Chapter 2143: Surrender without a Fight

Is the negotiation of Cao's firm a smoke? Did they do this because of this matter? Such things have always been guessed by the people in the Southern Empire, but what they don't know is how powerful the Cao's House is now, and the front-line troops are no longer ready to fight. At this time, the Cao's House is also looking at The front-line troops of the Southern Empire were also targeted by a series of propaganda attacks. Why do you pay one or two taels of silver every month? This is really too low. You must know that you are now working for the people of the Southern Empire Yes, your life is less than a hundred catties of grain, a life is so cheap, and after you die, what can your family get? 10 taels of gold for blood care, what effect does this have on your family members? You can feed them for a few days. Those who go to the battlefield are always poor people. When did you see those rich kids coming to the battlefield? Even if they came, they probably wouldn’t be in such a place. What kind of day did you live? Well, let’s not talk about those things, just talk about your treatment on the battlefield, what do you eat when you are on the battlefield, and how many days do you have to eat to fill your stomach? What do you guys do most of the time? You are all starving, even with the miscellaneous grains, they won’t fill you up. Where did the grains go? It was all divided by some officials in the rear. They sold your good food and left some rotten food for you. Even so, it is impossible to feed you all. Such a country. Watermark Advertisement Test Watermark Advertisement Test Such an army, such officials, is it worth your life for them? You all think about it carefully.

It can be said that in the past, the army of the Southern Empire did not know what propaganda warfare was. For them, they had never heard of it. Now that they have encountered it, they have no corresponding propaganda means and no countermeasures. So their army began to be in chaos, and the spies of Cao's firm were fanning the flames in their army. This thing is a bit funny. Many soldiers from the Southern Empire gathered outside their general's camp, asking if their food was sold by the officers above. Naturally, the generals couldn't explain this. There is no chance of getting money. Thousands of miles to be an official is only for money. Everyone understands this principle. If they only rely on the little salary given by the court, everyone will have no way to live, and everything can be done by themselves. It is precisely for this reason that each of these guys is very depressed. The reason why the generals did not come out to explain is that this thing really exists. These people really gave money to greedy ink. , A large number of people started to make trouble everywhere. At the beginning, they just asked some officers to ask, but at noon, when the marching firemen prepared the food, they stopped eating. I saw this in the past Every one of the miscellaneous noodle wowotou is very happy, but now they don't have such awareness, they think these things are for pigs to eat, those people on the opposite side are right, I'm all Those who go to the front to fight are not here to beg for food, so they give us something like this. Can you feel your conscience and make it through? Everyone wanted to go up and kill these people. They felt very uncomfortable.

Some lower-level officers became the masterminds of this incident. It can be said that the treatment of lower-level officers and soldiers is not much different. The treatment of lower-level officers in the Southern Empire is not as good as that of an ordinary soldier in Cao's House.

They have no way to improve their treatment, because of what? Because the upper-level officers of the Southern Empire have already drank all the oil and water they can drink. Even if they want to drink, they don't have the chance. They can only suffer honestly. Naturally, they don't have the guts in normal times , Now seeing that the brothers are so excited, one by one is causing trouble, and all the generals who have mutinied have recognized this fact clearly. The tens of millions of troops on the front line have already entered a state of mutiny , if it’s okay to cause trouble in other places, just ask the people in the army to suppress it, but now it’s the army that’s making trouble, who should suppress it? Also let the people in the army suppress it. Maybe the result is that the army that was suppressed in the past will fall into mutiny. Although tens of millions is a small number for the army of more than one billion on the front line, there is no guarantee that it will not expand. , Now there is a tendency to spread. The general on the front line is suffering from a headache. He himself hates these behaviors of exchanging food, and he himself does not eat the money in it. Although he hates it, he also knows If the water is clear, there will be no fish. If the way for these generals to make a fortune is blocked, then they will not work hard to fight. Sometimes things are like this, and this form of health must be made It has developed, and now it means that it is unhealthy. Many people are in the situation before them. They are speechless about this, and they don't know what to do.

