Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2146 Arming
Gou Xunli smiled inscrutablely, and Hu Lanyan knew that this brother had something to teach him.

"Brother, you must know that there is a canyon above the Guijiang River, called Duanteng Gorge."

"I know that, it's the territory of the Yao people."

"That's right, the Yao people in the Duanteng Gorge rose up to rebel against the government in the Jiajing Dynasty. Their leader was Hou Dagou. They once led only 700 people to attack Wuzhou, captured several court officials, and killed them. Governor."

"Is there such a thing?!" Now it was Hu Lanyan's turn to be surprised.

"Of course it's true." Gou Xunli said, "That's not counting. From the Tianshun period to the Chenghua period, the Yao people attacked Wuzhou seven times. Every time, they won more with less—is it true that we are not as good as a few Yaomans?" Is it?"

These words moved Hu Lanyan's heart, but after all Hou Dagou had 700 men, they only had 200 men, and the soldiers of Daming and the soldiers of Kun Bandit were not the same thing.

"...So what we have to do is not to bring down Wuzhou..."

"If we don't shoot them down, how can we get rich?" Hu Lanyan was very disappointed, "We are not officers and soldiers, we can get merit by rushing in and chopping off a few heads—besides, how much money can we get for one head? Those who are officials will be hacked, don’t do it, don’t do it.”

"Hehe, brother, you are wrong. In my opinion, there is no need to cut off the head." Gou Xunli said, "Do you know that there is a priceless treasure in Wuzhou City - as long as you get this treasure, you can get promoted and get rich just around the corner... ..."

Hu Lanyan slapped his thigh, and said loudly: "Brother, stop rubbing people, you are startled. Just speak frankly. What are you going to do?!"

"Okay!" Gou Xunru knew that he had already made Hu Lan's decision, so he stopped playing tricks and said, "The biggest treasure in Wuzhou City is the 'director' of the Kun thief!"

"director?"

"It's the elder of Zhen Kun." Gou Xunli nodded heavily, "As long as we catch him and present him to Xiong Du, hehe..."

"But he's in the city, how do we catch him?"

"So, we are a sneak attack, 'take out the bed'." Gou Xunli said, "We only have so few people in total, it is unnecessary to take down Wuzhou and loot for three days, but sneak attack Wuzhou and tie this real guy out But it’s not like there’s no chance.”

The idea is audacious.Hu Lanyan was stunned for a moment.However, after thinking about it, he found that the temptation of this trophy was indeed too great - so far, the imperial court had never captured a real kun in the battle with the kun thieves, even beheading a fake kun leader.Once Zhen Kun is captured and dedicated to the imperial court, the credit will definitely not be small.Moreover, there is a big difference in temperament and image between real Kun and fake Kun, so it is difficult to impersonate, and there is no need to worry about Xiong Wencan's disbelief.

"Brother's idea makes sense! It's just that others are in Wuzhou City, and they must be guarded by heavy soldiers. How do we do it?"

"I went to the city a few days ago, and I have found out the situation in the city. The director of the gangster was busy with unimportant things in the city. He didn't care about the military equipment. Instead, he wiped the walls on the wall every day. Calling people to sing and talk on the street, doing some kind of "propaganda" to confuse the people; telling merchants to open their businesses and "prosper the market", and rushing to collect large sums of money to "repair bridges and repair roads"—one-minded as a hundred lihou. I don't really care about the military preparations alone. This is an opportunity to take advantage of..."

"What year are you in the soldier?" Qian Duo asked Zhu Si on the way to the headquarters.

The army of the Senate, inevitably, like all armies in the world, loves seniority.What year you were in the army can roughly determine your status.

Although the soldiers of the National Army came from a wide variety of sources, all of the officers were from the Fubo Army.Zhu Si was no exception. He immediately replied crisply: "Report! I was originally a battalion soldier in Denglai Township in the Ming Dynasty. In 1632, Battalion Commander Huang Ande was introduced to join the army when he was serving in the Shandong Detachment. Advance into the column with the Shandong detachment."

"Oh, that's a veteran too." Qian Duo nodded, "Where did you serve before being transferred to the National Army?"

"Serving in the Lingao Garrison Battalion." Zhu Si is very proud of his resume: Although the Lingao Garrison Battalion has limited troops, it defends the capital and the troops of the Senate. Self-proclaimed.

"What rank?"

"Corporal." Speaking of this, Zhu Si was a little embarrassed. He had served in the Garrison Battalion for a long time, but his performance was not good.It was only step by step that he was promoted to the first class according to his seniority.The rank of "corporate" was promoted just before being transferred to the National Army-it is impossible for a senior soldier to be transferred to the National Army to become an officer.

Many of the soldiers who joined the army in Shandong at the same time as him have become officers, and sergeants are very common.

"No wonder you became the team leader as soon as you came out. You are a veteran!" Qian Duo said in an appreciative tone.

"Sir, you're laughing at me," Zhu Si was very impressed by what he said, and he said respectfully, "This is all cultivated by the Senate!"

