After all, the attack of the 1st and 2nd Group Army on Zhili has made it impossible for the Qing army to take into account the defense of Tianjin, so this battle will be smoother than expected, and everyone in the navy will be very relaxed.

However, Qiu Ze sighed deeply, wrapped his windbreaker tightly, and walked towards the cabin, Deng Yunfang seemed to see something, and even if he followed, the other officers looked at each other, but they didn't know what was going on.

Deng Yunfang knew in his heart that Qiu Ze was an extremely introverted person, and he rarely had emotional fluctuations, and it seemed that such a feeling should not appear in him today.

"Is there anything else that worries you right now, Governor?"

Qiu Ze was slightly silent, and after a long time, he whispered: "Do you still remember the Fujian sailor behind the platform back then?" ”

Deng Yunfang's eyes condensed slightly, although none of them were witnesses of that era, it didn't mean that he didn't understand what Qiu Ze meant.

After the recovery of Taiwan, Shi Lang was promoted, but the Fujian Navy Division did not maintain the huge scale of the past, and a large number of ships and sailors were cut off for only one reason - the Fujian Navy Division at that time could no longer find an opponent.

The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. It is never only for those generals, but also for those armies, especially for sailors, a large number of warships need huge funds to maintain, so once there is no opponent on the sea, it will be completely useless.

"Is the commander worried that after the Qing court falls, our sailors will be useless?" Deng Yunfang was also a little worried in his heart, he fell in love with this kind of life at sea, and naturally didn't want to have no future in the future.

Qiu Ze sighed softly, "Your Majesty told me that in the future, the sailors will build large ships, with more than 100 gun emplacements, and they will also install steam engines, and then wrap iron sheets on the ship, and then a warship will be many times more expensive than now." ”

Speaking of this, the look on Qiu Ze's face couldn't help but be a little weird, "But, when the time comes, with such a good ship, who are we going to fight?" ”

This is a question, and Deng Yunfang is also a little confused in his eyes.

When Ning Chu's sailors were still worried that there would be no enemy in the future, the Qing soldiers guarding Wangdu at this time finally issued some silver after two months of arrears, and in addition to the silver, there were a few fat pigs and some chickens and ducks.

Wangdu is in front of Baoding City, which is the last barrier, so the Qing army also deployed a lot of troops here, probably more than 8,000 green battalions and 2,000 banner battalions stationed here, which can be regarded as the last fortified city to attack Baoding, so Li Weijun, the governor of Zhili, also attaches great importance to this.

At noon, the smell of cooking smoke was already wafting from the head of Wangdu City, and piles of soldiers were in groups of three or five, standing or squatting on the ground, each holding a large bowl in his hand, which contained half a bowl of rice and half a bowl of chaff powder, and eating a pot of vegetables that did not know the black paste.

However, even those dishes that could not be seen were eaten completely, and even the only remaining oil stars in them were stared at, ready to snatch them at any time.

An old-looking general glanced at everyone angrily, and then drove half of the black paste in the pot into his bowl, and the soldiers dared not speak angrily, but they just stared at the remaining black paste honestly, and began to grab it.

Everyone didn't speak, they gulped into their own bowls, looking at other people's bowls, there are very few days when they can eat happily like this, and they are usually almost half full, thanks to the adults above who need the brothers of the green camp to work hard in order to have a full stomach.

However, just when he was about to finish eating, a young man who was only fourteen or fifteen years old lowered his head, his eyes were completely red, he looked at the veteran who often took care of him, and sighed: "Brother Zhu, we have finished this meal, are we going to fight hard?" ”

"Shi Wazi, it's easy to fight, just stand there, you don't have to move at all, people from afar fight a row of guns, if you're lucky, it's gone on the spot, and it doesn't hurt, if you're unlucky, you're hit by the cannon, and you're dead, and you're dead, and it's miserable if you're half dead......"

The one who spoke was a veteran, his body was very thin, like a chopping wood, and the wrinkles on his face were layered, witnessing the vicissitudes brought by time.

Shi Wazi was a little frightened, he looked at his porcelain bowl, which had been licked clean, and a shadow could still be reflected vaguely, it was his face, young and immature, full of desire to survive.

