"Oh, this is really an unlucky thing. The governor just announced the edict this morning and demoted him as a punishment. Now he is asked to stick to Wuchang City. How can he say this? And he is emotional, how can he agree?" Rui

He shook his hands and stamped his feet in annoyance.

If I had known about this incident, I would not have read out the edict.

Zhang Meisheng coughed lowly, glanced at Ruicheng, and continued:

"Commander, don't be upset, this may be an excellent opportunity to win over Li Yuanhong.

This person's subordinates know a lot about him. He is a scholar and values ​​loyalty, filial piety and justice very much. As the saying goes, the person who ties the bell must untie the bell. You will issue a decree now, ordering Li Yuanhong to command all the military and police in Wuchang City, stabilize the city, and wait for foreign aid.

, afterwards you recommended that he not only be reinstated in his post, but also be rewarded heavily."

After listening to Zhang Meisheng's suggestion, Ruicheng felt excited, as if he had seen a life-saving straw in the vast ocean.

"No need to give instructions, I will go to the garrison in person and tell him face to face."

In fact, when he heard that the river was blocked by Chen Tianhua's ships, Wuchang City's connections with Hanyang and Hankou were cut off, and it became an isolated city. The land route had obviously been forgotten for a long time.

He had a premonition that everything was over, and even the most adverse news would no longer stimulate him at all, but would instead arouse the long-lost dignity in the world.

"Okay! Let's fight against the traitor Chen Tianhua in Wuchang City!"

Ruicheng adjusted his flowered crown and the first-grade governor's court uniform. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the garrison mansion with this governor."

After saying that, he walked straight out of the main hall, followed by the guards and entourage.

…

At ten o'clock that night, Gu Zhunian led a squadron of the special operations brigade, as well as the security brigade of Hanyang Iron and Steel Company and the former security brigade of Hanyang Arsenal, with a total of 800 people and guns, and surrounded two people from the Hubei Admiral's Mansion guard battalion who had been ordered to take over the arsenal.

The company and a squadron of the inspection brigade totaled 400 people.

At the beginning, the Qing army still resisted stubbornly. There was a loud burst of gunfire for a while. Gu Zhunian had been frustrated for too long. He immediately mobilized more than ten Maxim heavy machine guns, more than twenty mortars and other heavy weapons.

Conduct intense suppressive fire.

"Boom...boom..."

"Ta da...ta da da..."

"..."

The battle lasted only half an hour, and the Qing'e army surrendered after more than forty casualties.

The sound of gunfire at the Hanyang Arsenal was the signal for the uprising. For a time, the sound of gunfire rang out in the three towns of Wuhan almost simultaneously.

"Bang bang...bang bang bang..."

"Boom boom boom..."

"Da da da..."

On the eve of midnight, the three towns of Wuhan started a battle for the city.

Luo Erhu personally led more than 4,000 main reinforcements from his Huguang Brigade. They brought mortars, grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns, and took large and small boats to forcibly land from Hanyang Pier and outside Wuchang City. The new army of the United Party,

They rushed towards the military camps outside Wuchang and Hanyang respectively.

After Gu Zhunian finished solving the Hanyang Arsenal, he crossed the river to Wuchang City and joined the battle to attack the city.

Jiang Yiwu led more than 700 new members of the two bidding groups to attack the defenders of the Qing army armory at Chuwangtai.

Sun Wu led more than a thousand troops to attack the military camp outside the Wuchang City garrison.

The Yelang ship parked on the river began to bombard the Qing army's fort on Snake Mountain in Wuchang, while the Blood Wolf ship and the Golden Wolf twin ship bombarded the Huguang Governor's Mansion.

About two regiments of the insurgent New Army from East Lake, a total of 3,000 people, surrounded the Huguang Governor's Mansion. The insurgent New Army's artillery battalion bombarded the Governor's Mansion at close range, because Ruicheng had ordered the shooting of more than 30 revolutionaries in the early stage.

Party members, old and new grudges come together.

For a time, the cities of the three towns in Wuhan were filled with thick smoke, flames shooting into the sky, and broken limbs flying all over the sky.

Some were screaming and rolling to the ground with only half their arms left, while others were running around to avoid artillery fire and machine guns, hating their parents for not having more legs, and hiding behind the ruins and shivering.

The fighting lasted only a few hours. Later, the sound of gunfire gradually faded away. It is estimated that many Qing troops surrendered.

By dawn, the gunfire in the city had stopped, and the battle was over.

The people have closed their doors, all the shops have been closed, and the streets are deserted. Even the stray dogs that usually roam around are so frightened that they don't know where to hide, and they are nowhere to be seen.

Under the multiple attacks of the uprising officers and soldiers, the Qing troops in the three towns of Wuhan became a mess and fought independently. Most of the Qing troops surrendered without resistance.

To be honest, these Qing soldiers have no so-called doctrine or politics in their minds. They regard being a soldier as a means to support their families. They will work with whoever pays the army, and whoever cares will be the king. Therefore, when something happens, they avoid surrendering.

, anyway, I will continue to serve as a soldier tomorrow.

Among the three towns, the fiercest fighting was in Wuchang City. The real resistance was from the Governor's Mansion and the Garrison Mansion. They gathered their personal followers and guard troops, and they also had more than 2,000 guns.

But the most important thing is that they can withstand fierce artillery fire and have weapons and equipment superior to their regular troops.

In just a few hours, with hundreds of casualties, most of them surrendered obediently.

It is said that Governor Ruicheng showed the bloody spirit of the Manchus in this battle and took the lead in resisting desperately. When there was no way to escape, he personally killed the female family members who came with him to Huguang, and he was the only one left in the end.

At that moment, he picked up his gun and staggered to the camp gate, where the officers and soldiers shot him indiscriminately.

Chen Tianhua, the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, went to the Governor's Mansion in person. The familiar Huguang Governor's Mansion had been destroyed by artillery fire. The ruins were covered with a layer of scorched earth. There were scattered clothes and shoes, guns and ammunition belts, and of course, broken limbs and endangered animals.

Death howl or wail of agony.

Chen Tianhua sighed softly, and he instructed Fu Junjian beside him to buy a good coffin, wrap Ruicheng's body in it, and find a quiet place for a proper burial.

As for Li Yuanhong's garrison compound, Chen Tianhua paid special attention to it. He was not allowed to fire artillery or use heavy weapons. He was only allowed to slowly eliminate the Qing soldiers who were stubbornly resisting, while shouting to persuade them to surrender.

Therefore, by dawn, the fighting in the three towns of Wuhan has subsided, and the confrontation is still going on here.

It was Li Yuanhong's guard battalion, his direct descendants, who really resisted the rebel attack tenaciously. They used the high walls and masonry buildings around the garrison to resist stubbornly.

But in the end they could not resist the insurrectionary troops who were well-equipped with weapons and equipment and whose personnel were superior to their own. They gradually became unable to withstand it.

Someone outside used a loudspeaker made of rolled iron and was still shouting:

"People in the government, listen: stubborn resistance is a dead end. As long as you put down your weapons and walk out, the Wuhan Uprising Army will not hold you responsible. Those who are willing to go home can leave immediately, and those who want to stay can register for reorganization..."

People kept coming out of the garrison with guns in hand to surrender.

In the main hall of the front yard of the garrison mansion, the chubby Li Yuanhong stood in front of the desk with his hands behind his back, staring coldly at the fading smoke outside the window, his thick lips trembling tightly, and the big black mole on his face kept twitching.
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