "I say, whose team is this? He Ma Zi, you and I have a good relationship, why don't you pull your brother into the partnership?"

  Hei Ma Zi glared at him: "You're just a piece of crap, I'm also a prisoner now. Both Tao Du and Lan Du were killed."

  Mo Eryi listened and angrily said: "Bullshit! You were so arrogant just now? Who do you think you are?"

  "If it were you, with a gun pointed at your waist, would you dare not to listen? Admit defeat, brother, it's already good that we can survive. This team is getting fierce." He Mazi replied in a bad tone.

  The battle soon unfolded within the city, and Shen Hongying's men quickly discovered that things were not going in their favor. They bravely chose to defend their home, which was also taken from others just a few days ago.

  But when they lost a few brothers and saw more and more people in blue-gray uniforms, their courage immediately vanished. With a loud noise, each returned to his own home, each looking for his own mother.

  The first troops of each unit set off towards their respective targets according to the pre-arranged plan.

  Liuzhou original provincial government office prison, now should be called Liuzhou First Prison. Liu Guoxiang and Liu Yueqing are all locked up here, according to the plan, tomorrow at dawn they will be escorted to Guangxi Nanning Lu Rongting's place.

  Liu Guoxiang was already injured and after being locked up here, she lost basic care, her wounds basically all became infected, and she felt miserable to the point of death.

  Originally, I still hoped that Liu Chengfu would lead the troops back, but two days ago, Liu Chengfu was also brought in, and when he came in, he said painfully: "Commander, Chengfu is incompetent, and I am ashamed of you."

  Liu Gu Xiang shook his head and said to Liu Yue Qing, "This time our old Liu family is going to be uprooted, I'm sorry to all the relatives and friends, it's my fault that harmed everyone."

  The prison authorities also seemed to know that these people would be dead as soon as they were taken to Nanning tomorrow, and out of humanitarian concern, they arranged a special meal for them, with two liang of wine for each person. The warden said to Liu Guoxiang: "Sir, I am also helpless, this is all I can do."

  Liu Guoxiang shook his head, ignoring him, and poured the wine from the bowl onto the wound on his leg. His whole body immediately convulsed in pain. After a while, he handed the bowl to the prison warden: "This kind of thing, there's no right or wrong, you just have a few more drinks, I'll leave now, and I'll definitely ensure your family's safety."

  The prison chief nodded and immediately shouted: "Dog son, go get that jar of Niang'er Hong for me to show respect to Commander Liu..."

  After dinner, Liu Guoxiang and Liu Yueqing, who were next to each other in the cell, said: "Just die like this, thinking about it is really unjust. You say how I was blinded by my own eyes, believing Shen Hongying, such a despicable person."

  Liu Yueqing shook her head and said, "If we want to talk about the bad things, it's all because of our own party people. If it wasn't for the first military coup, you wouldn't have ended up with a broken family and Shen Hongying wouldn't have been able to take advantage of the situation. Now that I think about it, following Sun Dapao probably won't lead to any good future prospects. Just look at this time's anti-Yuan campaign, every battle is a defeat, even an idiot can predict the outcome. Huang Ge doesn't agree with it either, but Sun Dapao still insists on launching it."

  Liu Guoxiang expressed some dissatisfaction, saying: "What's with this 'Sun Big Cannon', is it okay for you to call Mr. Sun by such a nickname? So according to your logic, we should just tolerate and yield, and then everything will be peaceful?"

  Liu Yueqing said in a low voice: "As for the alliance, I only admire you, big brother, and Huang Xing. You are practical and not those who boast and let others take risks. If we don't overthrow Yuan, then Yuan Shikai won't be able to do anything to us for the time being, and it's possible that the north and south will find a way out as time goes on. But once the war starts, the balance between the north and south will be broken. Moreover, it's not scientific to launch a war when we can't win. What follows is that our bloodshed is minor, but the balance between the north and south has been disrupted. Firstly, Yuan Shikai wants to become the real ruler, and secondly, a bad precedent has been set."

  Liu Guoxiang felt strange upon hearing this: "What precedent?"

  "The precedent of using military force to resolve political disputes, in the future when there is a war, the marshals only need to issue a telegram, for the country and the people, under the name of revolution, they can do whatever they want."

  Liu Gu Xiang heard this and suddenly fell silent for a long time: "Perhaps this time, Mr. Sun was wrong, what can we do, Yu'e, we are going to die, but the country is finished..."

  Liu Yuqing was about to comfort Liu Guxiang with a couple of words: "Sir..."

  Suddenly, a ray of bright moonlight shone in through the iron window, followed by the sound of gunfire. Next, the outer gate of the prison was smashed open, and the warden asked the jailer with a terrified face: "What's going on?"

  Before the jailer could answer, Liu Zhenhuan led a large group of blue-gray uniformed soldiers rushing in: "Commander, Commander, where are you, where are you?"

  The warden was almost the first to react, realizing that his death row inmates were about to riot. He immediately snatched the keys from the jailer's hand and shouted at Liu Zhenhuan: "Commander Liu, the governor is over here, over here."

  Liu Gu Xiang and Liu Yue Qing both heard the familiar voice of Liu Zhen Huan, overjoyed, they both rushed to the edge of the cage and shouted: "Zhen Huan, is that you?"

  Liu Zhenhuan rushed into the cell with the prison warden, carrying a gun, and hugged Liu Guoxiang who was covered in wounds and sitting on the ground. Tears almost fell from his eyes: "Teacher, I'm so sorry for being late to rescue you."

  Liu Gu Xiang was overjoyed and tearfully patted Liu Zhen Huan's back: "As long as you're here, as long as you're here..."