Huizhou Mansion, Huiyang County, Zhenlong Town. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhenlong Town, located in the southwest of Huiyang, north of Chenjiang, west of Dongguan, north of Huizhou Fucheng only more than 20 miles, southeast of Huiyang County is more than 40 miles, Zhenlong Town has always been rich in high-quality lychees, known as the "hometown of lychees" reputation.

September 14, 1900, noon.

A team is approaching the direction of Zhenlong Town, the banner of this team is high, with the word "Zheng" and "Sun" written on the big fighter, as well as the slogan of "Baoyang and Annihilation", in addition, there is also a blue sky and white sun flag in the team, this flag has just been sent to the ranks of the righteous army, and it is also the first time that the blue sky and white sun flag fluttered in the land of China.

It is not difficult to guess that this team is the rebel army of the Huizhou uprising led by Zheng Shiliang, and the rebel army at this moment can be described as a rainbow of morale, because they have won successive battles, from the scale of 600 people when the uprising of No. 8 Sanzhoutian launched the uprising, to more than 3,000 people now.

Zheng Shiliang, the commander of the rebel army, also walked in the ranks, looking at the high-spirited soldiers around him, always with a smile on his face, but in his heart, it was full of worry.

Zheng Shiliang, a native of Huizhou, Guangdong, a modern democratic revolutionary, was very impressed by Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas and was a staunch supporter of Sun Yat-sen.

Zheng Shiliang, with few great ambitions and a chivalrous reputation, once followed the villagers to practice boxing skills, made friends with Hongmen people, joined the triads, etc., and in 1881 he studied in Guangzhou at the Lixian School set up by the German Church in Youlanmen, and was baptized into Christianity. After graduating in 1886, he entered the Nanhua Academy attached to Boji Hospital to study, and was a classmate of Sun Yat-sen, and since then he has followed Sun Yat-sen to share the great cause of revolution.

In the Guangzhou Uprising in 1895, Zheng Shiliang was also the main person in charge, but it failed due to leakage before it was launched, and Zheng Shiliang was lucky to escape to Hong Kong.

Today's Huizhou uprising is almost led by Zheng Shiliang, although there is a lack of money and weapons, but the battle has been more than a week, and the Qing army has been defeated in a row, and the team has grown to more than 3,000 people, it should be said that Zheng Shiliang's personal ability is still very good.

However, the current contingent is growing rapidly, and the overall momentum is like a rainbow, but many problems have also erupted, such as the problem of getting along with the various parties, the situation of some people disobeying orders, and of course, the more fatal thing is the lack of food, money, and weapons and equipment.

"Commander, I think this blue sky and white sun flag is really beautiful, what do you think?"

Adjutant General Huang Fu looked at the fluttering blue sky and white sun flag, his heart was excited, this flag was sent by Sun Yat-sen just assigned, the purpose is naturally to boost morale, the righteous army can have a flag of their own, this meaning is still very rich.

Speaking of the Blue Sky and White Sun Flag, I have to mention one person here, that is, Lu Haodong, the designer of the Blue Sky and White Sun Flag, who was praised by Sun Yat-sen as "the first person in the history of China who sacrificed for the republican revolution", and was the first strong general and chief disciple in Sun Yat-sen's heart.

The blue sky and white sun flag was in 1895 when Sun Yat-sen gathered Lu Haodong and others to prepare to launch the Guangzhou Uprising, thinking that "we advocate the revolution, aiming to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and establish the country, sooner or later, there will be a day of success, and all countries in the world today have national flags, with the symbol of the country, and now the righteousness is imminent, and this matter should also be premeditated, in order to replace the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty", because Lu Haodong is good at painting, so he entrusted Lu Haodong to prepare for this matter.

Lu Haodong finally designed a blue sky and white sun flag, handed it to Sun Yat-sen, and explained: "blue sky and white sun" means self-possession, equality and righteousness and light, that is, it embodies the freedom and democracy of the West, and there are twelve horns around the "white sun" such as the radiation of the sun, which corresponds to the twelve hours of the earth's day and night, corresponding to the traditional Chinese earthly branch, which Sun Yat-sen greatly appreciated.

Because the Guangzhou Uprising had not yet started, it was declared a failure due to leakage, and Lu Haodong was unfortunately laid out because he resolutely returned to his residence to destroy the list of revolutionaries when he knew that the secrets had been leaked, and he was tortured and heroically righteous, so the blue sky and white sun flag appeared on the battlefield for the first time, that is, in the Huizhou Uprising, which is today.

