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Chapter 179 Hidden danger

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    As the head of Oboi was passed on to the public by the Wu army, the magnificent Guizhou war finally came to an end. Of the 220,000 Qing troops that entered Guizhou, only less than 30,000 remnants were defeated. Under the leadership of Tu Hai and Yue Le  Fleeing back to Huguang, the rest were either wiped out or captured. The loss of military horses, money, food, weapons and luggage was incalculable, and the loss could not be estimated at all.  What's more terrible is that the grassroots generals in the Qing army suffered heavy losses, and the elite was almost empty. Without three to five years of battlefield training, it is impossible to recover.

    Of course, in the era of cold weapons, if you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose at least eight hundred. Although Wu Sangui's army, with the full help of Lu Fatty, has rapidly transitioned from cold weapons to hot weapons, after a battle, it is still worthless.  There are more than 15,000 Yunnan-Guizhou soldiers who have been buried forever on the land of Guizhou on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The weapons and ammunition consumed are also countless. At the same time, because of the scorched-earth tactics adopted by the deputy commander of the Qing army Tuhai when he retreated, the towns and cities of Guizhou along the way will be destroyed.  The villages were completely burned, and the Qing army was deliberately allowed to burn, kill and loot, venting the anger of the main force's disastrous defeat on the people of Guizhou, and the losses of the people of Guizhou were even more immeasurable.

    It is precisely because of Tuhai's brutal policy that it completely angered the people of Yunnan and Guizhou, which are already tough and tough, and caused countless people of Yunnan and Guizhou to besiege the Qing army's captive team, and they wanted to swallow the captured Qing army soldiers and generals alive and destroy them for their own innocence.  Although the old traitor Wu strictly prohibited them from exchanging these captives for their children and grandchildren, many Qing army captives died tragically under the angry bricks, stones and fists of the people of Yunnan and Guizhou.  As for the stragglers of the Qing army who fled into the deep mountains and old forests, they died more miserable one by one.  Not many people in Yunnan and Guizhou were willing to exchange the captured Qing soldiers for silver when they released the captives.

    Tuhai listened to Zhou Peigong's suggestion to adopt scorched earth tactics to destroy the villages and cities in Guizhou on the way to retreat. It was not just for venting.  The main force of the Wu army provides countless conveniences. Instead of doing this, it is better to completely destroy it, leaving a piece of ruins to cause headaches for the Wu army, leaving a large number of homeless and foodless Guizhou people to increase the burden on the Wu army, and delay the counterattack speed of the Wu army's main force.  , Increase Wu Jun's financial burden of money and food.

    Another important purpose of scorched earth tactics is to boost morale and stabilize the morale of the army. It is well known that the Qing army is more brutal than the devils who invaded China.  If Hai is still as foolish as Oboi and strictly enforces military discipline and prohibits disturbing the people, then within three days, the brutal Manchu generals and soldiers will definitely be torn apart, and Tu Hai, who has just been released from the sky prison for a few days, will no longer be taken away.  The deputy commander looked at it, and the army split and collapsed faster.

    In view of these circumstances, Tu Hai simply disregarded Yue Le's strong opposition, no longer restrained military discipline, and allowed the mite Qing army to rape and plunder in order to buy people's hearts and stabilize the army's morale.  The next step is to resist the Wu army's counterattack and lay the foundation, which will achieve multiple goals in one fell swoop.  ¡ª¡ªAs for the life and death of the people in Guizhou, the notorious scholars of Tu University and Admiral Zhou, who are notorious in terms of military discipline in history, don't have the heart to care so much.

    Faced with the shameless tactics of the Tuhai army, although the whole army of Yunnan and Guizhou was furious, the army was too tired, and the transportation of ammunition and food was inconvenient, so it was impossible to launch a counterattack immediately.  And go, only to catch up with a few Qing army troops in the rear to annihilate and retaliate, and can no longer severely injure and annihilate more Qing army troops in Guizhou, holding back their anger and waiting for a full-scale counterattack to demand this blood debt.

    After a short four-day rest, the various units of the Wu army recovered their physical strength and morale one after another. The captured more than 16,000 soldiers of the Qing army were also detained in a prisoner-of-war camp outside Guiyang City, waiting to be screened and selected to supplement the army.  Important prisoners of war such as Jieshu, Leerjin, Zhangtai and other Qing princes Baylor were held incommunicado, waiting to be used for hostage exchange.  On the 15th day of June in the 11th year of Qingkang Mazi, the old traitor Wu held a meeting in the Chinese military camp outside Guiyang City to discuss the next tactical plan with the important civil and military officials of the Wu army.

