"Yes, Sixth Brother. There are almost no soldiers and horses in the city where the green soldiers transferred by Li Shiyao, that dog Tatar, can guard. So we can all defeat them one by one." Du Mu replied hurriedly.
Hearing Zhang Rui ask this, Du Mu's already active mind became even more excited.
Even without guessing, Du Mu understood that Zhang Rui was preparing to attack the city.
"As long as Wuzhou Prefecture is captured, then the financial resources of Wuzhou Prefecture are used to recruit troops and horses to capture Qingyuan City, Zhaoqing City, Guangzhou City...Then the whole of Guangdong...and then..."
Du Mu found that he didn't dare to think about it anymore. He was afraid that he would not be able to control the beautiful things he thought about, so he laughed.
"Okay, I got it. Let's wait until the war is over!" Zhang Rui said, thinking in his mind.
"Yes, Sixth Brother." Du Mu replied
Due to the earlier charge of the Qing army's green camp soldiers, which had consumed a lot of physical strength, and the cavalry pursuit of the bandit suppressing army, many green camp soldiers knelt down and surrendered.
In this battle, Zhang Rui once again captured more than 5,000 Green Camp soldiers.
After several times of experience in cleaning the battlefield, today's bandit suppressing army can be said to be very familiar with cleaning the battlefield.
Every time we come off the battlefield, the medical soldiers who belong to the medical team grow the fastest. Because of the large number of casualties among the prisoners on the battlefield, they were simply too busy.
Even if Zhang Rui expanded the medical team recruitment from 300 to 600 people, the medical soldiers are not limited to female soldiers. But even so, there are not enough medical soldiers at all.
The large number of captured and wounded soldiers gave the medical soldiers good practical training, and they quickly grew from interns to doctors. Even so, the medical soldiers also needed the help of the Green Camp soldiers who surrendered on the battlefield to barely be able to deal with it.
In order to train these medical soldiers, Zhang Ruike spent a lot of effort. Especially when it came to anesthetizing the wounded, Zhang Ruike spent a lot of money buying herbs to refine.
Fortunately, all Zhang Rui's efforts paid off.
Since the captured wounded soldiers on the battlefield gave the medical soldiers constant training, Zhang Rui now had a rough idea of the basic medical system, leaving the medical soldiers to slowly improve the rest.
In the eyes of the Manchu and Qing court, those consumable green soldiers were not even worth a piece of expensive armor. However, in Zhang Rui's eyes, his own soldiers' lives are important.
In modern people's consciousness, doctors can be found everywhere. Especially in film and television works, as long as a soldier is injured, his comrades will get treatment by shouting to a health worker.
But in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Rui found that many villages in many places did not have a doctor. If you are sick, endure it; if you cannot endure it, die. Even if a doctor prescribes a prescription, you may not have the money to buy herbal medicine.
When you suffer a knife wound, you usually find something similar to a spider web in the corner of the wall or door seal and apply it on it, or you find some herbs and smash them up and apply it on it. If it still doesn't get better, you can only blame your life.
This is the case in ordinary times, but if you are on the battlefield, you don't have to think about someone treating an ordinary soldier. It would be good if the army can distribute some golden sore medicine. As for the doctors who accompany the army, it is not that there are no doctors, but he is not an ordinary soldier who can receive their treatment.
In order to make the bandit suppression army worry-free, and also for future development. Only then did Zhang Rui devote himself to training medical soldiers.
He looked at the female medical soldiers who were constantly shuttled through the battlefield to treat the injured Green Camp soldiers, as well as the captive Green Camp soldiers who kept carrying stretchers. The Qing troops who surrendered on the battlefield were a little dumbfounded. They never thought that the rebels would in turn treat their enemies.
It was precisely after seeing this scene that the kneeling Qing soldiers stayed where they were, and no one was ready to take the risk of escaping.
The cleaning of the battlefield lasted for nearly three hours.
Li Shiyao and others left in a hurry and did not come to deal with the food and grass urgently. Therefore, in addition to capturing a large number of Green Camp soldiers, the bandit suppressing army also seized a lot of food and grass.
late autumn
The days are short and the nights are long, it gets dark early
With the Qing army's ready-made camp, the bandit-suppressing army didn't have to worry about it. They just modified it and used it for their own use.
A large amount of food and grass was seized, and the bandit suppressing army also gave the prisoners a hearty meal. This made these prisoners have a good impression of the bandit suppressing army.
At the same time, the officers of the bandit suppression army also organized a bonfire grievance meeting that night. Many Green Camp soldiers decided to join this glorious anti-Qing cause.
next day
The bandit-suppressing army, which had won an unprecedented victory, officially set off back to the Zhilian Mountain stronghold. A large number of Qing soldiers were captured, and the seizure of grain, grass, chariots and horses made the officers and soldiers of the bandit-suppressing army burst into cheers.
At the same time that Zhang Rui set off back to Zhilian Mountain, Yang Yingju, Sitku and his group were also released without Zhang Rui's knowledge to raise money to redeem themselves.
In this regard, Zhang Rui was really helpless. Raising so many soldiers requires a lot of money. Before Zhang Rui had the ability to form blood, he could only earn as much money as he wanted.
The Qing soldiers who were originally preparing to ambush the bandit-suppressing army Yu Lin on the road saw such a great victory of the bandit-suppressing army. Where dared to come out to fight, he quickly ran away and went back.
The bandit-suppression army has gained momentum, so who are their opponents? Therefore, the green battalion commander of Yulin Mansion ordered the withdrawal back to Yulin Mansion without any hesitation to prevent the rebels from attacking the city.
Zhang Rui, who returned to Zhilian Mountain, held a meeting of generals without stopping. The change in his thinking made him decide not to remain silent.
When Zhang Rui brought up the topic of preparing to attack Wuzhou Prefecture, the generals all made statements one after another, which was long overdue.
But how to fight a siege?
No one present at the meeting had experienced this. However, the advantage of choosing Wuzhou City is that they are their home field here. The bandit suppression army has most of the troops from Wuzhou Prefecture, so it should not be difficult to capture Wuzhou Prefecture.
Everyone unanimously decided to use Wuzhou Mansion to practice siege warfare, even if a lot of people would die.
Regarding the weapons and equipment that might be used to attack the city, Zhang Rui thought of everything he could think of. Of course, these are all limited to the consciousness brought to him by games and movies and television.
The eight artillery pieces that had already been drilled must be indispensable. In addition, Zhang Rui prepared more than a dozen siege vehicles, arrow-blocking vehicles, ladders, and even such dangerous things as heartless cannons that might be used in siege.
Moreover, Zhang Rui also prepared dozens of barrels of granular gunpowder. If the above methods failed, he would use the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's method of digging tunnels to bury gunpowder to blow up the city wall.
All preparations have only one purpose. It means that the besieged city must be captured as quickly as possible, and it must not be dragged there. Otherwise, once the Qing army counterattacks, the consequences will be disastrous.
Zhang Rui spent five days preparing everything. At the same time, he also gave all the bandit suppressing troops a three-day holiday in turn, allowing them to go back and spend some time with their families.
Zhang Rui didn't know how many bandit-suppressing troops would die after a siege, but that was all he could do.
