Feng Jiubao still doesn't know whether Zhang Rui can become a powerful person, but now in the eyes of Manying in Guangzhou City, he is a dead man and an out-and-out hot commodity.
Who is Zhang Rui? If anyone had asked the people in the camp half a month ago, they would have been scolded bloody.
"Silly, right? Who knows who Zhang Rui is? As long as it doesn't interfere with my listening to music, it doesn't matter who he is."
But if someone still asks, they will definitely be scolded.
"Zhang Rui doesn't even know? That one is a traitor who was controlled by our master Qianlong. Once you kill him, there is no way that Qianlong will transfer you back to the capital to enjoy his happiness."
"Yes, yes, the most important thing is that he is only a member of more than 30 people and has no strength. This is simply easy-to-get credit. Anyone who doesn't try to rob him is a fool."
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Therefore, the Guangzhou Garrison General's Office (the former residence of Jingnan King Geng Jingzhong) has been visited by subordinates continuously in the past few days since receiving the imperial edict. They all asked Sitku, the garrison general in Guangzhou, to give themselves a chance to share the difficulties for their master.
Emperor Qianlong only gave the Guangzhou garrison a large number of soldiers to suppress the bandits. One Niu Lu only has more than 300 soldiers, and there are at least 1,500 soldiers in the whole city of Guangzhou. That is to say, it has at least five Niulu and one armor of troops.
Based on this calculation, four Niulu people will not be able to go. The Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Guangzhou at that time were red, white, blue, red, white, blue and yellow. At this time, the Guangzhou garrison general Sitku was only a first-class yellow flag, and he could not be too evasive to requests from people under each banner.
Therefore, Sitku had no choice but to go to Yang Yingju, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi of Zhengbai Banner, to discuss how to solve the second problem of military strength. After all, he also nominally controlled and managed the green battalion pacesetters of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
In the three days since receiving the imperial edict, they came up with two ways to solve the problem.
One is: exaggerating Zhang Rui's strength to increase the number of troops sent. During the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Rui, several surrounding villages were massacred, and then it was said that it was a suppression of bandits. In this way, everyone deserves credit. Anyway, this is something officers and soldiers often do, so there is no big problem:
The second is: reduce the participation of green camps from other places, so that they do not share the credit. That's why the scene of Wuzhou Green Camp guarding happened.
Now that Wuzhou's Green Camp has been issued a military order, there is no need to worry anymore. Then all that's left is to exaggerate Zhang Rui's strength. How much should we exaggerate?
According to the information obtained by Sitku these days, there are more than thirty people in Zhang Rui's group, and there should be about a hundred people. This news mainly comes from the information left by Du Mu and others when they passed through Guangzhou when they went to Macau to buy guns.
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Guangzhou Mansion, the Governor-General's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi.
After bypassing the unique and exquisite front courtyard of the Governor's Palace, you can go directly to the lobby of the palace. On the side of the lobby is an independent guest room, which is extremely exquisite and unique.
The outside of the house was heavily guarded, and no one could approach within five meters.
At this time, sitting in the room were figures who could shock the entire Guangdong and Guangxi: Yang Yingju, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Sitku, the general of the Guangzhou garrison.
I saw Sitku talking to Yang Yingju at this moment: "According to the latest news, Zhang Rui's group actually has not thirty people but a hundred people."
"A hundred people? That's fine, let's just say there are more than a thousand of them."
Yang Yingju did not feel any pressure on Zhang Rui's "hundred people". He was mainly thinking about how to turn the credit for Zhang Rui's encirclement and suppression into his own future.
"Only a thousand people? Isn't it a little too little? Or should we say two thousand people are enough? Even if it is less, our master will feel shameless. He used so many people in one go to surround and suppress less than thirty people. I guess our master now I also regret issuing that edict. If we slaves don’t save face for our master now, how long will it take?” After listening to Yang Yingju’s words, Sitku analyzed and said
"Only by saying more can we show that our emperor has a sharp gaze and can see the rebel ability of this traitor at a glance. At the same time, it also proves that the saints and saints can take precautions before they happen. Besides, only in this way can we show our merits!"
