On September 19, 19o7 (the thirty-third year of Guangxu), Wuchang.

Zhang Biao, the commander of the eighth town, was still waiting for the good news of the crusading army, although there had been no news for a few days, he was not in a hurry at all. There was no radio in the new army, and there was no telegraph on the Xingshan side, so it was normal for them to lose contact for a few days. Besides, this kind of thing is not something that can be done in a few days.

Early this morning, Brother Biao sat in the study again, opened the map and studied it, he was deducing the exhibition of the battle situation.

"It's a good move to defeat the nest of the bandits first, but then it's troublesome, county by county, at least a few months, do you want to send the 16th Association out again......"

Just as he was making a move, suddenly a personal soldier hurriedly ran in.

"Military Gate...... Military Gate ...... Something is wrong!!" The soldier looked frightened, holding a few pieces of paper full of words in his hand.

"What's the matter?" Brother Biao, who was interrupted from his train of thought, was very unhappy, if this pro-soldier was not his distant nephew, he would definitely be scolded and dragged out again, and he would be taught to be a man in minutes.

The soldier trembled and handed over the paper in his hand: "Military ...... Military gate, this thing was plastered all over the city this morning......"

"Hmph, it's a revolutionary party again, these idiots will do something like this......" Brother Biao took a sip of his teacup, and took the notice nonchalantly.

Before he finished reading half of it, Brother Biao's hands trembled, and he only heard a sound of "clang~~~", and the teacup fell on the floor and shattered.

This notice was printed overnight by the Kyodo News Agency in Wuchang, and more than 3ooo were posted in the three towns of Wuhan, and the content on it was also very simple. That is to say: the crusading army of the Hubei New Army has been completely wiped out, a total of more than 38oo people have been killed (some seriously injured people have not been rescued in the next few days), and some of the corpses that are not easy to clean up have been cremated, and the Hubei New Army is required to send people to claim the corpses and ashes.

A large area at the back is the name of the deceased, all arranged according to the unit to which they belonged and their positions. The first name is impressive: the 15th Concord Wang Victory......

"This ...... This can't be!!!It's just a group of bandits!!" Brother Biao said angrily: "Check, go check for me, where is Wang Desheng?"

"Junmen, Guizhou (Zigui) call......" Another pro-soldier ran in. Zhang Zhidong has not worked in vain in Huguang in the past few years, at least he has telegraphed all state capitals and key county seats.

Brother Biao took the telegram and looked at it, and felt that it was dark in front of him. The content of the telegram is also very simple: Our army has now liberated the city of Guizhou, please come to Guizhou to claim the corpse and ashes.

In the evening, several American foreign businessmen rushed to Wuchang, and they helped Kyodo News to convey an official document, and at the same time, they also confirmed the news of the fall of Guizhou and the total destruction of the crusading army, breaking the last trace of luck of Brother Biao.

After the foreign merchant said goodbye, Brother Biao's body trembled violently, and he was stunned for a minute, and then let out a miserable scream: "How can I explain to Xiang Shuai!" fainted. How the pro-soldiers and horses are in a hurry, I will not go into details.

At the same time, the Governor's Mansion also learned the bad news, and Zhao Erxun fainted. Well, he has had the first few failures and already has some immunity, so he can still hold on.

"The third bastard, this time it's really a dead brother! Half of the new army in Hubei is gone, how can this be good?" Zhao Erxun didn't know what to do. "By the way, the Hubei New Army can't do it, but there are still the six towns of Beiyang! They are the elite ...... my Qing Dynasty."

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A.D. 19o7 (Guangxu 33rd year) September 2o, Beijing.

Yang Shiqi walked quickly into the Military Aircraft Minister's Mansion, and a housekeeper had already greeted him, bowed and said, "Mr. Xingcheng, Lord Zhongtang is in the back study......

In the back study, Yuan Shikai was reading a book, he read it with relish, and applauded from time to time. On the cover of the book is "Materialist China", a copycat masterpiece by Wen Desi.

As soon as Yang Shiqi entered the door, he saw Yuan Shikai reading a book with a comfortable face, and couldn't help but say: "Rong'an, you are so comfortable......"

"Oh, Xingcheng, you came just in time, I got a strange book today, it's really unprecedented, very innovative......" Yuan Shikai was seeing Xing's head, and when he saw his old friend coming, he immediately wanted to recommend it.

Yang Shiqi is also a book lover, but now he is not in the mood, he interrupted the words of the big head, and said hurriedly: "I will talk about strange books later...... Rong'an, something big has happened in Hubei!!"

