79. Read. On the morning of the 27th of the month, the Qing army continued to fire artillery from the artillery position of Guishan in Hanyang to the city of Wuchang, in the violent explosions, the houses collapsed one by one, the people's army and citizens continued to suffer huge casualties, the hearts of the Wuchang army and the people were trembling, the main officers who withdrew from Hanyang and the important officers of the troops left behind in Wuchang, as well as the personnel of the military and political organs and important revolutionaries, gathered in the military and political organs to discuss countermeasures,

The meeting was shrouded in the emotion of defeat and extreme grief and indignation, the officers who came back from the front line, their clothes were stained with dust and blood, their faces were blackened by artillery fire, they all leaned close to Huang Xing's side, the officers who stayed in Wuchang, some lowered their heads and were panicked, some looked at Huang Xing with hope, hoping to get a kind of sustenance and reliance from him, Li Yuanhong looked blank, his eyes were dull, and he looked lost and depressed.

At the meeting, the commander-in-chief Huang Xing briefly reported the loss of Hanyang and the loss of our army's personnel, the defense of Hanyang, our army suffered more than 3,300 casualties, plus the battle of Hankou, the casualties of our army and the citizens who helped the war have reached **1,000,

Huang Xing analyzed the reasons for the loss of Hanyang, he said: "The battle of Hanyang, not that there are not many troops, not that the defensive position is not strong, nor that the grain is not full, but there are three fatal reasons, the main reasons are, one is that the official does not need to die, the battle of Hankou is Zhang Jingliang defected to the enemy, burned my grain and grass at a critical juncture, and played 'medicine', so that the army's heart was shaken, and Liujiamiao was lost, and the battle of Hanyang, first of all, Song Xiquan led his troops to leave Hanyang without permission, causing Hanyang to be empty, and then Cheng Bingrong drank and misbehaved, and actually took the military order as a child's play. As a result, the sneak attack on Hankou was unsuccessful, and the Hunan army Wang Longzhong and Gan Xingdian's troops withdrew from the front line without authorization, so that there was a big gap in the Hanyang front for a while, which created an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of, the second reason was that the soldiers of the army were not trained to be 'fine' and could not obey orders, especially in the battle of counterattacking Hankou, they violated the military order and marched with torches, which 'exposed' the target of our army's attack, and went to the house to roast the fire during the march, delaying the time of the attack, and the third main reason was the lack of machine guns and new barrel guns. We suffered a lot in the battle,"

Regarding Huang Xing's analysis, some officers nodded and said yes, while summing up the successes and failures of their troops, some officers complained about Huang Xing's improper command and sneered at Huang Xing, and their hearts were even more angry.

Everyone is concentrating on Huang Xing, hoping that the commander-in-chief can make wise decisions and turn the tide when Wuchang City is in a critical situation.

At this time, a shell hit the outside of the conference room, some glass smashed instantly, the dust on the roof of the conference room fell one after another, and several civilian soldiers at the entrance of the 'door' fell down in the explosion.

The meeting did not stop, and continued to be held.

Huang Xing glanced around everyone with tired eyes and said, "The Qing army has concentrated its main forces on the line along the river in Hankou and Hanyang.

Their weapons are 'fine' and their soldiers are well-trained, and if they take advantage of the victory to attack Wuchang, Wuchang will be difficult to protect, so I suggest that they evacuate Wuchang, join up with the Jiangnan Yi Division, capture Nanjing, and then try to recover Wuchang after taking Nanjing."

After listening to Huang Xing's speech, some were even more panicked and hated to escape from Wuchang City immediately, some were not convinced and were unwilling to fail like this, and some were saddened by Huang Xing's speech and kept shaking their heads.

Li Yuanhong's voice was low, and he said pessimistically: "I basically agree with Commander-in-Chief Huang's opinion, Wuchang is already an isolated city, and it is useless to defend, I think it is better to withdraw, withdraw to the east, unite with the Jiangnan Righteous Division, and then fight back,"

After listening to the opinions of these two leaders, there was some silence in the meeting hall for a while, some people were too lazy to discuss with others, and they no longer had any hope of victory, some people were silently thinking about their own retreat, thinking about how they could escape from this dangerous city as soon as possible, and some people were anxiously thinking about the safety and future of Wuchang City.

