Chapter 370: Siege while it's hot
Hearing Wang Feng's praise, Yang Shuijiao couldn't help but look at Zhou Xiuying carefully, sure enough, Zhou Xiuying's skin was really whiter than herself, and it was crystal clear, and there was a layer of glittering light in the snow-white and delicate, which was very good.
Yang Shuijiao was envious and unacceptable, although in Wang Feng's eyes, Zhou Xiuying's complexion was wheat-colored and a healthy color, but in the eyes of people at the time, Zhou Xiuying was a substitute for a black girl even if she was not a black girl, so she couldn't help but stammer: "Xiuying, how is this possible?" Could it be?"
As she was talking, Yang Shuijiao suddenly lowered her voice, leaned into Zhou Xiuying's ear and said, "Have you been developed by Wang Feng?" Sister Xuanjiao once told me that women will look radiant with the moisture of a man, and the texture of their skin will be greatly improved, haven't you always insisted that Wang Feng broke your Daguan knife before he was willing to do that? Have you fallen at his hands? β
Zhou Xiuying's face suddenly turned red, and she didn't say: "What nonsense are you talking about, that guy can knock him down if I tie one hand, I have practiced to the point of turning strength." β
As soon as these words came out, not to mention Yang Shuijiao's face was full of disbelief, even Lin Fengxiang and several high-level generals of the Fifth Army set their eyes on it, hundreds of thousands of people in the Taiping Army marched south and north, but there was only Shi Dakai who was a master of strength, even Su Sanniang was only able to touch the threshold of strength, which shows that it is difficult to enter the strength!
But Zhou Xiuying is less than twenty years old, will he be more genius than Shi Dakai? Shi Dakai is a recognized martial arts wizard in the Taiping Army!
Tell me, what's going on? If you have a good experience, share it with us. Yang Shuijiao hurriedly asked.
"It should be the reason why I got revenge and untied my heart" Zhou Xiuying did not hide it, and told the story of cutting Zhong Dian's 500 knives with her own hands. In the process of speaking, the watermelon was cut and served. The so-called ice is actually hanging in the well water and icing. In the scorching summer, it is also extremely cool and delicious, and everyone feels extremely excited while listening to Zhou Xiuying's talk about chopping people.
"Hey~~" After listening, Yang Shuijiao sighed faintly: "Your breakthrough method is too special, we can't learn it if we want to, let's practice slowly." β
Yang Shuijiao didn't even have any dark energy, and she was a little depressed. It's not that she lacks talent, under Wang Feng's guidance, even An Lisi and Angelina can make decent punches, let alone her? She only fished for three days and dried nets for two days, lacking perseverance.
Wang Feng glanced at Yang Shuijiao, then turned his head and asked, "Commander Lin, can the casualties of the whole army be counted?" β
"I was about to report back to you." Lin Fengxiang arched his hand: "In the Battle of Baoshan, our army killed and missing 5,128 people. 742 people were seriously injured and disabled, and 630 people died in Chen Village, all of whom were compensated by Deputy Commander Hong in accordance with the law. β
Wang Feng nodded silently, the missing person. In fact, he died in battle, but the bones are not found to be found, after all, modern warfare is not as good as ancient times. was hit by a cannon, and it was definitely a shattered end. In the battle of Baoshan, the total number of dead and seriously injured reached more than 6,000 people. Even Wang Feng couldn't bear it.
Although he can not hesitate to pile up flesh and blood for the sake of victory, but people's hearts are made of flesh, and a considerable number of soldiers will never go back not long after they are newly married, and even their wives are already pregnant with flesh and bone in their bellies!
The atmosphere in the room became dull, in fact, everyone knew that everyone on the battlefield had the possibility of dying in battle, and this battle only killed and wounded a few thousand people, which was insignificant compared to the total annihilation of the British army, but there was always some sadness in my heart.
Wang Feng beckoned and ordered: "You go back to Suzhou and tell Deputy Commander SΓΉ Hong that all the widows of fallen soldiers who give birth to posthumous children will receive an additional one or two silver subsidies per month from the date of birth until the children are eighteen years old, and from today onwards, all those who have children under the age of 18 in the families of fallen soldiers will be given an additional one or two silver subsidies per month until they become adults." β
One tael of silver a month does not seem to be much, but the price at that time was not high, taking Su Song Taichang and other rich areas that were not affected by the war as an example, the average price of a stone of rice noodles is around 2,000 Wen, the price of pork is about 60 Wen per catty, the price of fish is half of the price of meat, the price of eggs is 4 Wen a piece, the duck egg is 2 Wen a piece, cucumbers, eggplants, cabbage and other road vegetables are generally between 2 and 5 Wen per catty, the price of common fruits such as dates, pears, peaches and other common fruits is 15 to 25 Wen, vegetable oil is 80 Wen a catty, salt and soy sauce vinegar and other seasonings are around 50 Wen. Ordinary silk is 150 wen per foot, and the native cloth is no more than 20 wen, and to sum up, the minimum standard of living for a family of three in the city is about five taels of silver per year.
And Wang Feng's allowance for the children of fallen soldiers is twelve taels per year, a total of eighteen years from birth to adulthood, and the receipt is two hundred and sixteen taels, this money alone can make a child and his mother reach a medium standard of living, and the one-time payment of fifty taels for the death pension has not been counted!
