Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

"Deputy Brigade Commander, what should we do with the aid these Fuso devils provided to the Guo faction?"

"Blow them all up. In our current situation, they are just a burden. Except for the ocean, all other supplies will be blown up. Not even a hair will be left!"

The soldiers of the 12th Regiment cleaned up the battlefield as quickly as the wind sweeps away fallen leaves, and destroyed all the military aid from Fuso. Ten cars full of eight million silver dollars were also taken away by them. The place was in a mess, with a large number of car wreckages and the bodies of Fuso soldiers left behind.

Fuso and the Guo faction probably never dreamed that the troops of the Northwest Revolutionary Army would be able to cross the natural barrier of the Tak Gobi Desert and directly advance into the northern part of Linzhou, thus intercepting their aid supplies once again.

"Some people will escort Dayang back to Cangyuan County, and the rest will follow me and head straight to Hanbei City to help the brigade commander break into the city!"

"Yes!"

Four hours ago, at the west gate of Hanbei City, Christie arrived at the gate with her motorcade, got off the carriage with a straight figure, and walked in front of a garrison soldier with a step that showed no regard for her relatives.

Seeing that it was a foreigner dressed in bright and fancy clothes, the soldiers did not dare to neglect him and quickly informed their company commander.

The company commander's eyes lit up when he saw Christie from afar. He knew this foreigner. He was the president of the British Chamber of Commerce. He also heard that he was a noble of the English Empire. Even their commander and chief of staff were very polite to this foreigner.

"You are Mr. Christie, right? What are you doing?"

Christie glanced at the captain calmly, holding on to her damn British aristocratic demeanor, and said slowly: "I brought back a batch of goods from Ganzhou, and now I have to transport them to the city and send them to our company's warehouse. Why are they setting up checkpoints at the city gate and starting to check them now?"

The company commander nodded politely and said, "You don't know, this is an order from our regiment commander. We must guard the city strictly and be careful of spies from the Northwest Revolutionary Army sneaking into the city. Now everyone entering the city needs to have their ID checked."

"I and my people don't need to provide any identification."

The company commander looked at the dozens of donkey carts not far behind Christie and the two or three hundred men with rifles guarding both sides of the donkey carts, and frowned slightly.

What the hell are these foreign guys doing? They’re just doing business, is it necessary to make such a big fuss?

A caravan hired so many armed guards.

After a moment's silence, the captain shook his head and said, "Dear Mr. Christie, your goods can of course enter the city after inspection, but the guards of these caravans are not allowed to bring weapons into the city. We can arrange for someone to escort you and your goods back to the British Trading Company warehouse."

Christie's heart moved, it seemed that it was time for her to show her talent.

"These are the company guards that I trained at great expense. No! They must come with me into the city to guard the warehouse of our British Company."

"I'm in the antique business. Every item is worth a fortune, and I can't leave it unattended."

The company commander still didn't give in, but nodded and said, "Please don't embarrass me. If I let them into the city, if something goes wrong, my life will be in danger."

"Humph! What's wrong with my people? Please don't waste my time anymore. I can give you three hundred dollars as a reward and let my people enter the city."

The company commander looked a little hesitant. Three hundred dollars was not a small sum of money for him, but if he wanted to take the money, he would risk losing his head.

The captain repeatedly warned us not to let any unidentified people into the city, not to mention that these guards were all carrying guns.

The company commander gritted his teeth and was about to refuse, but Christie suddenly came forward and whispered in the company commander's ear: "Give me a favor, you can get the money, and everyone will be happy. If you don't give me this favor, I will make trouble for you later. I am a close friend of your army commander and Governor Guo. It will be easy for me to deal with you, a company commander, later."

The company commander gave a bitter smile and began to think in his mind. On the one hand, this foreigner represented the English Empire and he must not offend him. On the other hand, as he said, he had a close relationship with the commander of the Third Army and the top leaders of the Guo faction. Every year, the British Trading Company had to give these Guo faction executives a lot of benefits. If he, a small company commander, really offended Christie and the other party wanted to deal with him later, he would have no temper at all.

But you can take this opportunity to make a good profit from it. After all, this foreigner has plenty of money.

Christie looked at the captain with a hint of arrogance: "Let my caravan into the city, and I'll give you five hundred dollars."

"Mr. Christie!..."

"Eight hundred dollars!"

"You know, I am a principled man and will never accept bribes easily."

"One thousand dollars!"

"Mr. Christie, please follow me with your caravan."

The company commander showed a look of satisfaction on his face. He originally thought that it would be good to get 500 yuan, but he didn't expect that the foreigner would be so generous and actually raised the price to 1,000 yuan.

Christie was also slightly stunned. The company commander's resolute expression just now seemed to be insulting his personality by saying that he bribed him with dollars. How come he had just raised the price to one thousand dollars and the other party performed a Sichuan opera face-changing for him?

In this way, Christie finally managed to sneak into Hanbei City with the soldiers of the 16th Brigade.

The leader of the 13th Regiment, Ge Dali, kept observing the garrison situation and firepower point configuration of the 319th Regiment at the city gate.

In this way, Christie successfully led more than 16 soldiers from the th Brigade into the city of Hanbei and headed straight for the warehouse of the British Trading Company.

After they were out of sight of the soldiers in the city, a soldier whispered to Ge Dali, "Captain, now that we've sneaked in, what should we do next?"

"Let's follow this foreign devil to his territory first. When gunshots are heard at the city gate in two hours, we will cooperate with the brigade commander and take down the west city gate directly."

Christie's mind began to become active at this time. Her company employed more than 300 armed guards. As long as she returned to the company and got rid of these people's control, she could turn the tables and would not have to be threatened by them.

Ge Dali seemed to have seen through Christie's thoughts. He walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "From now on, I will follow you everywhere, even when you go to the toilet. If you make any unusual moves, I will be the first to kill you."

Christie forced a smile, secretly cursing in her heart, this cunning yellow monkey, and said: "Don't worry, I have already boarded the pirate ship of your Northwest Revolutionary Army, and I will never betray you halfway."

"It better be this way."

Originally, Christie had made a plan. As soon as she returned to the company, she would immediately turn against them. At the same time, she would tell the Guo faction's garrison troops about the Northwest Revolutionary Army's plan and use them as a weapon. Because in Christie's view, if the Northwest Revolutionary Army really broke into the city, she and her industries would be at their mercy.

Unfortunately, Ge Dali had always been on guard against him. For the sake of her own life, Christie had to put away her thoughts.