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Chapter 148 Should we occupy Yulin City? (Please subscribe and vote monthly)

Yulin City, the former Shenjiang Mansion.

Lin Feng is organizing the post-war summary of the attack on Yulin City. This is a rule he has set. As long as time allows, he must sum up the battle and continuously improve his ability to command and fight.

After all, they are all commanders who have become monks on the way, and they have no natural talent. They can only improve by constantly summarizing.

After Lin Feng sat down, he said to everyone: "The successful victory of Yulin City this time was all thanks to the joint efforts of the brothers. Now we will summarize the battle. Ji Lie will first report the results to everyone."

"Ok."

Song Jilie stood up after answering and reported: "Our results in this battle were very fruitful. We killed and wounded nearly 300 Yulin City defenders and captured more than 700 people. We suffered less than 100 casualties."

About 10 taels of gold and silver were seized, 20 to dan of grain, artillery gates in the warehouse, about gates erected on the four city walls, and thousands of pieces of matchlocks, weapons, armor, etc. "

After Song Jilie reported the results of the battle, Lin Feng took over and said: "In short, the results of this battle are brilliant! In addition, I would like to inform the brothers that in the morning, the 1st Cavalry Battalion, together with the cavalry of the Ordos Left Banner, had annihilated the troops who had left Yulin City. We sent a thousand reinforcements and captured Guide Fort, and captured another five thousand taels of silver and a large amount of military supplies. Let us applaud together to celebrate this great victory."

"Clap clap clap!"

There was a burst of applause, and everyone's eyes were filled with the joy of winning.

The rebellion achieved such a great victory in the first battle, and everyone was obviously full of confidence in the future cause of rebellion.

"In view of the captures in this battle, in addition to the pension for the wounded and wounded brothers, I have decided to give a silver reward to all the brothers who participated in the war, including the uprising officers and soldiers led by Ma Mingjie Baihu, a total of one thousand and eleven people, according to the standard of 5 taels of silver per person. Each department can distribute the funds according to the grades of 8, 5, and 3 taels based on the combat performance of its officers and soldiers.

Among them, 50 brothers from the first escort battalion who sneaked into Yulin City in advance and carried out the task of opening the city gate were given double the amount because the task was very dangerous. "Lin Feng immediately clarified the distribution of the silver reward.

"Long live my lord!"

The crowd cheered, saying that they were all rebelling, and of course they didn't care about shouting reactionary slogans.

In this battle, not counting the silver that Lin Feng had put into the space treasury, a total of 1.6 taels of cash were seized. About 1700 taels of casualty pensions were required, and 5500 taels of war merit rewards were issued. There was still a balance of nearly 9000 taels. In addition, there were also valuable The other seizures were considered a very profitable battle.

Of course, this is mainly because there is a lot of property in Yulin City. Lin Feng organized the siege by opening the city gates internally, which did not cause heavy casualties. Otherwise, it would be difficult to have such a high surplus.

Lin Feng raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "When we summarize the battle, we must not only take stock of the seizures, but also summarize some gains and losses. Everyone talks about the good aspects of this battle and what needs to be improved in the next step."

"Let me start by saying that this siege was so successful. I think Brother Peng Xing of the first battalion should be credited with the first credit. He sneaked into the city with 50 elites in advance, opened the city gate at night, and opened the city gate several times. Under the siege of the defenders, they held on to the open city gate very tenaciously until we entered." Song Jilie was the first to say.

"Peng Xing is very good and deserves this first prize." Lin Feng also agreed.

"Hey, it's all thoughtful arrangements by the adults. We are just doing our best." Peng Xing replied humbly. There was a bandage on his arm and he was seriously injured. It can be seen how fierce the battle was that night.

"Ma Baihu led his troops to revolt before the war and led us to attack the General's Mansion, which prevented He Shijie from commanding the defenders in the city in time. He also made a great contribution." Guo Zheng also suggested at this time.

"Yes, Ma Baihu's uprising was timely and important, and it also played a key role in successfully seizing the city." Lin Feng also affirmed.

"General, I have done a lot of wrong things in Yulinwei before. I am very grateful to you for giving me this opportunity regardless of the previous grudges. I will definitely work hard to make more contributions to the Zhenming Army." Ma Mingjie stood up and said. He was very energetic now. He was not at all like before. That image of being drunk all day long.

"Okay, there will be more opportunities for meritorious service in the future. Let's focus on the experience and lessons learned in combat." Lin Feng continued to guide.

"I think that being able to win this battle fully reflects the importance of pre-war planning. The battle took place only last night, but our Zhenming Army planned a surprise attack, lured the enemy, and arranged internal responses very early. We put all our efforts into it. Before the war." Song Jilie thought for a moment and said.

"Ji Lie has hit the key point. This is the main consideration for our Zhenming Army to establish a staff department. Only by planning well can we get twice the result with half the effort." Lin Feng agreed.

"Communication is also very important. Without the Bailitong artifact provided by the adults, it would not be easy for me to convince Ma Baihu and coordinate the attack on the General's Mansion." Guo Zheng said.

