Chapter 147: Concern and confusion (Part 3)
On some modern military maps, the symbols of the Qing army's movement in Shandong are placed in the latest position, and their previous movement paths are clearly marked with other special symbols.
At this time, maps were very precious and difficult to draw. We couldn't just let everyone take a pen and mark them randomly.
After preparing the counterattack strategy, Lei Hu raised a question, "Sir, we are dragging this..." As he spoke, Lei Hu pulled his pigtail down to his chest, "Why not cut it off and restore the Han clothing."
"When we don't need to wear makeup anymore, we will of course restore the Han clothing. The Qing Dynasty is still much stronger than us, and we need time to improve our strength. If our ancestors knew about this, they wouldn't think that our helpless choice to restore the Han Dynasty is spineless. Because we are about to fight a life-and-death battle with the Qing Dynasty!"
Lei Hu was deeply touched and stood at attention, saying, "I will definitely do my best to kill the enemy together with my brothers and sisters."
Qian Qing was not so excited. Restoring Han clothing had nothing to do with women. When the Qing Dynasty shaved their heads, they did not care about women's hairstyles . Regardless of the excitement of the boys, Qian Qing asked, "Why did you make the plan to attack Xie Cili first, who had more troops?"
Finally someone noticed it. Huo Chong was a little relieved. He suggested to attack Xie Cilu's troops first, and the others listened to Huo Chong's plan. No one asked why. This disappointed Huo Chong. Some people raised the question of the purpose of attacking others, but no one raised the question at all, which was also a big problem.
"My view on hard and easy is this. We can now get at least two reports of Xie Cili's troops' movements every day. However, we can only get one report of Li Shude's troops every two days. When we meet the enemy, we may get three or even four reports of Xie Cili's movements a day. This means that we know Xie Cili's troops much better than Li Shude's troops. This is what I consider easy."
"There are so many people who can thank you for the shoes." Liu Shiwang raised a question.
"With our current military strength, there is no difference between fighting 2,000 people and 4,000 people. We fought the Qing army in Xiaoqing River. Haven't you realized this?" Huo Chong was full of confidence. This was a battle he personally commanded. Of course, there were countless problems in this battle, but this battle proved to Huo Chong a piece of knowledge that Huo Chong had only heard of but never had the opportunity to practice. It can even be called a knowledge system.
Since Huo Chong had made the decision, no one said anything more. The commander of this battle was Qian Qing, who did not like any hesitation when fighting the Qing army.
After everyone left the meeting, Huo Chong asked Qian Qing to stay. After everyone left, Huo Chong took off the sports watch on his wrist and handed it to Qian Qing, "You are already very familiar with how to use it. It will be useful in battle."
Qian Qing took the watch with some trepidation, "Where's the gentleman?"
"If you guys fight well, I won't be able to use this thing. When I take this thing into battle myself, it will prove one thing: I have no one else to use ."
After hearing this, Qian Qing's eyes became sharp again. He put on the sports watch on his wrist and saluted. "Sir, I never thought that I would be able to avenge myself one day. I would kill my enemies with my own hands. From now on, my life belongs to you. Please rest assured..."
"No, no, no. Qing'er, I know what you mean. But I've said before, I want to restore the Han Dynasty and create a new path for the prosperity of China. This is what I want to contribute..."
"Sir, I will definitely use all my wisdom and fight to the end to achieve what you want to do." Qian Qing answered decisively.
Huo Chong knew Qian Qing's loyalty to him, and he felt very relieved. "Okay. When you return victorious, I'll hold a celebration banquet for you!"
There is a problem in going from Dengzhou to Shandong, as you have to cross many mountains. From a geographical point of view, Dengzhou is more about protecting the capital than hosting the war in Shandong.
Xie Cilu's troops were marching in this mountainous area. They had been on the march for six days, but they had not left the mountainous area. Lord Xie Cilu was a scholar, and he was not used to riding a horse. In order to keep up with the troops, he sat in a sedan chair. With four thousand people clearing the way through the mountains and building bridges over the water, the eight-man sedan chair could move smoothly.
While enjoying the cool breeze in the mountains, a scout arrived at Lord Xie Cilü's place. He brought other people with him, and he came forward to pay his respects. The scout said, "Lord Xie, I brought someone sent by the Governor of Shandong."
Hearing the words "Governor of Shandong", the former Governor of Shandong, Xie Cilü, felt quite regretful. Xie Cilü himself did not love money, but something . From the 45th year of Emperor Kangxi to the 53rd year of Emperor Kangxi, the Shandong government collected more than 2.4 million taels of silver in the name of storing grain.
Originally, the silver was supposed to be used to buy grain for storage, but in fact only 930,000 taels were used to buy grain, and more than 60% of the remaining silver was privately divided among officials at all levels at the time. Among them, Jiang Chenxi, the then governor of Shandong, and Li Yuanlong, the prefect of Dengzhou, got the most. The case of Shandong granary deficit had spread to various provinces and even the capital in the late Kangxi period. Emperor Yongzheng had heard about it before he ascended the throne. After he ascended the throne, he immediately promoted Huang Bing to governor, hoping that he could investigate the matter strictly. Huang Bing did not disappoint Emperor Yongzheng and quickly investigated the details and reported them to the emperor.
Huang Bing was the one who replaced Xie Cilü. Xie Cilü was the one who succeeded Li Shude as the governor of Shandong. The reason why Xie Cilü was allowed to continue to be the general of Dengzhou Town this time was, in a sense, because of Xie Cilü's resume and the fact that Xie Cilü was not greedy.
Even so, Xie Cilu couldn't help but feel a little resentful. After hesitating for a while and calming down a little, Xie Cilu ordered, "Let him come and report."
The man sent by Chen Shiguan knelt in front of Xie Cilü and said loudly: "Your Excellency, Huo Chong has sent troops to attack Jinan!"
"Ah? How many people?"
"There are thousands of them! Governor Chen sent me here to ask Mr. Xie to go and suppress the bandits."
Xie Cilu was very puzzled after hearing this, and asked the man to present the official document. As a former governor of Shandong, Xie Cilu knew very well what the seal of the governor of Shandong looked like and what kind of texture it had. After a quick inspection, he was sure it was authentic.
The situation had changed, and Xie Cilu quickly called all the generals to discuss. After everyone discussed, all the generals said that Huo Chong's approach was a common tactic used by bandits. It was erratic and unexpected.
Although Xie Cilü thought it made sense, he was still thinking about an article that Yongzheng had shown him. That article described the characteristics of Huo Chong's combat, which was that he used troops gracefully and fought solidly.
Although I don't know who is so bold as to praise Huo Chong like this, I think what Yongzheng took out must be correct.
It's just that Xie Cilu was born as a scholar and was not familiar with military affairs. The article was written very clearly, but Xie Cilu still couldn't combine the two seemingly contradictory words "elegant" and "solid".
On the contrary, Xie Cilü completely understood and figured out the generals' evaluation of the bandits' style.
Since Huo Chong has already appeared, there is an official road from where Xie Cilü is now to Jinan Prefecture, which is much easier than going to Zibo County.
General Xie Cilu gave the order confidently, "Go to Jinan and wipe out the Huo bandits."
