The party's affairs were carried out to the already worried Chen Kuilong. It was close to the cold and was not far from the days when water turned into ice. But as soon as he received the news, he was sweating coldly on his back. What should he do?

The imperial envoy's division was in Wuchang for less than a month. Although there was no movement on the surface, he only learned about the situation and visited everywhere every day. However, Chen Kuilong reported through various routes that there were snow-filled reports. People who were unsuccessful in the officialdom of Hubei in the past regarded this as a great opportunity to make a comeback. Cen Chunxuan's reputation also had the momentum to liquidate the accumulated problems of Hubei's administration over the years.

In the face of big news, Chen Kuilong had his own little plan. He thought that he had been the governor of Hubei for more than two years, and he could not be honest and honest as an official, at least he could be able to pass it carelessly. Anyway, even if he was the old policy of Nanpi, he was also considered Zhang Rules and Chen Sui, and there was no point in criticizing others. Even some members of the congressmen who were dissatisfied with the concentric dissatisfaction commented: "Hubei has accumulated corruption and has been deeply rooted in many years. After the successor, the governor Chen was careful to improve and deal with it. His achievements were not very obvious, and he had never recruited a bad reputation..."

Since Hubei's disadvantages can be attributed to Zhang Nanpi, according to the news revealed by the mission, the court did not intend to take serious measures against important officials like Zhang Nanpi. With the sign of Wen Gong Gong, Chen Kuilong felt as stable as Mount Tai, and it would be impossible to pass the test. He had already made the worst idea: as long as he could keep the black veil on his head, even if the imperial edict was scolded and investigated and dealt with several Hubei officials, it would not matter if he had a one-year penalty for his salary. Just bear it.

But now the news of the association party rising up and capturing the county government offices and killing the imperial officials without permission came. This wishful thinking could not be resolved. As the governor of Hubei, Chen Long could still give some refusal to the civil affairs of the two lakes. However, he could not avoid the military affairs of the military. If the association party fails to deal with the law, if the three towns of Wuchang are shocked and the court is angry, it will be a good fortune. Even if it can be calmed down in the end, his scapegoat will be determined.

There are many strange things every year. This year, since the Tang Dynasty rebelled, the association party has been restrained for many years. Although it has been operating secretly, it has not publicly raised the banner to cause trouble. The Hubei governor has no way to suppress the suppression and turned a blind eye. Why is it so uneasy today?

Looking at the confidential report submitted by the staff, especially when he saw the sentence "... the thief of the Society beat the flag of 'anti-Qing and restoring the Han Dynasty'. He always said... ", Chen Kuilong was furious, tore up the paper in his hand and shattered it loudly: "Come to Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, Li Yuanhong, the 21st Mixed Association, and Tie Zhong, the General Office of the Supervision and Training Office, came to discuss countermeasures."

Zhang Biao and others actually received the news. When they heard the governor invited him, they rushed over immediately.

"Sir. The soldiers come to block the generals, and the water comes to cover the soil. The association party is so rampant. It is impossible not to give them some colors to see." Before Chen Long could say the whole situation again, Zhang Biao shouted, "I have long seen that these birds are impatient. In the past, we did not kill and wipe them out to save military spending. Now they are lying on their own at this critical moment, and they are not worrying about it at all. In my opinion, I have no other words to say anything, just one word, suppress them!"

Tiezhong also said: "Zhang Tongzhi's words are reasonable. In the past, we could delay them if they could, and he would ease them if they could. But now the imperial envoy is on the side. If there is any mistake, not only will Hubei's public security be greatly affected, but the future of the adults will also be implicated. We must not deal with it properly. If we show too much weakness, someone will take the opportunity to restrain it, which is not beautiful. There are rumors outside that the imperial envoy will be unfavorable to the adults. If it is confirmed, it is because Hubei is not safe and Wuchang is in chaos..."

"Yes." Chen Long nodded. It was indeed natural to destroy the association party, but when he saw Li Yuanhong bowing his head and saying nothing, he felt a little strange in his heart and asked, "Song Qing, what do you think?"

