"The Imperial Army has been defeated! The Red Army is about to come and liberate Korea......"

I don't know when such an irresponsible rumor began to circulate on the streets of Seoul and Pyongyang. Although the Joseon Governor-General's Office immediately began to refute the rumors after receiving the report, it published the news of the "great victory of the imperial army" in the newspapers. However, rumors of the defeat of the Japanese army spread wildly on the Korean Peninsula like wings. In a corner of Tadong Park in Seoul, a group of young North Koreans gathered to mutter, spreading fake news that made them excited.

Kim Hyung-gi also sat among them, he was now wearing a traditional Korean robe, a high gauze hat on his head, and a few thread-bound books under his arms, as if he was a teacher, his face was full of excited expressions, and the surrounding youth 280 surrounded the three Korean independence movements to ask for a monthly ticket Seeing this, he couldn't help asking: "Mr. Kim, is there any good news?" ”

"There is good news, the great Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has recaptured Chita and will soon invade the territory of Manchuria in China!"

"Really? Manchuria is right on the border of North Korea, will they come and liberate us? ”

"Well, Soviet Russia is very willing to liberate the Korean people, but the question is do our people need their liberation?"

"Of course you do! How could we not need it? ”

"Really? It has been nine years since the fall of Korea, and our monarch was killed by the Japanese invaders not long ago, but the Korean people show no sign of resistance! Speaking of this, Kim Hyung-ji stood up and shouted loudly: "If we Koreans want Soviet Russia to save us, we must first save ourselves, if we don't even have the courage to resist Japan's brutal rule, we will only honestly be Japan's obedient people, how can Soviet Russia come to save us." To liberate us? ”

"Yes...... But Japan has troops stationed in Korea! ”

"Yes, the Japanese will kill us!"

"The Japanese are too savage. Even King Li was killed by them, and our resistance was only a senseless sacrifice. ”

The people around him didn't seem to have the courage to resist the 280 National Encirclement of the Three Korean Independence Movement and ask for a monthly ticket, and Kim Hyung-gi was not angry, but took out a few black-and-white photos from the thread-bound book in his hand and distributed them to the crowd, which showed a long list of prisoners of war wearing tattered Japanese military uniforms and holding their hands held high, walking under the escort of several Soviet Russian Red Army. Everyone's eyes widened: "Mr. Kim, are they really Japanese soldiers?" ”

"They are Japanese soldiers from the 19th Division, the same division stationed in Korea, and they were transferred to Chita in September. As a result, it was defeated by the great Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, three of the four wings lost their wing flags, and I heard that the division commander had also committed suicide! Of course. Our Governor-General, Yoshimichi Hasegawa, will not admit defeat. He will only publish some false news of victory. But rumors are rumors after all, and when the Red Army hits the Yalu River, it will be clear. I don't think this day will be too long! ”

As the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing. Now that Kim Hyung-ji has taken out a photo as proof, the North Korean youths around him, who have already trusted him very much, naturally no longer doubt it. There was also an expression of excitement on their faces. Seeing that the heat was almost over, Kim Hyung-ji struck while the iron was hot, took out a stack of "Declaration of Independence" from his pocket and began to distribute it.

"This is drafted by the Holy Master of Yi'an, you all come and take a look!"

The Holy Master of Yi'an in Kim Hyung-ji's mouth is the ancestor of the Cheondo sect, which is very influential in North Korea. Speaking of Tiandaoism, Chinese may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to another name of this sect, "Dongxue Party", there are many people who know it! The First Sino-Japanese Revolution of Oriental Studies launched by this "Dongxue Party" was the fuse of the First Sino-Japanese War! After the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, this Heavenly Taoism continued to spread in Korea, and its influence should not be underestimated. So Kim Hyung-ji was sent back to North Korea by Kim Koo to instigate a riot. He managed to contact the forces of the Heavenly Daoist Sect and formed a rebel alliance with them.

