141 beacon smoke rises again

Wuchang, early morning.

Just last night, in the Red Mansion under the Snake Mountain, the Wuchang Military Government Office came to ask for peace with Feng Guozhang in Hankou. It spread quickly like a plague, and it was known all over the city the next morning.

The news of the military government seeking peace is like a dark cloud covering the first place that opened the Xinhai Revolution, the revolutionary center of national attention. Even the winter days in the south of the Yangtze River, which always seem to be high, cloudy and warm, seem to be so dull and cold, so breathless. It seems that winter is even colder than in previous years.

There have been 13 independent provinces in the south, and only the two provinces of Zhili and Henan are left in the Manting. Why did heaven and earth suddenly turn over like this? How did a generation of famous general Li Du fall? In the autumn of the north and south, wasn't Feng Guozhang the defeated general of Li Du? The soldiers and civilians in Wuchang really can't figure it out.

The rare sunshine in winter shines on the streets of Wuchang, but there are few people on the streets. The empty streets are endlessly sad and lonely. There is no reason why Feng Guozhang bombarded the people who fled from Wuchang City a few days ago.

From the restoration of Wuchang to the restoration of Hankou, Marshal Li announced the abolition of the harsh silk miscellaneous taxes in Manting, and then defeated the Qing army Zhang Biao, Xia Zhankui, Zhang Xiyuan, and the southern provinces responded in groups. The giants of the alliance, the legendary first battle among the revolutionaries, Huang Xing also arrived in Wuchang, and the joy of the soldiers and civilians in Manchu also reached the boiling point of madness, as if The revolution will succeed in front of us, and the beauty of the party's propaganda will be realized in front of our eyes!

Just when everyone was looking forward to the crazy of joy, bad news came one after another. Commander-in-Chief Huang Xing was defeated in Xiaogan. Feng Guozhang burned the city, and 100,000 refugees poured into Hankou. In the battle of Hankou, Zhang Jingliang, the new commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Alliance, defected and Hankou fell. After a series of failures of the revolutionary army, the Beiyang army went all the way to the south, which stunned everyone. In the grief and indignation that made people breathless, unable to cry and killed people, there was the news that Li Yuanhong surrendered for peace.

In the past, the crowded teahouses were deserted, and only the hoarse voice of the storyteller echoed around the empty teahouse. In the past, there was no artist walking around the world on the bustling dock. This kind of depression was not only because of the war.

Today, the streets and alleys are the revolutionary officers and soldiers who were loved and respected a few days ago, and I don't know how many eyes they have attracted. From the small alley, there are also people secretly throwing bricks and tiles. These revolutionary officers and soldiers who followed Li Yuanhong also felt that they had done something wrong. Seeing people walking around, they their heads, just put up with everyone's white eyes.

At this time, everyone remembered that as soon as Marshal Li left, the revolutionary army was defeated!

In the morning, all kinds of rumors began to spread all over the streets and alleys. It is not only spread among the people, but also secretly spread among the Wuchang Revolutionary Army.

At the beginning, the first achievement of the restoration of Wuchang was not the current Li Du, but General Li, who is now unknown! On the night of Juyi, Marshal Li personally commanded 300 warriors and attacked the headquarters of the eight towns and the governor's office. A few days ago, it was said that Marshal Li stepped on the headquarters of the eight towns, which was really true. On the night of Juyi, Li Yuanhong not only did not do anything, but also killed the revolutionaries!

This incident is rumored with nose and eyes, characters and places, and vivid.

It is said that on the night of the righteous, at 9 p.m., Li Yuanhong himself was in the headquarters of Huangpi. He received a phone call from the governor's office, informing him that there was a mutiny in the 20th team of the engineering battalion and the 21st standard of the 21st mixed association.

At that time, he was very anxious and immediately instructed the 21st Battalion of the neighboring artillery to suppress it. However, the artillery battalion is soon and anyway. Just half an hour later, the news came that the Nanhu artillery team belonging to the eighth town had entered the city, set up cannons on the Chuwangtai, and bombarded the inspectors. Just after ten o'clock that night, Rui Yu, the governor of Huguang, himself fled to the Chuyu ship.

At about 11:30, a soldier suddenly appeared on the camp wall and shouted, "The revolution was successful. The Han compatriots came to support and attack the superintendent together!"

As soon as the headquarters guards rushed up, they immediately captured the man into the headquarters.

Li Yuanhong, who was panicked and gloomy, pulled out his sword and stabbed the captured man in his stomach.

The man was so strong-willed that he could not die, but he still shouted for revolution.

