The Republic is so violent

Chapter 65 Fighting Great Wuchang (1)
(1) The Revolutionary Party led troops to attack Wuchang

The Wuchang new army started an uprising, and the news was reported to the imperial court. When the regent Zaifeng heard about it, he was stunned.

At this time, Prince Qing said on the side: Veteran General Yin Chang is busy with the autumn exercise in Yongping, and the elite troops of the provinces are also concentrated in Yongping. Practice changed from Yongping to Wuchang, let's change practice to actual combat.

Prince Regent Zaifeng was overjoyed: Lao Qing, your suggestion is great, so let Yinchang have a hard time.

So the Ministry of the Army made the following statement: appoint Yinchang as the commander-in-chief, Yi Naiqian as the chief of staff, and He Chengjun, a Hubei military talent who returned from studying in Japan, as the first-class staff.

So young He Chengjun rushed to Yongping to meet Yinchang without stopping.

Guess what Yin Chang said to He Chengjun?
Yinchang said: Xiao He, the imperial court ordered me to lead the army to conquer the rebellious party in Wuchang, but look at how busy I am here, I have no preparations for the war at all, and I am busy with Qiu Cao's affairs...or else Okay, Xiao He, you are from Hubei, and something happened in your hometown, so you are obliged to do your duty for the elders in your hometown, why don't you take two people with you first?
Let me take two bidders?He Chengjun was overjoyed.

Why is He Chengjun overjoyed?

This kid, he was studying in Japan, and he was studying in the Infantry Department of the Non-commissioned Officer School. When he was studying, he didn’t know who pulled him to Sun Yat-sen. He had already joined the League. Wuchang's first uprising, Yinchang actually sent him to go first, how could he not be happy?
Congratulations to rejoicing, although He Chengjun is young, but his mind is extraordinary, he immediately looked distressed and said: My lord, this is a big deal, and we need to think about it in the long run, I am afraid that I will be alone and I will not be able to bear the responsibility.

Yin Chang smiled and said: Xiao He, you are indeed a talented person, remember, as long as you learn more in the future, you will not suffer.

He Chengjun said obediently: "Then please give me the opportunity first, so that I won't make any mistakes."

Yin Chang nodded: Xiao He, you are so sensible. In the future, this world will be yours... Listen carefully, you have two tasks: first, to defend the Yellow River Bridge.If there is nothing wrong with the Yellow River Bridge, you have to keep Wu Sheng and don't fall into the hands of the rebellious party.In short, it is the first Yellow River Bridge and the second Wushengguan. Except for these two places, no matter what happens in other places, you are not responsible.

Take the lead.When He Chengjun came out, he immediately went to collect the troops. What he received was the first bid from the first town, and the No.20 fourth bid from the sixth town.That night, I took the two troops on the train and drove southward. The train passed the Yellow River Bridge without incident.He Chengjun rejoiced in his heart: now, he even completed the task assigned by Yinchang.

Two days later, He Chengjun's troops arrived at Qijiawan in Huangpi County. This place is only 90 miles away from Hankou, and it can be reached in an instant.

He Chengjun ordered the two commanders: Li Weizhang and Ma Jizeng to camp in a safe place nearby, and all soldiers were not allowed to go out without authorization, and they waited for the order of the general headquarters before deciding to stop.Just as he was giving orders, he brought a few people ahead and asked, "Aren't you the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to quell the chaos?"One is Li Zexiang, a subordinate of Master Zhang Biao, the governor of the Eighth Town, and Master Zhang is here to invite you.

He Chengjun was taken aback when someone came to invite him so soon: Where are we going, please?

The other party said: "Governor Ruizhang and Dutong Zhang are now guests on the warship Haiqi at the request of Sa Zhenbing, General He. Let's go."

Look at this messenger, he can speak.If Rui Chan and Zhang Biao fled to the warship, how embarrassing would it be?
So He Chengjun boarded the Shanghai Qi and met the captain Sa Zhenbing, the governor Ruiyu and the commander Zhang Biao.

