Isn't this strange, he is the commander of an army at a young age, with more than 2,000 troops in his hands and two provinces, and more than 10,000 enemy troops have been at war, everyone will be somewhat affected, and more importantly, Lin Zhe's body belongs to this era, but his soul does not belong to this era.

His behavior is actually incompatible with this era, in fact, the soldiers inside and outside Yu Shengjun saw earlier that their handsome man was very different from ordinary people, such as Lin Zhe loves to be clean, brushes his teeth and takes a bath every day, and Lin Zhe often comes up with some words they don't understand.

However, many people regard Lin Zhe's situation as the temperament that he has cultivated since he was a rich young master, and some people regard this as the unique temperament of Lin Zhe's army commander.

Big people, people are inherently different from ordinary people.

The reason why Wu Jianzhang thinks Lin Zhe is weird is that this situation is very similar to Lin Zhe playing a single-player strategy game, except for himself, the whole game is full of NPCs, and he looks at other people's eyes like looking at the eyes of an NPC.

To put it simply: Lin Zhe didn't treat Wu Jianzhang as a person!

Wu Jianzhang, who was not looked at as a person, would be strange if he could think that Lin Zhe was normal.

Looking at Lin Zhe carefully, he looked a little old with a slight beard, but his face could be seen at a glance that this person was in his early twenties at most, and he was wearing clothes that Wu Jianzhang had never seen before, and the other officers in the Yu Sheng military camp were also wearing this, but after some slight differences, he could also guess that this should be Yu Shengjun's military uniform.

This kind of military uniform originally made people feel much better when they wore it, but now that Lin Zhe is wearing such a military uniform, he looks quite energetic.

After the two sides looked at each other, Lin Zhecai slowly spoke: "Lord Wu is too famous!" ”

Wu Jianzhang smiled, and then said: "I heard a few days ago that Yu Shengjun was about to arrive in Shanghai, so I just asked people to start raising military supplies, and now I have also brought them, although it is not much, but it can be regarded as a slight expression of my Su Song's heart and gentlemen!" ”

As he spoke, an entourage official behind him took out a list and handed it to Bi Yutong next to him, Bi Yutong quietly unfolded it and glanced at it slightly, and then showed a satisfied look.

This list said that in addition to ordinary military supplies such as rice and meat, there were also 10,000 taels of silver.

Lin Zhe is no longer surprised that these local officials have taken the initiative to send military supplies, whether it is the local government or the ordinary gentry and ordinary people, they are extremely afraid of the army crossing the border, whether it is the thief army or the army of the imperial court, they are afraid.

Because for the local government and the gentry, it is not a good thing to encounter either the thief army or the imperial army, the thief army is not good for them to come, and they are accidentally killed by the thief army, but the imperial army has to lose a body of skin when it comes, and the imperial army will not kill these gentry and the like, but they will ask for military supplies, and these military supplies have to be bleeding from the local rich gentry.

This is an ordinary situation, and according to the verbal agreement reached between Lin Zhe and Xu Naizhao, the Jiangsu side needs to be responsible for the military supply after Yu Shengjun enters Jiangsu, and they can't provide this ammunition, but they need to provide food and the like.

Along the way, Yu Shengjun collected military supplies from the Jiangsu government and gentry actually far exceeded their own needs, not to mention that the food alone was enough for them to eat for half a year, not to mention that Yu Shengjun also captured a large amount of military rations from Qingpu, Jiading and other places.

According to conservative estimates, if all this grain is used for eating, it will be enough for more than 1,400 people to eat for more than half a year.

In addition to the military rations, there is also a part of the silver sent up, not counting the 80,000 taels given by Xu Naizhao, and the donations received by Yu Shengjun from the rich gentry in several prefectures and counties in Jiangsu are more than 30,000 taels of silver, if you add the booty captured by Yu Shengjun.

