Chapter 64 Storm (6)
On the south side of the intersection of Hanjiang Road, Li Guanghua, the leader of the patrol army, was shouting loudly: "Brothers, the richest place in Chengdu is right in front of you. As long as you go in, more than a dozen large banks and big money houses are in front of you. Kill in and grab money, guns and women, and rush!"
More than 700 patrolmen and new soldiers who had lost their minds shouted wildly, charging and shooting, killing civilians who were crying and fleeing to the intersection of the Han River. The officers and soldiers of Zhenzi Battalion in the simple fortifications on the north side looked at all this angrily, and shouted at the team officers and demanded a counterattack.
The young team officer was unmoved and waited until hundreds of rebels rushed to within fifty meters before raising their pistols and shouting: "Battle me! Kill this group of bitches--"
More than 300 Mauser rifles sprayed out angry bullets, and the tarpaulins on the left and right German heavy machine guns were quickly unveiled, and dense bullets gushed out. Hundreds of rebels who came from the front fell down like mowed grass. They screamed and wailed endlessly. They rushed behind and threw down their weapons alive, turned around and ran away.
Li Guanghua, who was halfway through, was shocked by the tragic situation in front of him. It seemed that his strength had dissipated. His hands and feet were unconscious and could no longer move a step. When he woke up, his liver and gallbladder were about to turn around. Dozens of people in front had fallen down, and more than ten machine gun bullets hit the back of his head and neck. The whistling rain of bullets instantly tore his neck. His broken head was shot up and he could no longer see what it was when he fell to the ground.
Rulin's bullet rain did not stop for more than ten minutes. When Xiao Yimin arrived, his eyes were filled with pools of blood and corpses, and there was no trace of moving in his sight.
The gunshot stopped, and more than 300 soldiers of Zhenzi Battalion stared blankly at everything in front of them. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood. Many people lowered their heads and could not bear to look at the brains and broken corpses on the ground. The officers and soldiers with poor self-control covered their stomachs and vomited continuously.
Xiao Yimin took a deep breath, glanced at his more than 300 brothers, and then whispered: "Notify the brothers of the Engineer Company to come over immediately. All the bodies will be removed within half an hour!"
Xiaofei's face was as white as paper, and he whispered in a trembling manner: "Brother, there are still a dozen others who don't seem to be dead..."
"Replace the gun!"
Xiao Yimin roared and pointed at Xiao Fei and a dozen soldiers who were vomiting continuously: "Each squad of officers, take your turtle son up and let them take turns to re-shot the gun!"
"yes!"
The three captains responded loudly. They ran into the team and called the brothers who were performing well. They pulled a group of unlucky guys who were still vomiting and dragged them to the middle of the corpses in front of them. They forced the brothers who were weak and trembling all over to pick up their guns and shoot the rebels who were not dead on the ground.
The "cracking" gunshots lasted for more than ten minutes. More than fifty carriages from the engineering company rushed over. All the brothers present worked together to transport the bodies, and soon transported more than 380 bodies, and took away all the guns and machetes. If it weren't for the remaining pools of blood and brains flowing everywhere, no one would know that this place had just experienced a bloody killing.
A fast horse ran over, and Zheng Changze shouted loudly from afar: "Sir, General Yin Changheng led a new recruit from Fenghuang Mountain to come quickly. Please open the north gate and let them enter the city to quell the rebellion as soon as possible."
Xiao Yimin was very surprised. He didn't have time to fly on the horse, so he rushed to the north gate with Zheng Changze. The first thing he did was to order the machine gunners and five hundred brothers to monitor closely, turn the two heavy machine guns pointing to the south of the city and point them to the city gate hole, and then instruct the brothers guarding the gate to open the city gate.
Yin Changheng, covered in dust, took the lead in riding his horse into the city, came to Xiao Yimin and stopped the horse, shouting: "Brother, hurry up and gather your team and come to the city to suppress the rebels with me!"
Xiao Yimin hurried forward and held the restless war horse under Yin Changheng's crotch: "How come brother is here?"
