On September 19, 1907 AD (the 33rd year of the Guangxu period), Wuchang.

Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, was still waiting for the good news to attack the army. Although there was no news for a few days, he was not in a hurry at all. The new army did not have radio and there were no telegrams in Xingshan. It was normal for a few days to lose contact. Besides, the matter of suppressing bandits cannot be completed in a few days.

This morning, Brother Biao sat in the study again and opened the map and started to study it. He was deducing the development of the battle situation.

"It is a good move to destroy the old bandits' nest first, but the next thing is a problem. The suppression of each county will take at least a few months. Should I send the 16th Association out again..."

Just when he was in a daze, a personal soldier suddenly ran in.

"The military gate...the military gate...there is something big!!" The personal soldiers looked frightened and held a few pieces of paper full of words in their hands.

"What's the matter?" Brother Biao, who was interrupted, was very unhappy. If this personal soldier had not been his distant nephew, he would have been scolded and dragged out and taught him to be a human being in every minute.

The personal soldiers handed the paper in their hands tremblingly: "Jun... Military Gate, this thing was pasted all over the city this morning..."

"Hmph, it's the revolutionary party again, these idiots will do such insignificant things..." Brother Biao picked up the teacup and took a sip, and took the notice indifferently.

Before he could finish reading it, Brother Biao's hands trembled, and with a "clang~~" sound, the teacup fell on the floor and smashed it to pieces.

This notice was printed overnight by Kyodo News in Wuchang. More than 3,000 were posted in the three towns of Wuhan, and the content on it was very simple. That is to say, the Hubei New Army's crusade army has been wiped out, and more than 3,800 people have been shot dead (some seriously injured people were not rescued in the next few days). Some of the bodies that were difficult to clean up have been cremated, and the Hubei New Army is required to send people to claim the bodies and ashes.

The following large area is the names of the dead, all arranged according to their troops and positions. The first name is: Wang Desheng, the 15th Association General...

"This... this is impossible!! This is just a group of bandits!!!" Brother Biao said angrily: "Check, go check it out for me, where is Wang Desheng?"

"Military Gate, Guizhou (Zigui) call..." Another personal soldier ran in. Zhang Zhidong has not been in vain in Huguang in recent years, at least he has sent telegrams from all prefectures and key counties.

Brother Biao took the telegram and saw it, and he felt that the telegram was dark. The content of the telegram was also very simple: Our army has now liberated Guizhou City, please come to Guizhou to claim the body and ashes.

In the evening, several American foreign merchants arrived in Wuchang and helped the Kyodo News convey a formal document. At the same time, they also confirmed the news of the fall of Guizhou and the destruction of the siege army, breaking the last trace of luck in Brother Biao.

After the foreign merchant said goodbye, Brother Biao's body trembled violently. He was stunned for a moment, and then screamed: "How can I explain this to Xiangshuai!" He fainted. He stopped explaining how the personal soldiers and horsemen were busy.

At the same time, the Governor's Office also learned about the bad news, and Zhao Erxun was so happy that he couldn't faint. Well, he had failed the previous few times and was already a little immunity, so he could hold on.

"The third bastard, this time I'm really cheating me! Half of the new Hubei army is gone, what should I do now?" Zhao Erxun didn't know what to do. "By the way, the new Hubei army is not good, but there are still six Beiyang towns! They are my elites..."

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September 20, 1907 AD (the 33rd year of the Guangxu period), Beijing.

Yang Shiqi quickly walked into the military minister's mansion. The housekeeper had already come up and said, "Mr. Xingcheng, Lord Zhongtang is in the Housing Study..."

In the back study, Yuan Shikai was reading a book. He read it with relish and applauded from time to time. The cover of the book was "Materialism in China", a copycat work by Wen Desi.

As soon as Yang Shiqi entered the door, he saw Yuan Shikai reading with a comfortable look on his face, and couldn't help but say, "Rong'an, you are so comfortable..."

"Oh, Xingcheng, you came just right. I got a wonderful book today. It's really unreleased and very innovative..." Yuan Shikai was in a state of excitement. When he saw his old friend coming, he immediately asked for a good recommendation.

Yang Shiqi is also a book lover, but now he is not in the mood. He interrupted Datou and said anxiously: "Let's talk about Qishu and other things... Rong'an, something big happened in Hubei!!"

