Steel Dynasty - Chapter 882

[Chapter 880 Coaxing]

Cao Kun looked at the embarrassed Yao Hongtao with a livid face. After learning the news of the fall of Songjiang City, he felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him.

“Dog Emperor!” Cao Zhengtong on the side cursed fiercely, “He still intervened!”

Cao Kun’s eyes suddenly turned sharp. He had expected that Xiao Ming would not sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers forever, but chose to take action at this moment .

It’s really too annoying.

After such a long period of fierce fighting, both Li Chuyuan’s army and the parliamentary army were very exhausted, and there were more or less problems with ammunition and food.

Songjiang is the base where the parliamentary army transfers grain and grass from the sea. Now that this place is captured by Xiao Ming, their supply line is even worse.

“We have worked hard to establish the Merchant Council in order to make the country of Chongqing truly prosperous and powerful. No matter what, we will fight against the decadent imperial power to the last man.” Cao Kun suddenly said impassionedly to the members of the council in the hall. shouted.

Yao Hongtao suffered a gunshot wound in his arm. After the royal soldiers rushed into the city, he led his own soldiers to fight a bloody road back to Suzhou City. This battle made him truly realize the power of the royal army.

He began to doubt Cao Kun’s carefully crafted lies, so he retorted: “Cao Kun, you must be wrong. The royal family today is no longer the royal family before. I can see the firm will of the royal soldiers in fighting. If every soldier can If you support Xiao Ming like this, then Xiao Ming must be very respected by them, not to mention that as far as I know, the north is getting richer and richer now.”

Cao Kun stared at Yao Hongtao, his face turned from blue to red, he pointed out.

Yao

Hongtao cursed: “Coward! Are you frightened by the northern army? Only the merchant parliament can completely destroy the decadent Chongqing country and build a prosperous and powerful country. This is the will of every parliament member.”

After a moment, he continued: “Every member of the council will fight to the death for the Merchant Council. You are a deserter and a shame to the council. Come on, take down Yao Hongtao and show his head to the public!”

Yao Hongtao suddenly raised his head, He said angrily: “How dare you!”

“I am the speaker of the parliament, why don’t you dare!” Cao Kun raised his hand slightly, and the soldiers on both sides immediately rushed forward and pinned Yao Hongtao to the ground.

Only then did Yao Hongtao realize that Cao Kun was serious. He smiled sadly: “I am really blinded by power. How can I believe you businessmen who are dishonest and act for profit! Cao Kun, you Don’t think that we are all fools, you are just for your own ambition, you are a lackey of the Westerners!”

“Don’t take it with you yet!” Cao Zhengtong yelled angrily.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers immediately pulled Yao Hongtao out of the main hall. After a while, a gunshot was heard into the main hall, and Yao Hongtao’s yelling and cursing stopped.

At this time, Cao Kun turned to the council members in the main hall and said: “Now we have no way out, either we will defeat Xiao Ming and take over half of the country, or we will die in his hands. Songjiang City will be broken, and Xiao Ming will definitely send a navy to block the coast.” , none of us can escape from the land of Dayu.”

There were three hundred and seventy-five members of the parliament sitting in the main hall. Some of them were former merchants, some were former wealthy families, and some were generals and generals who had defected to the parliament. officials.

As soon as Cao Kun finished speaking, a man in his thirties stood up. He looked at everyone and said, “What Chairman Cao said is really profound. Now in the eyes of Xiao Ming and Li Chuyuan, we are traitors and traitors. No one can We can’t run away, so we can only make a desperate move. Now my troops have gone to various places to gather people to join the parliament’s army. Soon we will have several times more troops than we have now.”

The parliamentarians looked at this man with complicated expressions. Everyone knows that this person is the Qinglong King who once stirred up troubles in Jizhou.

Not long ago, King Qinglong came to Suzhou City with his tribe. In a very short period of time, he became an important figure in the parliament.

“What’s the use of having more people? Yao Hongtao said that the Northern Army’s muskets and artillery are much more powerful than ours. The 40,000 soldiers in Songjiang City were also elite, but they were defeated in just one day.” A slightly fat congressman He stood up and said, he is the largest porcelain merchant in Chu State.

One congressman fell silent. Just as the congressman said, the firearms they were proud of were nothing in front of the Northern Army.

Upon seeing this, King Qinglong said jokingly: “Look at your appearance. You just lost Songjiang and frightened them like this. With such courage, can you fight the Northern Army? Firearms are important, but the morale of the soldiers is even more important.” For the most part, as long as the soldiers can rush within a hundred meters, there is not much difference between the Northern Army’s firearms and ours. As long as they can fight hand-to-hand, their weapons lose all their advantages.”

“As expected of the Qinglong King, you are right .

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We just need to find a way to make the opponent’s weapons lose their advantage.”

“Yao Hongtao said that the Chongqing army used trenches. Why can’t we use them? Wouldn’t this prevent their firearms from taking advantage?

” …”

After hearing the discussion below, Cao Kun cast a look of approval at King Qinglong. The loss of Songjiang City is not terrible, and there is still a large area of land in the south.

It’s just that this has a serious blow to morale. Now King Qinglong’s words have restored the confidence of many members, but this is not enough. After hesitating, he said: “Besides this, there is also good news to tell you. Soon we will We will get a group of elite talents, all of whom are from Qingzhou University. I think their arrival will make up for the gap between firearms.”

“What! There is such a thing!” The congressmen were shocked.

Cao Kun showed a mysterious smile. They had been working on this plan, but he really wanted these dark men to learn more, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that it was time to move.

“I will naturally reveal the specific details when they arrive.” Cao Kun showed a mysterious smile.

The congressmen became happy and became enthusiastic one by one. In their view, the future is still full of hope.

After re-encouraging the members of the council, Cao Kun dismissed everyone, leaving King Qinglong alone.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said to King Qinglong: “These people are really easy to trick. Just a few words in three years will make them work hard.”

King Qinglong laughed loudly, “President Cao, just say this in front of me. Don’t leak it to outsiders. Be careful that there is a mole here.”

Cao Kun’s expression became serious, and he sneered: “I just revealed it The news brought out the inner ghost. It is said that Xiao Ming’s secret guard has some skills. “

“That’s it.” King Qinglong rolled his eyes. This Cao Kun is indeed an old fox and doesn’t trust anyone.

(End of chapter)