The animal world of the head of the village

Chapter 422 Recommending a New General

From the next day, Luo Hongfan personally followed Chen Huanzhi's soldiers out of the city, visited the rich and wealthy squires, and spoke with affection and politeness. Finally, half of the rich and squires signed the contract and donated [-]% of their property.

For the remaining nearly twenty rich and gentry households, Huang Xiaohu gave them two days to consider, and secretly arranged for Skylark to monitor their whereabouts. The family property fled.

Two days later, more than a dozen wealthy squires finally chose to donate [-]% of their net worth, so that only four wealthy squires were left to continue to fight.

Huang Xiaohu knew that the reason why these rich and squires dared to resist to the end was that one of them was said to have a close relationship with a certain leader of the Taiping Army, so he relied on the momentum of the Taiping Army and believed that Huang Xiaohu and the others would not dare to mess around.

The other two were because they were closely related to court officials, and there were Qing soldiers stationed in Weiyang County, which was close to Panlong County, so they were ready to take refuge in Weiyang City.

The remaining family, because they have more than 100 members of the village training team and even have a lot of firearms, feel good about themselves, thinking that Huang Xiaohu and the others will not confront them head-on.

After analyzing the situation of several companies, Huang Xiaohu decided to deal with the rich and gentry family with firearms and valor training first, and let Chen Huanzhi lead people there to destroy them, even Huang Xiaohu himself was unwilling to come forward, after all, Huang Xiaohu didn't like to hurt Innocent, but this kind of thing will definitely hurt some innocent people.

Huang Xiaohu told Chen Huanzhi: "Kill all those who resist, but those who surrender will save their lives, and I will be useful if I catch them alive. Especially those women, children, and children who have no offensive power, don't hurt them." They, do you know?"

Chen Huanzhi nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Chairman, I will definitely do what you want."

Chen Huanzhi led five hundred soldiers out of the city overnight, and returned before dusk the next day.

Huang Xiaohu personally welcomed Chen Huanzhi's team back, and found that Chen Huanzhi had brought back at least 100 people, many of whom were servants and maidservants, and there were also a lot of property.

After Chen Huanzhi saw Huang Xiaohu, he said with a smile: "Master President, everything went well, but the master was killed, and those under him didn't dare to fight at all, so they all ran away."

Huang Xiaohu asked: "Who are these people captured?"

Chen Huanzhi said: "All of them are relatives and servants of that family. This is the meaning of the chairman, and I dare not disobey."

Huang Xiaohu said: "You did a good job. These people are temporarily handed over to Lord Luo to take them into custody. I will let Lord Luo follow up and deal with them."

Chen Huanzhi said: "Obey! Chairman, do you have any other orders?"

Huang Xiaohu said: "Take someone to rest for a while, and there will be a new task for you soon."

After Chen Huanzhi took the order, he took people to the barracks for repairs.

Huang Xiaohu found Luo Hongfan to discuss the next thing.

Huang Xiaohu said: "County Luo, there is actually one thing that I have never quite understood."

Luo Hongfan said: "My lord, what is it that makes you doubt?"

Huang Xiaohu said: "Lord Luo said at the beginning that Panlong County is a food road and a place that must be contested by military strategists, but after we captured Panlong County, it seems that no officers and soldiers have come to encircle and suppress, and even the Taiping Army has disappeared. what is the root cause?"

Luo Hongfan said: "Actually, I don't really understand, because according to common sense, Weiyang City and Qinglong City around Panlong County should lead troops to encircle and suppress us, but they can't hold on to it, and they don't even dare to send troops to the surrounding areas. , it really confuses me."

Huang Xiaohu said: "Which place has the most officers and soldiers between Weiyang City and Qinglong City?"

Luo Hongfan said: "I don't know about this. The defense of a general county town is two or three thousand soldiers. If the imperial court does not send troops to reinforce them, they should have only this many generals."

Huang Xiaohu said: "That's understandable. They probably don't have enough troops, and they can only protect themselves temporarily. If they are allowed to attack Panlong County, it may be a bit embarrassing. So they just stand still and wait for reinforcements."

Luo Hongfan said: "I have received news that Jiangnan Camp has been captured by rioters, and the siege of Tianjing has been lifted. The court should focus on the rioters, so there is no time to worry about it for the time being."

Huang Xiaohu said: "Actually, I could have taken this opportunity to capture Weiyang City and Qinglong City, but I didn't do so. I wonder if Lord Luo knows my intention?"

Luo Hongfan said: "I really don't know. In fact, I also think that it is the best time to send troops at this time, because the other party dare not rush to send troops. It must be insufficient troops."

Huang Xiaohu said: "Shenlonghui doesn't have such big ambitions, we just need to be on the safe side. With Panlong County, I think it is enough."

Luo Hongfan said: "What if the imperial army surrounds us and traps us in Panlong County?"

Huang Xiaohu said: "For the time being, this kind of thing should not happen, because the court's focus is still to fight against the Taiping Army, we don't need to be too nervous."