Seeing such things happening on the front line of the Southern Empire, Li Cong has already ordered this side to prepare for the next wave of offensives. Since the Southern Empire disagrees with the current situation, it is enough to fight until they agree. Looking at the signing of some treaties on the earth, they will basically be interspersed in the middle. Under Li Cong's order, Wu Zuoxi and Gu Xin withdrew from the capital of the Southern Empire forcefully, which made the high-level officials of the Southern Empire a little bit They were caught off guard, they never thought that Wu Zuoxi would be so tough. You must know that he could smile like a flower when he was looking for high-ranking officials in the Southern Empire before, but now he has changed. It has become like this, this change seems a bit unacceptable, and this kind of thing also makes them feel that something is wrong. Sure enough, later in the day, Cao's 101, 102, 103, 107, 109 , 114, 116, and 120 eight divisions with a total of about 700,000 troops began to attack the hj province, the second line of defense of the former Southern Empire, and all the six counties in the south of the province were attacked. The nearly 800,000 troops of the nine divisions 077, 076, 077, 078, 079, 080, 081, 0/82, and 085 of Cao's Commercial Bank also launched an attack on the central province of the Southern Empire. At the same time, more than 200 warships from the four squadrons 011, 012, 013, and 014 of the Caojia Commercial Navy, as well as the independent 325th and 327th regiments of the Marine Corps, conducted another round of operations against the few remaining outlets of the Southern Empire. Attack, if their attack succeeds this time, it is estimated that the southern empire's seaport will suddenly disappear. This will not hurt the southern empire very much, anyway, they didn't need the seaport before.

The army of Cao's House can be said to move quickly, and each of these troops has not undergone any rest. Attack again on the battlefield. It can be said that this is the first attack launched by Cao's Commercial Bank after it was reorganized again, because after the second line of defense was broken by the people of Cao's Commercial Bank, there was no decent line of defense behind the Southern Empire, so The attack of Cao's House of Commerce also had to come from county to county. Generally speaking, there are not many garrisons in these counties and cities. A regiment of 5,000 people brought an artillery battalion of 16 127mm heavy artillery. A battalion of 24 92mm mountain cannons can take down a county. Li Cong just asked them to stop this time, and he will never really expand the war. Because the area occupied by Cao's Commercial Bank is not very peaceful now. This war is only to win dozens of counties and cities in two provinces. As for the navy, it must succeed. It is very easy to attack all the sea areas of the Southern Empire in the future, and the surveying and mapping team of the Cao Family Firm has already set off. They want to investigate some rivers in the Southern Empire. If they still refuse to sign an agreement with themselves, At that time, we will go up directly along these rivers. Even if you want to sign this contract, it will be impossible. Maybe we will go directly to your capital along the canal you opened. At that time, we will What we want is not hundreds of counties and cities. Maybe we want thousands of them. Let's see if the Southern Empire has this ability. Besides, now Li Cong already has an exchange system Yes, chain crossbows can be exchanged directly, it doesn't matter if the silver is more expensive, what is lacking is weapons, and there is no shortage of silver.

Although the crossbow bolts of the chain crossbow can also be exchanged, Li Cong will not do such a thing now. The crossbow bolts can be said to be a very important industrial chain. The crossbow bolts are made by some ordinary people, and they all like them After working in such a job, it is very easy for the people of Cao's House to control them. If they are not allowed to do this, they may all feel dissatisfied. There are too many people who are dissatisfied, and now if you win more people's hearts, it may make the people of Cao's Commercial Bank go up to a higher level, so some things cannot be done, but Li Cong also exchanged some money for himself. The army will not be absent in an emergency. Li Cong is very clear about the accounts. They all say that the people in Cao's Commercial Bank use weapons so well that this weapon can only cost a few silver. The multi-purpose store can give soldiers an extra way of life If a soldier is unfortunately killed, the blood gold system given by Cao's House of Business may cause them to lose more, so weapons are absolutely not allowed to be saved by them. On the contrary, they must be encouraged, such as attacking When you were in the city, as long as you saw someone on the city wall, a shower of arrows would immediately pass by. It doesn’t matter, there is no shortage of those bows and arrows. The premise is that you can be safe. If you hide, you can use artillery. Anyway, that thing It can also be made with money, and there can be a lot of full-scale construction on the earth. The same is true for naval warships. A ship is firmly prohibited from sailing independently. This is not a good thing, and it is easy to be blacked out by the enemy Yes, it is enough for two ships to go there, at least one will help. The soldiers still support Li Cong's decision.

