After receiving the telegram, the Wuhu New Army battalion immediately began to take action, and the telegraph operator in the telecommunications room trembled with excitement and forwarded the telegram to the patrol battalions of the five surrounding counties, including Dangtu and Xuancheng, as well as to Li Tianxiang and Wang Wenli, who were on standby in the secret camp in Jiulian Mountain. After filming the telegram, the operator cried excitedly, this was the most exciting and glorious moment of his life.

After receiving the telegram, the ministries immediately boiled, and after cheering, everyone immediately went into action. The patrol battalions of the five counties around Wuhu gathered their equipment and men and horses, and quickly assembled towards Wuhu. The "bandits" in the secret camps in various places in Jiulian Mountain also drove towards Wuhu under the shouting of Li Tianxiang and others. The arsenal hidden in the mountainous area immediately became lively, and weapons and equipment, including more than 20,000 Mauser 98 rifles, 400,000 pointed singles, more than 300 mortars, and infantry runs, were extracted, loaded onto Ford trucks imported from the United States, and quickly transported to Wuhu. The officers and men of the heavy artillery regiment, who had been hiding in the corner and could not see the light, also cheered and withdrew from their beloved artillery. The expansion of the army began in an orderly manner.

At the same time, Hu Rui, who remained in Anqing, did all this, pulled out the Browning 1900 from his waist, checked the magazine and insurance, and took the pistol team and galloped all the way towards the governor's horse. A large number of officers and soldiers wearing the uniforms of the new army, changed their previous modesty and galloped in Anqing City, all the way in the direction of the governor's subordinates. The clever man immediately thought of the anomaly that the patrol battalion had blocked the city gate and strictly forbade entry and exit, and his face immediately changed dramatically. Years of turbulent life have made the nerves of the grassroots people particularly sensitive, and the smart ones immediately guessed that something was wrong, and nine times out of ten there was another military disaster. One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and quickly spread among the people. Unable to distinguish between the real and the fake, the people felt faintly uneasy when they saw the tightly sealed city gate, and immediately dispersed. In the early morning, Anqing City was in a depression, and the shops and households closed their doors and windows, and did not dare to go out. Except for the second-rate people who are not afraid of death, there are no people on the street. It invisibly provides convenience for Sanniang's actions, and also avoids accidental injuries to the greatest extent.

"Chief Instructor, everything is ready. Our men are all in place, machine guns have been erected on the high grounds, and all the snipers are in place. ”

As soon as he arrived at the governor's door, as soon as he dismounted, Wang Tianda immediately strode over, took the reins, stepped forward and whispered.

"Are you all here?"

Hu Rui nodded, satisfied with the speed.

"All right, the brothers inside the chief instructor just now heard Zhu Jiabao say in the hall that there is no need to call the new army and the patrol battalion to confront the officials above the rate, and said that the grassroots officers are all from our training battalion and are reliable. This will make everyone in the hall to discuss what to do. ”

Wang Tianda reported all the news and the situation 1510.

After hearing this, Hu Rui sneered and didn't speak, and made a gesture to pull out his gun. The cold pistol team behind him consciously flashed two loaded Mauser 20 rings, and rushed towards the hall with Hu Rui in their arms. In front of the hall, a group of Zhu Jiabao's relatives gathered together, looking at the new officers and soldiers around them with jealousy, and cursing in a low voice to rob them of their business. Looking at the gun loaded, the knife out of the sheath, and Hu Rui and his party who came straight to the hall with murderous spirit, the head instinctively felt that something was wrong. Instinctively, he quickly pushed away his colleague who was blocking the front, took out a Colt six-ring revolver from his arms, and aimed it at the comer.

"Hit!"

