Chapter Twenty-Six: Prepare for Defeat
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After leaving the attic of the city gate, Wang Sirui couldn't help but curse in his heart.
This Lu Benyuan was sulking from other people, and he wanted to vent his sulkness on himself without thinking about it. Based on Wang Sirui's understanding of these birdmen, if Wang Sirui said how many veterans with combat experience there were under him, it was estimated that those veterans with combat experience would be asked to leave by Lu Benyuan after tonight.
Otherwise, why did those people break the blood with Lu Benyuan's head for the sake of a battalion of people, and the sky was dark? Didn't you take a fancy to these soldiers?
Let them train a battalion of people by themselves, which will take at least a year to pull out, how can there be such a cost-effective direct robbery?
That is to say, Wang Sirui, the backdoor soldier, has just been established for three months, and he has not had time to enter Lu Benyuan's eyes, so he will be saved from exploitation, and it is also the fundamental reason why Lu Benyuan is very dissatisfied.
You must know that Wang Sirui's battalion has increased Lu Benyuan's defense area by one-fifth, and Lu Benyuan can't do it if he doesn't want to.
No one wants this battalion at all, but if no one wants it, then in the end, Wang Sirui himself can only lead people to defend that area.
If there is no war, it is easy to say, but once there is a war, or the foreigners attack Wang Sirui's defense area first, then in the end it can only be President Lu Benyuan.
Therefore, in desperation, Lu Benyuan had no choice but to send a battalion of men and horses to deploy in that area, and the lack of troops was filled by the baggage team, and Wang Sirui's battalion needed to fill the gap in the baggage team.
In other words, Lu Benyuan would rather believe in his baggage team than the 300 or so people under Wang Sirui.
Of course, not only Lu Benyuan, but even Wang Sirui didn't dare to believe these people. After all, they were all picked up on the road, and there were only more than 30 people who actually fought with him.
When I returned to my temporary station, it was already about eight o'clock in the evening.
The soldiers had enough sleep a few days ago, so they were sitting together in twos and threes chatting.
Because long before the rout was collected, Wang Sirui had already issued a gag order to more than 30 veterans, so no one knew about their sneak attack on the baggage team of the coalition army, and at this moment everyone was talking about when the coalition army would come over.
And many new soldiers also found a problem, that is, among the more than 50 soldiers that Wang Sirui brought at the beginning, more than 30 people didn't seem to be afraid of the coalition army, and even when they talked about the coalition army, they could tell you some interesting things very calmly.
After returning to the station, the first thing Wang Sirui did was to call his sentry to his side.
Wang Shuqi, Ma Sanru, Wu Yang, Wu Zixu, Tian Zhichao, these five people are the current command of Wang Sirui, and they are also Wang Sirui's most trusted subordinates so far.
"What's wrong? Sullen one by one? After the five people came to Wang Sirui's side, Wang Sirui found that the faces of the five people were covered with haze, as if something big had happened.
"My lord......" Wu Zixuan was apologetic, and it was a little difficult to speak.
This incident is not to blame others, if you want to blame, you can only blame Wu for boasting about himself, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't stabilize his subordinates, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened.
"Uncle Wang, come on!" Wang Sirui was sure that something must have happened, and looking at a few people, he still directly named Wang Shu to explain, at least if Wang Shuqi said it, Wang Sirui would have more in his heart.
Today, Wang Sirui finally realized why Jiang paid special attention to Huang, Zhejiang, Lu, and Yi, that is, graduated from the Huangpu Military Academy, a native of Zhejiang, graduated from the Army University, and was born in the New First Army. In the past, these four types of people were often able to be reused.
In later generations, Wang Sirui still had a lot of contempt for this concept of employing people, but when he returned to this era, he found that it was actually quite helpless.
Although there are some suspicions of partial generalization, at such a moment, it is better to miss than to miss. That's right, just two misses, completely different concepts.
"Sentry officer, we got together for a small meeting after arranging the camp in the afternoon, mainly to talk about the use and distribution of weapons, tactical arrangements, and so on. As a result, after I went back, I found that there were more than 20 people running from the military sentry officer's side, all of whom were added halfway. Wang Shuqi seemed to be worried that Wang Sirui would be angry, so he deliberately added the last sentence.
