Chapter 153 Stratagem (The First Shift Asks for a Monthly Pass)

Su Jinglan first breathed a long sigh of relief, sorted out his thoughts, and said an astonishing sentence as soon as he opened his mouth: "Liu Jiehu is a thief, although he has repeatedly crossed the county and broken the county, the actual number of danshi is less than five thousand. ”

Speaking of which, he still saved some face for the Qing army in Taizhou, and only doubled the strength of Liu Changhong's army, but even this shocked Duan Guangqing, and he asked repeatedly: "Su Yishi, is this true?" There are less than 5,000 thieves, more than 10,000 soldiers in our Taizhou army, and there are thousands or even tens of thousands of regimental trainings. ”

Not only Duan Guangqing was very shocked, but the Bushi brothers pricked up their ears and listened to the leader of the Taizhou regimental training to introduce the inside story of the rainbow army of Liu Jiehu, but they believed that the Liu Jiehu soldiers were less than 5,000, and in the first year of Xianfeng, they broke the three towns off the coast of Taizhou and joined forces to escort them, and entered the Jiaojiang River to land at Haimen, at that time there were only 1,000 brothers under them, but the three towns were not afraid to fight, and they plundered for more than ten days before returning to the sea satisfied.

"The reason why Liu Jiehu is called a thief is precisely because of this!" Su Jinglan told Duan Guangqing: "I think I am brave with the soldiers of Taizhou, supplemented by reinforcements, militia groups, and more than 10,000 Tuyong, and the delay of two months, not only can I not recover Taiping County, but there are many setbacks. ”

"There are a lot of foreign guns and foreign cannons purchased among the thieves, once the bullets rain down in battle, although there are only 100 foreign guns, better than my 500 foreign guns, and there are magic guns, a mile away can still kill people, foreign cannons sound like thunder, once they are cast, they have the ability to open mountains and crack the ground, the frustration of our soldiers, many because the equipment is not as good as people, so I want to ask the Taoist to buy foreign guns and foreign cannons in Shanghai, as long as there are foreign guns and foreign cannons in hand, red thieves and thieves flames, ten to six or seven."

Although Duan Guangqing was a traditional Qing Dynasty official, he still had a unique vision, otherwise he would not have violated the will of the center, and supported Ningbo businessmen to buy the "Baoshun" ship, the first modern steamship in Chinese history, in the form of a joint venture between government and business. ”

With the financial resources of the three prefectures of Ning Shaotai, it was not a problem to purchase some foreign guns and cannons, but Danshi recently had some accidents when he bought Baoshun Wheel, and some foreigners offered 100,000 silver yuan to buy Baoshun Wheel, and even willing to offer a higher price.

The original price of Baoshun wheel was only 70,000 silver yuan, and the government nominally paid half of the cost, Danshi did not pay cash, but deducted it from the commercial tax paid by Ningbo maritime merchants year by year.

He inquired, the foreigner who rushed to buy was one of the agents who purchased arms for the bandits in Shanghai, and it was just that the Baoshun ship could not be sold, and if it fell into the hands of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it would not only be able to find endless disasters with its combat effectiveness on the coast of China, but also he would not be able to escape responsibility.

Although the financial resources of Ningbo Mansion are amazing, Danshi and the Dutch added 30,000 silver yuan in one go, and then there is a momentum of rushing to buy it at a large price, which is very unreasonable to push this Baoshun ship to the unreasonable price of 1230,000 silver yuan, and the additional expenditure of tens of thousands of silver yuan will be added to the next Xiangdao, Duan Guangqing also has a feeling that the money is not in hand.

Su Jinglan could only smile bitterly: "Although my brother and the head of the regiment have little family resources, it is difficult to support the expenses of the militia groups everywhere, but they don't have much money to go to Shanghai to buy foreign guns and cannons. ”

Duan Guangqing nodded, agreeing with Su Jinglan's point of view: "This matter is left to this way, and we will never let the front-line soldiers shed blood in vain because their weapons are inferior to thieves." ”

He turned around and said to the Bushi brothers: "It's just that Liu Juehu's foreign guns and cannons must come from the sea, and you have to contribute more to this aspect!" ”

Bu Xingyou, who had newly obtained a guerrilla job, was on the rise, and immediately replied: "Please rest assured, Lord Daotai, my brothers will definitely send more steamers to intercept them everywhere, and never let the red thieves get a foreign gun or a pill at sea." ”

Duan Guangqing was a lot relieved: "Although there are many foreign guns in Liujiehu, as long as they are intercepted at sea, presumably the foreign guns of Liujiehu have no source, and the medicine is cut off, and the combat power will inevitably be greatly reduced, but Su Yishi, Liu Jiehu crisscrosses the two counties of Wentai, and the military power is as far as Chuzhou, in addition to the benefits of this foreign gun, what other means are there?" ..., Su Jinglan and Liu Changhongjun fought each other, and immediately came together: "In addition to the benefits of foreign guns, there are still several battalions of thieves, all of whom are old thieves, brave as tigers, ruthless as sheep, greedy as wolves, and repeatedly frustrated the courage of our officers and soldiers, which is really hateful." ”

Duan Guangqing immediately asked, "Did you say that there are several battalions of thieves, which battalions of thieves are they?" ”

Su Jinglan immediately replied: "There is a dragon spear battalion among the thieves, the thieves in this camp are all real long hair sneaked from the pseudo Tianjing, they have experienced a hundred battles, they are not afraid of death, the willow thief regards it as their heart, and they will never use it lightly, and they will break our soldiers when they are used, which is extremely hateful. ”

Duan Guangqing listened attentively, and Su Jinglan said: "There is also the Nanxi camp, it is said that most of them are salt lords in the Yongjia countryside, and they have always fought a lot with our soldiers, and they are the real dramatists. ”

"There are also independent battalions, mostly Ruian from the ** regiment, our militia group has suffered a lot from it, and there are brave battalions, all of which are prisoners of our soldiers who came under duress, and there is still a battalion of cattle knives among the thieves, it is said that they are all the remnants of the Shanghai Knife Society, and there are hundreds of horsemen, and every battle comes from the flank and back, and our soldiers are unprepared and repeatedly defeated."

