Although Feng Guifen had already brought the governor's reply, to be precise, these were oral answers, whether it was silver or a craftsman, there was no real chapter yet.

However, for Li Yongji, what he wanted was just a statement from the government, and he was not worried that the other party would repay the debt, and the military situation was urgent, so after everyone in the Jingwu Army cheered, he decisively led the whole army to turn in and took the initiative to camp in Huqiu.

Seeing that Li Yongji's team was so easy to handle and the crisis was resolved so quickly, it also made the whole city of Suzhou breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the previous empty cannon seemed useless, but the explosion was earth-shattering, and there was no one in the entire Suzhou City who could not hear it, and they all knew that the artillery fire was amazing.

However, at that time, most Suzhou people were just surprised by the power of the artillery fire of the Jingwu army, but when they saw that the defenders of Fengmen had not been bombed, they were frightened by a word from others, which made the Suzhou people even less confident in the ability of the defenders.

Now come back to your senses and think about it carefully, if the Jingwu army really took advantage of the situation to attack the city, Suzhou City would really fall, fortunately, now this strange army has left, and it is said that it will be stationed outside to stop the bandits, which makes the people of Suzhou happy, and feel that with such a strong army to help defend it, it can always hold Suzhou.

Not to mention the gains and losses of the people of Suzhou, after encamping in Huqiu, Li Yongji immediately summoned all senior officers above the battalion level and held a military meeting.

After so many things, although Li Yongji's authority in the Jingwu Army is already indispensable, and any of his decisions will be strictly implemented, he can still let people speak freely when holding a military meeting, and everyone has a stomach full of doubts, so he took the opportunity to raise it at the meeting.

Especially Wang Sanwu, he is Li Yongji's second uncle, so he has no scruples when he speaks.

Therefore, when Wang Sanwu said why he changed the established strategy, from counterattacking Suzhou to defending Suzhou, and causing so many accidents, Li Yongji knew that he had to give everyone an explanation and explanation.

Seriously, Li Yongji really has any plans, what he did in Suzhou is just out of temperament.

For example, when he came to Suzhou, the excuse was to train the troops and pick up his brother-in-law, but in fact, after hearing that Changzhou was slaughtered, he couldn't bear it, so he brought the troops over to take a look, trying to persuade himself to help defend the city, but at that time, he was already inclined to guard Suzhou in his heart.

But after he really arrived in the city of Suzhou, he still used the excuse of taking his brother-in-law back to negotiate with others, which seemed to be very childish, and then after that, because of the little disrespect of others, he was furious and made a whole army coercion.

In fact, with the virtue of the Qing army here, it is completely normal for Zhang Shude to have that kind of situation, who made your official too small, and he has been showing weakness, and he can't help others not have a covetous heart.

But under normal circumstances, there are many ways to solve this kind of thing, there is no need to be so stiff, at least, as long as you show your strength, then with Zhang Yuliang's shrewdness and tactfulness, he will definitely change his strategy and take the initiative to make friends, and will not force again.

It's a pity that Li Yongji's willfulness changed this qiē, and it made it look like this, which also made everyone confused.

It is also thanks to the strength of the Jingwu Army that is strong enough, coupled with the threat of the Taiping Army is imminent, and the whole of Suzhou is too weak, otherwise, if he encounters a governor who is not very rational, if he is stubborn to the end, Li Yongji can only order the siege of the city, and then embark on the road of anti-Qing in advance.

Having said that, it cannot be said that Li Yongji's behavior was completely willful, because when he did these willful behaviors, he did not make a decision as soon as his head was hot, but carefully analyzed and carefully considered the consequences.

After thinking about it, he found that with his current strength, no matter how he went in the end, he didn't have to worry at all, which led him to finally be willful, and at the same time, in this wayward process, he strengthened the cohesion of the elite army, and in terms of the final result, it seemed to be good.

The reason is very simple, Li Yongji's strength is too strong, it is already a kind of crushing situation, and in the face of his strength, no strategy or plan will work. In other words, absolute strength is the reason why he is willful and recklessly changes his plan.

Although the results are good, this also shows a problem, that is, Li Yongji's lack of long-term thinking, or lack of planning.

Whether it is him or Zhang Xinda, they both belong to the kind of people who have a heavy divergent thinking, and their ideas often change back and forth, and they never have a long nature. It was fine when I was an otaku before, but if I was still like this when I was a military commander, there would be problems sooner or later.

Therefore, Li Yongji, who has realized the problem, has already begun to self-reflect and plans to expand the staff team in the coming days, so that the staff department will have more real power, and try not to act willfully and recklessly in the future.

Of course, although Li Yongji has begun to self-reflect, in the current situation, for the sake of his own authority, it is impossible for him to sue these people under him, so he can only choose not to explain.

In this way, in the face of Wang Sanwu's question, Li Yongji just pretended to smile profoundly: "The original plan was indeed to wait for the Taiping army to defeat Suzhou, and then we would counterattack." However, the so-called plan is not as fast as change, and if the shape changes, our plan must also change. ”

"The shape has changed, where has it changed?" Wang Sanwu asked.

"It's too complicated for me to explain to you." Li Yongji shook his head.

"Oh? Could it be ......" Wang Sanwu instantly misunderstood, thinking that it was related to the Quanling Sect, so he closed his mouth and stopped asking.

"Your Excellency." It was Lin Chunsheng who opened his mouth this time, "There is something unclear below, why did we have to make a move to suppress Suzhou with the whole army before?" Although Zhang Shude is arrogant, he is just an ignorant person, and there are many solutions, so he can't kill him in public and then suppress Suzhou, right? If we don't get this one right, we'll be beaten as traitors. ”

"Because we want the people of Suzhou to know who is the real strong and who is their real protector." Li Yongji smiled, "After the previous actions, there must be two things that everyone in Suzhou knows: first, the Jingwu army is not easy to mess with, and second, the existing Suzhou defenders are not credible.

