strictlysupreme Chapter 140 Calm down
Chapter 140 Calm down
Seeing this, Tang Houyong looked sad and sighed helplessly. Only now did he realize that these gentry were not proficient in war and could only talk about it on paper.
They do need people, but even if they can gather thousands of people today, they will still be wiped out.
Looking at the performance of their people, the guards are brave, but bravery will only be turned into a hornet's nest under machine guns.
Tang Houyong shook his head gently: "Yunhua, take some of your descendants and escape, to ensure that the Tang family's incense continues."
"Don't be impatient and impulsive in the future. You must think twice before you act. Don't be like your father, who rashly launched a war when his head was hot, organized a group of rabble, and was easily defeated."
Tang Yunhua said anxiously: "Dad, you come with me, let's escape from Nanshan. I think everything will be fine once we get out of Nanshan."
"Silly child, I can't leave. If I leave, Governor Fang will never let you go." Tang Houyong knew that if he was not caught, the matter would never end.
Just like the Jinhonghui, even if all the top leaders were arrested, rewards were still offered for the lower-level gang members.
As the person in charge, Tang Houyong was arrested, so that the innocent people in the Tang family could be freed. This is not ancient times, and the whole family will not be killed for rebellion.
Didn’t Governor Fang say that we should talk about human rights and evidence?
Of course, those people from the Tang family cannot stay in Nanshan. As long as they leave Nanshan, no one will pursue them.
Tang Yunhua wanted to persuade him again, but Tang Houyong glared at him sternly and waved his hand to let the housekeeper take Tang Yunhua away. As soon as Tang Yunhua left, the 401st Regiment surrounded him and Tang Houyong was captured.
At the headquarters of the 4th and 5th divisions, an officer came in to report: "Report, Tang Houyong and Chen Mushen were captured alive, and the Chen and Tang family organizations were either dead or captured."
Cai Tingwu nodded, not surprised. This time, because the gentry were blocked from mobilizing the people, the number of manpower they had to mobilize was greatly reduced, which made it so smooth to put down the rebellion.
Without the advance action of the Intelligence Department, the scale of the rebellion would probably have expanded several times, or even dozens of times.
These are the gentry, a force that cannot be underestimated.
"Have you found out the movements of the two bandit gangs, Zuoshandiao and Liu Yidao?" Cai Tingwu asked.
The officer reported: "The 402nd and 502nd Regiments reported that Zuoshan Diao and Liu Yidao were preparing to attack the county towns of Changzhi and Hongxing. They have sent out troops to capture these two gangs of bandits in one fell swoop."
Compared with the gentry, Cai Tingwu paid more attention to these bandits, who were all desperate criminals with fierce temperaments.
After the alliance, Zuoshandiao had more than 3,000 people, and Liu Yidao had more than 1,000 people.
"After eliminating Zuoshandiao and Liu Yidao, the bandits in the five cities of Pingshan, Zhengshan, Qingchang, Hongxing and Changzhi have been almost wiped out." Cai Tingwu said while looking at the map.
Of course, there will still be some small bandits consisting of three or two people, who are not large in scale and have no influence. These can only be dealt with by the local police.
On the road from Zhengshan to Changye, a bandit was walking forward. There was a hideous scar on Zuoshandiao's face, which made him look more fierce.
He looked at the clean cement road and said, "This new warlord is really rich. Building such a smooth road is a bargain for us. It will make it easier for us to attack the county town."
"The boss is right. After we take over Changye, we can ask the government for an official position." The second in command of the mountain stronghold complimented.
Zuoshandiao was very pleased with this and nodded: "Don't worry, when I become an official, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."
The second in command was overjoyed after hearing this. He was originally the leader of another mountain stronghold, and was surrounded and suppressed by the regular army, so he joined the Zuoshan Diao stronghold.
The original stronghold of Zuoshandiao had only more than 500 people. Later, more and more strongholds joined in, and it has reached its current scale.
