The battle in Quzhou caused a huge sensation throughout the country, and even though the Manchus tried their best to block the newspapers, the newspapers in the concession could not be stopped, and within a few days, the encirclement and annihilation failed again, and the news of the annihilation of the elite new army in the four towns became known to the whole world. For a time, the Manchus of the whole country were anxious, and the city of Hangzhou was almost empty, and the gentry demanded that Guangxu quickly open the Congress, and proposed the implementation of a British-style constitutional monarchy, handing over a power to the Congress, and then on the grounds that the power was in the hands of the Han people and not in the hands of the Manchus, peace talks with the Fuxing Society, so as to end the war that lasted for many years and cost the people and money.

They believed that after the victory of the Renaissance Society, the Northern Expedition would be carried out, and the Northern Expedition would cause chaos in China and thus affect their interests in China.

In addition to the warning, the Fuxing Society's Longmen Inn and China Times newspapers in various places were once again closed down by the leasing authorities, and the various enterprises of Tianzihao were also more tightly controlled. The strength of various countries in China increased again, among which Britain and Germany were the most active, one mobilized more than 8,000 troops from Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and India to garrison the concessions of the Yangtze River ports, and the other mobilized about a division of troops in China to go to the Far East to prevent accidents; In addition to the army, various countries have also dispatched warships and gunboats to form the Yangtze River Fleet and cruise on the Yangtze River. to prevent the Northern Expedition of the Revolutionary Army.

Although the actions of the foreign powers were only intimidating, they intended to demand more rights from the Manchus. If the Northern Expedition of the Revolutionary Army is really wanted, as long as it does not involve the safety of the lives and property of foreigners in China. Then they're just going through the motions. Unless the revolutionary army appeared weak after the initial battle, the Great Powers would be completely on the side of the Manchus and would do their best to suppress the Renaissance. British Foreign Secretary Grey wrote in a directive to the Minister to China, Jurdian: "...... Since war cannot be stopped, we should allow it to happen and end it as much as possible, in the process we must ensure that the king's subjects and his merchants are not harmed by war. Also to ensure that there is no further turmoil in this hapless country, and that an intact and weakened China is in the interests of the empire......"

The attitude of the great powers finally allowed the Manchus to find some courage, and another thing swept Guangxu away from decadence. In addition to making the second Congress into the Russian Duma, he also began to reorganize his troops and horses for the seventh encirclement and suppression, and his confidence came from a few deserters in the 3rd town of the Manchurian and Mongolian New Army. These Manchus claimed that although the revolutionary party had won a great victory at Meiling Pass. But its own losses were also extremely heavy. According to their observations on the top of the mountain, there were no less than 10,000 corpses of the revolutionary party transported from Meiling Pass, and many of them were buried on the spot.

The use of chlorine gas cannons in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still a few years ago, and after the revolutionary party sent the chlorine gas cannons to the Military Advisory Office, they never dared to make a second time, and this time they listened to the German staff officers, and began to use chlorine gas cannons on a large scale out of luck, believing that as long as the main force of the revolutionary party was encircled and annihilated. Then no matter how threatened they are, it doesn't matter if they are threatening. As for their threats, the princes of Belle only need not go out of the gate. If the revolutionary party really detonated a chlorine shell in the capital, it would only be the bad luck of the people outside.

The Manchu people believed the words of Guangxu, and the large-scale purchase of white cloth by the revolutionary party in Longyou, Lanxi and Quzhou after the fierce war confirmed the truth of the matter. However, the previous standard, Fuxi, insisted on his own statement, believing that the revolutionary party was not afraid of chlorine cannons. In the end, it was the Manchus who reported that the revolutionary party had suffered heavy losses and risked their lives overnight with photographic equipment, and according to their memories, they found the cemetery where the revolutionary party had buried them, and dug up the graves to take pictures, and the matter came to an end.

