He Changying's words shocked the three people present, because the fire ban saves charcoal, so the room is extremely cold, so the three of them can't help but shiver.

"When the pass is broken, the Qing army on the Great Wall can quickly break and escape, and the Japanese army will definitely go all out to capture the gate and block the way back to the south of our 9,000 army."

He Changying picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, and said quietly: "Moreover, going back is not the best choice, when you stick here like a nail, you can make the first army in Shanxi County have long thorns on their backs, and it is difficult to sleep and eat." ”

At this moment, there was silence in the room.

Xu Bangdao, Jia Qisheng, and Li Jingfang were all shocked, and their faces changed several times.

He Changying's move was to put the soldiers of the three cities to death.

Just think about it, in case the defense line of the Great Wall collapses, Liu Kunyi, Wu Dacheng, Tang Renlian, Wang Liansan, Mei Dongyi, Wu Fengzhu, Lian Shun, Bai Jina nearly 60 battalion heads, more than 26,000 Qing soldiers rushed to flee.

Since then, the three cities outside the gate have become a lonely city, facing tens of thousands of Japanese armies, as well as the terrifying sharp heavy artillery, it can't help but make people's hearts shake and can't restrain themselves.

"That's why Brother He, you're transporting supplies from Jinmen in a carload," Xu Bangdao sighed and said, "Fortunately, Zhang Bishi donated so much silver to your anti-Japanese army." ”

"Before the soldiers and horses move the grain and grass, the war is the money."

He Changying thought that Zhang Bishi's 17.8 million taels of silver had already been spent.

It's just that now only one month's actual salary for the anti-Japanese army is more than 100,000 taels of silver, and after the annexation of the Lushun army, it has increased in a huge amount.

There are also pensions for the dead, disabled soldiers.

The first batch, as well as the second batch of supplies purchased by full ships, and the third and fourth batches of materiel ordered later.

All of this had to be supported by a huge amount of silver.

Li Jingfang asked with bitterness and hope: "We also have 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses on the pass, and the Japanese army is not so easy to attack." ”

"Hmph, haven't you never seen the sharpness of the Japanese army? With those rabble on the Great Wall, it would not be a problem for one brigade on the other side to beat their ten battalion heads! ”

Jia Qisheng's face was angry, but he was helpless.

Although He Changying's words made him feel very uncomfortable, he also knew that everyone had no other choice in this matter.

Once the Japanese army breaks through the defense line of the Great Wall, as a heavy defense of the three cities outside the pass, as long as the commander of the Japanese army still has a brain, he will definitely not easily let these 9,000 troops withdraw calmly.

And now that the three cities outside the Guanwai and Liu Kun are like fire and water, don't expect them to cooperate now and prepare in advance for the future retreat to the south.

To put it another ugly, if the Japanese army breaks through the gate elsewhere, Liu Kun will not order to completely block the gate, let alone dream that he will open the city gate and let the soldiers outside the gate enter the gate.

Is it possible to abandon the city and flee now?

In this way, without waiting for the Japanese army to fight, the court locked itself up, raided the house, and followed in the footsteps of these dead guys like Rugui.

However, in the face of tens of thousands of Japanese troops, how could the three cities outside the pass be able to hold on?

"It's done!"

Xu Bangdao slapped his thigh heavily: "There is only one death left and right!" ”

Jia Qisheng and Li Jingfang's mouths moved, both of their cheeks twitched, and their faces were distorted.

"It doesn't have to be dead, it depends on how you and I deal with this."

He Changying took out a cigarette, made a circle, and lit it.

"How?"

Hearing He Changying say this, Jia Qisheng, Li Jingfang, and Xu Bangdao suddenly came to their senses.

