In Xinjiang on 28 December 1911, Liu Xianzun and revolutionaries started the Dihua Uprising. This was led by more than 100 members of Gelaohui. This uprising failed. On 7 January 1912, the Yili Uprising with Feng Temin began. Qing governor Yuan Dahua fled and submitted his resignation to Yang Zengxin, because he could not handle fighting the revolutionaries. On 8 January 1912, a new Yili government was established for the revolutionaries. Today some Chinese historians believe this contributed to the Qing dynasty fall, because this prevented the Qing dynasty's plan to flee to the western country. The revolutionaries would be defeated at Jinghe in January and February, eventually, because of the abdication to come, Yuan Shikai recognized Yang Zengxin's rule, appointed him Governor of Xinjiang and had the province join the Republic. Eleven more former Qing officials would be assassinated in Zhenxi, Karashahr, Aksu, Kucha, Luntai and Kashgar in April and May 1912