.“ The people of Qiangbai, I will hand it over to you Dali County to be responsible, and the New Year will be celebrated in two days, and it is very difficult to immigrate at this time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Deng Junmen's difficulty, I know in my heart, if there is anything I can help, just ask, I will help. ”

Opposite Zhao Guanhou was a military attache in his thirties, who was wearing a military uniform instead of a communist uniform, but a former Jin military uniform, wearing a flower feather and a pearl. Between the mannerisms, he still maintains the habit of pre-gold, and kowtows first when he meets. Calling Zhao Guanhou also a marshal, rather than calling him a marshal, obviously still treats him as a current Jin official.

Although his demeanor is conservative, Zhao Guanhou does not dare to underestimate this man named Deng Jiucheng. Dali has been able to persist until now and did not fall into the hands of the Salvation King, and this person's credit is the greatest.

He is the leader of the militia in Dali, and his background is a descendant of the old Hunan army who followed Zuo Ji Gao to conquer the west. When the republic was established, he did not forget his old master, resigned and went into hiding, and no longer asked about the world.

The Deng family is a prestigious family in Dali, with both family wealth and popularity, and together with the salvation of the monarch, Deng Jiucheng was invited by the Dali Chamber of Commerce to go out of the mountain to form a militia and buy firearms. The last time Guo Jian attacked Dali, it was because he faced Deng Jiucheng and suffered a big loss.

In the land of Guanzhong, Deng Jiucheng can be called a capable general, and he also has influence in the local area, and even in the Huimen Mountain Hall, he actually has a hand, which can be regarded as black and white. For this kind of big squire, it is natural not to offend if you can make friends.

Deng Jiucheng was quite restrained, "The subordinate official is in front of the marshal, and he doesn't dare to say anything difficult." The ancestors of the lowly family followed Zuohou to the west, and the conditions at that time were also very difficult. But the children of the Hunan army believe in a strong word the most, and Wen Zhenggong said that there are eighteen ways to stand up. We, the Hunan army, like Wen Zhenggong, can stand up. I don't care how difficult the situation is. Although the Salvation King has 100,000 rabble, and I only have a few thousand regimental training, I have the heart to live and die with the city. If they dare to invade Dali, they will lead their troops and fight them to the end, and they will only die. Moreover, seeing Qiangbai's appearance, the people of Dali also understood what would happen if the city was lost. It's not just Dali, the entire Guanzhong since the Chang'an and Qiangbai fires, no matter where the Salvation King hits, the people will grit their teeth and all go to the city to fight to the end with them. There will be no more cities to welcome thieves, and no one will cooperate with them! These thieves are bringing about their own destruction. ”

"It's good to be able to stand up, but you also have to have capital, and if you don't have anything, you can't stand up. It's not a way to just work hard, you still have to save your life. I will arrange an infantry brigade for you, who is also a Hunan person, and everyone is a fellow countryman, and it is easy to talk. I dare not say more, I can allocate ten days of military rations to them. After that, when the food and service channels are opened, it will be convenient for money and food. ”

Deng Jiucheng was overjoyed, "There is a brigade here, even if 100,000 people come, I dare to meet them." Thank you Dashuai, you don't have to worry about money and food, Deng is willing to destroy his family and relieve difficulties, and there are many people in Dali County who are willing to donate money and food. ”

"In this case, I have to say a word of thanks, and I said that in the first place, all the food and salary are borrowed, not apportioned. As long as the road is opened, I will return all the money and food, and there will be absolutely no shortage. ”

"In order to protect Shaanxi from fighting, the marshal still talks about borrowing or not, and we don't have a bare face. After seeing the appearance of Qiangbai and Chang'an, even our famous porcelain rooster in Dali agreed to help this time. Everyone is afraid, afraid that the same fate will fall on their heads. ”

Chang'an, once the richest and most prosperous place in Shaanxi, has become a ghost city at this time. On the night of Guo Jian's sacking of Chang'an, none of the big families were spared, all the shops were looted, and all the big families were swept away by the rebels.

After the retreat of the Salvation King, because the original armed forces were defeated, the city was in a state of leaderlessness, and the scoundrels, beggars and displaced people outside the city, plus the defeated and retreating soldiers, carried out a new round of looting of the city, and now, even ordinary people will also suffer.

In the cold winter, there are countless women's corpses in the well of Chang'an, and there are countless beauties hanging on the trees. The man wept bitterly, shouting the name of his sweetheart, and howled hoarsely in the cold streets. But this is only the beginning of the nightmare.