Suddenly, Tang Qingying stood up suddenly, pulled out her scimitar, waved it in the air, and shouted loudly: "You all withdraw, let's go, I want to live and die with Wuchang,"

Everyone couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw that a little girl had such great courage, and some people were quietly inquiring about what this little girl was doing, and those who knew said that this was the deputy captain of the third death squad, and the third death squad fought bravely and suffered heavy casualties, and there were few people left, and some stretched out their thumbs and praised this little girl for her courage,

Xiong Bingkun couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Here I ask Li Dudu, how do you say to retreat?"

Li Yuanhong was speechless for a while, he didn't know how to safely withdraw from Wuchang City,

Xiong Bingkun said loudly: "I think that our tens of thousands of people are nothing more than retreating from the waterway or retreating from the dry road, if we retreat from the Yangtze River waterway, there are land artillery of the Qing army and interception of the Yangtze River water ships along the way, how do you retreat, if you retreat from the dry road, all the way is a water network area, what to do with our artillery and baggage, once we retreat, the Qing army crosses the Yangtze River, chasing and killing all the way, we are trapped in the water network, running and running, and there is no good terrain in the battle, isn't that a dead end, if we don't retreat, With the Yangtze River in front of us, the strong city walls nearby, and the artillery cover of Qingshan, Snake Mountain, and Phoenix Mountain, the Qing army may not be able to win us,"

Xiong Bingkun's words aroused some military officers' discussions, and many people agreed with Xiong Bingkun's opinion, although Xiong Bingkun questioned Li Yuanhong, but at the same time, he also denied Huang Xing's decision to withdraw from Wuchang.

At this time, Gongren stood up again and said loudly: "I will say two words, I will say two words,"

Some people know that Gongren is a resolute revolutionary will and is a well-known revolutionary party, and they all want to hear what Gong Ren has to say, some people know that Gong Ren is Huang Xing's cronies, and they also hope that Gong Ren will make statements in support of Huang Xing, some people see Gong Ren wearing the clothes of a daredevil, his body is splashed with a little blood, and they heard that he has made outstanding achievements, presumably this is just rushed out of the enemy group, and they are also willing to listen to the thoughts of the front-line soldiers.

Gong Ren waved his arms and shouted loudly: "Wuchang must not give up, why can't you give up, from the Wuchang Uprising to today, we have dragged the main force of the Qing army for 48 days, in these 48 days, the Qing Dynasty was panicked, although it made an edict for the crime, the implementation of the constitution, pardon and open the party ban, the royal family does not care about politics and other emergency measures, but still can not prevent the provinces from successively 'changing banners', now Hunan, Shaanxi, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Shanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shanghai, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, and Chongqing have revolted one after another, and they have announced that they have severed relations with the Qing government, and completely abandoned the Qing government.

Gong Ren's speech won a round of applause from the participants.

The goodwill crumbor stopped, and Gong Ren said: "I think Wuchang can be defended, why can it be defended, I think now we still have three favorable conditions: time, location, and people, the so-called time of the day, that is, the entire province of the uprising is supporting Wuchang, and the Qing army, the rear is in turmoil, and the revolution is brewing everywhere, we hold on for another 1 month, maybe the whole country will revolt, that is, now the strength of the two sides is compared, we are still not much less than the Qing army in terms of numbers, the so-called geographical advantage, is what Xiong Xietong said, There is the Yangtze River in front of the natural danger, there is Wuchang Jiancheng nearby, the food ammunition 'medicine' is sufficient, why do we abandon the city and run away, the so-called people, that is, the people support us, our army has suffered some losses, can it be replenished from the people, and the Qing army is rats crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats, no one wants to be a soldier, according to these factors, so I think Wuchang can be defended,"

Gong Ren's words received warm applause from everyone, and even Huang Xing and Li Yuanhong also applauded, especially some revolutionaries, who cheered loudly for Gong Ren in the applause.

