129 City Lower [Part II]

A cloud gathered silently in the sky, and the north wind slowly moved to the middle of the sky. The golden sun was eclipsed in the flying clouds, and the shadow cast made the mountains and green Baizhao Mountain stained with desolation. Between heaven and earth, the purpose is full of desolation.

Baizhao Mountain does not have the majesty of famous mountains and rivers, but it is as beautiful as a woman in the south of the Yangtze River. In the early winter, she is even more sad and breaks through the desolation between heaven and earth.

"Ask Yu what's going on in Bishan, laughing but not answering. Peach blossoms are flowing away, and there is no other than the world. Li wanted to look up at Bishan Jinfeng Xiuling, which was as green as a painting, and his heart was relaxed and happy. Naturally, he thought of this masterpiece left by Shixian here. The disturbances outside the mountain can be temporarily forgotten, and even the desperate pursuit of ideals can be temporarily forgotten. The blood all over the body was washed by the landscape aura, and the troubles in the mind were dispersed by the fragrance of vegetation.

"Only Peach Blossom Rock heard the sound of Li Bai reading last month. Li Bai, a poet, lived in seclusion in Baizhao Mountain for ten years. He left many immortal poems, one mountain and one water here, and many places are famous for poetry immortals. In honour of Li Bai, the literati of all dynasties have set foot in the ancient city of Anlu, such as Han Yu, Du Mu, Liu Changqing, Ouyang Xiu, Zeng Gong, Qin Guan, etc. A large number of famous literary giants in the youth history have won the title. Although Baizhao Mountain is small, it is a famous cultural mountain. Huang Guangzhong, dressed in a Western-style suit, stood behind Li Xiang and proudly talked about the cultural history of Bai Zhaoshan. Today's Huang Guangzhong is full of self-confidence. He is no longer the intellectual young man who cringates in Anrong Hall of Huang's ancestral temple, that is, to join the revolutionary party and wear fake braids to deceive me. His short hair shone out, and he was also like the leader of Anlu County. Zeng Gao listened with great interest.

They stood in the broken pavilion on the edge of the Baiyun Spring of Douli Rock at the west foot of Taibai Peak of Baizhao Mountain. The white cloud spring comes out from under the Douli Rock and has been surging for many years. Every morning, white clouds often hover on it, because of the name of the spring. The surrounding strange stones are scattered, the paths are gentle, the trees cover the vines, the green and the scenery is beautiful. Moke of all generations have inscribed on this rock wall, either praising the beauty of the scenery here, or expressing the feelings of Li Bai.

In the broken pavilion, these young people with the same ideals are matched by opportunity and fate. The yellow light points to the stone carvings on the rock wall. Many words have been blurred by the sun and rain, but the yellow light and Zeng Gao can recite these poems backwards. Lixiang didn't have such achievements. He was just able to recite two Taizu poems to frick people. Since the beginning of Li Bai, there have been countless celebrities who have won the title in Anlu. Li Xiang has nothing but try to think of Li Bai's Mountain Q&A, which he learned in primary school. Huang Guangzhong and Zeng Gao talked about poetry and songs. After Li wanted to recite "Q&A in the Mountain", he could no longer interrupt. I can only silently watch the clear stone spring flowing into the pool, and the water surface is printed with changing clouds and shadows, pretending to meditate and meditate, searching for amazing good sentences.

Huang Guangzhong smiled and said, "Baizhao Mountain has been lush with trees since ancient times. The terrain is steep, and the layers are green, and the rocks are deep. It is also a blessed place for Taoism. There are many traces of the true martial arts god Zhang Sanfeng's fairy trace. He entered Wudang Mountain from Baizhao Mountain to practice, and Baizhao Mountain still has the Taoist temple where he has practiced here. The Records of De'an Prefecture records many anecdotes about Zhang Zhenren staying in Anlu.

Li Xiang frowned gently and stretched out, and a trace of impatience rose in his heart. Huang Guangzhong talked more and more endlessly, and he talked endlessly. He really thought he was a literati and came here to find a victory. Zhang Jingliang rebelled, and Feng Guozhang defeated Yangxia overnight. Unexpectedly, the revolutionary situation in Hubei was completely reversed. Now he is eager to know the thoughts of the gentry in Hubei, which can no longer be solved immediately by his Zhongqing and military. Lixiang immediately thought of the Anlu County Magistrate who he planted in Huang Guangzhong. Wandering near Xiaogan, he immediately turned into Anlu Baizhao Mountain and secretly summoned Huang Guangzhong. Such a shrewd person in Huang Guangzhong is obviously pretending to be stupid now.

Li Xiang was unhappy, but he tried his best not to show it on his face. Since crossing to this era, his city has been deepening day by day, and he has more and more heroic temperament in troubled times. Li Xiang suddenly said, "In the fifteenth year of the opening year of Tang Xuanzong, Li Bai went to the country with his sword, resigned from his relatives and traveled far away. He came to Anlu and began to live in Anlu for ten years. Anlu is a good place to keep Li Bai for ten years. Unfortunately, the gentle hometown is a heroic tomb. Li Bai went to the country with his sword, and his ambition to quit his relatives and travel far away has been spent ten years here. How many more decades can people's youth, blood and ideals be wasted?

