Chapter Ninety-Nine: Crossing the Occupied Zone

The meeting ended hastily after Desaith's words, and everyone dispersed with a lot of thoughts, ready for the upcoming changes.

They didn't dare to do such a dangerous thing as crossing the ZoC Zone, but everyone had a few men, and they could send their henchmen to follow Marseo.

In their speculation, Maceio must be in need of manpower to establish a new government.

If you send some people over on your side, you can get a big position, and if you don't succeed, forget it, once you succeed, you will have an extra way back.

Everyone's careful thinking aside, Desaith also fulfilled his promise after the meeting, and he gave all his efforts to save the ship of the Republic of Cuba, which was about to be wrecked.

The Emergency Law was quickly drafted with the support of a draft provided by Marceo, and there may be some gaps in detail, but the most important ones are none other than those few articles.

One of the things that needs to be passed immediately is that the president can directly appoint a local self-government in time of war, and this government can send troops and do everything that should be done without going through the president and the parliament

Obviously, this provision has seriously weakened the authority of the central Government and parliament, and is even a significant blow to the idea of democracy in Cuba.

The most excessive thing is that this bill is not ready to be submitted to the parliament for review, and the government intends to implement it directly!

The square, which had already become restless due to quarrels and anxiety, instantly exploded when he heard the news.

Fortunately, there are too many people and it is only relative to a normal administrative system, and there are only close to a thousand people in the square, so it will not fall into chaos.

Excited lawmakers stormed the government building and demanded an explanation, but today, Desaith finally figured it out, let them make trouble, at most his own office is a bit noisy.

As long as the army is still under command, nothing will happen.

Of course, there are also parliamentarians who can influence the military, but these people are in high positions and have a long-term view of the problem.

They understand that if they don't make a little concession at this time, the result will be all over.

And just like that, while the parliamentarians continued to argue, Marseo's action began.

He had only 2 retinues of his own, and 3 of them secretly set off on the second day of the meeting.

In addition to the erosion of the situation, another important reason for leaving such a hurry is to avoid the people sent by other officials.

As expected, as soon as he walked on his front foot, a crowd of people came from the courtyard on his back foot, volunteering to help him lead the fighting in eastern Cuba.

The reason why Maceo avoided these people had two considerations, one was that the more people there were, the greater the chance of exposure, and the other was that so many people knew that they were leaving, and it was difficult to guarantee that no one would betray him to Spain.

In the end, the housekeeper came out to persuade these people, and the plan given was to find a way to go through and meet again after arriving in the three eastern provinces.

As for why Macio didn't come out to meet people in person, he also found a reason to prevaricate, which was considered to buy some time for the main family.

On the territory of the Republic, Marseillo moved quickly, and on the second day of his departure he came close to the front line.

The convoy can't blockade the entire eastern part of Cuba, it's still okay to blockade both sides of an area, plus shipping has been terminated, don't think about taking the waterway, it's 100% discovered.

As for going overland...... It's still difficult, but there are still some opportunities.

After all, there were only 20,000 Spanish soldiers stationed in the province of Holguín and eastern Lastunas, and they needed to spare enough manpower to defend various important cities.

If they're lucky, they might not even run into the Spaniards along the way.

Of course, this probability is too small, and Maceo and his party still disguised themselves as freight drivers, and they had something to say when they were discovered.

It's not that he doesn't want to disguise himself as a merchant, it's just that Spain has banned all commerce and commerce, and only allows basic food and water to be provided to the population.

Come to think of it, only the freight driver can have a mount and run around.

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On the other hand, Asania didn't know that someone was ready to touch it right under his nose.

He's having a headache right now.

As Holguín province entered a state of military control, Asania became the de facto governor of the province, and he needed to make decisions on matters big and small, and he was overwhelmed with little experience in governance.

Fortunately...... It will be a few days, and when all the personnel have found their positions, he can continue to focus on the affairs of the army.

At present, the problem of the colonial government forces is the most uncertain for him.

These guys are not good at fighting, but they are good at harming the people, and in order to solve the problem of lack of manpower, he handed over the previously captured soldiers of the Republic to them to manage.

It was only a few days before there were many bloody clashes, usually caused by the colonial army trying to rob the soldiers of the Republic, the other side resisted, and then there was a scuffle.

However, the colonists had guns in their hands, and each conflict basically ended in the shooting of several prisoners.

What's more, in order to provide for the necessities of life, the prisoner of war camp was close to the city, and the colonial soldiers would enter the city from time to time to do some unspeakable bad things.

It made the people in the occupied area panic, and also brought a lot of soldiers from Spain.

As a new nation in the process of taking shape, this uprising was an important opportunity.

It is quite possible that in the struggle with Spain, the dispute of interests gradually turned into a national dispute.

It is clear that what the colonial forces are doing is speeding up this process.

But Asania is only a military commander, and the colonial army and him belong to a cooperative relationship, and only need to obey the orders of the colonial government, if he forcibly manages, it is an arrogance.

But there was an order from above, no matter what it didn't work for, and in desperation, the only thing Asania could do was to report what they had done to Madrid.

Merely...... Cuba to Madrid, back and forth for almost two months, Asania does not report any hope.

This was due to Alfonso's negligence, which gave them a mandate and did not give them full authority.

"Ugh." Thinking of this, Asania couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Just then there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." He reined in his emotions and said lightly.

It was none other than his lieutenant, who looked a little solemn and reported to him the latest news from Camagüey.

"Oh~" Asania frowned, Maceo was going to the three eastern provinces of Cuba...

He knew that Maceo was the next president of Cuba, and he was a celebrity in small Cuban circles, known for his strict anti-Spanish and Cuban national fighters.

If he runs away to eastern Cuba, it will have some impact on their plans.

After thinking about it, Asania sadly found that she could only continue to use the colonial army that she despised.

The Spanish army really can't spare too many troops for high-intensity patrols to maintain the front line...