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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Four

As night falls, gunfire sounds gradually fade.▲∴▲∴,

These days, it is too difficult to distinguish between soldiers and bandits. In order to ensure that innocent compatriots do not recruit soldiers, Li Weimin rushed to the embankment under the protection of the Prime Minister's Guard, and on behalf of the government, he condolences to innocent citizens who were killed and injured by accident, counted property losses, restored order, and purified the social atmosphere that was corrupted by the Pingchuan faction.

"… Despite various preparations in advance and the reaction was relatively timely, 139 people were killed and 384 were accidentally injured. Among the innocent victims, 89 have been confirmed, including 51 Chinese, and the identities of the other deceased are being identified. It is estimated that they will not come out until tomorrow afternoon."

I learned on the way here that most of the dead were not evacuated in time because they did not listen to the warnings of the Huaqing Association, and they were still selling or buying things when they fought. Only a small part was accidentally injured by shelling on both sides, and this small part of them did not listen to the advice. If the Huaqing Association reminds them, do not stay at home, but go to the nearest shelter, so many tragedies would not have happened at all.

While walking towards the Fifth County Police Department, Li Weimin asked, "Have all the injured been arranged?"

He Tianming replied without thinking: "The whole arrangement has been made. The Five Bang Hospital is making every effort to treat it, and all the expenses are paid from the Xihua Charity Foundation."

A major officer from the General Staff came to the scene and raised his hand to report: "Mr. Reporting Min, all the seven battalions that participated in the counterattack have been withdrawn. From now on, the fifth county, the sixth county and the seventh county are guarded by the Foreign Police Brigade, the Dike Fire Department and the Pingdong Industrial Village Security Team."

It is not easy to drive away all the red-eyed soldiers.

It is said that in order to purify military discipline, the General Staff Military and Legal Team shot several of them on the spot, and drove away a group of soldiers who rushed into the Great World Entertainment City to snatch property.

"Fortunately."

Li Weimin shook his hand and said sideways: "There are probably not few rebel soldiers hiding in dead corners. They are all bandits who do evil. If they do not organize a search as soon as possible, they will continue to commit crimes. It is far from enough to organize such a large-scale search operation, relying on the police station and the Pingdong Industrial Village Security Team of the Fire Department.

Major, please ask the General Staff Department for instructions, arrange several battalions to block the main roads around the embankment, and at the same time transfer the Fifth Infantry Division to the Fifth County, the Sixth County and the Seventh County. Set up an operation command immediately. Fight for martial law before 10 o'clock, and then launch a search operation with the cooperation of the Chinese Youth Association."

He came on behalf of the Prime Minister and could give orders directly. But he did not do that, but asked the General Staff first.

This is respect for the national army. The major reacted and quickly promised: "Yes!"

The search must be coordinated by the "local snake" of the Huaqing Association. He Tianming blurted out: "Mr. Min, I'll prepare too."

"Go."

The dike police were not all from Pingchuan faction, and now they all became Han Shuo's subordinates.

It is worth mentioning that the Foreign Police Brigade was officially revoked an hour ago, and Han Shuo's official identity has become the director of the Fifth County Branch of the Saigon-Tireban City Police Bureau; because the Foreign Police Brigade has been loyal in the past month and has been guarding the Prime Minister's Office no matter how dangerous it is, Deputy Captain Zhang Weigang was appointed as the director of the Sixth County Branch by Ng Diem.

In order to strengthen the police force of the embankment and ensure public security on the embankment, more than 500 members of the China Youth League and the Vietnam Youth League did not pass any exams and did not have time to receive necessary training. They directly put on police uniforms and were assigned to the police stations of the Fifth and Sixth County.

Some people maintain order outside, some confiscate weapons and equipment outside, and some are searching for fish that have escaped from the Pingchuan School. Some are assisting various overseas Chinese groups in their aftermath. The bureau is empty, with only four guards and three civilians left behind.

As soon as Li Weimin sat down in an office, Commander Zhang Yinggui of the Fifth Infantry Division walked in with a smile on his face.

"General Zhang, it seems that your troops have no casualties."

There were no outsiders here, Zhang Yinggui laughed and said, "We are not the main attacker, and we didn't even attack, so there were no casualties. The prisoners captured a lot of them. They traveled across the river. I just clicked more than 300."

Li Weimin was about to speak, but his secretary Sang Pingxiang put down the phone and said, "Mr. Li, General Zhang, Prime Minister just received the news. General Zheng Mingshi was killed and was shot while snatching the Betton Bridge. Prime Minister Diem decided to hold a funeral for him tomorrow. I hope you two can attend the city."

A good person, he will die if he says he dies.

Li Weimin suddenly couldn't believe it. Zhang Yinggui was stunned for a moment and murmured: "The defeat was like a mountain. After Li Wenyuan disappeared, there were not many people guarding Beidang Bridge, and there was no fierce firefighting. How could it be possible?"

Qian Xinlin reacted and closed the door and said, "There are too many people who want him to die, and it is not necessarily the Pingchuan faction."

The French wanted to kill him, and Li Guangrong wanted to kill him. The Kuomintang army fought with him for several years when he was commanded by the French. Many people died at his hands, and some of them died at the hands of the Kuomintang army. It is hard to say whether the Kuomintang army succeeded.

In addition, he was still half-hearted after accepting the government's reorganization. If it weren't for the public opinion tide, he felt that the "National Power United Front" had no future, so he might not be able to get along with Li Wenyuan.

From this perspective, perhaps Wu Ting-jeong wants to kill him.

