Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

The third military report came from the obstacle in Yunnan. The obstacle had already reached the border of Yunnan, but according to the principle that all under heaven belongs to the king and all within the four seas are the king's subjects, the obstacle did not stop its outward attacks, but chose to continue expanding southwards.

However, the expansion speed has become very slow. Of course, this slowness is relative.

At the end of last year, Lanluhu arrived at the border and received a warm reception in a place called Banlao. According to Lanluhu's description, that was the last place where Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times.

There is still an Agong Temple there today, which enshrines Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang is called Agong locally.

Moreover, the locals have had an agreement with Zhuge Liang for more than a thousand years. Zhuge Liang brought farming and culture from the Central Plains, and the locals were required to guard the border for the Han Dynasty for generations.

Recently, some foreigners appeared in Ban Lao and wanted to occupy their land. Although Ban Lao was able to cope with them due to his familiarity with the terrain, the other side's weapons were very powerful and many of Ban Lao's men were killed.

The arrival of the obstacle gave them hope again.

So the roadblock sent out the Huaxia army, who first carefully investigated the situation and indeed found foreigners, but there were not many of them. They were more like commanders or foreign aid.

The main ones are the indigenous people from further south. They do have guns and cannons, but their performance is still far behind that of the Chinese tribe.

After a brief exchange of fire between the two sides, the other side retreated. However, the stumbling block did not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. Instead, he cooperated with Old Man Ban and nibbled away at the south little by little, making sure to capture and stabilize a place before attacking the next place.

This is also what the General Staff meant. The General Staff does not mind the roadblock expanding territory, but the prerequisite is that it must be stable. In principle, as long as stability can be guaranteed without a large increase in troops and armaments, the General Staff supports the roadblock expanding territory.

Just treat it as the soldiers’ daily training.

Chen Gu did not approve anything about this armament, which was considered as his tacit approval of the actions of the obstacle and the General Staff.

The fourth military report is from Scar. The entire Guangxi region was taken over last year, and Scar’s troops are mainly stationed in Nanning and Wuzhou.

The purpose of being in Nanning was to suppress the gentry and powerful in Guangxi, and the purpose of being stationed in Wuzhou was to put pressure on the Qing army in Guangdong to support the Tiandihui uprising.

Of course, if Guangdong ignores the Huaxia troops in Wuzhou, Scar wouldn't mind invading Guangdong.

As it turned out, the Qing court attached great importance to the troops of the Hua Xia tribe. No matter what troubles the Tiandihui caused in Guangdong, the main force of the Guangzhou General's Mansion was always on guard in Yun'an.

At the beginning of the year, Zhang Jia'an, the new leader of the Tiandihui, led his army to attack Yun'an. Scar sent troops to cooperate, and the two sides cooperated to defeat Yun'an's Qing army.

This is naturally a good thing that everyone is happy about, but Scar expressed his doubts about it.

First, Scar did not meet the new leader of the Tiandihui, Zhang Jiaan. The two sides only sent envoys to communicate with each other a few times.

Second, Scar did not capture any soldiers but only a small number of defeated soldiers. On the contrary, the Tiandihui captured almost all the soldiers of the Qing army, including more than 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers.

You know, the Eight Banners soldiers would not surrender easily, let alone surrender to the Tiandihui, which has a feud with them. This is what puzzles Scar the most.

In this regard, Scar believed that there must be something wrong with the Tiandihui, so he sent spies to collect intelligence on the Tiandihui and find out Zhang Jiaan's background.

The General Staff expressed its close attention to this and also sent out spies to investigate the specific situation. Chen picked up a red pen and drew a circle on the military report.

The fifth military report was about Yunhua. Yunhua was now stationed in Jingzhou to guard against the Qing court's army advancing westward. After all, there were 100,000 troops stationed in Hanyang. Although Chen Gu was personally holding them back, they still had to be on guard.

However, Yunhua did not station many troops in Jingzhou. He only stationed 5,000 main forces and 5,000 joint defense teams. After all, controlling Jingzhou, plus the troops in Wuchang and Chen Gu, was enough to defend against the Qing army in Hanyang.

As long as the Qing army was blocked in Jingzhou for a day or two, Chen Gu in Wuchang would be able to respond.

The Chinese Department is reluctant to suffer losses in street fighting, but if it is a wild fight in the wild, the Chinese Department will be happy to do so.

Yunhua's main force was stationed in Changsha to suppress the gentry and dignitaries in the entire Hunan Province. In addition, another 3,000 main forces were stationed in Lingqu to facilitate support to Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places at any time.

The sixth military report was sent by Lao Piao, asking for military reports and troops. In short, he wanted Chen Gu to strengthen his strength. The troops and armaments he had now were not enough to support him in capturing Nanjing.

The General Staff did not even make any instructions and directly forwarded the military report to Chen Gu.

After Chen Gu picked up the black pen, he hesitated for a moment, and finally changed to a red pen and wrote the word "wait".

In fact, a small amount of armaments and soldiers are replenished to Lao Piao every month, and the casualties on the front line are transferred to the rear, but the number is not large.

The amount of armaments is limited each year, and half of it is used for reserves in case of emergency. After all, no one knows when a high-intensity battle will occur and a large amount of armaments will be urgently needed, so armament storage is very necessary.

Among them, 20% is stored in various military units, 10% is stored in Chongqing, 10% is stored in Chengdu, and 10% is stored in the two production bases of Luzhou and Fobao.

Of the remaining half, 10% was used to expand the new army, 10% was used for training, and 10% was used for the daily consumption of each army. Finally, only 20% was left for sieges and conquests.

Since the beginning of winter last year, 20% of the armaments used for sieges and captures cities have been basically consumed by Lao Piao alone. Chen Gu even suspected that some of Lao Piao's 20% reserves might have been used by him.

Chen Gu thought about it, then picked up a black pen and wrote on the military newspaper: If you move the stored armaments and cause the army to suffer losses, then you'd better go out and make a living.

After reading the military newspaper, Chen Gu couldn't help feeling a little tired. After taking a sip of tea, he leaned back in a bamboo chair and rested for a while. After clearing his mind, he thought of his wife and children in Chongqing.

It has been more than a year since he left Chongqing. Chen Gu wanted to go back for a visit, but unfortunately he couldn't leave. Facing the 100,000-strong army led by Qing Gui and three generals from the General's Mansion in Hanyang City, Chen Gu did not dare to relax.

What's more, Hankou has now increased its troops to 50,000. The two cities have a force of 150,000, which is three times the force in Wuchang. Chen Gu would not feel at ease if someone else were to replace him.

After all, the Huaxia tribe still lacks the foundation, and has to take the livelihood of ordinary people into consideration, so it dares not recruit a large number of soldiers and can only take the elite route.

It was much easier to deal with it in the past when the territory was small, but now that the territory is larger, it is a bit stretched.

(End of this chapter)