"There is no food, no guns and ammunition, how can we fight with the royal army, Lu Fei has surrounded Fuzhou, Luo Xin has also hit Nanchang, the parliamentary army is losing and retreating, it won't be long before they can fight Guangzhou!"

In Guangzhou City, the seat of the Provisional Parliament, Cao Kun was surrounded by a group of core councilors, and the look of impatience appeared on everyone's face. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"That's it, the problem now is that even if we have silver, we can't sell weapons and ammunition, but we can't fight this battle with the hundreds of thousands of people gathered by the Green Dragon King, everyone understands that fighting them is not just a matter of courage, those soldiers with wooden sticks on the front line are simply sent to death, and it is too easy to collapse." Another person said.

Cao Kun and his son glanced at each other, their brows furrowed, their enthusiasm was now gradually shattered by the cold reality, and they finally realized the difference in strength between the two sides in this war.

The North now has an excellent industrial base, an education system, and a tax system, and they can produce tens of thousands of weapons and ammunition at any time, and military academies can continue to climb out of middle-level generals and enter the recruits recruited by the military leaders.

Taxes from agriculture and industry provided the logistics of the war.

In contrast, they had nothing, and after the loss of the Chu state, they found that the vast southern south had a weak foundation, and even if the British and French taught them the technique of flintlock pistols, they would not be able to make a sufficient number of firearms, let alone the conquest muskets, and the falcon rifles that are now used.

After all, in addition to the lack of skilled craftsmen, they also lacked the two most important things, coal and iron ore.

Things have developed to this point, and he finally realized a problem, and it seems to him that Xiao Ming has actually been planning southward for a long time, because he unknowingly controls the most abundant coal and iron area in Dayu.

The areas north of the Yangtze River, south of the Great Wall, Bashu, and Kwantung, these places were successively controlled by Xiao Ming, and before the war began, these places no longer sold even a little coal and iron ore to the south.

And it is also the reason why the more the war goes on, the more embarrassed they become, because even if they have money, they can't buy anything.

In addition, the coast was blockaded by the Qingzhou fleet, and the supplies of France and Britain could only go by land, which in turn limited the number and speed of support.

At the same time, the support of France and Britain was now a little weak, and they could not continue to send him supplies from far and wide, and the only support they could provide was from the colonies.

"I know the war is always being lost, but we should believe in France, believe in England, and they will send troops over to help us."

Cao Kun swore with a gambling curse, "Believe me, if you keep going, we will definitely win." “

Cao Zhengtong echoed and said, "That's right, we will get more support." “

The parliamentarians were silent, they look at me, I look at you, and the anger on their faces finally turned into a sigh.

Cao Kun continued: "Everyone, please go back, our Cao family will not retreat again, we will fight Xiao Ming to the death in this Guangzhou, and then you will see them defeated and retreated by our combined army." “

"I hope so."

A parliamentarian said.

Cao Zhengtong took the opportunity to say: "But if we want to persevere, we need to buy more things from the French and the British, which requires a large sum of silver, and you also need your generosity." ”

The councillors frowned and sighed again, and they sent their servants back to fetch the money and hand it over to the council.

Seeing everyone away, Cao Kun and his son breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, the Green Dragon King came in from outside the door.

He said, "Let these fools stay and die, we should go." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, be careful of showing your feet." Cao Kun's expression became serious, and he asked, "How is the gold and silver treasure transported?" This is the capital of our lives in the UK. “

"Naturally, there is no problem, as long as it passes through Dali, these things will directly enter the British sphere of influence." The Green Dragon King said lightly.

Cao Zhengtong was a little unwilling when he heard this, "Father, did we fail like this?" ”

"We underestimated Xiao Ming, it makes sense that he was able to defeat the barbarians, the current war is not based on the number of people who can decide the victory, not to mention that there are different voices within the parliament now, and the failure has made many people begin to question us, today is an example." Cao Kun said slowly: "For today's plan, I can only leave a way out for myself, so that he can make a comeback." ”

"But can you still come back from this trip?" Cao Zhengtong was a little regretful.

"It's better than dying here." The Green Dragon King waved his hand, "If we are caught by Xiao Ming, none of us will survive." “

Cao Kun nodded, and he comforted: "Count Kerry promised that they would recognize us as the orthodox Great Chongqing State, that is, even if we went to the United Kingdom, we were still the actual rulers of the Great Chongqing Kingdom in name, and they would not recognize the Great Chongqing Kingdom ruled by Xiao Ming, maybe one day, we would come back with the power of Europe." , after all, we have given them enough of it. ”

"I hope so." Cao Zhengtong's eyes looked to the West, and they did pay enough.

They lost 500 men on the way to escort the six cadets, and the guards planned twenty-one assassinations along their way, leaving only one seriously wounded cadet whose fate was uncertain among the three cadets who followed the French, while the Englishman, whom they were focusing on, also lost one cadet and two were wounded by gunshot wounds.

Either way, they narrowly escaped British India, and then they transferred a great deal of their wealth to prepare for their escape.

After all, the haze of assassination has been hanging over their heads, and the city of Guangzhou is no longer quiet.

……

Fuzhou.

After a night of ammunition supply, early the next morning, Lu Fei launched an attack on Fuzhou City.

Three hundred field guns smashed the shells on the city wall of Fuzhou City in the roar, and the wall of Fuzhou City collapsed with a violent explosion.

At the same time, a soldier with five grenades crawled out of the trench and charged, and the abundance of ammunition allowed them to use the grenades in luxury.

"Kill!"

The veteran led the recruits across the trench in an earth-shattering roar, and the royal army, which had doubled in number, quickly gained the upper hand, while the parliamentary army, which had long been exhausted and starved of ammunition, collapsed at this moment.

A large number of parliamentary soldiers fled into the city, while the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army pursued closely, and the situation outside Fuzhou became one-sided in a blink of an eye.

The situation on the battlefield was seen by Lu Fei, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, just as he guessed, the parliamentary army had now lost the sharpness of the previous few months, and was afraid of them.