Since ancient times, the reputation of bandits and robbers has mostly been bad and despised by people. However, in the history of the Republic of China, there was such a bandit leader, who not only won the praise of the great literary hero Lu Xun, but also won the praise of Bing Xin and Qu Qiubai. They all agreed that the bandit was a hero and that what he did was also the hero's doing. This bandit is Sun Meiyao, who is known as Sun Laowu, why do Lu Xun and others praise him? It was because he concocted a "carjacking case in Lincheng" that shocked China and foreign countries.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > up the hill as a bandit</h1>
Sun Meiyao was born in 1898, Shandong Shanting people's clan, because she ranked fifth in the family, so she was called Sun Laowu. At the age of 20, Sun Meiyao and her brother Sun Meizhu fell into the grass. In the southeast of Zaozhuang Shanting District, Shandong Province, a cottage was built on baoligu Mountain, collecting hungry refugees, and establishing the "Shandong Jianguo Autonomous Army", which grew to 7,000 people.
At this time, it was already the ruling period of the Beiyang government of the Republic of China, and seeing that the bandits were strong and had a growing trend, the Beiyang government sent a large army to suppress and suppress them. In the battle against the regular army, the "autonomous army" was obviously incompetent, and was besieged by the officers and soldiers on the Baoligu Mountain, and Sun Meizhu was also killed by the officers and soldiers in a battle. Faced with the increasingly tense shortage of food and ammunition on the mountain, Sun Meiyao, who succeeded him as commander-in-chief, decided: He would lead a group of well-skilled backbone forces to break through the mountain, hijack the trains on the Jinpu Railway that foreigners were riding, and use the pressure of the foreigners to force the Beiyang government to withdraw.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Lincheng carjacking</h1>
In the early morning of May 6, 1923, Sun Meiyao led more than 1,000 people to ambush the ShagouShan section of the Jinpu Railway, quietly waiting for the fish to be hooked in the night. At about 2:30, a train full of passengers finally slowly approached. This is the "blue steel skin" train that Sun Meiyao was waiting for, which was the only all-steel train in China at that time, and the train ticket had to be several oceans, and those who could take this train were either rich or expensive. In particular, there are many foreigners above, which is the main purpose of Sun Meiyao's visit. While passing through the section of the track that was pickpocketed, the train derailed and stopped.
At this time, Sun Meiyao shouted loudly and led his men to rush up, and suddenly, the shouts of gunshots, cries, angry scolding, and panic were mixed together, so it was not lively. On the unsuspecting train, dozens of foreigners and more than two hundred Chinese became Sun Meiyao's meat tickets. With the foreigner as a meat shield, Sun Meiyao successfully returned to the Baoligu Mountain. The officers and soldiers surrounding the mountain saw that there were foreigners captured, and did not dare to shoot to stop it, but could only watch As Sun Meiyao swung into the mountain.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > officials and bandits</h1>
After the carjacking case in Lincheng, it shocked China and foreign countries. Among the foreigners who were arrested were people from Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Belgium, and other countries. At the same time, the ministers of these countries sent a challenge to the Beiyang government, demanding that President Li Yuanhong rescue him within a limited time, otherwise he would have to sanction, compensate, and even send troops to China. In particular, although the Japanese were not caught, they were also like a beam-jumping clown, bouncing around and advocating the organization of international coalition forces to enter China. This can frighten the Beiyang government, which is the most serious foreign-related incident facing China since the Boxer Rebellion, and if it is not handled well, it will lead to serious consequences.
While the Beiyang government was studying countermeasures, news came from the Baoligu Mountain. Sun Meiyao released 4 foreign women and asked them to bring out a letter. The letter explained three conditions for Sun Meiyao's kidnapping this time: First, the officers and troops who surrounded Baoligu would immediately withdraw; second, they would collect the bandits from Baojiaogu and set up a brigade with Sun Meiyao as the brigade commander; and third, they would replenish their munitions.
