Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 183 Opportunities for the Green Camp

Gold and silver balls weighing several hundred kilograms each are very good. You don’t have to worry about them being stolen just by leaving them there. It is a very good anti-theft measure.

Not being afraid of being stolen does not mean that you won’t be robbed, especially for someone like Chen Gu who is planning to seize the world. It is even easier for him to steal some gold and silver.

The Tang and Jiang families were completely bankrupt this time, but thinking that the world still belonged to the imperial court, the two families did not make any extreme actions, but endured and waited for the day when the imperial court army would come to restore order.

Chen Gu didn't bother to care about the reactions of the two tribes, but began to plan his next battle.

"Although the army led by Fu Cha Mingliang is our main target in the next step, we cannot completely ignore Chengdu. After all, many soldiers of the Green Camp have their families still in Chengdu. If we completely ignore it, it is likely to shake the morale of the Green Camp soldiers." Chen Gu said.

Zheng Ming smiled bitterly and asked, "Do you want to divide the troops again?"

"That's right!" Chen Gu nodded and said, "The Shu Road is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although Fu Cha Mingliang has a lot of troops, if it's just for defense, the troops needed are actually not many.

In fact, the troops led by Scar are almost enough. The only thing we are worried about is logistics. I plan to take a hundred elite soldiers from the logistics battalion and use the young and strong men from Zizhou to transport food, fodder and military equipment to support Scar.

As for the remaining troops, two hundred logistics battalions and three thousand young and strong men from Zizhou stayed in Zizhou to support the battle.

All the remaining Green Camp troops and the two thousand young men from Zizhou will be handed over to Xing Honghai and others. As for whether they can capture Chengdu, that depends on themselves!"

Zheng Ming's face changed, and he frowned and asked, "Aren't you afraid that the Green Camp will surrender and then rebel again?"

"Then I will give them a chance to surrender and then rebel again, and see what choice they will make!" Chen Gu sneered.

There is indeed a possibility that the Green Camp will surrender and then rebel again, especially when family members in Chengdu are used as bargaining chips.

However, this possibility is very small. All the way from Jiangjin County, Xing Honghai and his men had already betrayed the court by helping Chen Gu to capture cities and territories.

The Green Camp itself was not taken seriously by the Qing court, and Xing Honghai's final fate after surrendering to the court can be imagined. Even if the court would temporarily stabilize them because of Chen Gu's existence, war will always have winners and losers.

When the day comes to decide the winner, no matter who wins or loses, it will definitely not be a good result for Xing Honghai and the others.

In fact, the best choice for these Green Camp troops is to follow Chen Ke to the end.

Moreover, even if the two thousand Green Camp surrendered and then rebelled again, Chen Gu was not afraid. Not to mention whether they had the courage to attack Zizhou, the two hundred logistics battalions plus several thousand young and strong men could defend Zizhou City for a period of time. The joint defense team had already set out from Jiangjin County and would arrive soon.

When the offense and defense are reversed, the two thousand Green Camp can only choose to retreat to Chengdu and wait for Chen Gukong to take action to deal with them.

When Xing Honghai learned that he would lead the army alone with 2,000 Green Camp and 2,000 young and strong men from Zizhou to attack Chengdu, he was very surprised. Then he showed excitement on his face and thanked Chen Gu.

"Thank you for your trust, leader. I will never let you down!" Xing Honghai understood that this was both Chen Gu's trust and a test from him.

However, after this test, I think the Green Camp will be able to enter the real core layer.

After eliminating the Smoker, the Green Brigade's combat effectiveness is actually not weak. The only thing they lack compared to the main force of the Buddha Treasure Department is equipment.

As long as Chen Ju is willing to change the Green Camp's uniforms, the Green Camp will soon become the main force. Whether the Green Camp can become the main force depends on the battle of Chengdu. They don't need to perform well, as long as they don't betray.

Chen Gu did have such an idea. After taking over Luzhou and Zizhou, the production of armaments would gradually speed up, and even bullets would not be in such short supply.

However, the training of soldiers cannot be completed overnight. Simple military rules and regulations are easy to learn, but fighting will and the ability to adapt to the battlefield are not so easy to cultivate.

No matter how weak the Green Camp is, they have seen life and death on the battlefield. This alone makes them incomparable to ordinary soldiers.

Why didn't Chen Gu disband the young and strong men defending Zizhou? Wasn't it because they had been to the battlefield and experienced a life-and-death test?

The next day, the army set out. Before leaving, Chen Gu gave some instructions to Sanlang who stayed behind in Zizhou.

"Just take back Zizhou City. When you have time, give those young men some military training. Don't worry about Xing Honghai. Even if he asks you for help, don't pay attention. Once you send out the troops, don't let him return to Zizhou.

Even if he retreats, let him garrison Jianyang!"

"I understand!" Sanlang replied.

That night, the army arrived in Jianyang.

As expected, Jianyang had become an empty city at this time, but it was not that there was no one inside.

The population of Jianyang did not decrease much, but the officials and wealthy families had already fled.

The one who greeted Chen Gu's army was a man named Jian Shan, who was the head of the yamen and currently the highest-ranking person in Jianyang.

Because the Tang and Jiang families portrayed Chen the Executor as a man-eating monster who was ten feet tall, ten feet around the waist, with a green face and fangs. The army he led also eats people, and wherever they go, no one, young or old, is left alive, and not a single blade of grass grows.

Therefore, anyone in Jianyang who had the ability to leave had already fled, with Chengdu as their first choice and Zizhou City as the second. The rest were ordinary people who had no food to eat the next day, and they stayed because they did not have the ability to escape from Jianyang.

Jian Shan actually had the ability to escape, but his mother had difficulty walking, his wife was frail and sickly, his two children were young, and the county magistrate promised him that if he was willing to stay to maintain the law and order in Jianyang, he would give him 100 kilograms of food and ten taels of silver.

So Jian Shan finally stayed.

Chen Gu couldn't help but feel a little amused when he saw Jian Shan with an innocent face. After thinking for a while, he said to Xing Honghai, "Jianyang is the bridgehead for attacking Chengdu. I'll leave this place to you. I'll stay one night and leave tomorrow morning!"

"Thank you, leader!" After Xing Honghai thanked Chen Ju, he looked at Jian Shan and smiled strangely, saying, "Notice to the whole city that the government will provide porridge tonight and dry rice tomorrow. All the people in Jianyang can come to receive food."

Chen Gu couldn't help but frown when he heard this, but he didn't say much.

Although everyone traveled light, Jianyang was only a day's journey away from Zizhou City, so after they had finished eating the food, they could just return to Zizhou City to transport it. Although Chen Gu did not allow the Green Camp to return to Zizhou City for the time being, the food and fodder were still supplied.

But Chen Gu did not expect that Xing Honghai had never thought of returning to Zizhou City to transport food and grass. After eating three days of food in one day, Xing Honghai directly led two thousand Green Camp soldiers, two thousand young and strong men from Zizhou, and two thousand beggar-like troops gathered in Jianyang City, and rushed into Chengdu.

(End of this chapter)