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Chapter 248 The first shot of the Revolution of was fired

The common people in the late Qing Dynasty looked forward to Yuan Shikai overthrowing the Qing government as soon as possible, but what they didn't know was.

In addition to Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army, there was another key factor in the demise of the Qing government, and that was the revolutionary party led by Sun Yat-sen.

Strictly speaking, the revolution that broke out across the country completely brought the Qing government to its deathbed, and Yuan Shikai was the one who wielded the sword in the end.

If the Revolutionary Party had not launched large-scale uprisings across the country, the Qing government would not have perished so quickly.

In the historical trajectory of the late Qing Dynasty, many major events occurred.

But if you want to ask which historical event has the most far-reaching impact, it is undoubtedly the Revolution of 1911.

The Revolution of 1911 was a national democratic revolution in a relatively complete sense in modern China, and its ideological liberating effect on the Chinese people cannot be underestimated.

More importantly, the Revolution of 1911 created a modern national democratic revolution in the full sense, overthrew the autocratic monarchy that had ruled China for thousands of years, established a republican government, and ended the autocratic monarchy.

When talking about the Revolution of 1911, we have to mention the Wuchang Uprising that fired the first shot of the Revolution of 1911.

As a result, many members of the Tongmenghui asked Sun Yat-sen to be ready to cooperate. Once the Wuchang Uprising succeeded as planned, they would respond immediately.

Only in this way can he control the cabinet and monopolize power.

"From October 1895 to April 10, the revolutionaries carried out ten armed uprisings, and all failed without exception."

"In the political landscape of the late Qing Dynasty, neither the royalists nor the revolutionaries were strong. The really powerful ones were the constitutionalists."

"At that time, the Hubei New Army had one town and one mixed association, with a total of 16104 officers and soldiers, of which members of the literary society accounted for about one-fifth."

"Of course, another key factor that ultimately led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty was the revolutionary party led by Sun Yat-sen at that time."

"However, what Sun Yat-sen did not expect was that just a few months after the Huanghuagang Uprising, there were two small revolutionary groups in Wuchang."

"While the Literary Society was actively expanding its organization in the New Army, the Tongchenghui, a peripheral group of the Tongmenghui, also turned its target to Hubei, preparing to launch a new armed uprising in the Lianghu region centered on Wuhan."

"In May 1911, the Qing government announced the list of responsible cabinets that had been prepared for many years."

"At first, everyone thought that the uprising failed because Cixi was still alive. However, after Cixi's death, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing carefully planned and gathered the elites of the Tongmenghui to launch the Huanghuagang Uprising, but it still ended in failure."

Sun Yat-sen: It’s great that the Wuchang Uprising was successful. We must also prepare to launch an uprising here.

But none of them succeeded, and all the uprisings ended in failure.

He had always known that the imperial court was preparing a responsible cabinet, and he also had a seat.

"However, the die-hards in the Qing government don't care about the feelings of this group of people. They don't even think about a responsible cabinet or participating in political affairs."

"Such a nonsense distribution of rights instantly chilled the constitutionalists to the Qing government."

"An uprising organized by the Literary Society and the Gongjin Association accidentally knocked down the dominoes and eventually caused the collapse of the Qing Dynasty."

In order to overthrow the Qing government, their alliance launched too many armed uprisings.

"But at this moment, the Qing government sent a big gift."

After the failure of the Huanghuagang Uprising, he was feeling depressed, thinking that he might have to fight a protracted war with the Qing government.

"After the literary society was established, it actively carried out activities to develop members among the Hubei New Army."

"Who are the constitutionalists? The majority of landowners, gentry and merchants, most Han governors, the new armies of various provinces, including Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, and even some middle- and lower-class bannermen all belong to the constitutionalists."

"This is a very powerful group. It was so powerful that when the Nanjing Provisional Government was established, the Tongmenghui had to try its best to win over them."

"In order to develop members, Jiang Yiwu also joined the New Army. His public identity is the squad leader of the left team of the 21rd Battalion of the 41st Standard of the st Mixed Association of the New Army."

