Chapter 182: Preparation
After the time entered October, Yan Shao has always asked Katerina's special affairs department to pay attention to the movements in Wuchang, even if it is just a storm, he has to report it back by radio.
Eleno and Caterina didn't understand this in their hearts, why Yan Shao was so concerned about the problem on Wuchang's side, but now they had another question to worry about, so they didn't ask too much, just asked their subordinates to do it according to Yan Shao's orders.
And then...
The Wuchang Uprising broke out...
"But things are a little strange, the telegram clearly said that there was no explosion, how did the government know about it..."Putting the telegram on the table, Yan Shao's face obviously showed a strange look.
In his memory, the reason why the Wuchang Uprising was launched a day earlier was entirely because Sun Wu accidentally exploded while preparing explosives, which resulted in the Russians. If this were not the case, Sun Wu would not have been injured and hospitalized at all, the Wuchang Uprising would not have happened a day earlier, and Li Yuanhong would not have been promoted to the position of governor.
And now that there is no explosion on the Wuchang side, things seem a little inexplicable...
At this time, Yan Shao didn't know that all this would happen in Ludao, it was entirely because of a dog in the Russian patrol room, in fact, the reason why the Wuchang Uprising would break out in advance, the Special Affairs Section also didn't know about it, and the news he knew about Ludao was that the Wuchang Uprising had been successful, the Hubei Military Government had been established, and the new Hubei Overseer was Li Yuanhong...
Not knowing what Yan Shao was thinking, Caterina saw that he was a little strange and asked on the side. "Do you need me to let someone in Wuchang investigate?"
Yan Shao did not answer this question, but asked rhetorically. "How many people are there in Wuchang now?"
"There are thirteen. Because of what you mean, Hubei is the province with the largest number of outsiders in the special affairs department except Anhui..."
"Thirteen..."After thinking about it carefully, Yan Shao spoke. Let two people out there. I'm really a little interested in the cause and effect of this..."
"What a shame!" Nodding, just as Caterina was about to tell this matter, Lu Ying suddenly appeared outside the door.
Seeing Lu Ying, Katarina's face changed slightly, but neither Yan Shao nor Lu Ying noticed this. Seeing Lu Ying coming, Yan Shao's face obviously showed a hint of joy. "What's the matter?"
Talking to Yan Shao in front of Katarina, I don't know what Lu Dao is about, Lu Ying always felt a little weak. But she said anyway. "Manager Li, Manager Huang, and Captain Fu are all outside now, it seems that they have something urgent to see you..."
"Li Liang, they?" After getting a definite answer, Yan Shao somewhat guessed that they would come.
After getting up from your seat. Yan Shao sorted out his clothes with the help of Caterina and Lu Ying, and then walked in the direction of the living room, leaving only Lu Ying and Caterina in the room.
Facing Caterina alone, Lu Ying is like a weak little white rabbit.
At the same time, Caterina was looking at Lu Ying. His eyes were obviously full of complicated looks.
At the beginning, they would agree that Yan Shao would take Lu Ying in. It's all because of Lu Ying's pitiful background, and later she was treated like a sister, but now...
To be honest, Caterina really didn't know what expression to use to face her...
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He didn't know what was happening in the room, and after learning that Li Liang and they were coming together, Yan Shao hurriedly walked towards the living room. In the living room, more than a dozen people, including Li Liang, Li Da, Huang Hao, Fu Xiuming and Qin Zhen, had been waiting for a while, and the teacups in front of some people had changed the water at least twice.
I saw Yan Shao coming. These people also quickly stood up from their positions.
"Boss..."
"Sit down..."After pressing twice, Yan Shao spoke. You're here for..."
Although I have already guessed their purpose in my heart. But many times talking nonsense is also an art, so Yan Shao had to start with nonsense.
Hearing Yan Shao's question, Li Liang and the others glanced at each other, and Li Liang stood up and asked. "Boss, now that Wuchang has launched an uprising, I don't know when we will do it?"
"Yes, I've been preparing for so many years, isn't it just for this moment..."
With a slight wry smile, Yan Shao guessed that they were here for this.
