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The end point of the telegram was not Chengdu, but the Xingke headquarters in Neijiang.

Wen Desi looked at this telegram with a complicated tone, couldn't help laughing, and said to Gu Xiaolu, who came to ask for instructions: "Just tell the truth, it's enough to hide it from him for so long." By the way, sue him, don't think too much, we have no ill will towards him and the Eighteen Towns, and we support them in pacifying Tibet. Let Cavour talk to him, get all that negotiation stuff ready......"

"It's all ready, Mr. Wen ......," Gu Xiaolu replied.

Soon, Zhao Erfeng received a reply call of 10,000 words. It explained the current domestic situation, as well as the attitude of the CSD towards him and the 18 towns, and also said that the CSOC's current territory is not 5 and a half provinces, but 7 and a half provinces. Finally, it was noted that Moonson would send Public Relations Minister Cavour to interview him.

After Lao Zhao read this callback, he was stunned for more than ten minutes before he sat down in a daze.

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It's funny to say that Sichuan's new army is a very strange team, very different from other new armies in the late Qing Dynasty. In other places, the new army can fight better than the old army, but this is not the case in Sichuan, where the combat effectiveness of the new army is far lower than that of the old army, and this old army refers to Zhao Erfeng's "border army". When Tibet was in turmoil in the original time and space, the new army supported by Lao Zhao in the past actually had to rely on the escort of the border army to walk.

There is also a difference, that is, the political position. In the history of the original time and space, it was the only new 6th Army that did not rise up to revolution or remained neutral during the Xinhai Revolution, except for Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army.

The Sichuan New Army has undergone several re-trainings, and its personnel have been continuously reduced and increased, so a large number of members of the League and the Sichuan Pao Brothers' Association have been mixed in. However, it was such a new army with a very good foundation for uprisings, and before and after the Xinhai Revolution, instead of rising up against the Qing Dynasty, it obeyed the orders of the Qing government and suppressed the Baolu Movement in Sichuan and the subsequent uprisings in various parts of Sichuan.

This is actually not surprising, this is all because Zhao Erfeng's prestige in the Sichuan army is too high, regardless of the new army or the old army. The revolutionary party could not show its influence in the Sichuan New Army at all, and even those who mixed in could not compete with Zhao Erfeng's prestige. Therefore, after the recovery of Sichuan, Zhao Erfeng was quickly cut down by the revolutionary party, and his suppression of the revolutionaries was only one of the causes of death, and there was also a big reason that if he did not die, the position of the governor of the Sichuan military government would not be able to sit firmly.

Of course, Wen Desi and the Science and Technology Socialist Party have no such concerns, they can completely tolerate Lao Zhao, after all, their strength is completely different, and Lao Zhao in this time and space has no chance to do something to massacre the revolutionary masses.

At this time, Zhao Erfeng and a group of senior officers were sitting in the conference room, they looked at each other, and their expressions were extremely complicated. The current situation is something they never dreamed of, and the rear has been revolutionizing for several months, and they actually only know it now. At present, this matter is only known to senior officers, and Lao Zhao does not dare to announce it to all the officers and soldiers, otherwise he may not say what will happen.

"Taiwan, no wonder those new troops who came to support are all fresh faces, I don't know any of them. I also wonder that Chen Kuilong has changed his sex, and he is willing to send such an elite new army to support us, it turns out that these soldiers are all ......" Luo Changqi, the commander of the Eighteen Towns, finally spoke first, he had a bitter face, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

This General Luo is different from other new army commanders, he is not from the army, but a genuine jinshi, and after working in the Hanlin Academy for a few years, he transferred to the army to do an errand in the army. Although he was a halfway monk, he did have some talent in the army, and since 19o2, he has been presiding over the Jiangnan General Ben School and the Jiangnan 6th Division School, and in 19o7, he was responsible for the formation and training of the new army in Jiangsu, and later went to work under Lao Zhao.