Li Yuanhong was furious and ordered the guards to hand over the blades and cut the revolutionary soldiers into several pieces.

It was later learned that the killed who climbed the wall and shouted for the soldiers' uprising were Zhou Rongtang, who was sent by the Revolutionary Temporary General Headquarters to contact the battalions.

This hero is so wronged! He is from Xuancheng, Anhui Province. He was a horse-feeding soldier in the engineering battalion. After that, Li Yuanhong became the "big governor" of the revolution. Naturally, no one was willing to mention him as a revolutionary "little soldier".

The vivid transmission makes people cry. Such a counter-"revolution" who killed the revolutionary party has become the first hero of the revolution, the governor of Hubei. I really don't know where to make people cry!

Li Yuanhong's disgraceful old foundation was signed with the "negotiation", and it was all exposed that night.

Now it is said that the first thing Li Yuanhong did when he became the governor was to seize the position of the only Li Marshal who could fight. That's how Marshal Li ran from Wuchang to Hankou! But Marshal Li can fight. He chased Zhang Biao's tail and drove him out of Hankou!

And what about Li Yuanhong? Be jealous of talents and have bad intentions! This is not to leave all his weapons and armor, learn Zhang Jingliang to hold the fruits of the revolution in front of Yuan Shikai, or not give up on Man Ting. You should know that at the time of the revolution, Li Yuanhong even kept his braids. It was not that he still thought about Manting, but that he was forced to cut it later.

There are more rumors. Li Yuanhong is a white-faced treacherous minister who has long hooked up with Yuan Shikai.

It is said that he will sell the revolution and give this larger white-faced treacherous minister to live Cao Cao as the capital. When Yuan Shikai was in Zhangde, he had sent his subordinate Liu Chengen to get close to Li Yuanhong as a fellow villager in Hubei. After Yuan Shikai came out of the mountain, he immediately sent someone to persuade him to surrender. He was sternly rejected by the revolutionaries, so it was difficult for Li Yuanhong to speak. Then, Liu Chengen was instructed by Yuan Shikai and sent spy Wang Hongsheng to meet Li Yuanhong with a secret letter. These revolutionary officers and soldiers in the Red Mansion have been seen.

If Li Yuanhong can't do it, he will come to the dark. Specializing in dragging the back of the revolutionaries! In Wuchang, he did not seize the right to become Marshal Li, so he plotted to seize his power again in Hankou. Li Yuanhong made it clear that Marshal Li was the pin of Dinghai in Hubei. One day, Yuan Shikai could not do anything about Hubei. Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren, who had just come to Wuchang, were bewitched by Li Yuanhong and seized the power of Marshal Li in Hankou. Yuan Shikai was relieved this time and commanded Feng Guozhang to hit Guishan in one breath!

Feng Guozhang set up a cannon on Guishan Mountain and bombarded Wuchang City every day! This time, Li Yuanhong is determined to make peace. Who dares to oppose it! Feng Guozhang's arrogant discussion and conditions were that the "bandit party" had to withdraw from Wuchang City for 15 miles, and the gun thorns of the "bandit party" warship had to be unloaded and handed over to the British consul. At that time, Li Yuanhong unconditionally agreed.

Last night, Ge Fu, the British consul in Hankou, came forward, and Li Yuanhong signed and sealed the peace clause of the alliance under the city! The history pen is like iron, and the spots are recorded. In the annals of history, the word "seeking" will be added to the front of the word "and", and "seeking peace" is a shame that is difficult to wash for thousands of years: the alliance under the city!

Someone saw a blonde foreigner coming out of the Red Mansion with his own eyes. The concession recovered by Marshal Li in Hankou was sold to foreigners. The Beiyang army and foreigners in Hankou across the river reveled all night. The jubilant laughter could be heard from afar in Wuchang, but the city of Wuchang was full of dark clouds.

The early morning sun covered the streets and alleys of Wuchang, and he rode the dust and went straight to the Red Building under the Snake Mountain!

The rapid sound of horses' hoofs seemed to break the dark clouds on everyone's head.

Immediately, the knight held a newspaper tightly in his hand and shouted loudly: "Nanjing Guangfu! It won't be long before the court is full! In Anlu, Marshal Li called on all the soldiers and civilians in Hubei Province to carry out the revolution to the end!"

The voice seemed to be torn apart by a flash of lightning, revealing the long-lost world.

With the loss of Hankou, the People's Daily, which had long been seized by Feng Guozhang, also came out like bamboo shoots after rain. The sound of the number immediately spread all over Wuchang, and the news that Nanjing was being restored. The news that Marshal Li was going to carry out the revolution to the end, like mercury leaked to all parts of Wuchang City.