Just when their fighting spirit hit rock bottom, exciting news came.

Unexpectedly, the good news came so timely, and there were actually revolutionary comrades who were about to succeed.

"Thus Sun Yat-sen believes that if the revolutionary party wants to overthrow the corrupt rule of the Qing government, it is estimated that it will take 20 years of protracted war."

Of the thirteen cabinet members, nine were Manchu nobles and only four were Han.

"After seeing this list, the whole country was in a state of excitement. In the cabinet of thirteen people, bannermen actually occupied nine seats, including seven from the royal family, while Han officials only occupied four seats."

"In 1911, Jiang Yiwu and others held a meeting at the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang to reorganize the former Zhenwu Society into a literary society, with Jiang Yiwu as president."

"Yuan Shikai formed the strongest army in the late Qing Dynasty, the Six Beiyang Towns. This army later became a key factor in the demise of the Qing Dynasty."

Counting the time, the time for the Wuchang Uprising is not far away.

"For a time, many people recognized the reality and turned around to join the revolution."

Yuan Shikai: Even now, the court still wants to firmly control power. Since the court is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust.

But now that the thirteen-member cabinet list has come out, his illusions have been completely shattered.

"However, even if this trend develops, the Wuchang Uprising is unlikely to succeed. After all, the revolutionary force is still too weak."

After learning the shocking good news, not to mention him, even the members of the Alliance were ecstatic and couldn't help crying with joy.

But what he wants is not just a quota, but to arrange as many of his people into the cabinet as possible.

With such a distribution of power, the country's power was still firmly in the hands of the Manchu nobles. This was obviously not the result he wanted.

"The constitutionalists have been waiting for years, only to find out that they have been tricked."

"The impact of the failure of this uprising, in Sun Yat-sen's original words, was that the essence of our party was burned to the ground."

"The real royalists at that time were the small group of young people from the Eight Banners. The revolutionaries were mainly overseas students and party members, and their number was also very small."

Since the Qing government is stubborn, he should make plans for himself early.

Now it seems that the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising is inevitable, and the collapse of the Qing government is also inevitable.

What he has to do is to obtain the greatest benefits for himself as much as possible during the collapse of the Qing government.

"And at this moment, the Qing government made another bad move."

"After the establishment of the royal cabinet, in order to repay the loans from the great powers and obtain foreign support, the policy of state-owned railway lines was promulgated."

“Take commercial railways in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and other places into state-owned enterprises and then sell them to foreign banks.”

"The imperial court did not keep its word, and the people of Sichuan immediately launched a wave of strikes and boycotts."

"Sichuan Governor Zhao Erfeng ordered a crackdown and killed more than 30 people."

"But the situation did not improve. Instead, it inspired a stronger resistance movement."

"In September 1911, Sichuan's constitutionalists, the Tongmenghui, and the Ge Laohui joined forces to cause trouble and besieged the provincial capital Chengdu."

"Facing the situation that was about to get out of control, the Qing government urgently mobilized and supervised the Guangdong-Han and Sichuan-Han Railway Minister Duan Fang and led 6000 Hubei New Army troops to Sichuan to suppress it."

"Of the 6000 new troops brought by Duan Fang, there are not many officers and soldiers who are inclined to revolution."

"Among the more than 4000 new troops staying in Wuchang, about support the revolution, and there are also many swing factions."

"Since then, the revolutionary forces have gained the upper hand in the Wuchang New Army."

"On September 1911, 9, we saw that the time was ripe for an uprising."

"The Literary Society and the Gongjin Association held a joint meeting, established a leadership team with Jiang Yiwu as the commander-in-chief, Sun Wu as the chief of staff, and Liu Gong as the prime minister, and decided to launch the Wuchang Uprising on October 10."

"After the meeting, Jiang Yiwu sent someone to inform Jiao Dafeng, the leader of the Hunan Progressive Association, and agreed that Hunan and Hubei provinces would launch an attack on October 10 at the same time."

