Chapter 819: A Fight to the Death
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The whole of Guangdong has become the world of the Langshan army.
Not only that, the people's aspirations are almost overwhelming, and everywhere the Langshan army goes, the local gentry and village elders must bring wine, vegetables and fruits to the army.
People are very realistic, when the officers and soldiers can no longer protect them, the grass people, but like tigers and wolves, they wantonly plunder them, at this time, any legitimacy of the imperial court will be lost.
On the other hand, the Lang Son army, almost everywhere they went, the rebels fled, or simply surrendered, and did not commit any crimes against the local people, and even the treasury of the government was sealed for the first time, and it was taken over by special people. These officers and men, who are full of spirit and wear decent military uniforms, obviously give people a greater sense of trust.
If those rebellious soldiers, although they also hold swords and firearms in their hands, they give people a feeling of being called Hanako, and the latter is very different, even if it is a military uniform, it is also made of high-quality wool, and there are even bronze medals and numbers on the chest, and the long knife is uniformly worn around the waist, which is the scabbard, and the workmanship is uniform and exquisite, and he also carries the iron kettle painted with green paint, and the boots under his feet are obviously also genuine leather.
This set of lines, if it is here, there is no more than a dozen taels of silver can not be purchased, the price of iron and copper in the inland of the Ming Dynasty is very expensive, and to play such a fancy, you have to have a high-level blacksmith, as for the clothes, the boots, the workmanship is excellent, that is, the landlord Lao Cai is worn, may not have such good materials.
Of course. In Lang Son, the value of this set of outfits is much lower. Whether it's iron or copper, it's a massive workout. The larger the scale of production, the cheaper the price, and the same is probably true for military uniforms and boots.
Anyway, compared with the chaotic soldiers called Huazi, these guys look like extravagant young master soldiers, young master soldiers always give people a sense of security, how can there be a reason for the young master to rob the countryside and old money.
Sure enough, these people are extremely disciplined. Ordinary households, even if the door is open, no one enters, and when they arrive at the place, they directly set up camp, and after that, except for a very small part of the scouts who go out, the others hide in the camp every day to practice, and the gate does not go out of the door, but sometimes at night. Suddenly, as soon as the bamboo whistle sounded, the whole battalion seemed to explode, and a group of people used a stick of incense to assemble, and then in the middle of the night, the third watch went out of the city with his bags on his back to practice.
In the Lang Son Army. There are very few people who communicate with the outside world, and the vast majority of people are not allowed to have contact with the local area, although a few people are exceptions. That is the quartermaster and external liaison officer, who is responsible for the distribution of money and food. Or liaise with people at the local level, such as a large army. It is very rare to negotiate with the local pro-people officials and gentry scholars, tell them what are the rules in the camp, how to practice normally, no one is allowed to approach the barracks, and no one is allowed to appear in the school grounds, otherwise they will be responsible for the accidental injury of a stray bullet.
In any case, everyone gets along very happily, these gentry and people in the place are like women who are married for the second time, when they went out of the cabinet, they were married to those rebels, and this day is really miserable, people not only ravage you, but also rob your private house and body money, do not give you food and drink, call you three and drink four, and if it is not pleasing to the eye, it will beat you all the time. This kind of marriage, although it is now a second marriage, is respectful like a guest, suddenly out of the nightmare of the chaotic soldiers, the two are compared, and suddenly feel that today's happiness is not easy to come by, this Langshan army in Guangdong can be said to be the desire of the people.
Subsequently, 20,000 Langshan troops arrived under Shaoguan.
The imperial court has dispatched tens of thousands of elite soldiers to guard here, which is to strictly prevent the Langshan army from going north to Jiangxi.
The chief military officer of Jiangxi arrived here in person, and he was very nervous at this time.
The Lang Son army under the pass was also sincere, they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but hundreds of artillery pieces were lined up, followed by intermittent bombardment.
In Hao Fenglou's words, this place will be razed to the ground first, and then make plans.
So the fortress level in the lofty mountains and mountains, but now it has suffered, there are bullets rain falling from the sky day and night, above the level, suddenly there is a ghost crying and howling, I don't know how many people were directly blown into meat cakes, countless stumps and broken arms with the blood rained down one after another, miserable.
After a few days, Shaoguan was already full of holes, but the city was still not in a hurry, obviously to consume these expiring gunpowder and cannon pellets at one time before they could rest.
