Chapter 659: Fifty tragic case

On May 10, an incident happened without warning.

Lu Rongting issued a thousands-word telegram in Nanning, denounced Wu Shaoting as a dictator in the telegram, "reluctant to be honest", "violating the three rules of the military joint meeting and abusive." He asked the government to revoke all Wu Shaoting's titles, and join forces with Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to initiate the Southern Governor's Federation, to carry out all the powers of the Military Federation, and to publicly trial Wu Shaoting's crimes within a time limit.

In the afternoon of the same day, Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi sent telegrams to respond in the province. They were more decisive than Lu Rongting. They even listed Wu Shaoting's ten crimes in the telegram, including "embezzling public funds and using public for personal gain", "detectives everywhere and surveillance of dissident voices", "assassination, kidnapping and threatening colleagues who disobeyed" and so on.

The three provinces had different power-up words, but they unanimously asked Wu Shaoting to resign and accept trial by the Southern Governors Federation.

Without waiting for Wuzhou to respond, Lu Rongting issued a second telegram in the evening, claiming to defend the government and the Southern Convention. In order to maintain the righteousness of republic and democracy, the Guangxi military government "sent troops eastward" today and arrested Wu Shaoting on behalf of the General Military Federation. At the same time, it also offered a public reward to help the rebel army arrest Wu Shaoting for the arrest of 100,000 oceans.

In less than an hour, Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi responded again, waving flags and shouting to cheer for Lu Rongting, and also announced the organization of the "Rebel Army that sided the Qing Dynasty to fight against rebellion" and headed to Wuzhou soon to participate in the battle to defend the government.

In fact, as early as May 8, Guilin's First Army had already launched a sneak attack on Hezhou. On the same night, Yulin's Third Army officially advanced towards Wuzhou.

After Lu Rongting issued two letters to counter-attack, the Logistics Command of the 7th Division of Hezhou fought fiercely with the Gui army for two hours, and was eventually outnumbered and occupied; Lin Junting's vanguard had arrived in Tengxian outside Wuzhou and officially launched an attack on Wuzhou at 11 o'clock in the evening.

Everything happened too quickly, and Wuzhou suddenly fell into chaos without any precautions.

Most of the Senate members in the Senate were frightened and panicked, and they either fled out of the city overnight or stayed in the door. Even the members and civil servants who insisted on staying in the Union Hall were all in vain, and even asked Wu Shaoting to stand up and explain to the three southwest provinces.

The Guangdong Garrison Defense Corps and the government-led military police stationed in Wuzhou seemed to have suddenly disappeared, and occasionally some soldiers could be seen retreating in a hurry.

In the evening, Liang Qichao met Wu Shaoting at the Jiangbian Mansion, and both sides responded to Guangxi's e-commerce and discussed countermeasures. Wu Shaoting asked Liang Qichao to respond as the Speaker of the Senate to ease the situation as much as possible. However, when Liang Qichao had just sent a telegram and sent someone to the Jiangbian Mansion to find Wu Shaoting, he could never find him again.

Liang Qichao sent someone to the Military Federation office to look for it, but he also found nothing. He immediately guessed that Wu Shaoting might have evacuated Wuzhou. He was very disappointed with Wu Shaoting's actions, but now it was useless. He really didn't expect that Lu Rongting would launch a mutiny that had been planned for a long time, and everything was over.

He thought he could not compromise with Lu Rongting. This was a big conspiracy. Lu Rongting wanted to deal with Wu Shaoting was purely selfish. How could he hand over the stern government to such a sinister person to rule?

But how can we stop Lu Rongting's attack?

Liang Qichao sat in the messy public office of the Union Hall, his face feeling sad and bitter.

At this moment, Song Jiaoren led four and five live-fire guards of the military police team running along the corridor, shouting Liang Qichao's name while running, obviously looking for someone.

Liang Qichao saw Song Jiaoren through the window and immediately stood up to greet him.

