The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 135

When Jiang Tao had something on his mind, he hurried to the other stations.

The next day, he brought his guards to the last stop - "Yiantian". At this time, the strength of Yixiantian had reached more than [-] people, mainly because more than [-] prisoners were merged into the Black Tiger Army. , At this time, he has the temperament of a strong army.

However, Xueyan told a strange news: "The green battalion camp on the other side is building a stone wall to trap the black tiger army to death, and most of them are civilian husbands. The green battalion has no more than [-] soldiers at most."

When Jiang Tao climbed to the top of the mountain, the situation at the bottom of the mountain was immediately clear, and he felt a little uneasy: "Where are the rest of the green battalion soldiers transferred?"

He saw that the stone wall had been built about three meters high, and the enemy was extremely alert and had no sharp weapon to attack. At this time, attacking the enemy's camp would inevitably cause heavy losses. Jiang Tao thought hard for a while, and gave up on the spot, ordering Xueyan and Niu Mang to still guard the place , and took precautions, and went directly back to the base.

Unexpectedly, Chen Dajiang and others were already waiting for him in the Black Tiger Hall, so he first told Jiang Tao the good news.

That is, Wang Dashan came back, and he had completed the task, and he just came back on the warship of the Black Tiger Army, and he was resting in the side room at this time.

Jiang Tao was excited for a while, and quickly ordered: "Reward Wang Dashan with a hundred taels of silver, and make him the commander of the Black Tiger Guard, rebuild the Black Tiger Guard, with a staff of 500, and directly recruit elites from each army. People reward 50 taels of silver."

When Jiang Tao said this, he was in a hurry to meet Mr. Dai Zi, but at this moment, Chen Dajiang gave some bad news: "Today, at least ten thousand Qing troops suddenly gathered along the coast of Huoqiu, and they were blocking the river with iron chains. The subordinates collided, and although the subordinate fleet withdrew back, several warships were severely damaged, and they failed to repel the Qing army."

"This time, the Qing soldiers seemed to have changed their appearance. Facing the close-range shooting of cannons, they fought to the death. My left navy was shot and killed more than [-] people."

Jiang Tao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. It's only the twentieth day of the first lunar month, and Kangxi has come to look for trouble again. It's really shameful, but the efficiency of this work is really fast. Combined with the movement from outside the sky, it is estimated that the Qing army must be unable to attack the underworld. Hu Jun, you have to seal yourself up, you bastard, don't let anyone idle for a while.

"Vice General Chen, how many poor people have you brought back?" Jiang Tao thought about the key point and changed the subject.

The navy of the Qing army did not come, but they wanted to block the river. Presumably, the base was not in danger for the time being. As long as the elites from Sushi Ridge withdrew, the Qing army would come less, and there would be no effect at all.

Chen Dajiang did not expect that Jiang Tao was not in a hurry, and said with a worried face: "A total of more than [-] people were brought back, but only a thousand young and strong."

"Thank you!" Jiang Tao applauded, and asked Cheng Zhang, "How many soldiers and horses does our Black Tiger Army have now?"

"The general can't fight anymore." Cheng Zhang stopped again and again, sighed and said: "After repeated battles, our Black Tiger Army has suffered more than 3400 casualties, which can be said to be injured. The Black Tiger Army still has more than [-] people, but its combat effectiveness has dropped a lot, and many people are talking nonsense."

Jiang Tao knew what Cheng Zhang was worried about. At this time, the people in the base were quite complaining. They joined the Black Tiger Army to fill their stomachs, revenge, or future, but everything was empty in front of the bloody corpse.

The most casualties were the sailors and the new barracks led by Jiang Shi. Jiang Tao sighed secretly. Although the family members of the fallen soldiers were compensated before, these were far from enough.

Seeing that Jiang Tao was in a daze, Cheng Zhang waited for a while before reminding him in a low voice: "Heihu, there is one thing that can reduce the complaints under the rule. Instead, they distributed a large number of fields to the new descendants, and I was very worried about it."

Jiang Tao patted his head violently, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "There is such a thing, just for those acres of land?"

"No mistake, why don't Heihu distribute the newly reclaimed fields, first to appease the people, and secondly, to reduce the pressure on the treasury. The people in the base depend on the Black Tiger Army for their food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the treasury is under a lot of pressure. And split them out." Cheng Zhangyu said earnestly.

Not only that, eating big pots of rice can easily breed people's inertia. Jiang Tao has long wanted to do this, but he is afraid that the people will not be happy, and now he just goes along with the flow and says: "Okay, I will hand it over to the third uncle. Each family will share [-] acres of land to avoid After three years, there is a particularly difficult family, the third uncle should take care of it more carefully, and don't treat everyone badly."

Jiang Tao estimated in his mind that more than [-] mu of fertile land along the Shi River would be enough.

"This old man can rest assured." Cheng Zhang nodded approvingly. Hei Hu is very good at this, and he never does things sloppily.

"More than that, a grand stele of loyalty and martyrdom should be built next to the tomb of the fallen soldiers, and a temple should be built next to it. The names of all the soldiers who died in battle should be engraved on the stele of loyalty, so that the fallen soldiers can live forever, be with the heaven and the earth, and enjoy the world forever Incense." Jiang Tao said with a solemn expression, thinking that the people in the base were unstable.

Chen Dajiang and Cheng Zhang couldn't help being moved, and they both praised: "Great General, please accept my bow."

"Oh, it doesn't have to be like this. Compared with thousands of heroic souls, everything is secondary. This monument is very important. Third uncle must pay attention to it. When the monument is completed, the whole Black Tiger Army will pay homage. The small families that go out will each send another hundred catties of food." Jiang Tao said lightly with a look of sadness on his face.

Today's common people are superstitious, and hope that these practices can ease the sorrow of some common people.

"Okay, this subordinate will arrange it now."

Cheng Zhang was overjoyed, and when he was about to leave in a hurry, he was stopped by Jiang Tao: "Third Uncle, as for the matter in Huoqiu County, should we fight? Or let it go?"

Thinking of his prophecy, Jiang Tao hurriedly sent someone to call Wang Dashan. Presumably he had also heard the news of Wu Sangui's rebellion. When everyone in the base got the news, the morale of the people would definitely increase, which would benefit his prestige.

Only then did Chengzhang wake up, hehe laughed and said: "The old man is really dizzy. Now the Black Tiger Army has a lot of soldiers and horses, but most of them are recruits, and they don't have enough armor. It can be said that they are more than enough for defense, but not enough for offense. Think carefully."

"What does Vice General Chen think?"

"The last general thought that he could send all the gunboats there to bombard his grandma. On the one hand, he would intimidate the Qing army, and on the other hand, he would train the soldiers. If we don't give them a good look, the Qing army may think we are easy to bully." Chen Dajiang became angry when he thought of more than two hundred casualties under his command, and suggested angrily.

"Okay, now the warship has been repaired. There are [-] gunboats in total. All of them have sailed there, but don't love to fight. If you take advantage, you will withdraw." Jiang Tao said here, Wang Dashan had come in, and stood quietly in the hall without doing anything. Voice.

"As ordered, but there are not so many gunners."

"It's okay, go find Deputy General Gong, we all eat in the same pot, and we can't separate each other." Jiang Tao took advantage of the situation and pushed Gong Kaijun. There will be pressure when there is an opponent, but it must be benign pressure.

"Alright." Chen Dajiang wished he could slap himself a few times, but he also knew that the thousands of sailors on the right were just for show, and they would come out sooner or later, and no one could stop them. Compared with killing Tartars, personal grievances are nothing what.

(End of this chapter)