    Having just won a decisive victory, the important generals and officials of the Wu army were naturally very relaxed. There was constant laughter at the meeting.  Fatty Lu was worried, and asked deliberately: "Yifeng, what's wrong with you? Everyone is smiling, but you have a mournful face. Did you lose money again when you gambled last night?"

    All the generals of the Wu army laughed together, thinking of the name of Fatty Lu's frequently defeated general.  Fatty Lu replied with a sad face: "Back to grandfather, grandson-in-law always loses every bet. That time he played with money and didn't lose money? I'm used to it!"?You don¡¯t need to teach me, I have fought all my life, and I still don¡¯t understand this truth?  "Old traitor Wu laughed.

    "It's good if you understand? In history, you, an idiot, failed to attack Wuhan and immediately retreated. Let Man Gou calmly gather in Wuhan, and finally let Yue Le Man Gou go to Jiangxi, cutting off your connection with Jiangnan.  The situation." Fatty Lu murmured again in his heart, but he continued to tell him uneasy, "Grandfather, please allow my grandson-in-law to repeat a word, Wuchang is an important town, the city is high and the moats are deep, full of dogs must gather heavy troops to defend, if the siege fails,  You can use tunnels to bury explosives to blow up the city, and the city will definitely be broken."

    "Understood, can I remember it?" Old man Wu scolded with a treacherous smile, barely remembered Fatty Lu's suggestion in his heart, and then ordered: "After a while, you and Ying Qi go to choose the army.  Ask him to give you more elite soldiers, and the speed must be fast, the battle in Guangxi is raging, and there is no delay."

    Fatty Lu respectfully agreed again, and the old traitor Wu discussed with the generals about various issues of troop deployment, and soon announced the adjournment, and hosted a banquet for the generals to celebrate the victory in Guizhou. Fatty Lu and Wu Yingqi left temporarily to go to Wu Yingqi  The army selected the 1,000 troops that the old traitor Wu promised to supply, and at the same time ordered Li Tianzhi and Kong Fanlin to go to the prisoner camp to select qualified prisoners to be used to replenish the army.

    "Second Prince, Lord Lu, wait a minute." Just as they were about to walk out of the Chinese army camp, Wu Yingqi and Fatty Lu, who were chatting and laughing, were suddenly stopped. When Fatty Lu looked back, he saw that this person turned out to be  Wang Shirong, who has always seldom paid attention to him.  Fatty Lu couldn't help laughing and said, "Mr. Wang, where does the sun come out today? Did you hear me right?"

    "If it wasn't for something important, I wouldn't be bothered to talk to you." Wang Shirong still looked as if Fatty Lu owed him 800 taels of silver, and then cupped his hands to Wu Yingqi and said, "Second Prince, the student wants to say a few words to Mr. Lu."  , I wonder if the second prince can wait for a while?"

    "Hurry up." Wu Yingqi said lazily: "We still have to draw troops, it's getting late."

    "Understood, soon." Wang Shirong cupped his hands, and gave Fatty Lu another wink. Fatty Lu understood, and hurriedly walked together with Wang Shirong to a place away from other people.

    "Lord Lu, the strategy you proposed today is correct." Wang Shirong said in a low voice, "But have you thought about it? It's been a long time, and the prince's age is here. In case, who else in our army can  Convincing the public, who else can command the entire army like arms and fingers? You don't want to count on our two hundred and five second prince? Or count on our grandson who is only eight years old?"

    "Isn't this kid stupid, to think about the unfavorable situation if the traitor Wu dies halfway?" Fatty Lu sneered in his heart, and replied in a low voice: "Mr. Liangchen thought it right, and it is precisely because of this consideration  One point, the students suggested that the prince should be replaced by the eldest prince, the eldest prince is a son with outstanding talents, he is a natural and convincing heir, with him in charge, what do we have to worry about?"

    "The eldest prince can come back, of course we don't have to worry about anything." Wang Shirong said in a gloomy tone: "But if Man Gou also considers this point and insists on taking the eldest prince, then what should we do?"

    "With Laozi here, what are you afraid of? If Wu Yingxiong really comes back, Laozi's early life will be even more difficult." Fatty Lu smiled colder and colder in his heart, and sighed on his mouth: "Mr.  Why isn't the officer worried? But besides this method and doing our best to rescue the eldest prince, what else can we do?"

    Wang Shirong was speechless. After a long silence, Wang Shirong sighed and said, "I hope so. If the eldest prince is killed, then our troubles and hidden dangers will be too great." (To be continued. If you like this movie  Works, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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