After hearing this, Su Pingbei, who had never actually participated in a city defense operation, immediately asked: "Don't Yueyanguan store these materials on weekdays?"
Su Pingbei was outspoken and asked whatever came to mind, but when he saw the strange expressions of the generals around him, he realized that he had asked a very poor question.
It was Wu Bishan who explained: "General Su, you are not familiar with city defense operations, so it is understandable that you don't understand."
"From the time the first brick was laid at Yueyang Pass, it was destined that its purpose was to defend the Liao army. Therefore, no matter whether it is wartime or not, we will prepare sufficient city defense materials. But this time, the Liao army has a total of 600,000 elite troops.
The intensity of the detention is far greater than in previous years. Under such high-intensity combat, no matter how well prepared we are, supplies will be exhausted."
When Wu Banshan's words came to light, someone murmured in a low voice: "That's it, it sounds like we are not well prepared. If you have the ability, you can come and defend. The amount of supplies consumed in one day is astronomical. You are really a layman, and you don't understand anything."
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"Shut up!"
Wu Qingcang turned to look at the grumbling general and shouted: "The Liaodong Army came to support day and night. This is already a great favor. It would be better for you to make sarcastic remarks and go out to receive ten lashes on your own. There will be a next time
,Military disposition!”
The general's face turned pale, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "I finally realized my mistake."
After saying that, he turned around and went out to receive his punishment. Soon there was the sound of a whip hitting someone outside, and the general's muffled groan of pain.
Wu Qingcang looked at the remaining people expressionlessly, and he said: "The situation is difficult now. You have been under great pressure for more than half a month. This commander is well aware of this, and I also know it.
Everyone is trying their best to win this battle, but belittling colleagues, slandering the court, and making irresponsible remarks on government affairs are absolutely not allowed under my command!"
"The soldiers at Yueyang Pass only focus on fighting, not on government affairs, and they will not sneer at Paoze who comes to support him. If anyone can't do this, get out of here as soon as possible. If you don't get out now, you will dare to commit crimes in the future. Don't blame the ruthless military law.
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All the soldiers had serious expressions. In Crescent Pass, the biggest tradition is to obey orders.
Wu Qingcang's qualifications and prestige are enough to overwhelm this group of people. The formal status he lacked most before is now available with an imperial edict.
Therefore, no one in Crescent Pass dared not listen to what Wu Qingcang said.
"The final general will obey the commander's orders."
After hearing this uniform answer, Wu Qingcang nodded with satisfaction.
Then he said: "Brothers from the Liaodong Army will arrive soon. Although we cannot bring city defense materials at the moment, we still have to find a way ourselves. First, we will demolish the buildings in the customs, starting with some public buildings, and then send officials to
, the people will be demolished in the end, but we must ensure that the people have a place to live, and we cannot demolish them all."
"Right now, I can only use this method to postpone it for a while."
Although there have been many precedents in the history of Crescent Pass where buildings within the pass were demolished for war, this was a very uneconomical deal, both from the perspective of military morale and later reconstruction.
When the house is demolished, only a little wood and stones can be dismantled, but rebuilding it will cost a huge amount of money.