The grain in the city was looted by Guo Jianbu, and the foreign grain merchants did not dare to trade near Chang'an, for fear that they would lose their lives if they encountered a certain army of unknown origin again. Most of the residents of the city chose to flee. But the fugitives soon discover that their survival is not safe.

stragglers, bandit rangers, and the remnants of the Gan army defeated at Tongguan. Every night, the refugees are attacked, looting their last silver or rations, stripping them of their clothes, and the women are sure to be humiliated.

Most of them, before they had a chance to reach their destination, were killed by cold and hunger. Most of them are wealthy families in Shaanxi, or wealthy people who own large tracts of land and shops. But at this time, there is no difference between them and ordinary refugees.

The people in the city are not much better. They searched for food by all means, but Chang'an was also set on fire by Guo Jian, and there were not many things that could be found. In the beginning, people ate mice, but later the rats have eaten up, so they can only dig through the garbage. The plague then spread, and for those who stayed behind, contracting the plague was not necessarily a bad thing, at least they could die sooner and not suffer again.

When Zhao Guanhou's army marched into Chang'an, what he saw was a city like a ghost domain and a lot of ruins. Only Tong Shengxiang and Yi Vulgar Society, which are Guo Jian's favorite shops or theaters, have been spared, but in the current situation, there can be no business, and there is nothing.

Feng Zhi's reaction was very great, Zhao Guanhou helped her get out of the car, and she vomited endlessly. Liu Peixuan stepped forward to check her pulse, but fortunately, there was no big problem, but it was not a way to vomit like this. Hannah's lips were clenched and she didn't say a word. Wang Wu is an old man in the rivers and lakes, and he has some connections with the group of thieves in Guanzhong, so he couldn't help but say angrily at this time:

"These people are no longer worthy to be called swordsmen! Since the establishment of the mountain hall in Huanglong Mountain, the swordsman has the rules of the swordsman, and the rivers and lakes have the morality of the rivers and lakes. In doing so, they are no different from thieves, and what face do they have, claiming to save the country! ”

"Saving the country harms the country, justice is in the hearts of the people. Jing Xia Demon, the commander of the First Route Army of the Salvation King, ran relief at home until he went bankrupt. For this matter, the people of Guanzhong are willing to listen to it under the command of someone in the well. He himself is a genius in Guanzhong, and his pen is very hard. In the capital, you can see the propaganda materials of the Salvation King, which can deceive some people. But after seeing these pictures, I thought that the situation should change. ”

Zhao Guanhou pointed to the excited Rodley, for this Albiang reporter, the disaster has nothing to do with him, as long as he can find the news, it is the greatest success. Hannah had already dismounted and walked over to an old man who had fallen to the ground. Zhao Guanhou's eyes were quick, and he dismounted and hugged her from behind

"What are you doing? Pestilence! Don't you understand the horror of infectious diseases? Although the weather is cold now, which is not conducive to the spread of the plague, it should not be careless. You can't touch him without precautions. ”

"I ...... I just wanted to help...... Promise me, my dear, that it will end all this as soon as possible, okay? Hannah said the word dear in front of Su Hanzhi and others for the first time, and then threw herself into Zhao Guanhou's arms and cried loudly, this living disaster has exceeded her ability to accept it, and completely shattered the heart of this foreign girl.

In fact, it wasn't just Hannah who was shaken. Rodley's news first appeared in Beijing, and was immediately reprinted by various Chinese newspapers. Even newspapers under the control of the Southern Geming Party began to publish these photos and news, and public opinion began to change from support to skepticism about the Salvation King.

Based on its position, the Xingzhong Society does not want to attack the Salvation King, but these photos are not fake, and there are also letters of complaint from representatives of the people in Shaanxi, and it is not something that can be forged by foreign reporters. The only explanation for the members of Xingzhong is that some bandits are armed and use the name of the Salvation King. In order to put an end to the disaster at an early date, the Zhengfu army should negotiate with the Salvation Monarch to achieve a comprehensive ceasefire at an early date and jointly wipe out the bandits.

This kind of defense does not have much strength, and a large number of neutral members have begun to be more and more inclined to support the Beiyang bandits. In particular, the deputies of several provinces bordering Shaanxi have already begun to push for a troop increase in the National Assembly, demanding that a large number of troops be sent to Shaanxi to annihilate the Salvation Monarch and prevent him from wandering into the neighboring provinces to do evil.

