Chapter 191: The Broken Temperance
"yes, we won."
"The notices at the gates of the city have been posted." The newly appointed He Xuan and Chen Huizu gathered all the forces in their hands, and together with the reinforcements sent by Shandong and Hebei, nearly 20,000 people attacked Yanling, and I heard that the Fu Han army was stationed in Yanling with only one battalion, and the 20,000 officers and troops undoubtedly won the battle.
Thousands of thieves and bandits were captured, and the next step for the army was to sweep Xuzhou.
"The contemptible people in Xuzhou and Kaifeng have sent information, there are 20,000 officers and soldiers, and there are only 500 thieves in Yanling, and the two sides have a little contact, and the thieves take the initiative to retreat, and the officers and soldiers actually get ...... talk."
Everyone in the hall made an uproar, and the battle in Yanling could not be hidden from them, and they knew very well what the truth was. The tone is not salty or light, there is not much joy, and of course there is no gritted hatred.
Fang Tinglan's eyes swept over the people present, and continued to say in that cozy tone: "The old man went to the provincial capital to visit Lord Futai a few days ago, and Lord He has already given a clear order that in the future, not a single cent of Yuzhou's medicinal materials will enter the thief area. Those who dare to violate the order will be punished according to the thief. When he said the last four words, Fang Tinglan's waist stiffened suddenly, and her eyes flashed with light.
This is He Xuan's decree, but it is to dig out the lifeblood of Yuzhou's medicinal herb industry.
Now half of Henan is in an uproar, and the location of Yuzhou is so sensitive, why can it be alone? Isn't it just that the state government 'opened the net' and pacified the Fu Han army? These medicinal herb merchants also happened to make a fortune. The Fu Han army is not as good as the official army, and it is willing to spend money on good medicine for disabled soldiers.
Now He Xuan just relied on the strength of the crowd to take back Yanling, and he was so determined to break the 'balance of power', which not only cut off the financial route of their medicinal material merchants, but also sacrificed their Yuzhou. Let's ask, will the Fu Han army give up after losing the source of medicinal materials? They only need to send a light army to sweep the entire Yuzhou, the Lu battalion and the militia in the state are not able to see a tough battle, and the Huihui sect is even more papery. Yuzhou is about to be beaten up like Xuzhou, even if these medicinal herb merchants run away now, will they be able to recover in the future? These people, each of them have come to this point by relying on their deep connections in Yuzhou, which is their most important capital. It's not just white silver.
If Yuzhou is plagued by a military disaster, their foundation will collapse, who can afford such a consequence here? Who wants such consequences?
"He Futai did not hesitate to take the peace and health of my Yuzhou and the lives of all the people to cut off the source of medicinal materials in the General's Mansion, how ruthless." Fang Tinglan's face hung with a thick bitterness, the dignified land of Yuzhou was completely sacrificed by the big people above, and the result he sought was just to cut off the source of medicinal materials for the rebels, which was too absurd and too small. Fang Tinglan deeply felt worthless for Yuzhou.
"The old man cried and begged again and again in front of He Futai, but he was a provincial governor, how could he be an old businessman who could move." even said that He Xuan was able to see Fang Tinglan, all of which was to give face to Yuzhou.
Fang Tinglan's gaze was fixed on Zong Weifeng. The governor's 'words' can't be ignored, Fang Tinglan and the others, who are big local tyrants in Yuzhou, are like a bunch of small millet worms in the face of the prestige of the governor of a province.
"Does the old gentleman mean that he wants me to come forward......?"
When Zong Weifeng heard this, he understood why Fang Tinglan would invite him here today. The medicinal herb merchants in Yuzhou didn't dare to cross the line, at least now they don't. But the people of Yuzhou, yes, these medicinal herb merchants can represent the people of Yuzhou to a certain extent, and they don't want to anger the Fu Han army and bring disaster to themselves, so they thought of the Lu camp.
Zong Weifeng sneered. Fang Tinglan They are afraid of He Xuan, aren't they even more afraid of the governor when they are a small garrison? He Xuan wants to clean them up, it's all a matter of one sentence. The Lu battalion can reach a tacit understanding with the Fu Han army to a certain extent, but he Zong Weifeng definitely has not jumped into the thief ship of the Fu Han army. He stood up and was about to leave.
"Master Zong, slow down. Let's listen to the old man's words. ”
"Master Zong has been in my Yuzhou for many days, I don't know if I have heard of the ...... of the Yuan Sect."
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There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and things in China are very complicated. When one side is forced to completely break the festival, the performance given will be wonderful.
The medicinal herb merchants and the militia groups, the Huiyuan Sect, and the Lu Clan Camp that they influenced, and the Yuzhou government with a blind eye, He Xuan would soon find that he was thinking too simply.
Of course, at that time, He Xuan could still take care of Yuzhou, which is another story.
Huang An, who was stationed in Xuzhou, was no longer a lonely battalion leader, but had three battalions, an artillery team and a logistics unit, and was given the title of an independent brigade. There are many people in the Fu Han General's Mansion who don't know what 'independence' means, but militarily Chen Ming has the final say. Independent battalions, independent brigades, and even earlier independent brigades appeared in the formation of the Fuhan Army.
Two thousand people are guarding Xuzhou, and Huang An is no longer a rookie when he guarded Wuyang earlier, he is now very calm. After the Battle of Linru Town, the confidence of the Fuhan army in its defensive combat effectiveness skyrocketed.
The cross-era iron-reinforced concrete fortifications are to put the Fuhan army itself in the position of the attacker, and it is difficult to say how to conquer it.
As a strategic support point in the northeast of the General's Mansion, there are not many people in Xuzhou City, there are reserves of grain that can be eaten for the defenders and the people in the city for three years, there are enough wells in the city, a large number of medicinal herbs, gunpowder, cannons, guns, and even smoked dried and pickled meat, as well as vegetables sown in the open space that has been knocked down in the city, as well as soybeans, black beans and so on.
From getting Xuzhou in his hands again to the Qing army's big counterattack, there has been a gap of half a year in between. The General's Mansion, which holds a large number of prisoners in his hands, not only completes the fortress of Xuzhou, but also Xiangxian and Yuncheng, and the entire east side of the three points and one line, which is as tough as a copper wall.
He Xuan would be too naïve if he thought that the team would easily reclaim Yan Ling, and thought that the next action would go smoothly. A series of encounters in Pengpo Town and Linru Town led by Wu Dashan of Shaanxi Green Battalion are the future of the Qing army in the northeast.
According to the news from the dark camp, Xi'an General Fulu has rushed to Gansu, and if it weren't for the weather, the Gansu Green Battalion would probably have arrived at the Henan battlefield. In the current winter, the cold wind in the northwest is biting, and the ice and snow are shining, and at this time, the troops are transferred to other provinces to fight to the death, and if you don't fill the appetite of those green camp hills, they will not open the way smoothly.
The Gan-Shaanxi Green Battalion has always been the top elite of the Manchu Green Battalion, and the Gan Army is even better than the Shaanxi Army in terms of combat effectiveness, but their 'unruly' and loose military discipline, just like their combat effectiveness, are firmly engraved in the bones of this army. If you want to make the green battalion in Gansu, especially in Gansu, obediently obey the orders, you have to feed them with silver first, and then tolerate a series of burning, killing and looting during the march and battle......