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Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the South Chapter 136: Siege Part 1

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    Chen Zaixing took the telegram, opened it, and his expression suddenly changed. He handed it to Liu Zhixing and whispered: "Mr. Liu, it seems that the Burmese thieves have been planning this for a long time. The scale of this attack is huge. Magui, Sagaing and other places  Civil uprisings have occurred! Moreover, the thieves have been instructed by experts and have begun to attack the telegraph points from Bagan to Mandalay. It seems that we need to move faster!" Liu Zhixing opened the telegram and saw that the content was that he was attacked.  When the enemy besieged us, the situation was extremely critical, and we requested support. Judging from the contents of the telegram, it was estimated that this telegraph point would fall before long, and the telegraph connection from Bagan to Mandalay would be cut off.  "Master Chen, what are you going to do?" "Go into the palace immediately to see His Majesty!" Chen Zaixing stood up and asked his attendants to change his official uniform while explaining: "Mandalay is heavily fortified. There are six to seven thousand people here.  There are still more than 500 loyal soldiers left behind in the new army. Don¡¯t worry. I will go to Bagan immediately after meeting your two majesties. I will save it there first. Most of the army¡¯s transportation materials are in Bagan. If something happens, the consequences will be disastrous! "  "Okay, then how many soldiers do you want to take? Give the order now and let them prepare first!" "No, just a team of guards will do!" Chen Zaixing checked his clothes in the mirror and said solemnly  : "The new army cannot be used yet. It has been established for too short a time, and many of them are fugitive farmers like these Burmese thieves. Once they get involved with the thieves, the consequences will be disastrous!" "Then you plan to use Bagan's garrison?"  Liu Zhixing asked: "But in the important warehouse area over there, I'm afraid the guards are not allowed to move lightly, right?" "No, I already have a plan!" Chen Zaixing said: "I just received a message from the front line, and the British have already requested peace talks.  , and took the initiative to move the army back 20 kilometers. We must deal with this issue as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that the British will use this issue to put pressure on us at the negotiation table to obtain more and greater benefits."  Chen Zaixing lowered his voice: "Do you remember the Sikh mercenaries who mutinied in the last battle of Bagan? They have stayed on the outskirts of Bagan since that incident. I plan to use them this time to use the barbarians to fight the barbarians." Liu Zhixing News  Yan was stunned and asked: "Is this okay? Military affairs are no joke!" "Batu told me that these Sikh soldiers are very well trained by the British and are far better than the Burmese soldiers. And they are very close to the Burmese soldiers.  People don't understand each other and have different races. Don't worry about them getting involved. They have no other way out now. As long as they offer a heavy reward, I don't worry about them not being able to help. I plan to open up the connection from Mandalay to Bagan first, and then I will betray them.  Kill the thief's head, put this momentum behind, and then take care of it after the peace talks are over!" "That's fine, Mr. Chen, please come to the palace! I'll leave the matter to you in Bagan!"  Well!" Chen Zaixing tidied up his clothes and walked out quickly.  Five days later, the army camped in Bagan.  Chen Zaixing's face was ashen as he listened to the officers left behind reporting to him the situation of the rebellion.  "Sir Chen, according to the intelligence analysis I have collected from various places in the past few days, the key to the Burmese bandit riots is not in the central area between Bagan and Mandalay, but in Yan'an Qiang!" Chen Zaixing's  He glanced at the map above and asked in a low voice: "Ren'an Qiang? Why do you say that?" "Sir, although the riots that broke out between Bagan and Mandalay were quite powerful, they were mostly caused by lack of food.  The hungry people who arose were nothing more than a mob. Several strongholds reported that although the besieging mob numbered thousands, the weapons in their hands were only wooden sticks and bamboo guns, and there were not even a few iron tools, let alone firearms.  . However, the Ren'an Qiang side kept reporting emergencies. The thieves not only had firearms, but also several cannons. By comparison, it was obvious that the old thieves were there, and the Bagan side was just a side force to attract our attention.  That¡¯s it!¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Chen Zaixing asked.  "First save the Ren'an Qiang and open up the connection between Bagan and Pyay. As long as the peace talks on the front line are completed, those Burmese thieves are mostly hungry people. As long as the first harvest of grain is harvested in May, they will naturally disperse. At that time, as long as kindness and power are combined,  It¡¯s not difficult to calm down!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Chen Zaixing nodded.  Nyanqiang is a small town located in the central and western part of Myanmar. It is located on the right bank of the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River and has a hot and dry climate.  But there is a very important resource here - oil.  Yan'anqiang means "Oil River" in Burmese. As early as the 13th century, crude oil was being exploited locally. Although the historically famous Yan'anqiang Oilfield did not officially begin operations until a year later, in 1887.  However, at that time, there was already a small oil well built by the British in Ren'anqiang. Like most colonial trading stations, this trading station was a small militarized fortress with a water reservoir, a church, and a fort.  