The end of the military era

If Jingyang City was exchanged for Ganyang City and Longshan City controlled by the Zhou family, the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion must suffer.

After all, Ganyang City is not all in the hands of the Zhou family. The total population of Longshan City and the surrounding villages and towns of Longshan City may only be more than 40, and the Longshan area is located in Fengwu Town, which is a relatively poor area. .

"Father, according to the information received by the Intelligence Department of the Jiedu Mansion, the Zhou family is likely to carry out a new round of military expansion in Zhenwei Town.

Now our Jiedu Mansion's direct troops only have the First Division, Second Division, Third Division, First Independent Brigade, and Second Independent Brigade. Shouldn't we also consider expanding our army? "

At this time, Ding Lin, the staff member in the study, also suggested to Shen Xiao: "Commander, from the attitude of the Zhou family asking for Jingyang City this time, we can see the Zhou family's wolf ambition.

For the Zhou family, the commander has to guard against it!

It's time to make up your mind and expand the direct line troops of our Jiedu Mansion! "

Shen Xiao nodded slowly, "Then try to form the No.20 Fourth Independent Brigade and the No.20 Fifth Independent Brigade as soon as possible. As for the formation of these two independent brigades, Shen Du will be in charge!"

What Shen Xiao didn't see was that after he agreed to form two new independent brigades, his eldest son Shen Du and his confidant and staff member Ding Lin exchanged a look with each other.

Chapter 128

The Silver Wolf Empire signed an armistice agreement with the Ganyang Zhou family, which had the greatest impact on the various families in Zhenwei Town.

What's more, Zhenwei Town currently has 22 cities in name, 5 of which, Linxing City, Tonghui City, Jingsheng City, Huitong City and Yiguang City, have all fallen into the hands of the Zhou family.

All the families in Zhenwei Town knew that Zhou Rui's entry into Zhenwei Town was unstoppable, so many families took the initiative to contact the Zhou family, expressing their willingness to take refuge under the Zhou family's wings.

According to the previous practice, a certain amount of taxes will be paid to the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion controlled by the Zhou family every year.

However, there are also a few families that have not made a clear statement about the Zhou family's entry into Zhenwei Town.

In the Lu Mansion in Tongze City, Zhenwei Town, Lu Junke, the current patriarch of the Tongze Lu family, angrily scolded his eldest son, Lu Mao: "If you hadn't been greedy for a little benefit from the Silver Wolf Empire, how could our Lu family have fallen into the present situation?" Dilemma!"

Lu Mao thought to himself: That is not a little benefit, but 2 armored battleships, 2000 bursting rifles, 20 heavy machine guns and 40 rounds of ammunition!

Besides, you agreed to cooperate with the Silver Wolf Empire back then.

Without your old man's consent, how dare I cooperate with the Silver Wolf Empire privately!

It turns out that the Lu family in Tongze, like the Wang family and Li family in Huitong City, and the Sun family and Zhang family in Yiguang City, secretly received the benefits of the Silver Wolf Empire and expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Silver Wolf Empire to eliminate the Zhou family in Zhenwei Town. domestic forces.

The benefits also include 2 armored battleships sealed up by the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

These two iron-clad battleships belong to the same level as the six iron-clad battleships of the fourth formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet. They are Banshee-class iron-clad battleships retired by the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire. They have a full-load displacement of 2 tons and are equipped with two twin-mounted 6-fold caliber ships. 10700 mm main gun.

However, the Lu family of Tongze never expected that the mighty Silver Wolf Empire would give in to Zhou Rui. Isn't this putting the Lu family of Tongze on fire?

Since the Zhou family can know that the Wang family and Li family in Huitong City, as well as the Sun family and Zhang family in Yiguang City, were bought by the Silver Wolf Empire, then the Zhou family must also know that the Lu family in Tongze was bought by the Silver Wolf Empire. have already known.

If the Zhou family takes control of Zhenwei Town, there will be no good fruit for the Lu family in Tongze!

Facing his furious father, Lu Mao didn't dare to talk back, and said cautiously: "Father, with the Zhou family's strength, it's a breeze to clean up our Tongze Lu family.

So I suggest to do everything possible to turn the feud with the Zhou family into friendship. "

Lu Junke's expression suddenly became very depressed, "Actually, after the end of the Shark Island naval battle, my father contacted Zhou Xiaorong of the Zhou family through some connections.

But that Zhou Xiaorong put forward very harsh conditions for our Tongze Lu family. "

"strict condition?"