Hu Rui's reaction was not slow, and he immediately shouted when he saw through it. The Browning in his hand also rang out, and less than twenty meters away, a team of fifty pistols and one hundred Mausers and twenty shots opened fire at the same time. At such a close distance, the density of firepower can be imagined, and before Zhu Jiabao's entourage could react, they had been knocked down by a rain of bullets, and fell in a pool of blood without saying a word. The officers and soldiers of the nearby guard company immediately cooperated, kicked the Colt away from the corpse of the person who hit the head, and then picked up the submachine gun in his hand to reload the front and open the way.

The sudden gunfire made Zhu Jiabao, who was in the hall frowning and discussing countermeasures with a group of officials, feel excited, and asked loudly:

"What's going on, there's a gun going out there?!"

Without waiting for an answer, the door of the hall was slammed open with a "bang", and a company of guards armed with submachine guns rushed into the hall to block the exit, and the muzzle of the black hole was pointed directly at Zhu Jiabao and others.

"Bold, what do you mean?!"

Compared with the Manchu officials who were so frightened that they hid under the table and refused to come out, Zhu Jiabao still had some courage. Forcefully colored, he scolded inwardly.

"Lord Futai, all the adults at the table, I have offended, I have been preparing for this day for three whole years."

The soldiers at the door of the hand moved out of the wayway, and Hurui strode in, surrounded by the pistol team. Glancing coldly, the shivering official who was hiding under the table said lightly. Wang Tianda, who was beside him, snatched a Stern submachine gun and fired at the roof of the hall. Flying wood chips and broken porcelain shards fell to the ground, and the hall was full of wailing, and some of the timid people couldn't help but pee.

"You, you, you...... You rebel thief! ”

Zhu Jiabao's face was pale, and his whole body was as cold as falling into an ice cave, what it was like to raise a tiger for trouble, and he knew first-hand.

"Xiaolian, what do you want?"

After scolding, Zhu Jiabao immediately calmed down and asked forcefully.

"Lord Futai, the current situation in the world has become clear, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has no way, and its demise is inevitable. You are all ups and downs in the sea, and you don't need me to talk too much about what to do. Here's a joint notice, and we'll move on to something else after you've signed it. ”

Hu Rui gestured, and a soldier behind him took out a notice from his bosom, and then summoned pen and ink from the signing of the subordinate and placed it on the table. Under the coercion of the gun, the officials from all walks of life present did not dare to disobey, and signed their names in a trembling manner. When it was Zhu Jiabao's turn to turn around, he glanced at the content of the notice roughly, his face suddenly turned red, and he gritted his teeth and threw the brush in his hand on the ground and roared loudly:

"Wealth cannot be lewd, and mighty cannot be bent. The Taishi of this mansion has received the emperor's favor, and there is nothing to repay, and I am worried that a stinky fart can be martyred! This notice is really a word of dividing the territory and splitting the land, and this government will not sign it! ”

After saying that, he put down towards the capital, knelt on the ground, and cried.

"Lord Futai, don't you need to think about your family in the backyard? Not to mention the uprising of the horse artillery battalion in the 30th year of Guangxu, thanks to your gifts, more than 300 of our revolutionary aspirants died under the butcher's knife of the Qing army! Today, your family and the old and the young have a stubborn name to pay off the blood debt! Wang Tianda, pass on my order, the governor will not stay as a chicken dog! ”

Hu Rui sneered and turned around to order. Wang Tianda, who was behind him, immediately saluted, and after giving a new magazine to the submachine gun in his hand, he took the order and left.

"Wait! If the rebellious ministers and thieves are killed, they will be killed, and this mansion is worthy of the grace of the mighty emperor! The husband stands in the world, and he does things alone! If you want to take revenge, just take my head, don't involve others! ”

The Zhu family trembled angrily, patted his chest tremblingly, and said righteously.

"Hmph, more than 300 lives, how can a human head be repaid. Wang Tianda, do it now! ”

Hu Rui changed his previous gentleness and said with a cruel smile. His eyes were as cold as a blade, and he looked at Zhu Jiabao, who was almost fainting with anger.

"Yes!"

Wang Tianda didn't dare to slack off, saluted, and turned to run.

