Chapter 55: The Death of Duliu Town
Dong Liang's ward was a single room, which was actually a bedroom in the backyard of the county government office. Dong Liang had lived here before.
At this time, rhythmic footsteps came from outside.
Shang Yun cleverly climbed up from Dong Liang's chest. This was not the first time that they were so close, but Shang Yun was still a traditional woman after all. If someone caught her, she wouldn't have the face to see anyone.
Dong Liang couldn't help but smile as he watched her arranging her clothes and hair. Then Shang Yun rolled her eyes at him.
In fact, Dong Liang couldn't move his hands in this state, and Shang Yun's doctor's uniform was not messy at all.
The person who came was Wang Ziyu, and Dong Liang could tell by the sound of his footsteps. Wang Ziyu was very disciplined in front of Dong Liang, even walking at a slow pace, which was also the etiquette of a scholar-bureaucrat.
Wang Ziyu must have come over at this time to report the results of the battle.
As expected, Wang Ziyu saluted Shang Yun as he walked out. He caught a glimpse of Shang Yun's cheeks being slightly red, and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. Maybe he had bumped into someone else's good deeds.
As expected, Wang Ziyu held the compiled information in his hands.
"Führer, our army has annihilated the Qing army in Yingde Town. In this battle, we have annihilated 15,000 enemies and captured 25,000 Qing troops."
Dong Liang knew that these prisoners included a large number of wounded. In fact, the casualties of the Qing army far exceeded 15,000.
"What's going on over there at Mabi Fort?" Dong Liang came back when the battle in Yingde Town was coming to an end, and he could only listen to Wang Ziyu's report on the subsequent situation.
"After the army gathered together, it divided into two groups. General Wei Xin led 10,000 troops and horses and surrounded Mabi Fort. The navy sent two warships to block the bay. Li Huang could not escape. But my subordinates knew this Li Huang.
Huang, this person is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and he is good at flattering people. If his subordinates come over, they will definitely be able to convince him to surrender."
So what are you waiting for? Dong Liang immediately decided to ask Wang Ziyu to prepare to meet that Li Huang, and he could agree to any conditions first. As long as such a person falls into the hands of the guard, there will be many ways to deal with him.
But Wang Ziyu hadn't finished his words yet: "Head of State, Captain Shan took the remaining 10,000 people south to Lianjiang. Captain Xu now has 30,000 people who have gone down the river from Yanping Prefecture. Chief of Staff Zhao now has two
More than 10,000 mobile troops have already passed Fuqing, and the vanguard has arrived in Jiangnan..."
As Wang Ziyu narrated, the battlefield situation gradually took shape in Dong Liang's mind. The escort army surrounded Fuzhou City from three sides, and the entire Fuzhou City had become an isolated island.
The troops of the three groups have grown to tens of thousands. It seems that the original strategy of mobilizing the people was correct.
"Head of State, Wang Yide committed suicide..." Wang Ziyu said suddenly, with a bit of sadness, after all, he was his old employer.
"Let him be buried peacefully and let his family be notified, allowing them to enter the country to express their condolences and handle the funeral arrangements..." Dong Liang said.
This is quite generous for a local official.
Dong Liang also did this because Wang Yide was considered a good official.
This person just has different ideas and class positions from his own, and cannot be simply positioned as a bad person.
In addition, Wang Ziyu also reported that a large number of Manchu generals were captured this time, including three generals and more than a dozen generals and guerrillas.
Dong Liang will not use these people for the time being, including those prisoners. Now plus the troops staying in various places in Fujian, Dong Liang must have no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses.
Under normal circumstances, Dong Liang could not afford to support such a large number of regular troops, so they would definitely have to be reorganized after the war.
To reorganize twelve detachments and nearly 50,000 regular troops, Dong Liang needed at least a year to train and replenish various weapons and ammunition.
None of the current detachments meet his standards.
With the expansion of the Chinese combat scope, detachments will be used as the basic combat units in the future. There are eight brigades under a detachment, but now they are all infantry.