Those gentry merchants who were calculating how to show their goodwill to Beiyang heard it. Those wavering constitutionalists heard it. Those exiles who gathered in Wuchang at the mouth of Beiyang gun heard it. Those revolutionary soldiers who retreated from the front line and lost their souls heard it... I don't know why these words that are not ordinary. I usually feel that I will never care about things. As long as I read them in my mouth, my eyes will be full of endless tears!

Marshal Li, carry out the revolution to the end!

Li Yuanhong seized the power of Marshal Li and squeezed away Huang Xing. He occupied the financial power of the three towns in Wuhan. With the support of the Hankou Arsenal, and the two associations supported by Hunan, he had 100,000 troops. In a blink of an eye, he was completely defeated and picked up his tail to seek peace. Only one took tens of thousands of children to fight for the revolution. He was kicked out of Hankou without any benefits. His hometown was copied, and the sword armor was disabled. General Li, carried out the revolution to the end!

News swept through Wuchang City, and the streets of Wuchang were crowded with people in a blink of an eye. The teahouses of all sizes were crowded, regardless of whether Feng Guozhang would bombard Wuchang City again today! No matter how narrow the amount is, serve two bowls first. Then they made a loud gesture.

"Nanjing Guangfu! The sun is full of thin Xishan, and it's not clear! The flag man has been riding on our Han man for more than 260 years. It's time to retribution!"

"Nanjing dragons and tigers, but Zhu Yuanzhang's prosperous land. Although the Beiyang Army is arrogant now, it has to retreat north in a blink of an eye!"

"Remove from the north? Will Yuan Shikai protect his master Qing Dynasty? Joke, he is a white-faced Cao Cao! I'm holding back the bad and want to usurp it!"

"The person surnamed Li wants to make peace with this white-faced Cao Cao. It's really dark."

"There is no fun for people surnamed Li. They all gave birth to a son but didn't **. The ancestral grave should be flattened!"

"Singer up, there are soldiers outside!"

"For good, there is also Marshal Li, a great hero among the revolutionaries! Overthrow the tyranny of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and carry out the revolution to the end!"

"Looking how long they can hold on, the Beiyang army burned, killed and robbed the soldiers in Hubei, and it's the end. I also responded to Marshal Li's call to go to the revolutionary army!"

"Go together, revenge, revenge, resentment, burn their back road, and see if those conscienceless guys can still shoot at Wuchang on Turtle Mountain!"

Wuchang, Red Mansion.

In the poorly lit room, there is an embarrassing silence. Li wants to call the whole country in a high-profile way to carry out the revolution to the end! This declaration is also accompanied by the great news of the restoration of Nanjing, and the telegrams spread from everyone's hands.

In the Red Mansion, several Li Yuanhong confidant generals and constitutional officials, who only the Wuchang military government held power, sat in the huge conference room hall of the former Advisory Bureau with a sweaty face. In this cold winter, their faces were full of sweat. The soldiers on the ground continued to send hand towels and flower tea. But these big members sweat more, which is hotter than the hot summer.

Originally, the alliance under the city with Feng Guozhang in Hankou has been signed in the mediation of the British consul. Seeing the arrival of peace on both sides of the Yangtze River, they did not have to withstand the bombardment of Feng Guozhang day and night, and saved Wuchang, who was about to lose. This is the result of their quest for land. It has not left fire for the revolution and endured humiliation for the revolution. Chong, back to the historical name of the alliance under the city. Everyone feels that they have been selfless and have reached the extreme for the revolution.

In the whole hall, only the sound of the pendulum of the Western bell can be heard.

The world is vicissitudes, and it is completely reversed overnight!

Nanjing Guangfu! The Jiangsu and Zhejiang allied forces were stationed. At this time, they saw clearly that only Zhili and Henan were still struggling to support Manting! The morale of the southern people's army has soared! At this time, Lixiang shouted out the slogan of carrying out the revolution to the end, and Hubei was rekindled by the low morale of the people repeatedly attacked by Feng Guozhang! Everything has changed in the original way.

Outside the Red Mansion, it also began to become lively. The officers and soldiers who used to be on duty in the Advisory Bureau were all the old revolutions of the original Gongjin Association and the Literature Association. I don't know where they heard that Li Yuanhong was going to sell the revolution to the white-faced Cao Cao. Immediately, a hall dispersed, and no one was on the job. If they dare to walk out of the Red Mansion, it is estimated that the bricks and tiles smashed on the street will be enough to make a grave for them. They simply hid in the Red Mansion and didn't even dare to go home. He was transferred by Li Yuanhong to protect the officers and soldiers trained by the original new army. He looked at the telegrams from all over the place with fear. The more he read it, the more he wanted to cry without tears.