It can be said that it is very rare for Cao's Commercial Bank to produce 17 divisions plus a reserve team of 3 divisions this time. Except for these troops, it is estimated that they will not be able to produce at all, and each of these people knows them Their own ability, they really don't have much strength in normal times, and they all understand in their hearts that Cao's firm's army has reached the current level, and they need to defend too many places, let's say the original one now The second line of the Southern Empire is assured. How long has it been? The hundreds of millions of troops of Cao's Commercial Bank will start to defend. Otherwise, they may be counterattacked by the army of the Southern Empire in the future. If this is the case, everything they have done will be for nothing. The army of the Southern Empire In terms of quantity, it can still put a lot of pressure on the army of Cao's Commercial Bank. As long as they want to do it, there is still no possibility for the army of Cao's Commercial Bank. Li Cong's gesture is just a gesture, and I tell you Nan Empire, as long as it is something that cannot be obtained on the negotiating table. Those of us at Cao's House will get it on the battlefield. After experiencing the initial panic, the people in the Southern Empire also understood that this time they must resist the attack of the Cao's firm. As long as they can resist, the next negotiation may start again. If you can't resist it. It is estimated that the Southern Empire may really suffer a lot. The next time people from Cao's House come to negotiate, it is estimated that these requirements will not be the same, and even the high-level executives of the rain boots will be worried. Is it true that after agreeing to these conditions, there will not be so many things, and the people of Cao's House of Commerce can get along well with us, but those are from dozens of provinces, and they are all given to Cao's House of Commerce How could they feel at ease in their hearts? This is definitely the sinner in history.

In addition to the issue of territory, they cannot agree to them, and the other is the issue of indemnity. The good guy’s indemnity of 50 trillion taels of silver, according to the apparent income of the Southern Empire, their annual income is about 5 trillion taels of silver. It will take ten years to pay them back without eating or drinking. Even if they pay them in installments according to the calculation method of Cao's House, they will not get a penny of taxes in these thirty years. If it is to be handed over to the people in the Cao’s House of Commerce, they don’t have a penny. How should the entire empire work at that time? We can’t let everyone go to drink the northwest wind, and the people in the Southern Empire can’t do it like that. Arrived, at that time will lend money to the people of Cao's house? At the end of the day, I don’t know how much money I owe others. At that time, you can do whatever they want to do to you. These officials will all be able to settle accounts. At that time, the income of the entire empire It's all in the hands of Cao's House of Merchant. Even if they want to get some money, it's impossible. After hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation in the Southern Empire, there are quite a lot of weapons in this warehouse. It is no problem to form a large number of teams again, but the high-level officials of the Southern Empire dare not do the same thing as last time. Last time, they caused half of the Southern Empire to fall into chaos because of the problem of catching young men. Now it is hard. How could they do the same wrong thing by suppressing some peasant uprisings that were relatively easy to extinguish? Besides, even if so many soldiers were recruited now, it is impossible to transport them all. Coupled with the mutiny of the frontline soldiers, these It is estimated that the soldiers will become rebels before they pass. It may not be a good thing for the Southern Empire, and it has to be considered in the long run.

None of the high-level officials in the Southern Empire are fools. They can only concentrate the troops on the front line to chase and intercept the more than one million troops of Cao's Commercial Bank. Well, when they made a good battle plan, another incident happened again, and the impact of this incident was even stronger. Li Cong dispatched more than 50,000 large airships carrying more than 2 million tons of various bombs to attack There are about 300 counties in the south, and the common people in these 300 cities know that the war is really very close to them. Since the air raids are all on the walls and military equipment of these cities, the losses of the common people are not very big. , but the fear of the common people is absolutely there. Those common people are dumbfounded one by one. How could such a thing happen? Isn’t the army of Cao’s firm still thousands of miles south of them? Why did they wake up? Let's just say that they are in front of them. Many people ran to the city wall to have a look. Isn't this the city wall that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to rebuild last year? What has become now? All of them have turned into a pile of profits, and all of them are useless. Is this kind of thing not considered a big deal in Cao's House? They just gave us a warning. If this is a real attack, we can persist. do you live? Now the tens of billions of ordinary people in the southern part of the Southern Empire have entered into panic. They who were originally unwilling to serve as soldiers will no longer be able to serve as soldiers after seeing the powerful weapons of the Cao Family Firm. This is really too much for them. It's difficult, they don't want to do this, they all want to prevent war from coming to their area. One by one, they all took to the streets to protest some of the government's propositions, calling for a truce.

