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"Well, that's good!" Maruyama nodded, "If we had airship assistance, then our combat and logistical support would not be as stretched as we are now. ”

He didn't notice that He Renlong rolled his eyes there, for He Renlong, if the meal of the group of Chinese in front of him was overstretched, then his own army was simply called Huazi, and the Chinese army could still have hot meals every day, and it was on time and in quantity every day. They can ensure that there is hot boiling water all day long, there is hot water for bathing at noon, and even washing clothes only needs to throw dirty clothes into the laundry room, and there are special people who will be responsible for the washing, drying, sorting and delivery of clothes. Where did anyone come out to fight like this? With food, clothing, and warmth, wouldn't the soldiers be greedy for life and afraid of death when they start a war?

However, he was quite dissatisfied with the battle between the Chinese and the group of rebels in Tuoyangkun a few days ago, and the Chinese's artillery hit the rebels all over the field, but the Chinese army took the initiative to retreat two miles when the soldiers on both sides did not have time to fight, set up camp here with peace of mind, and then lived such a luxurious young master life, he really didn't know where there was such a war. Isn't fighting a war all about relying on the courage of soldiers and the sharpness of their weapons, and defeating the enemy like a wolf in one go? How can any enemy run backwards without touching him?

"That's good," Zheng Zhihu didn't know what He Renlong was thinking on the side, he was just very happy that the soldiers could be wrapped in horse leather, since this period of fighting, more than 200 of his soldiers have died near Taiping City, how to transport these sacrificed soldiers back to Fujian has always been his heart disease, but now the group of elders in front of him said that they could help them transport them back without saying a word, and he was finally relieved. "Before you came, the soldiers and civilians in the city were already in turmoil, they were afraid that Taiping City would fall, and they were even more afraid of becoming prisoners of the group of thieves outside the city. The large households in the city were also divided into two factions, one faction said that they would resolutely resist, not only distributing food and weapons, but also sending family members to assist the city defense; But the other faction is diametrically opposite, their attitude is very negative, not only is they unwilling to support the resistance to the siege, but at the same time, according to the multiple spies caught on the city wall, they are even secretly contacting the thieves outside the city, and some even negotiate with the thieves to open the city gate, which is really damning! ”

"This is not unusual," Yang Muqin said with a toothpick in his mouth, but when he saw everyone looking at him, he put down the toothpick a little embarrassedly, "When we were defending Champa Port, when Nanban was close to Champa Port, many big families in the city colluded with Nanban, and even sent their families to attack the city gate. People are actually almost the same, especially those who are afraid of wolves and tigers after they have money, and those who are dead and poor are not dead, this kind of person can be found everywhere. ”

Zheng Zhihu nodded, "That's right, that's the reason, Xu Wei, who was supposed to come here to participate in the military conference, had to sit in Taiping City to prevent that group of big families from secretly making trouble, so I had to come to participate in the military conference." Xu Wei also said that no matter what you ask, as long as it is acceptable, it will be implemented. ”

"That's really flexible," Hong Jie and Zhan Jie bit their ears, Zhan Jie nodded quietly, "Yes, it's not up to them to accept it?" When the time comes, it will be up to our people to fight. ”

"Well, okay, with General Zheng's words, we are relieved." Maruyama nodded, turned to He Renlong and asked, "I don't know what the situation of the troops brought by General He this time?" ”

After listening to Hong Jie's translation, He Renlong hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Brothers, this time He Mou specially brought 2,000 people to help, including 600 Jiading plus 150 night soldiers, including 500 cavalry. In addition to this, 1,200 people transported grain and grass in the rear. The entire Shanxi battalion originally had 100,000 troops, but because Zuo Liangyu refused to send troops, not only guarding Taiyuan Fuwo, but also consuming the official warehouses of Taiyuan and several surrounding cities, Lord Hong really had no choice but to let someone He follow and assist. Saying that, he patted his chest vigorously, "He someone is a martial artist, he can't do anything else, he will fight, follow your brothers out to fight, don't say anything else, although he is driven by the war, as long as he is within his ability, he will definitely not refuse." ”

