Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2160 Passive to Active

It was more than an hour late for Zhu Si to enter Xu Gang with the team. Although the scene of eating pots of rice is gone, Xu Gang is still quite enthusiastic about their arrival. Tea mug and tea and food reception.The soldiers were tired and hungry. Seeing that there was food and drink, they rushed to get food and drink.

"Masters, eat slowly. We will be at the threshing ground in a while, and there will be entertainment. Don't worry..." The steward who came to entertain saw that the tea and food on several large bamboo plaques had been swept away before the team was over. It looks like a hungry ghost reincarnated, and he can't help but secretly despise it.But Qiu Ba has never been offended since ancient times, so he still greeted him with a smile.

"Go ahead after eating and drinking, don't block the road." The sergeants kept urging the soldiers to move forward.The soldiers ate and ate and stuffed themselves.

"Hey, you're only allowed to eat, not to take!" Li Dong hurriedly stopped him loudly, "When you get to the place, bury the pot to make food, and you all take it, and the brothers behind will be gone!"

The soldiers had just fought a battle and were so hungry and thirsty. Now that they had food and drink, they couldn't help but relax.Looking around.

"This village is really nice!" Luo Mao looked at the village, "It's not inferior to Lingao!"

"Most of this house is made of bricks and tiles! Even the Wuzhou Mansion is not so grand!"

"There are still stone slabs on the road."

"This village is really big, bigger than the market town in my hometown."

……

From time to time, there were such discussions in the team, and the soldiers looked curiously at the village they had just saved.

Although Xugang is a village, its scale is more like a small town.This kind of affluent southern town is mostly similar, with a river or a large pond as the center, and houses in the village are spread along the river, east, west, north, south.

Most of these villages are relatively wealthy, so most of the houses in the village are relatively neat and the roads are paved.The vertical and horizontal waterways not only provide abundant water, but also provide ready-made drainage facilities. In addition, the "township regulations and civil agreements" governed by the clan are very restrictive, and the environmental appearance is much better than that of the county town or even the prefectural city.Even better than some "standard villages" in Lingao.

Because of the war, there were not many pedestrians on the street, only the national army from Fengchuan County who came early and the local regiments were patrolling the road.

The steward who entertained them took the integrated squadron to the threshing field in Qiancun for a rest.Because they don't stay overnight, there is no need to number the house, prepare grass and so on.Just set up a sentry on the threshing ground, set up a spear and a rifle, and rest on the spot.

As soon as the Wuzhou Integrated Squadron settled down in the threshing ground, local people came to "work the army" with pots and vats.The dishes are not rich, and there is not much meat, but there is enough white rice, and there is a big pot of soup.This hot meal is delicious and sweet.

While eating, Zhu Si called Li Dong over to discuss the next move.

He originally had a good opinion of Li Dong, thinking that this person is very aggressive, and if he messes up things, he will be dragged down.But just now Mi Longtao praised him for "acting decisively", which made him very happy.In any case, Li Dong's risky actions earned him face, and Mi Longtao's battle report could show his face.You must know that Australians don't give credit easily. If you want to kill one level with officers and soldiers, you can get credit. In the Fubo Army, no one cares about killing a few enemies.Promotion and promotion depends more on "normal performance".What do you think of this normal performance?It doesn't depend on the specific "achievements".

Although this Li Dong is reckless, he is a good player in making meritorious deeds.Anyway, I am the commander, and I must be "good at commanding" if I have credit; if something goes wrong, at least there is room for evasion.

After Xu Gang's battle, their time on the road was delayed for several hours. Originally, they were supposed to join the upward transport fleet before sunset, but now it was obviously impossible.

"If you rush, you may not be able to arrive. However, there is no guarantee that there will be similar things on the road. I think we should be more cautious and just go slower." Zhu Si said.

Before they set off from Fengchuan County, they notified the counties along the river and the shipping command center through the local radio station that they would be delayed due to participation in the battle.

"I think so too. I'm afraid the enemy hasn't gone far." Li Dong agreed, "As soon as we start from Xugang, we might fight another battle."

Zhu Si did not expect this. In his opinion, the bandits suffered heavy casualties in this battle. They buried more than 30 corpses on the hillside alone. Xu Gang heard that dozens of corpses were also lost.With so many casualties and no benefits, how can the minions below continue to fight desperately?
"The bandits have suffered such a big loss, and they still want to continue to fight us. Aren't they afraid that the minions below will betray them?"

"Captain, this group of bandits is not simple, they are definitely not ordinary house robbers." In fact, Li Dong had this feeling when cleaning the battlefield, "Look at the firearms they bring..."

"A few wooden cannons, what's so rare?"

"Wooden cannons are not uncommon, but why do they bring so many wooden cannons when they fight a village, and throw them away after they are finished shooting? It doesn't feel bad at all... This is not the way of bandits."

