At dawn, Bi Hongen was awakened by the noise of the city, and lay in bed with a premonition that a catastrophe was coming.

Sure enough, just as he was about to get out of bed, the nephew of the pipe band who was in charge of guarding the old north gate and the west gate had already broken into the room, panting and shouting to him: "Uncle, it's broken, it's broken, the people's army has risen, and there are torches outside the old north gate!" The Green Battalion Jiangbiao has already received fire from the old fort at the South Gate and the ranks of the People's Army......"

Bi Hongen asked, "Why is it so fast?" Didn't you say last night that even if the People's Army really broke out, it would be three or five days later? ”

Qian Guan said embarrassedly: "I ...... I'm just estimating,—— I estimate that the person who passed the post was still ...... fled to Peach Blossom Mountain, and felt ...... for a while It's not messy for a while. I...... I didn't expect that the bandits in Peach Blossom Mountain and the bandits in Copper Mountain would be ...... He pounced on the city overnight and hit the city......"

Bi Hongen stomped his foot: "You are stupid!" That Bian Yifu is a complete revolutionary party! It's the liaison between the revolutionary party and the bandits, haven't you seen it yet?! This person knew that he was going to start an incident tonight, but he deliberately ran into the mountains with a panicked look, just to lure you into being fooled and catch you off guard! ”

The money pipe is silent.

Bi Hongen sighed: "The revolutionary party is amazing! Good at camouflage! ”

Qian Guan said: "Uncle, the matter is ...... That's it, ...... again Besides, it's useless, let's hurry up! You...... What do you think we should do? At this point, let's let the brothers of the patrol battalion fight, and ...... Or not to fight? ”

Bi Hongen asked, "What do you mean by the green camp over there?" ”

Qian Guandao said: "The green camp is going to be fought, Jiang Biaotong, you don't know this person, he can't even tolerate the Kang Party, how can he give up the people's army out of the city?" Just now he has let his men find me, and ask my patrol battalion to fight with him to the end. He also said that he had sent a fast horse to the province to report the news, and that the reinforcements from the battalion in the east of the provincial capital would arrive tomorrow at the latest, and we would have a way to insist on it for one day and one night. ”

Bi Hongen thought for a while and said, "Then let's fight!" Total...... You can't let them into the city without a fight. ”

Qian Guan band frowned and said, "But ...... But it was difficult to fight,—— the brothers guarding the old north gate were unwilling to fight, and wanted to negotiate peace with the bandits. ”

Seeing that Bi Hongen's face was wrong, he said again: "I...... I suspected that one of them had been in contact with the bandits, so I arrested a few ......."

Bi Hongen said angrily: "Not only arrest, but also kill!" They're bandits, why don't you fight?! Even the Hubei Military Government of the Revolutionary Party will crack down on bandits in the future! ”

Qian Guandao said: "Uncle, the difficulty is here, people are playing the banner of the revolutionary party......

Bi Hongen was still angry, waved his hand and said: "The prefect does not recognize it as a revolutionary party, but only recognizes it as a bandit......

Just as he said this, Jiang Biao of the Green Battalion sent a sentry officer with a few soldiers to take Bi Hongen to the old fort guarded by the Green Battalion.

Bi Hongen refused, and said to the Green Camp Sentinel: "I don't believe that Xinhong will fall at the hands of these bandits!" The prefect was ordered by the imperial court and bathed in the vast imperial grace, how could there be a reason to hide at this time of crisis? In this way, don't you eat the shame of the people of the world?! This prefect wants to risk his life and fight to the death with the bandits! ”

Seeing that Bi Hongen was so resolute, the sentry officer of the green battalion couldn't say anything, so he had to take the soldiers who came with him, but he retreated.

As soon as the sentry left, Bi Hongen sighed and said to Qian Guan: "Ah San, do you see it? Jiang Biao is trying to rob me! This dog thing has defended me, and I am afraid that I will suddenly join the people's army and declare independence like the governor and prefect elsewhere......"

Qian Guandao said tentatively: "Is my uncle suspicious?" Jiang Biaotong is only afraid that he still has good intentions, right? ”

Bi Hongen said: "Good intentions, fart! Uncle has not been in the officialdom for so many years, you can see at a glance who is a person and a belly! ”

Due to the ill-intentioned arrival of the green camp sentry, Bi Hongen's idea of "fighting" was shaken, and after a little thought, he said to Qian Guan: "Let's go, Ah San, I will go to the old north gate with you, see the situation and then make a claim!" ”

When I arrived at the old north gate, the sky was already bright, and the torches of the besieging people's army could not be seen, and all that could be seen was the red-edged sky blue flag of the second road of the people's army on the west road fluttering in the distance.

You can also see the heads of countless people and horses gathered under the city.

On a mass grave in front of the city gate, three iron cannons were propped up, and the muzzles of the cannons were pointed directly at the place where Bi Hongen and Qian Guandao stood.

It doesn't look like a bad fight.