"I can't see it, this guy looks full of muscles, and he actually has a twist and turn," Zhan Jie whispered to Hong Jie, "As long as he can do it, whether he can reach it or not depends on his mouth?" ”

"Well, these feudal bureaucrats are all the same," Hong Jie nodded slightly and said in a low voice, "All of them are slippery old loaches, and Zuo Liangyu can't pee in a pot with him, so of course he knows that he doesn't have meat to eat with Zuo Liangyu." But we are different, we are not only sharp-armed, but also stunned and took the initiative to ask to come out to fight, he originally planned to follow us to pick up meat to eat, but it turned out that we didn't plan to fight immediately, so we were in a hurry. ”

"Good!" Maruyama didn't pay attention to the elders below biting their ears, and loudly arched his hand towards He Renlong to express his gratitude, "The two armies of Taiping Town have already expressed their stance at this moment, so our army can launch an offensive with confidence, but there is one thing that I have to inform everyone here in advance that if we want to launch an offensive, I am afraid it will have to wait until the end of February." ”

"Huh?" "Why?" Zheng Zhihu and He Renlong blurted out in surprise almost at the same time, "At this time, our army is already ready, and you have such sharp weapons and brave soldiers, why don't you annihilate this group of rebels in one go?" Zheng Zhihu asked anxiously.

"More than 1,000 of our army have come to participate in the northbound counterinsurgency operation this time," Maruyama said with a sigh, "but due to the freezing and heavy snow in the north, the road is difficult to drive, and now there are only about 200 troops here, and the main force is still in Shandong, and we have to wait for the convoy behind to transport it, so we have to wait until they are in position." ”

"Shandong?" He Renlong smiled bitterly, "But you guys are very fast. ”

"Yes," Hong Jie said on the side, "our problem is that we always encounter a large number of refugees and hungry people on the way, and we have to send them to Qingdao, which is the delay of time, and if we can send the refugees to Qingdao along the way, we can save a lot of things." ”

"We'll talk about that later, just for now," Maruyama interrupted Hong Jie's speech, "we need to gather enough troops here now before we can attack, and we can only confront the rebels until they are in place." ”

"With the combat effectiveness of your army, it is not a problem to disperse this group of rebels at all!" Zheng Zhihu was a little puzzled, Maruyama sighed and said, "It is not our purpose to disperse the rebels, we want to take as many prisoners as possible after they are fully surrounded, and we can't use the method of dispersal, this winter to disperse these ragged rebels, most of them have only one way to die, which is contrary to the goal we have set in advance." ”

"No wonder you want to cease war with them now." He Renlong said on the side, Maruyama nodded, "Yes, it seems to be connivance with the truce, but in fact, they can't run out of this ice and snow at all, and they can't make chaos, and when the spring thaws, our main force will also arrive, just in time the transportation force can also be quickly deployed, wouldn't it be better to completely annihilate it at that time?" ”

"Good is good......" He Renlong and Zheng Zhihu both hesitated a little, they are not soldiers of the Senate, their military exploits are not determined by how many people are captured, but by how many heads are cut off, Chinese have already explained that they don't want the dead but the living, so won't there be many heads left after they cut off at that time? When the time comes, there will be a fart for the war exploits? Traveled all the way here......

Of course, Maruyama knew what they were thinking, and hurriedly said, "Generals, don't worry, the head issue you are worried about is not cumbersome at all. Seeing the two of them staring at each other, Maruyama said with a smile, "They have starved to death and frozen to death so many people during this time, and they have been thrown into mass graves at the moment, because the ice cannot be buried, if it is frozen, you can go directly to harvest, rest assured, we are not interested in corpses, and if your army captures a prisoner, we can also pay you to ransom it." ”

The two faces that were tense because of worry suddenly stretched out, nodding to each other like two blooming chrysanthemums to express satisfaction, they have long heard of the wealth of the Chinese, and the situation they saw in the Chinese's barracks at this moment made them deeply experienced. Since the Chinese say that it must be happy to collect prisoners and pay money, you must know that when the imperial court verifies the merits of war, it must check the first level one by one, and the first level of women, the elderly, and children is particularly worthless, and it often takes half a year to report the merits and approve them, and part of the reward in the middle will be deducted, and the hand is only seventy percent. In comparison, it is much more expensive to capture prisoners and send them in exchange for money, and besides, the Chinese must have surrounded and killed this group of rebels outside Taiping City when they were fighting, and their army rushed in to capture the prisoners, wouldn't it be like playing? At that moment, the two of them were happily calculating in their hearts how much silver they could exchange, and they almost heard the crackling sound of the abacus beads in their hearts.

