Chapter 347: Anqing Rebellion
Before dawn, Wang Yongan was awakened by a nightmare, he dreamed that he was chased and killed by a group of people, and also dreamed that he was coveted by wild beasts. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Looking at his wife's tombstone, Wang Yongan was speechless for a long time, he didn't know how to tell her everything now, he had decided to hand over Xiaotian to the second brother and his wife to raise him, on the one hand, he really had no time to take care of it, and on the other hand, he was worried that something would happen to the motherless child. Fortunately, the second brother and his wife are infertile, and they will definitely be very good to Xiaotian, and Wang Yongan can feel a little at ease.
"Alas...... Nianzhen, you and I have only been married for three years, and I hope we can meet again in the next life. Wang Yongan stayed in front of Nianzhen's grave for a long morning, and then returned home, and after washing, he really wanted to go to the barracks, and suddenly received a telegram that the revolutionary party had launched an uprising in Anqing Mansion.
Wanzhong is really in chaos!
Wang Yongan was overjoyed on the one hand, but worried on the other, and hurriedly rushed back to the army to learn about the Anqing uprising before and after. The reason for his joy was naturally the chaos in Anhui, so he could use the excuse not to go to Beijing, but he was worried that it was precisely because of this time that the rebellion in Anhui did not start under his control, and even the uprising in Anhui had nothing to do with the revolutionary party of the League, it was completely because the revolutionaries of Anhui Province saw the independence of the provinces, and Anhui Province was unable to revolt because of the suppression of the Jiangbei Army, and finally decided to let it go.
Historically, the recovery of Anhui Province was very smooth, but now the recovery of Anhui Province is very tortuous, first of all, although Xu Dahong, the 31st Mixed Association Commander stationed in Anqing, is a cowardly and cowardly two-faced, that is, he does not get too close to Wang Yongan, nor does he get too close to the imperial court, and he also sympathizes with the revolutionary party, but he ends up with the fact that the three parties are not people, and they all wish that something would happen to him in their hearts. But it is precisely because he is very close to all parties that everyone is afraid of forcing him to be too anxious and turn his head to other forces.
After the recovery of Shanghi, the Anhui Provincial Revolutionary Party was extremely anxious, and Wang Tianpei, Hu Weidong, Li Qianyu, Shi Peiran, Wu Yanggu and other revolutionary parties gathered in Anqing, the capital of Anhui Province, to discuss whether to launch a revolution in Anhui Province. They called upwards and asked for guidance, but the alliance gave them an order that northern Anhui should not be chaotic and avoid the Jiangbei army from taking advantage of the situation to move south.
However, the revolutionary party in Anhui Province was not a direct organization of the League, but a very loose revolutionary organization, so they had their own ideas even though they knew the above meaning. Seeing that the whole country is recovering, but Anhui Province is not recovering, isn't it a joke for the revolutionary parties all over the country? Isn't it lagging behind the whole country?
What to say is afraid of how the Jiangbei Army is, but you must know that the Jiangbei Army is not in charge of central Anhui, this is the territory of the people of Anhui Province, and it is not the turn of a Jiangsu person to point fingers. So on October 31, some revolutionary fighters of the 62nd Standard under the 31st Mixed Association, under the leadership of some commanders, hastily launched an uprising, attacked the armory, took out guns and ammunition, drove out the commanders, and launched an attack on Anqing City. However, the city of Anqing was tall and strong, and the garrison was strong, and the rebel soldiers could not attack, and the uprising was declared a failure. The rebel soldiers turned to attack the area around Anqing Province, and erected a large banner, declaring that Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Anhui Province, had announced that Anhui Province had been recovered, and then obtained a number of county seats.
At this time, Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Anhui Province, learned that someone had recovered Anhui Province under his name, and he was immediately frightened enough, and then the revolutionaries infiltrated Anqing Mansion and persuaded Zhu Jiabao. On the one hand, Zhu Jiabao asked the imperial court for help, and on the other hand, he asked Yangzhou for the army to quell the turmoil.