"Ran and ran, what's the fuss?" Wang Sirui looked at everyone with disdain, thinking that it was a big deal, but the feeling was that more than 20 people ran away, and they were all people who were added halfway.
To be honest, Wang Sirui had long expected that those people would run, but he didn't know when? How much will it run?
"Huh?" Wu Zixuan couldn't close his mouth in surprise, more than 20 people assigned to him ran away, Wang Sirui even said what was the fuss? Is this a pipe tape? It's not his soldiers who are emotionally running?
"Hehe, thanks to them running now, if we wait a few days for the fight to start running, then we won't just lose a few people." Wang Sirui explained. He immediately continued to instruct: "After going back in the evening, go and tell them that if you don't want to do it with us, leave as soon as possible, and if you are willing to follow us, Lao Tzu will not treat you badly, ordinary soldiers will be paid four taels of silver per month, squad leader will be paid eight taels per month, the sentry commander will be paid fifteen taels per month, and the sentry officer will be paid thirty taels per month." ”
"This ...... So much? Wu Zixuan and Tian Zhichao looked at Wang Sirui with some surprise, with a shocked expression.
Four taels of silver a month, how is this possible? They hadn't been in the army for long, and it wasn't clear how much money the army was paying for. But I also learned a very important news from the mouths of those veterans, their salaries were paid in full, and the officials said that a few taels were a few taels, and there would definitely be no one to deduct them.
And now Wu Zixuan knows that their salary is so high.
Although the salaries of the new army are about four and a half at present, the other armies are even more uneven. But in fact, it is the new army, and in fact, it is good to have two taels of silver in the hands of the soldiers.
"What is this? When we have money in the future, our salaries will be even higher. Wang Sirui said indifferently.
Someone ran away, this was just a small episode, which indirectly told his subordinates how much money they were. Regarding this problem, Wang Sirui has always been a bowl of water, and he did not say that he was biased towards the veterans around him.
"Alright, let's get down to business." Wang Sirui beckoned and motioned for everyone to calm down.
"We have just been assigned to the President's command, and the President's assignment to my battalion is to ensure friendly combat ......"
After hearing the sentence that their task is to ensure friendly combat, many people breathed a sigh of relief, to put it bluntly, it is to carry supplies or something, no need to go to the front line, although there is also a certain danger, but this is already very good, have you ever seen a baggage team of four taels of moon?
And don't underestimate the baggage team, as long as Lu Benyuan dares to really give them this task, they will have enough opportunities to fill their pockets, which can be regarded as a fat difference.
"But ......" Before everyone could be happy for a few seconds, Wang Sirui splashed a basin of water.
"According to my estimate, the coalition forces will be in the city in the next four to seven days, and with the current defense of the capital, it is difficult for us to resist the attack of the coalition forces. I don't care about other troops, our troops must be prepared for the loss of the capital, Ma Sanru, I will give you four days, with all the officers above the sentry commander, and give me every street and alley in the capital in my mind. Wang Sirui commanded with a solemn face.
"Big ...... My lord, this Jingshi really can't hold it? Ma Sanru couldn't believe it.
In terms of military strength, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Beijing Division, but what about the foreigners? Although the foreigners have successively dispatched nearly 50,000 troops so far, in the end, only about 30,000 people actually attacked the Beijing Division.
Although the ratio of troops on both sides did not reach 10 to 1, there was no problem with 5 to 1.
Wang Sirui said that they may not be able to hold the Beijing Division? Anyway, Ma Sanru couldn't believe what he thought.
"If we can hold it, do we still need to retreat to the capital division?" Wang Sirui looked up at the dark night sky and said helplessly.
'Yes, if we can hold it, do we still need to retreat to Jingshi?' Ma Sanru and the others couldn't help but ask silently in their hearts.
But as soon as they thought that the Jingshi was about to be lost, and their fate would not be known, these sentinels began to beat a little drum in their hearts.
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