When these young Koreans saw the "Declaration of Independence" drafted by Master Yi'an, their expressions on their faces became solemn, and they all respectfully held the "Declaration Book" with both hands and looked at it over and over again, and some of them even shed tears of excitement. And Kim Hyung-gil took the opportunity to say to everyone: "Students, the Holy Master has decided to launch a mass rally in Tadong Park on October 11. Appeal to the whole world for Korean independence! When the time comes, you must come to participate, and it is better to mobilize your classmates and friends to participate together, and we will let the Japanese invaders and the whole world see the strength of our Korean people! ”

"That's right! We want the Japanese to know our power! ”

"With the Holy Master coming out to lead us, and the Soviet Union supporting us, the independence of Korea will definitely succeed!"

"We're going to win!"

"We want to avenge King Li!"

These young people soon became agitated and openly shouted anti-Japanese slogans in Tadong Park, attracting the surrounding North Korean people to gather one after another. Seeing this, Kim Hyung-ji simply stood on a high place and made an impromptu speech. The same thing was repeated in Seoul and Pyongyang in North Korea, and the long-suppressed anger of the North Korean people finally erupted in full swing under the death of King Lee and the instigation of organizations such as the Cheondo Sect, the GCD, and the Korean Liberation Society.

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"Holy Master, now the whole of North Korea is about to boil! The moment is coming to decide the fate of the nation, please lead us into battle! ”

The speaker was Kim Gu, the leader of the North Korean GCD, and he was listened to by an ordinary old man with a goatee, wearing traditional North Korean clothes. However, looking at Jin Jiu and Jin Zuozhen's respectful attitude towards him, you can know what is unusual about this old man. Because he is Sun Byung-hee, the leader of the Korean Cheondo Sect, he is known as the Holy Master of Yi'an, and the Donghak Party uprising in 1894 was the same time as his contemporary, the leader of the Donghak Party, Jeon Hyun. And the place where they spoke was a secret stronghold of the Heavenly Daoist Sect in Pyongyang.

Jin Zuozhen continued with Jin Jiu's words: "The Japanese imperialist army has suffered heavy losses in the territory of the Far Eastern Republic, and now is the best time for us to launch an uprising to recover the motherland!" Holy Master, as long as you ascend to the heights and shout, then the whole of Korea will be boiling, and the thousands of Japanese soldiers in Korea will be drowned in the anger of the 20 million Korean people! ”

Sun Bingxi nodded stiffly: "Two, the contemptible people know that there is a fierce battle on the Chita front, and they also know that the Japanese army is far from being defeated, is it a little early to revolt now......

Jin Jiu smiled slightly. He replied, "As long as we start a great uprising that engulfs the entire Korean Peninsula now, and sets the Japanese rear on fire." Aren't they going to lose the war? ”

Jin Zuozhen also said: "Holy Master, now it is the stalemate between the Japanese and Russian armies, if it drags on any longer, Japan is likely to have the upper hand, and then there will be no more independence for Korea, and our children and grandchildren will only become slaves of Japan forever!" ”

Sun Bingxi was silent for a long time, and then said: "What if the Russian Red Army can't be defeated for a while and a half?" How many armies can you arm with the weapons in your hands? How long can they resist? ”

Jin Jiu smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Holy Master. Regardless of whether the Russian Red Army can reach Korea or not, we have the possibility of defeating Japan, because it is not only Soviet Russia that supports our independence. In fact, the government of Nanjing, China, is also secretly supporting us! Otherwise, how could we have bought arms from Shanghai? ”

"What? Is there such a thing? Sun Bingxi subconsciously asked. Everybody knows. Now China and Japan are allies. It is an enemy of Soviet Russia. And how is it possible for Korean independence to be supported by both Soviet Russia and China?

Jin Jiu laughed: "Doesn't the Holy Master still understand? Now Japan and Russia are making big moves for the Far East, while China is actually sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. If Japan and Russia are defeated, China will inevitably rise, and then we will become believers in leftist nationalism and recognize China as the boss...... Don't hide it from the Holy Master. This North Korean GCD was actually established with the help of the Chinese GCD, and he can go back to the field of winning G at any time. ”

Sun Bingxi nodded, with a convincing expression on his face: "The old man understands, if this battle is a great victory for Soviet Russia, then we Koreans will believe in Lenin's doctrine, and if it is a defeat for the Soviet Union and Japan, then we Koreans will follow Zuo Minism." Korean independence is indeed expected! ”

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"Long live Korean independence!"

