Three days!
In just three days, the armed gentry could no longer hold on.
Three people were appointed to go to the opponent's position under white flags to demand ceasefire negotiations.
The Fu Shen armed forces demanded a ceasefire during the negotiations, and the ceasefire time was determined by the negotiation time.
Of course, the Prussian commander Lieutenant General Thomas Ricken would not agree to this delaying tactic. He stipulated that there would only be a seventy-two-hour ceasefire period, and the offensive would be resumed if the negotiations expired.
The wealthy gentry put forward ten demands, including retaining weapons, having a parliament, and Huating existing as a federal state, etc.
However, they were all flatly rejected by Major General Ricken, even if the other party was willing to pay 10 million silver coins at a time.
The entire Songjiang Prefecture will be part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and His Majesty the King will not tolerate the existence of this alienated land.
This is our bottom line, even if the other party raises the price to 30 million silver coins, we cannot agree.
What's more, after one's side wins, doesn't all the money in the city belong to one's side?
The differences between the two sides are so great that there is no possibility of reaching an agreement, so why talk about a ball?
The strength of the Prussian troops outside Huating has reached 15,000 in three brigades. Coupled with the superiority of weapons and equipment, they have a great say in negotiations.
For Lieutenant General Ricken, it was no big deal to continue fighting if they couldn't reach an agreement. His troops had the support of the Ming Empire, and they had plenty of weapons and ammunition, so they could defeat the opponent until they were defeated.
"This is unreasonable. We are Zimin of the Ming Empire. You must consider the consequences of going your own way!"
Sun Guang, who was in charge of the negotiations, became angry and took on another identity.
Since the other party didn't want to do that, he would bring out the bright sign to scare the Western Yi.
"You must not know yet, right? You are no longer Mingren. The emperor of your country has expelled you from your nationality. To be precise, you are all stateless now!"
Ricken was already prepared for this move, because the Emperor of the Ming Empire had already sent someone to deliver the relevant notice to him.
What does “stateless person” mean?
It means that Prussia can deal with these people as they like!
In name, it is to suppress enemy agents in Prussia!
Of course Prussia and the Ming Empire were not hostile, otherwise they would not have exchanged land.
It doesn't matter who is behind those hostile elements; what matters is that they must be eradicated.
As long as the people in the new territory have no nominal relationship with the Ming Empire, it will be easier for Prussia to take action...
Expulsion of nationality comes with prior warning. Before June 1st, any native Min who has not agreed to move will be expelled from Ming Dynasty if they exceed the deadline.
You can go wherever you like in the future, or re-naturalize, but you must pay a naturalization fee of 10,000 silver coins per person!
regret?
What did you do in the first place?
I don't want to move even if I live or die!
How great it is now, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has no control over you, and you can finally live the beautiful life you longed for!
"Huh? This...impossible!"
Sun Guangling couldn't believe this. Of course he knew about it, but he didn't expect that the Dog Emperor would actually do it.
Now everyone has no way out, and they plan to find an opportunity to go back when necessary.
"Stateless" means that it is difficult to become Zimin of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the uprising.
She betrayed the Dog Emperor and wanted the Dog Emperor to give her a hand...
This kind of thing has been difficult in all dynasties, let alone now.
After Sun Guangling brought this not-so-good news to the wealthy gentry, everyone was in an uproar.
This time it has nothing to do with Baoming. The problem that arises is that they have no way out and can only rely on themselves.
The problem now is that with their own strength, they simply cannot defeat the Prussian army outside.
Previously, everyone had asked for help from colleagues in Taicang, Kunshan, Jiading, Changzhou, Changshu, Wuxi and other places. However, very few responded, and most of them responded perfunctorily without any sincerity.
The rebels in Songjiang Prefecture can only rely on their own strength to resist. The rebels in other prefectures and counties are basically watching the fun and are the kind of scum that have nothing to do with themselves.
The rebels in other places also hope to use the power of Songjiang Mansion to consume the strength of the Prussian army, so that after both sides are injured, they can sit back and enjoy the gains.
Obviously, the more Prussian soldiers eliminated by the Songjiang Prefecture rebels, the higher the negotiating leverage of the rebels elsewhere.
As for their personal and property losses, they can be discussed after the war...
The local rebels were locked in a bitter fight, and reinforcements from other places were delayed.
After the Prussian army resumed its offensive, it was difficult for the local rebels to hold on.
On June 6, the rebels lost nearly a thousand people, but the number of casualties was still bearable.
