119 under the Ejiang tide

On the endless surface of the Yangtze River, the sad wind swept the white rain, stirred it into a mass of water mist, and threw it fiercely into the turbid flow of the wild waves, making a thunderous river roar. The river is in a hurry, and there is no fishing boat that dares to venture out of the water, even if it is a flat-bottomed boat of the Shangbang or an iron-clad boat of the foreign bank,

We should also take a stay at the port. The weather in Hubei in 1911 is really strange. In late autumn, there have been several consecutive winds and heavy rains.

The autumn of 1911 has come to an end, and the cold winter is approaching. The war in the north of Hubei was like autumn rain, and the Beiyang army was like a wolf and a tiger. The disaster victims fled to the war and went south to take refuge in the three towns of Wuhan, which suddenly increased by more than 100,000 people. At the same time, the beggars who were almost extinct some time ago in Hankou suddenly doubled like flowers blooming everywhere, begging in groups along the street.

Dazhimen, one of the eight major castles in the old north city circle of Hankou, to Xunlimen and then to Xinsheng Road. From the south of Xinsheng Road is the downtown area of Hankou. Crossing the city road, to the south is the commercial area by the Yangtze River, and to the west is the Chinese residential area of Liudu Bridge and the commercial area. All the restaurants and eaves in the city are full of yellow and thin people. One street and two rows are piled up with wet luggage everywhere, and all the food stores in the city are closed. A family and a nest in the burned shed area of Liujia Temple set up broken huts and thatched huts, and the people who fled actually had the intention of living for a long time.

The rain was a little bit. These people who were so hungry that they were dizzy were wearing wet and tangled coats, with a straw rope around their waist, and holding broken bowls to beg people for food.

"Grandfather and aunt, accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and enjoy a bite of leftovers. I escaped from Xiaogan. There is no way!"

The man spoke weakly, his face was white and his lips were blue, and he seemed to feel cold.

The man who was blocked by Huazi said, "I heard that the Yellow River is flooding this year, but where did the disaster come from Xiaogan?"

A man in the military uniform of a young man carrying a rifle on his shoulder. His face was haggard, and his clothes were also destroyed like a begator. At a glance, he could see that the battlefield retreated. Hearing this, he turned his face and stopped his feet and sneered, "You don't know that the defeated general was defeated again in Xiaogan, which also ruined our Xiang. Army. The city of Xiaogan was broken, and the Beiyang army set fire to the city! Fuck, they don't want food and eat hair?"

An old man sighed, "When Marshal Li was there, all he heard was winning the battle every day. Why, as soon as Commander-in-Chief Huang came, the people's army was defeated. The Beiyang army has taken Xiaogan, and Hankou can still hold it for a few days?

"We, the Xiang army, will not fight this battle. We fight and bleed in front, but there is always someone pulling our back legs. Don't say that the defeated general is a long-term general, and don't want to win the battle.

Xiong Bingkun happened to pass by. Their conversation was heard word for word, and their hearts were heavy, as if they were pressing a big stone. Returning to the Hankou headquarters, he met Wu Zhaolin at the door. He greeted him with a smile and said, "Are you just back now? Minister Sun came back early. Just now, he was still worried about whether you were trapped in filial piety?

Xiong Bingkun put down his face. The city of Xiaogan was broken and the revolutionary army was defeated. They could still smile so lightly. They valued Huang Xing's jokes more than the revolutionary cause. He asked like a socializing question, "What's the matter?"

Wu Zhaolin looked at Xiong Bingkun's bad look and put away his smile just now, "It's really something. The Wuchang Military Government will have an emergency meeting at 8 o'clock tonight to discuss countermeasures. Remember to cross the river early.

"Did you discuss countermeasures?" Xiong Bingkun sneered, left Wu Zhaolin with a gloomy face, raised his feet and entered the military gate. To discuss countermeasures is to discuss how to force Huang Xing out of Hubei, right? Previously, he had forced a Li to think that he wanted to destroy the Revolutionary Great Wall completely? There are battlefield generals who don't need to use it, there is a way to break the enemy, and the people's morale is not needed. Do three bad things to cold the hearts of the soldiers and the people, and raise the spirit of Beiyang Qinggou. Does the Wuchang government act like this to bury the revolution in this Ejiang River?

Xiong Bingkun came all the way. He saw the idle soldiers in the barracks, shouting and piling together. He mocked the four legs of the often defeated general. He ran faster than anyone else and stood there with anger. He felt his head buzzing, and his lips trembling and didn't know what to say.

