Without waiting for Chen Shizheng to come back to his senses, Yu Jishi pointed to the barracks located between the town and the checkpoint a hundred meters away: "You see, the officers and soldiers of the three directly subordinate companies led by Wu Ming are gathered in the barracks on standby, and they have been on standby in such a neat formation for nearly an hour and a half from the beginning to now, and Wu Ming and several battalion and company-level officers have also set an example and stood in front of the team. ”

"The more than 20 specially made large fully loaded carriages neatly arranged outside the barracks, as well as more than 100 fully armed officers and soldiers standing beside the cars, are the baggage companies under the command of Wu Ming, and they are also the only professional baggage companies in the entire Zhejiang security forces. With such military discipline and such training, there are not many of them among the descendants of our Central Army. ”

Everyone's eyes were cast on the inside and outside of the barracks in the distance, until the commander of the guard battalion below came to ask for instructions, and everyone followed Yu Jishi down the steps behind the fortress, mounted their horses, and followed the team of the second regiment directly under them to the west.

At dusk, the four regiments of the Zhejiang army finally entered the county seat of Yushan after a 38-kilometer march, and Wang Daohan, the commissioner of the Shangrao Administration, led the security commander and other civil and military officials to wait three miles outside the city gate, and warmly welcomed Yu Jishi and others into the vacated city barracks.

After a long time, Yu Jishi glanced at the six heads and deputy heads of the other table, frowned, and turned to the adjutant behind him: "Go and see what Head Wu is busy with?" Invite him over. ”

When Ma Zhizhai leaned over to Yu Ji, he explained in a low voice: "Commander, don't bother, Brother Wu won't leave his troops." ”

Yu Jishi's brows furrowed even tighter: "What do you say?" ”

Ma Zhizhai had no choice but to explain in detail: "He led the troops outside unless he had to, he would not leave his troops to go out to socialize, especially when performing tasks, every time he went to camp, he must first inspect the sentry posts, wander around the companies, and when it was time to eat, he would randomly pick a company to squeeze in to deal with a meal, this stinky temper has always changed, we don't have to care about him." ”

Yu Jishi secretly praised in his heart, nodded and stopped insisting.

After the banquet was over, and the march and garrison for tomorrow were agreed, Yu Jishi immediately rushed to the barracks in the east gate where Wu Ming's headquarters was stationed, wanting to find out.

Yu Jishi rode on a strong war horse, by the hazy starlight, strolling, more than a dozen cavalry lieutenants and guards stopped in front of the temporary horse rejection at the camp gate, the special agent platoon commander on duty saw the familiar Ma Zhizhai, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, after receiving the order, immediately removed the rejection horse, and led a group of commanders to the temporary regiment headquarters.

Wu Ming, who was combing his beloved horses in the horse pen, received a report and trotted all the way to salute Yu Jishi, Ma Zhizhai and other chiefs.

Yu Jishi asked Wu Ming to accompany him to inspect the circle, walked through the two barracks one after another, and found that except for the sentries on duty outside the gate and on the city wall, the rest of the officers and soldiers had fallen asleep, so he immediately stopped the inspection and returned to the temporary battalion headquarters where only one staff officer on duty was left.

When the staff officer on duty saw the commander and chief of staff coming, he hurriedly saluted and carefully lit another lantern.

Yu Jishi withdrew his gaze from the bare old walls on all sides, and asked curiously, "It's just after eight o'clock now, and all your officers and soldiers go to bed so early?" ”

Wu Ming replied respectfully: "Basically, the four companies on this expedition are the special service company, the machine gun company, the engineer company and the baggage company, of which the baggage company is also responsible for the transportation of ammunition and materials of the Quzhou Frontier Regiment, and when you arrive here, you need to check the condition of the vehicle, and if there is a problem, you can not delay it, and while protecting the safety of the materials, you also need to take care of all the horses to ensure tomorrow's march, so the officers and soldiers are very tired and need to nourish their spirits." ”

"In addition to carrying individual weapons and basic ammunition, the 150 officers and men of the engineer company also need to carry professional materials such as engineer shovels, pickaxes, and connectors for erecting pontoon bridges, and carry 18 kilograms per person.

"CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE COMBAT MISSIONS, OUR TWO COMBAT COMPANIES BROUGHT MOST OF OUR REGIMENT'S LIGHT MACHINE GUNS AND FOUR 81MM MORTARS, WITH AN AVERAGE WEIGHT OF 25 KILOGRAMS.

Yu Jishi deliberately asked: "The friendly army already has a battalion responsible for guarding the perimeter, and our other three regiments are also stationed in the city, are you still not at ease?" ”

Wu Ming was contemptuous of Yu Jishi's low-level temptation, and he was not polite: "If you say something that offends people, please don't blame the commander: After entering the battlefield, I only believe in myself!" ”

Yu Jishi frowned when he heard this, Ma Zhizhai was also anxious, and a group of captains and officers on the side felt that Wu Ming's words were too excessive and too arrogant and conceited.

Yu Jishi asked unhappily, "You don't trust your allies so much?" ”

Wu Ming explained helplessly: "Commander, it's not that your subordinates are unwilling to trust your allies, but that your allies' abilities are not worthy of your subordinates' trust...... The subordinates believe that since we entered the territory of Jiangxi, we have entered a battlefield full of dangers. ”

Seeing Yu Jishi's thoughtful appearance, and then looking at the people around him with bad faces, Wu Ming simply stood up and truthfully stated his concerns:

"Please allow your subordinates to explain, not to mention the question of whether they have entered the battlefield now...... I don't know if the commanders of the road know that thirteen days ago, the Shangrao Security Regiment stationed here had just suffered a great defeat, and more than 300 enemies suddenly appeared chasing after the 1,500 officers and soldiers of the local Second Regiment who had entered the mountains to encircle and suppress them, and they had beaten them all the way to the Sigu Bridge, which was 10 kilometers north of the city, before they calmly cleaned up the battlefield and left. ”

"In view of this, the subordinates have every reason to think that this place is not safe, and if the enemy is more emboldened, sneaks into the city and lurks, waiting for an opportunity to set fire everywhere, or launch a fierce attack from the inside and outside, or hide in the shadows and shoot black guns at the officers, and if they succeed, they will immediately flee away, what will the defenders do?"

"Don't believe it, I'd dare to do that if I were an opponent...... Don't look at the entire Jiangshan city army gathered, but the more this is the case, the easier it is to be negligent, once a sudden change occurs, with the low morale of each regiment, it will definitely bomb the camp, and I carefully observed, the defense outside the city of Shangrao can be described as full of loopholes, the southeast corner and the west city wall collapsed nearly 100 meters, no one has repaired, there are all people living there with complex identities, but there is only a clear sentry deployed, I can sneak into the city, kill people, set fire and loot, and then retreat, I don't believe who dares to chase out of Lu to beat me. ”

Yu Jishi was slightly moved, and the displeasure on the faces of the others was gradually replaced by worry and fear.

Wu Ming continued: "As for the problem of distrusting friendly forces, in fact, everyone knows it, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, subordinates still have to defend one or two: the commanders have been fighting horses for many years, experienced in a hundred battles, and have rich experience and experience, from the two Northern Expeditions to the Ninghan split, from the Gui War to the Central Plains War, from the Great Wall of Resistance in the north to the encirclement and suppression that has been carried out three times before, and then to the fourth encirclement and suppression that is currently underway, is there still a few things that are dragged down by friendly forces, abandoned or betrayed by friendly forces, and even attacked by friendly forces? In the face of countless bloody lessons, who would dare to trust the allies around them? At least I don't dare! ”

Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to say a word, and the atmosphere became quite depressing for a while, and most of the people showed embarrassment on their faces.