Chapter 140: All-Out War Breaks Out!
"Wang Hengyue sent it?"
Looking at the table full of dishes, Zhu Qinglan frowned.
"Yes, I just sent someone."
"Oh." Zhu Qinglan nodded: "Go, give each person who delivers the food a tael of silver." β
"My lord, are they a mess?"
"Messy party?" Zhu Qinglan smiled: "I heard that the soldiers in front often go to the position of the chaotic party, could it be that the chaotic party sent me a table of dishes, and I want to kill them instead?" Go, reward! β
said and greeted a few subordinates: "Come, how about you come and taste the craftsmanship of the people of Rong County." β
Picking up chopsticks to eat, Zhou Daogang hurriedly said: "My lord, be careful of poison!" β
"Poisonous?" Zhu Qinglan smiled "haha": "If Wang Hengyue wants to use the method of poisoning the vegetables, how can he lead those chaotic parties?" Come on, eat them all! β
I first put a chopstick dish in my mouth, and was full of praise: "Okay, good, Wang Hengyue has talents under him, and making a dish is so delicious." β
When the adults ate it, their subordinates also stretched out their chopsticks.
"Wang Hengyue, this is to see if I have the appetite to eat this table of dishes." Zhu Qinglan put down his chopsticks and sighed: "At first, I thought that the chaos in Rong County was not much a trivial matter, and it could be calmed down with a wave of my hand, but after I arrived in Rong County, I found that it was not the case." Wang Hengyue has guns, cannons and arsenals, he can fight this battle"
The adults didn't eat, and the subordinates also put down their chopsticks and listened to Zhu Qinglan:
"Our appetite is poor, we can't eat this meal, I can't help it, and Zhao Duxian can't help it, so we can only do it and act with each other. The officials have become dramas, and the soldiers have also become dramas, which can be regarded as the most absurd combat in the past. What about Wang Hengyue? I can't eat our dish, everyone tacitly understands it, and it is tacit. Let's face each other, see who can survive whom, see who has a good appetite, and see who lasts a long time."
Zhou Daogang frowned: "My lord, what does Wang Hengyue mean by this table today?" β
"I wonder, how can Wang Hengyue have such a clear grasp of the movements of the imperial court, does he have spies all over the country?" Zhu Qinglan didn't answer immediately, and only after saying this did he say: "The imperial court has once again rejected the request of Zhao Duxian and Sichuan, and Duanfang has come out of the mountain again, if what I said is right, he is about to lead the army into Sichuan!" β
"What? Do you want to enter Sichuan? The subordinates whispered.
"Yes, entering Sichuan at the end of the way, not only will it not help ease the situation, but it will easily arouse the disgust of the Sichuan people, so that the Sichuan war will break out, and the situation will not be cleaned up at that time! Zhu Qinglan's face was solemn: "It's ridiculous that the imperial court would use someone like Sheng Xuanhuai, what else does he know besides doing business?" There is also Prince Alcohol, who is not too much, and obeys Sheng Xuanhuai's words, the court is controlled by these two people, and it is going to make a big mess."
He got up and stood up, and said slowly:
"Wang Hengyue is telling me that Sichuan is also a big table of dishes, and one person can't eat it, so everyone eats it equally, eats slowly, and waits for the situation to change."
said, with a straight face: "Order all the soldiers in my seventeen towns, without my order, they are not allowed to attack, strictly defend the position, violators, shoot and kill!" β
On August 5, 1911, when the war situation in Rongxian County presented a confrontational situation, Zhao Erfeng, the governor of Sichuan, attended the shareholders' meeting of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company.
At the meeting, he spoke very cautiously, and did not ask the shareholders of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company to change their position and do exactly what the court required, but like the former protector Wang Wenwen, he expressed his understanding of everyone's requirements and was willing to help everyone wholeheartedly as a magistrate; At the same time, he called on everyone to exercise restraint and calm and maintain social stability. In terms of actual policy, he basically agreed with Wang Wenwen's plan, but the tone was slightly euphemistic.
Sheng Xuanhuai and Duan Fang soon discovered that Zhao Erfeng was actually the same as Wang Wenwen. They were in the rear and did not understand the actual situation in Sichuan at that time, so they planned to directly enter Sichuan from the end side to supervise the matter, and even replace Zhao Erfeng as the governor of Sichuan if necessary.
At the same time, Sheng Xuanhuai made a small move to persuade Li Jixun, the manager of the Yichang branch of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, to accept his plan, and without the consent of the Sichuan-Han Railway Corporation, he actually handed over the cash deposited in the Yichang branch to Sheng Xuanhuai and Duanfang. This move further escalated the situation, and the people at the shareholders' meeting of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company and the Baolu Comrades Association were extremely resentful and accused Li Jixun of being a "traitor." The shareholders' meeting made a resolution to remove Li Jixun from his post as manager of the Yichang branch. This completely angered the Baolu Comrades Association, and they announced that they would launch a Sichuan-wide market strike from August 24 in protest.
Around the Lee Ji-hoon incident, the situation escalated seriously. After Sheng Xuanhuai and Duan Fang refused to revoke Li Jixun's appointment, on August 28, Comrade Baolu of Sichuan began to plan and launch a province-wide anti-donation and anti-grain action.