Generally speaking, Wang Feng will not let people be idle, at present, the daily wage in the city is generally between 20 and 300 wen, even if it is the lowest skill of 20 wengong, working 20 days a month, you can earn the basic living expenses of a family of three a year, that is, five taels of silver, so even if a man dies in the family, orphans and widows still don't have to worry about their livelihood.
In fact, the civilians in the Jiangnan area were under the level of economic development at that time, and it stands to reason that as long as they are diligent, it is not a problem to solve the problem of food and clothing, but the Qing court has a lot of donations and miscellaneous donations of various kinds, and the officials are not officials and are not greedy, whose money is greedy? It must be the hard-earned money of the common people, which forced many people to not survive, and now it has been replaced by the Democratic Alliance Army, the government of the officials, and the abolition of donations, and the money earned by the people has basically fallen into their own pockets, and the average standard of living has suddenly risen to a higher level.
A former Taiping Army general sighed: "When we were in the Taiping Army before, how could we have a pension for the war dead? Dead are all in vain, and all the treasures plundered are divided by those above, look at the East Wangfu of the Heavenly King Palace, who is not magnificent? Who cares if ordinary soldiers live or die? In contrast, the commander-in-chief is really thinking about the soldiers, so that the soldiers can go to the worries and kill the enemy wholeheartedly. β
This is indeed the heartfelt words of all the people in the original Taiping Army system, when they first became the Taiping Army, they were full of hunger and did not have any personal property, while the Democratic Alliance Army paid a monthly salary, and those who started a family and a business were allocated housing, which was never dreamed of in a few years of conquest career.
Wang Feng waved his hand and said: "Who wants to die if they can live, since the soldiers have paid for their lives, we who are alive must do our best to take care of his wife and children, this is the bottom limit of being a human being, we must not let the hero shed blood and tears!" β
"The commander-in-chief said it well!" Lin Fengxiang patted his thigh and shouted hello, and then said: "Commander-in-chief, now there is only one city left in Hangzhou, I, Lin Fengxiang, ask for orders to attack the city immediately, and strive to break the city before dark, so as to divide the troops to occupy the entire territory of Zhejiang." β
Wang Feng hesitated: "The weather is hot, can the soldiers eat?" Why don't you rest and attack the city tomorrow? β
Lin Fengxiang arched his hand: "Commander-in-chief, this ghost weather is indeed hot, but the Tartar has to stand at the head of the city to defend the city, unobstructed, hotter than us, if it is said that it is unbearable, it must be that the Tartar can't bear it first, maybe he doesn't need to shoot and fire, the heat can make him faint!" β
The city is located in the west of Hangzhou, on the shore of the West Lake, the nearby greening is still good, the soldiers are attacking the city under the scorching sun, you can choose the shade to open the cannon, but the banner people must fire the cannon at the head of the city, more than 40 degrees close to the high temperature of 50 degrees, even if people can insist, the artillery can not bear it, as long as the frequency of cooling is a little slower, there will be the danger of exploding, and the gunpowder will also have the possibility of spontaneous combustion.
"Good!" Wang Feng nodded: "The soldiers hurry up and rest, attack on time at twelve o'clock at noon, this battle is commanded by you, I won't say a word!" β
"Please rest assured, the commander-in-chief, before dark, the city will be broken!" Lin Fengxiang saluted with the rest of the generals and walked away quickly.
It was currently half past nine in the morning, and there were still two and a half hours left, and with Lin Fengxiang's departure, the Fifth Army had also entered the busy pre-war preparations.
At the same moment, in the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace, although there were palace maids fanning big fans, Xianfeng was still sweating profusely.
Originally, in the middle of summer, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was going to the summer resort to escape the summer, by the way to meet with the princes of various Mongolian tribes, to consolidate the friendship between Manchu and Mongolia, but this year is different, since the decree is determined to change, the construction of various places is flying like snowflakes, and the original large pile of government affairs, he has always been diligent in government He naturally has to deal with it personally, in the face of the strength of the Democratic Alliance, Xianfeng has a sense of urgency to exterminate the species, and he can't even take care of the summer.
In addition, he stayed in Beijing and wanted to receive the news of the British army's destruction of the Democratic Alliance as soon as possible, or in other words, if the Democratic Alliance army had not been extinguished, he would not even be able to escape the summer.
Unlike Xianfeng, Xianfeng can wear lighter clothes, but Lan'er, as a concubine, must dress formally, and the flag girl's clothes are quite thick, she is not only sweating profusely, but even her vest is soaked.
But even so, Lan'er still took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat for Xianfeng, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, you can rest for a while, since you got up in the morning, you have been reviewing and commenting on the folds without stopping." β
Xianfeng pointed to the mountains of cases, and said helplessly: "Look at it, how do you rest?" Hundreds of copies a day, this is still the military aircraft duty room filtered. β
Lan'er also secretly feels a headache, but she is arbitrary and reluctant to let go of power, what can she do if she doesn't suffer? She can obviously feel that Xianfeng's energy is getting weaker and weaker, and the key time node is after the Yongding Gate was blown up, and she could still support it for a few minutes before doing that, but in recent months, it has been leaked in minutes.
If a young man loses that ability, he can basically be declared doomed, and what is especially anxious is that his stomach does not move in the slightest.
In fact, Lan'er wanted to persuade Xianfeng to pay more attention to her body, and let it go a little when government affairs should be released, but the shape of the world was full of smoke and made her unable to speak. (To be continued......) R1292