"The reason why the uprising was set on October 10 is because this day is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 6th of the lunar calendar, and there have been rumors among the people that the Tatars were killed on the 8th day of the eighth lunar month."

Li Hongzhang: I have always been worried that there would be problems with the system of government-supervised commercial offices. I didn’t expect that there would still be problems after my death.

He really couldn't understand the court's decision. Nationalizing the railway would definitely cause unrest.

The Qing Dynasty was obviously already in turmoil at that time, and it wanted to suddenly nationalize the railways in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and other places. Wouldn't this force the people of the four provinces to revolt?

In order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, he formulated a series of policies, among which government supervision and commercial affairs were the top priority.

The government-supervised commercial offices were companies established by the imperial court in various industries, and private businessmen financed their construction.

For example, the railway companies in each province were established by the imperial court, but because the imperial court had no money to invest, it attracted private capital.

However, one shortcoming of the government-supervised commercial system is that property rights are not clear.

Now what he was most worried about has happened. The imperial court forced the railway to be nationalized. How could the private capital that provided the money just give up?
You must know that the investment in railways is huge, and a large number of people have invested in it.

Now that the imperial court wants to take advantage of it, the people will definitely resist.

"But on the night when the two revolutionary groups met, the Nanhu Artillery Incident occurred outside Wuchang."

"On the night of September 9, several soldiers who were about to retire from the New Army Artillery Brigade stationed in Nanhu got drunk."

"As the saying goes, everyone gets drunk without being drunk. Once a person is drunk and in a good mood, the King of Heaven will come and slap him in the face."

"Under the stimulation of alcohol, these people thought of their usual grievances of being bullied by the platoon leader, and immediately became angry, so they picked up the guy and started a fight with the platoon leader."

"After the fight, the drunkards were still angry, so they pulled out three cannons from the armory and prepared to bombard the military camp."

"It's just that cannons and cannonballs are usually stored separately. These people were drunk at the time and couldn't find the cannonballs."

"When the drunkenness dissipated, a few people realized that they had caused a big trouble, so they broke up and the farce ended."

"After the Nanhu Artillery Incident occurred, although Ruicheng, the governor of Huguang, and Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town of the New Army in Hubei, chose to deal with it coldly, they simply dismissed the troublemaking soldiers from the military and hastily ended the matter."

"But the impact of this incident is still very obvious, that is, it is to alert the snake in the grass."

"Ruicheng issued three orders in order to avoid such an incident from happening again."

"The first is to collect soldiers' bullets and separate them. The collected ammunition is placed in the Chuwangtai Armory for centralized storage."

"The second is to strengthen management, strictly prohibit soldiers from engaging in private team building in the name of dinners, etc., and declare that there will be no holiday on August 8 of the lunar calendar, and the military will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in advance."

"The third is to announce a defense change, and exchange defense areas with some battalions of the New Army in Wuchang and those stationed in Yichang, Xiangyang, Yueyang and other places."

"The impact of this change is too great, because the 41st Standard Battalion where Jiang Yiwu is located will be transferred to Yueyang."

"At the same time, Hunan also sent a secret message, saying that there was insufficient preparation and begging to postpone the event for 10 days."

"As a last resort, the uprising headquarters had to postpone the uprising to October 10."

"Delaying the uprising is not necessarily a bad thing. At least preparations can be made better."

"However, something unexpected happened to the revolutionaries during their preparations."

Ruicheng, Governor of Huguang: It’s over. It’s over now. The Wuchang Uprising launched by the Revolutionary Party was successful. What should I do?
Knowing that Wuchang under his rule had fallen into the hands of the revolutionaries, he was now in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.

Although the Wuchang Uprising has not yet started, judging from the time mentioned by the anchor, it should be only a few days away.

At this time, he didn't know whether he should take action to suppress the revolutionaries, or whether he should be aware of current affairs and choose to surrender for Junjie.

If he sends troops to suppress the revolutionaries now, he may force those revolutionaries to launch the Wuchang Uprising in advance.

