After fleeing to Xi'an and hearing the news that the revolutionary army had defeated the allied forces of the great powers on land and defeated the navies of various countries three times at sea, the Empress Dowager Cixi determined that the possibility of the restoration of the Qing court was very small. Unless Yang Hao suddenly has an accident, or the revolutionary army is infighting, there is basically no chance to set things right.

In the following two years, the revolutionary army went too steadily step by step, and the land reform work was extremely thorough wherever it passed, and the tide of industrial and agricultural construction carried out simultaneously destroyed the potential crisis. The Qing court wanted to lure some people into creating public opinion pressure, but found that there were few people who had the courage to stand up and speak. In the face of the iron fist of the class struggle, every force that tries to resist will be ruthlessly crushed.

The Qing court thought about recruiting and canonizing the rebellious people who had fallen into the grass, but the people sent out couldn't even touch the mountain, let alone any contact scheme. The operation process of the revolutionary army is too rigorous, and as soon as it comes up, it will destroy all illegal armed forces and lawbreakers with a thunderous momentum, which is really vigorous and resolute, killing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood! Those who can survive by luck are basically working as coolies in labor camps, and who can secretly organize people to make trouble?

Under the tight system of the new government, the whole people, from the cities to the villages, were mobilized, working during the day and studying at night. To put it mildly, the broad masses of the people don't even have the strength to make love to their wives, and everyone is busy changing their living conditions.

Not to mention, under the ID card system, people who wander around indiscriminately know whether they are suspicious as soon as they see the seal, and before their activities are in place, the police have already come to the door to inquire clearly.

The Qing Kingdom was completely hopeless, and the Qing court had no choice but to prepare for a retreat with all its might. On the one hand, the construction of highways through Shaanxi City, on the other hand, the deployment of various means of defense.

In the region of Suide. Nearly 20,000 troops have been stationed at all times. Strictly prevent the revolutionary army from killing from the direction of Taiyuan.

Wait until now, when the two palaces and hundreds of thousands of banners are moving in. This unit took on the heavy task of covering the back road and causing trouble.

has already made up its mind not to come back, and the Qing court no longer has to pretend to be sanctimonious. In two years, they almost robbed the people in the Guanzhong area, and when they retreated north, they brutally plundered all the food, materials, gold and silver treasures that could be looted all the way to Yan'an Prefecture!

The large army passed through Suide Prefecture, and the troops behind the palace suddenly carried out the most complete destruction of the state capital along the road! The city's main fortifications were all blown up. All the houses were set on fire! The wheat that was about to ripen was also set on fire by them! Kill all the civilians who dare to fight!

From Suide to Yulin, hundreds of towns have turned into burning hell! All the cities were destroyed, leaving only the devastation and the millions of helpless victims, crying helplessly!

When the two palaces finally ran out of the Great Wall and into the middle of the grassland, it was impossible for an army to pursue them within a radius of hundreds of miles, so they completely destroyed Yulin.

The Great Wall wall, which used to defend against the invasion of the grassland Hulu, once again ignited billowing smoke!

The army in charge of the queen of the palace is none other than that. It is the Wuwei Right Army that Yuan Shikai worked hard to build and deliberately stayed!

After the reorganization of the Wuwei Right Army in Shaanxi. The original three teams of horse infantry artillery were all scattered and organized into five towns. Each town is divided into two associations, each with 4,038 people, and divided into two bids. Three battalions per standard, four teams per battalion. Each town also has jurisdiction over an artillery team (1,756 officers and soldiers), a horse team (1,117 officers and soldiers), a baggage battalion (754 officers and soldiers), and an engineering battalion (667 officers and men).

In general, the total number of soldiers and horses in a town is 12,512, which is similar to the size of an infantry division of a modern army.

But in fact, none of the soldiers and horses of these five towns are complete. The largest number of troops was only six or seven thousand, and the smallest was only more than four thousand. The horse and artillery teams in the five towns were inadequate, only one-third of the quota. Engineering battalions and the like have become places where tired soldiers are resettled indiscriminately. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses of the five towns has plummeted, and it is far inferior to the army that escorts the western hunt.

