Bi Songbai and Song Wuxing have been very happy in the past two days.

Since helping to capture Daqingguan the day before yesterday, the two have been personally received and rewarded by Chen Wu. There is no need to mention gold and silver, just talking about the position, they were originally just captains, but they were directly promoted to the level of wing captains, responsible for temporarily managing the surrendered imperial officers and troops.

From Captain to Captain!

It seems to be just a level of improvement, but in fact, it is very significant. In the Imperial Army, ordinary civilians with little background, unless they are talented and happen to have a lot of military exploits, most of them are promoted to captains, and it is difficult to advance again. The officers who can reach the "thousand households" level of the wing captain have more or less background support.

For example, He Shixiang, who took refuge in Chen Wu, was promoted because he married his sister to the Zhang family as a concubine.

On weekdays, if the two want to go further, in addition to getting a lot of money and bribes, the rest can only wait for time to slowly boil. Until he is about to retire, maybe it will be his turn to be promoted. But now, they just took refuge in Chen Wu, and after a bloody battle, the position they originally dreamed of came!

Seeing that his former comrades had become guarded prisoners because they didn't know the times, and they could only curse in vain, while they could stand in front of them and show off their might, this feeling was undoubtedly very good - even if Bi Songbai almost lost an arm for this, Song Wuxing also had several more sword wounds on his body.

However, a little trauma is nothing at all!

General Tiangong has already said that they are very good this time. As long as you continue to follow the Taiping army, there is a possibility of further progress in the future. At that time, it will not only be a wing captain, but even hope to achieve Luo Tianze's position.

Even just thinking about it makes the two of them excited.

With this expectation, the two of them have been very loyal, which made many defenders who learned the truth afterwards angry, and scolded the two in the dark. It's a pity that things are so realistic, and the winner is king. The more Bi Songbai and Song Wuxing were scolded, the more comfortable they became.

In their opinion, the defenders who have been reduced to prisoners will scold themselves purely out of jealousy and envy!

"Work hard, don't you see any blood stains over there?"

"The pit isn't big enough, dig deeper! Hurry up and bury these last dozens of corpses! ”

………

Under the supervision of the Taiping soldiers, two generals commanded the unarmed surrendered defenders, and several high-ranking members of the Taiping Army were meeting in the conference hall at the end of the second floor of Daqing Pass.

Because the all-important Daqingguan has fallen into control, and for a period of time in the foreseeable future, the empire will no longer have the ability to interfere with them, so the atmosphere in the conference hall that is not too big seems to be very harmonious and relaxed. After briefly summarizing the battle to capture Daqingguan, Shi Xianqian was reporting the numbers he had just counted.

“…… In two consecutive battles, our army suffered a total of 987 casualties (serious wounded), and it can almost be considered that it has completely lost its combat effectiveness. Even if a small number of wounded people can recover, it will take at least three months or even more than half a year. In addition, more than 200 fortification weapons were seized, which could feed 4,000 people for half a year, as well as a large number of swords and armor. However, many of them are damaged and need to be repaired, and the exact number will need to be further evaluated. ”

Above.

Since the eastward march into Songjiang County, the losses of the Taiping army are not insignificant, and it can be said that except for the battle of Wu'an, it is the most this time.

However, their results were also unprecedented.

Just a big green pass, it has already earned back tenfold, not to mention the large amount of food and ordnance that comes with reads();. Moreover, the lost soldiers could also be replenished from the almost two thousand surrendered troops that were captured. In a short period of time, the Taiping army's combat effectiveness may indeed have weakened, but it won the strategic initiative.

"After a while, we can rest for a while."

Chen Wu opened his mouth with a sentence that set the tone for the Taiping army's incoming actions.

In a short period of time, two battles were fought in succession, and even if they were both victorious, they still brought the Taiping army to a limit. You have to take a break so that you don't break the strings that are too tight. Moreover, the Taiping army that occupied Daqing Pass could retreat and attack, and could calmly deal with it no matter what the situation was. Now the real anxiety should be the government of Songjiang.

It seems that Songjiang County still has two garrison brigades in hand. But how many people can the Governor of Matsue mobilize over?

The 1st Garrison Brigade is to suppress the county town of Dengzhou; The 3rd Garrison Brigade was to defend against the Haikou who crossed the border on the eastern border of Songjiang County. It's okay to take some of it, but it shouldn't be too long.

But the question is, if the number of officers and soldiers in the counterinsurgency is not large enough, then what is the use of counting it over?

Chen Wu only needs to leave a wing in Daqingguan, and Songjiang County has no way to take Daqingguan. If they really dared to pull out the First Garrison Brigade, Chen Wu would dare to draw the surplus troops out of Daqing Pass, and the light army would attack the empty Dengzhou!

Because of this, Chen Wu can basically conclude that Songjiang County will not act rashly after he takes Daqing Pass, most of them will focus on defense, and at the same time send people to Tiannan County to ask the Tiannan Army to divide troops to quell the rebellion.

However, the Kingdom of Oman will not give him a chance.

It was this kind of self-confidence that made Chen Wu make the decision to rest and recuperate first, and then slowly capture Songjiang from Yuyang Mansion. After each place you occupy, slowly digest and expand your army. This time, he could not directly attack Wu'an like Taiping County. Instead, they first captured the other four prefectures of Songjiang County one by one, and finally encircled Dengzhou!

