Hanyang was lost, and Wuchang was also in danger.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Huang Xing advocated that the people's army should not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, withdraw from Wuchang, and join the people's army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to capture Nanjing.

His opinion was met by the military government. The resolute opposition of the main head of the military affairs department of the government:

We have made so many sacrifices and shed so much blood, Wuchang is the first place of righteousness, how can we say that we will give up? If you can keep it, you can keep it, and if you can't keep it, you will live and die with Wuchang. Isn't it a greater role for us to contain the main force of the Beiyang Army here than to directly participate in the attack on Nanjing?

In particular, Zhang Zhenwu, deputy minister of military affairs and acting minister, took out his gun and shouted: "If anyone retreats again, they will be killed!" ”。

The Minister of Military Affairs is Sun Wu, who was injured by the ** explosion, and he has not yet recovered, and his position is temporarily replaced by Zhang Zhenwu.

Whether strategically or tactically, Huang Xing's opinion is certainly correct. It is of course right to preserve strength and not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place.

However, at that time, if the People's Army listened to Huang Xing's words, it was really wrong.

Because, Wuchang can't be lost. Wuchang is the land of righteousness, a beacon that illuminates all places, a flag, and a holy place. How many eyes are looking at Wuchang all over the country! The impact on various places is immeasurable.

Containing the main force of the Beiyang Army is undoubtedly the greatest support for the revolutionary movement in various places.

And, most importantly: Wuchang will not be lost, because someone will favor it.

Hit it by mistake, but stick to it is right.

Huang Xing saw that he couldn't convince the person in charge of the People's Army, and seeing that Wuchang would definitely not be able to hold it, he had to leave in a hurry with a few of his subordinates. He didn't run away from the battle, Shanghai kept urging him to go back quickly.

But he left with a heavy and depressed mood, as if he himself had begun to doubt his military commanding skills. As he later said to a confidant, how can he always lose battles?

Because Hankou was called Jiangxia in ancient times, the battle for Hankou and Hanyang was also called the Yangxia War by later generations.

The Yangxia War was the largest battle of the Xinhai Revolution. Whether it is the length of time, the tragedy of the battle, or even the number of casualties on both sides of the war, it can be called the highest.

The defeat of the People's Army is, in the final analysis, because its strength is far from the same level as the Beiyang Army. However, later generations also pointed out that Huang Xing's command error was also an important reason.

For example, how to defend Hanyang? Huang Xing's deployment was to defend the front of Hanyang with a small number of troops on the flank. This practice was resolutely opposed by Zhang Zhenwu, vice minister of military affairs and acting minister, and others.

They had been in the army for a long time and were familiar with the tactics of the Beiyang Army, and they believed that Feng Guozhang would not attack from the front. The front is at most a feint, and Caidian, the flank of Hanyang, is the gateway of Hanyang, and Xingou is the throat of Caidian, which should be heavily guarded.

In fact, Feng Guozhang did exactly that, and if Huang Xing could adopt their opinions, the people's army would still have a fight.

But Huang Xing, who is loyal and stubborn, can't listen to the opinions of these soil experts, he is the commander-in-chief, and he has the final say.

And a surprise attack on Hankou, such as sending a small force and a death squad, took advantage of the torrential rain to surprise Feng Guozhang's command post. If the command system of the Beiyang Army is paralyzed first, it may be possible to achieve unexpected results. In a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, it has always been a taboo for soldiers to put anything in their desperation and put them to death and then live.

At the moment of crisis, Huang Xing left on the battlefield, and was also looked down upon by Zhang Zhenwu and others, thinking that they had escaped from the battle. Zhang Zhenwu and others are the opposite, where the most urgent and dangerous places are, they appear there.

In order to commend Feng Guozhang, the Qing court awarded Feng Guozhang a first-class baron, and Feng Guozhang was naturally overjoyed. Taking Hankou and Hanyang one after another, Feng Guozhang took advantage of the victory to pursue and launched an attack on Wuchang.

The people's army could no longer organize an effective defense, and Li Yuanhong had already retreated to Wangjiadian Village, Gedian Town, dozens of miles away from Wuchang, with his army and his men.

The army in Wuchang City is disheartened, and there is no doubt that it will be lost.

However, just as the Beiyang Army was about to enter Wuchang, they stopped the attack.

It turned out that Yuan Shikai gave a death order to stop attacking Wuchang.

Feng Guozhang was hitting Xing's head, and when he saw that Wuchang was within reach, of course he was unwilling.

One telegram after another petitioned for war, saying that the rebellious party had collapsed and that the fighters could not be missed, and that they should "not be subject to military orders abroad."

Yuan Shikai was afraid that Feng Guozhang was greedy for merit, so he replaced Feng Guozhang with Duan Qirui.

Feng Guozhang is a soldier, and Duan Qirui is not only a soldier, but also a politician. He stands taller than Feng Guozhang, sees farther, and has a sense of the overall situation.

Duan Qirui understood Yuan Shikai's strategic intentions, and was even more reluctant to kill each other with his former brothers in the New Army. After accepting Feng Guozhang's command, he immediately withdrew his men and horses to Hankou and Hanyang, and then stood still.

When the people's army saw the withdrawal of the Beiyang Army, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They couldn't understand why the Beiyang Army retreated, and they didn't expect the Beiyang Army to send representatives for peace talks.

