Chapter 51: The Fierce Battle at the Governor's Office (Part 2)

  "Lord Cai... Lord Cai!"

  From a distance, Zhang Shilun was heard shouting at him. Yan Zhongzheng, who was beside him, pushed him and said, "Cai Gong, Zhang Zhi is calling you over there!"

  "Alas!"

  He nodded, but the sorrow in Cai Gong's eyes had not dissipated. However, he also knew that at this time, there was no room for even a hint of hesitation. "Tell the brothers to get ready. Since their artillery has arrived, compared to Nanhu on the other side... go inform everyone to prepare, let's fight and retreat..."

  He hadn't finished speaking before he began to sigh, it's clear that the failure of this uprising has left a bad taste in his heart. After going through this, it goes without saying that the Qing government will be even more vigilant, and the defeated revolutionary army is afraid that they will have to shed blood again, those ruthless executioners of the Qing government never showed any mercy when killing Han people, and definitely won't give them another chance!

  "Withdraw, where can we withdraw to?"

  A guard soldier next to him muttered a sentence, saw another person pulling him, and opened his mouth to say something, but seeing Yan Zhongzheng shaking his head, he blinked his mouth and didn't say anything else.

  "Ts'ai Kung... Ts'ai Kung, great joy!"

  Nor did he know what had delighted him, Cai Jimin merely handed over to the people beside him and hastily ran over from a certain alley mouth that was previously heavily guarded!

  "Kill... bombard the Governor's Mansion, capture Rui Cun alive..."

  "Surrender your guns and you won't be killed... Han people will not give their lives for the Qing dogs..."

  Long live~~~~

  A thunderous applause erupted around them, and a group of people were stunned, what was going on?

  "Zhang Zhi, what's going on?" A hand grasped him who had already run to his front, but Yan Zhongzhi anxiously asked while panting heavily!

  "Great, great brother, Cai Gong, wonderful news! We've successfully defended Chu Wang Tai! The defending troops from the other side of Chu Wang Tai have arrived! They've brought 8 large cannons to bombard the government office. Just now, they sent someone over to report that they are the newly formed 'Iron First Battalion', led by Li Han...Li Yi Zhe, whom we mentioned before. It's said that they're just the first battalion to be fully organized, and there are more revolutionary troops on the other side of Chu Wang Tai receiving supplies and reorganizing. On their way here, they even encountered some new rebel troops in the city who have been ordered to attack and occupy the patrol camp at Xiao Dong. You didn't see it just now, but those 8 cannons fired a salvo at one place and blew away a group of Qing soldiers, also blasting open half of the wall next to the government office! Quick, quick, Cai Gong, hurry up and order our brothers to intensify the attack on the government office!"

  Boom!

  Cai Jimin's mind was suddenly as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, and his body stumbled and almost fainted with excitement!

  "Slow down, Lord Cai!" It was a soldier next to him who was quick enough to notice that his body was unstable and hurriedly stepped forward to support him!

  "Look, look, this is the power of revolution!"

  Taking a deep breath, Cai Jimin waved his hand to indicate that the soldiers didn't need to support him. With his back against the wall, his eyes were filled with tears of excitement!

  "First, it was Li Han and Li Yi who returned from afar to their home country. Then there were the Red Gang, Hongmen, and Baogezi brothers in the city who shed their blood for the revolution. And then there were our comrades-in-arms of the new army who heroically sacrificed themselves for the revolution! What was it all for? Wasn't it for the revolution, so that our ordinary people, our compatriots could live a prosperous and strong life under Mr. Sun's leadership?"

  Cai Jimin was so excited that his eyes were filled with hot tears, and the people around him were all nodding in agreement with him, obviously everyone was in a state of excitement!

  "Hurry, almost forgot, quickly inform the brothers to stop being stingy with bullets and intensify the attack, help tie down some of the Qing troops so they can't come to reinforce... Hurry, that Li Yi is full of heroic spirit, we can't fall behind either... Capture the Governor's Mansion, take alive the dog Governor Rui Cun..."

  "Yes!"

