C1701 Under Itoon

On both sides of the road were rolling hills and endless woods. The name of the small town of Itoon depended entirely on the Itoon River outside the city, which was an important tributary of the Songhua River, and the small town of Itoon was just above the Itoon River.

The surface of the Itoon, which was now upstream, was not wide, but the river was deep enough for the mountain range to fall, and the current was swift, rolling from south to north.

To the west was the border of Liaoning, and the east was the territory of Jilin. No matter what, this wooden bridge had to be a hundred years old, like a riverbed with pine nails, and the surface was covered with logs. The dust and soil that had accumulated over the years had already filled up the gaps between the logs, and people had already trod on horses to become a layer of shiny black mud.

Normally, no one guarded the bridge. During the day, there were tax officials who came to collect taxes, and the people on both sides of the river didn't have the feeling of the people from the two provinces.

However, the changes in the Black Dragon River had changed everything. People on both sides of the river were watching more and more people defending Yi Tong, especially this wooden bridge outside the city, which was becoming more and more important for defense.

Although there were dozens of people in a small army, there were troops every day. In the end, the number of troops stationed in Yi Tong City quickly exceeded three Battalion Head s by a thousand.

People looked on in horror at the endless stream of soldiers on the street. The security in the city had deteriorated rapidly. Thieves who stole, robbed, ate an overlord's meal, secretly set up cards to extort merchants, and even maliciously humiliate women had occurred.

Coupled with the increasing number of versions of the rumor, the people around Itoon began to flee.

"Let's go, Hun Chun is preparing to attack Beijing with a hundred thousand men and horses …" In less than three days, this place will be filled with soldiers.

"Shengjing is in a hurry, General Xing is already out of troops, all the elite soldiers have been transferred to the pass, he can't beat Hun Chun at all …"

"Run, I heard that the Hun Chun borrowed a hundred thousand soldiers from the Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea, they are elite soldiers that not even the Russian can defeat, we are not a match for them …"

Rumors were flying everywhere, and the people were panicking! Not to mention Yi Tong, the entire Eastern Three Provinces was in chaos. Heilongjiang and Jilin were still alright, after all, the people hadn't figured out what was going on. The mutiny was over, the roads and roads were all blocked, and the people had nowhere to run to.

On the other hand, the administrative efficiency of Liaoning was not as fast as that of the Hun Chun. The group of brainless flies that were caught off guard did not subconsciously organize their defense. One could imagine how chaotic this situation was.

They could not care less about transferring their troops, but they forgot about the military equipment and supplies. After preparing the food, they threw away the horse material.

The soldiers began to move about in the province, but they didn't post any notices. How could this not be chaotic?

Of course, it was not because the civil officials were useless, but because they truly did not know how to write this public notice. Because the imperial government had yet to set a set tone for this mutiny, no one knew whether to beat them or to pacify them.

The civil and military affairs were in chaos, the roads were in chaos, and even bandits and robbers were taking advantage of the chaos to wander around to do business. The security of the entire province was in chaos.

None of this was what made people worry the most. If the commoners suffered a bit, they would lose it. In any case, the officials sacrificed their lives for the pastoralists and the commoners as sheep, so a huge coup such as this was something they could do nothing about.

The most frightening thing was the attitude of the Hun Chun. This was what the officials of Liaoning Province feared the most.

Hun Chun was the famous stubborn donkey outside of the pass, she was neither greedy nor lustful, she just loved to train and play with soldiers, and played with soldiers and soldiers all day long. In the end, his soldiers became the army with the highest quality of the outside world.

Everyone knew that the soldiers of the Hun Chun were powerful, but what was even more unexpected was that the Hun Chun actually dared to bring troops into the Black Dragon River. It was so oppressive that no one in the entire Black Dragon River dared to cause trouble.

Even the Russian was not afraid of this, how difficult was it to fight against such a soldier? During this period of time, all the temples, Taoist temples, as well as the Divine Jumpers and Shamans in Liaoning Province were doing great business, many officials had their luck burning incense and kowtowing to the Hun Chun, begging for their Hun Chun s to be killed.

At that moment, countless of officials hated this to the point that their roots were itching, "Damn, why didn't Hun Chun get expelled all those years ago? "How come there's only one person left who doesn't hold back in leading the troops here …"

At this moment, everyone had forgotten what happened back then. It was not that people did not covet the position of Hun Chun, but the sudden clash between China and Russia had scared countless of corrupt officials.

The Haishenwai had been cut away, and all of them had become Sha Russia's territory. The area protected by the Ningguta had been reduced by more than half. When the situation was not clear, only fools would want to snatch the Hun Chun's position. There were corrupt officials who knew their own limitations, and they really did not dare to guard the country.

A special historical event that resulted in the Hun Chun, this mutiny, and the nightmare in the hearts of the officials of Qing Dynasty.

Just when the number of people at the Itoon Outpost had increased to 2, which was about the equivalent of 2 companies of the New Army, a shadow suddenly appeared on the opposite side of the bridge. The people on the bridge who were preparing to cross the river fled in panic, and those who wanted to enter Liaoning hurriedly ran to both sides of the road.

"Soldiers!" He was being pressured by soldiers … The Hun Chun has sent troops over … "

The commander of the Yi Tong army stationed on the west side of the wooden bridge was a Hauptverwaltungsgebaude. The locals called him black dog, and at this moment, he was lashing the heads of a group of peasants with his whip.

"Damned bastard, did you embezzle the arms we asked for? The list stated that fifty catties of gunpowder, two liters of lead, five hundred catties of dried meat, and eight hundred loads of rice. "Where are the items …"

"Please don't be angry, sir!" The old soldier who delivered the supplies rolled on the ground as he was whipped. Chief, please calm your anger... How would I, an old man, know about this? I send gifts like this every year! "I'll send as much as the warehouse gives to me. Discount is something you negotiated with the warehouse officer. It's useless even if you hit me …"

The veterans were begging for mercy, while the other peasants were so frightened that they were behind the wheelbarrow, afraid that these wolf-like soldiers would throw their temper at them.

black dog really had no place to vent his anger. He knew that a loss was nothing, a loss of forty percent of the items would vanish without a trace, and the items would disappear without a trace and become silver coins. Then, he would return them to his pocket according to the ratio.

No matter how much the leader took, or how much the Hauptverwaltungsgebaude took, there would be a percentage. Even the soldiers under the black dog could get some meat, these were all hidden rules.

But not today, the black dog knows that the other side of the bridge is the Hun Chun's territory, who knows if there will be a war or not? Wouldn't he be taking his own life if he were to continue embezzling?

Pah pah pah … Another three lashes. Go back and explain it to the wicked Liu. What time is it now? I want arms to fight in a war, stop playing with flowers and make up for the losses! "

Just as he was cursing, two soldiers who were crawling and rolling over from outside the camp came over and shouted loudly, "The vanguard of Hun Chun is here, they have already set up camp on the other side of the bridge … At the very least, there are two thousand men covering the sky! "