"Since that's the case, the decision to revolt will be approved. Now we will start to discuss the details of the time, location, method and other issues of the revolt. If you have any opinions, you can express them as much as possible."

"I think it's better to revolt as soon as possible, and to take advantage of the fierce battle between the Qing court and the Zhenguo Army. If Li Tiancheng was destroyed by the Qing army and the Qing army went south, our lives would be difficult."

"Yes, I agree, I think..."

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Next, more than a dozen people began to exchange opinions with each other and discuss specific arrangements for the uprising, including time, codes, flags, slogans, marching routes, weapons and ammunition supplies, as well as defense and other specific work arrangements after occupying Hangzhou.

"Sir, I just received a telegram that the Zhenguo Army had already led its troops south and set up camp in the north of Jiaxing City, and was in a state of attacking Jiaxing." Just as they were in full swing, a young man suddenly knocked on the door and came in to inform him of a message.

"What, isn't Li Tiancheng worried that Changzhou would lose its direction and dare to divide his troops south? He is too brave!" Zhu Rui frowned and said in surprise when he heard this. The cigarette butt in his hand fell to the ground inadvertently because of the trembling moment.

"This is not good news. If we want to revolt, we must bring the 3,000 new troops who went to Shanghai back to Hangzhou to complete the siege. If the Zhenguo army captured Jiaxing, it would inevitably go south to seize the land of Zhejiang and come to compete for territory with us. What should we do?" Gu Naibin also said anxiously.

Then everyone expressed their own opinions in a verbal way. Most of them proposed that they could only give up Jiaxing and lead the new army to revolt south as soon as possible, and seize Hangzhou City first. This avoided Chen Qimei, Tan Renfeng and others' mistake of being a step slower and being occupied by the Zhenguo army first.

"The current plan is to advance the date of the uprising as much as possible." Tong Baoxuan had to say helplessly in the end. To revolt in advance, the preparations would inevitably not be sufficient, and everyone was worried about this.

"Everyone, there is another change in the matter. Mr. Sun Wen called and said that he had a telegram with Li Tiancheng, the leader of the Zhenguo Army, and reached an oral agreement. The Tongmenghui and the Zhenguo Army did not violate each other, so that revolutionaries in various places were not allowed to organize forces to confront the Zhenguo Army. Only the Qing government would benefit, which was not conducive to overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. Mr. Sun Wen asked you to deal with the current situation in accordance with his requirements, otherwise the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas would fall into chaos and the people would not be able to live in peace. This is contrary to the Tongmenghui's purpose of realizing national, civil rights and people's livelihood. I hope everyone should fulfill his suggestions and not take risks!" At this time, the young man who had just left returned quickly and took another telegram in his hand, and dictated the basic content of the telegram to everyone seriously.

"Take it to me!" Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, thinking that there were so many changes in what happened today. Tong Baoxuan was the first to stand up from the chair, and snatched up and took the message and read it carefully.

"Since Li Tiancheng has reached an agreement with Mr. Sun, the purpose of his trip is to come from the Hangzhou Governor's Office. Perhaps he just wants to occupy Jiaxing and Huzhou and pinch the throat of the southern army going north to Shanghai. In this way, he occupied three strategic areas of Changzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou in the north and south. There is a natural danger of the Yangtze River in the north, Taihu Lake blocking the west, and East China Sea barrier in the southeast. He pinched the land throat leading to Shanghai. Then he used shore cannons to block the coastal ports and Yangtze River estuary and other important areas to block the Qing Dynasty's navy from entering the Yangtze River estuary. Shanghai and southern Jiangsu are safe and sound. His move was very good." Lu Gongwang said thoughtfully.

"Everyone, another telegram came!" At this time, another young man also stepped up the stairs with his kicking and stomped, and ran to the door and said to everyone inside.

"What, there is a telegram, what is this?" Everyone was even more surprised when they heard this. Tong Baoxuan had just put down Sun Wen's telegram and sent it back and forth to someone else. As soon as he sat on the stool, he immediately jumped up like a needle blanket, and walked quickly to the door to take the telegram and took it.

"Everyone, it turns out that the Zhenguo Army sent someone to negotiate with us. They sent a man named Chen Junsheng. At this time, we were waiting for our reply in an apartment in Hangzhou City, saying that we would discuss with us the specific matters regarding the cooperation between the Zhenguo Army and the Tongmenghui in Zhejiang. What do you think of the Zhenguo Army? "Today's matter changed three times a day, Tong Baoxuan's head was almost impossible to turn, and then he looked at other people for consultation.

"Cooperation, Mr. Sun just called, and the people from Zhenguo Army have arrived. Their efficiency is really high. No wonder they occupied southern Jiangsu and Shanghai in three days, and then threatened Jiaxing. This speed is really not comparable to that of ordinary people!" Ge Jingen said in surprise with a raised eyebrows.

