Chapter 80 Repeating
As early as a few days ago, Chen Wenshuai's army appeared outside the city of Jinhua Prefecture. Cao Conglong did not expect that Chen Wen asked him to come and did not give him a chance to speak. However, as the flagpole bound to Ma Jinbao was erected by the Ming army, even if he had never heard of psychological warfare, Cao Conglong could see ominous strangeness from the soldiers of Fubiao camp around him, especially this strangeness even occurred in Zhou Qingui and others.
Seeing this, he knew that the morale of the army was about to collapse. Cao Conglong hurriedly took Lu Wenlong and his two congmen to secretly get off the city. Then he didn't even go back to the Governor's Office, and went eastward to the city directly out of Chisong Gate.
However, the city was out, but the question of "where to go" was immediately placed in front of Cao Conglong and others.
As Chen Wen had previously expected, three statements appeared among Cao Conglong's escort and Congren. The first one tried to return to Fujian, impeach Chen Wen to attack friendly forces, and put all the shit pots on Chen Wen's head; the second one was to join the garrison commander of Dongyang County and Liu Cheng, deputy general of the former battalion; and the third one was to go north to Hangzhou to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and use the power of the Qing Dynasty to deal with Chen Wen.
The first method was quickly denied by Cao Conglong. The task was not completed. Even if the shit pot was really stuck on Chen Wen's head when he went back, it would be useless. The dilemma of the Lujianguo Group could not be escaped, and it was still a big problem to be able to be deducted. The second idea was even more nonsense. From Liu Cheng to his officers and soldiers, all of them were brought by Chen Wen. Who knew if this guy would directly sell Cao Conglong and others for a good price. As for the third one, the angry Cao Conglong who said that idea was called by the guards and dragged them down to death before he could finish his words. As for whether this guy had the idea of saving the country in his mind like a curve.
That night, there was no way to do it. Cao Conglong and his group had no time to have a difference before they could even cause internal strife, and then they were caught up by He Decheng and others who were chasing him. He Decheng also brought a solution that was not possible to Cao Conglong.
Sneak attack on the coolie camp composed of former green camp soldiers, and then took those Qing army veterans to continue attacking Taizhou eastward!
This idea was very bold, but it was quite difficult, but they had no other choice for a while. So early the next morning, Cao Conglong, Lu Wenlong and his two followers, plus the nearly 100 people brought by He Decheng, rushed to the coolie camp.
The coolie camp was originally located near Anhua Town. They were participants in the Anhua Town Bastion Project, and they also paid the price of more than 100 deaths and more than 200 disabled people. But it was a military project. After the civil engineering project of the bastion was completed, the coolie camp moved to the east of Huaxi Village in Yiwu, and their work was changed to cutting down trees that could be used to build inland river warships in the mountains and forests further east.
Although this work is not very safe and is also prone to accidents, the officers in charge of the Coolie Battalion are afraid of causing chaos during the war, so they have very low requirements for workload. Instead, they are much easier and safer than building a city with rammed earth and city hard. In addition, these coolies had already surrendered under the oppression of the Ming army and the supervisors when they were in Anhua Town. These former green camp soldiers began to enjoy this "job". Some even had a pathological mentality of gratitude to the Ming army and the supervisors.
However, with the outbreak of the Cao Conglong Rebellion, although the family of the Kuli Battalion was hostage in the city, the civil servants of the military inspectors openly strife when the army went to war, fearing that there would be chaos. The officers in charge of the Kuli Battalion stopped working every day and confined the Kuli Battalion in the camp to prevent the news from coming into it.
He waited tremblingly and fearfully for the Ming army to return to quell the rebellion, but in the end he waited for an army in the uniform of the Ming army. The officer who claimed to have sent Chen Wen to inspect the Cool Lie Battalion took advantage of the opportunity when their always tense nerves were a little relaxed and controlled the entire Cool Lie Battalion in one fell swoop.
The officer who led the team to attack was He Decheng. After he controlled the situation, Cao Conglong came forward to pardon the guilt of the coolies who were willing to join the Fubiao camp. Then he handed over the captured Ming army and the supervisors from the Green Camp soldiers to the coolies who were pardoned to collect their loyalty.
