Why only to the north? Although Zhou Xiuying is a female general with thousands of troops, she still doesn't understand why Liu Chang can only develop northward. Isn't it okay to go south or west?

Lu Ziyun obviously saw her doubt, so he opened his mouth to solve her doubts.

First of all, with the topography of Wenzhou, the east is close to the sea, and the development of the east can only go to the sea to bathe, and the development of Wenzhou to the south is not much better than swimming in the sea, this is the northernmost mountainous area of Fujian, and it is also the poorest Fuding and Ningde mountainous areas in the entire Fujian region, the traffic is extremely inconvenient, and the soldiers of Fujian Province who want to meet Fuzhou are hard to bite, and it is a hard bone to pull the large army to this kind of mountainous area without oil and water, which is completely a strategy.

There are only two roads left to the west and to the north, and to the west is to develop to Chuzhou, and until today Chuzhou (Lishui) is still the poorest area in the whole of Zhejiang, and it is also a policy to pull the troops out of the land of fish and rice in Wenzhou, and to invest in such a mountainous area.

Of course, the attack on Chuzhou can also be used as a springboard to enter Jinhua Mansion, but even if Jinhua Mansion is occupied, it is still far away from Haikou, and in this era, occupying Haikou to obtain an endless supply of arms can be invincible.

There is only one road left to the north to Taizhou Prefecture, strictly speaking, this is just a springboard to the development of Ningbo, Taizhou has a lot of poor mountains and bad waters, and the people are fierce, and it is not a good choice, but the hills and plains intersect, there are both the benefits of fishing and salt, and the coastal plains and river valley basins produce grain and fruits, and even the mountains and hills can also produce miscellaneous grains, enough to feed tens of thousands of troops.

More importantly, you can use Taizhou as a springboard to enter Ningbo, Ningbo is not only in the Ningshao Plain, it is the real land of fish and rice, it can be said that it is the essence of the whole Zhejiang, and it is also one of the five treaty ports in this era, and controlling Ningbo is equivalent to controlling the foreign trade of the entire Zhejiang, and can even support an army of 100,000.

And for the old department of these knife clubs, Ningbo has a special significance: "Ningfu is a good place!" ”

"Yes! If you go to Ningbo, we can count it as a beautiful time! ”

Most of the Shanghainese are actually immigrants from Zhejiang, and even the modern Shanghainese dialect is evolved from the Ningbo dialect.

The rest of this group of knives are Fujian and Cantonese, but at most they are from Ningbo, and when they hear that they want to fight back to their hometown, they are very enthusiastic: "If you go to the north, you should fight to the north!" ”

Zhou Xiuying asked a question: "In addition to fighting north, can you develop in Wenzhou on the spot?" ”

This question is a good question, but Liu Chang quickly told her: "Wenzhou Mansion is not a place to sit, its land is not enough to be divided, if you want to achieve a career, you must first plan for Cang!" ”

In history, only the Zhu brothers of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the subsequent Ding Zhang and Zhang Hui have seized Wenzhou for more than 20 years, and there is no example of separating one place from Wenzhou.

What's more, although Panshizhai is now in the center of the Red Turban Army's base area, it also means that there is no room for development, and if you want to expand, you have to start a war with the Red Turban Army, so you will start a war with the Qing Army and the Red Turban Army at the same time.

In fact, when Liu Chang joined the Red Turban Army, Jin Peiquan's established policy was to enter the north with all his heart to take Taizhou, but at that time, the Red Turban Army could only control a small half of Jiangbei, and in this case, the northward advance was the next policy.

And now that the Red Turban Army has taken Jiangbei, and there is no need to worry about going north, Liu Chang is just too small in capital, and he doesn't dare to fight with all his might, but the determination to go north has been made.

Lu Ziyun also agrees with this: "If you want to take the whole of Zhejiang, it is indeed the best policy to go north, everyone has been full of wine and food, thank you for the inspection for us to pick up the wind and wash the dust, but can you borrow the inspection for a quarter of an hour?" ”

For just fifteen minutes, Liu Chang is of course free: "No problem!" I don't know what Brother Lu has to say! ”

Lu Ziyun stood up: "I don't have any other ideas, just ask the inspection to see my ability to fight before the battle, and if I can borrow a few smoothbore guns from the inspection." ”

Liu Chang was also interested: "Okay! Ten flintlock muskets from the rifle sent by Dermons today also opened my eyes! ”