"Don't mention that the patrol army suddenly mutinized in the east school ground. They all shot at Governor Pu and General Zhu on the reviewing stand, killing our new army commander on the spot. The team was five or six. In the chaos, the two governors were missing. The three new army bids were also in chaos! I received an urgent report that it was difficult to recover, so I immediately climbed over the wall and ran to Phoenix Mountain to bring this new army to the new army. At present, they can only rely on these new recruits.
"Yiming, stop talking about anything. I am responsible for suppressing Dongcheng District. You are responsible for suppressing Xicheng District. Our two divisions meet in Nancheng. If we resist, we will be killed without mercy! In extraordinary times, extraordinary things must be done, otherwise the entire Chengdu will be destroyed!"
Yin Changheng was extremely anxious and his voice was hoarse.
Xiao Yimin took two steps back: "Okay! Brother, take a step first, I assemble the team and rushed to the west city immediately!"
More than two thousand new army officers and soldiers quickly passed through the city gate. Xiao Yimin looked at the dust rising from the sky, and strode out of the north gate with the guards, walked towards a group of northern Sichuan rebel leaders standing north of the moat, truthfully informed everyone of the situation in the city, and asked them to return to the steel factory warehouse for a temporary rest, and immediately inform them of the situation once the rebellion is quelled.
A group of simple men from northern Sichuan agreed repeatedly, and many people asked Xiao Yimin if he wanted to help with his brothers with good shooting skills. After Xiao Yimin thanked him, he politely refused, explaining that the city is too chaotic now, and the team with messy clothes may have been injured by accident. His eight hundred brothers in Zhenzi Camp had already rushed to Xicheng and probably had already controlled the situation.
As night fell, the earth turned dark, and only a cluster of fire that soared into the sky brightened the trauma-filled Chengdu city.
From the east and south of the imperial city, there were heart-wrenching crying everywhere. Nearly 100,000 homeless people were crying and rushing into the imperial city with city walls. Those who couldn't squeeze in were surrounded by the imperial city crying bitterly. Teams of innocent citizens, accompanied by new soldiers, stumbled everywhere, looking for news or bodies of their relatives.
Surrounded by a hundred cavalry, Xiao Yimin slowly rode his horse around the south of the imperial city. Groups of fellow villagers saw the "Zhengzi flag" raised high in front of the horse team, and couldn't help but run out, kneeled on the side of the road and shouted "Brother". After a few words, they cried and paralyzed on the ground.
Xiao Yimin held back his tears and dismounted again, held his hands and helped the old men up. Looking at the familiar faces full of sadness, he couldn't help but burst into tears. In just two hundred meters, he walked for more than an hour. Tears of sadness and self-blame were flowing all the way.
The sky above the Governor's Mansion in the southeast of the imperial city was still shrouded in smoke. The sudden arrival of nearly a thousand rebels attacked the Governor's Mansion several times. Finally, the various rebels rushed in from outside the city joined the attack ranks one after another, and were all repelled by the three thousand border troops who had been prepared. Except for the two rows of public offices that were ignited in the chaos, the entire Governor's Mansion did not suffer any major losses. Only seven of the three thousand guards were killed in battle and injured more than ten people. However, more than one hundred corpses of chaos were left around the Governor's Mansion.
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 unscathed but had red eyes and nodded slightly. Then he deliberately raised his face: "You are not commanding outside. If you are dealing with the aftermath, why are you here for me?"
"Students are worried about the teacher's safety." Xiao Yimin replied in a low voice.
Zhao Erfeng shook his head and sighed: "A few days ago, if I hadn't followed your advice and urgently transferred two thousand border troops from Ya'an that I had followed me for many years, I'm afraid it would be as simple as burning two rows of office buildings tonight."
Xiao Yimin hurriedly asked, "Is the loss big?"
Zhao Erfeng smiled wryly and said, "The loss is not big, but the account is burned out. If someone takes over military and political affairs in the future, I don't know what to do... By the way, how about the whole city?"