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"Yes, there is no problem not to conflict with you for the time being," sat a man wearing several cotton clothes on the seat opposite Maruyama, his face was covered with mud, and his face had long been cracked by the cold wind, and when he heard that this group of officers and soldiers could not fight with him for the time being, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, little one!" Thank you, sir! ”

Maruyama didn't help him, but said lightly, "Get up, it's conditional not to beat you." ”

Hearing this, the man's kowtowing action immediately froze on the spot, and he was absolutely mentally prepared for this sentence. These officers and soldiers on the opposite side had such fierce weapons, and they had killed and wounded thousands of people in just a few shells a few days ago, and they had already been terrified, and if it weren't for the cold and the cold that they couldn't escape, I'm afraid they would have run out long ago. "Good conditions! It's good to have conditions! He hurriedly straightened up and didn't dare to get up, "You just say that as long as we can do it, we will definitely do it, the little one came to ask for peace this time and brought a thousand taels of gold and silver, and asked the adults to laugh and accept it." ”

"We don't want money!" Maruyama said lightly, and at this time, a soldier at the door came over with a bowl and carefully placed the bowl in Maruyama's hand. In the bowl was the ham and fish soup that had just been beaten, and several slices of ham and fish were floating in the white soup, and the fragrance was overflowing, making the throat of the kneeling "messenger" twitch again and again, and Maruyama even saw a drop of saliva fall down the corner of his mouth.

"I've eaten before, I'm not hungry yet, you can eat," Maruyama said, pushing the bowl in front of the messenger. The identity of this envoy is just a small flag, and his status in the chaotic army is not high, although he is not as hungry as the soldiers, but this kind of thick soup in front of him is absolutely not eaten, let alone so fragrant. He didn't care if there was fraud in it, so he hurriedly picked up the bowl, blew lightly and began to drink. Maruyama first thought that he would be burned, and originally planned to kindly remind him, but found that there was no need to worry at all, when the other party put the bowl down, there was not a drop left in it, and it was all drunk and eaten.

"Little one, thank you for the food!" The messenger hurriedly kowtowed again, and quietly hiccuped while speaking. Maruyama looked at him with a smile, "You seem to be quite smart, what's your name?" ”

The ship is not far from the cool knot, and the trick shows the sail

"The little one is called Shi Lidong," Shi Lidong hurriedly said carefully, still not daring to get up, "The small one is from northern Shaanxi, and it was coerced, the grace of the adult's meal, the villain will never forget it in this life!" ”

Of course, Maruyama knew what they were thinking, and hurriedly said, "Generals, don't worry, the first level issue you are worried about is not cumbersome at all. Seeing the two of them staring at each other, Maruyama said with a smile, "They have starved to death and frozen to death so many people during this time, and they have been thrown into mass graves at the moment, because the ice cannot be buried, if it is frozen, you can go directly to harvest, rest assured, we are not interested in corpses, and if your army captures a prisoner, we can also pay you to ransom it." ”

"You bring back all the money you said before, we don't want a penny, we want people." Maruyama said lightly, Shi Lidong couldn't help frowning, want someone? Don't want money? How can there be such an officer and army?

"Yes, we want people, we want people! We want men, women, and children, as long as they are not too old. Maruyama continued, "There are people in your camp who are starving to death every day, and instead of dying worthlessly like this, it is better to send them to us, we need them, and we can ensure that they do not die." ”

"This ......" Shi Lidong couldn't help but hesitate, it's not impossible to ask for people, but how much? Are there any special requirements?

"Look at this," Maruyama threw a rectangular hard block to him, Shi Lidong took a look, this square was wrapped in a layer of oiled paper, and when it was opened, it emitted a burst of fragrance, "This is food?" He couldn't help but scream. Maruyama nodded, "Yes, we'll use this to exchange people!" ”

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