Improper cannon fodder for fast wear

Chapter 2072 The Innocent Woman 34
The retreating soldiers not only embarrassed General Wang, but more importantly, Lu Bandit's policy of not killing and surrendering really broke the morale of the large army just as An Ran thought.

You must know that the rebels in the past all killed prisoners, and some of the methods were particularly cruel, so all court soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy. After all, if they failed, the court would pursue them, and they would die.

But now, since the enemy doesn't kill prisoners, everyone naturally doesn't have to work hard, lest they lose their lives.

Everyone thought so, and Dong Hanzhang quickly realized that the situation was not right, so he strictly prohibited discussing the matter, and at the same time took care of all the broken soldiers who spread the enemy's policy of not killing prisoners, and told them not to talk nonsense outside.

It's a pity that he did it too late. This kind of thing has been spread ten to ten times earlier, and everyone knows about it.

Seeing such a situation, Dong Hanzhang couldn't help but look ugly, and at the same time he was very dissatisfied with General Wang. After all, this man, it's just that he didn't hit Liuyebao.
If it weren't for the current war, it's not easy to blame him, or Dong Hanzhang would report a memorial to him, taking General Wang's post and letting him go home to sell sweet potatoes.

Although he didn't do this, General Wang is not stupid. He was defeated so badly this time, and Dong Hanzhang must have an opinion on himself. Was scolded by Dong Hanzhang.

However, General Wang’s defeat and return is also good for Dong Hanzhang’s command of the new army that does not belong to him. Because of General Wang’s defeat and return, the others who just came to see Dong Hanzhang have been besieged and dared not attack An Ran’s sneak attack. The general, now finally honest, no longer question his decision, after all, he has been attacked so many times by Lu bandits along the way, and the soldiers still have the morale to besiege the city. How rare it was to be broken up, which made other generals put away their contempt for Dong Hanzhang.

You must know that before they saw Dong Hanzhang being beaten so timidly by An Ran, they thought Dong Hanzhang was a bit exaggerated, and it was blown out. Now that they see General Wang’s performance, everyone dare not think so. They don’t know Dong Hanzhang. They have been fighting in the south of the Yangtze River and have never dealt with them, but they know General Wang who is stationed near them. well played.

Although there are advantages in this regard, the disadvantages are also obvious-originally, Dong Hanzhang expected other people to beat Liuye Castle. If he could break Liuye Castle, he would have an excuse to leave this ghost place and lead everyone to fight other good things. I went to the fort, but in the end, General Wang didn't even touch the Liuye Fort, so he was scattered by the soldiers. Seeing such a result, even if my Dong family army is much stronger than General Wang's men, I'm afraid I'm afraid Go on the road, find other forts to attack, shall we?
It is useless to fear the enemy like a tiger and force people to go on the road by themselves. On the contrary, now that the army is coming in a steady stream, there are more and more people on the siege line. Being dispersed, in this way, fewer of our own people will naturally die. With fewer deaths, everyone wants to stick to the siege here, and they all want to avoid taking such a big risk on the road and trap the enemy here. .

Thinking of this, Dong Hanzhang couldn't help but feel very worried, because he was not sure about besieging Maple Leaf Fort. The reason he did this was just to force the Lu family to send people to attack and give everyone a chance to face each other, but the other party was not convinced by him. He was still shrunk, and only sent a few people to harass him, so that he couldn't find anyone to fight if he wanted to, but he couldn't afford to lose hundreds of people a day. Thinking of this, can Dong Hanzhang not worry?

And he has been besieged like this, but there is no movement, he thought, the court may soon urge him.

He didn't think wrong, the imperial court came to urge him soon, and the reason was very simple, this bandit Lv was fighting with them here, and he was still hurrying to build the bastion in other directions.

There were four provinces where the rebels made trouble before. Although Fang Guozheng defeated Li Xiu, and other rebels also failed under the encirclement and suppression of others, because of the short time, these four provinces are still in chaos for the time being, with stragglers and refugees , There are still a lot of disbanded rebels, locals, bandits, etc., so when officials are sent to these provinces, they usually have to bring a large army. Otherwise, if they are purely civilian officials, they will not be able to take office at all.

The imperial court also cleaned up one place before going to the next one, but the Lu family took advantage of this time difference and kept building bastions.

They have more people now, and the speed of building the fort is faster - at the beginning, they only had one more bastion in two months, and now, they often mobilize all the people to push the bastion forward in all directions , and because the autumn harvest is coming to an end recently, they can free up manpower to do these things, and the construction will be faster. Often after two or three months, a bunch of bastions will emerge.

Seeing that Dong Hanzhang was sent to fight against the Lu family, not only did he fail to defeat him, but his territory was still growing. How did the court suffer, so he sent someone to urge Dong Hanzhang to launch an attack quickly and stop the siege.

When Dong Hanzhang received this news, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Naturally, he couldn't use his direct lineage to smash Anran, a fortress that was armed to the teeth. He immediately said that the enemy's artillery was strong, and asked the imperial court to send more artillery battalions. Also, recruit more Many foreign gun teams attacked.

The foreign gun team is not directly related to him, even if he died, he would not feel bad, so he asked the court to recruit more foreign gun teams.

At the same time, he sent letters to the embassies of various countries, saying that the Lu family is powerful and has a lot of foreign guns and artillery, and Huang Chao might not be able to keep it. He asked the embassies that they felt that cooperation with Huang Chao was not good and they were planning to replace them. Do you cooperate?If not, all countries are requested to prohibit the sale of firearms to the Lu family; in addition, if you want to continue to cooperate with the Huang Dynasty, it is best to send troops and teams to intervene, so that the Huang Dynasty will not be lost.

He just wanted to use the hands of foreigners to get rid of An Ran.

No way, he tried his best, but he couldn't get rid of it, so he could only ask foreigners for help.

He believes that, based on the friendly (kneeling and licking) cooperation attitude of the Huang Dynasty and the various powers, the various powers are willing to protect the Huang Dynasty from falling. After all, only if the Huang Dynasty does not fall can they get more benefits from the Huang Dynasty and gain colonies , can garrison troops in the Yellow Dynasty, dump foreign goods and even drugs to obtain gold and silver, what can they get from the Lu family?But he heard that the Lu family prohibits drugs, and those caught selling drugs and taking drugs will be executed. They have been relying on the big powers who sell drugs and make a lot of money in this dynasty. I'm afraid they don't want to see the rise of the Lu family. Well, after all, the Lu family has risen, and this alone will cost them countless losses.

(End of this chapter)