Chapter 8: Tujia Hakka (8)
Ready for war! The news quickly spread throughout the camp. Before all the soldiers in the camp could get excited, Weser had already ordered a meeting of all the officers above the rank of Sima. At the meeting, Weeser announced that almost all of the elite would be needed for this operation, and that it would be the Combat Training Section and the troops composed of women and teenagers who remained to guard the camp.
Everyone was frightened at this moment, and no one thought that Wei Ze would dare to make such a desperate bet. In particular, the commanders of the newly formed women's battalion were so frightened that they couldn't speak. Weeser immediately announced that the structure of the women's battalion would be reorganized, and young women would be selected to form a purely female unit. Originally, the women's battalion was composed of one pawn, but now it is divided into two pawns.
"Wei Checkpoint, what if the Qing Demon sends troops to attack us?" This was the most lethal problem, and a Sima named Li Xiaohu from the middle-aged team in Lijia Village immediately jumped up to oppose it.
"Look at the map!" Wei Ze looked disdainful, "Look at the map, the Qing Demon wants to attack us, what kind of route does he have to take to come over." At that time, the Qing Demon had to fight with the Heaven and Earth Society first, and after defeating the Heaven and Earth Society, he had to cross the river by boat before he could finally come to us. At present, heaven and earth will only be afraid that the Qing army will not go out of the city, where will they be afraid that the Qing army will go out of the city! Besides, our comrades from the combat training section have stayed, and they are all the elite of the elite! ”
Just saying this, it didn't make Li Xiaohu feel at ease. Wei Ze was not hypocritical, and immediately ordered, "Comrade Li Xiaohu, if you don't worry, you can stay." When you go back, inform the whole army that whoever is not at ease can stay! ”
The elite troops are all young and strong personnel, and they are very excited when it comes to fighting. The expected situation of a large number of people choosing to stay did not happen, and in the end, less than ten people, including Li Xiaohu and Sima, publicly expressed their willingness to stay. And now that they are in the minority, these ten people have also succumbed like the majority.
"We're a family now!" Wei Ze said loudly at the all-army mobilization meeting, "Since it is a family, the first thing is to trust other people. At present, we have just built a family, and the family foundation is thin, so naturally it is not as big as that big business, so we don't have to take too many risks. Now that we're fighting for our lives, everyone has to do their part! ”
No cheers, no praises. All the men, women, and children listened so carefully to Weeser's words. Wei Ze came up with only one solution to the problem: "Train soldiers!" Training! Training! ”
Before attacking Wujiazhen, Wei Ze strengthened his training. Especially for women and children, Weizer has personally formulated strict training regulations. Children are not required to participate in combat training, but are required to participate in cultural and basic discipline training. Some of the soldiers in the army who had already learned three or four hundred words were transferred to the cultural instructors of the various units, and the cultural instructors also taught cultural lessons to the children and women in the camps.
The training was in full swing to dispel the uneasiness in the hearts of some of the male fighters. In any case, the women also went through the same basic training and musket shooting training as the men, and the men who had already undergone these training knew the effects of the training, and after seeing the women go through the basic training, the concern of the women for their loved ones gradually began to dissipate after seeing them become more and more sophisticated. After all, there are not only women and children in the camp, some elderly people are also in the camp, and these old men are also characters who once licked blood with knives.
Wei Ze actually didn't care about these at all, he was able to complete his orders even without going through this so-called "mobilization meeting". To go to such great lengths to organize a mobilization meeting, Wei Ze was just looking for an excuse to be able to conduct a large-scale training of the whole army.
Even if he recognized that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's system of separate camps for men and women was a model that was in line with the current situation, Wei Ze hoped to make more effective use of the situation. What made Weeser feel wrong in this era was not the attitude of people who insisted on the family, but the attitude of men who regarded women as their own private property. There is no better way to emancipate women than to give them common opportunities to work, and the emergence of female musket teams is the best way. Women also have almost equal violence, which can be a very good effect in the military.
Nothing will be immediate, and once Weeser has sown the seeds, he will let them grow freely. He took the members of the military council and began to prepare for battle. After reading the map Zhang Yingchen took out and listening to his introduction to Wujiazhen, Hu Chenghe asked a very realistic question: "Do I want to occupy Wujiazhen?" ”
If Wujia Town is really a town with strong protection capabilities, as Zhang Yingchen said, the imagination of using this as a base is quite attractive.
