673 Basic respect
Perhaps for ordinary people, Terry Craigie, with the name of "Governor's Envoy", is indeed quite capable of bluffing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
When I arrived at Yang Deshan, the "envoys" and everything were all floating clouds.
It's a messenger.
can understand this, Yang Deshan really doesn't have much respect for Terry Craigie, especially under the premise that Terry Craigie has repeatedly offended Yang Deshan.
After sending Terry Craigie away, Yang Deshan immediately ordered someone to inform Yang Dehai and Jackson to be vigilant.
The scene that needs to be said has to be said, and the precautions that should be done still have to be done.
Although it seems that it is a win-win situation for the British to choose to cooperate with Yang Deshan, only God knows if the Governor will have a convulsion in his head, and if the Governor does not care about dealing with the Brotherhood Alliance, Yang Deshan cannot be unguarded.
In order to be able to respond quickly to a possible attack by the British, Yang Deshan optimized Gairyan's manpower, and 2,000 fighters were selected to leave Gairyan as a mobile reaction force under the leadership of Yang Deshan and cruising around Giryan, and the remaining more than 9,000 women and children and fighters who did not enter the mobile reaction force continued to stay in Gairyan as bait.
Bait!
Since he is a bait, he will be given up when necessary, although Yang Deshan's doing this sounds a bit cruel, but it is the only way to survive in this troubled world.
For Yang Deshan, or for the nomads of North Africa, women have always been not valued, there is no wife to rob, no children can be reborn, as long as there is force in hand, even if all the women and children of Ghairyan are lost, it will not be long before Yang Deshan can pull up a team of the same size.
Or on a larger scale.
Of course, you can do that, but you can't say it.
Yang Deshan led the mobile force to leave Giryan, not under the banner of guarding against the British, but under the banner of continuing to increase the population of Giryan, which kept the people who remained in Gairyan basically stable, and Yang Deshan's departure did not cause turmoil.
The person who can become a governor is naturally not stupid, and even if he is stupid, there will be enough smart people around him.
The British Governor in Libby Ya did not keep him waiting, and only a week later, he received an invitation from Henry Saxton, inviting him to a dinner party at the British garrison.
"No, you can't go, there's no good banquet, this may be a special Hongmen banquet." After hearing the news, Yang Dehai was the first to object.
Two days ago, Yang Dehai came to Gairyan from Gudamis and brought 3,000 soldiers with him, as well as a batch of supplies, which was a posture to prepare for the end with the British.
Fighting tiger brothers and going into battle as father and son soldiers, when it really came to a critical time, Yang Dehai still chose to have Yang Deshan together, no matter what he would face.
"It doesn't matter, we have more than 10,000 people now, and how many soldiers do the British have in Gairyan? Do not worry. Yang Deshan had a bottom in his heart, and he didn't take Henry Saxton to heart at all.
During this time, Yang Deshan led the mobile troops to go around to conquer, and successively broke through the four settlements of the Libi Ya, the population of Gairyan has increased to more than 15,000, and the number of adults who can go into battle is also increasing at the same time, plus the people brought by Yang Dehai, Yang Deshan's hands can now use more than 10,000 troops.
While conquest was carried out everywhere, Yang Deshan did not neglect to monitor the British.
Yang Deshan is very sure that the current garrison of the British army in Gairyan is still the previous one with one hundred and ten people, and there is no sign of an increase in the number of troops, which makes Yang Deshan full of confidence.
In fact, earlier today, there have been cars entering the British garrison again, but they are not the kind of trucks that transport troops, but all kinds of "black horses", "absolute shadows" and "matadors" and the like, these cars cannot be ordinary soldiers, Yang Deshan does not need to pay attention to it.
In the final analysis, if you want people to pay attention, you still have to have the qualifications to make people pay attention, Yang Deshan is determined that the British are not confident enough, so he dares to ask for a price with the British.
Lloyd George has had a hard time lately, the British economy has not improved, and there is disagreement within Britain over whether to support the Germans. From the perspective of "balance", Britain wants to support Germany to form a counterbalance to France, but from the perspective of interests, Britain's own problems have not yet been solved, and it is indeed unable to support the Germans now.
The domestic political economy is still a mess, and the British government is really powerless about colonial affairs.
As far as the current Libby Ya is concerned, although the Governor of Libya has some troops in his hands, most of them are composed of Libby Ya people, and their combat effectiveness is very limited, so Yang Deshan is not afraid of the British taking risks, as long as Yang Deshan is still alive, Yang Deshan can turn Libya upside down.
"Then let's have a banquet and see if Henry Saxton dares to come." Yang Dehai was still worried and didn't want Yang Deshan to take risks.
