"Nearly five hundred men were injured or killed. Sure enough, we killed a thousand enemies and lost three hundred."
Putting the battle report on the table, Chen Kui said with emotion that although he defeated a total of 9,000 troops in Zengtou City and Dongchang Prefecture in one fell swoop, which was a great victory, Liangshan also paid a heavy price for this, with nearly 200 people killed.
, more than 300 people were slightly or seriously injured. Although this time we defeated more with less, the casualty ratio was less than one-tenth of the total force, and we won a great victory. But the problem is that these are elite soldiers, and each of them is a treasure. Now the war is
We are nervous and what we lack are elite soldiers.
"Have the identity information of the fallen brothers been registered?" Chen Kui asked.
"Everything has been registered, and everything is done according to the regulations, so the soldiers' hearts will not be chilled." Qiao Daoqing said that Liangshan has a complete set of guarantee systems for various matters behind the fallen soldiers, and this is the only thing Chen Kui can do for him.
What they did was precisely because of this system, which ensured that the soldiers could fight the enemy bravely on the front line. This was one of the important guarantees for the combat effectiveness of the Liangshan army.
"Well, that's good." Hearing this, Chen Kui nodded and returned his attention to the sand table.
"Commander, are you thinking about Zengtou City?" Qiao Daoqing asked when he saw Chen Kui focusing on Zengtou City.
"Military advisor, do you think we can defeat Zengtou City without fighting?" Chen Kui asked.
"It's possible, and it's very likely." Qiao Daoqing thought for a moment and said: "In this battle, Zengtou City lost six thousand troops. Shi Wengong, Zeng Tu and Zeng Kui were captured. Zengtou City's
Our strength is no longer 40% of what it was at its peak. If we take over Dongchang Mansion, Lingzhou and other places, and then send people to Zengtou City, I think Zeng Nong will be willing to surrender because of Xiaozhi's power. After all, he
He is a businessman."
"Yeah." Chen Kui nodded. What Qiao Daoqing said was basically the same as what he thought. Liangshan wouldn't even need to send people to persuade him to surrender. Maybe the people in Zengtou City would come to ask for surrender themselves. In the novel, Zeng Nong
After his eldest son Zeng Tu was killed, he still chose to take the initiative to send Lao Wu Zeng to the Liangshan military camp to sue for peace. Seeing that he could not do anything, surrendering voluntarily was not impossible.
What Chen Kui is considering now is not actually the question of whether Zengtou City will surrender, but the identity of the Zeng family. As mentioned earlier, Zeng Nong is a purebred Jurchen who settled in Zengtou after he made his fortune in the Song Dynasty.
Many readers of Water Margin in later generations believed that Zengtou City was actually a nail that Dajin penetrated into the territory of the Song Dynasty in order to deal with the Song Dynasty in the future. They believed that this was a Jurchen conspiracy.
Chen Kui naturally didn't know what the facts were, but according to Chen Kui's speculation, this possibility was unlikely.
It's very simple, because now the Jurchens are only in a corner, and the Jin Kingdom has not yet been established. The major task before Wanyan Aguda is not to deal with the Song Dynasty, but to conquer the Liao Kingdom and gain a foothold for his people. Therefore, Chen Kui
I don’t believe Wanyan Aguda has such a long-term plan.
Conspiracy theories are very eye-catching because they meet the needs of many people who want to watch the fun. However, most conspiracy theories actually have an almost unavoidable problem, that is, there are too many variables in their implementation.
There are too many uncontrollable factors, and it is too difficult to implement the plan from beginning to end. Many so-called "conspiracy theories" that later appeared, Chen Kui prefers to regard it as a coincidence. After all, coincidences have never been
There is no shortage, otherwise there would be no such sentence - reality is more wonderful than fiction.
The novel must at least comply with basic logic, but it is not necessary in reality. All kinds of strange things may happen. In the novel, an honest person suddenly turns into a murderous maniac for no reason. That is simply destructive to the reader, but
In reality, people who are usually honest and honest get mad and go to crowded places with an AK47. This kind of thing seems to be seen a lot in Uncle Sam.
Of course, Chen Kui does not deny that some things are indeed conspiracies. However, in the case of Zengtou City, Chen Kui is more willing to believe than conspiracy theories that it was only when the Kingdom of Jin became stronger in the future that Zeng Nong took the initiative to join in and use his daughter as his wife.