Lu Ziyun only needed a quarter of an hour, and when the rifle actually arrived at the wall, more than five minutes had passed, but Lu Ziyun said unhurriedly: "Check, if you guard this wall, how should you guard it?" ”

Liu Chang smiled: "Last month, a large number of soldiers came to Wenzhou City to besiege Panshi Village, and our army defended like a rock and broke the Qing army!" ”

He talked a little about the specific deployment at that time, but Lu Ziyun had a different opinion: "Checkpoint, your method at that time was to defend the city wall with all your might, but the defense line was too thin, brothers, let Checkpoint see our skills!" ”

As he spoke, the old departments of the Little Knife Society had already found their hiding places and set up all the borrowed flintlock pistols, and Liu Chang glanced at their deployment, which was a wild road, but he also had a clear eye.

Lu Ziyun pointed to a building behind him and said, "Check, I will open the brick wall here and hide an artillery, if there is a grape bomb, it would be the best!" ”

Liu Chang didn't care at first, but after taking a closer look at the wall, he found that this artillery was facing the direction of the Qing army's impact at that time, and the Qing army would climb the city wall here, and then Lu Ziyun's artillery swept the vanguard of the Qing army on the wall with grape shells.

Then Lu Ziyun continued: "There will not be a lot of Qing demons who have boarded up, after the guns are fired, it is time for Miss Xiu to lead the team to counterattack, even if a section of the city wall is lost, it will not matter!" ”

Next, he said how to organize the firepower, how to dig anti-artillery fortifications, how to lay thistles under the city walls, how to dig traps, how to carry out the return rifles, how to organize counter-assaults, and he talked endlessly: "In the battle of the North Gate, this is how we repelled the French soldiers. ”

Liu Chang just listened casually at first, but the more he listened, the more excited he became, and he nodded again and again: "Okay, very good!" ”

Although it is a wild road fought out in actual combat, and there are still many mistakes in it, it is the essence of the 17 months of experience of the Knife Club in Shanghai City, especially the combat organization in the street battle, which is even more eye-catching.

As for the more than 20 old departments of the Little Knife Society, they are indeed different from the ordinary militias, these flintlock pistols are very skillful, and the rhythm of attack and defense changes quickly, don't look at them and give up the city wall directly, but even if twice as many Qing troops come to attack, they still suffer a big loss in their hands.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, but Liu Chang was full of spring breeze watching the drills, especially the fortifications built in a hurry by the old department of the Little Knife Society, as well as the shooting training carried out by the fortifications, coupled with the coordination between the infantry artillery, it is definitely second to none in China in this time and space.

And the next drill still made his eyes shine, Zhou Xiuying demonstrated a move to lead the team out of the city to counterattack, although it was a wild way without training in the class, but it was still remarkable, and Duncan next to him also spoke in the tone of a professional: "Although the tactical level is not as good as the Mexican-American war I participated in, this is the best Chinese unit I have ever seen!" ”

The final live-fire results were also very good, and the old unit of the Knife Club was indeed a unit that had survived a hundred battles, and Liu Chang felt like a tiger with wings: "Good!" Give you a platoon of thirty flintlock pistols, and I'll send in the extra soldiers later, and you'll be a sentry!" ”

With so many veterans who are experienced in actual combat and familiar with Western firearms, with a little training, they can form a sentry with strong combat effectiveness.

Zhou Xiuying immediately gave Liu Chang a big gift: "I am willing to die for the inspection point!" ”

The veteran of the Little Knife Club below also said enthusiastically: "Check, we are all willing to follow you to fight a country!" ”

Liu Chang's idea of returning to Ningbo was very much in line with their willingness to return to their hometown, and Liu Chang shouted: "Okay! So from today onwards, we are our own family! ”

Lu Ziyun, who was next to Zhou Xiuying, whispered: "Please check and give your name!" ”

Zhou Xiuying reacted, knelt on the ground on her knees, and laid her horse chopping knife flat on the ground: "Please check and give your name!" ”

Liu Chang felt something: "Cattle knife whistle, it is called cattle knife whistle!" ”

The meaning of this name of course refers to the meaning of "killing chickens with a knife", and as for those enemy soldiers who were hit by the knife whistle, they were chickens killed by a knife.

Zhou Xiuying and these people are the old department of the Little Knife Society, and when they heard that there was a knife word in their names, and it was very loud, they all laughed: "Cattle knife whistle, cattle knife whistle!" Good name, good name! ”

It's just that this cattle knife whistle was established in advance, but this has become the biggest regret of the Jintang whistle adapted from the reserve team.

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