It was exactly one of his old subordinates. When they saw him coming from afar, they rushed to pay attention and smiled and said, "Huang Xing is ugly this time. Just listening to their gossip, Huang Xing's deeds in Hubei can make up a folding play. The enlarged fence must be more popular than Li's story."

Xiong Bingkun's hot temper didn't even say a word. He just raised his hand and slapped him, which simply used the prestige of Bajiquan. He hit the soldier on the ground. Half of his face was already purple. When he looked up in panic, Xiong Bingkun strode early.

Sun Wu and Cai Jimin play Go leisurely. The scales are black and white, and they are in the situation of closing the officials. Sun Wu's character is not very good, but playing chess is really a little like a national player. Cai Jimin can't stand it at all and wants to regret chess. Sun Wu saw Cai Jimin coming, and he was in a good mood. He quickly waved to him and smiled, "Look, this is also a revolutionary who claims to be civilized. He is simply a street scoundrel. The host of letting Liuzi gamble on a play actually regretted three steps. No, I can't afford to provoke him."

Cai Jimin took the opportunity to fall down and said with a smile, "Who said that revolutionaries can't regret chess?"

Xiong Bingkun, who was full of fire, suddenly felt abruptly in his heart. Facing the two bosses, he just asked coldly, "Drama? What kind of play?"

"Good show! Wuhan is a sensation! Then it will make a sensation all over the country!" Sun Wu looked at the chessboard, said with a strange atmosphere, and said with great interest, "A big play sung by Commander-in-Chief Huang in Xiaogan has achieved his reputation as a defeated general, Huang Xing's four legs. A big play sung in the south of the full-man 200-five-year-in-Yinchang echoes the north and the south, reflecting each other.

"Let's pull the chicken down!" Xiong Bingkun's evil fire, which had been holding back for a long time, suddenly broke out. No matter who their immediate superiors, the discipline of the army, and the civilized behavior of the revolutionaries, they were all thrown away. At the beginning, he rushed to the bunker building outside the Governor's Mansion, scrambled to form a death squad, calmed Zhang Jingliang's chaos, and roared to kill Li Yuanhong to get rid of the troubles. It can be seen that his temper is so hot that he has been suffoed until now. Xiong Bingkun roared loudly and kicked a game of broken chess with one kick. The chessboard rolled in the air and fell to the ground, and the black and white jingled all over the house like rain.

Xiong Bingkun has always been regular in front of his boss. In an instant, he became so ferocious in front of his two top bosses. Suddenly, he was so scared that Sun Wu and Cai Jimin couldn't remember it for a while.

Xiong Bingkun poked his finger and scolded, "In less than half a month, you have to go to Huang Xing's footsteps and be chased by Feng Guozhang to hate your parents for not giving birth to four legs. The Hubei Revolution has reached the end of the mountains and rivers. You still have the leisure to play bird chess and listen to the bird play.

Sun Wu first woke up and saw Xiong Bingkun barking like a mad dog. He smiled coldly and said, " Even if the sky falls, I can stand it back. A Feng Guozhang scared you to be crazy like swine fever. Huang Xing lost the battle. He can only blame himself for being useless.

Xiong Bingkun sneered and said, "I don't know what you have done in Xiaogan!" You are too bold! This play is so fucking wonderful! At this time, Yuan Shikai sat in Xinyang and could safely return to the prime minister's cabinet in Beijing. Feng Guozhang led his troops to burn Xiaogan, and was pushing towards Hankou step by step. He rolled soup and splashed mice, and none of the rebellious revolutionaries could get rid of it! With Yuan Shikai's fierce means of suppressing the Boxers in those years, it's strange that Hankou was not killed this time! I played your chessboard just now, and today Feng Guozhang burned Xiaogan City. Let's wait to see his mother's good play, which is much better than Huang Xing's jokes. After saying that, Sun Wu, who was so angry that he went crazy, sat down in the chair, fell down deeply, and couldn't help rubbing his new cyan hair.

At this moment, the rain has stopped temporarily. In the Manchun Building, Song Jiaoren's troubled mood could not be calmed down, and an inexplicable melancholy suddenly hit his heart. After coming to Hankou and driving away Li Xiang, he still couldn't show his ambitions. The invisible resistance imposed on him by all walks of life in Hankou constrained him heavily, which made him feel powerful and difficult to do. At this moment, I began to admire Li Xiang from the bottom of my heart. He is more rebellious than he, a revolutionary. On the contrary, he can call for the wind and rain in Hankou, do whatever he wants, and boldly reform this feudal and decadent society.