There is also a villa for senior staff, and there is even a beautiful dhow on the dock for fishing.?It is guarded by armed staff and soldiers.  When the Shun army passed by this place, the staff in the trading station surrendered.  Since there are intact docks and warehouses here, it is a very important stronghold. The Shun army left a hundred people to defend and protect the oil wells and docks.  However, at this time, the commercial station had completely changed its appearance. The white exterior wall painted with lime had been stained by smoke and smoke. The stained glass windows of the church had long been shattered by bullets, leaving only the bare wooden frame.  The gate has also been replaced by a barrier made of sandbags. Looking into the perforation hole, you can vaguely see the black muzzle of the gun, pointing coldly at the open space outside, sending a chill to your bones.  "Damn Beikou!" Earthwalker punched the tree trunk nearby, and the muscles on his face were twisted with great pain.  On the lawn in front of him, there were corpses everywhere. On the empty lawn, the neatly trimmed shrubs were also shot to pieces by the bullets exchanged between the two sides. Except for a few foraging ravens in the open space,  , then there is nothing else.  This is the trace left by the rebels who launched several attacks five days ago. After discovering the overwhelming number of enemies, the defenders immediately abandoned the town and retreated to a better-defended trading station.  Under the intensive firepower of the well-trained shun army, the numerical advantage of the rebels was meaningless. They just became the targets of massacre. The damage to the defenders hidden behind the fortifications was minimal, and even the corpses could not be recovered. This was the only way.  Being exposed to the air and becoming food for the ravens made the Earthwalker increasingly miserable inside.  Among the rebels, he and Gray Eyes are the two most capable generals under Song Shen. He is more senior and the rebel army was organized by him, but Gray Eyes has a reputation of being good at fighting, especially by  After several military campaigns under his command were successful, Gray Eyes' reputation has gradually surpassed his own.  In order to reverse this momentum, Tu Walker advocated in the meeting to lead the main force to attack Ren'an Qiang's Shunjun trading station, cut off the connection between Bagan and the frontline Shunjun, and let Gray Eyes lead the rest in Bagan and Mandalay.  Launch a civil uprising among them to distract the enemy.  From TuWangZhe's point of view, there were only a hundred defenders of the Shun Army, and he had more than a thousand breech-loading guns in his hand. He was sure to win no matter how hard he fought, but he didn't expect that he would bite a hard nut this time.  Suddenly, there was a sound behind Earth Walker. He looked back and saw a man in black clothes leaning over. These days, the snipers from the sniper army in the church bell tower have caused a lot of damage to the rebels.  Trouble, at least twenty people have been hit by bullets fired from the bell tower in the past few days, so the insurgents quickly learned the technique of lowering their body weight when moving to avoid being hit by enemy snipers.  "Chief, the cannon has arrived!" "Okay!" The soilwalker gritted his teeth and pointed to the church bell tower in the distance: "Knock this down for me first!" "Yes, leader!" All the furniture and furnishings in the church bell tower  The bronze bells have been removed, and the walls and windows have been blocked with sandbags, leaving only a few perforations. Therefore, although it is broad daylight, the light is very dim, with only a few light beams coming in from the perforations.  , shining on the dark wall.  Fei Xianghong curled up and leaned on a sandbag, looking at the flying dust in the light beam with interest. However, he was careful not to let his body touch the light beam. The reason was very simple. This would increase his risk of being hit by stray bullets.  There is a possibility that two companions have been concentrated here by stray bullets.  But he was still happy to stay here. The reason was simple. He was a good shooter. In this place with a good view, he could hit more targets, which meant more rewards. He did some calculations,  So far, he has killed at least twelve enemies, including five bosses. The reward is one hundred and fifty taels of silver. This is a quite large amount of money. Fei Xianghong is already enjoying it.  He planned to return to his hometown after this battle, use his savings to buy dozens of acres of good land, marry a wife, have six or seven children, and live a comfortable life.  A beam of light had moved down to the mark on the wall, which meant that it was time to "work" again. Fei Xianghong took out a copper coin from his arms and threw it casually. The copper coin fell on the floor and rolled a few times.  It was different. Fei Xianghong reached out and touched it - facing up, he turned over, carefully opened a blocked observation hole, and began to look out. Fei Xianghong was very smart, he knew how to avoid being hit by the enemy.  , the best way is to prevent the opponent from discovering the pattern of his actions, so before he shoots, he throws a copper coin. If it comes up heads, he will shoot. If it comes up tails, he will continue to wait until the light reaches the next  When marking, he tossed the coin again until it came up heads up. Fei Xianghong squinted his eyes and searched for the target for a while - his eyesight was very good and he could clearly see the sparrow on the branch fifty meters away. Just when he found it.  When he was about to fire at a target, there was a sudden dull sound in his ears, and then he felt a violent blast from the sack under his body.Move.  Fei Xianghong instinctively lowered his head. When he raised his head again, he found that the bell tower had become brighter - there was a hole the size of a child's head on the wall five feet away from him, and the sunlight was shining through it.
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