Su Jinglan told him what he knew, although there were a lot of mistakes in this information, Danshi let Duan Guangqing have a general understanding of Liu Jiehu's department, and the information he knew before came from the official documents of Taizhou Mansion and Huangyan Town, which was far from the reality, and only now did he have a feeling that the clouds had opened and the fog had dispersed.

He asked a question: "By the way, this time, Liu Juehu's westward trip to Xianju and Jinyun was broken by Wu Hongchuan, the general of Chuzhou Town, and it is said that it was seriously damaged, is this true?" ”

Su Jinglan hesitated for a moment before deciding to say a few fair words: "This time, Liu Juehu fled westward, not to take Xianju and Jinyun, but to respond to Ni Tingmo's red thief trying to take the state, although there were setbacks in Jinyun City, he immediately abandoned Xianju County, and the strength of the thieves in the Danshi camp was not much damaged, and the thief flame was even more ......blazing after the return."

He didn't want to have a lawsuit with Chuzhou Town, so he thought for a while before saying: "The red thief fled west this time, and the loss was no more than a few hundred. ”

Duan Guangqing responded: "This is very true, but if Liu Jiehu has a relationship with Qu Zhenhan, Ni Tingmo, Zhao Qi and other old red thieves, is there a chance to take advantage of it?" ”

He was a good hand at appeasing the militia of the people's mutiny, and several forces of the militia were torn apart by his poisonous schemes, and they were pacified without spending a single soldier or salary, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to repeat the old tricks.

Su Jinglan told him that this plan will not work for the time being: "Liu Juehu, this thief is now unique, often uses the long-haired year name, and all the departments are red flags, claiming to be the Zhejiang Hongjun inspection point, which is the rainbow of the rainbow, not the red of red, and the thieves in several dramas are obsessed and difficult to appease." ”

Duan Guangqing doesn't think so, he thinks that there are always flaws in people's hearts: "That's because we know very little about the Liu thief, and there are many thieves who are forced to follow the thief, as long as you work hard, you will be able to lure one of them to surrender." ”

He looked at the Bu brothers on the side, when Bu Xing first descended, he was also unruly, after his good persuasion and bribery, now Yijing has become a loyal and righteous army available to his subordinates, and has repeatedly broken the thieves at sea.

"This plan is feasible!" Su Jinglan came to cry Qin Ting: "Danshi is slow and does not save the emergency, a drop in the bucket, Liu Jiehu will go north in just a few days, if there is no reinforcement, Huangyan and Linhai will fall into the hands of thieves, and I am afraid that the thieves will be blazing, and the whole of Zhejiang will suffer from it." ”

"How much reinforcements and food I can do, how much will be given to the Taizhou government." Duan Guangqing told Su Jinglan: "As for going to Shanghai to buy foreign guns and cannons, this government will take this responsibility for you. ”

It's just that Duan Guangqing asked Su Jinglan rhetorically at the next moment: "Liu Jue's unit is less than 5,000 people, and your brother leads thousands of militias, and Xiang is known for his shrewdness and ability, is there no way to restrain it?" ”

Su Jinglan replied to Duan Guangqing at the time: "Daotai is really discerning, my brother has already had a strategy, but this strategy is a little difficult to export!" ”

"Say it!" Duan Guangqing told Su Jinglan: "Ci is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not financial management, it is advisable to use heavy codes in troubled times, Su Jingrong is a masterpiece in the world, and can only pacify the red thieves in Taijun, even if he has the idea of a bodhisattva, he can only use thunderbolt means." ”

Su Jinglan immediately knelt down for Duan Guangqing: "Lord Daotai, when the red thieves invaded Huangyan in the north, my brother was ready to defend Huangyan County instead of Huangyan City, so that Liu Jiehu only had an empty city of Huangyan and could not get Huangyan County.......

"Good!" Duan Guangqing praised: "It's just a pity for Huangyan Town." ”

Huangyan County is the station of Huangyan Town, and the general soldiers of Huangyan Town cannot withdraw from Huangyan County under any circumstances without the order of their superiors.

"The thieves are less than 5,000, when the time comes, the soldiers will fight together, they will be tired, if they sit in the two empty cities of Huangyan and Taiping, and our soldiers will have an endless stream of support, then they will follow the long-haired north to commit the same crime, if they are desperate and invade the north of Linhai Jiancheng, then my brother can launch tens of thousands of militia groups in Taiping and Huangyan counties, and cut off their back roads, so that the willow thieves will not only stop their troops under the fortified city, but also have tens of thousands of loyal and righteous militias behind them to attack it!"

Duan Guangqing said: "Brother Ling's plan is very good, but you have to add a fire!" ”

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