After Guangzhou entered August, it was like a steamer, and when the latest report was put on Wei Ze's desk, the secretary of the secretariat couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, "Governor, this is the recent change in the situation in the north. ”

"Is there anything classified?" Wei Ze put down the gong who was giving instructions, raised his head and asked.

The secretary knew what Wei Ze meant, and he replied: "The comrades of the political department have already been classified, and the general type of information has been made into a briefing and has begun to be conveyed to the following. Two days ago, we seized intelligence officers who had infiltrated Guangdong from the sea from Fujian to Guangdong, and we had seized a large number of documents written by Manchu Qing who had instigated local regiments to practice rebellion, as well as letters of appointment. In this section, there are still 6 routes on the sea, and many such people have been arrested, and there are also many suspicious elements. The Ministry of Political Affairs has implemented a long-term plan against a group of suspicious elements. ”

"The army is about to start making zuò summer clothes, has this been notified?" Weeser asked.

"The troops have been informed." The secretary replied.

After the secretary left, Wei Ze picked up the latest report and it seemed that the Yellow River would be diverted to the north, which would be more beneficial to the country. Wei Ze has known this news for a long time, and the latest intelligence is about the interruption of navigation on the northern section of the Grand Canal. In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the latest news is that Shi Dakai is in charge, and the turbulent situation in the Heavenly Kingdom has gradually subsided.

Of course, the Governorate had already reached preliminary agreements with Britain, France, and the United States on trade matters, and a large amount of Britain's backlog of cloth was sold to the Governorate at a low price. The logistics department began to open factories in Guangzhou and began to recruit workers in Guangdong.

For the regimes of the old era, it was an instinctive action to engage in black box operations. However, after entering industrialization, as more and more people are swept up in the tide of industrialization, information transparency has become a very important means of governance. There will certainly be many doubts about the motives behind the matter, and they will make up all kinds of theories based on their own ideas, but the so-called power of the media is the authoritative distribution of information. It must be summed up as "I can not lie, but I can organize the truth according to my wishes." ”

Wei Zexian incorporated newspapers and bulletins into the system of the Governor's Office. Newspapers are more oriented towards the general public, while bulletins are circulated within the system. If the people inside the system themselves are blinded and have no understanding of the current situation, then there is no need to expect them to have a broader vision and a more correct judgment.

Regarding the report of the Manchu Qing Dynasty making a large number of wishes to the local militia officials, Wei Ze was the last to pick it up and read it. This is not a matter that has limited relevance to the Restoration Governor's Office, in response to the actions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Restoration Governor's Mansion quickly made a plan to "put a long line to catch a big fish". As an outsider, if you want to intervene in the land issue in Guangdong, in addition to taking over the official land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty again, you also need to get some landlords to give up their land. The most effective way to do this was to involve the landlords in hostilities with the Governor's Office, and then exterminate them. First, it can deter Xiaoxiao, and second, it can legally confiscate land.

At the discussion meeting, some comrades also raised the question of whether the Governor's Office now lacks the ability to control the local authorities, and whether this kind of connivance will lead to too many landlords getting involved. There is no such thing as a foolproof thing, and the result of the discussion is that the risk of too many landlords and militias being involved is still within the tolerable range.

At this time, the Guangfu Army has closed the 6th road traffic between Guangdong and Fujian, and now everyone is waiting for Luo Outline to break through Wuzhou, once the two doors are closed, you can rest assured that you can close the door and beat the dog.

Luo Xuan was outside Wuzhou City at this time, and the troops had already controlled the commanding heights of the mountains in the north of Wuzhou City, and they looked condescendingly from here. In the south of Wuzhou City, a lot of tall signs have been erected, although it is not clear from these places, but the defenders at the head of Wuzhou City, as well as the people who were coerced by the defenders, can see clearly, it is written "The Liberation Army is only here to destroy the Manchu Dynasty", "The Liberation Army will never plunder the people", "Please leave the city now, to avoid losing your life in the future battle", "Qing army brothers, please lay down your arms when fighting, we will not kill prisoners".