The power of the people's hearts is terrible, and the power of the people's hearts can also be used. People in the Southern Empire will not use these things, so they will fail in the confrontation with the Cao's House of Commerce. It's very powerful. Take the present as an example. Cao's company's army really made them feel scared. The Cao's company's army didn't come over, but who knew that their flying thing in the sky wouldn't Drop some bombs to kill them all. They also all know that what those people said has not yet come. But how can you solve this security problem? As a result, the people in the government didn't know how to answer them at all, well, if you don't say it, we have to have our own ideas. The troublemakers are all wealthy households. They saw that no one in the government cared about this matter. Immediately, he took his own gold and silver and started to run northward. They ran away, and naturally some of the shops they ran were ignored. It is impossible for them to continue to operate. This is related to the lives of all ordinary people. When they go to the streets to do something, no one does it. A large number of ordinary people also feel that something is wrong, and they all start They moved forward and asked the government what was going on. These local officials didn't care what time it was. They first sent their family members away, and then asked the yamen servants in the yamen to start one by one. Beat up these people outside, how do you say what you said above, we don’t know that, and I feel that that method will not have any effect, and none of them are as easy to use as the one in front of me, just give you all I'm afraid of fighting, and things will be easier to do this way. How dare you all dare to make trouble? It would be strange not to go back.

It is an ironclad fact that it is best not to mess around during the civil uprising, but it seems that many people in the Southern Empire did not think of this. They just wanted to quickly suppress the civil uprising, but the result was counterproductive. The whole Most of the people in the Southern Empire were going to be angry one by one. What kind of fucking government is this? It’s okay to ask casually. It even suppressed the people. As a result, more people rushed over and surrounded The government just wanted to find out. Some places in the interior are okay, and their control is pretty good. Even if there are some peasant troops around, they dare not come to such a big city to make trouble, but they are at the border This is not the case in the region. The city owners of these counties in the Southern Empire don’t have the heart to see what’s going on outside, because the spies have already told them that the army of the Cao’s House of Commerce is already approaching the city. These city owners trembled. Trembling, he went to the city wall to take a look, and almost scared himself to pee. Damn, didn't you say that you want to talk about peace? How could there be so many troops from the Cao's House of Merchant? How the hell should I deal with this? The immediate reaction of the city owners is to pull all the people in their city up to defend the city to see how big their people are! However, one by one suddenly thought that the army in the city seemed to be less than 100,000 people, and most of them had stopped because of the war and went home to visit their homes. Although their homes were all around, those The soldiers are all veterans. Usually they might return to the team on time, but now they see that the county and city are surrounded by the enemy one by one. Are they still going? Do you have bubbles in your head? It would be strange if he didn't hurry up and find a place to burn his military uniform.

"Damn it, I don't care about my life or death. I don't want to lose my life in the artillery of Cao's House. I won't do such a thing. Send me an order to open the city gate. I will Damn surrender." One of the city lords of the county city had more than 80,000 people from the 112th Division of Cao's Commercial Bank in front of them, and they said this directly. If there are hundreds of thousands of people, they might dare to go out and fight for a while, but now there are only a few people, how dare we go? Unless there is a problem in his own mind, otherwise, he will never do such a thing. The people below him are also relieved after hearing his decision. If the city lord says that someone is in the city, The matter of the death of the city and the death of the people is exciting, and I must not be pissed off by this guy. The ratio of the people in the Cao's Commercial Bank to the people on my side is basically more than one to twenty-five, and even worse. Can be more, now my own people are not as many as others, although I am defending the city, but look at their infantry phalanx is ready, a regiment is a unit. Five thousand people released the chain crossbow together. The bow and arrow were like rain. It was basically impossible for them to hide no matter where they were. They had encountered such things before, and there were such powerful ones The crossbow, you can go in directly with a grenade attached to it, this is the most powerful thing, those damn artillery are not as lethal as this thing, that kind of large-caliber heavy artillery can blow up the city wall with one shot of. Do you want to use your human body to resist such a thing? What is this if you are courting death? As long as there is nothing wrong with the brain, people will not choose to resist. Unless it's a fool.