The waiter on the ship served tea, and Rui Chan said with a smile: General He was originally a child of Jingchu, and I have heard that General He was a young hero who studied in Japan and was a top student in the non-commissioned officer school.This time, he was a pioneer in rebellion, and he really lived up to the expectations of the elders in his hometown.I don't know how many troops General He brought this time?

He Chengjun replied: General Bi was ordered by the general headquarters to lead two bidders, and he had arrived at Qijiawan at this time.

Rui Chan laughed loudly: "Two bidders, there are too many, too many. The Wuchang rebellious party was originally just a rabble, but now it roars up, and everything is at a loss."Now even though Li Yuanhong is appointed as the governor, it's not that I underestimated Li Yuanhong, for the position of governor, forgive him for not daring to sit on it.It should be noted that the mutiny army is only a small group in the engineering battalion, a small group.The rest of the infantry, the No.30 second bid, the artillery eighth bid, as well as the cavalry battalion and the supply battalion, are still loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and have never been rebellious.Now with General He's two standard fresh troops, covered by warships, and attacking across the river from Yangluo, it will be easy to put down the rebellion.

Just ask General He to set out and put down the thieves. This is an inexhaustible achievement.

Rei finally said.

(2) The old fox watches the fire from the other side

He Chengjun shrugged his head slightly after hearing Rui Chan's words, and said: "The law of war says that it is a taboo to go deep alone with an army."When Bizhi came, Commander-in-Chief Yin had already given orders, so Bizhi did not dare to disobey the Commander-in-Chief's order and cross the river without authorization.

After hearing this sentence, Rui Chan was dumbfounded, and after a long while, he persuaded: General He, stop practicing Zen. After crossing the river, I will bear all the responsibilities.

He Chengjun just shook his head: I am a low-ranking official, so I definitely dare not disobey orders.

Zhang Biao was stunned to hear this, and interjected, "General He, are you worried that the war will be dangerous and you won't be able to explain to Yinchang?"You don't need to worry about that.To tell you the truth, most of the army in Wuchang City today has not participated in the conspiracy. As long as you and I work together to drive the troops straight in, the small chaotic party will inevitably flee without a trace. General He, you must not miss this opportunity.

Rui Tang continued: General He, don't expect that you are a child of Jingchu. Now in Wuchang City, the elders in your hometown look forward to soldiers like Yunni in a long drought. You will never disappoint the elders in your hometown, right?

Rui Chan and Zhang Biao were eager to persuade He Chengjun, because they were local officials and generals who had the responsibility of guarding the land, and if they didn't take back Wuchang, they would be in more trouble than a day.He Chengjun looked at their faces and expressions, and saw that although the two were anxious, Admiral Sa Zhenbing, who was on the side, was having a good time, obviously watching the fire from the other side.

So He Chengjun knew it well, and there was only one sentence back and forth: I am a general with a small position, and I dare not violate my orders.

Zhang Biao was in a hurry: General He hesitated, could it be that he was timid?
This sentence angered He Chengjun. You must know that He Chengjun was a young and vigorous person—if he hadn't been so vigorous, he would not have joined the Revolutionary Party of the Tongmenghui.He sneered and sarcastically said, "Since they are Wuchang's soldiers, most of them have not rebelled, why didn't Zhang Dutong stay in Wuchang to command Ruoding, but left the flood area and took shelter on this small warship?"

Before Zhang Biao could reply, Rui Chan was furious and shouted sharply: "He Chengjun, you don't fight, stay in the army, and don't want to cross the river after being disturbed by rebellion. If I report this matter to Yin Commander-in-Chief, I'm afraid you will be blamed for shrinking and delaying the military opportunity!