"Father Fisherman, why are you here?" he asked anxiously.

"Mr. Zhuo Ru, you have made it easy for us to find. Zhenzhi sent people to look for you everywhere. Deng Shiyuan went to your apartment but couldn't find it. I came out from Mr. Fourth half an hour ago. He told me that you might be in the United Mansion, so I'm here to find it." Song Jiaoren said anxiously.

Suddenly, a dull sound came from the far southwest direction, sounding like thunder. Through the central garden of the Union Hall, you can see several red glows in the darkness.

"Zhenzhi is looking for me? I am still looking for Zhenzhi." Liang Qichao said in surprise.

"Two hours ago, the earthquake mobilized the city defense regiment to the southwest for defense. He may still be there. Before he left, he sent someone to inform me that the rebels were very powerful and that Hezhou had been attacked by Guilin troops. Wuzhou would not last long, so I asked me to organize the military police in the city to cover the evacuation of the government. Mr. Four, Binggong, Yungong and the others have already boarded the ship. You should follow me quickly." Song Jiaoren explained hurriedly, and after saying that, he pulled Liang Qichao and walked out.

Liang Qichao was shocked. It turned out that Wu Shaoting did not escape, but led his troops to meet the enemy. He couldn't help feeling guilty. He shouldn't have doubted Wu Shaoting from the beginning.

"But...we just left like this? Leave everything here and leave like this?" His steps gradually became heavier, and his face seemed very hesitant.

"Brother Zhuo Ru, when is it now? Haven't you heard it? The sound of cannons is approaching, and we can't do anything even if we stay here. Zhenzhi said that Lu Rongting had planned this open rebellion. Now we will retreat to Guangzhou first and then fight back after mobilizing troops. He also said that the Senate must stand on the side of justice, otherwise Guangdong and Fujian will be in no name." Song Jiaoren said earnestly.

"Oh, I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Our government has not been officially established yet, but it has frequent accidents and even wars. What a sigh of grimness?" Liang Qichao shook his head in distress, unable to say himself.

Song Jiaoren was silent for a while, and his face also showed helplessness.

"Actually, the more I feel that what I said before was right. We cannot always look at the pessimistic direction. This is a hardship and a hardship. Only by experiencing the baptism of strong winds and waves can the government become stronger." After a while, Song Jiaoren sighed.

"You are right. We must not have hopeless thoughts. There will always be futures, and there will always be hopes." Liang Qichao breathed a sigh of relief again and said with a firm mood.

"No need to delay, let's go quickly." Song Jiaoren immediately urged when he heard the sound of gunfires in the southwest direction became more and more obvious.

Liang Qichao nodded and followed Song Jiaoren and the soldiers of the military police to trot out of the Union Hall. There were two long-awaited cars at the gate, and they took them directly into it.

After the evening, Wu Shaoting did go to Cangwu County outside Wuzhou City to organize defense regiments. However, the battle in Cangwu County had not yet begun, and he immediately handed over the military affairs to the commander of the city defense regiment. He returned to the dock in the city and boarded a prepared speedboat and left the city directly to Yunfu.

Before leaving, he explained to the commander of the city defense regiment that the defense line in Cangwu County does not have to be held for too long. As long as all the people who should retreat in the city evacuated safely, the city defense regiment can retreat to Guangdong. The third army in Guangxi has a total of two brigades, three regiments have more than 13,000 personnel, and they are well prepared. They cannot defend the troops of more than 2,000 people alone. He does not want to waste the new force in Wuzhou, and he will fight back sooner or later.

He Fuguang once proposed a defensive strategy, transferring all the city defense regiments back to the city, and using the Lijiang River to set up defenses to block the attack of the Guangxi Third Army. With the quality and combat effectiveness of the Guangxi Third Army, the city defense regiment can hold on for at least two to three days, and even if they want to retreat, they can be calm.
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