Chapter 31 30. Revolutionary Activities in the North

Although most of the revolutionary army had the idea of ​​compromise, there were still some who insisted on advancing the revolution to the north.The first time was on the ninth day of October in Xinhai (November 29), when the revolutionary comrades in the north were preparing to launch a military operation in Beijing. Due to the dredging of Yang Du and Wang Zhaoming, Yuan Shikai is said to have agreed to respond.The plan was for the revolutionary party to fire artillery in Beijing on the evening of the ninth day of the lunar new year, and launch an attack at Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, and Xuanwumen. He ordered his eldest son Yuan Keding to lead three thousand soldiers to attack Donghuamen in response to the revolutionaries.On the evening of the 9th, the revolutionaries mobilized at Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, and Xuanwumen according to the plan, and each of them led the way to attack Tiananmen, Donghuamen, and Xihuamen.Sure enough, an army of horses came to meet him. The revolutionary comrades thought it was Yuan Keding who came to meet him. Unexpectedly, they were military and police spies.

On October 11th, Wang Zhaoming established the Beijing-Tianjin Protection Branch of the China League in his apartment in the Italian Concession in Tianjin. Wang served as the head of the branch, and organized an assassination team, with Wang Zi as the captain.Wang had no connection with the comrades of the Wuchang Shouyi. At this time, Wuchang had sent Hu Egong as the plenipotentiary representative of the Hubei Military Government in the north to preside over the northern revolution.Wang called on the head of the northern branch of the Tongmenghui, but many revolutionary comrades were dissatisfied with the collusion between Wang and Yuan, so they discussed with Mr. Hu E to establish a representative office of the Hubei Army in Tianjin, with Beijing, Tianjin, Baoding, Tongzhou, and Shijiazhuang general command offices.On October 24, the Northern Revolutionary Association was organized in Xiaobailou in the British Concession in Tianjin. At this time, Wang Zhaoming had already left for Shanghai.On October 28, the revolutionary comrades rose up in Renqiu and Xiong counties and were defeated by the local garrison. The martyrs included Geng Shichang, Feng Jie, Dai Guodong, Li Qiming, Zheng Yucheng, Luo Ziyun, Liu Changxiong, Ma Ronghua, Zhao Shiduo and more than a hundred people.This is the second act of righteousness.

On November 14th (i.e., January 2nd, the first year of the Republic of China), the third battalion of the Luanzhou Garrison declared its independence. Battalion commander Shi Congyun was the commander-in-chief of the Luan Army, and Bai Yukun was the chief of staff. They sent telegrams to Yuan Shikai successively to express their republican ideas.Telegram: "Since the incident in Wuhan, the provinces have responded like rushing waves, which shows what the hearts of the people want, and it cannot be stopped by military force. The people of the whole country look forward to a republic more than the dry seedlings hope for rain. Sincerely, non-republic will inevitably make the people miserable If there is no republic, revolution in the future is inevitable. As the prime minister, I am the general representative of the whole country. I must not take the pains of all the people with one person's prejudice. Now that the truce is imminent, the peace negotiation will be invalid. The people of the whole country are crying and panicking. What’s more, especially in Zhi Province, the army is mixed with officers and soldiers from the 40th Association, stationed in Zhi Province, and witnessing the truth, they have to risk their lives to report, and there is disrespect. Check the creed of the prelude, and there are soldiers participating in politics Right now, everyone stands for republicanism, and I hope that I will consult with the humble, not abandon my humbleness, and quickly settle the overall situation, so as to eliminate chaos and avoid catastrophe.

Yuan Shikai received the alarm of Luanzhou's independence, so he sent Wang Huaiqing and Cao Kun, the commanders-in-chief of Kaiping Town, to lead a large number of troops to attack.On the 20th, Zhang Jiangong's third battalion changed internally, and Luanzhou fell. Wang Jinming, Shi Congyun, Sun Jiansheng, and Chen Tao all died fighting.This is the most serious loss, because Sun Jiansheng and Chen Tao are both outstanding comrades in the north.After Sun and Chen failed in this battle, they galloped into the enemy's battle line alone and shot all over the place. Break its abdomen, split its body.This is the third act of righteousness.

