Li Hongfei smoked while thinking about how to tell Guo Sheng about Yangzhou, this mission was very tricky, Yangzhou was almost set to death by Li Hongfei, and he knew that he would die, and he sent people in, these people are tantamount to abandoned children, anyone who listens to it will be cold. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After smoking a cigarette, Li Hongfei put the cigarette butt still on the ground, kicked it suddenly, and rotated back and forth a few times, then cleared his throat and said to Guo Sheng: "To tell you the truth, I am not optimistic about the battle of Yangzhou, the 300,000 army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, and I don't know how long Shi Ge Lao can resist, and our Suzhou New Army has not yet formed combat effectiveness, so we can't participate in the war with the whole army." At present, the only thing we can do in Suzhou is to provide Yangzhou with a sharp weapon to defend the city, and by the way, send a small team to rescue Shi Ge Lao when the city is broken! ”

"How is that possible? Now although the Ming Dynasty is weak, but the strength of the towns combined, there are 300,000, even if the defenders of Chongming Island can not move, other provinces can also mobilize 200,000 troops, plus the strong city wall of Yangzhou, not to mention the heavy damage to the Manchu Tartars, the problem of holding Yangzhou should not be big! As long as the time can be delayed for half a year, then the new army will become an army again, and our Suzhou new army will also have combat effectiveness, although the Manchu Tartars are powerful, but the more troops, the more difficult it will be to maintain the grain and grass, maybe it will not take half a year, it will be dragged to death! Guo Sheng analyzed.

Don't look at him as big as he looks, he is still very careful in analyzing the situation, otherwise Li Hongfei would not have assured that he would hand over the first division to him.

"Your analysis is the same as that of Shi Ge Lao, but at present, the total strength of Yangzhou City, including the new army, is less than 120,000, and I estimate that even if the Holy Decree is made, it will be difficult for any more reinforcements to come." Li Hongfei sighed and said.

"What about Chongming Island? Isn't there still 80,000 defenders on Chongming Island? Guo Sheng asked.

"Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, Chongming Island is naturally the focus of the attack, and Chongming Island is not guarded by city walls, Zheng Zhilong's sailors, and most of them have been transferred to Yangzhou, Chongming Island is only guarded by more than 200 warships of Zheng Sen, and the waterway advantage is gone, once the fight starts, the battle may be more tragic than Yangzhou, it would be good not to increase troops to Chongming Island, how can the army be transferred?" Li Hongfei explained.

Li Hongfei originally set up the military camp in Baoshan Town, just to be able to reinforce Chongming Island at any time, how could he put the cart before the horse.

"Haha! It's ridiculous that the glory of my Ming Dynasty in the past three hundred years is now being forced to Si by the barbarians, but the generals from all over the country still want to be in a corner of peace, which is extremely shameful! Guo Sheng roared angrily.

"If all the generals of the Ming Dynasty are like you, why are you afraid of the Manchu Eight Banners!" Li Hongfei also sighed.

"My lord! Please allow the lowly to transfer 10,000 new troops to support Yangzhou, and the lowly post does not want the 7,000 veterans, as long as the recruits who have been in the camp for half a month will be trained by fighting at that time, I believe that when the decisive battle with the Manchu Tartars, these recruits will be able to become a tiger army, and give the Tartars a painful lesson! Guo Sheng suddenly asked.

The battle of defending the city of more than 100,000 people is not something that can be determined overnight, but in the later decisive battle, the Qing army will definitely surround Yangzhou City on all sides, and it is almost impossible for a team of 10,000 people to enter the city.

Therefore, Guo Sheng wanted to lead troops into Yangzhou in advance and train troops in Yangzhou City to prepare for the decisive battle later.

"No! The whole of Suzhou is just such a little belongings, if they are all spelled out, what will they take to defend against the enemy at that time? Li Hongfei resolutely disagreed.

What are you kidding, the army he spent a lot of money to cultivate, and sent to the place of death to be cannon fodder, he is not so stupid!

Being able to send fifty elites into the city is his greatest sincerity.

"Humph! It seems that you are similar to those general soldiers, and they all feel sorry for their belongings! Keep saying that you are training to resist the enemy, but the Manchu Tartars have already hit the doorstep, you are still afraid, you don't dare to fight hard with the Tartars, the soldiers don't even have the courage to fight, how can you talk about strengthening the army? What's the use of this group of recruits who have never seen blood no matter how strong they are? Guo Sheng had already blown up at this time, and he didn't care who the person in front of him was or what position he had, so he just went over.

"How the official arranges his own official has his own reason, why do you need to teach a lesson! Knowing that Yangzhou could not be defended, he also went to die! Do you think it's easy to build an army of tens of thousands? The officer told you that the weapons and equipment prepared for these soldiers alone will cost 100,000 taels of silver! If all of them are killed in battle, the pension, plus the battle allowance, is one million taels of silver! If you fight this battle, only one million taels of silver can solve it, and I won't say a word, and let the treasury approve it for you immediately!" But that's 10,000 living lives! Knowing that they were going to die, they still let them jump into the fire pit, what kind of face do you let me have to face the Suzhou fathers? Li Hongfei first scolded loudly, and then persuaded him even more.

"Well said! Knowing that he was going to die, but jumping into the fire pit, are the hundreds of thousands of troops in Yangzhou City all fools? ”

"Is Shi Ge Lao also a fool........

"Are those soldiers stupid..........

"As long as you are smart, you will calculate, oh no, it should be the general soldiers of your places, who will calculate!" Guo Sheng scoffed.

"What if you give you 10,000 troops? Can it change the outcome of Yangzhou? Even if there is a 20% chance of victory, I will crush the whole army! It's a pity that with our current strength, we don't even have half a chance of victory. At that time, the defense of Jiangnan will be empty, and what will we use to resist the Manchu Tartars? Li Hongfei asked rhetorically.

It's not that Li Hongfei doesn't want to fight, but the troops are limited, and it's useless to go, if the provinces can work together, there is a fight, but even Guo Sheng himself knows in his heart that this is simply an unrealistic idea.

Li Hongfei's series of rhetorical questions were like a scoop of cold water poured on his head, Guo Sheng's violent temper was immediately extinguished, only to see him shrug his face and ask in a low voice: "What should I do?" ”

He broke out before, most of the reason was not Li Hongfei, he also knew that Li Hongfei had been trying his best to expand the army during this time, but the time was too short, the new army had just taken shape, and the strong enemy had already attacked.

"There is no source of soldiers, but we can support weapons, I have decided to support 50,000 grenades to Yangzhou, I believe it is enough for the Manchu Qing Tartars to drink a pot." Li Hongfei said.

The daily output of grenades is now about 800, Qi Hongying got 100,000 pieces from there before, and almost emptied the inventory, and now if you want to get together 50,000 pieces, you have to wait for two months, and then Guo Sheng's team of 50 people should also be trained, just to transport this batch of grenades into Yangzhou.

"This grenade is a sharp weapon for defending the city, with this thing, maybe Yangzhou can hold it!" Guo Sheng said excitedly.

"I hope so! It's a pity that the number is a bit small. However, if Yangzhou can really hold out for half a year, it will be an opportunity for us to counterattack! Li Hongfei said.

If Yangzhou can hold out for half a year, it is estimated that the general soldiers in various places will not be able to sit still, because if the Qing army cannot take Yangzhou within half a year, their logistics supply will have a big problem.