Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 86: Entering the City and Seizing Power
After Jackson finished speaking, Lin Fei's subordinates said one after another: "Your Majesty, kill him..."
Jackson was so scared that he begged, "Don't blame me, this was all the mayor's idea..."
Lin Fei thought to himself, this Jackson must be killed, but now is not the time. After I defeat the Spanish garrison, I should enter the city and seize power.
This city is different from the Filipino towns. The Spaniards in the city are more difficult to tame than the Filipinos. They will definitely resist with all their might. We must not enter rashly. We should first station the troops outside the city and make preparations before entering the city. Setting up camp is too troublesome, so it is better to seize Jackson's military camp.
Lin Fei then walked up to Jackson and asked, "Where is your military camp?"
Jackson replied, "On the east side of town."
Lin Fei asked: "How many people are there in your barracks?"
Jackson said, "There are still more than fifty left."
Lin Fei's eyes widened and he asked, "You didn't lie to me?"
Jackson shook his head and said, "No, no, absolutely not. If you don't believe me, you can ask other officers."
Lin Fei asked his men to bring two officers over to ask questions, and then he found out that Jackson was not lying. So he left a squad as liaisons to meet the follow-up troops, and took everyone and escorted the prisoners to the military camp under the leadership of Jackson. As expected, the military camp was full of old, weak and sick people. Lin Fei took over the military camp without any effort. The mountains of ammunition, food, pesos and gold in the military camp fell into Lin Fei's pocket.
Lin Fei thought to himself, with these supplies, the pressure on logistics supply would be much less. I should be able to recruit Chinese people and expand the army, but that is a matter for the future. What I need to do now is to attack the city government directly and announce the change of regime.
Lin Fei called Jackson and asked about the location of the city government, but did not immediately order the troops to enter the city. He was still worried that cholera would cause casualties to his troops, so he asked someone to call the chief medical officer.
The chief medical officer's surname is Yue, and his name is Yue Dexing. He is over fifty years old this year. His ancestors have been doctors for generations and they run a clinic in Yanhuang City. They were often bullied by the Filipinos. It was not until Lin Fei established the Chinese Empire that he was rescued. Yue Dexing was grateful to Lin Fei for saving him, so he stayed in the army and served as a medical officer.
Yue Dexing came to Lin Fei and was about to salute him, but Lin Fei waved his hand and said, "Old sir, you should have figured out the plague in the city, right?"
Yue Dexing said, "I asked the people you rescued, and I learned that the plague in the city was caused by external pathogens and improper diet. It was recorded in the early Ming Dynasty medical book "Danxi Xinfa" and was called "cholera."
Lin Fei asked: "You should know how to prevent cholera, right?"
Yue Dexing nodded and said, "I know this. It is mentioned in Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases."
Lin Fei said, "That's good. Please explain to the soldiers how to prevent cholera. Tell the sniper team and the first company first. I want to take them into the city first."
Yue Dexing agreed, and Lin Fei gathered the sniper team and the first company. Yue Dexing then talked about some preventive measures. While he was explaining, the third battalion and Chinese people including Gao Manlu also arrived. Lin Fei then led the sniper team, the first company, and Chinese people including Gao Manlu into the city.
On the way, Captain Qi Lei asked Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, why don't we just let the main force enter the city?"
In order to improve the military quality of his subordinates, Lin Fei encouraged them to ask more questions. So the company commander asked questions when he didn't understand something. Lin Fei smiled and said, "Our large army has more than a thousand people. With so many people entering the city, where should they be stationed? How should we communicate and command? How should we contact the local Chinese? These things must be thought out before entering the city. Our advance team is responsible for this."
Not long after, Lin Fei led his men into the city. Although there was a plague in the city, the streets were not empty, and there were no dead bodies on the roadside. It seemed that the plague was about to pass as Gao Manlu said. Lin Fei thought that this would reduce his pressure and he only needed to deal with the disobedient Spaniards.
The people on the street saw Lin Fei and his men riding horses and looked at them curiously. The Filipinos and Spaniards were surprised and wondered what these people were doing. Why were their clothes so strange? They looked like the Chinese pigs. How could the Chinese pigs ride horses and walk proudly on the street?
At this moment, they saw the guns on the backs of Lin Fei's men and were so scared that they rushed into the house and closed the windows and doors tightly.
The Chinese on the street all looked envious. Lin Fei said to Gao Manlu and other Chinese, "Now is a good time to spread the word. Tell them that Butuan City belongs to us Chinese."
Gao Manlu and other Chinese people excitedly said to the surrounding Chinese people: "Fellow countrymen, from now on we Chinese will be the masters of Butuan City, and no one will dare to bully us anymore!" When the Chinese people heard what Gao Manlu and other Chinese people said, they couldn't believe it at all. Not only were they not happy, but they were so scared that they ran away and stayed indoors.
Lin Fei thought that these people had been oppressed for a long time, and it was normal that they did not dare to believe that they were being liberated. They would believe it in the future.
