On the night of the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the first year of the Republic of China, a mutiny broke out in Beijing. The slogan of the mutiny was against the garrison commander-in-chief Duan Zhigui's deduction of military pay. This was originally a fake mutiny designed by Yuan Shikai's advisers. The purpose was to give Lao Yuan an excuse not to go to Nanjing to take office and directly take office as the interim president in Beijing. However, instigated by the royalists in the army, the mutiny got completely out of control and the fakery came true. The rebels looted most of the shops and houses in Beijing. Even the Yuan Mansion was shot at. Thousands of houses were burned, and more than 800 people were killed. People were shot dead, their bodies were left on the streets, and countless others were injured.
Five rebels broke into Xiheyan Street and first robbed He Ji's pawnshop and Gaosheng Inn. They shot and killed He Ji's boss who refused to pay. The two shops were robbed. Then he targeted Weili Hotel. Because most of the houses on the whole street are very dilapidated, only these three stores are relatively well decorated. Many rebels passing by looked down on this street because there were too many more magnificent houses in Beijing than here.
The five rebels who broke into the Weili Hotel didn't expect that they didn't even grab a single coin, and even risked their lives. They were attacked almost at the same time and turned into five corpses in an instant. The guns, ammunition and looted property became the trophies of others. After everything was searched, the five corpses were thrown into the street. Later, they were beheaded by the military police who put down the chaos and used them to claim credit.
Hong Tianlie proudly fiddled with a captured new repeating Mauser rifle and said with a smile: "Boss Di is still awesome. He actually found out that there will be a mutiny tonight. Other businesses suffered heavy losses and their families were destroyed, but our hotel was unscathed and got five rifles." Guns and property worth three thousand dollars.”
Wu Chunlei also smiled and said: "With these quick guns, even if the Qinglong Club and the Ghost Shadow Gang come to attack, our Xihe Club can still fight with them."
Du Ma Gan said: "Brother Chunlei is exaggerating. The Qinglong Club claims to have more than 5,000 members and 800 thugs. It is the largest gang in the capital. It also has the support of the royalists behind it. With just a few of us, Where is my opponent?"
Zhang said with a black face: "Ma Gan is right. Only few Beiyang soldiers came this time, so we were able to kill them. If more came, we can only do the second method Boss Di said: hide in the cellar, We can only let them rob the hotel, and there are still too few people in Xihe."
Leng Hanbing said with a gloomy face: "Stop talking nonsense, clean up the blood on the ground quickly, put away the guns and property, the patrol police and military police will come at any time to quell the chaos."
After Hong Tianlie got out of the cell that day, he defected to Di Xiong and worshiped him as his boss. He was a straight-tempered person and believed that since Di Xiong saved him, he should work hard for Di Xiong. So he became the first person to regard Di Xiong as his boss. After the Flying Eagle Gang was eradicated, Di Xiong believed that in order to gain a foothold in Beijing, he must establish his own organization. He hoped to establish an organization with ideals and goals. Only by organizing a brainwashed army can we regain the lost territory in the north. However, the conditions are not mature now, so we can only set up a gang to make a transition. Since the hotel is along the street of Xihe, the gang is named Xihe Club. Leng Hanbing was still a little hesitant at first. After discussing with Wu Chunlei and Wu Chunfeng, he saw that they tried their best to He advocated making Di Xiong the boss, so he agreed, and the three of them also joined the Xihe Society. As for Bai Xiuling, she has long regarded herself as Di Xiong's person, let alone of course. They helped in the restaurant in the morning, working as waiters or working as chefs. In the afternoon, Di Xiong took them to practice martial arts and marksmanship, and gave them classes in the evening. Among them, only Bai Xiuling and Leng Hanbing attended private schools, and the others were illiterate. Di Xiong believes that they need to learn cultural knowledge. Di Xiong taught them culture and history classes, and shopkeeper Wu taught them arithmetic classes. The history classes taught by Di Xiong ranged from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the end of the Qing Dynasty. The content of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period mainly talked about the stories of the Mohists' chivalry and the Han Dynasty. It mainly tells the story of Huo Qubing sealing Lang Juxu, Dou Xian Yanran carving stones, and the story of Ban Chao pacifying the Western Regions and Geng Gong guarding the isolated city, which made everyone excited. The content of the Qing Dynasty mainly talks about the history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty losing power and humiliating the country, and the history of burning, killing and looting by the great powers. Arouse their patriotic enthusiasm and hatred of foreign powers. Leng Hanbing and Bai Xiuling learned quickly because they had studied in private schools. Wu Chunlei and Wu Chunfeng also studied very seriously. Only Hong Tianlie and Zhang Heilian couldn't learn, but they also like to listen to stories, so they had to learn hard. Because the storytelling is brilliant. Di Xiong added a lot of personal information when telling the story. In the process of listening to the story, everyone gradually accepted the ideas of Mohist theory.