On the thin photo, the endless tombstones of the revolutionary party martyrs in the valley are frightening at the same time, but also make Guangxu ecstatic, the photographer randomly checked and counted the entire cemetery, totaling more than 18,000 tombstones, these are the so-called martyrs buried under the banner of the revolutionary party, the faces are hideous, all of them died of poisoning, and many people still have revolutionary party medals on their bodies. Of the 18,000 dead, and the wounded, the number of wounded was innumerable, and according to the inference of the Military Advisory Office, they believed that the revolutionary party had suffered at least 25,000 to 30,000 casualties, and that half of its main force had been lost. And the reason why these people are buried here should be that they are afraid that transporting them back to Yanzhou will cause turmoil in the hearts of the military and the people.

The evidence proves that the revolutionary party suffered heavy losses in the battle of Meilingguan, but in the general uprising a few months later, the Yanzhou revolutionary party did not lose its troops, so who are these so-called martyrs? Although the revival of the ruling party was hindered in every possible way, the truth of the matter was found out a hundred years later with the help of advanced DNA technology, these so-called martyrs were not Zhejiang people at all, but most of them were northerners and a small number of Liangguang people, and the results of this investigation immediately became a crime for the public and democrats to attack the founding leader Yang Jingcheng: that is, the slaughter of 11,346 unarmed civil war prisoners of war (after conclusive verification by ground-penetrating instruments, many of the graves are empty graves), and the general Lin Wenqian, who carried out this mission, was named Lin Butcher.

In the text of the Fuxing Society, which was declassified after a long time, the most fundamental reason for setting up a tomb in Meiling Pass was because the Manchus in Beijing were in turmoil when they heard the news that the Fuxing Society was about to go on a northern expedition, and many Manchus began to transfer money and sell property and antiques, and in that month when rumors were flying, more than 1,000 properties in Beijing were sold, and about 6 million taels of money were transferred from the ticket number to the foreign-funded banks in the concession, and the antiques were mainly sold to foreign businessmen, so they could not be counted, Beijing was so uneasy, and the Manchus in other places were even more so. Nearly 10 million assets were transferred by the Manchurians in a month, and under the construction of Zhang Kun of the Kwantung Bank and Liu Boyuan of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Fuxing Society made a bitter plan. Of course, it is said that it is a bitter meat plan, but according to the post-mortem speculation, the bitter meat plan cannot be bitter on the revival army, so the only way to kill those Manchu captives who do not want to do it anyway is to use chlorine gas.

After the text was declassified, many descendants of the 3rd town of Manmeng and the 25th and 26th towns of the New Army asked for an open coffin for an autopsy because of the disappearance of their ancestors. and demanded compensation and a formal apology from the government. When the government was worried, Lin Wenqian's great-grandson Lin Liguo provided the war diary of his ancestor Lin Wenqian, saying that his ancestor did not massacre surrendered prisoners of war. Of the more than 18,000 graves, only more than 11,300 are true, but there are only more than 6,200 real human corpses inside, all of which are Qing troops who died in battle and were wounded and rehabilitated. All wrapped in military flags and buried.

The controversy of later generations was unpredictable at the time. At the time, the real photographs in the newspapers and the gnashing of accusations and revenge of the Revival Society completely reassured people across the country. In the months that followed, the money that had been transferred before was transferred back to its original location because of various inconveniences, the most important of which was that the foreign banks had little interest, and the interest rates of the bills were huge. At this time, the high-level leaders of the Revival Association were a little glad that Cai Yi's Eastern Route Army had escaped, otherwise it would be an empty city even if it occupied the capital. No silver was confiscated.

It is good to be full of people with peace of mind. However, the private representatives of the great powers retreated after contacting the Renaissance Society, believing that since the Renaissance had suffered severe losses in the Sixth Encirclement and Suppression War, the government forces that had switched to chlorine shells would defeat the Revolutionary Army in the next encirclement and suppression, so the countries ended negotiations with the Renaissance Society and began to develop chemical weapons.

