So much so that when the Wuchang Uprising broke out, domestic newspapers did not show excessive surprise as in history, and the reactions at home and abroad were not as violent as they were originally, but the reactions of the Qing government were even worse than that of the fire, because they felt the heart-wrenching feeling of adding fuel to the fire. The south was already in chaos and no province was peaceful. At this time, there was another incident, and a situation of exhaustion was initially revealed, deeply pressing on the hearts of the Qing rulers, making them unable to sleep at night and to eat on the sun. Regent Zaifeng and others were discussing countermeasures in a hurry.

After fierce debates from many parties, Zaifeng could not find a suitable military general to take charge of the overall situation. In the end, he had no choice but to follow the advice of the court officials and decided to let Yuan Shikai, who was missing from his hometown, come back to his hometown by using foot disease as an excuse, take charge of the elite soldiers of the six towns in Beiyang.

Yuan Shikai also pretended to reject the kindness of Zaifeng and others, saying that he could not come out of illness. Then, after the imperial decree was repeatedly issued, he slowly stepped onto the stage of history, took charge of the elite troops in Beiyang, and prepared to re-arrange troops and deployed troops to deal with the chaos in the south from top to bottom, from east to west.

In fact, when the Southern Jiangsu Incident occurred, the Qing soldiers' reaction was slower, because few of the royal relatives who were truly in power at that time could fight. If Yuan Shikai had come out earlier, Li Tiancheng might have been under much pressure.

But Yuan Shikai was a real villain who only considered his own interests. He could not have sacrificed his life for the Qing court. Therefore, his out-of-straight out of the Wuchang Uprising did not bring disastrous consequences to the Wuchang Uprising, nor did he completely extinguish the fire of the revolution. Instead, under Yuan Shikai's indulgence, the provinces collapsed one after another, and the Qing government fell all the way and was out of control. Just imagine that if Yuan Shikai really tried his best to attack the Revolutionary Army, the revolutionaries would probably not have won so easily. It is very likely that Zeng Guofan would have wiped out Hong Xiuquan again, and the fate of the Revolutionary Army would not be optimistic.

But at this time, and at that time, the chaos in the country is far from being compared with the historical period in which the Taiping Army was. Yuan Shikai was also a very smart person. It was his ability to judge the situation and win over the hearts of the people. However, at this time, Yuan Shikai's position was still on the side of the Qing court. Although he was not willing, his attitude had to be placed there.

Regarding the Wuchang Uprising, the revolutionaries had major differences before, whether to launch an uprising in Guangzhou or Wuchang. Those who opposed the Wuchang Uprising believed that the Qing soldiers could be transferred from the north to Hubei, and they could arrive day and night. This way, the pressure they faced for the new revolutionary army can be imagined.

However, Sun Wu and others who supported the Wuchang Uprising held the opposite opinion. They believed that Wuhan had steel plants, arsenals, gunpowder factories, and mints, which could be said to be a place where the equipment was sufficient; and Wuhan was also a water and land transportation center, with Hunan and Jiangnan echoing, and grain and fodder transportation was convenient, and Wusheng Pass was in danger in Jiangbei, and the southeast area could be defended; while Hubei was led by corrupt officials Ruizheng, who had previously advocated the nationalization of railways, which aroused the public's anger, and was also a traitor with the royal relatives Zaize and others. The people of the country had long hated their counter-investment and reverse actions. If the charity flag was raised, the people of the whole province would respond positively. Judging from the strength, weapons, time, place, people and these superior conditions, it was incomparable to Guangzhou. The final result confirmed that the decision to choose the Wuchang Uprising was correct.

This Wuchang Uprising was slightly different from history, but the main leaders of the uprising remained unchanged, and the main processes were similar. Jiang Yiwu was elected as the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Army, and Sun Wu, the head of the Communist Party of China, was elected as the chief of staff. Politically, Liu Gong, the head of the Communist Party of China, was elected as the prime minister of the Political Preparatory Office.

After the horn of the uprising was sounded, the revolutionary army fought bloody battles overnight. By the morning of October 3, the entire city of Wuchang had been restored. The nine-angle eighteen-star revolutionary army flags were flying high above the city of Wuchang. The next day, the rebel army recovered Hankou and Hanyang, and all the three towns in Wuhan were under the control of the revolutionary army.

On the morning of October 3, Li Tiancheng immediately held a press conference and issued an announcement, expressing his support and understanding of the Wuchang Revolutionary Army. This was a political attitude because he had always implemented the policy of active cooperation with the revolutionaries of the Tongmenghui. However, he knew very well that his relationship with the revolutionaries could only be both united and attacked. During the Three Kingdoms, the relationship between Sun Quan and Liu Bei was the same. When the other party was needed, he would drink and talk and cheer together. When he didn't need the other party, he kicked the local backbone, turned against the enemy and fought hard. Li Tiancheng and Sun Yat-sen were also mentally prepared for this.

After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Li Tianzhen immediately convened an emergency military meeting and formulated some response strategies. Generals who were unable to attend due to military affairs all forwarded the content and decisions of the meeting through telex.

Yuan Shikai's out-of-mountain was faster than in history. On the morning of October 3, the Qing court issued an edict to invite Yuan Shikai to come out. After Yuan Shikai refused, the Qing court issued three imperial edicts in a row, requiring Yuan Shikai to take command immediately. On October 5, Yuan Shikai announced his assumption and came out to serve as the commander of the Beiyang Army.

