In the official residence of the Minister-General of Kezhi City, Lu Ming suddenly threw a pile of photos to the ground.
The photos showed the tragic scene of prisoners being nailed to wooden stakes and having their stomachs ripped open, as well as strings of bloody human heads hanging from flagpoles.
From Chishui City, which is Ma Quanyou’s hometown.
Those who were slaughtered were the dignitaries of Chishui City who had always had secret ties with the Special Work Department. They could also be seen as patriotic princes who were dissatisfied with Ma Quanyou's establishment of the Khanate and believed that the Great Steppe was originally part of the Four Provinces of the Northern Territory and that its legal basis came from the ancient Central Plains Dynasty.
They all hope that the Principality of Montenegro can quell the rebellion on the grassland and return the prairie to the northern region.
Unexpectedly, one of the princes was a wine lover and revealed the secret to his wife's brother after getting drunk, which led to a disaster.
It also led to the discovery of the liaison station of the Special Work Department of the Bureau of Secrets, and several intelligence officers were tortured and killed.
The military intelligence system had a Western military adviser stationed in Chishui City, who secretly sent these photos out.
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Captain Wang suddenly stood up with an angry look on his face, scaring the guards and herdsmen.
Originally, because this small settlement was close to the Black Wolf Tribe, Captain Wang brought a few riders here to see how the abolition of slavery was being implemented in these settlements.
In today's Eastern Grassland, Commissioner Li has been appointed as the Minister in Charge of Affairs of His Royal Highness the Prince stationed in Kori.
The Minister General is in charge of all of His Royal Highness's pastures, mountains, and rivers in the eastern grasslands.
The herdsmen living on His Royal Highness's land are all free people. Each settlement has selected several young activists to go to the city of Kori to learn the new rules of the principality. In the future, representatives of the settlement will be selected from them, one to help the prince collect taxes, one to be a sheriff, and the others will be autonomous. There are also four larger trading points. The prince will appoint a judge to each of them to deal with settlement disputes. A chief judge will be set up in the city of Kori, who will be temporarily appointed by Commissioner Li to handle appeals.
The settlement that Captain Wang came from had only a dozen households with less than a hundred people, and he had already selected two young men to go there.
But within the clan, the one who has the final say is still Father Yang Haoyi, who is the oldest and has the most seniority.
Captain Wang was chatting with Old Man Yang Haiyi and several elderly herdsmen, but suddenly he became furious.
"Oh, sorry, Old Man Hayi, I'll take my leave first!" Lu Ming came to his senses and bowed to Old Man Hayi and the others with some apology.
"Sir, we are very content now. The old prince is simply a living Bodhisattva and the incarnation of our grassland eagle god. He is so kind to us!" Father Yang Haoyi was terrified. "But what about tax inspection, judges, and sheriffs? I, I am old and I really don't understand it for the time being!"
Lu Ming was helpless and smiled, "Actually, Father Hayi, I'm telling you the truth. Your Highness has never thought about how much tax he can collect from the prairie, but everything has to be regulated! This is the only way to ensure that tax officials don't embezzle or accept bribes and conceal the truth. Otherwise, it will be messy from the beginning, and the management system will become more and more distorted. The longer it takes, the greater the cost of correcting it. I suddenly got angry because I remembered the secret telegram I just received, that Ma Quanyou killed our friends and soldiers, so I lost my temper. Sorry, sorry!"
Hearing the officer calling "Ma Quanyou" directly, Father Hayi didn't dare to say anything. After all, the power of this grassland overlord and the herdsmen's fear of him were not so easy to eliminate.
"Let's go!" Lu Ming waved his hand.
Ma Chi Nur hurried to lead the horse.
Father Haiyi waited for them to walk quite far before returning to talk in low voices.
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"Kill him!" Inside the felt tent, Deputy Company Chief Wang Dayong rubbed his fists and clenched his fists, his face filled with indignation.
Wang Dayong had found it unbelievable when he received a secret telegram from Governor Zhang of Xiangxi forwarded by Commissioner Li, in which his company was ordered to launch a surprise attack on Chishui City. But when he heard his leader recounting how their own people in Chishui City were brutally tortured and killed, he was furious.
Ma Chi Nur stood silently by the side. His master's rage was so great that even the enemy would bleed for thousands of miles. There was no need to say more.
Lu Ming looked at Ma Chi Nuer and smiled, "You must have a solution, otherwise, you can only take pure cavalry."
Ten armored vehicles and trucks, as well as a pontoon bridge built by the Black Wolf herdsmen, were moved to the west bank of the river.
Ma Chi Nur bowed and said nothing.
Lu Ming looked at Wang Dayong again, "Of course, we are not a suicide attack. The soldiers left by Ma Quanyou on the grassland were not elite soldiers. Now they think they have the support of Westerners and think that at least in the short term, we will not launch an attack. Moreover, it is the rainy season now. Even if they consider the worst factors, we will launch the attack next month. Moreover, they will definitely communicate with the Westerners before the attack."
Wang Dayong nodded silently. Indeed, the power of our mobile company suddenly rushed into Chishui City, and it was not without a chance of winning, although...
I am indignant, but if I think about it now, if we go deep into the enemy's territory alone, our chances of winning don't seem very high anyway.
Lu Ming pondered and said, "Chi Nuer, the Wolf Riders will be with us."
Wang Dayong calculated in his mind and his chances of winning increased.
Originally, there were only a few dozen wolf riders who had surrendered to the principality. Now, brave warriors were selected from the Black Wolf Tribe and the force was expanded to three hundred riders.
Lu Ming added: "Also, the Black Sparrow Aviation Brigade will join us halfway. Ten helicopters, five armed aircraft, and five transport aircraft. All the Black Sparrows can support us will be used! The helicopters will also cut off any enemies who discover that we intend to report to Chishui halfway."
When Wang Dayong heard that the Black Sparrow Force would join, his eyes lit up.
Lu Ming glanced at Wang Dayong and said, "We will also bring all the spare fuel and ammunition, but if we really can't capture Chishui and get stuck in a tough battle, we will be in trouble. The armored vehicles will not have enough fuel to run too far, and the same goes for helicopters. For the time being, our air transport forces cannot reach the Chishui area because the simple military airport in Ke Ri City has not been repaired yet. It can be said that we are not ready yet. However, His Royal Highness, after hearing about the Chishui tragedy, asked us to overcome all difficulties, use the fastest response and the most deadly blow, and give the enemy who killed our soldiers and citizens the most severe lesson!"
Wang Dayong stood up suddenly, "Yes!"
Lu Ming didn't say anything. He was still considering how to satisfy the greatest interests of the Principality of Montenegro and deal with the current changes in the Northern Territory.
For now, there is no need to think about it, just fight.
What's more, Ma Quanyou is cruel and ignorant. If he stays, it will only cause trouble in the Northern Territory. From the overall perspective, it is far more beneficial than harmful to completely defeat him now.
In the name of Prince Montenegro, he had ordered the remaining forces of the 2nd Infantry Division, the 8th Infantry Division, the Montenegro Mountain Division and the Air Service Regiment B deployed in Xiangxi, as well as the supported Han Renwang troops in Northern Xinjiang, to launch a full-scale attack on the six routes in Northern Xinjiang occupied by Ma Quanyou.