(16) Waves again

After recovery, Yang Shuoming went to the town to wander around and realized that he had become a hero in the eyes of the people of Shuanglong Town.

The extermination of the bandits in the Troubled Stone Mountain gave a great shock to the other bandits in the vicinity, and after hearing the news that the officers and soldiers were stationed in Shuanglong Town (in fact, there was no such thing at all), the bandits who originally planned to work together to capture Shuanglong Town also dispersed, and each retreated to their nests to hold on, and they did not dare to go down the mountain to disturb them. After the security team exterminated the rocky mountain, the mountain road between Shuanglong Town and the nearby areas was unblocked, and the merchants and people were all praised and grateful to the security team, and Yang Shuoming personally killed the bandit leader He Black Donkey, which naturally became the object of admiration of the townspeople, no matter where he went, he would always get warm hospitality and reverent eyes.

Compared with the sincere gratitude of the residents of Shuanglong Town from the heart, Yang Shuoming remembered his experience of being rescued after several righteous and courageous acts in later generations, but avoiding himself like avoiding the plague, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

When did we start throwing away the good things that had always been ours?

Yang Shuoming wandered around the street for a while, and then came to Liu Laoliu's blacksmith shop, wanting to fight another "roaring dragon" combat knife, but when he came to the blacksmith shop, he was startled by the hot ironsmithing scene inside.

Looking at the bare-pounded blacksmiths sweating and beating the iron, and the piles of spear tips and knife embryos in the corner, Yang Shuoming seemed to understand something, and he immediately turned around and walked out of the blacksmith shop and went to the security office.

Came to the security office, as soon as he entered the door, Yang Shuoming heard bursts of gunshots, and he saw some young people temporarily recruited from the town under the guidance of the security guards, lined up in two rows, squatting in the front row, standing in the back row, practicing playing a row of guns, but the ones they used in their hands were not real military rifles, but earthen shotguns.

Looking at the straw man in front of him who was beaten all over the ground, Yang Shuoming nodded secretly and shook his head again.

The life experience of this security captain Xu Yuanjin is actually very curious to Yang Shuoming.

A guard took Yang Shuoming to Xu Yuanjin's house, Xu Yuanjin seemed to be writing some kind of report there, and when he saw Yang Shuoming coming in, he put down the pen in his hand and straightened up on the chair.

"Healed?" He asked with a smile.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Yang Shuoming smiled, looked at the people practicing shooting outside the window, and asked, "Is something happening again?" Are there other bandits coming? ”

"As you yourself said, 'Bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates.'" What, forgot? Xu Yuanjin looked at him with a smile and asked rhetorically.

Yang Shuoming understood what he meant, smiled bitterly, and did not speak again.

Of course, he who is familiar with history knows that after the Xinhai Revolution, some things are actually the opposite of the vigorous and inspiring appearance depicted in history textbooks.

Just as many peasants understood the revolution, they thought that without the emperor, there would be no royal law, and at that time, many people's armies (that is, the revolutionary army, here to distinguish it from Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army) did not really fight the world, but they took it for granted that they had merit. As long as many people have been in the people's army, they will get a card to go home, most of them are made of silver, and after returning home, they will be like Fan Jinzhong, which is called a cow b, and the sacrificial meat in the ancestral hall is double. But more people don't want to go home, because they were originally "green forest heroes", and they finally entered the city and wanted to stay in the city to enjoy their happiness. After entering the city, the heroes who joined the People's Army felt that they could do anything now. After entering the city, the people's armed forces in various localities often have their own side to open tobacco houses and gambling halls, and openly sell drugs and gamble. At the same time, he asks for money and salary from the New Deal Axe every day, and if he doesn't give it, he will make trouble. Even blocking the road and robbing it, due to the struggle for territory and the robbery of financial resources, the people's armies from all walks of life often have fires and, you kill me, I kill you. Some of the commanders of the people's army were actually killed by another group of people's troops on the street, and even their pistols, gold watches, gold chains, and wallets were all snatched away, which made the residents of the city worry every day. And behind such a social disorder, there is excessive luxury, indulgence. After the "success" of the revolution, many officials of the People's Army quickly became corrupted, eating, drinking, gambling, buying concubines, and doing everything. Not only the heroes who were originally born in gangs and green forests, but also some revolutionaries and officers of the New Army, who also opened the ban, desperately indulged their **, and soaked in the gentle country and wine country almost all day long. There was something ahead, and I couldn't find the officer's command, and I finally found it, but they were all drunk. Officers are like this, and soldiers follow suit, and often do not return home at night. As far as the drunken women are concerned, the revolutionaries seem to be particularly concerned, and if they have the slightest conditions, they will enjoy them desperately. It seems that this can show that the revolution is working against the decaying feudal Qing Dynasty. Just as the Qing Dynasty explicitly forbade officials to keep their minds, the revolution could of course be opened, and the feudal etiquette and law had to "preserve the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires", and the revolution would of course have to "destroy the principles of heaven and indulge people's desires." For most revolutionaries, revolution is a kind of liberation. Emancipation, of course, first emancipation**. A lot of the money that the revolutionary army and political axe had raised with great difficulty was sent to the restaurant and the academy. And once the money is gone, many people's troops come out to rob in whole groups, no different from bandits.