"No, Henry Saxton knows very well that if we want to do something, Henry Saxton can't do anything." Yang Deshan is really not afraid, and now the hundred and ten people in Henry Saxton's hands really can't afford to spend anything.
Seeing Yang Deshan's resolute attitude, Yang Dehai no longer dissuaded, and it was not interesting to talk too much, as long as Yang Deshan was sure that he knew what he was doing.
Towards night, near the British garrison, nearly 100 bonfires were lit, and thousands of soldiers sat around the bonfires, drinking and eating meat and feasting, without the constraints of canons and the fear of the British.
"Lewis, are you demonstrating to me?" Henry Saxton, who met Young Deshan, was a little dissatisfied.
In the evening, the Brotherhood began to gather, which made Henry Saxton nervous for a while.
It wasn't until it was confirmed that the Brotherly Alliance was just going to have a bonfire, and had no intention of attacking the British garrison, that Henry Saxton was relieved, it was better not to fight, and how harmonious was eating and drinking? Henry Saxton even had some food and drink brought to the Brotherhood as a gesture of friendship.
"There's no need for that." As soon as Yang Deshan opened his mouth, he could choke to death.
Is it still necessary to demonstrate?
The British only have a hundred and ten people, and there are nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Brotherhood Alliance not far away, this is not a Boer with broadswords and spears, but an army that is also equipped with modern weapons, and the balance of forces between the two sides is really not too great.
Since it is a banquet, then Yang Deshan must not be the only one who participates, it is said that there are no other forces near Gheryan, but now there are many people who come to the banquet, and there are even a few North Africans with turbans and robes, which makes Yang Deshan involuntarily take a few more glances and leave a snack.
Henry Saxton is really a long-sleeved dancer, and it seems that he is no stranger to such a scene, so he casually greeted people and led Yang Deshan to the second floor.
Compared with the hustle and bustle of the hall on the first floor, the second floor is much quieter, and there are guards on duty at the staircase.
Yang Deshan didn't mean to raise his hand, the gun on his body had been handed over to Sharim when he entered the British garrison, and Sharim stayed at the door of the hall now and didn't come in at all, these Henry Saxton knew about it.
Henry Saxton knew, but the guards at the staircase didn't, and insisted that Yang be examined, and one of the guards even had his hand on his waist.
"What disgusting arrogance! Henry Saxton, remember why I'm leaving, I don't care who's inside, if you want to see me, please go to the camp outside. Yang Deshan didn't mean to make compromises, turned around and went downstairs.
"Wait Lewis, Lewis!" Seeing Yang Deshan decisively go downstairs, Henry Saxton was immediately dumbfounded.
Yang Deshan didn't pay attention to it at all, and walked through the hall with a lofty attitude, and he was not even interested in taking a look at the surprised and inexplicable dignitaries in the hall.
As soon as he went out, the guards at the gate blocked Yang Deshan's way.
"Boy, are you trying to provoke me?" Yang Deshan ignored the soldiers, dragged the officer next to him over, grabbed his collar and lifted his feet off the ground.
"Forgiveness, Prophet, we didn't mean to." The officer raised his hands to show no malice, and used an honorific title in the Brotherhood Alliance to Yang Deshan.
The officer, a native of Libby Ya, knew Yang Deshan's position in the Brotherhood Alliance, as well as his prestige in North Africa.
Just as Yang Deshan picked up the officer, Shalimu, who had been guarding at the door of the hall, suddenly jumped up, took out a flare gun from his arms, and was ready to fire at any time.
"Lewis, please wait." Henry Saxton trotted out of the halls, the anxiety on his face not disguised.
Whatever the reason, since the British met Yang Deshan, it means that the British are ready to make concessions, and if it is because of someone's stupidity that all this is buried, then someone will definitely pay the price.
"Henry, I'm not here to accept insults, to understand this, we still have a chance to talk, otherwise, we can continue the conversation in another way." Yang Deshan didn't reply, raised his hand to push away the guards in front of him, and continued to walk out.
"Wait, wait, Lewis, give someone a chance, and at the same time give yourself a chance." Henry Saxton finally rushed to Yang Deshan's side and grabbed Yang Deshan's arm.
"I came here to look for an opportunity, but you saw it." Seeing that Henry Saxton had the meaning of speaking, Yang Deshan grabbed the conversation: "There is a question that must be clear, I am here for the cooperation between us, not for begging, if I figure this out, I think I will get the respect I deserve, and if there is no basic respect, I think our cooperation has no future, in that case, we might as well end this as soon as possible." ”
Basic respect is not too much to ask, but at this time, it is really difficult to get it in Libya.
(To be continued.) )