After all, those revolutionaries also heard what the anchor said, and they might have started launching the Wuchang Uprising in advance.

Even if he takes action to suppress the revolutionaries now, he will probably not be a match for them.

And more importantly, the demise of the Qing government is inevitable. It is not a wise choice for him to still serve the Qing government now.

After hesitating for a moment, he already made a decision in his mind.

"On October 10, Sun Wu accidentally caused an explosion while arranging a bomb in the Russian Concession in Hankou."

"There are two theories among historians regarding the cause of the explosion."

"The first is that Liu Gong took his younger brother Liu Tong to join in the fun. Liu Tong was smoking at the time. I don't know what he was thinking. When he saw the bombs in the room, he flicked the cigarette ashes, and ended up flicking the cigarette butt into the explosive. Caused a violent explosion."

"The second is that Sun Wu was drunk and very excited. He looked at the bombs all over the room and on a whim, he grabbed a bomb and threw it on the table. Unexpectedly, he used too much force and it exploded."

"No matter what caused the explosion, the result was a house full of bombs going off."

"If such a big thing happens, the concession patrol will definitely come to find out the situation."

"The people present did not have time to clean up, so they had to hurriedly move and urgently sent the injured Sun Wu outside the city."

"When the patrol came, they found the list of the revolutionary party in the ruins."

"Now the trouble has become serious. After hearing the news, Ruicheng, the governor of Huguang, immediately sent someone to negotiate and get the roster."

"Then he said harsh words and arrested people individually the next day. All the revolutionary parties in the army were arrested and executed."

"Actually, Ruicheng was just putting on a show. His actual plan was to kill a few leaders of the revolutionary party and then stop."

"If all the more than 4000 revolutionary parties are killed, the Hubei New Army will also fall apart."

"But as the saying goes, flowers planted with intention will not survive, but willows planted without intention will create shade. Ruicheng's bluff actually did a great favor to the revolutionary party."

"As we all know, rebellion or uprising requires pre-war mobilization. The greater the mobilization intensity, the greater the certainty of success."

"And the best way to mobilize is to create an atmosphere of terror where everyone is in danger."

"Only when everyone has no way out, their morale is up, and they have to fight to the death, will they have the courage to risk their lives and revolt on the battlefield, and the probability of success will naturally be high."

"The revolutionary party in the new army did not know Ruicheng's true plan, and everyone was immediately in danger."

Sun Wu: The name has been exposed, now there is no way out, we simply launch the Wuchang Uprising now.

The revolutionaries are indeed preparing to launch an uprising and are already doing so in secret.

He was extremely happy to learn from the anchor that the Wuchang Uprising was finally successful.

Before he could finish being happy, the anchor mentioned his name, Sun Wu.

Now he has no way out but to launch the Wuchang Uprising immediately.

Although it was launched in advance, he was not worried at all, but instead had high morale.

Because the anchor has told them the final results of the revolutionaries' Wuchang Uprising, then they have nothing to worry about.

Moreover, all the revolutionaries in Wuchang have now learned about the success of the Wuchang Uprising. At this moment, they must be united, excited, and gearing up.

While Ruicheng, the governor of Huguang, had not yet responded, it was the perfect opportunity for the revolutionaries to launch the Wuchang Uprising.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to find other revolutionaries, preparing to launch the Wuchang Uprising immediately.

"On the night of October 10, upon learning that the situation was critical, Jiang Yiwu, the president of the literary society, rushed back to Wuchang from Yueyang and summoned Liu Fuji, Peng Chufan, Yang Hongsheng, Deng Yulin and others to discuss countermeasures."

"The result of the discussion was that it was decided to hold a city-wide uprising at 12 o'clock that night, using the sound of the Nanhu Artillery Brigade as a signal."

"In the evening, Deng Yulin was responsible for conveying the latest orders from the general headquarters to the Nanhu Artillery Battalion, while Yang Hongsheng brought two boxes of ammunition and planned to quietly deliver them to the Revolutionary Party of the 8th Engineering Battalion."