Lin Fei led everyone to the gate of the city government. Lin Fei waved his hand and asked the first company to surround the gate of the city government, and then led the sniper team to the gate.
The guards at the gate were surprised to see a group of Chinese armed with guns surrounding the gate of the city hall. They couldn't believe that the Chinese dared to do such a thing. Then they saw Lin Fei walking towards the gate, and they hurriedly picked up their batons, took a few steps forward to block Lin Fei's way, and shouted angrily: "What are you going to do?"
Lin Fei pointed cheerfully into the building and said with a smile: "I want to see the mayor."
The guard looked at Lin Fei for a while and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing meeting the mayor? Who are those people behind you?"
Lin Fei chuckled and said, "I'll tell the mayor that this city belongs to me."
The guard frowned and said angrily: "I think you are a lunatic, get out! Get out now!"
The guard swung his baton and hit Lin Fei on the head and face. Lin Fei no longer needed to do it himself. The soldier next to him rushed over and knocked the guard over with three punches and two kicks. Lin Fei looked at the guard lying on the ground wailing and teased him: "I'm so sorry, I hurt you."
Lin Fei led the sniper team into the city government, grabbed a staff member and asked, "Where is the mayor's office?"
The clerk said terrifiedly: "On... on the top floor, third floor..."
Lin Fei said coldly: "Lead the way."
The staff took Lin Fei upstairs. Lin Fei left guards on each floor, and then went up to the third floor. The staff took Lin Fei to an office with "Mayor's Office" written on it and said carefully: "This is it."
Lin Fei waved his hand and said "Go away", and the employee fled like the wind.
Lin Fei didn't knock on the door, but pushed it open. He saw bookshelves around the room, potted plants on both sides of the bookshelves, and a purple table in the middle of the room. Behind the table sat a middle-aged fat man with a big belly, writing something with his head down. Lin Fei guessed that he was the mayor.
The mayor looked up when he heard the door open and saw Lin Fei. He didn't know that Lin Fei had eliminated Jackson, let alone Lin Fei's identity. He shouted at Lin Fei angrily, "Who are you doing? Why didn't you knock when you came in?"
Lin Fei was in a very good mood after today's big win. He wanted to play a trick on the mayor, so he said with a smile: "Who do you think I look like?"
The mayor stared at Lin Fei for a while and cursed: "You look like a Chinese pig, why don't you get out of here!"
After the mayor finished speaking, he saw Lin Fei standing still and shouted "Guards". The outside was already under control of Lin Fei's people, so how could the guards come in? The mayor slapped the table and stood up, walked close to Lin Fei, and stretched out his hand to push Lin Fei.
Lin Feifei kicked the mayor in the stomach, causing him to fall over and hit his back hard on the table leg. The mayor was hit in the stomach and wanted to bend over to cover his stomach, but when he bent over, the injury on his back was affected, so he had to straighten his body and twisted around on the ground.
Lin Fei couldn't help laughing when he saw the mayor's funny look. He walked up to the mayor, squatted down, grabbed his hair, pulled him in front of him, and asked, "Where is the broadcasting room?"
There was no radio broadcasting or television in this era, so there were many loudspeakers in the city. The mayor could use these loudspeakers to directly inform citizens of important information. The broadcasting room was where people spoke through the loudspeakers.
The mayor was sweating profusely from the pain and couldn't speak. Lin Fei grabbed the mayor's hair and stood up, shouting, "Lead the way!"
How could the mayor disobey and lead Lin Fei out of the office obediently? Only then did he discover that there were many people with guns standing in the corridor. They were wearing clothes similar to Lin Fei. He was extremely surprised and wondered who these people were? How did they get into our city hall building so easily?
The mayor brought Lin Fei to the broadcasting room and adjusted various equipment for Lin Fei like a servant. Lin Fei picked up the microphone and said loudly: "Citizens, I am Lin Fei, the emperor of the Huaxia Empire. I declare that Butuan City officially belongs to the Huaxia Empire! From now on, abide by the laws of the Huaxia Empire and ban all Spanish Empire organizations."
"Our Huaxia Empire is a country founded by the Chinese, and it protects all Chinese! Chinese compatriots, the days of oppression are gone forever! Chinese compatriots, please gather at the City Hall Square immediately, we need to organize!"
After Lin Fei finished speaking, he turned off the radio and asked Gao Manlu and others to organize the Chinese. At this time, the mayor said angrily: "If you do this, our garrison will not forgive you."
Lin Fei sneered, "Your garrison? Your garrison has been wiped out by us, and now the military camp has been occupied by us. If you don't believe it, you can call the military camp."
Lin Fei pushed the phone on the table towards the mayor. The mayor picked up the phone doubtfully, dialed a number, and said, "Connect me to the military camp."
After a while, I heard Chinese voices coming from the phone: "Is this thing a phone? There are people talking inside, how interesting."
The mayor was stunned, and the microphone in his hand fell on the table with a "pop". At this moment, Zhang Chuang ran in and shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not good!"
Lin Fei smiled and said, "Why are you so nervous? Just tell me what's going on."