Of course, the merchant people were disappointed by such a revolution, and in their opinion, the current chaotic situation may not be as good as it was under the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

This is one of the main reasons why the revolutionaries, who occupy so many provinces, still almost unanimously want to compromise with the military strongman Yuan Shikai even though the provisional president Sun Yat-sen is actually reluctant to do so, although most of China's provinces have declared their reading power, and it seems that the revolutionary army is huge and has a large number of guns. It is a big joke that such a bandit-like civilian army wants to confront Yuan Shikai's regular Beiyang Army. Therefore, after the change of president, Huang Xing, who stayed in Nanjing, took the initiative to disband most of them, and when he sent the Guangdong People's Army back to his hometown, he also found that a large number of junior officers had married wives in Nanjing (most of these people still have one in the family!). )。 The history textbooks of later generations have always made a lot of bad comments on Huang Xing's initiative to dissolve the Nanjing Left-behind Mansion, and there are even patriotic and indignant young people who think that Huang Xing betrayed the revolution and surrendered to Yuan Shikai on his own initiative! But those who know the truth understand that Huang Xing's approach is completely correct.

Relying on such an army, it is strange that it can succeed.

The vulnerability of the revolutionaries and their armies was even more vividly demonstrated during the Second Revolution. Yang Shuoming knew that in Jiangxi, where he is now, Li Liejun had fought a few battles, while the people's army in other places, when the Beiyang Army arrived, many of them did not fire a single shot, so they defected and fled for their lives. In the blink of an eye, Hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming became the commanders of the light pole, so they had to smear oil on the soles of their feet and leave. Guangdong, the hometown of the revolutionary pioneer Dr. Sun Yat-sen, known as the place with the largest number of revolutionaries, disappeared all at once, and no face was given at all.

As for the final result of the "second revolution", Yang Shuoming actually knew very well for a long time.

After knowing exactly the historical time and space he was in, in these days of recuperation, in addition to chatting with the beauties of the Huang family, Yang Shuoming also thought about whether he could help Li Liejun to change the results of the "Second Revolution", but after thinking about it many times, he still gave up this unrealistic idea.

After all, he is not an Archangel, and he also brought a photo of PS with Mr. Sun Yat-sen, which can be used to deceive the trust of revolutionary soldiers and become the commander of the revolutionary army. And he came naked, although he has some ability, but in the face of the situation in front of him, he is powerless at all.

Even if he could help Li Liejun defend the Hukou fortress, he didn't want to think about how long the lonely Jiangxi army could hold out under the attack of Yuan Shikai's superior Beiyang army.

Thinking about the fact that He Hei Donkey only made a small gesture on the bullet of the revolver, and almost took the life of him, a traverser, you can know the result of this.

In these chaotic and turbulent times, it is not so easy to change the course of history.

As a matter of fact, the failure of the "second revolution" was inevitable.

The Xinhai Revolution was not so much a violent revolution as a peaceful regime change. After the establishment of the Republic of China, the people's minds were determined that opposing the use of force to solve the problem was the mainstream in the country at that time, and when the truth of the "Song Jiaoren assassination case" had not yet been revealed, the war against Yuan launched on the grounds of the case and Yuan Shikai's large loan could not be recognized and supported by the people from all walks of life at all. At that time, some people even accused the initiators of "kidnapping" the people of the whole country in the name of revolution under the pretext of "opposing Yuan", in essence, for the sake of power struggle!

Yang Shuoming did not doubt the political ideals and pure beliefs of Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionary pioneers, but he hastily raised a military crusade when the "Song case" had not yet been closed and the legal solution was still in progress.

What is even more ironic is that the result of the "Second Revolution" gave Yuan Shikai, a military strongman, the best chance to unify the whole country and establish authority. Contrary to what history textbooks proclaim, the so-called "I'd rather be a dog of peace than a man of trouble", the prolonged social unrest has made the masses look forward to a strong leader and a central political axe. Because the common people in the market did not take the initiative to accept any "revolutionary righteousness", what they hoped most at that time was to restore order as soon as possible and be able to live a peaceful life, but Yuan Shikai's Beiyang warlord group happened to become the stable force and symbol of peace that the people of the whole country were looking forward to!