The identity of Zhenren showed his willingness to be Dajin's internal agent in the Song Dynasty.
In this case, why does Chen Kui want to incorporate Zengtou City?
Three reasons.
First of all, talent, Shi Wengong and Su Ding are both rare talents, especially Shi Wengong, who is a talented general. Talents are rare, otherwise Chen Kui's kick would not have been a kick to Shi Wengong's chin;
In fact, it is the identity of the Jurchens of the Zeng family. If the Zeng family sincerely surrenders to Liangshan, the Jurchens will be able to break into the Jurchens. This will definitely be easier than the Han people. Chen Kui is still thinking about establishing an intelligence network within the Jurchens.
As a modern person, Chen Kui is too aware of the importance of news.
Finally, there is the war horse. Because of Zeng Nong’s identity, Zengtou City became the largest horse dealer in Shandong and Hebei. He was able to obtain many excellent war horses from the north. It was also because of this that Zeng Nong was able to establish himself in Zengtou City in a short period of time.
They also got the tacit approval of the local government. After all, the Song Dynasty had always been short of war horses, and Liangshan was even more lacking.
"Then let's take down Dongchang Mansion and Lingzhou first. If we don't know how to promote them by then, we will make other plans." Chen Kui was silent for a while and said, anyway, we will take down first. If
The Zeng family is really an insider planted by the Jurchens, and there are many ways to deal with them in the future. In Ip Man's world, Chen Kui has dealt with spies from Britain, the United States and other countries a lot, and he has rich experience.
"Tomorrow, I will leave one hundred guardsmen to stay and listen to the military advisor's instructions. I will take the remaining guardsmen back to Daming Mansion. All matters here will be handed over to the military advisor with full authority. In a word, Shandong, Beihe,
We can eat as much as we can, we Liangshan are not afraid of holding on, it would be great if we could capture all these places before the imperial court reacts."
"kindness."
Shi Wengong has been defeated by Chen Kui, so now Lu Junyi is the only one left. Chen Kui doesn't want to waste time here. If it weren't for Shi Wengong this time, Chen Kui wouldn't even take action personally. After all, this kind of thing can be left to Qiao Daoqing.
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After returning to Daming Mansion, I looked for an opportunity to fight with Lu Junyi and completed the mission of the Martial Arts Book. Let's see what rewards the Martial Arts Book can give this time. As for the reason, it is quite simple. The battlefield of Daming Mansion is
On the main battlefield, wouldn't it be natural for Chen Kui, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, to be in charge of Daming Mansion?
"Commander, there is one more thing. There is news from Gaotangzhou that Gao Lian has returned to Beijing to renew his post." Qiao Daoqing said with a smile.
"Come back to Beijing to renew your post now?" Chen Kui was stunned, and then said with a smile: "Haha, this reason is really clear and unconventional, okay, anyway, if you can escape, the monk cannot escape from the temple. There will be many opportunities to settle things with them in the future."
"The beauty of a gentleman, let's just not let him come back. Let's let our transportation captain find a new position for him. In addition, keep a close eye on Kaifeng. Every move of the Forbidden Army must be kept under our control in Liangshan.
It’s under control.”
"yes!"
ps: The daily update time of this book is probably one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. Of course, it may also be written together. This depends on the author's work situation. Usually the first update at noon is written during the lunch break, and the first update in the morning is written during the lunch break.
, the late update is all written at night, and updated as soon as it is corrected, so it is difficult to fix the time. It depends on the coding status and ideas, unless there is a saved manuscript.
I’ll have a rest this weekend and have a day off tomorrow. I’m tired. I’ll keep updating three times. I’ll update ten thousand times the day after tomorrow and Sunday!!!
Updates will be made the day after tomorrow, hey, what the heck, dear readers, please don’t tell me what you mean in advance. The recommendation ticket is free anyway, and the monthly ticket will expire in ten days!
Regarding the future world, as well as various settings and ideas, you can choose from the Easter egg chapter in the previous chapter. Of course, you are more welcome to leave other options and leave a message in the Easter egg chapter. This will ensure that the author can see it and leave messages elsewhere, because
For various reasons, the author cannot guarantee that you will be able to see it.