Yang Yingju felt that Sitku's words made sense and understood the truth. But he is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi after all. If this matter really gets out, it will have a big impact on his career.
Yang Yingju couldn't help but said: "Two thousand people are a bit too much. This number must be at least three villages!"
"It's just three villages. As long as they don't kill the chieftains and cause unrest among them, who will care about the lives of those untouchables? Who dares to care about their lives?" Listening to Yang Yingju's words, Sitku said with disdain.
"If you can suppress it, let's decide like this! Then we can make it a death case and then charge him with it. But for this operation, I will have 800 pacesetters from the Governor's Mansion." Yang Yingju looked at Site Ku said very naturally.
Sitku was a little unhappy when he heard that Yang Yingju said that he was going to have 800 green battalion pacesetters from the Governor's Mansion. Sure enough, these civil servants are the quickest to grab the credit. Although he was a little unhappy in his heart, he didn't show any of it. Instead he said:
"Isn't eight hundred a bit too much?"
Nominally, all the Green Camp soldiers in the entire province were under his control, Siteku. He also had credit for the number of Green Camp soldiers who went there, but this time Yang Yingju was named by Qianlong. Therefore, as long as his green camp pacesetters go to more places, the credit will naturally be greatly shared in the master's heart.
From Qianlong's statement that only one Niulu soldier was allowed to come out for trial, it was clear that the master was dissatisfied with the combat effectiveness of the entire battalion. After all, it is common for the Eight Banners of Manchuria to not be as brave and good at fighting as they were during the time of Taizu Taizong.
If he, Sitku, could lead the Eight Banners men to wipe out these "two thousand" rebels, there's no telling if he would still have a future.
"I can't have fewer role models in the Governor's Mansion, otherwise it will be too fake. Do you think this is true?" Yang Yingju ignored Sitku's meaning at all. I thought in my mind: "You don't want to take any credit from me? Don't even think about it."
"And in order to prevent the people below from getting jealous, I have to lead the team there this time."
When Sitku heard this, he felt like ten thousand horses running over him: "I was going to lead the team there in person this time, and you also have to lead the team there. This guy with only a hundred or so legs is worthy of a governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and a subordinate. A first-level general is going to chop off their heads?"
"Well, Governor Yang. As a civil servant, there is no need for you to travel all the way there. This battle is the business of our military men. It's such a long journey, so don't get bruised by then. You just need to wait at home. We can just chop off the head of the traitor Zhang Rui. As for the pacesetters under your command, this general will be watching to see who dares to move."
"No, no, general. I'm not just going to look after the pacesetters below. I believe that as long as the general is here, they won't dare to question the general at all. I also have a more important mission, which is to inspect the local customs. Favor. I want to know why there are rebels in the local area, and such dereliction of duty has to be pointed out by the Holy Master before being discovered. So this time I must personally kill that Zhang Rui to make up for my dereliction of duty to the Qing Dynasty. "Listen. After finishing what Sitku said, Yang Yingju said again
"You want to remove me and take the credit alone? No way."
"You are indeed an old fox. I tell you about fighting, and you tell me about government affairs." Sitku thought in his heart, so he could only say: "The Governor is indeed a competent and responsible person. There is a Governor who is so dedicated and tireless and loyal to our country. The people of the Qing Dynasty are here, and I, the Qing Dynasty, have no worries."
"General, thank you for the award." Yang Yingju felt happy in his heart and praised Sitku again.
So, after complimenting each other, the two decided to send out three soldiers from the full battalion, and eight hundred pacesetters from the green battalion of the Governor's Mansion. The combined strength of both sides was nearly 1,800 soldiers, and they jointly encircled and suppressed the rebel Zhang Rui who had "two thousand" troops.
