Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 38 Stumbling blocks

Yangmakou Fortress. Yangmakou was not a very dangerous place at first. It was just a small market town. Later, due to the business route from the northwest to the Central Plains, it became more and more busy. Over time, this place naturally prospered. After Wufeng took over the control of the Northwest, he valued the special geographical location here. It is only 60 miles away from the Partridge Pass, the first post in Kansai, and the Partridge Pass just blocked his throat leading to the Central Plains. If you want to send troops out of the Central Plains, this will be the most critical checkpoint, so the strategic position of Yangmakou will become important accordingly.

The barracks of this fortress is not big. Although it is not too crowded for a division of troops to be stationed in it, the closed life of not being allowed to leave the barracks makes a large group of soldiers almost suffer from illness. In the face of the discipline of the emperor, no one dared to violate this death order.

There is nothing unusual inside and outside the fortress. Except that the vicinity of the barracks is routinely listed as a forbidden area, there is nothing special about it. For some reason, a regiment of soldiers stationed there was reduced to a large group, and there were sparse patrolling soldiers. The passing passengers and caravans did not feel that the neighboring Longdong Mansion was already raging with war. People who went west from the Central Plains couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief when they arrived here, and take a good rest, because they knew that from then on to the west, it was the territory of Duke Li Wufeng, the military and political governor of the northwest of the empire and the governor of Northern Luzon. Although those rebels were rampant, they didn't seem to dare to provoke the famous Iron-Blooded King in the Northwest at will. At least they couldn't see anything related to the Taiping Sect in this area.

Everything seems so calm, but behind this calmness lies a tense atmosphere that is difficult for ordinary people to detect.

"Hey, I don't know how long we have to wait? If you keep holding back like this, the morale of the brothers will be affected." The young man who spoke can be seen from the military badge on his arm that he is already a mid-level officer of the empire. He is the highest ranking admiral, and the black and thin man next to him does not look a few years older than him, but the military standard shows that he is already a high-ranking military officer of the empire - the captaincy.

"That has to be patient! Your lord has already strictly ordered us not to go out. If we expose our hidden power and make the other party take precautions, we will lose the initiative to attack. But I don't think we can wait long. Yes, as long as the Zheguguan is in danger, we can't care much about it, even if it's a bit out of line, there's nothing we can do about it." The black and thin man replied without raising his head, and only looked at the map on the desk.

"I hope so, the assault plan has been rehearsed many times, everything is ready, and now we just wait for orders." The young man shrugged, "I hope this battle can be fought and our independent second mixed division will be established." The prestige of the first battle."

"Hey, it's a good idea." A hearty voice woke up the two people in the room.

The two turned around and immediately found the person coming. They were both surprised and happy, and quickly stood up straight and gave a standard military salute, "See you, my lord!"

Wufeng in casual clothes appeared at the door of the room in a chic way. He seemed to have heard the conversation between the two, and was very satisfied with the adaptability of his two subordinates.

"Well, it seems that everyone's preparations are very solid. Is there any problem?" Wu Feng walked into the room casually, but his eyes fell on the large military map on the desk.

"Returning to my lord, there is no major problem, but the brothers have been waiting anxiously and are eager to enter the battle as soon as possible." The young admiral is naturally the deputy head of the Second Independent Mixed Division Yue Shan, "Of course everything must obey the overall situation .”

Wufeng appreciates the ability of this disciple of Liuhemen, and hopes that he can make contributions to himself in the upcoming Eastward Campaign. He also places high hopes on the newly established Second Independent Division.

"Well, well said, everything must be subordinated to the overall situation. Now the situation in Kansai is deteriorating day by day, but the central government of the empire has not taken effective countermeasures for a long time. It is impossible to turn the tide, and maybe we will have to watch our performance at that time." Although Wu Feng said it very confidently, he knew in his heart that seeing the current situation, the empire had already had deep doubts about himself, so much The dangerous situation showed no signs of letting him lead the army to suppress the rebellion. It seemed that His Majesty the Emperor and the people from the General Administration of Military Affairs were very wary of his previous actions.

"My lord, my subordinates are thinking, I am afraid that the empire will not be so indulgent towards the Taiping rebellion. The status of Kansai is extremely important, and it is impossible for the military to do nothing. But now the central plains of the empire, especially Kansai and the north, are full of turmoil. The military department really doesn't have much mobile power to deal with it, either they need to use the city guards who just returned to the imperial capital, or they have to mobilize the army from the Terok battlefield, but that will have quite serious consequences, which need to be carefully considered." Hei Shou The man was She Nei, the commander of the Second Independent Division, who had just been promoted to be the commander of the army. He was a man of Chinese descent, and he always liked to think.

"Oh?" Wufeng asked with a smile on his face, "Then do you think the empire will consider letting us send troops to the northwest to quell the chaos?"

