Chapter 729: Great Harvest
With the rumbling of cannons, the attack on Tianzhu Town began. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć In the minds of the Shaanxi army, they did not regard the Tianzhu rebels as an equal enemy, at least they had not encountered a Tianzhu army qualified to be called an enemy. The impression of the weak soldiers of Tianzhu has been deeply rooted in the minds of the soldiers of the Lu army, even if they are in a strong fortress, they are just cowards in the shell of a turtle, and when the shell is smashed, the people of Tianzhu are still cowards.
Although there were artillery batteries in Gwalior, Albiang's artillery was more advanced than Tianzhu, and it had an advantage in the artillery range, and on the scene, it was the attacker's artillery that suppressed the defender. With the forts destroyed and the soldiers attacking, as in the past, within half an hour the gates changed hands, the flag representing the rebels was cut down, the flag of Albion was raised, and everything was moving in the desired direction.
This is when the change happens.
A team of horses came out at this time, and because the Albion troops were in a hurry to enter the city to take control of the palace and the temple, the formation of the troops was completely confused. More importantly, when did the Tianzhu rebels have such a strong horse team?
The sabers flew and the blades were handed over, and Albion's army was rushed through a gap, and the iron cavalry stepped through. The artilleryman in the outermost layer, before he even reacted, the horse had already arrived in front of him, and the last memory was that piece of snow and knife light.
The direction of the Lu army's attack was not consistent with the direction of the cavalry's breakthrough, but the Albians still put the responsibility for the cavalry's breakthrough on the Lu army. General Rus's heralds sent a very harshly worded order, demanding that the Lu army must immediately pursue this cavalry and destroy them.
"Ball! The people of Albion have the ability to do it themselves, and they still instruct their masters to come when they have nothing to do, and they really think they are a character. What's the matter, when the troops were divided, it was all said that we should do the work, and now when we eat meat, let us chase the cavalry, doesn't this clearly bully people? We haven't suffered from this nest since we were children, whoever likes to chase after whom, I won't go. I'm going into town! ā
Sun Pengju didn't finish complaining, but Yang Biao shook his head and said: "The soldiers will follow the grass and the wind." Let's tell the foreigners that if you obey the strategic command of the foreign devils on the battlefield, you can't say that it doesn't count. Brother Geng, order your cavalry to catch up, you must bite that cavalry and obey the order! ā
The factional phenomenon of the second division is more serious, such as the cavalry, all of them are swordsmen from Xiangtang, and they don't buy much of the generals of the Beiyang system. If Shang Zhen gave this order, the people below might have resistance, but Yang Jiuwa, who was also born as a swordsman, made none of these swordsmen say a word. Geng Yaozhang nodded, led the cavalry to pursue from behind, and Yang Biao then ordered: "Others, keep up with our horse team, don't let the Tianzhu people run away." ā
Seeing Sun Pengju's unhappy face, Yang Biao whispered: "Second brother, think about it, when Ren Sheng and them came, they only saw Tianzhu people riding elephants. We fought with the Tianzhu people, when did we see so many horse teams? Those who can have so many cavalry must not be ordinary characters, maybe it is a vault that can run. ā
As a giant bandit who has been accumulating years, Sun Pengju doesn't need to be reminded too much, and he immediately woke up, and patted his head, "Damn, I almost missed a big event." Brothers, chase! ā
But their speed finally lagged behind Huo Qiu, and by the time the infantry arrived, Geng Yaozhang's cavalry had already surrounded Tianzhu's cavalry in a small village. But before that, Huo Qiu led his company of mounted gendarmes to catch up with this group of men and horses and enter the village. 3
The common people in the village, apparently on the side of their compatriots, also took up arms and fought to the death against Huo Qiu's people. The gendarmerie company was so strong that it had only two platoons, and when it was not superior in strength and had no heavy weapons to support it, this company actually chose to attack by force rather than wait for reinforcements. Although the Lu army has excellent combat skills and a large number of bullets and ammunition in hand, it still suffers heavy casualties when it encounters resistance from troops who dare to fight hard, and the corpses of the casualties of the Lu army can be seen everywhere.
