After the order for the uprising was issued, Jiang Yiwu, Peng Chufan, Liu Fuji and others still stuck to the general headquarters, just waiting for the Nanhu cannon to sound and launch an uprising. Unexpectedly, just after 10 o'clock in the evening of October 9, 1911, the gate of the general headquarters was banged by the military police who searched for it.

Liu Fuji knew that the enemy had already attacked, and the situation was very critical, so he asked Jiang Yiwu and others to jump out of the window and escape, and took the bomb himself. The bullet rushed downstairs and threw it at the reactionary military police who broke down the door, but unfortunately it failed to detonate and was arrested on the spot.

Jiang Yiwu, Peng Chufan and others jumped out from the second floor, but they knew that a large number of military police had already been ambushed in the dark, except for Jiang Yiwu, who was wearing a long braid and wearing a robe and horse coat and was not noticed by the military police, and took the opportunity to escape, the rest of the people fell into the hands of the enemy.

At 5 p.m. on October 9, 1911, Yang Hongsheng, who was in charge of transportation, carried a disguised basket to bomb the comrades of the engineering battalion after delivering the order for the uprising. Bullet, at that time the doorman happened to be his comrade, and the handover was smooth.

On October 9, 1911, it was bombed again at about 7 p.m. At the time of the bullet, the doorman was changed, not his own comrades, and was discovered by reactionary officers and hunted down. In order to get out of danger, Yang Hongsheng repeatedly threw bombs at the pursuing military police. bullet, unfortunately himself was injured and arrested.

Seeing that so many revolutionaries had been arrested, Rui Cheng, the governor of Huguang, hurriedly ordered Tie Zhong and others to be interrogated overnight in the yamen hall of the General Administration.

The first to be interrogated was Peng Chufan, who was seen wearing a gendarmerie uniform, with a dignified and upright body, standing in the lobby without kneeling. When the interrogator Tie Zhong saw that Peng Chufan was a military policeman, he secretly complained in his heart.

Because the head of the gendarmerie battalion (battalion commander) was his brother-in-law, and the revolutionary party came out of the battalion, and the brother-in-law was not easy to explain.

Tie Zhong was afraid that his relatives would be implicated, so he deliberately excused Peng Chufan and said: "You went to arrest the gendarmes of the revolutionary party, why did you arrest you too?" ”

Who knows, Peng Chufan didn't eat his set, and said righteously: "I'm not wrong, I'm a revolutionary!" ”

Then Peng Chufan generously enumerated the crimes of the Qing court to mislead the country and the remnants of the people, and said: "The Qing Dynasty was autocratic and noble, the people were corrupt and incompetent, and they lost their land and lost their power. In order to save the country from peril, we want to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, restore China, and establish the Republic of China. Death can't frighten the revolutionaries, if you want to kill, you will kill, why bother asking! ”

When Tie Zhong heard these words, his face turned blue with anger, and he knew that if he continued to ask, he would find nothing. Shouted in a loud voice: "Push down, behead!" Decapitation!"

Peng Chufan was mighty and unyielding on the enemy's execution ground, and did not kneel until death, shouting "Long live the Republic of China!" Heroic dedication.

The next person to be tried was Liu Fuji. As soon as he entered the court, he didn't wait for Tie Zhong and the others to speak, and shouted, "If you want to kill, you will kill, you don't need to ask!" ”

Tie Zhong knew that he was the main backbone of the revolutionary party, and it would be useless to ask, so he ordered his beheading. In front of the enemy's butcher's knife, Liu Fuji looked calm, regarded death as home, and shouted "Compatriots, hurry up and revolutionize!" "Give me back the rivers and mountains!" Wait for slogans, generosity is righteousness.

The last to be tried was Yang Hongsheng. Although his flesh and blood were blurred by the explosion, his tall body stood straight above the lobby like a green pine with pride, revealing the heroic aura of a revolutionary.

Tie Zhong asked him to confess to the revolutionary party.

He scolded loudly: "Lao Tzu is a revolutionary party, if you want to kill, you can kill it, what is there to ask!" If you want to ask my comrades, I will tell you now, except for you dog minions, the 40,000,000 compatriots in China are revolutionary parties! ”

When Tie Zhong heard this, he was furious and ordered to be whipped with a whip.

