Chapter 191 Broken Morality
"Yes, we won."
"Victory notices have been posted at the city gate." The newly appointed He Xuan and Chen Huizu gathered all their strength and together with the reinforcements sent from Shandong and Hebei, nearly 20,000 people attacked Yanling. They heard that the Fuhan Army was stationed in Yanling. With only one battalion head and 20,000 officers and soldiers, there was no doubt that they won the battle.
After capturing thousands of bandits, the next step for the army is to sweep Xuzhou.
"My informants in Xuzhou and Kaifeng have sent intelligence. There are 20,000 officers and soldiers, while Yanling's bandit soldiers only have about 500. After a brief contact between the two sides, the bandits retreated. Let's talk about the actual gains made by the officers and soldiers... …”
Everyone in the hall made a noise. They couldn't hide the war in Yanling. They knew the truth very clearly. The tone was neither salty nor bland, there was not much joy, and of course there was no gnashing of teeth and hatred.
Fang Tinglan glanced at the people present with his eyes, and continued to say in that sleepy tone: "I went to the provincial capital to visit Mr. Futai a few days ago. Mr. He has given an explicit order that from now on, no trace of Yuzhou's medicinal materials will be allowed. Enter the thief area. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be punished by the thief." When he said the last four words, Fang Tinglan straightened up and his eyes flashed.
This is He Xu's decree, but it is to cut off the lifeblood of Yuzhou's medicinal materials business.
Half of Henan is now in a state of war. Yuzhou's position is so sensitive. How can it be spared? Isn't it because the state government 'opened the door' to appease the Fuhan army? These medicinal merchants also happened to make a fortune. The Fuhan army was no better than the official army, and was willing to spend money on good medicine for disabled soldiers.
Now He Xu just relied on the strength of his numbers to take back Yanling, and he was so determined to break the 'balance of power'. This would not only cut off the financial path of their medicinal merchants, but also sacrifice their Yuzhou. Let me ask, will the Fuhan Army give up after running out of sources of medicinal materials? They only need to send out a light force to sweep away the entire Yuzhou. The Lu's camp and the militia in the state cannot fight hard, and the Huihui religious group is even more papery. Yuzhou will be beaten to a mess like Xuzhou. Even if they, the medicinal merchants, run away now, will they be able to come back again in the future? These people, each of them and their family have reached their current situation by relying on their deep connections in Yuzhou. This is their most important capital. Not just free money.
If Yuzhou is attacked by soldiers, their foundations will collapse. Who among the people here can bear such consequences? Who wants such consequences?
"He Futai is not willing to risk the peace and health of Yuzhou and the lives of all the people to cut off the source of medicinal materials for the General's Mansion. How cruel." Fang Tinglan's face was full of bitterness. The land of Yuzhou is majestic. , was sacrificed completely by the big shots above, and the result he wanted was just to cut off the source of medicinal materials for the rebel bandits, which was too absurd and too insignificant. Fang Tinglan deeply felt worthless for Yuzhou.
"I cried and begged in front of He Futai, but he is the governor of a province, how can an old businessman persuade him?" Even saying that He Xu could meet Fang Tinglan was to give Yuzhou local face.
Fang Tinglan stared at Zong Weifeng. The words of the governor should not be ignored. Fang Tinglan and the others, who are big and powerful local tycoons in Yuzhou, are like a bunch of little bugs when faced with the power of the governor of a province.
"What does the old gentleman mean by asking me to come forward...?"
After hearing this, Zong Weifeng understood why Fang Tinglan invited him here today. The medicinal material dealers in Yuzhou don't dare to cross the line, at least not now. But the people of Yuzhou, yes, these medicinal merchants can represent the people of Yuzhou to a certain extent. They didn't want to anger the Fuhan Army and bring disaster to themselves, so they thought of Lu's Camp.
Zong Weifeng sneered. Fang Tinglan and the others were afraid of He Xu. Aren't they even more afraid of the governor if he was a small guard? If He Xuan wants to deal with them, it can only be done with one sentence. The Lu's Camp can reach a tacit understanding with the Fuhan Army to a certain extent, but Zong Weifeng has definitely not jumped onto the Fuhan Army's pirate ship. He stood up and left.
"Lord Zong, please wait. Let me finish what I have to say."
"Master Zong has been in my Yuzhou for many days. I wonder if you have heard of Shu Yuanjiao..."
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There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Things in China are very complicated. When one party is forced to completely break their integrity, the performance will be extremely exciting.
Among the medicinal material dealers and the militia, Shuoyuanjiao, and Lu's camp they influence, as well as the Yuzhou government who turn a blind eye, He Sheng will soon find that he thinks things are too simple.
Of course, whether He Jiu can care about Yuzhou at that time is another matter.
Huang An, who was stationed in Xuzhou, no longer had a single battalion head, but had three battalions, an artillery team and a logistics force, and was named an independent brigade. Many people in the Fuhan General's Mansion don't know what "independence" means, but Chen Ming has the final say in military matters. The independent battalion, independent brigade, and even the earlier independent brigade appeared openly in the Fuhan Army's organization.
Two thousand people guard Xuzhou, and Huang An is no longer the rookie he was when he guarded Wuyang earlier. He is very calm now. After the Battle of Linru Town, everyone in the Fuhan Army became more confident in their defensive capabilities.
It is difficult to say how to conquer the iron-reinforced concrete fortifications that transcend the ages, even if the Fuhan Army itself is placed in the position of the attacker.
As a strategic support point in the northeast of the General's Mansion, there are not many people in Xuzhou City. There is a reserve of food that can be eaten by the defenders and the people in the city for three years. There are enough wells in the city, a large number of medicinal materials, gunpowder, cannonballs, gun bullets, and even smoked and pickled meat, as well as vegetables sown on the open space in the city, as well as soybeans, black beans, etc.
From the recapture of Xuzhou to the counterattack of the Qing army, there was a gap of half a year. The General's Mansion, holding a large number of captives, not only completed the fortification of Xuzhou, but also Xiangxian, Yancheng, and the entire east side of the three points in a straight line, as tough as a copper wall and iron wall.
If He Yan thought that the team easily recovered Yanling and thought that the next action would go smoothly, he would be too naive. The series of encounters of the Shaanxi Green Camp led by Wu Dashan in Pengpo Town and Linru Town are the future of the Qing army in the northeast.
According to the news from the secret camp, General Fulu of Xi'an has already rushed to Gansu. If it weren't for the weather, the Gansu Green Camp might have already reached the battlefield in Henan. In winter, the northwest is freezing cold, and the ground is covered with ice and snow. If you don't fill the appetite of those Green Camp soldiers at this time, they will not open the way smoothly.
The Gansu-Shaanxi Green Camp has always been the top elite among the Qing Green Camp soldiers. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Gansu Army is even better than the Shaanxi Army, but their "unruly" and loose military discipline, like their combat effectiveness, are firmly engraved in the bones of this army. If you want the Gansu-Shaanxi Green Camp, especially the Gansu Green Camp soldiers, to obey orders obediently, you have to feed them with silver first, and then tolerate their series of burning, killing and looting during the march...