"On the one hand, there are the Japanese, and on the other hand, the stones in the pit - they stink and are hard, what the hell are we going to do now?" The Guangzhou military government convened an emergency meeting to discuss what to do with Huang Ke.

Everyone knew in their hearts that if this development continued, the Japanese would most likely use this as an excuse to send troops to Guangzhou.

The Guangzhou military government did not dare to offend the Japanese, but to arrest Huang Ke now was not only criticized by the national public opinion, not to mention that the well-trained escort army in Huang Ke's hands was so easy to deal with?

A group of people discussed and discussed, but there was no result, and then the overseer Mo Rongxing made a decision: immediately mobilize the city defense garrison to arrest Huang Ke!

That night, the Overseer's Office mobilized a garrison of more than 3,000 guards to besiege Xiguan.

The Guangzhou military government declared the Protector Army an illegal armed force, and Huang Ke was the leader of the rebel army, which must be exterminated.

Huang Ke naturally wouldn't be captured, but he knew that he couldn't fight against these warlords either, although the Gui army only mobilized 3,000 people, with the combat effectiveness of the protection army, these 3,000 people couldn't do anything at all.

But Huang Ke clearly knew that the strength of the Gui warlords was that in a short period of time, they could mobilize 30,000 people, or even more troops, to attack.

If at that time, once the battle starts, the more than 1,000 new officers and soldiers under his command will not only die in battle, but the entire city of Guangzhou will bring great damage.

At this time, Japan would certainly not rashly use troops against China, and Huang Ke had a kind of contempt for little Japan in his heart, and he knew that the two destroyers that sailed to the port of Guangzhou were just to scare.

In this war against China, Japan has not yet had the guts!

Xiguan in Guangzhou is the garrison of the merchant group's guards, and behind the European-style buildings are tents set up one by one. The largest tent in the middle was the command post of the guards.

The officers of the Guardian Army had gathered in the command post, and now they had vowed to protect the safety of the people of Guangzhou, but the junta was raging, and everyone was exuding a kind of pressure for the coming battle.

Huang Ke paced back and forth a little anxiously, crossing over to this day, he faced such a thorny problem for the first time, the slightest carelessness in the operation, he was about to change the original trajectory of history, and this time the trajectory of change is not to make China develop in a better direction, but in a worse and worse direction.

Did he cross over by himself, and bring the motherland to a deeper abyss?

Yang Yibing, Batu, Wang Maocai, and Fourteen Tsai all looked at Huang Ke.

"Sir, the enemy is about to open to Xiguan, whether to fight or withdraw, you can give an order." Wang Maocai was the first to speak, this old officer who was good at accidents knew very well the seriousness of the matter now, and he knew that this was not as Yang Yibing and his gang of young people thought.

Huang Ke let out a long breath and didn't speak.

Batu stepped forward: "Sir, I'll take a hussar to the Overseer's Mansion right now and kill that dog Overseer. ”

"Yes, the gendarmerie is at its disposal." Yang Yibing also said excitedly.

Cui Wu shook his head and said: "Sir, in my opinion, we should deploy quickly, although the garrison is called three thousand, but the combat effectiveness is not good, we are confident that we can hold it." ”

Several people rushed to come up with ideas, and to Huang Ke's relief, none of them flinched, and they were all brave and loyal.

Huang Ke felt very relieved to be able to train such an army, and after a moment of silence, he said to everyone: "We can't fight hard now. It's not that I, Huang, am greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that if we fight this army out! We don't have the capital to start a business in the future. ”

Everyone didn't say a word, listening to Huang Ke make his final speech.

"There's nothing wrong with confronting the Japanese, but we shouldn't have acted so radically so early that we were in such a passive situation. Now I order, the escort army is divided into three parts, take off their uniforms, all return home, and the escort army is disbanded! ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was stunned.

"What? The Commander wants to disband the Protectors? "Sir, is this impossible?" "If we disband the Protector, we won't have any capital at all!" "Sir, we will protect you even if we die!" ……

Everyone persuaded me every word, but I never expected Huang Ke to be such an order.

