262. Fishing for cattle and escaping
After the Wuchang uprising, the first thing the revolutionary party did was cut off its braids. No pop-up window update fast // () As soon as the defending students saw that the person was holding a gun and wearing braids, and was coming straight to the advisory board, he knew that the comer was not good, and he was a shuttle when he picked up the gun without warning. The other students were also new to the battle, and when they saw others shooting, they hurried to follow suit. The gunfire suddenly crackled like firecrackers on Chinese New Year's Eve.
This group of Manchurian soldiers actually believed Gao Xiangchen's fool, thinking that the students would not shoot, and they were not prepared for it before. When they are crowded, not to mention bullets, they can hit several of them even if they throw a brick. Hanyang-made is a fixed magazine of 5 rounds, and this strafing shot suddenly brought down a large area. In front of the Advisory Bureau, gunshots, screams, and curses were heard incessantly. The panicked Jingzhou banner soldiers hurriedly found a place to hide, fired the bullets in the chamber indiscriminately, and used the sound of gunfire to find a faint sense of security for themselves.
The Jingzhou banner soldiers were hot for three minutes, and they failed to capture the Advisory Bureau in the first round, so they were immediately deflated, no matter how Gao Xiangchen coerced and lured, they still couldn't work, and the guns shook the sky, and as a result, they didn't even touch a single hair of the enemy. Angry, Gao Xiangchen picked up his leather boots and kicked them randomly: "Hurry up!" If you don't rush now, you'll have to die here later! ”
It's useless to kick. There is a simple dialectic in the hearts of this group of masters: rush, die now. If you don't rush, you'll die later. In contrast, let's live a little longer!
The two warring parties, one is afraid of death, and the other is a novice, and it is really Mai Mang who fell into the eye of the needle - it is a coincidence. The sound of gunfire was deafening, and they couldn't tell each other. If the layman hears this, he will definitely think that both sides are bleeding and suffering heavy casualties. In fact? Since the Jingzhou banner soldiers hid, basically no one on both sides was injured again.
After all, the students were few and inexperienced, so they just tried to shoot desperately, splashing bullets out of their bodies. After more than ten minutes, the bullets were almost depleted, and the sound of gunfire gradually thinned out.
As a veteran for many years, Gao Xiangchen has been distinguishing the gunshots of students from the beginning. Immediately, I heard from the sound of gunfire: "Quick, the bandits are running out of bullets." Old and young masters, hold on for a while, and we will be able to attack the Advisory Bureau and capture Li Yuanhong alive! ”
Reminded by Gao Xiangchen. The Jingzhou banner soldiers also found something strange, and they all became excited as if they had knocked the medicine: "Yo, why isn't it horizontal?" When you attack it later, you will definitely leave seventeen or eighteen holes in you! ”
"Grandson, here is you! Fight here! ”
"Ye just sit here and let you shoot, if you have a kind of killing, if you frown. It's raised by a little lady! ”
The Jingzhou banner soldiers shot in the direction of the Consultative Bureau while coaxing, but no one dared to charge. Just wait for the students to run out of bullets, so that they can go in and pick up the fruits that have fallen to the ground.
They deserve to be out of luck! As soon as the guns rang out from the Advisory Bureau, Wu Zhaolin dispatched hundreds of students from the Higher Industrial School outside the city into the city, equipped them with guns and ammunition at the Ordnance Department, and rushed in the direction of the Advisory Bureau. In addition, the Eighth Town Artillery Eighth Standard was sent to tow eight cannons, which were placed in two places. At the same time, the cannon was fired. Just when the students in the advisory bureau were about to run out of bullets and fall into a desperate situation, the artillery and the students of the Higher Industrial School were in place at the same time. Launch a general attack.
The first cannon sounded, and Gao Xiangchen was still a little puzzled. Before he could think about the result, the subsequent cannonballs smashed down on his head and face, and the sound of gunfire rang out like fried beans all around. In just half a minute, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the Jingzhou banner soldiers were suddenly stunned.
"Let's go!" I don't know who shouted, and everyone woke up like a dream, and quickly threw away the guns and ammunition in their hands and fled in all directions. Gao Xiangchen had no choice but to sigh and flee with everyone.
"Grandson! Didn't you just vouch for your life and say that there were only 80 students who couldn't shoot? The chaotic army walking beside Gao Xiangchen suddenly remembered Gao Xiangchen's promise before.
"What do you want to do?" Gao Xiangchen asked inwardly.
"What? You kicked me a few times just now! ”
"I'm your band!" Gao Xiangchen rebuked humbly. But his hand touched the on his waist.
"Smack!" One shot knocked down.
The rebels blew the green smoke from the muzzle of the gun, with a look of disdain: "Playing yin with the master, you are not worthy!" ”
Let's say that Li Yuanhong fled back to his house in the chaos, found a few privately hidden gold bars in the hidden corner of the house, and disguised himself to prepare to escape from Wuchang City. When I was about to go out, I hesitated:
After this world change, the imperial court has long recognized itself as a heinous thief and traitor. Once escaped from Wuchang. He broke off with the revolutionary party. Neither can you be an official nor a thief, the vast world is so big, where is my Li Songqing? Do you really want to retire to the mountains and wilderness, and live a dull life?
No, you can't! I, Li Songqing, have worked hard for 30 years to have such a status today, how can I just leave it away? And I'm already used to living on top of people, and if I go back to the countryside and bow my eyebrows to the chief of the guard, wouldn't it be more uncomfortable than killing me? Instead of spending the rest of your life in a bag, you might as well stay here and be a temporary governor!
Thinking of this, Li Yuanhong stopped.
