"Since the commander is still ambitious, and promises to continue to lead our brother to gallop on the battlefield and find that Gao Changgong to take revenge, then why did the commander lead his troops to smash the Four Seasons Restaurant? There was such a big move, although I heard that Zhang Dai, the owner of Yinhai Commercial Bank, looked down on us soldiers, and spoke ill of each other, if I were there, I couldn't help but do something to him! But the price is too great now, Commander! Now he was removed from office by His Majesty, stripped of his military status, and demoted to a civilian level! After that, how will the commander lead us to rebuild the forward brigade, defeat Gao Changgong, and avenge those brothers who died! Huang Wenyuan asked with a puzzled expression.

"It is true that the rebuilding of the Forward Brigade is our top priority, but now we are in no hurry! In the first battle of Linying County, all our artillery was lost, and it is estimated that they have all been robbed by Gao Changgong now! There are also muskets and various firearms, we have also lost a lot, and these weapons are the fundamental reason why our forward brigade can shock the battlefield and be invincible! So to rebuild the Forward Brigade, the most important thing is to reforge these weapons! Although these weapons were made by my master with the help of the General Firm, do you know how much silver was spent? It costs nearly three hundred taels of silver to cast an ordinary sub-cannon! And now my biggest problem is the lack of money, because the General Comptoir has been dedicated to His Majesty by Zu Yuan, even if my master is half the boss of the General Comptoir and I am a young proprietor, I can no longer use all the resources of the General Comptoir as before! Xiao Yao shook his head and sighed.

"Then we can ask Your Majesty for money! The strength of our forward brigade is obvious to all, we only had an infantry battalion of 1,000 people at that time, and we captured Xuyi County, which was garrisoned by tens of thousands of people, in half a day, relying on these weapons in our hands, I believe that Your Majesty also wants our forward brigade with invincible firearms to continue to appear on the battlefield! Huang Wenyuan suggested.

"I have already proposed to Your Majesty that you want to allocate money from the treasury to me for the reconstruction of the Forward Brigade, but Your Majesty directly refused!" Xiao Yao said with a wry smile.

"Outright refused? Why? Don't Your Majesty know the power of our firearms? We have these firearms, even if the Qi army has thousands of troops, we don't have to be afraid of their heavy cavalry to attack us! Huang Wenyuan and they all said with a look of surprise, if Chen Guo wants to defeat Qi State, he must first defeat their world-shaking cavalry, and Chen State lacks horses, and the cavalry is even more pitiful, and after passing Huaibei, there are not too many rivers and lakes in the north, and the water army that Chen Jun is proud of has no effect, and when the time comes, if you want to use infantry to block the attack of Qi Guo's iron cavalry, firearms are the most effective weapons!

"It's very simple, because it costs too much money to rebuild the Forward Brigade, and Your Majesty is reluctant to spend this money, or rather, Your Majesty does not have the deep understanding of the power of those of us who use firearms a lot! Your Majesty's reason is that the rebuilding of a forward brigade of only 5,000 men, plus the cost of casting firearms, is enough to feed an ordinary infantry force of 50,000 people, and when the time comes, after we recover Huaibei, these places will also need troops to garrison, and our current Northern Expedition army is short of manpower, so Your Majesty thinks that the top priority should be to spend money on a large number of conscriptions, to ensure that there are enough troops to maintain our rule over the Huai River region! Xiao Yao analyzed.

"It's just a rat's eye! In the face of the cavalry of the Qi State, what is the use of having more infantry? Doesn't Your Majesty understand that as long as we defeat the cavalry of the Qi State with firearms, we can easily invade the territory of the Qi State, and we will have whatever we want at that time, and we are afraid of no money and no soldiers! Huang Wenyuan said angrily, not caring at all that he was scolding Chen Xu, the emperor of the Chen State!

