Chapter Thirty-Six: Robbing People, Robbing Money, and Grabbing Food (Asking for Collection)
After 600 war horses loaded with various supplies and money and food entered the barracks one after another, the small barracks of the Haw Par Army directly became boiling. Not only that, but Wei Zheng, who personally commanded everyone to win this victory against encirclement and suppression, once again improved the prestige and status of the entire Tiger and Leopard Army, so that his subordinates began to believe in Wei Zheng as a general from the bottom of their hearts.
At the headquarters of the Haw Par Army, after Zhao Yun read out the results of the battle in front of all the officers above the platoon level in the Haw Par Army, except for Wei Zheng, everyone showed a heartfelt shocked expression on their faces.
Because, the Haw Par Army has captured too many things in this anti-encirclement battle...
Not to mention the more than 10,000 taels of silver and more than 1,000 taels of gold seized from the Tartar barracks. Let's just say that there are mountains of grain in the barracks, hundreds of livestock that have been kept in captivity, and more than 600 war horses that are rarely equipped by officers and soldiers...... These ordinary soldiers have never seen or dared to think about it.
The small headquarters was silent for a long time after a stick of incense, and the huge results were slowly digested by everyone from the bottom of their hearts.
Wei Zheng, who had a calm face from beginning to end, spoke: "Brothers, everyone knows the results of the battle. Now, let's get down to business: the reason why we have brought everyone together tonight is that there are two problems that we all need to participate in and find solutions together..."
After seeing everyone's eyes on him at the same time, Wei Zheng said directly without the slightest hesitation: "The first question is, how should our Tiger and Leopard Army digest this huge result. Let us make sure that the Tiger and Leopard Army can quickly make up for the losses in this anti-encirclement and suppression battle, and further develop and grow. â
"Second, although the secret of our zĂ i has been kept temporarily, however, the Tartar Niu Lu has disappeared inexplicably, and even if we are lucky, we can only hide it for a month or two at most..."
"That is to say, in a month or two, the main force of the Tartars will definitely know the fact that one of their Niulu has been wiped out by our Tiger and Leopard Army. At that time, our Tiger and Leopard Army will usher in a more fierce counterattack by the main force of the Tartars. In the face of this battle that will break out sooner or later, how can we survive the Tiger and Par Army..."
After the Tiger and Leopard Army annihilated the Tartars and had the results of Niu Lu in front of everyone, Zhao Yun worshiped the spear formation trained by Wei Zheng.
As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Zhao Yun opened his mouth and replied: "General, we can continue to increase the training of the soldiers and train our spear formation better." When the time comes, the Tartars will come with two oxen, and we can also fight them off......"
Seeing that several platoon commanders in front of him nodded in agreement, Wei Zheng shook his head very unexpectedly and objected: "Captain Zhao's idea can be implemented in our Tiger and Leopard Army, but it is almost impossible to rely on this method to repel the retaliatory attack that the Tartars may launch against us..."
"Don't forget, in addition to the dozens of brothers who died on the battlefield, our tiger and leopard army has less than 170 people left. Even if we train these people to be elite who can use one as two, or even block five or ten. With so many people in our Tiger and Leopard Army combined, we can only fight against a thousand Tartars at most. â
"But have you ever thought about the forces that the Tartars might send... As far as I know, this bull that we knocked down belongs to the Tartar inlaid white flag. Although this white flag does not belong to the upper three banners of the Tartars, their banner owner, Dorgon, is a rare fierce general among all the generals of the Tartars. What's more, there are more than 30 Niu Lu who have just been wiped out by us, tens of thousands of elites. â
"More than 30 Niu Lu troops, not to mention too much, as long as Dolgon sends more than five Niu Lu to take revenge on our Tiger and Leopard Army, we will be wiped out by the Tartars in this mountain......"
In the eyes of the soldiers of the Haw Par Army, what Wei Zheng said was definitely more spiritual than the prophecy of God.
Therefore, as soon as Wei Zheng's words fell, several officers, including Zhao Yun, showed a trace of solemnity and worry on their faces.
And at this moment, Zhao Yun, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke.