In addition to these, in some anti-artillery fortifications built very close to the city, people shout at Wuzhou City every day: "If you want to die in battle, please don't enter the battlefield at the head of the city" and "Things in the world are unsatisfactory, but only by saving your life can you encounter good things"

In addition to these, a large curtain made of dozens of cloths was also hung on the hillside where Luo Outline was located, on which a lot of red paper was sewn with needles and threads, and the combination became a big "two days" words. The words are big enough to be clear even from the south of Wuzhou City. In line with it, there were all kinds of shouters shouting: "The siege will begin in two days!" Please make a decision as soon as possible. Hide in your home and you won't die. ”

After Luo Xuan surrounded Wuzhou City, he sent people to Wuzhou City to persuade him to surrender. The Wuzhou government made it clear that it would not surrender, and even after Luo told them that if they refused to surrender, they could hand over their weapons and let them leave by themselves, but the gang still did not surrender.

According to the meaning of Luo's outline, he wanted to recruit the boat army brothers, and after breaking through Wuzhou City with the superior firepower of the Guangfu Army, he would kill all the resisters. And Wei Ze's newly established Guangfu Society has a brand new position called Political Commissar. Political commissars at all levels are set up in each unit. Although these people also have military positions, they have a veto power at military conferences. The brigade political commissar in this unit was named Shen Xin, who was still a hairy boy who was just 20 years old, and he rejected this plan on the grounds that "the troops are not allowed to slaughter any cities."

Luo Xuan is already in his fifties, where has he ever had the experience of being vetoed by such a twenty-year-old young man. He immediately changed his strategy, thinking about making some detours and fooling Shen Xin's little thing. What I never expected was that Shen Xin's attitude turned out to be quite tough, because all military operations were formulated by the General Staff and then discussed at the front-line meeting. All actions that might lead to manslaughter or massacre, Shen Xin vetoed them.

In the end, Luo Xuan was angry and asked Shen Xin what to do, and Shen Xin proposed to besiege the city for five days to publicize, so that the people in the city would know to run home after seeing the Guangfu army break through the city wall. And then the siege of the city. And Shen Xin also proposed a very imaginative strategy, that is, to raise a balloon on the north side of the city when the north wind is hanging, let the balloon fly over Wuzhou City, and throw leaflets into Wuzhou City.

Luo Xuan was very upset that Shen Xin, a little thing, actually wanted to be the master of more than 10,000 brothers, and after hearing this plan, he said angrily: "I heard that this balloon is not safe, if it falls from the sky, it will cost people lives in vain!" ”

"Then I'll take someone to sit in balloons and drop leaflets!" Shen Xin replied immediately.

"You ......" Luo Outline was choked by these words, Shen Xin didn't even take his own life seriously, he Luo Outline had nothing to say. Even so, Luo Xuan was not really convinced, he softened his expression and persuaded: "Brother Shen, why are you doing this? ”

Shen Xin also tried to relax his expression, "Comrade Luo Xuan, if the balloon falls, two or three people will die." If the people of Wuzhou City can not participate in the resistance, our army will be able to kill at least twenty or thirty people. The people were afraid that two or three thousand fewer people would die. Brother Luo, I am actually opposed to allowing the brothers of the boat army to participate in the siege. Because the benefits of this army come from monthly salaries and subsidies to families. In the future, if the land is divided, our family will also have income from farming, and we can also work in the factory to earn money. But the brothers of the boat army don't have these, and the advantage of joining them is to grab a handful and make some money. No matter how strict the order is given to them, it is impossible not to have looting. Conquer Wuzhou City, and all the benefits will be for us to recover the Governor's Mansion. After letting them join, not only will the benefits be shared, but they will kill and loot, but the people of Wuzhou are ruthless. We'll have to wipe their butts. This kind of loss-making business is absolutely not to be done. ”

Hearing this, although Luo Xuan agreed with Shen Xin's analysis, he was a little skeptical that Shen Xin, a twenty-year-old little thing, was a political commissar who was an official or a businessman. At least the analysis of the interests is too clear.