Wei Ze poured a basin of cold water on it, "Isn't Yong'an City bigger than Wujia Town?" ”
As soon as these ruthless words were said, the commanders were honest. The Taiping army of 20,000 or 30,000 people was stationed in Yong'an City, but in the end it was still unable to hold it. At present, these 1,000 men, women, and children are guarding Wujia Town, and the result will only be worse.
"So what the hell am I going to do?" Wei Changrong asked.
Wei Ze replied: "We must pull up the team as much as possible, accumulate materials through mobile combat, and accumulate combat experience. ”
In fact, when Wei Ze first began to lead his troops south, he also had the ambition of "a spark can start a prairie fire". The problem is that after walking for a while, he understands one thing, in the era when a spark could start a prairie fire, the whole country fell into a civil war. The relationship between various forces is life-and-death, and the Red Army is only one of them, and it is still a relatively weak force. Therefore, the Red Army was able to take advantage of the contradictions between the various factions to constantly develop itself.
The Manchu government in 1852 was still a unified regime, and no matter how fierce the contradictions between the local and central governments were, they did not reach the level of endless contradictions between the enemy and ourselves. On the other hand, there was an absolute contradiction between the Manchus and the rebel forces. In such a situation, Wei Ze can only "coerce" the people first and expand the team.
"Wei Checkpoint, what if we defeat Wuzhou?" Wei Changrong continued to ask.
This question is not only the content that Wei Changrong is concerned about, but also the content that the brothers who went south with Wei Ze are concerned about.
Wei Ze smiled, "Hehe, I'll just wait for such a few people, can I hold Wuzhou after capturing Wuzhou?" If you want to hold Wuzhou, you must be able to collect money and food, you must be able to recruit troops, and you must be able to subdue the Quartet. What do you think we can do now? ”
The officers looked at each other, and Mo said that they couldn't do so much now, and many people didn't even think of so much. Wei Ze said with a little malice: "Even if we occupy Wuzhou, can we let this Wujia Town honestly pay us grain?" Can any of you, brothers, come up with a solution? ”
"There's no other way than to beat them." Ke Gongyu, the third pawn, said in silence. The brothers were a little confused in the face of the problems they had never thought about, and some of the brothers couldn't help but laugh out loud when they heard Ke Gongyu's straightforward and concise construction. Violence is the easiest way to solve the problem, and everyone may have stayed in Yong'an for too long, too accustomed to owning the city, and now their thoughts are a little dull.
"Good! Then I'll fight into Wujia Town! Wei Changrong's whole person suddenly became as energetic as a sharp blade out of the sheath.
Although Wei Ze shouted for the whole army to be dispatched, in fact, it was only the second pawn with the moat as the commander of the first to be dispatched. If the battle can be resolved by relying on the second pawn, Wei Ze will not really let the whole army out. The brothers of the boat army were quite helpful, and transported more than 100 people to the vicinity of Wujia Town in one day.
After meeting with Ruan Xihao, the Hakka villages near Wujia Town have been fully mobilized, and the men have prepared flat shoulders, sacks, and hemp ropes, which clearly shows that they want to transport things to their homes after breaking Wujia Town. Wei Ze couldn't help but ask Ruan Xihao, "Brother Ruan, what did you tell the villagers?" ”
"Wei Checkpoint, are you worried that we will not serve you as the Lord?" Ruan Xihao asked Wei Ze rhetorically.
"I'm worried that you want me to be a grass king here." Wei Ze sneered, "Brother Ruan, you are also a person who travels from south to north, and if I break Wujia Town today, I will offend the government." The brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society can't take Wuzhou, so they will naturally disperse, and the officials and soldiers will come to Wujia Town sooner or later. If the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society take Wuzhou, the official army will only attack Wuzhou on a large scale, and once Wuzhou is lost, the official army is afraid that they will come to Wujia Town next. Brother Ruan, if you really just want to make a profit, then you might as well say it directly. If you feel that you are full of food today and sleep today, you don't care if you die tomorrow. Then what does it matter if I help you break Wujia Town? ”
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