When Sun Wei finished recruiting new recruits and was ready to start training, the Hubei New Army also completed the general mobilization and reorganization before the war, and was ready to sharpen its knives and slash at the enemy. There are three stations built in Hankou, counting from north to south: Liujiamiao Station, Dazhimen Station, and Yudaimen Station. In order to stop the Qing army from moving south, the revolutionary army must take Liujiamiao Station as soon as possible.

In fact, when Sun Wei was urgently preparing for the war, Tang Hualong was not idle. When Tang Hualong learned that his younger brother Tang Qianming, as the chief of staff of the naval commander Sa Zhenbing, had been ordered to lead a fleet with Sa Zhenbing to Hubei on October 12 to assist the Minister of War Yin Chang in counterattacking Wuhan, he sent someone to inform Sun Wei that he wanted to persuade his younger brother to do so. Sun Wei was overjoyed at that time, and said to Tang Hualong: "If Minister Tang can persuade Brother Ling to surrender to the revolution and lead his troops to revolt, you and Brother Ling will be the greatest heroes." But to Sun Wei's disappointment, the fleet's heavily protected messenger Tang Hualong tried to secretly kick the ship several times, but was unsuccessful. But the situation is urgent, and Sun Wei has no time to wait for Tang Qianming's anyway.

On October 17, 1911, Sun Wei, as the governor of the Hubei Military Government, issued an order to resolutely block the offensive of the Qing army in the south, and the troops left Hankou City and went straight to Liujiamiao Station.

Zhang Biao, the governor of Hubei and the commander of the eighth town of the new army, is the commander of the Hubei New Army personally trained by Zhang Zhidong, a loyal minister of the Qing court, a fierce general, fierce and strong combat style, the Hubei New Army is well known, the Huguang Governor's Office has suffered a defeat in the defense battle, so that he is annoyed and angry, and came to Liujiamiao in Hankou, within three days (October 13 to October 15), he met the Qing army reinforcements from Hunan and Henan provinces, including artillery, infantry, and cavalry, a total of 2,000 people, eager to try, ready to fight a decisive battle with the revolutionary army. At this time, the commander-in-chief of the navy, Sa Zhenbing, led the fleet of the Qingshui Division up the Yangtze River to Hankou, and immediately put in support of the battle of Liujiamiao. On October 17, Miao Chang commanded the Qing army to enter Hubei in Xinyang, Henan.

On October 17, Sun Wei ordered Xiong Bingkun to be the vanguard to attack the Qing army defending Liujiamiao, the battle was very hard, the two sides held each other desperately, due to the Qing warships commanded by Sa Zhenbing from the river shelling support, adding Zhang Biao and other infantry corps of strong firepower, the revolutionary army suffered serious damage, retreated along the railway line to Dazhimen Station, and retreated into the urban area of Hankou. On October 18th, before dawn, Sun Wei led the army to divide into three routes, Xiong Bingkun's soldiers went out of Liu's Garden, Zhao Cheng's soldiers went out of the Xishang Racecourse, and Sun Wei personally led the army out of the Dazhimen Railway Station, advanced to the east, and attacked Liujiamiao again. The Qing army was routed and hid in shantytowns along the railway, Sun Wei ordered the shacks to be burned, and the Qing army fled in panic. At this time, along the Yangtze River, the Qing warships temporarily ceased fire, and the artillery shells could not be supplied.

The news of the capture of Liujiamiao spread, and the citizens of Hankou rejoiced, firing whips, gongs and drums, and cheering for the defeat of the Qing army by the revolutionary army. The citizens of Hankou "had the money to contribute and made a strong contribution", the people who donated money supported the merchants, the civilians who delivered tea and food, and the majority of the people who directly participated in the fighting were the unemployed vagrants. Sun Wei didn't want to recruit these untrained people as soldiers, because many of them couldn't even shoot the simplest shots, and if Sun Wei accepted them, it would be irresponsible for their lives. However, the enthusiasm and persistence of the citizens to participate in the war shook Sun Wei, and in order to chill the hearts of these citizens who were revolutionary and felt the lack of cases, Sun Wei recruited them into the army and temporarily organized them into the gendarmerie battalion.

On the night of October 18, Sun Wei decided to take advantage of the victory and launched an attack on Hukou. Sun Wei's troops attacked Hukou in three directions, and the combat troops were mainly the regular troops of the Hubei New Army, supplemented by the newly recruited civilian army.

The three bridges are the only way to pass from Liujiamiao to Hukou, and the three iron bridges are built on the large lakes and swamps to lay the rails of the Jinghan Railway, so it is named. More and more Qing troops were assembled to stubbornly resist at the Sandao Bridge, suppressing several charges of the revolutionary army, and the large lakes and swamps made it impossible for the army to gain a foothold at all, and the small artillery of the revolutionary army did not have much effect. The first attack on Hukou failed, and Sun Wei was afraid that the revolutionary army would suffer too many casualties and urgently withdrew his troops and stationed them in place.

