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In the following week, nearly 2,000 soldiers of the 44th Mixed Association were divided into three groups and poured into Shaanxi like a wave, heading for Xi'an. No pop-up window update fast // The sudden army is like a cool dispersion of the heart, so that the elders' associations and alliances will quickly calm down. There is no doubt that it would be very unwise to hastily hold an uprising before the soldiers of the 44th Mixed Association had left Xi'an.

Shaanxi because of the deliberate pouring of cold water by Yang Du, Zhao Jingxing and others, the fire of revolution did not burn. But other provinces were not so lucky.

On the morning of October 22, 1911, Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin, members of the League, led the Changsha New Army to respond to the Wuchang Uprising, occupied the Ordnance Bureau, besieged the governor's yamen, and killed Huang Zhonghao, the commander of the patrol battalion. Hunan was declared liberated, and 24-year-old Jiao Dafeng became the governor of the Hunan Military Government of the Republic of China.

Hunan was the first province to rise up after the Wuchang uprising, and it was only 12 days before the Wuchang uprising. The reason for this lies in the fact that the atmosphere in modern Hunan has become enlightened and the people's minds have changed. Like Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, and Chen Tianhua, they are all from Hunan. In 1905 and 1906, Hunan members accounted for 16%, second only to Guangdong. Moreover, the relationship between Hunan and the Hubei Revolutionary Party is also very close, breaking bones and connecting tendons, so Hubei has taken advantage of the situation in one fell swoop.

The successive successes in Hubei and Hunan have stimulated young and enthusiastic revolutionary parties everywhere.

On the night of October 23, Ma Yubao, the commander of the 53rd Standard of the 27th Mixed Association of the New Army stationed in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, led his troops to revolt, captured Dao, Fu Yamen, as well as Hukou and Madang fortresses, and established the military and political branch of the Republic of China in Xun, and appointed himself as the governor. Jiujiang recovered.

On October 25, the new army in Yuezhou, Hunan Province revolted, and Yuezhou was recovered. On the same day, Fengshan, the new general of the Qing court in Guangzhou, arrived in Guangdong from Shanghai and was killed by a bomb by the revolutionary Li Peiji.

On October 27, Zhang Wenguang, a member of the Yunnan Tengyue League, contacted the New Army and the defense camp to revolt, the general soldier committed suicide, and the officials fled. Subsequently, Zhang Wenguang was promoted to the governor of western Yunnan.

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Seeing that the revolution had become a prairie fire, the Hubei military government was both happy and worried. The joy is that the victory of the revolution is in sight, and as the first hero and founding father, he will inevitably soar in the future. The worry is that it is very likely that he will die a second before the victory comes, and this probability is very high. Hubei was the first place to advocate chaos, and the Qing court hated it to the core; Hubei was also an important passage to the south, shielding Hunan, Jiangxi and other southern provinces, and if the Qing court wanted to put down the rebellion, it should first set foot on the Hubei military government in Wuchang.

This has been proven by the facts.

After Yuan Shikai left the mountain, he immediately dispatched troops and ordered the Beiyang Army to move south quickly. When the generals of the Beiyang Army saw Yuan Shikai coming out of the mountain, they also changed their previous procrastination and laziness, and rushed towards Wuhan like clockwork, and soon completed the assembly in Xiaogan and Huangpi, which were more than 100 miles away from Hankou.

At dawn on October 27, the main force of the Beiyang Army completed its pre-war preparations and launched a fierce attack on the revolutionary army in the area of Qijiawan and Hukou. Sa Zhenbing led the naval ships to the vicinity of Liujiamiao and covered the revolutionary army's position with heavy artillery fire.

As the saying goes: "Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns." "Most of the revolutionary troops were new recruits, and they didn't know how to build fortifications, and when they heard the sound of artillery, they immediately jumped out of the trenches in fright, and ran around the position like headless flies, only to be swept down by the machine guns on the opposite side, or torn to pieces by the next shell, and the stumps and broken arms were scattered in every corner of the position like a goddess scattering flowers, stimulating more recruits to jump out of the trenches in terror. The red clay had turned brown from the blood, and the faces of the fallen soldiers had turned pale, and they had long lost the luster of their youth, and their eyes stared hollowly at the sky polluted by the smoke and flames of war.

In just over ten minutes, some of the stunned revolutionary army poured out of the trenches and retreated to the rear. The Beiyang Army pursued the victory and advanced all the way to the vicinity of the city of Hankou. From Liujiamiao to Hankou City, the corpses of revolutionary soldiers were scattered all over the road, with a total of at least 2,000 corpses.

That night, the Hankou military government ordered Zhang Jingliang, the commander of Liujiamiao, to be executed, and appointed Jiang Mingjing as the temporary commander-in-chief. Soon after Jiang Mingjing arrived in office, he received news that Feng Guozhang had arrived at the outskirts of Hankou with the Beiyang elite and was preparing to advance by water at 3 a.m. the next day to capture Hankou. Jiang Mingjing suddenly felt numb in his hands and feet, and he was at a loss, and said to the people around him: "The general trend is gone!" I don't want to be the commander-in-chief anymore, so let's run for our lives! "At midnight, under the pretext of scouting the terrain and patrolling the sentry, he really slipped away.

The commander-in-chief has fled, how can this battle be fought? Upon hearing the news, the soldiers also fled.

As a last resort, the military government appointed Xie Yuankai as the temporary acting infantry commander, and Cai Demao as the artillery commander. Xie Yuankai was originally the officer of the left team of the 30th Battalion of the 30th Standard of the 15th Infantry Association of the Eighth Town, and Cai Demao was the officer of the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Artillery of the Eighth Town. Of course, it's just a few skills. In the battle on the 28th, both of them were killed, and there was no master in the army, and the post of commander-in-chief had to change hands again.

