Chapter 201: Thunder, Wind and Clouds

First, it is always impressive, so what initiatives, initiatives, initiatives, and so on, often get people's extraordinary attention and admiration. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and the person or person who won the first place often has a condescending and unrequited attitude and ideas.

Therefore, Chen Wenqiang deliberately chose Guangzhou, the southernmost city in China, to carry out the first uprising. It's not to fight for this name, but I don't want to have more righteous fathers and proud soldiers.

Moreover, Hubei is close to the north, and if the first righteousness is set there, the political significance will be extraordinary. Once the name of Shouyi is obtained, in order to take into account the political influence, even if the strength is not good, the Revival Association will most likely mobilize people and strong Beiyang troops to defend the land of Shouyi, and this will not be worth the loss.

The current situation is much stronger than during the Xinhai Revolution in history, and although the uprising was nearly two years ahead of schedule, the preparations made in the past few years can be said to be very sufficient. And the status of Wuchang, Hubei Province has also been reduced a lot because of the first uprising in Guangzhou, even if it is temporarily given up as a last resort, the impact is not very great.

But the revolutionary army still decided to fight a battle with the Beiyang Army here, first, to show its strength, so as not to let the Beiyang Army underestimate the revolutionary army; secondly, it also adopted an enterprising posture to test the appeal of the Guangzhou Military Government; Third, the drunkard did not mean to drink, and in the name of borrowing the road to reinforce Wuchang, he forced Jiangxi, Guizhou, and Sichuan to express their attitude as soon as possible.

Hunan, in particular, as the gateway to the five southwestern provinces, is better under the actual control of the Renaissance Society. Despite the large number and wide distribution of the Hunan Hui Party, with many mountains and complex factions, Chen Wenqiang, who controlled the police and the New Army, had already carried out some strikes in advance. Then there is the entry of the follow-up army and the cooperation of the Consultative Bureau. Stability is assured.

It is foreseeable that after the revolution is launched, Guizhou, Sichuan, and other provinces will also be in chaos, but at present, the revolutionary army does not dare to casually devote all its limited troops to these provinces where the revolutionary foundation is weak.

If you are greedy for more than you can chew, you should also consider your own digestion ability when grabbing land. The base is too thin. The people were too poor, and the Manchus could expropriate and extort money without regard for the lives of the people, but the military government couldn't, it had to show a new look to the world, otherwise, what was the point of revolution?

"Outside, outside, the Chinese Revolutionary Army broke up. Recovering Guangzhou ......"

"Yuan Shuxun, the governor of Liangguang, and Li Zhun, the admiral of the navy, resigned from the Qing court and declared their support for the revolutionary ......"

"The Guangdong Military Government was established, and the independence of Guangdong ...... was declared by telegram"

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Outside, outside, Changsha was restored, and Tan Yanhong, chairman of the Hunan Consultative Bureau, took office as the chief of civil affairs of the Hunan Military Government and declared the independence of Hunan. Support the revolution. ”

"Wuchang was restored, mixed into the Xieyi Revolution. Li Yuanhong, the commander of the Mixed Association, took office as chief of the general staff of the revolutionary army and declared his support for the revolution. ”

Tang Hualong, chairman of the Hubei Consultative Bureau, assumed the post of chief of civil affairs of the Hubei Military Government and declared the independence of Hubei. Support the revolution. ”

As soon as the telegraph office was lifted, the news of the liberation of various localities was published in newspapers, and then quickly spread throughout the country. Everywhere I went, it was like a huge storm blowing.

The plan had already been made, and the well-organized revival was in full swing like a clockwork machine. Due to the successive recovery of important towns and famous cities. The provinces declared their independence one after another, and everyone was energized by the joy of victory, and gave full play to the energy accumulated over the past few years.

On the large playground in Shanghai's Nanshi, the merchant group was training its armed forces, and the shouts of the members shook the sky.

"Xian is a handsome young man, with a pure will, unwilling to let loose his mind, and it is expected that the revolution will be realized one day, and he is willing to fulfill his national duty here." Sighing, Li Shucheng retracted his gaze, walked back to the table from the window, and motioned for Li Xiehe to start explaining the action plan.