In the past, there has always been such a sentiment in the reform association, that is, now that our strength is so great, why not simply make a revolution directly?
And for those members who were able to learn about the information obtained by some special affairs sections, they were only curious about why they had to give up the title of Shouyi to others, and not to themselves? In terms of strength alone, the strength of the Reform Society is more than ten times stronger than that of the Kyojinkai and the Literary Society combined.
Naturally, Yan Shao also told them his reasons, such as being afraid of shooting the first bird, and if the city is destroyed, it will completely disrupt his plans.
But in fact, Yan Shao has another reason, a reason that cannot be said...
That is, is the name of Shouyi really useful?
Shouyi Sanwu...
Critics in the late Qing Dynasty liked the number three very much. For example, the Manchus have the 'three talents of the banner people', the Beiyang Army has the 'Beiyang Three Heroes', the non-commissioned officers have the 'Three Heroes of the Non-commissioned Officers', and the revolutionary party can of course not be absent.
It will be called so because Sun Wu, Jiang Yiwu, and Zhang Zhenwu all have the word 'Wu' in their names, and their age status is roughly the same (32 years old, 27 years old, and 28 years old, all of whom work in the Ministry of Military Affairs), so they are called 'Shouyi Sanwu'.
According to the relevant materials of this play, on the eve of the Xinhai Revolution, the two major revolutionary groups in Hubei, the Literary Society and the Communist Advancement Association, although they had the same political goals, there has always been a view of the door. As the conditions for the uprising matured, the two groups were jointly put on the agenda. However, around the reorganization, there was a situation of 'two martial arts' competing for power between Sun Wu, the head of the Communist Association, and Jiang Yiwu, the president of the Literary Society.
The Literary Club said: "Our Literary Club is both powerful and numerous. After so many years of development in the new army, of course it should be the leader of our side, and we recommend Jiang Yiwu as the leader! ”
The other side of the association said, "Let's go together." It is a descendant of the Alliance, directly led by Sun Wen, and our side has sufficient funds, and in the future, revolutionary activities will be funded by our side, of course, our people from the Communist Association should be the leader, and Sun Wu should be the leader! ”
It's a question of who takes the lead. The two sides argued for more than half a year, and finally agreed that Jiang Yiwu (whose public identity is the head of the left team of the 41st Standard 3rd Battalion of the 21st Mixed Association of the New Army) was the commander-in-chief of the Hubei Revolutionary Army, and Sun Wu was the chief of staff. Zhang Zhenwu, the backbone of the Communist Party, is the head of government affairs. Unexpectedly, on the eve of the uprising, Sun Wu was hospitalized for being injured in the trial production of a bomb, and Jiang Yiwu also fled due to an incident, and only Zhang Zhenwu participated in leading the Wuchang Shouyi.
After the success of the Xinhai Revolution. This righteous sanwu is naturally a man of the hour.
But wait until the time comes for the formation of a provisional government. In addition to Li Yuanhong's election as the vice president with no real power, none of the nine commanders participated in the Wuchang Shouyi, and although five of the nine deputy ministers were from Hubei, none of them participated in the Wuchang Uprising.
In other words. In the Wuchang Uprising, although these revolutionaries got the name of the first righteousness, they did not get any benefits...
Of course. The first three martial artists, especially Sun Wuhui, did not even get a position, I am afraid that it has something to do with the contradiction between them and Huang Xing.
After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Huang Xing himself arrived in Hankou on October 28 and served as the wartime commander-in-chief of the military government of the Republic of China, commanding the revolutionary army and the Beiyang Army to fight. As a result, because of the relationship of strength, Hankou was lost first and then Hanyang, seeing that Wuchang was also in danger and precarious, Huang Xing proposed to abandon Wuchang and attack Nanjing, this proposal was naturally impossible to be recognized by the Wuchang Revolutionary Party, but not only was it refuted, Zhang Zhenwu also pulled out the pistol on his waist with one hand, slapped the table and shouted. "Wuchang is the first righteous place in the country, abandon it, the hearts of the people in the provinces of the Great Cold, who dares to say that if you give up Wuchang, you will be a traitor, and there will be no forgiveness for killing!"