The next morning, when the revolutionary party learned that Li Yuanhong had not left Wuchang, they sent Ma Rong and Cheng Zhengying to invite him back to the Advisory Bureau, and prepared a place for him to live upstairs in the Advisory Bureau. In order to prevent Lai Yuanhong from escaping again, the Advisory Bureau was surrounded by soldiers. Not to mention running away, even if you become a fly, you can't fly out.
Fortunately, Li Yuanhong doesn't want to run away now, but the revolutionary party treats him more than expected: what kind of temporary governor is this, it's completely a prison! The court regarded itself as a traitor, the revolutionary party regarded itself as a prisoner, and he became Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - he is not a human being inside and out, what is the point of living? On the same day, Li Yuanhong did not eat water and rice to protest.
Wu Zhaolin is a student of Li Yuanhong and a strategist of the military government's strategy department, and when he heard the news, he hurriedly came to visit. As soon as they met, Wu Zhaolin lowered his posture and saluted Li Yuanhong with a standard military salute: "Student Wu Zhaolin has seen the teacher. ”
Li Yuanhong just nodded and did not speak.
Wu Zhaolin knew the reason why Li Yuanhong was sulking, and explained his state of mind: "Teacher, we have not invited you here to house arrest, but to strengthen protection from the perspective of your personal safety. Don't be afraid that there are many guards, the guards of Puyi Xiao'er in the Forbidden City are many times stricter than here! The more guards there are, the more important it is to show the importance of identity. Now that you are the governor of the Hubei Military Government, and you have high hopes from the military and the people of Hubei, shouldn't you strictly protect yourself from coveting Xiaoxiao? What's more, yesterday's attack on the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has sounded the alarm for us! ”
Li Yuanhong's face looked a little better.
Wu Zhaolin also said: "Today's military situation has made great progress compared with yesterday, and we have already recovered Hankou, Hanyang, and other places one after another, and the defense of Wuchang has gradually stabilized. The veterans have all returned to the team according to the designated place, and at present more than 6,000 people have been gathered, and there are countless young students who have signed up, and we are ready to reorganize them into four associations, and once the establishment is completed, we will quickly go north to occupy Wusheng Pass and block the Qing army from moving south. Then divide the troops and recover the whole province of Hubei! ”
When Li Yuanhong heard these words, he didn't say anything, but said: "It's up to you to decide this." ”
Wu Zhaolin saw that Li Yuanhong's attitude towards the revolution was a little half-pushed, and he was not as stubborn as he was two days ago, and knew that there was a way for the matter, so he hurriedly said: "The teacher is now the governor of the Hubei Military Government, and these military affairs should naturally be reported to you." Not only that, I'm afraid that Tang Jiwu (Tang Hualong) will also come to trouble you in a while. ”
I don't know if it was a coincidence or a pre-arrangement, as soon as the words fell, Tang Hualong took Hu Ruilin, Shu Lijian, Huang Zhongkai and other constitutionalists to visit. Wu Zhaolin hurriedly got up and said goodbye.
As soon as Wu Zhaolin left, Li Yuanhong complained to everyone: "Li had never heard the word 'revolution' before that. What do you mean by forcing me to be the temporary governor of Rausch? ”
Tang Hualong was a little speechless, do you want to tell the truth: I'm sorry, I haven't had enough of my good life, and in line with the principle of "dead friends don't die and poor people", I had to push you out?
Hu Ruilin said with relief on the side: "Mr. Song Qing, now that the notice has been pasted, your name has already spread all over the world, even if you want to be loyal to the Qing court, will the Qing court still believe you?" For the sake of today's plan, if we don't make up our minds to cooperate with the revolutionary party, we may be able to turn the disaster into a blessing! ”
Li Yuanhong bowed his head and was silent.
Huang Zhongkai also advised: "Nowadays, people's minds have changed, and revolution can be regarded as a method of reform. As for the future, who can say for sure? Maybe the revolutionary party will be able to control the world, and when the time comes, Mr. Song Qing will be less supervised and more will be in the cabinet, isn't it far better to cut his braids than to be beheaded by the Qing court? ”
Everyone took turns to persuade them, and Tang Hualong explained his intentions: "I came to visit Song Qing today, mainly because of the drafting of the "Interim Regulations of the Military Government of the Republic of China". The Hubei military government will be reorganized in accordance with the regulations, so it must be discussed with you, the governor. ”
"I'm a hill, how do I know those things? You have drafted it, as long as Wu Weisan (Wu Zhaolin) and they agree, it can be passed. Li Yuanhong understood that his governor was just a rubber stamp.
Huang Zhongkai, who was the main person in charge of this matter, explained at this time: "Although the military government now has staff officers, general affairs, and military departments in operation, because it has not formulated rules and clarified powers and responsibilities, all departments are noisy and crowded, and they are very busy, but the government decrees are not smooth and everything is delayed. Therefore, it is now necessary to formulate the "Interim Regulations of the Military Government of the Republic of China".
"The premise of formulating the regulations is to divide the current affairs into two parts, military affairs and political affairs, and each has its own detailed departments, so as to clarify its responsibilities and manage affairs separately without interfering with each other. In this way, everyone has their own department and authority, and all kinds of things can be handled by the department that they should be responsible for, and the governor, as the supreme commander of the military government, will command the department like an arm, and the selection of meritocracy can be justified, and the exercise of power will be a matter of course! ”
In the final analysis, Huang Zhongkai formulated the regulations to get rid of the control of the government by the revolutionary army and let the constitutionalists take control of the civil administration. Of course, Li Yuanhong's benefits are also indispensable. So when Li Yuanhong heard this, he arched his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, good!" You guys go and draft it. ”
The next day, Li Yuanhong found someone to cut off his braids. (To be continued.) )