Chapter 67 The Road Protection Movement
A few days later...
Although the atmosphere in the whole of Sichuan is very tense now because of the "state-owned railway" and the "Baolu Comrades Association", as the capital of Sichuan Province, the city gate of Chengdu is still full of traffic, but...
"Head, there's a convoy ahead!" On the gatehouse of the city wall, a soldier from a patrol battalion shouted to the sentry below.
"Convoy?" The sentry, who was lying on a chair next to the gate, dug his nose. "What a fuss, there's no convoy here on any day." Having said that, the sentry got up from his chair anyway.
This sentry has just been transferred, and he was a little new to this job earlier, but every day he watched a group of people come in and a group of people go out, and gradually became lazy.
Hawkers, but it still feels good to collect money, especially when you can keep some private.
"Let me see, how big the convoy isβ" said the sentry, putting his hand to his eyes so he could see better. It's strange, it's so dusty..."
Soon, the sentry saw the true face of the convoy...
At least a hundred carriages were lined up in a long convoy, heading along the road in the direction of the city gate, and the coachmen and passengers in the carriages were also five big and three thick, and they looked like ...
"Soldiers?" I don't know why, but that's how the driver on the convoy felt to the sentry officer.
"Let's go!" beckoning his brothers to follow him, the sentry officer raised his quick gun and met him. "What are you guys doing?"
Hearing the shouts of the patrol battalion sentry, the carriage stopped, and then a strong man in a gray uniform jumped out of the carriage. "This military master, we are from Huasheng Company, and we just came back from Yanbian..."
Although he took the ocean with his hands and feet, the sentry still frowned. "Huasheng Company? I've heard of it, but why are you going to get so many horses and carts into the city? β
The strong man smiled. "The military master also knows that the situation has been tense recently, and our boss is also afraid of accidents, so let's all go back to the city and wait for a few months..."
The sentinel scoffed, but his expression relaxed a lot. "Tense situation? At most, some revolutionaries are making trouble, or the new army is not afraid of death thinking about an uprising, and if something really happens, they will be killed at that time. β
The sentinel's words were unkind to the new army, and the strong man was not surprised.
Since its establishment, the patrol battalion has always had tremendous hostility towards the new army, and in addition to the deviation in consciousness, the most important thing is that the treatment of the new army is much higher than that of the patrol battalion, and this is also the biggest reason why the patrol battalion is dissatisfied with the new army.
For example, the 31st Mixed Association Mutiny in Anqing in the autumn of 1908, the riot of the New Army in Guangxi in January 1911, and the rebellion of the New Army in one of the towns organized in Guangzhou in February 1911 were all suppressed with the merciless assistance of the patrol battalion...
It can be said that from the very beginning the patrol battalion stood on the opposite side of the new army.
"Master Jun, can we go?" When the sentry was finished, the strong man smiled.
The sentinel waved his hand. "Alright, let's go, let's go." But when the strong man came to his side, he grabbed his hand. "Is the gun cocoon quite thick..."
"yes." The strong man's face does not change color. "The boss's request, we have to fill a thousand rounds of ammunition every year..."
When the sentry heard him say this, his face froze, and he waved his hand halfway before signaling him to hurry up...
When the strong man walked back to the carriage, he heard the sentry muttering there. "Grandma, we only shoot a few dozen bullets a year..."
The strong man grinned, then motioned for those behind him to follow, and the sentry officer also waved his hand, signaling his men to let go.
The reputation of Huasheng Company in Sichuan is also like thunder, although it has only appeared for two or three years, but according to Yan Guangqian's instructions, Huasheng Company has a very good relationship with officials and officers from all over Sichuan, so the sentry officer did not think about getting more benefits for the difficult team.
"Whew..."The strong man exhaled, and at this time someone on the side spoke. Yang Shan, the soldiers of these patrol battalions..."It was Hong Ming who was sitting in the carriage.
"Ah, they are all newly transferred, it turned out that there were only a dozen people watching the city gate, and now it seems that because of the "state-owned railway", at least one sentry has been transferred..."
"It seems that the situation in Kawanaka is indeed tense, and the boss's plan is about to come true..."
"Yes..."Looking at the soldiers of the patrol battalion at the city gate, Yang Shan smiled.
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Just when Yang Shan and Hong Ming led the team into the city gate, Luo Quanjing of Zizhou, Long Mingjian, a member of the Sichuan Alliance (the name is very handsome, but the person looks a bit like a bun -_-!) and Wang Tianjie and others, and had a secret meeting with Qin Zaigeng, Luo Zizhou, Hu Chongyi, Sun Zepei, Zhang Dasan, and other leaders of the Pao Brothers' Association.
"Brother Bingjun's appearance is really extraordinary, almost all the leaders of the robe brothers in southwest Sichuan have arrived..."Standing in the inner room, looking at the dozen or so people outside, Long Mingjian smiled at Qin Zaigeng.
"Where, where..."
In this secret meeting, Long Mingjian and other members of the alliance saw that the time for the uprising had come, so they contacted Qin Zaigeng, the leader of the Pao Brothers' Association, and prepared to invite the leaders of the Pao Brothers in southwest Sichuan to hold a "hall meeting" in Luoquanjing, Zizhou.
Because Qin Zaigeng is very famous in Sichuan, especially among the robe brothers, although everyone else is a little unclear, they still rushed to Zizhou one by one.
"Brother Qin, are we going out now..."A brother of Qin Zaigeng on the side saw that he was still talking and laughing with Long Mingjian, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Yes, let's go out and meet the leaders now." Saying that, Qin Zaigeng made a gesture to Long Mingjian.
"Please..."Long Mingjian also hurriedly replied.
In fact, Qin Zaigeng is also a member of the Alliance, and it was developed by Long Mingjian himself, so as soon as Long Mingjian proposed, Qin Zaigeng agreed.
After Qin Zaigeng and Long Mingjian walked out of the inner room, although the dozen or so robe leaders outside didn't know who Long Mingjian was, they still stood up one by one.
"Everyone!" After a few polite words, Qin Zaigeng spoke. "You may still be wondering, why did Qin invite you to Zizhou, it's not a secret, this person next to Qin is the Dragon Ming Sword Dragon Brother of the Alliance." Long Mingjian, who was talking about the bun face, stepped forward, thinking about the other running leaders.
Although the other leaders of the robe brother do not have a lot of intersection with the alliance, the robe brother has always been anti-Qing, so he is also very polite to return the courtesy.
"I'm sure you all know that now the Tartars have decided to nationalize the railway." Saying that, Qin Zaigeng glanced at everyone present. "The railway matter is related to the 50 million people in Sichuan, and now the people in Sichuan are already angry, and this is the time for us to revolt!"
"So what should we do?" A robed leader asked.
"Mobilize the people, armed uprising!"
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