Only the first town was fully packed, not only reaching the full quota of 12,000 people, but even exceeding.

In the Wuwei Army, the first town is also known as the "Banner Town", because the ruler of Fengshan is the banner people, the vast majority of soldiers and officers are also from the banner people, and a very small number of them are selected from the original 50,000 right army, excellent military qualifications, and loyal to the Qing Dynasty outstanding officers and soldiers.

In particular, the First Town also had more artillery and cavalry than the other five towns combined. All the 75 fast guns that the Qing court bought at a high cost were concentrated here, and all the Makqin heavy machine guns were also prioritized by them. As long as it is not a surprise, or the other five towns join forces, they may not be able to beat them.

In addition, Rong Lu also strictly controlled the soldiers and horses of the other five towns. Among them, the control of the fourth town is to replace Wu Fengling, a close slave of Yuan Shikai, and promote Zhang Xun, who is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, to take responsibility. Coupled with the Fifth Town, which was dominated by Wu Changchun and supplemented by Jiang Chaozong, the Qing court actually controlled the right army of Wuwei.

After this break, it was the first suppression array, and the fourth and fifth towns were concretely implemented, looting and killing along the way, and doing all the bad things!

As for the second, third, and sixth towns, the combined strength was no more than 20,000, and they were sent out for other tasks. The second town was sent to Qinzhou, Gansu, the third town was sent to Ankang, and the sixth town was sent to Hanzhong, all of which were far away from the center. The movement of the two houses to flee north was too fast, and they didn't have time to react.

Without worry, the Qing army let go of its hands and feet to wreak havoc!

At the foot of Ndolbai Mountain north of Yulin, in the middle of the march of the president of the Wuwei Right Army, the big belly was like the eight-month-pregnant Ronglu high distance from the top of the mountain, and he saw the rising smoke column with a telescope, and nodded with satisfaction: "The minions have done a good job." In this way, there is no need to worry about them turning back. ”

Forcing the soldiers and horses of the two towns to kill the killers is to completely cut off their hearts. The only way out is to follow the court to the dark, and obediently being a slave is the only way out. If anyone dares to turn back, they will definitely be liquidated by the revolutionary army and tried in public with a thousand cuts.

The flattery of Goshha next to him: "My lord is clever and wise!" ”

Rong Lu laughed smugly, threw away the binoculars and flicked his sleeves. "Come on," he shouted. Less special sycophants. Ye knows how many pounds and taels he has. Let's go, it's serious to catch up with the brigade in a hurry. ”

He shook his fat body, and slowly moved towards the bottom of the mountain under the support and protection of the two Goshkhas. Between the valleys below, as far as the eye can see, the First Town army is reorganized and ready to move.

In the distance, under the Great Wall, beyond the burning town. Wu Changchun's face turned gray, his eyes were red and he looked at the house that was quickly devoured by the tongue of fire, and listened to the cries of the civilians who were circled not far away, and muttered: "Alas, what a sin!" I can't imagine that I, Wu, have been loyal and righteous all my life, but now I have to bear the infamy of such cruel compatriots. What kind of face will there be to see your ancestors in the future? ”

Jiang Chaozong sneered and sneered from the side: "It's all here, and the lord is still thinking about turning back?" Forget it, it's better to be loyal to the court to the end than to bow down to those rebels. Hmph, as long as we have these thousands of elite soldiers in our hands. There is no need to worry about the future. Maybe in a few years, we will be able to rise again from the grassland. Stage a comeback! ”

Wu Changchun was full of anger, Huo Ran turned his head to look directly at the other party, and shouted: "Don't think of everyone else like you!" In any case, we are always soldiers, stabbing at our own innocent people, and Lao Tzu is not shameless enough to do that! ”

Jiang Chaozong raised his chin indifferently, pouted and said, "So, you always disobey Lord Shangshu's orders!" On the surface, he destroyed the houses in the town, but secretly drove everyone out in advance, and finally saved their lives. Wu Tongzhi, you have now become a life-saving bodhisattva for millions of people in northern Shaanxi! It's just that don't forget, they don't have the slightest thing to live on now, and when the time comes, they will starve to death, and they will suffer even more! When the time comes, the son will eat, the brother and the son will kill each other, hehe, you will create more evil! ”

Wu Changchun's complexion changed drastically, his lips trembled and he shook his head again and again: "No, it will never be like this!" The Revolutionary Army...... We will definitely arrive in time to rescue the victims. ”

As he spoke, his heart was as cold as a freezer!