"Let us hand over the Fifth Division, the Eighth Mixed Brigade, the Tenth Mixed Brigade, the Tongze Fleet, and the entire Tongze City."

Tongze City is the largest port city in Zhenwei Town and the third largest city in Zhenwei Town, with an urban population of about 70, and the population of villages and towns around Tongze City is about 80.

At present, the entire Tongze City is in the hands of the Lu family, and the Lu family also controls three units of the Zhenwei Army, namely the Fifth Division, the Eighth Mixed Brigade, and the Tenth Mixed Brigade.

The total strength of these three troops is about 2.

另外吕家建立的同泽舰队，现在有2艘铁甲战列舰、3艘装甲巡洋舰、2艘轻巡洋舰、8艘铁肋木壳船和4艘近海炮艇，其中2艘铁甲战列舰是刚刚从银狼帝国那里得到的2艘女妖级。

Originally, the Tongze Fleet already owned 5 iron-clad battleships, but in the operation to intercept the four fury-class all-steel battleships purchased by Xiyun Liu's family.

The Tongze Fleet fought the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet by mistake. As a result, one of the five ironclad battleships was sunk, and the remaining four became the spoils of the coastal defense fleet.

When Lu Mao heard Zhou Xiaorong's condition, he immediately turned pale with shock and said: "Father, such a condition is simply going to dig down the roots of our Tongze Lu family, and it must not be agreed!"

Lu Junke sighed and said, "Of course it is impossible for our Tongze Lu family to agree to such a condition, but Zhou Xiaorong is holding on to the fact that our Tongze Lu family has received benefits from the Silver Wolf Empire. I am worried that the Zhou family will not let it go easily. We are with the Zelu family.

I am even more worried about the Fifth Division, the Eighth Mixed Brigade, the Tenth Mixed Brigade, and even the Tongze Fleet! "

"What does father mean?"

"The wealth and wealth of the Zhou family has already spread throughout the Han and Tang empires.

Why did the Xu family who controlled Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, the Wang family and Li family in Huitong City, and the Sun family and Zhang family in Yiguang City collapsed so quickly?

It's not that the Zhou family took money and bought many leading officers from these families.

Especially the seven direct line troops of the Xu family were completely incorporated by the Zhou family almost without bloodshed. "

During the Zhou family's attack on Huitong City and Yiguang City, although with the efforts of "Ghost Shadow", many of the troops of the four families who controlled the two cities directly turned against each other, but there were also some troops of the four families. He chose to start a fierce battle with the Zhou family army.

Of course, due to the cooperation of many defecting troops, it didn't take too much effort for Zhou's army to capture Huitong City and Yiguang City.

"Father, what should we do next?"

"Well, I can only try to get the Zhou family's forgiveness while stepping up preparations for the battle.

In addition, we must firmly control the three troops and the Tongze Fleet. Our Tongze Lu family must not follow in the footsteps of those five families. "

In an office in the Jiedu Mansion of Zhenwei in Linxing City, Zhou Xiaorong asked Hu Er: "How is the plan to buy the three army units of the Tongze Lu family and the Tongze Fleet going?"

Hu Er respectfully said: "Second General, due to the intelligence office of the former Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, the Fifth Division, the Eighth Mixed Brigade, the Tenth Mixed Brigade and the Tongze Fleet of the Lu family in Tongze conducted a long-term investigation. penetration.

After our ghost shadow took over the intelligence department of Yuan Zhenwei's Jiedu Mansion, the acquisition plan went more smoothly.

If our Zhou family sends troops to Tongze City now, at least 60.00% of the troops of the Lu family in Tongze will defect, and most of the warships in the Tongze fleet will surrender without a fight. "

Before the collapse of the Xu family, the Lu family of Tongze could be said to be the second most powerful family in Zhenwei Town.

For the Lu family of Tongze who could threaten their family status at any time, Xu Wanpeng, the former governor of Zhenwei, had long wanted to annex the Lu family of Tongze, so he authorized He Zhonghou, the director of the intelligence department, to secretly buy and infiltrate the Lu family of Tongze The three army units and the Tongze Fleet.

As a result, before Xu Wanpeng had time to clean up Tongze's Lu family, Xu's family was cleaned up by Zhou Rui.

However, Xu Wanpeng's previous arrangements for Tongze's Lu family made it easier for the Zhou family.

Zhou Xiaorong nodded, "The geographical location of Tongze City is very important to the coastal defense fleet.

Now that your ghosts are ready, I will immediately contact the Haiphong Fleet to try to take down Tongze City as quickly as possible to avoid any accidents. "