"What is the idea of Wen Dehei?" Feng Shan, the 36th Association Commander, couldn't help but ask (this Feng Shan is just the same name as the Guangzhou general who was killed in the original time and space, but not a person). Among this group of people, he is the most uneasy, because he is a Manchu from Chengdu, and he knows something about how the revolutionary parties in various places deal with Manchus.

Zhang Rongkui, the 35th co-ordinator, said sullenly: "What else can I think, of course, we have to surrender......"

Feng Shan continued to ask: "If you want us to surrender, why do you want to change our weapons, I see that those guys sent in the back may not be comparable to the armies of the great powers." Also, why is there no shortage of military salaries, and there are even more ...... Moreover, there is also that [Frontier Defense Allowance], which is available to everyone, and the minimum is 1o yuan......"

This is also everyone's question, yes, according to normal people's practices, even if they want to force the eighteen towns to surrender, it is the best policy to let them run out of food, how can there be such a thing as Wen Desi?

Especially the unheard of [Frontier Defense Allowance], they only knew about such a thing from family letters. This money goes directly to the family, from Zhao Erfeng to the lowest miscellaneous servants, and the people's wives, at least 1o yuan per month, Zhao Erfeng is 1ooo yuan per month, Luo Changqi is 8oo, the two co-unification is 5oo, the standard level is 3oo, the pipe belt level is 2oo, the team officer is 1oo, the shed chief is 5o, the main eye is 3o, the regular soldier is 2o, and the auxiliary soldier is 15.

Now because of the strong support of Wen Desi, the Eighteen Towns are much larger than the "border army" of the original time and space, and they are even larger than the ordinary new military towns, with a total strength of about 1. 40,000 people (the army of the original time and space has never had 5ooo people), plus the conscripted miscellaneous servants and people, there are about 17ooo people, and this allowance will cost about 350,000 yuan per month. Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Eighteen Towns are very rich and do not lack this, but the feeling is different. Because the family members only vaguely said in the letter that it was from the government, they thought it was the care of the imperial court at first. Only then did I understand that this was the care from Mr. Wen.

"Hehe, Wen Deji doesn't just want us to surrender, he wants Tibet...... Zhao Erfeng said with a complicated wry smile: "This person is determined to be in the world, he is not an ordinary revolutionary party...... As for the replacement of weapons, I have also figured it out now. Although these weapons can multiply our combat power, they are also more dependent on logistics, as long as they cut off logistics, they don't even have to fight......"

The officers' faces suddenly changed drastically, and they also reacted. Indeed, the reason why they were able to rage against the Tibetan rebels was because of the continuous supply from the rear, and twelve large airships were running logistics for them. Although these new weapons are powerful, they are just as frightening in their consumption of ammunition, and if they don't have them, they might as well be used with burning sticks.

As for the question of surrender, there is hardly anything to think about. Even if these officials refuse to surrender, the soldiers below will not think so. Don't forget, those family letters were all delivered by Xingke's transport airship, and you can know with your knees that all the families of the officers and soldiers of the Eighteen Towns are in the hands of others. Although Wen Deji did not threaten his family now, if he tore his face, who could guarantee that he would not do it?

What's more, the back road of the Eighteen Towns is now guarded by more than 10,000 revolutionary troops. If it really turns the other cheek, this group of troops will not be reinforcements but enemy troops.

"Lord Maker, the airship of Xingke Company has arrived ......" At this time, a guard ran in to report.

"Hey, let's go, let's go and greet the guests and see what they say......" Zhao Erfeng stood up.

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The officers and men of the 18 towns also knew very well how important the airship was to them, and as soon as they left Lhasa, they immediately chose an open flat land, hired local Tibetans to work overnight, and repaired a berthing for the airship.

Because Xingke's airship not only transports supplies for them, but also works part-time as a postman. Letters and parcels entrusted by airships to be carried by airships to their families, booty mailed by officers and soldiers at the front, and condolences from families to the front were all delivered by airships. Now these officers and men see the airship as if they were relatives.

