Chapter 65: Huang Ming Tang

  Starting naked running tomorrow, everyone give me a collection!

  The night had deepened, and as the Qing soldiers who had fled into the city were captured one by one, the sound of gunfire became increasingly sparse. At first, it was still possible to hear an occasional burst, but soon even a few shots could not be heard in a moment's time. However, although the battle had subsided, the number of new military patrols on the streets increased, and after the revolutionary government announced the closure of the city gates and imposition of martial law, the citizens of Wuchang, who had not yet fully awakened from the great upheaval brought about by the uprising, hastily closed their doors and windows, extinguished their lights, and waited with bated breath for the final outcome.

  At this moment, the only place in the city that is out of tune with the cold and uneasy atmosphere is the Wuchang Advisory Bureau building. Although the bloodstains on the ground have not yet dried, and the bullet marks can still be seen on the surrounding walls under the light of the fire, they cannot stop the lively atmosphere inside. The lights are shining brightly, military songs are being played, and the sound of people's voices is noisy, it is extremely lively.

  Within half an hour, some revolutionary military officers came to the city one after another. Until around 10 o'clock, the commanders of various departments in the city finally broke free from their posts and gathered here!

  There weren't many officers who came earlier, apart from the five battalion commanders including Li Han, there were also over a dozen young officers whose faces still looked quite immature but with excitement and agitation mixed on their faces. There were also four or five middle-aged men whose clothing had a very strong Jianghu flavor, one of whom glared at Li Han after he entered the house and sat down.

  After sensing that the atmosphere in the house was not quite right, a hint of sarcastic smile flashed across his mouth, and Li Han sat upright in his seat, his head slightly lowered with his eyes closed, meditating, but it was unknown whether he was really resting or thinking about something.

  The house used for the meeting was originally the main council chamber of the Advisory Council, and is now temporarily used as a conference room. On the four walls above, the iron-blooded eighteen-star flags were hastily made by Xiong Bingkun's special envoy, which made the atmosphere in the house much more solemn.

  He sighed in his heart, and from now on China would have to endure decades of war. One of the main reasons was that among the domestic revolutionaries, there were few people who were really willing to sacrifice everything for the revolution. On the contrary, most people treated the revolution as a career or business, and once they succeeded, they became dragons and phoenixes, leaping to the top of society, gaining fame and fortune.

  If not, it will be obsessed with party struggles and ideological struggles, and the most unbearable thing is that others are better than themselves, missing too many opportunities for a new China to rise.

  Take a look at the situation in this house. The revolution has only succeeded in its first step, and some people's minds have also changed with it.

  The corners of his mouth curled up in a cold smile, and the people inside this house, if he wasn't mistaken, were divided into five factions. The first faction was the largest and youngest group of rebel military officers, most of whom came from the Progressive Association, with a few from the Literary Society. Although they were currently under Wu Chaolun's command, it was likely that only Sun Wu, one of the three Hubei heroes known as "Mr. Sun", could truly control them. However, what surprised him was that the leader wasn't Xiong Bingkun, who had already been promoted to commander of the fifth battalion, but rather three young military officers he didn't know well. Feeling a hostile gaze from that direction, Li Han raised his head and saw Wang Wenren, who had previously tried to cause trouble in the first battalion but was instead disciplined by him and sent to Wu Chaolun. He hadn't realized the Progressive Association's influence on the revolutionary army was so great; any one of the charges he had brought against them would have been enough to imprison them for a year or two, or even expel them from the revolutionary army. Yet now, Wang Wenren had managed to make a name for himself and appeared before him.

  Look, Li Hancong looked in that direction and saw him, what made him even angrier was that the guy seemed to have forgotten about the previous incident, and actually smiled and nodded at him. This behavior, seen by the young and vigorous Wang Wenren, felt like he had been humiliated before, and his eyes almost provoked a challenge, suddenly wanting to get angry.

  However, it was the white-faced man with a wounded right arm next to him who pulled him back and shook his head at him, stopping him from causing trouble. In the end, he even glanced apologetically at Li Han and turned away, seemingly trying to persuade Wang Wenren.

  Seeing that white face acting like this, Li Han was also stunned, but he didn't investigate further and his eyes turned to other places.

  The second camp consisted of several middle-aged men with a strong Jianghu aura, led by a man who looked like a scholar, more like a private school teacher than a Jianghu big shot. However, being able to come in here and sit together with the insurgent army that controls hundreds or thousands of new troops is not an ordinary person. I think he's either a Red Gang boss or a head dragon, chief of the Hongmen, Sanhehui and other factions. The scar-faced man sitting on the left side of the leader occasionally cast his gloomy gaze with murderous intent at him.

  "Hmm..."

  After Li Han noticed him in that direction, the scar-faced man grunted and turned his head away, no longer looking at him.

  "Brother Li, be careful. This man is called Du Fanglan, also known as Du the Tiger in Jianghu. He's a well-known figure in our Wuchang territory and has connections with the Zhi Gong Tang organization overseas. Usually, even the Tongmenghui would give him some face. Although he has shown some favor to my revolution, his personality is somewhat arrogant... Brother Li should be careful, those troublemakers at Nan Cheng Silver Building were probably his underlings..."

  At some point, Wu Xinghan, who had some dealings with him before, came to his side and reminded him with a smile. Although he had some dealings with certain people in the Gongjin Society, he did not walk together with them, but instead became very close to Cai Jimin, the English military officer who had dealt with Li Han before, and gathered three or five people around him, forming their own faction.

  Li Han nodded, "Does Thick Study brother know that the middle-aged literati who is full of energy is who? I see him seems to have a certain status in Jianghu, he must not be an ordinary person?"

  For this kind of unsophisticated Jianghu figure, unless it's a future Shanghai tycoon, Du Fanglan can only make him remember his name because of the relationship with Mr. Situ of Zhigong Hall. Therefore, compared to Du Fanglan, he is more interested in that middle-aged Jianghu big shot who looks like a bookworm.

  "This..."

  This Wu Xing Han hesitated for a moment, obviously with some concerns in his heart. "This person is named 'Huang Ming Tang', and his identity is not ordinary. However, it's unexpected that he would appear in my Wuchang. He has a very deep relationship with Premier Sun and Mr. Huang, so Brother Li had better not offend him..."