This trip to Jiangsu, half a month has not arrived, and before he even took Shanghai, Yu Shengjun has already harvested nearly 200,000 taels of silver.

This war is actually quite profitable!

After Lin Zhe and Wu Jianzhang chatted, Wu Jianzhang quickly turned the topic to how to attack Shanghai: "Lord Lin, I don't know when your army will be able to attack the city?" ”

Lin Zhe pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that there are more than 10,000 thieves in the city now? Is this news true? ”

Wu Jianzhang said: "There were not so many thieves in the city at the beginning, but many thieves have poured in from Qingpu, Jiading and other places, and now there are a lot more, at least tens of thousands!" ”

When the Little Knife Society first revolted, the strength in Shanghai was only two or three thousand, but soon the Little Knife Society in Qingpu, Baoshan and other places entered Shanghai, greatly increasing the strength of the Little Knife Society in the city. Later, after Yu Shengjun entered Jiangsu, it aroused the vigilance of Liu Lichuan and other generals of the Little Knife Society, and continued to draw troops from Jiading and other regions, and almost transferred most of the surrounding Little Knife Society rebel army back to Shanghai, making the Little Knife Society rebel army in the city have exceeded 10,000 people.

When Lin Zhe heard this, he habitually frowned, with so many thieves, I'm afraid it will take a lot of ammunition to fight when the time comes!

Lin Zhe didn't worry about whether he could beat it, because even if there were 10,000 thieves in the city, he was confident that he would take Shanghai.

After all, the army of these Little Knife Society is not a regular army, and a small number of their backbone members were only members of some Jianghu sects half a month ago.

And most of the rest should be ordinary people recruited after the uprising of the Little Knife Society, these ordinary people have only been gathered for about half a month, even if there are generals like gods on the side of the Little Knife Society, it is impossible to turn them into qualified soldiers.

The nearly 10,000 people in Shanghai are, to put it bluntly, a combination of a group of bandits and hooligans and ordinary people, and even if there are more people, it is impossible to cause any practical trouble to Yu Shengjun.

When Lin Zhe led more than 1,000 people, he dared to fight head-on with the regular army of the Taiping Army, which numbered as high as 6,000, and he was afraid that there would be no hooligans and bandits in this area.

The only thing to consider is how to win with the least casualties, and in addition, you must reduce the consumption of ammunition as much as possible, which is sold out and has to be re-purchased, and the ammunition is not cheap, so you have to save it.

So he was a little silent for a while and then said, "Let's watch for a few days, and then make a decision depending on the situation!" ”

Hearing Lin Zhe say this, Wu Jianzhang showed a look of regret, as Wu Song's military preparation, he naturally took a huge responsibility for the fall of Shanghai, and more importantly, he did not die or commit suicide after Shanghai was captured, but was captured by the Knife Society.

Although it is said that he was rescued by the Americans, in the contemporary political, moral, and ethical environment, the local officials in the city have only two choices: the first is to die in battle, and the second is to commit suicide.

And if you run away, you will be punished, dismissal is the lightest, and some of the strict zhòng are directly beheaded by the imperial court.

At the time of the Xiaodaohui uprising, Yuan Zude, the commander of Shanghai County, who was also in Shanghai, was killed in battle, and most of the many officials either committed suicide or were killed, and only a very small number escaped from the city.

Wu Jianzhang is Su Songtai's soldier, and he is the most senior official in the local area, in the current environment of the great era, if he dies without the strength to fight, then he will have to commit suicide, let alone be captured, and it is impossible to escape.

But he was captured, and this stain was enough to make him lose the official hat on his head.

Now the imperial court has not dismissed him, that is because the information transmission is very slow now, the imperial court is estimated not to know the news, and it will take a certain amount of time for the imperial court to make a decision, but once the news is known, and the situation in Shanghai has not improved, the imperial court will definitely dismiss him.

It is true in history, after Wu Jianzhang fell in Shanghai, he was dismissed by the imperial court in April of the following year on charges of 'dereliction of duty and corruption'.