"Yes, that Bailitong is so magical. If we can have this artifact in battle, coordination will not be a problem." Ma Mingjie experienced it personally and was extremely impressed by this artifact. "In addition, intelligence work is also very important. We have a clearer picture of Yulin City's military strength this time, including a better understanding of Ma Baihu's situation, so that we can make targeted arrangements." Fang Xiaoyu also added. .

“Very good, the aspects everyone summarized, including combat planning, communications and intelligence, are all key factors in fighting a war.

Of course, there are also weapons and equipment. Our fire guns have advanced performance and our officers and soldiers are tenacious in combat. These are all good aspects that need to be continued to be summarized and carried forward in future operations. Now, let’s talk about what are the shortcomings? Lin Feng then asked.

Ma Mingjie first felt puzzled. After such a great victory, he still had to find shortcomings? If this were in the Ming army, they would not have to celebrate with a big meal first, and then find some excuses.

However, this also made him admire the Zhenming Army even more. Only a strong army can be achieved by not being arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat.

"Sir, the main shortcoming this time is that I think it was too simple to consider in advance. Although the Yulin Guards divided their troops according to our plan afterwards, if they didn't divide their troops, our consideration was not enough." Song Jilie replied.

"The number of internal agents who infiltrated the city was slightly insufficient. Under the siege of the city gate army, we almost failed." Peng Xing also said with lingering fear.

"Very good, we can't ignore the search for existing problems just because we won the battle. We won the battle this time, and indeed there was an element of luck. But we can't be lucky every time we fight. We will have to make plans in the future. Think more carefully." Lin Feng concluded.

"What your Excellency said is true!" everyone replied.

"Okay, let's summarize for now. Let's focus on the next strategy. Wang Qin has led the cavalry to attack Shenmu County. Do we want to capture Yulin City?" Lin Feng then asked.

Originally, according to the plan, the main purpose of capturing Yulin City was to defeat the main force of the Yulin Guards, plunder some resources, and then withdraw. However, now the siege of the city is going relatively smoothly. Yulin City's defense facilities are very complete. Lin Feng thinks it would be a pity to give up. He is ready to listen to everyone's opinions again. Opinion.

"Sir, Yulin City's city defense is very complete, but the key problem now is that we have too few soldiers and horses, with only more than 3,000 people in total. It is four to five hundred miles from Yulin City to Fugu, and a normal march would take five or six days. , it is not very convenient to provide support once something happens.

If we want to capture Yulin City, we must leave at least a thousand soldiers and horses. Where will this force come from? My humble suggestion is to occupy and hold on to Shenmu County as planned. "Song Jilie analyzed.

"The shortage of troops is indeed a big problem. The captive soldiers we accept now must at least undergo a period of training before they can be used. Otherwise, it is not safe to put them here to defend the city." Guo Zheng added.

"Ma Baihu, you are familiar with the situation in Yulin City, please tell me your opinion." Lin Feng asked Ma Mingjie.

"The geographical location of Yulin City is very important, and it is of course the best if we can capture it. In addition to the troop strength issue that everyone just mentioned, there is another thing to consider, that is, there is not much food produced around Yulin City. All the food used to be from Yan'an Prefecture. Shipped. Now if our Zhenming Army wants to hold on, we still need to solve the problem of food sources." Ma Mingjie replied.

"Hey, it looks like we still need to give up Yulin City. It's too far away from Fugu, and we haven't reached the time to divide our troops yet.

In addition, the impact of our occupation of the county seat is different from that of our occupation of the Acropolis. If Yulin City is captured, they will inevitably be surrounded and suppressed by the Shaanxi Capital Command and the Governor's Office.

And we gave up Yulin City. With the virtue of Ming Dynasty officials, they will definitely find reasons to claim that they took it back by themselves, or that we failed to attack the city. This will greatly reduce the impact and be conducive to the low-key development of the Zhenming Army in the early stage.

Therefore, I decided to abandon Yulin City as originally planned, and everyone should prepare to evacuate as soon as possible. In addition to the seized money, food and weapons, what other resources in the city need to be taken away? " Lin Feng then asked after making up his mind.

"Sir, Yulin City is mainly a military city. There are many craftsmen in it, about a hundred households. These people are good at making weapons and can all be moved away. There are also raw materials for making gunpowder, and there are many workshops in the city. You can take it away." Ma Mingjie was the most familiar with the situation in the city.

"The information Mingjie provided is very important, as well as the captive soldiers we are recruiting to join us this time, and their families will also be moved away.

We occupied Yulin City and annihilated the main force of the Yulin Guards. Now there is no more powerful main force of the Ming Army in northern Shaanxi, so we don't need to be too hasty in our evacuation.

Jilie, you will work with Ma Baihu to make an evacuation plan. Generally speaking, the craftsmen and important materials will be evacuated first, and then the families of the newly added officers and soldiers will be moved with them. Finally, the army will be evacuated to provide cover for the rear. "Lin Feng explained.

"Understood! Let's make a plan as soon as possible." Song Jilie stood up and replied.

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