The city gate slowly opened, and what came out was not an army, but the city lord and some of his followers, and some flags on the city wall fell down. Zhang Pu, the commander of the 112th Division who was preparing to attack, was dumbfounded. Oh shit. How could such a situation arise? The 112th Division was a reserve division during the last war, and had never been on the battlefield at all. I just went up and tried it when the war was about to end. Zhang Pu was so depressed that he was going to die. Look at the people who came out with me in the military academy, who didn’t have the rank of major general, and I didn’t have anything. Now the army Internal military ranks are all achieved by military exploits, and now he has nothing to say that he has no military exploits. This is really the most shameful thing for a soldier. If other things are easy to talk about, such How to explain the matter to others, but this guy has not lost his mind in anger, otherwise, he would definitely call the heavy artillery battalion to open fire, what is he? Still don't have any combat achievements? But the people from the Military Appraisal Committee would definitely not say that. They opened the city gate for you without resistance. You occupied this county without bloodshed. All the teachers are the same as you. With such abilities, this matter is very good, so he still made a great contribution, but he is always uncomfortable in his heart, and the other teachers are not very convinced. , In their view, this matter is just a matter of luck. If the city lord does not resist, even if other teachers come over, they can take down this place. You kid is taking advantage, and there is nothing to show off.

"Respected general, I am the city lord here ****. On behalf of the 6 million people in the entire county, I surrendered to the army of Cao's House. This is our account book and the key to the warehouse, as well as the city lord's seal. If you If it is allowed, I can let the army on the city wall and all the armed personnel in the city and surrounding counties come out, but I hope you can guarantee their safety, as well as the safety of the people in our entire city." The guy came up and said cheerfully , it looks like he didn't come to surrender at all, and we are not enemies, like friends we haven't seen for a long time, isn't this kind of thing a bit too much, but Zhang Pu doesn't have time to think , Just when the city lord finished speaking, these people all knelt down one by one. In their view, their fate at this moment was on the general of Cao's house in front of them. Anyway, the city gate was already closed. Open it, it is very easy for them to rush in, the most important thing is that the city lord has given up resistance, which is a big blow to the soldiers below, even if there are individual soldiers or The officers want to resist for a while, but now they don't have that idea anymore. For them, this thing can't be done like that. If the city chief is resisting, he is called bravely killing the enemy. Now the city master has given up resistance Now, if I still resist like that, it is disobedience to the order. They will not do such a thing. In the end, the people from the Cao's House want to arrest me, and the city lord will not regard himself as his own. Yes, although the Southern Empire might reward him, it's useless, his head is gone, so what's the use of that thing?

"Huh? Okay, you can rest assured about this. The people of our Cao's Commercial Firm will never deal with people who put down their weapons. According to our regulations, we will have people from the War Management Committee to go in. You just need to cooperate. Of course, they will also carry out investigations in the entire city. If it is true what you said, you can pass the test again, so that you can continue to be a deputy in your position. If you don’t If you are willing to continue to serve our Cao’s Commercial Bank, you can go back to your hometown with your family members and your assets. Of course, we need to check your assets. As long as you come here legitimately, it’s not something to search for people’s fat and people’s anointing. , can be taken away, of course, if you usually bully men and women, then it is impossible to have good results, you may have known this before, now I will follow what you said Just call out all the armed forces in your city, and give them half an hour for the rest. If you don’t come out, if you are caught by our suppression team, then I’m sorry.” Zhang Pu’s No matter how uncomfortable I feel, I still have to tell these people some of the policies of Cao's House of Firm. This is something that must be done. The above mentioned repeatedly. If only I didn't do that myself. Some members of the gendarmerie next to him will report themselves. All of these people are stern and selfless, no matter whether they are division commanders or army commanders. As long as you make a mistake, these people won't give you a little face, and the political department above will give you a punishment. I can't afford such a thing, so don't do such a thing, honestly accomplish what they should do.