"The three eldest brothers only saw Liu Kunyi, where there were many deputy generals and commanders, and the 20,000 troops were divided into Jiangnan soldiers, Ting Army, Hunan Army, Chu Army, Fengzi Army, Lu Yong, Ludong Army, Jiesheng Battalion, Banner Soldiers, and a mass of scattered sand; Isn't this the case with our three cities? ”

He Changying smiled: "The Sheng Army of Brother Jia in the 4th Battalion, the Renzi Army in the 1st Battalion, the Luyu Defense Army in the 4th Battalion, the 500 Feng Army, the 700 Lushun Deserters, the 2000 Jinsheng Battalion New Army, and the letter soldiers who have been recruited one after another, as well as the recruits from the Dagu Military Station. ”

"Then you and I are three cities, and they are independent armies, although they cooperate with each other, but it is equivalent to chopping the green vegetables, radishes, and red peppers mixed together three times horizontally and vertically, which can only be more chaotic."

"Although the pre-war integration seems hasty, but the battle is sharpened, not fast and light, and brother, I guarantee that its effect is far from being as simple as 'light'; the integration of the army of the three cities is not only for the sake of this country, but also to save the lives of you and me and 9,000 soldiers!"

Hearing the integration of the army of the three cities, Li Jingfang couldn't help but move, and then he immediately woke up to the fact that this was He Changying's tailor-made 'clothes' for himself.

What's more, it is to give yourself a command, and you can do it as a civil official?

This He Changying, don't you know a little taboo? Emperor Lushun Tiangao can still make small moves secretly, and now Shanhaiguan is under Liu Kunyi's nose, and it is only a fast horse for a day and a night away from the imperial city.

He's risking to play with fire!

Doesn't he know that because of the huge donations of the Chinese in Nanyang, all of them were given to the anti-Japanese army, how many pairs of greedy eyes have been aroused by the government and the opposition?

It's not because the national war is now in danger, I don't know how many impeachment crackers flew into the Forbidden City, accusing him of using the national war to train troops, and blackmail and deceive the hard-earned money of the Chinese compatriots in Nanyang!

Last night, Liu Kunyi's style was not touched by this giant silver.

If you knock and obey He Changying, then the next step may be to force He Changying to hand over those huge sums of money.

If you plot to seize the three cities outside the Guanwai in one fell swoop and expel He Changying, then it will be even more reasonable to occupy the right to use this huge amount of money, and continue to stretch out your hand towards Nanyang in the name of the anti-Japanese army.

It's too sensitive, and it's too hard to hear, so people never talk about it, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

Now if He Changying annexes the forces of the three cities outside the Guanwai in this way, he doesn't have to think about it, he knows how many ministers will be impeached and attacked.

The emperor will also become very wary of him!

"I raise my hands in favor of this."

In the battles between Jinzhou and Dalian and the Japanese army, Xu Bangdao understood the importance of unified command, and when he left Lushun, he handed over the right to fight to the staff of the Anti-Japanese Army, and naturally readily agreed at this time.

"This kid is really trying to see the dagger this time, he is trying to rob my army! Even if I agree, will the emperor agree? ”

Jia Qisheng sneered in his heart, but he didn't dare to refuse.

Since the Qing Dynasty and Japan provoked in Korea at the beginning of the year, the Sheng army stopped paying military salaries, saying that it was repaid after the war.

The soldiers had long been cold, and even thought that once they died in battle, they would not only become mass graves, but even feed the lonely ghosts of the beasts, and save a sum of money for the imperial court.

All the soldiers are full of resentment, not to mention fighting the Japanese and rebelling against Shangguan with a gun, even if they are Amitabha.

As a result, after fighting the siege of the city twelve days ago, the anti-Japanese army gave the soldiers killed and wounded in the battle pensions without discrimination, and he was dizzy to see the boxes of snowflakes and silver, not to mention those soldiers?

The soldiers who died in battle were buried together in the feng shui treasure of Jiaoshan, and the soldiers who were seriously wounded were all sent to the Dagu Military Station for treatment and recuperation.

And cultivation can also get a lot of military salaries!

Then, a few days ago, on the 15th of the lunar month, the anti-Japanese army paid last month's military salary, 7 yuan per person, and the soldiers in Dongluo City were almost crazy.