In the opinion of Shengjing General Jieting, it is definitely very cost-effective to be able to exchange four county towns for almost one priceless weaponry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, what he didn't know was that in addition to giving Yang Xingguo the four county seats, he also gave Yang Xingguo all the grain taxes and silver taxes that had just been collected from the four counties.

Not to mention anything else, those grain taxes and silver taxes alone were enough for Yang Xingguo to buy several times the weapons and ammunition that he had just sent.

In addition, the negotiations just now only talked about the ownership of the four county seats, and did not talk about how all the civil and military officials in the four counties should be handled.

Not surprisingly, these civil and military officials, including two battalions of 2,000 new troops and more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the garrison battalions of four counties, should all fall into the hands of the Liaodong Army.

Even if these people can't exchange much from Jetting, they can get a lot of silver from their families.

You must know that the civil and military officials of this era are all masters of making money, and eight out of ten officials are greedy.

In order to survive and for his own future, as long as he is a corrupt official, he will definitely redeem himself with a large amount of silver in principle.

Of course, if you don't have enough money, you are not a corrupt official, and you don't have money to redeem yourself, then it doesn't matter.

The Liaodong Army just lacked such experienced and Qing officials. If there is no silver to redeem himself, then stay in the Liaodong Army and do things for the Liaodong Army.

Yang Xingguo is confident that with the current conditions of the Liaodong Army, it will not be long before these remaining officials will really like the Liaodong Army and join the Liaodong Army.

At this time, the main force of the Third Division led by Zhao Zhigang had completed the encirclement of Fuxin County.

Facing the Liaodong Army, which was several times larger than itself outside the city, and was also equipped with a large number of artillery and heavy machine guns.

From the very beginning, the defenders of the city walls were thrown into disarray.

However, when the commander of the new army climbed the city wall with his personal guards, he killed six or seven rebels in a row. Under the threat of death, the chaos of the defenders of the city wall was directly stopped.

The defenders did not surrender in the face of the warnings of the Liaodong Army, and a siege battle was inevitable.

In order to drive the new army commander off the city wall, create a sniper opportunity for the scouts who enter the city.

Zhao Zhigang immediately ordered the division's field artillery battalion to shoot at the head of the city.

Facing a shell that could fall on your head at any moment. Although the commander of the new army was a diehard loyalist of the imperial court, he was also afraid of death. Immediately, under the protection of the personal guards, he hurriedly left the city wall, intending to go to the corner of the city wall to avoid the shelling.

"It's out. The commander of the defenders came out...... "On a roof in the city, which is less than 100 meters away from the city wall, more than a dozen middle-aged people dressed in civilian clothes, some with pistols and some with rifles, lying motionless on the roof. As soon as the defender commander came into their sight. An exclamation rang out among the men.

The commander of the reconnaissance company of the third division, who was lying in the middle of everyone, had bright eyes and asked the two unscrupulous people around him: "The distance is one hundred meters, and there is no wind...... You have three rifles, can you guarantee a one-shot kill......

"No problem......" Holding the rifle, he motionlessly aimed at the three riflemen under the command of the defenders, and replied in a whisper without raising it.

"Okay, then shoot......" the company commander decisively ordered.

"Bang Bang!" Three gunshots rang out in his ears.

Then, the company commander saw that the defender commander had three blood holes in his chest, and under the stunned gaze of the guards. But on the ground.

The sound of sniper gunfire was an order, and the scouts lurking in various parts of the city rushed out of their hiding places as soon as they heard the gunshots, and rushed towards the city gate with their pistols raised.

Dozens of guards had not yet recovered from the shock, and at least twenty Mauser pistols had been pointed at them.

"Shoot...... Da ......" gunshots rang out, and dozens of guards were beaten into a hornet's nest before they could react at all.

The sudden sound of gunfire in the city unsurprisingly attracted the attention of the defenders of the city walls.

When they saw their commander and dozens of guards being killed in just a dozen seconds, they were already very frightened in their hearts, and subconsciously exclaimed......

"Dead. The commander is dead, the county town can't hold it, everyone run for their lives..."

Soon, the astonishing news reached the ears of every defender.

Under the coercion of the Commander. In the face of death, they were able to hold on.

Now that the commander is dead, they have nothing to worry about.

When a soldier fled the city wall in fear and like crazy. The remaining soldiers, without any hesitation, left the city wall desperately to flee for their lives.

When the Liaodong army stopped shelling and occupied the city walls. Except for more than 100 people who were killed and wounded by the explosion, there was not a single figure in the city.

In this way, Fuxin County was also easily taken by the Liaodong Army.

Because the whole battle time was too short, plus the yamen and treasury that the scouts captured for the first time.

More than a dozen civil and military officials in Fuxin County who could platoon were all captured by the Third Division.

As for the mountains of tax grain piled up in the treasury, the boxes of silver that had just been collected were all the results of the three divisions.

When Yang Xingguo sent away Shengjing's general Jieting, the four counties of Fuxin, Xinmin and other counties that had been planned to be taken from the beginning had been completely occupied by the Liaodong Army. At the same time, the good news sent by Zhao Zhigang and the Third Regiment of the Guard Brigade was also placed in front of Yang Xingguo.

"480,000 quintals of tax grain, including 360,000 quintals of rice, 60,000 quintals of corn, and 60,000 quintals of soybeans...... Is there a mistake......" Looking at the numbers on the list, Yang Xingguo asked with an incredulous expression.

The staff officer next to him replied: "Commander, what else is there behind...... In addition to the tax grain, we also seized the tax silver that the four counties did not have time to pay, a total of 68,500 taels of silver...... In addition, the troops also sent over the household registration seized from the four counties......"

"I don't know if I don't see it, I ...... scared when I see it"

"Because these counties are closest to Guannai, plus the immigrants from General Shengjing's Mansion for half a year, there are more than 560,000 people in Dingkou in the four counties, and more than 980,000 mu of cultivated land. Of course, this is only on the register. ”

"Counting those who have just immigrated and have not yet had time to register, the population of 600,000 is definitely ......"

In troubled times, population is the greatest resource.

With population, anything else can be created.

Therefore, after listening to the chief of staff's introduction, Yang Xingguo was not only satisfied.

Without thinking about it, he ordered to the staff officers around him: "Immediately send an order to the deputy commander who stayed in Liaozhong, and immediately organize officials to receive these four county ......."

"The four counties have barely experienced the devastation of the war, and we must take them in their entirety......

"In addition, order all troops, after the arrival of the deputy commander, all captured and captured, all to be handed over to the deputy commander......"

"Finally, I ordered Zhao Zhigang of the Third Division to immediately build a military camp outside Fuxin City, and from now on, Fuxin will be the station of the Third Division......"

"Two more main companies will be drawn from the Fourth Division, and on the basis of the main companies, garrison regiments will be formed on the spot in the two counties of Montenegro and Fuxin." (To be continued.) )