Since the Qing court went north, it was decided to leave a mess for the revolutionary army to delay the pursuit of the strategy, and the fourth and fifth towns were appointed to act as executioners, fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and destroy the people's livelihood facilities. After all, Wu Changchun was not as shameless as Zhang Xun and Jiang Chaozong, and specially ordered the troops not to kill or injure people as much as possible, and before setting fire to the building, they had to drive people out and circle them up.

Along the way, he himself didn't know how many houses he had destroyed and how many people had been left homeless. But roughly calculated, the damage caused is terrible! In particular, millions of people have no food and clothing, and are left among the ruins with no physical objects left in a radius of hundreds of miles, and if there is no timely rescue, I don't know how many people will die!

He had known that the spies of the revolutionary army were pervasive, and he would have noticed these circumstances. So as long as they can get there in time, we can finally let these millions of people survive. But that's only possible, what if they don't make it? Even if it's just a delay of three or five or seven days, it's a catastrophe!

Wu Changchun's brothers are all loyal and warlike people, and it is difficult for them to take the initiative to change camps before they are captured by the revolutionary army. Now he was caught in such a situation that he was inferior to a beast, and the pain that pierced his heart and bones made him almost crazy!

Jiang Chaozong's heart swelled with a twisted refreshment, he had always been accustomed to seeing the wind and the rudder, and he had long known that people like him were not treated well by the revolutionary army. After being rejected by the words of the trustee's temptation, he completely lost his heart and turned to the Qing court.

Now that he has most of the power in the Fifth Town, he is about to look at the painful appearance of Wu Changchun, a decent general with iron bones, in order to balance the dark and dirty in his heart.

Seeing that the purpose of striking the opponent had been achieved, Jiang Chaozong happily waved his whip and shouted: "Okay, my lord, it won't help if you regret it, it's better to leave early, out of sight and out of mind!" Come on, escort the adults on their way! ”

The soldiers on the periphery of the armed guards immediately swarmed up, led Wu Changchun's horse and only supported it, turned around and galloped towards the north.

The soldiers who were guarding the people around the burning town cheered back, and the sturdy men quickly broke free and freed the others, thinking of extinguishing the raging fire. But in May, the heat wave was rolling, and there was no water to be found in the surrounding ditches. The cave was blown up, all the pots and pans were smashed, and the well was filled with stones and tiles, but how to save it?

Desperate cries resounded in the air, accompanied by violently tumbling fireworks. Sketch a hellish scene on earth!

In the crowd. There were several unattractive men who watched the qiē silently. Everyone's eyes spewed with anger that was about to burn, but they all gritted their teeth and didn't say a word!

Until nightfall, in the mountains not far from here, several troops that had quietly lurked rose and withdrew. They are the Qing army that is secretly watching, and once they find that there are members of the revolutionary army who stand up to maintain order, they will rush over and kill people mercilessly!

When they had completely withdrawn, the silent men quietly gathered. Clenching his fists and gritting his teeth, he whispered: "These damn Manchu lackeys!" It is simply unforgivable to deliberately create such trouble for us! ”

"It's useless to scold them now, the top priority is to report the situation as much as possible, so that the people above know the grim situation that this side is facing. It is necessary to calm people's hearts before famine breaks out. ”

"Hmph, the Manchus thought that this would slow down our advance, but they didn't think that it would make the general public completely disappointed in them! A revolutionary government can easily win the heartfelt support of the masses! ”

The young man at the head held his head high and said with emotion: "Comrades. Time is life, and the interests of the people are higher than one! We can no longer worry about whether we will be attacked by the hidden thugs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. We must act immediately, and the sooner we can get relief materials, we can save the lives of more compatriots! Pay the price of sacrifice in time, and do not hesitate to pay the price for it! ”

Others responded: "Good! I'm going to get up the radio and generate electricity from above! ”

"We immediately organize the masses and actively carry out self-help, at least not let people mess up the order and cause mutiny!"

