Early in the morning ().

The black smoke over Wuchang gradually dissipated, and people who had been terrified all night began to look out through the cracks in the doors and windowsills, the dead bodies, blood and bullet marks on the walls along the street told of the fierce battle of last night, the streets were full of corpses, red blood continued to spread along the stone slabs, flies and mosquitoes lingered. The corpses of men and women stripped of their clothes in corners where no one usually exists remind the world that no matter how just the war is, it is still the ordinary people who suffer.

Groups of soldiers with white towels on their arms began to sweep the battlefield, corpses were buried, rubble was bulldozed, and everyone was busy as much as they could, but under this busyness, a strange atmosphere was quietly spreading.

"Brother, what do you think we should do next?" When the smoke and blood gradually calmed down after a night of agitation, the soldier quietly pushed his partner, who shook his head and looked up blankly at the eighteen-star flag that he always felt a little strange in the sky above the Advisory Bureau.

Yes, it may be ridiculous, but all the members of the Democratic Party who participated in the uprising, and even the members of the Democratic Party of the Communist Party and the Socialist Party, who were said to have planned it well, found that everything before that was revolving around the uprising, and when the uprising did succeed, none of them knew what to do next!

The leaders of the two factions at this moment are dying and sick, and they can't find anyone who can serve the people at this moment.

Wu Zhaolin walked around the corner, and after hearing the soldiers' conversation, he frowned and walked into the consultation bureau, and as soon as he entered the conference room, he saw Xiong Bingkun and Cai Jimin coming, and many party members who had never met before also came, and the conference room became a vegetable market.

"Gong Liu, you are the prime minister elected by everyone, it is better to be the governor instead."

"It was Sun Wu who said it was good before, how can I change people?"

"Sun Wu is in the hospital now, why don't you let Jiang Yiwu come ()."

"Jiang Yiwu hasn't seen him all night, where do you want me to find it?"

"In my opinion, I will quickly contact Mr. Huang Xing and Mr. Song Jiaoren and ask them to enter Hubei to preside over the overall situation."

"Nonsense, the army of Tartars is coming, are you looking for them? When will it arrive? Do we want to fight with the Tartars without command? Everyone was arguing over who should be the governor, and when they saw Wu Zhaolin coming in, it was as if they had seen a rescue, Xiong Bingkun even grabbed him and said: "Third brother, you are the commander-in-chief, I think it is better for you to be the governor." ”

Wu Zhaolin's face changed color, his small squad of officials was able to lead the people to defeat the Governor's Palace, and the completion of the feat of the uprising was already considered extraordinary, and now the soldiers have calmed down and began to think about all kinds of aftermath matters, it is the time when the army's morale is the most chaotic, the operation is so big, someone must have gone to the concession to report to the north, once the imperial court mobilizes a large army to suppress it, it will be a big war involving tens of thousands of people, how can he serve the people when he sits on it? !

Once the morale of the army changes, not to mention the Beiyang that is likely to come, even the remnants of Zhang Biao, who fled to Liujiamiao, will come back, so he resolutely refused: "Everyone, I am just a team officer, even if I sit in this position, I can't convince the public, so this matter must not be mentioned again!" ”

"Then in your opinion, who should be the governor of this metropolis?"

Wu Zhaolin took a breath, in fact, he already had an idea in his heart, but he still pretended to think for a long time before he said: "The three towns of Wuchang have been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and we will definitely fight back wildly after the success of the move, and the six towns of Beiyang may be sent, so if you want to be the governor of this capital, you need a person who can stabilize the morale of the army and lead everyone to fight against the enemy. ”

As soon as he heard that Wu Zhaolin actually elected a Manchu official, the dissatisfaction immediately became noisy, only Cai Jimin quietly glanced at Wu Zhaolin, stood up and said: "The first battle has been won, we should abandon our prejudices and select talents!" Otherwise, the dragons will be leaderless and fall into civil strife. Therefore, I think that the Metropolitan Governor should be elected immediately, and then the whole country should be announced, so that all localities can respond! Otherwise, if we are left to the toss of unknown people, other provinces may think that we are not enough to succeed, and then the promotion of the whole country will become an empty word. ”

As soon as Cai Jimin's words came out, the conference room suddenly quieted down, and everyone's internal high-level leaders had actually discussed letting Li Yuanhong be the governor a long time ago, so when the society and the Communist Party could not find a suitable candidate for each other, they could only agree with the opinions of the two of them, and saw that the two of them looked at each other and smiled.

Tang Hualong, director of the Advisory Bureau, is less than forty years old, a white and pure scholar, usually capable and sophisticated, and a leading figure of the Hubei constitutionalists, so everyone first sent someone to invite him. The Tang family was not far from the Consultative Bureau, and after being frightened by the guns all night, his face was a little pale, and his steps quickly arrived at the conference room, but when he heard that he was going to be elected as the governor, his white face was painted with oil paint.

Isn't that a fatal thing!

The Consultative Bureau was originally a constitutionalist, and the constitution and the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the establishment of a republic were completely different things, not to mention that the situation is unclear now, and these people have to rush to find the leading brother after the move, and they will not be able to last long at first glance. In addition, he doesn't know how to command the army, and the more the scholar fights, the more chaotic he becomes, and in the end he loses his little life, but it's over! Moreover, Tang Qianming is still an official in the water division, if this is a national ultimatum for the success of the uprising, it will definitely be a head-to-earth, so Wu Zhaolin resolutely refuses.