Luo Hongfan suddenly knelt down and begged: "Master Chairman, please think twice. If you only rely on the support of Panlong County, I am afraid that you will be surrounded by the imperial army soon. I hope that Lord Chairman will be far-sighted and don't be satisfied with this."

Huang Xiaohu said: "If Weiyang and Qinglong City are captured, don't we have to worry?"

After Luo Hongfan was supported by Huang Xiaohu, he said: "Master, if Weiyang and Qinglong are captured, Panlong County will not be exposed, and we can also rely on natural dangers to defend the city. After Weiyang and Qinglong, It is the mountains and mountains, and if we get these two cities, we will be able to better defend Panlong County."

Huang Xiaohu said: "Since Magistrate Luo said so, we can discuss the plan carefully. However, it is not difficult to capture Weiyang and Qinglong City, but who will we send to defend the city?"

Luo Hongfan said: "General Chen can guard Weiyang City, but Guo Yi is not good at leading troops, so he can't defend the city. In this case, I would like to recommend someone to guard Qinglong City."

Huang Xiaohu asked: "Who is Lord Luo going to recommend?"

Luo Hongfan said: "This person was originally the garrison of Panlong County, and he has rich experience in leading troops and fighting. If he can be sent to garrison Qinglong City, it will definitely guarantee the safety of Qinglong City."

Huang Xiaohu became anxious and asked, "Who is that?"

Luo Hongfan said: "This person's surname is Gu, a single full name, and he is currently serving as a police officer in the county government."

Huang Xiaohu said: "Okay, since Master Luo values ​​this person so much, let this Gu Quan come and meet me tomorrow, I want to see his skills."

The next day, Luo Hongfan brought Gu Quan over to see Huang Xiaohu.

Huang Xiaohu saw that this person was ordinary in appearance and average in stature, so he didn't seem to have anything special about him.

Luo Hongfan also saw Huang Xiaohu's concerns, so he said: "My lord, although Gu Quan looks ordinary, he is really good at marching and fighting. As long as the lord is willing to give him a chance, I believe that Gu Quan will definitely not let the meeting down." Grown-ups are disappointed."

Huang Xiaohu said: "In that case, Gu Quan, let me ask you, if I want to attack Qinglong City now, how many troops do you need?"

Gu Quan said: "1000 people are enough."

Huang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Well, I also like to look at actual results, and I don't like people who boast. If you say 1000 people, I will give you 500 people. Gu Quan, you said that Qinglong City can be taken in a few days. ?”

Gu Quan said: "Within three days, I will definitely capture Qinglong City."

Huang Xiaohu asked curiously: "What do you know? Why are you so sure?"

Gu Quan said with a smile: "Master President does not know, the generals defending Qinglong City and I are life and death friends. When Panlong City was broken, Lord Luo cried and persuaded me to stay. I also looked after Lord Luo." I stayed because of affection. However, after observing the past few months, I, Gu Quan, admire the character of the chairman, so I am willing to do my best for the chairman."

Huang Xiaohu said: "In this way, the guard of Qinglong City is very familiar with you, aren't you worried that he won't buy your account?"

Gu Quan said: "Originally, after the Chairman took down Panlong County, I actually communicated with the defenders of Qinglong City. They were worried that the Chairman would attack Qinglong City because the defenders were not strong enough and had no intention of fighting. .If the chairman wants to conquer Qinglong City now, I, Gu Quan, can definitely do it."

Huang Xiaohu said: "In this case, let you lead the army to attack Qinglong City, but after the attack, you must not kill innocent people indiscriminately, all military orders must be executed according to the military orders of our Shenlong Society in Panlong County, can you do it? "

Gu Quan knelt down and said, "Gu Quan is willing to obey the chairman's order and capture Qinglong City, and he will definitely not kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Luo Hongfan said: "My lord, it's not too late. How about just handing over the matter of attacking Qinglong City to Gu Quan?"

Huang Xiaohu said: "Okay, then make Gu Quan the leader of the Shenlong Club, count [-] soldiers and horses, and attack Qinglong City in three days."

After deciding to attack Qinglong City, Huang Xiaohu summoned Chen Huanzhi to discuss the plan together.

After Chen Huanzhi learned that Gu Quan led the army to attack Qinglong City, he seemed a little unconvinced. He said, "Gu Quan is just a patrolman, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility? Chairman, please don't hand over the lives of [-] brothers If this person is going to attack the city, I, Chen Huanzhi, will definitely be the first to charge forward."

Huang Xiaohu said with a smile: "General Chen, don't you know that you also have a mission?"

Chen Huanzhi asked, "What exactly is the mission?"

Huang Xiaohu said: "I want to ask General Chen, how many defenders are there in Panlong County?"

Chen Huanzhi said: "About 4000 people."

Huang Xiaohu said: "Gu Quan leads 500 people to attack Qinglong City, General Chen needs to lead 500 people to attack Weiyang City, I hope to see you two generals can complete the mission as soon as possible, I don't want to hear you arguing here! Understand Yet?"

Chen Huanzhi and Gu Quan quickly knelt down and bowed to each other, saying, "Obey!"

(End of this chapter)