The attitude of the great powers did not cause any fluctuations in Yang Rui's mood, and he understood that success was just around the corner. And in order to be able to wipe out the princes and ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Beizi Baylor, two months later. The Joint Military Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff Headquarters adjusted the general plan after repeated confirmation and calculations. The date of the general uprising will be adjusted from the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar to the 28th day of June. Yang Rui held the thick plan sent by Bei Shoutong in his hand, and after browsing, he asked, "Why did you put it on June 28?" Will the preparations be smooth? ”

Bei Shou said: "Sir, June 28 is Guangxu's 40th birthday. According to the information of the Military Intelligence Agency, this time in order to celebrate the victory of Yanzhou and boost morale, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is ready to make a big deal ......"

It was actually Guangxu's fortieth birthday, Bei Shoutong didn't finish Yang Rui laughed out loud, he laughed very happily and out of control, until the tears came out in the end, he stopped, and there was nothing better than doing justice at Guangxu's birthday ceremony. Yang Rui finished laughing, and asked breathlessly: "That means that all the Tartars will gather in Beijing?" ”

Seeing that Yang Rui had been gloomy for several months and finally laughed today, Liu Boyuan had a hot sweat on his back and said excitedly: "Yes, sir!" At that time, the Manchu magnates from all over the country would send people to Beijing to congratulate them, and we could just take the opportunity to catch them all. In addition, in order to show loyalty, Tianzihao has already taken over the electric lighting project in the capital, and by the day of June 28, all important streets in the inner city will be equipped with electric lights, and many road signs will also be installed, so that the night raid troops will definitely not get lost. ”

Liu Boyuan completely investigated the experience of the night attack in Guangzhou according to Yang Rui's instructions, and in addition to the weapon factors that he knew earlier, he also understood that it was most important to be familiar with the terrain at night, and Beijing was bigger than the city of Guangzhou, and it was easy to get lost even if the locals were panicked at night. Although the 2nd Army, which attacked Beijing at night, conducted targeted terrain training, no matter how much training it had, there was no better training than having street lights.

"Good! Good! Yang Rui was in a happy mood, and asked again after a while, "Have you checked the royal deposits of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" Where is the 10 million pounds that Xingjian used to say? Or who holds the money? After so long, is the money still there? ”

"It's almost clear." Liu Boyuan said, "Most of the more than 100 million taels are in Daqing Bank, a small part is in Guangxu's hands, in Daqing Bank is the interest of the country's foreign exchange over the years, and in Guangxu's hands is Cixi and Guangxu's own private money." These two sums of money together bought a lot of foreign bonds, as long as we can get those bonds, then this money can be mastered, but these money is not living money, even if there are bonds, it depends on the foreigners' banks and the government admit whether to recognize the money, if they don't admit it, it is estimated that they can't take it out, and if they do, it will take a few years to come out.

The money that can be used is, first, the treasury in the palace, where it is estimated that there are no less than 10 million taels of gold and silver, which are all filial piety paid by the officials below over the years; Then there is the private property of the prince and the nobles of the prince, the amount is unknown, about twenty or thirty million taels, some of which are gold and silver deposited in the house, and some of which are bills deposited in the ticket number of the capital to eat interest. Therefore, after entering Beijing, it is extremely important to seize all ticket numbers and money banks. Zhang Xingjian's construction of the bank was to control the ticket number of the bank in the capital overnight to prevent them from damaging and altering the accounts. Ticket numbers in other parts of the country will also be seized, but in order to prevent market turmoil, the business of each ticket number will be handled by the East Bank. ”

Yang Rui knew the relationship between the ticket number and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and these people could go all the way back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to the eight traitorous imperial merchants led by Fan Yongdou, who turned the property looted by the Manchus into grain and pig iron, and continuously transported it to the outside of the customs, if there were no them. The Manchurians froze to death in the northeast as early as the Xiaoice River period. Although these eight families have ups and downs, in the final Qing Dynasty, most of the money stored in the ticket number is official silver. The Jin merchants also overpowered other merchant gangs and dominated the business world. However, after more than 200 years of changes in the world, it is no longer possible to judge the eight emperors and merchants who betrayed the country and the clan from a legal point of view. And if you hit Jin Shang in an all-round way. It will only damage the commercial system and trade with Russia in the Northwest. In particular, trade with Russia is the only surplus trade in all foreign trade in China, so Zhang Kun means that after the seizure of the ticket number, its business will be handled by the Kwantung Bank.

