Chapter 908: move forward! move forward!

"Without food, guns and ammunition, how can we fight the royal army? Lu Fei has surrounded Fuzhou, Luo Xin has also reached Nanchang, and the parliamentary army has been defeated and retreated. It will not take long for them to reach Guangzhou!"
In the city of Guangzhou, where the temporary parliament is located, Cao Kun is surrounded by a group of core members, and an impatient color appears on everyone's face.
"That is, the problem now is that we can't sell weapons and ammunition even if we have the silver. It's just that the hundreds of thousands of people gathered by the Azure Dragon King cannot fight this battle. Everyone understands that fighting them is not just a matter of courage. Those soldiers with wooden sticks on the front line are simply going to die and they are too easy to collapse." Another person said.
Cao Kun and his son glanced at each other, their brows furrowed, and their enthusiasm was gradually shattered by the cold reality. They finally realized the difference in the strength of the two sides in this war.
The North now has an excellent industrial foundation, education system, and taxation system. They can produce tens of thousands of weapons and ammunition at any time, and the military academy can continuously climb out of the middle-level generals and enter the recruits recruited by the military leaders.
The taxation of agriculture and industry ensured the logistics of the war.
In this contrast, they had nothing. After losing the country of Chu, they found that the vast southern base was weak. Even if the British and French passed on the flintlock technology to them, they could not produce a sufficient number of firearms. Not to mention the captive rifle, and the Falcon rifle that is now being used.
After all, apart from the lack of skilled craftsmen, they also lack the two most important things, coal and iron ore.
Now that things have progressed, he finally realized a problem. In his opinion, Xiao Ming was actually planning to move south, because he unknowingly controlled the area with the richest coal and iron in the country.
The areas north of the Yangtze River and south of the Great Wall, Bashu and Guandong, were controlled by Xiao Ming successively. 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 embarrassed they are as the war goes on, because they can't buy anything even if they have money.
In addition, the coast was blocked by the Qingzhou fleet, and the supply of France and Britain could only be carried by land, which in turn restricted the amount and speed of support.
At the same time, the support from France and the United Kingdom has now appeared to be a bit weak, and they can't continue to send supplies to him for thousands of miles. The only support they can provide is from the colonies.
"I know that the war has been losing, but we should believe in France and the United Kingdom, they will send troops to help us."
Cao Kun swore a swear word, "Trust me, if you keep going, we will definitely win."
Cao Zhengtong echoed: "Yes, we will get more support."
The congressmen were silent. They looked at me and I looked at you, and the anger on their faces finally turned into a sigh.
Cao Kun continued: "Please come back, everyone, our Cao family will not retreat anymore. It is here in Guangzhou that we will fight Xiao Ming to the death. Then you will see them being defeated and retreated by our coalition army."
"I hope so."
Said a member.
Cao Zhengtong took the opportunity to say: "But if we want to persevere, we still need to buy more things from the French and the British. This requires a large sum of money, and you all need your generosity."
The councillors frowned and sighed again, and they asked their servants to go back and fetch the money to the parliament.
After sending everyone away, Cao Kun and his son lightly breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the Qinglong King came in from outside the door.
He said: "Let these fools stay and die, we should go."
"Don't be anxious, be careful to show your feet." Cao Kun's expression became serious. He asked: "How is the transportation of gold and silver treasures? This is the capital for us to live in the UK."
"Naturally, there is no problem. As long as you pass Dali, these things will directly enter the sphere of influence of the British." Qinglong Wang said lightly.
Cao Zhengtong was a little unwilling to hear that, "Father, did we fail like this?"
"We underestimated Xiao Ming. It makes sense for him to defeat the barbarians. The current battle is not determined by the number of people. Moreover, different voices have appeared in the parliament. The failures have caused many people to question us. , Today is an example." Cao Kun said slowly: "For the present, I can only leave a way out for myself, in order to make a comeback in the future."
"But, can I come back from this trip?" Cao Zhengtong was a little sorry.
"It's better than death here." The Azure Dragon King waved his hand. "When Xiao Ming caught him, none of us can live."
Cao Kun nodded, and he comforted: "Earl Kerry promised that they will recognize us as the orthodox country of Great Chongqing, that is, even if we go to England, we are still the actual ruler of Great Chongqing in name~www.mtlnovel. com~ They won’t recognize the Great Chongqing ruled by Xiao Ming. Maybe one day, we will come back with the power of Europe. After all, we have given them enough."
"I hope so." Cao Zhengtong looked to the west, and they did give enough.
They sacrificed five hundred people on the way to six students. The secret guard planned 21 assassinations on their way forward. The three students who followed the French were left with only one severely wounded student whose life or death was unknown. The British guarding also killed a student and two suffered gunshot wounds.
But no matter what, they were in danger again to British India, and then they transferred a large amount of wealth to prepare for escape.
After all, the haze of the assassination has been hanging over them, and Guangzhou is no longer quiet.
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Fuzhou.
After a night of ammunition supplies, Lu Fei launched an attack on Fuzhou City early the next morning.
Three hundred field guns hit the walls of Fuzhou City severely in the roar. Amid the violent explosions, the walls of Fuzhou City collapsed.
At the same time, a soldier with five grenades on his body crawled out of the trench to charge. The ammunition was sufficient so that they could use the grenades in luxury.
"kill!"
The veteran led the recruits across the trench in the screaming roar. The royal army, which had doubled in number, quickly gained an advantage, and the council army, which had been exhausted and lacked ammunition, collapsed at this moment.
A large number of parliamentary soldiers fled into the city, and the soldiers of the Hu Ben army were chasing after them, and the situation outside Fuzhou suddenly became one-sided.
The situation on the battlefield was seen by Lu Fei, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Just as he guessed, the parliamentary army had now lost the spirit of the previous few months and was frightened by them.