Chapter 64 Anqing Rebellion

There was loud gunfire outside the city, but inside the governor's office, Zhu Jiabao was still calm, sitting still and giving orders. Fang Jianxiong stood behind Zhu Jiabao like a javelin, with a solemn expression on his face, as if anyone who dared to invade Mr. Futai would surely die.

Under his gun, no matter how you look at him, he is a loyal minister who protects you from the sky.

The person standing guard at the door was also an instructor, and anyone who entered the lobby would be strictly investigated. This move caused dissatisfaction among some officials, but Zhu Jiabao did not deny it, and everyone had to endure it.

The sound of gunfire became more and more urgent, and Fang Jianxiong felt uneasy. Although these revolutionaries were unwise, in this era, they can be regarded as part of the essence of the nation. It is always a distressing thing to be wasted like this. You know

,90% of Chinese people in this era are illiterate!

Yu Dahong hurried in and took a quick look at Fang Jianxiong who was standing behind Zhu Jiabao.

"Sir, the rebel Xue Zhe wanted to seize the city gate, but was repelled by the patrol camp. The rebel Fan Chuanjia has been captured."

When Zhu Jiabao heard the news, his tense face relaxed slightly, and the officials at all levels in Anqing who gathered together also expressed their gratitude.

"Okay, pass on the order and defeat the rebels. Both officers and soldiers will be rewarded heavily! Those who present the head of Xiong Chengji, the leader of the rebels, will be rewarded with 500 silver dollars. Ordinary rebels will be rewarded with 10 silver dollars for each head."

After Zhu Jiabao issued an order, Yu Dahong resigned.

Looking back at Fang Jianxiong who had been standing upright behind him, Zhu Jiabao thought that although Fang Fuguo did not go into battle to fight, he had reported in time and escorted me back to the city, which was really his first achievement.

At this time, another messenger came to report that two imperial navy warships were approaching on the river outside the city. Before Zhu Jiabao could be happy after hearing the news, he heard several distant muffled sounds in succession, followed by a roar.

"What's going on?" Zhu Jiabao asked in a voice. Fang Jianxiong thought for a moment and then said: "It should be the anti-bandit artillery battalion shelling the city gate. The strange thing is, why did some of the cannonballs not explode?"

Zhu Jiabao showed a trace of panic and said: "The rebels have cannons! The city gate may be damaged." All the officials showed panic. Jichang stood up and said in a panic: "I will go out and take a look first."

Zhu Jiabao showed a trace of disdain, thinking that he was preparing to run away. Fang Jianxiong said calmly from behind: "The new army is equipped with 57 cannons, which poses little threat to the solid city wall. Furthermore, there seems to be something wrong with the cannonballs.

With several times more troops, the city's defense will be intact if nothing happens."

Just as he was talking, Yu Dahong rushed in again and said: "Sir, the rebels are in a hurry to attack the city. The patrol camp is asking for help!"

Zhu Jiabao panicked after hearing this, but quickly calmed down and said, "Take people to the city gate to supervise the battle. I will order the warships on the river to fire reinforcements!"

Outside the city, flames shot into the sky, and the surveying and mapping camp school was burned to the ground. On Xiong Chengji's young face, a pair of eyes burst out with fanaticism. It seemed that the city of Anqing in front of him was breached, and the Qing Dynasty collapsed.

The bombardment effect of the artillery camp was very poor, and many shells did not explode at all. Xiong Chengji was anxious and expected a response from the city. An hour after the agreed time, there was no movement in the city. Xiong Chengji was basically desperate for internal response! A strong attack became the only way.

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One night passed, and gunshots rang out outside the city. Zhu Jiabao stayed up all night, and Fang Jianxiong stood behind him all night. In fact, Fang Jianxiong wanted to order the teaching team to take action several times to capture Zhu Jiabao and welcome the new army outside the city to enter the city.

But they all gave up at the last moment. The reason is very simple. The current Fang Jianxiong is as weak as an ant, let alone Yuan Shikai, even compared to the Eighth and Ninth Towns who are participating in the autumn exercise.

