Chapter 261: Four-way confrontation

Thoble pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe this is an opportunity for us, we should take advantage of the chaos to increase our strength, no matter which prince ascends the throne, we can't help it." ”

Hua Dongxing sneered: "Do you think that even if Xiahou wins the throne, with the current strength of the two sides, can he still help our Chinese leader?" Now we are the biggest force in the country, but most people still look at people with old eyes, stubbornly believe that Tongshan County is a poor place, and close their eyes and do not admit this. ”

Thobul turned to Fang Xiaoyu and said, "Young Master, I want to ask you, what would you do if the Fang family asked you to support a certain prince?" What if you had the potential to win the world? As soon as Tobul's words came out, the eyes of Huadong Xing, Tobul, and even Liu Mingzhao next to him all looked at Fang Xiaoyu.

Fang Xiaoyu looked around at the expectant eyes of several cronies, and said with a slight smile: "People who do big things must make decisions immediately, I won't be blinded by family affection." As long as I have the opportunity to win the world, I don't care who the Fang family asks me to support, and we can go it alone when necessary. ”

Fang Xiaoyu's words are equivalent to admitting that he not only has the idea of winning the world, but also has an unshakable determination. As soon as his words came out, the eyes of the three of them lit up in unison.

Hua Dongxing stood up excitedly: "Okay, since the young master has such ambitions, I will naturally follow Huadong Xing to the death and help the young master complete his volunteer." ”

Tople smiled: "I also firmly support the young master, and I think the young master's ambition is far more than just the Lanfang Empire. I have only one condition, I hope that when the young master attacks the Cossack Empire, I will let me be in charge of commanding, and I want the world to see that the defeat of my Tobul back then was because the Bainur country was too weak, not me, the commander. ”

Liu Mingzhao also said: "The 200,000 soldiers of our iron-blooded army only obey the orders of the young master, as long as the young master says a word, we will go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Okay, as long as everyone works together, we will definitely succeed, we want to let the whole world know the Tao of the world, we are the strongest." ”

Huadongxing and Tobul were not ready to enter Beijing with Fang Xiaoyu, and after discussing the plan of the Chinese Consulate's actions in the near future, the two got off the train in Baishan City and changed to another train back to Vladivostok.

Fang Xiaoyu sat on the heavily armed No. 2 special train, and went straight to the capital along the domestic route that had not been completed for a long time. On the domestic railway that has just been opened to traffic, the locomotives are not all in place, so there are few trains on this railway line, and the No. 2 special train does not need to ventilate with the stations along the way, and it goes to the capital unimpeded.

After three days of driving, the special train opened a fork in the road, this fork in the road is after the domestic railway was repaired, Fang Xiaoyu deliberately built a branch line connecting Lanting Villa, it is used as a fast channel for Lanting Villa to sell goods to the outside world, and at this moment it has become the most convenient path for Fang Xiaoyu to go home.

When the extra-long train with four locomotives stopped at the station in front of the hill of Lanting Villa, the surprised attendant immediately ran over. "Young master, it's the young master who is back." Before the attendant stepped forward to ask, he saw Fang Xiaoyu walking off the train surrounded by many guards.

When the news of Fang Xiaoyu's return spread throughout Lanting Villa, everyone was boiling, and Guo Cheng, the head of the villa, immediately came to greet Fang Xiaoyu in person. "Young master, you're finally here, you want to kill me." As soon as he saw Fang Xiaoyu, Guo Cheng burst into tears of excitement.

Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "It's true that I haven't been back for a long time, probably for several years." ”

Guo Cheng nodded and said, "No, it's been six years and three months." ”

Fang Xiaoyu patted Guo Cheng's shoulder and said, "It's really hard for you here." ”

Guo Cheng shook his head and said: "How can it be considered hard to guard the young master's industry, it's just that there are fewer and fewer old people in the villa, and I miss them very much." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The old people who went out of our villa are now in very important positions, and there are a lot of officials, one day I will also transfer you, you go to follow Sun Huaizong as a deputy, he is now in charge of the agricultural department." ”

Guo Cheng smiled: "That's good, but I still think that I still have a solid heart to guard the young master's industry." ”

While the two were talking, they walked into the villa. Coming to the room where Fang Xiaoyu used to live, Guo Cheng said with a smile: "Young master, you see, we have people coming to clean every day, and we can live at any time." ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded with satisfaction: "You have a heart." I wonder what the situation is in the villa now? ”

Guo Cheng said: "Everyone is very stable, although it is very chaotic outside, but the villa is very calm, everyone says that as long as the young master is here, we will be very safe." ”

Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "That's true, I won't let everyone suffer." As long as I am here, no one will be able to turn the sky, I don't know how many people are still in the villa now? ”

Guo Cheng said: "There are quite a few, there are about 30,000 people in the villa, and there are about 5,000 people in the factory area of Luoyun Mountain. ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "There are indeed a lot of people, I don't know how many weapons are stockpiled in the Ludao Villa, I hope I can arm them as soon as possible." "For this entry into Beijing, in fact, Fang Xiaoyu is also psychologically uncertain, because of the lack of intelligence support, he has nowhere to judge the current situation, as long as he makes a few more preparations, the most important thing is to arm the people in the villa first, in case of emergency.

