On the evening of the day when the Qing army sent the envoy to surrender, after dinner, Wu Chaoyue inspected the camp of the army as usual, and when he led his own army to patrol the most heavily defended Hekou position of the Wu army, several Wu soldiers sitting against the sheep and horse wall and chatting attracted Wu Chaoyue's attention. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

What these Wu soldiers were able to attract Wu Chaoyue's attention was the content of their small talk, and one of the soldiers said: "I really don't know what the marshal thinks, how can he set up the main position at the mouth of the river?" I think it was a mistake. ”

"Show you again." Another soldier sneered: "It's as if you are more powerful than our handsome, so capable, why didn't you pick the chief last time?" ”

The other soldiers also laughed, but the soldier who was laughed at was not angry, but argued: "You can't speak without being a commander?" It is a mistake or a mistake for the marshal to set up the main position at the mouth of the river, no matter how tightly the mouth of the river is guarded here, what is the use of the Rakshasas and the rebellious party fleet not coming to fight the estuary? Aren't we just a bunch of furnishings? ”

"Fool, the Rakshasas and the rebel fleet don't come to fight the estuary to fight there?" Another soldier said contemptuously: "Only by defeating the mouth of the river, can the fleet of the Rakshasas and the rebels enter the Yuanyuan Lake along the Jinshui River, attack our Daye Iron Works, and directly hit our sailors' camp." ”

"If I were a Rakshasa foreigner, I would never come to the estuary to find death!" The soldier who was ridiculed insisted: "Either I will find another way to hit Daye Iron Works, or I will hit Daye Iron Works anyway." Otherwise, I will force the rebel army to come and die first, consume our mines first, and knock out some of our batteries, and then I will definitely not come directly to fight. ”

Standing on the other side of the sheep and horse wall, eavesdropping on the discussions of the soldiers of the self-army, Wu Chaoyue was thoughtful, and suddenly asked: "If you are a Rakshasa foreigner, then how can you directly lead the Rakshasa fleet to fight the estuary?" ”

"Dashuai?!"

Suddenly found that Wu Chaoyue was standing behind the sheep and horse wall, and several Wu soldiers who were resting and chatting against the sheep and horse wall were so frightened that they hurriedly jumped up and saluted, Wu Chaoyue waved his hand to say that he didn't have to, and asked the soldier who expressed a different opinion with a smile: "To answer my question, if you are the main general of the Rakshasa foreigners, how can you directly take the Rakshasa fleet to fight the estuary?" ”

After pondering nervously for a moment, the soldier replied: "Back to the commander, if the little one is the main general of the Rakshasa foreigners, the little one will not come directly to fight the estuary anyway." Because there are rebellious sailors here, unless I am stupid, I will let the rebels' sailors hide behind and rest, and I will work hard in the front, and I will force them to be in front if they are not used, so that at least we can consume more of our ammunition. ”

Wu Chaoyue closed his eyes and said secretly: "Yes, the Russians are not stupid, if I were the commander of the Russian fleet, I would never use the Russian fleet to directly hit the estuary, but would only force the Manshui division to be cannon fodder in front." ”

Seeing that Wu Chaoyue was silent for a long time, the soldier was a little worried, and asked cautiously: "Dashuai, is the little one wrong?" ”

"You're right, you're right." Wu Chaoyue shook his head, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are a person who likes to use your brain to fight, yes, you have a future." Let me ask you one more question, is there any way you can get the fleet of the Rakshasas to attack the estuary first, and let the fleet of the rebels line behind? ”

"This ......." After racking his brains for a long time, the soldier said helplessly: "The big commander forgives the sins, the little stupid can't think of any way." ”

Wu Chaoyue, who was still expecting to get some hints, was a little disappointed, and said with a smile: "It's not that you're stupid, it's really no way." To tell you the truth, I can't think of any good way to lure the Rakshasa foreigners to do this, and you can guess that the Rakshasa people will definitely not directly attack the estuary position, which is already quite good. ”