After the establishment of the Nanjing Revolutionary Government, the northern revolutionaries became more active. Qian Tieru, Cai Dechen, Xiong Deshan, Luo Mingdian, etc. contacted the Yijun battalions in Beijing and Tongzhou. 9th), unfortunately, it was postponed because the relief did not arrive.The Tongzhou area was presided over by Cai Dechen, and the agency was set up at Wang Picheng's house. Unexpectedly, Yu Linjiang informed the Qing army and called Yijun to surround and search the Wang's house. A total of seven people were arrested and martyred.This fourth act of righteousness also failed.

The revolutionary organization in Tongzhou was cracked on November 15th (January 9th, the first year of the Republic of China). Beijing comrades were preparing to hold a meeting to discuss remedies, just because comrades Luo Mingdian and Zhang Xianpei received news that Yuan Shikai would be on the 2nd. In the morning, they went to court, so Qian Tieru, Zhang Xianpei, Fu Sixun, Luo Mingdian, Zheng Yuxiu and more than a dozen people discussed and decided to assassinate Yuan Shikai first to remove the real obstacle to the revolution.The results of the discussion were divided into four groups: the first group Zhang Xianpei, Fu Sixun, Xu Tonghua, Huang Yongqing, Tao Hongyuan, etc. were hidden upstairs in the Sanyi tea shop; the second group Huang Zhimeng, Li Huailian, Li Xianwen, Xiao Sheng, Xue Rong was in Xiangyifang The restaurant pretended to be drinking; the third group Qian Tieru, Zeng Zhengyu, Yang Yuchang, Qin Bingqing, Qiu Shoulin, etc. wandered in front of Dong'an Market; between the streets.At that time, Donghuamen and Wangfujing were lined with military police.At 11:30 a.m. on November 16, Yuan Shikai left Donghuamen in a two-horse carriage, crossed Donghuamen Street, and headed for the new Yamen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Zhang Xianpei saw Yuan's carriage approaching from the upstairs of the tea shop in Sanyi, so he dropped a bomb. How did he know that Yuan's carriage was moving fast, and the bomb landed behind the carriage and exploded. At this time, Yuan's carriage had arrived at Xiangyifang Restaurant. Ahead, Huang Zhimeng and Li Xianwen each threw a bomb, one of them hit the carriage, and the bullet overturned the carriage, killing the carriage driver, the guard leader Yuan Jindiao, the first guard platoon leader, the second personal soldier, and the second horse patrol. , passerby two, cavalry soldier three.Qian Tieru, the third group wandering around the Dong'an market, and Wu Ruolong, Luo Mingdian, and Zheng Yuxiu, the fourth group riding in a carriage, heard the sound of bombs, and threatened the military police standing along the street with pistols and bombs.

One has to say that one has destiny. Yuan Shikai's period was really a golden age, when troubles turned into good fortunes.Although his carriage was hit, he was just thrown out of the carriage without any harm. The guards immediately helped Yuan Gai ride out the smoke from the bomb, and Yuan immediately ordered to fight back and search.At this time, Zhang Xianpei saw Yuan mounted his horse, and rushed forward, intending to shoot Yuan with a pistol, but before firing, Yuan's guards shot Zhang in the forehead.Zhang Yu fell to the ground, and Huang Zhimeng came to the rescue. The two fought with Yuan's guards in the middle of the road, and Yuan escaped safely under the protection of other guards.Then a large number of military police rushed to the accident site and arrested more than ten people including Zhang Xianpei, Huang Zhimeng, Yang Yuchang, Tao Hongyuan, Xue Rong, Li Huailian, Xu Tonghua, Fu Simian, Huang Yongqing, and Xiao Sheng.That night, Yuan Shikai's spy chief and the Prime Minister of the Battalion Office, Lu Jianzhang, personally interrogated them. Seven of them were released on bail by foreign journalists. Only Zhang Xianpei, Huang Zhimeng, and Yang Yuchang were arrested during the shooting.The seven people released on bail are said to be Zheng Yuxiu who went to visit foreign reporters.

Yuan Yu was assassinated and missed, but unexpectedly, he helped him a lot.Because before this, due to the revolutionary army's willingness to push Yuan as the president, the Manchu relatives and nobles scolded Yuan as a traitor who betrayed his master and had an affair with the Revolutionary Party.Yuan Zeng told the Qing court that the revolutionary party had infiltrated the capital in large numbers. The relatives and dignitaries all said that this was Yuan's threat from the revolutionary party, and they did not believe it.With this assassination case, Empress Dowager Longyu believed that Yuan Shikai was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time believed that a large number of revolutionaries had indeed sneaked into the capital.

