Dongzhou.
Sunan County.
Zhang Bao is looking at the news recently sent from Hezhou.
After arranging the affairs of Zheng Bao Bank, Zhang Bao met Lao He and Xixue, and then took a detour to the coastal area of Dongzhou to inquire about shipbuilding craftsmen, and then they came to Sunan County together.
After all, according to the current situation in Dongzhou, the main crisis is in the south, so when Fang Fu decided on the prefectural pastoral government, he decided on Sunan County.
Yang Qian did not continue to use his previous place in Jimo County.
"Sir, the situation in Dongzhou has been stabilized now, why not hurry back to Hezhou."
Fang Fu said to Zhang Bao from the side.
In recent times, Fang Fu and his men have wiped out all the Japanese.
And turned into a full counterattack.
Before the counterattack had even begun, Zheng Shiqi had already asked people to manipulate the money and food sent to the Xiazhou troops.
After so many transportations before, those Xiazhou people had no defense at all and were attacked one after another.
When Fang Fu and his men turned to counterattack, there was almost no resistance.
They captured and massacred almost all the tens of thousands of people who entered Dongzhou this time, and only a few of them escaped back.
What's more important is that after Fang Fu's adjustments, the original men under the generals were completely dispersed and rearranged, and now everyone under them has considerable combat effectiveness.
"Don't worry, Hezhou has already arranged some back-ups when we leave. They won't be able to take them down for the time being."
"On the contrary, the result of Dongzhou turning defeat into victory was a bit unexpected for me."
"This Zheng Shiqi is quite interesting. He used poison to kill so many people quietly. After the poison was used up, laxatives were used again. Now there are hundreds of thousands of people in Dongzhou."
"I'm actually thinking about whether I should take the opportunity to capture Huizhou."
Zhang Bao looked at the map and said.
This time Fang Fu's counterattack, according to Zhang Bao's expectation, even if they could win, it might be a tragic victory.
But the result was quite unexpected.
Nearly half of Xiazhou's troops were stopped by Zheng Shiqi with heavy sums of money. It is no exaggeration to say that even if these soldiers wanted to leave, they could not leave.
When Zheng Shiqi went to deliver silver to each stopped person, he was always pulled there by a carriage.
Even if a person is allocated fifty taels of silver, it is equivalent to carrying three or four kilograms of silver with him.
Not to mention anything else, while they were setting up camp, soldiers suddenly disappeared from time to time.
Some of them got up in the middle of the night to go to the latrine and never came back.
Some of them went out to collect food with a group of people, and it was said that they were beaten to death by unruly people.
Some fell asleep and never woke up.
When did it become so easy for these people they were fighting to get money?
Once this kind of thing becomes easy, then all kinds of things may happen in the military camp.
As for their generals, they did not dare to leave their tents in the end. When Fang Fu made arrangements, he specially made extra arrangements for these generals.
The money was moved in box by box.
In the current Daxia, there is no such thing as banknotes.
Silver is real silver, and it is also real stone.
With these encumbrances, not to mention carrying several kilograms of weight on their backs when fighting, the fighting spirit at this time is to save lives first.
Otherwise, if you die, the hard-earned money will be gone.
So when Fang Fu and his men started to counterattack, more than half of them ran away. After running half of the way with the money, they couldn't run anymore and gave up completely.
Surrender with your head in your hands.
Not to mention that many people were drugged and had almost no fighting ability.
And those who were not hit with money by Fang Fu were also facing the danger of food shortage.
After arriving in Dongzhou, the food route was completely cut off.
This is his own fault.
Previously, the Dongzhou side had been implemented by the Japanese when they came in. The Sanguang policy was equivalent to clearing the country for the Xiazhou people behind them, starving those Xiazhou people half to death.
Unfortunately, Cao Kang didn't have enough food and grass.
This time.
Cao Kang planned to attack Hezhou more and at the same time.
After Cao Kang encountered the assassination incident, he ordered everyone to launch an attack. In Cao Kang's view, attacking at this time would make his life and death uncertain.
Only then will there be an opportunity to take advantage.
And they also want to take advantage of their strength, having more soldiers and more generals.
At the same time, the troops were divided into four groups to attack Zhang Bao's side.
As for Dongzhou, it was originally intended to attract Zhang Bao's attention. In addition, Dongzhou has always been wealthy, so Cao Kang did not invest too much energy.
All resources are supplied to the other three groups first, which leads to this situation.
It gave Fang Fu and the others a great opportunity.
Now Fang Fu, these prisoners plus his original troops are enough to support a large battle.
As for Zheng Shiqi, although he had spent a lot of money before.
But after being captured by Fang Fu's men, most of the silver was recovered.
However, not all the money in the hands of the prisoners was recovered, leaving some for them. Otherwise, if all was recovered, those people would probably rebel again immediately.
"Sir, are you saying that you want to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Huizhou?"
"But although we have enough troops now, we have already consumed a lot of food and grass during the battle with the Japanese and Xiazhou troops."
"If we go to conquer Huizhou again, I'm worried that we won't have enough food and grass."
"Moreover, Huizhou Prefect Zhang Hongtao's attitude has always been unclear. I'm worried that if Zhang Hongtao intends to get closer to us, our fight will push Zhang Hongtao away."
Fang Fu said to Zhang Bao.
"That makes sense. Let's do this. There's no need to guess or wait passively."
"Cao Kang has already mobilized his troops, and Xiazhou is empty. If we can successfully reach a consensus with Zhang Hongtao, we can join forces and take Xiazhou directly."
"This couldn't be better."
After listening to Fang Fu's words, Zhang Bao nodded.
"Then... Sir, can I personally write a letter to this Zhang Hongtao?"
Fang Fu thought for a while and asked Zhang Bao.