"But before Deng Yulin went out, all the city gates in Wuchang were closed in advance, so he was unable to leave the city."

"After Yang Hongsheng delivered the bullets, he was caught by the Qing army as soon as he walked out of the engineering camp door."

"As a result, Jiang Yiwu and his group did not wait for the sound of cannons, but only waited for a large number of military police outside the house."

"Faced with the military and police siege, Peng Chufan and Liu Fuji were arrested on the spot. Only Jiang Yiwu took the opportunity to escape by pretending to be a chef." "In the early morning of October 10, Peng Chufan, Liu Fuji, and Yang Hongsheng were killed outside the East Garden Gate of the Huguang Governor's Office."

"After executing Peng, Liu, and Yang, Huguang Governor Ruicheng strengthened the defense of the governor's office and the patrol of important roads, and also prohibited the officers and soldiers of each battalion from visiting."

"Not being able to visit means not getting the latest news, which means a disaster is coming."

"Xiong Bingkun, squad leader of the 8th Engineering Battalion, quickly summoned Cai Jimin, Wu Xinghan, Jin Zhaolong and other revolutionaries to hold a secret meeting."

"Everyone agrees that things have changed and we can no longer wait for the gunfire in Nanhu."

"Rather than just sit back and wait for death, it is better to rise up and attack. Success or failure depends on this action. Even if the uprising fails, it can still leave a mark in history."

Jiang Yiwu: Everyone, we can't wait any longer and take advantage of this opportunity to launch the Wuchang Uprising now.

He looked at the members of the literary club beside him and saw that everyone was inexplicably excited and excited.

Not to mention the members present, even he, the president, was excited. After all, nothing could make them more excited than learning that the Wuchang Uprising was successful.

However, he also knew that now was not the time to be happy, and the top priority was to quickly launch the Wuchang Uprising.

Originally, the time to launch the Wuchang Uprising had not yet come, but now that it had been exposed, the Wuchang Uprising had to be launched.

And with the anchor announcing it widely, everyone in Wuchang City must have heard it.

This will be of great benefit to them in launching the Wuchang Uprising and gain more support.

The revolutionaries present had been waiting for Jiang Yiwu's words for a long time. They immediately waved their arms and shouted and began to take action.

"After a secret discussion, several people separately obtained ammunition and obtained six boxes of 6 rounds of ammunition through various methods."

"That night, a platoon leader named Tao Qisheng from the engineering battalion made a rounds of wards."

"Tao Qisheng saw that Jin Zhaolong was still cleaning his gun without sleeping, so he shouted, are you going to rebel?"

"Jin Zhaolong has been waiting for this moment for a long time. Then he stood up and said, if you say I will rebel, I will rebel. If the guys don't take action, they will wait until later. After that, they will fight with the platoon leader Tao Qisheng."

"Subsequently, a soldier named Cheng Zhengying shot Tao Qisheng. This shot was the first shot of the Revolution of 1911."

"Hearing the gunfire, Xiong Bingkun rushed outside and fired three more shots as a signal of uprising."

"Subsequently, Xiong Bingkun rushed to the Chuwangtai Armory with dozens of people from the engineering battalion."

"At that time, the Chuwangtai armory contained tens of thousands of guns and 10 rounds of ammunition."

"It's obvious that dozens of people can't take such an important place."

"But when everyone was at a loss what to do, the soldiers guarding the armory took the initiative to open the door and expressed that we also supported the revolution."

"After taking out the ammunition from the armory, dozens of people from the engineering camp collectively fired into the air. This series of gunshots alerted the revolutionary parties in other military camps in Wuchang City."

"Although the leaders of the uprising are not here at this moment, the previous plans have already been laid out, and Jiang Yiwu's warrant has basically been sent to each battalion. Everyone is just waiting for the first gunshot."

"Now that the first shot has been fired, the rest will fall into place."

"Soon, revolutionaries from all battalions rushed to the Chuwangtai Armory to get ammunition, a total of 3000 people."

