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Chapter 451: The Last Days of the Qing Dynasty (2)

As early as when he fled to Xi'an, he was surprised to hear that the Revolutionary Army defeated the coalition forces of the great powers on land and defeated the navies of various countries three times at sea, Empress Dowager Cixi determined that the possibility of the Qing Dynasty restoration was slim.↖Unless something happened suddenly in Yang Hao, or the revolutionary army had internal conflicts, there would be basically no chance to rectify the situation.

In the following two years, the revolutionary army was too steady step by step, and the land reform work wherever it passed was extremely thorough. The tide of industrial and agricultural construction implemented simultaneously destroyed the potential crisis like a shattering. The Qing court wanted to deceive some people to create public opinion pressure, but found that there were no few who had the courage to stand up and speak. In the face of the iron fist of class struggle, all forces trying to resist would be ruthlessly shattered.

The Qing court also thought about recruiting the rioters who were enthroned and enfeoffed as bandits, but the people sent out could not even touch the mountain, let alone any contact strategy. The operation process of the Revolutionary Army was too rigorous. As soon as it started, it was wiped out all illegal armed forces and criminals with thunder. It was really decisive and killed corpses and blood! Those who survived by chance basically worked hard in labor camps. Who could secretly organize people to cause trouble?

Under the strict rule system of the new government, from cities to villages, the whole nation was mobilized, working during the day and studying at night. To be honest, the general public did not even have the time to be intimate with their wives, and everyone was busy changing their living conditions. They said that there was no time to listen to nonsense among people outside?

Not to mention, under the ID card system, people who are wandering around can tell whether it is suspicious when they see the stamp. Before they can get their activities in place, the police have come to check it out.

The Qing Dynasty had no hope at all, so the Qing court had to make every effort to prepare for a retreat. On the one hand, the construction of the highway city that runs across Shaanxi was also deployed in various defense measures.

In Suidezhou, nearly 20,000 troops have been stationed to prevent the revolutionary army from coming from the direction of Taiyuan.

When the two palaces and more than 100,000 banner people are now in great order, this army is responsible for covering the back and causing trouble.

Having made up the idea of ​​not coming back, the Qing court no longer had to pretend to be hypocritical. In two years, they almost robbed all the people's fat and ointment from Guanzhong area. When they retreated north, they arrogantly plundered all the food, materials, gold, silver and treasures that could be robbed!

After the large army passed Suidezhou, the troops behind the palace suddenly carried out the most thorough damage to the prefecture along the road! All the main urban defense buildings in the city were blown up. All the houses were set on fire! The wheat that was about to ripe was also set on fire by them! All the civilians who dared to fight were killed!

From Suide to Yulin, hundreds of towns have become burning hell! All cities have been destroyed, leaving only the messy and millions of lonely and helpless victims, helpless wailing!

When the two palace masters finally ran out of the Great Wall and entered the middle of the grassland, there would be no army to pursue them within a radius of hundreds of miles, so they completely destroyed Yulin.

The Great Wall wall, which was once defending against the invasion of the grassland barbarians, once again ignited the rolling smoke of war!

The army in charge of the palace behind is not a different person. It is the right army of Wuwei who was built by Yuan Shikai and deliberately left behind!

After the Wuwei Right Army was reorganized in Shaanxi, the original three cavalry and artillery teams were all broken up and organized into five towns. Each town was divided into two associations, each with 4,038 people, and two more. Each was divided into three battalions and four battalions. Each town also had one artillery team (1,756 officers and soldiers), one cavalry team (1,117 officers and soldiers), one baggage battalion (754 officers and soldiers), and one engineering battalion (667 officers and soldiers).

To sum up, the total number of troops in a town is 12,512, which is similar to the size of an infantry division in the modern army.

But in fact, none of the five towns had complete soldiers. The most powerful soldiers were only six or seven thousand, and the least was only more than four thousand. The horses and artillery teams in the five towns were seriously insufficient, with only one-third of the quota. Engineering battalions and other places became place for tired soldiers to fill in the numbers. This led to a sharp decline in combat effectiveness of the five towns, far from being as good as the army that protected the west hunting place.