"Oh...what happened? Zhang Xiangshuai has entered Beijing, what else 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 were too big to lose, and the bannermen and nobles of the Qing court were extremely afraid of this. People like Datou and Zhang Zhidong were the ones they were most worried about. Especially Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group, they were simply a thorn in the eyes of the Qing court. With the expansion of the Beiyang power, it posed a serious threat to the hereditary status of the Manchu noble group that held the central government.

The relatives and nobles of the Eight Banners who were jealous of talented people incited the censors and repeatedly impeached Yuan Shikai's power and powerful power. They even spread rumors that he was the contemporary Cao Cao and Liu Yu. In order to show his innocence, Datou voluntarily resigned from all aspects of the work in 1906 and handed over the first, third, fifth and six towns of the Beiyang Army to the Army Department for direct jurisdiction. In 1907, he was transferred from Beiyang and served as Minister of Military Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, becoming a central important official.

However, this is just a false title, and there are more than one military minister. If you don’t give power, it will sound nice. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is even more a blame-taking position. At this time, the Qing Dynasty was a piece of fat meat in front of the great powers. It was nothing more than the difference between being steamed or boiled. It had a normal diplomacy.

Datou is not a saint. It would be a hell that he could be happy when he was fooled by the Qing court.

Yang Shiqi immediately said: "It's Wu bandits. The new Hubei army was half destroyed by Wu bandits. Yichang and Shinan's two prefectures fell. I heard that Zhang Xiangshuai fainted after hearing the news... Zhao Laoer's telegram for help had arrived. He wanted the court to transfer the Beiyang army into Hubei to suppress the bandits..."

"What? Wu Bid is so fussy?" Hearing this news, Datou was struck by thunder, and his face became serious.

He had heard about Wu Bids some time ago, but he didn't take it seriously at all. At this moment, the Qing Dynasty lacked everything, but there were no shortage of bandits and horses. A bandit who was struggling in the mountains was not worthy of his concern. It would be good to remember this name.

Then, he waved his hand again and said with a smile: "I don't care about everything now. It should be because of the concern of Lao Fu and Tie Liang, hahaha..."

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Forbidden City.

"Little Lizi, I heard that Zhang Xiangshuai fainted. Is there any serious injury?" Cixi asked slowly.

"The Lady Buddha is considerate to his subordinates, and the servants are very grateful." Li Lianying quickly replied: "As far as I learned, Zhang Zhongtang has woken up, and he is not seriously injured. However, Lord Zhongtang is old, so it must be difficult..."

"Hey, Zhang Xiangshuai has always been loyal to the country, and the court also wants to say that. Little Li Zi sent two imperial doctors to see it, went back to the inner treasury, picked up some old mountain ginseng and sent it to Xiangshuai..."

"I understand, just do it if I go down..."

Cixi thought about it and asked again: "What's going on with this bandit? Why haven't you heard of it before..."

Li Lianying told the news he had heard: "Old Buddha, I heard that this bandit was first in the eastern Sichuan area and wandered to Hubei this year..." Of course, these news were all big-name goods, and a little bit inside, that is, the bandits were extremely well-equipped and equipped with machine guns and cannons.

"You said, these bandits killed gentry?" Cixi noticed this.

"That's right, Lord Lao Fo, I heard that there were thousands of robbed gentry in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei, and thousands of people were killed..."

"Hmph, they are really a bandit. The soldiers trained by Xiang Shuai are already half destroyed. Do you think these two brothers of the Zhao family can take charge?" Cixi was not panicked at all, and said calmly.

At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lost half of Jiangnan and came. Not to mention that the British and French coalition forces and the Eight-Nation Alliance did not even save Beijing during those times. The Qing Dynasty has survived. After experiencing so many unlucky things, the immunity of the Lord Buddha has been so strong that it has been overwhelming. But is it that he lost two palaces? It is not as good as the Yihequan in the previous few years.

Li Lianying looked at Cixi and found that the master's face was not only not angry, anxious, and anxious, but also a little gloating. So Eunuch Li thought about it and commented politely: "The third brother of the Zhao family is good at border affairs, but he mainly pays attention to Tibet in Sichuan. The second brother of the Zhao family is a cultural person, and he may be afraid to fight... However, now it seems that Zhang Biao from the Eighth Town is also famous, and the new recruits he trained cannot even defeat the bandits..."

"Okay, call Tieliang..." Cixi waved her hand.