The brothers of the patrol battalion stared excitedly at the city, pointing and chattering, as if watching the civilian army exercise.

The militia did not release their guns, but only shouted to the brothers at the head of the city, telling them to turn their guns and fight the green camp.

At this moment, in the direction of the old fort in the south of the city, where the green camp was stationed, the guns and cannons attacking the city were tight.

Bi Hongen looked at it for a while, and then he had a number in his heart, turned his head and said to the money pipe belt beside him: "Ah San, it's time to do this, do you still want to bluff me!" If you don't want to fight, you can tell me clearly, so why do you have to pretend to be spitting? ”

Qian Guandai was embarrassed for a moment, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I'm ...... I also learned this from you, so I can do anything...... You have to keep a hand. I don't want to fight, but ...... But I didn't let them into the city! ”

Bi Hongen looked at his nephew with a cold face: "Tell me about your proposition,——Allah Zhang." ”

Qian Guan said: "Uncle, you actually have a number in your heart,—— my Allah is to sit on the mountain and watch the scenery, watching the bandits go to fight Jiang Biaotong." If Jiangbiao is unified or resists, the bandits cannot attack from the old fort in the south of the city, and the reinforcements from the province will arrive again, and I will fight the bandits under the city; If Jiang Biao does not resist and the city is broken, I will open the city gate and join the uprising and conform to the general trend of the revolution. ”

Bi Hongen pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Well, that's good, you're out of luck." It's just that...... It's just that there is also a problem here: if you don't fight the bandits under the city now, it is difficult to guarantee that the bandits under the city will not beat you. What are they going to do if they hit you? ”

Qian Guan said: "The mystery is here, I can't let them beat me." This has to lead the fire to Jiang Biaotong, and let that bastard go and learn a lesson! I have dropped two brothers from the walls to talk to them, and I have only said that they should remain neutral and let them concentrate their fire on the Green Battalion. ”

Bi Hongen didn't expect his nephew to handle things so well, so he relaxed, didn't say anything, silently went down to the old north gate, and returned to the prefect's yamen.

Unexpectedly, the prefect's yamen ate the bomb of the revolutionary party assassination squad in the city.

According to the soldiers and officials guarding the yamen, just over 10 minutes ago, a group of male and female students from the Xinxue Hall walked through the front street of the house, walked to the yamen, and suddenly rushed into the gate with bombs.

Bing Yong, who was guarding the door, saw that he couldn't see it well, and opened fire on the spot, killing one female student and wounding three male students.

One of the injured male students was very fierce, and after a shot in the stomach, he still threw the bomb in his hand into the yamen, destroying half of the gatehouse and killing two soldiers.

The prefect's yamen was indeed a mess, with pools of red blood falling on the stone steps of the gatehouse, and the bodies of the schoolgirls and the two patrol soldiers were still lying on the ground, scattered everywhere with broken bricks and tiles that had fallen from the blown up gatehouse, and the strong smell of nitrate could still be smelled in the air.

Bi Hongen's settled heart tightened again, and he asked with a blue face, "Where are those students now?" ”

A leader of the government stepped forward and reported: "A burst of random gunfire has dispersed them all, and the three wounded have not escaped, and have been taken to the signing room, waiting for the adults to interrogate." ”

Bi Hongen instinctively wanted to give the order to kill, but when the words came to his lips, he stopped: these students are not bandits, but they are the assassination team of the revolutionary party, and if they kill them, they are afraid that once the incident is successful, they will not be able to see the new deal.

Then he went to the signing room to see the three injured male students, did not ask or interrogate, did not say anything, only ordered his subordinates to ask for the doctor who treated the red wounds, and bandaged the wounds of the three male students.

Mr. Healer came, and after wrapping the injuries of the three students, Bi Hongen sighed and said: "You are young, you don't learn anything else, but you learn to throw bombs at the official yamen, what's so good about this?" ”

A tall student said, "We are throwing bombs that are the best thing to do today, at least better than you being a slave of the Manchurians!" Even if we die immediately, we are still heroes who have recovered the motherland! And your end is coming. Now that the Fourth Route People's Army has approached Xinhong City, the Provincial Revolutionary Party and Liu Xietong of the New Army also raised an incident yesterday night......"

Only then did Bi Hongen know that there was chaos in the provincial capital, and his heart was tight, and he hurriedly asked: "So, you ...... Do you have contact with the revolutionary party in the provincial capital? ”

The students said nothing more.

Bi Hongen couldn't ask any more questions, let alone say what he thought to the three students, so he made a smile and said to the students: "...... You don't understand the affairs of the state, and you can't tolerate such a mess. I will not do anything to you, but now you will stay with me for a few days, and when things are settled, I will let your parents take you back. ”

Later, Bi Hongen spent the whole morning thinking about the uprising in the provincial capital.

After thinking about it, I fell into the devil, and in the prefect's yamen, which was bathed in the vast imperial grace, I mentally descended the bandits of the past, and twisted my beard and beat the draft over and over again, making a very practical psychological preparation for welcoming the bandits......