"Drive the Japanese invaders out of Korea!"

"Korean independence, down with Japanese imperialism!"

At 10 a.m. on October 14, 1919, tens of thousands of Koreans came to Tadong Park in Seoul. First, Kim Hyung-ji, the student representative, read out the "Declaration of Independence" prepared in advance. Suddenly, tens of thousands of people were excited, chanting slogans such as "Long live independence" and rushed to Deoksugung Palace, where King Lee's coffin was parked. Along the way, people continued to join this team, and in the blink of an eye, a huge team of hundreds of thousands of people was gathered. In addition to shouting independence slogans, many people also raised the party flags of Taijiquan and North Korea's GCD, which had been prepared for a long time. There were also banners of Tendo and Christianity, and leaflets with the Declaration of Independence were distributed.

By 3 p.m., 300,000 North Koreans had taken part in the demonstration, and the whole of Seoul seemed to be overwhelmed by angry North Koreans. When the marchers arrived in front of the Japanese Governor's Palace in Korea, the procession suddenly stopped, and it turned out that everyone found that the front of the Governor's Palace was already full of armed police and military police. But the marching crowd did not flinch in front of the bayonets and muzzles of the military police, and the military police did not pull the trigger, on the one hand, they did not receive orders, and on the other hand, many of them were part of the Korean nation, just like the marchers! How could they bear to shoot bullets at their unarmed compatriots? They are not the people's army after all......

Some of the marchers seemed to notice this, shouting: "Fellow citizens! Stop working for the Japanese invaders! Get in action with us! ”

"Yes, the Japanese invaders have failed! We Koreans want to be our own masters! ”

"Children, open your eyes and see, where are the invaders' armies around you? They are all dead in Siberia! Japan is done ......"

Commanding the military and police at the scene was Koiso Kuniaki Nakasa, an operational staff officer of the Korean garrison, who was this time on the orders of the commander of the Korean garrison, General Iguchi Province, to protect the governor's palace. When he received the order, General Iguchi only told him that a handful of North Koreans were making trouble, and that it was enough for him to scare him casually and try not to kill people, so as not to create a bad impression in the international community. But when I arrived at the gate of the Governor's Palace, I realized that the people I wanted to scare were almost the entire North Koreans in Seoul!

"Sir, what should I do? What are we going to do? There are so many of them......" A captain of the Japanese gendarmerie, apparently stunned by the scene in front of him, shouted loudly at Koiso.

"Eight squares! It's just a rabble! Keep me calm, load the bullets! Koiso Kuniaki forced his composure and ordered loudly.

Of course, an officer of his rank knew how empty the Japanese forces in Korea were now! The two divisions that originally belonged to the garrison army have been transferred to the Simberian front. In their place, however, was a mixed brigade of several thousand men, scattered in Seoul, Pyongyang, Busan, Wonsan, Kaesong, Uiju and other places. Garrison here in Seoul. Including the staff officers and guards of the garrison army headquarters, there are less than 1,500 people! Fortunately, there are still many real Japanese in Seoul, as long as the Governor's Office gives an order. The soldiers and the able-bodied among them will soon be armed, so that there will be a real army! But before that, these rabble in front of them can still easily seize Seoul!

"Shoot into the sky!" Although Koiso Kuniaki has never been trained to "maintain stability", he still instinctively made the most correct response. The sea of people in front of them can only be intimidated, but not really slaughtered, so as not to provoke them...... It was still a peaceful demonstration, and if handled properly, the demonstrators would probably disperse after venting their grievances, and the Governor's Palace would be able to order the mobilization and expansion of the army!

"Smack! Syllable! Smack......"

There was a burst of gunfire, and there was a sudden silence in front of the Doge's Palace. The North Koreans, who had been shouting angrily just now, seemed to be stunned for a moment, and looked with their mouths open and frightened eyes at the less than 1,000 policemen and gendarmes with rifles in front of the governor's palace.

