As night fell, the sound of gunfire faded away.

In order to ensure that innocent compatriots would not be recruited into trouble, Li Weimin rushed to the embankment under the protection of the Prime Minister's Guard, and on behalf of the government, he expressed his condolences to the innocent citizens who had been killed or injured by mistake, counted property losses, restored order, and rectified the social atmosphere corrupted by the Pingchuan faction.

“… Despite all the preparations made in advance and the response was relatively timely, 139 people were killed and 384 were injured by mistake. Among the innocent deceased, 89 have been identified, including 51 Chinese, and the identities of the other deceased are being screened, and it is estimated that they will not come out until tomorrow afternoon. ”

On the way here, I learned that most of the deceased did not listen to the warnings of the Huaqing Association and did not evacuate in time, and they were still selling or buying things when they were around. Only a small part of them were accidentally injured by the shelling from both sides, and this small number of people also did not listen to the persuasion, if they had been reminded by the Huaqing Association, not to stay at home, but to go to the nearest refuge point, so many tragedies would not have happened at all.

Li Weimin walked towards the Fifth County Police Station and asked, "Are all the injured arranged?" ”

He Tianming replied without thinking: "All arrangements have been made, the five hospitals are doing their best to treat them, and all the expenses are from the Xihua Charity Foundation." ”

A major officer from the General Staff came up to him and raised his hand to report: "Mr. Report, all the seven battalions that participated in the counterattack have been withdrawn. From now on, districts 5, 6 and 7 will be taken over by the Foreign Police Brigade, the Embankment Fire Station and the Pyongdong Industrial Estate Security Brigade. ”

It was not easy to get rid of all the red-eyed soldiers.

It is said that in order to rectify military discipline, the military justice team of the General Staff Headquarters shot several people on the spot, and only then did they drive away a group of soldiers who rushed into the Great World Entertainment City to loot property.

"It's a good thing."

Li Weimin shook his hand and said sideways: "It is estimated that there will be no fewer rebels hiding in various corners, they are all bandits who do all kinds of evil, and if they do not organize a search and arrest as soon as possible, they will definitely continue to commit crimes." Organize a manhunt of this magnitude. It is not enough to rely on the police station, the fire station and the security team of Pingdong Industrial Village.

Major, please ask the General Staff for instructions to arrange for several battalions to block the main roads around the embankment, and at the same time transfer the 5th Infantry Division to the 5th, 6th, and 7th districts. An operational command was immediately set up to secure martial law before 10 o'clock, and then a search and arrest operation was launched with the cooperation of the Chinese Youth Association. ”

He came on behalf of the Prime Minister. It's completely straightforward to give orders. But he did not do that, but first consulted the General Staff.

This is a sign of respect for the national army, and the major reacted and hurriedly reassured: "Yes! ”

The large-scale search must have the cooperation of the "local snake" of the Huaqing Association, He Tianming blurted out: "Mr. Min, I will also go to prepare." ”

"Go ahead."

The embankment police are not all from the Pingchuan faction, and now they are all Han Shuo's subordinates.

It is worth mentioning that the Foreigner Police Brigade was officially abolished an hour ago, and Han Shuo's official status has been changed to the head of the 5th District Branch of the Saigon-Embankment Shuanglian City Police Department; As the Alien Police Brigade has been loyal for the past month. No matter how dangerous it is, he has been guarding the Prime Minister's Office, and Deputy Captain Zhang Weigang was appointed by Ngo Dinh Diem as the head of the Sixth District Branch.

In order to strengthen the police force on the embankment and ensure the security of the embankment, more than 500 members of the Chinese Youth Association and the Vietnamese Youth Association have not passed any examinations and have not had time to receive the necessary training, and directly put on police uniforms and are assigned to the police stations of districts 5 and 6.

Some people are outside to maintain order, some people are outside to confiscate weapons and equipment, and some people are searching for fish that have slipped through the net of the Pingchuan faction. Some people are assisting the overseas Chinese groups in the aftermath work, and the bureau is empty. Only four guards and three civilian personnel remained.

As soon as Li Weimin sat down in an office, Zhang Yinggui, commander of the Fifth Infantry Division, walked in with a smile on his face, accompanied by Qian Xinlin.

"General Zhang, it seems that your department has no casualties."

There are no outsiders here, Zhang Yinggui laughed and said: "We are not the main attack, and we have not even attacked, so there are no casualties." There were quite a few captives. The whole river passed, just clicked, more than 300. ”

Li Weimin was about to speak, and the secretary Sang Pingxiang put down the phone and said, "Mr. Li, General Zhang." The Prime Minister had just received the news that General Trangh Myung Se had been killed in action, having been shot while seizing the Pétain Bridge. Prime Minister Dim Dinh Diem has decided to hold his funeral tomorrow and I hope you two will be able to attend it in the city. ”

A good person, if you say you die, you die.

Li Weimin suddenly couldn't believe it, Zhang Yinggui was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "The defeat is like a mountain, after Li Wenyuan's disappearance, there are few people guarding the Pétain Bridge, and there is no fierce firefight, how can it be?" ”

Qian Xinlin reacted, closed the door and said: "There are too many people who want him to die, not necessarily the Pingchuan faction." ”

The French wanted to kill him, and Li Guangrong wanted to kill him, and the national army fought with him for several years when he was under the command of the French, and many people died at his hands, and some people also died at the hands of the national army, and it is difficult to say whether the national army succeeded or not.

In addition, after accepting the reorganization of the government, he was still half-hearted, and if it were not for the tide of public opinion, he felt that the "United Front of National Forces" had no future, and he might still be mixed with Li Wenyuan.

From this point of view, perhaps Dim Dinh Yao wants to kill him.

