Chapter 180 Unexpected Troops

"I told you not to take the last batch of vacations at the beginning, even if it is ten days and a half month early, otherwise the last one will be rushed, and none of you will listen to me. Look at how smart Zhou Xiangcai is..." Wang

While Nobita put on his military uniform, he scolded the two brothers next to him, ignoring that the soft military hat on his head was still crooked.

Li Anyong and Sun Xing were both busy packing at this time. One kept stuffing things into his bag, including bacon, dried fish, cigarettes, fried beans, and even a can of wine in a coconut scoop for drinking on the road. The other actually didn't.

There was nothing to bring and I had already packed it up. But because I didn’t want to listen to Wang Daxiong’s complaints, I pretended to be busy and secretly glanced at the door of the yard from time to time.

"Brother Sun, my sister-in-law is still in the workshop right now. If you have anything to say to her, I will tell her tonight. You can also write it down!" The little sister of the Li family noticed Sun Xing's little movements and naturally guessed the other party.

Thoughts. After getting along with each other for the past few days, Wang Daxiong kept complaining. She had already known Sun Xing's personality, so after thinking about it, she quickly suggested something aside.

"Oh...no, it's nothing..." Sun Xing lowered his head for a moment after hearing this, and his face turned slightly red. He originally wanted to say something, but after a pause, he finally said

Didn't say it.

"You... you already have a wife, and you're still like a bachelor. Why are you so worthless?" Wang Daxiong naturally understood that his brother was so close that he could wear the same pair of pants, so he turned to look at him.

The little sister of the Li family then generously took out a piece of silver:

"Brother Qinsun is like this. He keeps everything in his heart and doesn't say anything. He has no father or mother. Usually, I am the eldest brother who worries about him. He always says that he is like his father. He is embarrassed. I have to help him.

.Sister, you go to the trading company later to buy some tea, some noodles, and bacon, and I will deliver them to Brother Sun tonight."

The little sister of the Li family looked at Wang Daxiong, then at her brother, as if hesitant, not sure whether to accept it or not. Li Anyong knew Wang Daxiong's personality well, and also knew about his usual military pay, after drinking and visiting the brothel.

There is basically nothing left, and there is definitely no shortage of Sun Xing. He nodded and said: "Your brother Wang asked you to take it, so you take it. You happen to be working in a trading company and you can still get some benefits."

After hearing this, the little sister of the Li family nodded immediately and took the money happily. She saw Wang Daxiong's crooked military cap, and then looked at Sun Xing, who had not realized that he had an extra father, and stood on tiptoe to give it to Wang Daxiong.

Nobita straightened himself up and said with a smile: "Brother Wang is a great hero who stands upright. Heroes don't like to wear their hats crookedly like those bandits."

Wang Daxiong laughed after listening to the words of the younger sister of the Li family. He also recalled that when he was watching the show, the bandits were so careless and shameless. He raised his hand and held the military cap on his head and said:
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"Sister, you are right. I will definitely wear my military cap straight from now on. We are all soldiers of the country. All soldiers of the country are upright men. They are true heroes. I am one of the best among them. I am also a good man.

Officer, you have to pay more attention!"

Let us also say that the troupe under the Propaganda Department has performed in Tunpu several times. Every scene and every character in it has a distinct image. The Tatars are brutal, ugly and inhumane, and the Green Camp soldiers are weak and wretched.

, the hateful shamelessness of bandits and gangsters, the righteous glory of Ming and Zheng soldiers, who would rather die than surrender, and be handsome and handsome...

These realistic artistic performances further deepened people's understanding. Especially on the stage, when Ming and Zheng soldiers were marching and fighting, their capable and handsome military uniforms, powerful armors and standard weapons were very eye-catching, and even made people laugh.

All those who saw the play for the first time could not help but be amazed.

Today, everywhere under the rule of Ming and Zheng, soldiers in military uniforms are the most popular and respected. They have strict military discipline and do no harm to the common people. Under the persistent preaching and education of the teaching team, they often help others.

It has already won the trust of the people and is a hot commodity in the blind date market.

Sun Xing's prospective wife is also a small supervisor of the workshop, and her position is no lower than that of Li Anyong's. As for Wang Daxiong, who has not yet been found, it is simply because he is too picky, otherwise he might have a wife and a concubine.

Now he is the chief executive, and his official position is not small.

After several people finished talking, Sun Xing suddenly took out a piece of silver from nowhere and handed it to the younger sister of the Li family: "Brother Wang is right, but don't just buy food and drink, buy some for your daughter."

Household stuff."

"Yes!" The little girl from the Li family nodded vigorously and took the money happily.