Why did this matter turn over?

Those revolutionaries who had been suppressed by Li Yuanhong have also become extremely active and seem to realize that the opportunity to turn over has come.

These Li Yuanhong's confidants, constitutional officials, secretly scolded Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, this is the last bit of resistance of the Qing Dynasty! But with this power, Yuan Shikai is no longer powerless to return, the object of mermaid meat! Yuan Shikai is a vicious wolf, and Wuchang City is still on the mouth of other wolves! The six towns of Beiyang are still enough to influence China's general trend!

These rural villagers don't know how thick they are!

Li Yuanhong presided over the peace talks, not just to preserve Wuchang and the first place of the revolution! Li Yuanhong really doesn't even want the reputation of the front and back of the revolution!

No one looked at Li Yuanhong's face sitting at the top of the long Western-style conference table. He just sat under Li Yuanhong without saying a word, but just waited quietly.

At this time, Li Yuanhong's face turned gray.

This room is close to the door of the Red Building, and you can hear the noise, which comes from time to time.

The young students who were still stranded in Wuchang, came with a cavity of blood, and the revolutionary soldiers who had been crippled by the Beiyang army for the revolution and felt that they could not survive by the Beiyang army. I heard that the revolutionaries advocated the bright future of the revolution and yearned for the people in the revolutionary city. One wave after another gathered outside the Red Mansion and petitioned.

To abolish the shameful alliance under the city! Carry out the revolution to the end! I want the wise and martial arts Marshal Li to come back! To remove Manting's lackeys in the military government...

As soon as Li Yuanhong slapped the table, he sent out his confidant generals with a black face, as well as several famous gentry of the constitution. First, he explained that if there was no explanation, only bullet pressure. But one group was driven away and another group was driven away. More and more people are coming, and there seems to be signs of getting out of control.

Li Yuanhong's trusted officers and soldiers are a little lazy and weak. If it hadn't been for Li Yuanhong's prestige, these officers and soldiers would have followed him for too long. No one knows whether these officers and soldiers would have dispersed with him! At this time, Li Yuanhong was really lost in his heart.

This is not what worries these Li Yuanhong's fellow wearers the most. They are most worried now. It's still Feng Guozhang's side!

Now Feng Guozhang is still in Hankou, and the cannon is still in Guishan, which has not been dismantled. He is staring at Wuchang. After all, far water can't put out the near fire. Don't you know when the reinforcements from all provinces will arrive in Wuchang? Now that Wuchang City is like this, it can't be negotiated. The ready-made excuse is that Yuan Shikai, the leader of Beiyang, is ten thousand unwilling. No one can say whether Feng Guozhang, the main war faction of Beiyang, will take the opportunity to enter the army and first stew the most fierce pot of Wuchang City, and Yuan Shikai has nothing to say.

It's hard to say what will happen to Wuchang at that time, but first of all, they are "rebellious" figures, and the great crime of conspiracy is true. At that time, not to mention his status, he couldn't even keep his head. Maybe he would kill the nine clans!

Power and life is the most realistic thing. When it comes to this problem, a person's figure can be extremely soft. After thinking about it, power and life can only be one of them. Or accompany Li Xiang to go crazy, defend Wuchang, wait for reinforcements, and see if Li Xiang can create a miracle and drive the Beiyang army out of Hubei, so as to save the power, but his life is worrying. Or accompany Li Yuanhong to Zhuo Daoquan again. Anyway, it is not the first time to escape from Wuchang. But the reputation has also fallen to the bottom, and life is worry-free, but it is difficult to return to the power center of Wuchang. You should know that after Li Yuanhong returned to the city last time, Hubei revolutionaries, and even Wu Zhaolin, Li's most loyal student and chief of staff, also severely criticized his behavior of escaping from Wuchang without authorization. Liu Gong, the general supervisor, and Zhang Zhenwu, deputy minister of the military affairs department, even advocated the impeachment of Li Tong, because of Wu Zhaolin, Cai Jimin and other persuasion. Stop it, just give up. If they run again, they will never give up so easily.

There are only two ways left, and everyone is tossed over and over. Thinking that it was so easy to turn over and knock down how many revolutionaries, it's easy to climb to this position, and you still risk the risk of "rebellion".

But what else can we do?