Wuchang, September 19, 1907, the 33rd year of Guangxu's reign.
Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, is still waiting for the success of the crusade.
Although there has been no news for several days, he is not anxious at all.
The New Army did not have a radio, and there was no telegraph from Xingshan.
It was normal for them to lose contact for a few days.
Besides, things like suppressing bandits cannot be completed in a few days.
This morning, Brother Biao was sitting in his study again, opening the map and studying it.
He was deducing the development of the battle situation.
"Destroying the bandits' lair first is a good move, but the next step will be troublesome.
It will take at least a few months to wipe out each county one by one.
Should we also send out the 16 Associations?"
While he was hesitating, a soldier suddenly ran in in a hurry.
"Something happened at the military gate."
The soldier looked panicked and held several pieces of paper filled with words in his hand.
"What's the matter?"
Brother Biao was very unhappy when his train of thought was interrupted.
If this soldier hadn't been his distant nephew, he would have been scolded and then dragged out to teach him how to behave.
The soldier tremblingly handed over the paper in his hand: "Junjunmen, these things were posted all over the city this morning."
"Humph, it's the Revolutionary Party again.
These idiots will do such unsavory things."
Brother Biao took a sip from the teacup and took the notice nonchalantly.
Before he was even halfway through reading, Brother Biao's hands began to shake, and there was a "clang" sound, and the teacup fell to the floor and shattered into pieces.
This notice was printed overnight by Kyodo News' secret network in Wuchang.
A total of more than 3,000 notices were posted in three towns in Wuhan.
The content on it is also very simple.
That is to say: the Hubei New Army's crusade has been completely wiped out.
A total of more than 3,800 people were shot dead.
Some seriously injured people were not rescued in the following days.
Some of the corpses that were difficult to dispose of have been cremated.
The Hubei New Army is required to send people to claim the bodies and ashes.
A large area at the back contains the names of the deceased, all arranged according to their respective units and positions.
The first name is astonishingly: The 15th Xiexietong Wang Desheng "This is impossible, these are just a group of bandits."
Brother Biao said angrily: "Check, go and check for me, where is Wang Desheng?"
"Junmen, call from Zigui, Guizhou."
Another soldier ran in.
Zhang Zhidong's work in Huguang over the past few years has not been in vain.
At least he has made telegraphs available to all state capitals and key counties.
Brother Biao took the telegram and looked at it, and his eyes went dark.
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 body and ashes.
In the evening, several American foreign businessmen arrived in Wuchang.
They conveyed an official document to Kyodo News.
At the same time, they also confirmed the news of the fall of Guizhou and the complete destruction of the crusade, breaking Brother Biao's last chance.
After the foreign businessman left, Brother Biao's body trembled violently.
He was stunned for a full minute, then he screamed: "How can I explain this to Xiangshuai?"
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and fainted.
I won't go into details about how the military guards were in such a hurry.
At the same time, the Governor's Mansion also learned of the bad news, and Zhao Erxun finally fainted.
Well, he has some immunity from the previous failures, so he can still hold on.
"This bastard, the third brother, really tricked me this time.
Half of the Hubei New Army is gone.
What should I do now?"
Zhao Erxun didn't know what to do.
"By the way, the Hubei New Army is not good, but there are still six towns in Beiyang.
They are the elite of our Qing Dynasty."
September 20, the 33rd year of Guangxu's reign, 1907 AD, Beijing.
Yang Shiqi quickly walked into the Minister of Military and Aircraft Mansion.
A butler had already greeted him.
He bowed and said, "Mr.
Xingcheng, the master of the middle hall is in the back study."
In the back study, Yuan Shikai was reading a book.
He read it with great interest and applauded from time to time.
The cover of the book clearly says Materialism China, Wen Desi’s copycat masterpiece.
As soon as Yang Shiqi entered the door, he saw Yuan Shikai reading a book with a contented face, and couldn't help but said: "Rong An, you feel so comfortable."
"Oh, Xingcheng, you came just in time.
I got a wonderful book today.
It's really unprecedented and very innovative."
Yuan Shikai was just getting excited.
When he saw his old friend coming over, he immediately wanted to recommend it. .
Yang Shiqi is also a book lover, but he is not in the mood now.
He interrupted Datou and said anxiously: "We won't talk about Rong An until we talk about strange books.
Something big happened in Hubei."
"Oh, what's the matter?
Zhang Xiangshuai has already come to Beijing, what big things can happen in Hubei?"
Yuan Datou said sarcastically.