After hearing what Sun Xing said, Wang Daxiong's eyes couldn't help but bulge, and a slightly surprised expression appeared on his face. He had never thought about this before. His mind was filled with tobacco, wine, tea and meat, and he secretly made a note in his heart - he wanted to give it to a woman.

Buying things for my daughter’s home.

A few people quickly finished packing and then went out immediately. The younger sister of the Li family walked them to the intersection of Tunpu. It was just past noon, and spring plowing was about to begin again. Most people had brought food to the fields early in the morning.

They are busy with work and usually don't come back at noon, so there are no people in the fort. It looks empty, with only a few other soldiers who are also the last batch of people on leave with them.

Although the order to return to camp did not stipulate a time, they all knew that it was urgent. Li Anyong had just finished shopping and met his younger brother on his way home. They were the first batch of peasant soldiers recruited to garrison Zhangzhou City. When they heard this

After hearing the news, he knew that the war was about to begin.

Eight Ming and Zheng soldiers lined up, Li Anyong and Sun Xing walked in front, Wang Daxiong, the general manager, walked on the side, leading them very neatly towards the official road waiting point outside Tunbao, as if

It was like marching, except they had no armor on their bodies and no weapons in their hands, so they walked very easily.

The little sister of the Li family watched them slowly become smaller and smaller, turning into a dot, and finally disappearing into the horizon. Suddenly, she remembered the families in Tunbao where someone had died in the war. During the funeral, she even went to deliver cloths.

The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I became. My eyes became sore and turned red unconsciously. I kept muttering: "Brother Wang, Brother Sun, Brother Sun, you all have to come back safely!"

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Wang Daxiong led this group of people and soon arrived at the waiting point in front of the official road. They would wait here for the passenger carriage to the county seat. After arriving at the county seat, the Military Affairs Department would arrange for all the soldiers on leave to gather in Zhangzhou.

Fucheng, complete the registration verification, and clarify the latest deployment orders, and finally take a boat to their current military camps.

Almost all of these passenger carriages are operated by "carriages and horses" that hold a franchise license issued by the Department of Industry and Commerce. They are very well-informed. Soldiers returning home are their important source of customers. Every time there is a large-scale round trip, they will

Increase the number of trains.

But even so, due to the scattered passengers and insufficient number of trains, soldiers returning to their hometowns and camps often have to wait for about an hour before a carriage passes by.

"Grandma, stop looking. We'll be back as soon as we finish fighting the Tatars." Wang Daxiong looked at Li Anyong and Sun Xing both looking in the direction of Tunbao. Thinking that he seemed to be alone, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely for a moment, especially

The two guys didn't know whether they didn't hear him or what, so they ignored him.

Turning around and looking around at the other people who were also looking in the direction of Tunbao, with complicated expressions on their faces, Wang Daxiong lit a cigarette. He knew that it would be a different state of mind to rush to the battlefield after returning home.

Same. When he came to Li Anyong's house this time, he felt completely different from when he returned to the camp after hanging out for seven or eight days. He even envied Li Anyong very much.

"When I come back from fighting against the Tatars, I will also build five large tile-roofed houses with a big yard, and then take a wife to have children and pass on the incense to my old Wang family. I also need to have a family and live a decent life!" Wang

Nobita smoked three cigarettes in a row, and while puffing out the smoke, he suddenly frowned and muttered to himself:

"Grandma, why is it so expensive to build a house, and it also costs so much money to marry a wife? It seems that in the future, you will have to save money, and women will have to quit...alcohol...alcohol...

...However, drinking once in a while should be enough... just a fool, I still have to kill a few more Tartars, receive a head reward, a lot of money, and give up drinking for a while!"

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"This Flying Tigers' raid was very successful. Fifteen of the Tatar heads were chopped off alone. Those so-called Sauron warriors in the Qing court have been frightened by us, and their momentum is even worse than before. Guo

The number of casualties among the sentry horses deployed by the imperial court on the front line of Fuqing has been greatly reduced recently!"

In the conference room of the staff headquarters of the General's Mansion in Zhangzhou Fucheng, generals of the Ming Dynasty Zheng Yingguan and above were sitting together, listening attentively to Chief of Staff Huang Shan's military situation analysis, their eyes and thoughts following the map all the time.

The bamboo branches are constantly moving, and I am afraid that if I miss something, I will not be able to keep up.

Every such military meeting is an opportunity for Huangshan to strengthen the authority of the general staff headquarters. Although Zheng Chenggong has already reviewed the specific battle plan, he still needs to sit here to strengthen his authority. This includes both his authority as the vassal lord and

Including the authority of the General Staff Headquarters.

