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Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the South Chapter 139: Scattered

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    Earthwalker nodded and signaled his subordinates to step back. He had also seen the artillery just now, but he was still holding on to the hope of contingency. Now the words of those subordinates who had been gunners in the king's army dispelled the last thoughts in his heart.  A little hope.  Seeing him like this, other people on the side did not dare to come forward and talk to him, lest they cause trouble.  I don¡¯t know how much time passed, but a voice pulled the Earth Walker out of his thoughts.  "Chief, there are a few young leaders who want to see you." Earth Walker raised his head and frowned: "Tell them that I have something urgent here, and ask them to go back to their own people first, and we can talk about anything tomorrow!"  The subordinate did not leave, but insisted: "Chief, they refused to leave. They all said there was an emergency!" At this point, the subordinate hesitated for a moment, but whispered: "They also said that if you don't go to see them,  They took their own people and left first!" "Leave first?" A cold light flashed in TuWangZhe's eyes, and he stood up immediately and straightened his clothes: "I'll be there soon, you go first.  Find fifty trustworthy people and hide them outside my bamboo shed!" "Yes, leader!" The subordinate nodded and turned away.  The Earth Walker pulled out the revolver from his belt, checked the bullets inside, and walked quickly towards his bamboo shed.  When the earth traveler approached his bamboo shed, there were already sixteen or seventeen men in different colors inside. His face changed slightly, and he turned his eyes to the side of the subordinate who had just reported the news to him. The subordinate hurried forward and whispered in his ear:  : "Chief, there were only six or seven just now, and these all came here just now!" "Turkey, I won't say polite words to you anymore. We are here to say goodbye to you, and I want to take my brothers with me.  Go back to Bagan!" "Yes, me too!" "I want to go too!" One after another, people in the crowd came forward and said, Tu Xingzhe suppressed the anger in his heart and forced a smile on his face.  Why did you suddenly want to leave? Didn't we agree in advance that we would work together to knock down the Ren'anqiang trading station? Why are we saying that we are leaving now?  When we go back to Bagan, we also fight the Beibei bandits. It¡¯s not like we die in vain. How many Beibei bandits have we killed these days? But how many people have we killed?¡±  When the leader who left said this, he glanced at the other leaders: "I don't know how many of you have died, but this is the number of people who have died here!" He stretched out his right hand and opened his five fingers to compare, and then turned it over to compare.  : "Twenty-five in total, not including those who were injured." "I have more dead than you, a full thirty!" "I am less, thirteen, but I have less capital, and the whole gang is talented.  There are less than fifty people!" Listening to everyone's argument, Tu Xingzhe showed a wry smile and said with a forced smile: "Everyone, everyone, how can there be twenty more people in this battle than Beikou?  Many times, no matter how hard we fight, we can win! If we hold on for a few more days, I, the Earth Walker, can definitely defeat this trading station!¡±  There were more than a thousand guns and cannons, but the result was like this. Even the cannons were blown up by the Northern invaders. When Song Shen was the leader, he had never fought like this. How much he cared about the lives of his brothers. That was it.  You are compassionate!¡± There was a burst of cheers from the crowd, and these little leaders began to praise the battles of the leader Song Shen. Under the clever management of Gray Eyes, the sacrifices made by the rebels in each battle were minimal.  , but the loot obtained was very rich, unlike now where so many people died, but not even a little bit of loot could be obtained. The face of the earthwalker who stood aside and listened clearly became more and more ugly.  "Earth Walker, I don't blame you!" The little leader who was the first to speak took a step forward: "Not everyone has the ability to be a big leader and Gray Eyes, otherwise everyone can be a leader.  It's dry and hot here in Ren'anqiang. We've almost run out of food these days. How can we fight without food? I've figured it out. It's just over April when I go back, and the first harvest of rice is almost done.  I will always get a lot of loot if I follow Gray Eyes. "Yes, that's right. If you follow Gray Eyes, it will definitely not be like this!" "That's right, if you can't defeat the Beikou, just attack the noble master's manor!"  As the discussion continued, Earth Walker gritted his teeth tighter and tighter. Seeing this, the subordinate on the side stepped forward and said, "Chief, how about I go out and let our people come over, and then-" "No!" Earth Walker paused for a moment.  He hesitated and rejected his subordinates' proposal. He had just estimated that the sixteen or seven leaders had probably more than half of the total strength. If he won the battle, he would use the power of victory to detain them and reorganize them.It's not impossible to have more manpower, but if we do this under such a low morale situation, the only result will be that it will be torn apart, the organization will be scattered, and the enemy in the trading station may even take advantage of it.  You can't do such stupid things.  "Everyone, everyone!" The soil traveler raised his voice, overpowering everyone's discussion: "It's not impossible for you to leave, but you can't leave in a hurry, otherwise the Beikou in the trading station will take advantage of you.  Let¡¯s do this! Let¡¯s all come together and go back together. What do you think?