After the Outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Feng Guozhang asked Yuan Shikai about his calculations, and Yuan Shikai only replied with six words: "Walk slowly, wait and see." In October of the third year of Xuanun (1911), the Wuchang Uprising broke out.
Yuan Shikai Feng Guozhang Wuchang Uprising Meng Chang Beiyang
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