On the south side of the intersection of Hanjiang Road, Li Guanghua, the leader of the patrol army with a bloody face, was shouting: "Brothers, the richest place in Chengdu City is in front, as long as you kill it, more than a dozen big banks and big money houses are in front of you, kill in and grab money, guns, and mother-in-law, rush!" ”

More than 700 soldiers of the patrol and the New Army, who had lost their minds, shouted frantically, shooting while charging, killing a number of civilians who were crying and fleeing to the intersection of the Han River.

The young officer remained unmoved, and waited until hundreds of rebels rushed to within fifty meters, then raised his pistol and shouted: "Hit me!" Kill these sons of bitches—"

More than 300 Mauser rifles spewed out angry bullets, the tarpaulins on the left and right two German heavy machine guns were quickly uncovered, and a dense rain of bullets erupted, and hundreds of rebels who were killed by the black pressure in front of them fell like mowing grass, screaming and wailing endlessly, rushing behind and throwing down their weapons alive, turning around and running.

Li Guanghua, who rushed halfway, was stunned by the tragic situation in front of him, it seemed that his whole body strength had dissipated, his hands and feet were unconscious, and he could no longer move half a step, and when he came to his senses and was about to turn around, dozens of people in front of him had fallen, and more than ten machine gun bullets all hit the back of his head and neck, and the whistling rain of bullets instantly tore his neck, and the mutilated head was shot up, and it was impossible to see what it was when it fell to the ground.

Rulin's bullet rain did not stop for more than ten minutes, and when Xiao Yimin's Pegasus arrived, his eyes were full of pools of blood and corpses, and there was no longer half a moving shadow in his line of sight.

When the gunfire stopped, more than 300 officers and men of the Zhenzi Battalion stared blankly at everything in front of them, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Xiao Yimin took a deep breath, glanced at his more than 300 brothers, and after a long time, he ordered in a low voice: "Inform the brothers of the engineer company to immediately drive the carriage over and remove all the corpses within half an hour!" ”

Xiao Fei's face was as white as paper, and he trembled and whispered: "Little brother, there are more than a dozen who don't seem to be dead......

"Replenish the gun!"

Xiao Yimin roared and pointed at Xiao Fei and a dozen soldiers who couldn't stop vomiting: "Officers of each squad, take your turtle sons up and let them take turns to replenish their guns!" ”

"Yes!"

The three captains responded loudly, ran into the line and called for the well-behaved brothers, pulled a bunch of unlucky people who were still vomiting and dragged them to the middle of the corpses in front of them, and forcibly ordered the brothers who were weak and trembling all over their bodies to pick up their guns and shoot the rebels who were not dead on the ground.

The "crackling" gunfire lasted for more than ten minutes, and more than 50 horse-drawn carriages of the engineer company rushed to the scene, and all the brothers present worked together to carry the corpses, and soon carried out more than 380 corpses, and all the guns and machetes were collected.

A fast horse came galloping, and Zheng Changze, who was on the horse, shouted loudly from afar:

"My lord, General Yin Changheng led a target recruit from Phoenix Mountain to rush over, asking your Excellency to open the north gate and let them enter the city as soon as possible to quell the rebellion."

Xiao Yimin was very surprised, he didn't have time to think about flying on the horse, and rushed to the north gate with Zheng Changze, and the first thing he did when he jumped off the horse was to order the upper and lower machine gunners and five hundred brothers to keep a close watch, and turned around and pointed the two heavy machine guns pointing in the south of the city to the city gate, and then ordered the brothers guarding the gate to open the city gate.

Yin Changheng, who was covered in dust, took the lead in riding his horse into the city, came to Xiao Yimin to restrain his horse, and shouted loudly: "Brother, quickly gather your team and follow me into the town to suppress the rebels!" ”

Xiao Yimin hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the restless war horse under Yin Changheng's crotch: "Why is my brother here?" ”

"Don't mention it, the patrol army suddenly mutinied in the east school field, and all of them shot at the Pudu Governor and General Zhu on the review stand, killing five or six of our New Army staff leaders and team leaders on the spot. I received an urgent report and saw that it was irretrievable, so I immediately climbed over the wall and went out to Phoenix Mountain to bring in this new army, and now I can only rely on these new soldiers.