Yuan was assassinated and survived, but another Manchu relative, Liang Bi, was assassinated to death.Liang Bi was the only talented military talent among the relatives and nobles in the late Qing Dynasty. He was a Japanese military cadet, and his last position was the First Association of the Imperial Guard.Although the imperial guards were commanded by Guangxu and Zai Feng's brother Zai Tao, Zai Tao was as timid as a mouse, so Liang Bi was the first coordinator of the imperial guards and also served as the chief training officer of the imperial guards. In fact, he was the organizer of this royal guard and leaders.Yuan Shikai formed a cabinet again and his first method after entering Beijing was to take over the armed forces of the Qing court, so as to force the Qing imperial family to submit.Only he can do whatever he wants, so he suggested asking the royal family to lead the army to march south, which scared the commander of the Imperial Guard, Tao Belle, to hastily resigned as the commander of the Imperial Guard.Yuan secretly laughed, so he calmly transferred his confidant general Feng Guozhang back from the front line in Hankou, and asked Feng to take over Zai Tao's position and lead the Imperial Guard.Although Feng served as the commander of the Imperial Guard, the real power was still in Liangbi's hands. Liangbi's foundation in the Imperial Guard was already very solid. Not only did he not sell Feng's account, but he was also dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai. The protector of the Qing Dynasty has the responsibility of supervising Yuan's conspiracy and rebellion.

When Yuan was assassinated at Donghua Gate, he took this opportunity to threaten the Qing court. On the one hand, he asked for leave not to go to court, and on the other hand, he forced the Qing court to announce his abdication, otherwise he would resign.Liang Bi stepped forward at this time, advocating that the Empress Dowager Longyu approve the resignation of Yuan's cabinet, form another fighting cabinet for the royal family, and send Tie Liang to the south to lead the Qing army, so as not to be restrained by Yuan's Beiyang faction.Yuan Shikai's strength at this time was of course much greater than Liang Bi's. It was really easy for him to deal with Liang Bi, but he did not want to be charged with murdering Manchu relatives and nobles, so he resorted to the ingenious strategy of borrowing a knife to kill someone.At this time, Wang Zhaoming happened to return to Beijing from Shanghai, and he hinted to Wang: There is no problem with the abdication of the Qing court, and the current resistance comes from Liangbi.When Wang got the news, he went to Tianjin, where he met his old friend Huang Shuzhong.Huang Zi's plot to assassinate the regent failed, and after he was released from prison, he changed his name to Huang Fusheng.Wang persuaded Huang to kill Liangbi, and gave Huang a business card of Chonggong, the general manager of Fengtian Lecture Hall, and asked Huang to bring Chonggong's business card to meet Liangbi.Huang Fusheng himself did not want to go, but promised to find a "Jing Ke".After Wang left, it happened that Peng Jiazhen visited Huang. Peng was from Sichuan and had served as a quartermaster in the Northeast Army. After the Revolution of 1911, he heard that Cheng Dequan, a fellow from Sichuan, had become the governor of Jiangsu, so he made a special trip south to visit Cheng.Cheng Dudu knew that Peng was familiar with the Northeast people, so he appointed Peng as the "Northeast recruiter" and asked him to return to the Northeast to instigate the local army uprising.At this time, he was returning from the south, passing through Tianjin, and visited Huang Fusheng, who was also a fellow villager.Huang told Peng the meaning of Wang's visit. Peng was very excited and volunteered to be Jing Ke. He asked for Chonggong's business card and went to Beijing, where he found Liangbi's residence in Guangmingdian Hutong.On the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the first year of the Republic of China, Liangbi retreated home. Peng Jiazhen went up to greet him, and threw a bomb at Liangbi by surprise. Peng himself was killed on the spot. Liangbi broke a leg and was seriously injured. The sky is also dead.

Most of the revolutionaries at the founding of the country were bloody men. As long as there was a mission, they would sacrifice their lives without hesitation. Buried in Sanbeizi Garden, Beijing.