Last night's rainstorm washed the city of Wuchang anew. The streets are clean and there is nothing unusual to see. There is no trace of the blood that has been shed, only the three wooden cages hanging high above the city gate are still reminding the people who come and go: Yesterday, three more rebels were beheaded by the governor.

In one night's effort, the governor's yamen arrested dozens of revolutionaries, and the revolutionary organs in Wuchang City and Hankou Town were even cleanly raided. When Ruizheng saw such a result, he was very proud, so he immediately drew up an excerpt, writing "Chaos is in the beginning of germination, and chaos is in Russia", and he actually reported the good news to the imperial court and invited merit. He didn't realize at all that because of his actions this night, there was already a rumor in Wuchang City, and the dark tide was surging, and he was afraid that the big change would be in an instant.

But just like last night's rain, before it fell, it was always sunny and peaceful, although when the sky was just clear, storm clouds were everywhere, dust and fog were everywhere, and the sky was a little abnormal, but it was normal in an instant. In the early morning, a rain falls, the air is fresh, and the sky is blue, which is a good day to make people feel refreshed! The soldiers of the engineering battalion gathered on the playground in twos and threes at this moment, and began to gossip as usual. But today's gossip is not so idle.

"Did you hear that? Yesterday, the people of the Communist Advancement Association accidentally blew up one in Hankow Lane*, and lost the party roster! ”

"If you lose it, you lose it, it's not that you haven't lost it before, when Xiangshuai is still there, haven't you lost it a few times?"

"Ruizheng is a full man, can he be the same as Xiang Shuai? Haven't you heard? Last night, the yamen of the Supervision Office arrested more than 20 people according to the roster! ”

"Damn, does this Ruizheng understand the rules? Sleeping girls are faint, don't you know the rules of Xiangshuai (Zhang Zhidong)? ”

"Come on, at that time, Master Ye persuaded Rui Zheng to burn it, saying that this was the rule of Xiang Shuai in the past, do you know what Rui Zheng said?"

"Say what?"

"Even if I burn it, I have to copy it out first."

"Damn, don't push Lao Tzu into a hurry, force me to be in a hurry, people are dying. I'll kill him! ”

"You didn't hear that last night?"

"Hear what?"

"Last night, the drum of the Governor's Gate sounded three times!"

"Ringing three times? That is, three have already been killed? ”

"They're all starting to kill!"

"It's not like killing three! In the corner of the East Gate of the Governor's Office, the corpse is still there! After a night of rain, the blood dried up and the soaked turned white! That's a miserable one! The guy in my house went out to buy groceries in the morning, and came back and said that there were three new heads hanging on the city gate! ”

"Do you know which ones you killed yesterday?"

"When I came, I heard that the first person to die was Peng Chufan of the gendarmerie, what a good man! How heavy the rain was last night, but after the heads were cut off, the bodies were still standing motionless in the torrential rain. What a man, what a pity! ”

"It's a pity. What about the other two? ”

"Those two, one is Yang Hongsheng, who runs a grocery store, and the one who has done thirty goals before; The other one, I said you don't spread the word, yes - Liu, Fu, Ji! ”

"What?"

"Alas! Xiao Zhuge has been killed, and this revolution has no backbone! ”

"No, it is said that this time you have to follow the map, none of the party members on the roster can escape, and more than 20 were arrested overnight last night, and now it is estimated that they are passing the court. Looking at this posture, it is estimated that it will be ......" The speaker made a gesture to wipe his neck.

"! It's all forced to this,! ”

"Yes, if someone dares to fire the first shot, Lao Tzu will follow him, Ruizheng won't let me live, and I won't let him have a good time!"

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Xiong Bingkun and Cheng Zhengying stood on the side of the playground, quietly listening to the gossip of the soldiers, hearing the back, looking at each other, they all felt joy and bitterness in their hearts, the joy is that these soldiers finally made up their minds, and the hope of the incident was much greater, and the blood of the three comrades, after all, was not shed in vain; The bitter thing is that you have to force it to this point to be willing to attach righteousness, and they all say that although the three households of Chu can die in Qin, the fierceness of the Chu people should not be like this!

The two glanced at each other, and sighed at the same time in their hearts: What Hongmen Zhu Chongzhen said is really right!

Xiong Bingkun shook his head, shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind, and said to Cheng Zhengying in a low voice: "Just act according to what was agreed yesterday, you go to Tao Qiyuan, I will contact the camps, and we will act separately." ”

Cheng Zhengying nodded and said, "Be careful!" ”

Xiong Bingkun said "take care", and the two went separately.

The time of this day is not long, it is not short, it feels like it is only a moment, and when it is four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is falling towards the mountain. Tao Qisheng is not on duty today, he is talking to his brother Tao Qiyuan at home, the brothers have not been together for a long time, and they plan to have a good drink for a while.