When Huang Guangzhong heard this, he was stunned at first, and then laughed and said, "The commander-in-chief is so knowledgeable that he is agile. Thinking about what his predecessors have never thought, I can't wait."

Song Que didn't want to listen to them talking about pointing out the country in this broken pavilion, stirring up the words, and only paying attention to the movement. He was dressed in the standard costume of the landlord's old wealth and dog legs. He leaned against the pavilion pillar. From afar, he saw a group of people in the guard pretending to be a poor grass mower and firewood seller, scattered nearby to cut thorns. Knowing that it was already the arrangement, he muttered with a smile, "A flatterer."

A generation of poetry fairy Li Bai's "wine is hidden in the land, and it has been wasted for ten years", which is universally recognized, and Song Fu knows it. In Huang Guangzhong, when they talked about Li Bai's days of living in seclusion in Bishan, they always omitted the word "stumor". Li wanted to expose him, but he even flattered him. Although his voice is low, it is just so that everyone can hear it.

Huang Guangzhong's thick skin did not feel embarrassed at all, but just said normally, "Marshal, if you go up again, you will go to the ancestral temple where Zhang Sanfeng practiced. Would you like to visit the Holy Land?"

Li wanted to look up and saw a corner of the red mountain gate standing faintly in the green clouds and trees, which is completely different from the desolation of the late autumn season at the foot of the mountain, which is worthy of being known as the blessed land of Taoism.

Zeng Gao laughed and said, "We have been a ring horse recently, robbing the Beiyang army. Let's be a tourist today.

Li Xiang shook his head and nodded again. Thinking of the Taizu who was the king of the mountain in Jinggang Mountain, he smiled and said, "We adhere to the right path of the world, the national righteousness, and the revolutionary ideal; we follow the civilization of China and open up peace for the world. Even if it is reduced to the disadvantage of the bandits, it is necessary to carry out the revolution to the end. The Northern Ocean will go against the historical trend and become the dust of history sooner or later.

He was secretly alert in the yellow light, and Li Xiang's words were obviously stabbing him.

The ancestral hall of Baizhao Mountain was originally the fairy palace of Zhang Sanfeng, the Taoist leader Zhenwu, at the time of worshiping Yuanming. It is said that Zhang Sanfeng opened a Taoist temple here before entering Wudang. After Zhang Sanfeng became a feather, Bai Zhaoshan became a blessed place for Taoism, leaving hundreds of palaces. The ancestral hall is dilapidated. There are piles of rubble in the courtyard, and a clump of six or seven-foot-high wormingworms look very quiet and desolate. The Taoist myths painted on the wall have been very old for a long time, and it can be faintly seen that there are gods and eight immortals in the story. The only remaining statue of Emperor Zhenwu showed a mud tire, and the gold foil was peeled clean. The broken worship hall is like the Lanruo Temple that broke into the A Chinese Ghost Story, giving people an unfathomable sense of horror and mystery.

Looking around in the yellow light, the ancestral hall is in disrepair, the cobwebs are dense, and the end of the Qing Dynasty is undoubtedly revealed everywhere. The ancestral hall of Baizhao Mountain is stained with the light of Zhang Sanfeng. It used to be full of incense, but since the chaos of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it has finally been ruined like this. Li was not surprised that he wanted to choose such a place to meet. The people's army was defeated in Yangxia, and Li thought that they would have to hide like this. When Song Que came to see him this morning, he guessed Li Xiang's thoughts. He also wants to know how this young marshal will deal with the exhausted situation of Hubei Party members. How to carry out the revolution to the end? However, Li Xiang is really a good city government. Every time he seems to go around to the topic and stop.

Huang Guangzhong accompanied Li to bypass the corridor and looked up and down next to the bronze fragrant tripod on the patio. He smiled and said tentatively, "I heard that the general is strong in martial arts and has the power to carry the tripod."

Huang Guangzhong's question is too explicit. In the third year of King Xuan of Zhou, the King of Chu helped the emperor attack Lu Hun. After the victory, he had a military parade in Luoyang. The king of Chu took the opportunity to ask about the size and size of Yu Wang Jiuding in Wangsun Mantai Temple, with the intention of encroaching and occupying. To win the tripod is to usurp the country. At this time, Huang Guangzhong introduced this classic, which naturally showed Li Xiang's ambition. Lixiang is illiterate without reading. Under the indoctrination of modern explosive information, how can he not know this code?

Song lacked his rectum and did not hear the meaning of Huang Guangzhong's words. Instead, he was very interested and turned around the bronze fragrant tripod twice. He held the tripod with strong martial arts skills and tried it, but the bronze tripod did not move. Song Que's face was hesitant for a moment. Fang Gan smiled and said, "I'm afraid this tripod has 2,000 catties. The king of a thousand catties in Cangzhou may not be able to move it."