However, Luo Xuan was not completely moved by Shen Xin's words, he asked: "If we have this Wuzhou City alone, the brothers of the boat army may not be willing to agree." You let our army besiege the city for five days, and the brothers of the boat army gathered more and more, and at that time, the people in Wuzhou City will certainly resent us because we fought Wuzhou City. The brothers of the boat army will hate us as well. ”

Shen Xin couldn't help but show a hint of mockery on his face, "Comrade Luo Xuan, I heard that the Taiping Army has strict military discipline, and those who rob the people die. If the boat brothers want to bring down the Manchus, we will naturally recruit them into the army. If they just want to take advantage of the troubled times to loot, then our army has no reason to indulge them. After the city of Guangzhou was conquered, we cut off hundreds of heads, and there may not be no anti-Qing people in it. What does Comrade Luo Outline think? ”

Shen Xinren is young, and he is not polite when he speaks. However, Luo Xuan also saw that Shen Xin was not ready to make any concessions. The divisional commissar had the power to veto the battle completely, and each meeting had a special secretary to record the conversation between the two people. Shen Xin's example of Guangzhou City is also very good. It was impossible for Wei Ze to accept that someone plundered Wuzhou City.

As a last resort, Luo finally agreed to revise the battle plan. He was personally responsible for greeting the boat army brothers who were constantly gathering, and those who were willing to join the army were immediately organized into a new naval army. If you just want to come and loot Wuzhou City, you can only "persuade them with good words" and let them stop this thought.

Fortunately, more than a month ago, Chen Kai, Li Wenmao and other Tiandi Hui had already brought a large number of boat army brothers to the west of the river, and the boat army brothers who stayed here were generally more homesick, and their gangsterism was not so heavy. With heavyweights like Luo Outline pressing the formation, they finally didn't make trouble.

However, at this time, the northwest wind rose, and Shen Xin took two balloon pilots to fly over Wuzhou City in balloons. Luo Outline also had to come to watch, even if Shen Xin, the little guy, denied Luo Outline's plan, Luo Outline did not really want Shen Xin's balloon to fall. After all, flying over the entire city in a balloon was also the first time in the Liberation Army.

The balloon was olive-shaped, and there was a chain-driven propeller behind the gondola that acted as the power system, and Luo Jian also felt very nervous watching this huge thing floating in the air. The hot air balloon is not driven by mana, and it is certainly not as reliable as the wind flight of the immortals, and Luo Xuan inevitably worries about this.

In the oval gondola, Shen Xin and the drivers brought goggles.

"Rope ladder!" "Rope ladder retracted!"

"Put the cable!" "Cable put!"

"Put a sandbag on the left!" "Put a sandbag on the left!"

"Put a sandbag on the right!" "Put a sandbag on the right!"

As the commanders on the ground and the pilot shouted alternately, the rope ladder was retracted into the gondola, the tight cable was untied, the sandbags were thrown down, and the balloon began to vibrate and slowly rise into the air.

With everyone raised his head and watched the slow movement of this behemoth, at this time, the conflict with Shen Xin had long been thrown out of the clouds by Luo Xuan, this hot air balloon is as huge as a house, and it has a preference for beauty for men, such a behemoth can fly into the sky, which in itself is a thing that makes Luo Xuanxuan extremely excited.

Under everyone's gaze, the hot air balloon began to drift slowly with the northwest wind, and the propeller at the back of the gondola under the balloon also began to rotate. In a breathless concentration, the hot air balloon flew slowly and inexorably towards the south.

I don't know who suddenly shouted, "Fly!" Fly! The people on the hill north of Wuzhou City also shouted. The entire crowd of spectators up and down was immersed in joy. Everyone shouted desperately, or raised their arms and pointed at the hot air balloon. It wasn't until one brother got too excited and accidentally slipped down the hillside that everyone was alerted.

Someone immediately went down to rescue the brother with a blue nose and swollen face, and the other unit commanders also hurriedly restrained their subordinates and told them not to go near the dangerous hillside and other places. After this toss, there was a new cheer from the crowd of onlookers, and at this time the hot air balloon had flown into the city wall of Wuzhou, and many pieces of paper were thrown out of the hanging basket and fell to the ground one after another. Luo Xuan also watched intently at the hot air balloon throwing leaflets to persuade him to surrender, and at this moment, he suddenly felt that he understood a word, "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers".