On the school ground of the coolie camp, the identity of the owner and the livestock changed, but the fearful animals saw that the owners tied to the rack by the rebels like lambs to be slaughtered and did not dare to move, as if they were afraid that this was a trap to test their loyalty. Until a confidant officer of Cao Conglong used a knife to force a frightened unlucky boy to gently whip it but was not punished, but received a reward instead. The entire school ground was instantly boiling.
However, after the cruel killing that was shattering, the ferociousness of these former green camp soldiers was rekindled and became uncontrollable. They had been struggling for several days, slaughtering several surrounding villages before being overwhelmed by fatigue.
The day before Chen Wen received the news, the Ming army in Fubiao Central Camp, who was directly under the command of He Decheng, the former Green Camp soldiers and coolies, was reorganized again, and gathered together under the threat of the Ming army's counter-rebellion troops at any time, and began to march towards Dongyang County in accordance with the military order.
The reason why these green camp soldiers were able to regain their reunion was mainly because their original officers either became supervisors or were washed away by the Ming army, who was leading the coolies during this period, so that these former green camp soldiers had become a mess by Cao Conglong's acquisition, and were easily dispersed and reorganized by He Decheng into a new Fubiao camp composed of his confidants who escaped from the city with him.
Although these coolies were originally green camp soldiers of the Qing army, their long-term overwork was not something that could be slowed down in less than a month since the rebellion. In addition, the distribution of food was reduced when there was no labor, and their physical condition was generally poor. Especially since this Fubiao battalion had just been reorganized, it is really doubtful how much combat power it could have.
However, with more than a thousand veterans in his hands, his courage was naturally stronger. In order to better achieve the task of capturing Taizhou and welcome the landing of the Lu Jianguo Group, the main assistant of the rebellion, the governor's yamen, Lv Wenlong rushed to the garrison camp of Dongyang County, in order to persuade Liu Cheng and Cao to join the Long Army to enter Taizhou east.
Their wishful thinking was to use the Dongyang County garrison trained by Chen Wen as the arrow, the newly-organized Fubiao camp as the auxiliary, and the food and military supplies accumulated in Yushan Town to take down Taizhou in one fell swoop. Even if there is no time, they can retreat to Luochengyan and sit and watch the changes in the surrounding situation.
"Deputy General Liu, the old master of Fujun said that as long as Deputy General Liu is willing to lead the army to go out to war, a general with seals is naturally indispensable. If he takes Taizhou in the future, if the old master of Fujun is good, his highness will never be stingy with the reward of titles. At that time, Deputy General Liu will be a nobleman who is in the same resignation as the country. Wouldn't it be better to be a guerrilla general under the tent of that villain named Chen?"
In Liu Cheng's private house in Dongyang County, Lu Wenlong's abacus was awesome, but Liu Cheng seemed to be still worried, far less decisive than Lu Wenlong's last time when he discussed it with him.
The garrisons of Dongyang County are the first of the garrisons of Jinhua. One infantry bureau and two infantry posts, the strong force of up to 600 combat soldiers is pale in comparison even the defenders of Anhua Town Bastion. However, the size of the troops is so large that the areas that need to be controlled are naturally larger. Dongyang County in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were vast in territory, and it was probably the territory of the two counties in later generations. This garrison was also divided into two parts in terms of garrison, one of which guarded the county town, and the other part was used to siege Luochengyan.
After Luo Chengyan's Baitou Army received the recruitment, Liu Cheng transferred that part of the garrison back to the county town. Later, Cao Conglong hoarded military supplies in Yushan Town, so he transferred two infantry posts to guard.
However, since the beginning of the rebellion, the garrison in the county town has only stabilized the situation by using his post and the authority of the court, and the families of most officers who were controlled by Cao Conglong. Now that Chen Wen has returned, the city has been recovered by the rebels. It is not so easy to continue.
"Lu Zanhua, today is different from the past. The Lord has returned. Even if I issued a military order, how many soldiers would follow the elders of the Fujun to expedition to Taizhou. It would be better to make a long-term plan for this matter."
Chen Wen was the founder of this army. He led the way in several bloody battles. His prestige was no longer comparable to the so-called authority of the court far away. Lu Wenlong knew these things. Chen Wen was indeed a barrier that they could not overcome at all, but now that things have come to this point, there is no way out. Instead of going back to face Chen Wen's anger and the almost invincible means of using troops, there may be a glimmer of hope to guide Taizhou.
Chapter completed!