Half a year is enough for the Taiping Army to do this.

Dian Yong or Yuan Xingwei have no objections to this old plan to seek the country. Although the two of them were eager to immediately send troops to capture Songjiang, they also knew that the end of the strong crossbow could not wear Lu Min. In the case that Daqingguan has been captured, Songjiang County will be theirs sooner or later, so there is no need to rush for a while.

The only issue that remains controversial now is whether they want to open the Great Green Pass!

The original Daqing Pass was opened once a day at noon. Since the Taiping army captured Daqing Pass two days ago, the entire Xiongguan Pass has been sealed and traffic has been cut off. The Qingping set here in Songjiang County is okay, and the guests who stay there have a place to shelter from the wind and rain. The people and merchants waiting to enter the north of Daqing Pass suffered a great crime. Harayama County is not as stable as Matsue County, and for some other reason, there is only one wasteland to the north.

The northland businessmen who want to enter the customs have been outside the customs for nearly three days, and they are anxious to jump to their feet.

On this issue, there is a slight divergence in the views of the two.

Dian Yong is more from a military point of view, and does not want to reopen Daqing Pass. After all, as soon as the Daqing Pass is opened, the truth and information of the Taiping Army will quickly leak, which is not conducive to secrecy. Moreover, as long as they insist on not opening the city, the empire will have nothing to do with them. On the contrary, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will repeat the scene of their capture of Daqingguan......

Although this possibility is infinitely small, the former has no chance at all, and the latter is possible after all, and the meaning is different.

Before the Taiping army fully mastered Songjiang, Dian Yong felt that it was better to be safer reads();.

Yuan Xingwei is different, he thinks that a switch is needed!

"Daqingguan is the hub of land transportation between Songjiang County and Beidi, and the bulk goods of Songjiang County, but all those who go by land must pass through Guò Daqingguan. This is due to the limitations of the terrain, but it is also the result of many years of efforts by the forces and chambers of commerce in Songjiang. If we seal Daqingguan, after a long time, the wealthy merchants of Songjiang County will inevitably abandon the land passage and instead think of ways to strengthen the water transportation of the Qingjiang River......"

This is very bad for the Taiping army!

If the water transportation of the Qingjiang River becomes stronger, the strategic significance of Daqingguan will inevitably be reduced accordingly.

Moreover, the most intuitive point is that Daqingguan can't collect taxes! You must know that as one of the most important transportation hubs in the entire Songjiang County, the Governor of Songjiang can get a large amount of money from here every year.

It's a shame to miss it like that!

"I didn't say that it would be closed all the time, I just said that it could be closed before taking Songjiang County." Dian Yong emphasized what he meant.

"How long will it take for us to capture the whole territory of Songjiang? I don't dare to say more, at least in three months, I can't do it! Believe me, those wealthy businessmen in Songjiang County don't have that much patience. Once land transport begins to decline, it will be troublesome to try to reverse the trend. Moreover, it will also take a lot of money for us to govern Songjiang and expand our armaments. ”

Yuan Xingwei could predict that in the coming period, the Taiping army would encounter considerable difficulties. Externally, there was the suppression of the empire, and internally, there was the confrontation of the local powerful families in Songjiang. General Tiangong may be able to use force to deter and make an example of the monkeys, but at most it can only make them dare not openly resist, but they can still deal with the Taiping army with a cold and uncooperative attitude.

In this case, it is important to ensure sufficient financial resources.

There is no shortage of food in Songjiang County, and if there is money and food, General Tiangong will be able to maintain his rule steadily. Over time, these local heroes will eventually slowly accept the reality and recognize who is the master of Songjiang.

Chen Wu's point of view is similar to Yuan Xingwei's, but he sees farther than Yuan Xingwei.

Dian Yong's perspective is mainly from the military point of view; Yuan Xingwei was more on the economy and the long rule of the Taiping army; On the basis of considering the two, Chen Wu also took into account the political aspect.

After seizing Daqingguan, the Taiping Army, which had the ability to capture Songjiang County, was actually a nascent but not negligible force on the imperial political map that was beginning to show its chaos. From now on, the Taiping Army bid farewell to the displaced army at the beginning and began to evolve to a higher level. In this case, Chen Wu not only no longer needed to hide it, but wanted to make the reputation of the Taiping Army even louder.

It may not be a beneficial choice to reopen the Daqing Pass and openly play the banner of the Taiping Army.

As for the slight military risk, this Chen Wu can only say that it is almost impossible.

The rules set up by the empire in Daqingguan have actually been quite perfect over the years. As long as the Taiping army that seized the Great Qingguan copied and strictly implemented it, there would be almost no flaws at all. Unless the Taiping army will be defeated by the local army of Songjiang, there is a very small chance that it will be repeated......

However, when it was so difficult to get started, how could Chen Wu lose the Songjiang game, which should have been a slam, when he already had a good hand?

On his orders, after being closed for three full days, the gates of Daqing Pass were reopened.

An astonishing piece of news, along with the circulation of the caravan, spread all over the world in a very short time!