Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 190 Future Strategic Planning

In the end, Fuca Oron's head was cut off by Qing soldiers.

However, that was a month after the bounty was offered, and at this time there were only a thousand or so Qing troops left.

The Qing army wanted to surrender, but the mountain people were unwilling to do so. They thought, "You're kidding! These Qing soldiers are all silver, especially the remaining people, most of whom are officers and generals. The commander of the vanguard army, Fucha Orun, is worth 10,000 taels of silver."

If the Qing army surrenders, where will the mountain people go to earn money?

In the end, it was Chen Gu who paid 30,000 taels of silver to the mountain people and promised to sell them salt, iron, and cloth worth 30,000 taels of silver at a low price, and only then was he able to buy back more than a thousand surrendered Qing troops.

The more than one month of confrontation between the mountain people and the Qing army was actually a form of alternative military training. Chen Gu would not let go of the remaining 1,000 Qing troops, including these mountain people.

The Qing army was dispersed into various armies. As for the mountain people, Chen Gu selected 1,500 people, 1,000 of whom formed a mountain battalion. The other 500 elite people who were selected again were given to Yunhua to expand the special battalion.

The leader of the mountain camp was elected by the mountain people themselves. His name was Liu Dashan. This guy was in his twenties, tall and strong, with a full beard. He was said to be able to fight a bear or a tiger alone. He had a simple and honest appearance, but he said that he was a descendant of Liu Tichun, one of the Thirteen Families of Kuidong.

If Scar hadn't told him that the other person had been publicizing his identity for more than ten years, Chen Gu would have thought that this guy wanted to take advantage of him on purpose.

Because according to this guy himself, he is one generation older than Liu Er, which means he is two generations older than Chen Gu.

Since the other person has been publicizing his identity for more than ten years, Chen Gu can only hold his nose and acknowledge this person as his senior.

After all, filial piety is taken very seriously in this era, and clan relationships are also important. Chen Jue's base is ultimately made up of his former brothers in the Shanzhai gang, and Liu Er, the founder, has a very high status in everyone's hearts.

So, at least on the surface, everyone has to respect Liu Dashan, who is a generation older than Liu Erdu.

"Leader, I just want to ask, how much is the monthly salary of our mountain camp?" Liu Dashan asked directly when he saw Chen Jue for the first time.

Liu Dashan had already inquired about this so-called Huaxia tribe in advance. He found that they were very good to ordinary people and soldiers. They ate well, dressed well, and their monthly salaries were never in arrears. Their military was powerful, so they often won rewards for winning battles and were not short of money.

It would be great for mountain people like us to join such an army. Now all that’s left is to figure out how much the monthly salary of this mountain battalion is.

As long as it's not too bad, Liu Dashan is going to do it.

"Your combat capability has not been tested yet. You are still new recruits. You must go to Chengdu for systematic training. The monthly salary is temporarily set at three taels of silver, but as long as ~!"

Before Chen Gu could finish his words, Liu Dashan interrupted him and said excitedly, "Okay, three taels of silver is three taels of silver!"

Chen Gu lost his temper and said, "That's fine. Take your troops to Chengdu. If you want, you can also take your family with you. They are distributing land to the people there, and you will get your own land when you go there.

For military families like you, the government will provide a certain amount of money and food support, or allocate houses or rebuild new houses for you. All aspects will be taken care of, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to settle down in the new place. "Haha, that's great, in this case, we are definitely willing to move to Chengdu!" Liu Dashan laughed, feeling that it was worth joining this army, and they would even help arrange family members and allocate houses and land.

The country is not yet settled, so the army is naturally extremely important. I heard that even the imperial court no longer withholds the soldiers' wages.

Chen Gu himself was born a soldier, so he would naturally treat his soldiers better. Moreover, Chen Gu’s military regulations were relatively strict, and looting civilian property was strictly prohibited. Soldiers had no extra income, so naturally he had to give them more in terms of salary, treatment, etc.

A lot of things happened during the month from the time the bounty was offered to the time when the Qing army surrendered. First, Xing Honghai and four other Green Camp generals swept across the Chengdu Plain. After Chen Gu captured Mianzhou, except for Zigong, all of western and southern Sichuan fell into Chen Gu's hands.

In addition to the area north of the Yangtze River which was originally in the hands of Chen Gu, now only eastern Sichuan is under the control of the court.

After Lao Piao arrived in Zizhou, Chen Gu ordered him to turn around and attack Suining and Nanchong first, and then go north to Langzhong.
Now that the matter in Mianzhou is over, Chen the Executor will leave Scar to garrison in Zitong County, and he will lead a large army to Langzhong to deal with Fu Cha Mingliang who has changed his route.

As long as Fu Cha Mingliang's army that entered Sichuan was dealt with and the front line was pushed to Guang'an, the entire Sichuan would fall into Chen Gu's hands.

Because Jiang Zhenghai, with his troops and 15,000 peasant soldiers, had already captured Leshan, Yibin and other cities along the Minjiang River and first-tier cities. After returning to Luzhou to rest, they went down the river to Chongqing.

The process of taking over Chongqing was very easy. When the overall situation in Sichuan became clear, the Han family in Chongqing was naturally willing to cooperate with Chen Gu. After internal and external cooperation, it was natural for Chongqing to change the city flag and then continue down the river.

Because Chen Gu needed to set up the battlefield in Hubei, and especially many soldiers of the Fobao faction were from Yichang, such as Lao Nian, Dao Ba and others. The reason why they are still using nicknames is that they are worried about implicating their families.

Therefore, Chen Jue had to capture Yichang and then set up the battlefield to confront the Qing army in Hubei, so that he could attack or defend.

There are only a few roads leading into Sichuan, so there is no need to worry about the Guizhou direction. After all, Jiangjin and Luzhou are Chen Gui's base camps, and they can mobilize troops at any time to deal with attacks from Guizhou. Moreover, Guizhou's strength is relatively weak. Even if Yunnan is added, it cannot gather many troops at this time.

As long as Chen Gu annihilates Fu Cha Mingliang's army, or even without annihilating it, as long as he forces Fu Cha Mingliang out of Guang'an, Chen Gu can defend against attacks from the direction of Shaanxi with a small number of troops.

By then, the main battlefield will be in the direction of Hubei. If you can win, you can attack Hubei. If you can't win, you can retreat to the Three Gorges for defense. In this way, at least the trend of separatism will be formed.

Become also able to get much needed rest time and development time.

After half a year of high-intensity combat, the soldiers, especially the main force of the Buddhist treasure system, need rest and adjustment both physically and mentally, and many problems of the suppressors also need to be solved.

At the very least, all the armies need to be reorganized and trained, and the administrative departments of all prefectures and counties also need to make certain reforms. How to achieve a balanced coexistence between the big families and ordinary people also needs to be resolved.

We can't really massacre all the great families in Sichuan, right?

(End of this chapter)