As usual, as soon as the airship arrived today, each team immediately sent representatives to the airship field to line up to receive their team's letters and packages, and at the same time carried large bags of loot, ready to ask the airship to take back to their home in Sichuan. There were a lot of trophies in Lhasa this time, and the number of representatives of each team was much larger, and they were holding large bags and small bags.

Several postmen from Xingke Express who came with the airship were busy, sorting mail on the list in a group, and signing for the receipt of the last mailed items. A team officer was holding the new clothes his wife had made for him, and he was smiling from ear to ear.

The other group is registering the parcel and writing the receipt. Xingke Express's reputation is very good, and the mode of operation is also to copy the express company of later generations, which is quite formal. The officers and soldiers are not worried that they will swallow their packages, and even if they lose them, they will compensate according to the price.

Because there were many valuables such as gold and silver ornaments this time, the procedures for returning mail and registering them were more complicated, and the officers and men lined up in a long line at the mailing registration point.

"Yo, Lao Hu, why did you send so much jerky back?" An officer couldn't help but feel a little strange as he watched his colleague holding a large bag of yak jerky ready to register. In Lhasa this time, the various supplies stored by the magnates and the temple naturally changed owners, and the glutinous rice and ghee that the officers and soldiers were not accustomed to eating were distributed by Lao Zhao to those poor lower-class Tibetans and serfs to win the hearts of the people. And things like yak jerky and cheese were given to officers and soldiers as snacks according to their ranks.

"Hehe, that kid in my house is a meat worm, and he likes to eat meat the most. I can't finish it this time, so I'll just send it back,......" said the officer with a smile.

At another hatch, officers and men of the baggage battalion were helping to unload the cargo. This time, the airship sent a large number of supplies, but there was no ammunition. Anyway, Lhasa has been captured, the Dalai Lama has been hung up, the main force of the rebels is finished, there is no battle to be fought for the time being, and the officers and soldiers do not feel that there is anything wrong.

The representative of the Socialist Party who came with the airship was an old acquaintance Cavour, the public relations minister of Xingke Company. After the two sides met, they greeted each other as before, as if nothing had happened.

Looking at the smiling officers and soldiers, Zhao Erfeng said with a complicated expression: "Your methods are really clever...... Judging from the current situation, even if he turns his face, it is a question whether those officers and soldiers will go with him.

Cavour didn't answer this question, but said with a smile: "Hehe, Mr. Wen has always admired you, and this time you pacified Tibet, Mr. Wen is very happy." As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and the attendant held up a delicate sandalwood box. "This is a small gift from Mr. Wen, please accept it with a smile......"

The attendant opened the box in front of everyone, and inside was a silver statue of a horse, the workmanship was so delicate and vivid that even each mane was clearly visible. On the silver base is inlaid with gold a few lines of Cao Cao's poem: "Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambition is thousands of miles." The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. There is also a small line below that reads "Save to Mr. Zhao Jihe", and at the end there is the signature of Wen Deji.

Zhao Erfeng took out the statue of the horse and looked at it carefully, and handed it to Luo Changqi and others around him to watch and circulate, and asked with a strange expression: "The handwriting of these few lines of poetry seems to be written by Wen Xinghai himself......

"Of course, since it was given to Mr. Zhao, of course, it was in......scribed by Mr. Wen himself," Cavour smiled.

Luo Changqi looked at Wen Desi's inscription, couldn't help pursing his lips, and said with disdain: "This Wen Xinghai's words are really substandard......

Hearing this evaluation, with Cavour's face, he couldn't help but blush slightly. He explains: "We have grown up in the United States and have had very little exposure to traditional calligraphy, and he has no talent in this area. He wrote dozens of these words in a row, and selected the best words from them......"

This is the big truth, Wen Desi's handwriting is really not good. This is also normal, in the 23rd century, people in the 23rd century may not use a pen to write except for signatures. Lao Luo was born in Hanlin and has a high calligraphy attainment, so he naturally can't look down on the bad characters of Wen Dehei. Wen Desi is also very self-aware in this regard, and has never been engaged in inscriptions or anything before.

