Chapter 55 Chapter Ten Wuchang, Sleepless Tonight

This question is a good one. For a long time, the consistent strategic policy of the revolutionaries is to "surround the hinterland with borders."The riots have been confined to the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi.The coastal revolutionary base areas are well established, and it is convenient to accept overseas Chinese donations and smuggle arms. Of course, in case of unfortunate failure, it is easy to get out. Although countless experiences and lessons have been summed up, no one has ever said "no" to this general policy. Can the right and proper revolutionary road be wrong?However, there is one person who dares to say "no" to the general policy of "surrounding the hinterland with the border".

He is the most legendary Sun Tzu. Why say no? Because every uprising begins on the coast, and every failure ends on the coast.Revolution is inseparable from innovation. If you change your thinking, if you don't launch it on the coast, but "surround the coast with the hinterland", will it be successful? Maybe, maybe not. Then tell me why you can succeed. Wuhan is the north-south hub. It has built factories and manufactured ordnance since Zhangzhidong. For more than 20 years, it has produced sophisticated weapons and equipment, and Hunan and Jiangxi are adjacent to each other. Righteousness, the army of other provinces will be invincible, which will help maintain local and concession law and order, and facilitate diplomacy.Of course, there is also the most legendary Sun Wu and the most generous Liu Gong in Wuhan.

What if it doesn't work out? If you haven't tried it yet, don't rush to say that it is unsuccessful. However, Sun Tzu's suggestion did not attract enough attention. Some said he was an idealist, and some said he was a dream come true. All because this is Wuhan, and there are troikas here. With the support of Mr. Rui with a strong background, the support of capable Zhang Tongzhi and the pragmatic Hong Ge; with advanced military equipment and the largest military logistics supply in the country, everything shows that Wuhan is insulated from the revolution. To use a common saying in the past: Wuhan's reactionary fortress is extremely strong, and the forces of the reactionary class are too strong.There are the treacherous and covetous Rui Cheng, the vicious Zhang Biao, and the extremely anti-revolutionary Li Yuanhong. Their class nature determines that they must be extremely tenacious to defend and fight back.

But Sun Tzu still insisted on his own opinion, confident that "encircling the coast from the hinterland" was the "Longzhong Opposition" of the revolution.Every time he received a revolutionist, he always took the trouble to say: There are no guns, no cannons, and the Chuwangtai Armory built them for us. No food, no clothes, the Mint of the Money Bureau gave us gifts. No one, it doesn't matter, there are everywhere in the new army. Sun Wu has been waiting and preparing, and he always feels that his legend is not over yet. All things are possible, what comes always comes.A legendary drama is about to be staged.

The opportunity finally let Sun Wu wait. After the Chengdu massacre, the situation in Sichuan was jittery and changed every day.The Qing court urgently dispatched Duanfang to send troops to repress them, and Duanfang asked Ruicheng to borrow troops. Ruicheng transferred the 31st and 32nd troops, and specifically emphasized that these were the two most powerful troops in the new Hubei army.Ruicheng specially selected two battalions of recruits to escort Duanfang into Sichuan.Most of these two battalions are recruits with radical ideas, and the leaders are even more rebellious.It has been two months in arrears, and Rui Li made a special announcement: "Master Duan brought a lot of money from Beijing."

After sending Duanfang away, Ruicheng and his wife said: "Duanwu Bridge hangs its eyes upside down, and the photo book says that it will surely die." You don't need to look at the appearance, and you don't need to read the photo book, just look at Master Rui to understand.Ruicheng, it was you who sent Duanfang to the point of no return. There were a large number of revolutionaries in the new army that entered Sichuan, and the revolutionary forces in the three towns of Wuhan were immediately weakened, but at the same time Wuhan's defense forces were also greatly emptied.

Sun Wu realized that the golden opportunity had come, and he had to launch an uprising immediately.The Literary Society and the Gongjinhui merged, and Jiang Yiwu was elected as the temporary commander-in-chief of the uprising, and Sun Wu was the chief of staff.Feeling that Liu Gongshe's family donated money and made outstanding contributions, he was appointed as the governor by default. Just as the uprising was in full swing, an accident happened, a big accident. The Nanhu Artillery Battalion is holding a banquet, and they are reluctantly having a farewell dinner.Squad leader Meng Huachen (revolutionary party) bid farewell to his comrades who were about to retire.

