At 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, the entire Wuchang City was lit with fire, and the voices of people were boiling, and it was still in chaos.

Wuchang Wharf, the soldiers of the Beiyang Army guarding the stronghold have already returned to the city to carnival, a civilian boat approached the wharf under the guidance of the guide, and several men dressed as merchant guys got off the boat slowly, wandering around the wharf aimlessly but purposefully.

When it was determined that there were no more people in the Beiyang Army camp and the vigilance was unbelievably lax, they quickly made gestures, and a group of black shadows quickly streamed down from the boat, and there was almost no sound throughout the whole process.

The black shadow who got off the boat quickly controlled the Beiyang soldiers who did not return to the city to loot, and with the light as a code, more ships docked on the dock, and the dock was soon black and suppressed by a full Wuchang person, under the greeting of the team leader's gesture, they quickly assembled and drove to Wuchang City.

At this time, in Wuchang City, I don't know where groups of people came from, with a white towel tied to their arms, and they were wearing whatever clothes they were wearing, which was not conspicuous in the chaos in the city.

These people were obviously prepared, and they ran to the predetermined place in twos and threes.

Tan Jinming is the commander-in-chief of the Wuchang city capture operation, and whether the city capture can succeed depends on whether the 100 or so people he led can successfully open the gate of Wuchang City.

In fact, with the development of artillery technology in recent years, the city gate has long been unable to withstand an artillery hit, but after all, people are the smartest, and generally this kind of vitality is not as good as the enemy's big war, many city gate tunnels have long been blocked, and the remaining city gates used to enter and exit are also intercepted bushes, so even if you use artillery to open the city gate, you may not be able to capture the city.

Tan Jinming took a group of people in different clothes to hide and went to the city gate, but he was surprised, the usually heavily guarded city gate was empty, and some heavy machine guns were so blatantly placed there, and no one guarded them.

Trapped? A trick to lure the enemy?

Tan Jinming was a little anxious, and he was also in a dilemma, don't attack, this seems to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, launch an attack, if it is really a big trap, it will be a disaster for the city-seizing troops who came to support outside the city.

"Captain, are you attacking?"

Seeing that Tan Jinming was silent for a long time, his subordinates couldn't help but ask.

Time passed minute by minute, and the rebels in the city knew when they would regain their composure and come back to defend the city, and now they were ready to send arrows.

Tan Jinming waved his hand, and the two warriors ran out of the shadows and searched forward.

1500 meters! There was no movement.

1000 meters! 800 meters! 500 meters! 200 meters! Still no movement.

100 meters!

The brothers who were exploring the road had already begun to draw their pistols and charge forward, and the city gate was still lifeless, and finally, the two brothers rushed to the gate, indeed, there was not a single Beiyang soldier in front of the closed city gate.

The two pathfinders finally put their minds at ease, one hurriedly greeted Tan Jinming and the others, and the other rushed to the city to check.

Tan Jinming didn't dare to delay, with a wave of his hand, more than 100 people took out their guns and ran out of the shadows, some went to seize the machine gun stronghold, and some installed bombs in front of the fort on the city tower. medicine, if the Northern Expeditionary Army could not enter the city smoothly, then the dozen or so cannons on the head of the city could not be left for the Beiyang Army.

More than a dozen people rushed to the back of the city gate, and tried hard to lift the door bars on the city gate, one by one the door bars were quickly lifted down, Tan Jinming's heart beat like thunder, the blood circulation speed was several times faster than usual, he had never been so exciting in his life, and even the torches burning by the gate felt gloomy under the breeze.

The creak of opening the door made Tan Jinming and the others even more frightened.

Finally waiting for the city gate to open, Tan Jinming arranged for people to occupy the favorable terrain, took a torch and drew an inverted figure 8 at the city gate, and in the distance, people began to move from the city gate, still well-trained, still silent, only the metal sound of knives and guns rubbing.

The officer who led the multi-city troops was also a cautious man, first sent a platoon of soldiers to rush into the city, and only after nothing unusual did he enter a company of soldiers, quickly took over the various strongholds and machine-gun positions on the side of Chengmen, and rebuilt the fortifications with limited conditions.

After all the preparations were perfect, he led his troops into the city, and the Beiyang soldiers who were carnivaling in the city were unconscious, and Wang Zhanyuan, who was restless and helpless in the overseer's mansion, and a group of officers and literati were still anxiously waiting for the soldiers to vent and return to the camp before rectifying military discipline and arranging defenses.

There have been sporadic gunshots in the city, so the city capture troops did not cause much movement at first, but gradually, the well-informed Beiyang veterans found that something was wrong, and the gunfire in the east of the city seemed to be getting more and more dense, this was by no means the gunfire of the chaotic soldiers.

So the Beiyang veterans began to be alert, and ran out into the street in disheveled clothes, a group of people were talking about it, and the gunfire in the east of the city became more and more intensive.