"You mean...they are officers and soldiers—the Ming army?"

Li Dong nodded, "There are quite a few people in our army who came from the Ming army. Just now Luo Mao said that these bandits are at least at the level of soldiers in the Ming army. They fought very well - the commander will not be ordinary bandit chieftain."

"So you think they didn't go far at all, just waiting for us to come out and fight again?"

"Yes." Li Dongyue thought more and more that it was possible, "Xu Gang and the others are either unable to fight, or they are just a bait—waiting for us to rescue them, so that they can catch us unawares! Look at the position on the hillside, it is obvious that they are waiting for us Come……"

Zhu Si gasped, he hadn't thought of this just now, and hearing what Zhu Si said made sense.

"did not expect……"

"Didn't expect anything?" Mi Longtao's voice suddenly came.

Surprised, Zhu Si quickly stood up with Li Dong and saluted.Li Dong said:

"We are discussing the movement of the enemy."

Zhu Si glanced at him slightly dissatisfied, and reported at attention: "Judging from the enemy's actions..."

"Okay, let's sit down and talk. Don't be so restrained." Mi Longtao said and sat down on the stone slab by the side of the threshing floor, "You sit too!"

Zhu Si immediately recounted Li Dong's thoughts just now.

"I agree with Lieutenant Li: Most of the enemies have not gone far, and are still waiting for an opportunity. After all, they have such a big battle, and it is absolutely impossible to just withdraw their troops like this."

"Your speculation is very reasonable." Mi Longtao looked at the two of them with approving eyes, "The enemy besieged Xu Gang. To put it bluntly, it was 'surrounding the spot to fight for reinforcements'. In terms of their strength and firearms, Xu Gang had already surpassed them." Can't hold it anymore—they are deliberately waiting for us to come and rescue them. Speaking of which, this strategy has partially succeeded..." Having said this, Mi Longtao's tone was a bit heavy.

"The enemy is really insidious. If we don't come to the rescue, we can destroy Xugang, earn a lot of money, and create a terrifying atmosphere; if we come to rescue, there will inevitably be casualties..." Li Dong said.

"That's right, when I was training with the teaching team, the teacher told us: a good commander can choose the battlefield to fight with the enemy. Our battle today is to fight on the battlefield chosen by the enemy. In fact, it is very passive. ..." Mi Longtao looked at their faces and seemed to understand. He knew that they would not understand if he said too much, so he didn't go into details. It is difficult to save, otherwise once the enemy breaks through Xugang, the local people will lose a bit of trust in us. Over time, we will be 'squeezed' out by the enemy..."

Seeing that they couldn't believe it, Mi Longtao took out a copy of the telegram from his canvas bag and handed it to Zhu Si:

"This was just posted this morning. You probably haven't seen it yet. This is the latest enemy situation. Look at the fourth article..."

Zhu Si and Li Dong got together, and the content of the fourth article is based on the information they have obtained, that some bandits are extorting food, cloth, gold and silver from some villages on both sides of the Xijiang River.For the villages that refused to pay, they used methods such as harassment and kidnapping to force the villages to submit. For those who refused to pay attention, a large number of people were gathered to capture and massacre the villages to form a deterrent to the surrounding area.

Zhu Si didn't quite understand why Mi Longtao showed him this.In his opinion, this bandit is often like this, nothing unusual.After all, after using the model of "kill one to warn the hundred" to cause terror, it is much easier to extort the property and food of the villages than to lick blood with a knife.

Seeing their expressions, Mi Longtao knew that their "political awareness" was not enough.reminded:

"Since we have come to Guangzhou, defeated the Ming Dynasty government, and established a new regime, the most important thing is to 'protect the environment and the people'. The common people don't look at what you say, but first look at the world after you came. We can’t keep one side safe! If we can’t protect the lives and properties of the common people, and let them work peacefully in the fields during the day and sleep peacefully at night, we won’t have a firm foothold here!”

Both Zhu Si and Li Dong nodded involuntarily.

"If we can't do a good job in security work as soon as possible and let the bandits continue to run rampant, over time, ordinary people will have to compromise to 'cooperate' with the bandits and become 'double-faced people' in order to make a living. It will be impossible to walk on both sides of the West River!"

"I understand. We have to take the initiative!" Li Dong said excitedly.

Mi Longtao nodded appreciatively, Zhu Si was robbed by him and said the boss was unhappy, and blurted out: "How to chase, do you know where they went?"

"Look," Mi Longtao opened the map, "According to the information we have received and the captives' confession, there are about 500 enemies in this group—they still have at least 400 troops. The enemy will not go to the sky to escape, so With a large force, they can’t run far or hide in a short period of time.”

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