"idiot!"
When Su Yu saw the casualty figures on the table, he was so angry that he cursed.
He found that ever since he became the security commander, he began to curse people from time to time and used swear words at every turn.
But he couldn't help it, he didn't scold him, he felt aggrieved inside.
The 650-man guard battalion suffered 117 casualties, 53 serious injuries, and 200 minor injuries. It can be said that more than half of the entire guard battalion was lost.
In exchange for these casualty figures, there were 1977 corpses of the Imperial New Army. In addition to these, there was also the record of a guard battalion soldier carrying an infantry regiment of the Imperial New Army plus an artillery battalion to encircle and suppress them without defeat. However, this is even more It made Su Yu feel distressed.
Where can I find such a good soldier?
"Go and think about it for a month, and remember it once," Su Yu pointed at Zhang Hu and shouted, "I'm usually too polite to you, but now I don't even listen to military orders and dare to make arbitrary decisions. It's against heaven." return!"
"Also, when facing the wall, follow Deputy Commander Liao and the senior commanders to learn how to command the troops. Now that you can't even command a battalion well, how can I let you take on big responsibilities in the future!"
"Commander, I was wrong," Zhang Hu lowered his head and said, "I am willing to accept the punishment."
"Take him down here!"
Su Yu shouted angrily.
Then, the two soldiers escorted Zhang Hu out of the headquarters and walked towards the dungeon.
"Commander, I can see the combat effectiveness of the guard battalion," Guo Dahai praised, "I have been a commander in Daxia for eight or nine years, and I have never seen such a powerful force."
"One battalion withstood the attack of an infantry regiment and an artillery battalion, and caused a lot of casualties to the infantry regiment. If all our troops..."
"Stop it!"
Su Yu looked at Guo Dahai and said, "These are the top soldiers selected from tens of thousands of soldiers. It is impossible to achieve universal realization, at least not now."
"Has all the food been transported back?" Su Yu asked Guo Dahai.
"It's been shipped back," Guo Dahai responded, "a total of 2 million kilograms of grain. We used hundreds of large trucks to transport it all back and handed it over to the logistics minister."
"Um."
Su Yu nodded in response. His plan was finally completed. Next, he was waiting to see how the imperial garrison headquarters would respond to the next scene.
...
Garrison Headquarters.
Wang Sheng was furious and shouted angrily, "What a bunch of rubbish. Two infantry regiments and an artillery battalion can't wipe out a few hundred bandits. Not to mention the loss of arms, the most terrible thing is that there is no food."
"commander."
An old man sighed and said to Wang Sheng, "Now we only have half a day of military rations left. Originally, the military rations would be delivered today, but we didn't expect to encounter bandits."
"bandit!"
Wang Sheng snorted coldly and said, "Do you think these might be bandits? It must be the Su family who wants to cut off our military supplies and make us unable to stay here any longer."
"Now what?"
the old man asked.
"Go buy food," Wang Sheng looked at the old man and said, "I have already sent a message to the South Route Army, asking them to replenish our military rations as soon as possible. Let's buy food from Shanglu now and hold on for a few days."
"Commander!"
The old man sighed again and said, "You may not know what the scene is like outside. If I could buy food outside, I wouldn't come to you. Now everyone outside is collecting food. I have gone to more than 70 large-scale grain stores." Shop, everyone is out of food."
"What!"
Hearing this, Wang Sheng panicked.
If there was no food in Shanglu, then his nearly 100,000 troops would be hungry. He never thought that he would be short of food when he came to Shanglu!
"Damn it!"
Wang Sheng couldn't sit still and stood up and said to the old man, "No matter what, I don't care what method you use, you must get me three days of food. I will let the South Route Army personally send troops to escort the food."
"Three days!"
The old man was speechless in his heart. This was three days' worth of food for nearly 100,000 people. Even if the rations were halved, he still had to buy 150,000 kilograms of grain. But now, let alone 150,000 kilograms, he couldn't even buy ten thousand kilograms.
With a population of 3 million, Shanglu consumes an astronomical amount of grain every day. Now is not the time for a good harvest. How can he get 150,000 kilograms of grain in half a day?
"Whatever it takes!"
Wang Sheng gritted his teeth and looked at the old man and said, "You have to know that once a person is hungry to the limit, he will do anything. If there is no food, it will easily cause the soldiers to mutiny."
"I tried my best."
The old man bowed his hands and walked out of the headquarters.
Seeing the old man walking out of the headquarters, Wang Sheng immediately called the three army commanders over and asked them to lead troops to collect grain from major merchants in the name of the imperial court.
There are tens of thousands of rich people in Shanglu. As long as each family can collect a hundred kilograms of grain, they can overcome the difficulties and the Su family's plan will become a bubble.
"Commander, this!"
The three army commanders looked at Wang Sheng and said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction!"
"dissatisfied!"
Wang Sheng frowned and looked at the three army commanders in front of him and said, "Do you want the people to be dissatisfied, or do you want the soldiers to be dissatisfied? Once the soldiers mutiny, can you suppress them?"
While Wang Sheng was anxious about food, Su Yu was playing chess with Liao Yuanliang.
"Commander, this is a great move for you," Liao Yuanliang said, taking out a black chess piece and placing it on the chessboard. "You spent a huge amount of money to monopolize more than half of the grain stores in Shanglu. With the help of the weather, the civil war was approaching, and ordinary merchants were stocking up on grain. The timing is such that there is no grain to sell in Lu, so with the help of people's power, the governor can close all transportation channels so that foreign grain merchants can't come in. The 100,000-strong army of the imperial court will probably starve."
"When you are hungry, it is easy to cause trouble," Su Yu also took out the white pieces and placed them on the chessboard. "I have asked the Propaganda Department to observe the movements of the garrison headquarters at any time. Once they find out that they are robbing troops for food, this matter will be serious. Sigh."
"What if they don't steal it?"
"Then let's tempt," Su Yu said after eating two black chips, "We need to bring people's livelihood to a climax and completely ruin the reputation of the court before the civil war breaks out. When the critical point is reached, we will rise up and fight for When the people decide.”
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"
Su Yu ate four sunspots again and said, "The imperial court has a bad reputation now. We need to ignite this pile of firewood for him. The combined energy of fifty million firewood is huge. Once it breaks out, it will destroy this dynasty." , burned to the point where not even dregs are left.”
As someone who has experienced this, Su Yu understands the importance of public opinion very well, because it is a more powerful weapon than a gun, killing people invisible.
"I lost."
Liao Yuanliang said while looking at the chessboard.
"No, you didn't lose," Su Yu said to Liao Yuanliang with a smile, "it was the imperial court that lost."
Hearing this, the two of them looked at each other and laughed loudly, because the trend of the world is all on this chessboard, and it will never change from its origin. The imperial court lost.