"Yiming, don't say anything, I'm responsible for suppressing Dongcheng District, you are responsible for suppressing Xicheng District, our two departments converge in Nancheng, if there is resistance, there will be no forgiveness!" Extraordinary things must be done in extraordinary times, otherwise the whole of Chengdu will be ruined! ”

Yin Changheng was so anxious that his voice was hoarse.

Xiao Yimin took two steps back: "Okay!" The elder brother took the first step, and the younger brother gathered the team and rushed to Xicheng immediately! ”

More than 2,000 new officers and soldiers quickly passed through the city gate, Xiao Yimin glanced at the dust stirred up in the sky, strode out of the north gate with the guards, and walked towards a group of leaders of the Northern Sichuan Righteous Army standing north of the moat, truthfully informed everyone of the situation in the city, and asked them to temporarily return to the steel mill warehouse to rest, and report the situation as soon as the rebellion was settled.

A group of simple men from northern Sichuan agreed repeatedly, and many people also asked Xiao Yimin if he wanted to pick some brothers with good marksmanship to help? Xiao Yimin thanked him and politely refused, explaining that the city was too chaotic now, and the team with messy clothes was likely to be injured by mistake, and the eight hundred brothers of his Zhenzi battalion had already killed Xicheng, and it was estimated that the situation was under control

When night fell, the earth turned dark, and only the flames of the sky illuminated the traumatized city of Chengdu.

Nearly 100,000 homeless people poured into the walled Imperial City crying and screaming, and those who could not squeeze in gathered around the Imperial City weeping bitterly, and groups of innocent citizens, accompanied by new officers and soldiers, stumbled around looking for news of their loved ones or their bodies.

Surrounded by a hundred cavalry, Xiao Yimin slowly beat his horse and bypassed the south of the imperial city, and a group of fathers and villagers saw the "Zhenzi Flag" held high in front of the horse team, and involuntarily ran out, knelt on the side of the road and shouted "Little Brother", and cried so much that they were paralyzed to the ground without shouting a few words.

Xiao Yimin held back his tears and dismounted again, held a pair of outstretched hands, helped up the old people, looked at the familiar faces full of sorrow, and couldn't help but burst into tears, in just two hundred meters, he walked for more than an hour, and the tears of sadness and self-blame also flowed all the way.

The sky over the governor's palace in the southeast of the imperial city was still smoky, and the sudden arrival of nearly a thousand rebels attacked the governor's palace several times, and finally the rebels from all walks of life poured in outside the city also joined the ranks of the attack, all of which were repelled by the 3,000 border troops who had been prepared for a long time, except for the two rows of official rooms that were set on fire in the chaos, there was no major loss in the entire governor's palace, and the three thousand guards only killed seven people and wounded more than ten people, but more than 100 corpses of rebellious soldiers were left around the governor's palace.

When Zhao Erfeng saw his disciple Xiao Yimin, he immediately realized that the rebellion had been quelled, he looked up and down at the disciple who was uninjured but his eyes were red and swollen, nodded slightly, and then deliberately straightened his face: "You are not outside to command, to deal with the aftermath, what are you doing here?" ”

"Students are worried about the safety of their teachers." Xiao Yimin replied in a low voice.

Zhao Erfeng shook his head and sighed:

"A few days ago, if I hadn't listened to your suggestion and urgently transferred two thousand border troops from Ya'an who had followed me for many years, I am afraid that tonight would not be as simple as burning down two rows of official rooms."

Xiao Yimin hurriedly asked, "Is the loss big?" ”

Zhao Erfeng smiled bitterly: "The loss is not big, but the account room has been burned down, if someone takes over military and political affairs in the future, I don't know how to deal with it...... By the way, how about the city side? ”

Xiao Yimin reported in a low voice:

"General Fengshan began to prevent our brothers from the Zhenzi Battalion from entering the defense, but we were caught off guard by tens of thousands of rebels, and half of the more than 600 guards were lost in a blink of an eye, so I asked our 800 brothers to go in to help.

