A trace of afterglow gradually disappeared, and Huangnigang Town finally became quiet. There was almost no one on the street except for the patrolling soldiers. Not only did the soldiers return to the camp, but even the people in the town closed the doors tightly, so there was no need to go out.

When the last ray of light disappeared, the barracks outside the town were completely enveloped in the darkness. The entire valley was so lifeless that it was so depressing that it made people breathe. Occasionally, a few barkings came from the dogs, and they were quickly suppressed by the suppressed atmosphere.

After the whole daytime suppression, the soldiers of the Hubei New Army mixed into the 11th Town and the Jiangsu New Army's Ninth Town have temporarily restored order and discipline. Most of them have returned to their respective barracks, and only a few are still wandering outside the camp. The vigilant eyes swept over from time to time, occasionally staying on the heads of those people hanging on the trees for a moment, and then quickly moved away with a hint of hatred.

In order to suppress the soldiers, Deputy Minister of the Xueyue Qiucao Yinchang did not hesitate to kill. He led the guard to capture hundreds of soldiers in one breath, kill half of them, and hung their heads on the treetops to warn that under this terrifying high pressure, although the soldiers had restored their discipline, their inner hatred became stronger.

Not every soldier will be frightened by this kind of madness that is strong outside the outside world. Just when Duan Fang and Yinchang respect each other's fine wines, a tense military meeting was being held here on the roadside outside Huangnigang Town.

The meeting was held. More than 50 soldiers from the 41st 21st Mixed Association temporary assembly of Hubei New Army. They were all members of the "Quanzhi Academy". The leader was Yang Wangpeng, a native of Hunan. He was a scholar. A few years ago, the Qing court canceled the imperial examination. He had no way to reach the ranks and the food source was cut off. He had to join the new army in Hunan. Because the propaganda revolution was started, he could not survive in Hunan, so he ran to Hubei and joined the new army in Hubei with a pseudonym and continued the revolutionary propaganda.

There are many people like him. Such scholars with new ideas and complaints are running around the world, and many of them are joining the new army. This situation aroused the vigilance of the Qing court and had to order "indigenous people to defend their territory". The recruitment of new troops in each province is not allowed to recruit people from other provinces. However, in such an era of concealing the superiors and not hiding the subordinates, the Qing court's regulations finally became documented. There were many scholars from other provinces in the new army in each province, even the new army in Hubei.

Many of the members of the Qunzhi Academy were not from Hubei. They relied on building relationships and invested in the Hubei New Army through the back door, making the Hubei New Army gradually the source of the revolution in the late Qing Dynasty.

The night before yesterday, the news of the successful Anqing Uprising spread in the army. At the beginning, everyone was still skeptical, but soon they believed the news, because judging from the performance of the panicked senior officers, something major happened in Anqing must have happened, otherwise Duan Fang, Yinchang and others would not have been in a hurry to jump up and down. Judging from their series of small movements, the scale of the Anqing Uprising must be quite large, otherwise, these Qing ministers would not be so nervous and panicked.

The atmosphere of the meeting was very serious. The "three-bay" cigarette jar on the table was empty. The whole room was filled with smoke. People were smoking one by one, but they couldn't taste any smell.

No one speaks now, and the dispute just now made everyone angry. Due to serious differences on whether to continue to respond to the key issues of the uprising in accordance with the original plan, the meeting faced a fruitless situation.

The "Qunzhi Academy" is a secret anti-Qing organization in the Hubei New Army. As early as the Russo-Japanese War a few years ago, the Hubei New Army had established a "science tutoring center" to carry out secret anti-Qing activities. It was later replaced by the "Japanese informing society". Liu Jing'an was responsible for presiding over the affairs of the meeting. Although he was not directly led by the Tongmenghui, he agreed with the Tongmenghui's proposal. However, due to the poor planning of the Tongmenghui in the Pingli Uprising in Hunan two years ago, the Hubei Daily informing society was affected, which led to the fact that the Tongmenghui's plan was not well-established.

The will be forced to disband, and Liu Jing'an was also imprisoned. The revolutionary forces in Hubei's new army were depressed for a while. It was not until not long ago that the "Qunzhi Academy" was established. It continued to engage in the anti-Qing revolution and learned from the lessons of the Japanese informed. The Quunzhi Academy decided not to easily accept officers to join, but to focus on mobilizing soldiers. Therefore, at present, except for a team officer (company commander) who is their sympathizer, most of the members of the academy are soldiers.

Originally, according to the plan formulated yesterday, Qunzhi Academy will take advantage of the great opportunity of the success of the Anqing Uprising to incite the Hubei New Army to change its banner and announce the uprising on the spot. Then, in turn, the revolutionary comrades from Jiangsu New Army responded to Anqing together and fight against Anqing, and cooperate with the uprising army in Anqing. For this purpose, Qunzhi Academy will risk the exposure of the entire group and start to incite the incitement of Qiu Cao's new army troops, using the identity of fellow townsmen, classmates and even the association party to contact soldiers and low-level officers in various units to instigate them to revolt.