"Then do as Xingjian says." Yang Rui was a little reluctant, but he could only agree. "But if there is a ticket number to resist, then it will be killed!"

"Understood, sir!" Liu Boyuan rushed in to write it down.

"Since it is Guangxu's fortieth birthday, the city defense in Beijing will definitely be very strict, can the more than 20,000 people in our Mentougou occupy the capital according to the plan?" After talking about money. Yang Rui asked the troops again, the timing of the birthday was good. But if you can't occupy the capital overnight, you will be wronged.

Bei Shoutong said: "We have analyzed that the most important defense area of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be the inner city, and the means of increasing defense are also to widely distribute patrols and patrols, strictly investigate passers-by, and so on. They were mainly worried that we would throw poison gas bombs, and as for the outer city and the outskirts of Beijing, although there were Janissaries, they were only on heightened guard. As for the towns near the capital and the first town in Beiyang, they estimated that they would retract the defense line a little, but it was impossible to adjust internally.

According to the plan, within ten hours after the uprising was launched, the 5th Division of Daxingshan would arrive in the capital. Before this, the Praetorian Guard of another town will also be defeated by the troops entering the city, so that the Manchu Qing can gather the troops in a short time, that is, the first town of Beiyang from the first line of Jinzhou Shanhaiguan, the second town of Machang, and the 27th town adapted by the Zhili Mixed Association, although there are three towns here, but if they want to pull out and join forces, it is estimated that it will have to wait until the next day or even the third day, three divisions against three towns, as long as there is one night of preparation, then we will have a chance of winning. Moreover, in the end, if the whole country is occupied by us, it is very likely that the two towns of the 2nd and 27th of them will give up the attack and surrender when the time comes. ”

"Besides, there's another way here." After talking about the comparison of troops, Bei Shoutong was a little hesitant when he said another way.

"Say it. If it works, use it, and if it doesn't, don't use it. "Some time ago, the General Staff just came up with a bitter plan, but Yang Rui didn't use it well, because many mules and horses died.

"That is to throw himself into the net, deliberately let the Inspector Bureau find our people, and find chlorine shells, so ......" Bei Shou said, but he was stopped by Yang Rui before he finished speaking, Xu Xilin betrayed his comrades that time, but the General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau repeatedly asked him to agree, although the Military Intelligence Bureau guaranteed that it was foolproof, but there were still comrades who fell ill and died in prison.

"Sir, there will be no danger to your life this time." Bei Shoutong was stopped by Yang Rui, and Liu Boyuan next to him hurriedly helped, "June is Guangxu's birthday month, and he will definitely not be executed." As long as the person who is caught in is slightly tortured and confesses, then he will be safe and sound, and even if he is beheaded, it will be until next month. Anqing's side of the matter...... Or is it because the comrades in prison are not used to staying, and now it will not be like this, they will come out in half a month at most, and nothing will happen. Only by making the Manchus think that our sabotage plan has failed, will they completely let their guard down. ”

Yang Rui didn't feel sorry for the life of cannon fodder, but to the effect, he had to say so, so after listening to Liu Boyuan's words, he pretended to be painful and said, "Can you guarantee it?" So how many people will be arrested this time to reassure the Manchus? ”

"No more than fifty people." Liu Boyuan said, worried that Yang Rui was too much, and explained: "The Revival Association is no smaller than the Alliance, a dozen people are too few, and at least thirty or forty people must be presentable." Including some peripheral personnel, it adds up to seventy or eighty people. As long as these are released after half a month in prison, nothing will happen. ”

As if he had listened to Liu Boyuan's words, Yang Rui said again: "If these seventy or eighty people are arrested, then the Manchu Qing must be like a treasure, if they are involved with other lines, won't they pull out the whole plan?" ”

"No, the comrades in the capital are all one-line contacts. In order to be easily exposed, these thirty or forty people will send some southerners to go, and the peripheral personnel will also have their own development in the capital. If something happens, it will definitely not implicate other branches. Liu Boyuan said. He thinks it's foolproof.