  It was truly hell one second and heaven the next, this minute change, even Yan Zhixiang's face, who had already given up in his heart, showed a joyful expression.

  "Hurry up, brothers! Put in more effort and capture Governor Rui Cheng alive!"

  After receiving the order, Zhang Shilun ran all the way while shouting slogans!

  "Drink! Attack and break into the Governor's Mansion, capture Governor Rui Cheng alive!"

  Along with the rumbling cannon fire, the people in the surrounding alleys were greatly stirred up. Some of them even bravely picked up the bombs and threw them at the places where the Qing soldiers were concentrated, attacking fiercely. Anyway, it was said that the reinforcement troops were bombarding the Governor's Mansion, as long as they cooperated with the reinforcement troops to capture the Governor's Mansion and take alive the Huguang Governor Rui Cun, then after persuading the Qing soldiers in the city who were resisting to surrender, this uprising would be a success!

  At that moment, the morale of the revolutionary party members was greatly boosted. Some brave warriors directly imitated the dare-to-die squad, tying 4 or 5 small explosives together to make a simple explosive package. With revolutionary slogans in their mouths, they pulled down the fuse line and rushed forward, even if they were shot, they would throw the explosive package into the densely packed Qing army. In the eyes of the already timid Qing soldiers due to the cannon fire, there was a loud explosion, followed by flying debris and iron scraps quickly reaping lives!

  Boom!

  Before long, under the efforts of a group of revolutionary martyrs who bravely dedicated themselves to the revolution, even without heavy firepower, the new armies of the 29th and 30th divisions still relied on their high morale to stubbornly hold off the enemy forces that were several times larger than them, and entangled most of them, refusing to let them turn back to defend the Governor's Mansion.

  "Drinking toasts with Huanglong wine, rising up in revolt this morning, pushing all the way to the Qing imperial court, and annihilating the Manchu barbarians!"

  Shouting slogans of uprising in their mouths, the situation also changed from being advantageous for the Qing army to being favorable for the revolutionary new army!

  The moment the cannon fired, Rui Cui, who had been hiding in the heavily guarded Dusi, finally suppressed the unease in her heart and gently stroked her beautiful whiskers.

  "Must be Song Qing entering the city, humph, that despicable Zhang Biao. Ever since I took over as the Governor of Huguang, he has been using his 'Xiang Shuai' identity to not only ask for the eighth town's silver, but also took away the seventh town... Humph, if it weren't for giving some face to the late Zhang Laodan, I wouldn't have let Song Qing settle the 21st mixed brigade in Sha Lengtan, and all the rich areas within the city were taken by that Zhang Biao... It's really infuriating me... Infuriating me... Once the rebels within the city are eliminated, just wait and see how I won't impeach that Regent King, beware of his new army's commander position not being secure!"

  Next to Liu Guan's family, who had followed him for many years, naturally knew what the old master was thinking. Zhang Biao had gone to Japan to inspect military affairs, camps and guns, and was awarded the titles of "Zhuangyong Batulu" and "Qimuqin Batulu". His ability was also first-rate. However, he was a man of Zhang Zhidong's, and after Zhang Zhidong's death, he took over the title of Xiang Shuai and inherited most of Zhang Zhidong's influence and connections in the Hubei region. When Rui Cheng took office, he was granted the position of Hubei Tidu, which was not much different from his own Governor-General position, and he almost controlled all the new armies in Hubei province. Zhang Biao's influence in Hubei province was enormous, especially in the military circle, which Rui Cheng could not match even by flattering him. He had also secretly won over Li Yuanhong and Li Songqing, who were dissatisfied with being under Zhang Biao's command, and he was extremely wary of Zhang Biao in his heart.

  For various reasons, it is really sigh-worthy. He Ruizheng also had to admire his predecessor, Zhang Zhidong, the former governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces. To say the least, since the Qing dynasty established the position of governor of Hubei and Hunan, among the 28 governors before and after him, only Zhang Zhidong served three terms as governor of Hubei and Hunan, holding the power of the two provinces for 15 years. It's no wonder he felt unbalanced in his heart!