At the moment when the situation on the front was rapidly deteriorating, Huang Xing rushed to Wuhan from Shanghai with Song Jiaoren, Feng Lifu and others. Huang Xingda's arrival was warmly welcomed by the military and civilians of Wuhan. The Wuchang Military Government sent people to hold high the banner of "Huang Xingdao" and show the three towns of Wuhan, and the people were all overjoyed.

After meeting with Li Yuanhong, Li Yuanhong took the initiative to express his willingness to cross the river to supervise the war. Li Yuanhong was troubled by the fact that there was no one in the post of commander-in-chief, and he was overjoyed when he heard this, so he immediately ordered people to make two large banners with the character "Huang" one foot and two feet long, and selected thousands of veterans of various organs and units and students who volunteered to accompany Huang Xing across the river. As for the other side, it was inserted at the door of Huang Xing's headquarters to boost the morale of the army. ——If the soldiers and civilians of Wuhan knew that Huang Xing's nickname was "a hundred defeated generals" who were "undefeated without service", I don't know if the morale of this army would still be uplifted?

Looking at Huang Xing's career as a horseman, he has almost never won a victory, on the one hand, because he is obedient and stubborn, almost every time he fights with people, his army is not strong, the horses are not strong, the weapons are not fine, and the food and grass are not good, but the opponent is in the limelight; On the other hand, he belongs to the pen-throwing and has never entered a regular military academy, so his military literacy is not high.

On the other hand, the Beiyang Army at this time was well-equipped and well-trained, and under the command of Yuan Shikai, Feng Guozhang and other battlefield veterans, the power of victory rolled in, how could Huang Xing, a talented showman, resist? Therefore, the defeat is almost doomed, and the key is only how many days Huang Xing can last.

Just when the war in Wuhan was in full swing, Sun Yuanqi and Yang Du arrived in Xi'an under the escort of the 3rd Battalion of the 87th Bid. Chang Geng, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Qian Nengxun, the governor of Shaanxi, Wen Rui, the general of Xi'an, and others saw Sun Yuanqi arrive, as if they had seen their relatives, their eyes were full of tears, and they said in a trembling voice: "Lord Sun, you are finally here!" ”

Their excitement was not fake. Although Shaanxi is the political, economic, and cultural center of the northwest region, it is simply not capable of organizing a powerful military force to control the situation in the whole province because of its barren land and poor people. And Shaanxi borders Sichuan and Hubei, which are now making a lot of trouble, but not long ago, the 39th Mixed Association of Mixed Organizations, which was regarded as the backbone of the province's officials, was transferred out of Shaanxi, can they not panic?

After the Wuchang Uprising, the whole province was shaken, and the revolutionary party was even more ready to move. The government detectives have come out in all directions, and they have already learned from various channels that the Alliance and the Elders' Association are going to make trouble recently, but they have no troops to use, so they can only sit in the city of sorrow except for transferring all the remaining new troops out of Xi'an. The 44th Mixed Association under Sun Yuanqi entered Shaanxi, and the situation was suddenly reversed. How does this not make Shaanxi officials big and small happy?

Yang Du was smiling on the side, but he secretly slandered in his stomach: When you see Lord Sun again after ten days, I wonder if you can still laugh?

After everyone's greetings were over, Jiang Zuobin saluted the officials of Shaanxi and Shaanxi: "My lords, Jiang Zuobin, the word Yuyan, is the 3rd battalion of the 87th bid of the 44th Mixed Association, and is now responsible for the safety and security of adults." The adults were expected at home and abroad to go to Sichuan to quell the rebellion, and their safety was not trivial. The last time an adult was assassinated in the northeast, it is a lesson from the past. In order to guard against the Sichuan chaos and the dog jumping off the wall, I want to temporarily take charge of part of the city defense tasks during my stay in Xi'an. ”

Shaanxi officials have long been wary of local recruits, and they can't wait for Sun Yuanqi to lead his thousands of soldiers and horses to stay in Xi'an to protect their lives. Now seeing Jiang Zuobin making this request, it is like drowsiness and encountering a pillow, and he immediately agreed, lest Jiang Zuobin regret it: "Good, good, good, during Lord Sun's stay in Xi'an, the entire city defense of Xi'an will belong to you!" Come on, take this General Jiang to hand over the city defense! ”

Yang Du and Jiang Zuobin smiled at each other: It's a big deal!

Sun Yuanqi, accompanied by Chang Geng, Qian Nengxun and others, entered Xi'an City, leaving Jiang Zuobin to hand over the defense with the Shaanxi New Army. The person in charge of the handover affairs of the Shaanxi New Army was a young man about thirty years old, and as soon as he appeared, Jiang Zuobin greeted him: "Senior Brother Xiangchu, don't come unharmed!" ”

The name of the person is Zhang Fenghui, the word Xiangchu, and he was admitted to the Shaanxi Army Military Academy in 1902. After graduating, he was sent to Japan to study because of his excellent grades. He first entered the Tokyo Zhenwu School, and in 1906, he was promoted to the Sixth Cavalry Section of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and was naturally Jiang Zuobin's senior brother with Zhao Jingxing, Jiang Zhiqing, Cheng Qian, Yan Xishan, etc.

In 1909, Zhang Fenghui returned to China and successively served as a member of the Shaanxi New Army Supervision and Training Office, a staff officer of the 39th Mixed Brigade Headquarters, a staff officer and a staff officer of the Second Standard and One Battalion.

Zhang Fenghui was also pleasantly surprised to see Jiang Zuobin: "Senior Brother Yuyan, why do you have time to come to Xi'an?" ”