"What exactly should Zhenguo Army cooperate with us? Do they really want to go south to capture Hangzhou? They are not afraid that the front line will be too long, cut from interruption by the enemy into several sections and then encircled and annihilated. Is this a big taboo in military strategists?" Lu Gongwang continued to say in confusion.

Then everyone expressed various opinions on the issue of seeing or not seeing each other, and had a fierce debate. In the end, eight people agreed, five people opposed it, and the two did not agree. They passed Tong Baoxuan's suggestion that it would be better to meet at first sight.

Tong Baoxuan wanted to hear what the Zhenguo Army had plans and propose specific countermeasures, which was also helpful for the uprising. Then Tong Baoxuan sent someone out to invite Chen Junsheng, and they would then rush to an apartment in the city and then take Chen Junsheng for a bilateral meeting.

Then more than a dozen people temporarily put down some unfinished details of the topics, left Baiyun Temple, and went into the city separately. Only Tong Baoxuan, Ge Jingen, and Lu Gongwang rushed over to meet Chen Junsheng. The rest were waiting for news elsewhere and preparing to hold another consultation meeting.

Chen Junsheng was waiting for the revolutionaries' reply in a courtyard in Gongshu, Hangzhou. He knew that the Zhenguo Army had arrived outside Jiaxing City at this time, and the battle between the two sides was about to break out. If the battle started, the Zhenguo Army and the Zhejiang New Army fought evil on the battlefield, the next gap between the two sides would be even deeper, and the negotiations would add many variables. Therefore, Chen Junsheng was a little restless at this time. Accompanied by a round-faced young man in his early twenties, he was walking back and forth in the house. The ground was full of smoke butt heads he had just finished smoking, and there were more than a dozen.

The round-faced young man is an office staff of a Zhenguo Army office. There were three other staff members who accompanied Chen Junsheng to Zhejiang this time. They were moving everywhere outside at this time, but they had not achieved much effect. At this time, the situation has not yet fully turned against the Qing government. Many people in society are still afraid of the Qing government and dare not easily contact the people of the Zhenguo Army. Several opposition military and political figures who have contacted all expressed that they were unwilling to cooperate with the Zhenguo Army and adopted a self-protection attitude, and did not want to cause trouble.

Therefore, Chen Junsheng placed all his expectations on this meeting with Tong Baoxuan and others, hoping to open up the situation.

"Xiao Han, go to the door again to see why the revolutionary people have not sent anyone to report back and forth for so long. Do they ignore my proposal?" Chen Junsheng wore a pair of thick black-framed glasses, still looking elegant. After cutting his braids, he looked even more delicate. After smoking another cigarette, he threw the cigarette butt head on the ground, and turned around and said to Han Xiaoming who was standing next to him.

"Okay, I'll go and have a look!" This was the third time that Xiao Han has heard the same thing.

Listening to Xiao Han's kicking and pedaling footsteps, Chen Junsheng took out an imported Wrigley cigarette from the cigarette box again, lit it, and took a deep breath to suppress the anxiety in his heart.

"Mr. Chen, the revolutionary party members are here." Han Xiaoming, who went downstairs for the third time, looked at the door for a few minutes, finally brought the gospel. He hurriedly ran up the stairs, arrived at the door of the room, and shouted loudly to Chen Junsheng, who was standing in the room and walking back and forth.

"Here, how do you say it?" Chen Junsheng's eyes suddenly became bright and glaring in his eyes. He swept away the gloom of the past, and threw the cigarette that had not been finished in his hand onto the tiled floor. He stepped on the sparks with his feet and exclaimed in surprise.

"They are liaison officers of the Revolutionary Party. There are two young men, who are in their early twenties. They called four rickshaws and were parked at the door, saying that they would pick us up to another secret residence for details. Please prepare for it and go downstairs!" Han Xiaoming responded.

"What else are you going to do? Let's go!" Chen Junsheng immediately turned around and walked two steps, picked up the black leather briefcase placed on the table, grabbed it under his armpit, and then quickly turned around and walked out of the door with big strides.

Four rickshaws quickly turned four or five streets, and then stopped at the entrance of a quiet path. This was an unknown alley that was only three meters wide. No one was wandering around, and there were some old houses around.

Under the guidance of two young men, Chen Junsheng and Han Xiaoming entered an old house that looked like an ordinary house. There was no door number at the door. After entering, a young man stopped and stood inside the door, staring at the street outside through a transparent small window on the door. Chen Junsheng and Huang Xiaoming were led into a dark and narrow corridor by another young man. After walking more than ten meters, a staircase leading to the ground appeared, and an old brown wooden staircase appeared in front of him. With the dim light, the two went down to a basement, which had a door in the basement. After entering, the young man closed the door and returned along the stairs.

Chen Junsheng saw an old square table placed in the front wall in the basement. The bronze paint on the table was peeled off, with some fruit trays and tea sets on it, and an old-style kerosene lamp emitting a dark yellow light.
Chapter completed!