? After the battle to occupy Guangzhou, Wei Changrong immediately began to restore order.
After the battle to occupy Guangzhou ended, Wei Changrong immediately began to restore order. In troubled times, heavy punishment was needed. Those who took advantage of the chaos to rob were killed without mercy. Soon, dozens of bloody heads were hung in Guangzhou, and the crimes of these people were pasted on the walls near the flagpoles. After the troops began to patrol the city, the order in Guangzhou was quickly restored.
On June 11th, the rear troops began to arrive in Guangzhou. The generals of the First Army lined up and welcomed Vézé into the Governor's Mansion. Now the plaque of the Governor's Mansion had been replaced with the words "Recover the Governor's Mansion". Vézé's troops finally had their own stronghold.
Vézé did not rest at all. He immediately summoned the civil and military officials of the Governor's Mansion for a meeting. At the meeting, Vézé pointed to the map and said, "Occupy the Pearl River Delta!"
The Pearl River Delta, or Pearl River for short, was a delta formed when the Xijiang, Beijiang, and Dongjiang entered the sea. It covered an area of about 56,000 square kilometers. It was located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, in the lower reaches of the Pearl River basin. It was adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, and across the sea from Southeast Asia. It was known as the "Southern Gate" of China. After the Song Dynasty, the development of the Pearl River Delta had begun to take shape. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a famous production base for grain and a variety of cash crops in Lingnan. Shunde, Nanhai, Zhongshan, Panyu, and other places were famous for their agriculture.
There were many mountains and few plains in the Pearl River Delta. If one wanted to gain a foothold in Guangdong, one must firmly control this grain producing area that could support tens of thousands of troops. If one wanted to do business with the British, the ability of the agriculture of the Pearl River Delta was also the foundation that Vézé must firmly control.
"What should we do?" Bi Qingshan, the director of the political department of the Governor's Mansion, asked. When he was in Anhui, he was responsible for the administration of grain taxes. When Vézé went south, Bi Qingshan immediately chose to follow Vézé. After Vézé occupied the Pearl River Delta, he would certainly establish a government. Bi Qingshan could certainly imagine that as long as he did not make any mistakes, it would be easy for him to become an inspector. Therefore, Bi Qingshan was the first to raise a question.
Vézé replied, "Immediately send someone to meet the local militia near Guangzhou and have their leaders meet me in Guangzhou."
"Oh..." The officers looked at Vézé and then at each other. Everyone's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Luo Dagang also took the initiative to ask, "Commander in Chief, the brothers of Guangdong's Tian Di Hui have requested to meet you several times. Do you want to meet them?"
"Of course!" Wei Ze replied straightforwardly. "It can't be that they haven't contacted us yet, right?"
"They have contacted us, but only for a short," Luo Luo Luo Tian.
Luo Luo Town. "Luo Luo had with the Army. Pearl. After the Liberation Army captured Guangzhou City in one day, according to the agreement made by Luo Dagang on June 5th, the two sides would meet again three days later, on June 8th.
Luo Luo Luo had nothing to worry. On the contrary, the Heaven and Earth Association had changed. Chen Kai, Li Wenmao, and Chen Xianliang, who had arranged to meet Luo Luo Luo near Guangzhou, had stood them up. On the 8th, they had only sent someone to invite Luo Luo Luo Luo to meet them near Zhaoqing.
Obviously, the three of them had been frightened by the Liberation Army's fighting strength. They had besieged Guangzhou for nearly half a year. After losing a large number of brothers, they were unable to touch Guangzhou at all. Under the pincer attack of the Qing Army and the landlords' armed forces, they had no choice but to break the siege and retreat. The Liberation Army had broken through Guangzhou in one day. This kind of fighting strength was far beyond the imagination of the three. In the face of such a powerful foreign dragon, the three local tyrants obviously wanted to think things through before meeting.
After listening to Luo Luo Luo Luo's introduction, Vézé was not particularly excited. "We don't have time to wait for them. The First Army has worked hard enough. Now let the Second Army attack Fujian and block the Qing Army's way to the south. At this time, we must quickly intimidate the local people and let those who have illusions about the Qing Army know that the Qing Army will not come back. "
"The First Army can still fight! The First Army can still fight! "Wei Changrong immediately shouted. His anxious expression, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to fight and make contributions, was very much like the health products sold in the advertisements. My waist is fine! "
The commander of the Second Army, Ruan Xihao, immediately expressed his position concisely. "Bah!"
This word unequivocally explained the Second Army's attitude.
Vézé waved at Wei Changrong. "The Pearl River Delta is not small. You don't have to worry about not having a war to fight."
Seeing the situation, the Chief of Staff of the General Staff, Hu Chenghe, also came up to smooth things over. "We will draw up a defense plan. First, we will block the roads leading to Jiangxi and Fujian and not let the Qing Army come back."
The Chief of Staff of the General Staff took over this matter. No matter what, Vézé had to save some face for Hu Chenghe. He said, "Then let's do it."
"What should we do with Ye Mingchen, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi?" Wei Changrong asked.
"Although I want to kill him now, I don't see any benefit in killing him now. Let's lock him up first, "Vézé answered.
As the saying goes, the superior must follow the example of the subordinate. If Vézé wanted to kill Ye Mingchen now, Vézé's subordinates would immediately find a reason for Vézé to kill Ye Mingchen. However, Vézé obviously did not want to kill Ye Mingchen, so Ye Mingchen was temporarily saved from immediate death.
Although the Second Army was going to the north, it had been a hard journey for them for nearly two months. The Second Army needed to rest in Guangzhou for a few days and make arrangements for the non-combatants.
That night, Vézé finally slept in a place that could be called a residence. His wife, Qi Hongyi, slept with him. His second wife, Li Yifang, slept in another room. Vézé was also exhausted. After lying down, he felt a little drowsy. He heard Qi Hongyi say, "Let's have a child, shall we?" Wei Ze just casually snorted twice and soon fell into a daze.
The next morning, he was shaken awake by Qi Hongyi, who still had some lingering anger. Vézé got up and saw that the sky was already bright. Moreover, a communications staff officer was waiting outside to report something.
News came from outside Guangzhou. A few local armed forces of unknown origin had attacked the intelligence agents of the army.
After hearing this news, everyone in the army was shocked. No one felt fear towards this. Everyone was just surprised. Just who exactly was this person? What kind of guts did he eat to actually dare to launch an attack at this time?
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