Sun Pengju wondered: "The surname Huo is crazy? His company is mainly a military policeman, and it is of little use to fight, so why do you work so hard? ā
Geng Yaozhang shook his head and said, "He's not crazy, he's holding back to pick up cheap." This cavalry has a history, and they all use revolvers! Not one or two, it's everyone, all with revolvers! ā
At this time, even Sun Pengju was anxious, raised his whip and whipped it towards Geng Yaozhang, "You melon!" All use six wheels, it must be a big fish, what are you waiting for? Let's go together! With such a big credit, why should it be attributed to his surname Huo, all of them are on it, and they will take credit from him. In the future, we will not be afraid of him! ā
Huo Qiu's popularity in the entire division was extremely bad, and even Yang Biao did not stop his subordinates from openly grabbing merit, but encouraged the troops to attack. At this time, they were only sure that they had caught a big fish, but they didn't know the specific weight of this big fish and how much trouble they had caused themselves.
"Huo Qiu, they can really make trouble for me, and they are not honest when they go to Tianzhu." Zhao Guanhou took the telegram from Tianzhu and sighed, seemingly distressed. However, the smile on his face proved that his words were insincere.
Sun Meiyao held a tiger-headed little boy in her arms, shaking a rattle to make her son happy. However, her son, apparently not interested in the toy, stared at the command knife on the wall with big black eyes, stretched out his small hand, drew at Nabi, and shouted "knife...... I'm going to play with knives ......"
Xiao Brain was slapped by his mother lightly and severely, and then there was a warning, "Study hard!" Dare me to see you play with a knife, see that I don't beat you! Your grandfather is a showman! It's a show to understand! Further up, our family has also raised people, you have to follow them, don't follow your mother, just worry about playing with knives! ā
After scolding her son, Sun Meiyao looked at her husband angrily, "Isn't it just a Tianzhu girl who died, as for making you happy like this?" There are Prussians and Belgians at home, how can a Tianzhu girl make you so precious? I heard that there was a Tianzhu woman who was arrested with her, and the woman may be like Yuqing and Leng He, who like to engage with women. Even if you get the inner house, you can't tell who is proud. ā
"Of course, how can they compare to my good wife? When I turned around, I sent a telegram to Huo Qiu to kill the people. But...... It's not good to take other people's money and kill people again, which spreads in the rivers and lakes and damages our reputation. ā
Zhao Guanhou haha, Sun Meiyao was not really jealous, in fact, her mood was similar to that of Zhao Guanhou, and she was happy because of the content of this telegram. As far as Shandong's economy is concerned, this telegram can be regarded as a relief in the snow.
The female who led the Tianzhu rebel army and fought bravely against the Albians had foreseen the fact that the city would not be protected. In order to preserve his strength and prepare for a future resurgence, most of the gold, diamonds, and jewels in the temple and royal palace were transferred out of the city and secretly buried in a temple before the arrival of Albion's army. The temple is not famous, it is difficult for outsiders to find, and even if it is found, there is no one to lead the way, and it is impossible to find the gold jewelry that is secretly buried.
However, the woman and her girlfriend, after the arrival of the Albion army, did not choose to flee, but bravely fought side by side with their subjects, until the city was broken, and then tried to break through. Even though the woman died with the most skilled and well-equipped horse team around her, she still couldn't escape the pursuit of the Lu army.
She is a strong warrior, and she is not afraid of swords and death. But she also has a weakness in her heart, which is her girlfriend. When Lu Jun's officer showed some interest in his girlfriend, her psychological defense line collapsed instantly, and she took the initiative to confess her secret gold hiding land without being tortured, in exchange for her girlfriend not being violated.
After Gwalior changed hands, the tide of the battle had turned in Albion's favor, and the rebels were still there, but they were not in the limelight. When Arbion formulated his strategy, he left the oil and water kings to himself, and arranged for the Lu army to be a few troops composed of poor people, who were relatively more desperate and had no spoils to take.
However, the areas controlled by these poor people were relatively remote, and Albion's ears and eyes could not take care of them, so the Lu army took this opportunity to carry out secret excavations.
Huo Qiu, Shang Zhen, Yang Biao, and the intelligence personnel secretly arranged in the expeditionary force all sent telegrams from different channels to report on the progress and results of the excavation. What pleases Zhao Guanhou the most is that the sources of intelligence reported by several companies are different, but the numbers are not very different. It can be seen that the entire army is generally reliable, and no one in chief wants to hide the gold privately, and they all take the initiative to hand it over.
The amount of gold jewelry in this batch is staggering, with more than tens of tons of gold alone. It was also difficult to bring such a huge amount of gold out of Tianzhu, but Huo Qiu came up with the idea of recasting Huang into a cannonball and a gun, and then wrapped in camouflage on the outside.
