Cao Yi also noticed another group of troops coming outside the city, so he sent someone to inquire.
He was very happy to learn that it was Wang Zhiyuan who brought the borrowed soldiers.
"Your Majesty, Wucheng is in danger.
My brothers are looking forward to the stars and the moon.
Finally, I hope you are back."
Wang Zhiyuan burst into tears.
"I know that brothers are suffering.
First, let me introduce to you Sun Zhoubiaotong who has met the Licheng Infantry and Artillery Coordination Battalion."
Cao Yi pointed to his side.
The officer Wang Zhiyuan saw in the telescope just now was introduced to Wang Zhiyuan. .
"I am Wang Zhiyuan, Biaotong of the New Army Cavalry Battalion in Xiawucheng.
I have met Sun Biaotong."
Wang Zhiyuan saluted.
"I'm glad I saw Wang Baotong's riding skills just now.
He is a real horseman," Sun Zhou said.
"Sun Biaotong is too praised," Wang Zhiyuan said.
"Zhiyuan, I have just returned.
Please tell me what you know about the situation in the city," Cao Yi said.
"Sir, after you left on official business, on the night of March 19th, Chen Tingting planned to accuse us of colluding with Japanese spies in the name of lecturing us, and imprisoned all our brothers.
He, Xunwu, and Wang Charlie were all together.
Fortunately, we were in the cell when the Revolutionary Party rebelled.
Zhang Li, Li He and I ran out and fought fiercely with the Revolutionary Party all night.
We had no choice but to retreat to Huashan, but were captured by Chen Leiting sent troops to besiege you.
During the fierce battle, I led a few brothers to break out of the siege.
There was no news about you.
Even if I found you and had no soldiers, I was helpless and had no choice but to go to Pingcheng to invite me.
"My younger brother didn't dare to delay Li Deliang, a fellow countryman from Wang Youyi, to borrow troops from Wang Youyi.
He hurried back to Wucheng on a starry night, and now I saw you, sir," Wang Zhiyuan said.
"So that's it."
Cao Yi left Wucheng and arrived at the boundary river between Wucheng and Licheng.
After meeting the officials sent by the imperial court to hand over the arms, he realized that he had been deceived.
The other party sent only a seventh-grade governor.
The arms he brought didn't even include rifles, let alone heavy artillery.
There were only a dozen boxes of bullets, so there was no need for a staff officer to handle them.
This situation was very different from what Chen Leiting had told him.
Cao Yi felt that he had been deceived.
At this moment, the person sent by Lord Xinzi told him everything.
Chen Tingting joined the Revolutionary Party, declared autonomy, and became a rebellious official.
However, if he left Wucheng with only a few dozen soldiers, and fought back to Wucheng, he might not be able to quell the troubles of the Revolutionary Party.
After thinking about it over and over again, I had no choice but to take a two-pronged approach.
While writing a newspaper, he asked the seventh-rank governor from the capital to deliver weapons to the news of Chen Leiting's rebellion against the imperial court.
He activated the eight-hundred-mile cavalry and quickly submitted it to the Ministry of War.
In the Tang newspaper, Cao Yi suggested that the imperial court quickly mobilize the new army in Licheng to help wipe out the revolutionary rebels in Wucheng.
On the other hand, first make the raw rice into cooked rice, and take these bullets given by the court as a small gift to ask for help, and ask the Licheng New Army to send troops.
If they do not send troops, they will report the matter to the Ministry of War and inform them that by then, Even if there are a thousand or ten thousand of them who are unhappy, they will be unable to do anything due to the military orders that will come out from the Ministry of War sooner or later, and they will obey obediently.
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Cao Yi's wishful thinking failed.
He rushed to Licheng with a group of soldiers and used hard and soft tactics.
The new army commander in Licheng finally agreed to send an infantry and artillery coordination battalion to help Wucheng quell the rebellion.
"Sir, the infantry battalion I borrowed can only be regarded as half an infantry battalion," Wang Zhiyuan reported to Cao Yi.
Cao Yi asked in confusion, "How can it be counted as half an infantry battalion?"
Wang Zhiyuan did not answer immediately.