Tao Qisheng knew that the brother in front of him was a revolutionary, and he also went to arrest a few revolutionaries last night, and knew the situation in front of him, so he planned to persuade his younger brother to go out and hide for a few days, because today the streets are noisy and neighing, and the Governor's Mansion is still taking people around; I heard that the Governor Governor Ruizheng also asked about the merits of the arrest one by one. The situation is so dangerous, it is better to go.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, he was rejected by his younger brother Tao Qiyuan, and the two were arguing in a stalemate, when suddenly someone smashed the courtyard door and called Tao Qiyuan repeatedly.

Tao Qiyuan glared at his brother and turned to open the courtyard door. Tao Qisheng kept an eye on him, and quietly followed them to listen to what they had to say.

The visitor didn't enter the hospital, but just whispered a few words to Tao Qiyuan, Tao Qisheng vaguely heard something like "uprising" and "today's right", Tao Qiyuan just nodded there and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely respond with my brothers." Seeing that the two were about to finish, Tao Qisheng quickly slipped back.

Tao Qiyuan hurriedly walked back to the house and said to his brother: "Big brother, there is something in my camp, so I will go back first, let's drink this wine next time." With that, he packed up his things and left.

Tao Qisheng slapped the table and shouted, "Qiyuan, what are you going to do?" ”

Tao Qiyuan ignored it, and just said: "Big brother, you don't have to worry about my business!" "I'm leaving.

Tao Qisheng was furious, walked up and grabbed his younger brother, and said loudly: "You are my younger brother, how can I care about your affairs." I ask you, you're going to rebel, aren't you? ”

"So what?" Tao Qiyuan also shouted loudly, "China has reached such a field, can we still endure it?" ”

When Tao Qisheng heard this, he was really shocked and angry in his heart, he pulled Tao Qiyuan hard, but he hurried out of the house, turned his head and locked the door neatly, and then shouted at the house: "The rebellion is to punish the nine clans, my brother can't watch you come so nonsense, you don't want to go anywhere tonight, just stay here!" ”

After speaking, Tao Qisheng packed his things, but went straight to the barracks. He was also afraid in his heart, if there was someone in his platoon tonight, and he would not be able to bear the responsibility after the investigation, so he had to hurry over and take a look.

He walked in a hurry, not realizing that there were several teenagers on the edge of the alley, who were looking in the direction of his house.

"Big brother, I have already handed over the roster, and Liu Fuji has also been martyred, why do you still use this Tao Qisheng?" Fang Xinru asked.

Zhu Chongzhen sighed and said: "If you don't hand over the roster and don't die a few, Wuchang City will not be in a big voice, no one will go to the barracks to suppress it, and the soldiers will not be all soldiers." Only when these two are in place will they rise up and make a revolution. ”

Fang Xiaoru also said: "After all, this is not our Hawaii, we have to cut off all their ways of life before we can do things." ”

Zhu Chongzhen nodded and said, "Xiaoru is very right, if there is no accident, tonight is the time to do something." You all have to be careful, this is not Hawaii, people's hearts are unpredictable, after all, we are far away, there is no business, and the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake. ”

Miyamoto Yoshiei interjected: "Big brother, I always feel that Liu Fuji shouldn't be allowed to go. We are in Wuchang City, and after all, only he and Zhang Zhenwu are familiar with the roots. ”

Zhu Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Apart from him, do you think there is anyone else willing to do it?" ”

The crowd fell silent. At this moment, Miyamoto Yoshio hurriedly ran over, ran to the front, and whispered: "Ruizheng has already sent someone to get Zhang Tingfu!" ”

Zhu Chongzhen clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" In this way, great things can be done. Let's go get ready, too. ”

Not to mention how they prepared, Tao Qisheng hurriedly rushed back to the barracks, and saw a team of soldiers, escorting Zhang Tingfu away. Many officers and soldiers followed closely, their faces full of grief and indignation. It must be known that No. 85 Xiaochao Street was originally Zhang Tingfu's apartment, and when it was raided last night, Zhang Tingfu's wife and father-in-law had already been taken away.

But Tao Qisheng was taken aback. You must know that Zhang Tingfu has always loved soldiers like sons, and his prestige in the army is very high. Tao Qisheng secretly complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only quickly walk back to the camp of the eighth battalion of the project, eat something casually, and then call two guards and start to check the shed.

When he found the five sheds, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening, Tao Qisheng entered the house to take a look, but he saw Jin Zhaolong, the head of the five sheds, wearing leggings and carrying a leather box, looking like he was waiting for the day.

"What are you going to do, do you want to rebel?" Tao Qisheng asked.

"I'm going to rebel! What can you do! Jin Zhaolong replied viciously.

Tao Qisheng was furious, stepped forward and grabbed Jin Zhaolong, Jin Zhaolong had already let go, and also grabbed Tao Qisheng with one hand, and the two fought.

The two guards were about to step forward to help Tao Qisheng, but Cheng Zhengying suddenly appeared, smashed on Tao Qisheng's head, and then fired a shot into the sky. The two guards were stunned, and saw Tao Qisheng fall to the ground softly, obviously stunned.

