It was autumn, but the cold snap in the north had not moved south, and the hot and humid air was full of restlessness and restlessness. In front of the stage on Hanzheng Street, more than 100 soldiers were busy preparing, and a banner was pulled up above the stage, and the big words "Right Route Army Swearing-in Conference" were eye-catching.

The Anmin notices that began to appear on the streets and alleys yesterday made many people finally relax a little, and there were many people on the streets, and some bold shopkeepers opened their doors, but there were no people who came to buy anything. A carriage was the first to arrive at the swearing-in venue, and Hu Ruilin, who was almost fifty years old, immediately caused a restlessness after getting out of the car, and his reputation in the three towns was not small, not only a respected layman, a member of the Advisory Council, but also a philanthropic person, so many people knew him.

Hu Ruilin has washed away yesterday's nervousness and uneasiness, Hankou and Wuchang have resumed navigation last night, Tang Hualong sent a message to say that Yang Qiu posted a notice without authorization to proclaim himself the commander of the Right Route Army, and also brought Li Yuanhong opposite Li Dushi, who had just acquiesced there, and it was such a coincidence that he drank and pecked, isn't it?

The Chinese tradition, the left hand is the biggest, he now occupies a right army, the position of the commander of the left army is vacant, which also shows that he is afraid that he has premeditated, you must know that although there are more than 10,000 troops in Wuchang on the other side, but at this moment the only one who can command is Li Yuanhong ()! Doesn't this mean that after the party members were busy for two days and two nights, all the benefits were taken by these two people?!

After a night of deep thought, he also felt that this was the best opportunity for them to be constitutionalists, so this oath meeting was definitely going to come to cheer, as some parliamentarians and gentry living in Hankou gradually arrived under the "protection" of the soldiers, the venue that was still a little empty just now was already crowded with people, and a long time later, a large group of carriages escorted by foreign soldiers suddenly squeezed into the crowd, Hu Ruilin frowned secretly, could it be that foreigners came to support Yang Qiu?

"Stand upright!"

A loud shout came, and the soldiers who maintained order suddenly stood with their feet together, and the crowd automatically moved out of the way, Hu Ruilin hurriedly looked back, only to see more than a hundred soldiers and officers hugging Yang Qiu and slowly walking over. Wearing a pistol at his waist, a saber handshake, a tall posture, a slender body, a heroic posture between his eyes, a straight official uniform, and the leather boots under his feet on the stone slab are even more kicking, which is as shocking as a drumbeat.

Since the assassination incident, he has been nesting in Hanyang and rarely goes out, so everyone has only heard of this Manchu lackey and Baturu hero, and at this moment when he sees such a dignified young man, his heart has also risen a little good.

"Commander, this is the German Minister Sir Traun, and this is the British Consul, Viscount Graham." Zhang Wenjing introduced all the way: "This is His Excellency Sadao Matsumura, Minister of Japan. ”

When Matsumura Sadao was introduced, two gloomy eyes immediately locked on him, and he said coldly: "Your Excellency Commander, I want to know why you sent troops into the Hanyang Steel Mill?" Capture Han Yeping's kind staff! ”

Sheng Xuanhuai hasn't arrived yet, and the arrival of the first is coming! Yang Qiu pretended to be confused and asked, "What?" Is the steel mill a Japanese company? Zhang Wenjing! What do you do? Don't tell me about it! ”

Zhang Wenjing smiled secretly in his heart, and after the translator next to him finished speaking, Matsumura Sadao's face changed slightly.

