Insufficient balance

  After Huang Anyuan left in a hurry, Chen Jingyun ordered Lin Chengkun: "You go and call over the main officers of each battalion!"

  Because of the urgency of the matter, those officers were also vaguely guessing something when they were called! Sure enough, as soon as they arrived, Chen Jingyun immediately announced that he was going to start a rebellion.

  "The Qing court has not only oppressed us Han people for over 200 years, but in recent decades, it has also continuously lost power and humiliated the country, putting our Chinese nation of hundreds of millions under the mercy of foreign powers. The corrupt officials have colluded with each other, indulging in luxury and debauchery, while ordinary people are left with no clothes to wear or food to eat, wailing and lamenting everywhere. If this world is not overthrown, our China will eventually become a meal in the belly of another nation.

  Recently, my Tongmenghui has launched an uprising in Wuchang, successfully recovering Hubei Province. Today, my Tongmenghui will coordinate with provinces across the country to launch simultaneous uprisings, and we must restore the rivers and mountains of China!

  Chen Jingyun looked at the crowd below, where expressions were varied. Those who were originally members of the Tongmenghui or military officers sympathetic to the revolution were overjoyed, while some neutral individuals were terrified. At least a few who were loyal to the Qing court wanted to shout out in anger, but they dared not express themselves, surrounded by revolutionary party members and Chen Jingyun's personal bodyguards."

  After Chen Jingyun's passionate and eloquent speech, he deliberately didn't mention that he had just joined the Alliance for only two days, nor did he mention his previous conflicts with revolutionary parties. Instead, he positioned himself as a patriotic and people-loving revolutionary party member, at least on the surface. Xiao Qibin and Lin Wenyin also made their own statements about the Qing government's oppression and the people's suffering, which was naturally aimed at winning over those neutral military officers.

  Then Chen Jingyun stepped forward, pulled up the braid on his head, and a pair of scissors appeared in his hand. The knife rose and the braid fell! Holding the scissors in his hand, he looked around at the crowd: "There's no need to say more unnecessary words. Today, I, Chen Jingyun, am going to rebel. Which of you is willing to follow me and join the revolution, overthrowing this corrupt Qing dynasty?"

  At once, Lin Wenyin stepped forward: "I, Lin Wenyin, will not coexist with the Qing regime!" As soon as she finished speaking, she also cut off her braid. Then, Xiao Qibin did the same and cut off his braid: "We were born as men, how can we wear this slave's braid?"

  The horse beside Cheng immediately stepped forward and took the scissors: "I am willing to die for the commander!"

  Lin Chengkun followed closely behind, cutting off his braid while shouting: "I am willing to die for the commander!"

  At this moment, the four team officers of the second battalion, Li Lianyang and others, had already caught Chen Jingyun's eye. They also stepped forward: "Willing to die for the commander!"

  With these mid-to-high level military officers taking the lead, and with Chen Jingyun's personal bodyguards standing by with guns at the ready, the other military officers, whether they were willing or not, one by one cut off their queues!

  Due to the urgency of the situation, Chen Jingyun did not have time to make any other arrangements and immediately ordered the officers below to assemble their troops and strictly ordered the soldiers to cut off their queues, with those who refused to be killed.

  At this moment, it is very necessary to execute the order of cutting queues in the army. Because cutting off the queue may not necessarily mean that you are a revolutionary party, but if you don't cut it now, in the eyes of the revolutionaries, they are either loyal to the Qing or sympathetic to the Qing, and both are enemies of the current insurgent army. In order to maintain the combat effectiveness and purity of the insurgent army within a short period of time, this simple and rough method is very necessary.

  Chen Jingyun also brought his personal bodyguards to the camp of the Second Regiment, where the dense bugle calls for assembly had just sounded. The soldiers who were still unclear about what was happening were gathered together and then informed: "The revolution has succeeded!"

  Many people had heard of revolution and whatnot, but they never thought that the revolution would also come to their own heads, and then they were told to cut off their queues.

  With the cooperation of many mid-to-low-ranking officers, and Chen Jingyun coming in person, the soldiers of the Second Regiment did not show large-scale unrest or resistance. Except for a few who were killed by Chen Jingyun's personal guards due to their stubborn resistance, others held empty guns, wore uniforms, and cut off their queues with bayonets.

  In less than a moment, Chen Jingyun had already assembled the troops. At the same time, intermittent gunfire could be heard from within the military camp, apparently due to some minor troubles encountered by the engineering and artillery units during assembly.

  Chen Jingyun was also not worried. If even these small troubles could not be solved, the people of the Tongmenghui would not have launched this nationwide revolutionary uprising.

  Before long, Lin Wenyin and Xiao Qibin had assembled their respective troops. The thousands of rounds of ammunition that had been secretly hidden away were also distributed, with more than half going to the Second Battalion, and the rest being divided between Xiao Qibin and Lin Wenyin.

  Although the incident was urgent, the necessary procedures still had to be followed. Chen Jingyun first gave a speech on the temporarily set up high platform, saying nothing but old words, no more than the Qing government oppressing the people, it's not that I want to rebel, it's the imperial court forcing me to rebel. These words were very inspiring for ordinary soldiers who were inclined towards revolution, but for most of the common soldiers who were sons of farmers and didn't recognize a single character, they were like heavenly scriptures. However, when Chen Jingyun's personal soldiers carried several large boxes onto the platform, everyone's eyes widened.