Song Jiaoren shook his hand and walked to the window and took a deep breath, as if he wanted to dispel the depression in his chest with this clear chill.

In the lead-gray sky, the clouds moved heavily and slowly to the south. He looked up at the mysterious and volatile sky silently. A cold wind is coming,

With the unique fishy smell of the Yangtze River, he looked down at the famous Zhanggongdi in the distance. Song Jiaoren's thin clothes seemed to be unbearable to the autumn cold, and his body trembled a little.

"Dunchu," Zhuang Yunkuan walked upstairs with the hem of his robe in his arms, and his body was stained with a lot of rain. He came in and said, "Look at this day, I'm afraid it will be sunny for a while, right?"

Song Jiaoren shook his head, and there was no expression on his face. He said, "How's Wuchang?"

Zhuang Yunkuan walked to the window and lined up with him and said, "Li Yuanhong did not agree with this resolution in Shanghai. He believed that since Wuchang was the central military government, the address of the representative meeting should be located in Wuchang. Immediately sent Juzheng and Tao Fengji to Shanghai to discuss with the representatives of the provinces.

Song Jiaoren whispered, "Li Yuanhong is now the real ruler of power in Hubei, and Wuchang is also the right place. It would be strange if he didn't fight with Shanghai."

"Wuchang's revolutionary power falls into the hands of such a person, and I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse?" Zhuang Yunkuan said carefreely, "The important thing is that Ke Qiang insisted on doing what a wartime commander-in-chief here. I'm really angry. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang allied forces have good revolutionary awareness, and they are all led by our revolutionary party members. I don't know how many times stronger than here. You have the closest relationship with Keqiang. Go and persuade him to be cheated to death here. When I came to Hankou, Sun Wu sent me on the pretext to draw a large number of troops from Xiaogan City. The remaining Xiang army of the two associations can't keep filial piety.

This matter is the most difficult thing for Song Jiaoren. Huang Xing's determination can't be pulled back. In Wuchang, Song Jiaoren opposed Huang Xing as the commander-in-chief in wartime. Looking at Huang Xing's silly acceptance of Li Yuanhong's worship, Song Jiaoren's heart was unspeakable for him. Don't mention that Huang Xing leads the Hubei military, it's just a wartime, and there will never be a lack of elbows and troublemakers below. If Huang Xing beats Feng Guozhang, his wartime commander-in-chief will also come to the end. If he loses, he will take all the responsibility alone. This matter is really difficult, but Huang Xing is happy. Song Jiaoren listened to Zhuang Yunkuan's words and said thoughtfully, "I don't know that Keqiang can't bear it alone. A war involves the whole country. Now it is Hanyang Mansion. Huangzhou Mansion has been turned upside down. The people who have fled are crowded to Hankou. More than 100,000 disaster victims have gathered here. Winter is coming. No matter what the outcome of the war, I don't know how many people will freeze to death in Hubei? Let's take a look on the street together."

With that, he turned around and went downstairs. Zhuang Yunkuan followed closely, "There is always a time to save, and there is always a solution to think of."

Song Jiaoren said, "When Li wanted to control Hankou, with the strong capital of the Xinhua consortium, together with Liu Xinsheng and Li Ziyun, they could barely calm the prices caused by the war explosion, making the market temporarily stable. But now Li Xiang's Xinhua consortium is weak, and Liu Xinsheng and Li Ziyun are restrained and faded out of the business world. The black-hearted businessman in Hankou took advantage of this to make a fortune in the war. It usually only takes a big man's dough cake, but now it costs a couple of silver to buy it. At the beginning, he tended to be under external pressure to drive Li to think of Hankou, which seemed to be wrong.

Just as soon as I went downstairs, I saw Tang Hualong, Huang Zhongyu and Hu Ruilin and several attendants into the Manchun Teahouse. Tang Hualong has deliberately made a flam about it since Huang Xing entered Hubei. The last time Huang Xing crossed the river to Hankou, it was Tang Hualong's arrangement to accompany him, which was also the force he spent a lot to deal with Li Xiang.

Tang Hualong was in front of him and hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Brother Dunchu, thank you for your hard work! Oh, I haven't lost weight like this in a few days. What's missing from me? Mr. Zhuang is also here, just to discuss it together.