With the help of alcohol, everyone vented their resentment, grievances, and even the various mistakes of the chief. It was inevitable to slap the table and scold mothers, and there was a lot of movement. The team officer yelled at him, but it was obviously ineffective. Others are drinking too much, and the more you yell at him, the more yelling he gets. Meng Huachen said loudly: "Yiyi cherishes farewell with deep affection. For the parting party, which military discipline and military regulation have been violated?" The team officer took a whip and said, do you want to rebel?How can you say this at a critical moment?

Well, hope early and hope late, what I'm waiting for is your words.A few drunken soldiers snatched the cannon (small cannon) immediately, and were about to fire the cannon, but it didn't go off, and the firing pin had already been confiscated. The rioting soldiers took up their guns and ran away, followed by the cavalry.The soldiers said emotionally: Dear comrades-in-arms, they are all brothers. They are about to be discharged from the army, so why bother?As soon as the words came out, the horse team immediately turned around. Meng Huachen ran to Sun Wu and asked for instructions on the next step.

What to do, to do it or not to do it? Do it, prepare hastily, the chances of winning are not great; don't do it, the enemy is coming. Sun Wu and others carefully analyzed the situation, and now that the situation is turbulent, Ruicheng dare not act rashly, the enemy does not move, and I do not move.Sure enough, Ruicheng panicked greatly, and the artillerymen made trouble, and the whole family was over with one shell.In the end, it was settled by firing a few soldiers. A few days later, on July 30, almost all newspapers in Wuhan published an important notice: Starting from June of this year, knife shops in Wuhan must have a business license and be insured by their peers. The knives produced by the knife shop should be marked with the brand name. If you buy more than five knives, you should register your name and address to prevent the revolutionaries from buying knives. .

Smart you, you should know that it has a proper name: real-name system for kitchen knives. In the era of cold weapons, kitchen knives have multiple functions, such as cutting vegetables and meat; they can also rob, kill, riot, and revolution. Two kitchen knives can make a revolution, of course one can, although it is not as smooth as two. But Master Rui obviously made a fuss over a molehill.In what age, foreign guns and cannons are flying all over the sky, and you can buy all kinds of thermal weapons at Brother Pao and Helmsman for a few dozen taels of silver, including grenades, grenades, and bombs. At critical times, it is indeed necessary to prevent murder weapons from being used by criminals from the perspective of maintaining social order and ensuring the safety of people's lives and property.But this can only scare the rogues on the streets. Using this to deal with bold revolutionaries obviously has no effect. Revolutionaries play big games, and of course they don't reject kitchen knives, but more of them are real ones.Assassination has become common in recent years, has anyone ever heard of using a kitchen knife?The small one is a pistol (and it shoots in five bursts), and the commonly used one is an iron watermelon.One shot kills, saving the kitchen knife from sloppy. Master Rui's announcement finally prompted the revolutionaries to make up their minds to develop a more powerful bomb faster and better. However, the notice still had a little effect: people became more panicked, and the kitchen knives became unsalable.Buying a kitchen knife is such a hassle, and the family has a lot of sharpeners, so let's make do with it.Master Rui is quite reasonable, and he didn't go door to door to confiscate old kitchen knives, otherwise this life would be impossible. Next is hotel check-in. Formulate hotel management measures, stipulating that lodgers must register their name, place of origin, and current address.If the lodger behaves suspiciously, even if it is inconvenient to have luggage, he is not allowed to stay in the hotel.Personal belongings are subject to patrol inspection.At 9 o'clock every night, the hotel owner should hand over the guest record to the police station. The real name of the kitchen knife, the locals are very dangerous; the hotel registration, the stranger is very dangerous.In short, nothing is not dangerous. Rui Li also defended against the most radical students and soldiers.It is stipulated that after 11 o'clock in the evening, students in school are not allowed to go out.Martial law was enforced on the street, soldiers' bullets were confiscated, and all stocks were stored in the Chuwangtai Armory, guarded by the eighth battalion of the project. Facing the increasingly serious situation, especially the rumors that "the Mid-Autumn Festival will kill the Tartars" spread everywhere in the society, Rui Li was worried all day long. He reduced the time he spent watching theaters, playing mahjong, and spending time with his wife, so he could concentrate on Focus on maintaining stability.About one-third of the troops were taken away by Duanfang. First of all, the defense of the Governor’s Yamen must be strengthened. Special personnel are on duty in the signing room 24 hours a day. Huo cruises back and forth on the river, and can fire immediately in case of emergency on the shore. The main function is to leave a way for Mr. Rui to escape. If he really can't hold on, he can take his family to the ship to escape. But fear will come and go, and danger can't be stopped, it really comes.