¡± These little leaders all know that Tu Walker is a very scheming and difficult person, and they are ready to have a big fight with him today.  But they didn't expect that the other party was so easy to talk to, so they all agreed to his suggestion.  So everyone agreed to set off together tomorrow morning to return to Bagan.  On the Irrawaddy River, a fleet of eight wooden sailboats was sailing down the river. Since it was March and the area was controlled by the dry and cold northeast monsoon, all the sailboats had their half-sails raised. The water flow plus the wind force  , the ship is very fast.  The moonlight shines on the white sail, showing an almost translucent color. From a distance, it looks like a fairy boat.  "Sir, the boat is very fast. We should arrive at Ren'anqiang at noon tomorrow!" Wei Sunan told Chen Zaixing, who was sitting in the cabin reading a book.  "Well!" Chen Zaixing nodded: "Very good, Sunan, how are those Sikh soldiers doing now?" "This?" Wei Sunan hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Mr. Chen, although these Sikh soldiers look  They seem very calm, but if they are not of my race, they must have different intentions. It is better to break them up and let them be controlled by our generals. " "Oh!" Chen Zaixing put the book in his hand aside: "I'm on board.  There are only about a hundred people in Dashun, but there are thousands of Sikh soldiers. Could you please tell me how to control it? " Wei Sunan was stunned. There is such a disparity in the numbers of the two sides. If the Shun army is broken up and made into officers, it will be even worse if something goes wrong.  For trouble.  "These Sikh soldiers and I, Dashun, do not speak the same language and have different customs. If they are forced to break up and mix, it will easily cause trouble. It is better to simply unite the soldiers according to their clansmen and avoid trouble. Sunan, you have also read  "Students, do you remember how Ban Dingyuan answered Ren Shang, the new governor of the Western Regions?" Wei Sunan recalled it carefully for a while, and finally replied with a face full of shame: "I don't know!" "Beyond the Great Wall!"  Officials are not filial sons and grandsons. They all moved to the border villages because of their sins. However, the barbarians have the heart of birds and beasts, which are difficult to raise and easily defeated.  It's simple, lenient and small, just a general outline." After Chen Zaixing recited that paragraph in a low voice, his expression became solemn: "It's a pity that Ren still thought that what Pan Gong said was just like this. He only served for a few years, and all the countries in the Western Regions were affected.  On the contrary, Ban Gong¡¯s more than thirty years of achievements have been ruined in one day!¡± Wei Sunan bowed his head and said: ¡°Master Chen¡¯s lesson, I understand!¡± ¡°This is not a lesson at all. Back then, Ban Dingyuan only led three people.  Sixteen people, no more than a thousand, can pacify the territory of the Western Regions. In fact, the key is just one sentence: "Use the barbarians to control the barbarians!" The same is true for the British. If we want to gain a foothold in Myanmar, we cannot rely solely on the army.  We have already sent all the elite troops from the southwestern provinces into Burma, and the daily cost is no less than 100,000. How can this last forever? Regardless of whether we win or lose this time, the imperial army will go back. If we want to gain a foothold in Burma,  You have to remember what Ban Gong said, and you can¡¯t be like that Ren Shang!¡± ¡°Well!¡± ¡°Go and invite the two leaders of the Sikh soldiers to come to me, please be careful!¡± Wei Sunan said respectfully!  : "Yes, sir, please rest assured. I must be respectful. I will never make a mistake!" Listening to Wei Sunan's leaving footsteps outside the door, Chen Zaixing's mind was filled with thoughts. These days, his life  Being filled with all kinds of chores and constant changes, I was so busy that I had no time to think about myself.  Coincidentally, this sudden rebellion gave him time to think carefully on the ship.  Regarding the upcoming battle, Chen Zaixing has nothing to worry about. Although he does not know the number of rebels, what is known is that the rebels have no warships. Although his eight sailing ships cannot be compared with the British warships, they  After all, it has been specially modified by the craftsmen of Mandalay, and it is equipped with artillery on the deck. It is definitely not a temporary ship obtained by the rebels that can resist it. Even if the battle situation is unfavorable for a while, and they control the water, they are already invincible.  land.  Moreover, these Sikh soldiers are in a foreign country, and their only reliance is Dashun. If they don't want to be handed over to the British by Dashun, the only way out is to fight to the death to show their worth. They must also know this, so there is no need to worry about them.  There is something different.  The only problem now is the next negotiation with the British.  But what flashed through Chen Zaixing¡¯s mind at this moment was not stacks of documents.How to strive for benefits in negotiations, but Luo Lin's beautiful figure, he said goodbye to him before leaving, the affection contained in the other party's eyes, anyone can feel it as long as he is not an idiot, Chen Zaixing is naturally not an idiot, it is just two people  In particular, there are many restrictions between the two that are not easy to overcome.  But for some reason, the more he thought about this, the more Chen Zaixing's heart shook and he couldn't help himself.  Chen Zaixing was thinking wildly in the cabin when a heavy footsteps came from outside. He realized that Wei Sunan, who had gone to inform the Sikh leader, was back, so he hurriedly sat upright and behaved like an official from a foreign country.  Wei Sunan bowed to Chen Zaixing and said, "Master Chen, I've invited the person you want here!"
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