After receiving Wu Chaoyue's praise, the soldier was of course very excited, and when he was modest, he didn't speak a little bit, but Wu Chaoyue rewarded him with two silver yuan and was about to leave. As a result, the soldier suddenly came out again, and said: "Dashuai, don't worry, I also think that the sailors of the chaotic party will definitely not work hard, and even if the Rakshasa people force them to rush to the front, they will definitely not fight with their lives." ”

Wu Chaoyue turned back to look at the soldier, and the soldier was panicked by Wu Chaoyue, and hurriedly said: "Big handsome, the little one is not talking nonsense." The soldiers of the chaotic party and water division are also human beings, and they don't want to die, especially if they don't want to die in vain. Therefore, the little one feels that even if the foreigners force the rebel water division to rush our estuary position, they will definitely not resist to the end, and will only think about how to save their lives first. ”

Wu Chaoyue thought for a while, and after thinking about it for a while, he casually said to the soldier: "Go back and tell your battalion officer that if there are any vacancies in the future, you will give priority to filling them." ”

The reason why Wu Chaoyue rewarded this soldier was that he was right in every sentence, in fact, Wu Chaoyue had long known that his choice of the estuary as the main battlefield was not very ideal, and the real enemy in this decisive battle, as long as the Tsarist Russian fleet did not enter the water in its head, would never come to attack the estuary position head-on. And even if it is necessary to fight Daye in order to directly take Daye and eliminate the main force of his own naval division, he will definitely let the Qing army's naval division be in front, and wait for the Qing army's naval division to consume part of his strength before making a move, and he will not have any chance of a decisive battle with the Tsarist Russian naval division in the best state.

Wu Chaoyue also thought about using some conspiracy to create such an opportunity, but the times are different, the current Western army has entered the era of the staff to formulate tactics, and the situation of relying only on a commander to pat his head to finalize tactics has become extinct in the Western army.

Therefore, no matter what strategy Wu Chaoyue uses to lure and deceive, it is very easy to be exposed under the deliberation and calculation of the Russian army's staff team, and even if he is lucky, the enemy will definitely have one or more sets of backup tactics, and it is impossible to go all the way to the dark, and he doesn't know how to jump out quickly when he steps into the encirclement of the Wu army.

Fortunately, the soldier who could use his brain provided Wu Chaoyue with a new idea - since he couldn't use tactics against the Russian army, why couldn't he attack the Qing Army Naval Division of the old army without a staff team? It is impossible to make a fuss about the fact that the soldiers of the Qing army and sailors are not willing to die for the Russians in vain?

With a new way of thinking, Wu Chaoyue's stomach full of bad water will immediately come into use. Soon, 5,000 leaflets and a large number of banners were printed overnight, and these things were delivered to the city the next morning............

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A day later, one of the 5,000 leaflets was placed in front of Wu Quanmei, a naval master of the Qing army.

The rebellious party betrayed the country and the people, and in order to curry favor with the Rakshasa people, he deliberately sent the soldiers of the Great Shimizu Division to death!

Brother Daishimizu Shimizu, think of your parents, wives and children in the rear! Why do the Rakshasas keep hiding behind?

Let the Rakshasas go first, let's fight with the Rakshasas!

Brother of the Great Shimizu Division, as long as you don't open fire, the rebel army will never fire on your ship!

Those who are willing to surrender will be exempted from death and will be paid the passage home!

"The traitor of the dog day, there are so many tricks!"

Seeing through Wu Chaoyue's vicious intentions of trying to dissipate the morale of the army, Wu Quanmei remembered to ask the scout about the origin of the leaflet, and the scout basically answered truthfully, saying that it was wrapped in waterproof paper, packed in a wooden box nailed with red cloth, and drifted upstream to the vicinity of the camp of the Qing army's sailors. Wu Quanmei almost didn't laugh out loud when she heard it, and said with a smile: "Wu Chaoyue, that traitor's head is in the water?" Using this method to discourage our military? He thought that Lao Tzu's soldiers were bored and would go to the river to fish for these useless papers? ”

After the shameful laughter, Wu Quanmei didn't take this matter to heart at all, and didn't even bother to order a ban on soldiers fishing for similar floating objects - who would go to the Yangtze River to fish for these advertising leaflets when they were full and had nothing to do?