He got on his horse and asked Cao Yi and Sun Zhou to go over and take a look.
Cao Yi and Sun Zhou came to the front of the camp.
They looked at the soldiers who were high and low, dressed in old clothes and shoes, with hunched waists and carrying big smoking guns.
The two looked at each other.
Sun Zhou said with emotion, "Brother Cao Yi , I have never seen such a dilapidated new army.
It really embarrasses the Qing Dynasty."
"This is the soldier Wang Youyi lent us," Cao Yi said to Wang Zhiyuan, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"Is it because I promised to send him five heavy cannons that he agreed to borrow them?"
Wang Zhiyuan said angrily.
"It's true that the tiger has been bullied by the dog.
We have to show it to them.
With such soldiers in our hands, we can also defeat the revolutionary party in Wucheng."
Cao Yi roared.
He had complicated emotions at the moment.
He was righteous to the king.
To add insult to injury, he was indignant at the sight of profit and betrayal, and he also hated Chen Leiting, wishing he could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.
"Your Majesty, please order us to attack Wucheng and capture Chen Leiting alive," Wang Zhiyuan said.
"Master Cao, since Sun Zhou has arrived in Wucheng, please give an order to let Chen Tingting and his gang of rebellious officials and traitors know how powerful our new army in Licheng is," Sun Zhou said proudly.
Cao Yi thought for a moment and said, "I know the mood of the two brothers.
It's just that we don't have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
Compared with the rebels in Wucheng, we don't have the upper hand.
If we add Zhang Li and the others, , if we cooperate inside and outside, the rebels will definitely be thrown into disarray."
"What you said makes sense," Wang Zhiyuan said.
Sun Zhou nodded repeatedly at the side.
"The most urgent thing now is not to attack the city, but to send people into the city to inquire about the current situation of the besieged Huashan brothers and the deployment of the revolutionary party in the city," Cao Yi said.
"Then I will arrange for the scouts to enter the city now," Wang Zhiyuan said.
"Get me all those smoke-smoking soldiers who can't fight and are carrying big smoking guns."
Cao Yi's order surprised both Sun Zhou and Wang Zhiyuan.
According to Wang Zhiyuan's understanding of Cao Yi, Cao Yi often makes some cruel and strange moves.
Since he gave such an order, he must have his reasons, so just follow it.
Sun Zhou still couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked with a smile, "Master Fuck, I have never heard of choosing a scout among the Smoking Soldiers."
"Sun Biaotong doesn't know something.
There are also useless things for useless people.
It's extremely difficult to sneak into the current Wucheng.
Mr.
Sun wants you to choose a scout, what will you choose?"
Cao Yi asked.
"What's the problem?
I have so many experts at my disposal.
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I just choose a few smart and capable brothers."
Sun Zhou replied disapprovingly.
Cao Yi didn't say anything, just smiled and went to see the person Wang Zhiyuan selected.
There were quite a few such people among the soldiers lent to Pingcheng.
Wang Zhiyuan easily found a dozen veterans with stooped waists, carrying pipes, and sallow faces.
"Everyone is here, sir, please give me a lecture," Wang Zhiyuan said.
"Come here, drag these smokers out, shoot them immediately and bury their bodies on the spot."
Cao Yi was so angry that he even shouted at the top of his lungs.
Wang Zhiyuan was a little frightened, thinking to himself, sir, what's going on?
Didn't you agree to choose scouts from these smokers?
Why do you want to shoot them all immediately?
Kill them all.
What should I do?
"My lord, your lord," Wang Zhiyuan stopped Cao Yi repeatedly.
"Drag him out."
Cao Yi said in a stern voice.
His own soldiers pulled Wang Zhiyuan away and dragged out the dozen or so smoke gun soldiers in front of him with three strokes.
A dozen cigarette-smoking soldiers, who have never seen such a formation before?
The waists were hunched, the tall and strong soldiers stood up, and then fell to the ground hard, and they all cried like wolves and howled in pain. .
The strong wind suddenly blew up, carrying the loess, and brought with it the metallic collision sound of the execution soldiers pulling the bolts of their guns, and the sound of the prison commander giving orders.