However, the blow to morale was very serious, because the servants had no hope of turning defeat into victory.
The number of wounded soldiers is increasing day by day, and the territory lost is increasing day by day.
In this case, is there any point in continuing to persist?
More and more wealthy gentry plan to break out to the north or west as soon as possible while their troops still have the strength to protect themselves.
It doesn't matter whether you go to Changzhou, Wujiang, Kunshan, or Jiading. Otherwise, staying where you are is waiting for death.
However, each family is dragging their family with them, and the belongings they need to carry are measured in trucks. How easy is it to evacuate quickly?
First of all, it is impossible to obtain a sufficient number of trucks. Secondly, they have to run overnight and are easily discovered by the other party during the day.
It is easy to be attacked by the opponent's fighter planes on the road, and it is almost impossible to avoid it.
In general, there are a lot of difficulties and few solutions...
But no matter how difficult it is, we have to run away. If we don't run, we can't do it. The Prussian army has already entered the city.
It had only been six days, and negotiations still took up half of the time. The actual net fighting time was less than three days, because the first day was a sneak attack.
If the battle really lasted for six days, with the poor combat effectiveness of the rich gentry's armed forces, I'm afraid the offensive and defensive sides would have exchanged positions.
More and more veterans have realized that something is wrong and have started running away without their bosses giving orders.
Unless the temporary partner is particularly beautiful or virtuous, most veterans will choose to go on their own and travel lightly, which has a greater chance of saving their lives.
On the night of June 7, before the Prussian army launched a general attack, the city was already in chaos.
Under the orders of the wealthy gentry, the servants no longer wanted to stick to their guns and were busy loading their masters' cars, ready to run away at any time.
The family members of the servants can go on the road in advance, so that they can explore the way for the masters and prevent them from being intercepted by the opponent halfway...
Since there were so many wives, concubines, and children in the side house, each family had hundreds of heavy-duty trucks that were not enough. Each truck was filled to the brim, like a hill.
Running slowly is equivalent to voluntarily staying as a prisoner. Every wealthy gentry will naturally ask his servants to pack up their belongings as soon as possible, and they must not be left behind.
The retreat route to the west is through Jiaxing, Chongde, Yuhang, and finally to Tianmu Mountain.
Even going to Qiantang was in vain, as the coast there could be bombarded by the Prussian fleet at any time.
Compared with the northern front at Cheung Chau, Wuxi, Wujin, and Danyang, the number of rebels on the western front was smaller.
The obvious disadvantage of the northern line is that it is close to the Yangtze River, and the enemy's fleet can easily swim upstream.
Even if we take the northern route, our final destination can only be the mountainous area south of Xuancheng.
Nowadays, the larger the city, the less safe it is. Although there are many rebels in the city, it does not mean that they can hold on for a long time.
Huating is the best example. The 50,000 rebels didn't even last ten days and turned into a rabble, or they were beaten until their true colors were revealed.
You can attribute the defeat of this battle to poor organization, insufficient training, outdated weapons, and everyone's own agenda. Otherwise, no one cares about this anymore.
Everyone's thoughts now are surprisingly consistent, that is, if they focus on running away, they will be killed or captured if they turn around.
Once captured, if the enemy cannot protect him, he will sell him to the Dog Emperor. Needless to say, the consequences will be...
But come to think of it, no matter how fast a car is, it can't be faster than a plane, not to mention that the distance between the two routes is not close.
At this time, the water network that Jiangnan people were proud of became their lingering nightmare.
The next morning, Prussian aircraft took off one after another. Since they had received reports of the other party's attempt to escape, they began a large-scale search.
With full control of the air, it was very easy to search for prey from a bird's eye view, and soon two convoys running north and west were discovered.
There is no need to intercept at the beginning. The fighter planes only need to bomb the bridges along the way at low altitudes to delay the opponent, and then slowly clean up the two convoys.
From Jiaxing to Deqing alone, there are more than 30,000 vehicles along the way. Counting horse-drawn carriages, ox carts, donkey carts, and motorcycles, the total number is over 100,000.
There were no bunkers nearby, and escaping was impossible. After the bridge was blown up, the long line of convoys had no choice but to turn around and go around.
But the result of changing the road was the same. Prussian fighter planes destroyed all nearby bridges. Even if they could not blow up the bridge, they would blow up the vehicles crossing the bridge, blocking the bridge deck.
The fighter planes were not in a hurry to launch an attack, but instead smashed the vehicles near the bridge into burning scrap metal one by one in order to cause greater trouble to the convoy.