Liu Gong is not in good health, Sun Wu lives in the hospital, Jiang Yiwu is gone, and he doesn't know if he escaped from the battle, and Tang Hualong firmly thinks that it will be bad for scholars to lead troops, which makes everyone dumbfounded.

At this time, Ma Rong walked into the conference room, and saw the quiet atmosphere inside, so he didn't dare to stay any longer and hurriedly pulled Xiong Bingkun out: "I found Li Yuanhong!" ”

"What!"

Wu Zhaolin, who was leaning against the door, heard the conversation, and the corners of his mouth quietly hooked.

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"Your Excellency, your Excellency."

At the Loess Slope house, Liu Wenzhi pushed open the door and saw Li Yuanhong standing at the window looking north, so he hurriedly ran over and said: "My lord, the soldier who delivered the letter has returned, he said that Wu Zhaolin has received the letter, and asked him to bring a message to you (). ”

The sound of gunfire in Wuchang City in the distance all night has broken Li Yuanhong's heart, from the time he learned that Chuwangtai was quickly occupied, he knew that this time it was going to be bad, so he sent a note to Wu Zhaolin, the commander-in-chief over there, this note was his only hope for whether he could push the boat down the river, so after hearing it, he asked: "What words?" ”

"Wu Zhaolin said that he knows the virtue of the adult." As soon as Liu Wenzhi finished saying this, Li Yuanhong felt as if something had fallen in his chest, and after taking a long breath, he continued to ask without moving: "How is it outside now?" ”

Liu Wenzhi said: "I only heard a few family members who reported just now that the Governor's Mansion was breached shortly after the Governor's Mansion left last night, and Lord Zhang adhered to the Governor's Office, and fought with the rebel army at Wangjiangmen all night, and only left at dawn, and took the escaped Li Xianglin's troops, the patrol battalion, the rest of the Ma Biao Department and more than 1,000 guards to cross the river to the direction of Liujiamiao. ”

"Liujiamiao? He's going north? ”

Liujiamiao Railway Station is an important passage connecting Henan, Gyeonggi and other places by land between the three towns, so Li Yuanhong thought that Zhang Biao was going to flee when he heard this, Liu Wenzhi hurriedly said: "I didn't escape, but I set up a camp somewhere, saying that I would wait for the reinforcements to arrive and kill back." ”

"That's not right." Li Yuanhong patted his head: "Isn't Yang Qiu's second battalion stationed there?" Could it be that he was also recruited by Zhang Biao? ”

"I don't know about this humble position, but I heard that last night Hanyang and Hankou also rang out a night of gunfire, at this moment the two places have been closed and forbidden to enter and exit, in the morning the humble position also sent people over to prepare to contact Yang Qiu to send troops to protect the adult, but the ship has not yet arrived at the dock and fired a warning warning not to approach, and the phone from Wuchang to that side has all been cut off, and the humble post does not know what happened."

"Could it be that the 42 standard is also reversed?" Li Yuanhong's heart sank, Yang Qiu's phone call last night also made him feel a little relieved, and he wanted to have Yang Qiu's 42 standard as foreign aid, and then control Yichang's 41 standard 2 battalions, and Wu Zhaolin was an old man, and his life would definitely be saved, but now there is a problem with the 42 mark, the maximum force foreign aid is gone, and the cards in his hand are too few.

The more Li Yuanhong thought about it, the more he felt that it was too dangerous to continue to stay here, so he immediately asked Liu Wenzhi to find a change of clothes and prepare to leave.

Liu Wenji hurriedly went out to take Wang Anlan to see the situation, and when he went out, he found that it was actually a large group of party soldiers with white towels, and his face suddenly changed, and Ma Rong, who led the team, immediately rushed inside when he saw the panicked appearance of the two.

Li Yuanhong, who had already seen it behind the door, was frightened, just learned that 42 was marked with a problem, and Wu Zhaolin just replied over there, and the soldiers came, what if it was the soldiers themselves who didn't know the truth, wouldn't it? ! Before he could escape, Ma Rong had already rushed in with someone, and when he saw him disheveled, he smiled disdainfully: "Lord Li, you won't be so scared that you get off the bed, right?" Haha, don't be afraid, I'm ordered to invite Master Li to the Advisory Bureau for deliberations. ”

After his eyes flashed, Li Yuanhong turned to the soldier next to him and said: "I usually take you well, but now I have put down my military power and am at home, why do you want to harm me!" ”

Many of the 41 standard soldiers among the soldiers were naturally timid when they saw Li Yuanhong, and hurriedly said: "My lord, we are really here to invite you to discuss matters, and everyone elected you as the governor." ”

"The Grand Duke!"

It's a life-threatening thing! His original intention was to continue to lead the army and make a fool of himself casually, why did this Wu Zhaolin directly push him to the governor? ! Frightened, he hurriedly refused: "Your party is full of talents, and the people of Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren have a higher reputation than me, so why do you need me to be the governor of the capital." ”

Ma Rong saw that he was pushing and chirping crookedly for a long time, and suddenly said that he was angry, pulled out his pistol and shouted: "If you are obedient, you will have a way to live, otherwise there is only one way to die!" The choice is yours. ”

Li Yuanhong glanced at Ma Rong angrily, knowing that he would definitely not be able to pass this level, so he gritted his teeth and changed into a green shirt and robe, and put on a melon skin hat, and put on an idle cloud and wild crane before going out to the Advisory Bureau