Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 135 Fight out

"It went very smoothly, very smoothly!" Lao Piao said with a smile.

Yesterday, Lao Piao led 1,300 people to bypass and Lao Piao personally led 300 veterans to attack Tanghe Field directly.

Scar, Roadblock and Saburo, with five hundred new recruits and five hundred support soldiers, ambushed along the new road built by the civilian laborers.

After Chen Gu's rocket sent the message, Lao Piao attacked the 1,000 Green Camp soldiers who stayed behind. Because he was leading old soldiers who were equipped with rifles and had been trained for several months, although there were only 300 people, Lao Piao was still full of confidence, so he did not adopt any tactics, but just led everyone to rush towards the enemy's camp.

Who would have known that the thousand Green Camp soldiers would also collapse at the first touch. The three hundred veteran soldiers only fired one round of volleys, and the other side suffered more than a hundred casualties in an instant, and then they fled in a swarm without any resistance.

They ran so fast that Lao Piao had no desire to chase them, because there was a good chance that he could not catch up. Besides, Lao Piao's strategic goal was not to annihilate the enemy completely, but to seize the enemy's camp and rescue the captured civilians.

Since the strategic goal had been achieved, Lao Piao did not pursue the enemy, but disbanded all the laborers on the spot and asked them to carry a sack of grain each when they left.

After disbanding the laborers, Lao Piao only left a hundred people to guard the camp, and he took two hundred people into the mountains to support the people who blocked the road. However, later he also sent five hundred logistics soldiers led by Saburo to strengthen the defense of the camp to avoid accidents.

Lao Piao's two hundred veteran soldiers and five hundred new recruits were responsible for blocking the road. They originally thought it would be a tough battle, but they were greeted by a thousand Green Camp soldiers. After they were repelled, no one else came.

It was not until the next day that the defeated soldiers began to run out one after another. They could not even defeat the organized troops, let alone these defeated guerrillas.

Of the more than one thousand fleeing soldiers, except for some generals who tried to resist, the rest were basically captured alive by Lao Piao and forced back.

After listening to Lao Piao's narration, Chen Gu nodded and said with a smile: "Very good, let Luluhu take two hundred veterans to support the camp, and let Daoba lead the new soldiers to guard the prisoners. You come back to Zhongyi Hall with me!"

"Ah, so this means I'm stripped of my military power?" Lao Piao asked with an unwilling look on his face.

Chen Jue couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "So would you rather take two hundred veterans to guard the camp, or would you rather take the new recruits to guard the prisoners here?"

"Why are you going back to Zhongyi Hall?" asked Lao Piao.

"Let's have a meeting!" Chen Gu said, and turned around and went back.

Yunhua followed closely with the special forces company and snipers. Lao Piao thought about it and decided to follow everyone with his trusted men.

When Chen the Assassin returned to Zhongyi Hall, senior officials including Lao Nian, Zhang Haomin, Suan Xiucai, Lao Sha, and Lao Gao also rushed back soon.

Chen Gu looked at everyone and said, "I've decided to fight back!"

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. The sour scholar frowned and asked, "We only have more than a thousand soldiers at most, and the ammunition we have is not very abundant. Isn't it too hasty to attack now?"

"Then how much preparation do we need to have to be strong enough to fight?" Chen Gu smiled bitterly and said, "The Buddha treasure is still too small after all, and we will never be able to prepare enough.

Instead of waiting, we might as well take advantage of the fact that Sichuan is now short of troops and attack directly. We can train troops and develop while fighting, and plunder the enemy's resources for our own use, as long as we can become stronger and stronger.

Being trapped in the Buddhist treasure is too passive. The imperial court not only controls the whole world, but also acts without any scruples. Instead of passively waiting for the imperial court to be ready to attack us, it is better to attack directly and turn passivity into initiative.

It's not too late to retreat when we really can't win, but in the process of fighting, we can not only train our troops, but also plunder the various resources and talents we need."

Everyone nodded. The Buddhist treasure was indeed too small and had no strategic depth. Once the enemy broke in, they would be forced to abandon this only base, which was really frustrating.

"Then where should we attack?" Zhang Haomin asked.

"Of course, we have to attack Jiangjin County first. We are familiar with this place. After we take it down, we can cooperate with the ten major clans in Jiangjin and replenish troops and various supplies smoothly. In addition, the two thousand Green Camp soldiers in Jiangjin County must be eliminated first.

Otherwise, once we leave, the two thousand Green Camp soldiers will pose a great threat to the Buddhist treasures!" Chen Gu said.

The sour scholar frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Sichuan is now short of troops, and this is indeed the best time to attack. As long as we eliminate the two thousand men from Jiangjin County first, the armies of the other prefectures and counties should not dare to act rashly for the time being."

"That's right!" Chen Gu nodded and said, "Chongqing and Luzhou originally had 3,000 soldiers each, but after Le Bao transferred 2,000 soldiers, they now only have 1,000 soldiers each. This amount of troops is not enough to protect themselves, let alone attack us.

The only thing they need to worry about is the 20,000 imperial troops who are encircling and suppressing the White Lotus rebels at the border between Sichuan and Shaanxi. However, if they want to support Sichuan, it will take at least ten days for them to arrive, and it is impossible to send all 20,000 troops to Sichuan.

After all, they still had to continue suppressing the White Lotus rebels.

They can only send 10,000 troops at most, and with ten days, we will definitely have no problem taking Jiangjin County, and with ten days of training time, we should be able to train an army that can defend the city."

After all, defending a city is relatively simple. Not to mention trained troops, even civilians can go directly to the city walls to defend the city.

The sour scholar laughed and said, "The army that is going to wipe out the White Lotus rebels at the Sichuan-Shaanxi border cannot come so quickly. After all, it takes time to pass on the message.

Even if the news of Le Bao and Na Yancheng's accident was reported to the court immediately, and then the news of the troop deployment was passed on to the generals of the Sichuan and Shaanxi court army, this process would take about half a month.

It will take at least a month to wait for the troops to arrive, and that's considered a quick response from all parties. If there's something wrong with the environment, it would be normal for it to take two months!"

Chen Jue's eyes sparkled as he said, "If I really have two months, I won't have to wait that long. Just give me one month, and I can take Hejiang and even Luzhou. It's not impossible for me to take Yibin!"

"Why not attack Chongqing first?" Zhang Haomin asked.

"Yes, the Han family in Chongqing is cooperating with us. If we have the Han family as an insider, it should be easier to take over Chongqing!" Lao Nian also said.

"Because the Han family is unreliable, to be honest, our cooperation with the Han family is not deep. It's just that our cooperation with Han Yuanxiao is deeper."

(End of this chapter)