The other part of the red gold was cast into anchors, which were replaced by the ocean-going ships from Shandong when they received people. Paintings and other works of art could not be taken into account, so they could only continue to lie in the secret storage room. A large part of the diamonds were taken out and sent to the middle and lower rank officers of Albiang, especially the port officer, to ensure that the goods were successfully transported back home. In particular, the strong pills from Shandong have become the favorite of the Albiang troops stationed in Tianzhu, and even if they have no combat missions, they are willing to get a few pills to try. With this thing to open the way, the effect is amazing.
Shandong's post-war reconstruction, coupled with the purchase of a large amount of grain reserves, and the takeover of the two lines by Chen and Dai, required a large amount of financial support. Even if Zhao Guanhou has always been rich, it is quite painful to cope with such expenses. Now that a large amount of gold has been handed and a large amount of reserves, the heart can finally be completely let go.
Sun Meiyao also knew that her husband was difficult, so she joked a few words, so she didn't mention the two female captives. Just get down to business.
One of the costs of appeasing the Overseer was to legitimize Xuzhou's actions. Including the water police investigation of the five provinces, it is also under the management of Zhao Guanhou, and the entire Xuzhou has become a defense ground in Shandong. But this matter is not over, the dispute between the government and the court, because of this incident of the small fan against Li Bodhisattva, has become even more intense.
Li Huangpo knew that his biggest shortcoming was that he had no soldiers in his hands, so he actively wooed Zhao Guanhou. The special envoys kept coming and going from the capital to Jinan, and sent a telegram every three or two days, actively courting Shandong and moving closer to the president. The promised conditions were very generous, including the position of army chief, plus Zhao Guanhou personally organized and trained the army to participate in the war, and the military power was in his hands. But at the price, it is necessary to help Li Huangpo suppress Duan Zhiquan. Not only Shandong wants to contribute, but even convinces Cao Zhongkun, who is directly under the government, it must also be completed by Zhao Guanhou.
Duan Zhiquan is one of the current Beiyang generals with a relatively high reputation. Wang Shizhen is considered to be in a semi-secluded state, and he doesn't care much about things. Duan Zhiquan has a relationship with his fellow villagers, and in the Beiyang Army, he has many disciples, and he has a lot of strength in his hands.
On the contrary, Li Huangpo can't give much in other ways except for the title of chief executive, special loans and other blank checks, and what are the pros and cons of supporting him, Sun Meiyao asked herself if she couldn't understand it. Her only statement was that "the cavalry division will always be loyal to her husband personally, not to the Commonwealth!" Zhao Zi is the banner of the banner, let the cut which, cut which. ā
Zhao Guanhou said with a smile: "Now Shandong is the stage of farming and restoring livelihoods, not the stage of cutting people, and none of us will cut it." I don't plan to participate in the dispute between the government and the court. Although Li Huangpo borrowed me very much, if I really helped him drive him away, the next step would be that the president and I would fall out of harmony. The years of the republic are too short, the imperial system is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there is an emperor living in everyone's heart. It's nothing more than Yuan Weiting's emperor who walked out, and the other emperor's emperor is still locked up in prison. If there is a suitable opportunity, they will all release the emperor, Li and Duan, are no exception. The Beiyang Grand Alliance, I made it, and it can't be abolished by my hands, so isn't that a slap in the face? So it's not good to help Lao Li, you can't kill each other. The little fan asked me to support Duan Zhiquan, but I couldn't do it either. He wants to be the leader of the Beiyang Alliance, why. ā
After seeing that he couldn't play with the knife, he waved his arm to ask his father, Zhao Guanhou hugged his son over, obediently gave his son a mount, and crawled on the ground
"Whether it's the president or the president, it's better to be a horse for my son to ride. Lao Duan is a fool, he was bent on being the president when he was the president, but he never thought that you would give the president so much anger when you were the president. When he becomes president, why can't people always do the same? In the end, it's all about guns. Although Congress has been restored, it is still remotely controlled by the barrel of a gun. ā
Sun Meiyao asked, "Then let's Shandong, what are we doing next?" ā
"Do whatever you have to do. Resume production with peace of mind and live your life well. The love between me and Beiyang, with Yuan Weiting, is almost gone. Now, it's good for me to take care of myself, and I don't bother to pay attention to other people's affairs. ā