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Text Chapter 172: One battle determines the southwest (2)

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    Autumn has entered in the north, but the sun is still blazing in Guangxi.  People come and go in Rongan City in the west of Guilin. Today is the market day in Rongan. People from all over the country come to the county town to attend the market.  The soldiers patrolling the city who had nothing to do were too lazy to collect taxes one by one. They simply placed a wooden box with nanli at the gate of the city, and then hid in a shady place and let the people put money into it to pay lijin.

    Although the tax reform storm in the three provinces of Hubei has shocked the whole country, and each province has ostensibly abolished some miscellaneous taxes left by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there are still many illegal and covert violations, not to mention this small and inconspicuous southwest border county, so there are many  The common people didn't even know that Lijin was abolished. In order not to cause trouble, they consciously paid according to the previous rules. In just half a day, a lot of copper coins accumulated in the box.

    Lu Rongting didn't make much achievements in politics and reform. He didn't know what to do except building roads and dredging rivers. In this case, adhering to achievements was the best way, so he simply adopted the method of governing by doing nothing and abolished  After some of the shortcomings of the pre-Qing Dynasty, society was allowed to develop on its own.  The disadvantage of free development is that this per cent pumping system has been retained. Although the number is much smaller, the burden on the people is still heavy.  A small group of foreigners wearing missionary uniforms came out of nowhere. Guangxi is rich in resources and is close to the southeastern peninsula. After the Gengzi Year, foreigners swarmed in and opened many mines here, so the people were used to these jabbers.  Guys speaking different languages.

    Of course, foreigners don¡¯t have to pay taxes, so the patrol soldiers guarding the city stretched and yawned without even looking at themselves, eagerly hoping that the market would end soon and go back to have a good sleep.

    For these soldiers patrolling the city, such a life is monotonous, boring but comfortable.  After the great changes in the Southwest after Chongjiu, think about Hubei where there were endless wars and it is said that more than 160 soldiers and civilians were killed. Think about the bloody rivers of Huaihe and Jiangsu, as well as Guizhou and Yunnan, which are still at war with each other. How can peace be achieved?  The transition to the Republic of China was indeed a blessing.

    Chen Haohui was wearing an ordinary gown. Next to him was a small team driving an ox cart, disguised as elite soldiers of the Yunnan Army who were going to market the people. They would seize the city gate as quickly as possible to facilitate the troops' entry into the city.

    He didn¡¯t want to come, but this order was given by Tang Jiyao. It was obvious that he wanted to get a certificate of surrender!  So he couldn't refuse.

    Looking at the hundreds of ordinary people queuing up to enter the city, I felt deeply sorry and guilty, because it was him who instigated the Yunnan Army to enter Guangxi. Although it was known from details that Tang Jiyao also had such a plan, he still could not change it.  He pushed the plan forward!  These people still don't know what is coming. With nearly 10,000 Yunnan-Guizhou Allied Forces who have been hungry for half a year in southwestern Guizhou, their eyes are red and scarier than wild wolves in the mountains. A killing is inevitable.

    Although he felt guilty, it did not shake his heart, which was already stronger than iron.  If a decisive battle takes place in southwest Guizhou, it is impossible to completely wipe out these people relying on the dense mountains and forests. Once they disperse into the mountainous areas, they will bring greater hidden dangers to the Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi regions in the next few years, and more people will be killed.  !  The commander and the general staff knew this well, so they allowed themselves to execute this plan and lead the Yunnan-Guizhou Allied Forces to Guilin, which was relatively wide and densely covered with rivers and could not escape, in order to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

    The first price is to pay a Guilin!

    "Stop." The idle soldiers patrolling the city were attracted by such a large convoy. Just by looking at the deep shaft seal, they knew it was a fat sheep, so they greeted it with "enthusiasm".

    "Where did it come from? What kind of goods? We need to check." The soldiers patrolling the city laughed and surrounded the convoy, dreaming of making a big profit. The oilcloths on more than a dozen large trucks suddenly opened, and Dahuang Ya held up two revolvers.  , pressed against the waist and eyes of the two patrolling soldiers, and smiled evilly: "I'm going to kill you!"

    "Crack, bang, bang."

    As the bullets penetrated the two soldiers, the surrounding Gui troops fell down one after another. The crackling gunfire and blood shocked the people at the city gate, who looked dumbly and didn't understand what happened.  Chen Haohui knew that if he didn't scare them away as soon as possible, there would definitely be a massacre. He quickly pulled out his pistol, deliberately fired into the sky and shouted: "Brothers, grab the city gate!"

    This cry saved countless lives. When the people saw the fire in the air, they finally understood what was happening. Rong'an, which had been prosperous and peaceful before, suddenly fell into panic. Countless people began to flee to other city gates while shouting and screaming.  After Chen Haohui, Dahuang Ya and others seized the city gate and dealt with several city patrol soldiers, a small group of Gui troops stationed here appeared on the street.

    The two armies officially exchanged fire.

    People on both sides kept falling under the bullets that came back and forth. Seeing more and more Gui troops and city patrol soldiers crowding in, the dull sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the city!

    Yunnan horses are short and cannot be used as cavalry, but they are sufficient for such short-distance sprints!

    The Gui army soldiers thought it was just ordinary bandits attacking the city, but when they sawAfter seeing these cavalry, his face changed completely. When a well-informed Gui Army soldier saw the uniforms of the Yunnan Army on horseback, he was so frightened that he shouted: "It's not good! It's not good, the Yunnan Army will kill them."  coming!"

    Before he could finish shouting, gunshots rang out, and everyone saw that thousands of soldiers suddenly came to the west by the Rong River. These people had fierce eyes and they all ran very fast.  He rushed to the city in the blink of an eye.  The sound of gunshots, howls and screams instantly drowned the entire Rongan. People who had never been baptized by war never expected that one day a military disaster would suddenly come. In less than half an hour, this bridgehead for the attack on Guilin was destroyed by Yunnan.  Qianlianxia was completely occupied.