When the Xihe Society was established, there were only six of them, but the number soon increased to more than a dozen, and informants from Shopkeeper Wu, Zhang Hei Lian, Du Ma Gan, Wang Shitou, Zhang Kuwa and Di Xiong also joined. There are two teams under the Xihe Club. One is the action team, responsible for security and attacks. Leng Hanbing is the team leader, Wu Chunlei is the deputy team leader, and Hong Tianlie, Du Ma Gan and Zhang Hei Lian are among them; the other is the intelligence team, Tian Mengxue is the team leader, Wu Chunfeng is the deputy team leader, and Li Laoshi, Guan Qier, and Su Baotong are all members of the intelligence team.
Di Xiong did not participate in the ambush. He was sleeping at home, but the gunfire and shouting outside made it impossible for him to sleep. He had to get up and compile the lecture materials for the next night.
A pair of soft little hands stretched out from behind and hugged his neck. Di Xiong smelled a faint fragrance and knew it was Bai Xiuling without turning around. Bai Xiuling asked: "What is it written?"
Di Xiong said: "The lyrics of a song, I hope it can become the military song of an army in the future."
Bai Xiuling looked at the writing on the white paper and recited: "The fertile land in the north of Heilongjiang has a radius of up to one million miles. The Manchu Qing Dynasty lost its sovereignty due to its inability to control the country, and the great rivers and mountains turned into Russian land. There are also Lushun and Southern Manchuria, and five hundred villages and forts have planted Japanese flags. , the remnants of the northern frontier are in tears, and they have been watching the king's army in the south for another year. Today, we hold high the flag of justice, and we bravely take the lead in taking the lost territory. We are not afraid of death, and our reputation will be passed down through the ages!"
Di Xiong sighed: "From the reign of Gengzi of Guangxu to the present, northern lands such as Vladivostok, Sakhalin Island, and Temple Street have been occupied by Tsarist Russians for more than ten years."
Bai Xiuling said: "I thought the eldest brother was just talking casually that day to let everyone admire you. It turns out that the eldest brother really has such lofty ambitions, but it is too difficult to achieve this goal? It requires a lot of money, an army of 100,000, and countless people. Weapons and ammunition, and you don’t even have an official position now, it’s even more difficult. Now that the Qing emperor has abdicated, it is the Republic of China government’s business to recover the lost land. Can they take back these places?”
Di Xiong pointed to the gunshots outside and said: "With the military discipline and combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army, let alone regaining the lost territory, even the existing territory may not be able to be retained. During the Wuchang Uprising, the provinces declared independence, and Outer Mongolia also became independent. , the independence of each province was to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the Republic of China, the provinces canceled their independence and obeyed the central government. However, Outer Mongolia became truly independent. Living Buddha Jebzundamba called himself Ezhen Khan, and established an army with the support of Tsarist Russia, using Russian weapons. Equipped with four cavalry brigades and two infantry brigades, the army is filled with a large number of Russian advisers and instructors. The Beiyang Army stationed in Kulun has only one patrol regiment, which will be difficult to hold once a war breaks out. Yuan Shikai wanted to unify the south and did not care about Mongolia at all. In addition, he has always been afraid of the two powerful countries of Japan and Russia."
Di Xiong added: "Although it is difficult, someone has to do it. If everyone doesn't do it, the lost ground will be lost forever. So I must continue to do this, even if I lose my life."
Bai Xiuling looked at him in surprise and said, "You actually have such ambitions. I admire you very much. If you were to take back the lost land in the north, you would become a national hero."
Di Xiong said: "It doesn't matter if I am a hero or not, but the first step is the most difficult. I don't know what the situation is like in the hotel. I'll go check it out soon."
Bai Xiuling said: "If you really want to regain the outer Northeast, Leng Hanbing can be your important helper. He was one of the survivors of the Hailanpao massacre. His parents and grandparents were all killed by the Tsarist Russians. He vowed to find the Tsarist Russians." Revenge. He was born as an Orion, and his marksmanship was very accurate. He was also very skilled. Three years ago, in order to avenge his second uncle who adopted him, he killed seven powerful men and bodyguards in Harbin overnight with only a shotgun. After joining the Flying Eagle Gang, he hid his abilities because he was not ashamed of Zhang Zongqi's character."