This is only a superficial reason, and the director was really dismissed because of the fall of Shanghai.

For the sake of his official hat, Wu Jianzhang couldn't wait for Lin Zhe to recapture Shanghai tomorrow.

But he also knew that Yu Shengjun had just arrived in Shanghai, and in the face of more than 10,000 thieves, he must be cautious and not rashly attack, so he thought about it a little and said: "Now that hundreds of people in the city are trapped in the hands of thieves, life is better than death, and I hope that Lord Lin can save the people in the city from fire and water as soon as possible, and I will also lead the fleet to help the adults at that time!" ”

Lin Zhe said: "Naturally, we will not sit idly by and watch the people in the city suffer, and we will attack the city when we are ready!" ”

Lin Zhe's words are not false, in fact, he has no idea of delaying time, on the one hand, according to his deal with Xu Naizhao, he needs to capture Shanghai within two months, for which Xu Naizhao has paid a lot of price, if he takes the money and does not do anything, it will be difficult for the two sides to continue to cooperate in the future.

Moreover, Lin Zhe is salivating over the loot in Shanghai County!

He had already asked people to inquire before, and the silver deposit in the Shanghai Dao Yamen Silver Treasury in Shanghai was as high as 400,000 taels, and there were also a large amount of silver and firearms in Jianghaiguan, and these all fell into the hands of the Little Knife Society!

In addition, the Little Knife Society also raided pawnshops and other shops where a large amount of property could be found throughout the city, confiscated the mansions and property of officials and large fugitive gentry, and demanded large amounts of silver from the remaining wealthy gentry in the city.

Adding up to these aspects, Lin Zhe estimates that the money that has fallen into the hands of the Little Knife Club now will have to be millions of taels, and once Shanghai is taken, these goods will be justified trophies!

And if it takes one more day, the belongings in the hands of the knife will be consumed, which is unbearable for Lin Zhe, who has already regarded the money as his own bag.

Therefore, without Xu Naizhao or Wu Jianzhang's urging, Lin Zhe will also do his best to attack Shanghai and strive to take the city as soon as possible!

After sending Wu Jianzhang away, Lin Zhe convened a military meeting of the officers under his command as always, and when these people learned that they might seize millions of taels of loot after taking Shanghai, they all lost their demeanor on the spot, and they almost drooled directly.

"I see, this Shanghai still has to fight early, fight quickly, and enter the city early to avoid accidents!" Shi Langyi on the side, as always, did not hide his desire for these loot.

"That is, if it takes a long time, I don't know what those mud legs will ruin Shanghai City!" Xu Pengan even regarded all the goods in the city as his trophies.

"This Shanghai is worth millions, if we can get some of the spoils in the city, even if it is only half, it will be enough for us to expand our army to more than 10,000 people!" thinks about expanding the army every day, and Shen Chiyun, who is the head of the regiment, is even more direct.

Seeing the high feelings of the officers under his command, Lin Zhe didn't know what to say, since he seized a lot of loot in Qingpu, these officers seemed to have fallen into the eyes of money one by one, and they all stared at the three words of loot in the war, as for the military strategy, these were directly ignored.

Lin Zhe felt that he had to take the spoils of war, but he had to be cautious in the matter of fighting, especially now that there were 10,000 thieves in the city, and his own troops were only 1,400.

With a force of 1,000 people to attack a city defended by 10,000 enemy troops, I am afraid that I will capsize in the gutter if I am not careful!

"This Shanghai is naturally going to be taken as soon as possible, but now that there are more than 10,000 thieves in the city, we are under a lot of pressure in this battle, and we still have to discuss how to fight!" When Lin Zhe said this, he turned his gaze to everyone:

"Tell me how we should fight?"

Seeing that Lin Zhe spoke, everyone also took their minds back from the spoils, and Xu Pengan, the assistant of the supervision and training office, spoke first!