However, with the bloody suppression of Yinchang and others, the new army soldiers who were already ready to move were shocked and the good situation was about to be lost. The so-called "opportunity must not be missed, and the time will not come again." If we cannot seize this opportunity to launch an uprising, who can guarantee that the next opportunity will be better?

To this end, Yang Wangpeng urgently held this plenary meeting. Although the number of people attending the meeting was less than half of the total, there were two different opinions that were tit-for-tat. One faction led by Yang Wangpeng insisted on continuing the original uprising plan, seeking life in death, and launching an uprising at night. The other faction believed that the current morale and morale of the army had been lost, so it was not appropriate to move lightly, but should continue to lurk in the army. As for those exposed comrades, they should retreat overnight and go to Anqing to participate in the uprising. Because the two factions had their own opinions, the meeting formed a stalemate.

Yang Wangpeng threw the cigarette butt in his hand, stepped on it with his feet, and adjusted the lantern on the table even darker, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone, you can't hesitate anymore. Now the morale of the new army in Hubei is unstable, and there are cadres from the Tongmenghui instigation. Jiangsu Di Ninth Town is even more influential. Many officers in the town have graduated from the Anqing Martial Preparation School. Most of the officers of the Anqing New Army are old friends. The ones who launched the uprising in Anqing are Anqing New Army. Duanfang and Yinchang are afraid that the Ninth Town will respond to the New Army in Anqing and regard it as an enemy. The Ninth Town was confiscated and even the bayonets were taken away. Now the Ninth Town is holding its breath. Yesterday, people were sent to vent our military spirit. As long as we launch, the New Jiangsu Army will definitely take action."

"We have too few people, which is probably useless. The only thing is that we were too brave at the time. After a day of knowledge, we didn't dare to move for a whole year. If the school had been established one year earlier, it would not be like this. At least, the Eighth Town could be controlled by us as part of the troops." Zhang Yukun sat in the corner and sighed.

"Those are useless now! The problem is that Yinchang is a thief who is murderous and has a strong support for him. The bannermen are in unison and hate revolution. We don't have bullets in our hands, but we are unable to do it. I still stick to my opinion and respond to changes in the same way. We should continue to lurk and continue to lurk. If you have been exposed, you should go to Anqing quickly. No matter where you go, you are doing revolution. Why do you have to take such a risk?" said Zhong Ji, who was sitting in another corner.

"I think the situation in Anqing is very critical. The city is on the Yangtze River. Qing army's gunboats can come and go freely. If bombarded by giant cannons on ships, Anqing must not be defended. Therefore, I think we should either launch an uprising immediately to support Anqing, or we should immediately disperse our meeting and return to our base camp to preserve the revolutionary forces and wait for the opportunity. In short, we should not be so hesitant. If we delay one minute more, the comrades of the Qunzhi Academy will be more dangerous. I just counted that among the more than 200 heads, there were at least a dozen of them in the Qunzhi Academy, all of whom were in contact with each battalion. Yesterday we were discussing the great cause of the anti-Qing revolution, but now it is separated by yin and yang." Deng Gang, another cadre of the Academy, said, and then raised his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes.

Yang Wangpeng pondered for a moment, touched the table, but found that the cigarette was gone, so he coughed, stood up, and was about to speak, but suddenly heard the closed store door ringing a few times.

Everyone was shocked and took out the bayonets they carried with them and held them in their hands. Once the Qing soldiers came to pick them up, they would fight to the death and be destroyed.

The knocks on the door are very regular, four long and five short.

"It's my own person!" Yang Wangpeng walked behind the door and asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Pan Kangshi (the word "just"" the man outside the door replied.

"Panto Pan?" Yang Wangpeng and others were stunned. Pan Kangshi was the only senior officer of the Qunzhi Academy. He is currently the left team officer of the 41st Battalion. Yang Wangpeng is his clerk. It was precisely through his cover that the Qunzhi Academy was able to develop in a short period of time.

Yang Wangpeng hesitated for a moment and opened the door. However, he saw Pan Kangshi and several people standing outside the door, all of whom were in a state of condolences and did not hold weapons.

"Zhang Licheng? Where did you go? I thought you had sacrificed too..." Yang Wangpeng saw the person behind Pan Kang clearly, but when he turned his eyes, he found that the other three were all strange faces, and he became alert. "What are the three of them?"

"Let's talk about it when you go in." Pan Kangshi stepped into the door, and the others followed.

Yang Wangpeng closed the door and sent a few more people out to watch. Then he turned back to the table and looked at the three strangers carefully.

"My name is Tian Jinfu, an officer of the Anqing Uprising Army. The two of them are my subordinates. We came from Anqing and invite you to participate in the uprising together!" One of the young men with a national face introduced themselves generously.
Chapter completed!