"Yes, I heard that there are thousands of pirates fighting Yazhou, let's go, maybe how long it will take, let's fight but tie our heads to the belt of our trousers, and these two taels of silver are enough for a few meals of wine and meat?"

There were bursts of complaints from the crowd.

In the past, they categorically did not dare to do this, but now the disaster of the war is too great, coupled with the fact that the imperial court does not give face, and the officers and soldiers are numerous, so they are naturally full of complaints.

"General." Seeing that the officers and soldiers in the audience were complaining and the situation was gradually getting out of control, Wang Rui sighed, glanced at Wu Qijue and asked how it was.

Wu Qijue's face was also extremely ugly at this time.

It's no wonder that these green battalion soldiers, after all, everyone is pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and they will be issued two taels of silver this month, which is indeed too little.

But what can he Wu Qijue do, go to the prefect's mansion to talk about it, and the prefect only gives two silver.

The green battalion on this island is not only the left and right battalions of the town mark, but also the left and right battalions of the sailors.

The green army wants food and money, and the navy army also needs food and money.

The sailor had to leave two thousand taels of silver in one go.

Of course, if Wu Qijue knew that the Ming court paid two war salaries in one go for this northern expedition, and each soldier received an average of ten taels of silver, I don't know if he would vomit three liters of blood.

At this time, Liu Bao had already personally reprimanded the team, and pulled out more than a dozen complaining Qing officers and soldiers in a row.

Looking at these Qing army thorns that were pulled out, Wu Qijue didn't say a word, and directly asked Liu Bao to pull down and beat the *** stick.

Soon, the heart-rending howls of the Qing army's thorns were heard outside the camp.

At this moment, all the complaints and complaints disappeared in an instant.

"Brothers, the scale of the pirates this time is indeed too large, everyone is fighting with their heads pinned to their belts on this trip, and these two taels of silver are indeed too little." Wu Qijue looked at the Qing officers and soldiers present and nodded.

"However, just now, I received a piece of news from the brothers in the Green Camp in Danzhou."

"I heard that the sea thief Yang Yandi was driven to Guangnan by our Da Qingshui Division, and then he fell into the grass in Guangnan, robbed merchant ships over the years, and robbed a whole million taels of silver, and now he wants to use our Qiongzhou Island as his thief's den."

Seeing that there was no reaction from the Qing officers and soldiers present, Wu Qijue changed his statement.

"Then Yang Yandi pulled 100 ships of silver from Guangnan to our Qiongzhou Island."

At this moment, the Qing officers and soldiers in the audience collectively boiled.

"How much is the silver for 100 ships?"

"100 ships are all white snowflakes?"

The Qing officers and soldiers present widened their eyes one by one and looked at the chief officer in front of them in disbelief.

"I'll tell you the truth, Brother Shui has set off this morning." Wu Qijue smiled faintly and looked at the officers and soldiers present.

"They have boats, and if we don't hurry up, the silver will be snatched by these sailors."

As soon as Wu Qijue said this, the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion present shouted one after another.

"The three armies assembled, set off at noon, and the goal was Changhua." Wu Qijue shouted.

This time, the flag officer, who did not need to lead the team, reprimanded the general angrily, and the officers and soldiers rushed back to the tent after receiving the money one by one and packed up their weapons.

The horsemen examined the saddles and stirrups in detail, and many of them paid for bundles of hay, for fear that the horses would not have enough to eat and that they would be left behind when they robbed the silver.

Even the men and servants in the camp ran over in high spirits after hearing this, shouting that they would go into battle to kill the enemy.

"The general is really a good strategy. In this way, the spirit of the officers and men of the whole battalion will be raised." Liu Bao couldn't help but frown when he saw this.

In the barracks for so many years, I have never seen the officers and soldiers have such spirit.

"It's just drinking to quench your thirst." Wu Qijue smiled bitterly.

At this moment, if these officers and soldiers are not given some money, these veterans will definitely not work hard.

"After the army takes Changhua and Yazhou, let the officers and soldiers plunder." Wu Qijue muttered in a low voice.

At this time, in Changhua City, the officers and men of the Marine Battalion were in full swing to prepare for battle.