"I think that the gang bandits naturally want to suppress the land, but the situation inside the country feels very strange."

"But it's okay."

"Although the Imperial Party has a great reputation, it has always won cunning. It has been a factor of being concise and being distracted from the ground. Therefore, the official army has been unable to clean up completely. Now it is a big fan and puts forward its posture. Is it just to fight with us? It is a deception. The imperial envoy arrived in Hubei. This is a common thing for people in Hubei. Lord Cen is famous and well-known to all the country. Other envoys may compromise. Only at this subtle opportunity, in order to ensure the stability of Hubei, the Lord must do his best to suppress the bandits. Although the Imperial Party members are cunning, they are not stupid. Do they die quickly? The deception is the second. In recent years, the new army in Hubei has been rumored, and various news has emerged one after another. In recent days, it is even more rampant. Now that the end of the year is approaching, the Imperial Party is causing trouble at this time, and there is a slightest response. What can we do? The deception is the third..."

After being reminded by Li Yuanhong, Chen Kuilong's originally a little confused mind suddenly calmed down. After thinking about the causes and consequences carefully, he felt that as Li Yuanhong said, there was something strange about this matter.

Looking at Chen Kuilong's frequent appearance, Zhang Biao couldn't help it: "Sir, don't worry about his conspiracy. It is a hundred times more important to destroy the rebellion of the society than other things. If there is really a conspiracy, it is not too late to catch the culprit and investigate slowly. If you hesitate and make a decision, it may be out of control when the chaos forms a prairie fire!"

In the Hubei military circle, it is almost common to everyone to compete for favor. Zhang Biao stood up humble and relied on his expression and attitude to enter the new army. Later, he achieved control with Zhang Nanpi's strength. Although his official position was high and his interpersonal skills were strong, he was an incompetent person in military affairs. Li Yuanhong was just the opposite. He stood up at the Tianjin Naval Academy. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, he served on the "Guangjia" ship and survived the disaster. Later, he was gradually promoted to the commander-in-chief. Li was well-trained and had outstanding knowledge. At that time, he was treated as famous generals. However, he still had the pride of new officers and Westernization talents in dealing with people. He refused to humble the commander, so he was ranked below Zhang Biao.

Zhang Nanpi saw the pros and cons of the two clearly. When the Eighth Town was organized into an army, he deliberately chose Li as the commander. However, Zhang Biao was old and had a deep root, and had close relationships with everyone around Zhang Zhidong. Before his wife got married, she was also a maid from Zhang Zhang, and she moved up and down.

Although Zhang Nanpi was very sensible in giving away how much money he had given, he could not withstand the support of Zhang Lun by his wife while aides. In the end, he chose Zhang Biao to be the commander and let Li Yuanhong serve as the co-ordinator of the Mixed Association.

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But after this incident, Zhang Biao always regarded Li Yuanhong as his opponent and was deeply jealous of the other party's reputation. After Zhang Nanpi died, he lost his backer and wanted to curry favor with Chen Kuilong, the successor to the Hubei governor, and became more and more jealous of Li Yuanhong and tried every means to suppress his opponent. Li Yuanhong's words were quite mysterious in his ears, which made him deeply afraid that the other party had other plans, and it was inconvenient to refute it. He secretly disagreed.

Li Yuanhong smiled faintly. He originally thought that things were much more complicated than what Zhang Biao and others had planned, and he had no intention of competing with his opponents in this matter. He said, "Sir, you have to prepare for both. Zhang ruled the generals in the army. The important task of suppressing the rebellion was the eighth town. Li was willing to stay in Wuchang and protect the entire city. On the one hand, it protected the safety of the province and the imperial envoy, and on the other hand, it also made the residents of Wuchang feel as safe as Mount Tai, so that the rumors would not spread."