"Lack of money is only one of the reasons, there are many factors, such as our forward brigade has only been established for a few months, even if you are the son of the general of Zhengxi, we are still a force without any background background! Moreover, the first battle of our forward brigade was defeated by Gao Changgong, and in this battle, the shortcomings of our use of firearms were also exposed, but Zhang Dabao defected and blew up our ammunition and materials, and we fell into a completely passive situation, so those ministers who did not know the power of firearms in the DPRK and China were also very suspicious of our strength, especially the ministers on the prince's side, who were all strongly opposed to continuing to let me lead the troops! And Wen Yuan said just now that my father-in-law's defeat led to heavy losses in the cavalry battalion, and even His Majesty had the heart to kill him at that time! Less than 2,000 of the 5,000 soldiers of my forward brigade returned to Chen, such a fiasco, whether it was because Zhang Dabao colluded with Gao Changgong, betrayed us, or some other reason, but as the commander of the forward brigade, I must bear the greatest responsibility for this fiasco! As a general of the defeated army, he was rejected and attacked by the people of the prince's camp, so at this time, it is impossible for His Majesty to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to allow me to rebuild the forward brigade! Xiao Yao was unwilling and said fiercely. Yue eBook

"What does the commander mean?" The three asked.

"Wait! Now we just need to wait slowly, the more critical the time, the more patient we have to be, the more we have to be calm! We took Huainan within half a year, and I believe that Your Majesty is not willing to accept the status quo, so we should continue to fight soon and go on a northern expedition, hoping to take Huaibei in one go! When the time comes, I don't believe that without my forward brigade and my siege weapons, with Wu Mingche's old-fashioned offensive methods, they will be as invincible and invincible as they were on the Huainan battlefield! Xiao Yao said with a sneer.

"That's right! On the Huainan battlefield, although our infantry battalion is not the main force, we are doing the work of the main force! First ambushed Changsun Hongluo's cavalry in the grove, and then in the Battle of Shiliang City, the commander used his body to bait tens of thousands of cavalry of the Qi State into our army's formation, and defeated the Qi army with artillery! I won't talk about the exploits of taking Xuyi County and breaking Shouyang City in the back! The reason why our Northern Expeditionary Army captured Huainan within half a year is that our infantry battalion can be said to have played a decisive and key role! Now without us, with Wu Mingche and those generals who can only fight in the water, they still think they can win as easily as before? When the time comes, there will be times when they regret it! Huang Wenyuan also sneered and said.

"So we just have to wait now, stay out of the matter, anyway, the rest of our forward brigade will not be useful at all, so I decided to play a big game with them, and lead people to smash the Four Seasons Restaurant, not only can I express my grievances and avenge the prince's love, but also force Your Majesty to remove me from office, so when they are defeated in Huaibei, it will be none of my business, and then they will remember our forward brigade, hehe, then we can rest assured that we can put forward various conditions!" Xiao Yao smiled treacherously.

"The commander is really clever! Since Your Majesty now believes so much in Wu Mingche's strength, let them fight, anyway, I am now taking my brothers to my father's Western Route Army, even if Wu Mingche wins a big victory, I will not be blushing, but I am defeated by the Qi army, and it has nothing to do with me! Ha ha! Huang Wenyuan said with a laugh.

"Commander, what should we do now? Do you just wait for nothing? In fact, our brothers have been suppressing the anger and resentment in their hearts, just waiting for the commander to come back and lead us to Gao Changgong for revenge! Li Nong said with a fierce look in his eyes, in the battle of Linying County, his artillery battalion lost the largest number of thousands of troops, and only less than 800 people came back alive, this kind of fiasco made Li Nong feel very guilty, very sad and angry, and wanted to take revenge!

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and now is not the time for us to attack! I will always remember those brothers who chose to sacrifice themselves for the sake of our survival! Although I also want to attack the Northern Expedition immediately and find Gao Changgong to avenge these brothers, but now is not the best time, the most important thing for us now is to recover our vitality, and we must restore our combat effectiveness as soon as possible! Because there are still people who hate us in the country of Chen, such as the crown prince, we can't let them catch the handle and take the opportunity to attack us when we recover! Xiao Yao commanded.