But if you just surround them without attacking them, you will be extremely upset.

This time Ji Chunsheng and Song Xiaoniu were determined to eat up Hong Asi's territory and collect more than 3,000 of his bandits.

Nowadays, various mining areas are in great need of young and middle-aged labor force. At present, the young and middle-aged people in southern Jiangxi either go out to make a living or go to the mountains to become bandits. The rest are old, weak, women and children, and some are heavy smokers.

One of the main tasks of the special bidding team is to recruit labor for the mining area. The labor here is cheap. All you need is food and clothing. If you can get some silver dollars, you will be overjoyed. That's great.

Another important task is to destroy all opium poppy fields, destroy all opium processing sites, and ban opium dens, which is the same tone as in the Meiguang Autonomous Region.

As long as this territory is occupied, it will be equivalent to eliminating half of the bandits in southern Jiangxi. 70% of the proven mineral storage areas in southern Jiangxi are controlled by Chen Tianhua.

The controlled area can reach as far as northern Guangdong, laying a controllable base for the future construction of the Guangdong-Hankou Railway.

With Zhang Zhidong officially leaving Huguang, the construction of the Guangdong-Hankou Railway has been at a standstill and falling apart since the end of last year.

Except for the controllable territory in Hubei controlled by Chen Tianhua, Hunan and Guangdong are doing their own thing. Especially the Hunan section and the northern Guangdong section are very difficult. There are many mountains, construction is difficult, and there is no follow-up money.

The suspension of the road construction project means that the initial investment has been wasted, and the cost recovery is far away, leaving those previously enthusiastic investors with no hope of crying and only hanging their lives.

Zhang Zhidong came to Beijing and served as the imperial bachelor of Tirenge, the military minister of the Qing Dynasty, and the prince's Taibaozheng first-class civil servant. This was the highest-level imperial official position except for the Manchu prince.

The Minister of Military Aircraft was in charge of important military and political affairs of the Qing Dynasty, and his position was second only to Zaifeng, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Cixi Lafayette's health was deteriorating, and she was also preparing for a successor to the Qing Dynasty. The successor needed a minister of humerus, and Zhang Zhidong met the conditions in all aspects.

To be honest, Cixi became more and more disappointed with the arrogance and arrogance of her Manchu princes, and the only Han officials who could be used at the moment were Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai.

Funny to say, the memorial delivered to the capital by Governor Nie Jiugui naturally landed on the desk of the Minister of Military and Aircraft Zhang Zhidong.

Seeing that he was impeaching Chen Tianhua, Zhang Zhidong became furious. He ordered someone to prepare a reprimand order. Not only could he not convict Fengzhong Mining, but he would also assist them in suppressing bandits and support Fengzhong Mining Corporation in mining the mines.

When the reprimand order arrived at the Jiangxi Governor's Yamen, Nie Jiugui was equally furious, but when the imperial military aircraft received the reprimand order, he dared not to execute it?

He could only break his teeth, swallow it in his stomach, and forward this reprimand order to Admiral Yin Zhiping.

Although Yin Zhiping is a nerd and a bureaucratic junkie, he knows how much he has. How can he help suppress bandits with this little wealth? However, he can still show off.

It is said that Hong'asi's Manxingduo was surrounded by bidding groups sent by the New Army and became an isolated town. Sooner or later it would be eaten.

What made Hong Ah Si panicked was that the shadow spies from the other side were lurking in and bought people's hearts. Dozens of his men surrendered. After being surrounded for a month, more than a thousand people defected.

At this rate, within a few months, I will almost become a polished commander?!

To achieve this goal, Ji Chunsheng and the others had to make some plans. For example, fighting Hong Asi would hurt innocent people, because many family members of bandits and local villagers lived in Manxingdieli.

But in order to build the entire Gannan mining area so that the vast majority of mountain residents can live and work in peace and contentment, improve their living environment, avoid causing resentment, and achieve long-term peace and stability, he must face up to this problem.

If war is necessary as a last resort, try to minimize the harm to innocent people. Of course, there is no reason for war without killing people?

"Damn it, the Fengzhong Mining Security Team has surrounded Manxingduo. Why didn't they attack? What's their plan? With their weapons and equipment, the battle can be over in less than an hour!" Admiral Yin

Zhiping looked at the map and said.

"I have contacted Commander Song who is on the front line of the security team. It is said that there are many mountain people in Manxingdiao. They don't want to be known as indiscriminate killings, so they use this method to force their opponents to surrender. There is insufficient preparation and support.

It won’t be too long,” said the official from Green Camp responsible for liaising with Fengzhong Security Team.

"Stupid. Being kind to the enemy is cruel to oneself. Aren't they just a few mountain people who help the mountain bandits to smuggle opium? They are criminals who deserve to be killed."

"If they eliminate this big bandit Hong A Si, this territory will be stable. Our green camp will have less trouble in the future. It's really worrying to be surrounded now. No, let's take the opportunity to light a fire.

Let them fight!"

Yin Zhiping rolled his eyes, and a bad idea came to his mind.

Hey, my old rival who has been fighting for more than ten years is finally surrounded. Where can I find this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

"Let our artillery team fire directly at the Manxing stack!" Admiral Yin Zhiping impatiently issued the attack order.

"As ordered..." The herald immediately conveyed the Admiral's order to the artillery team.

"Rumble..."

"..."

There was a roar like thunder in the distance, which made Ji Chunsheng and his party, who were hunting rabbits in the forest with rifles, very strange and a little confused.

He didn't issue an order for artillery fire. Where did the roar of artillery come from?

Could it be that Song Xiaoniu acted without authorization?

It's impossible. Commanding beyond the authority is a violation of wartime military regulations and will be sent to a military court. Song Xiaoniu doesn't know this, so why bother?!

Listen carefully, the sound of the gun is not like a 75mm mountain gun, but like an old cannon.

"Quickly send someone to Song Xiaoniu's frontline command post to find out what's going on?" Ji Chunsheng was not in the mood for hunting at this time. He mounted his horse and rushed back to the bid regiment headquarters, while ordering the accompanying deacon to send out scouts and messengers.

"Understood." The deacon responded and rode away.

Not to mention that Ji Chunsheng was surprised, Song Xiaoniu in the frontline command post was also so surprised that he opened his mouth wide. He set up a telescope and looked at it, and found that it seemed that the sound of artillery shelling came from the Qing army's Green Camp camp.

"Your Majesty, this is the artillery team of the Green Battalion of the Qing Army. They are firing at the stars. They are using old-fashioned general cannons." The scout platoon leader came in panting and reported.

"Damn it, these bastards are more likely to fail than succeed. They deliberately want Hong Asi to fire on us and cause a war. They ordered the two artillery batteries at the front to prepare for counterattack and the troops entered a wartime state."

While Song Xiaoniu issued the order in time, he quickly sent a messenger to contact Chief of Staff Ji's headquarters to obtain clear instructions.

In this area, the one who uses such backward gadgets must be Green Camp.

"Shh..."

"boom…"

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Chapter completed!