Yang Hongsheng laughed and said, "Lao Tzu is not even afraid of death, but he is still afraid of whips?" The ferocious enemy beat him to the point that his skin was torn apart, and his blood flowed, and he never confessed to a comrade. Middle. Long live the mountain! "Long live the comrades who are not dead! and other slogans, heroic sacrifice.

The three martyrs Peng Chufan, Liu Fuji, and Yang Hongsheng died at the dawn of October 10, 1911, which was the darkest and most gloomy dawn, and it was also the dawn of a new era.

On the night of October 10, 1911, in the place where the martyrs were righteous, an uprising first broke out in Wuchang, and it succeeded in one fell swoop, sounding the death knell of the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

Peng Chufan, Liu Fuji, and Yang Hongsheng were later revered as the three martyrs of Wuchang. In order to forever commemorate these three people's heroes, the people of Wuchang built the Three Martyrs Pavilion at the place where they died.

Next, we can see how significant the heroic sacrifice of the three martyrs is to the success of the Wuchang Uprising.

At this time, the leaders of the uprising were dead, wounded, and fleeing, and the revolutionary army was scattered and in chaos. Can there still be an uprising like this?

However, the governor of Huguang, Ruizi, insisted on making this impossible possible.

He already knew that someone was going to rebel, and he had a specific list, and there was only one best way to deal with it: divide and deal with it, and the darkness was tight and loose.

Secretly tight, that is, with lightning speed, take the list of seizures and arrest all the leaders, and immediately kill the pass if they catch it.

Mingsong is to appease people's hearts and calm people.

But this Ruizi chose to be tight and loose.

He ordered all the gates to be closed and forbidden to enter or leave. A notice was posted: All new officers and men are not allowed to leave the barracks, and they will all be arrested according to the roster and brought to justice on the spot.

This immediately stabbed the hornet's nest. There were more than 5,000 revolutionaries in the Hubei New Army, and the vast majority of them had no idea whether they were on the roster or not.

So rumors swirled:

At first, it was said that Ruizi wanted to kill all the revolutionaries;

Then it was rumored that it was not only the revolutionary party, but Ruizi wanted to kill all the people who cut their braids (many of the new troops had already secretly cut their braids);

Later, as long as it is a new army of the Han people, it will be killed! You don't believe it? The three heads on the gatehouse are still hanging there!

As mentioned earlier, the heroic sacrifice of the three martyrs was of great significance to the success of the Wuchang Uprising. The immediate significance was to precipitate the uprising. Because if you are caught, you will only die, and if you can survive the uprising, why not choose to revolt?

The authorities soon found the wording inappropriate, and the notice was changed to "except for the mastermind, the past is not to blame". But it's too late, and no one believes it.

Viral rumors became the best pre-war mobilization, and the recruits were all in danger and wanted to survive. In the end, everyone reached a consensus: if nothing happens, everyone will die; If you want to survive, you can only strike first.

Just after 7 p.m. on 10 October, Tao Qisheng, the sentry commander (i.e., platoon commander) of the 8th Battalion of the Army, inspected the night and found that the squad leader Jin Zhaolong and the soldier Cheng Dingguo were sleeping on their backs with their rifles in their arms, and there was a box of ammunition next to them.

Tao Qisheng rushed over and reprimanded sharply: What are you doing! You want to rebel, don't you?

Jin Zhaolong scolded back: If you rebel, you will rebel, what can you do!

The two scuffled, and Cheng Dingguo knocked Tao Qisheng to the ground, and then made up a shot in the back. Remember! This was the first shot of the legendary Wuchang uprising!

The three officers who rushed to suppress the bullets in a row were all killed by Cheng Dingguo one by one, and the barracks were in chaos.

Someone stepped up. Xiong Bingkun, the squad leader of the eighth battalion and the representative of the Communist Association, immediately honked his horn to assemble, announced the official uprising, and went to occupy the Chuwangtai armory.

If you don't want to die, follow along! Nothing is as appealing as this sentence, and it immediately resounded everywhere. The number of the rebels reached more than 3,000 people, and the armory was quickly occupied, and the rebel army had a large number of light and heavy weapons and ammunition.

