Wu Luzhen kept in mind Mr. Sun's advice to cooperate with Tang Caichang, to "work together" and "not to have prejudices", and religiously cooperated with him. After a period of interaction and contact, the personal relationship between the two people is also very good.

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The self-reliant army is divided into five routes: Anhui Datong is the former army of the self-reliant army; Anqing is the rear army; Changde, Hunan Province is the Left Army; Hubei Xindi is the right army; Hankow was the Chinese army.

Wu Luzhen and Qin Lishan were in charge of the uprising of the former army of Datong.

Tang Cai was often the commander-in-chief, and the headquarters of the Self-Reliance Army was located at No. 4 Baoshunli, Hankou. It was scheduled that on August 9 of this year (the 15th day of the seventh month of the old calendar), the self-reliance armies of all stripes would revolt at the same time.

Qin Lishan was born in the third year of Guangxu (1877). His father, Qin Wenbing, once served as a criminal master in the county office. Qin Lishan is smart and studious, and he is good at writing.

In the spring of the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu (1898), he was admitted to Shanhua County School with the second place. At that time, the reform movement was surging in Hunan, and Qin Lishan was exposed to new learning and new winds. He often went to the Southern Society to listen to lectures, and had great respect for Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong, Tang Caichang and other reformers.

After the coup d'état, he was invited by Liang Qichao to go to Japan and study at Tokyo Higher Datong School. When I was in school, I also had contacts with some progressive international students and members of the Xingzhong Association.

Qin Lishan founded the "National Daily" in Tokyo, Japan.

Participated in the self-reliance army formed by Tang Caichang and others, and served as the commander of the former army. In July, he went to Anhui to preside over the uprising of the Datong Road Self-Reliance Army.

After Wu Luzhen and Qin Lishan arrived in Datong, they actively devoted themselves to the preparations for the uprising.

Qin Lishan's childhood friend Sun Daoyi, who was an elder member, worked as a pipe band in the Anhui Fu Office at this time, and they secretly obtained ordnance from him.

The two developed the organization through the leaders of the Hui Party, Fu Huanzhang, Qin Laoyao and others, in the form of distributing "rich votes".

Rich votes, the propaganda tickets distributed by the party "Rich Mountain Hall" often organized by the Tang Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty.

This ticket "imitation money shop ticket type, the word 'rich' listed above, and the money 'one thousand Wen' is issued in the note." Cover with a large size, industry is good at diligence, and it is new every day" a variety of patterns. The meaning here is taken from the "Biography of Zhou Yi Series", "Wealth is a great cause, and a new day is Shengde".

The Hui Party in Nanling, Qingyang, Yuxi and other places also actively prepared and secretly moved closer to Datong. On 7 August, the rebels gathered in Zhoujiatuan (now Zongyang County), Tiepanzhou, and Heyuezhou (now Tongling County) in the territory of the former Tongcheng County in Jiangbei.

The soldiers of the first battalion of the Yangtze River Water Division of the Qing Army stationed in Datong (most of them were elder members) decided to defect.

The general headquarters of the uprising was set up in the "Shengshengan" in Heyuezhou, and the front-line headquarters was set up at the big pass of Heyuezhou. On August 8, they slaughtered animals and sacrificed flags to declare an uprising.

When the first shot of the Chase uprising was fired, the four gunboats that had defected immediately turned their guns and bombarded the Chase Governor's Sales Bureau and the Lijin Bureau.

The Supervision and Marketing Bureau is the agency that collects salt tax, and the Lijin Bureau is the tax checkpoint for the Qing Dynasty, both of which are important institutions stationed in Datong and Yuezhou. The Bureau of Medicines and Devices was an important place for the Qing army to store ammunition and ordnance.

After the defective sailors bombarded the Supervision and Sales Bureau and the Lijin Bureau, they captured eight more Lika gunboats and sank the Changping Cha ship of the Supervision and Sales Bureau.

After the rebels landed on the shore, they successively captured the three bureaus of salt, gold, medicine and equipment, as well as some warehouses and yamen. And then occupied the whole town of Datong. The rebel army was in great momentum, and the people near Datong echoed 30,000 to 40,000 people. They made another big move and divided their troops to capture Qingyang, Nanling, and Wuhu.