The Beiyang veterans also guessed that there must be someone resisting, and the resistance is not small, and they are packing up their weapons and equipment and trying to go to support.

"The Southern Barbarians have entered the city!"

A heart-rending panicked voice overpowered the sound of the commotion in the city, followed by countless shouts.

The Beiyang veterans still wanted to go to reinforcements and drive the Northern Expeditionary Army out, but suddenly the gunfire continued all around, and the bullets that flew out of the sky took away the lives of the Beiyang soldiers.

I see! I see!

The southern barbarians had already infiltrated in, and at this time, they were still reinforcing a fart, and if you Sun Wu was reborn Han Xin came in person, there was no way to do it, and he was prepared to fight unprepared, and he didn't even know who the enemy was, how could he fight?

What's more, if you want to gather the soldiers scattered all over the city-I'm afraid that Yuan Dashuai at the peak of his peak doesn't have this ability, so what else do you want, flee quickly!

The shouts and screams in the city were incessant, and because the city was in chaos, the big merchants who were interested in the Baath Party no longer hid their heads, and the guards with white towels tied to their right arms went out into the streets, taking revenge and complaining, and setting fires everywhere, and the city became more and more chaotic.

Experienced Beiyang veterans knew that the general trend was gone, and quickly opened the unclosed city gates, called friends and left, and some even threw away their guns, and put the civilian clothes on their bodies from somewhere, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Mu Xintong, the general of the reinforcement army who led the capture of the city, moved quickly, and after joining Tan Jinming, under the leadership of the guide arranged by Tan Jinming, he quickly occupied the main stronghold in the city and the important departments of Beiyang.

Wuchang City is backed by the Hanyang Iron Works, naturally has the convenience of being close to the water, in fact, the weapons and equipment are not inferior to the Northern Expeditionary Army that came to steal the city lightly, and even surpass, if it is a frontal attack, only two or three thousand stealing troops face more than 10,000 Beiyang elites armed to the teeth, it can be said that there is no chance of victory.

Even so, the military discipline is okay, the heavy artillery troops of Beiyang and the personal guard troops of Wang Zhanyuan and others still caused a lot of losses to the Northern Expeditionary Army, fortunately, the time to steal the city was at night, Wang Zhanyuan and others did not know how many Northern Expeditionary troops entered the city, and the big households in the city were constantly making trouble, under the swift and resolute blow of Mu Xintong's troops, Wang Zhanyuan and others had to flee for their lives in a panic, and they didn't even have time to clean up their belongings.

As soon as Wang Zhanyuan and other senior generals fled, the city was even more leaderless, and the Beiyang Army, which was already a mess, became even more chaotic, and ran desperately out of the city.

Mu Xintong did not chase after him, but arranged for the soldiers to drive the remnants of the Beiyang army out of the city as much as possible, and quickly occupied the strategic places in the city.

When the Overseer's Mansion was empty, Mu Xintong quickly sent a gendarmerie to the city to sound gongs and shouts while occupying the Overseer's Mansion to calm the emotions of the people in the city, and at the same time restrain the soldiers from coming in chaos.

The military discipline of the Northern Expeditionary Army has always been strict, and there was not much chaos to come, but the guards of the big families in the city were different, and they finally seized the opportunity to release the devil in their subconscious.

The liquidation in the city lasted until dawn, countless Beiyang prisoners were sent to the military camp outside the city to be guarded, and there were many family guards and ruffians who were killed or caught on the spot.

With the help of these people, Wuchang City quickly became orderly, the notices of the people were posted everywhere, and the local snakes in the market were also called to talk, and anyone who dared to make trouble during this time would be severely punished, and the government would open to accept the crimes committed by the rebels in the city.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to investigate them one by one in this kind of troubled times, so you can only select a group of extremely heinous soldiers to be judged on the spot, and if you are lucky enough to be recognized by the people, you will also be killed on the spot to alleviate the anger of the people in the city.

Jiang Fangzhen received the news of Wuchang's recovery in Huangshi, he was also overjoyed, although he had high hopes for this operation, but he was not sure that it would be successful, even if the price paid for success must be not small, but he did not expect that the effect of stirring the Beiyang Army to do anything wrong in the city was so good, so that the troops who captured the city basically did not pay much price to take Wuchang City.

So he hurriedly asked the Yangtze River Fleet to escort the officials of the New Republic of China westward to Wuchang to take over the government affairs of Wuchang City, and he still contained Sun Chuanfang's troops in Huangshi, and at the same time sent a telegram to Chen Xuan outside Nanjing to report the victory.

And now Sun Chuanfang in Huangshi City was also surprised when he received the loss of Wuchang, he couldn't have imagined that although Wuchang City sent a lot of reinforcements, there were nearly 10,000 elites, plus the militia defense force, it would not be too much to say that there were 30,000, but overnight, Wuchang City changed hands!

How could this not shock him!