"Oh...... What's the matter? Zhang Xiangshuai has entered Beijing, what other big things can be in Hubei?" said Yuan Datou with mockery.

Everyone knows that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Han people had reached the end of the year, and the bannermen of the Qing court were extremely afraid of this. People like Datou and Zhang Zhidong are the ones they are most worried about. In particular, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group is simply a thorn in the side of the Qing court. With the expansion of Beiyang power, it posed a serious threat to the hereditary status of the Manchurian pro-noble clique that held the central political authority.

The jealous and jealous Eight Banners instigated the officials, repeatedly impeached Yuan Shikai for his high power and power, and even spread rumors that he was the contemporary Cao Cao and Liu Yu. In order to show his innocence, the big head took the initiative to resign from various concumpositions in 19o6, and handed over the first, third, fifth, and sixth towns of the Beiyang Army to the direct jurisdiction of the 6th Military Department. In 19o7, he was transferred out of Beiyang and went to Beijing to serve as the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, becoming a central minister.

But this is just a fictitious title, and there is more than one Minister of Military Aircraft, if you don't give power, it just sounds good. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still in a position of carrying a black pot, and the Great Qing State at this time is a piece of fat in front of the great powers, which is nothing more than the difference between being steamed and eaten, and there is a normal diplomacy of Mao.

The big head is not a saint, and it would be hell to be so happy if he was tricked by the Qing court.

Yang Shiqi immediately said: "It's a bandit, half of the new army in Hubei was wiped out by the bandits, Yichang and Shinan fell to the two prefectures, I heard that Zhang Xiangshuai fainted after learning the news...... Zhao Laoer's telegram for help has arrived, and he wants the imperial court to transfer the Beiyang Army into Hubei to suppress bandits......"

"What? The bandits are making such a big fuss?" Hearing the news, the big head was thundered, and his face became stern.

He had heard about the bandits some time ago, but he didn't take it seriously at all. At this time, the Great Qing Kingdom lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of bandits and horse thieves, where is a group of bandits tossing blindly in the mountains worthy of his attention, it is already good to remember this name.

Immediately, he waved his hand again and said with a smile: "I don't care about everything now, this matter should be the concern of Lafayette and Tie Liang, hahaha......"

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Forbidden city.

"Xiao Lizi, the mourning family heard that Zhang Xiangshuai fainted, is there any big problem?" Cixi asked slowly.

"Lafayette is considerate of his subordinates, and the minions are grateful. Li Lianying hurriedly replied: "According to the minions, Zhang Zhongtang has woken up, and there is no big problem, but Lord Zhongtang is old, so he must be choking ......."

"Hey, Zhang Xiangshuai has always been loyal to the country, and the court must also show it. Xiao Lizi, send two imperial doctors to take a look, go back to the inner library, pick up some old ginseng and send it to Xiangshuai......"

"The slave understands, and if he goes down, he will do it......"

Cixi thought for a moment and asked, "What the hell is going on with this bandit?" Why haven't ......I heard of it before?"

Li Lianying told him the news he heard: "Lafayette, the slave heard that this bandit was first making trouble in the eastern Sichuan area, and this year he wandered to Hubei......" Of course, these news are all big road goods, and a little bit internally, that is, the bandits are extremely well-equipped, and there is no shortage of machine guns and artillery.

"You say, this bandit killed the gentry?" Cixi noticed.

"That's right, Lafayette, I heard that in the eastern and western parts of Sichuan, there are thousands of gentry who have been robbed, and thousands of people have been killed......"

"Hmph, what a bandit. Half of the soldiers trained by Xiang Shuai have been abolished, do you think this Zhao family brother can take care of things?" Cixi did not panic at all, and said lightly.

At that time in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, half of Jiangnan was lost. Not to mention, the Anglo-French coalition and the Eight-Nation Coalition did not even keep Beijing, and I didn't survive the Qing Dynasty. After so many unfortunate things, Galeries Lafayette's immunity has already been so strong that it is bursting. But just lost two mansions, it's not as good as the boxer of the past few years.

Li Lianying looked at Cixi, and his current master's face was not only not angry, anxious, etc., but a little gloating. So Gonggong Li summed up in his heart, and also commented unceremoniously: "The third child of the Zhao family is good at side affairs, but he mainly pays attention to Tibet, the second child of the Zhao family, is a cultural person, and I am afraid that it will be ...... to fight However, now it seems that Zhang Biao of the Eighth Town is also in vain, and the recruits he has trained can't even defeat the bandits......"

"Alright, call Tie Liang to ......" Cixi waved her hand.

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September 25, 19o7 A.D. Headquarters of the League, Tokyo, Japan.