Historically, because there was no containment by the Jiangbei Army, the recovery of Anhui Province was extremely smooth, and Zhu Jiabao also actively cooperated, but now Zhu Jiabao looked after each other, and Xu Dahong, the 31st Mixed Association, was also full of confidence in the Jiangbei Army, which led to the hesitation of some of the Beiyang New Army, and did not join the revolutionary party at once because of the flickering of the revolutionary party.
After seeing Zhu Jiabao's indecision, the Anhui Provincial Revolutionary Party resolutely decided to force the palace, and Wu Yanggu rushed to Jiujiang to ask the Jiujiang Revolutionary Party to send troops.
Jiangxi's recovery was very smooth, and the Jiangxi Revolutionary Party took advantage of the Wuchang Uprising and the imperial court had no time to take care of Jiangxi, and actively contacted the revolutionary party in the New Army, propagandized against Manchuria, and launched an uprising in Jiujiang. However, compared to other places, Jiujiang had very few new troops loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so the rebel army quickly conquered Jiujiang Prefecture, and after the Jiujiang prefect Puliang was captured, he was bent on death. The revolutionaries persuaded him to join the revolutionary party, but Pu Liang said that although I was incompetent, I did not lack loyalty, and I only wanted to die quickly. The Jiangxi Revolutionary Party deserved to be executed, but because of Puliang's loyalty, the rebel army forgave the Manchus in the city and saved the lives of tens of thousands of Manchus.
Although the liberation of Jiangxi can almost be said to have won without bloodshed, the spoils were unevenly distributed within the Jiangxi Revolutionary Party, and the bandits also took the opportunity to go down the mountain and claim that they were revolutionary parties, and they needed revolutionary funds to extort and rob merchants and women. At this time, Li Liejun returned from Beijing, used his connections to reunite the revolutionary party, and used the Jiujiang Fort to cut off the Yangtze River Fleet that had withdrawn from Wuhan to the north, and Li Liejun personally talked to Sa Zhenbing, the commander of the Yangtze River Fleet. Due to the threat of batteries, the fleet could not go south, so it had to choose to surrender.
The surrender of the Yangtze River Fleet shocked Yuan Shikai, and it can even be said that it messed up Yuan Shikai's series of plans, the national revolution and the form of the army were originally under his control, but with the surrender of the Yangtze River Fleet, Yuan Shikai could no longer scold Fang Xuan. These days, because of the surrender of the Yangtze River Fleet, Yuan Shikai had no time to take care of Wang Yongan, and anxiously dealt with the military.
The Yangtze River Fleet was persuaded to surrender to the Jiangxi Revolutionary Party, which brought Li Liejun's prestige to the highest level, and he was elected commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the Jiangxi Revolutionary Military Government, and later was publicly promoted to the governor of Jiangxi.
After arriving in Jiujiang, Wu Yanggu, a revolutionary from Anhui Province, asked Li Liejun to support the recovery of Anhui Province, and Li Liejun sent Huang Huanzhang to lead 2,000 troops across the river to Anqing Province.
At this time, the tall and strong bandit army arranged by Wang Yongan also launched an attack in Shou County, broke through the Shou County Yamen, and then killed the county order of Shou County and announced the recovery of Shou County. And Gao Dazhuang did not stop at Shou County, and quickly led the army from Shou County to Anqing.
The tall and strong army has changed its appearance, from bandits to the revolutionary army all of a sudden, and because they don't know the revolutionary party very well, in order to disguise themselves as the revolutionary party, they cut their braids one by one, and tied white towels on their heads, and they are nicknamed the White Turban Army.
The White Turban Army attacked Anqing from north to south, and the Xun (Xun for Jiujiang abbreviation) army that crossed the river from Jiangxi also launched an attack on Anqing from south to north, but whether it was the White Turban Army or the Xun Army, they all made a big mistake - poor military discipline.