Everyone knows that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Han governors had reached the point where they could not be replaced, and the bannermen and nobles of the Qing court were extremely afraid of them.
People like Datou and Zhang Zhidong were the ones they were most worried about.
In particular, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group was a thorn in the Qing court's side.
With the expansion of Beiyang power, it posed a serious threat to the hereditary status of the Manchu pro-rich group that controlled the central government.
The Eight Banners' nobles who were envious of talents incited officials to impeach Yuan Shikai many times for his high power, and even spread rumors that he was the contemporary Cao Cao and Liu Yu.
In order to show his innocence, Datou voluntarily resigned from various part-time jobs in 1906, and handed over the first, third, fifth and sixth towns of the Beiyang Army to the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
In 1907, he was transferred from Beiyang and went to Beijing to serve as Minister of Military Aircraft and Minister of Foreign Affairs, becoming a central minister.
But this is just a false title, and there are more than one ministers of military and military aircraft.
If they are not given power, it just sounds good.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs was even more in a position to take the blame.
At this time, the Qing Dynasty was just a piece of fat in front of the great powers.
It was nothing more than the difference between being steamed or boiled.
There was no normal diplomacy.
Datou is not a saint.
How can he still be happy after being tricked by the Qing court like this?
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Yang Shiqi immediately said: "It's the Wu bandits.
Half of Hubei's new army was wiped out by the Wu bandits, and Yichang and Shinan Prefectures fell.
I heard that Zhang Xiangshuai fainted after hearing the news.
Zhao Laoer's telegram for help has arrived, and he Ask the imperial court to dispatch the Beiyang Army to Hubei to suppress the bandits."
"Why did the bandits make such a big fuss?"
Hearing the news, Datou was shocked and his face became serious.
He had heard about the bandits some time ago, but he didn't take it seriously at all.
At this time, the Qing Dynasty lacked everything except bandits and horse thieves.
How could a group of bandits wandering around in the mountains be worthy of his concern?
It would be good to remember this name.
Immediately, he waved his hand again and said with a smile: "I don't care about anything now.
Lafayette and Tie Liang should be worried about this matter, hahaha."
Forbidden City.
"Little Lizi, the Ai family heard that Zhang Xiangshuai fainted.
Is it serious?"
Cixi asked slowly.
"Lafayette is considerate of my ministers, and all the slaves are very grateful."
Li Lianying quickly replied: "According to the slaves, I learned that Zhang Zhongtang has woken up.
There is no serious problem, but Mr.
Zhongtang is old and must be in trouble."
"Hey, Zhang Xiangshuai has always been loyal to the public and the country, and the court must also show it.
Xiao Lizi, send two imperial doctors to take a look.
Then go back to the inner treasury and pick up some old wild ginseng to send to Xiangshuai."
"I understand, I will do it as soon as I get down."
Cixi thought for a while and asked: "What on earth is going on with this bandit?
Why have I never heard of it before?"
Li Lianying told the news he had learned: "Lafayette, I heard that these bandits first started making trouble in eastern Sichuan, and this year they moved to Hubei."
Of course, this information is from the general public, and is a little internal.
Even the bandits are extremely well-equipped, including machine guns and artillery.
"You said that these bandits killed the gentry."
Cixi noticed this.
"That's right, Lafayette.
I heard that in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei, thousands of gentry families were robbed and thousands of people were killed."
"Huh, they are really tough bandits.
Half of the troops trained by Xiang Shuai have been destroyed.
Do you think these two Zhao brothers can do the job?"
Cixi said calmly without any panic at all.
At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lost half of Jiangnan and came here.
Not to mention, the British-French Allied Forces and the Eight-Nation Allied Forces failed to save even Beijing.
I, the Qing Dynasty, have not survived.
After experiencing so many unfortunate events, Lafayette's immunity has already been strengthened to the point of bursting.
But just losing two houses, it's not as good as the Boxing Boxing of previous years.
Li Lianying looked at Ci Xi and found that his master's face was not only devoid of anger or anxiety, but also looked like he was gloating about his misfortune.
So Eunuch Li made a mental calculation and commented unceremoniously: "The third son of the Zhao family is good at side affairs, but he mainly pays attention to Sichuan and Tibet.
The second son of the Zhao family is a cultural person, and I am afraid he will not be able to fight.
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Looking at it now Come on, Zhang Biao from the Eighth Town is just a real name.
The recruits he trained cannot even defeat the bandits."
"Okay, call Tie Liang."
Cixi waved her hand.
September 25, 1907 AD.
Japan, Tokyo, Tongmenghui headquarters.
