Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Lu Yongxiang has quite a lot of people under him, probably more than 100,000 in total.

It is obviously very difficult to wipe out these tens of thousands of troops in Shanghai.

Therefore, Ye Yunfei gave the order that anyone who surrendered voluntarily would be spared.

Anyone who does not know his place and still dares to resist will be killed without mercy.

After the order was passed down, Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li also carried it out in this way.

Anyone who surrenders will not be killed.

Those who do not surrender will be killed without leaving a single one alive.

After receiving the order, seventy to eighty percent of the people within the hundreds of thousands chose to surrender.

Because although they were all soldiers under Lu Yongxiang, Lu Yongxiang was already dead. Even if they continued to fight, it would be meaningless and they would just die in vain.

Another reason is that they are not actually that loyal to Lu Yongxiang.

Most soldiers during the Republic of China period joined the army because they could not get enough food.

As long as people can have enough food to eat, who would go to the battlefield to die?

Therefore, when they join the army, they do not look at the person, but only at the money. They will join whoever can give them food and whoever can give them more money.

Although they are Lu Yongxiang's soldiers now, most of them will choose to leave if someone gives them more money.

Loyalty is not that important in the Republic of China.

Therefore, after receiving the order that they would not be killed if they surrendered, many people surrendered. Only a very few people still resisted stubbornly, determined to live and die with Lu Yongxiang.

Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li naturally did not tolerate these people. They swept them with their submachine guns and turned them all into corpses.

In just less than two days, the war was basically over.

It is actually incredible that a battle of such a large scale was resolved in two days.

Because the total number of people on both sides is close to 300,000 or 400,000, it is very rare to resolve a battle with so many people in two days.

The reason is that Ye Yunfei tried to control the battle within a small range.

Moreover, many of Lu Yongxiang's men surrendered voluntarily and did not continue fighting.

If the fighting continues, even if hundreds of thousands of people are killed, it will be a huge project.

Another point is that Ye Yunfei used very powerful weapons.

For example, fighter jets, warships, tanks, mortars and heavy machine guns.

Those dozen or so fighter jets and ten warships alone are enough to control the entire battlefield.

It was precisely because of these reasons that this large-scale battle was resolved in just about two days.

After Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li had almost taken control of the battlefield, they came to Lido.

"Brother Fei, it's almost over. Some of Lu Yongxiang's men died, some were injured, and some surrendered."

"Everything has been resolved."

Ding Li walked in and said loudly.

Ye Yunfei asked: "What about Lu Yongxiang's territory? Have you occupied it?"

Ding Li said: "We have taken over all of them. I have sent people to take over all the territories he occupied before. Now they all belong to us at Longmen."

"Now the entire Shanghai is under the control of our Longmen."

"Shanghai Beach is ours, Brother Fei."

Ding Li was very excited.

After struggling for so many years, I finally conquered Shanghai. This feeling is indescribable.

One word is cool.

Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "It's good to capture them, but don't be happy too soon. Shanghai has made such a big commotion, and the warlords of the Republic of China must be watching. Maybe someone wants to fish in troubled waters, so send some people to keep an eye on the surrounding areas of Shanghai. At this time, don't let anyone, any warlord, enter Shanghai."

Ding Li said: "I understand, Brother Fei, I will immediately send people to block the area around Shanghai Beach to ensure that not a single hair can fly in."

Ye Yunfei nodded, and he looked at Xu Wenqiang and said, "Wenqiang, have you found Lu Yongxiang's property and money?"

As a big warlord, Lu Yongxiang must have a lot of money, and his army also has a lot of military expenses.

Kill Lu Yongxiang and don't let go of the money in his hands.

Longmen is in need of money right now.

Therefore, before going to war with Lu Yongxiang, Ye Yunfei asked Xu Wenqiang to check Lu Yongxiang's money and all the property of his army.

I don’t know if I gained anything.

Xu Wenqiang said: "I found it. After killing Lu Yongxiang, I took people directly to his villa. Under his villa, I found a very large vault."

"In that vault, there are a lot of silver dollars and a lot of gold."

"The vault should contain all of Lu Yongxiang's assets. The gold should be several tons."

"There are several million silver dollars. I roughly calculated that all the assets in the vault add up to at least more than 10 million dollars."

“It’s definitely a huge profit.”

Ye Yunfei was surprised when he heard this: "So much, this grandson actually has several tons of gold."

He knew that Lu Yongxiang must be rich. After all, he had been a warlord for so many years and was a notorious miser.

The money collected was definitely not small, but I never expected that there would be several tons of gold.

But it’s also good. He has saved so much money, and now it’s all gone to Longmen.

Longmen originally had no money and was in great need of it. Lu Yongxiang's gold and dollars could solve many problems.

Xu Wenqiang said: "I have asked people to bring all the gold and silver here. They are now placed in our Longmen silver vault. Someone is assigned to guard it. There will be no problems."

"There is another matter that requires your decision, Brother Fei."

Ye Yunfei asked: "What's the matter?"

Xu Wenqiang said: "After we defeated Lu Yongxiang, we wiped out one third of the hundreds of thousands of troops under Lu Yongxiang, but there are still 70,000 to 80,000 people who are still alive."

"Although these people surrendered, they were all Lu Yongxiang's subordinates before, and they have killed people on the battlefield. They are quite cruel."

"I'm worried that they might go out and cause trouble for the people of Shanghai and Longmen, so I've detained them for the time being."

“I don’t know what to do with these 70,000 or 80,000 people.”

To put it bluntly, the people Xu Wenqiang was talking about were captives.

These 70,000 or 80,000 prisoners are no small number.

If they were released, and if they united together, they would become a huge force again.

Moreover, Lu Yongxiang was in charge of them before, and now Lu Yongxiang is dead. If they were released rashly, these people would do anything for money and territory, including burning, killing and looting.

Therefore, Xu Wenqiang did not let them leave for the time being, but detained them in the warehouse.

As for how to deal with these people, you have to ask Ye Yunfei.