When the bewildered enemy came to his senses, he immediately mobilized a large number of troops to "suppress" the self-reliant army by water and land.

Wang Zhichun, the governor of Anhui, sent a large number of men, Liu Kunshan, the governor of Liangjiang, sent three warships, and Huang Shaochun, the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division, transferred three battalions of naval divisions.

When the enemy came in like a tidal wave, they began to retreat in the direction of Nanling.

The former army of the Self-Reliance Army originally planned to retreat to Nanling and wait for reinforcements, but the reinforcements they were waiting for would not come at all!

Although Kang Youwei did raise 300,000 yuan in the name of supporting the uprising. However, after the money entered his hands, he was reluctant to take it out, and even the military sound of the self-reliance army that he personally promised was delayed again and again, and it could not be put in place for a long time, so that the time of the uprising was repeatedly postponed.

The front army failed to receive notice and revolted alone, so it fell into the dangerous situation of fighting alone.

They fought and retreated, and fought fiercely with the Qing army in Henggang, Yangjiashan, Tingjiazhou, and Nanling. In the end, due to the disparity in numbers, they fought bloodily for seven days and nights, and then the whole army was annihilated.

Wu Luzhen escaped death.

This is how Wu Luzhen embarked on the revolutionary journey, when he was only 20 years old, but he showed a fearless heroism.

Regarding the Chase uprising, he "often lamented the success and failure, which led to a lifetime of regret." "Although the uprising failed, it further awakened the revolutionary strongholds, further divided the reformists, and made the greedy faces of some people see clearly.

The Chase Uprising had a profound impact on the revolutionary movement that followed.

Mr. Sun Yat-sen said in "Sacrifice to Wu Luzhen": "Advocate righteousness Jianghuai, build teeth and chase." That's what it means.

The uprising was an attempt by Sun Yat-sen and Liang Qichao to change the Chinese political system, and Wu Luzhen was the executor of Sun Fang's plan to realize this cooperation. It was also the first uprising organized by the revolutionaries in the Yangtze River Valley, and it is known as the source of the Wuchang Uprising.

Wu Luzhen fled to Shanghai alone and hid in the French Concession Student Union in Japan. When he learned from the newspaper that Tang Caichang, Fu Cixiang and others had been arrested and executed in Wuchang, he was filled with grief and indignation and vowed to repay the blood debt from the enemy!

Fu Cixiang (1872-1900), a native of Qianjiang County, Hubei Province, entered the Lianghu Academy in Wuchang in his early years, and later transferred to the Hubei Wubei Academy. Soon after he went east to Japan, he entered the Japanese Chengcheng School and the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Got acquainted with Sun Yat-sen, joined the Xingzhong Society, determined to engage in the anti-Qing revolution, and founded an inspirational association in Tokyo with Wu Luzhen and others.

In 1899, Tang often returned from Japan and sought to start an army on his own. Fu Cixiang, Wu Luzhen and others were assigned by Sun Yat-sen to participate in the armed uprising in the Yangtze River Valley.

On August 20, Fu Cixiang was arrested by the Qing army along with Tang Caichang and Lin Gui. Although he was severely tortured during the trial, he refused to reveal the names of his comrades.

On August 22, 1900, he was killed on the shore of Ziyang Lake in Wuchang, and was later buried in the Gengzi Martyrs Cemetery at the northwest foot of Hongshan Mountain in Wuchang.

Wu Luzhen was often followed in Shanghai, and each time she cleverly got rid of the spies behind her. Unable to stay at home any longer, he had to return to Japan by boat.

The defeat strengthened his revolutionary will, and he vowed: "Once I have completed my studies, I will return to my own land, dedicate my flesh and blood, my ideals and aspirations, and fight to the end for the salvation of the country and the people, and for the great cause of the revolution!"

Later, he did what he had promised.

On November 3, 1911, the Qing court appointed Wu Luzhen, who had already become the commander of the capital, to Luanzhou to "proclaim and appease" Zhang Shaozeng.