Tan Renfeng commented that Huang Xing treats people with "a kind of rest, kind color, which can make people fall in love at first sight", thinking that this is the "longest point of his life", "and his shortest point is quite rigid and self-contained, not listening to people's words, and good compliments...... It's no wonder that the reputation is all over the world and the career can't be successful, it's a pity! ”
This passage illustrates Huang Xing's character, Huang Xing is a very good person, and he also has a good view of the overall situation, but he is a little stubborn and self-serving and has a good face, when he first arrived in Hankou, Sun Wu asked him to be careful against Feng Guozhang, but he didn't listen, and when Sun Wu and Zhang Zhenwu were in Wuchang, they greatly lost his face, and also laid the groundwork for the discord between Wuchang and Nanjing, and it became a matter of course that there would be this result.
Such a thing that has no benefit, but it has to take a lot of risks, after it has been determined that there is no problem on Wuchang's side, Yan Shaoke is not interested in participating...
What's more, Yan Shao's innovation association has nothing to do with the alliance, and the name of Shouyi rests on the top of Yan Shao's head, I'm afraid that the alliance will feel a little uncomfortable.
Of course, if Yan Shao really initiated the first uprising, he would definitely be sure to get a few important positions in the provisional government. After all, no one knows better than him how embarrassed Sun Huang and others are financially after the establishment of the provisional government, as long as Yan Shao is willing to pull a hand at that time, there is no problem in getting a few important positions, but the Alliance, like Beiyang, is Yan Shao's future enemy, in this case, if he pays to help the Alliance, isn't Yan Shao making himself uncomfortable?
He still hopes that the alliance will remain as scattered as it has been in history.
Yan Shao never worries about what he is doing in Anhui? It was because even if the provisional government of Nanjing was established, they would not be able to pose any threat to Yan Shao. Even if those people wanted Yan Shao's life, more than a hundred machine guns would be enough to make this rabble bleed...
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Although Yan Shao knew that such a Shouyi title could not actually make any gains, and he knew even more clearly what the fate of the Shouyi Sanwu in history was, but after all, these could not be said to Li Liang and them, so after pondering for a while, Yan Shao just said.
"How's the patrol going over there?"
Hearing Yan Shao ask about his patrol regiment, Fu Xiuming hurriedly replied. "It's going well because in the past they were trained militarized. So some basic things don't need to be re-taught, you just need to practice marksmanship, as for tactics. This is not something that can be figured out in a while, so we plan to let them practice marksmanship first, and then train tactics after the matter is over..."
He tapped his head. "I've already made a decision, and when the training of the patrol regiment is over, I'll start an incident immediately..."After speaking, Yan Shao looked at Fu Xiuming. You're going to have to speed up and try to finish it before the end of the month..."
"Yes!" Standing up from his seat, Fu Xiuming saluted.
And heard Yan Shao's words. Li Liang: They were also excited.
During this time, they and other people in the Innovation Association have always been puzzled by Yan Shao's immobility, if it weren't for Yan Shao's high prestige in the Innovation Association and the group. I'm afraid that some people have already begun to question it.
Now that Yan Shao is finally relieved, Li Liang and the others are also relieved.
As for the end of the month? It's only the middle of October, and it's only half a month before the end of the month.
Although half a month is not a short time, it is not very long. At this time, Li Liang and the others were still patient. And wait until the patrol regiment finishes training to start the incident. In any case, it is safer and safer than a hasty uprising.
"Okay, since everyone has no objections, let's go back and prepare." Saying that, Yan Shao looked at Fu Xiuming again. "Remember, be sure to finish your training before the end of the month..."
"I'll take a boat back to Dangtu..."Hearing Yan Shao say this, Fu Xiuming said straightforwardly.
After driving from the manor, Fu Xiuming didn't stay in Wuhu for a while, so he hurriedly took a boat at the pier and rushed to Dangtu. Then take the bus to Xiangshan. The whole journey took only half a day.