Huang Ke waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and when everyone quieted down, he let out a sigh of relief. "Brothers, we are able to withstand the attack of more than 3,000 people of the garrison, but next for you, they will send more troops! What's the point if we all die in battle? ”

He asked one question after another, and everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.

"Keep the seeds of a modern army, and we will have a chance to make a comeback in the future. Yang Yibing, you lead the gendarmerie and the teaching team to gather over, Wang Maocai, you select all the officers of the escort army, form a formation, and then drive to Luokou Town with Cui Wu. ”

"Yes!" The three of them returned together.

"Fourteen boys, you escorted the eldest lady to Luokou, I will take a letter of resignation now, and you will bring it to my maternal uncle Zhao Tinghui."

"Yes!" Fourteen replied sharply.

"Cui Wu, Batu, you two go to the army now, and distribute all the German-made shell guns to all the soldiers except the teaching team and the gendarmerie, and each of you will be given ten rounds of ammunition and two months' salary. Tell them to take a month's holiday, and during this time they are not allowed to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and they are not allowed to show their guns. And tell them that if they encounter a Japanese ronin to make trouble, they can fulfill their duties as soldiers! ”

"Yes!" Batu and Cui Wu replied sharply.

After the arrangement was almost complete, Huang Ke looked around, it was already October weather, and Guangzhou was already a little cool in the middle of the night.

Huang Ke put on the tweed cloak and said, "After completing the task, everyone will meet in Luokou." In Luokou, you must obey Wang Maocai's orders, and you must not go out or inquire about me. I'll be looking for you in a month! ”

"Sir! If you don't come to us in a month, can we come out and find you? Wang Maocai called out to Huang Ke.

Huang Ke walked to the account room, looked at the brightly lit camp and sighed, he can be regarded as having trained an army, he has no regrets in this life, and he has no regrets in crossing!

"If you don't see me coming to you in a month's time, you will disband yourself and decide your own way out." After Huang Ke finished speaking, everyone was silent.

"Sir, we're waiting for you in Luokou!" Wang Maocai said immediately. "Yes, we are all waiting for you in Luokou!" After several officers finished speaking, they all put on their hats and walked out.

Although the enemy pressed the territory, the officers and soldiers of the protector army were neat and orderly. When the order to disband was announced, these hot-blooded soldiers loudly questioned why the Protector was disbanded.

"Why disband? When the garrison comes, we will push them back! "Let's just take down the junta and make Commander Huang the overseer!" "That is, how many years have we been bullied by those foreigners? It's time for us to be tough" "Brothers, get your guns and go to the Overseer's House!" "Fight the Overseer's Mansion!" ……

The crowd was bustling, and at the suggestion of a few people, a group of angry officers and soldiers were going to attack the Overseer's Palace. Cui Wu scolded sharply: "Come back with the fuck!" ”

However, where could he stop the officers and soldiers who had already been enraged, and hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed outside after receiving their guns.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out outside, and the familiar officers and soldiers could hear that this was the Soviet-made Mosin Nagan gunshot, and this thing was not Gui Jun.

Everyone looked up, and outside the barracks, Huang Ke was standing there on a red horse.

The crowd fell silent.

"Do you all want to rebel? Do you still memorize the minutes for the soldiers? The commander gave the order, why didn't he carry it out? Huang Keli shouted at the red-eyed officers and soldiers.

"Sir, we don't want to disband! We're going to fight those warlords to the end! In the crowd, a junior officer shouted.

"You're all dead? What will you do to fight other warlords in the future? Huang Ke scolded loudly, and in the wind, Huang Ke's mouth twitched.

Seeing that the people below didn't speak, Huang Ke put away the rifle in his hand and said, "The temporary dissolution is just for the needs of strengthening the team in the future!" What are you all? You are all talents of China's latest army, who will lead China's new army after you are all dead? ”

"Now, after receiving my orders and receiving the silver, they will return to their homes with their guns. Ten bullets per person, these bullets are not for you to go home and shake your prestige, but for you to hold guns to protect your families! In a month, I'm still here, and I'm still going to be here, and I'm going to review the whole army! Got it? ”

"Got it!" All the officers and men replied loudly.