Chapter 030
Any plan is actually based on strength. Without strength, no matter how good the plan is, it cannot be implemented.
The damage results of this battle were quickly calculated. Dengzhou Guard Zuo Qianhu Station had 167 killed and 250 wounded, for a total of 417 casualties.
For a thousand-household institution with only five hundred households, it can be said to be a serious loss of vitality.
Of course, it was not easy for Qin's Fifth Division, who was on the offensive side. The number of casualties among the bandits was at least six to seven hundred. In the case of defending the city, such heavy casualties could only make the combat effectiveness of the guardsmen really bad. of.
If morale is not enough, money will come in handy.
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. As long as people are poor to a certain level, they are actually not afraid of death. Just like Lao Cheng, as long as he is given enough money, Lao Cheng will be willing to sign an agreement and "donate" all his organs including his kidneys, heart, and corneas.
Facing the wounded and dead soldiers all over the city, there was a sense of doom.
"Bring it up!"
With the more than 20 soldiers from Zhongbaihu, of course these are not Cheng Shijie's servants, but the old, weak, sick and disabled from Zhongbaihu, so they can still serve as temporary laborers.
A person may not be able to carry a bag of rice weighing two hundred kilograms, but he can definitely carry a bag of silver weighing two hundred kilograms! This is the power of money.
Boxes of silver were carried to the door of Qianhu House.
Cheng Shijie directly stepped on the silver box with his foot and said: "This Qianhu speaks and paints a nail with one mouthful. Before the war, this Qianhu promised you that if you kill the enemy, you will receive five taels of silver, or you will be given ten stones of food, and if you are injured, you will be given three taels." , five taels, ten taels of silver or six, ten, or twenty shi of grain. Those who died in battle will be given twenty taels of silver, or forty shi of grain. Now it’s time to cash in! Zhang Qianshu!”
"The humble position is here!"
"Read the roster!"
"yes!"
"Central Right Hundred Households, Chen Laoer was killed in battle, where are Chen Laoer's family members!"
A woman with an honest face stepped forward tremblingly: "My name is Chen He, and I am Chen Laoer's mother!"
Cheng Shijie bowed deeply towards Chen He.
Chen He was so frightened that she quickly ran away.
Cheng Shijie pointed to the silver box and the grain next to it and said, "My condolences, Mrs. Chen, you have given birth to a good son. According to the pension standard for this thousand households, do you want twenty taels of silver or forty shi of grain?"
"I want food!"
Chen He asked the third eldest son of the Chen family to first load Chen Lao Er's body on a cart, and then Cheng Shijie had someone deliver 40 shi of grain to Chen Lao Er's home.
Just relying on mother and son, there is no way to transport forty shi of grain back.
Cheng Shijie continued: "Next one!"
Zhang Ruyi coughed and continued: "Zhang Dongfang, who is a hundred households in the center and right, was killed in battle. Where are Zhang Dongfang's family members?"
"The villain is Zhang Dongfang's widow, and this is Zhang Dongfang's son!"
Cheng Shijie bowed to Zhang Chen: "My condolences to Mrs. Zhang, you have a brave husband. Your son will be able to study in the school of Qianhu in the future, and Qianhu will provide food and clothing for him to grow up."
"Quickly, thank Mr. Qianhu!"
Zhang Chen asked Zhang Dongfang's son Zhang Saihu to kneel down and kowtow to Cheng Shijie.
"Do you want money or food?"
"The little woman is willing to ask for ten taels of silver and twenty stones of food!"
Zhang Chen's choice was the most correct. They only had a mother and a son at home, and the child was still young. Zhang Saihu was only seven or eight years old. He had to eat a lot of food. Forty shi of food would definitely spoil.
"Next person!"
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Cheng Shijie thought that the morale of the entire Qianhu Association was low.
But the problem is, when Cheng Shijie gave the 167 people killed and 250 injured, according to the three specifications of light, moderate and serious injuries, three taels of silver, five taels of silver, ten taels of silver, or Distribute food in six, ten, or twenty stone quantities.
Seeing that these military households were given food for those who died in battle, and received money for those who were injured, in just half an hour, the dead personnel of each hundred households were immediately replaced according to the method of father's death, son's succession, and childless brothers' taking over. .
These military households did not feel depressed at all about losing the battle. Instead, they cheered and high-fived each other.
Especially one military household who was slashed on the arm by a bandit. The wound he received could only be regarded as moderate. The wound was more than a foot long, but no bones were injured. After being bandaged, he could still participate in the battle.
When he got his own five taels of silver, his hands were shaking so much that he was about to shed tears. He said excitedly: "I have never seen such a big ingot of silver in my life!"
"To be f*cking honest, how many of us in the Qianhu household have ever seen such a huge ingot of silver?"
Several soldiers were tearing apart a bandit's head. The head looked very ferocious, dripping with blood, and was as disgusting as possible.
When Cheng Shijie saw this scene, he almost couldn't suppress the turmoil in his stomach.
The three soldiers all said that the head was theirs, and the three of them made a lot of money.
Cheng Shijie said: "No need to earn, each of you will be rewarded with five taels of silver!"
"Thank you, Master Qianhu!"