Time passed very slowly in the anxiety. The messenger came again to report. The navy said that the life of the gun barrel was limited and there was no order from above, so it refused to fire. It was already dawn. Zhu Jiabao, who had not slept all night, had a smile on his face.

Blisters appeared.

Bang! He slammed the table hard, and Zhu Jiabao said angrily: "If the navy doesn't fire its cannons, I will never give up!"

The siege continued outside the city, and it was already afternoon. Finally, the navy fired artillery, and the New Army artillery battalion position was severely damaged.

When Fang Jianxiong heard the sound of naval gunfire, he sighed in his heart. He leaned over and whispered in Zhu Jiabao's ear: "I'm afraid there will be chaos in the city. The rebels are all desperadoes. I'll go out and re-arrange the defenses to avoid any danger."

The fish that slipped through the net did what Nie Zheng did."

"Okay, you go, you go!" Zhu Jiabao nodded repeatedly. He had survived the night of siege. It would be unjust if something happened at the last moment. Fang Jianxiong said again: "There are teaching team members guarding outside the hall to ensure the safety of adults.

Don't worry, you can come and go as soon as you go to your humble job."

After leaving the hall, the sound of gunfire outside the city gradually faded away. Fang Jianxiong sighed helplessly. He tried hard to maintain inner peace and asked Qi Erzhu to call Leng Yu.

The heavily armed Leng Yu arrived quickly. This young man was the one with the best military skills in the teaching team. He could fire a bow left and right with perfect accuracy. He was selected into the special agent class and appointed as the squad leader.

"Sir, what are your orders?" Leng Yu's face was solemn, and he seemed to be in a low mood. Fang Jianxiong looked around, seeing all his people, and sighed: "I know you feel bad, but I can't help it. Taihu

How many steps is it to Anqing? The tens of thousands of troops in the eighth and ninth towns cannot hold Anqing City even if they take it. Instead, they will waste the power of the revolution through meaningless recklessness. Xiong Chengji outside the city is our lesson.

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Leng Yu hesitated for a moment, then stood at attention and said: "I understand, please give the order."

Fang Jianxiong stretched out his hand and pressed Leng Yu's shoulder, and said sternly: "You take the special agent team out of the city on the pretext of investigating the enemy's situation. After leaving the city, follow the retreating Xiong Chengji. If they are in critical condition, help them. In short, we must do our best.

Preserve these revolutionary forces and bring them to Wuhu to settle down. You must remember that you must not force it and you must wait for the right opportunity."

"I understand, let's act according to the situation!" Leng Yu said it was no problem, and Fang Jianxiong waved his hand, signaling him to leave the city.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, there was no hope of breaking the city, the artillery was destroyed, the heavy artillery of the navy on the river threatened, and the garrison at the top of the city was tightly guarded. Xiong Chengji finally gave up the plan to capture Anqing, abandoned about 70 corpses, and turned to Hefei. Xiong Buqian

The remaining people passed through Tongcheng and Shucheng and entered Hefei. They encountered hundreds of cavalry from Jiang Guiti's tribe and repelled Jiang's tribe. Immediately they faced General Tian Zhongyu's large army, but they were expected to be invincible. Because one of his subordinates wanted to kill Xiong, he received the reward.

, Xiong was disheartened, dismissed everyone, and the campaign failed.

After the city of Anqing calmed down, there were waves in Taihu County. Duanfang learned of the rebellion of the New Army in Anhui, and many officers in the Ninth Town came from the Anhui Lecture Hall, and the relationship between the two armies has always been good. The Ninth Town landed a few days ago.

During Anqing, the two parties even drank and talked happily.

Worried about the collusion between the Ninth Town and the Anhui rebellious party, Duanfang ordered the Eighth Town to surround the Ninth Town camp, and ordered the 33rd Biao to move to the riverside to camp, and dispatched four naval warships to target the unit with naval guns.

Campsite.

The Ninth Town was almost destroyed due to the Anqing uprising. Fortunately, Xu Shao framed Duan Fang to persuade Duan Fang that the establishment of the Ninth Town was not easy, and the whole army did not know about the Anqing rebellious party uprising. If there was contact in advance, they would definitely respond to the uprising, then This is no longer the case. Therefore, the Ninth Town is innocent.