"The first batch of reinforcements from the Qing government have entered Fuzhou City. The number of soldiers and horses is around 5,000. They are all green soldiers transferred from the south of the Yangtze River. They were the soldiers and horses that surrounded and suppressed Qianda in Taihu Town of the Yangtze River Navy last year. It is said that they were Ao

They were trained by the elite green battalions from Shandong and Shanxi provinces. They invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in a year, and their armor training was very good. Even the navy's land troops could not defeat them.

The Military Intelligence Department has basically found out the strength of the Eight Banners' southern expedition army led by Jidu. The total strength of the Eight Banners' armored soldiers currently resting in various places in the south of the Yangtze River should be around 30,000, of which at least half are Manchurian soldiers. Most of them

Some of them are equipped with armored soldiers, and the rest are from the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han. Among them, there are also a small number of wealthy people who are equipped with armored soldiers.

Therefore, Jidu's troops who finally went south to Fujian to fight with us were definitely more than 30,000. Now Zhang Mingzhen, Chen Liuyu and Zhou Rui need to constantly attack to contain them, lest Qianda's entire army be annihilated, and the losses will be quite heavy. Kakamu

He and Ao Bai should have sent thousands of green battalion troops south to assist in the battle. After the Qing army merged with Chen Tai's garrison in Fuzhou, the final number of capable troops would range from 50,000 to more than 60,000."

Huangshan said, moving the bamboo branch in his hand from Jiangnan to Fuzhou: "Chen Tai's troops in Fuzhou were already very weak, but with these five thousand reinforcements, if he can defend Fuzhou and Changle for a few months, there should be no big problem.

It is impossible for us to spend all our troops on attacking the city from the beginning. Chen Tai would not have thought of this, and the Qing government must have made corresponding arrangements."

After Huang Shan finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent. The total number of soldiers and horses assembled by the Qing army exceeded the expectations of most of them, especially those armored soldiers. These Ming and Zheng veterans had come into contact with each other in previous wars.

, is also very powerful, and can fight more fiercely than almost all Green Camp soldiers.

At this time, Wan Li, who was sitting in the first row, suddenly raised his hand and asked: "As for the composition of the Qing army, when the Military Intelligence Department submitted the intelligence, did they provide any basis for it?"

"Yes, but most of them are relatively vague. The information was finally confirmed through comparison and verification through multiple channels." Huangshan paused, and then continued:

"The five thousand green battalion troops entering Fuzhou City now were confirmed by frontline sentries. This cannot be wrong. But regarding the total strength of the Eight Banners soldiers led by Jidu, on the one hand, it is based on the logistics after the Qing army stationed in South Zhili

The officers of the Green Camp Army who supplied and provided intelligence, on the other hand, were based on the flags, and there was another Qing army sent by the Qing court to Huguang. The total strength of the Eight Banners Army was about 10,000.

The Qing court now has more than just three enemies: us and the Sun and Li brothers. There are also unsettling factors in the north. It also needs to keep troops stationed in Beijing to ensure safety. According to usual practice, the Qing court will probably send more than half of them.

The Eight Banners Army went south. The General Staff Headquarters came to this conclusion only after repeated verification from multiple sources. In fact, it should not be much different."

"Haha, so the Tatars don't think highly of us. Since they want to send a large army to attack south, they set us as the main target of the attack. They divided the troops into two groups and sent more than 10,000 horses from them.

Huguang is in case of unexpected events."

Wanli sneered, and then stopped asking. He naturally knew that the military information could not be completely accurate. The estimate of 50,000 to 60,000 was actually about the same. After Jidu led the army into Fujian, the information would be much clearer. This is

Nothing to rush about.

Zheng Chenggong also discussed this issue with the staff at the General Staff Headquarters. Although the situation today has changed a lot, many things have not changed, especially some of the Qing government's major policies and military directions. After all, Sun Kewang is still there

In western Hunan, Li Dingguo was still in Guangdong, Ming Zheng was still in Fujian, and Zhang Mingzhen was still in Chongming.

In fact, he was a little worried. He only had about 40,000 land troops, and more than 3,000 of them were just added. Although they had completed training, they had not experienced war, and they were just used to replenish the establishment. But Zheng Chenggong

Based on the test results of previous battles, we have great confidence in these recruits who have completed training, and there is no problem with their combat prowess and courage.

But if he faced 60,000 Qing troops, including more than 30,000 Eight Banners, more than 10,000 armored soldiers, and more than 10,000 elite Green Camp troops, then Zheng Chenggong would not be so optimistic about the outcome of the battle. The extra 20,000 Qing troops
To be continued...