Zhao Erfeng said slowly: "Lao Luo, your handwriting is good, but there are too few people who can understand it...... everyone suddenly laughed.

Lao Zhao said an interesting thing some time ago. Lao Luo likes calligraphy, especially cursive.

In mid-June, when the Eighteen Towns surrounded the Lengzhu Lama Monastery (in present-day Zuogong County, Tibet), which harbored the fleeing rebels, Cheng Fengxiang, the commander of the standard, immediately asked Lao Luo what to do. Lao Luo then wrote the warrant himself, and the grass was very grassy under the flying eyebrows.

After receiving the order, Cheng Biaotong was dumbfounded, the warrant couldn't be understood. He scratched his ears and cheeks, studied with everyone for a long time, and finally concluded that Lord Luo wrote the words "Hunting and Burning Fire", so he ordered it to be resolutely implemented, and took advantage of the wind to set a fire that night, "burning and killing more than 1,000 lamas in one night", and made the lamas in the temple and the rebels hiding into Brazilian barbecue.

After the news came, Zhao Erfeng was shocked, "I don't seem to have said that I burned them," and after being shocked, he ordered an investigation, and the result was that the four characters written by Lao Luo turned out to be not "Burning with Hunting Fire," but actually "Burning with Birth"! This made Lao Zhao cry and laugh, and he had to issue a special order in the army, demanding that all official documents and letters in the future should only be written in regular script, and cursive writing was strictly prohibited, which made the officers and men laugh incessantly.

After entering the conference room, after Ma Ben served fragrant tea and the fruit plate retreated, the two sides began to talk about business.

The horse statue returned to Lao Zhao's hand, he played with this thing, and said with a smile: "Wen Xinghai's thing, you want to buy my old horse bone, right?"

"Mr. Zhao, you are too modest. We always say that you are 'the first in today's China's border affairs', and praise you as "contemporary Ban Dingyuan". If you're counting horse bones, who else is a maxima?" said a few flattering words.

Zhao Erfeng didn't answer, but glared and asked: "Wen Xinghai is very talented, why don't you contribute to the imperial court, but rebel !???"

"What you said is wrong, our Wen Zong is not rebelling, but saving this country! This country is already terminally ill and needs a dose of fierce medicine, that is, revolution! If the Qing court continues to do this, this country will only perish!" Cavour said-for-tat: "Do you think that this country can be saved by relying on this Qing court?"

Cavour then began to speak on the fundamental difference between an industrial and an agricultural country, from the international to the domestic. The faces of the people changed and changed, but they couldn't refute it. In terms of eloquence, where are the people here his opponents, not to mention that what he said is true, these people are not stupid, they naturally know that these things are irrefutable, and they are all people with status, and they will not be as strong as rolling around, so as not to lose face.

Zhao Erfeng and the others looked at each other and were speechless.

That Fengshan stood up and asked, "You have driven all the bannermen of Chengdu out of the city and locked them up, what is the reason? My family is in your hands, right?"

"Hehe, it's only temporary, and it's protection, not imprisonment. Mr. Fengshan, you can think about it, in the current situation, the crowd is turbulent, if we let them stay where they are, what will happen to them? As for the rest of your families, it is the same, they are all under our protection. As for protection or imprisonment, you can all look at what I brought......"

Cafu nodded to his deputy, who immediately went out, and after a while, walked in with a few people. They were carrying several boxes, as well as a roll of rolled up white cloth. The group immediately got busy in the room.

A few minutes later, a screening room was set up. They are not strangers to movies, and before they set out for Tibet, Wen Desi sent someone to teach them film and introduce various situations in Tibet. And later, about the use of new weapons and equipment, it is also taught through the movie.

"What is this?" Luo Changqi couldn't help but ask.

"It's a film about your family's daily lives during this time, and you can see ......," Cavour explains.

After the curtains were drawn, the staff began the screening. Images appeared on the screen, and sound came from inside the speakers. First, there is a newly built town, which is 2o kilometers north of Chengdu.

