Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 195 Today's Buddha Treasures

After Fu Cha Mingliang delayed Chen Gou's main force in Langzhong, he went down the river to attack Chongqing. With Chongqing's current military strength, they could not stop him at all. As for Chen Gou turning around to attack Chongqing, Fu Cha Mingliang was not too worried.

Because Chen Gu had no warships, let alone Langzhong, there were not many warships in the whole Sichuan, so it was difficult for Chen Gu to mobilize many troops to Chongqing in a short period of time.

As long as Chongqing is captured, Fu Cha Mingliang is confident that he can hold out until Hubei sends people to support him. By then, Chen Gu can just wait to be attacked from both sides.

However, Chen Gu naturally could not just watch Fu Cha Mingliang go and attack Chongqing.

After returning to the outside of Langzhong City, Chen Gu looked at Langzhong City in silence for a long time, and finally said to Lao Piao: "As you wish, Langzhong, Bazhong and Guangyuan are left to you to fight. Let's follow the original plan and split the troops into two groups.

You attack Bazhong first, surround Langzhong but don't attack it, and send people to attack Guangyuan. If I'm not mistaken, the passages on both sides should have been destroyed. Attacking Bazhong first is to open up the logistics line, and sending people to attack Guangyuan is to open up the road.

I hope we can open up the road and get to Guangyuan before Shaanxi sends out troops. After arriving at Guangyuan, if the imperial reinforcements have not arrived, don't rush to attack the city. There are not many troops left in these three cities, and it is difficult to defend the city, let alone leave the city and attack other places.

Therefore, your strategic goal is still to block the imperial reinforcements from Shaanxi. As long as we can block the reinforcements from Shaanxi outside the Shu Road, we will achieve our strategic goal.

Then we can come back and slowly take over Guangyuan and Langzhong!"

"You're going to Chongqing?" Lao Piao frowned and asked, "Will you make it in time? People can reach Chongqing in less than two days by going down the river, but you have to travel eight or nine hundred miles by land, and even a fast horse that can travel three hundred miles will take three days.

There aren't enough horses to give you rotation along the way, and people can't stand it. By the time you get to Chongqing, I'm afraid Fu Cha Mingliang will have already taken Chongqing."

The thousand-mile horse is just a legend. After all, war horses are animals, not machines. They get tired and need to rest and eat to replenish their energy. Three hundred miles a day is already fast, and six hundred miles a day requires constant changing of horses and people to relay the miles.

Even if Chen Gu traveled light, riding three hundred miles a day was definitely the limit. Without being able to change people or horses, riding three hundred miles a day would definitely not be sustainable.

So if you want to get to Chongqing, it will take at least three to four days by land.

"I hope the Han family can hold out longer. In fact, the Han family is not that simple. After all, it is a century-old family. There are only seven or eight thousand soldiers in the city. With Jiangjin County also able to provide certain support, they may be able to defend Chongqing.

As long as we can hold out for two days, it will be fine. Unfortunately, we can’t quickly transmit the information back to Luzhou. Otherwise, with the support of Luzhou’s troops, it would be much easier to defend Chongqing. "Chen Gu sighed.

In the end, Chen Gu only led Yunhua's 650 special forces battalion away, and all members rode on war horses to Chongqing.

In fact, the situation was not as bad as Chen Gu had expected.

After receiving the pigeon message from Chen Gu, Han Yuanxiao immediately made defensive arrangements and moved a large number of weapons such as submachine guns, muskets, bombs, and detonators to the top of the city.

Although Chongqing was short of troops and the soldiers' fighting capacity was very poor, the Han family had a strong financial foundation, and this was a battle of life and death, so naturally they took out all the good things.

After all, if we don't take it out now, will we keep it for Fu Cha Mingliang as a trophy?

After receiving Chen Gu's pigeon letter, Jiangjin County first sent 2,000 joint defense teams by boat to support Chongqing, and then Wu You personally rushed back to Fobao on horseback.

Because Fobao still has a thousand new soldiers who have been trained for nearly two months.

Fobao is considered a place where dragons thrive. Because it is used to transport military equipment and various kerosene out of the mountain, the road has long been widened. In the past, pushing a wheelbarrow was afraid of falling off the cliff, but now you can even ride a horse-drawn carriage to run fast. With high explosives, building roads is not that difficult. In addition, Lebao has built the roadbed first, so building roads will be much simpler.

After Zhang Haomin went to Luzhou, there was no one who could fully take charge of the Buddhist treasures, mainly because Chen Gu did not arrange anyone to lead the Buddhist treasures.

Wu Hua was in charge of the craftsmen's affairs, Zhou Shoushan, the former leader of the third platoon of the stronghold, was in charge of the money and food, and Ai Laosan, the former leader of the fifth platoon, was in charge of the training of the soldiers.

After Wu Hua returned to Fobao, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw the thriving scene on the street.

The people of Fobao are undoubtedly lucky. Ever since Chen Gu entered Fobao, their lives have been getting better day by day, and it has been an all-round improvement.

Not only are food, clothing, housing and transportation changing, but even streets, education, medical care and other aspects have undergone earth-shaking changes.

At this time, the adults' faces were filled with joy as they discussed what to eat in the evening. Should they fry an egg or cut some meat to stir-fry?
Now that I have money, I always feel hungry if I don’t eat meat every day. Anyway, there are all kinds of things to do in Fobao, so I don’t have to worry about not making money.

Young and strong people can go to work in various workshops. The oil refinery in the mountains has the highest pay, but it smells a bit. In fact, no one is afraid of the smell, but the leader said that the smell is poisonous and one cannot smell it too much, so after working for three days, they have to be rotated, and they can only work there for a maximum of six days a month.

The women of Fobao can also make money, as they make military uniforms and bulletproof vests.

Even if they are old men and women, as long as they are willing to work, they can make money. They can get paid for cooking or sweeping the floor in various workshops.

Of course, the ones who had the best life among the Buddhist children were the children. They only had to go to school to read and learn to read every day for free. They could also have a free lunch with meat dishes. If they did well in their studies, they would even get rewards.

It was almost time for snack, and it was the time for the children to get out of school. They were chasing and playing in groups of three or four on the street, looking very happy.

"Little sister!" Wu You shouted to a little girl on the street.

"Third Uncle!" The young lady of the Wu family was very happy to see Wu You, and immediately ran over and threw herself into Wu You's arms.

"Uncle San, why are you here at Fobao?"

"Just got back, something happened."

"What's up? Are you home yet?"

"Not yet, no hurry, come with me to Zhongyi Hall first!"

When Wu You came back, the first thing he did not do was to look for the people in charge of Fobao, but he wanted to meet Wu Qing'er and Qin Ling first.

Although these two people have never had a formal status, they are real mistresses. Especially now that they are both pregnant, no one dares not to give them face.

Therefore, if Wu You wants to dispatch troops and armaments in Fobao, he may have to argue with other people. Even if he goes to his father Wu Hua, he may not be able to get what he wants immediately. But as long as he can convince Wu Qing'er and Qin Ling, things will definitely be much simpler.

(End of this chapter)