When the warlords were in a prosperous state and had lost their lives in a few days after receiving the recruitment, Li Weimin realized how Zheng Mingshi died, which might become a "mystery of eternity". He said quietly: "The funeral must be attended, and I will go on time tomorrow."

Thinking that the one who suffered the most casualties in this rebellion was not Zheng Mingshi's troops or Fan Gongji's Gaotai Cult troops, Zhang Yinggui said with lingering fear: "Driving a tiger and swallowing a wolf, killing two birds with one stone!"

Eliminating the Pingchuan faction and killing Zheng Mingshi can indeed be considered a killing of two birds with one stone.

Li Weimin raised his watch and looked at the time, and said as if nothing had happened: "Yang Wenming has led his troops out of the city now, and the four battalions of the National Army are on the way to complete Qinyi."

The Pingchuan faction was completely finished, and even if Li Wenyuan could escape, it would not cause any storm; Fan Gongji was old and had handed over the army, so the Gaotai teaching was not worth worrying; Ruan Chengfeng, who was good at reconciling the sect, had completely surrendered, leaving only Li Guangrong. Qinyi was Li Guangrong's nest, and Yang Wenming must have gone to him.

Only then did Zhang Yinggui realize how cruel Ng Diem was and asked in surprise: "Mr. Li, has the warlord problem basically been solved?"

"It's solved, and the National Army will be reorganized next."

He was invited to come over to talk about this matter. Li Weimin paused and said meaningfully: "After the sect warlords resolved, the national army would have no generals. Now the highest rank of the General Staff is the colonel."

"He is forcing me to retreat?"

"You can't say that. In fact, he still trusts you more. He just wants to train a group of young officers who are loyal to the government. He has sought my opinion. I agree. Chief Zhong takes over as the division commander, and you and I, Jiachang and Tianming will run for the first member of Congress together."

Qian Xinlin smiled and explained: "General Zhang, you will represent the Fifth Infantry Division and more than 300,000 people in the parliament. Mr. Li represents charitable organizations such as the Red Cross, Manager Liu represents the business community, and Tianming represents the Chinese Youth Association. Although this member of Congress has no power, it means great to us."

Zhang Yinggui is not an old antique from the Wu Gang Hall. For him, as long as he can hand over the military power to his own people.

The three of them discussed the new situation after the warlords were wiped out for a while, and Acheng appeared in front of everyone with a smile.

"Young Master, the matter is done and the goods are on the ship. Do you want to go and have a look?"

"Is it done?"

"It went smoothly, and it was almost no effort."

He disappeared for more than a month, and something must have happened suddenly. Zhang Yinggui and Qian Xinlin took the initiative to avoid it. One went back to the garrison of the Fifth Infantry Division on the other side, and the other went to see how the aftermath of the Huaqing Association was doing.

Li Weimin greeted the soldiers of the Prime Minister's Guard who were in charge of his safety. He rushed to the dock with Acheng and climbed onto an old steel-shelled ship worth more than 1,000 tons.

Li Wenyuan was handcuffed to a steel pipe in the cabin. When he ran away, he changed his clothes and wore a black three-m-woo suit worn by a farmer. I don’t know if he had fallen or avoided in a ditch. He was wet and covered in mud, dejected, and was completely inferior to his previous majesty.

"General Far, we meet again."

Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Li Wenyuan was completely desperate, drooping his head and silent.

Acheng brought a stool, and Li Weimin sat in front of him. He took out a cigarette from Acheng's pocket, lit one, stuffed it into his mouth, and said like a family: "Lai Wencai died miserably and was beaten into a hornet's nest. I didn't see the body. I heard from others. Lai Wencan had the chance to live, but he had surrendered, but unfortunately he was not facing the national army, but Fan Gongji's Gaotai army. The soldiers were going to steal things and had no time to take care of them, so they fired at him."

He didn't beat or scold him, and didn't give him to Diem, but instead said this.

It’s better to live without a good death. If he really wants to be a hero, he will not escape at all. Li Wenyuan naturally had hope and looked up and said, “A king succeeds and defeats the enemy, I am defeated, and I am defeated. If Mr. Min wants to take revenge, I will be happy; if Mr. Min can ignore his past grudges, I will definitely be rewarded.”

Li Weimin helped him lit a cigarette, took a sip, and said in a smoky manner: "Li Wenyuan, I don't need any good news, as long as you pay off your debts. All the money you have in the bank belongs to the Chinese in the dike, and I want to get it back for them. Of course, I can only get a part of it back, and those who have been squandered by Baoda can't even get it back."

For money, Li Wenyuan said anxiously: "Mr. Min, I will give you two million US dollars. If you give me a way out and send me to Hong Kong, I will give you money."

"No sincerity."

"I...I...I...I will add another half a million to you."

Li Weimin took a stack of books from Ah Cheng and said lightly: "I don't know, but I'm shocked when I understand. The richest person in Vietnam is actually you. His foreign exchange deposits in several banks alone exceeded 8 million US dollars, of which 1.63 million francs actually exist in my East Asia Bank. It turns out that drug dealers, kidnapping and extortion, and forcing good people to become prostitutes are so profitable."

There is no doubt that the accountant fell into his hands.

Li Wenyuan dared not take it by chance and struggled to beg: "Mr. Min, Mr. Min, we are half of us, and we will also give you the land of Vung Tau. If it really doesn't work, you are six and four?"

I came here just to see what a generation of heroes will look like when they are in trouble. I don’t have the time to bargain with him, and it’s even more impossible to let him go.

Li Weimin threw the remaining cigarette under his feet and pointed at Ah Cheng and said, "Li Wenyuan, if you want to survive, please listen to him. I will give you three days. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance." (To be continued.)
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