On both sides of the post road are rolling hills and endless dense forests. Yitong Town got its name from the Yitong River outside the city, which is an important tributary of the upper reaches of the Songhua River, and Yitong Town is located in the upper reaches of the Yitong River. 81 Chinese website
Because it is located in the upper reaches, the surface of the Yitong River is not wide at this time, but due to the large drop in the mountains, the small river is deep enough, and the water flow is rapid, rolling forward from south to north.
A wooden bridge that can carry two horses and carts in parallel connects the two sides of the river. The west side is the territory of Liaoning and the east bank of the river is the territory of Jilin. This wooden bridge must be a hundred years old. The century-old pine nails are like the river bed. The bridge deck The top is entirely made of logs put together. The dust and soil over the years have filled the gaps between the logs, and people and horses have trampled them into a shiny black mud shell.
This bridge is not guarded at all on weekdays, except during the day when a tax official comes to collect taxes. The people on both sides of the river do not feel like they are from the two provinces. They usually marry, get married, go to the market together, and visit the house together. The days were uneventful.
But the Heilongjiang Mutiny changed everything here. People on both sides of the river saw more and more troops stationed in Yitong, especially the wooden bridge outside the city, which became the top priority of defense.
Troops came in one after another from the south every day. Although they were small groups of dozens of people per sentry, they couldn't stand it every day. As a result, the garrison in Yitong City quickly exceeded the number of three battalions and a thousand troops. Multiple people.
The people looked at the endless stream of soldiers on the streets in horror. The security of the city has deteriorated sharply. People are stealing, robbing, eating Overlord meals, setting up cards to extort merchants without permission, and there are even vicious cases of bullying women.
Coupled with the increasing number of various versions of rumors, people around Yitong began to flee.
"Let's go quickly. Hunchun is preparing to enter the pass and attack Beijing with 100,000 soldiers and horses... In less than three days, this place will be full of soldiers. Fighting against soldiers is like fighting against bandits. Are you waiting to lose your life if you don't leave?"
"Shengjing is in a hurry. General Du Xing'a has no troops left. All the elite soldiers from before have been transferred to the pass. He can't defeat Hunchun at all..."
"Run away. I heard that Hunchun also borrowed 100,000 soldiers from Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai. Those are elite soldiers who can't even defeat Rakshasa ghosts. We are no match at all..."
Rumors are spreading and people are panicking! Not to mention the explosion here in Yitong, the entire three eastern provinces are in chaos. Heilongjiang and Jilin are a little better. After all, the people have not figured out what is going on. The mutiny is over. The roads and alleys are all blocked, and the people want to escape. There was no place to escape.
The administrative efficiency in Liaoning is not as fast as that in Hunchun. A group of headless flies caught off guard have almost no organization and subconscious organizational defense. You can imagine the chaos.
He paid attention to mobilizing troops, but forgot about ordnance and supplies. He prepared food but lost horse feed. The military and political affairs considered the civil affairs carefully but neglected them.
The soldiers have begun mobilizing the entire province, but no notices have been posted to calm the people. How can this not be chaotic?
Of course, it's not that the civil servants are incompetent, but that they really don't know how to write this notice to calm the people, because the court has not yet set the tone for this mutiny. No one knows whether it will be a fight or a pacification later. Now it is up to them. If you scribble all over it, you will be spoiled for choice in the future.
The military and civil affairs were in chaos, road traffic was in chaos, and even bandits and thieves took advantage of the chaos to start wandering around doing business. The security of the entire province was chaotic to the point of collapse.
All this is not the most worrying thing. The common people will suffer some losses. Anyway, officials are herdsmen and the people are sheep. It is helpless to kill some sheep in such a big coup.
The most terrible thing is Hunchun's attitude. This is what officials in Liaoning Province fear the most.
Hunchun is the famous Ning Guta stubborn donkey outside the Guan. He is neither greedy for money nor lustful. He just likes to train and play with soldiers. He plays the trick of loving soldiers like sons all day long. As a result, his soldiers have the highest average quality outside the Guan. An army.
Everyone knows that Hunchun's soldiers are powerful, but what is even more unexpected is that Hunchun actually dared to lead his troops into Heilongjiang and locked up a provincial executive. With the military pressure, no one in Heilongjiang dared to cause trouble. It was even said that he directly confronted the Rakshasa ghosts. , cheated Lao Maozi of countless gold.
Not even afraid of Rakshasa ghosts, how difficult is it to fight such soldiers? During this period, all the temples, Taoist temples, and shamanists in Liaoning were doing very well. Many officials burned incense and kowtowed, begging Hunchun to be executed.
At that moment, countless officials were itching their teeth with hatred, "Damn it, why didn't Hunchun be squeezed out back then? Why was such a gangster left to lead troops here..."
At this moment, everyone has forgotten what happened back then. It's not that people don't covet Hunchun's position, but the sudden Sino-Russian conflict has scared countless corrupt officials.
Vladivostok was cut off, the entire east bank of the Ussuri River became the territory of Tsarist Russia, and the Ningupa defense area was reduced by more than half. Only fools grab Hunchun's position when the situation is unclear. Corrupt officials are also self-aware. They also know their own weight. They really don't dare to defend the country.
This special historical event created Hunchun, this mutiny, and this nightmare in the minds of Manchu officials.
You really get what you want and what you fear. Just when the strength of Yitong sentry post increased to two sentries, which is roughly equivalent to two companies of the New Army, people suddenly appeared on the other side of the wooden bridge, and people on the bridge were preparing to cross the river. Fleeing away, people from far away who wanted to enter Liaoning hurriedly ran to both sides of the road.
"There are soldiers! There are soldiers pressing down on the border... Hunchun has sent troops over..."
The commander of the Yitong garrison stationed on the west side of the wooden bridge is the first sentry commander. The locals call him Shen Heigou. At this moment, he is whipping a group of civilian workers on the head.
"Damn bastard, did you embezzle the arms we wanted? The list states fifty kilograms of gunpowder, two liters of lead bullets, five hundred kilograms of dried meat, and eight hundred tons of rice. Why did it only come at 60 percent? Thing. Woolen cloth……"
The old soldier who delivered supplies was whipped and rolled all over the floor. "Sir, please calm down! Sir, please calm down... How could I know this inside story? This is how I deliver things every year! I will deliver as much as the warehouse gives me. If there is any, The discount is also a matter for you to negotiate with the warehouse manager, so it’s useless for you to hit me..."
The veteran was begging for mercy, and the other civilians were so scared that they were behind the wheelbarrow, fearing that this group of wolf-like soldiers would lose their temper at them.
Shen Heigou really had no place to spread the evil fire in his heart. He understood this kind of trick of losing money. 40% of the disappeared materials were called disappearing. When the time comes, the disappeared materials would definitely turn into money, and then return to the money in proportion. In his pocket.
There is a proportion of how much the officer takes and how much the sentry commander takes. Even Shen Heigou's soldiers can get some meat to eat. This is an unspoken rule.
But not today. Shen Heigou knew that Hunchun's territory was across the wooden bridge. God knows if there would be a war? If you continue to commit corruption at this time, you are risking your own life.
Bang bang bang... three more whips. "Get out! Go back and tell Wicked Liu clearly, what time is it now? I want arms for the war, so don't give me any extravagance, and make up for the shortfall!"
While he was scolding, two soldiers rolled and crawled out of the camp and threw themselves on the ground, shouting, "Hunchun's vanguard has arrived and has set up camp across the bridge... There are at least two thousand troops in the overwhelming area!"