Zeng Gao and Tang Yuewan smiled and said nothing on the side. Li Xiang did not answer, but also looked at this tripod more than six feet high like Song Que with great interest, which made them think that Li Xiang also wanted to really try the weight of the tripod. Li wanted to suddenly stop, kowtowed with his hand and smiled, "Wow the tripod? I've thought about it, but I don't have this qualification. Now the Qing court is lingering, at the end of the road, and losing its deer, leading to the battle between the north and the south. The battle between the north and the south is the battle between the North and the revolutionary party. Beiyang is led by Yuan Shikai. There are not many southern revolutionaries who can compete with Yuan Shikai, and it's not my turn in terms of line. Huang Xing is one, but it's a pity that he suffered a big defeat in Xiaogan. What about Li Yuanhong? A peace declaration has been issued. But don't forget that there is another big man who can affect the whole country who has not appeared and is drifting overseas. With that, he glanced at the yellow light.

"Mr. Sun Wen!" Huang Guangzhong seemed to be exclaimed by high-voltage electricity. Since Wuchang's righteousness, the land of China has been surging and erratic. All the people in the situation only feel dazzled. All kinds of plans occupy almost everyone's minds, and even forget this key person. Huang Guangzhong looked at the words and colors, as if he knew what Li Xiang was thinking. Yuan Shikai's victory in Hanyang could not save the collapse of the Qing court. The revolutionary situation is still developing rapidly across the country. Since the beginning of November, the southern provinces have launched uprisings one after another, and all of them have won. On November 3, the Shanghai uprising was successful, and Hangzhou and Suzhou recovered one after another, and then formed the Shanghai-Susu-Zhejiang Alliance and the Ninth Town of the Uprising New Army to attack Nanjing. On the 13th, thirteen ships of the naval fleet revolted in Jiujiang and joined the revolution. At the same time, Fujian, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Sichuan successively declared their independence and broke away from the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Thirteen provinces in the south have become independent. The revolutionary trend is the general trend, but now that Feng Guozhang occupies Yangxia, Wuchang can go down. It will take time for all provinces to help Hubei, and Mr. Sun Wen's return to China is far away. The general wants to fight, but he is unable to fight in Hubei. Peace is not necessarily a good thing. I, the Hubei Party, at least get a chance to breathe.

Huang Guangzhong has always wanted to know why Li Xiang is still shouting to carry out the revolution to the end after losing Yangxia?

"Reconiation?" Zeng Gaoxian sneered and said, "Yuan Shikai's feudal vices of Beiyang Group are so deep that they almost inherit all the bad roots of the Qing court. Yuan Shikai, an old feudal, can't save China. Don't fantasize that he can get twice the result with half the effort and only fail in the future. If the Beiyang Group cannot be completely eliminated, the current situation in China will not be improved.

"It's easy to say." Huang Guangzhong said disdainfully, "Yuan Shikai is not a paper tiger, and the Beiyang Army is not a muddy one. If Yuan Shikai can do it anyway, China can kill fewer people, and China can retain more vitality. What about Yuan Shikai's old feudalism? When the Republic of China is established, even if he is elected as the president, he will have to go out of the field as soon as his term of office expires, but the Republic of China still exists. What's wrong with such a good thing? Since the marshal has no intention to win the championship, why not complete the peace agreement? Why bother with this? What's more, with the ability of the general, it may not be impossible to run for the president of the Republic of China in the future, and we will not fight for this time.

Li Xiang is really speechless. I don't know whether he should be naive or admire Yuan Shikai's conspiracy. No wonder that Yuan Shikai can steal the country successfully, which is really a great opportunity given to him by history. Can Li Xiang now tell him that Yuan Shikai was later centralized, dictatorial, emperor, restored and betrayed the country? After Yuan Shikai's death, the Beiyang warlords split and launched a melee of warlords for more than 30 years. China entered the dark history of five generations and ten countries, which finally led to Japan's invasion of China, and China almost subjugated the country. Li wanted to laugh at himself. He was really afraid of scaring them when he said it. No matter how far-sighted the sages were, he could not see the direction of history so thoroughly.

"You think Yuan Shikai is simple." Li Xiang could only say this in the end, but he had to sigh, "If the Anlu gentry think so, and the whole southern gentry and constitutionalists also think so, the revolutionary situation is really worrying."

This is the information Li wants, but it is not the result he wants. Hubei and Beiyang have a deep hatred for destroying their homes, which inevitably creates such an idea, not to the rest of the independent provinces.

"That's true." Huang Guangzhong said bluntly, "Even most people in our alliance think so. And the hatred between Hubei and the Beiyang Army is not without the possibility of resolving. Feng Guozhang is just a vicious dog in front of Yuan Shikai. He belongs to the Beiyang faction that fights. As long as Yuan Shikai replaces Feng Guozhang, the Hubei gentry will no longer have any reason to refuse to make peace.