This time when he went out of the mountains, Zuoshan Diao brought out all the young and strong men who could fight, leaving only more than a hundred people in the mountain village.
As they were walking, gunshots suddenly rang out from the woods on both sides. It was the members of the 402nd Regiment who were lying in ambush there.
"Second in command, take the brothers and retreat to the farmland on the right." Although they entered the ambush circle, Zuoshandiao did not panic. While ordering his men to find cover, he counterattacked the 402nd Regiment.
Under the attack of the 402st Battalion of the nd Regiment, Zuoshandiao left hundreds of corpses on the cement road before retreating into the farmland on the right.
These bandits used the ridges of the fields as cover to avoid attacks from the 402nd Regiment.
After seeing that the enemy had indeed hidden in the field, the commander of the 402nd Regiment said excitedly: "Great, now the enemy can't escape."
Zuoshandiao and the bandits had just hidden in the ridge of the field when gunshots were heard in the woods 402 meters behind them. It turned out that soldiers from the nd Regiment were also ambushed in the forest on the right side of the farmland.
"Boss, we are surrounded, let's retreat quickly." Seeing that they were attacked from both sides, the second in command came to Zuoshandiao's side.
Zuoshandiao glared at the second in command: "The enemy has deployed troops in the forests on both sides. Can you guarantee that there are no ambushes in front or behind?"
After hearing what Zuoshandiao said, the second in command was speechless. This place was suitable for an ambush, and it was impossible for the enemy not to ambush in front and behind.
While the two were struggling, the soldiers of the 402nd Regiment on both sides had already launched a charge.
Although they were new soldiers, their physical strength and marksmanship had improved greatly in the past three months. As they charged and fired, the bandits were shot dead one by one.
Coupled with the powerful submachine guns, general-purpose machine gun fire, and grenade attacks, the bandits quickly collapsed.
The officer leading the charge shouted, "Drop your weapons, put your hands on your head, squat on the ground and surrender. You won't be killed."
"I surrender, I surrender." Most of the bandits chose to surrender, and the few who resisted were beaten to death.
Seeing the soldiers rushing up, Zuoshandiao wanted to fight again, but he was hit by a volley of bullets from a machine gun, leaving countless bullet holes in his chest and he fell to the ground.
The second in command was frightened when he saw this. He quickly threw away his weapon, squatted on the ground with his hands on his head and surrendered.
As the 402nd Regiment eliminated Zuoshandiao, another bandit from Hongxing, Liu Yidao, was also eliminated by the 502nd Regiment.
After receiving the victory report from the troops, Cai Tingwu said excitedly: "The banditry in Changye, Hongxing and other five cities has been initially pacified. Send a telegram to the commander and report the news."
As he received telegrams from various places, Francis Xavier smiled knowingly.
Various troops sent telegrams one after another, saying that the five major families had been completely wiped out.
The Dou family, who were attacking Nanfeng Jingxian, were ambushed and annihilated by the 601st Regiment of the th Division just ten miles away from the manor. The head of the Dou family, Dou Dexu, was also killed in the chaos.
The Song family, who were attacking Huichuan County in Huai Chong, were attacked from behind by the 602nd Regiment of the th Division while attacking the county seat, and many members of the Song family were killed.
The Wang family, who were preparing to attack Gu County, had been under surveillance by the Intelligence Department. Fang Jian sent the 301st Regiment to catch up with the Wang family's troops on the way to Gu County. After an encounter, none of the Wang family members escaped, either dead or captured.
After contacting these gentry, Nu Qinghu of Qingshan actually wanted to take advantage of the chaos to attack Qingshan City, but was surrounded and annihilated by the Seventh Division outside Qingshan City.
After wiping out the three largest bandit strongholds, there were not many bandits left in Nanshan Province, and they were no longer a threat.
With the destruction of the five major gentry families, Nanshan Province gradually stabilized, and Fang Jian's rule over Nanshan Province became more secure.