Sun Wei knew that it was time for his big killer to come out. Sun Wei ordered all the Makqin machine guns to shoot at the Sandao Bridge, and the troops assembled to wait for Sun Wei's order to prepare for another attack. Xiong Bingkun and Zhou Dingyuan and other groups of standard commanders and managers were brought to Sun Wei's headquarters to persuade Sun Wei's troops not to attack, otherwise there would definitely be heavy casualties. Sun Wei waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry, I have my own way to break through the Qing army's Sandao Bridge position, you quickly return to the defensive ground and wait for the attack." The crowd was in a hurry, so they had no choice but to leave, preparing to attack again.

Sun Wei ordered Wang Hu, who had brought back the "big killer" from the Hanyang Arsenal, to lead the guard battalion to quietly move to the Qing army's position under the cover of machine guns and night. In fact, Sun Wei's so-called "big killer" was the "conscienceless cannon" used by the People's Liberation Army in his previous life, which was taken out by Sun Wei and showed his might in advance. After Wang Hu brought back the "conscienceless cannon", Sun Wei once experimented with Wang Hu on the power and range of the cannon, although the firing range was only 200 meters, the power was terrifying, and it was a fight with heavy artillery. Before this expedition, Sun Wei ordered Wang Hu to bring ten doors in case of emergency, and now they are just in use.

Wang Hu received the order, and with twenty-nine agile and powerful soldiers, with explosives on their backs, cannon barrels and brackets, they moved to the opposite position. About ten minutes later, an explosion sounded on the opposite side, like heavy artillery bombarding the fortress. The gunfire of the Qing army on the opposite side suddenly stopped. Sun Wei knew that it was time to charge, and immediately said to the trumpeter beside him: "Blow the trumpet of attack!" The trumpeter hurriedly picked up the trumpet, stood on the high ground, and blew the trumpet of attack. The revolutionary army was so startled by the sound of artillery that they forgot to shoot, and only came to their senses when the attack horn sounded, and the revolutionary army's position was suddenly filled with charges. When the Qing troops on the opposite side saw that the revolutionary army had heavy artillery, they panicked and hurriedly fled from their positions, and even the officers had no time to gather their troops and run to the rear.

At that time, Feng Guozhang's Second Army was in Hukou. Feng Guozhang received Yuan Shikai's order to stay still, and he believed that even if Yinchang could not destroy the revolutionary army, it would be fine to prevent the revolutionary party from going north, so the defense was not very strict. Although the new army in the six towns of Beiyang was well-trained and well-equipped, it still inherited the bad habits of the old Beiyang, and all the troops relaxed their guards when they saw that the commander was like this.

When the rout of the Sandao Bridge ran to the barracks of the Second Army, Feng Guozhang knew that the Sandao Bridge had been lost, and hurriedly issued an order to deploy on the spot and let the rout of the Sandao Bridge let the rout of the Sandao Bridge come out. The routs had long been deaf from the cannons of the revolutionary army, and they couldn't hear the sound of letting themselves get out of the way, and even if they could hear it in such a panicked situation, they forgot to dodge in fright. The rout quickly dispersed Feng Guozhang's barracks, and it was difficult to gather troops in the dark of night, and many soldiers of the Second Army were also defeated and retreated.

Feng Guozhang was worthy of being the three heroes of Beiyang, and he shot and killed several routs who hindered him from gathering his army, and built a defensive position to gather the troops, and the situation improved. At this moment, the revolutionary army commanded by Sun Wei also arrived. Feng Guozhang led the crowd to resist, and the offensive of the revolutionary army was blocked. Sun Wei immediately ordered Wang Hu to set up cannons and shell Feng Guozhang's camp.

The frenzied artillery crushed the last resistance of the Qing army, and Feng Guozhang's newly gathered troops were immediately blown into the sky. Feng Guozhang was also stunned, where did the revolutionary party get the fort cannons. Feng Guozhang saw that he couldn't do anything, he was filled with grief and anger, and committed suicide by drinking bombs, but was stopped by his generals. Feng Guozhang said: "This is all Yuan Gongbao's hard work, but I lost it all, if I don't commit suicide, what face will I have to see Yuan Gongbao." The general said: "The crimes of the second non-war are all due to the sharp artillery fire of the chaotic party, and I am unprepared to attack me. Feng Guozhang was defeated and retreated into Henan.

Yin Chang saw that his rebellious army collapsed in an instant, and he did not dare to stay in Hubei, so he retreated to Henan. At this point, the Qing government no longer had an army in Hubei, and the whole of Hubei was under the fire of the revolutionary army.

Feng Guozhang led the remnants of the Second Army to flee to Henan in a hurry, and Sun Wei led his troops to chase closely and seized a lot. By the time Tianming had already chased to Huangpi, Sun Wei was afraid that Wuhan would suddenly change in emptiness, so he led his infantry to rest in Huangpi County. Feng Guozhang saw that Huangpi was a small county, and he was afraid that he would not be able to stop a charge of the revolutionary army, and he did not dare to call the door to rest, so he hurriedly passed around the city.