The infamous reputation of Beiyang for the Qing court, the crime of killing innocent people, and the hatred of the people's army are all carried by Feng Guozhang alone. High! Li wanted to open his mouth. He hadn't thought that Yuan Shikai would have such a backhand. It was really step by step. With such a means as Yuan Shikai, there is no luck in the success of stealing the country.

"Huh! The revolutionaries can't beat him with guns, and they can't beat him with power. Yuan Shikai overthamed the Qing court, but you wanted to overshadow him and let him be a puppet president? Yuan Shikai is a wolf and a tiger. Who can restrain him? I expect him to be the big president anyway, that is, to lure the wolf into the house, that is, to send the sheep into the tiger's mouth. Li wanted to ask every sentence, and finally turned into a mechanical wry smile.

"This is not necessarily the first time." Huang Guangzhong said confidently, "You can't give up such a good opportunity because of your unprovoked speculation and empty worries. Do you really want to dry the blood of the revolutionaries and dye the Yangtze River and the Yellow River red with blood? The flames of war and the smoke of war burn thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and burn the beautiful China clean? As long as Yuan Shikai is willing anyway, no matter what in the future? It can always be solved by political means to avoid the splash of war. Yuan Shikai is good at power and politics no matter what. Our alliance can afford it, and we will definitely play with him to the end. If the war continues, the civil war continues, the disaster of division is imminent, and the destruction of the subjugated country is imminent.

"You can't afford to play." Li Xiang roared, so angry that the blue veins in his temples were bulging. The freshly healed and tender scar on his forehead rose purple, and his face was ferocious. The dilapidated hall showed signs of being roared by him. Zeng Gao and Tang Yuewan didn't know that Li Xiang would have such an excited reaction, and they also looked at him strangely.

Li Xiang also realized his gaffe and shook his head, or the city was not deep enough. He tried his best to speculate on the current situation, which was more convincing. Don't underestimate Yuan Shikai. It's better to take advantage of this revolutionary trend to carry out the revolution to the end. There have been 15 independent provinces in the country, and the Shandong and Henan Democratic Party have also swarmed up, and Zhili is the army and internal. As long as Hubei adheres to the revolutionary struggle, a few months later, the whole country will be restored, and there is no doubt that it is righteous.

Huang Guangzhong sneered and said, "I didn't underestimate Yuan Shikai. You underestimated him. Yuan Shikai made only one move to force the first righteous land into a desperate situation. Fifteen provinces in the country have become independent, and the Shandong and Henan People's Party has also swounded. Zhili is the army and the internal response. This is not all the result of Yuan Shikai's indulgence. After Shandong's independence, Yuan Shikai only sent a lobbyist to cancel independence. In Shijiazhuang, Wu Luzhen responded internally and cooperated with the planned troops of Yan Xishan in Shanxi Province to force Beijing, but the plan was subverted by an unknown assassin. A few months later, the whole country will be restored, and there is no doubt about it. It's just your wishful thinking. Yuan Shikai has been mastering the offensive and controlling the overall situation. If you want to continue the war between the remnant army of Hubei and Yuan Shikai, you really underestimate Yuan Shikai. There is no doubt that you are pushing the people of Hubei into hell. Do you think filial piety? It's not enough for Hankou to be burned. Do you want the war to burn the whole Hubei into ashes?

"Ha..., put your hopes on Yuan Shikai, and the revolution will definitely succeed? Now the peace is just an alliance under the city. Lixiang laughed angrily and said, "Although Yuan Shikai can take an offensive in Wuhan, where the Beiyang army is concentrated, from the perspective of the national situation, he is in an under siege and on the defensive. Therefore, after Yuan Shikai captured Hanyang, he did not dare to take further military adventures, which was one of the reasons why he was eager to make peace.

Huang Guangzhong knew that Li wanted to ask him to come to Baizhao Mountain, not to visit the mountains and rivers, but to understand the party members of the Hubei Alliance and the attitude of local gentry towards peace. Li wanted to oppose it so fiercely, but he also felt that the problem was not so simple. And he has been unable to test Li's card to the end of the main battle, and he can't help but feel a little irritable. He didn't want to continue to argue like this endlessly. As soon as he gritted his teeth, he asked directly, "Why on earth can you continue to fight with the Beiyang Army? What strength do you have to carry out the revolution to the end?

"Since Wuchang's righteousness, I haven't lost, because I have never fought a battle of uncertainty." Li wanted to turn around and face the yellow light. His strong self-confidence did not need to be expressed in words, and he did not forget to give a very mysterious smile.

"What's the reason for this?" Even Song Que didn't believe this nonsense.

Huang Guangzhong looked up at the sun falling from the patio, and kept thinking about Li's words, but just said, "It's a risk to place your hopes on Yuan Shikai. Isn't it an adventure to launch a full-scale war with Yuan Shikai?"