Jin Zhaolong nodded at Cheng Zhengying, picked up the gun, pulled the bolt, and said to the two guards: "We Han people are doing something tonight, if you still have a little Han blood in you, follow us!" ”

After that, he ignored the two of them again, and quickly followed Cheng Zhengying out of the house, each of them pulled the bolt, fired two more shots into the sky, and shouted:

"Comrades, if you don't do it, when will you wait!"

"It's Han Chinese, it's the other way around!"

These shouts were like sparks falling on dry firewood, and the eighth battalion of the project was like fire, with a "boom", and the sound of shouting and shouting sounded everywhere. First there were a few mottled places, and then one by one, and the anger and fear that had been suppressed for a day were all vented at this moment.

Cheng Zhengying and Jin Zhaolong were like a banner, and after a while, dozens of people rushed towards them, and Cheng Zhengying shouted: "Comrades, break the cauldron and sink the boat, drive out the Tartars, in one move!" Let's go to Chuwangtai together! ”

Dozens of people responded loudly, and the sound was like thunder. Then he ran to Chu Wangtai, along the way it was like a magnet absorbing iron, and like a snowball rolling, more and more people gathered, like a rolling river, along the long street, a leak, unstoppable, all the people who tried to block along the road were crushed by crushing.

After a while, when I came to Chuwangtai, I saw that the brothers of the left team of the eighth battalion stationed here had been led by Ma Rong from the Literature Society and greeted them. This Chu Wangtai, the place where the heavy armaments were located, and the largest arsenal in the Far East, was seized by the rebels without much effort.

The crowd cheered. When I opened the armory and received enough bullets, I felt that the courage in my heart had increased several times.

Xiong Bingkun was very anxious in his heart, he hurriedly gathered the team, but found that although it sounded lively, there were only hundreds of people. Xiong Bingkun smiled bitterly in his heart, but fortunately, there were still soldiers coming, and Xiong Bingkun felt some comfort.

Time is not waiting, Xiong Bingkun looked around, and found that among the party members gathered in this Chuwangtai, his official rank was considered high, so he gritted his teeth, surrounded by all the party members, appointed himself as the general representative, recalled the documents drafted by Liu Fuji that day, shouted a few times and quietly, and issued several orders in turn:

1. This army is called the Hubei Revolutionary Army with the three characters of the Revolutionary Army, and its branch numbers are still based on the old system.

2. The army's battle tonight should be based on the principle of sabotaging the administrative organs of Hubei and completing the independence of Wuchang.

3. The greatest goal of the army's operations is to clear the Governor's Office. The enemy's Zhang Biao, Tie Zhong, Li Xianglin, Li Yuanhong, and others deployed defenses at Si Lane, Xigu Lane, Wujia Lane, Wangshanmen Street, Shuilu Street, and Leopard's Head Embankment.

4. The enemy's strength consisted of the 2nd Instructor Battalion, the 1st Battalion of the 8th Baggage Battalion, the 1st Machine Gun Company, the 1st Company of the 8th Town Guard, the 1st Company of the Military Police, and the 100 Fire and Rescue Brigades, totaling about 1,500 troops

5. The army takes Chuwangtai and Snake Mountain as artillery positions, and goes south from Yuemachang and Dachao Street to Baoanmen Main Street to defend the infantry, and temporarily uses Chuwangtai as the base camp of the army.

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Unexpectedly, before Xiong Bingkun finished speaking, the people below were already arguing. It turned out that the soldiers listened to the gunfire just now, and their heads were hot for a while, so they followed, and at this moment they were stunned, but suddenly found that the person who issued the order above turned out to be a small eye-head, how can this be made? What can he do?

The head of the eyes was among the soldiers, and there was not much prestige, and the soldiers below stayed for a while, and then began to move freely, some got together to chat, some sat on the ground to rest, and even the smart one was about to sneak back at this moment, but no one took Xiong Bingkun's order seriously.

Before Xiong Bingkun finished finishing the order, he was stabbed by Cheng Zhengying, and when he looked below, he suddenly became angry: What kind of stuff is this, it's all at this time, and you still have the heart to do this?

In fact, this is also the rule in Wuchang City, Zhang Zhidong left in the past, the law does not control the public, if someone gathers to make trouble, the leader is punished, but it is not to blame everyone. Since there is no risk, and everyone will not take it too seriously, at this time they forgot that the current governor is not Zhang Zhidong, but Rui Zheng, who has just killed three people.

Just when Xiong Bingkun was at a loss for the soldiers to play, suddenly in the depths of the darkness, there was a sound of rolling hooves, and Ben Thunder also surrounded Chu Wangtai, and suddenly everyone woke up, staring at the place where the sound came from, and was inexplicably a little scared in his heart.

The sound of horses' hooves was fierce, like a rolling tide, and it rang straight in everyone's heart, and everyone's heart was raised, and the gun in their hands was clenched tightly. I don't know if the person who comes is a friend or foe.