"Shoot, shoot" There were five or six of the dozen or so Smoking Soldiers kneeling on the ground.
They were so frightened that they peeed all over the floor along with the warehouse manager.
Everyone was crying and mourning.
Some shouted that they were wronged, while others trembled and shouted that it was a pity and could not smoke anymore.
Then they hugged the pipe tightly like a family heirloom.
When the prison officer said "release", ten The smoke gun soldiers stopped talking and closed their eyes, waiting to see the King of Hell.
The gun didn't fire.
Looking around, a dozen smoke gun soldiers were paralyzed in the urine mud.
The soldiers carried two buckets of water and poured it on the heads of the more than a dozen smoke-and-smoking soldiers.
The dozen or so smoke-and-smoking soldiers slowly woke up.
One of them has not yet opened his eyes, trembling and muttering in disbelief, "My God, I was a smoker in my life.
Please, old man, let me smoke every day in my next life, and I will be as happy as a god."
A soldier deliberately teased him and answered with a pinched voice, "This is not easy to handle.
There are too many smokers here with you, and I am worried to death."
The Smoking Soldier slowly opened his eyes and saw a group of soldiers who were already laughing so hard that they were on their feet.
He smiled bitterly and laughed at himself, "It's great to be alive and to be a god again."
The soldiers followed Cao Yi's orders and gathered the resurrected smoke gun soldiers together.
Wang Zhiyuan only came to his senses at this time.
Cao Yi wanted to use both kindness and power to completely control the gang of smokers, so he staged such a scene.
So, before Cao Yi could speak, he began to lecture the Smoking Soldiers.
Before Wang Zhiyuan could say anything, the old smoker who had been teased by the soldiers fell to his knees with a plop, which infected the other smokers and they all knelt down as well.
Lao Yanqiang, who took the lead in kneeling down, said, "Thank you for not killing me."
As he spoke, he kept kowtowing.
The other smoker soldiers also thanked each other profusely and kowtowed.
"Don't thank me.
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Lord Cao is your savior because of his magnanimity."
Wang Zhiyuan said seriously.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the soldiers shouting, "Fuck you, your lord is here!"
Cao Yi came to the front of a dozen smoke gun soldiers, changed his expression to a gentle one, and said calmly to the smoke gun soldiers, "Do you know why I spared your life?"
The smoke gun soldiers all looked at each other.
They really couldn't think of a reason why their lives were left behind, so they could only shake their heads.
"Then I will tell you that you may just have a humble life elsewhere, but here, you can make great achievements."
When the smokers heard the words "making meritorious deeds", they felt that Mr.
Cao really liked to joke and make everyone happy, so they didn't say anything and just kept giggling.
"Don't believe it.
I have an errand for you.
If you complete it well, I will reward you heavily."
After Cao Yi finished speaking, he ordered his soldiers to bring a dozen silver coins and gave each of the smokers one. .
"This is what the deposit officer said, you should believe it," Cao Yi said with a smile.
Lao Yanqiang, who had just taken the lead in kowtowing to Wang Zhiyuan, picked up the shining silver dollar in his hand, blew a breath, put it to his ear, there was a slight buzzing sound, and said with a smile, "Sir, what do you mean?
What kind of errand is it?
If you do it, your life will be given by the adults anyway."
Cao Yi smiled and said, "This old man should come and reward him with another silver dollar."
The other smoke gun soldiers stared at the silver dollar that the soldier brought in again, and almost drooled.
"Sir, what's the errand?"
Old Smoking asked.
"It's not difficult.
I just want you to dress up as beggars, sneak into Wucheng, and meet Zhang Libiaotong on Huashan Mountain to tell them the day we attacked the city," Cao Yi said.
"Good sir, just give me your orders."
After Lao Yan finished speaking, he looked at the other smoker soldiers, staring at him eagerly, and persuaded him earnestly, "My lord, you have already said this.
If you don't do it, you are really disrespectful." " The smoke gun soldiers knelt down one after another and said in unison, "I will obey your orders."
After hearing this, Cao Yi burst out laughing and said repeatedly, "Come with me, I will tell you the details of the errand":