"Previously, in order to save trouble, Ruicheng, the governor of Huguang, locked the weapons and ammunition of the new army in the Chuwangtai Armory."

"But this seemingly wise decision actually objectively caused the insurrectionary troops to gather together in unison."

Ruicheng, Governor of Huguang: Even the soldiers guarding the armory supported the revolution. No wonder the Wuchang Uprising succeeded.

Although he knew that the Qing government's demise was a foregone conclusion, seeing that the revolutionaries had so many people supporting him, he understood that it was useless to resist stubbornly.

Just when he was about to take action, his subordinates rushed in and reported that the Wuchang Uprising had broken out.

His face was dull, neither happy nor sad, as if he had already expected that the Wuchang Uprising would break out in advance.

Ruicheng, Governor of Huguang: Go tell Jiang Yiwu that I surrender.

The men were stunned for a moment, but soon came to their senses, and rushed out to find the revolutionaries with a slightly happy face.

"However, although there were many people participating in the uprising at this time, there were no senior officers among them, nor were there any mid-level officers."

"Everyone looked at each other and saw a company commander named Wu Zhaolin, so Wu Zhaolin was elected as the temporary commander-in-chief."

"After Wu Zhaolin took office quickly, he made the following arrangements."

"The headquarters is located at the south end of the armory, and two platoons guard the armory and the headquarters."

"Use one team to seize Zhonghe Gate to welcome the artillery team from the south of the city entering the city, and send several people to the area around Tongxiang Gate and Zhonghe Gate to investigate the enemy's situation."

"And cut off the enemy's telephone lines, sent people to deliver messages separately, urging the battalions in the north of Wuchang City that have not yet started to respond, and left a reserve team to assemble at the north end of the armory on standby."

"After receiving the news, the 21st Mixed Consolidated Transport Troop, Engineering Team and Artillery Battalion stationed in the north of the city planned to enter the city through Wusheng Gate."

"But everyone has no ammunition, and they can't even defeat the fire brigade guarding the city gate."

"I had to go around a long way and enter the city through Tongxiang Gate and Zhonghe Gate."

"Everyone who was supposed to come arrived, and the rebel army immediately divided into three groups to attack the Huguang Governor's Yamen and the Eighth Town Headquarters."

"During the attack, Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, commanded the Qing army to resist tenaciously, so that the attack on the Governor's Mansion turned into a bloody battle."

"In order to reduce casualties, the rebels set fire near the governor's office."

"Guiding the artillery near Snake Mountain and Zhonghe Gate to fire artillery attacks at the fire, which immediately defeated the Qing army's will to resist."

"The governor of Huguang saw that the situation was not good, so he ordered people to break the back wall of the capital and escape by boat from the Yangtze River."

"Zhang Biao heard that the governor of Huguang had escaped and had no intention of fighting, so he also withdrew from Wuchang with his troops."

"If the Governor of Huguang and Zhang Biao don't run away, the battle will probably last a day or two."

"But after the two men fled in a hurry, the Qing soldiers who were left behind in the city were leaderless and had no fighting spirit, so they had no choice but to surrender to the revolutionary party."

"On the morning of October 1911, 10, an iron-blooded eighteen-star flag flew from the top of Wuchang City, announcing the victory of the Wuchang Uprising."

"The next day, the rebel army took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory, crossed the Yangtze River, and regained Hanyang and Hankou one after another."

"So far, the three towns of Wuhan have been restored."

Zhang Biao: The Governor has surrendered, so I will surrender too!
After hearing the news reported from the governor's office by his subordinates, he sighed deeply and surrendered with peace of mind.

When he learned that the Qing Dynasty's demise was a foregone conclusion, he was thinking about his future retreat.

After all, after the Qing Dynasty fell, he had to make plans for himself and think about how to retain his power in the turmoil.

When he learned from the anchor that the Wuchang Uprising was successful, he already had the idea of ​​surrendering.

Now that he knows that the Governor has surrendered, he naturally has nothing to resist.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent someone to inform Jiang Yiwu that he wanted to surrender to the Revolutionary Party on behalf of the Eighth Town.

