In Sun Sanhu's judgment, Xiao Letian, who had exposed his flaws, must be making up for his omissions. His army must be retreating to Ryukyu, and this kid is destined to escape.
But Xiao Letian had already amassed countless wealth in the Qing Dynasty, and it would take time for him to pack up the money and take it away, and this time difference was a good opportunity for Sun Sanhu to take action.
"Master Zhou, we just want to catch Xiao Letian before he can escape and get evidence of his rebellion. As long as we have the evidence in hand, we will kill him on the spot to avoid long nights and dreams. Haha, then we will Let's just wait for promotion and fortune!"
Zhou Mingkui's face immediately turned bitter. He felt his heart beating wildly. He really wanted to have a good chat with the imperial guard about Xiao Letian and let him understand what kind of person Xiao Letian was, but he didn't dare. Because that would expose his relationship with Xiao Letian.
"My lord is very calculating. It's really a brilliant idea. Let me think about it again and try to make the plan more perfect..."
Sun Sanhu is just a guard who lives in the Four-Nine City. Although his martial arts skills are very sophisticated as a protector of the Red Sect, his IQ and EQ are really worrying. From the beginning to the end, he analyzed Xiao Letian from the perspective of looking at the officials of the Qing Dynasty. He never jumped out of this environment to analyze Xiao Letian carefully.
Of course, with his vision, it is difficult to jump out. Analyzing Xiao Letian from the perspective of a stale feudal bureaucracy has already laid the groundwork for his failure.
Sun Sanhu left and started to recruit people with his plan, leaving Zhou Mingkui sitting on the chair in a daze for a whole morning. But it's not a problem to be in a daze all the time. At noon, he didn't even eat before he started writing an invitation to Xiao Letian, asking him to come and have a drink with the prefect tomorrow night.
At this time, the Xiao family mansion also held a long secret meeting because of this leak. On the one hand, they had to find a channel to leak the secret, and on the other hand, they discussed countermeasures.
At this time, Xiao Letian's elites in Tanggu City had gathered. Under the double vigilance of the guards and Green Forest Special Forces, the entire Xiao family mansion had been tightly sealed, and even a fly had to be questioned if it wanted to fly in.
"Brothers, let me tell you some bad news. The information about the first and second companies sneaking into Tanggu has been leaked. The legend of the underworld soldiers circulating in the city is talking about us..."
There was a bang, and the brothers looked around and couldn't believe their ears. The two companies landed after midnight, and they didn't show up at all during this period. How could they be exposed? At this time, Lord Long spoke.
"The legend of Yin soldiers taking advantage of the passage was accidentally discovered by an old man from Nancheng. I have already checked the old man's details. He is a lonely old man without children. There are no other secrets about him, but this is undeniable. It was him who spread the legend, there is no doubt about it..."
"The most puzzling thing now is how Jiao Si'er connected these two things. You must know that no one except those foreigners in Manchuria knew about the existence of the New Army? As for the foreigners leaking secrets, That’s even more impossible, how could they know that we transported troops from Naha Port to the Qing Dynasty?”
Xiao Letian knocked on the table and the room instantly became quiet. He looked at the company commanders, platoon commanders, mid-level commanders of the Green Forest Special Forces in front of him, as well as the elite workers under Wang Huaiyuan, and felt very pleased.
The people sitting in front of me are all the elites under my command. It is precisely because of their unremitting efforts that what I have in mind can slowly become a reality. The night before yesterday, Wang Huaiyuan sent the latest information. Xian County, Zhili, had been completely captured. Except for three dead-headed officials in the county, all the remaining officials had written letters of allegiance to Xiao Letian.
So far, Xiao Letian has spent a year digging out ten counties from Zhili to become his sphere of influence, including Yixian, Dingxing, Bazhou, Xushui...as well as Ninghe, Yutian, Jinghai, including now In Tanggu, ten areas have become areas actually controlled by Xiao Letian.
The momentum is great. In more than a year, at least 90% of the counties in Zhili will be secretly controlled by Xiao Letian, and his shadow kingdom finally has its own base.
Xiao Letian is a very pragmatic person who is not pragmatic. What he cares about is the actual control of local taxation, population, special products, and resources. He has no interest in righteousness. He would keep these places under the nominal control of the Qing Dynasty for a long time. The emperor's new clothes cannot be stripped naked. It is not easy for everyone in the cold weather. At least they have to leave some dignity. .
Xiao Letian didn't care about the county magistrates who kowtowed to the emperor and Shangguan as they should, and showed their loyalty as they should, but secretly the actual control of these areas must be in Xiao Letian's hands. Now Xiao Letian's university and Enyangzhong have not yet provided talents.
When Xiao Letian's own talent training system begins to provide a steady stream of intellectuals, he will not mind changing the entire official system of his shadow kingdom. By then, he will become a hidden dragon behind the scenes of the Qing Dynasty.
Now, all Xiao Letian has to do is to make money in a low-key manner and increase his strength. He must not fall out with the Qing Dynasty now. But not falling out doesn't mean that he wants to be a grandson. When the secret enemies start to come up little by little, Xiao Letian will not sit still and wait for death.