Indeed, although Japan and Han Yeping have a close relationship, the ownership is still Sheng Xuanhuai and the Qing government, so Yang Qiu can't take Japan's turn to govern when he goes in to arrest people, but Yang Qiu doesn't want to turn his face with the Japanese now, and said seriously: "Your Excellency, I will definitely investigate clearly, if there is a mistake in arresting your country's personnel or infringing on your country's enterprises, I will be severely punished!" ”

Seeing that Matsumura Sadao had been entangled with Yang Qiu about the steel mill, the German minister Traun couldn't bear it anymore, walked over and stopped him, took out a copy of the treaty letter from the ministers of various countries in Hankow from his pocket, and said sternly: "Your Excellency Commander, we don't want to interfere in your internal affairs, but if you want to fight, you must leave the concessions of various countries for thirty miles, otherwise we will reserve the possibility of taking necessary measures!" ”

Yue Peng and Song Ziqing, who could understand some German behind them, heard these words, their faces changed slightly, and they were about to start beating Zhang Biao after the oath, Liujiamiao was less than ten kilometers away from the nearest Japanese concession, could it be said that the foreigner and Zhang Biao had reached an agreement to deliberately protect him? !

Yang Qiu was not in a hurry, and said in German: "Your Excellency, I think your letter of agreement should be handed over to the Qing government or Wuchang, I am just a soldier, and the order I got is to defeat the enemy at any cost!" After speaking, Traun's face did not change immediately, and suddenly took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to him.

Traun is a veteran diplomat in his fifties, because Germany has not been able to completely open up the situation due to the unanimous strategy of various countries in China proposed by the United Kingdom, so over the years, he has been well aware of how to protect Germany's interests in the Far East in the case of being disadvantaged and lacking allies, so he was just about to discuss joint pressure with the ministers of various countries, but he did not expect Yang Qiu to hand over a piece of paper.

First full of German accents, and then all the notes written in German, Traun also secretly wondered about Yang Qiu's origin, and after taking the note and looking at it casually, his pupils suddenly began to dilate, and he asked without caring about the other people on the side: "Your Excellency, this is." ”

"A British friend of mine happened to make a little mistake, so he took these things and fled to the Far East to take refuge, and when I saw that he was penniless, I bought them, are they really useful to you?" Yang Qiu lowered his voice.

"Yes, Germany needs ()." Traun was about to continue, but when he noticed that something was wrong with the occasion, he immediately lowered his voice: "We need it." ”

Yang Qiu smiled, took away the note that Traun didn't grasp, and deliberately slowly folded it into small squares before stuffing it back into his pocket and smiled: "When we take the Liujia Temple, I think we can have a drink together." ”

The conversation between the two was all in German, and at the end they whispered, so several other ministers only saw the two pointing fingers, but Yue Peng and Song Ziqing, who were standing closer, were a little stunned, and they began to guess what could move Traun, the old fox, at each other.

Hu Ruilin and the others standing next to him were even more surprised, he couldn't understand German but knew how to read faces, he didn't expect Traun to suddenly change his tone, and he doubted whether he had the support of foreigners. Just when everyone was speculating, Yang Qiu put away the note and strode towards him, and before he could say hello, he was grabbed by his hand and smiled kindly: "Councilor Hu, you are the most prestigious person in our three towns, Yang is really grateful to be able to participate in this oath meeting, brother, on behalf of thousands of soldiers of the Right Route Army, I promise you that we will fight bravely to kill the enemy, protect the peace of Hankou, and defend the achievements of our revolution!" Oh, by the way, I've already received the $50,000 donation you sent the night before! Thank you so much, thank you so much! ”

Before Hu Ruilin could react, he heard that Yang Qiu actually poked him out of the matter of giving 50,000 yuan, didn't he tell others that he had come together with the Right Route Army?! Xindao, this young man is really not to be underestimated. Fortunately, he was also prepared for this matter, and said with a smile: "It is the greatest wish of the old man to do something for his hometown, the commander will lead the soldiers to defend the country and protect Hankou, if it is not for the age, I am willing to accompany you to the battle to kill the enemy and build immortal feats." ”

This old man is really good at talking, Yang Qiu smiled secretly, beckoned and said loudly: "Thank you, Councilor Hu, in the next martial arts, Yangxia still needs you people to take charge." ”

These voices were extremely loud, and Hu Ruilin was also full of smiles, and the surrounding parliamentarians and conservatives immediately understood that the two might have reached an agreement, did this mean that the constitutionalists were going to come to power? But before they could listen and listen, they saw that the soldiers brought a cardboard box larger than a person, and five big characters were printed on the cardboard box, "Revolutionary Donation Box"!