Song Jiaoren and Zhuang Yunkuan saluted. As they let them into the hall, they sat on the chair and said, "What's the matter? If Mr. Li is not satisfied with Shanghai's proposal, it's better to send someone directly to Shanghai to discuss it. There is no way to help me.

Tang Hualong and other three people looked at each other. Hu Ruilin said solemnly, "This matter has been decided in the consultation bureau, and I won't say much about it. It's just an extraordinary event, not Li Du, but Commander-in-Chief Huang.

Song Jiaoren and Zhuang Yunkuan looked at the faces of the three of them and knew that Huang Xing might have... They dared not imagine that their hearts had been sinking into the Atlantic Atlantis Trench.

Huang Zhongyu continued: "It's Commander-in-Chief Huang. I just received the news that Xiaogan City was broken. Commander-in-Chief Huang resisted desperately and launched a street battle with the Beiyang Army. Feng Guozhang set fire to the city. Commander-in-Chief Huang's life and death are still unknown. Hankou City is now full of escapees from filial piety. Now the people on the street are rumoring that this terrible war has taken place in Xiaogan. The refugees and the scattered Xiang army cried about the tragic scene at that time when they saw people, and the listeners were all frightened. Seeing their miserable appearance, you don't believe it. The ferocity of the Beiyang Army is simply pen-written.

Huang Zhongyu's words undoubtedly held down Song Jiaoren and Zhuang Yunkuan's sinking hearts and threw them into the Arctic Ocean and the frozen city specimen.

Tang Hualong sighed and said, "The sense of filial piety is lost, and Hankou can't be preserved. The three towns in Wuhan have also become Yuan Shikai's bag. The revolution in Hubei has reached the end of the mountains and rivers, and no one can recover.

Tang Hualong's words undoubtedly hit Song Jiaoren's heart again. There was a flush on his face, and he swallowed the mouthful of blood that surged up in his throat. His mind suddenly became extremely clear. He thought about their words. For a long time, Fang said coldly, "I was a revolutionary, and I have long had the determination to be generous. There are countless failures in the calendar. Brother Keqiang was dedicated to revolution, and it was not the first time to go to the battlefield. However, in Hubei, he was discriminated against and restricted everywhere. The old revolutionary comrades were awarded the title of general by Li Yuanhong. In the night attack on Feng Guozhang in Xiaogan, Sun Wu did not move and did not listen to the dispatch. He was so tired that the Hunan army suffered heavy losses and missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat Feng Guozhang. Adhering to Xiaogan, Sun Wu withdrew his troops privately, resulting in exhaustion and heavy losses. The Hunan army was trapped in the lonely city, resulting in the destruction of the city of Xiaogan. Feng Guozhang coerred Hankou, and the revolutionary situation in the whole south turned sharply. Who will be responsible for the revolution and the Ejiang tide?

Tang Hualong was a little uneasy. The idea of worshiping the general was made by Li Yuanhong. It's just that now he is unhappy in the Wuchang Consultation Bureau. After Li Yuanhong got along with the revolutionary Sun Wu, Tang Hualong's value has plummeted. Due to the joint exclusion of Li Yuanhong and Sun Wu, Tang Hualong turned to Huang Xing.

Tang Hualong said, "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. The situation has reached such an unbearable situation. The refugees who escaped from Xiaogan spread the brutality of the Beiyang Army everywhere, which has caused panic among the citizens of Hankou. The people in the city are already discussing to take refuge in the city. To tell the truth, the wind and rain stopped for a while. When we came, the wharf of the Siguan Hall was already crowded and the water could not be drained. The wharf has been sealed.

Song Jiaoren flashed a contemptuous smile at the corners of his mouth and said, "There are tens of thousands of people in Wuchang, and then organize more than 100,000 exiles in the city to stop the 30,000 Beiyang army. What's the difficulty? Now the Xiang army led by Keqiang has been dispersed. Guarding Hankou, we can only look at the Hubei people themselves. I'm a Hunan native and a scholar, and I can't come up with any idea.

Hu Ruilin laughed dryly and knew that Wuchang's move to exclude people from other provinces was also too red. He said, "If you want to organize more than 100,000 people to build a civilian army, even Li Gong does not have such prestige. What's more, Commander-in-Chief Huang is not here. Wuchang is going to hold a temporary military meeting, and I don't think a general can be sent to guard Hankou. In fact, everyone can see that Hankou is not guaranteed, and who is willing to come to this top cylinder? It means that Huang Xing is a fool.

