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Chapter 78 The prefect dispatched troops and captured them in actual combat

As soon as Zhu Guobao finished speaking, General Wang Yingtai put forward a different view.

"Every time the bandit soldiers dispatch 200 people, it does not mean that their total strength is 200 people. They may also be divided into multiple groups and move around. There may even be many soldiers left in the lair."

A few years earlier, Wang Yingtai, a junior general, would never have dared to question a government judge like this.

But now the local government relies heavily on generals like them, and since he leads the troops to fight, he naturally expects the enemy to be lenient.

Zhu Guobao frowned, showing a displeased look, and said: "Even if there are many thieves as you said, there are only four or five hundred people at most, and there can never be more.

It should be noted that this armor is rare, and well-trained thieves are even rarer.It has only been half a year since the Red Lady started her rebellion in Xinyang Prefecture, so she will never be able to train too many elite soldiers. "

What Zhu Guobao said made sense. Wang Yingtai could not refute it for a while, but he still insisted: "I don't care. If you want me to lead troops to suppress the thieves, I must take at least [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers with me!"

"You!" Zhu Guobao stood up and pointed at Wang Yingtai, wanting to scold him.

Fu Ruwei stopped him, and then said to Wang Yingtai: "General Wang Shen, I allow you to take away half a battalion of soldiers and horses, and also ask Magistrate Cai to recruit a thousand village warriors to help you.

But this government can only provide you with the money and food needed for half a battalion of soldiers and horses for ten days, which means that you must wipe out the gang of rebels like the Red Lady within ten days. "

Wang Yingtai felt that ten days with half a battalion of soldiers and horses to suppress a female rebel was enough, but he still bargained: "We need at least half a month's money and food!"

Fu Ruwei smiled and said, "Okay, I will give you half a month's money and food. Don't let me down."

'I was fooled! Wang Yingtai secretly exclaimed, "This old fox must have planned to give him half a month's money and food, or even more." '

Although he regretted that he was running out of money and food, Wang Yingtai did not dare to go back on his word. He could only stand up and muttered: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely kill that red lady!"

Fu Ruwei nodded and said: "When you are ready, send out the troops as soon as possible and come back as soon as possible. You have to guard this city so that I can feel at ease."

Wang Yingtai was very pleased with these words, and he immediately replied respectfully: "Yes! General, I will go to the military camp to prepare now!"

"Go."

After Wang Yingtai left, Zhu Guobao was so angry that he slammed the table and said, "This Wang Yingtai is getting more and more outrageous!"

Fu Ruwei took a sip of tea and said, "It doesn't matter whether he looks like a lie or not, as long as he still obeys our orders and can help the court guard Runing Mansion."

Zhu Guobao said: "I think that Shen Wanteng is more obedient than him and has good abilities. Perhaps the Palace Master can allocate more money and food so that he can check and balance Wang Yingtai."

Fu Ruwei took a deep look at Zhu Guobao, shook his head and said: "Shen Wanteng turned out to be a rebel, and he surrendered only a few years ago. How can Wang Yingtai, who was born as a martial arts scholar, be reliable?"

Zhu Guobao wanted to say something more, but Fu Ruwei picked up the tea cup and said, "I am tired. If there is nothing else, Zhu Tongpuan please go back."

Zhu Guobao had no choice but to resign.

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The second day of September.

Liujiazhai, Military Affairs Hall.

Liu Sheng, Hong Niangzi, Wen You, and Peng Youyi were listening to Ma Wenyuan report on the general report on actual combat training.

Because the proceeds collected by the four standing armies were sent to Liujiazhai first.

Ma Wenyuan is in his 40s, a member of the Ma clan in Dashui Pingzhai. He has been educated for several years and can settle accounts, but he has been miserable because he offended the housekeeper Ma Gui.

Later, he moved to Liujiazhai with Yang Kuiwu and others. Because of his acceptable performance, Liu Sheng was appointed as the clerical manager of Liujiazhai. This time, he was responsible for recording and calculating the money and grain paid.

"This time, a total of 1 shi of grain was copied and [-] shi of grain was borrowed. The total amount of grain received was [-] shi!"

After Ma Wenyuan finished reading, Peng Youyi couldn't help but laugh and said: "Chief, I see that we can get enough food by recruiting big households, and we don't have to work hard to open up wasteland and grow food in North America."

This actual combat training of the rebel army involved more than 30 villages, and none of them had a population of less than [-]. Liu Sheng was not surprised that so much food could be confiscated.

But he also knew that relying on big business to supply the rebels with the food they needed was by no means a long-term solution.

After listening to Peng Youyi's words, he said: "Henan has suffered from drought and locust plagues for consecutive years. In fact, the food harvests of large families are also poor or even impossible.

We were able to turn in so much grain this time because their families all had surplus grain from previous years.

Therefore, this method can only be used once on the big households in a place, and it must be that they have not been harmed too badly by other bandits, officers and soldiers before.