After being silent for a long time, Yang Rui finally nodded and said, "Write a report." I'll review it before I approve it. ”

After Yang Rui finished speaking, he let them out, and he took the newly compiled Chongzhen plan to look at it carefully, and after only roughly flipping through it, he stopped. Unlike the perspective of the General Staff, he is concerned not only with troop arrangements, but also with the international environment. If the benefits of the butterfly do not spread to Europe, then on July 1 Germany will send Leopard warships to Morocco to create a second Moroccan crisis, and then the great powers will have no time to look east in order to deal with Europe, and on the Japanese side, although Xiyuan Temple has not come to power, if it can occupy Fengtian City in one day and occupy the whole territory in two or three days, then Japan will not find an excuse to send troops, and this matter will be handed over to Zhang Rong's patrol battalion. The mountain army will mainly exterminate the 6th and 7th towns of Manchu and Mongolia, the 8th town of Heilongjiang will launch an uprising, and the 1st Brigade of the Great Khing'an Mountains will march to Kulun. The situation in the northeast has already been calmed down in two to three days outside the customs, and when Japan is still discussing countermeasures or making arrangements, the situation in the northeast has already been calmed down, and they want to take advantage, and the only thing left is to negotiate.

And Kannai, if nothing else, will also be mostly pacified within three months. Among them, the most troublesome are actually the 4nd towns of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 27th towns on the North China side, as well as the 5th, 7th, and 8th towns on the Yanzhou side and the 1st and 2nd towns on the Manmeng side. The two Manmeng towns must be defeated, the five towns in Beiyang, as well as the 7th town in Jiangbei and the 8th town in Wuchang, the best result is Zhao'an, and the conditional Zhao'an. The remaining ones, such as the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and the Yunnan-Guizhou-Xiangchuan New Army, will hold an uprising.

As the time for the general uprising approached, the situation became clearer and clearer. Taking advantage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's encirclement and suppression of Yanzhou, the previously planned base areas have already gained a firm foothold, are training soldiers, and are ready to go. Although the Manchus knew that the motives of these rebels were unpredictable, all the troops were held back by Yanzhou, Yizhou and Tonghua, and the new army had no money and no officers in the second, so they could only send some patrol battalions to monitor, but because the rebels did not wander, the Manchus were relieved after worrying.

Among them, Yizhou is the most obvious, when the uprising was a sensation in the whole north, and then it could not be encircled and suppressed, the rebel army actually began to overhaul the water conservancy, and there was no intention of crossing the border to attack at all. Li Guangyi, the revolutionary leader of Yizhou, made it very clear to the newspaper reporter that he was determined to raise righteousness when he saw the incompetence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the purpose of the uprising was only to govern his hometown, not to change the dynasty. There are floods in Yizhou every year, but the Manchu court turned a blind eye, and he didn't repair it if he wanted to, so he only had to repair the water conservancy through guò. Li Guangyi's words are eloquent, and his heart of worrying about the country and the people can be expressed, if it weren't for his own people, Yang Rui would have been deceived by him.

When the base areas are properly prepared, then only the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guizhou will remain, and these three provinces are all poor provinces, and only Yunnan has the 19th town of the new army, and only one of Guizhou cannot be marked, and Guangxi has no new army because the 26th town has been transferred. The current governor of Yunnan and Guizhou is Li Jingxi, and the town commander of the 19th town is Cui Xiangkui, who was born in the Beiyang Military Academy, and most of the other generals are from Beiyang. There are two associations of the 37th and 38th in the whole town, only the 37th association is stationed in Kunming, and the 38th association is stationed in Lin'an and Dali. In the 37th Association, Li Hongxiang and Li Gengen of the 73 standard pipes, Luo Peijin, Tang Jiyao, and Liu Cunhou of the 74 standard bands are all revolutionary parties. As long as these people have bullets, they can attack. And the 38th Association, also many of which are revolutionary parties, Kunming, naturally the whole province of the revolution succeeded. (To be continued......)