Get! Hu Ruilin has donated, and he has to "contribute" a little, not to mention that people have guns in their hands! One by one, the gentry began to grit their teeth and touch their pockets, so that Zhang Wenjing smiled: "Commander, you are really shameless." ”

"It's better to be shameless than to have no money." Yang Qiu glanced at the thoughtful Hu Ruilin, and then took a deep breath and suddenly stepped onto the stage.

In the corner, Rui Yao dressed as the daughter of a fisherman and stood in the gap between Chang Si and a few guards and saw Yang Qiu's fundraising method, and she also laughed, turned her head and smiled at the stupid Miao Luo: "I know why this guy made you lose your soul, junior sister." ”

"Sister Rui, you!"

Miao Luo was angry, two red clouds flew on his white jade-like cheeks, looking at the tall figure on the stage, he didn't know how to say it anymore, this man jumped from a lackey to a comrade, did he say that he was with him.

Yang Qiu walked up to the stage, raised his arms and said in a loud and firm voice: "Father, brother, sister! Fellow citizens! As I stand here today, I actually have a lot of things in my heart to say to you, but I don't know where to start when I open my mouth.

I just want to say. Today! We, the three towns of the Han River, are the first to recover!

At the beginning of foreign affairs, the tragedy of the First Wu Festival, and the year of Gengzi, countless ancestors threw their heads and spilled their blood for this day! After hundreds of years of bloody rule by the Manchu government, the three towns of the Han River finally returned to the hands of China!

But.

There are still many places on the land of Hubei that have not yet been recovered, and they are still ravaged by the Tartars! Therefore, today's brother convened this pledge meeting, not to ask for anything from you, nor to say anything big. Look around you, look at the young faces with guns on their shoulders, these good men full of blood!! When the eyes came, the soldiers straightened their backs, and everyone was proud.

"We also have relatives and parents, and we will also be afraid, but we are soldiers, and when we wear this dress, we have no choice!

Yesterday we put an end to an old era, to the end of the rule of the Manchus of the Three Towns, and today ()! We will start a new journey, we are going to you and for the Chinese people all over the world! For this country! Create a new world and a proud future of the Chinese nation!

The Right Route Army of our national defense once again swears that we will completely overthrow the Manchu Dynasty with our own flesh and blood determination! For the rejuvenation of China, let my descendants of Yan and Huang re-establish the forest of world powers, and can hold their heads high and fight for life!

I'd rather die than break!

If you break your oath, heaven and earth will kill you!

If you break your oath, heaven and earth will kill you!

If you break your oath, heaven and earth will kill you!

The soldiers were all shouted by this bloody oath, and more and more young people began to join the ranks, and in a moment the whole of Hankow began to echo with this voice!

"Sacrifice the flag!"

With Zhang Wenjing shouting loudly, Bingwen walked onto the rostrum with a military flag that everyone had never seen before, Yang Qiu waved his hand, stepped on the sea of blood, and the picture scroll of the flying tiger roaring appeared in front of everyone.

Then, nearly 100 bound criminals were pushed to the riverside not far away, and many of them shouted when they saw them, because they were the thugs who took advantage of the fire to rob, kill the people, and abuse them that night.

The smile on Rui Yao's pretty face suddenly disappeared as soon as she saw them, because six or seven out of ten of them were members of the Yangtze River Gang, and she was so anxious that she was about to rush out to stop it, but she was suddenly stopped by Chang Si. "Helper, they're just thugs who take advantage of the fire." As soon as the words fell, a banging gunfire rang out, and in countless shouts, accusations, and miscellaneous shouts, a full 77 bandits were shot dead on the spot!

While some people were trembling for Yang Qiu's heart, the Flying Tiger Banner had already begun to go into the distance