Naturally, people like the city lord did not dare to act recklessly. When they heard that the people from the Cao's House were going to be wiped out, they naturally understood that in fact, there are millions of people in a county city, and it is impossible for them all to want to surrender like themselves. Just like the county magistrate in this city, this guy has always been against himself. I heard that the woman in his family is the daughter of a concubine of a big bureaucrat in the capital. Although she is a concubine, but in such a small The city is also considered a great person, just look at people who can go to the capital once every two or three years. When they come back, the ladies will surround them one by one. They can tell some things about the capital. In such a small city This is the most powerful thing, and it is for this reason that although he is the second in command of this county, he sometimes does not give himself face. Who said that there is no one in the court? It's sealed here, I can't continue to rise, I can only stay here honestly, as for other things, I don't want to be locked up, it's better to be honest, usually He also won't really have any confrontation with Jun Cheng. Others think he is weak, and Jun Cheng naturally disapproves of this surrender. This guy is going to gather his own people to take back the city. No one in the city is thinking of surrendering. Saving their own lives is the most important thing. However, Jun Cheng has been in the city for so many years, and he will have some of his own team, so we should clean up There is still a certain degree of difficulty. This county magistrate's mansion is already the last resistance force in the city. Just like what Zhang Pu said, some people who have committed the most heinous crimes are all there. They all know the policies of Cao's House .

After Zhang Pu finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a cavalry regiment of 4,500 men rushed in immediately. Although more than 40,000 of the 80,000 people in a division are horsemen, when it comes to real cavalry combat power, there are only these two. There are more than 8,000 cavalry regiments, and the others can only be said to be some mounted infantry. After seeing the commander's order, they quickly rushed into the city on horseback. Before the entire city is under control, it is unbelievable what everyone says. Only when the city is in your own hands can everything be considered as a final conclusion. Everything else is nonsense. Since it is in the city There are still no less than 10,000 resisters, so Zhang Pu's order is also very simple. The 131st Infantry Regiment is responsible for killing them. It takes only half an hour. A group of more than 5,000 people quickly followed the cavalry regiment. That's it, the rest of the troops followed some cronies of the city lord and immediately went to the seven surrounding counties, which also need to be quickly grasped. Ten thousand people are enough to stay in the king's city. After all, there are only tens of thousands of troops here. If even these tens of thousands of people can't stand it, Cao's firm's army is really incompetent. Zhang Pu is still very confident in his army. For them, if guarding a county is not enough, I'm finished, I'm really a lucky general, I don't need others to talk about me, I might die in shame, half of the artillerymen outside the city are left to continue facing the city wall, the other Half of the people began to prepare to load the artillery into the car, and no one knew what the surrounding counties were like. If there was any resistance, they would rush over there. Those places were where they needed to show their performance.

The whole division of the 112th Division occupied a county town without bloodshed. It can be said that the whole division felt a little uncomfortable, but the 131st regiment in this division is different from them. The whole regiment of the 131st regiment still has its own The most important thing is to quickly take down the Juncheng Mansion within an hour, otherwise the face of the 112th Division will be dishonored. Since Zhang Pu has not fought a battle yet, he immediately accepted the The matter was handed over to the chief of staff, and I took the guard company directly to the position of the 131st regiment. The division commander has come, and the original regiment commander can only go down honestly, and leave the rest to the division commander. Come to do it, look at the fortifications of the 131st regiment, it is still very good, patrol posts have been set up on some of the main roads in the city, and there are some sacks as temporary obstacles, if those people want to run out If it is not so easy, it is not so easy here. It doesn’t matter if you want to continue to resist. What we want is a tough battle. There must be a car with 10,000 people. Except for the more than 4,000 people in the pursuit battalion under the Juncheng, which are regular troops, the others are some miscellaneous troops. Those people are either tax collectors or early warnings from the prison. It can be said that they do not have much combat effectiveness. , there are still some gangsters on the street. They are all evil in normal times. If they fall into the hands of Cao's house, they will probably be killed directly. It was for this reason that when the entire city was surrounded, they rushed to the only place where they could resist. Although they knew that they were hitting stones with pebbles, no matter what, they could still survive, and it would be good to live one more day If he dies, then there will be nothing left. Juncheng himself has done a lot of bad things in normal times. Just look at his ten aunts and wives and you will know how many bad things this person has done. Seeing Cao Cao now The army from the commercial firm came over neatly. This guy almost fell off the gun. Their house doesn't have any city walls, but a three-meter wall is not bad, and the gate is sealed immediately. , anyway, there is a lot of food in it, so it is also a good choice to resist here.