And after Fu Xiuming left, Yan Shao also looked at Li Liang and Huang Hao.
"Also. Ammunition and medicines for the uprising should also be prepared, lest there be insufficient when needed..."
"Don't worry..."Hearing Yan Shao talk about ammunition and medicine, Huang Haodao, who was in charge of this matter. There are more than 10 million rounds of ammunition in the warehouse, which is not much, but it is definitely enough for the soldiers, and there are more than 10,000 grenades, so there is some trouble in terms of medicine, but we also have 10,000 medicines in the warehouse, and we can definitely guarantee that there will be no problems..."
Hearing Huang Hao say this, Yan Shao nodded with satisfaction.
"It's right to leave things to you..."
The importance of grain and grass is very clear, and in this era, the grain and grass are supplies, ammunition supplies, medicine supplies, food supplies, and so on.
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On the 11th day after the news of the Wuchang Uprising came back, the news of the Changsha Uprising came, and along with the Changsha Uprising, the news of the Xi'an Uprising came to Wuhu.
The uprisings in these two places not only inspired the military and civilians of Wuchang, but also inspired other places and Yan Shao's side. After learning that there were two more uprisings, Li Liang and the others became excited, especially Fu Xiuming's side, which strictly trained the people of the patrol regiment, so that they could have a little combat effectiveness before the end of the month.
The day after the uprisings in Changsha and Xi'an, the Jiujiang uprising...
Perhaps frightened by this series of uprisings, and the fact that almost all the uprisings in various places were led by the new army, Zhu Jiabao not only took strict precautions against the new army stationed in Anqing, but also deliberately transferred them out of the provincial capital to prevent any accidents.
Naturally, this incident made many people angry, because there were also quite a few Confederate soldiers in the New Army who were planning to take advantage of this spring breeze to launch an uprising. Now that Zhu Jiabao has transferred them out of the city, they have to change to a new plan...
"Those bureaucrats actually transferred us out..."
At a secret meeting of the members of the New Army Alliance, a young man said viciously.
Hearing the young man say this, everyone else rose up accordingly.
After cursing Zhu Jiabao fiercely, one of the young men looked at Wu Yanggu. "Yanggu, what do you say to do now?"
Originally, they decided to do it tomorrow, but now that Zhu Jiabao has transferred them outside the city and sent many people from the patrol battalion to take strict precautions, the possibility of them wanting to start an incident in the city is already very low...
"What do you want me to say..."After thinking about it carefully, Wu Yanggu spoke. Hold on for a few days, and then we'll send a few men into the city, looking for an opportunity to open the gates and let them in..."
This can be said to be the most old-fashioned method, but it is better than practicality, and now that the new army is locked up outside the city, Wu Yanggu has only one way.
Hearing Wu Yanggu say this, the others had no other way, so they decided to start an uprising on the 30th. At this time, neither Wu Yanggu nor anyone else noticed that there was a person beside them who suddenly lit up when he heard about the 30th...
"30 days..."
In the manor, seeing the telegram that had just arrived, Yan Shao nodded and said to Yan Yongnian. "Go, send a telegram to Xiangshan, and ask Fu Xiuming to rush back to Wuhu with the patrol regiment before the 28th, and then send someone to contact the patrol battalion and our people on the new army's side, so that they can get ready, and when the patrol regiment returns to Wuhu, as long as our side moves, they will follow..."
For Yan Shao, there can only be one government in Anhui, and that is his military government, so he must start before those people in Wuyanggu, if necessary...
It is also possible to consider solving Wu Yanggu and them...
"It's good..."
Hearing Yan Shao's words, Yan Yongnian nodded, and at the same time wrote down the words in a notebook.
After confirming that it was correct, Yan Yongnian went to the communication office and radioed Yan Shao's words to Xiangshan.
At this time, Fu Xiuming was training the soldiers in the team, and after seeing Yan Shao's telegram, he was stunned and then happy.
Putting the telegram away again, Fu Xiuming said to the adjutant beside him. "Tomorrow we will leave on time and take a boat back to Wuhu..."
"Yes!" (To be continued......)