C1701 Under Itoon (1/2)

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.