"That's it, it's time to die. Hu Xiaolian, stop it! The old man promised you that you must not implicate the innocent. ”

Zhu Jiabao listened to the constant gunshots in Anqing City and knew that the general trend had gone. As if he had been drained of all his strength, he sat down in his chair and shouted tremblingly.

Hu Rui watched Zhu Jiabao sign his name one by one, and let out a long breath. Finally got this old stubborn, from the beginning Hu Rui's worst plan did not have the article of slaughtering women and children's family members, even if it was a diehard, it was Chinese, he really couldn't do it.

Hu Rui saluted Zhu Jiabao, whose face was like ashes, and respectfully accepted the notice with both hands. Whispered thanks:

"Thank you, my lord, I saved a military disaster in the province. Xiaolian, thank you again. ”

Then he no longer paid attention to the ashen officials and strode away. After walking out of the hall, he handed the notice to Wang Tianda, who was following closely behind him.

"Put up the notice and inform the whole province that Anhui will be separated from the Qing court. Raise the red flag! ”

"Yes!"

Wang Tianda took it excitedly, shouted and took the order. A bright red flag rose in the sky above Anqing City like the sun of birth.

The flowers bloomed two and each showed a branch, and Sanniang took a vote of brothers from the Swallow Gang to cooperate with the patrol battalion to determine the haode target of all sights. None of the satisfied magnates in Anqing City were missed, except for those who held meetings with the governor's subordinates, and all others were arrested. The family property has also been counted out, and the real estate everywhere plus antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and ticket number archives, a total of more than 800,000 yuan after the celebration, it is enough to use it for glowing repayment. The telegraph office and other important departments have also been taken over, and several local ruffians who took advantage of the fire to loot have all been shot on the spot. The problem of law and order in Anqing has basically been solved.

"Boss, look! It's my uncle's side! ”

The one who first discovered the direction of the governor's subordinate and a red flag that was rising immediately exclaimed. Sanniang, who was highly nervous, frowned, thinking that there was nothing but something, and she didn't care about correcting the title and immediately flew out.

"In charge, we've got it!"

The big man pointed to the red flag fluttering in the wind and said excitedly to Sanniang. It's worth it all for this day. Sanniang, who has always shown the image of a cold beauty, smiled knowingly, and smiled like a flower at this moment.

Without the haste and difficulty of the Wuchang Uprising, thanks to the careful preparation and infiltration of the previous three years, it can be said that the capture of Anqing is bloodless. The guard company, patrol battalion, and intelligence department (automatically renamed the Swallow Gang after the uprising) did not suffer any casualties, except for solving Zhu Jiabao's personal entourage and arresting the ruffians who took advantage of the chaos on the street, and the entire Xiong Dongzhong did not fire a single shot. That night, the whole city of Anqing was under martial law, and 14 patrol battalions of 7,000 men surrounded Anqing like an iron bucket, and patrols and secret posts were also everywhere. Although Zhu Jiabao's previous several times had made the revolutionary party in Anqing City almost disappear, no one dared to relax their carelessness. After a few words of hurried explanation, ignoring the handover of power in Anqing, Hu Rui hurried back to Wuhu overnight with a pistol team. At present, the most urgent thing is not to take over the political power, as long as there is an army, there will not be much trouble, and the most important thing is the issue of the expansion of the army. At present, the main attention of the Qing government is focused on the war in Wuchang, and the Ninth Town stationed in Nanjing has been heavily infiltrated by the revolutionary party. Not to mention the seizure of bullets, even the bolts of the shore defense artillery were unloaded. Hu Rui's history is not bad, and soon Yuan Shikai will make a comeback, and the battle between the Anhui New Army and the Six Towns of Beiyang is already countdown. At that point of the new army, the family base was mainly in Wuhu, and as long as the Yangtze River fleet of the Qing army intervened, a single artillery bombardment could uproot the new army. Jihua, who expanded and sent troops to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was mentioned in the first place.