Zhang Biao was overjoyed, and he didn't take a few mere thieves seriously. A year ago, when the Anqing Horse and Cannon Camp was in charge, Zhu Jiabao and others were highly commended for their proper handling. He thought that the Society was even worse than the Horse and Cannon Camp, wouldn't it be that God gave him credit? So when Chen Kuilong asked, "What do you think of Zhang?", he couldn't wait to agree.

"I am willing to serve my duties to the death. I will never return to Wuchang until the thief of the Communist Party!"

"How many troops do you plan to use?" Chen Kuilong was worried about the situation. "As the end of the year approached, finances were tight, military expenses might be difficult to raise, and food and fodder would be difficult."

"At most, two-target teams will be taken away. If there is no more than ten months, the horse will succeed." Zhang Biao issued a military order with confidence. "This time, the party will disrupt Daye, Xingguo and other places. Since the finances are tight, the land is convenient and the worries of the adults, the new army can be taken from the local area."

This is not a magnificent theory taken from the local area and used for the local area. It is clearly a synonym for plundering major issues by using the suppression of rebellion. Li Yuanhong, Chen Kuilong and Tiezhong all knew the situation, but it was not convenient to point it out at the moment.

"That's right, the rescue is like putting out a fire. The eighth town will set out tomorrow, hoping to succeed quickly."

"Please wait for the good news." Zhang Biao respectfully saluted, looking at Li Yuanhong with a hint of pride in his eyes, who only pretended not to know.

Just as Chen Kuilong and others were racking their brains to destroy the association, Li Liuru and other revolutionary party members were also holding secret meetings.

The situation was indeed as Lin Guangyu had imagined. Although the purpose of the Qunzhi Academy and other people was to deter the imperial envoy and show their own strength, it was also permeated with factors that the Tongmenghui vigorously created a revolutionary atmosphere.

Since the failure of the Anhui horse and artillery camp and the attempted assassination of Wang Jingwei, the Tongmenghui's revolutionary activities on the mainland have temporarily silenced and entered a low tide. Moreover, with the extensive advancement of constitutionalism, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others increasingly feel that the situation is not good for the revolutionaries. Lin Guangyu has created a new situation in more than a year through various measures such as rectification of the administration of officials, constitutional reform, and military reform. The emperor originally had sympathy and believed in his image as an idol in the new policy. Now that the booming situation has emerged, the people of course have the desire to look forward to it.

The young Chinese students who form the backbone of the Tokyo Tongmenghui have also caused waves. They were originally from middle-class families, and the reason why they joined the Tongmenghui was nothing more than their concerns about the future and destiny of the nation, and they hoped that the country would become stronger. Except for a few revolutionaries, in the eyes of most people, revolution is just a means rather than an end. Since the domestic political situation can be renewed through improvement, there is no need to insist on the bloody revolutionary method. Under the unremitting publicity of the influential constitutional party such as Liang Qichao, many people's mentality has been subtly shaken and they have other expectations.

After returning to China, Sun Chuanfang was highly commended for his meritorious service. After reporting on the examples of the local promotion, he quickly became a role model for young Chinese students. Even such a person who had experience in participating in the Tongmenghui can be valued by the court. It can be seen that the empire was indeed a talented person without any restrictions. Many young people were angry and the performance of the "long-distance revolutionary party" and asked themselves about the future of the revolution. With the impending and unyielding policy temptation of the domestic higher civil servant exam, a large-scale membership left the Tongmenghui for the first time.

Many young students who had joined the Tongmenghui first entered the newspaper to declare their withdrawal, hoping to return to China to take the upcoming exam and make a glorious family - this is also the eager expectation of parents and brothers. Due to the large number of applicants, in order to give more people the opportunity to participate in the selection, the official department repeatedly postponed the examination time. It originally planned to hold the fifth day of November, but later the registration time was relaxed and additional registration was allowed. The examination time was also moved to the first day of February.

