Fu Shanhe

Chapter 55 Combat Power Data

"Rumble..."

After a loud bang, a gap appeared in the Taizhou city wall, and countless rebel soldiers swarmed in.

The shouts and cries of killing reached the sky.

"The city is broken!"

Panic began to spread, and the young and strong men who were recruited could not bear the pressure and began to flee in panic.

"withstand!"

"Go back and plug the gap!"

No matter how hard the defenders shouted, they could not change the reality that the city was broken.

"It's over!"

"It's all over!"

Looking at the smoke all over the city, Taizhou governor Mi Zhixiang collapsed to the ground.

"Master, run for your life!
The rebels are coming to attack us soon, it will be too late if we delay any longer!"

The old butler urged anxiously.

In order to reduce the resistance in the city, the rebels surrounded the city on three sides and left one side open, deliberately leaving the defenders a way to escape.

But now the enemy has broken into the city, the morale of the defenders in the city is low, and they are simply unable to organize a second wave of resistance.

If we don't leave quickly, the only escape route will be blocked.

“Escape?

Where else can I escape to?
Never mind. The fall of Taizhou is my responsibility. There is no need to implicate innocent people.

Fu Rui, take the servants and escort the Madam and the Master away.

The Right Vice Minister of Nanjing is my mentor. In recognition of my loyalty to the court, he will submit a memorial to the court to seek a commendation for you.

Only when I return home with this commendation will no one dare to take advantage of this orphan and widow.

It’s almost time for me to get going.”

After Mi Zhixiang finished speaking, he picked up the prepared poisoned wine and drank it all.

In the Great Yu Dynasty, local officials were responsible for defending their territory, and he, the prefect, could not escape blame for the fall of the city. If he ran away at this time, he would be held accountable by the court afterwards.

Rather than being held accountable by the court and implicate his family, it is better to sacrifice his life for the country and die in a dignified way.

"Master, have a pleasant journey!"

After saying that, the butler Fu Rui kowtowed three times to Mi Zhixiang, and took the servants to escort the crying mistress and master away.

……

Yangzhou City.

When the news of Taizhou's fall came, the already tense atmosphere in the city became even more solemn, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Everyone knew that the next target of the Taizhou rebels must be Yangzhou City.

When the time came, many sons of noble families panicked.

Those who had received military training were fine. They knew basic military knowledge and knew that Yangzhou City would not fall so easily, so they could still remain calm. However, the dandy young men who followed along to make up the numbers were completely at a loss at this point.

Marquis Wuyang, who was the imperial envoy, was also panicked at this time.

He can lead troops, but he really doesn't know how to fight a war.

In the Great Yu Dynasty, military knowledge was passed down orally from father to son. Even the simplest deployment of troops was very mysterious to the outside world.

Before he became a relative of the emperor, he was just an ordinary scholar. After he became the commander of the Five Cities Army, he had only read a few widely circulated military books.

He is the kind of "genius" general who can do things at a glance but becomes useless once used.

The reason why he realized his true self was that after learning the news of the rebel attack, he had not been able to come up with a plan to defeat the enemy for so many days.

"Do you have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Wuyang Hou asked expectantly. In order to improve efficiency, he only summoned five thousand households to attend this high-level meeting. Those deputy commanders who were just in name only were kicked out of the decision-making level.

"Sir, Yangzhou City has twelve gates in total. Any gate could become the focus of the rebels' attack, so we can only divide our forces to guard it.

Local officers and soldiers may be infiltrated by the rebels, and they can only serve as auxiliary forces and cannot be relied upon as the backbone.

The important task of defending the city can only be entrusted to the generals coming from the capital.

The most urgent task is to divide the defense zones and allocate the respective forces.”

Zhao Yawei spoke first

It’s speechless to think about it. After the recruitment of young and strong men was completed, Marquis Wuyang did not even mention the allocation of personnel. Now those people are still under the management of Li Mu.

If he hadn't seen that Li Mu had done a good job in preparing for war, keeping the young and strong men in line, and raising a large amount of supplies for defending the city, he would have started to criticize him long ago.

"The twelve city gates are divided among five thousand households. We can simply leave one thousand households to be responsible for maintaining the city's law and order, and the other four thousand households will each be responsible for three gates. The city's military forces can be evenly distributed!"

Marquis Wuyang's words fully demonstrated his fairness in doing things, but also exposed his nature as a military novice.

The equal distribution of military forces is based on the premise that the soldiers' fighting capabilities are equal.

Theoretically, the total military strength of Yangzhou City is now close to 30,000, but 20,000 of them are holding wooden sticks.

The most combat-capable among them were the servants brought by the sons of nobles, numbering approximately 2,500 people, and could be considered elite troops.

Secondly, the local government troops and yamen runners have an unknown exact combat capability, but at least they have been trained occasionally, and there are about 4,000 of them.

Then came the group of figurehead generals and the servants they brought with them, numbering nearly two thousand five hundred.

He looks very strong and should be able to fight better than the average person, but he has no military training and is only suitable for street fights.

Finally, there are the more than 20,000 young and strong people who were temporarily conscripted. They have difficulty filling their stomachs in normal times and their physical fitness is worrying.

"Commander-in-chief, I have no objection to this distribution, but I am afraid that my colleagues cannot bear it!"

Tang Jincheng, the captain of the Western City, said with a smile.

Of the 2,500 most elite troops, 60% came from the East and West Thousand Households, while the other three Thousand Households together accounted for only 40%.

If the tasks are distributed equally, the other three companies will be furious.

Fortunately, we are all on the same boat now. If the enemy attacks in any direction, we will all die together. Now is not the time to let down our teammates.

"Commander, leave one thousand households as a reserve force, and the remaining four thousand households will each be responsible for three city gates. However, the distribution of troops must be balanced in terms of combat effectiveness.

We can simply digitize the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the city.

Most of the most elite servants under your command are veterans from the battlefield, and each of them is well-armored and equipped. We can assume that their combat effectiveness is 10.

Then the corresponding combat effectiveness of the local officers and soldiers in Yangzhou is only about 2.

The combat effectiveness of the servants brought by the deputy envoys is questionable, and they lack formal military training, so let's set it to 1.2.

The young and strong men who were recruited had a combat effectiveness of only 0.5 because they lacked weapons.

Of course, these data can only be used as a reference. Defending a city is not the same as fighting in the field.

Even if the combat capability is a little weak, it can still be put to use."

After listening to Li Mu's data-based analysis and seeing that no one objected, Marquis Wuyang was dumbfounded.

The gap in combat power is too great.

After all this time, it was found that the combat effectiveness of the servants under the command of these noble sons was stronger than all other troops in Yangzhou city combined.

"You guys should discuss it among yourselves. I am tired!"

Marquis Wuyang said unhappily.

The strategy for defending the city that he had painstakingly thought out was criticized to pieces, causing him, the head coach, to become depressed.

While feeling sad, I can't help but feel a little relieved.

His own military capabilities were questionable, but several of his captains still had some military literacy.

It was better to lose face in a closed-door six-person meeting than to lose one's head in defeat. As long as what happened today didn't get out, then we could just pretend that nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)