The sky is high and the clouds are light, the turbidity waves of the Yangtze River hit the shore and splash white foam, a team of warships are sent through, like a huge black snake along the river surface to move forward, the first is a blue-black cruiser, the bow plows the river, slowly sails downstream, the two boilers emit billowing black smoke, which is blown away by the slight river breeze, and the black smoke of the ships behind gathers together, and the sky is dark.

The three Krupp cannons were covered with gun jackets, a five-clawed yellow dragon flag on the stern seemed to be fluttering, the sailors were listlessly scrubbing the teak deck, and more people were getting together in twos and threes.

A middle-aged officer, thirty-six or seventeen years old, paced repeatedly on the stern deck. A face that was blown black and red by the sea breeze, clear and thin, with braided hair draped over his shoulders, looked at the surging river and sighed.

"Commander, it's windy on the river, let's go back to the cabin!" A stocky Goshha put on an overcoat for him.

"It's windy on the river? Where can I go but the Yangtze River? The middle-aged officer said with a gloomy expression.

It's no wonder that he was annoyed, this commander was only temporary, and the real admiral was Sa Zhenbing, who left the fleet and took a merchant ship back to his hometown, this old military man didn't want to be a rebel of the Qing Dynasty, and he didn't want to suppress the revolutionary party against the will of the officers and soldiers, so he simply patted his ass and left, and threw the entire Yangtze River fleet to the acting commander Tang Qianming!

"Sa Junmen, you walked easily, how can I clean up this mess after leaving it!" Tang Qianming sighed secretly.

After taking over from Sa Zhenbing in charge of the fleet, Tang Qianming discussed with the revolutionaries of the Yangtze River Fleet and hung up the white flag to declare an uprising. In fact, there is really no way out without an uprising.

After the first uprising in Wuchang, the Qing court sent Sa Zhenbing to lead two cruisers, Hairong and Haichen, and several gunboats and torpedo boats up the Shuojiang River, and sailed to the army under the command of Wuchang and Yinchang to converge. As soon as the naval division arrived, the Qing army demanded that they open artillery to attack the civilian ships on the Yangtze River, but the naval division had already been infiltrated by the revolutionary party, and the shells fell into the water one after another, and not a single revolutionary party ship was sunk.

Admiral Sa Zhenbing saw that the general trend had gone, so he simply resigned automatically, and he was no longer an old man!

Thirteen days after the Wuchang Uprising, Jiujiang was also occupied by the revolutionary party, Jiujiang Daotai had already prepared, disguised and fled to Shanghai, Jiujiang prefect Puliang was a Manchurian, but there was still some blood surname, and the new army soldiers who rushed into the Yamen said: "I am a Manchurian, and I should be martyred for the country!" ”

The new army praised his integrity and could not bear to kill, but Pu Liang insisted on martyrdom, and finally the soldier gave him a shot in the chest, which made him loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

After Jiujiang Reading Force, the Tianjiazhen Fort was occupied by the Revolutionary Party, and then took the Madang Fort and the Hukou Fort at Hukou in one go, and the Yangtze River Pass was all controlled by the Revolutionary Party. Then Shanghai, the base camp of the Yangtze River Fleet, also announced its liberation, and the Yangtze River Fleet had no way out. At the end of autumn, the Yangtze River dried up, and the Yangtze River could not be driven above the Jiujiang River, and the Yangtze River Fleet was trapped and died near Wuchang. There was no grain and oil to help, and the coal was also picked from the broken coal and burned again, making black smoke billowing from the sky, but it could not beat the air pressure of the boiler.

After the fleet was controlled by Tang Qianming, because the revolutionary party had been facing off in Wuchang, they also exchanged artillery fire, and the two sides had no contact. Therefore, after discussing with the officers of the ship, they planned to go to the revolutionary party in Jiujiang!

The fleet raised a white flag and declared an uprising, and after arriving in Jiujiang, Ma Yubao, the governor of Jiangxi, was overjoyed and invited the officers on the ship to the shore for a banquet.

Just when Tang Qianming was complacent, the captain of the Manchurian Hairong changed his mind and ordered him to pull the anchor and set sail to Nanjing to meet Zhang Xun's Jiangfang battalion!

The Jiangxi Revolutionary Party's Jinguipo Fort on the shore found that there was an abnormality, so they opened a warning shot, but Xichang actually ordered the soldiers to fire back, and the two sides set off a burst of cannons at the tinkling of Maimang. Tang Qianming, who was drunk and lying high, was woken up by his own soldiers, and was frightened into a cold sweat and chased after the fleet, and Xichang only dropped anchor again in the face of heavy encirclement.

At this time, even the revolutionary party in Jiujiang was offended and wanted to explain to others, but it turned out to be a cannon.

Starting from Jiujiang, at all the passes along the way, the forts occupied by the revolutionary party could not help but be said to be a rain of bullets. The officers and men of the naval division did not want to start a war with the revolutionary party, so they had to take off the white flag, put the dragon flag back up, and continue to drive aimlessly downstream.

Tang Qianming cried without tears, there is no place for this big world!

"Commander, let's go to Shanghai! My cousin has some dealings with the people of the Navy Political Axe! That's our home base! The first mate opened the printed cigarette case and handed Tang Qianming a paper cigarette.