Duanfang accepted this explanation and ordered the Ninth Town to ship back to Jiangning. In order to appease the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Town, each of them was given a Qiu Cao commemorative cup customized by Jingdezhen Guanyao. The cup was very beautiful and in the shape of an oval leaf. , with a pink peony pattern, which means "a piece of red heart", and the words "Commemoration of the Autumn Exercise near Taihu Lake in the 32nd Year of Guangxu". Duanfang also gave some folding fans with handwriting inscriptions to the officers he knew.

Without further ado, there was another scene in Anqing City. The patrol battalion was searching for the hidden rebels in the city. The people in the city closed their doors and stayed at home, and the market was extremely depressed.

In the meeting hall, the officials who were frightened before doing so returned to their high-spirited attitude. The hall was discussing how to settle accounts after the fall. In another courtyard, Fang Jianxiong was meeting with Li Qianyu. Although Li Qianyu and other brothers from the teaching team did not respond to the incident, they were still called upon afterward. Yu Dahong ordered the patrol camp to be surrounded. Li Qianyu sneaked out of the barracks to meet Fang Jianxiong.

"You are very calm this time. I am very satisfied! But you cannot relax yet. It is foreseeable that Zhu Jiabao and Yu Dahong will hunt down the revolutionaries crazily. I will vouch for the brothers in the teaching team in front of Zhu Jiabao later. You can contact me after you return. Brothers, we must try our best to help cover those revolutionary parties. Although the Anqing Revolutionary Party made adventurist mistakes in their actions, they are China's revolutionary force after all. We, who also aim to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, must not sit idly by and watch. But still, In a word, don't force yourself, save every one you can, and don't throw yourself into it. Their revolution failed, but our revolution is still going on. I firmly believe that revolutionaries are like the spring breeze blowing through the weeds on the earth. When a comrade falls, More comrades stand up! Revolutionaries wipe away the blood on their bodies, bury the bodies of their comrades, and go into new battles! Our revolution must succeed, and our revolution will definitely succeed." A heartbreaking and emotional speech Li Qianyu, a resolute revolutionary in history, was successfully brainwashed by Fang Zhainan. He said with a solemn face: "Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely warn brothers to preserve themselves, continue to grow in strength, wait for the opportunity, and wait for the opportunity." Act to rescue revolutionary comrades."

Fang Jianxiong sent Li Qianyu away. The dry-mouthed Fang Jianxiong secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead. It seemed that doing ideological work for others was really not an easy job. In the future, he must find some sharp-tongued subordinates to do ideological work full-time. After work, he turned around and went to see Zhu Jiabao. When he saw Fang Jianxiong coming in, Zhu Jiabao said with a smile: "Fuguo went on patrol again, it's really hard work."

Fang Jianxiong stepped forward and stood at attention and said: "No hard work! This is a matter within the humble position. My lord, there is another matter in the humble position. Please be aware of it."

Zhu Jiabao was surprised when he heard this: "What's the matter with supporting the country?"

Fang Jianxiong said: "This time the chaos broke out, the forty low-level officers from my training team reported it in advance and stabilized the subordinates from joining the chaos. I am asking for credit for them because of my humble position!"

Fang Jianxiong is one of the people Zhu Jiabao trusts most at the moment. Hearing what he said, he couldn't help but frown. He glanced at Yu Dahong opposite and said: "The loyalty of the New Army and its subordinates who came from the teaching team is no problem. As for the

For your merit, each person will be rewarded with fifty silver dollars and promoted to one rank!"

After hearing this, Yu Dahong felt secretly unhappy. He was the leader of the association! However, thinking that Fang Jianxiong was currently popular and did not compete with him for the position of association, Yu Dahong endured it.

"Yes, sir, please rest assured. I will definitely comply with the request." Yu Dahong stood up to speak, and Fang Jianxiong said again: "Sir, I am worried that the rebellious party and defeated army will go to Wuhu, so please set off immediately and rush back to Wuhu to prevent any unexpected events."

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Chapter completed!