By next year, it will be impossible to take out so much food from the homes of the wealthy households around Tianmu Mountain. Instead, it will irritate all the large households to become our enemies, and the gain will not be worth the loss. "

The Red Lady and Wen You were originally surprised by the capture of this military training, but after listening to Liu Sheng's analysis, they realized that it was a one-time "sale" and calmed down.

The red lady said: "The reclamation of wasteland in North America will definitely continue, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve big harvests in one or two years. Therefore, next year we might as well go to other places to make big purchases, such as around Tongshan and Boshan in the north. Around the lake.”

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "This idea is possible."

What he was thinking was that there was a high probability that Li Zicheng would enter Henan after the autumn harvest, and next year he would sweep all over Henan. If the Huabu wanted to expand its territory, it couldn't do it in a small way like it is now.

Later, Liu Sheng signaled Ma Wenyuan to continue reporting.

"In addition to grain, we also paid 800 taels of silver and borrowed 500 taels of grain and silver, for a total of 300 taels.

Thirteen small boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were also obtained, the value of which is temporarily unestimated. "

The rebel soldiers confiscated the homes of the evil gentry and bullies, mainly to collect money and food, followed by jewelry.

As for porcelain, calligraphy and painting, there were originally few valuable calligraphy, paintings and porcelain in the homes of these rich rural people. Their value still needed to be determined, and it was difficult to get them, so the rebels did not take them, and together with furniture and other items, they were cheapened by the villagers.

"How many farm tools and various iron tools were obtained?" Liu Sheng asked.

To the Chinese Ministry, farm tools and various iron tools were the most important seizure targets after grain and more important than money. Liu Sheng was very concerned about them.

Ma Wenyuan flipped through the account book in his hand and read: "A total of 830 farm tools of various types were seized, as well as 950-[-] knives of various types and [-]-[-] long guns.

Excluding farm tools and weapons, the remaining ironware is mainly iron pots, iron cans, and iron kettles, with only 220 pieces. "

Liu Sheng said: "Let Wang Laowu arrange for people to select a selection of the captured weapons. Keep the swords and guns that meet the specifications of the standing army weapons. The rest will be sent to the iron workshop to be melted into armor plates."

Ma Wenyuan nodded first, and then asked: "Chief, what to do with those iron pots, tin cans, and iron kettles?"

"Also let the Wang Laowu people pick and choose, keep the ones that can be used by the army, and send the ones that cannot be used by the army back to North America for the common people."

"Yes."

After talking about the seizure, Liu Sheng asked Ma Wenyuan to step back and sent someone to call Wang Laowu over.

"See the leader!"

"Don't be nervous, sit down."

When Wang Laowu sat down under Peng Youyi, Liu Sheng said: "Our actual combat training has made a lot of noise, and it is very likely that the government will be alarmed.

After you return to the station, in addition to daily training, you also need to set up more open and hidden sentries around the area. It is best to select ten who are good at running in the mountains and divide them into two groups to explore farther away.

Even if the enemy is not detected, it can still be used as training.When we expand our troops in the future, sentinels will be indispensable. "

The four red ladies immediately stood up together and clasped their fists at Liu Sheng and said, "Yes!"

Liu Sheng looked at the red lady and said, "Is the three hundred people's bravery you have practiced good enough for use?"

The red lady said: "It's definitely not possible to drag them out to attack the government troops, but there is no problem in defending the city."

Liu Sheng nodded and said to several people: "If you encounter any situation, you must send someone to inform Liujiazhai in time. Do you remember?"

"remember!"

"Dismiss!"

After the meeting, Liu Sheng immediately started to transfer the prisoners.

For the transfer of materials, as long as the door on the first floor of the villa is open, people on both sides can pass things through the space door (only dead objects, plants), but people must transport them in person.

Only a dozen or so large families were publicly tried by the rebels this time, so there were not many prisoners, just over 200, and most of them were women.

The mountain path from Liujiazhai to the cave has been built with wooden planks into steps more than three feet wide, and guardrails have been added, making it easy to walk.

Therefore, Liu Sheng sent all the prisoners to North America in only one to two ten minutes.

The first thing Liu Sheng did when he returned to North America was to conduct another examination for the 15 military and political officers who participated in the actual combat training.

These 15 people followed him for the first ten days of actual combat training to see how he managed the team, how to break into villages and fortresses, how to publicly interrogate evil gentry and bullies, and how to deal with big families who had no reputation.

Ten days after the actual training, the 15 people were divided into three groups and went to observe the teams led by Hong Niangzi, Wen You, and Peng Youyi respectively.

Now, it is important for them to write down their experiences in actual training so that Liu Sheng can understand what they have learned, what their level is, and how much potential each has.

The exam lasted one and a half hours, and Liu Sheng spent another half an hour marking the papers and got the exam results...
(End of this chapter)