The veteran seemed to see the fear in Shi Wazi's heart, smiled hehe, and said in a low voice: "Wazi, you have to understand, this is our life, after all, people in troubled times are not as good as Taiping dogs, and it is all creation if they can live one more day." ”

Just as the two were talking quietly, another green battalion soldier moved a few steps to this side, came over, and said with a smile: "I heard that the Fu Han army in the south is almost in Baoding, maybe they will visit the capital in the next few days!" ”

"If the Han army wants to visit the capital, we will die first, how happy are you?" The veteran was a little dismissive, and he licked the porcelain bowl again until there was no longer a trace of taste on it.

The green battalion soldier was in his early twenties, and he still looked quite young, and he smiled: "Old Zhu, you don't understand, we are all Han, why do you want to fight with the Fu Han army?" ”

"Is this war, it's not always the people above who are in charge, what can a big soldier like us do?"

The veteran glanced at Mr. Qian in the distance with a shrunken expression, and their conversation was not heard by Mr. Qian, but he couldn't hear it, otherwise it would be a whip, and if it was serious, he would be cut off on the charge of shaking the morale of the army.

The young green battalion soldier sighed softly, "My family was originally in Henan, and later after I became a soldier, I heard that my family was occupied by the Fu Han army, and I was still very anxious at that time, afraid that my father and mother and younger brothers and sisters at home would suffer........

Hearing the young green battalion soldier say this, the rest of the people also looked like this, after all, everyone has experienced such a stubble, and even most of them have lost their fathers and mothers, but the atmosphere has become sad for a while.

"But the reality is not what I thought it would be......"

The young green battalion soldier said indignantly: "Some time ago, an eldest brother of my family told me that my father and mother were not embarrassed by the Fu Han army, and even sent some relief rice and grain to my family, otherwise my family would have to starve to death at least a few people...... Some time ago, after my brother joined the Fu Han Army, my family was divided into ten acres of land! ”

"Ten acres of land? Really? "I love watching Chinese

The veteran frowned, he didn't believe in this kind of good thing of pie in the world, although he had heard that he would divide the land when he joined the Fu Han Army, but he listened to it as a joke, after all, he couldn't sell it for so much money if he demolished his cheap life.

The general who had been beside him without speaking, but at this time he sighed slightly, "What he said is true, as long as you join the Fu Han Army, no matter what army you are, you can give ten acres of land, and according to the so-called new policy announced by Ning Chu at present, as long as the land is less than fifty acres, you basically don't have to pay too much tax, which is half less than the current tax here." ”

When everyone heard what the general said, they already believed most of them at the moment, because everyone knew that the general manager was a literate and capable person, and if it weren't for the pressure of the thousand generals above, it would be impossible to be a useless general manager now.

The general sighed again: "Now that the Fu Han army is about to arrive in Baoding, this is a broken head meal for our brothers....... Speaking of this, he said with deep meaning: "No matter what you think, I don't want to die in Wangdu like this." ”

The young green battalion soldier was immediately attracted by the scene described in general, and he muttered: "I heard that when you are a soldier in the Fuhan Army, you not only have a field, but you usually eat meat and vegetarian food, and all of you are physically strong, and you will be issued three sets of clothes every year, as well as thick cotton winter clothes, and even the ones on your feet are cowhide boots!" ”

"And that's not all....... Let's just say that people's monthly vegetable money has two silver dollars, which is higher than our monthly salary, and more importantly, it is all really sent to the hands of the big guys, but it is not the hands of Shangguan at all! ”

The general sighed slightly, took off the worn-out bird gun on his shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "Don't talk about this, just look at the guy in your hand, then I don't know how much worse, people are real flintlock muskets, we are burning sticks!" ”

Soon, everyone's emotions were driven by this word, everyone pursed their lips tightly, and did not let their surprise come out, and their eyes looked at the south with a bit of yearning.

Although none of them said that they wanted to join the Fu Han army, these words succeeded in making the Green Battalion soldiers give up resistance and start thinking about what method should be used to join the Fu Han army.