The whole process was not short, after almost half an hour, the hot air balloon flew over Wuzhou City, and then began to reduce its altitude. After seeing the hot air balloon land steadily on the spot that had been rushed by a large number of troops and protected, Luo Xuan finally breathed a long sigh of relief. At this time, a gust of wind blew, and Luo Xuan felt extremely cool. He only showed up at this time, and he didn't know when he was already sweating profusely.

The effect of the hot air balloon was far better than Luo Jian imagined, and that night, representatives of the Qing army went out of the city to ask for a meeting. The envoys of the Qing army who came no longer had the tragic attitude of preferring to die not long ago. He was uneasy, his eyes wandered subconsciously, and when he looked at Luo Xuan, the whole person immediately looked very, very humble.

"My lord, may I ask if this is the document you sent someone to throw in the city today?" The representative of the Qing army respectfully handed over a piece of paper. A few days ago, the representative of Wuzhou City still called Luo Outline a Cantonese bandit who was not afraid of death.

Luo Xuan took it and looked at it, and asked people to take a few leaflets that were ready to be thrown the next day, and handed them to the Qing army representatives together with the leaflet brought by the Qing army. Luo Xuan smiled: "Can't you just see for yourself?" ”

The representative of the Qing army carefully looked at the leaflet and looked at it, and finally he asked hesitantly: "My lord, are you really the ones who flew in the sky?" ”

This frightened question elicited laughter from the command, and Luo Xuan laughed: "Can this still be fake?" If you don't believe it, you can wait until tomorrow. ”

The representative of the Qing army had already determined that the flying thing that shocked the entire Wuzhou City during the day was sent by Luo Xuan, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Will the Lord really attack the city the day after tomorrow?" ”

"This is natural, I will wait for tomorrow to persuade you to surrender for another day. If Wuzhou does not surrender, we will naturally attack the city. "Luo Xuan has already determined that the Qing army has no intention of fighting at this time, so this is very easy. However, Luo Xuan thought about it for a while, and his voice became stern, "I can't wait for me to be able to throw Gongen from the sky, you go back and tell the Wuzhou guard, and let him see our shells tomorrow, which are sharp weapons that explode immediately when they land." When the war is together, not only paper will fall from the sky, but also bombs will fall. We have the virtue of a good life, so let Wuzhou surrender by itself. If you don't surrender, then there is nothing more polite on the battlefield! ”

The representative of the Qing army nodded like pounded garlic, "My lord! I'll go back and spread the word right away! ”

The next day, Luo Jian thought about shooting a few bullets near the Qing army's city wall to demonstrate. Unexpectedly, the representative of the Qing army may have been frightened enough, and even brought a few people to see the bomb early in the morning. The people who followed him looked at the guys who were not low-status, but they were all wearing the uniforms of ordinary Qing soldiers.

Luo Jian didn't say anything, he first let the guys see the preset artillery position, and gave them a few wooden shovels, so that they could make sure that there was nothing buried underground, and there was no possibility of fraud. Then came the firing of five bullets. Where had the Qing army ever seen such shells that would explode when they landed, and after the shelling was over, they immediately ran to the preset position to check. Looking at the shattered wooden stakes that had been blown up, the faces of the gang turned green.

At noon, the hot air balloon flew again and dropped the leaflets again. In the evening, the Qing army sent official representatives to discuss the surrender of Wuzhou City.

Leaflets dropped by hot air balloons over the city of Wuzhou were printed with letters of surrender and conditions of surrender. This condition is very favorable, not only including the protection of the property safety of the people in Wuzhou City, but after the surrender, the foreign officials can be sent out of Wei Ze's territory with the property determined by the weight. Of course, Luo Xuan also repeatedly emphasized that in any case, if the Qing army does not surrender before noon tomorrow morning, the Guangfu army will attack the city.

When the time came, Luo Xuan was surprised to find that the Qing army did not open the city and surrender. "Siege!" Luo Xuan gave the order in a huff.

However, the besieging forces did not meet any resistance, and the Qing army at the head of the city fled to the city at the same time as the Guangfu army opened fire. When the troops ascended to the top of the city, they saw that the Qing army knelt down in the city outside the range of the shelling. Every family in Wuzhou City was closed, and the people did not resist in the slightest.

When the troops entered the yamen of the Wuzhou prefect, they only saw the body of the Wuzhou prefect hanging on the beam of the bedroom in the back hall.

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