"Sure enough, it's a flock of sheep!" Kuniaki Koiso sighed softly in his heart. When he was wondering whether to let his men use bayonets and rifle butts to drive the crowd away. Suddenly, another crisp gunshot rang in his ears. He was then thrown to the ground by a gendarmerie officer.

"Eight squares! Who is shooting, who is giving the order! He pushed away the overreacted military coo, and just as he was about to stand up, he heard someone shouting: "Your Excellency Nakasa, it's the North Koreans who are shooting!" They have weapons! It's a riot! It's rioting!! ”

"Fire! Hurry up! Beat these rebels to death. Killed! ”

Koiso Kuniaki ordered loudly as he pulled out his **** and opened fire on the crowd. By this time, the entrance to the Governor's Palace was in complete confusion, some of the people were wounded by bullets and fell to the ground and let out a terrible scream, while others fled in panic, trying to get away from the guns of the Japanese, but many more chose to move forward. A group of loli girls who don't know which middle school in Seoul is (the protests in Kaesong were instigated by 200 North Korean lolias in history) first sang the national anthem of the Korean Empire, "Patriotic Song". Immediately after that, more people began to cry and chant loudly, and the people who had fled turned back. In the face of the muzzles and bayonets of the Japanese military and police, no one flinched, no one panicked, and the entire Korean nation seemed to have fully awakened at this moment! Even the policemen who wore police uniforms and worked for the Japanese also joined the march and fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese military police with their bayonet rifles! Then more North Koreans rushed up and joined the fight with their bare hands!

Seeing this, Koiso Kuniaki also completely lost his claim. Under the protection of several Japanese military police, they retreated again and again, and finally retreated to the large iron gate of the Governor's Palace. At this time, several heavy machine guns had been erected on the commanding heights of the Governor's Palace building, and the muzzles of the black holes immediately began to spit out tongues of fire, sweeping down the Korean people close to the Governor's Palace, regardless of the old and the young, piece by piece! But the North Koreans still did not retreat, the front was defeated, and the people behind came up again, going forward and successively, treating death as home! Some Koreans with weapons in their hands even used the corpses of their compatriots as a cover to shoot at the guards of the Governor's Palace! For a time, the front of the governor's palace became a battlefield, with bullets raining and corpses everywhere......

And the governor of North Korea, Hasegawa Yoshimichi, wore a general's uniform and carried a samurai sword behind a window on the third floor of the governor's palace, looking at the chaotic scene in front of him fixedly, watching his imperial soldiers being killed by bullets fired by the Koreans one by one!

"Your Excellency the Governor! Please move now! It's going to fall soon! One of Hasegawa's lieutenants ran up to him, took him by the arm, and walked out.

"Nope! I'm not going! I'm going to fight to the end here! The old fellow struggled hard, as if trying to push the loyal lieutenant away.

"Your Excellency, it is not your obligation to die here, you should lead the troops to fight back!"

A few more adjutant staff officers and the like rushed in, two of them set up the governor and walked out, and one took the samurai sword and **** of the governor, probably because he was afraid that he would not want to commit suicide, right? This time, the governor did not struggle any longer, but obediently stuffed into an armored car by them, rushed out through the back door of the governor's palace, and drove in the direction of Incheon Port outside Seoul.

And when Hasegawa Yoshimichi arrived at the headquarters of the Korean garrison that had just been moved to the port of Incheon. He heard more bad news, and the riots were not only in Seoul today, but also in all the large and medium-sized cities of North Korea, including Pyongyang, Kaesong, Wonsan, Uiju, Busan, Daegu, etc.

What shocked him even more was that Pyongyang, the most important city in the north of Korea, had been occupied by the rioting North Korean people, and a garrison brigade stationed in Pyongyang was completely shattered!

Moreover, the North Korean mob occupying Pyongyang also sent a telegram to the outside world to declare Korean independence! and established a provisional government of the Republic of Korea headed by Son Byung-hee, Syngman Rhee, Kim Zuo-jin, Kim Koo-gu and others!!!