After a long time, the applause gradually subsided, Zhang Zhenwu suddenly pulled out the bright saber from his waist, jumped on the table, waved it in the air, gritted his teeth and said: "Who will give up Wuchang again, behead," said, bent his waist, waved the saber hard, and a corner of the table was immediately chopped down by Qi brush,

The crowd was a little quiet, and suddenly there was warm applause, and the applause lasted for a long time.

Li Yuanhong saw that the situation had developed to this level of tension, and if he insisted on giving up Wuchang, he would inevitably be spurned by everyone, so he had to change his words and say: "Since everyone wants to stick to Wuchang, then I will also live and die with Wuchang," Huang Xing was no longer able to express his position at this time, so he just sat silently on the side and did not speak.

The matter of sticking to Wuchang was decided, but because the commander-in-chief Huang Xing did not express his position, he did not study a specific plan, and the meeting ended hastily in the noise of 'chaos'.

That night, Huang Xing and some people quietly left Wuchang on a Japanese warship for Shanghai.

After hearing the news that Huang Xing quietly left Wuchang, Gongren was very sad, and hurriedly chased Tang Qingying to the outside of Wuchang City, but in addition to the turbid 'waves' and 'waves' of the turbulent river, where was there a little shadow of Huang Xing,

Gong Ren faced the dangerous river, and cried out in grief: "Commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, what can we revolutionaries do if you go, don't you want us, the enemy's army is pressing, the city is 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', who will call the shots for us again, how can you just leave?"

Tang Qingying said silently: "Commander-in-Chief Huang shouldn't go," Gong Ren shouted towards the black river again: "Commander-in-chief, although we have some disagreements, but your contribution to the revolution, your position in our minds has not changed, no one is perfect, no one is perfect, no one is perfect, can you tell clearly, you go, who can hold down the position?"

Tang Qingying comforted Gong Ren and said: "Brother Gong Ren, I see that I have to read my own scriptures, no one can count on it, let's go back and organize the death squad, and then do it with Qing Gouzi," Gong Ren wiped his tears and said: "The matter is now, I have to do it like this, Huang Xing is gone, but there are Jiang Yiwu, Liu Gong, Zhang Zhenwu, Cai Jimin, Xiong Bingkun, Wu Xinghan, I don't believe that we can't hold Wuchang,"

There is no commander-in-chief in Wuchang City, so that the troops have lost their backbone, coupled with the "chaos" soldiers, robbers, and the enemy's "traitors" take the opportunity to make "chaos", Wuchang City is really full of gunfire, a number of surprises overnight, soldiers, citizens all spent a night in panic, the next day dawn, the artillery of the Qing army on the Turtle Mountain and fiercely bombarded the Wuchang City, until the bricks and stones flew "chaotic", everywhere fired, the government personnel, residents and personnel dodged the enemy's shells, so that the order in the city was more "chaotic" and "chaotic",

Li Yuanhong said to stick to it, in fact, his heart was very empty, seeing that the 'chaotic' and messy situation could not be controlled, he had long been thinking about how to escape with a part of the soft gold and silver, Sun Wu was calm on the surface, but also timid in his heart, seeing that the situation was extremely urgent, if the Qing army took advantage of the 'chaos' to attack, how could this be good, he found Li Yuanhong, and Li Yuanhong discussed: "The current war is about to break out, the army cannot be without a commander for a day, I think it is better to let Wan Tingxian serve as the head of the whole army, don't call the commander-in-chief in wartime, He can make Wan Tingxian the commander-in-chief of nursing, he is not too familiar with the Wuchang army, and he can make Jiang Yiwu the supervising army,"

Li Yuanhong had no idea at this time, so he had to nod and agree, this Wan Tingxian was originally the general office of the Fourth Middle School of the Army in Nanjing, and he went to Wuchang to defect to the revolutionary army during the Yangxia War.

Wan Tingxian became the commander-in-chief of nursing, and in the rumbling artillery of the Qing army and the 'chaos' and 'chaos' in the city, he also felt that the military situation was not optimistic, and he only served as the commander-in-chief of nursing for one day, knowing that he was really incapable of leading the whole army of Wuchang, so he left a letter of resignation and hurriedly left Wuchang for Shanghai.