"The Nanshi Police General Bureau is not worried, Xu Hanzhang, the general office, has promised to remain neutral, maintain law and order, and never be our enemy, and besides, the police under him have no combat effectiveness at all." Li Xiehe pointed to the map and analyzed: "The Chamber of Commerce has reached a consensus to take the bell tower of the Nanshi Firefighting Federation to ring the bell nine times, that is, to send the members of the regiment to defend in sections to calm down Yan. Therefore, the focus now is on the Gaochang Temple Manufacturing Bureau, which is a munitions production area, and if it can store a large number of guns and artillery on a daily basis, it will not be difficult to determine the overall situation of Shanghai. ”

Li Shucheng nodded, pointed heavily at the location of Gaochang Temple with his finger, and said: "When the reinforcements from Guangzhou arrive, we will use our armed forces as the main force to organize death squads to take the workers in the bureau when they are out of work, and rush into the bureau to catch them off guard." In addition, there should be a backup plan, and if this plan fails, the deployment can be changed immediately without delay. By the way, there are also Shanghai Customs Road and Shanghai County Yamen, there is a lot of silver in Shanghai Customs Road, Wen Qiang has repeatedly told it! ”

"I've already inspected the Manufacturing Bureau on the spot." Li Xiehe gritted his teeth and said: "If the first attack can't be attacked, send people to go around the back of the bureau, enter over the wall, and set fire to the factory. As for the Shanghai Customs Road and the Shanghai Yamen, they can be easily taken by only one or two hundred soldiers. ”

"If Shanghai is decided and Nanjing will be attacked, the general trend will be determined." Li Shucheng sighed.

The recovery of Guangzhou, together with Changsha and Wuchang, was only the first step in the plan, and only continuous action could make the Qing court lose sight of one or the other, and provoke a national response.

The repeated shaking made the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was originally a pool of stagnant water, suddenly boil.

The clear sky lasted only a brief moment, and then a light fog spread over the horizon, and the fog quickly became thicker, like layers of gray cotton wool over the head, and an even greater blizzard was coming.

Beijing, the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After several ups and downs, changes of dynasty, vicissitudes of life, only the mottled city wall silently witnessed the changes of history, indifferently watching the Manchu Dynasty trembling in the storm at the moment when it was about to collapse.

The news of the liberation of Guangzhou has spread all over the city of Beijing, and now that Changsha and Wuchang have also been occupied by the revolutionary army, where should they be replaced next? The rapid spread of the news was, on the one hand, fueled by the Renaissance Society, and on the other hand, it was also related to the Manchurian New Deal.

At that time, Shen Xin was killed with a cane, Zhang Taiyan went to prison, and then the Qing government had nothing to do with the reporter. As the Qing government's control over the newspaper industry became more and more relaxed, more and more newspapers were opened, and the newspapers were run all the way to the feet of the Son of Heaven.

In the city of Beijing. The well-known and radical "Guofeng Daily" is run by the Renaissance Association, and there are countless tabloids of all kinds. At that time, the people who ran newspapers were all from writing, news gathering, editing, and printing. Issuance a handful. Poor, can't afford to hire people, everything is done. I really can't find news, so I make up my own "exclusive telecommunications" and then rush to fill in a manuscript overnight.

Guangzhou, Changsha, and Wuchang were recovered, and the "Guofeng Daily" immediately released the news and launched it with an extra number, forcing the police in Beijing of the Qing Dynasty to come out and intervene. Newspapers were not allowed to publish news related to the revolution.

"Guofeng Daily" also had a good trick, so it opened a full-page skylight on the front page, and printed only one line of words: "This newspaper has received a lot of news from Guangzhou, Changsha, Wuchang, and so on, but because of police interference, all of them have been cut down, and those who read them will forgive it." This time, the capital is even more chaotic, and people are panicked. They all thought that they would definitely win the victory of the revolutionaries and that the Qing army was finished. Otherwise, how could it be empty a whole page. The police had no choice but to beg the newspaper to post whatever they wanted, as long as it was not an obvious rumor.

Now, the recovery of Guangzhou has just been published, and the recovery of Wuchang has exploded again. The people of Beijing finally understood that the way of the world was about to change. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this Qing Kingdom will end sooner or later, but they didn't expect the upheaval to come so quickly. As a result, rushing to buy grain has become the most urgent thing for the people, and there are long queues in front of rice shops and noodle shops. The crowd was full of voices and chaos.

The Forbidden City still stands majestically, holding on to the dignity of this decaying dynasty. But in the eyes of the common people, it is losing the majesty of the center of the imperial capital.

Although the Qing government was very alarmed when Guangzhou was occupied, it still believed that it was only a temporary loophole exploited by the revolutionary party, however, the recovery of Changsha and Wuchang dealt a heavy blow to the Qing court again, and also forced them to change their original plan and reconsider the response plan.

However, the fire has been ignited, and the hearts of the people have been stirred, how can a doomed court be extinguished.

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"At the beginning of the revolution, all the members of the Revival Association should do their best for the rejuvenation of the country and the nation with their oaths and ideals as the spur, and the descendants of Yan and Huang all over the world should also contribute to the rebirth and rise of the motherland with enthusiasm......

With the news of the liberation of Guangzhou and other places, it was a proclamation similar to that of the general ****** issued by Song Fuhua, the provisional chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the South and the leader of the revolution, as well as notes sent to the consulates and embassies of various countries:

(1) All treaties concluded by the Qing Dynasty with other countries shall remain in force.