  As the bodyguard opened the box and kicked it with his foot, a large box of silver coins spilled all over the floor. In an instant, the stage was filled with silver coins.

  "I declare, all brothers who participated in today's uprising will receive double pay and a month's worth of silver before we set out!" Chen Jingyun stepped on the pile of silver, which made Xiao Qibin and other Tongmenghui officers feel somewhat disgusted. In their eyes, revolution was a great cause that required sacrificing one's life and blood, how could these silvers tarnish it? But to the over a thousand ordinary soldiers below, this was a magnificent sight.

  At once, some members of the Alliance who had been arranged by Chen Jingyun below began to shout loudly: "Long live the revolution! Long live the revolution!"

  At first there were only a dozen or so people, but soon it grew to dozens, then hundreds, and finally over a thousand people all shouting loudly: "Long live the revolution! Long live the revolution!"

  The braid has been cut off, and the silver has been sent out! These soldiers shouldn't retreat with their tails between their legs now! Chen Jingyun looked at the frenzied appearance of the crowd below and revealed a satisfied smile.

  After a brief oath, Chen Jingyun immediately dispatched Xiao Qibin to lead the artillery battalion and logistics battalion to seize Yuanshan. He ordered Lin Wenying to lead the engineering battalion and military band to seize the Governor's Mansion, and sent urgent notifications to Yu Shaoxian of the Constabulary Battalion and Li Jimin of the Third Battalion outside the city, as well as Peng Shousong's Society members and Tongmenghui members hiding in various parts of the city.

  Chen Jingyun himself led the second battalion to rush to the South City Gate!

  On the evening of October 19, 1911, the Fuzhou Uprising officially kicked off, and tonight's Fuzhou City was destined to be turbulent.

  Jingui Cheng had just returned from the flower building and hadn't yet stepped through the gate of his home when a guard came to report that the brothers under him had discovered someone smuggling a large batch of bullets into the south city gate, and were now organizing an attack.

  As soon as Cheng JinGui learned of this news, he knew that something was amiss. These days, revolutionaries are everywhere and it's hard to guard against them; without thinking, he knew that this must be the work of revolutionaries. Could they be planning an uprising within Fuzhou? Thinking of this, Cheng JinGui's forehead began to sweat, and he didn't even bother going home, hastily ordering his personal soldiers: "Quickly, quickly, gather the brothers!"

  After the news spread, he thought again that the revolutionary party had secretly transported a large batch of ammunition into the city. The people in the city who were most suspicious? Without a doubt, it was the new army! What if the new army in the city wanted to make trouble?

  As he thought of this, Cheng Jin-kui slowed down his urgent pace. Although he had little contact with the new army in the city, he also knew some of the generals in the new army in the city, and knew that the new army in the city was led by Chen Jingyun's second battalion. This second battalion had been observed by him before, and at least its military discipline was incomparable to his own patrol battalion. If it were this second battalion that made trouble, could he stop Chen Jingyun if he wanted to rebel? As for the Eight Banners soldiers in the city, they had long been known to be unreliable since the early days of the dynasty.

  With this thought, many things come to mind, such as the situation in recent years, the stalemate between the Hubei militia and the Beiyang Army, and the unrest and uprisings that have been happening all over the country. If something were to happen in Fuzhou City, where would one go?

  As he walked, he quietly slowed down his pace and sent his personal soldiers to the South Campus to look for Chen Jingyun. At the same time, he also sent someone to report to the Governor's Mansion.

  At the same time, near the South City Gate, Huang Anyuan was leading a cavalry of dozens of people to rush to the rescue, including two of Chen Jingyun's personal guards. This group of people rushed past on the main street, naturally attracting the attention of passersby, and for a moment everyone wondered what had happened.

  Huang An-yuan and dozens of cavalrymen arrived at the scene soon after, and although the previous patrol troops were several times more numerous than the third battalion's ammunition escort soldiers, because the third battalion's soldiers defended from the building, after a previous attack killed and wounded several people, the patrol troop officer in charge hastily sent word to Cheng Jin-gui for reinforcements, and then just surrounded them without attacking.

  However, before he could wait for Cheng Jinguo's reinforcements, Huang Anyuan's cavalry had already rushed over!

  Huang Anyuan looked at the distant patrol camp where dozens of people were hastily forming a line, and a hint of disdain appeared on his lips. Even though they had already entered the era of hot weapons, the charge of cavalry was not something that an equal number of infantry could withstand, let alone the patrol camp soldiers in front of him.

  Huang Anyuan drew out his horse sword, shook it once to create a sword flower, then pointed the sword forward and spurred his horse with both feet, shouting loudly: "Kill!"

  In an instant, dozens of riders surged forward like a torrent of the Yellow River!

  The more than 50 men of the patrol camp were still hastily forming their array, but when the cavalry opposite them didn't even fire a shot and charged directly, before the cavalry had even begun to charge, some soldiers of the patrol camp had already started to retreat to both sides. When Huang An-yuan led the cavalry in a charge, the patrol camp instantly collapsed. The momentum of the charging cavalry was not something that ordinary infantry could withstand. No matter how loudly the sentry officer shouted orders, the soldiers of the patrol camp still fled in disarray.

  When the sentry officer found that all his men had run away, Huang An-yuan and dozens of cavalrymen had already rushed to his front. Seeing this sentry officer who seemed to be frightened out of his wits, Huang An-yuan did not hesitate for a moment. He slightly inclined his body and swung his horse sword lightly, and the man's head fell to the ground instantly.