Speed was the most important thing in war!
Zhu Lingye spent 200 million silver coins to buy 700 light trucks, plus 200 towing trucks, heavy-duty trucks for transporting artillery shells and bullets, off-road jeeps for officers, fuel tankers, logistics supply vehicles, medical vehicles, etc. A total of more than 1,000 vehicles carrying the First Division of the Army set out from Shangsi and rushed to Nanning.
It was impossible to carry out such a big move in secret.
Zhu Lingye didn't want to keep it a secret, so he swaggered on his way, attracting many refugees.
Now, the name of the Yan Huang National Defense Force had spread throughout the country with the news agency, and everyone in Gui Province knew about it.
There was a King of Hell in Lianzhou who killed tens of thousands of Qing soldiers in a day. He was so fierce!
At the same time, the people were also very welcoming of the Yan Huang National Defense Force. Not only did the King of Hell give out sweet potatoes to the poor people for free, but he also gave out sweet potato seedlings that were easy to plant.
In this famine period where 90% of the people were hungry all year round, the King of Hell's grace could be said to make people cry with gratitude. The people who received the grace all set up longevity tablets, burned incense and kowtowed in the morning and evening, praying that the King of Hell could live a long life and win every battle.
Dust filled the air on the official road to Nanning, and the convoy was moving at a fast speed.
On both sides of the official road, a large group of refugees who heard that the Flame King was giving out sweet potatoes in Shangsi stopped in their tracks and looked at the convoy with their mouths agape.
Many of them had never seen a car before. They had only heard that this thing was only available in foreigners. It was very expensive and there were only a few in the entire Qing Dynasty.
"Oh my god, there are at least a thousand of these cars, right?”
"I heard that Lord Qianlong spent more than a hundred thousand silver dollars to buy twenty of them. He set up a fleet of foreign carriages in the palace and often drove them around the capital.”
"A hundred thousand silver coins and twenty foreign cars? How rich is Duke Yan?"
"Amazing, the Flame King is amazing. Look at this carriage dragging a cannon. What a thick cannon tube, even thicker than the Red Cannon!”
"It looks like the Flame King is going to Nan Ning. Is he going to conquer the entire Gui Province?”
"I don't know. Who cares? Let's hurry to Shangsi City!”
"What for? The Flame King has gone to Nanning. Can we still get food if we go to Shangsi?”
"Little dog, I told you to follow the old scholar and you refused to go. Didn't you see the notice that the Flame King issued? Shangsi City was already the territory of the Yan Huang National Defense Army. Every morning, sweet potatoes were distributed on time. As long as one went to queue up, everyone would get one.”
"Uh…Second Uncle, I forgot."
Among the refugees by the official road, a thin boy in his teens scratched his head.
Suddenly, he thought of a very serious question.
"Second Uncle, it's not a good idea to rely on the Flame King's help every day. Why don't we take some sweet potato seedlings back to our hometown to plant? In the past, my parents planted sweet potatoes. They didn't need to take care of them and could dig up a lot of sweet potatoes.”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man beside him shook his head.
"It's too far from our hometown, Xing Yi Prefecture.”
"Then what should we do?"
"Our entire family of eighteen came out to escape. Now, only the two of us are left. Why are we still going back to our hometown? Go to Shangsi and find the Yan Huang Military Government to settle down.”
The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with hope as he looked at the convoy that drove past him.
"The notice said that everyone who cuts their braids and goes to the military government to register can temporarily get three acres of land. We have six acres. As long as we work hard, we won't starve to death.”
"What? Cutting braids is a rebellion…"
The boy widened his eyes in shock.
All men, women, and children in the north and south of the Yangtze River knew that cutting braids was equivalent to rebellion, and rebellion would result in the death of nine generations.
"Ergou, you can't even live anymore, why are you afraid of being beheaded?”
"Instead of starving to death, it's better to be a full ghost.”
"Or do you think that those lawless and heartless government troops of the Imperial Court can defeat the Flame King?”
Hearing this, the boy fell silent…
The refugees who were listening to the conversation between the uncle and nephew felt a little complicated.
There was a saying that was right.
Instead of sitting and waiting to starve to death, it was better to be a full ghost.
Moreover, the mighty Yan Huang National Defense Army might not lose to the government army.
Forget it, I'll wait until the Flame King can defeat the government army and conquer Gui Province before deciding whether to cut my braids or not.
……
In fact, the refugees 'thoughts were within Zhu Lingye's expectations.
The reason why he issued two notices in Shangsi and let the scouts spread it in Gui Province was mainly to pave the way for the battle in Nanning.
As long as the National Defense Force won the battle in Nanning, they could take down Gui Province in one go. It was equivalent to giving the people a shot in the arm.
See, I, Zhu Lingye, have the strength. You can cut your braids and live a good life without worrying about what the Qing court will do to you.
Furthermore, the Battle of Nanning was also related to whether or not he could successfully fool the Empire of the Sun Never Sets.
The benefits of tricking the Sun Never Sets Empire were self-evident.
I've already submitted to you, and I'll have to hand over the taxes to you when the time comes. Can you help me build some railway and highway flood control projects?
Well, why don't you just help me build an industrial system? After all, Yan Huang is also part of the Sun Never Sets Empire, right?
Zhu Lingye had already arranged for the Empire of the Sun to take the bait.
However, the prerequisite for achieving these goals was that they had to fight a battle in Nanning that would impress the world.
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