"Before the students came here, they went to the North Campus Camp, more than 10,000 people and more than 30,000 Chengdu citizens were in good order, the families of General Fengshan and General Zhong Ying and others were unharmed, all arranged to the students' homes, people were fine, but more than a dozen alleys in the city were burned down, and every family suffered great losses, and the injured were sent to the hospital if they could be saved, and there was no way to save them, there were too many injured people, and dozens of foreign doctors could not save them."

Zhao Erfeng sighed heavily: "Thanks to you for making a contingency plan early, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!" Despite this, such a big loss, alas......"

"The old streets in the east of the city for more than ten days, several commercial streets in the south of the city, and half of the city are still burning, and it is roughly estimated that there are no less than 5,000 dead and wounded, and the specific number will not be known until dawn tomorrow. Our Zhenzi battalion has taken control of most of the northern and western parts of the city, and it is estimated that there will be no problems. ”

Xiao Yimin looked lonely, and his voice was hoarse.

Zhao Erfeng raised his head: "What about the two incompetent governors?" ”

Zhu Qinglan is still nowhere to be seen, Pu Dianjun was found by the students' search team in the beggar welfare factory in the northeast of the city, when he had changed into a tattered clothes, and his face was also painted with dirt ash, so he could not see his true face. The students placed him in the North Gate barracks, did not go to see him, and his subordinates reported that he was depressed and wept, begging for a while to leave Chengdu and Sichuan, saying that he had no face to see people, and then shouting that he wanted to commit suicide to apologize, and his brothers were worried that he would commit suicide, so they sent two people to watch him all the time. ”

Xiao Yimin's words were calm, but the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but show a mocking look.

Zhao Erfeng shook his head again and again, and Xu Weiyue scolded angrily: "Incompetent, he has died a hundred, but he killed many innocent people, which is the most distressing!" ”

Zhao Erfeng was very calm, looked at Xiao Yimin's eyes, and suddenly asked, "Yiming, you analyze, who did this?" ”

Xiao Yimin was startled, and saw that Zhao Erfeng didn't seem to have no purpose, so he hurriedly pondered, but he still didn't understand the essentials for a long time:

"In retrospect, there are indeed a lot of unreasonableness, first of all, the 3,000 patrol troops suddenly ran to the front of the parliament building to make trouble, and they didn't make trouble for so many days, but they chose all parties to make trouble when they were about to negotiate a result? There is also an incomprehensible place, whether it is the new army or the patrol army, everyone knows that the northwest of the city is a key area for the students to protect, but there are seven or eight hundred rebels who are not afraid of death to attack, and as a result, more than 380 people were killed on the spot by the 300 brothers of the students!

"It's really strange to think about this now, for any officer and soldier who understands the strength of the students, he will not kill himself, but seven or eight hundred patrol troops went, and when his brothers examined the corpses, they found that there were few new officers and soldiers in it."

Zhao Erfeng stroked his long beard: "Have you ever thought that these suddenly rebellious patrols may have been used by some conspirators?" ”

"I really didn't think about it, is the teacher ......"

Zhao Erfeng waved his hand: "As a teacher, I also had this conjecture under Wei Yue's reminder, but I don't have any evidence in my hand, but I hope you can check it carefully, check it quietly, if you really have the mastermind behind the scenes, you can also grasp the opportunity in advance." ”

Xiao Yimin bowed slightly: "Disciple understands!" When he returned, he immediately ordered his brothers to investigate, and if he really wanted to find out that someone was so vicious, the students would never let him go. ”

Zhao Erfeng nodded: "A manly husband should be like this." Well, you've been tired all night, it's almost dawn, and there are still countless troubles waiting for you to deal with tomorrow, so go back and rest. ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Yimin said goodbye and left, walked out of the gate of the governor's mansion, looked at the fire that reflected the red sky for a long time, and sighed again and again, thinking about how to deal with the aftermath and how to give relief.

(To be continued)