Facing the inquiry of the deputy general Huang Fu, Zheng Shiliang also looked up at the blue sky and white sun flag, and when he saw the blue sky and white sun flag, Zheng Shiliang remembered Lu Haodong, and also remembered the Guangzhou Uprising five years ago.

"Huang Fu, why do you say, we leak secrets every time we revolt?"

The Guangzhou Uprising five years ago and the current Guangzhou Uprising both failed with leaks, and the Sanzhoutian Uprising led by him was not a leak, if it had not been for the discovery that the Qing army was already encircling them, Zheng Shiliang would not have hastily started an incident.

In the face of Zheng Shiliang's non-answering rhetorical question, Huang Fu didn't care, and after a little hesitation, he replied: "Actually, this is not difficult to understand, after all, the main members of our righteous army are all members of the party, and the people in the party are more complicated, there are everyone, and some people are like reporting to the Qing court in order to invite rewards to the Qing court, which is normal." ”

"Yes, after all, it's with the help of others." Zheng Shiliang sighed, and said helplessly: "It would be great if there was an armed force that belonged to the revolutionaries themselves." ”

Zheng Shiliang's sigh, if Yue Weihua hears it, he will be shocked, the power comes out of the barrel of the gun, this sentence was said by Taizu, but the first to do it was Lao Jiang, Lao Jiang's Whampoa Military Academy, the best interpretation of what is called power out of the barrel of the gun, thinking about the group of student soldiers, stunned to complete the Northern Expedition, even if the nominal unification of the country, and the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, it was more than 20 years later.

In fact, speaking of which, I have to mention Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary pioneer, the father of the nation, the first provisional president, these honors, perhaps he deserves them, but his whole life is borrowed from strength, either with the help of gangs, or with the help of Beiyang, or with the help of Dongying, or with the help of European powers, but he almost never belonged to his own strength, and almost rarely participated in the process of revolution personally.

The two most famous uprisings in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, one was the Huizhou Uprising in front of him, Sun Yat-sen was in Taiwan, and was trying his best to raise military salaries and weapons, but unfortunately, nothing was raised, and the weapons were even more unscrupulous businessmen, which led to the failure of the Huizhou Uprising.

During the Xinhai Revolution, which marked the collapse of feudal society, Sun Yat-sen was in the United States, some people say that he worked as a runner in a restaurant, and some people say that he was giving speeches, lobbying, and raising funds.

Of course, as a great revolutionary pioneer, his merits are naturally indelible, and his historical positioning is not something we can arbitrarily ridicule, but I personally believe that Sun's greatest merit lies in his personal practice, through a series of revolutionary activities, so that China has formed a strong revolutionary atmosphere, thus promoting the success of the Xinhai Revolution, and second, it is mainly manifested in the fund-raising.

Hehe, this is far away, let's get back to the topic.

Zheng Shiliang, as a die-hard supporter of Sun Yat-sen, must have been deeply influenced by him, although he can come up with a sentence at this moment, it would be great if he had his own strength, but unfortunately this sentence may just be an unintentional word, plus Zheng Shiliang died too early in history (poisoned by the Qing court in 1901), otherwise, perhaps, Chinese history will be changed because of Zheng Shiliang's awakening.

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Just when Zheng Shiliang and Huang Fu were talking, Yue Weihua also quietly appeared at the end of the team, and smoothly connected with Shuai Hong.

"Commander-in-Chief, it's a pleasure to see you."

Shuai Hong is only 20 years old this year, as his surname is, he is an out-and-out handsome guy, more than 1.8 meters tall, and he stands out from the crowd here in Guangzhou, more than two months apart, he is naturally very excited to see Yue Weihua again, especially at this critical juncture.

"It's hard, it's dark, but it's more mature." Yue Weihua said with a smile.

"Where, it's just a pity that I can't fight side by side with the commander-in-chief in the wolf domain." Shuai Hong said bluntly.

"Don't regret it, there will be a chance."

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The two chatted for a few words, and then began to get to the point, Yue Weihua came here thousands of miles away, the main purpose is to participate in the Huizhou uprising, as for how to participate, to what extent, it depends on the specific situation, so Yue Weihua now urgently needs to know the current situation of the Huizhou uprising.

After Shuai Hong's brief introduction, Yue Weihua finally had a general understanding of the current situation of the Huizhou uprising, which was basically the same as the news in the telegram, that is, after a week of fighting, the Qing army had won several battles in a row, and the size of the team had grown to three or four thousand people.

As for some information that was not learned in the telegram, for example, to make a fuss, such as eating meat, drinking alcohol, and so on.

