Chapter 625: Knowing is not a blessing
Li Chengdong, who was exercising his command duties at the scene of the firefighting, heard the energetic howling sound everywhere, and his heart was immediately ecstatic.
The mountain has fallen!
The mountain that was firmly pressed on his body finally fell!!
In the past month, that anxious heart was instantly relieved.
I couldn't help but confront the Qing Righteous Army in my heart, and I felt a sense of gratitude.
The world is unpredictable.
Opponents, at certain times, may also become "teammates".
Moreover, the support given is even stronger than that of real teammates, and it makes people speechless.
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A long mouthful of turbid breath exhaled, Li Chengdong immediately lifted his spirits, and issued two orders loudly.
First, the guards surrounding him did not need to worry about their own safety, and quickly sought to find a voice to pursue.
Requirements: Just find the enemy's traces, don't go deep alone.
Second, the front troops, who were in charge of fighting the fire, were ordered to immediately rush to the barracks close to the source of the fire and quickly remove some of the barracks.
Requirements: Clear a clearing, at least five feet wide, with no branches and weeds in betweeds.
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The Qing army, which was taking care of one thing and behaving in a hurry, immediately heard the order and moved.
Although the former commander did not know what his intentions were, he still tried his best.
Because from the fire to the present, he organized a group of subordinates to fight for nearly half an hour, but with little effect.
He really couldn't do anything.
Now that the deputy commander personally came forward to organize, he was naturally happy to obey the order.
"When the sky falls, there are naturally tall people on top. ”
If something can't be done, there are also people who are guilty, right?
Because, as a dignified deputy commander, Li Chengdong no matter how stiff his relationship with the aristocratic commander, is always "much taller" than him, the former army commander.
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It's much easier to remove than to build.
And removing the grass hut away from the source of the fire is far more pleasant than fighting in a sea of smoke and fire.
However, in just half an hour, a passage five feet wide has been formed.
The former army commander was extremely effective, not to mention that there were no weeds and branches in this passage, and even the ground with a little fine grass was shoveled clean.
It's also dangerous.
The passage is forming, and the relentless fire is already approaching.
However, although the fire was fierce, it was blocked by the passage and could no longer spread.
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At this point, the former army commander knew the meaning of the deputy commander.
It turned out to be a "sacrifice pawn to protect the handsome" policy.
Give up some barracks to keep Dazhai safe!
What a calculation!!
In his heart, he was anxious and determined, and he couldn't help but admire it.
People say that Li Chengdong is a commander, with excellent wisdom and strategy, and when I saw it today, it really deserved his name!
Compared with his own commander, he doesn't know how much stronger he is.
Pity......
The Lord will be like this, and the rest of the ordinary soldiers can be imagined. They all regard Li Chengdong as a god and are eager to immediately join his command.
Good birds still know how to choose trees to perch, let alone soldiers who fight bloodily?
Who doesn't want their own commanders to be wise and wise, and to use their troops like gods?
In this way, your own life can survive for a little longer, right?
Therefore, for this Qing army, the death of the noble commander is also the same as that of Shang Bofa and other people from Hangumen: Saiong lost his horse, and he didn't know if it was a blessing.
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The fire of Zhu Hongzhu and others made Li Chengdong gain countless soldiers' hearts, and he was a huge and powerful enemy under the tree for the confrontation between the two armies in the future.
Huafeng's "unintentional willow insertion" this time is very different from the effect achieved in the previous times.
Because, this time it is obviously very bad for me.
There is a suspicion of "moving stones and hitting the feet".
However, there are pros and cons to everything.
It is normal for things to develop like this.
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A fire burned for more than an hour before it gradually stopped.
At this point, the sky is already dawning.
Regardless of resting and recuperating, hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, under the organization of Li Chengdong, quickly sorted out the camp and counted the losses.
The results of the inventory are stunning: not too big, but extremely small!
The greatest loss was the killing of the noble commander.
The next big loss was not the soldiers, but the war horses.
When the fire broke out, the war horses that fled for their lives lost nearly fifty percent.
Fortunately, there are still half of the battle-hardened old war horses, which have not been far away from the Qing army, and will return on their own after the fire is extinguished.
The old horse knows the way, and it is true.
And the other half of the new war horses who had just "joined the army" had long been out of sight in a panic.
The camps where they were stationed lost nearly a third.
Fortunately, only a small amount of military supplies were lost to the soldiers who carried them, and the location of the grain and grass was not disturbed in any way.
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Such a monstrous fire, such a powerful killer, did not cause much loss to the soldiers. This made Li Chengdong, who had been prepared in his heart, unexpected.
Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, with a total of less than 300 casualties.
Among them, the Assassins killed only about 20 people.
Ten of them are also the personal guards of the noble commanders. The other ten were a patrol that was killed by the arsonists.
The rest of the casualties were due to the fire.
However, there were only more than 50 people who died, and the others were only burns of varying degrees.
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Looking at the statistics in his hand, Li Chengdong secretly thought about it.
The main purpose of the anti-Qing rebel army's trip was indeed as the master Chuanyin said, which was intended to take the life of the noble commander.
His methods are very good! He deserves to be a master of martial arts.
The result is that he is an honest person! He is worthy of being a person in the rivers and lakes.
In this case, it would be better to reach an agreement with them as soon as possible.
Otherwise, Li will most likely end up in the same situation as the aristocratic commander.
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As Hua Feng expected.
After the aristocratic commander was assassinated, Li Chengdong really got his wish and took charge of the army again. However, in the name of deputy commander-in-chief, he exercises the position of commander-in-chief.
Li Chengdong, who regained real power, quickly and very targeted four things.
First, issue a general order.
Inform the commander of the assassination and explain the damage caused by the fire last night.
At the same time, the whole army was ordered to work together to abandon factions and prevent the recurrence of such incidents.
And at the end of the general order, he solemnly promised:
Regardless of whether the new commander arrives or not, I, Li, will never settle accounts after the autumn!
No matter who followed before, from now on they will all be soldiers and citizens of the Qing Dynasty, comrades-in-arms who fight side by side against the enemy, and brothers who live and die together, and they should be in the same boat and help each other.
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As soon as this order was issued, the panic and anxiety of the Qing army was quickly stabilized.
The two factions that were opposed to each other before shook hands and made peace in an instant.
Wearing the same skin, eating the same pot of rice, and living in the same room, who wants to fight in the same room? Therefore, after seeing the general order, everyone might as well be relieved and cheer.
An army is most afraid of two points:
One is to be in a state of ownerlessness and disorder, which will be chaotic.
The second is to be in a state of separation and antagonism, so it will perish.
Li Chengdong was originally extremely famous, and the nobles commanded those cronies, but they didn't want to be enemies with him.
In addition, when dealing with fire, the command is determined, the means are effective, and the ability and quality in all aspects are not comparable to the aristocratic commanders.