He Chengjun had been waiting for his words for a long time, so he stood up immediately and said loudly: "In this case, then I will wait for Commander-in-Chief Yin to dispose of my telegram, so that the general will only act according to Commander-in-Chief Yin, and the rest Things, not what I can know.

After saying this, He Chengjun rushed off the ship angrily. When he boarded the boat, he looked up and saw Sa Zhenbing's strange smiling face. He felt a cold war in his heart. This Sa Zhenbing has become a fine old fox. It is said that Li Yuanhong was still his disciple back then, I am afraid that Sa Zhenbing has already guessed my real identity.

Feeling uneasy, He Chengjun flew to the army camp, called the communication soldier, and immediately sent a message to Commander Yin, um, to make the situation extremely dangerous... Also, to prevent Ruizhen from suing me, we must first Put some eye drops on Rui Chan...

The proposed telegram is as follows:

The rebellious army is powerful and heavily guarded. Since Li Yuanhong became the leader of the rebel army, he has already captured the hearts of the people in the three towns of Wuchang.Like adding fuel to a fire, it gets hotter.The former Ruizhang and Zhang Biao suffered heavy losses, and there are real reasons for this.Now our army is alone, but Rui Chan is forcing the general to take risks, and the censure is very strict. Where does the general want to go, please tell the commander-in-chief.

After sending the telegram, He Chengjun left the barracks and ran to Hankou alone, trying to find a joint for the revolutionary party, but he didn't want all the revolutionary parties in Hankou to go to Wuchang to make a fuss, and he couldn't find any.He Chengjun looked at the river and sighed, but it was just across the river, which only made him sigh in melancholy.

Unhappily returning to the barracks from Hankou, the general headquarters has already called back, with only a short sentence: Your department will handle it according to the plan.

After receiving this telegram, He Chengjun breathed a sigh of relief.As a high-achieving student who graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, he knows better than anyone else that what Rui Chan and Zhang Biao said is true. The current Wuchang government is the most vulnerable, with weak troops, weak morale, and no backup. If the army breaks in, Wuchang will not be able to defend it. It is no wonder that Zhang Biao, Ruizhang, sees that He Chengjun is not moving forward, so anxious to speak.

Rao Ruizhang and Zhang Biao thought too much, but how could they have imagined that the vanguard troops sent by the imperial court to conquer were also led by the Revolutionary Party.

This gave Wuchang enough breathing time.

This respite lasted for a full ten days.

Ten days later, Commander-in-Chief Yin Chang arrived.

First ordered Wang Zhanyuan to lead the second town and the third association, as well as the artillery one bid, to take Hankou directly.

(3) Everyone knows that you are a revolutionary party

Wang Zhanyuan's attack on Hankou came suddenly, and the revolutionary army in Wuchang did not take any precautions.

But the terrible thing is that this Wang Zhanyuan's military ability is poor. He only cares about running wildly on the train, neither searching nor vigilant. He feels that he is taking this errand for a ride.As the train was puffing forward, a group of young students came by the side of the road, not many of them, just a dozen or so.These students were overjoyed to see a train full of Qing soldiers. There were so many prisoners on board... Immediately they shot at the train.

The soldiers of Wang Zhanyuan's department are pitiful. At this time, the quartermaster has not issued ammunition, and the soldiers are holding empty guns. They are suddenly attacked, and they are in a mess for a while. Some people howled and cried in fright, and some people still understood, so they hurriedly yelled to reverse the car.

But it is quite strenuous to reverse the train.

The terrified soldiers rushed into the driver's cab regardless of the number, held the driver's head with an empty gun, and forced the driver to back up.So the military column retreated again with a huff.When the common people along the railway line heard the gunshots, they all ran out to watch the excitement, and found that the train was moving backwards extremely slowly, so they pointed out to each other: If someone removes the railway tracks from behind at this time, the train will definitely overturn.

Some of the people raised their voices and said: This train is extremely heavy, even if the rails are pulled, it may not overturn.