In the future reorganization, Dong Liang planned to set up special artillery and cavalry brigades in each detachment. Some could set up cavalry and artillery brigades, and others could also set up reconnaissance brigades.
A detachment has a detachment commander, a deputy commander, a detachment chief of staff, a training director, a guard squadron directly under the detachment, a communications team, a special operations team, etc.
Each brigade has leadership positions such as captain, deputy captain, staff officer, and trainer. The trainer is the original teacher, but now he has also become the leadership team of the brigade, with powers such as education, publicity, and registration of military merits.
A single infantry unit will definitely not be able to meet the needs of future wars.
However, it takes time and equipment to establish all these arms. The Guards did not have cavalry before, which was a shortcoming of the Guards. However, there were some among the prisoners of the Qing army. The local war horses in Fujian can meet the needs. The shortcomings are
Dong Liang can also buy some from Fusang people.
As for the cavalry, you can recruit some Qing prisoners who can ride horses, and you can also choose some from the escorts.
Now there is no big problem if the Guards has more than 100,000 people and it is necessary to select 5,000 or 6,000 people to form a dozen cavalry brigades.
Dong Liang basically didn't need to worry about war matters.
He asked Wang Ziyu to send orders to the front line, and asked Zhao Liewen to take the lead in setting up a former enemy headquarters. Zhao Liewen, Tang Lichun, Shan Yaodong, Xu Shu and others formed a temporary command group.
Dong Liang made up his mind to train his generals well.
He has promised Shang Yun not to go directly to the front lines to participate in the battle. In his opinion, in the future, he may even have to participate as little as possible in the former enemy commanders. During this period, he did not take into account the government affairs of the Chinese people.
This time, a large territory like Fujian with a population of tens of millions is already under the rule of the Chinese, but the local ruling order has not yet been established.
Dong Liang has been worried about this.
The common people expect the Chinese to come over and rescue them from the dire straits. If the Chinese fail to do so, the common people will be very disappointed.
If Dong Liang wants to implement any policies in the future, it may not be so easy.
He knew very well that even if Fuzhou City was captured and the entire Fujian Province was liberated, the war between the Chinese and the Manchus would still not stop, but Dong Liang could control it within a certain range.
Dong Liang cannot always participate in the command of these wars. In that case, he will not do anything.
"Ziyu, tell Zhao Liewen to try to take back a complete Fuzhou city."
Wang Ziyu was a little bit dissatisfied. Dong Liang wanted to train Zhao Liewen as the number three figure in the guard army.
He knew that the number two figure in the guard army was Kang Lao Ba. All the soldiers in the army were his disciples and disciples. No matter what military position Ba Ye held, his status could not be shaken.
After Dong Liang established the general headquarters, he concurrently served as the commander-in-chief. Kang Laoba was the deputy commander-in-chief and also served as the director of the training department. The position of the training director was his replacement as the chief instructor of the entire army.
Because the Training Department manages the training of the army, the other part is the management, training and mobilization of the militia.
Wang Ziyu accepted the order and was about to go back, but Dong Liang stopped him again: "Ziyu, after Liu Fengliang comes, you go to Dongfan Island, and I will hand over the construction of Dongfan Island's rear area to you..."
Dong Liang's words were profound, and Wang Ziyu's heart suddenly burst into joy. The head of state was letting him go somewhere to experience it.
Dong Liang said that every high-level government official must have experience in local politics. Only by being able to govern a place well can the entire Chinese nation be governed well.
However, Liu Fengliang will not become the director-general of the Fujian Provincial Administration Bureau, but will switch positions with Zhou Tenghu.
Zhou Tenghu has the talent of a prime minister. This time Dong Liang entrusted him with the rear-line work, and Zhou Tenghu did a very good job.
Everyone knows that Dong Liang plans to implement the cabinet responsibility system, and the chief minister of the cabinet is equivalent to the Chinese prime minister.
But if Zhou Tenghu is brought to this position now, some people will inevitably be dissatisfied.
Chapter completed!