As the camera zoomed in, familiar figures appeared in the picture. These people's expressions and demeanors are very natural, and they are all focused on doing their own things. All of you here are old fritters, so you can naturally see that these shots are not posed, but real.

"Sanwa ......" Luo Changqi stood up, and he saw his favorite little son. His son was attending a class at a school, but his classmates were listening attentively, and the kid was folding paper figures underneath. Lao Luo was suddenly furious: "This bear child! Dare to fold paper in class, see if I go back and don't smash his ass!"

After class, the children were eating the extra meal sent by the school, each with a glass of milk, an egg, and a large meat bun. The children ate with relish, and bursts of laughter came from the speakers. Although Lao Luo pretended to be angry, his eyes were already red.

Then, as soon as the picture turned, it was Fengshan Xietong's turn to sit still, and he saw his wife and daughter. His wife is taking her daughter for a walk in a park with beautiful scenery, the two of them are ruddy, relaxed, and the clothes on their bodies look high-end, obviously life is very moist.

"Mother, when will Dad come back......" Little Lori said in a milky voice.

"It's coming, it's coming. Last time, your father wrote to him that he had already taken Lhasa, and that it would be time to return soon. ”

"I want that big cloth bear, and my father will buy me ...... when he comes back."

"Woo woo woo ......" There was a sudden sobbing sound in the conference room, and when everyone saw it, it turned out to be Feng Shan crying.

After that, everyone in the conference room lost their temper one by one. Even the tough as Lao Zhao couldn't help but stand up when he saw his little grandson singing in the kindergarten.

There are not only the families of these high-ranking officials, but also the families of those officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, and many of them recognize them. It is obvious from the picture that these people are living quite well, not to mention, those modern houses have killed all the previous houses in seconds.

After the movie ended, the love of Lao Zhao and others also settled down, but they were silent. They knew very well that if they turned their faces, the Socialist Party would not have to fight, they only needed to show the movie to the officers and soldiers outside, and the 18 towns would completely kneel.

Strictly speaking, Lao Zhao and his others still have other ways out, such as going north to Qinghai and making a detour back to the Qing court's ruled area. There is also the south to India, to seek refuge with the British, the British diplomat sent information, but he was not at ease, he just wanted to persuade Lao Zhao to surrender, and now this guy is still waiting for a reply in Lhasa.

But these two paths must not be chosen, either way, those subordinates will definitely not do it. Not to mention the latter, Lao Zhao can't do it himself, although he is easy to kill, but he has not yet degenerated into Cheng Dù, who has taken refuge in foreign countries.

Cavour took out another big killer - "The Life of Zhao Erfeng", which is a book with no ending. Lao Zhao read the book and took a long exam. He knew very well that the book was not finished, just waiting for him to write the rest with action. On the one hand, it is famous in history and has been passed down for generations, and on the other hand, it is stubborn and conservative, and it was finally swept into the garbage heap of history.

In the end, Cavour delivered a fatal blow: "Mr. Zhao, what the Qing court can't give you, Wen can always give." For example, mention the army of 100,000 tigers and wolves, seal the wolf Juxu, and step on the green mountains...... Mr. Wen said that after two years at most, if you still have the intention of doing things, the post of commander of the Northwest Military Region will be yours, and your command will not be less than 5 A divisions, and one A division of our army will be about 26,000 people. Zuo Gong's unfinished ambition back then can be realized by you. ”

Zhao Erfeng's face was flushed, and his whole body was trembling.

On the morning of 1 September, a telegram came out of Lhasa, and the 18th town of the New Army had revolted! It was in the name of Zhao Erfeng.

Subsequently, the Socialist Party issued a telegram and announced to the press that Zhao Erfeng had been appointed governor of Tibet and commander of the Tibet Military Region. At the same time, the 18th Town of the former New Army joined the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and after reorganization, it was reorganized into the 13th and 14th Divisions of the 6th Army.

When the news broke, the whole country was in an uproar.

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