Di Xiong said: "I can see his skill and ability, but from the first time I met him, I found that he was somewhat hostile to me. He still has it until now, although he tried his best to hide it."
Bai Xiuling blushed and said, "Because he has been pursuing me and was rejected by me many times, but I chose to be with you, so he is a little jealous of you."
In the early morning, the troops in the Third Town grabbed all their belongings and withdrew from Beijing. Yuan Shikai then began to announce the quelling of the rebellion. He removed Duan Zhigui, the commander-in-chief of the garrison who had provoked the mutiny, from his post, demoted him to the position of staff officer of the camp affairs office, and appointed deputy commander Jiang. Gui Ti and Lu Jianzhang, director of the Military and Political Law Enforcement Division, served as the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief to quell the chaos. Jiang Guiti's Yijun, Lu Jianzhang's gendarmerie and police patrol team entered the streets of various urban areas to quell the chaos. By this time, the rebels had already fled. Some of the looted property was too heavy and was discarded on the street. Some beggars and gangsters took the opportunity to pick it up. As a result, they became victims of the counter-rebellion troops and were shot and beheaded as rebels. Hang it at the market entrance for public display.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Guiti's Yi army mutinied again the next day, and then the Beiyang army in Tianjin and Baoding also mutinized and looted. They discovered that the army in the third town had made a fortune through robbery, especially when they heard that the third town controlled Cao Cao. Gun alone made tens of millions of dollars without being punished. He couldn't help but be jealous, so he followed suit and couldn't control it anymore. Yuan Shikai lost confidence in the old army and had no choice but to organize and train the new army. The new army was called the Beibu Army and was divided into five groups. The leader of the Left Beibu Army was Lu Jianzhang, and the Left Beibu Army consisted of five battalions. , Lu Jianzhang appointed five battalion commanders, among whom the former battalion commander was Feng Jishan.
At noon that day, as soon as Di Xiong walked into the restaurant, shopkeeper Wu said to him: "Boss! Good news! There is a textile factory for sale in Nankou Town, Changping County. Boss Li, who runs a yarn factory, wants to buy it, but he doesn't have enough funds. You might as well partner with him to buy a textile factory. Boss Li is a regular customer of our hotel. I know him well, and you won't suffer any loss if you partner with him."
Since the mutiny that broke out on the second and third day of the first month, many businessmen no longer want to operate in Beijing and have sold their shops at low prices. Dixiong took the opportunity to buy two storefronts next to the low-profit hotel and expand the scale of the hotel. But what he wanted to buy most was a textile factory, a pharmaceutical factory and an ironworks factory. He asked his subordinates to ask people around for a month, but there was no news. Today, shopkeeper Wu finally found out about the sale of the textile factory and quickly told Di Xiong.
Di Xiong was also very happy and asked quickly: "Where is Mr. Li?"
Shopkeeper Wu said: "I will arrange for him to wait for you in the No. 1 box upstairs..."
Di Xiong noticed that shopkeeper Wu had stopped mid-sentence, with a look of fear in his eyes. He looked behind Di Xiong. When Di Xiong looked back, he saw four Beiyang soldiers in gray military uniforms carrying rifles walking into the restaurant and patting the dining table. Want food and drinks.
Di Xiong's heart moved and he asked Shopkeeper Wu, "Do you know them?"
Shopkeeper Wu was a little trembling and said: "They are the soldiers who killed the former boss Zhu. I know the bearded leader. I know him even when he was burned to ashes. I didn't expect that they would dare to come. They are so rampant. Do you think we should call the police?"
Di Xiong said: "There is no evidence. How can the police believe your words?" He waved his hand and called the black-faced man who was greeting the soldiers over, and said: "You take them to the second box, and then Leng Hanbing called over."
Leng Hanbing was washing vegetables in the kitchen. He walked up to Di Xiong and said, "What are your orders, boss?"
Di Xiong asked: "Do you still have the sweat medicine you bought on the black market last time?"
Leng Hanbing said: "Yes!"
Di Xiong said: "The four Beiyang soldiers in the second box are the murderers of the former boss Zhu. You put some medicine in their food. After the numbness is gone, each of them adds a knife, asks Tianlie to help, drags them to the backyard and buries them. .”
Leng Hanbing said calmly: "Yes!" and walked to the kitchen.
