Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 184 Xing Honghai's Top Understanding
Chen Gou intercepted and killed Atis and annihilated all the soldiers on the Tongan warship. Chen Gou fought with Delentang in Jiangjin County, and only a few people from the 500 elite battalion escaped. Chen Gou fought with Lebao, and half of the 9,000-strong army was burned to death in a fire.

This is something that everyone in the world knows, so many people label Chen the Executor as a person who kills extravagantly, and the evaluation of Chen the Executor is that he is worthy of being an executioner.

However, Chen Gu was not actually a murderous person. Influenced by the military thinking of later generations, he treated prisoners with basic human rights and respect, and would never attack civilians.

It can be said that Chen Gu only attacked the enemy's military targets and was a very principled person.

In comparison, Xing Honghai's approach is much wilder.

As soon as Chen Jue left Jianyang, Xing Honghai gathered Feng Yuanqiao, Jiang Zhenghai, and Zhou Shi together and asked, "Brothers, tell me, how should we fight Chengdu?"

Compared with the Archery Battalion, the Sword and Shield Battalion, and the Spear Battalion, the Firearms Battalion is naturally the most important, and Xing Honghai's status was originally higher than the other three.

This was also the reason why Chen Ke left Xing Honghai in Jiangjin County when he left Jiangjin County Hospital. He did not want the Green Camp Army to have Xing Honghai as its leader.

"That's what Brother Xing ordered. We brothers will naturally follow his lead!" Feng Yuanqiao from the Sword and Shield Battalion spoke first.

Mayor Zhou thought for a moment and said, "With the strength of our Green Camp, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take Chengdu City!"

"Yes, we don't have rifles, bombs and detonators made of high explosives, or kerosene tanks!" Jiang Zhenghai said with a wry smile.

"It's just that we don't have it now!" Xing Honghai said with a smile: "Brothers, don't be discouraged. As long as we can take Chengdu to show our loyalty to the leader and demonstrate our strength, I think the day when we become the main combat force will not be far away."

"Brother Xing seems very confident that he can take Chengdu?" Mayor Zhou couldn't help but ask.

"I'm not sure, but everything depends on human efforts. The combat power of our Green Camp is indeed not as strong as the leader's Buddhist treasure system, but we are also a regular army after all. Are we weaker than the servants and guards of those big families in Chengdu?" Xing Honghai said with a smile.

In the past, the Green Camp Army might not be much stronger than the servants and guards of the big families, but Xing Honghai and his Green Camp Army had been transformed by Chen Jue.

Not only have the smokers been eliminated, but after training in military regulations and discipline, the food supply has also been greatly improved. The most important thing is that they are also equipped with bulletproof vests. All in all, they are definitely much stronger now than before.

Jiang Zhenghai nodded and smiled: "They are definitely stronger than the young and strong men guarding the city, but we are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers."

"That's exactly what I wanted to say!" Xing Honghai sneered, "There are plenty of people in Chengdu. Not only are there people in the city, but there are even more people outside the city. There are no less than two thousand young and strong men in Jianyang. As long as we surround Chengdu, it won't be difficult to gather an army of 100,000!

By then, Chengdu will be easily captured. Even if we use more people to pile them up, we can still kill them. The leader's idea of ​​building a bamboo platform is a good one. We can also build a higher bamboo frame and then pour it down on the city wall. It should not be difficult to attack the top of the city.

What's left is to fight with the strength of the troops. Think about it, if we can gather 100,000 young and strong men, and the city wall becomes a smooth road again, wouldn't it be easy to attack Chengdu City? "

"This method is good!" Zhou Shi frowned and said, "But if we use this method to attack the city, I'm afraid many people will die. Although the leader has no good feelings towards officials and wealthy families, he seems to be very caring towards ordinary civilians.

The first sentence of our Huaxia Department is to put people first. I am afraid that doing this will make the leader unhappy. "Xing Honghai smiled nonchalantly and asked, "Then do you think that with the intelligence of the leader and Zheng Ming, can they think of what we can think of?"

"Do you mean that the leader condones us doing this?" Feng Yuanqiao asked in surprise.

Xing Honghai sighed and said, "It is rumored that the leader was born in a humble family, so he is very kind to ordinary people. He rebelled to create a court that is as equal as possible, so he will not easily take the lives of ordinary people to attack the city.

But the current situation is that our army needs to take over the entire Sichuan as soon as possible before we can compete with the imperial court. Unfortunately, the leader rose to power in a hurry. Although the Buddhist treasure faction is elite and well-equipped, it has too few troops after all.

At the moment, the situation was stretched to the limit everywhere. Fu Cha Mingliang, a veteran general of the Qing court, led a large army, forcing the leader to go in person to deal with the situation. This could only buy more than a month.

There's only more than a month left. What can we do with this little time?

What's more, the leader should not have thought that I would annihilate Fu Cha Mingliang's army, which means that Fu Cha Mingliang would only retreat and change his route, and the matter would only be delayed and not resolved.

At that time, no matter whether Fu Cha Mingliang takes the Migang Road to enter Bazhong, or goes to Chongqing along the Jialing River, there will still be a big battle to fight.

You tell me, how long will it take for Sichuan to truly stabilize? "

Mayor Zhou's eyes lit up and he asked, "So, it is the leader's wish for our Green Camp Army to take over Chengdu, and even if the means are a little crude, the leader won't mind?"

"That's right!" Xing Honghai nodded and said with a smile: "The leader is perfect, he needs to maintain his image in the eyes of ordinary people, but we are just warriors, we don't need to care about the opinions of the people, in the end it all depends on the leader's attitude towards us.

For example, if it's this kind of dirty work now, then it's natural for us to do it. Anyway, our Green Camp Army has never had a good reputation. At worst, we can just change our name in the future!"

"Let's do it!" Feng Yuanqiao shouted excitedly.

Xing Honghai smiled with a cold gleam in his eyes, "Of course we have to do it, and we have to do it in a big way, so that those masters in Chengdu can see that our Green Camp Army is also very powerful, and not just dogs that can be ordered around by them."

When they thought about the miserable days they had lived in Chengdu, they couldn't help but reveal hideous smiles on their faces.

In fact, the Green Camp Army had long since become a tool for superiors to make money. In a court where corruption was rife, not only were ordinary people the targets of extortion by corrupt officials, but the soldiers in the army were also the targets of extortion by generals.

After Xing Honghai unified the Green Camp Army's front line, he suddenly gained confidence. He stood up and walked out. Zhou Shi and others immediately stood up and followed him.

When they arrived at the place where the soldiers and civilians were eating outside the city, Xing Honghai jumped on his horse, walked back and forth among the crowd twice, and asked loudly: "Is rice with fried pickles delicious?"

(End of this chapter)