Chapter 49: The Yicheng Rebellion

Yicheng, Huang Yuanping didn't have much to do about the few students standing proudly in the courtyard.

This is a vicious case of conflict between students and militia, the militia in Yicheng is somewhat special, Yicheng is located between Xiangyang and Jingmen, after taking Xiangyang, because Xiangyang is an important town in central Hubei, the traditional clan power is very important. Moreover, after so many years, Zhang Chun's set of actions has been familiar to the clans, so when Zhou Rong took Jingmen, most of the old clans had already distributed the land to the children of the family. Rather than the government distributing it evenly to the mud legs, I would rather give it to my family or someone I can trust.

Therefore, after Zhou Rong took Yicheng, the land reform implemented actually did not play its due role. Instead, the clan justifiably drove all the disobedient poor people into the territory of Jingmen.

Zhou Rong didn't do much in Yicheng except to nationalize the mountains and forests. Later, when the rural government was established, the old clan became the rulers of the country. Later, the factories and product purchase and sales system that the government helped set up naturally fell into the hands of the Shi clan without exception.

But the only people out of the family's control are the students and the working groups.

Using the technology they received from the students and the working group, the old people built some factories in Xiangyang, secretly transported the raw materials from the primary processing factories in the township to Xiangyang, and produced the finished products and sold them to other places. Although the quality of these products did not meet the requirements of the Hubei Autonomous Government, they were still sold at the price of gold in other places, especially some medicines.

Due to the high profits, the primary processing plants, which were already under the control of the old clans, desperately expanded their production capacity and carried out predatory harvesting of the forests. A large number of chemical fertilizers such as fertilizer flour have been banned by the government.

This was not obvious at first, but it was soon discovered by the students.

The students and the working group began to restrict access to the mountains and to take stock of the fertilization of the land. The Environmental Institute publishes environmental monitoring data. Began to ban some processing plants with excessive capacity.

However, the old family refused to implement it on the grounds that they had already paid enough taxes to the government and that the expansion of production capacity would be conducive to the development of the local economy.

Eventually, it turned into armed conflict.

Because the students and the team were well trained, Zhang Chun gave them the right to deal with the crisis in advance and protect their own safety. So these militias, who only want to make money and do not have time for training, have suffered heavy casualties. The students directly seized the militia and some village cadres and disarmed their guns.

The old clan sued the central Hubei Autonomous Government in the name of the Yicheng Provisional Government, and they did not dare to sue the government directly. Instead, he sued Liang Qichao, director of the People's Congress.

Liang Qichao did not know the actual situation, so he ordered Huang Yuanping to disarm the students and send them back to school.

Huang Yuanping rushed to Yicheng overnight. But Yicheng has been controlled by the students, and some of the clan heads they consider to be the most evil have been arrested and directly killed.

Huang Yuanping's cold sweat came down. Huang Yuanping announced Liang Qichao's order, but the students argued. Don't buy it at all.

Huang Yuanping had no choice but to order the police to investigate the truth.

As students everywhere are under threat. Therefore, the students accumulated more and more in Yicheng County, and the working groups from all over the country also withdrew to Yicheng. Together, several working groups already have the power to veto Huang's order. The military headquarters of the Fourth Army had already received a joint telegram from the Working Group, as well as a similar telegram from the Government side.

However, militias from all over Yicheng set up cards everywhere, half in the name of supporting Liang Qichao, and half with the intention of arresting students and asking teachers for their crimes.

Deng Ji, the guard company and Lin Xuefei brought some ordinary people to Zhang Chun and Mao Shishan. The truth is slowly being revealed.

But there was no information about the so-called Jingmen garrison regiment.

Almost all the people who brought it over didn't know what the Jingmen garrison was. However, the Yicheng Provisional Government secretly organized the Yicheng Garrison Regiment, and the head of the garrison regiment was said to be Liu Fugui. was originally a subordinate of the Liu family on Huangcheng Street, but later divided the land and became the president of the peasant association.

It is said that the peasant association and the chamber of commerce united and obtained the support of Director Liang of the National People's Congress to prepare to form the Yicheng garrison group.

At the same time, the contradictions between the students, the peasant associations and the chamber of commerce were also presented in front of Zhang Chun.

The common people's version is that the students and the working group have entered Yicheng instead, and Director Liang is sending the police to arrest the students. The Yicheng garrison regiment was also preparing to enter the city to quell the rebellion.

The commander of the guard company, a veteran named Zhang Junhua, asked, "Do you want to send a report to the military headquarters?" "Zhang Junhua's idea is simple, he doesn't think there is a problem with the students and the working group. If Zhang Chun and Mao Shishan were not there, the guard company might have directly swept away this so-called Yicheng garrison regiment.