At this moment, in the camp, the soldiers were very puzzled.

They have been in Changhua for a long time.

Obviously, the Qing army is vulnerable, why didn't they march to Danzhou?

Even the marine battalion guerrilla Wang An couldn't figure it out, so he had to write to Xiao Wu several times in a row, asking soldiers to fight, but they were all lost.

In this expedition, the total strength of the marine battalion was 500 people, and with the brave and strong men of the townships recruited along the way, the strength reached 800.

plus the brave left soldiers who were transferred by Li Du.

Whether it is the strength of the troops, the firearms have far exceeded the Danzhou Green Battalion on the opposite side, and they should have taken Danzhou in one go, but Li Du and Xiao Wu were slow to hold their troops.

The marine battalion guerrilla Wang An angrily walked to the tent of the main army camp.

"General, we've been in Changhua for a long time, why haven't we sent troops yet?" As soon as he saw Li Du, Wang An asked angrily.

"Presumptuous, you little guerrilla general, how can you be presumptuous in front of the general soldiers?" Seeing this, an adjutant general reprimanded loudly.

Li Du waved his hand, he also knew that Wang An was a violent temper.

"General Wang, how many soldiers do you have?" Li Du asked.

"All the officers of the Marine Battalion, plus the villagers from all over the country, a total of eight hundred." Wang Andao.

"Then do you know how many Qing troops there are in Danzhou and Lingao?" Li Du asked.

"The Danzhou battalion of the Qing army, the second battalion of Zhenbiao plus the naval division have a total strength of 3,000 people, and with your only 800 people, you have to capture several states and counties, is it possible?" Li Du asked rhetorically.

"My Ming court has been preparing for several years in order to attack Qiongzhou, and now, I only have Xiaoyong Zuozhen left in my hands, if you Wang An rashly sends troops, resulting in the destruction of the land battalion, then the Ming army on the entire island will completely collapse." Li Du shouted angrily.

Wang An couldn't help but be stunned when he said this.

He really didn't think about sending troops himself, what would happen if he was defeated?

After all, the previous battles were smooth sailing, and the Qing army was either annihilated or fled.

Wang An thought about it, and along the way, it seemed that he didn't have a few battles with the main force of the Qing army.

"Generals, what our Ming army has to do now is very simple, that is, wait for the Qing army to attack." Li Du looked at the generals present and spoke.

"Our Ming army is good at defending the city, and in the case of a small number of troops, if we want to completely annihilate the Qing army on the island, that is, we must let the Qing army attack the city and let the Qing generals make mistakes, only in this way can we inflict heavy damage or even annihilate the Qing army on the island with fewer casualties." Li Du explained.

During this period of time, Xiao Wu and Li Du have been examining the war on Qiong Island.

They found that if they rushed to send troops, even if they took Qiongzhou Island at any cost, the Ming court would not get much benefit.

It may even cause a large number of casualties among Ming officers and soldiers.

Xiao Wu and others have been accustomed to being diligent and thrifty in Nanyang over the years, so it is naturally impossible for them to be willing to let their officers and soldiers pay a large number of casualties for the capture of Qiongzhou Island.

Since Qiongzhou Island is not a gold or silver mountain, it is undoubtedly the best choice to steadily reduce unnecessary casualties.

So the Ming army in the Changhua area stopped and began to build and consolidate the county seat of Changhua.

The Qing army wanted to take advantage of the inherent firearms advantage of the Ming army to kill and injure a large number of Qing troops who counterattacked.

Obviously, at this time, Wu Qijue, who was leading the troops to kill the vigorous Chaochanghua, did not know the plans of the Ming generals.

With the big pie painted by Wu Qijue, along the way, the green battalion of the Qing army can be said to be marching forward.

From Qiongshan to Lingao to Danzhou, along the way, the Qing officers and soldiers had no complaints.

Even in order to march in a hurry, he did not enter the villages and towns at night, but simply set up camp to rest for one night, and hurriedly left the camp during the day.

This made the people and officials in the states and counties along the way stunned and applauded.

The army only

In a few days, it reached Danzhou.

At this time, the Qiongzhou Navy Division had already gone to sea to search for the main pirate fleet hidden in the sea near Qiongzhou.