Although Zhu Si is only one rank lower than Qian Duo in terms of rank, the rank of the Fubo Army is much more "valuable" than that of the National Army.After all, the officers in the National Army are all served by sergeants in the Fubo Army.Transferring from the Fubo Army to the National Army is really the so-called "three consecutive promotions".

The city defense headquarters of Wuzhou is located in the Yamen of Cangwu County.Next to it is the Yamen of Wuzhou Prefecture, which acts as the city government.It is next to the city wall, and it is one of the few large masonry buildings in Wuzhou City. It is more convenient for troops to move or station for garrison.

Qian Duo spread out the Wuzhou city defense map on the desktop and pointed at it.

"It turns out that we are short of troops, and it is very difficult to defend Wuzhou." Qian Duo, the actual supreme commander of Wuzhou City, pointed out on the map of Wuzhou, "You can also see that the circumference of Wuzhou City is nearly three kilometers, which is basically a company. not enough."

Zhu Si was secretly surprised when he saw the deployment plan.The city defense of Wuzhou is too weak.No wonder he originally only commanded a squadron, but suddenly he was going to reorganize it into a brigade when he was about to set off—I dare to say that the elder Xie here is just playing empty city tricks!

"In addition, the prisoner-of-war camp in Sanhezui has to be guarded. The prisoners in this camp have not been transferred, and there are still about 1000 people-although we have used some of the retained yamen servants to guard them, but without our troops, the strong The yamen servants of the squad can't suppress these soldiers at all."

"I understand. Please tell me, sir, what is the mission of our brigade?"

"Your task is to replace the third company of the battle row as the city's security task. In this way, I can gather the third company as a fist and can use it at any time-you may have discovered it on the way here. The environment along the way is very complicated. To the west of us is Xiong Wencan’s Guangxi Ming army who is still entrenched in Teng County, surrounded by countless Yao and Tong villages, the situation is very unfavorable to us. We must deal with possible attacks anytime and anywhere.”

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task!" Zhu Si had a general understanding of the situation before coming to Wuzhou.He was a soldier in the old battalion, and he was not afraid of serving as a soldier—as long as he was paid and promoted.The years in the police battalion had already suffocated him: he stood guard every day, escorted, and practiced in the queue, and someday he would accumulate enough credit to become an officer.

Transferred to the national army, even though he was promoted to three ranks, but the national army is not considered a regular army, and they are all doing miscellaneous things, Zhu Si is quite discouraged.It wasn't until he heard that he was going to the front line that he regained his energy.Not only was he not afraid, but he was also somewhat delighted: Fighting with the Senate seldom resulted in death, but there were many opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

"Okay, come and see." Qian Duo pointed on the map with a red and blue pencil:

"Our current location is the Yamen of Cangwu County, and next to it is the Wuzhou Government Office—that is, the new city government. Chief Xie and the entire city government team are here, so this area is our focus."

Zhu Si nodded.

"Which squadron in your brigade has the strongest combat effectiveness and is the most reliable?"

"Of course it's the No. [-] Squadron," Zhu Si said. "They are composed of old naturalized people, all equipped with Nanyang rifles, and the officers are all veterans."

"Then your No. [-] Squadron will be stationed here, and at the same time be responsible for guarding Nanxunmen and Dezhengmen, that is, the Great South Gate and Xiaonan Gate. These two city gates were severely damaged during the siege battle. You have to Take care of this place!"

"Yes! Commander, I also set up the brigade headquarters here, and I will take charge of it myself!"

"Okay." Zhu Si nodded, and moved the pencil on the map, "Look, south of the city wall of Wuzhou is the Nanxun Gate, also known as the Great South Gate, extending westward to the Dezheng Gate, or the Xiaonan Gate, and then extending northwest to the West Gate. Jiangmen——is the West Gate, then turns north to Dayun Gate in the north, then extends eastward to the foot of Beishan Mountain, goes southeast along Beishan Mountain to Yangming Gate in the east gate, and finally turns back to Nanxun Gate. Your second The squadron is stationed at the west and north gates; the supplementary squadron is stationed at Yangmingmen." Qian Duo straightened up, "The third squadron is stationed at Sanhezui. Guarding the prisoner-of-war camp."

"Yes, sir."

"The third company of the battle line, I will deploy all of them in the Third General Mansion. This will make our core mobile force."

Zhu Si understands Qian Duo's intentions. The Sanzongfu is the commanding height of the whole city. Deploying the strongest troops here can control the whole city, and secondly, they can send aid everywhere at any time.It is equivalent to the general reserve of the Wuzhou army.

"To be honest, I am more worried about the supplementary squadron. This squadron has only been established for more than ten days. Most of them are stragglers and unemployed locals. Both combat effectiveness and discipline are very poor-I originally planned to return the third platoon to the establishment. Now it seems In order for them to play a role, the third platoon can only remain in this squadron as the backbone."

But in this way, Sanlian lost one-third of its strength, which was really worrying for Qian Duo.

As soon as Zhu Si heard this, he hurried to share his worries: "Report, I suggest that some personnel be transferred from the other three squadrons of the National Army and mixed with the supplementary squadron."

Next update: Volume 351 - Guangzhou Governance Chapter [-]

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