Only the first town is fully equipped, not only the amount of 12,000 people, but even more than that.

Among the Wuwei Army, the first town was also called "Flag Town". It was because it ruled Fengshan as a bannerman. Most of the soldiers and officers were also from bannermen, and a very few were outstanding officers and soldiers who were selected from the original 50,000 Right Army. They had excellent military qualities and were loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

What is particularly prominent is that the first town also has artillery and cavalry that exceeds the total number of other five towns. All the 75 fast cannons bought by the Qing court at a high cost were concentrated here, and all Maxim heavy machine guns were also given priority. As long as they were not surprised, or if the other five towns joined forces, they might not be able to beat them.

In addition, Ronglu also strictly controlled the troops of the other five towns. The fourth town was to replace Yuan Shikai's close servant Wu Fengling, and promote Zhang Xun, who was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, to take responsibility. In addition, the fifth town with Wu Changchun as the main and Jiang Chaozong as the auxiliary, the Qing court actually controlled the right army of the Wuwei.

After this closure, the first suppression formation, the fourth and fifth towns were implemented in detail, plundering and killing along the way, and doing all the bad things!

As for the second, third and sixth towns, the total total strength was only 20,000, and they were sent out to other tasks. The second town sent a knot to Qinzhou, Gansu, the third town sent Ankang, and the sixth town was sent to Hanzhong, both far away from the center. The two palaces fled north too quickly, and they couldn't even react.

With no worries, the Qing army let go of their hands and feet to destroy them!

At the foot of Mount Ndorbai, north of Yulin, in the headquarters of the President of the Wuwei Right Army, the big belly was like Ronglu, who was eight months pregnant, from the top of the mountain. He saw the rising smoke pillar with a telescope and nodded with satisfaction: "The slaves have done a good job. In this way, there is no need to worry about their rebellion."

Forced the soldiers and horses in the two towns to kill them, so they would completely eliminate their unfaithful intentions. Only by following the court and being a slave obediently is the only way out. If anyone dares to turn back, they will definitely be liquidated by the Revolutionary Army and be cut into pieces on public trial.

Goshha next to him flatteredly flatteredly: "Master, the master is so smart!"

Rong Lu laughed complacently, threw away the telescope and shook his sleeves, shouting, "Come on, don't you flatter me. I know how much I have. Let's go, hurry up and catch up with the brigade."

He shook his fat body and, with the diligent support and protection of the two Goshhas, slowly moved towards the mountain. Between the valleys below the view, the first town army had been rectified and was ready to set off at any time.

In the distance, under the Great Wall, outside the burning town. Wu Changchun's face was gray, his eyes were red, and he looked at the house quickly swallowed by the flames. He listened to the crying of the civilians who were circled not far away, and murmured: "Oh, it's such a sin! I, Mr. Wu, never thought that I, Mr. Wu, had been loyal and righteous all my life, but now I have to bear the infamy of such cruel compatriots. How can I meet my ancestors in the future?"

Jiang Chaozong sneered from the side and said sarcastically: "All this is the case, the ruler is still thinking about turning back? Forget it, it is better to be loyal to the court like this than bowing to those rebels. Humph, as long as we hold these thousands of elite soldiers in our hands, we don't need to worry about not having a place in the future. Maybe in a few years, we can rise again from the grassland and make a comeback!"

Wu Changchun was full of anger, and suddenly turned his head and looked straight at the other party, shouting sternly: "Don't think of everyone else as you! No matter what, we are always soldiers, and we are all trying to cut off the innocent people of our country. I'm not as shameless as that!"

Jiang Chaozong raised his chin indifferently and said, "So, you always disobey the orders of Lord Shangshu! He destroyed the town houses on the surface, but secretly drove everyone out in advance, and finally saved their lives. Wu Zheng, you have become a life-saving Bodhisattva for millions of people in northern Shaanxi! But don't forget that they have nothing to live in. At that time, they will starve to death and suffer even more! At that time, they will eat and eat, and brothers and sons will tragically kill each other. Hehe, you will commit more sins!"