2. The foreign debts of the indemnity shall be paid as usual, and shall be repaid by the provinces in full on schedule.

(3) The property of the peoples of all countries in the territory occupied by the military junta shall be protected.

(4) The acquired rights of all States shall also be protected.

5. The treaties made by the Qing government with other countries, the rights promised, and the national debts borrowed by the Qing government were established in this note, and the military government did not recognize them.

6. Any country that assists the Qing government in the way of obstructing the military junta shall be regarded as an enemy.

7. Any articles that the Qing government thinks can be used for war purposes shall be confiscated if they are found.

Yes, if, according to the history books of later generations, this revolution did not raise outright anti-imperialist and anti-feudal slogans, showing the weakness and compromise of the bourgeoisie.

However, in the circumstances, the note changed the views of the envoys. The so-called revolution is not a rebellion of soldiers and bandits, nor is it an xenophobic riot. Since the interests of the countries have been guaranteed by the junta, even though the countries have not clearly expressed their position and regard the revolutionary junta as a belligerent, they have adopted a wait-and-see and neutral attitude for the time being.

Shocking news continued one after another, and Chen Wenqiang secretly invited the American Homer and the German Γ‰lau to serve as military advisers to the Chinese Revolutionary Army, and issued a joint statement to the effect that: "My coming to China to participate in the Chinese revolution is my personal action and has nothing to do with the US (German) government." My participation in the Chinese revolution was in my personal capacity, and the purpose was to practice humanitarianism. Today, tens of thousands of people in China are being abused under the tyranny of ****, how can I sit idly by and stand idly by? I came to China at the invitation of the revolutionary people of China to free them from tyranny and to avoid sinking. I am a supporter of world justice, and I hope that more international friends who sympathize with and support the Chinese revolution will lend a helping hand to the Chinese revolution for the sake of world justice......"

Sensational, definitely sensational effect, this news to outsiders, absolutely thunderous. Shocked, everyone began to re-examine the nature and impact of the revolution.

This was no longer an ordinary armed insurrection, but a well-organized and well-planned revolutionary movement in the true sense of the word. And there are also foreign volunteers, maybe they have the shadow of the government behind them...... It was so intricate that people had to think about it, and all kinds of speculations and comments were all over the press for a while.

There is no governor and no army overseer, and the most powerful military governments in the provinces should be the chief of civil affairs, while the army will set up a separate staff headquarters to transfer all civil affairs and concentrate on military affairs.

This is a plan that has been discussed and approved by the Renaissance Council for a long time, and Chen Wenqiang also believes that the separation of powers is beneficial in the long run, and that "military and political reunification" will be infinitely harmful. "Military and political reunification" allows the military to take and take it from them, which can only increase economic and financial chaos, quench thirst, and create more bandits. Politically, such "military-civilian unification" hinders democratic politics and local autonomy, and is not conducive to uniting and uniting the constitutionalists.

The general trend of the revolution is surging and stirring the hearts of the people, and among them is a retired veteran cadre in the north, who is also about to move.

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"The flag of the revolutionary army was designated as the iron-blooded flag, consisting of a red background, a black five-pointed star and five yellow round stars. The red background and black five-pointed star imply the 'iron-blooded spirit', which means that the revolution must overthrow **** and revitalize China with blood; The five round stars mean the republic of the five ethnic groups, that is, the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and Tibetan regions are one country, and the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and Tibetan ethnic groups are one person, which is the unification of the nation......"

Listening to the commentary, Yuan Shikai habitually scratched his sideburns, because of this action, many people secretly scolded him for being a monkey, "This has been there before, and the old man also knows a thing or two." Now that the revolutionary army is in a state of strength, and the three towns of Wuhan are important thoroughfares of the five provinces, they have been occupied by the revolutionary army, how should the imperial court deal with it? ”

Yang Du said slowly: "The imperial court has just issued an edict: to organize the fourth town of the army, the third association and the eleventh association into the first army, and send the governor of Yin Chang to Hubei. The Third Town of the Army, the Fourth Association of the Mixed Army, and the Thirty-ninth Association of the Mixed Army, were organized into the Second Army, and Feng Guozhang was sent to supervise and lead the army, make rapid preparations, and wait for dispatch. The local importance of the Jingshi should be seriously suppressed, and the Praetorian Guard and the first town of the army should be organized into the third army, and Beile was sent to lead the Tao to garrison Gyeonggi. ”

Hmph, hum, Yuan Shikai sneered. He has always been angry about the exile of the imperial court, and it is not surprising that the Manchu nobles want to seize military power, so they naturally want to kick him aside. (To be continued.) )