"Okay, action!"

The secret workers of several revolutionary governments, with a clear division of labor, immediately dispersed into the crowd and played their part.

The vanguard of the revolutionary army infiltrating the areas ruled by the Qing court was extremely numerous. As the occupation area expanded, almost every county in the surrounding provinces had their deposits. Especially in this important area of Shaanxi, their tentacles have penetrated deep into every township and township, and they can easily put together a few action teams.

Yulin is a fortress of the Great Wall, and it is particularly critical to face the strategic center of the Hetao. There are a number of action teams lurking in the area, and although they have little communication with each other, they have direct radio stations.

Under the strong rule of the Qing army, their activities were greatly restricted. Now I finally seized the opportunity and immediately raced against time to put it into operation.

The information was transmitted at a speed far beyond the imagination of the Qing court, and after just half an hour, it was transferred to Yang Hao's desk.

Along with this telegram, there was another large stack of similar telegrams, the contents of which were similar to those of the Qing army, all of which were the destruction of various parts of northern Shaanxi by the Qing army.

Yang Hao gathered the military and political dignitaries, waved a thick telegram, and sneered with a twisted face: "I think we have been magnanimous enough to allow the Qing court to survive until now, give them enough time, they should be able to figure out how to choose." But now it seems that this is wishful thinking, and people don't take it seriously at all! ”

Yan Fu and Li Jingfang and others were solemn. They didn't expect that the Qing court would be so mad! Just to plague the surroundings of Shaanxi, before he actually wanted to split the country and betray the interests of the country. It's even better now, and I'm going to make an uncontrollable mess before I leave! I really thought that the revolutionary army was not capable of chasing and killing into the grassland desert!

They looked at Yang Hao's face worriedly, trying to discover his true thoughts, worried that he would be too angry and give an irreparable order.

Yang Hao has always been extremely restrained from the Qing court's expression, although the propaganda unceremoniously revealed how many sins he had created under the centuries of dark rule, and how much regression and loss had been caused to Chinese civilization. But in concrete action, we still follow the principle of magnanimity and give them a way out that can be transformed peacefully.

At present, the revolutionary army occupies a large part of Jiangbei, and the vast majority of the old bureaucracy has not been excessively liquidated. Their lives are safe and secure, and they have the same rights and obligations as the general public.

For the Qing court that fled westward, it was also expected that they would recognize the form. Now it seems that it is a big disappointment!

To commit such a sin is to kill yourself! I really thought that the steel knife of the revolutionary army would not be cut down!

Yang Hao pressed the telegram on the table fiercely, looked around at everyone with cold eyes, and said categorically: "I think that this kind of stubborn reactionary armed force must be severely punished!" The armies that kill civilians and wreak havoc must be wiped out! No toleration! ”

Yan Fu nodded solemnly: "Our government resolutely supports the military's approach, but the top priority is to do our best to save the people affected by the disaster and restore order in Shaanxi!" ”

Yang Hao waved his hand decisively: "I will immediately order all the ministries in Shanxi and Henan to mobilize the materials originally prepared, and give priority to supporting Shaanxi." The construction machinery that is repairing the railway in Taiyuan, Fenzhou, has also been transferred to participate in the rescue. As for the Qing court that fled north, hmph, they thought it would be safe to run to the grassland? ”

On the side, Shi Jianfei waved his hand to open the curtain, pointed to the map and said loudly: "We can immediately mobilize the garrisons of Datong and Suiyuan to immediately break through, intercept them in Baotou first, and prevent them from crossing the Yellow River." In addition, the troops of Xuanhua and Wanquan can also follow up to ensure that they have no way to escape. ”

Yang Hao clenched his fist and waved it vigorously: "This time, sweep them all away, and leave no trouble!" (To be continued......) R1292