"General, according to Captain Zhao's statistics, all the various equipment captured in our hands is enough to equip five hundred people at one time. If all the captured pig iron is turned into weapons, it will not be a problem to equip a thousand people. â
"Since our Haw Par Army of more than 100 people is not a Tartar opponent, then we will expand our army and expand our strength to 500, or even 1,000. I don't believe that under the cover of this mountain at our feet, we with a thousand men will not be able to repel the retaliatory attack of the Tartars against us..."
As soon as Wang Feng finished speaking, a platoon commander raised a question in his heart: "General, Captain Wang, although recruiting and expanding the army can increase the strength of our Tiger and Leopard Army in a short period of time. However, in the entire territory of Zunhua, except for Zunhua City, which still has not fallen, and the people, almost all other places have become a blank land, not to mention qualified soldiers, it is difficult for even a living person to see..."
"yes... There are more than 500 people in our village, except for more than 100 young people who were captured by the Tartars, the rest of the women and children were brutally slaughtered by the Tartars... When I ran away, I also heard that several Zhuangzi around our village had been slaughtered by typing..."The other platoon commander sitting next to him replied in a low tone as if he thought of the sad things he had experienced.
Then, another platoon commander spoke: "I am our military household in Zunhua near the border pass, after the Tartars came, the white tiger and the thousand households of the guard directly left us and fled into Zunhua City. In the face of the butcher's knife of the Tartars, more than 1,000 people in our entire Thousand Households became Tartar captives and were assigned to the various cattle of the Tartars as slaves..."
"If nothing else, our guards near the border have been ransacked by the Tartars, and they have either been killed or captured..."
In the face of rebuttal, the confident smile on Wang Feng's face never changed in the slightest.
After sorting out the thoughts in his mind, he affirmed to everyone: "Everyone is right, in the entire Zunhua territory, except for Zunhua City, which has not yet fallen, it is indeed difficult to find a qualified soldier. â
"However, I want to tell you that although we can't find these soldiers ourselves, we have too many Tartars to count..."
"As Platoon Commander Zhang just said, the Tartars not only have many young people who plunder ordinary people, but also many military households with certain combat experience and officers and soldiers who have been captured on the battlefield. As long as we can lay down one or two barracks where the Tartars hold the prisoners, I can say with certainty that we in the Haw Par Army can use these people to expand our army..."
"Take the prisoners from the Tartars and use these prisoners to expand the army..."Zhao Yun muttered to himself.
Subsequently, a few days ago, Wei Zheng led everyone to attack Mushroom Valley for the first time, and used the captives rescued from the Tartars to expand the army to form the Tiger and Par Army...... Each process is like a picture, which quickly appeared in Zhao Yun's mind.
Thinking of these past experiences, an unprecedented determined expression quickly appeared on Zhao Yun's face.
He said loudly to Wei Zheng and Wang Feng: "General, I support Captain Wang's opinion, snatch people from the Tartars, and expand the Tiger and Leopard Army." â
The idea in his heart was finally put forward by Wang Feng and approved by everyone.
Wei Zheng, who has been holding the ability to cultivate the independent thinking ability of these subordinates, can't help but smile with satisfaction from the heart.
He shouted to his subordinates in front of him, "Everyone's idea is right, but you still missed something... We must not only snatch people from the Tartars, but also from the Tartars, money and grain. In a word, snatch everything back from the hands of the Tartars, use them for my use, and strengthen our tiger and leopard army......"
Now that there is a consensus of opinion, there is no need to continue the discussion.
Therefore, in the face of his subordinates whose faces were getting hotter and hotter, Wei Zheng, who was smiling, directly opened his mouth and ordered: "If you want to grab people, money, and food from the Tartars, choose a good target as the first key, so our next delay is to find a Tartar stronghold around us that can be taken by us......"
"Now I order: Captain Wang Fengwang, immediately select twenty soldiers with the best riding skills from among all the soldiers, and you will personally lead the team, disguise yourself as Tartars and go out of the mountain, and give me a clear picture of all the Tartar situations within a hundred miles around us, so as to provide intelligence support for our next robbery operations..."
"Captain Zhao Yunzhao, stay in the barracks and be responsible for the training of all the officers and men of the Tiger and Leopard Army..."
"Strive to start our first raid in ten days..."