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September 25, 1907. Headquarters of Tongmenghui, Tokyo, Japan.

"Hey, lords, although this uprising failed, we cannot be depressed. We must fight again and again after repeated defeats?" Sun Yat-sen said seriously.

Everyone below was in a bad mood, and they looked dejected. The Tongmenghui launched three more uprisings this year, the Huanggang Uprising in May, the Qinuhu Uprising in June, and the Fangcheng Uprising in this month, naturally all failed...

Seeing that everyone was unable to get up, Sun Yat-sen had no choice but to change the topic: "Where has Dunchu been gone?"

"I'm still writing his "Mashima Question"..." Cai Yuanpei replied.

Sun Wen said earnestly: "It's true that the Qing Dynasty is the object of our revolution, and Japan is our friend. It would be too unwise to make trouble with Japan for a small island of Miyajima..."

Zhang Binglin snorted coldly: "Hmph, Japan still wants the three northeastern provinces. As you say so, give it to them? There is a saying in "Material China" that is good, 'Although my China is big, there is no extra inch'. I did it well in the first place, and although we are against the Qing Dynasty, this country must fight for inch of land..."

He then laughed again: "The person from the Black Dragon Club has just arrived this morning. Didn't you ask when you will leave? You treat Japan as a friend, but the Japanese want to drive you out of Japan. This friend is really good..."

"That's also the pressure of the Qing court, not the original intention of the Japanese government..." Sun Wen's face turned red with a rare moment and he made a weak statement. At the beginning of this year, due to repeated pressure from the Qing court, the Japanese government forced the Black Dragon Association to persuade Sun Wen to leave Japan first to avoid the limelight. This made Sun, who had always been promoting goodwill between China and Japan, very unable to come to Taiwan in front of the members. Zhang Binglin was not giving any face at all, and he would not bring any pot.

Sun Wen said seriously: "The overthrow of the Qing Dynasty is the top priority. If Japan can help us overthrow the Qing Dynasty and establish a republic of China, it would be fine to give the three eastern provinces as gifts to Japan. Think about the three eastern provinces that are just the old places of Manchuria, and the core of our China is the eighteen provinces, why bother..."

Zhang Binglin suddenly became angry and stood up suddenly, pointed at Sun Yat-sen's nose and cursed: "Sun Yat-sen, you bastard who sells the country and seeks glory! Why don't you give your ancestral tomb to Japan too!"

"Taiyan, tooyan, calm down, Yixian is just an idea..." Cai Yuanpei and others hurried 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! Nearly 10,000 new troops from the Qing Dynasty Hubei were wiped out by Kyodo News in Xingshan County..." Huang Xing waved a "Asakura Shimbun" and ran into the hall excitedly.

"What, Kyodo News?"

"Annihilate 10,000 Qing troops?"

Sun Wen and others couldn't help but stand up. They had launched many revolutions over the years. The Qing army that killed and injured was probably less than a thousand people, and the target was the old army. The Kyodo Society killed tens of thousands of people at once, which was completely incomparable.

Everyone quickly grabbed the newspaper and looked at it.

"The Qing Dynasty's western Hubei province fell, and Wuchang was in an emergency... Kyodo News issued a telegram across the country, demanding that the Qing Dynasty step down, establish a constitution, and establish a republic, and asked Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong to come forward to preside over the transitional government... Kyodo News threatened that if the Qing court refused to allow it, the battle would be fought to the end..."

"The Qing court announced that it would send the second town, the fourth town and the ninth town to Hubei to suppress the bandits..."

Sun Wen said with a ugly expression: "Although this Kyodo Society is also a revolutionary party, it is not the same as us. We sent people to contact us several times in the first half of the year, but they were all shirked..."

Huang Xing didn't care: "This is not a problem. After all, they are also revolutionary parties. As long as those who are anti-Qing are comrades, I am going to return to China and go to Hunan to organize an uprising..."

"I am also going to go back to China to meet with Shuangjie and others. How can I lose my grand event without me, Zhang Binglin? Hahahaha..." Old Zhang laughed.

Next, at least half of the people expressed their desire to return to China to participate in the revolution. They finally encountered such a powerful revolutionary organization, and it would be really unhappy not to go and see. In addition, the Japanese have urged them many times, and Japan can't stay anymore. It's better to go back and see if there is any chance.

Sun Wen's face turned pale, and the people from Tongmenghui looked bad.
Chapter completed!