The sound of cannon fire kept coming from the sea.

This is the second day of shelling by the Protector Fleet!

The shelling of the ships on the sea was not intense, but only intermittently, sometimes without fighting, and there was no intention of launching an attack on Haikou.

But this was a huge psychological blow to Long Jiguangjun.

The National Revolutionary Army controls the sea superiority and has the ability to attack Haikou at any time!

It's already a bit messy. Constantly some subordinates suggested that Long Jiguang give up Haikou as soon as possible. Long Jiguang was a little helpless, even if he gave up Haikou, where could he go?

A place surrounded by the sea is like a cage that locks itself in here!

Gui Guangtang had already come back yesterday, and the news he brought back made Long Jiguang desperate:

It's okay to go to the field, but you can't take the army and property with you!

Wang Hengyue, Wang Hengyue is trying to force himself to death!

Now the only hope is that the natives of Nasu will be able to hold back the pace of the revolutionary army.

Another dull cannon sound came, which made Long Jiguang shudder involuntarily

"Governor, haven't you made a decision yet?" Gui Guangtang hurriedly walked in: "The National Revolutionary Army has already shown signs of moving towards Haikou, and their fastest troops can reach Haikou within a day!" ”

Long Jiguang pushed open the window, trying his best to keep his mind calm: "Guangtang, do you want to discuss it with Wang Hengyue again?" I don't want the army, but those possessions are what I have worked so hard to accumulate! ”

"Governor's Envoy!" Seeing that Long Jiguang was still so greedy for money at this time, Gui Guangtang sighed: "At such a time, life is more important than anything else!" Wang Hengyue has made it very clear that except for what you will need for your future life, you can't take anything else away! ”

Long Jiguang opened his mouth, although he didn't speak, his face was full of unwillingness.

After so many years of hard work, the power is lost in an instant, is it possible to lose even the wealth?

At this point, Gui Guangtang can no longer care about Long Jiguang, but he still wants to make one last effort to repay Long Jiguang for his promotion at the beginning: "Governor, don't think about any wealth, we have no place to escape, as long as Wang Hengyue is willing, the cannons on his warship can blow up this place!" But why didn't he do it? Just intimidating the shelling there? Because he doesn't want this place to be destroyed by war! ”

"Governor's envoy, governor's envoy! The big thing is not good, the whole brigade of the 3rd Brigade surrendered to the National Revolutionary Army! ”

This sudden news made Long Jiguang's body shake and almost fall.

"See? The army doesn't want to fight anymore! Gui Guangtang stepped forward and said: "This is just the beginning, soon more soldiers will surrender, and at that time, nothing can be recovered!" ”

Long Jiguang let out a long sigh.

At this point, there really isn't much of a better option

"Guangtang, you go and arrange it, go and tell Wang Hengyue, I am willing to go into the wilderness"

Gui Guangtang let out a sigh, he finally waited for what he wanted to hear

"Sir, sir"

Long Jiguang's aunts and wives rushed in, they overheard everything at the door, and when they rushed in, they all had no faces, and cried out as if the end of the world:

"Master, what can we do?"

"Master, those things of mine can't fall into the hands of the revolutionary party!"

Long Jiguang's head seemed to be about to explode, and he suddenly shouted hysterically: "Get out, get out, get out, get out of here!" ”

On July 18, 1918, Long Jiguang, the former governor of Guangdong, announced his retirement.

In fact, this so-called "Shimono" is a bit absurd. Two years ago, he was driven out of Guangdong, and then he has been entrenched in Qiongzhou, in fact, to put it bluntly, he has no official title at all now, and the so-called "Xiaye" is just to say that Harpai listens to some!

However, Wang Hengyue also gave him enough face. Soon after Long Jiguang announced that he would "go into the wilderness", Wang Hengyue immediately announced that he would protect the lives of Long Jiguang and his family, and would send warships to send them to Guangdong first. After that, no matter where Long Jiguang wants to go, the military and political axes will not obstruct him.

On July 19, the vanguard of the National Revolutionary Army entered Haikou.

On the 20th, Wang Hengyue, the generalissimo of the Protector Army and the political axe, arrived in Haikou!

Long Jiguang and Gui Guangtang greeted Wang Hengyue's arrival.

Wang Hengyue did not show the complacent attitude of the winner, and when he saw Long Jiguang, he just said lightly: "Brother Zicheng, hard work, on behalf of the military and political axe, I thank Brother Zicheng for his cooperation!" ”

"The generalissimo is hard, the generalissimo is hard." Long Jiguang said with a sigh.

welcomed him to his previous official office, Long Jiguang's words carried too much helplessness: "Generalissimo, I will leave it to you here, the list of personnel will be sent soon, I hope the generalissimo can treat my previous subordinates well." ”

"I will." Wang Hengyue smiled faintly.