After thinking for a while, Shener said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult, at least in a short period of time. Because according to the current situation, the rebellious party has reached such a rampant level, but there is still no order from the central government of the empire, which shows that the empire has no orders from the central government. We in the Northwest really look at us differently. Maybe in the later period, we will see whether the rebel party can defeat the army that came to suppress the empire. If the situation continues to deteriorate, the empire may consider us, but the subordinates think that it may be too late by then. Whether it's for the empire or us, the Taiping Rebel Party has already established a firm foothold, and the strategic points in the east have been occupied by the rebel army. If we want to take it back, we don't know how much we will have to pay. With our current army strength, it is really I can't bear such a big loss."

"Also, if the Kaman people were really in collusion with the Taiping Sect, I'm afraid they wouldn't just let us attack the Kansai Tianping rebellion army and stand by. I'm afraid this must also be considered." Yue Shan on the side was not to be outdone, Add your own opinions.

After listening to the analysis of the two, Wu Feng felt relieved. It seems that his decision to put these two people in the special position of Bonan was the right one. The arduous tasks I assigned to them not only did not overwhelm the two of them, but instead made them grow. Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the troops had already been inspected when I returned to the northwest from the imperial capital, and the strategic and tactical thinking of the two as commanders This is what makes Wufeng most happy.

"That makes a lot of sense, so what do you two think should be done now?" Wu Feng also intends to test the two of them again.

She Nei and Yue Shan exchanged colors with each other before saying: "We don't think we should be constrained by the current situation, we should act first and take the Zhegu Pass before the Taiping Rebellion Army, so as to ensure that our eastward road is unimpeded. "

"Then have you considered what kind of consequences we will have if we spread it to the ears of the empire?" This move, but in view of the fact that I already have a very bad impression in the eyes of the empire, I am afraid that it will be really difficult to gain a foothold and trust from the many courtiers of the emperor in the future if I continue to behave like this.

Shenei's expression was a little strange, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything for a while, but Yue Shan beside him resolutely said: "The Zheguguan garrison only has about 3,000 people, and some ordinary people inside are only 5,000 or 6,000 people." , if you want to keep secrets, the best way is to ``````"

With a fierce look on his face, Yue Shan waved his hand and beheaded his head before continuing: "Then he shifted the responsibility to the Taiping rebel army, saying that the rebel army washed the Partridge Pass bloody, and our army was unable to rescue them in time. After regaining the checkpoint, all the defenders were killed. Anyway, the whole Kansai is in chaos now, and the Taiping rebellion is killing everywhere, no one will notice so much, and it will naturally fade away after a long time."

Although he mustered up the courage to speak out this strategy, he didn't know how the coach's reaction would be. .

As a military commander, this is undoubtedly the best strategy. Not only can he win the coveted Partridge Pass in one fell swoop, but also avoid the blame from the central government of the empire. hatred. But this strategy also has great risks. Once the truth of the matter is leaked, the consequences will be disastrous. Of course, I can refute, deny or even deny it, but there will definitely be people who will take the opportunity to stir up trouble and attack my reputation. A politician seems to be too risky, and it is still a bit uneconomical compared with the benefits.

Another very important reason is that the Taiping rebellion parties in various places did not kill indiscriminately like Yue Shan said~IndoMTL.com~ slaughtered innocents, and the military discipline was not as I expected at first Undisciplined, it seems that the people of Taiping have deep plans. And now there is no large group of Taiping rebellious troops near Zheguguan. Maybe the other party is unwilling to stimulate themselves and try not to give themselves an excuse to intervene in the situation in Kansai. It seems that they have a very thorough grasp of the psychology of the high-level empire. .

If I agree to this plan, it will be difficult to deceive someone who is interested, and the Taiping Sect will also make a strong public opinion counterattack. If it really creates a big momentum, there will be big problems.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wufeng didn't completely give up this tempting plan until the last moment when the words came out of his mouth, "Aside from this plan, what other ideas do you have?"

Seeing that the coach didn't have any other words, Schoney said again: "There are one or two plans, but they are all somewhat difficult. I'm afraid they may not succeed. In terms of success rate, the one just now is the best."

"Oh? Let's not talk about that one, let's talk about other ideas." Wufeng resolutely shook off the previous proposal.

"According to the information we have, the garrison stationed at Zheguguan now has only an incomplete regiment, about 3,300 people, all infantry, belonging to the Longdong garrison division, and the regiment leader was from Longdong The gentry is cowardly and cowardly. It has been previously reported that this guy is worried that the road leading to the Longdong Prefecture will be cut off by the Taiping Rebellion, and he already has the idea of ​​returning to the Shifu City, but now the Longdong Prefecture has fallen. Although the civilians and caravans The circulation has not been interrupted, but it is certainly impossible for the army to march, and the Taiping Rebellion did not come to attack this isolated fortress, probably turning it into a stumbling block to block our way and delay our entry into Kansai." Schonei Seeing that the coach had already made up his mind, he immediately and simply gave up his original idea.