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The battle situation in Guangdong has reached Lang Son.
Lang Son suddenly boiled, before everyone only thought about a peaceful place, even if it was just against the imperial court, they only hoped to use a few victories to force the imperial court to negotiate peace, and the two sides fought against each other.
But when hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were wiped out, and when the 10,000 Langshan troops brought by General Tiance conquered the entire territory of Guangdong, everyone went crazy at this time.
For the first time, the dawn of victory, or the hope of an invasion of Jinling, appeared before the people of Lang Son, who suddenly felt that they were so close to victory, that what had been out of reach was now almost within reach.
What does this mean?
It means that once the Lang Son army enters Jinling, the world will change color from now on, and their goods will not only be unimpeded, but they can even build railways in the future to occupy this broader market; If the war is won, the bonds in your hands will be able to obtain rich returns, and your support for the Hao family will be fully rewarded.
About this, they have confidence.
All the newspapers and periodicals reported the news of the victory in Guangdong at the same time, and the victory was infinitely expanded, Chen Xue's students were working hard to make speeches everywhere, even on the occasion of some banquets, some people gave birth to children, the neighbors gathered together, drank wine, and some people raised their glasses and shouted: "Long live the Lang Son army!" ”
So everyone got up, excited, and roared together.
The power of propaganda is vividly displayed in this Langshan table.
Naturally, the bonds of this war are now even more popular.
Prior to this, everyone had to participate in this war for their own future, for their own lives, and had to decide to take risks, so many people took out floating money, but the vast majority of people have room for it, they did not dare to gamble their lives all at once, this is a big gamble, and although the yield of bonds is huge, but everyone knows that this income can only be realized if the war is won, and for this war, many people are not optimistic.
Today, however, it is very different.
The dawn of victory had been revealed, and the nature of the merchants was now in full play, and the war bond had fifty percent of the profits, for which fifty percent of the profits were enough for them to take any risk.
More bonds were sold, not only by merchants in Lang Son, but also by Chinese businessmen from Western countries. Those craftsmen who went out early and returned late also saved some surplus money, but now they are willing to give generously, and the silver in their hands is after all more and more depreciated, with the inflow of a large amount of silver, this trend is more obvious, in this case, it is better to buy bonds, can be able to protect the income.
At the same time, the silver turned into countless guns, artillery, ships, uniforms, and all kinds of military supplies, which were distributed to the recruits who had been trained urgently, and a large number of recruits crossed Lang Son and entered the front line in high spirits after the three-month exercise, and countless personnel were replenished into the large battalions everywhere.
The strength of the Lang Son army in Guangxi has increased to 250,000.
The situation of the war in Guangxi as a whole has completely changed.
Mu Sheng already felt that he couldn't support it.
The Ming army on the front line of Yunnan and Guangxi was no more than 300,000, while the Langshan army was close in number to itself, and their equipment was obviously better.
He knew in his heart that if he delayed any longer, there would only be more and more of these Langshan troops, and what about the imperial court, even if the imperial court had military horses at the moment, it was too late to beware of Hao Fenglou in Guangdong, how could he give himself a little support.
If he doesn't delay, then Lang Son has powerful firearms and is the best at defense, once he attacks on all fronts, he is afraid that his chances of victory will not even be 10%, and what is in front of him is that he will either be dragged to death, or he will be sent to death now.
At the same time, the Hao family father and son played their old tricks again.
A letter of persuasion was sent to Mu Sheng.
The content in it is nothing more than a recount of the past friendship, and then criticized the lack of way today, and finally the conversation changed, as long as Mu Sheng is willing to surrender, all the treatment of the Mu family will remain the same. What the Son of Heaven can give, the Hao family can also give, as long as Mu Sheng is willing to surrender, it can be discussed.
This is an extremely favorable condition, maybe in Jinling, those who don't know the situation here look at the numbers on the books, and maybe they will have confidence in Mu Sheng, but Mu Sheng knows that he has fallen into the point of exhaustion.
He put away the letter, pondered for a long time, and finally sighed bitterly, put his hand on the desk, and made a choice.
"Time is not waiting for me, we must fight to the death with the Lang Son army, gather all the generals, and prepare to attack!"
It's time for a decisive battle!
Mu Sheng chose a loyal minister, whether it was foolish or loyal, or he didn't shed tears when he saw the coffin, he had no remorse.
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