    The soldiers who had gone crazy in southwest Guizhou were plundering, smashing, looting and burning all over the county. Thousands of bandit soldiers among them were even more unscrupulous, pushing young women to the ground one by one. In the past six months,  The bandits who come here to shoot blood every day have been aroused by the prosperity here. There is only one thought in everyone's mind, why should I beat him to death? Why can you wear gold and silver and there are so many women?  enjoy!

    ¡°Many people stripped off their knickers and raped them directly on the street, and some beautiful young women even formed a circle around them, crying at the top of their lungs and laughing unbridled, completely showing the ugliest scene in the world.

    Fang Rui and the team members who followed him had red eyes, wishing they could kill all these bastards. Everyone held the handle of their gun tightly, but when Chen Haohui shook his head, he finally blended into the crowd, deliberately scaring the people to scatter and run away.  , using their own methods to speed up and drive the people away.

    Chen Haohui breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards Tang Jiyao who entered the city.

    "here you go."

    Tang Jiyao, who was riding a horse, not only did not blame him when he saw this scene but was extremely excited. He looked at a woman not far away who was stripped naked and pushed to the ground by seven or eight soldiers. He laughed and patted his shoulder: "  With Haohui¡¯s help, our army has gained another brave general!¡±

    Chen Haohui resisted his impulsehiding the coldness in his eyes and frowning deliberately: "Captain, this can't go on! Ruian is just a small town, only a hundred miles away from Guilin. The news that we have captured this place can be spread in two or three hours at the latest.  When we arrive in Guilin, if we make such a fuss, Lu Rongting will probably be ready by the time we get there!"

    This sentence finally made Tang Jiyao wake up. At this moment, he completely regarded Chen Haohui as one of his own and said: "Haohui still sees far!" After saying that, he immediately turned around and cursed: "***, you are still stunned.  What are you doing? Put on your trousers for me! Leave one regiment to garrison, and the others will set off for Guilin immediately. Tell the soldiers that Guilin is a provincial capital, and there are plenty of women and money! Anyone who dares to hang around here, I will shoot him!"

    Tang Jiyao was fierce outside, and the gendarmerie composed of direct descendants of the Yunnan Army immediately began to pass orders.  Chen Haohui finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this At least Rong'an could suffer less torture, but Guilin Yi was destined to face a nightmare.

    Lu Rongting still doesn¡¯t know what happened in Rong¡¯an, which is more than 100 kilometers away. Guangxi is not the commercially developed Huguang and Jiangsu and Zhejiang Telegrams can only be transmitted in a few big cities such as Guilin, Liuzhou and Nanning.  The hot weather made him feel uncomfortable all over. He shook the cattail leaf fan in his hand desperately, and even asked the maid to help, but he still felt uneasy, as if something was about to happen.

    This is not a good sign. In the first half of his life in Vietnam, he relied on this intuition to escape death many times, so he felt even more uneasy.  But after thinking about it, apart from Wang Zhixiang, who was already under his radar, there shouldn't be any major problems, right?  Just when he reached for the teapot and was about to use herbal tea to quell the fire, the sound of running outside the door like a war drum made him stand up in surprise.

    "Dad! Oh no! Something big happened!"

    A young man with a square head and big ears at the door shouted immediately after seeing him. Chen Bing and Tan Haoming also ran in nervously before asking.  Tan Haoming is the commander of the Guangxi Patrol Battalion. He is in charge of the six battalions of the patrol army in the province. It is the largest armed force outside the Guangxi Army. After seeing him, he also shouted: "My father-in-law is in trouble, that old bastard Wang Zhixiang has rebelled!"  The troops attack Liuzhou City!"

    "**His grandma!" When he heard that Wang Zhixiang had rebelled Lu Rongting's face turned green and he cursed: "Suppress! Let the Second Association beat me hard and send a telegram. Whoever catches this old bastard, I will reward you.  He has one thousand taels and a promotion belt!¡±

    The young man with square head and big ears is Lu Rongting¡¯s son named Lu Yuxun. Yuan Shikai has called him many times to urge him to take up a post in Beijing as a means of monitoring Lu Rongting.  He was as upright as his father. He had promised to leave at the end of the month so that Lu Rongting could remain the governor, but he did not expect to encounter this.  Both father and son had equally hot tempers and cursed: "What a promotion! Liuzhou Second Association reported that in addition to Wang Zhixiang's two thousand troops, they also saw more than three thousand Guizhou troops! There were also cannons and many machine guns! Now the Second Association was  I¡¯m stuck in the city and can¡¯t get out.¡±

    "The Guizhou Army?"

      Hearing this word, Lu Rongting didn't even care about his son's swear words, and his face suddenly turned very cold.  Turning his head to see Chen Bing nodding in confirmation, he suddenly knew that he was feeling upset because of himself.

    Tang Jiyao¡¯s mother-in-law has come to Guangxi!

    Just as this thought arose, an officer rushed in and said, "Captain, it's not good! A large group of people were found twenty miles outside the city, at least tens of thousands of people! The clothes look like they are from the Yunnan Army."

    "**You are the eighth generation ancestor of Tang Jiyao!" With more than 10,000 Yunnan troops, besides Tang Jiyao's tribe who is entrenched in southwest Guizhou and has almost become a bereaved dog, who else can there be?  So Lu Rongting smashed the teapot picked up a French m1886 rifle seized from Vietnam on the wall, and his old face turned red all of a sudden: "Order all the troops, lock the five doors, send a telegram to Zhennanguan, and let the three associations  Come back. I will fight with you!"!  .

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