As Cheng Shijie rewarded the silver and food, those who received the silver reward were naturally overjoyed and secretly encouraged themselves to keep up their efforts. Those who did not receive the silver reward were regretful and secretly encouraged themselves to continue their efforts. With some money to spend, the morale of the military households in Qianhu Station is high!
At this moment, more than 20 military households from Zhongbaihu Station, led by three small flags, walked toward Cheng Shijie.
"Lord Senhu!"
"What's the matter?"
"we would like……"
"Want to go into battle and kill the enemy?"
"Yes, everyone from the entire Qianhu family is on the battlefield. How can we, a dignified seven-foot man, not do our part?"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly, and he immediately thought of Liu Renjie of Baihu who escaped.
"Okay, you are just like them, you will be rewarded five taels of silver for the first level of beheading, ten taels for the injured, and twenty taels for the killed. If you have no objections, just follow me!"
If Cheng Shijie had not adopted the work-for-relief method and let the military households repair the city to earn food, basically every household in Zuoqianhu Station would have a surplus of food. In this case, they were willing to fight tooth and nail, because they all knew very well that this city was not only defended by Cheng Shijie, but also defended by themselves.
There are their families and their food in the city. In this case, Cheng Shijie also rewarded them with silver and food, so everyone worked very hard.
After everyone distributed the rewards, Cheng Shijie looked at the time and saw that it was past twelve o'clock in the evening. At this time, he closed the door of Qianhu House.
Cheng Shijie said to Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu, "Cheng Hu guards the middle door and Cheng Shi guards the back door. Don't let anyone get close to here!"
"Yes, foster father!"
As Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu walked to where everyone stood, Cheng Shijie returned to the room.
He pulled out two huge boxes from under the bed in the room. Both boxes are plastic. They are all very big, and one of the plastic boxes is actually a rectangular gasoline barrel.
In order to get the gasoline, Cheng Shijie also spent some effort. He didn't have a car himself, so when he went to the gas station to sell it to his family, Cheng Shijie rented a broken Volkswagen, then drove the car and filled up the gas. Then drain the oil from the car's fuel tank.
Another big box contains a Monkey King agricultural drone. This kind of drone can fly in an attitude without a network, and the maximum load is thirty liters. A single flight can spray thirty to fifty acres.
With two batteries, it can provide one hour of battery life (half an hour for each battery), but the price is a bit expensive, costing more than 50,000 yuan.
Cheng Shijie knew very well that the military households in Zuo Qianhu Station had not had time to train. Of course, it was also because he did not expect these old, weak, sick and disabled military households to fight.
But the problem is that Cheng Shijie has been ordered to send troops to attack Qin Wu. Even if he has 400 soldiers, it is still impossible to break through Qin Wu's lair. In order to attack Qin Wu's Linglong Mountain, he had to prepare drones and prepare for a night attack on Linglong Mountain.
But I didn't expect that before Cheng Shijie could take action, Qin Wu would attack Qianhusuo first.
This actually disrupted Cheng Shijie's plan. No matter what, he had to block Qin Wu's first wave of offensive, otherwise, everything would be in vain.
Now, it's Cheng Shijie's turn to take action.
As the six-axis folding rotor opened, he pumped gasoline and added it. Tighten the water tank cap and start the drone.
Under the control of Cheng Shijie, the drone carried thirty liters of gasoline and flew towards the bandit camp.
Cheng Shijie's fat face was illuminated by the blue light of the drone control screen, which made him look a bit ferocious. He murmured to himself: "Bandits, pray!"
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The bandit camp outside the city.
It is said that it is a large camp, but in fact it has promoted Qin Wu. They just took more than a thousand large carts, which the bandits planned to use to carry food, which they usually snatched. There are only a dozen shabby tents, and even these shabby tents can only be used by the leader.
Ordinary bandits can only lie on the ground and sleep. Of course, the weather is not cold now. If it is cold, they will be in misery.
Qin Wu also wanted to set up a large camp, but it was a pity that setting up a camp required capital.
Although the exploratory attack failed and six to seven hundred people were killed or injured, it was nothing to Qin Wu. Qin Wu, who was born as a seventh-grade military officer in the Zhejiang Army, knew very well how to attack a city. How could it be so easy to conquer it? Not to mention those big cities, even some small cities could not be conquered after being surrounded for several years. There are many such battles in history.
However, Qin Wu did not believe that the small city of Zuo Qianhusuo in Dengzhou could block his offensive. The performance of the soldiers of Qianhusuo on the city wall today did not disappoint him. If they can withstand it for a day, they will be considered a high incense.
While eating and drinking in the evening, Qin Wu had already ordered his cavalry to attack the city tomorrow. He gathered 60 archers who were good at shooting to cover the brothers' attack on the city and captured Qianhusuo in one fell swoop. Everyone had lunch in Qianhusuo. .
The ideal is very full, but the reality is too basic.
When Qin Wu was lying in the tent and sleeping soundly.
The bandit who was guarding outside the big tent felt his face turned cold.
"Fuck, it's raining!"
"No, what kind of strange smell is this!"
Just when the bandit was suspicious, a fire dragon suddenly appeared in the sky.
This is a drone spraying gasoline directly onto the torch. This ferocious fire dragon twisted its body crazily in the bandit camp, and everywhere it passed was a sea of fire.