In the capital, there were long queues in front of several fund-raising offices, and the war in Shaanxi could attract the attention of the people in the capital and donate generously, which was something that Yuan Weiting himself did not expect. What is even more gratifying is that the Shanxi parliamentarians took the initiative to provide another 500,000 yuan in salaries, and the four provinces of Liangjiang and Lianghu will also be sent to Shandong to assist in organizing a total of 3 million military salaries.

On the part of the National Assembly, there was no need to manipulate it, and the voices of opposition to the salvation of the country were raised wave after wave, and some congressmen spoke for the salvation of the country, but they were beaten up by several Shaanxi parliamentarians, which alarmed the military and police before they separated the two sides. For the first time since the New Deal, members of parliament have taken their own side.

Overseas Chinese in Nanyang donated 400,000 yuan to help suppress bandits, and donated 50,000 stones of rice for relief of the victims. Lihe Foreign Bank is willing to provide a division of arms for the purpose of suppressing bandits, and only needs to pay a deposit of 30% to pick up the goods, and the balance can be deferred.

The situation is shifting more and more to the side that is favorable to them, and as long as the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou do not go crazy, they will not be so stupid as to risk the world's condemnation and cooperate with the Salvation King at this time. If Cai Feng unites with the Salvation Monarch at this time, Yuan Weiting can really sit back and relax. As soon as this fire is released, the Salvation Monarch will not only cut off the road of alliance with Yungui, but also cut off his own way to go south to Sichuan, and he will become lonely and poor, and the rest will only depend on Zhao Guanhou's ability to fight.

In the newspaper, those photos that recorded the suffering and misfortune of Shaanxi, in Yuan Weiting's view, were the first-class beauty in the world, and he couldn't help but point out on the photos with his hand, "It's so good, it's so good." They should burn more and kill more. The more I kill, the happier I get. ”

Within Shaanxi.

This year's New Year, the atmosphere is particularly solemn. The confrontation between the Salvation Monarch and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Beiyang Army made everyone's hearts rise to their throats. As the news of Chang'an and Qiangbai spread under the impetus of the government, the people's nervousness became stronger and stronger. Merchants are decreasing, and the circulation of goods is becoming more and more problematic.

In the government-controlled areas, the circulation of goods is much better than in the areas controlled by the Salvation King. Merchants from the Jinmen Merchant Gang and the Lu Gang transported all kinds of daily necessities and department stores to the government-controlled areas. Although the railway is blocked, the materials transported by land from Henan and transported in large trucks can barely be supported. In terms of saving the monarch, he was limited by the lack of materials, and life became more and more difficult.

Although in the area under the control of the Salvation Monarch, public opinion has begun to be monitored, and it is forbidden to discuss the Chang'an Qiangbai incident, along with newspapers and books, they are not allowed to carry. Guo Jian cut off more than a dozen heads, saying that he was the culprit who ruined the reputation of the rebels, including one of his sworn brothers. However, public opinion is still spreading among the people and at the bottom of the military.

When people look at the eyes of the Salvation King, they are no longer as cordial as in the past, and in terms of attitude, although they are still as respectful as in the past, Guo Jian always feels that there seems to be something between these people and himself. This layer of things is very thin, but it can't be poked through, and I can no longer listen to dramas and music with ordinary people like in the past, and scold my mother on the bench. Even when he patrolled Huaxian, he had to bring more than eight guards.

It has also become difficult to collect grain and levies. The people of the nearby towns refused to provide food payments. A subordinate tied up the township covenant in anger, but before the people left the village, a big gong was struck in the village, and hundreds of young people besieged the grain collection team and released the people after rescuing the township covenant. Similar scenes have happened several times, but the people in the past did not have the courage or attitude.

Guo Jian also realized that his actions in Chang'an may have some adverse effects, so he also began to try to restore military discipline. For example, a woman must give money to play, and she must pay for things.

However, the results were not obvious, and when his brothers left the county seat, they had to gather dozens of people and bring guns to be safe. The conscription office has been recruiting for several days, and not a single soldier has been recruited, and a bowl of wine and a bun still can't recruit a few people, which is not a good sign.

Fortunately, he brought out enough food and guns from Chang'an, and he also had a large amount of gold and silver, so it was not a problem to support it at the moment. As for the future...... As long as the Lu army is defeated, everything will be for the better. (To be continued.) )