He Longtian committed suicide by shooting himself, nearly half of his troops were killed or wounded, and the rest surrendered.
The battle report soon made the front pages of various newspapers in Wanzhou. The people were celebrating and hated Cheng Dasui's gang. They only hoped that they would never return to that dark era.
On the Haixi side, there was silence.
…
The backyard of the Suppression Headquarters at dusk.
Lu Ming, Sun Pojun, Sun Chonggu and Ji Fukui sat around a small wooden table drinking tea and chatting.
Even Sun Chonggu was excited because his father called to praise him. He was credited with the first merit in the Sun faction for annihilating He Longtian's troops, because the report written by Sun Pojun also mainly highlighted Sun Chonggu's achievements. Although most of them were fabricated, Sun Pojun, or Sun Pojun's staff and writers, were very good at finding angles. For example, Sun Chonggu coordinated the relationship with friendly forces, so that the cooperation was seamless and the great victory at Xiaohuling was achieved.
Looking at the very happy Sun Chonggu, Lu Ming was helpless. The more he got to know him, the more he felt that this stupid son of the landlord was actually a bad boy with a little bit of brain damage. He was simply being played around by Sun Pojun.
"Someone may come to the Shibaguaizi Cave again. Should we go and knock on it again?" Lu Ming said with a smile.
In fact, according to the intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department, the bandits coming to Shibaguaizi Cave this time will include dozens of Japanese advisers, and one-third of them will be Jinzhou soldiers mixed in, with a total number of about a thousand people.
I didn't tell the people in front of me too much about the intelligence in order to avoid them leaking it to Haixi and finding out the source of the Military Intelligence Department's information in the Haixi intelligence system.
Now it is very general, but there are too many links that may go wrong with this kind of news containing the lake.
It must be said that the strategic location of Shibaguaizi Cave is indeed very important, so Haixi does not want to give it up.
Moreover, the first time the Shibaguaizi Cave bandit group was annihilated, from the Haixi side's perspective, it was because they were a motley crowd and probably didn't even have a single sentry.
The second time they were annihilated was when they were ambushed while going down the mountain.
Now, the third armed force has been sent, and it is an extremely powerful armed force. Not only does it have a large number of Japanese military advisers, but it is also an elite armed force with the powerful Jinzhou soldiers as the backbone, and they have undergone special training in guerrilla warfare.
The number of people has reached thousands, which is equivalent to two regular infantry battalions according to the Haixi Army's organization.
It would be interesting if it were possible to knock this armed force down again.
Therefore, when Lu Ming said this, Sun Pojun smiled and said, "The bandits in Guishan must be scared and dare not cause any more trouble. I'm afraid they will all run away." He shook his head and smiled, "But I think you, Commissioner, will definitely look elsewhere."
Indeed, the enemy has sent a third armed force. It is easy to imagine that, with the lessons learned from the previous two times, this armed force must be not only powerful but also extremely vigilant. Going into the mountains to confront them head-on is not a good option.
Sun Chonggu's eyes widened. "Why not? If we kill all these bandits, how high will our morale be?"
Sun Pojun smiled and said, "That's right."
Ji Fukui, who was standing by, smiled bitterly. It was really hard to describe this Special Envoy Sun. Is fighting a war so simple
Lu Ming picked up the teacup with a smile. What Sun Chonggu said was right this time. He was also thinking about annihilating this group of bandits in Shibaguai Cave at the lowest cost in order to scare all the bandits out of their wits.
Moreover, the Haixi people did not know that they could easily find the bandits in the Shibaguaizi Cave and had their own unique methods of dealing with the sentry posts.
Liu Taisui's troops were not completely wiped out just because they were a motley crowd and had no outposts.
This is my greatest advantage.
Suddenly, there was a chirping sound outside.
It was the five wives of officials, Ms. Pei, Ms. Zou, Ms. Wang, Ms. Yao and Ms. Liao, who entered the courtyard accompanied by several maids. The maids were carrying large and small bags. They had gone shopping in the mall and were talking excitedly about their return.
Seeing that their "men" were all in the yard, probably talking about serious matters, they went together to the north-east wing where Liao and Ji Fukui lived. Soon, the chattering became louder again.
"Okay, let's go! We'll talk after dinner." Lu Ming smiled.
Not long after Lu Ming returned to the South East Wing, Pei and Zou returned.
Pei took out a piece of paper and handed it over, "Master, this is today's list. According to your instructions, I bought it for Madam Sun and Madam Ji..."
Before she could finish, Lu Ming waved his hand and said with a smile, "Do you two have enough money?"
"Enough!" Zou said hastily, her eyes sparkling with excitement. Although she didn't know anything else, shopping was what she was best at. Besides giving gifts to other ladies and making friends with them, the hidden sense of showing off and satisfaction in her heart was the most comfortable thing in the world.
But unexpectedly, this man is much richer than Chen Rongfu before.
Pei had been brought up with strict family education since childhood, and was even more good at managing the household in the Gao family. This was the first time she experienced the feeling of spending money recklessly. At this moment, she lowered her head and said nothing.
"Well, if you don't have enough money, just tell Granny Long. The master doesn't even need to know. Granny Long can control as much money as several of the richest people in Wanzhou! The master has nothing else but money!" As he spoke, Lu Ming sneered in his heart. Commissioner Zhang's identity was really good. There were no moral constraints and he could show the despicable side of human beings to his heart's content. Although he could not learn to be a bad person, as General Lu, he had to pay more and more attention to the aura of a leader in front of outsiders, and maintain a mysterious aura of not showing his emotions. Now he felt really good bragging and being unrestrained with two beautiful women from other people's families.
Without the identity of Commissioner Zhang, I am afraid that I will slowly cultivate immortality. What if I go higher and higher? The fun of life will also become less and less.
Because I am not the kind of person who regards power as the greatest pleasure in life.
Thinking randomly, Lu Ming said to the inner room: "Erika, Xueruo, let's go, we are going to Wanzhou."
…
The official residence of Commissioner Zhang of Wanzhou was the former main residence of Cheng Dasui.
On Wanzhou Funing North Road, there is a magnificent small palace-style building. In front of the palace, there is a square where military parades can be held. The observation deck on the third floor of the palace can also be used as a parade platform.
In the past, the entire Funing North Road was a restricted area, and no outsiders were allowed to approach.
When he first saw this official residence, Lu Ming could only sigh that a small local warlord today was desperately plundering the people's wealth and building an official residence that was almost as big as the royal palaces of some small countries in his previous life.
Last month, Funing North Road was opened, and people were allowed to stroll freely in the square in front of the official residence, but there were still not many people. After all, there were guards checking outsiders, and many citizens were worried about getting into trouble if they went there.
At this time, in the study on the second floor of the official residence, Lu Ming was slowly flipping through a thick book.
Erika's parents were finally redeemed by herself in a roundabout way, and now the family of three is reuniting. It seems that they hugged each other and cried as soon as they saw each other. This is the scene that she hates to see the most.
As for Erika's father, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, if I had a good chat with him, I should be able to have a deeper understanding of the upper class of Japan.