"You think too much, you can't decide these things. To tell you so much nonsense is to ask you not to have too many scruples about what you do next and be able to cooperate with my work without psychological burden. But it seems that this nonsense has really become nonsense and is of little use. Your next thing is to take good care of the gentry of Anlu. If I find someone who flirts with Beiyang and makes me angry, the consequences will be very serious. Li wanted to feel the unevenness and unnatural smile from the inscription of the bronze tripod at his fingertips. He was by no means telling a joke. He didn't know how many people had killed to raise the murderous spirit and tiger power were exposed, which made everyone fright.

Huang Guangzhong suddenly woke up and said that he was just the spokesperson of Li Xiang to help up in Anlu. Li wanted to put down the cruel words, and he was not afraid of killing more people. He was suddenly a little nervous and said, "I can still see it for a while, but if the peace talks are really settled, or if you can't drive the Beiyang army out of Hubei as soon as possible, I don't know what the serious consequences will be."

"The consequences are very serious, and you can't afford it." Xiong Bingkun slapped the table loudly, pointed to Zhu Fuhuang and roared, indignantly.

Zhu Fuhuang came to Wuchang from Beijing to find Li Yuanhong with Wang Jingwei. When Yangxia fell, Li Yuanhong had already twisted his buttocks and ran away. The deputies from all provinces who came to Wuchang to participate in the congress were almost running, and even the personnel of the military government began to escape. At this moment, there are discontented members in the Red Building Conference Room of the Wuchang Consultation Bureau.

Emperor Zhu Fu laughed and said, "Wang Jun said in his letter that Yuan Shikai will lead the Northern Army anyway, that is, ask the south to raise Yuan as the interim president to avoid the army from disaster. Yuan Shikai holds the Beiyang soldiers in his hand. The revolutionary cause is not Yuan Buyi's success. Yuan is not Zeng Guofan or Hu Linyi. We revolutionaries should not force him to take the road of Zeng and Hu. Today's trend is not the problem of the revolutionary party and the Qing court, but the problem of the revolutionary party and Yuan Shikai. As soon as Yuan Shikai's problem is solved, the revolution will succeed, while Yuan's problem is only a matter of conditions, not a matter of principle. This is the best result of avoiding war. What's more, Wuchang is so dangerous? Xiong Bingkun! You are blindly against it and have ully intentions.

"Is this the courage and confidence of a revolutionary? Ha..." Xiong Bingkun laughed and said, "If we form an alliance under the city today, it is really a disgrace to the revolutionaries. We will all become the sinners of history and the laughingstock of history. Isn't the revolutionary cause not easy to succeed? Fortunately, you are still a revolutionary, and you can say this.

Sun Wu and others dare not talk nonsense. They really can't afford the crimes of the alliance under the city.

"You are talking nonsense!" Emperor Zhu Fu was furious and said, "The government of the Qing Dynasty has died in name only. Yuan Shikai is also a yellow Han. Where is the alliance under the city from? The issue of peace and war in the future lies not between the revolutionary army and the Qing court, but between the revolutionary army and Yuan Shikai. If we avoid more bloodshed, the best way is to pull Yuan to the revolutionary camp. Yuan's problem is to give him a great reward. He is already above ten thousand people under one person in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, if he wants to pull Yuan against the Qing Dynasty, he can only hold a higher position than him in the Qing court. Therefore, if Yuan Zhen is willing to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and establish the Republic of China with his hands, the revolutionary army can only be seduced and moved by the interim president of the Republic of China. Got it, Yuan. Today's peace discussion also solves Wuchang's urgent needs.

"Look at the Yangtze River!" Xiong Bingkun pointed out of the window with a pale face, "Millions of refugees in Hubei have been displaced. The two big cities have been burned to ashes by the Beiyang army, and tens of thousands of civilian troops have died at the muzzle of the Beiyang army."

"All this is not caused by yourself. It's you who fight the battle regardless of the life and death of the people. Zhu Fuhuang stared at Xiong Bingkun's eyes and did not give in. "Huang Xingji's two lake civilian army fought with Beiyang with 30,000 elite soldiers in Xiaogan, and was completely defeated, which was extremely harmful to the people of filial piety. The Hankou people's army could not learn a lesson and still stubbornly resisted to the end, which caused the tragedy in Hankou. Now the Hubei People's Army has lost eight of them. Now Wuchang is guarding the poor city. After the Xiang army retreats, there are no foreign reinforcements. It is besieged by the Beiyang Legion, which is already exhausted. The purpose of the revolution is to continue the Chinese civilization, open up peace for all generations, and save the country and the people. You pretend to be revolutionary, provoke the continuation of the war, trap the people to death, destroy the vitality of the country, and bury the Chinese civilization. Today, Duke Yuan and Wang Jun asked me to come to understand the great righteousness and persuaded Wuchang to accept the truce and peace talks. You actually treated each other rudely, spoke rudely, and questioned my revolutionary beliefs.

"Fuck your mother's bullshit!" A fire broke out in Xiong Bingkun's heart, and the swear words were scolded first. He saw that Emperor Zhu Fu was so sharp, unreasonable, tough and presumptuous, and his lungs were about to be blown up.