At this time, Zhao Erfeng, who was on the front line, had fully realized the seriousness of the situation, and he sent several telegrams to the cabinet and the regent Zaifeng together with the Chengdu general Yukun, reporting that the situation was on the verge of getting out of control, and the army and police in the provincial capital had also been involved in the movement, and he was not sure that he would restore order by coercive means, and implored the imperial court to suspend the plan to nationalize the Sichuan-Han railway, and the Ministry of Posts and Communications revoked the appointment of Li Jixun, so that the situation could be controlled.
However, Zaifeng and Sheng Xuanhuai, who were completely caught in their own mode of thinking, thought that Zhao Erfeng was just as exaggerated and alarmist as Wang Wenwen, and on September 2, they sent Duan Fang to bring 2,000 soldiers and horses from Wuhan to Sichuan to suppress the situation in Sichuan.
Duanfang finally came, and the burial of the Manchu Dynasty finally sounded the fuse!
Sichuan, about to enter a state of all-out war!
It's chaotic, and no one can control the situation!
"Good!" Wang Hengyue slapped the table hard: "Duanfang is finally here!" Order my armies and get ready. Order Yang Sen's fifth battalion and Wang Zhanxu's sixth battalion to prepare for a sneak attack on Yibin and other places according to the previous plan! β
Duan Fang led his troops into Sichuan, and he should have been worried, but Heng Shuai was so excited that the brothers were a little confused.
"Two thousand people want to suppress my Rong County and control the situation, Sheng Xuanhuai and Zaifeng are too naΓ―ve!" Wang Hengyue sneered again and again: "Let Long Dengjie and Wang Tianjie lead the 800 people's army, carry weapons, and contact the helmsman of the robe brother 'Ren', the president of the Huayang Comrade Association, and the commander of the East Road Comrade Army, Qin Zaigeng, and prepare for trouble!" β
"Yes!"
A smile appeared on the corner of Wang Hengyue's mouth, this day has finally come.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, never dreamed that the first domino that toppled the fall of the Manchu Dynasty was actually toppled by such a nobody!
The thunder was about to fall on the head of the Manchu Dynasty
On September 5, 1911, someone distributed a leaflet called "Sichuan People's Self-Protection Consultation Book" in front of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, proposing to "organize and train the national army, manufacture ordnance, and realize the self-protection of Sichuan people."
Zhao Erfeng realized that this was almost a call to arms uprising. He judged that the masterminds behind this incident were Pu Dianjun and Luo Lun, leaders of the Baolu Comrades Association, and Yan Kai and Zhang Lan, leaders of the Sichuan-Han Railway Shareholders' Association. So, on September 7, he deceived these people to the governor's palace and detained them under the pretext that the imperial court had agreed to the demands of the Baolu Comrade Association.
The enraged comrades of Baolu would spontaneously gather and want to rush into the governor's palace to snatch people out, Zhao Erfeng ordered the guards to shoot, and 32 people were killed, which was the "Chengdu Bloody Case".
On that day, the masses besieging the governor's palace were dispersed, but the Baolu movement throughout Sichuan turned into a full-scale armed uprising.
"Zhao Erfeng brutally killed the revolutionary righteous and created the Chengdu bloody case, all the people of Sichuan are nothing more than men and women, nothing more than the old and the young, the crowd attacks them, and the crowd rises up and planted! The political axe of the Chinese Revolutionary Army, the Chinese Revolutionary Comrade Army, swear to defend Sichuan and defend the revolution to the death! I died for Sichuan, I died for the revolution, I died as I deserved, and it was supremely glorious! Today, Wang Hengyue, the political and political governor of the Chinese Revolutionary Army and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Revolutionary Comrade Army, calls on the whole Sichuan to revolt, defend Sichuan, and defend the revolution! β
This telegram is known as the "Shenyang Electric", and it is also regarded as the last and most important fuse that contributed to the great uprising in Sichuan and even the final burial of the Manchu Dynasty!
Wang Hengyue's name has once again been engraved in history!
Early in the morning of September 8, 1911, Qin Zaigeng, the commander of the Comrade Army of the East Sichuan Road, led more than 1,000 comrades to attack from the east gate of Chengdu.
Although they could not effectively attack the city, they had the means to cut off all the telephone poles outside the city, and even occupied all the post stations where the Qing government axe and the governor's palace passed on documents, causing the government to be unable to communicate with the government, and the ears and eyes were out of order. Zhao Erfeng sat in the city of sorrow, exhausted, and couldn't sleep all night.
What's even worse is that now his main force, the Seventeenth Town, is encircling and suppressing the "Chinese Revolutionary Army and Political Axe" in Rong County!
The central political axe in Yanjing couldn't figure out the truth in Chengdu, but subconsciously felt that a catastrophe was coming, and he was highly panicked.
The Manchu court first issued three orders urging Duanfang to lead the Hubei New Army to Chengdu at night to supervise the deterrence of the troops and eliminate violence and peace; He also urgently dispatched troops from the surrounding provinces of Hunan, Shaanxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan to Sichuan to assist in trying to calm down.
On September 15, he urgently ordered Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang and Guangzhou, to go to Sichuan, and handle the matter of suppression and pacification with Zhao Erfeng.
The war has broken out in Sichuan!
A new era has arrived!
(To be continued)