Xiao Yimin whispered: "General Fengshan began to prevent us brothers from entering the Zhenzi Camp from entering the defense, but he was caught off guard by tens of thousands of chaotic troops. More than 600 guards were half gone in a blink of an eye, so he asked us 800 brothers to come in and help.
"Before the students came here, I went to the Beizhaichang camp. More than 10,000 people in the old and 30,000 Chengdu citizens were in order. The families of General Fengshan and General Zhong Ying and others were all arranged to the students' homes. There was nothing wrong with them, but more than a dozen alleys in the city were burned out, and each household suffered great losses. The injured were sent to the hospital. There was no way to save those who could not be rescued. There were too many injured, and dozens of foreign doctors could not save them."
Zhao Erfeng sighed heavily: "Thanks to you who made a response plan early, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable! Even so, it still caused such a huge loss, alas..."
"Old streets in the east of the city and several commercial streets in the south of the city are still burning half of the city. It is roughly estimated that no less than 5,000 people will be killed or injured. The specific number will not be known tomorrow dawn. Our Zhenziying has controlled most areas in the north and west of the city, so there is probably no problem."
Xiao Yimin was lonely and his voice was hoarse.
Zhao Erfeng raised his head: "Where are those two incompetent governors?"
"Zhu Qinglan is still missing. Pu Dianjun was found by a student's search team at the beggar welfare factory in the northeast of the city. At that time, he had already changed into a torn clothes and his face was painted with dust. He could not see his true face. The student placed him in the North Gate Military Camp and did not see him. His subordinates reported that he was in a low mood and cried. He begged to leave Chengdu and Sichuan, saying that he had no shame to see people. He yelled to commit suicide and apologize. His brothers were worried that he would commit suicide, so he sent two people to watch him."
Xiao Yimin's words were calm, but he still couldn't help but sarcastic expressions on the corners of his mouth.
Zhao Erfeng shook his head repeatedly, and Xu Weiyue cursed in anger: "The incompetent person, he has died, but the most heartbreaking thing is to kill many innocent people!"
Zhao Erfeng was very calm, looked at Xiao Yimin's eyes and suddenly asked, "Yiming, analyze it, who did this?"
Xiao Yimin was shocked and saw that Zhao Erfeng did not seem to be aimless, so he quickly pondered. He still couldn't get the point for a long time: "Looking back, there were indeed many unreasonable things. First, the 3,000 patrol troops suddenly ran to the front of the parliament building to cause trouble. They didn't make trouble for so many days, but they chose all parties to come up with a result. There is another difficult place to understand. Whether it is the New Army or the Patrol troops, everyone knows that the northwest of the city is a key area for students to protect. However, there are seven or eight hundred soldiers who are not afraid of death to attack, but were shot and killed by the 300 brothers of the students on the spot!
"That's really strange now. If it were any officers and soldiers who knew the strength of students would not seek death. But the seven or eight hundred patrol troops went there. When the brothers under him checked the bodies, they found that there were not many new officers and soldiers inside."
Zhao Erfeng gently stroked his long beard: "Have you ever thought that these sudden rebellious patrol troops might have been exploited by some Yin plotters?"
"I really didn't think about it, teacher..."
Zhao Erfeng waved his hand: "I also had this guess at Wei Yue's reminder, but there was no evidence in my hand. But I hope you can check it carefully and quietly. If there is really a mastermind behind the scenes, you can seize the opportunity in advance."
Xiao Yimin bowed slightly: "Disciple understands! When he goes back, he immediately orders his brothers to investigate. If he really finds out that someone is so vicious, the students will never let him go."
Zhao Erfeng nodded: "It should be like this for a man. Okay, you have been tired all night, it's almost dawn, and there are still countless troubles waiting for you to deal with tomorrow. Go back and take a break."
"yes!"
Xiao Yimin said goodbye and left, walked out of the gate of the governor's palace, looking at the red fire for a long time, lamenting repeatedly, thinking about how to deal with the aftermath and how to provide relief...
Chapter completed!