Wu Changchun's expression changed drastically, and his lips shook his head repeatedly: "No, it will never be like this! The revolutionary army... will definitely arrive in time to rescue and protect the victims."

As he said that, his heart fell into a cold pile like an ice bank!

Since the Qing court went north, it decided to leave a mess for the revolutionary army to hold back the pursuit. The fourth and fifth towns were ordered to act as executioners, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and destroy people's livelihood facilities. After all, Wu Changchun was not as shameless as Zhang Xun and Jiang Chaozong. He specially ordered the troops to try not to kill and kill people as much as possible. Before setting fire to the building, they would drive people out and gather them together.

Along the way, he himself didn't know how many houses he had destroyed and how many people were homeless. But after a rough calculation, the losses caused were terrible! Especially millions of people were left with food and clothing, and were thrown between the ruins with no physical objects in a radius of hundreds of miles. If there was no timely rescue, I would not know how many people would die!

He had known that the spies of the Revolutionary Army were everywhere, and he would have noticed these situations. So as long as they could arrive in time, they could at least let the millions of people survive. But that was only possible. What if they couldn't get there? Even if it was delayed for only three or seven days, it would be a major disaster!

The Wu Changchun brothers are both loyal and good at fighting. Before they were captured by the Revolutionary Army, it was difficult for him to actively change his camp. Now they are trapped in such a situation that is worse than beasts. The pain that is so heart-wrenching that makes him almost crazy!

Jiang Chaozong felt a twisted pleasure in his heart. He had always been accustomed to changing his mind. He had long known that people like him were not favored by the revolutionary army. After asking people to test and being rejected by words, he completely gave up and became devoted to the Qing court.

Now he has already grasped most of the power of the Fifth Town, and is about to see the painful appearance of Wu Changchun, a decent general who is strong and strong, to balance the dark and dirty inside him.

Seeing that the purpose of attacking the opponent had been achieved, Jiang Chaozong waved his whip happily and shouted: "Okay, my lord, it's useless to regret it. It's better to leave early, without seeing it! Come and escort the lord to set off on his way!"

The personal soldiers who were armed with guns and live ammunition immediately rushed up, led Wu Changchun's horse and only protected him, turning his head to gallop towards the north.

The soldiers who were guarding the people around the burning town retreated, and the strong man quickly broke free from the shackles and rescued the others, thinking about putting out the burning fire. But in May, the heat waves rolled, and there was no water in the surrounding ditches. The cave was blown up, the pots and pans were smashed to pieces, and the well was filled with stones and tiles, but how could he save it?

Helpless crying resounded through the sky, accompanied by violent rolling fireworks, outlining the hell-like scene on earth!

Among the crowds, several unpretentious men were watching all this silently. Everyone's eyes were filled with anger that was about to burn, but they all gritted their teeth and said nothing!

Until nightfall, in the mountains not far from here, several troops that were lurking quietly stood up and retreated. They were the Qing army secretly surveillance. Once they found that there were personnel from the revolutionary army standing up to maintain order, they would rush over and kill people without mercy!

After they completely withdrew, the silent men gathered quietly. They clenched their fists and gritted their teeth and whispered: "This group of damn Qing dynasties! It is inexcusable to deliberately create such trouble to leave it to us!"

"It is useless to scold them now. The most urgent task is to report the situation as soon as possible so that the people above know the serious situation here. People must calm down before the famine breaks out."

"Hmph, the Qing Dynasty thought that this would delay our advancement speed, but she never thought that it would make the general public completely disappointed! The revolutionary government is easy to gain the heartfelt support of the public!"