So someone suggested: Shall I make a bet and try the railway?
Just bet!The people of Wuhan have such a temper, they gamble as they say.A group of ordinary people came out on the spot and pulled the rails from behind, and then everyone watched carefully, and saw the train slowly backing up to the section where the rails were torn down. , There was a miserable howl from inside the carriage.

It seems that this train is not safe.The common people watching the excitement commented.

The revolutionary army stationed nearby rushed to hear the sound, and together with the first dozen or so students, they shot at the overturned train.The soldiers of Wang Zhanyuan's department crawled out crying, and fled back along the railway line desperately, but the whole army retreated.

In the final analysis, it was because the Wuchang Revolutionary Army had no preparations. If they had taken precautions and ambushed in advance, the entire army of Wang Zhanyuan would have been wiped out.

Wang Zhanyuan, who was retreating, became furious and worried that he would not be able to deal with Yinchang, so he arrested a dozen ordinary people nearby, insisting that they were detectives of the Revolutionary Army, and escorted them to the General Staff Office of the General Headquarters. Strictly interrogate these people.

After receiving Wang Zhanyuan's report, the Military Judiciary Department asked the General Staff to interrogate the criminal.Chief of Staff Yi Naiqian received the report from the Military Judiciary Department, and wrote on it: This matter will be handled by first-class staff officer He Chengjun.

After He Chengjun received the documents, he came to interrogate the criminals. This interrogation was terrible. When the captured ordinary people heard He Chengjun's accent, they all immediately howled, crying and crying for grievances, while asking questions around the corner. He Chengjun's home address, insisting that he is a relative of He Chengjun's elders.It is even more impossible for He Chengjun to embarrass the elders in his hometown. After simply asking their names, he let everyone go.

The Military Law Office was still waiting to bring the criminals to trial, so they kept urging them. Chief of Staff Yi Naiqian was rushed, so he called He Chengjun and asked: Staff Officer He, why didn't you hand over the criminals to the Military Law Office as soon as possible?

He Chengjun replied: Oh, you are talking about this matter. I have interrogated those criminals just now, and they are all honest people. I have released them all.

Yi Naiqian was taken aback: Staff Officer He, you released the prisoner on your own without interrogation by the Military Law Office, and the commander-in-chief will investigate after a while, how do you explain it?

He Chengjun said: "I let him go, you just ask the commander-in-chief to find me."

Not long after Yinchang found out about this, he really reprimanded He Chengjun severely.He Chengjun was not angry, and contradicted: "Wang Zhanyuan is incapable of losing the opportunity, so he should tie himself up and plead guilty. Why should he blame ordinary people?"All the people in Wuchang are my elders, how can I sit by and watch?
Yin Chang looked at He Chengjun with his eyes, waved his hand, and signaled him to go out.

Coming out of Yinchang, He Chengjun found Yi Naiqian, chief of staff, and said angrily, "Chief of staff, I have to ask for leave for a few days... Before he finished speaking, Yi Naiqian jumped up and covered He Chengjun's mouth with his hand." :

Whisper, now everyone guesses that you are a revolutionary party, but there is no evidence. Once you ask for leave, it just confirms your party status.Now Wuchang is already a place of revolution. If you want to ask for leave to go back, what else can you do if you don’t join the revolutionary army?Now all you have to do is ask for leave and you're dead!Don't make a sound, pretend to be okay, and leave quietly when you return to Beijing...

(4) Taking the blame for the Revolutionary Party
Encumbered by the party member He Chengjun, Yinchang has a strange reputation in history as "garrisoning soldiers to be filial and delaying entry".But He Chengjun, under the protection of Chief of Staff Yi Naiqian, returned to Beijing, and then escaped by surprise and went to the revolutionary army.

He Chengjun was forced to return north, but the war in Wuchang had lost its suspense.