Sun Wei wanted to lead the army into the city to rest, so he ordered someone to call the door, Huangpi County Commander saw that the revolutionary army was strong, and did not dare to stop its edge, so he ordered someone to open the door and lead the crowd to kneel at the gate of the city and said: "I don't know which Governor crossed, the contemptible Huangpi County Commander Guo Da did not dare to prevent the army from entering the city, but please have mercy on the people of the whole city, but all the people who need the Governor will do his best to satisfy the Governor." Sun Wei was surprised, in the past, when a large army crossed the border, such as the prefect and the county, the big and small officials basically ran as far as they could, it was rare to have a Qing official who cherished the people like Guo Da.

Sun Wei sat on the horse (learned when recruiting recruits, so you can't run fast but you can still jog with a saddle) and said: "I am Sun Wei, the governor of the Hubei Military Government, you can rest assured, we are a revolutionary army, a people's army, and the people are in love with fish and water, and there is no crime in autumn." Guo Da kowtowed heavily on the ground and said, "The contemptible people have thanked the governor here first." ”

Sun Wei said: "Huangpi also belongs to Hubei, under my rule, you are also my subordinates, get up quickly and prepare a spacious place for my brothers to set up camp, and prepare some food by the way." "Guo Da was a little stunned, when did I become your subordinate, you are a thief and I am an official, two people on different paths. Although Guo Da was slanderous in his heart, he didn't dare to show it, and hurriedly led Sun Wei to an extremely wide open space at the gate of the city. Sun Wei ordered the baggage camp to set up a tent and told Guo Da to go and prepare food quickly. Guo Da said yes and left, leaving his master so that Sun Wei could have any instructions.

Sun Wei ordered Tan Feng, the captain of the first brigade of the guard battalion, to lead the first brigade on horseback to pick up the seized gendarmerie battalion and the civilian army, and let them rest in the county seat. After a while, the county magistrate of Huangpi County ordered people to pull rice and a few pigs to the newly built military camp, slaughter them in the barracks, set up a cauldron and boil them. Sun Wei ordered someone to send the money for the rice and pigs to Guo Da, but Guo Da retreated back and said to Sun Wei: "The governor entered the city and did not commit any crime in autumn is already the greatest favor to my Huangpi County, but how dare you ask for the governor's money for some food." ”

Sun Wei said: "We are a revolutionary team, not bandits, we are fighting for the republic and democracy, we are here to liberate the people, not to oppress the people like the Manchus." We are a disciplined army, and we have to pay for things that we have to abide by. Guo Da had no choice but to put the money away, and his good impression of Sun Wei and his team doubled. Sun Wei didn't sleep all night, he felt very tired, he hurriedly ate a little something, arranged for the soldiers on guard duty, and went to sleep.

By the time Sun Wei woke up, it was already early in the morning, and the troops who had gone out to meet him had already returned, and they were all resting. Sun Wei, accompanied by the guards, rode around Huangpi County on horseback. Although the streets are a little deserted because of the arrival of the army in the county, it can also be seen that the people of Huangpi County are still okay, and there are even very few beggars, which is very unusual, because even in a big city like Wuhan, according to Wang Hu, there were many beggars before the revolution. Sun Wei ordered someone to ask the reason, and although the person asked was very scared, he still explained the reason.

It turns out that the Huangpi County Order not only has an official identity, but also a business identity. Taking advantage of the convenience of the railway, Guo Da set up a small silk reeling factory in Huangpi County, providing a job for those who lost their land and could not live, even the older ones could make ends meet, and those beggars were some lazy people who had no family business. Sun Wei asked again what the reputation of the county order was, and there were many people in the county who were favored by Guo Da.

Sun Wei said happily in his heart: "It seems that I didn't come to Huangpi County in vain, and I actually met a capable official." Such a powerful person who can make money and earn fame is too wasteful of talents to nest in this small county, and I happen to have no available people in civil affairs, but this Guo Da is a good choice. Sun Wei asked the direction of the county government and led the crowd away.

Before he arrived at the gate of the county office, someone recognized Sun Wei and quickly reported to the county office. Soon Guo Da came out to greet Sun Wei accompanied by his master, led Sun Wei to the yamen, and ordered someone to serve tea and said: "I don't know if the governor is coming, I hope to forgive me if I miss the distance." Sun Wei said: "I was just interested in coming here and wanted to see where Guo Xianling worked." Guo Da was speechless by Sun Weilei, this excuse is too fake, not all county offices are the same. Sun Wei saw that Guo Da was thundered by himself, and he stopped going around in circles, and said straight to the point: "How many years does Guo County Ling think this Manchu Qing Dynasty still has to live?" ”

Guo Da saw Sun Wei talking about the topic, and replied: "The imperial court is still losing the hearts of the people, and it should have died since the year of Gengzi, and these Han ministers barely maintained it." Now only Yuan Gongbao can support the situation of the imperial court, but Yuan Gongbao is not Li Zhongtang. Li Zhongtang is determined to be a loyal minister, and Yuan Gongbao's heart as Cao Cao's heart is already known to passers-by like Sima Zhao's heart. (To be continued.) )