The more obstacles there are, the longer it takes to clear them, which means the longer the team has to be beaten and detoured.
One thing is beyond doubt, that is, to stay where you are is to wait for death.
No matter whether it is a motor vehicle or a non-motor vehicle, even bicycles have become the prey of fighter planes.
After discovering the enemy's fleeing army, the Prussian Air Force carried out more than 380 air strikes during the daytime of June 8 alone.
According to statistics after aerial photography, more than 7,000 vehicles were destroyed, but this did not satisfy Lieutenant General Ricken, who instructed the participating troops to maximize the results as much as possible.
After a certain emperor learned of this, he asked the Air Force to allocate 200 second-hand fighters to Prussia to ensure that the Prussian army could successfully launch air strikes in the next month.
We should not be merciful when attacking stubborn stateless people, especially those scum who broke away from the Ming Dynasty and tried to establish themselves as kings. The Prussian army could just clean them up.
A certain emperor likes to hear the good news that a number of rebels were killed on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month. In a sense, this can be regarded as an appetizer to increase appetite...
The western route is longer and the situation is slightly better. The northern route from Huating to Cheung Chau (Suzhou) can be called the road of death where people are rich.
Dense water nets, criss-crossing branches, and rainfall caused serious traffic jams, so much so that the Prussian military planes caught them, and more than 3,000 vehicles of various types were destroyed on one road.
After the air raid, within 10,000 meters of the road where the incident occurred, there were car wrecks and burned or shot corpses. Some unlucky wealthy gentry were even beaten to their core, including their vehicles.
Even if the troops at the back were reluctant, they actually became the troops at the rear. After being overtaken by the Prussian tanks, they became living targets.
One after another, the vehicles were beaten into "steel popcorn" by tank cannons. Many car owners and passengers saw the tragic scene nearby and were forced to abandon their vehicles to avoid dying tragically in the cars.
What's more, in order to prevent being pursued by the enemy, he used the explosives he carried to blow up the bridge without waiting for the convoy behind him to pass. This made the people behind him so angry that they directly greeted their eighty-eighth ancestors.
In desperation, as long as you can grab a life-saving straw, you can do any immoral thing, even your wives, concubines and children can be sacrificed, which is quite the style of the emperor of the Han Dynasty...
In the final analysis, as long as you can run away with money, get a wife, and have children, these are all external things that hold you back, and you don't have to hesitate when it's time to let go.
Just let the driver step on the accelerator, and he can't look back even if the waves are rolling behind him.
Every wealthy gentleman took his family with him when he set out, and after running for a day, he didn't care about other people at all.
After arriving at Cheung Chau, it would be good if there is only one car left among the three.
The Cheung Chau rebels had more than 100,000 troops, and they were very disdainful of the wealthy gentry of Huating who were running around.
At the beginning, the wealthy gentry of Huating also looked arrogant, but now, all his momentum has been wiped out.
All they have to do now is pass through Wuxi and Yixing, bypass Taihu Lake, and run towards Xuancheng.
The enemy is well-equipped and well-trained, and cannot be resisted by a local rebel army.
Huating has been lost, and it is only a matter of time before Cheung Chau falls.
For the frightened Huating people, the local wealthy gentry in Cheung Chau certainly did not believe their lies.
In his opinion, this was completely alarmist and would sway the Yao army and send them on their way as soon as possible.
The Prussian ground troops followed closely and arrived at the outskirts of Cheung Chau on June 10. Immediately, the fleet began air raids on the city.
The population of Cheung Chau is larger than that of Huating, and the scale of urban construction is naturally larger than that of Huating.
But for the Prussian army, this was not a big problem as long as it had the support of the Ming Emperor.
After the capture of Huating, they won the first battle without serious attrition, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire army.
Just taking this opportunity to conquer another city, according to the intelligence provided by the Ming Empire, Cheung Chau has been controlled by the rebels.
Now it's good, even the handover step can be omitted, and the fight can be started directly...
The Ming Empire has notified Lieutenant General Ricken that as long as the Prussian army can capture Changzhou, it can transfer the jurisdiction of the entire Suzhou Prefecture to him.
For a certain emperor, the obedient people had moved away long ago, and those who stayed in the local area were all hard-core households, so he did not have to worry about their life and death.
Whether they want to die or live has nothing to do with a certain emperor. The relevant responsibilities and obligations have been transferred to Prussia.
Anyway, the winner takes all, and you both can figure it out.
Whoever becomes the winner can do whatever they want locally!