When the warlord was in the mix, and his life was lost within a few days of accepting Zhao'an, Li Weimin realized that how Zheng Mingshi died might become a "mystery for the ages", and said quietly: "I will definitely attend the funeral, and I will go on time tomorrow." ”

Thinking that the biggest casualties in this counterinsurgency were not Zheng Mingshi's troops, but Fan Gongji's Gaotai troops, Zhang Yinggui said with palpitations: "Drive the tiger and devour the wolf, kill two birds with one stone!" ”

Eradicating the Pingchuan faction and killing Zheng Mingshi can indeed be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Li Weimin raised his watch and looked at the time, and said casually: "Yang Wenming has led his troops out of the city at this time, and the four battalions of the national army are on their way to finish Qinyi." ”

The Pingchuan faction is completely finished, and even if Li Wenyuan can escape, he won't be able to make any waves; Fan Gongji is old and has surrendered the army, so Gao Taijiao is not a concern; Nguyen Chengfeng, who is reconciled to the good church, has completely surrendered, and only one Li Guangrong remains. Qin Yi is Li Guangrong's lair, and Yang Wenming must be running for him.

Only then did Zhang Yinggui realize how ruthless Wu Tingyan was, and asked in surprise: "Mr. Li, so the warlord problem is basically solved?" ”

"It's solved, and the national army will be reorganized next."

Li Weimin paused and said meaningfully: "After the sect warlords are resolved, the national army will have no generals." Now the highest rank in the General Staff is colonel. ”

"He's forcing me to retreat?"

"I can't say that, in fact, he still trusts you more, but once a son of heaven and a courtier, he prefers to train a group of young officers loyal to the government. He consulted me, I agreed, and Chief of Staff Zhong took over as division commander. You, along with me, Ka Cheong and Tin Ming, are running for the first term of Parliament. ”

Qian Xinlin explained with a smile: "General Zhang, you will represent the Fifth Infantry Division and more than 300,000 Nongren in the Congress, Mr. Li will represent the Red Cross and other charitable organizations, Manager Liu will represent the business community, and Tianming will represent the Huaqing Association. ”

Zhang Yinggui is not an old antique of the Five Gangs Association, as long as he can hand over the military power to his own people.

The three of them discussed the new situation after the warlord was swept away for a while, and Ah Cheng appeared in front of everyone with a smile.

"Young Master. Now that the matter is done, the cargo is on the ship, do you want to go and see? ”

"Done?"

"It went well, with little effort."

He disappeared for more than a month, and there must have been something wrong with his sudden appearance, Zhang Yinggui and Qian Xinlin took the initiative to avoid it, one went back to the Fifth Infantry Division on the other side, and the other went to see how the aftermath of the Huaqing Association was doing.

Li Weimin greeted the soldiers of the Prime Minister's Guard, who were in charge of his security. Rushed to the dock with Ah Cheng and climbed onto an old steel-hulled ship of more than 1,000 tons.

Li Wenyuan was handcuffed to a steel pipe in the cabin. When he fled, he changed his clothes and wore a black three-woman costume worn by a peasant. I don't know if I fell over my heels, or I took refuge in the ditch, and I was soaked, full of mud, and depressed. It doesn't have the majesty of the previous one at all.

"General Yuan, we'll meet again."

Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Li Wenyuan was completely desperate, drooping his head and not saying a word.

Ah Cheng brought a stool. Li Weimin sat down in front of him with a golden knife, took out a cigarette from Ah Cheng's pocket, lit one, stuffed it into his mouth, and said as if he were homely: "Lai Wencai died a miserable death, he was beaten into a hornet's nest, I didn't see the body, I listened to what others said." Lai Wencan had a chance to live, but he had already surrendered, but unfortunately he was not facing the national army, it was Fan Gongji's Gaotai army, and those soldiers wanted to grab things, and they didn't have time to take care of them, so they shot him. ”

didn't beat or scold, didn't hand him over to Wu Tingyan, but said this.

It's better to die than to live, if you really want to be a hero, he won't run away at all, Li Wenyuan suddenly had a hope, raised his head and said: "Becoming a king and defeating a villain, I am defeated, and I am defeated." If Mr. Min wants to take revenge, give a good time; If Mr. Min can raise his noble hand regardless of his previous suspicions, I will definitely be rewarded. ”

Li Weimin lit a cigarette for himself, took a puff, and said, "Li Wenyuan, I don't need any good reward, as long as you repay your debts." The money you have deposited in the bank is all from the Chinese on the embankment, and I want it back for them. Of course, only a part of it can be returned, and those who have been squandered by Baoda will not come back. ”

Asking for money, Li Wenyuan said eagerly: "Mr. Min, I will give two million US dollars, you let me live, send me to Hong Kong, and I will give you money." ”

"Insincere."

"I ...... I...... I'll add another 500,000 to you. ”

Li Weimin took a stack of account books from Ah Cheng's hand, and said lightly: "I don't know, I don't know, I was shocked when I understood, the richest person in Vietnam is actually you, and the foreign exchange deposits in a few banks alone exceed 8 million US dollars, of which 1.63 million francs are actually deposited in my Bank of East Asia. ”

There is no doubt that Mr. Bookkeeper has fallen into his hands.

Li Wenyuan didn't dare to get lucky, and struggled and begged: "Mr. Min, Mr. Min, we are one and a half, and the land of Vung Dun will also be given to you, is it really not possible for you to be six or four?" ”

I just came here to see what a generation of heroes would look like after they fell into trouble, how could they have the strength to bargain with him, and it was impossible to really let him go.

Li Weimin threw the remaining half-cigarette at his feet, pointed at Ah Cheng and said: "Li Wenyuan, if you want to live, listen to him, give you three days, don't blame me for not giving you a chance then." (To be continued......)

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