I can't fight anymore, and I'm ready to abandon the city and run away, and people can't ask for peace? Thus, through the mediation of the British minister, an agreement for a three-day armistice was easily signed.

Why a three-day truce? Because Beijing wants to send people over to discuss peace plans.

Now, another important figure is about to appear, that is, Wang Jingwei, who later became a big traitor.

Yuan Shikai and Wang Jingwei should be two people who are not related, how did the two get together?

Wang Jingwei, formerly known as Wang Zhaoming, is a new character. His ancestral home is Shanyin, Zhejiang, and he was born in Shanshui, Guangdong. Wang Jingwei was very smart, born in a scholarly family, familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and in March 1902, he participated in the Guangzhou Mansion Examination and won the first place in the show.

There are also two brothers and a nephew in the same department, who won the second and third places respectively. A second-generation family ranked among the top three talents in the examination, leaving a good story of "Yufeng Shuangxiu, Pearl Tree and Three Flowers".

Wang Jingwei was determined to take the scientific examination, and originally wanted to embark on a career through the imperial examination.

But young people are easily receptive to new ideas. In 1903, he went to Japan to study at the official expense, and in July 1905, he became acquainted with the Chinese government. Mr. Shan joined the League.

He was active and participated in the drafting of the constitution of the League, and was elected Chairman of the Evaluation Department of the League in August.

Later, under the pseudonym of "Jingwei", he successively published a series of articles in the "Minbao", such as "The Nation of the Nation", "On the Trend of the Revolution", and "Refuting the Theory that the Revolution Can Call for Partition", propagating the Three People's Principles and denouncing the royalist ideas of Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others. Mr. Shan valued.

After graduating from studying abroad, he refused the request of the Governor of Liangguang to return to China to serve. At the beginning of 1907, with the middle school. Mr. Shan went to Nanyang to set up a branch of the League and served as the chief writer of the Nanyang Revolutionary Party newspaper "Zhongxing Daily".

In 1908, he went to Burma to establish the Yangon branch of the League, and later participated in the establishment of the Nanyang branch of the League in Singapore, and became a professional revolutionary.

In January of 11, he arrived in Beijing with Huang Fusheng and others and opened a photo studio to serve as a cover for the revolution.

They went to Beijing to shoulder a major mission.

At that time, the revolutionary party was keen on assassination, assassinating Manchu officials. Since it was an assassination of officials, of course, the bigger the better, and they had their sights on the regent Zaifeng.

In the process of preparation, unfortunate things were revealed. Wang Jingwei, Huang Fusheng, Luo Shixun and others were arrested and imprisoned.

The murder of a regent should be beheaded.

During this period, the civil affairs scholar was good at admiring the name of Wang Jingwei, and he may also have a little curiosity, and visited the prison several times.

Shanqi is an enlightened prince who appreciates people with new ideas, and the two of them can talk very well.

Thanks to Shanqi's efforts, Wang Jingwei and the three were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Although the assassination failed, because the person to be killed was Zaifeng, Wang Jingwei, who was already very famous in the alliance, became even more famous.

And Wang Jingwei wrote the world-famous poem "Caught and Occupied" in prison, which was also quickly circulated. In particular, four of them: Generous Geyan City, calmly as a prisoner of Chu, leading the knife into a piece, and living up to the head of the youth. It can be called the inspirational swan song of revolutionaries.

In November 1911, Wang Jingwei and the others were released as political prisoners.

Yuan Shikai had long been concerned about Wang Jingwei, and he was trying to get in touch with important figures in the revolutionary party.

Yuan Shikai, who was on the front line in Hubei, immediately sent someone to contact Wang Jingwei after learning the news of Wang Jingwei's release. I hope that the other party can wait for him in Beijing, and he has something important to interview.

Wang Jingwei had noticed Yuan Shikai for a long time, and also wanted to win over Yuan Shikai so that he would not be an enemy of the revolutionary party; The two hit it off.

After Yuan Shikai arrived in the capital, he had frequent contact with Wang Jingwei in his spare time. Maybe it's because the two people fell in love, or maybe the two people have similar thoughts and have a common language, anyway, they can talk about it specially.

At special times, people's thoughts are prone to change. It is recorded that after Wang Jingwei talked with Shanqi several times in prison, he was very different from the original scholarly anger.

Yuan Shikai's eldest son Yuan Keding and Wang Jingwei also got along very well, and the two became sworn brothers.

In this way, Wang Jingwei and Yuan Shikai almost became a family. From Yuan Keding's point of view, Yuan Shikai should be Wang Jingwei's father-in-law.

Wang Jingwei believes that there is no major difference between Yuan Shikai's efforts and those of the revolutionaries, and if Yuan Shikai can cooperate with the revolutionaries, it will certainly benefit the country and the people.

Therefore, for a period of time, between Yuan Shikai and the revolutionary party, Wang Jingwei actively coordinated and communicated; He also became a conduit for Yuan Shikai to connect with the top of the revolutionary party.

After taking Hanyang, Yuan Shikai thought that the lessons for the revolutionary party were similar, and turned his focus to peace talks.

In order for the peace talks to succeed, he decided to open two channels. Two prongs, one bright and one dark.

One is to continue to send Liu Chengen and Cai Tinggan to continue to see Li Yuanhong, which is clear and public.

There is also one that is Yuan Keding, which is dark and cannot be told to anyone.