"So we're here to discuss something with Brother Dunchu." Hearing Hu Ruilin's words, Huang Zhongyu couldn't help frowning and leaning down and said, "In these days, we have seen that although Commander-in-Chief Huang has suffered trouble, he is still expected by the public. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang allied forces want to ask Commander-in-Chief Huang to go south to preside over the military. We have sent more people to look for Commander-in-Chief Huang. After finding it, you can come forward to persuade Commander-in-Chief Huang to return to Shanghai. The situation in Hubei is irreparable. To tell the truth, with Li Yuanhong and Sun Wu, Commander-in-Chief Huang can't do anything.

Zhuang Yunkuan sneered and said, "I've been tired of staying in Hubei for a long time. Brother Keqiang has to leave if he doesn't want to leave this time. Brother Dunchu, this time we will forcibly drag Keqiang back to Shanghai.

Song Jiaoren looked at Tang Hualong fixedly and asked, "That's all."

Tang Hualong said righteously, "We are willing to accompany Commander-in-Chief Huang to go to the river."

Xiaogan City suffered two fires in a row, and it was really robbed. The city wall was broken, Feng Guozhang had already entered the city, and the camp was still in place.

Feng Guozhang and Zhang Lianfen are studying the strategy of attacking Hankou, with the intention of taking advantage of the victory to capture the three towns of Wuhan in one go. The two were discussing at a critical juncture, but someone came to report and interrupted their thoughts.

"I caught a revolutionary spy named Zhu Fuhuang, but he said that he wanted to see the presidential officer."

Zhang Lianfen scolded, "It's someone who wants to see the president, you can report it." The secret agent of the revolutionary party, if you catch one, you have to kill one, and pull it out.

At this time, the adjutant who reported the letter did not open it, but handed over a passport. Zhang Lianfen picked it up and looked at it, and his face changed slightly. The big red seal stamped on it was the official defense of Yuan Shikai in Zhili. Zhang Lianfen felt something was wrong and handed his passport to Feng Guozhang.

Feng Guozhang said suspiciously, "Or do you want to ask Mr. Yuan?"

Zhang Lianfen immediately went to ask Yuan Shikai, who had just arrived in Beijing, and the answer came immediately. Yes, "He is not a good person. He specializes in destroying our brother's reputation outside. Please immediately correct the law on the spot." At the end, he added another sentence, "But Ke Dingke is not in Beijing."

Feng Guozhang held such a strange telegram, but because of his filial piety, Feng Guozhang, who was awarded the title of second-class baron by the Qing court and the yellow coat, was excited for a moment. He only wanted to go to the three towns of Wuhan again and get a chance to worship the marquis. Without noticing the intention of Yuan Shikai's last sentence, he stretched his eyebrows and said, "It seems that we are careful. It's too much. Zhu Fuhuang is just a spy of a revolutionary. He came to explore the reality of our army, dragged out Ling Chi, and hung at the head of Xiaogan City.

But calmly and carefully, Lianfen's eyebrows tightened. The last sentence of Yuan Shikai's telegram was always lingering in his mind and quickly stopped him and said, "There may be some articles in this last sentence."

Feng Guozhang bounced up from the chair. After this reminder, he seemed to vaguely grasp what? It seems that Mr. Yuan did something secretly when he was in Xinyang? Because he said, "Ask the eldest son?"

Zhang Lianfen also meant this, so he came to look for Yuan Keding everywhere. After several twists and turns, Yuan Keding's telegram was sent from Zhangde and said, "Zhu Fuhuang does have his own person. He is my life and death. Please protect him more and send someone to send him to Zhangde."

This time, Feng Guozhang is really like sitting in the clouds. He can't touch the depth, or dares not touch it. In fact, Yuan Shikai's heart is Sima Zhao's heart, which is well known by passers-by. But even if there is no point, Yuan Shikai himself never admits it. Feng Guozhang said with great emotion: "Mr. Yuan has always been hidden in his work, and a little carelessness will lead to a big mistake. Therefore, in the Wuhan war, without his order, you and I don't want to make the decision!" Feng Guozhang also wants to change another yellow coat.

Zhang Lianfen said, "The matter of Zhu Fuhuang is really a mystery. It's true that we treat him like this, alas! I'm afraid that there will be a lot of things in the future, and Yuan Gong didn't mean to tell us clearly!"

Yuan Shikai's mind, they all know it, but they are all buried in the bottom of their hearts. No one wants to say it clearly, and they have to keep getting rid of the depths that they can't guess Yuan Shikai.