"In the three towns of Wuhan, millions of people are now like tired eggs, and their lives are like hanging silk. Looking at the people in Wuchang City, they are looking forward to the war turning into jade and silk. You are willing to go your own way and brazenly ignore it, but you refuse to agree to the armistice and peace, and want to trap Wuchang into a sea of blood. Xiong Bingkun! Is your heart made of iron? Isn't the Hankou story enough to educate you? Emperor Zhu Fu was forced to be unreasonable, and he hit Xiong Bingkun one after another.

"It's so nice to say, just like the joy of Juntian, which makes me feel open." Feng Xiaoyu, who was lucky enough to attend the meeting, laughed and suddenly interrupted, but it was full of sarcasm that anyone could hear it. He continued coldly, "Qing's father is not dead, and it's difficult. Yuan Shikai was treacherous and cunning. The Democratic Party lost troops. The land of Hubei was ruined by him. Haven't we suffered enough of him? Under the repeated battles of 30,000 troops of the Beiyang Army today, how can there be no loss? He has become a tired soldier. Last night, Duan Qirui's old camp under Xiaogan City was successfully attacked by the general. Feng Guozhang's army was damaged every battle, and the number of soldiers decreased but not increased. There is a Yangtze River in Wuchang. It only takes a few more days to stay there, and the troops from all provinces will definitely arrive. And the marshal was gathering an army to gather in Yangxia overnight. The Beiyang army was not the turtle in the urn, so it inserted its wings and could fly to where? In Hubei, the follow-up soldiers from the thirteen southern provinces came from nowhere. The First Army and the Second Army of Beiyang will be destroyed in Hubei. What else does Yuan Shikai have to challenge us? Why should we worry about the unsuccessful revolution?

Wuchang is already exhausted, and it is a bright light from Feng Xiaoyu's mouth. It was another truth for everyone in the conference room to hear his words, and they couldn't help looking at each other in con'sinuance.

Jiang Yiwu bowed his head for a while and said, "How credible is Mr. Feng's words?"

Feng Xiaoqi laughed and naturally knew that he was asking about Li Xiangye's attack on Xiaogan. He said, "Zhu Fuhuang, who came from the north, knows better than me. The general will never agree to the peace. We will continue to fight to the end until the revolution succeeds.

"Li wants to sneak up on Xiaogan. That's the case." Emperor Zhu Fu did not dare to tell lies and said with a smile, "But Xiaogan is still in the hands of Duan Qirui, and Hankou is still in the hands of Feng Guozhang. Li Xiang did not cause any effective blow to the Beiyang Army. It is even more nonsense to say that Li wants to gather a large army to besiege Yangxia. How many troops does Li think he can have? Fifty thousand? Of these 50,000, only 7,000 are elites trained by the former Hubei New Army, and the rest are either temporary recruitment or local patrol camps. How can such a mob fight against the 30,000 elites in Beiyang? When the provincial reinforcements came to Wuchang City, Wuchang City had already fallen.

Feng Xiaoqi knew that his opponent was a strong enemy and said generously, "Whether the Beiyang Army has been hit or not, it can't be covered by two mouths. It is an indisputable fact that Feng Guozhang is angry about what he did in Hubei and is still the lackey of the Qing Dynasty to suppress the people. The Beiyang Army is not the heart of the people, does not practice morality, is the enemy of the revolution, and is the enemy of the people. No matter how powerful the force is, it cannot escape the fate of defeat. Victory will belong to the people and justice.

At this time, the representatives of each province were confused and indecisive in the conference room. At this time, there were several loud noises in Guishan, and the roar of two fortress cannons broke the argument in the meeting.

Several huge cannonballs caught fireballs across the vast Yangtze River sky, "boom" and landed in the backyard of the consultation bureau under Snake Mountain. The earth shook violently, the stone was broken, the windows of the conference room trembled, and everyone's hearts trembled. More cannons sounded like beads, and Feng Guozhang was ordering the bombardment of Wuchang City.

The fire immediately broke out in Wuchang City. The shelling of the Beiyang Army was extremely accurate, and it was dedicated to the Wuchang Civilian's aircraft department provided by Yuan Shikai. After Li Yuanhong ran away, the heart of the Wuchang garrison was unstable. At this moment, he was even more panicked. Some people had taken off their military uniforms and sneaked into the people. The continuous fire in Wuchang City caused the people of Wuchang to panic and collapse for many days. In panic, the people fled out of the city and could no longer take care of anything. At the gates of the city, a large number of people who fled from the city were crowded, and the soldiers guarding the Acropolis Gate also fled, and the Wuchang People's Army had a great momentum to disintegrate. There were many women and children who were squeezing to death, but no one paid attention to them. The miserable sound of howling echoed over Wuchang City, and even covered the sound of the shocking fortress cannons. In these troubled times, life is as light as weeds on the roadside.

The people in the conference room gathered in front of the window, saw a fire in the city, saw the people fleeing helplessly, and watched the civilian army slowly disintegrate.

