"This is going to be signed? We are dead in the Ryukyus? That's tens of thousands... General Liang, you have to think of a way, we can't watch the French devils land, our brothers and sisters, our folks can't die in vain......"

"Where's the old shopkeeper, let the old shopkeeper come back, I know that the foreign bank still has a batch of munitions, take it out, let's do ...... with these brutes."

"I don't believe Gong Cheng, and we don't trust the French, no matter how much you try to persuade me, I have let my company prepare for battle in secret, and the ammunition has been fired three times the base...... General... We can't just watch, we have to act..."

In a fort in Qixing Mountain, Liang Kun, who had a plaster splint on his leg, leaned back on his chair with an iron face, his eyes staring at the harbor dock under the mountain.

On the general's side, more than a dozen officers of the New Army were hardcore hawks, and in their eyes there was absolutely no mention of surrender or compromise, and this group of people even disobeyed the order and distributed weapons and ammunition without authorization, and the whole army was divided into pieces and hidden among the people.

If according to the usual rules, the new army dared to use weapons and ammunition without authorization, and dared to disobey military orders, such a person would be expelled from the new army if he did not die, but today Liang Kun no longer has the spirit to punish these bold young people, and even he himself is eager to lead his troops to raid the venue on the dock.

"General, what do you say... We can't look at it in vain, now that the Imperial Guards have taken over the city's transportation arteries to the suburbs, they want to blast us all out, this is to exclude us..."

It wasn't until now that Liang Kun turned his head to look at him and asked softly, "There is no new army, what kind of parade does he Cai Mao use?"

"Oh, my general, now the gang of Shuri Castle are afraid that we will make trouble, and they are trying to drive our people away, I heard from a friend that Cai Mao used the ...... of the sailors of the fort and the Imperial Forest Army in this parade."

"Cut, what can the Guards do......? Where's the old shopkeeper, won't he be stopped too......"

"That's not true, now the Ryukyu treasury has long been bottomed out, how can the French have to take 30,000 taels of silver after the agreement is signed, who else can they rely on except for the prime minister's foreign bank? The old shopkeeper must be seated......"

Hearing that Fan Yaodu had already participated in the signing ceremony, the light that had just flashed in Liang Kun's eyes suddenly dimmed, "Don't count on the old shopkeeper now, he also has difficulties..."

Of course, Fan Yao has difficulties in his heart, this old man who has always been strong and patient, has always been like an iron stone to fight with the French to the end, but the cunning Gong Cheng grasped the weakness of the old shopkeeper at the end of the negotiation, and successfully changed Fan Yao's attitude by hitting the weakness with one blow.

Xiao Lotian is still alive, the tiger girl is still alive, the hope in Fan Yao's heart has not been dashed, and his daughter and aunt are a qiē in the old man's heart.

In order to keep this family business for his daughter and uncle, he even subconsciously had a little intention of avenging his uncle, the old man forgot about life and death, and only wanted to fight and take revenge, even if he died with the French.

But not now, when he knew that his daughter and aunt had sailed on the sea, were on their way home, and were likely to be chased by French warships, the old shopkeeper was furious.

The love of licking the calf is too powerful, strong enough to overturn the qiē that he insisted on before, and the old shopkeeper has now made a 180-degree turn, from the main battle faction to the main peace faction all of a sudden.

"Hurry up and sign an agreement with the French, they want money to give money, they want to give them a false face, and wait for their daughter and aunt to be safe before discussing, as long as people live, there will be a qiē..."

Liang Kun couldn't forget the old shopkeeper's words last night, he sighed and said to the hawkish officers under him: "Restrain your subordinates, don't make any extraneous branches, if there is really peace, I think the prime minister will be optimistic...... It's better than handing over to the Prime Minister in ruins..."

"Your Excellency... Do you really believe the French? Do you really believe Gong Cheng?" shouted the crowd.

"What can I do if I believe it or not? The people's hearts are scattered, how can you let me lead this team? You want to kill the French, if when you do it, the Royal Forest Army is in front of you, will you shoot or not?" Liang Kun suddenly roared angrily.

"What can I do? I'm just an ordinary veteran of the kingdom of heaven, and if I'm still full of hairs in my mouth, who will stand in his way? Whoever stands in my way will be killed... But no, who let me hear the words of the prime minister, who let me know what a nation and a state are?"

"The prime minister taught you so much, when did he teach you to slaughter your own villagers? Those people who have a hint of peace illusions, if they are blocked by your guns, which of you will dare to pull the trigger?"

Liang Kun was as angry as a lion, "Who dare, who of you dare to pull the trigger...", all the officers blushed, and they couldn't let go of a big stone on their chests.

The scene suddenly became cold, and no one could refute the general's words, because they knew that this was not a fantasy, this was a very tangled reality.