Wu Quanmei somewhat underestimated the curiosity of the soldiers of the self-army, and in the afternoon of the same day, a large wave of small wooden boxes nailed with red cloth suddenly drifted down from the upstream of the narrow waterway between Jiangxin Island in Qizhou and the south bank of the Yangtze River, and flowed through the camp of the Qing army's sailors in Zhoujiawu.

Another night passed, and in the early morning of the next day, when an even larger wave of small wooden boxes with obvious markings floated near the camp of the Qing army's sailors, something strange happened!

"It's coming! Here it comes! Hurry up and get into the water, and get it all up! Catch it all! ”

Many Qing soldiers were like crazy, shouting and rushing into the river to rush into the river to grab those wooden boxes, and countless Qing soldiers swam directly into the river to grab those wooden boxes because there were no small boats available, even the Qing soldiers who were repairing the warships were like this! On the river, over the ownership of those small wooden boxes, the Qing soldiers even had a quarrel.

The matter has reached this point, and the senior generals of the Qing army headed by Wu Quanmei can't sit idly by anymore, and in addition to strictly prohibiting it, they also sent people to the river to fish out a few small wooden boxes to check the reason. As a result, after opening an unopened wooden box, the truth was revealed - the waterproof paper bag not only contained a leaflet, but also a brand-new Hubei silver dollar!

"I'll fuck you! Is there such a shameless trick in the world? No wonder Lao Tzu's soldiers are like crazy to grab these wooden boxes, it turns out that there are silver yuan hidden inside! ”

After suddenly realizing it, Wu Quanmei's first order was to order the scout who concealed the silver yuan yesterday to be beaten with a hundred military sticks, and the second order was to prohibit anyone from going to the river to salvage the silver yuan! However, it is a pity that this order was given too late, and the Qing soldiers were not only extremely dissatisfied with Wu Quanmei's order to prevent them from making a small fortune, but also under the influence of Wu Jun's propaganda, the morale of the army became more and more fluctuating, and the already very dissatisfied mood of the Russians was even more dissatisfied.

At the same time, Wen Xiang, the prison army sent by the Manchu court, also found out that the situation was wrong, and after rushing to the scene to learn the details, Wen Xiang not only scolded Wu Chaoyue for being despicable and shameless, but also lost his temper at Wu Quanmei, accusing Wu Quanmei of being incompetent in governing the army and failing to prevent the soldiers from going into the water to make money in time.

"Zhongtang forgives the sin, and the last general began to wonder that the Wu thief would be so shameless that he would wrap the silver yuan in the leaflet." Wu Quanmei replied dejectedly: "The soldier was greedy for a little fortune, and it turned out to be like this. ”

"Incompetent!" Wen Xiang scolded again, and then said: "By the way, General Novosilsky has decided to send troops to the east the day after tomorrow, and your fleet must be ready to set off before sunset tomorrow anyway, and your fleet will be the vanguard at that time." ”

"So how do you fight?" Wu Quanmei hurriedly asked.

"Your fleet is responsible for attacking the mouth of the Golden River and attracting the fire of the Wu Thief Battery." Wen Xiang said casually: "After you suppress the firepower of the Wu Thief Fort and force the Wu Thief Sailor Division to go into battle, Mr. General Novosilsky's fleet will enter the battle again." ”

Before Wen Xiang's words fell, the generals of the Qing army next to him were already full of anger, and the green tendons were all covered with Wu Quanmei's forehead, and after gritting his teeth for a while, Wu Quanmei suddenly roared like thunder: "Take me to see Novosilsky, I want to renegotiate tactics with him!" ”

"Bishan, what are you going to do?" Wen Xiang asked vigilantly: "Don't make a fool, you have to take care of the overall situation of the thief!" ”

"I'll fuck the big picture!" Wu Quanmei couldn't bear it anymore and yelled again, pulled Wen Xiang up and rushed out.