At this time, the people of Wuchang had gradually changed from their initial revolutionary passion to concern and conservatism about reality.The former, He Xifan, the commander-in-chief of the Hankou People's Army, was wounded and hospitalized, so he was replaced by Zhang Jingliang. However, Zhang Jingliang was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han, so he was shot by Li Yuanhong.Next, Li Yuanhong appointed Jiang Mingjing as the commander-in-chief of the militia, but Jiang Minming clearly refused, and found a mouse hole to get in, and he couldn't find him even if he wanted to shoot him.

The reason why Zhang Jingliang and Jiang Mingjing were appointed as the commander-in-chief was because of their extraordinary military talents. Without the two of them, they would not have been able to command the battle of Hankou and win the victory.But it is precisely because these two people have the ability, and relying on their ability alone, they can achieve their life achievements without any revolution, so they are not interested in the revolution.

The rest of the party is full of elites, such as the primary school teacher Zhang Zhenwu, the leader of the literary society Jiang Zhenwu, the rich man Liu Gong, and Xiong Bingkun who fired the first shot of the revolution... These people are all experts in the revolution, but when it comes to military talents, they are all experts. It cannot be compared with the traitors Zhang Jingliang and Jiang Mingjing.

The thing is that people get angry like this. Those who have the ability are not willing to revolution, but those who are willing to make the revolution have no ability.So this mess made Li Yuanhong angry beyond words.

According to old legends, the reason why the party members could not find Jiang Mingjing was because this guy was so skilled that he dug a hole in the ground of his house, covered it with wooden boards, and then covered the board with soil. There is a big living person hiding under here.The cave where Jiang Mingjing hid was less than two feet high, so Jiang Mingjing could only lie down or lie on his stomach, feeling endlessly aggrieved.

An old man in the Jiang family secretly delivered meals to Jiang Mingjing every day. Seeing that Jiang Mingjing was so overwhelmed that he was neither human nor ghost, he couldn’t stand it any longer, so he persuaded him: Xiao Ming, you said that you are the same. You go to Japan to study military affairs. Is it just learning to fight?Why are you hiding now that the opportunity to fight has come?
Jiang Mingjing sighed and said: Old man, you don’t know. As early as when I was in the Japanese military academy, I, the injured He Xifan, and the executed Zhang Jingliang, because they were all from Hubei, with similar looks and accents, the Japanese couldn’t identify us. Three Brothers.Speaking of the military knowledge of the three of us, it is not ordinary. The students in the Japanese archipelago are all willing to bow down to us.

Although the three of us had good academic performance, He Xifan and Zhang Jingliang were each nicknamed by the Japanese students: He Xifan was called the Big Idiot, and Zhang Jingliang was called the Second Idiot.Why give them such a strange nickname?This is because although these two people have excellent academic performance, they both have some problems with their brains. It is wrong to say that they have problems. Ask them to help in name, and if there is trouble, just push the matter to the two of them—in short, they are two stupid people who took the blame.

It is not false to say that these two people always take the blame for others.Look at the present, neither of these two people is a revolutionary party, and neither supports the revolution, but what is the final result?He Xifan was dragged to work by the party, and was seriously injured. Zhang Jingliang was even worse, and was executed by the party on the grounds that he did not do a good job.They are obviously not the revolutionary party, but they take the blame for the revolutionary party, and they are so stupid, can you find another person in the world?

He Xifan and Zhang Jingliang were so stupid when they were in Japan, so people called them the big fool and the second fool, and some people thought I was the brother of the two fools, so they asked me: Hey, this is strange, your big brother He Xifan is the big fool, and the second brother Zhang Jingliang is the second fool. Why don't you, the youngest Jiang Mingjing, be called the third fool?

At that time, I answered them like this: Please, my mother and father gave birth to two idiots in a row. When it is my turn, do you think my mother will be stupid enough to have children with my father again?

When the old family heard this, they were at a loss at first, then laughed, and then burst into tears.

Jiang Mingjing even let out howls, and continued:

(End of this chapter)