War is not terrible, as long as everyone is willing to sacrifice their lives and forget death, even the most powerful enemy will not want to take advantage. I am afraid that there will be a split in my own people, and once the concept changes, it will be like a crack in the foundation, and if the external force pushes it slightly, the house will be in danger.

Most of the people are getting by, as long as three meals a day can be guaranteed, and the lives of family members and children can be safeguarded, such a society can be called a peaceful and prosperous era, they don't care who is the emperor, who they love...

The reason why Gong Cheng's plan succeeded was actually to grasp the psychology of the people, first scare away the courage of the people with brutal bombing, and finally give them a little hope of hope, how could the people not be fooled.

If these new troops disobey the order and insist on going their own way, I am afraid that the hearts of the people will be lost, and all the credit for protecting the Ryukyus will be thrown into the Pacific Ocean, and it will not be the French who will scold the new army, but their own countrymen.

Liang Kun was speechless, and the officers around him were speechless, but they didn't know that the scene they had guessed was now happening in the streets and alleys of Naha City.

The wide streets, the new army that has received the military order signed by King Shangtai and General Cai Mao is retreating outside the city, and it is said that the army should be under the direct command of Liang Kun, but everyone knows that General Liang Kun was injured on the Beishan Trail and is now in the period of recuperation.

And as long as the military orders of King Shangtai and General Cai Mao are not vetoed by General Liang Kun, then the new army has no reason to refuse. Those unwilling soldiers have been waiting for General Liang Kun's veto order, but they have not waited.

When the sun rose in the east, when the final time limit of the military order arrived, Liang Kun's military order did not arrive, countless companies wept in a low voice, and the iron-blooded men did not shed a single tear in the face of the French artillery fire, but today many people cried out aggrievedly.

"How can this be? When did our new army retreat? Lao Tzu, I want to be a deserter......

"Why do you want to get out of the city? Are they afraid that we will attack the French? and since they are afraid, don't go ashore and go back to Europe......"

"What is this called, are the brothers dying in vain..."

Squads, platoons, and companies...... The grassroots military units were in an uproar, and they looked at the angry military order, and they knew very well in their hearts that the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers were going to sign a contract with an iron heart, and they were going to betray the country.

"Brothers, Ryukyu was built by the Prime Minister today, why did they sell the Prime Minister's country..."

This sentence is too damning, they actually think that this is the prime minister's country, Cao Cao didn't dare to say such things back then, isn't this causing trouble for Xiao Letian?

However, under the excitement of the crowd, no one could care about avoiding suspicion, and the feelings of the soldiers became more and more unstable.

How could the Imperial Forest Army in charge of the guards dare to care about this group of soldiers, they even secretly retreated, for fear that the city gate would catch fire and affect the pond fish.

Just when the soldiers were at their most unstable, an unexpected scene occurred, only to see groups of Ryukyu people pouring in from countless alleys, carrying boiling hot water, and the freshly made breakfast actually came to the labor army.

"Drink the soup, it's fresh kombu soup...... Here the bread is freshly baked in the morning...... Take it, freshly boiled eggs, and know you haven't eaten yet, so take ......."

The white-haired old man and aunt, the sweaty aunt and uncle, and even countless children stuffed the eggs and rice cakes they were reluctant to eat into the hands of the new army.

The sudden warm scene suddenly dispelled the anger that had just gathered, and all the soldiers' hearts seemed to be blocked by a stone, as if they had just drunk a pot of hot soup and swallowed two ice lumps.

The two breaths of cold and hot collided in their chests, and the soldiers who were holding back wanted to cry.

"No, no, no, we don't want ...... We have rations, we have discipline......" The soldiers are dodging.

"Take it, uncle knows that you are angry in your heart, and to be honest, I don't feel good in my heart...... But we have to live, we have to face reality......" The aunts and uncles cried as they spoke.

really let Liang Kun guess that the new army is not afraid of anything, just afraid of this hand, they are afraid that the people they have been protecting will cry, and they are even more afraid that the people they have been sticking to and working hard will be abandoned by the people. "Folks, we're not leaving because...... It's because we want to protect you......" I couldn't go on halfway through the words, and the eyes of the people had already given the new army an answer.

That is the desire to live secretly, that is the cowardice that bows to fate in the face of fate, and that is the shame after giving up dignity......

"Everybody listens...... All stand upright... Salute ...... "Under the orders of the officers, countless soldiers stood upright and gave the standard military salute to the people, and at that moment almost all the people did not dare to look into the eyes of the soldiers.

"All of them...... March...... Let's go out of the city and into the mountains......" At that moment, everyone heard the cry in the officer's throat.

"Brothers...... Don't embarrass the Prime Minister, remember what the Prime Minister said, who are we......" the officers shouted.

"The New Army... We are the Prime Minister's new army...... We are the new army ...... East Asia"

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