Chapter 70 There is a comrade army formed in this way

The road protection movement in Sichuan evolved from a peaceful petition to an armed riot. The force of the riot, called the Comrade Bao Road Army, is very famous in history.Later memories of the parties concerned mostly said how the Comrade Army fought against the enemy and how they were not afraid of sacrifice. Anyway, they were full of hatred and righteous.Many comrades' armies, in fact, were operated by revolutionaries, who connected Baolu with revolution. Baolu was revolution.We have no reason not to believe that such recollections, at least such claims, have given credit to the pavement movement.However, history has left us with some other texts. In this text, the image of the Comrade Army is somewhat flawed, but it is more interesting.

Chongqing in Sichuan is located on the edge of the Chengdu Basin, not far from Chengdu, with rich products and beautiful scenery.The gentry (gentry) in this place owns a lot of Sichuan Railway stocks.The road protection movement has a lot of stakes, and it has stirred up the whole Sichuan. It is impossible for a place like Chongqing, which is relatively close to the provincial capital, not to be affected.Comrade armies are established everywhere, and of course Chongqing cannot be pulled down.However, it just so happened that there was no revolutionary party in this place, not even Brother Pao, who was not afraid of death.The local Pao brothers all belong to Qingshui Pao Ge, and those who don't take risks, the helm is the local gentry.No matter what, engaging in the Comrade Army this time is a matter of fighting and beheading.Therefore, a number of prominent figures, the gentry, the head of the regiment, and the teachers of the school discussed for a long time to organize a comrade army, but no one dared to stand out.After all, there are risks. In case of failure, no one can afford to lose if you drag your family.Finally, everyone thought of a person, this person is also Brother Pao, but he is from Muddy Waters.After everyone discussed it, he was pushed out and made him the leader. The real power is still in the hands of these top figures. If something happens, let this stickman go to the top.

After everyone discussed it, they sent people to Guan County, bought off the officials in Guan County, and found another person to replace Bang Ke in prison, and replaced Bang Ke.Unexpectedly, after Sticker came out, he refused to do it, thinking that what he is doing now is different from his behavior of killing the rich and helping the poor, which is a rebellion.He didn't know anything about anti-Qing, and he didn't think Brother Pao was anti-Qing and restored Ming, so why would he rebel?The gentry talked all kinds of things, even bluffing, deceiving, and intimidating, and the feeling of being in prison was uncomfortable, and Bangke himself didn't really want to go back, so he was forced to agree.Unexpectedly, as soon as the team was pulled together, there were quite a few good people in the four villages, and they were all willing to be Bang Ke's subordinates.A wood dealer pulled a team of more than 100 people, which can be regarded as a subordinate detachment of sticks. On the day of the incident, he saw more than a thousand ducks in a duck tent, looking for food.The wood dealer gave an order: hit Zhao Erfeng!His team immediately dispersed to catch ducks, and the team ate ducks for several days.There are better teams like this in the local area, and every branch is willing to hang under the name of stick. Anyway, if they don't fight the Qing army (can't see it), they always have trouble with chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs.

In this way, the team got bigger and bigger, with more people and more guns. The foreign guns and guns of the local gentry, and the quick guns of the soldiers of the patrol battalion scattered, collected a lot. Human guns are well-known in the western Sichuan area.In fact, only a thousand people can be commanded by a stickman.Later, Zhao Erfeng was killed, and Baolu turned into a revolution.The new governor wants to rectify the comrade army, most of them are disbanded, and a small part is reorganized.The stick team is actually listed in the adaptation list.Shocked by the size of his team, he originally planned to form a brigade for him, but Bang Ke said that he could not command so many people, only one standard (regiment) was enough, so Bang Ke became the head of the regiment.The wood dealers still go home to do their own timber business, but the revolutionary experience is also beneficial. Before the wood dealers were disarmed and returned to the fields, the wood dealers asked the brothers to collect the telephone poles cut down during the war, and obtained a lot of high-quality wood for nothing.

Sticker has become a professional soldier, but he can't stand at attention, put on airs, and even give lectures.I don't have much literacy, so even if I copy the manuscripts written by others, I still stumble, especially I can't understand new terms, and I often talk nonsense.For example, "announcement" is said to be "announcement of a cloth", and "independence" is said to be "independent".Fortunately, to stand at attention, take a rest and walk in unison, you can ask instructors to do it. Sichuan is so big that you don't have to worry about finding people who have received new military training. The teams line up and walk in unison, at least like an army.However, the stick's army is still different from other armies. There are a lot of idlers. Those who followed him back then, and those who are not willing to go home to farm or teach are crowded in the team.There are two clerks in a regiment headquarters, and he has nine, and there are more civilians in each battalion than in other teams.Anyway, it is a blessing to share and eat together.If such a person did not make great progress in the subsequent warlord struggle, or received guidance from an expert, most likely they would not be able to survive.Therefore, once the warlords in Sichuan broke out, Bangke resigned soon after, took a sum of money, went home to buy some fields, and went to work as a gentleman's food that he had always envied.The experience of being a comrade-in-arms commander did not teach him anything else, but he learned to smoke opium. With spare money, he would be able to puff and smoke every day, feeling uncomfortable and at ease.

Revolutions change the lot of men, especially those of the lowly who are involved.For those who participated in it, such as stickmen and wood dealers, if they caught up with the revolution, they were unlucky and died, and those who were lucky got a little fortune.Many more people have left nothing behind and changed nothing but worse living conditions and more difficult livelihoods.The many comrades in Sichuan rose and fell suddenly. Although under Yuan Shikai's rule, there was a brief rectification, but the armed forces everywhere did not really disarm and return to the fields.During the war against Yuan, many troops revived, and the commanders were all over the place, so Sichuan was full of wars, and warlords fought frequently.Because Sichuan has more grassroots teams than other places.Before the great melee in the Central Plains, there was already a great chaos in the middle of Sichuan, and the chaos would never end, and there would be no peace for a long time.