Tan Renfeng, the speaker of the congress, the old man of the League, silently returned to his seat and said in a solemn voice, "Gentlemen, you must make a decision. Peace is not surrender. Now the situation is very obvious. If we continue to fight, Wuchang will soon fall. The revolutionary army also needs to take a breath. The armistice and negotiation are a kind of delaying tactics. As for the war, we voted for a decision. Please raise your hand if you agree to the peace.

After saying that, he raised his hand first. The representatives exchanged eyes with each other, and the gunfire and miserable howls outside the window kept ringing, like a devastating bell in their hearts, hesitating to lift them one by one. Feng Xiaoqi put his hands on his chest and looked at everything coldly.

Then Edwin, a reporter from the Shanghai English newspaper Mainland News, who stayed in Wuchang, officially announced the "statement" previously left by Li Yuanhong:

"We are eager to make a truce, so that we can contact the republican provinces and decide whether to continue the war or negotiate and mediate with the constitutionalists. We have always expected to end the situation of killing each other, bleeding and destroying property, so as not to attract the interference of the great powers. To this end, I hereby declare that I am willing to make any concessions to ensure that the killing is stopped. It was thought that the Republicans and the court should declare a truce, so that the representatives of the two sides could negotiate. If the republican provinces decide to continue the war, I am willing to fight to the end.

Then Sun Faxu and Edwin crossed the river to welcome the foreign messenger of peace.

At the same time, the meeting unanimously requested that staff officers Gan Jixi, Wu Zhaoli and Xie Hongtao be sent to carry the handwriting of Jiang Yiwu, the wartime commander-in-chief after Zhang Jingliang, and quickly ride to Gedian, and ask Li Yuanhong to turn back to Hongshan to maintain the army's heart with deterrence.

Ge Fu held the "statement" sent by Sun Faxu and Edwin to Li Yuanhong's lack of confidence, and sighed in his heart. He followed Feng Guozhang into Liu Yuan. His buttocks were not hot yet, and the coffee was still soup mouthful. The peace agreement, which I thought was hopeless, turned out to be the result because of Feng Guozhang's two shots. His previous speeches on the top of the carriage were full of farts. He really couldn't understand the Chinese.

Feng Guozhang couldn't help laughing proudly and said, "Those cheap bones are not obedient if you don't beat them."

"You Chinese are so strange. Maybe only you know yourself." Ge Fu said helplessly.

"Who is Mr. Ambassador going to send to Wuchang?" Feng Guozhang asked.

In the heart of Ge Fu, the candidate, he said without thinking, "Pan En, the president of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is the foreigner who is most proficient in Chinese and knows Chinese culture best in Hankou.

Wu Zhaolin had just walked out of the gate of the consultation bureau, but saw Sun Faxu leading a foreigner back. The foreigner walked ahead arrogantly. Pan En was familiar with Hankou. He recognized Wu Zhaolin at a glance. He quickly put away his arrogance and put on a Chinese-style bow and said, "Mr. Wu, thank you for your hard work! If peace comes as soon as possible, you don't need to work so hard.

"Hello! Mr. Pan En." Wu Zhaolin saluted and let them into the living room of the Red Mansion. They sat on the sofa and said, "Coffee? Or tea?"

"Black tea, thank you." Pan En smiled and took out a letter at the same time, "This is the partial formal armistice conditions proposed by Mr. Ge Fu, British Consul General in Hankou. Please read it."

Wu Zhaolin

There was a trace of doubt in his heart. The foreigner's quick reaction made him uneasy, as if he had fallen into a trap. However, when he thought of the Beiyang Army's bombing of Wuchang just now, this doubt quickly dissipated. He had no determination and courage to continue fighting for a long time, as long as the conditions offered by the Beiyang Army were not too much. Ya also accepted, and the civilian army, which was on the verge of collapse, now needed a breath of gasp.

The letterhead unfolds, I. Scope: The area occupied by the two armies of Wuchang (Revolutionary Army) and Hankou (Qing Army) cannot be changed;

II. Date: from 8:00 a.m. on October 12 to 8:00 a.m. on October 15, a three-day truce;

III. Clauses that the revolutionary army should abide by: A. The revolutionary army shall not move within the date of the armistice; B. The warship of the revolutionary army shall not move within the date of the armistice, and the machine shall be unloaded to the British naval division officer for storage, but it must be transferred to the ship for collection at 6 a.m. on the 15th.

IV. The terms that the Qing army should abide by: A and the Qing army shall not move within the date of the armistice; B. The train of the Qing army shall not be allowed to make military operations within the date of the armistice, and shall be monitored by the British sailors stationed in Han.

Wu Zhaolin couldn't help taking a breath, which was completely acceptable.

The fragrant black tea was served, and Sun Wu and Jiang Yiwu also came to hear it.

After reading the armistice agreement, the three of them looked at each other. Sun Wurong said calmly, "Da Zha has been read, and the brothers of AIA and Mr. Quanquan and love the people are already clear. Will this document take effect after being stamped?