In order to effectively counterattack this situation, the Tongmenghui was determined to launch a powerful counterattack. On the one hand, it showed that the revolutionary party still had great strength, and on the other hand, it also intended to deter the shaking elements in the revolutionary camp. After the imperial envoy entered Wuchang on a large scale, it became a thorn in the eyes of the Tongmenghui. Someone had proposed to follow the precedent of the five ministers to attack them, but because the delegation was guarded by the Imperial Guards and had a thorough defense, there was no chance of success. After consideration, Sun, Huang and others planned to arrange a massive action.

After the failure of the independent army, the two lakes still retained a strong revolutionary force. Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren and other revolutionaries from the two lakes operated in the local area for many years. They had a deep roots and had a wide range of relationships, so they naturally did not give in this time. Song Jiaoren, Ju Zheng and Sun Wu volunteered to accept the appointment of the Tongmenghui and secretly went to Wuchang City to conduct uprising command.

Song Jiaoren is a talented man from both lakes and a young leader of the revolutionary party with a reputation. Ju Zheng has always been responsible for the liaison of revolutionaries in the two lakes. Sun Wu was rumored by the outside world as Sun Wen's younger brother. Although Song Jiaoren and Ju Zheng both knew the truth. Since Hubei misunderstood so much, they also selectively ignored it.

In a secret place, Song Jiaoren is using his unique and infectious voice to promote the public:

“Comrades, brother

.Liu Dalongtou has already started an operation in Xingguo and Daye. The Qing army is about to go to suppress, and the new army is the first to be affected. We probably will distribute guns and ammunition in advance, which gives the revolution a good opportunity. We worked with Comrades Li Liuru, Huang Shen and others to formulate an uprising plan, and decided to hold the uprising on November 8th, that is, four days later, and elected Sun Wu as the interim commander-in-chief, Li Liuru and Huang Shen as the deputy commander, I am the chief of staff, and Ju Zheng drafted a notice, printed letters, and rushed to build flags, symbols and other work. We advocated the uprising policy of "taking Wuchang as the center, Hunan and Guangdong as the backbone, Ning, Shaanxi and Shu also responded to the restraining policy". Now, please introduce the enemy situation."

"The new Hubei army is mainly the Eighth Town and the Twenty-first Mixed Association of the Army. The two units have more than 10,000 people. In addition to being scattered in Yuezhou and other places, there are 9,000 nearby defenders. People are stationed in Wuchang City, and more than 3,000 people are stationed outside Wuchang City: C00 people are stationed in Hankou and 500 people stationed in Hanyang. There are also police, patrol battalions, and the Supervisor Guards and other old troops in the provincial capital. The Qing Dynasty imperial envoy has entered the station, and there are also an imperial guards of C. The entire army in Wuchang City is about 9,000. There are also a considerable number of patrol battalions near the three towns of Wuhan, and the old army of the Navy Battalion. The patrol battalion is under the jurisdiction of Chen Delong, who is the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy Division. We have received the news that Zhang Biao will lead 2 signs to suppress the city, and mobilize about 3,000 troops.

Among these 9,000 people, 5,000 people were loyal to the revolution, and the core was the guard of 1,000 people; 3,000 were neutral elements of the revolution, and they might remain neutral to the revolution, or they might participate in the revolution under the favorable conditions; the other 3,000 were revolutionaries, and we should mobilize the revolutionaries now to drive neutrals to form an overwhelming advantage and finally achieve success."

According to this power comparison, the revolutionary forces are not at a disadvantage, and the key is to strive for the middle forces.

Immediately, Huang Shen introduced the specific plan:

One of the departments that accepted the "bandit suppression" mission took the lead in reaching contact, secretly connected, and prepared to attack;

On the second day of the operation, the two teams of the engineering teams were responsible for setting fires at Tangjiao as signals, and to provide instructions from various personnel, and at the same time, they also covered the artillery battalion to occupy the Phoenix Mountain Fortress and Qingshan, and were preparing to intercept the navy ships;

The 8th Battalion of the Third Eighth Town Project was responsible for first capturing the Chuwangtai Armory in Zhonghe Gate, and occupying Zhonghe Gate, and welcome the Nanhu artillery team into the city and going out to "suppress bandits" back to the city.