The young man in the head held his head up and said passionately: "Comrades. Time is life, and the interests of the people are above everything else! We can no longer worry about whether we will be hit by the hidden thugs of the Qing Dynasty. We must act immediately and win disaster relief materials as soon as possible to save more lives of our compatriots! We will pay the price of sacrifice in time, and we will do whatever we can!"

Others responded: "Okay! I'll go out of the radio station and generate electricity from above!"

"We will organize the masses immediately and actively carry out self-rescue. At least we should not mess up the order and cause mutiny!"

"Okay, act!"

Several secret workers of the revolutionary governments had a clear division of labor and immediately scattered among the crowd, playing their roles.

The revolutionary army had a huge number of pioneers who sneaked into the Qing ruling areas. With the expansion of the occupied areas, they were in almost every county in the surrounding provinces. Especially in this important area of ​​Shaanxi, their tentacles penetrated into every township, and they could easily gather a few action teams.

Yulin is the Great Wall Fortress, and it is particularly critical to face Hetao's strategic center. There are many operation teams lurking here. Although there are very few contacts with each other, there are direct upward radio stations.

Under the strong rule and suppression of the Qing army, their activities were greatly restricted. Now they finally seized the opportunity and immediately started to operate in a race against time.

The information was transmitted at a speed far beyond the Qing court's imagination. In just half an hour, it moved to Yang Hao's desk.

Together with this telegram, there is another stack of similar telegrams, with similar contents, and they are all devastating destruction by the Qing army to various parts of northern Shaanxi.

Yang Hao gathered the military and political people, waved the thick telegram, and said with a twisted sneer on his face: "I think we are magnanimous enough to allow the Qing court to survive until now, and give them long enough that they should be able to figure out how to choose. But now it seems that this is wishful thinking and people don't take it seriously at all!"

Yan Fu, Li Jingfang and others were in a state of solemnity. They didn't expect that the Qing court would be so crazy! It would be fine if they just harmed the surrounding areas in Shaanxi. They had thought about splitting the country and selling national interests before they left. Now it was better. They were going to cause uncontrollable chaos before leaving! They really thought that the revolutionary army was unable to chase the grassland and desert!

They looked at Yang Hao's face worriedly, trying to find his real thoughts, worried that he would be too angry and give irreparable orders.

Yang Hao has always been extremely restrained in the Qing court. Although he bluntly exposed the number of evil he committed under the hundreds of years of dark rule and how much regress and losses he caused to Chinese civilization, he still followed the principle of magnanimity and gave them a way out for peaceful transformation.

At present, the Revolutionary Army has occupied a large area of ​​Jiangbei, and most of the old bureaucrats have not been overly liquidated. Their lives are safe and have equal rights and obligations as the general public.

The Qing court who fled west was also expecting them to recognize the situation. Now it seems that it is a big disappointment!

Doing such a sin is simply a way out! I really think that the steel knife of the Revolutionary Army will not be cut down hard!

Yang Hao pressed the telegram hard on the table, looked around the crowd with a cold look, and said firmly: "I think that such stubborn reactionary armed forces must be severely punished! Those troops that kill civilians and create destruction must be completely eliminated! Never tolerate it!"

Yan Fu nodded solemnly: "Our government firmly supports the military's approach, but it is urgent to save the affected people as soon as possible and restore order in Shaanxi!"

Yang Hao waved his hand decisively: "I will immediately order all the ministries in Shanxi and Henan to mobilize the materials they had prepared, and give priority to supporting Shaanxi. All the construction machinery that is being built in Taiyuan, Fenzhou, are also transferred to participate in relief. As for the Qing court who fled north, huh, do they think it would be safe to run to the grassland?"

On the side, Shi Jianfei waved his hand and opened the curtain, pointed to the map and said loudly: "We can mobilize Datong immediately. The troops from Suiyuan and the two places rushed forward immediately, intercepted Baotou first, and prevented them from crossing the Yellow River. In addition, Xuanhua and Wanquan troops can also follow up to ensure that they have no way to escape."

Yang Hao clenched his fist and waved his force: "This time, clear them all away without leaving any troubles!" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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