The battle of Qiongzhou went very smoothly, and apart from some sporadic fighting, there were basically no obstacles. In addition to its strong military strength, a series of policies towards the local area adopted in the past have also played a great role.

This could be regarded as a drill before the Northern Expedition, or even after the Northern Expedition began, in the same way, both military and political.

Sitting down in the official office, Long Jiguang, who was still a little unwilling, said: "Generalissimo, I have handed over Qiongzhou to you completely, but"

"You're talking about your huge fortune, aren't you?" Wang Hengyue helped him continue: "Brother Zicheng, although treasures are exciting, sometimes they can bring disasters to people. Brother Zicheng took away tens of millions of property in Guangdong, and the Cantonese people were already very dissatisfied. Now that Brother Zicheng has lost his army, or there will be many people who covet your family property, what will Brother Zicheng do to protect them at that time? So I'm helping you. ”

Long Jiguang smiled bitterly, how could there be such help in the world?

Wang Hengyue smiled slightly: "Brother Zicheng leaves his property, maybe it can reduce the hatred of Cantonese people for you, and I can arrange it for Brother Zicheng, of course, as for Brother Zicheng's future life, don't worry." I have already given an order that Brother Zicheng and his family can take away 50,000 yuan of property, and in addition, this is a little bit of my heart. ”

A check was placed in front of Long Jiguang, and Long Jiguang glanced at it, it was a check for 20,000 yuan.

"Brother Zicheng, it's a small meaning, it's not a respect."

Wang Hengyue's words were simply a great irony when they heard it. Long Jiguang's tens of millions of family properties were obtained by Wang Hengyue effortlessly, but his return was only 20,000 yuan

"Thank you, thank you, Generalissimo." Long Jiguang stood up tremblingly.

"Come on, send Mr. Long to Guangdong!" Wang Hengyue sat there and said quietly

Long Jiguang left, just like all the enemies before Wang Hengyue. Over the years, Wang Hengyue has faced countless enemies of one kind or another, and Long Jiguang is just another victim of him.

Haikou fell into the hands of Wang Hengyue, and the entire Qiongzhou also fell into the hands of Wang Hengyue, and the "Battle of the Prelude to the Northern Expedition" was fought cleanly.

What made Wang Hengyue even more excited was that his navy had received a rare test, although such a test did not seem so golden.

The development of the Navy must be strictly carried out! Once you have a strong fleet, many dreams can come true from here.

Military is a means, and obtaining Qiongzhou does not mean that it is completely its own, but it is a greater test in the subsequent governance.

Nasu is dead, but there must be many people like Nasu. And this point is all to be entrusted to Gui Guangtang.

Gui Guangtang is not a qualified soldier, a qualified chief of staff, but he is definitely a qualified official, he has the ability to govern Qiongzhou well, for this point, Wang Hengyue is convinced!

"Legend Haikou is solemnly a bottomless pond hole, the five dragons have risen to the sky since then, and the waves enter the sea, so Haikou has the reputation of 'the place where the five dragons enter the cave'." Standing in front of the window, Gui Guangtang pointed to the front and said:

"Haikou City is located in the north of Qiongzhou, north of the Qiongzhou Strait, 18 nautical miles away from Guangdong Hai'an, shipping is very convenient, Generalissimo, I hope the materials I need will be shipped as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, civil envoy." Wang Hengyue jokingly called it so: "I have ordered to immediately transport all the materials you need from Guangdong, and I will meet you for whatever you need here." I'll leave you two more regiments of troops, Qiongzhou, and I'll hand it over to you! ”

Gui Guangtang nodded: "Governing Qiongzhou cannot rely on force alone, in addition to the army, I also hope to send an additional group of police, so that Qiongzhou can be put into a normal track as soon as possible." ”

"It's still the same sentence, whatever you want, I'll give you something!"

There was a whistle on the sea, thinking that the ship carrying Long Jiguang and the first batch of soldiers returning to Guangdong had set sail, Wang Hengyue groaned:

"Guangtang, my Northern Expedition is about to begin, in addition to development, Qiongzhou will also try its best to assist the Northern Expedition, I will leave tomorrow, please here."

Saying that, he walked out, and saw Ah Le waiting for him at the door, and as soon as he saw the generalissimo coming out, Ah Le hurriedly greeted him: "Generalissimo, I want to be a soldier!" ”

"Oh, what about your grandma?" Wang Hengyue asked with a smile.

"Grandma is in good health, after Nasu dies, everyone will not be bullied anymore, I told Grandma, and Grandma also agreed to me to be a soldier!" Ah Le said excitedly: "Grandma said that the generalissimo is a good person, and I will give you a soldier." ”

Wang Hengyue patted his body: "Okay, I promise you, you will be a personal guard for me for the time being!" ”

"Yes, thank you Generalissimo, Ah Le will be the Generalissimo's personal guard in the future!"

(To be continued)