Tang Qianming knocked twice on the railing, and spat at the river: "Phew! Let me vote for Imp Chan? I'm afraid to see the bayberry sores on his body, and he will be disgusted and can't eat! ”

Seeing his depressed expression, the first mate tried his best to persuade him: "Commander, even if you don't care about fame and fortune, you have to think about the thousands of brothers of the Yangtze River Sailor!" ”

Tang Qianming sighed and said: "If I didn't care about these thousands of brothers, I would have learned from Jisheng and jumped into the river and died!" ”

The first mate smiled bitterly: "What kind of thing is Ji Sheng, he committed suicide by jumping into the river for a few small money!" Compared with him, the commander has lost his identity in vain! ”

Tang Qianming couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought about what happened in the morning. After Xichang led the Hairong to defect and was captured, the officer of the naval division could not bear to kill him after thinking about his robe for many years, and gave him and his deputy Manren Jisheng 3,000 dragon ocean travel expenses each, so that they could go home. As a result, Xichang thought that most of the officials took the officials and took the less, so he couldn't help but say that he loaded up 5,000 yuan, and only gave Jisheng 1,000 yuan. Ji Sheng is a good gambler, owes a lot of debts, and sees that Xichang is unfair in sharing money, so he jumps into the river and commits suicide in a fit of anger!

Ji Sheng, Ji Sheng, if you die a few days early, you will be considered a martyr, and you will still be a man! Tang Qianming despised these Manchurian officers to the extreme!

Sa Zhenbing walked cleanly, Xichang escaped Lisuo, and Jisheng was also a hundred dead! But what about the thousands of people in the Yangtze River sailor? You can't all commit suicide by throwing yourself into the river!

Tang Qianming felt that he was Wu Zixu, and his head turned white all night!

"Commander, Anqing is not far ahead, why don't we talk to them?"

Tang Qianming said with a bitter face: "What are you talking about?" Jiujiang was bombarded yesterday, and today the revolutionary party in Anqing has already received the news, and it will be good if people don't open fire on us! ”

"Commander, what should we do then? Could it be that this world is so big that there is really no place for it? The first mate hated the cigarette butt in the palm of his hand, and the palm of his hand smelled of burnt flesh.

"Boom!"

A burst of artillery sounded, Tang Qianming couldn't cry or laugh, he should have been bombarded by the revolutionary party on the shore again!

If you want to revolt, no one is allowed!

"Commander, look!" A lookout post on the mast, a soldier exclaimed.

Tang Qianming looked from afar, and saw that the small Gushan Fort at the gateway of Anqing had faint white handwriting. He hurriedly lifted the eight-fold German-made Zeiss telescope.

Suddenly, his body trembled in surprise and he carefully adjusted the focus.

Along the mountain, there are several big characters made of white cloth: Anhui Revolutionary Army welcomes the Yangtze River sailor brothers!

"Quick, lower the dragon flag and raise the white flag!" Tang Qianming is like a drowning person, seeing the last straw!

The dragon flag was lowered and the white flag was hoisted.

"Commander, listen, seventeen rings! It's a salute on the shore! The first mate was so excited that he wanted to shed tears.

"Let's shoot the cannon too, don't lose your courtesy!" Tang Qianming hurriedly ordered!

The canvas cannon jacket was removed, revealing a golden brass muzzle.

Bang, bang... The Yangtze River Fleet salute in unison, and the white smoke of gunpowder filled the deck.

I don't know if it was because Lian Yue's experience touched his heart, or because he was blinded by the smoke of gunpowder, Tang Qianming's eye circles were a little moist!

"Commander, look!" The first mate pointed to Jiangmen and shouted.

On the Yangtze River, a small steamer cleaved the waves and sailed like a swordfish, an iron-blooded eighteen-star flag hung high on the mast, and a young man in military uniform stood at the bow of the ship with a smile on the corner of his mouth, letting the splashing waves wet his trouser legs, but still standing proudly!

On the hull, there are seven big white paint characters: Brother Sailor has worked hard!

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Author's words: Today, a book friend said that the protagonist used two duck eggs to win Wuhu, which is too unreasonable!

It feels unreasonable to use duck eggs to deceive Wuhu City, but this is what really happened! In today's book, Xichang and Jisheng committed suicide by jumping into the river because of unfair money sharing, which seems unreasonable, but it is still a historical fact!

In the later chapters, someone will take over a city bigger than Wuhu, and there will not even be duck eggs, which is obviously more unreasonable, but it is still a historical fact!

The society at the end of the Qing Dynasty was full of unreasonable things! It can only be said that real history is more yy than fiction!

It can be seen from this how unpopular the Manchu court was, and it can be seen how shameless the Manchu officials were!

Seeing the pigtail play, those chanted: "I really want to live another 500 years!" "I'm disgusted, if these things occupy Huaxia Shenzhou for another 500 years, China will really disappear from human history!

Thanks to the book friend wsdsy for the generous reward of 5888, and thank the author of "Cao Thief" Gengxin Dashen for bringing the newcomer to give the chapter of the book Tangyuan!

Especially thanks to Sister Xia Fei's cheeks, not only for giving Zhang Tui, but also for rewarding!

For the support and help of book friends and gods, Tang Yuan is grateful and has nothing to repay, only by working hard to improve the level and writing this book more excitingly, can we live up to everyone's trust!