In fact, the military headquarters reported that the companies of the 1st and 3rd divisions were already assembled, and they had the right to deal with the crisis on their own. However, if the military council did not give an order to cease operations, then the troops were acquiesced in the implementation of the rights granted in advance.

"No, the military department has not issued a new order, which means that the original order can be carried out."

"Liang Gong should not understand the situation, but Huang Yuanping should not be unaware, and Yicheng should not be a big problem. The question now is how the government will judge the formality. "Mao Shishan is still calm.

"Although Sun Jing is stable on the surface, he is strong in his heart. Cai and Sen are violent on the surface, but they are actually more stable than Sun Jing, and they should not give orders too soon. But once the order is given, I am afraid that Liang Gong's face will not be taken into account. What's more, Guo Hua is also a similar character. ”

"After all, the people's congress is the highest authority body, and Liang Gong was hasty this time." Lizhi usually rarely interjects, but this time she slightly revealed her dissatisfaction.

"Both the NPC and the CPPCC need to coordinate the various industries, which are actually small parties. The seven counties in central Hubei are basically students born now, whether they are peasant associations or chambers of commerce. But this is not the case in other places, the chamber of commerce is basically the old merchants and clans, and now the peasants will be bought and spoiled, and these people are greedy for profit, and they can do anything. It is normal for Liang Gong to be deceived. Mao Shishan felt this when he was working in Yichang, so he explained it for Liang Qichao.

Zhang Chun nodded and said, "Wait, it's just a test of the government's efficiency and whether the military and government are coordinated." ”

In the evening, the 1st and 3rd Divisions had already begun to sweep the perimeter. A platoon and a guard platoon of the 1st Division encountered, and the news brought was that Zhou Rong and Zhang Tian reported the situation to the military headquarters, and the military headquarters replied that it was cheap. Because they did not receive an order from the military headquarters to stop the operation, Zhou Rong and Zhang Tian did not stop the company's action.

The grassroots level of Yicheng has always been very clear that the troops are controlled by the wealthy, and it is only because they have not made extraordinary actions that the troops have not taken care of it. But this time was different. There is a suspicion of hijacking the government to rebel, and the whole nature changes.

The night is getting darker. Liang Qichao, Sun Jing, Cai Hesen jointly ordered the Yicheng Provisional Government to set up a private garrison regiment, which was like a rebellion, ordered the immediate disarming, ordered the police station and the court to investigate the truth, and arrested the violators for public trial. Anyone who violently resists the law will be killed immediately.

It's just that the order was given a little late.

A part of the militia controlled by the wealthy households had already discovered that the troops were encircling and suppressing, so they gathered together and began to rush towards Yicheng. Although they were not strictly trained, they were armed with semi-automatic rifles, and they also made up guns and earthen cannons.

Because the students and the police in Yicheng have been in a standoff, the evacuation of the crowd has not been carried out. Fortunately, after being attacked, the students and the police worked together to stop the riots of the crowd, and while retreating, they organized a blockade. Because the city is also indistinguishable between the common people and the rebels, there are some dead and wounded among the common people and students, but there are not many.

The puppet garrison regiment attacked Yicheng. But it soon seemed to be in the middle of an almost one-sided street fight.

No matter how advanced the weapon is, if you don't know how to use the terrain to cover the attack, plus the organization is not strong, you will swarm when attacking, and retreat when you are blocked.

The number of pseudo-garrison regiments was rapidly depleted without realizing it. If it weren't for the fact that the students and policemen had no heavy weapons in their hands except grenades, and they had to organize the retreat of the common people, they would have been left without them a long time ago.

When the troops surrounded Yicheng and the flames of rocket explosions appeared, these soldiers of the pseudo-garrison regiment, who were originally ordinary people, were temporarily assembled, threw down their guns and surrendered.

When Zhang Chun and Mao Shishan arrived in Yicheng, because more than 20 students had died, they could no longer control the angry students' excesses. If it weren't for Huang Yuanping's restrictions, the more than 1,000 wealthy businessmen and old families who were arrested would probably not have survived.

Zhang Chun silently looked at the corpses of these students that he had worked so hard to cultivate, and his heart hurt like a knife. It's just that there are too many dead people in Yicheng, and it should be said that the power of the rich merchants and the old family is not small at all. Inside and outside the city, plus the troop sweep, I am afraid that more than 3,000 people died.

Huang Yuanping could only sigh, among the twenty-seven students, most of them were sacrificed to cover the retreat of the common people, and some were shot by the rebels who were mixed with the common people, and very few people really died on the frontal battlefield. One by one, Huang Yuanping introduced the names, majors, work conditions, and how the students who sacrificed.

All around were students who were crying silently.

On the other side, there was a voice of plea for mercy. It's just that when I heard that it was Zhang Chun who arrived, no one dared to intercede anymore.

Because everyone knows that Zhang Chun treats students like babies, some people faint directly. (To be continued......)