After seeing the signal, the four "bandit suppression" troops and the students of the surveying and mapping school immediately rushed to Chuwangtai and the 8th Battalion of the Engineering to prepare to launch an attack on the Governor's Office and the Imperial Mission;

Under the cover of the left-behind troops, the eighth artillery yard of the Wu Eighth Town entered the city from Zhonghe Gate, occupied the launching positions and commanding heights on Chuwangtai and Sheshan, and prepared to bombard the Governor's Office and the Imperial Mission;

The cavalry of the Sixth Eighth Town and the Mixed Association are responsible for communication and liaison, and require control of the Telegram Bureau as soon as possible;

Seven revolutionary troops stationed in Hankou occupied Wusheng Pass and then occupied the overall situation of Hankou;

The eight troops stationed in Hanyang Arsenal strive to control the arsenal. If they cannot be controlled, they must be destroyed to avoid investing in the enemy.

The revolutionaries of the Nine Military Police Battalion were responsible for reconnaissance intelligence a few days ago and reported the defense situation of military key points to the Uprising Command at any time.

Everyone expressed their in mind one by one, and then agreed to make a secret code to take the matter and wrap a white towel on their left arm after taking the matter to show the difference.

Just as the revolutionaries were intensifying their arrangements, Chen Kuilong also assigned tasks one by one. He ordered Zhang Biao to lead 31 and 32 taels to mark the city to suppress it. Li Yuanhong led his troops to patrol the city day and night, send ships to cruis the river, and send additional personnel to guard the Chuwangtai Armory, confiscate soldiers' bullets, and implement the separation of weapons and bullets. The whole scene was like facing a great enemy.

The imperial envoy received continuous warnings. Although it was not clear about the overall deployment of the revolutionary party, at least the situation of major changes in Wuchang could be basically determined. Liang Bi, who was in the middle, ordered the follow-up troops to advance one after another, and on the other hand, he ordered the Imperial Guards led by Chen Huan to strictly guard the imperial envoy to ensure the safety of the imperial envoy. After Chen Huan entered Wuchang, he had already built strict fortifications. Now, not only has he reinforced it again, but he has also investigated the surrounding shooting boundaries and rulers. The entire team was full of murderous aura and prepared to fight to the death!

The 29th Biao, the 30th Biao, the revolutionaries of the Eighth Town, and the 30th Biao, Wu Xinghan, and Xiong Bingkun, Jin Zhaolong, and others from the Eighth Battalion of the Project were secretly contacted. Because these few people were short of guns and bullets, they were determined to form a joint force and must occupy the armory as soon as possible and send it to each Biao battalion. Then the troops were divided into two groups, one by one, one by one, and the other was ready to rush to attack the revolutionary party in the Governor's Office, and the other was ready to rush to attack the revolutionary party in the Imperial Command. Since the Governor's Office and the Imperial Command were mutually supporting each other, the revolutionaries in the engineering battalion also went to survey the terrain and prepared to help the artillery team calibrate the ruler.

The Governor's Office has loosened its defenses, and the revolutionaries have obtained a general position. The imperial envoy's garrison was originally extremely careful. Now, the patrol scope has been expanded in extraordinary times. The revolutionaries have failed to test several times. One of them almost revealed their feelings, and in the end they can only give up this idea in disappointment.

Zhang Biaozhi was satisfied and led the two brigades to collect the ordnance and left the city. Even Chen Kuilong came to see him off in person. If the revolutionaries lurking in the two brigades suddenly attacked, it would not be difficult for the two to surrender, but the revolutionary party was determined to seize the three towns of Wuhan and capture the imperial envoy, so he restrained the temptation and endured it.

The troops set off slowly. That night, the two teams camped on the spot 15 places outside Wuchang City. Zhang Biao pretended to study the matter of suppressing bandits with his subordinates. In fact, he was not good at commanding and relied entirely on the merits of staff.
Chapter completed!