The royal family was afraid of Zhang Shaozeng, but Yuan Shikai sent a telegram to the cabinet: "What Zhang and Lan ask can be done as much as possible to ease the current situation...... Only Wu Zhen has a suspicious heart and should be strictly guarded against. ”

Yuan Shikai keenly judged that Zhang and Lan were not terrible, and only Wu Luzhen would make a big mess. At that time, Liangbi, Zaitao and others were all kept in the dark by Wu Luzhen and trusted him quite a lot.

Yuan Shikai looked at Wu Luzhen very accurately, and Wu Luzhen judged Yuan Shikai very well.

Wu Luzhen believed: "(Yuan Shikai) is loyal to the Qing Dynasty or self-conspiracy, it is not conducive to the revolution", and reminded the revolutionaries many times: "The Qing Dynasty is no longer a problem, and if the old Yuan is not removed, I will have a ten-year war with it." The history after the establishment of the Republic of China has confirmed Wu Luzhen's judgment.

While Yuan Shikai was in Wuhan to deal with the revolutionary party, Wu Luzhen cut off the Jinghan Railway in Shijiazhuang and detained a large amount of munitions and supplies destined for Hubei.

A sudden blow cut off the lifeline of the Beiyang Army. Yuan Shikai really felt the crisis, and sent a telegram to the cabinet, "Hankou is under the depression, the soldiers are guarding the shore, the enemy is attacked on both sides, there are casualties in the day, and the back road is obstructed and retreated, (Wu Luzhen) I don't know what his intentions are!" However, according to this defense, the troops are getting tired day by day, and they are afraid of danger for a long time. ”

On November 4, Suzhou became independent, and Cheng Dequan became the governor. Zhejiang became independent, and Tang Shouqian was the governor. Wu Luzhen's Yan-Jin coalition army had 20,000 troops, and the third army guarding Beijing was afraid of the wind, and Yuan Shikai was beyond the reach of Xiaogan in Hubei.

On the evening of 6 November, Wu Luzhen concluded his talks with Yan Xishan and returned to Shijiazhuang.

He Sui returned from his trip, and suddenly found a person in Shijiazhuang who was very familiar, and the person saw that He Sui was paying attention to himself and fled in a hurry.

He Sui (1888~1968) was a democratic revolutionary. The word Xufu, whose ancestral home is Zhanyang Village, Gangtou Town, Fuqing, was born in Houguan County (now Fuzhou City).

He Sui treated people upright and enthusiastic all his life, did not close to tobacco and alcohol, but loved calligraphy, painting, cultural relics, and his only possession was a large number of ancient cultural relics and books.

It has been donated in whole to the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Shanghai History Museum, the Nanjing Museum and the Tianjin Library.

In 1950 alone, 6,895 pieces of antiquities were donated to the Shanghai History Museum. For this reason, Mayor Chen Yi, Vice Mayor Pan Hannian and Vice Mayor Sheng Pihua sent a special letter of thanks, and the state issued a certificate of commendation.

That's for later.

He Sui suddenly remembered that this person's name was Zhou Fulin, who was originally the commander of the Eleventh Association of the Sixth Town, who was removed by Wu Luzhen and transferred to Wu Hongchang's account. This person has disappeared for a long time, why did he suddenly appear today? The more He Sui thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he hurriedly reported to Wu Luzhen and reminded him to pay attention to safety.

After Wu Luzhen heard this, she laughed, "It doesn't matter, I have Ma Huitian as a guard, and he is reliable." "Ma Huitian is from the Northeast, and Wu Luzhen trusts this person very much.

He Sui was relieved, but it didn't take long for him to suddenly see Chen Qicai, the director of the Third Department of the Military Advisory Office, and he was very surprised.

Hurriedly reported to Wu Luzhen: "Dashuai, Chen Qicai, you have to be careful!" ”

But Wu Luzhen said to He Sui nonchalantly: "You don't have to make a fuss, don't talk about a Chen Qicai, even if the Praetorian Guards follow me, I'm not afraid!" ”