The people in the party are actually similar to the bearded green forests in the northeast, except that the latter is hidden next to the ravine avenue, and the former is mixed in the cities and towns, in fact, they are some second bastards, hooligans, ruffians, etc., of course, it can only be said that most of them are like this, there is no absolute.

These people in the party, it should be said that the vast majority of people, do not know what revolution is, they came to participate in the uprising, one is for money, there must be money to fight the war, who will give you hard work without money, and second, in order to get to the top, they also need to climb up, and they also need the status of the rivers and lakes, right.

Moreover, the salary is still paid daily, and there is no credit, if you don't give it today, then I'm afraid many people may not listen to you, Commander Zheng.

The second is to have meat to eat, to have wine to drink, don't feel strange, don't be surprised if you don't give meat to eat in a war, do you have to be a starving ghost when you die, there is no wine to strengthen your courage, who charges you, you don't let them drink so much drunk, this battle, really can't fight.

Hearing this, Yue Weihua also shook his head, but it was expected.

"Commander-in-chief, the combat effectiveness of the rebel army and the combat effectiveness of the Qing army are really half a catty to eight taels, the Qing army is better equipped and has more guns, but the rebel army is also ruthless, dare to fight and dare to fight, the results of these days are not bad, but, I don't know why, the situation has changed since today." Shuai Hong said.

"Oh, what change?"

"Originally, according to the plan, we were going to go all the way to the west and prepare to attack Guangzhou, but today it suddenly turned to the northeast, and the reason was not explained in detail."

Yue Weihua understood as soon as he heard it, smiled and said bluntly: "It seems that the British have made a move, Sun Yat-sen's plan to transfer food and equipment from Hong Kong has been blocked, and now the purpose of letting you move closer to the northeast is to hope that you can fight all the way to Xiamen, because Xiamen and the treasure island face each other across the sea, which is more conducive to getting supplies from the direction of the treasure island." ”

"Treasure Island?" Shuai Hong was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "Could it be that you are counting on Dongying people?" ”

"Hehe, don't expect Dongying, who else can you count on, Sun Yat-sen is on the treasure island now." Yue Weihua said with a smile: "However, counting on the Dongying people will only be empty in the end." ”

Dongying supports the rebels of the Chinese government, which is almost the consistent practice of Dongying, and now the governor of Dongying on the treasure island, Kodama Gentaro, has direct support for the uprising in Guangzhou and Huizhou planned by Sun Yat-sen, and those who participated in this uprising have a group of Dongying ronin, there are many names and surnames, such as Miyazaki Inzo, Hirayama Zhou, Fukumoto Makoto and so on.

"How can you get involved with the Dongying people?"

Shuai Hong was a little speechless, maybe because of Yue Weihua's relationship, or because of the First Sino-Japanese War, no one in the entire Black Dragon Army was waiting to see the Dongying people.

"You, it seems that your status in the rebel army is not only low, but also the contact area is too narrow." Yue Weihua said helplessly: "Do you know that in your rebel army, there are many Dongying people?" ”

"Hehe, it's really a little low."

Shuai Hong smiled helplessly, who let him come to Huizhou for only a month, even Cantonese can only speak a few words of the simplest, there are obstacles to communication, how can people give you a promotion, besides, most of these rebels are members of various party gangs, and they all have their own halls, how can they be handed over to you to be led by a northern Yankee?

Of course, although Shuai Hong only brought four team members to join, but during this time, he also gathered more than 20 singles, and there were more than 30 people under his hands, and because Shuai Hong brought more than 20 pistols, he just gave them full armament, but the bullets were limited, so in the first few battles, the performance was not very eye-catching, and naturally he could not get the appreciation from above, and the contact surface must be narrow, so it is not surprising that he does not know.

"Shuai Hong, after your observation these days, do you think this rebel army is worthy of our Black Dragon Army's vigorous support?"

Yue Weihua's words can be regarded as asking the key point, and Shuai Hong also pondered for a long time before he said cautiously: "Commander-in-chief, I don't think it's worth it." ”

"Why?" Yue Weihua asked rhetorically.

"There are many reasons, first of all, not to mention whether they can succeed with our support, but even if they succeed, our Black Dragon Army may not get any benefits, after all, the main force of the rebel army is all gangs and locals, and we are foreigners, and we are still northerners."

"Secondly, I think the probability of their success is too low, commander-in-chief, you just have to go to the front and take a look, you will find out what kind of army is there, although it is said that it will not wreak havoc on the people, but they really do not have the appearance of soldiers, every noon and evening, there must be wine, there is no wine to make trouble, there is alcohol to drink, and in the end there are still people to make trouble."

"One more ,......"

…… (To be continued.) )