"Hey, gentlemen, although this uprising has failed, we cannot be depressed.
We must fight against repeated defeats," Sun Wen said seriously.
Everyone below was in a low mood, and they all looked dejected.
The Tongmenghui launched three more uprisings this year, the Huanggang Uprising in May, the Qinvhu Uprising in June, and the Fangcheng Uprising this month.
Of course, they all failed.
Seeing that everyone could not cheer up, Sun Wen had no choice but to change the topic: "Where did Duchu go?"
"Still writing about his Jiandao problem," Cai Yuanpei replied.
Sun Wenyu said earnestly: "It's true at first.
The Manchus are the target of our revolution, and Japan is our friend.
It would be unwise to make trouble with Japan over a small island."
Zhang Binglin snorted coldly: "Humph, Japan still wants the three eastern provinces.
According to what you said, give them too.
There is a saying in materialistic China.
Although our China is big, there is not an inch of excess.
Well done Duchu, we Although we are against the Qing Dynasty, every inch of this country must be fought for.”
He then laughed and said: "The person from the Black Dragon Club just came here this morning.
Didn't he ask you when you were leaving?
You regard Japan as a friend, but the Japanese want to drive you out of Japan.
This friend is really good."
"That was also pressure from the Qing court, not the original intention of the Japanese government."
Sun Wen's face turned red for a rare moment, and he defended weakly.
At the beginning of this year, due to repeated pressure from the Qing court, the Japanese government, under pressure, asked the Black Dragon Society to come forward to persuade Sun Wenxian to leave Japan to avoid the limelight.
This made Mr.
Sun, who had been promoting Sino-Japanese friendship, very embarrassed in front of members.
Zhang Binglin didn't give any face at all, and he didn't open any pot.
Sun Wen said seriously: "Overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the top priority.
If Japan can help us overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establish a Republic of China, it would be nothing to give the three eastern provinces to Japan as a thank you gift.
I think the three eastern provinces are just the hometown of Manchuria.
I The core of China is the eighteen provinces, so why bother?"
Zhang Binglin suddenly became furious, stood up suddenly, pointed at Sun Wen's nose and cursed: "Sun Wen, you traitorous bastard seeking glory, why don't you give up your ancestral graves to Japan?"
"Taiyan, Taiyan, calm down, Yixian is just an idea."
Cai Yuanpei and others quickly came up to smooth things over.
While the room was busy, Wang Jingwei, who was sitting at the door, suddenly shouted: "Mr.
Huang is back."
"Great joy, great joy.
The nearly 10,000 people in the Hubei New Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were wiped out by Kyodo News in Xingshan County."
Huang Xing waved a copy of the Asahi Shimbun and ran into the hall happily.
"What, Kyodo Society" "Annihilate 10,000 Qing troops" Sun Wen and others couldn't help but stand up.
They had launched many revolutions over the years, and the total number of Qing troops they killed and injured was probably less than a thousand, and the targets were still old troops.
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Kyodo News killed tens of thousands of people in one go.
This is completely incomparable.
Everyone quickly grabbed the newspaper and read it.
"The Qing Dynasty's western half of Hubei Province fell.
Wuchang sent an emergency telegram to the Kyodo News Agency across the country, demanding that the Manchus step down, establish a constitution, and establish a republic.
They asked Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong to come forward to preside over the transitional government.
Kyodo News Agency threatened that if the Qing government did not agree to the request, they would fight. in the end" "The Qing government announced that it will dispatch the second, fourth, and ninth towns to Hubei to suppress bandits."
Sun Wen said with an ugly face: "Although the Kyodo Society is also a revolutionary party, it is not on the same side as us.
We sent people to contact us several times in the first half of the year, but they all turned away."
Huang Xing didn't care: "This is not a problem.
After all, they are also a revolutionary party.
As long as those who oppose the Qing Dynasty are comrades, I am ready to return to China and organize an uprising in Hunan."
"I'm also going back to China to meet up with Shuangjie and the others.
How can such a grand event be without me, Zhang Binglin, hahahaha" Lao Zhang laughed.
Next, at least half of the people expressed their intention to return to the country to join the revolution.
It was not easy to come across such a powerful revolutionary organization.
It would be really uncomfortable not to go and see it.
In addition, the Japanese have urged us many times, and we can no longer stay in Japan.
We might as well go back and see if there is any chance.
Sun Wen's face turned blue and white, and the faces of the people in the Tongmenghui also didn't look good.
The members of the Huaxing Association and the Guangfu Association were very happy.
After discussing it for a while, they happily went back to prepare for their return to China
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