boyutpedia Chapter 297 Follow-up
Chapter 297 Follow-up
Wang Bin held back his grief and ordered: "Collect the bodies for the villagers, report to the higher authorities, and request the government to bury them."
Wang Bin naturally wanted to bury these people on the spot, but he still had to see what his superiors said.
After all, if they do it, they will probably just dig a hole and bury the bodies. If there are arrangements from above, at least each person can be allocated a coffin.
Soon after the bodies of the villagers were collected, a soldier from the reconnaissance company came to report: "Captain, we found the group of dwarf locust soldiers. There are sixty or seventy of them. They are currently in Dalou Village."
When he said this, the scout couldn't help but lower his head.
Wang Bin frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"The tribute village next door was also looted by these dwarfs, and many people died." The scout said with grief and anger.
Hearing this, Wang Bin's eyes were red with anger: "All troops must assemble and advance towards Dalou Village."
Knowing where these dwarf locust armies are, we naturally have to destroy them, and it won't be too late to collect the bodies of the people in Gongzhuang afterwards.
When Wang Bin led his troops to the outside of Gongzhuang, they saw a group of dwarf soldiers coming out with large and small bags of spoils and a number of women under their command.
"Fight." When the two armies met, Wang Bin gave the order without hesitation.
Faced with a division and a regiment, the dwarf locust army had no power to resist at all. The Nanshan army was not only large in number and well-armed, but also had well-trained soldiers.
On the first contact, more than thirty dwarf locust soldiers were killed.
Lieutenant Maeda was also panicked when he saw this. Where did this army come from? It was completely different from the army he knew in China. He immediately shouted, "Retreat, retreat to the village."
However, they had set fire to Dalou Village, which was now on fire, leaving them unable to move forward or backward.
"Captain Maeda, what should we do?" The most panicked person now was Zhao Mingsheng, he asked.
Jiro Maeda is now in a state of panic. There are densely packed New Country troops outside, estimated to be more than a thousand people, and he is also frightened.
If he had known there were so many new country troops here, he would not have come.
"Zhao Sang, do you have any good ideas?"
Hearing Maeda Jiro's question, Zhao Mingsheng looked up at the other party in disbelief. He always thought that these dwarfs were arrogant because they didn't know what fear was.
As a result, looking at Jiro Maeda's appearance, it turns out that they also know fear and terror.
It was only because the opponents they met in the past were too weak that they were able to act so arrogantly and lawless.
Zhao Mingsheng was silent for a moment and then whispered tentatively: "Captain Maeda, there are too many enemies. It is unwise to fight them head-on. Why don't we choose to surrender for the time being and let them send us back?"
Jiro Maeda was a little hesitant, not because he thought the new people would not let them go after they surrendered, but because he was wondering whether surrendering would affect his samurai honor.
While Jiro Maeda was talking to Zhao Mingsheng, the 101st Regiment had surrounded the place.
Under continuous attacks, all the dwarf locust soldiers on the periphery were killed.
Just as Wang Bin was about to order the soldiers to charge in, an officer came up and reported, "Captain, the enemy has raised the white flag."
"Huh?" Wang Bin was surprised. Just when he was about to rush in, these people actually surrendered.
He remembered that the last time he fought against the dwarf locust army, the army was very tenacious and they lost a lot of people before they were able to wipe them out.
Just as his eyes flickered and he was considering whether to kill them all, the dwarf locust soldiers were brought up.
In the end, there were only about ten people left in the group, and the rest were shot dead.
Wang Bin sighed and gave the order: "Send a telegram to the division headquarters, inform them of the situation here, and report that we have captured twelve dwarf locust prisoners."
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Shangyuan, the First Army Command, Zhang Wei, the First Division Commander Han Shaorong, the Second Division Commander Mu Junwen, and the Third Division Commander Duan Pingliang gathered in the conference room.
Zhang Wei said solemnly: "These little dwarfs are restless and openly crossed the border into Heyuan's territory."
"I will report this matter to Commander Fang. At the same time, all departments must be prepared. I don't want something like today to happen again."
"Yes, Commander, don't worry. We will definitely redeploy our defenses and not let the dwarf locust army take advantage of the opportunity." The three division commanders immediately expressed their opinions.
When Fang Guoxuan received the news, he was also very angry and immediately reported it to Fang Jian.
He actually wanted to send troops to destroy the dwarf locust army on the opposite side, but he had to get Francis Xavier's consent to do so.
After receiving the telegram from Heyuan, Fang Jian was also very angry. He said to Zhuang Jiwu: "The government will pay for the burial of all those who died."
"Yes, Chairman." Zhuang Jiwu responded immediately.
At the same time, he secretly groaned in his heart. The officials appointed to Heyuan had not yet arrived in Heyuan, and he did not know the specific situation in Heyuan now.
Moreover, there were more than 500 deaths, and all of them were paid for by the government. The expense was not small. Even the most ordinary coffin cost more than 20 silver dollars, and for more than 500 people, it would cost more than 10,000 silver dollars.
This does not include other expenses such as funeral and paper money. All in all, it would cost at least 10,000 or 20,000 silver dollars.
Then Fang Jian said again: "Send a telegram to the whole country to denounce the evil behavior of the dwarf locusts. At the same time, send a telegram to Qi Yuan and ask them to give us an explanation, otherwise we will not rule out resorting to force."
After receiving the order, Zhuang Jiwu immediately went down to arrange for the sending of the telegram, while Fang Jian called Tao Yunong.
"Yu Nong, keep a close eye on the movements of the dwarf locust reinforcements. I plan to eat them once they come ashore."
Francis has made up his mind to destroy the dwarf locust army. With less than 10,000 dwarf locust soldiers, these things have happened. The coming 200,000 people will bring even more disasters.
"Yes, Chairman." Tao Yunong was very excited when he heard that he was going to eat the army of dwarf locusts.
Fang Jian continued to instruct: "Tell Fang Guoxuan to prepare them to not only eat up the 180,000 reinforcements, but also the 10,000 dwarf locust troops in Dingcao County."
"If the Little Locust doesn't give us an explanation, we will immediately send troops to capture Dingcao County and make sure that no Little Locust soldier is spared."
"Yes, Chairman, I will do it right away."
When the Nanshan government reported to the whole country that soldiers from the Dwarf Locust Country had attacked Heyuan, committed a bloody massacre and killed five hundred villagers, it caused an uproar among the people across the country.
Moreover, in Donghai, the capital, Jinchang and other places, a wave of fighting against the dwarf locust country was once again triggered.
The main reason is that the little dwarf locust country is too powerful. It not only seized the land of the new country, but also killed high-ranking officials of the new country, committed bloody incidents in the new country, and planned to change the flag in Heyuan. Naturally, such things are difficult for the people of the new country to accept.
When receiving the notice from the Nanshan government, Ito Mifumi looked very unhappy and smashed a lot of things.
He then sought help from Shimizu Asagumi and Tamura Koichi to discuss countermeasures.
Qingshui Qianyun didn't care about this matter and said, "Sir Jinjun, our reinforcements will be able to land in Xinguo by early April at the latest. We just need to delay them and don't have to worry about them when the reinforcements arrive."
"These new people are just good at talking. We have a division in Qiyuan, so we don't have to worry about their attack at all." Tamura Koichi said directly.
"If the Nanshan Army dares to come, I will make sure they pay the price."