Sir, you have to pay more

Chapter 230 Why spend money?
When Jia Liu found the old man, the vice president was annoyed.

Because General Dingxi was hit by a cannon, all the soldiers and horses stopped their offensive one after another, so the vice president wanted to lead his troops to the attack area before departure, so as to accumulate strength and wait for the next general attack.

However, after learning that Agui, the coach of the Qing army, was wounded by his own artillery, the fan thief immediately became arrogant. Contrary to the previous normal avoidance of war, he even took the initiative to attack, which made the vice president's transition very troublesome.

After a few days, his troops suffered hundreds of casualties under the attack of the bandits.

Knowing this situation, Jia Liu couldn't help asking: "Ama, how many thieves are there?"

"do not know."

The father-in-law's decisive answer stunned Jia Liu, thinking that as a son-in-law, he had to share his father-in-law's worries, he suggested that he go and see the situation.

The vice president naturally agreed, after all, the son-in-law is Batulu.

Immediately let his confidant Guanyinbao, his nephew Dax, and the deputy general of the Huguang Green Battalion Zheng Tai and others accompany his son-in-law to the front line to observe the enemy's situation.

After arriving at the place, Jia Liu took out the binoculars and subconsciously put on the shape of a horse with a single bow, looking towards the opposite mountain where the bandits might be hiding.

But it seems that there is no sign of the bandit after looking around. It is estimated that the Qing army has stopped running, and there is no opportunity to find a place to hide by the way.

Back at the camp, he suggested to the vice president: "Ama, you can't just retreat, you have to attack instead of retreating."

The vice president was puzzled: "What is attack instead of retreat?"

"It means war to force peace."

The vice-chairman understood and felt that the idea was good, so he entrusted his son-in-law with full authority to organize an offensive to kill the arrogance of the bandits and ensure that he could lead his troops to evacuate safely.

At the moment, 2000 Huguang Green Battalion soldiers are ordered.

When the captain of the army, Debu, helped his son-in-law get on his horse, he said with certainty: "My lord, there are not many bandits, this battle must be won!"

"Nonsense, do I dare to fight if there are too many people!"

Under Jia Liu's command, 2000 Huguang Green Battalion soldiers rushed towards a hill that might harbor bandits.

"Arrange a team here, arrange a team there, and there, put the guns up, all up!"

After some deployment, Jia Liu personally pressed the formation at the foot of the mountain, resolutely advancing and retreating with the officers and soldiers.

The soldiers from the Huguang camp started to climb the mountain, but just halfway through the climb, they saw more than a dozen bandits suddenly appearing on the top, and they ran back and forth with messy flags without shooting.

Guanyinbao was surprised: "No, there is an ambush!"

"Don't worry, he thinks I'm Sima Yi in this plot of suspicion!"

Jia Liu, who watched more about the art of war, snorted coldly, and wanted to deal with him, Jia Jia's son-in-law?
But as soon as the words fell, the Huguang battalion collapsed.

They retreated almost instantly, scrambling to be the first to turn around and rush down the mountain.

"Fuck, don't withdraw, don't withdraw!"

Jia Liu really saw a ghost, he had never seen such a cowardly soldier when he was so old, he was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and cut down a few deserters, but there were too many defeated soldiers, they directly engulfed Jia Jia The son-in-law's big white horse ran to the camp.

After running for three or four miles in a row, Jia Liu stopped the white horse, looked back, and saw that the defeated soldiers were running very close.

He took the initiative to ask Ying to relieve his father-in-law's worries, but inexplicably suffered such a big defeat, Jia Liu was not willing.

It was decided to cut down a few of the deserters who ran away at the sight of thieves, so as to strictly enforce military discipline.

The vice president deeply agrees.

But how do you know who runs first?
Jia Liu had an idea, summoned the group of green battalion soldiers who had dispersed, and pointed out those who had lost their weapons.

There are hundreds of people.

Looking at this group of guys who lost their weapons, Jia Liu was furious and shouted, "Where are your weapons?"

"Respond to the words of the adults and ask the thief to hand it over."

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The word "Pay" made Jia Liu "click", "Pay the gun and not kill?"

"Yep!"

All the battalion soldiers nodded again and again.

"Damn it, if they ask you to hand in your guns, then you will hand in your guns!"

"Your Excellency, you don't know that they say they won't kill us as long as we hand over the gun."

"There is a way."

Oh shit!

Jia Liu was trembling with anger. The battalion soldiers were not ashamed, but proud. He was determined to train the new army, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would perish.

I really want to kill these bastards, but Vice General Zheng pleads desperately, besides, there are too many people, and the law does not blame everyone.

Helpless, I had to order one person to put on thirty boards.

In order to restore the bad influence of his failure to command a large-scale corps for the first time, Jia Liu had to organize another offensive to save face.

He analyzed to the vice-chairman that the bandits just used a suspicious strategy, and there might not even be a hundred people, so now they should immediately counterattack and kill them by surprise.

Vice President Bo hesitated, but at the insistence of his son-in-law, he still mobilized another thousand battalions to participate in the counterattack.

However, the forehead made another mistake in judgment.

The troops were ambushed by bandits on the way, and there were hundreds of them.

On the way back, Jia Liu lost one of his leather boots and the pointed helmet he borrowed from the old man.

Seeing his brother-in-law in a panic, Dax couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at, what's so funny, I'll be fine if I can come back with my life!"

Jia Liu angrily slapped his saber on the table, and looked at the father-in-law: "Ama, you are laughing at you. It's okay. Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs. How can there be a general who is always victorious in the world without failure?"

"never mind,"

The vice-chairman understood his son-in-law's situation thoroughly, and shook his head, "Let's talk to them."

"Yes, let's talk about it, there's nothing serious about it."

Jia Liu is very supportive of the old man's decision. He can have what he is today, isn't it all through talks.

Of course, things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield must be discussed at the negotiating table.

Guanyinbao nodded and said: "Ah Gui even dares to talk to the bandits, what can we not talk about!"

"Oh?"

Jia Liu's ears perked up: What else is there?
The vice president and the others actually just found out about this. They said that after the defeat of Muguomu, Agui was able to retreat unscathed. It was not because of his good organization, but because he had reached a secret agreement with Seng Gesang, the chieftain of Xiaojinchuan.

"It is said that Seng Gesang made a request to Agui on his own initiative, asking Agui to withdraw his army. At that time, Agui saw that Wen Fu was dead, and he could not do anything alone, so he pushed the boat out."

"This Ah Gui, I didn't expect to hide it so deeply!"

Jia Liu gritted his teeth. Fortunately, he still said in front of Fu Lehun that Agui was loyal to Daqing, but he didn't expect this guy to be a double-faced person.

After confessing that his nephew Dax sent someone to talk to the thief, the vice president asked why his son-in-law came here.

"I have a dark secret, I must come and tell Ama!"

Jia Liu told the story of Sichuan governor Fu Lehun fooling himself.

"Ama thinks the 300,000 taels are worth it?"

Jia Liu looked at the father-in-law anxiously, and as long as the father-in-law said it was worth it, the next sentence was to borrow money.

The vice president also came alive, but he put forward a counter-point of view: "This matter does not need to cost money."

"What does Amma mean?"

Jia Liu was full of energy, what could be more satisfying in the world than whoring for nothing.

"Just get rid of Fu Chang'an."

Vice President Bo was scheming, "Troubled water is the best way to fish. Think about it, since all the people sent by the emperor are dead, who else can the Emperor Jinchuan trust?"

(End of this chapter)