Xiong Bingkun, whose name is dry, was formerly known as Xiangyuan, also known as Zhongbing. A native of Jiangxia, Hubei, he was in business in his early years. Later, he joined the 8th Battalion of the 8th Town of the Hubei Army as a soldier. He joined the "Advance Association" and served as the general representative of the battalion, secretly developing more than 200 members. In the Wuchang Uprising, he led the engineering troops to attack first, occupied the Chuwangtai Armory, and performed outstanding feats. After the Wuchang Uprising, he served as the commander of the Fifth Association and participated in the defense of Wuhan. During the "Second Revolution" in 1913, after participating in the debate against Yuan in Nanjing, he went into exile in Japan and joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party. In the "Dharma Protection Movement", he served in the Generalissimo Mansion in Guangzhou and joined the army. Later, he served as a member of the Kuomintang ** Military Committee. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as a member of the Hubei Provincial People's Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the National Committee of the

Of course, that's an afterthought.

Xiong Bingkun was later called Xiong Yigun, that is to say, he fired the first shot of Wuchang Shouyi, he didn't want to talk about Tiangong for himself, and he solemnly corrected it in his memoirs. In fact, his role in the Wuchang Uprising was much more important than the first shot.

Xiong Bingkun began to act as the actual commander-in-chief of the uprising.

After occupying the Chuwangtai Armory, Xiong Bingkun stood on a high platform and issued the following orders to the soldiers in the audience:

1. The rebel army is called the "Hubei Revolutionary Army".

2. The principle of this army's battle tonight is to destroy the administrative organs of Wuchang and complete the independence of Wuchang.

3. The objective of the operation is the Governor's Office.

Fourth, the enemy set up defenses in Dusi Lane, Wujia Lane, Wangshan Gate, Water and Land Street, and Leopard Head Embankment.

Fifth, our army took Chuwangtai as its base camp and deployed along the first line of Yuemachang, Dachao Street, and Baoanmen Main Street.

6. Jin Zhaolong led the second platoon of the rear team of the 8th Battalion of the project, and the 1st and 2nd platoons of the right team, went out of Zhonghe Gate, went to Nanhu through the cross street, and received the 8th platoon of the artillery team.

7. Xu Shaobin led the three platoons of the front team of the 8th Battalion of the project to occupy the Zhonghemen Heights and deploy defenses along the Tianjin Sluice.

8. Lin Zhenbang led the third platoon of the left team of the 8th Battalion of the project to occupy Qianjia Street and guard in the direction of the Iron Buddha Temple and Fulong Temple.

9. The rest of the troops shall serve as the general reserve.

10. Tonight's password is "work together".

Xiong Bingkun has a clear mind and a very good arrangement, but he is only a squad leader, and the army pays attention to military rank. There are many squad leaders and platoon leaders here, why should we all listen to a squad leader?

At this time, a few people just came in with company commander Wu Zhaolin, and Xiong Bingkun's eyes lit up.

He quickly discussed with Cai Jimin and others, and said to Wu Zhaolin: "We support you as the commander-in-chief of the uprising, and you will command the troops to fight, and I will be the overseer. ”

Wu Zhaolin was not a revolutionary party, he was taken prisoner.

He hurriedly shirked: "The brothers are grateful if they don't kill me, how can I be the commander-in-chief?" ”

Xiong Bingkun said: "We have all read your textbooks, listened to your lectures, and admired your moral articles. You are also a member of the Daily Notification Association, and today's events belong to you. ”

Cai Jimin and Ma Rong also chimed in.

Wu Zhaolin is still refusing.

Jin Zhaolong put the gun up, put on the bayonet, and said loudly to Wu Zhaolin: "Don't mother-in-law, let you do it, you can do it, and when the lackeys come to their senses, no one will want to live." ”

Being the commander-in-chief is always better than death, Wu Zhaolin stood on the high platform and asked everyone: "Are you willing to nominate me as the commander-in-chief?" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers below replied in unison.

"In that case, everyone must obey my unified command."

"Obedience!"

"Violators, behead!"

"Agreed!"

In this way, Wu Zhaolin became the commander-in-chief of the Wuchang Uprising.

At half past ten o'clock that night, under the command of Wu Zhaolin, the revolutionary army divided into three routes and attacked the Huguang Governor's Office and the adjacent army headquarters.