Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 156 Chen Gu's Arrangement

After seeing Liu Qing being arrested, Yang Kui put down his telescope and felt heartbroken. The worst situation had occurred.

Liu Qing is the Sichuan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner. With the death of the Governor and the Chengdu General not yet appointing someone to take over, Liu Qing is currently the second most important person in Sichuan. Now that he has failed to persuade the governor to surrender and has been captured, the already low morale of the imperial army has suffered another blow.

"How can this be good, how can this be good!"

Seeing Liu Qing being arrested, Yang Kui, a pure scholar, could not help but feel extremely anxious.

A general stepped forward and said, "Don't panic, Governor. The bandit chief only arrested you, rather than killing you directly. This shows that the bandit chief is afraid of our army.

Now, as long as our army drives most of its warships into the Naxi River to block it, and deploys the Eight Banners soldiers on the opposite bank of Luzhou City to intercept them and prevent the enemy from crossing the river, we will surely be able to trap the enemy in Luzhou, and once the imperial court's reinforcements arrive, the enemy will be unable to escape."

"Yes, yes, yes. Quickly drive the warships into the Naxi River to block the enemy army from advancing westward. Remember to deploy large ships at the river mouth to prevent the enemy army from sneaking across the Yangtze River." Yang Kui said hurriedly.

Outside the city of Luzhou, Chen Gu just watched quietly as the imperial navy drove the warships into the Naxi River and then went upstream.

Bai Wencheng, who was also watching the imperial navy complete its deployment, frowned and asked Chen Gu, "Leader, what should our army do now?"

"No hurry, let's talk about it after the Green Camp Army arrives!" Chen Gu thought for a moment and asked Lao Piao, "If I give you Yunhua's special forces company and snipers, and three hundred veterans, and my senior brother's troops, can you help me capture Chengdu?"

"Of course we can!" Lao Piao said confidently. It looks like there are only a thousand soldiers, and there are also Kang Minghui's five hundred bandit soldiers, but the snipers and Yunhua's special forces company are very powerful.

As for the problem of insufficient military force, we can just ask Lao Nian to find more bandits and robbers to surrender, and then there will naturally be more troops.

Given Chengdu's current defense capabilities, not to mention the rejectionists and special companies, as well as the firepower support from Fobao's three hundred veterans, even if he only brought a group of bandits and robbers armed with cold weapons, Lao Piao would dare to go to Chengdu to give it a try.

Although the city walls of Chengdu are tall, Fobao's gunpowder is more powerful. This was proved when they were building roads into the mountains to distill oil. As long as the amount of gunpowder is large enough, even a mountain can be collapsed, let alone a city wall.

As long as the city is breached, professional bandits and robbers will have an absolute crushing advantage over ordinary people. But with the main force of Buddhist treasures in hand and the small number of masters from large families in the city, that will not be a problem at all.

"Okay, since you are so confident, I will leave Chengdu to you." Then Chen Gu looked at Bai Wencheng, Bian Shichun and others, "You will also follow Lao Piao to Chengdu tomorrow.

There isn't much money to be made in Luzhou, and I will distribute most of the benefits to the people, so you'd better go to Chengdu.

After taking Chengdu, don't commit too much killing. Even if there are people all over the city, if they want to leave Chengdu, just let them go. If they are willing to stay, don't make things difficult for them.

Of course, the premise is that they have to be obedient.

We must remember our founding declaration. We are not the Qing Dynasty. We do not practice collective punishment, let alone massacres. In many matters, our methods can be more gentle. As long as you do not resist, we will not harm you.

There will be no benefit from slaughtering civilians, after all, wealth still has to be created by people.

Of course, we can also use some means to deal with the gentry and the nobles who do not cooperate. In short, we have to do things and ensure the peace of Chengdu!"

Bai Wencheng could not help but complain in his heart. He naturally understood what Chen Gu meant. To put it simply, he had to make money and maintain a good reputation, but he had to maintain a good reputation in the hearts of ordinary people. Bai Wencheng knew Chen Gu. Chen Gu did not care much about what the big families thought of him. He only cared about his position in the hearts of ordinary people, because the foundation of China was in ordinary people.

The slogan used was equality for all, equal distribution of land and low taxes, which was designed entirely to please ordinary people.

And if Bai Wencheng's guess is correct, if Chen Gu stays in Luzhou, in addition to tying down the court's army, he will most likely also carry out the equal distribution of land in Luzhou.

"I understand. I will never let you down. When you arrive in Chengdu, you will see a prosperous Chengdu!" Bai Wencheng said while saluting.

"Very good!" Chen Gu nodded with satisfaction.

After noon, Feng Yuanqiao's Sword and Shield Battalion arrived first. Feng Yuanqiao's Sword and Shield Battalion also traveled lightly, but because they only had more than 300 donkeys to help transport supplies, their speed was much slower. Of course, it was also much faster than the other two battalions behind.

According to the scouts' report, the other two battalions will not be able to join the forces until tomorrow.

However, with the support of the Eight Hundred Sword and Shield Battalion, Chen Gu was able to implement his plan. The first step was to send Lao Piao's army across the river.

The Naxi River is just a small river over a hundred miles long. Even at the mouth where it connects to the Yangtze River, it is only twenty to thirty meters wide, and it becomes narrower as you go further in.

More than ten miles upstream, the river is only ten meters wide and the flow of the water is not fast. Of course, for an army without boats, it is not so easy to cross the river, especially when they are carrying horses.

Even if a floating bridge is built, it needs to be built sturdily. And with the harassment from the imperial navy, it becomes even more difficult to cross the river.

As for whether it is possible to go around the distance of more than a hundred miles, it is basically impossible.

Although the Naxi River is only a hundred miles long, it doesn't mean you only need to take a detour of a hundred miles.

Because a river is actually a water network with many tributaries. If you want to bypass a river, you have to bypass many tributaries, and the route is almost like bypassing a spider's legs.

Moreover, Luzhou is also full of mountains. A straight-line distance of dozens of miles may require a detour of hundreds of miles. If you get lost in the mountains, you may die in the mountains and cannot get out.

Even if Chen Gu knew the way, he would not dare to go in and take a detour. After all, the food and grass would not support him to waste so much time.

Therefore, we still have to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river. As for the harassment from the imperial navy, we just need to prevent them from harassing us.

The imperial navy wanted to block the Naxi River and trap Chen Gu's army to death in Luzhou. In fact, Chen Gu also wanted to trap the imperial navy in the Naxi River.

Although the navy could not catch up with the speed at which Lao Piao and his men were heading to Chengdu by sailing upstream, even if they were released, it would not affect the war in Chengdu, let alone Chen Gu's affairs in Luzhou.

But so many warships and a thousand soldiers are a threat no matter where they appear, so Chen Gu has to kill these thousand navy as soon as possible.

People can leave, but the warships must stay.

(End of this chapter)