"But it's still the same old problem, when the rebels take control."

"Look left and right, everyone. None of the leaders who made plans for the uprising in advance are in Wuchang now."

"The president of the Literary Society, Jiang Yiwu, escaped during the previous large-scale manhunt. No one knows where he is now."

"Sun Wu was injured by ammunition earlier and is still being treated in the hospital. Mr. Liu doesn't know where he is at this time."

"Among those who participated in the uprising, the most senior official was still the company commander Wu Zhaolin."

"This kind of weight obviously cannot suppress the public, nor can it inspire Wuhan citizens to support the revolution."

"So the rebels had to find another big figure to serve as the governor to form the Hubei military government. At the beginning, everyone decided to elect Tang Hualong, the chairman of the Hubei Consultative Bureau."

"Tang Hualong is the leader of the Hubei constitutionalists and has quite a reputation there."

"It would be great if Tang Hualong could agree, but Tang Hualong was worried that if the imperial court counterattacked, he would be punished by the Nine Tribes, so he declined politely."

"Seeing that Tang Hualong refused, the rebel army found Li Yuanhong, the 21st Huncheng Association Commander."

"According to the rumors, Li Yuanhong was dragged out from under the bed by the rebel army and forced into the position of governor."

"However, some people have recently verified that the statement about the governor under Li Yuanhong's bed originated from a joke in the early years of the Republic of China."

"When the uprising broke out, Li Yuanhong was indeed frightened, resisted, and even killed a revolutionary soldier with his own hands."

"Affected by panic, Li Yuanhong hid in the home of staff officer Liu Wenji."

"But when the rebel army headquarters sent someone to invite him, he still took up the post of governor without hesitation."

"Facts have proven that electing Li Yuanhong as governor was a very correct decision."

"After all, he is at the brigade commander level, and there are not many in the country."

"According to historical records, when the first notice "Li, the Commander-in-Chief of the Hubei Army of the Military Government of the Republic of China" was posted on the streets of Wuchang."

"Everywhere was crowded with onlookers, and the illiterate people asked the literate people to read to them."

“The streets and alleys of Wuchang are packed with people and excitement.”

"Affected by this, some military officers who had been hiding and fleeing came out to express their willingness to join the military government."

Jiang Yiwu: Brothers, we charge, victory is in front of us.

Just as Jiang Yiwu led many revolutionaries to launch an uprising, Ruicheng, the governor of Huguang, and Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, sent people to deliver news of the surrender.

When they learned that the enemy had surrendered before engaging in battle, Jiang Yiwu and other revolutionaries cheered and were ecstatic.

They originally thought they would experience a hard battle, but they did not expect that Ruicheng, the governor of Huguang, and Zhang Biao, the commander of the Eighth Town, surrendered directly.

After the excitement, Jiang Yiwu quickly made arrangements and led a large team to accept the surrender of Huguang Governor Ruicheng and Eighth Town Commander Zhang Biao.

However, Jiang Yiwu did not forget to spread the news about the success of the Wuchang Uprising, and asked everyone to post the news of victory on the barrage, so that the revolutionaries in various provinces could quickly know the good news.

"In the next few days, all provinces gathered to respond."

"On October 10, the New Army in Changsha revolted, the governor of Hunan fled, and Hunan became independent."

"On the same day, the Xi'an New Army revolted and declared Shaanxi's independence."

"On October 10, the revolutionary army launched an uprising in Jiujiang and established a revolutionary regime."

"Seven days later, all of Jiangxi declared independence, and Wu Jiezhang became the governor of Jiangxi."

"On October 10, Taiyuan New Army soldiers revolted and Shanxi became independent."

"On October 10, Cai E led the Yunnan New Army to launch an uprising, and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou was sent out of the country with gifts."

"On November 11, Shanghai became independent and Chen Qimei was elected as the governor."

"On November 11, the governor of Guizhou voluntarily resigned, and Guizhou became independent."