Now the green battalion soldiers in the various prefectures of Zhili have more or less heard these words, and they have gone from doubting to believing, and then from believing to expecting - expecting that the Fu Han army can quickly fight, and when the time comes, they will take the big guys to defeat the Qing court, and they can live such a good life from now on.

The Green Battalion soldiers are indeed soldiers, but they are also ordinary people in essence, they hope to live a stable and peaceful life, with their families by their side, and a few acres of thin fields to feed their families, this requirement is not high, but in the era of war, it has become an untouchable luxury.

Therefore, when Ning Chu was able to bring them a life that they couldn't even think of, all the green battalion soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit, and they changed from being afraid of the Fu Han army to looking forward to the arrival of the Fu Han army.

Perhaps, everyone is just waiting for a chance to surrender.

.......

"Boom—"

In Wangdu City, Zhengding Town's chief soldier Xing Wentai is writing the most important letter in his life, which is addressed to Li Weijun, the governor of Zhili, in the hope that the other party can send reinforcements from Baoding as soon as possible.

"The governor of the constitution personally opened, the last general Xingwentai has been watching for more than a day and a night, but the reinforcements have been cut off, the number of troops in the city is very small, and there is no benefit of firearms, it is really difficult to continue, and I hope that the governor will send reinforcements, and the last general will be the liver and brain to repay the kindness."

Xing Wentai was writing, but blood was oozing from his arms, and his expression was even more gloomy, full of despair.

Just a day ago, the fifteenth and seventeenth divisions of the Fuhan Army arrived at the city of Wangdu, and then launched a fierce attack, the roar of more than 100 cannons, almost cleaned the small city wall of Wangdu, if it was not for the critical time Xing Wentai with his own guards to go up, I am afraid that the city of Wangdu will be gone.

"Baojing Division, you need to protect Baoding Mansion first, you need to protect Baoding Mansion, you need to keep Wangdu City."

At that critical moment, Xing Wentai still withstood the attack of the Fu Han army, and he also paid a very heavy price, not only more than eighty percent of the guards around him were killed or wounded, but he was also injured.

The generals on the side looked at Xing Wentai, but a trace of sadness appeared on their faces, they knew their superiors too well, and said that the good point was loyalty, and the bad point was the axis, and at this time, the axis chose to continue to sacrifice life and forget death, and work hard for the survival of the Qing Dynasty.

Maybe for others, they may have already taken their soldiers under their command and invested in the Fu Han Army, just like the previous Dingzhou General Soldier, after surrendering to the Fu Han Army, not only was the official promoted to one level, but also was sealed, but for an axis person like Xing Wentai, he didn't have these ideas.

"The military gate, if there are no reinforcements by the day after tomorrow, I'm afraid that I won't be able to hold it......."

A staff general was full of loss, almost all of his battalions had been disabled, and although there were still more than 7,000 people in the current Wangdu City, there were not many who really had combat effectiveness.

In the past few years of war, although the Qing army was very low, but the number of people has always occupied this advantage, but now, even the numerical advantage is gone, in the face of the siege of 20,000 Han troops, it is impossible to hold the Wangdu City.

Xing Wentai stood in front of everyone and sighed slightly: "Whether you can defend it or not, you must defend it after all, collect and use all the firearms in the city, and transfer those injured brothers inside...... If they can't hold it, I believe that the Fu Han army can also leave them alive. ”

The generals were silent, they respected Xing Wentai from the bottom of their hearts, and they were willing to follow him to defend Wangdu, but it didn't mean that they agreed with Xing Wentai's decision, and people with discerning eyes could already see that the Qing Dynasty was out of luck.

Just when everyone was silent, a roar came from afar, which attracted the attention of everyone present, and everyone realized that the Fuhan army was probably attacking again!

Xing Wentai's expression was slightly cold, he knew that the Fu Han army had a lot of artillery, but he didn't expect that there would be so many, if he continued to fight like this, even if there were more soldiers, it was estimated that he would not be able to carry it for too long.

It's just that just as Xing Wentai was thinking, there was a violent roar, accompanied by the shaking of the ground, which also made him almost stumble and fall to the ground.

"It's supposed to be digging into the ground and attacking the city....... I'm afraid the city wall can't be saved! ”