The Qing court then made a major decision. They believed that Li Tiancheng was a hard bone and needed a long-term military struggle to completely wipe out the Zhenguo Army. The newly born Wuchang Revolutionary Army and the mob uprising troops in Sichuan and other places were relatively weak forces. If the Qing court used heavy troops to attack the Zhenguo Army, the weak revolutionary troops in other provinces would soon grow into a strong force like the Zhenguo Army. Therefore, after discussing with Empress Dowager Longyu and others, they decided to fix the persimmons and pinched the Wuchang Uprising in its infancy. So they made a resolution to divide their troops to attack Wuchang, in order to quickly exterminate the fire of the revolution and kill the Wuchang Uprising in its infancy.

Yuan Shikai had just taken command, and according to the resolution of the Qing court, he immediately mobilized the First Army Town and the Imperial Guards of Beijing, the Fourth Army Town stationed in Tianjin, the Fifth Army Town stationed in Shandong, and the Fourth Mixed Association of Henan to form the three armies. The First Army Military Command was Yinchang, the Second Army Military Command was Feng Guozhang, and the Third Army Military Command was Zaitao. The three armies were urgently allocated and advanced towards Hankou.

Among them, the fifth town and the Henan Mixed Association and other Qing troops were originally gathered in Changzhou, Nantong and Yixing in southern Jiangsu. This time, the Wuchang Uprising broke out suddenly. The Qing soldiers, who had not yet gained a foothold, immediately received a transfer order and turned toward Wuhan, which made the preliminary military preparations made by the Zhenguo Army.

After most of the Qing soldiers left, the pressure of the Zhenguo Army, stationed in Changzhou, Wuxi, Huzhou and other places, was greatly reduced. The forces of the two sides were originally more than 50,000 Qing soldiers and 30,000 Zhenguo soldiers. The Qing soldiers were still preparing to continue to increase their troops. At this time, the Qing soldiers left one after another, leaving only one unit of Yixing, four thousand people, one unit of Zhenjiang, and ten thousand people, and the rest were in Nanjing and other places.

Among them, the first part of Zhenjiang was 7,000 new army in the ninth town and 8,000 old army. The troops were led by Jiangning General Tieliang and Jiangnan Admiral Zhang Xun. After the elite troops of the Qing army left, Tieliang and Zhang Xun gave up their previous offensive attitude of frequent small-scale provocations and had to adopt a defensive posture, automatically shrinking their positions, strictly prevent the Jinguo army from turning into offense and launching a sudden attack.

Since the great victory in Zhejiang, the Zhenguo Army has reorganized the troops of four divisions. Tong Baoxuan's troops of the Third Division are stationed in Jinhua, Quzhou and other places, Ma Chaoyun's troops of the First Division are stationed in Huzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places, Li Yunlong's troops of the Second Division are stationed in Changzhou, Jiangyin, Wuxi and other places, and Yuzheng's troops of the Fourth Division are responsible for defense areas in southern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang and other places.

At this time, the conscription work in southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang was proceeding in an orderly manner. Li Tiancheng was preparing to let the Fourth Division, composed of the former Qing army, participate in the front-line battle, and prepare to continue to collect the reserve troops of the two divisions to take advantage of the situation to quickly expand the size of the army and deal with the future development. With the gold from the Japanese back from the robbery as a guarantee, the military supplies and military pay issues are temporarily free of obstacles.

By October 7, the three Qing troops who rushed to Wuchang had assembled in northern Hankou and launched an attack on the Wuchang Uprising Army. The Wuchang Uprising Army had become a civilian army at this time. The Hubei Military Government had previously announced the establishment of Li Yuanhong as the governor and announced the establishment of the Republic of China. The provisional constitution of the Republic of China was announced and the provinces called on the uprising to respond.

The civilian army then sent people to contact the Shanghai Military Government and asked the military government to provide military assistance to the civilian army in military terms. In principle, Li Tiancheng agreed to provide assistance to the civilian army, using military actions as a restraint to alleviate the military pressure on the civilian army.

At this time, Li Tiancheng had sent people to Nanjing and Zhenjiang and other places to lobby. Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu who fled to Zhenjiang to establish a temporary tutor, became an important target for his victory. Cheng Dequan was a relatively enlightened person. After the Wuchang Uprising, he participated in a joint letter, demanding that the Qing government implement constitutionalism immediately. After the Wuchang Uprising, Cheng Dequan finally responded to the uprising and became the governor of Jiangsu.

The diehard forces such as Tieliang and Zhang Xun will become the biggest obstacle. In history, they once organized Qing troops to fight against the attacks of the Zhejiang and Shanghai coalition forces, but some of the generals and officials under them also had a revolutionary tendency and could try to fight for them and launch mutinies within them.

In this way, the Zhenguo Army launched concrete actions in both military and political terms, but the Qing court suddenly sent people to Shanghai to reach a so-called ceasefire agreement with Li Tiancheng. Of course, Li Tiancheng would not be fooled. At this time, the Qing court had no choice but to make peace with him. After the Wuchang civil army was pacified, their fingers would be directed at him again.

After being sternly rejected by the Shanghai Military Government, the Qing government had to strictly order Jiangsu and Anhui provinces to prepare for the attack of the Zhenguo Army. Judging from the movements of the Zhenguo Army, a great storm is coming.
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