Chapter 342: Going North to Zou County (Fourth Watch)
Huang Chongwu said: "Wait for the fighter!"
"What are you waiting for? The new defeat of the thieves is a good time to take advantage of the victory!"
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Huang Chongwu said: "It was the thieves of Taiping Town who were defeated, but the seventy or eighty thousand army of Yu Hongzhi of Teng County was unscathed, and it is definitely not a new defeat!"
Counselor General Chen Xingyan said: "Xicangzhai fought 80,000 thieves and fled from the wind, and the morale of the thieves declined.
Yang Guosheng immediately added: "Yes, Lord Chang must not delay the fighter!"
"Do you think it's a good time to join the army? Huang Chongwu shook his head and said.
According to Chang Wei's plan, all he has to do now is to wait, and after Chang Wei has seriously damaged the White Lotus Sect internally, he will definitely break the thief like in the Battle of Xicangzhai.
Yang Guosheng said bitterly: "Lord Chang, the White Lotus Demon is causing trouble in the world, and it must not be seen as big, and it needs to be eradicated quickly. If you allow the White Lotus Sect to be chaotic this time, you and I will all have serious crimes, my lord, you must not take it lightly!"
"Since the two lords believe that now is the best time to march into the army, then please send troops to Teng County, and this official will guard the rear of the two towns in Taiping Town, in case the White Lotus Sect attacks the rear of our army. Huang Chongwu never let go.
Without the Volunteer Battalion, what is the use of the two officers and soldiers? How dare they attack Teng County?
Chen Xing's face immediately became extremely ugly, and he said hatefully: "My lord, don't abandon the justice of the country for your own selfishness!"
"Selfish selfishness?" General Chen's words were not understood by the official. ā
Chen Xingyan said with a dark face: "Okay, then I'll offend the adults, to be honest!"
"Please!"
"It's just because the two of us want the adults to hand over one million taels of silver, which makes the adults unhappy, so the adults are not willing to join the army, right?"
Huang Chongwu didn't lose his temper, shook his head and sighed: "The Volunteer Battalion is a militia and a township, all the military expenses and salaries are paid by me privately, and the soldiers are not fighting for fame and fortune, they are all loyal with their blood, they just want to contribute to the country." And the officers and soldiers under the two subordinates have been supported by the imperial court all the year round, and when they are in battle, they can't get any money and still can't fight!"
Huang Chongwu was born in martial arts, and he knew the shortcomings of the Ming army, although these words were a satire of the low combat effectiveness of the other party's army, but he said it very reasonably. Although Yang Guosheng and Chen Xingyan were full of embarrassment, they couldn't refute it.
Huang Chongwu said again: "To be honest, the million patterns of silver taken away by the two adults are enough for me to support the volunteer battalion for three years! I never dare to resentment in my heart, and the theory of delaying the fighter plane is even more false. The real reason is that our battalion spent a lot of ammunition in the first battle last night, and the two of them also know that my men are all guns and artillery teams, and there is no combat power without ammunition. Therefore, please don't embarrass me. ā
"This?" Yang Guosheng and Chen Xingyan looked at each other and couldn't speak anymore.
You must know that last night's big victory came because Chang Wei was separated from the inside, taking away the Weishan Battalion and leaving Liu Yongming's flanks empty, so he made the wrong tactical arrangement. Second, because the new artillery of the Volunteer Battalion was too amazing, and a ferocious bombardment directly blinded the Taiping Battalion, and Liu Yongming had the selfish desire to preserve his strength and the infighting in the Weishan Battalion, so he was able to win with one blow.
If there was no volunteer battalion as the main offensive firepower, the 30,000 people with Yang Guosheng and Chen Xingyan would not even dare to cross Taiping Mountain, and they would be satisfied with capturing Weishan County. Now it is precisely because of the Volunteer Battalion that their self-confidence has swelled and they have the ambition to attack Teng County.
However, Yang Guosheng is not so easy to deceive, "Is this true? I don't think the adults have enough guns and ammunition in the army, and it doesn't look like a scarcity." ā
"It seems like a lot, but according to the firepower of our volunteer battalion last night, it will take at least 50 rounds of salvo fire to capture the fortified city of Tengxian, so at present, the ammunition is far from enough! These can't be supplied on the spot, all of them have to be transported from Zhenjiang, our warships have been on departure for three days, and it is estimated that the ammunition will be ......replenished in another three or five days."
Although the Volunteer Battalion was founded by Chang Wei, he was only responsible for weapon development and tactical design, and in the specific management process, he only smashed the money to be a shopkeeper, and the specific affairs were all handled by Huang Chongwu's cousins.
Therefore, when it comes to specific military affairs, Huang Chongwu's words cannot be refuted at all, and they said at the beginning that he is a militia and a villager, and he does not need to lead the court's money, so there is no need to ask for supplies and ask for food and salary.
In fact, the Xia Lake in Xia Town, the nearby Zhaoyang Island, and even the Taiping Lake are full of ammunition, and what is really waiting for Chang Wei's action is just that. But this kind of thing can't be said clearly at all, if it leaks out, Chang Wei will be in danger immediately, so he can only prevaricate with insufficient ammunition.
This kind of rhetoric makes Yang Guosheng and Chen Xingyan unable to find fault at all. You must know that the responsibility of the militia is to protect the family and defend the land, and the White Lotus Sect is still a few hundred miles away from the Zhenjiang Mansion in Nanzhili, and the people who have traveled so far to Shandong to fight the White Lotus Sect have not been able to earn military merits and have to make up for the money, and they have been impeached, so can they still force people to send troops when they are short of ammunition? The two had no choice but to resign.
"Alas, fearless cousin, it's really tiring to pretend to be you all day long!"
Don't look at what Huang Chongwu said in front of people, and when the two of them left, they suddenly collapsed in their seats.
Although Chang Wei has the reputation of the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, but people with a discerning eye know that he is just a false title, and the real Jinyi Wei officials are all sitting in the yamen of Beijing City, how can they run around from south to north, let alone go to the battlefield in person.
Therefore, it is okay for this name to scare petty officials such as county commanders and Qianhu, but it is not effective at all when encountering real power figures such as guerrillas, generals, and general soldiers.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Huikong, who was munching on beef, said a logical sentence, "The thieves are more tired!"
Huang Chongwu was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, my cousin is even more tired!"
Chang Ping hurriedly scolded, "If it weren't for you, a little monk, killing people indiscriminately, how could there be so many things!"
Chang Ping is a personal master, and now he considers himself a retainer of Chang Wei, and he is extremely protective of the Huang family, a capable and statused young master. Although he was the main general when Chang Wei was away, he had to ask Huang Chongwu's opinion on everything, and his every move was like a master and a housekeeper, and he would never exceed his authority.
Huikong wolfed down and slurred a slurred reply: "They robbed the money, and I don't have meat to eat." ā
This answer really makes people laugh and cry, Chang Wei, who killed one or twenty people, was impeached by Chen Xingyan, the third-grade staff general, Yang Guosheng, the second-grade general soldier, and even the governor Zhao Yan, just to fill his stomach with meat money?
Huang Chongwu sighed leisurely: "I don't know how my cousin is now......"
"Yu Hongzhi, Yu Hongzhi, I really want to thank you! I didn't expect that I would be able to go to Zou County so soon!"
That's right, Chang Wei is now leading the 30,000 troops of the Weishan Battalion north to the heart of the White Lotus Sect - Zou County! )