"On November 11, the Zhejiang revolutionary army stormed the governor's office and captured the Zhejiang governor alive."

"On the same day, the governor of Jiangsu announced in Suzhou that he was elected as the governor of Jiangsu anyway."

"Subsequently, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang revolutionary armies formed the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition forces to attack Nanjing."

"The governors of Liangjiang fled, and the admiral of Jiangnan was defeated and retreated to Xuzhou."

“On November 11, the governor of Guangxi followed the example of the governor of Jiangsu and declared Guangxi’s independence and was elected as the governor of Guangxi.”

"On November 11, people from all sides in Anhui requested the governor to respond to the uprising."

"The governor initially disagreed, but later changed his mind with Yuan Shikai's tacit approval, declared Anhui's independence, and became the governor of Anhui."

"On November 11, the Fujian New Army launched an uprising, but the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang refused to surrender."

"He also led the garrison of the Eight Banners and fought a fierce battle with the revolutionary army. He was defeated and committed suicide. Later, the commander of the tenth town was elected as the governor."

"On the same day, the people of Guangdong asked the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to declare an uprising. He pretended to accept it at first and was elected as the governor of the military government."

"But then he took the opportunity to escape, and Hu Hanmin took over as the governor of Guangdong."

"On November 11, the governor of Shandong declared independence under pressure and was elected as the governor of Shandong."

"But more than ten days later, under pressure from the Beiyang Army, Shandong canceled its independence."

"On November 11, the Governor of Sichuan was unable to control the situation and took the initiative to release the former Speaker of the Consultative Bureau and transfer power."

When the revolutionaries in various provinces heard the anchor announcing the independence of one province after another, they were ecstatic and wanted to fight.

From the moment the anchor described the success of the Wuchang Uprising, the revolutionaries in their provinces could no longer contain their excitement.

Later, revolutionaries in various provinces saw the news about Jiang Yiwu and others on the barrage.

In an instant, it was learned that the Wuchang Uprising had been launched in advance and had succeeded.

At this time, they could not sit still at all, and they quickly took action to launch an armed uprising.

"Sichuan's independence embarrassed Duan Fang, who had previously led his troops into Sichuan."

"In order to win over people's hearts, Duanfang awarded each soldier a silver medal."

"However, it had little effect, and Duanfang eventually died in a military mutiny."

"In addition to these areas, the revolutionary party also launched uprisings in Northeast China, Henan, Gansu, and Xinjiang."

"Among them, the uprisings in Northeast China, Henan, and Xinjiang failed, and the uprising in Gansu repeated many times."

"It was not until March 1912 that the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu was forced to hand over power and the Gansu Provisional Government was established."

"Looking back at the Wuchang Uprising, it can be described as twists and turns."

“From beginning to end, it’s full of contingency and uncertainty.”

"But it was such an unexpected uprising that finally brought down this century-old store in the Qing Dynasty."

"If the Qing government at that time did not establish a royal cabinet and did not disrupt the political balance."

"Even if the Wuchang Uprising succeeds, it will be difficult to cause a chain reaction of fifteen provinces responding to the uprising."

"But after the royal cabinet list was announced, the constitutionalists were divided. Many people became angry and turned to the revolutionaries, and the Qing government also lost its ruling foundation."

Ancient people from all dynasties were filled with emotion when they saw the news about Jiang Yiwu and others on the barrage.

While they were listening to the anchor's story about the Wuchang Uprising, Jiang Yiwu and others in another time and space had already launched the Wuchang Uprising in advance, and successfully succeeded in the uprising.

Compared with the ancients in other dynasties, the people in the late Qing Dynasty were more excited.

The news that Jiang Yiwu successfully launched the Wuchang Uprising made their people cheer.

They knew that the success of the Wuchang Uprising would greatly inspire armed uprisings in other provinces, and they believed that the uprisings in other provinces would also be successful as they had been in history.

Once the provinces become independent one after another, it will herald the countdown to the demise of the Qing government, and their people will also be freed from the heavy burden imposed by the Qing government.

(End of this chapter)