After Sun Wu's words, Jiang Yiwu and Wu Zhaolin's hearts suddenly broke out. At this time, they found that there was a big problem - when Li Yuanhong fled, he took away the letter of the governor and could not be stamped.

"I will send someone to Hongshan General Command to get the letter from the commander-in-chief." Wu Zhaolin listened and then laughed, which meant to test whether Pan En could use the seal of the commander-in-chief, and then said nonsense, "In the past few days, we have a lot of time to talk about Li Xiang's nonsense in Hankou, which really undermines the friendly relations between China and foreign countries. Don't friends care about it and even run for China's peace? Today's peace can be achieved, and the whole world's friendly people work day and night to contact each other. All friendly people, please rest assured that we recognize and protect all the lives and property of friendly people and all the rights and interests of the former Hankou Concession.

Pan En listened. It was not the first day for him to fool around in China. He knew that the Chinese people talked around and speculated about their words. For a long time, he said coldly, "Since the uprising, the people's army has been extremely civilized, and Qiu has done nothing. Even if Li thinks of this exception, in addition to the private abolition of our concession power, he also speaks to foreign nationals. Our British people are quite sympathetic to the revolution. Now our British consul saw that Wuchang City was shelled, and the people in the city were very miserable, so they united with the consuls of various countries to discuss with the Qing army and suspend the war for three days. Now the Qing army has expressed sympathy. I came to Wuchang to see Li... The governor, please approve, bring me to the official document to stamp, and then send it to the Qing army to stamp, and then the armistice.

Pan En repeatedly stressed that Li Yuanhong, Jiang Yiwu and the three of them naturally heard it.

"Wuchang is covered by the shell fire of Guishan. For the safety of Li Du, now Li Du is working in Ge Dian, and the Du Du Yin has been taken away by Li Du." Sun Wu said uneasily and had to be honest, "Gedian is 90 miles away from the city. It takes a lot of time to go back and forth. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to wait."

A contemptuous smile flashed from the corners of Pan En's mouth and replied, "I have agreed to use the governor's seal in Hankou, and I still take the governor's seal as the right. I won't wait too long. I'm going back to Hankou before dark. The concession has just been restored, and the business is busy.

Wu Zhaolin and others can't hear that the foreigner and the Beiyang army are supporting Li Yuanhong, but now they are eager to gasp for peace, so they can only laugh and say, "Then please have dinner here. We'll do it immediately."

The Red Mansion hosted a meal for Pan En, and the commander-in-chief, Jiang Yiwu, accompanied him and stabilized him first.

Wu Zhaolin, Sun Wu and Sun Faxu walked out of the Red Mansion. He said, "The governor is in Gedian. It's too late for a while. It's better to still be stamped."

"Naturally, the faster it is, the better it will be. Just take a radish and carve a big seal." Sun Faxu was deeply convinced.

Sun Wu said decisively, "I'll go to the Military Affairs Department to handle it. It doesn't take much time for the engraving workers to engrave one as usual. As soon as the meal is over, I will come to the Military Affairs Department to stamp it."

About a while, Wu Zhaolin received a telegram from Sun Wu that it was in good condition.

Entering the restaurant, Pan En was still dealing with a braised chicken. Jiang Yiwu had no appetite and chatted with Pan En. Wu Zhaolin walked into the restaurant, muttered in Jiang Yiwu's ear, and walked out of the restaurant.

After dinner, he wiped his mouth with a white napkin.

Jiang Yiwu hurriedly put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "The Dudu seal was originally left in the military affairs department of the city. Please take a sedan chair to stamp the military affairs department."

"As long as it can be done." It doesn't matter. It's not early to look at the sky outside the window. As long as it is Li Yuanhong's big seal, it will be the same for everyone.

So Pan En, Wu Zhaolin and Sun Faxu went to the Military Affairs Department to stamp the seal, and when night fell, he crossed the river back to Hankou.

And Wu Zhaoli also rushed back from Gedian at this time. He met Jiang Yiwu and Wu Zhaolin at the gate of the Consultative Bureau and reported, "Li Du refused to return to the city."

Wu Zhaolin immediately frowned, "Foreigners have only recognized the legal status of Li Du. Only he can preside over the situation in Wuchang. What if he doesn't come back?"

Why doesn't Jiang Yiwu know? They have to rely on Li Yuanhong now. He sighed and said, "I have to send someone again. Copy a copy of the armistice conditions and send it to Li Du. You and I will write another handwriting to persuade each other.

Jiang Yiwu and Wu Zhaolin sent two people to return to Gedian with Wu Zhaoli, carrying Jiang and Wu's handwriting, and handwritten the conditions for the armistice and sending them to Li Yuanhong. Jiang Yiwu has been sending Wu Zhao Li outside the city and repeatedly said, "After the armistice, Wuchang turned danger into safety. All negotiations must be handled by the governor."

Wu Zhaoli nodded vibly. At this moment, the sky is as dark as ink, and the Yangtze River outside the city is surging. He seems to see the slightest hope, like the scales of the river. The night finally survived, and Wuchang rekindled hope.