So the Beiyang government sent The Shandong Overseer Tanaka Yu and the Governor of Shandong Province, Xiong Bingqi, to negotiate with the bandits. The officers and soldiers believe that except for the third article, the first two conditions can be agreed. Therefore, the two sides quickly reached an agreement, and when the two sides signed, the bandit side put forward a new request: the foreigner and the squires of Zou County, Teng County, and Yi County signed a guarantee together to ensure that the official would fulfill the agreement. It turned out that Sun Meiyao still couldn't trust the Beiyang government, and was afraid that the officers and troops would rebel and unload and kill donkeys. In this regard, the official also agreed, and the two sides signed a pledge to reach a settlement.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > bandits change their minds, and the officials and bandits play</h1>
After the negotiations were successful, the large army surrounded by the officers and troops in Baoligu was withdrawn, and the government representatives went into the mountains with a letter of appointment to demand that Sun Meiyao release him. But at this moment, the bandits changed their minds. Sun Meiyao tore up the letter of appointment in public and declared that they would not recognize the previously signed treaty, and they would re-propose the conditions. This change surprised the Beiyang government, and the two sides had to renegotiate. The reason why Sun Meiyao rebelled was that the Beiyang government was afraid of foreigners and did not dare to use force, so the lion opened his mouth and put forward more and more harsh conditions. For example, the bandits were reorganized into two divisions, Teng County, Zou County, and Yi County were divided into spheres of influence, and the officers and troops withdrew from a hundred miles away, and so on.
Faced with these conditions put forward by the bandits, the Beiyang government said that it could not accept them, so the negotiations reached an impasse. At this time, the ministers of various countries began to exert pressure on the Beiyang government again, and domestic public opinion also pointed the spearhead at the Beiyang government, accusing the government of ineffective handling of affairs and the official anxiety and fatigue. When the news spread, the foreign missions unanimously opposed it, fearing that it would harm the lives of their own overseas Chinese. Tanaka told them that this was a "clear and secret care" plan, the purpose of which was to make the bandits give in.
Sure enough, the bandits who were strong in the outside world could not sit still when they saw that the officials and troops had delayed in hearing from them and that they were going to use force. They picked a Frenchman named Pei Yusong, asked him to swear an oath to return to the mountain, and let him go down the mountain to send new conditions and official negotiations. But unexpectedly, Pei Yusong did not come back when he went down the mountain, which made the bandits very surprised, and it turned out that foreigners were not trustworthy! There was no way, Sun Meiyao let a foreign reporter named Powell down the mountain, and also let him swear an oath to return to the mountain, and this Powell returned with his promises. But he took down the mountain on three new conditions, and the government army did not agree to any of them.
The bandits began to panic, and things became more and more noisy, but the attitude of the Beiyang government became more and more tough, which was not a good sign. Therefore, Sun Meiyao made concessions again, and this time, he only let Powell take two conditions to the mountain: one was to break the siege and retreat; the other was to reorganize the bandits into two brigades. However, the authorities put forward two counter-conditions: first, the release of two-thirds of the foreigners; second, the recruitment of bandits is limited to those with guns.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the ringer</h1>
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, the bell breaker appeared. He was Xu Haizhen's envoy Chen Tiaoyuan. Because the Lincheng carjacking case could not be resolved for a long time, the official conveniently sent Chen Tiaoyuan to the rescue. This Chen Tiaoyuan is sleek and sophisticated, and he often deals with bandits and knows the psychology of bandits. He could see at a glance that the problem between the officials and bandits was mutual distrust, and at this time, a weighty person was needed to go to the bandits' nest to exchange hostages in exchange for the trust of the bandits.
Therefore, Chen Tiaoyuan volunteered and brought 20 people into the mountain. Chen Tiaoyuan was really extraordinary, he fought fiercely with the bandits on the mountain, and Sun Meiyao also trusted him very much, and even won the favor of Sun Guizhi, the real speaker behind the scenes. Moreover, he also sent 2,000 sets of military uniforms and a batch of grain to him, which made the bandits feel more favorable to him.
Under the mediation of Chen Tiaoyuan, the bandits finally reached a reconciliation with the officers and soldiers, and Sun Meiyao released all the captives. The bandits on the calves were all issued death certificates, and after counting, there were more than 3,000 people, and fewer than 1,200 people had guns. Among the bandits who were willing to enlist, they were reorganized into the newly organized 11th Brigade in Shandong, and those who were unwilling were dismissed on the spot, and Sun Meiyao finally got her wish and became the brigade commander.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Sun Meiyao</h1>
The carjacking case in Lincheng, which took 37 days to finally solve, seems to be happy. However, after only six months, Sun Meiyao was booby-trapped by the authorities for a casual reason. The troops he had worked so hard to pull up were also disbanded and disbanded, and the reorganized and reorganized no longer existed. A bandit full of pride and ambition, from the end of the day, before he could unleash his ambitions, he was killed. Lu Xun once praised Sun Meiyao as a hero Haojie. What do you think of Sun Meiyao?