Chapter 28 Section 6

In fact, the mutiny in Beijing is just a general statement. At that time, as far as Tongzhou in the south and Baoding in the north, Beiyang soldiers all rushed out of the barracks and ransacked wantonly.The most vicious of them were the Baoding soldiers. After looting the little Baoding, the rebels discussed with each other: Anyway, we have already made a revolution, or we should carry the revolution to the end, rush to Beijing, and liberate the whole of China! After the discussion was settled, the rebels chartered a train, got on the train with live ammunition, and rumbled towards the city of Beijing.If this team enters Beijing, then Yuan Shikai will be in serious trouble.Unexpectedly, the team was traveling halfway, passing a bridge, and the train was rattling on the bridge, when suddenly there was a loud bang, the bridge was blown up, several carriages flew across the air, and there was a loud noise in the carriages. The rebels screamed in horror.

The carriage at the back plunged into the middle of the river, and with the sound of howling and crying, half-dead soldiers came out one by one with their heads broken and bloody.As soon as he got out of the carriage, he heard gunshots all around him, bang bang bang, bang bang bang, the soldier who climbed out of the carriage was shot dead on the spot. Who are the ambush soldiers? Poor those rebellious soldiers, at this juncture, how can they think about this boring question?He desperately climbed out of the carriage, and fled in the opposite direction from where the bullets came. At this time, I heard the sound of gongs beating from all directions, earth-shattering, and accompanied by deafening shouts: rush, kill... It turned out that the people from four villages and five miles had already heard the news of the mutiny in Beijing. Organized under the command of the generals, carrying earth-made guns and cannons and other civilian counterfeit weapons, ambushing along the railway line, shooting whenever they saw rioters, to prevent these rioters from rushing into the village and committing murder and arson.

As for the bombing of railway bridges, this was done by railway officials.It turned out that those officials feared that the rebellious soldiers would enter Beijing, and the situation was out of control, so they decided to kill them and blow up the bridge. As a result, the rebel soldiers in Baoding suffered a terrible blow. , Countless people were injured and fled, and hundreds of guns were discarded at the scene. The local township bravely pursued the victory and killed dozens of rebels. Then he came back to clean the battlefield and found many gold and silver utensils, including the captured guns and ammunition, and sent them to the county office.

As soon as the villagers came back from the county office, they saw rebels appearing in the northeast of the village. The villagers were so excited that they carried their guns and rushed forward again. The rebellious soldiers retreated, and the village warriors took advantage of the victory to pursue, rushing, killing the rebellious soldiers... Then all the village warriors stopped, watching the rebellious soldiers emerge on the horizon like a tide with a few heavy artillery in the middle. boom!Boom boom boom! The sad and angry rebels fired at the village, and all of a sudden, the village was in chaos, with old people crying and children screaming.

Facing the heavy artillery, the village braves finally gave up, and sent some old men to approach the rebels: Don't shoot at our village, okay?The village is full of kind-hearted people. In the past, you paid money and food to support your army, and fired at your own fathers and villagers. How can you bear it. The rebellious soldiers said: "It's close to less. Lao Tzu's guns only recognize silver. Take the silver. Everything is easy to talk about. If you don't see the silver, you hold the silver and die." The village braves had no choice but to go back dejectedly, collecting money from door to door, and gave it to the rebels.The rebels divided the money, carried heavy artillery and turned to the next village: boom boom boom... bring the money, and shoot if you don't see the money, you're not welcome.

Afterwards, a reporter found out that the rebellious soldiers carrying heavy artillery were rebel soldiers from the supply battalion.The supply battalions were all stationed outside the city. When they heard the chaos in Beijing, they wanted to enter the city but were blocked by other troops that did not participate in the riot. But judging from the battle reports at the time, these rebels might not have the chance to escape home with the money. Once they abandoned their heavy artillery and fled in all directions, they would definitely be killed by the brave men from all directions.But at the time of chaos, who would have thought of this result?