After the people of Suzhou understand these two points, as long as we defeat the bandits again, they will completely rely on us, and in this way, Suzhou City will become our bag, which is less than the loss of the previous plan, don't you say? ”

"Well, that's an explanation." Lin Chunsheng shook his head, "However, when you make these decisions in the future, can you communicate with us in advance?" It's always a sudden decision, which catches us off guard. ”

"Hehe, why, you don't trust me?" Li Yongji glanced at the people around him, but everyone involuntarily lowered their heads, not daring to look at Li Yongji.

Finding this situation, Li Yongji nodded secretly and said slowly: "I believe you also know that our elite army is different from other places, the biggest difference is that I can get help that others can't get, and this, just from those weapons and equipment, you can also understand a little bit." Because of this, I have a lot of information that you can't get, and I think about more things than you, and the way I do things will be a little different. Because there are so many secrets involved, I can't explain everything to you. ”

After a pause, Li Yongji continued: "Therefore, you must remember one thing, if you want to stay in the elite army, you must obey my absolute authority!" Be unconditionally obedient to my commands, and have no objections! If you think you can't do this, you can leave the Jingwu Army now, and I will not leave it difficult. So, does anyone want to leave now? ”

After the words fell, everyone just continued to bow their heads and did not say a word.

"Isn't anyone leaving?" Li Yongji raised his voice.

Still no one said anything.

"Very good, since no one wants to quit, then remember what I said, absolutely obey!" Li Yongji said softly, "In my place, obeying orders and acting is the first thing, and anyone who disobeys orders will end up with only a dead end." ”

After a deliberate pause, Li Yongji smiled again: "Well, don't worry, under normal circumstances, the decision I make will greet you in advance, and I will also explain my intentions to you. Therefore, if you have any doubts, you can raise them face to face, and if I can answer them, I will definitely answer them, and if you can't answer them, I will tell you that you can't do it face to face. ”

Seeing that everyone still didn't speak, Li Yongji had no choice but to change the topic: "Zhang Wei, where is Li Xiucheng's team?" ”

"Huh? Yes, sir. After Zhang Wei, who was named, subconsciously replied, he walked to the map and began to compare, "Ahem, this, according to the report of the newly established Military Intelligence Bureau, Li Xiucheng's large army has driven out of Wuxi, and the forward has arrived in the area of Wujia Village. ”

"It's so fast." Li Yongji nodded, "This Li Xiucheng is really a bit of a doorway, he can unify a rabble so strongly, just looking at the speed of this march, you know that this army is not bad." ”

"I think this should be his elite troops." Zhang Wei said, "Tanma reported that the number of troops led by Li Xiucheng is not large, only about 30,000, and most of them are still in Wuxi. Therefore, this should be a specially selected elite veteran, so it can be so fast, it should be for the purpose of raiding. ”

"The bandits don't have as many horses as we do, and the artillery can't be as light as ours." Wang Sanwu also took the initiative to interject at this time, "Even if they are elite troops, with such a fast marching speed, they will definitely not be able to bring many heavy weapons, at least they can't bring artillery." In other words, with their strength, it is very difficult to fight Suzhou, even if it is a surprise attack, after all, Suzhou is also a city with high water and wide waters, not an ordinary small city. So nine times out of ten, they want to engage in the trick of disguise and sneak attack, just like when they fought Hangzhou. ”

"If it doesn't work, it's an early siege." Zhou Da also followed closely to speak, showing his own savings, "If Li Xiucheng's 30,000 horses fail to sneak attack, they will definitely be stationed on the spot, besieging Suzhou, and waiting for their own large army." At the same time, it is also convenient to encircle the point to send reinforcements, using Suzhou as a bait, sniping the surrounding troops, and using their own elite to eliminate the soldiers and horses of the imperial court in the field. ”

"Encircle the point to send reinforcements, what kind of reinforcements?" It was Lin Chunsheng who refuted this, "Now in the Jiangnan area, are there any soldiers and horses who can come to the rescue of Suzhou?" ”

"Why not, not to mention far away, there is a battalion of troops in Songjiang Prefecture."

"Cut, just the virtue of Songjiang Green Camp, dare to go out of the city to rescue Suzhou?"

"Alright, don't make any noise." Li Yongji waved his hand, "No matter how many enemies there are and how they come, we just need to know where they are." ”

After speaking, Li Yongji stood in front of the map and looked at it, and then said: "I order, from this moment on, the whole army will stop military training, except for the necessary rotation vigilance, all of them will be left in the camp to rest well, recuperate, and wait for the big battle in the coming day." ”

"Yes!" They all answered together.

"What about the people?" Zhou Da suddenly said, "Didn't we ask Suzhou City for 30,000 people?" If they come, will they come to our camp too? ”

"No, those folks are of other use." Li Yongji waved his hand, "They will set up another camp and not be with us." As for their role, it is to build permanent barracks and forts here. To put it simply, I want to use Tiger Hill as one of our military garrisons, and I want to station a force here for a long time, so that we can better control Suzhou in the future. ”

"Then, in this way, those people are our weakness." Zhou Dadao, "If the bandits attack these people, they will collapse immediately, and it will affect us." ”

"Rest assured, this won't happen." Li Yongji smiled, "Although we are waiting for Li Xiucheng's troops to come over, this does not mean that we will be beaten passively. So, as soon as we find out that the opponent's troops appear, we will take the initiative to attack and play field battles with them! ”