Guo Cheng said: "This young master can rest assured, our arsenal in Lanting Villa has already switched to the production of Type 92 rifles for export, and we are currently producing a large order for the Istanbul Empire, so there are more than 40,000 rifles in stock, and the ammunition is enough to use." Moreover, the people in the villa are all conducting military training on a regular basis, so if the young master wants to use the guarantee, it will not be delayed. ”

Fang Xiaoyu was very happy to hear this: "This is great, immediately arm these people, strengthen training, and send a telegram to Vladivostok, telling them that I will call these Type 92 rifles first, and let them draw a batch of orders from the territory to supplement the Iranian Empire." ”

Fang Xiaoyu asked again: "Are the bullets produced in our factory still being supplied to our customers?" ”

Guo Cheng smiled slightly and said: "The situation is tense now, and in the past month, the orders for those bullets for the Cheng family and the empire have been pushed and delayed as much as they can, and they have not been given any more bullets." ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded with satisfaction: "I have done a lot, these people are not all the way with us, usually sell to them to make money, now we may have conflicts with all parties, it is better to sell less ammunition." ”

With enough reserve troops, Fang Xiaoyu was much more relieved, and the next morning he took a company of guards and rode the bulletproof carriage that had been left in the villa to the Fang family's old house.

Although the lord can't enter the capital without summoning him, but now the capital is in chaos, and even the emperor doesn't care about these details. What's more, Fang Xiaoyu quietly entered the city from the south gate controlled by his grandfather Fang Wei, and he didn't play his own banner at all, so no one would pay attention to him.

"Grandpa, I'm back." Fang Xiaoyu walked into the living room, and at this time Fang Rui was sitting in the hall talking to his uncle Fang Weiming.

"Xiao Yu is back." The two who were talking looked up and saw Fang Xiaoyu and immediately stood up.

Fang Weiming said with a smile: "You are finally back, now that the Fang family is gone, you are the same as without the backbone, as long as I see you, I will be down-to-earth." ”

Fang Rui also smiled: "It's good for you to come back now, I don't know how many people you brought into Beijing?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "I only brought one regiment, less than two thousand people. ”

Fang Rui frowned slightly when he heard this: "So little? Now all the forces in Beijing have stationed heavy troops, and 2,000 people are not much. ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "My two thousand iron-blooded troops can even fight back with 200,000 cavalry in Monte, are you still afraid of those Praetorian Guards who have little combat experience?" ”

Fang Rui smiled dumbly and said, "Your soldiers are indeed elite, but now there are not only the Praetorian Guards in the capital. ”

"Oh?" Fang Xiaoyu frowned: "Grandpa, I heard this news when I was inspecting the Wild Continent, I came in a hurry and didn't talk to the intelligence director, I am not familiar with the situation here, could it be that all the major families have increased their troops to the capital?" ”

Fang Rui nodded: "That's right, now the Praetorian Guards are just guarding the Imperial City and not coming out, the city guards of the four cities all support their own forces, and the garrison camp has been split into three groups, stationed in three gates." That's not all, Wang Xuan was the first to arrive five days ago, and he brought two divisions of troops to defend the capital and investigate the assassination of His Majesty, and now he is stationed outside the city. A day later, Cheng Feng led an army into the city under the same pretext, and it is currently stationed outside the West Gate, and Xia Yuyan's army also arrived two days ago, and now it is stationed outside the East Gate, you can be regarded as the most late. ”

Fang Xiaoyu suddenly realized that he was a little too careful, for fear that people would say that he had bad intentions in bringing heavy troops into Beijing, so he only brought one regiment, but he didn't expect that the other lords didn't take the court seriously at all, and directly brought heavy troops into Beijing.

If Fang Xiaoyu's iron-blooded army is absolutely stable in terms of combat effectiveness, it can't stand up to many people's families no matter how strong its combat effectiveness is. What's more, the weapons of the other three lords were all Lanting 1 lever rifles bought from the Chinese Lord, and they did not suffer much in terms of firepower.

From the mouth of the eldest grandfather Fang Rui, Fang Xiaoyu learned that the current situation in the capital is very delicate, and at present, the three armies of the Praetorian Guard, the city guards of one division, and the garrison battalions of the two armies in the hands of the Xiahou family, they are guarding the north gate and the imperial city.

The Xia family has a division of city guards, two garrison battalions, and an army of Xia Yuyan, and the Xia family only accepts their own Dongcheng District and does not move.

The Cheng family is a division of city guards and an army of Cheng Feng, guarding the safety of the western city, and even Wang Xuan, who has little foundation in the capital, has brought two divisions of troops to be stationed outside the city, which can be regarded as being able to barely protect himself.

In addition to the garrison battalion of one army and the city guard of one division, the Fang family only has one regiment of its own iron-blooded army, except for Wang Xuan, the weakest of the four major families is himself.