"We need to investigate how the secret was leaked, but more importantly, what should be done in the aftermath. Now let's discuss whether we should withdraw the company to Naha, or stay here and fight with them?"
The brothers were anxious at that time, "Sir, what do you mean by this? We are going to withdraw our troops just because of one or two rumors? Brothers, they are all wanderers who have not returned to their hometowns for a hundred years, and they have just returned to their motherland and are running away in despair? Sir, you Do you still want to have a military spirit..."
"Yes, I will never leave. You want us to leave here without even winning a battle. That's just a dream. I'm afraid of him..."
Xiao Letian was very pleased. The army should look like an army. Is it okay if I dare not go up to the enemy? What he said was just to tease and tease these young people, to stir up the anger in their hearts first.
Just when Xiao Letian was about to motivate everyone, two people suddenly broke in from outside. It was Xiao Letian's American friends Mike and Matthew.
"Xiao, I just heard that you are in crisis, and suddenly we both remembered something..." Mike and Matthew are Xiao Letian's personal friends, and Xiao Letian's training of the new army cannot be hidden from them. What's more, Matthew also volunteered as a military instructor for more than a month, and Mike got Xiao Letian thousands of Spencer rifles and a cabin full of bullets.
These two people are completely die-hard supporters and accelerants of Xiao Letian's career. If Xiao Letian encounters an intelligence crisis, he will naturally not hide it from them.
"Xiao, do you remember that when it snowed, you once sent a butler to deliver invitations? I vaguely remember that the butler seemed to have seen my collection of photos and sketches..." After finishing speaking, Matthew put the information The clip was placed in front of everyone.
It suddenly dawned on me. The photos and sketches showed the new army marching in columns, firing muskets, and fully armed off-road. If Jiao Si'er had heard the rumors about the Yin soldiers in advance, it would be easy to connect the two.
After the incident came to light, Mike and Matthew felt extremely remorseful, especially Matthew who kept blaming himself, "I'm sorry Xiao, I'm so unprofessional. A military attache like me is incompetent. How could I just put secret information around casually?" Woolen cloth……"
Of course Xiao Letian was not angry. Foreigners like Matthew were easily attracted by the exotic atmosphere when they first came to this mysterious and strange country in the East. It was understandable that they were careless. Besides, the two companies cannot keep it secret forever. When the industrial zone starts construction, they will appear in front of the world as the zone's guards, and they have no intention of hiding it forever.
"Okay, the matter has been revealed to the world. It's not that scary. The sky hasn't fallen yet. That old guy Jiao Si'er won't let it out easily unless he doesn't die..."
Just as Xiao Letian was undressing Matthew, a miserable woman's cry suddenly came from outside the door, "Master, wuwuwu... Master, please come and take a look, something serious is going to happen..."
"Is it Ping'er?" Xiao Letian jumped up at that moment. Isn't this voice the maid Ping'er who came with Qingwen and Xiren? The smartest and virtuous girl in the past, why has her voice changed?
Xiao Letian and his brothers rushed out of the house and found a trembling Ping'er leaning against the moon door with tears streaming down his face. "Master, Sister Amber, please go and see Sister Amber... Sister Amber is dying, wuwuwu..."
Xiao Letian rushed straight to the back house without saying a word, followed by a large group of die-hard brothers. After entering the inner house through the flower corridor, he found that the whole inner house was in a commotion. The main courtyard was surrounded by women. They all looked at the tied women on the ground with horrified expressions. Huniu had just left the main house. come out.
Xiao Letian opened the curtain and rushed in. The man behind also wanted to go in but was stopped by Huniu, "Everyone, stop, there are women inside, it's not convenient for you to enter..."
It was inconvenient, it was really inconvenient. As soon as Xiao Letian entered the room, he found Miss Hu Hue leaning on the bed, her lower body between her legs filled with cotton and gauze, and the bright red blood had stained the area.
"How did this happen? Why did you cause a massive hemorrhage? Could it be an abortion?" Xiao Letian's careless words almost made Amber faint.
"I... I am an innocent girl, my body is clean. Master, you can't... you can't accuse me unjustly..." After saying this, he leaned on the bed with a pale face and tears streaming down his face.
Qingwen was so angry that she jumped up and pointed at Xiao Letian's nose and scolded, "Okay, you finally spoke your mind. Master, don't you dislike us for coming from the Jiaofang Division? Aren't you afraid that we are someone else?" Do you want to give it to you after playing with it? Woo woo woo... Although our status is low, our bodies are not low... We are all clean..."
Good guy, Qingwen took the lead in crying, and all the girls in the Grand View Garden cried. They were most afraid that the master would look down on them, and today it seemed that the master really looked down on them.
There was a cry in the room, and the men outside the door looked at each other in confusion. Xiao Hexin, Wang Huaiyuan and the others looked at each other with eyes that all men would understand. Everyone knew what it meant without having to speak.
Who said the blessings of being together are easy to enjoy? Having too many women in the house is really not a good thing. There are already signs of civil war. Xiao Letian may suffer a lot in the future.
"Okay, sir, shut up and explain to me what's going on first!" Xiao Le's anxious voice came from the room.