"Hey, gentlemen, although this uprising has failed, we can't be discouraged, and we must be defeated again and again?" Sun Wenyan said.

The people below were all not very emotional, and they all looked depressed. The League has launched three more uprisings this year, the Huanggang Uprising in May, the Qinuhu Uprising in June, and the Fangcheng Uprising this month, all of which have of course failed......

Seeing that everyone couldn't lift their spirits, Sun Wen also had a way, so he had to divert the topic: "Where did the dull Chu go?"

"I'm still writing his 'The Question of the Islands,' ......," Cai replied.

Sun Wen said earnestly: "It's true that the Manchu Dynasty is the object of our revolution, and Japan is our friend, so it would be too unwise to make trouble with Japan for a small island......

Zhang Binglin snorted coldly: "Hmph, Japan still wants the three eastern provinces, according to what you say, give them too?" There is a saying in "Materialist China" that says, 'Although my China is big, there is not an inch of superfluity'. We did a good job at the beginning of the year, although we were against the Qing Dynasty, but this land must fight for every inch of land......"

He then sneered again: "The one from the Black Dragon Society came this morning, didn't he ask when you were leaving? You regard Japan as a friend, but the Japanese want to kick you out of Japan, this friend is really good......

"That's also the pressure of the Qing court, not the Japanese government's ......intention," Sun Wen's face turned a rare red, and he weakly defended. At the beginning of this year, due to repeated pressure from the Qing court, the Japanese government was forced to let the Black Dragon Society come forward to persuade Sun Wen to leave Japan first to avoid the limelight. This made Sun, who has been promoting Sino-Japanese goodwill, very unable to get off the stage in front of the members. Zhang Binglin doesn't give face at all, which pot is not opened.

Sun Wen said seriously: "The overthrow of the Manchu Qing is the top priority, if Japan can help us overthrow the Manchu Qing and establish a republican China, it is nothing to give the three eastern provinces to Japan as a thank you gift." I think that the three eastern provinces are just the hometown of Manchuria, and the core of my China is the eighteen provinces, so why bother......"

Zhang Binglin suddenly rushed to the crown angrily, stood up suddenly, pointed at Sun Wen's nose and scolded: "Sun Wen, you bastard who betrays the country and seeks glory! Why don't you give up your ancestral tomb to Japan!"

"Too hot, too hot, calm the anger, Yixian is just an idea......" Cai Yuanpei and the others hurriedly came up to play the round.

When he was busy in the room, Wang Jingwei, who was sitting at the door, suddenly shouted: "Mr. Huang is back......

Nearly 10,000 Manchu and Hubei New Army were annihilated by Kyodo News in Xingshan County...... Huang Xing brandished a copy of the "Asahi Shimbun" and rushed into the hall in high spirits.

"What, Kyodo?"

"Annihilate the Qing army of 10,000 people?"

Sun Wen and others couldn't help but stand up, they have carried out many revolutions over the years, and the total number of Qing troops killed and wounded is probably less than a thousand, and the target is still the old army. Kyodo killed tens of thousands of people at once, which is completely incomparable.

Everyone hurriedly grabbed the newspaper and looked at it.

"The western half of Hubei Province of the Qing Dynasty fell, and Wuchang was in a hurry...... Kyodo News sent a telegram to the whole country, demanding that the Manchus step down, establish a constitution, establish a republic, and ask Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong to come forward to preside over the transitional government...... Kyodo News threatened to fight to the end if the Qing court refused to allow the invitation......"

"The Qing court announced that it would send the second, fourth, and ninth towns to Hubei to suppress bandits......"

Sun Wen said with an ugly face: "Although this Kyodo Society is also a revolutionary party, it is not the same as us, we sent people to contact us several times in the first half of the year, but they all shirked it......

Huang Xing didn't care: "It's not a problem, they are also a revolutionary party after all, as long as the anti-Qing people are comrades, I am ready to return to China and go to Hunan to organize an uprising......"

"I'm also going to go back to China and go to meet with Shuangjie. Such a grand event, how can I miss Zhang Binglin, hahahaha......" Lao Zhang laughed.

Next, at least half of the people expressed their desire to return to China to participate in the revolution, and it was really unpleasant not to come across such a powerful revolutionary organization. In addition, the Japanese have been urging many times, and Japan can't stay any longer, so it's better to go back and see if there is a chance.

Sun Wen's face was blue and white for a while, and the faces of the people in the alliance were not good-looking.

The Huaxing Society and the Guangfu Society were very happy, and after discussing for a while, they went back to prepare for their return to China.

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