Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

After crossing the Yangtze River, Lao Piao ordered the soldiers to sail the warship downstream and wait under the artillery fire from Hanyang City.

Then Lao Piao directly broke through the Wuchang City by using rockets. The dense rockets bombarded inside and outside the city walls, which directly scared the Wuchang City defenders.

The defenders in Wuchang City, whose morale was already low, completely lost their will to resist.

Therefore, Lao Piao's siege went very smoothly. Although after entering the city, the street fighting with the 1,800 elite soldiers delayed some things, but with the assistance of powerful armaments such as bulletproof vests, detonators, rifles, and absolute superiority in manpower, it did not take much time to wipe out the resistance forces in Wuchang City.

After taking Wuchang City, Lao Piao counted out 10,000 main forces and sent them out directly, leaving the remaining 10,000 main forces and 10,000 vassal troops to defend the city.

At first, all the soldiers and generals didn't think there was anything wrong. They thought that Lao Piao was taking 10,000 main forces out of the city because of something.

After Lao Piao took everyone on the boat and sailed farther and farther away, the soldiers who followed him out of the city and onto the boat realized that Lao Piao had taken them to Poyang Lake without even saying hello.

Yuan Bao from the artillery camp was stunned at the time, and he found Lao Piao and asked, "Isn't it a bad idea for you to do this?"

Lao Piao picked up a piece of fried dry noodles and took a bite. He drank a sip of water, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it. He nodded and smiled, "Hey, don't mention it, this military ration is quite fragrant.

There is nothing wrong with it. Chen gave me 10,000 main forces and 10,000 joint defense teams to fight Jiangxi. Now I only took 10,000 main forces with me, which means I had 10,000 less. What's wrong with that?"

"But you took away more armaments and food. The armaments loaded on these ships exceed one-third of all the armaments. It is impossible for you to get so much armaments at one time when you attack Jiangxi!" Yuanbao said angrily.

"I asked him for 10 fewer people, so can't I ask for more arms?" Lao Piao retorted.

"Don't you understand, or are you doing it on purpose?" Yuan Bao sighed and said, "Our Huaxia tribe only has a hundred thousand troops now. Do you think this small army can occupy such a large area?
Not to mention occupying the world, even the defense might not be enough. It didn't matter before that there was only one Sichuan, because Sichuan itself is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it can be defended even with a small number of troops.

But now we not only have Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, we are about to take over Hunan and Jiangxi, and then we have to take over the entire south of the Yangtze River. Not only do we have to defend ourselves internally, but we also have to confront the Qing army with the Yangtze River as the boundary.

Can you guess how many troops this would require?
How much armament would be needed for such a large army? If everyone wastes as much as you do, will our arsenal be able to produce enough?
Yunhua never dares to waste a single bullet in a war, but you always concentrate your firepower and bombard the enemy like you are washing the ground, you~!"

"Enough, stop nagging like a fortune teller. Just tell me whether it's fun to have artillery fire wash the ground or not?" Lao Piao sighed and said, "More waste of artillery fire, but fewer deaths.

Take the city of Wuchang for example. Even if you let Chen Gu come to attack, if he doesn't use artillery fire, he wouldn't dare to say that his casualties are less than mine. Do you believe it?

I don't care whether there are enough armaments. If not, just make more. There are hundreds of millions of taels of silver lying in the banks and the salaries of officials are so high. Why can't we build some armaments?

I have had enough of the lack of military equipment. If I had enough military equipment in Guangyuan, I would have taken Hanzhong and marched into Guanzhong."

"Compared to the Qing dynasty, our official salaries are not that high, okay?" Yuan Bao curled his lips and retorted, "Even after the increase last year and this year, even the leader only has a monthly salary of 80 taels of silver. The other chief officers and generals only have 70 taels at most. How can this monthly salary be high enough to support a large family?"

"How can it not be high? The officials of our Huaxia Department enjoy free food, clothing, housing, transportation, medical care and children's education. I have never collected a monthly salary, but I still live my life!" Lao Piao retorted.

Yuanbao was speechless after listening to this. You are an old bachelor who has lived in the army all year round. Even the wine you buy has been bought with military supplies, so naturally you don’t have to spend any money. How can you compare with others who have families with children?
"You are so confident, why are you running away?" Yuan Bao said sarcastically, "After you confront the leader, you can leave openly. What are you afraid of?"

"Oh, would I be afraid of him? Do you think I can't beat him?" Lao Piao said stubbornly.

"What's the point of being able to fight?" Yuan Bao sneered, "After the fire gun came out, personal force has no place to use. After the leader's rifle came out, people of your size are just conspicuous targets on the battlefield. People like you will be the first to be killed!"

Being tall is not an advantage but a disadvantage on a battlefield with hot weapons. When two armies are fighting, especially when launching a charge, the first people to be killed are usually the tall people.

Because you are tall, it is easier to be hit, and a person's instinct is to eliminate the opponent who poses the greatest threat to him first. Being tall itself will give people a sense of oppression.

Lao Piao curled his lips and said, "I don't want to bother with you. If you really don't want to go to Jiangxi with me, then just get off the boat and go back!"

"I will follow you to Jiangxi, but this time when we attack Jiangxi, I will consider your orders carefully before executing them!" Yuanbao said.

Lao Piao couldn't help but narrow his eyes and sneered, "Then you better think carefully. Opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting. If you delay the opportunity, be careful that I will execute military law on you!"

"You don't have the final say on military law. Whether I delayed the fighter plane or not is naturally recorded by the recorder, and then the General Staff will evaluate it. What rights do you have to enforce military law against me?" Yuanbao said with his neck stiff.

Lao Piao couldn't help but touch his nose. The commander of the Huaxia tribe did not have the qualifications to enforce military law. Unless someone clearly betrayed, anyone could immediately enforce military law.

But it’s a bit ridiculous to say that an old man from a mountain village rebelled. Yuanbao participated in the assassination of the old man from a mountain village who killed Addis.

Lao Piao naturally had no right to enforce military law against Yuanbao. Not to mention Lao Piao, even Chen Gu could not enforce military law against Yuanbao without reason, otherwise the foundation of the entire Huaxia Department would be shaken.

"Okay, okay, you're so cruel. Just wait and see. Even without your artillery battalion, it will be very easy for me to attack Jiangxi!" After saying that, Lao Piao picked up a piece of bread, took a bite, and walked away while drinking.

Yuanbao couldn't help but sigh. He naturally didn't want to conflict with Lao Piao. After all, his original status was below Lao Piao. But Lao Piao was acting more and more unscrupulously, which was not good.

(End of this chapter)