Shaking his head, as if to put aside these chaotic thoughts, Wu Feng tried to calm down his mind and returned his thoughts to the issue at hand, "Longdong is a strategic location and indeed deserves attention, but I'm thinking that the empire will probably see this and won't let it go. I guess the divisions of the Imperial City Guard Corps are also watching there. Even if we can capture Longdong Fucheng, the empire will give an order. I’m afraid we can only withdraw obediently. And Bo Jinchen of the Taiping Sect will not fail to see the importance of Longdong Fucheng, and he will definitely have countermeasures. Sending troops to seize Partridge Pass is probably to prevent us from attacking Longdong Fucheng from both sides."
The three of them all agreed with Wu Feng's view, but they felt that it would be a pity not to take this opportunity to capture Longdong Fucheng, so they all smacked their lips unwillingly.
"Okay, here in Longdong, I think we can step up the collection of intelligence. If we don't take it now, it doesn't mean we won't take action in the future. Since the empire is confident that we can take it by ourselves, then we can just sit back and watch." Wu Feng Ruoyou He thought, "What do you think of Xikang?"
"I think it is not appropriate for us to send troops to Xikang now. The land there is sparsely populated. Unless we take Xikang City in one go, there is no need to disperse our already insufficient troops. It is best to wait for the time to mature and conquer Longdong first. That's the best." Long put forward his own opinion.
"I also agree with Zi Zi's view. Now our strength is slightly weak. Both the Taiping Army and the Imperial Army are quite powerful. We can only wait for opportunities at this time." Mulige also supports Long Zi Zi's point of view.
Hearing what the two said, Wu Feng was very pleased. He was worthy of being the commander-in-chief of his main division. Although he was eager to fight and make achievements, he was not blind and reckless. He could calmly judge the situation on the battlefield and the comparison of the strength between the enemy and ourselves. Action direction, this is the basic quality to become a commander in charge. It can be seen that these two people have indeed matured a lot after following him for several years, but Shi Nei is a little more impatient. It seems that more training will be beneficial to his growth. There are great benefits.
"Well, let's all go down and rest when it's time to make arrangements. Since Partridge Pass is in our hands, we have to take good care of it. The logistics work, especially the defense aspect, will be left to the Independent Second Division. I Seeing that a lot of defensive equipment is needed here, you'd better send someone to coordinate with the War Readiness Department and ask them to deliver it as soon as possible." Although Wu Feng was very happy, he didn't show any signs of it and just made simple arrangements.
Returning to the study, he took a thick piece of information handed to him by Qin Shuangying. It was the information that Gu Dengyun sent back from Hanzhong. How could there be so much information? Wu Feng felt a little strange. He took it and read a few words before he was attracted.
The lights in the study came on, and Wu Feng was still reading carefully, sometimes frowning, sometimes sighing. It was obvious that this information was very important. After reading, Wu Feng stroked his forehead and thought deeply, even the teacup Qin Shuangying handed him. I did not notice.
"Brother Feng, let's take a rest." Woke up from his deep thoughts, Wu Feng quickly took the tea cup from the beauty's hand, subconsciously put it to his mouth and took a sip, but his thoughts still stayed on the information sent back by Gu Dengyun. This is a summary of various aspects of Taiping Sect's intelligence in the Kansai region in recent times. It is quite detailed. What makes Wu Feng most satisfied is that it contains a lot of Gu Dengyun's personal opinions. These opinions are very suitable to Wu Feng's taste. , some of the suggestions put forward were also quite practical, which shocked Wu Feng.
The Taiping Sect's situation in the Kansai region has undergone new changes, especially in terms of appeasing people's hearts.
First of all, the Taiping Religion changed its original policy of confiscating the land of nobles and landlords and distributing it to poor parishioners. Instead, it confiscated the land of those nobles and landlords who fled because of fear of the Taiping Religion and distributed it to the parishioners. The Taiping Religion maintains good relations and protects the nobles, businessmen and landowners who are willing to cooperate with the Taiping Religion. Since most of the people who fled were imperial nobles who owned a large amount of land, there was also a lot of land left behind, and the poor religious people also got a relatively large share of the land. There is sufficient land, and the interests of those upper-class gentry who are willing to cooperate with the Taiping Religion have also been protected. Therefore, the situation in the entire Kansai region has been relatively calm, and the rule of the Taiping Religion has also been temporarily limited to a certain extent among the local middle- and upper-class gentry. Admittedly, this is quite beneficial for the Taiping Religion to consolidate its rule.
Secondly, the Taiping Religion also took some new measures in the economic field, such as reducing taxes to buy off middle- and lower-class industrial and commercial workers and farmers who own small plots of land, promulgating some regulations to encourage the development of industry and commerce, and imposing restrictions on large nobles and large landowners who have close ties with the imperial government. and big businessmen intensified their attacks on Lidu, confiscated all their properties, and obtained huge amounts of funds to lay the material foundation for the expansion of military power.
Third, it dilutes and weakens some of the more extreme doctrines in the original creed, such as equalizing wealth and poverty, abolishing slavery, and strictly prohibiting the use of slave labor. Although it has not been completely abolished, it has won the approval of many people.
In short, these measures have greatly consolidated the Taiping Sect's rule in the Kansai region. Many businessmen have taken the initiative to express their willingness to cooperate with the Taiping Sect, and many others have also expressed conditional acceptance of the Taiping Sect's management.
In his letter, Gu Dengyun proposed that measures should be taken to poison the local atmosphere, provoke conflicts between all aspects of the local community, including Catholics and non-Christians, and between neutrals and pro-Taiping sects, so as to create internal divisions, disintegration and alienation; In addition, externally, the economic blockade of the Taiping Religion-controlled areas should be strengthened, and economic transactions with those merchants in the Taiping Religion-controlled areas who are willing to cooperate with the Taiping Religion should be prohibited. If necessary, special measures can be used to crack down on them.
It can be seen that Gu Dengyun put a lot of effort into this information. Both the situation introduction and the countermeasures taken were well-founded. Wu Feng nodded and stayed up all night.
Seeing the battle reports sent back from Longdong and Xikang, Bo Jinchen was shocked. Li Wufeng really took action and faced off against the Crusaders as soon as he arrived. It seemed that he was still a little careless. If he could take the lead, maybe The situation would not be so serious.
Sighing, Bo Jinchen stood up. The map on the desk flickered on and off under the oil lamp. The Grandmaster and several of the sect's envoys had left Guanxi and headed north to Heshuo, and the Second Young Master had also gone. After leaving the Macchi Khanate, an uprising in the north was imminent, and all Kansai affairs were handed over to him. He suddenly felt that the pressure doubled, but the situation became more and more serious, and any carelessness would have serious consequences for future development.
He carefully reviewed the information sent from various places in his mind. Bo Jinchen's thin face became more and more uncertain under the light. Although the situation was serious, it was not yet out of control. It seemed that the empire was determined to refuse. The Northwest Army has "helped", otherwise Li Wufeng's army would not have stopped moving forward, but it still depends on how long the empire can endure.
Bo Jinchen is still very confident in the defense of Longdong Fucheng. The defender of Longdong City is his own protégé, and he has nearly 50,000 troops. The city walls have also been thickened and reinforced, not to mention that some measures have been taken to make the city more secure. The situation in Longdong as a whole has improved. However, if the northwest army and the imperial army are allowed to attack front and back, there will be dangers. There is no trend in this regard yet, but it does not mean that the enemy will still stand still like this when the situation develops. In many cases, the situation will also change with the situation. Changes as circumstances change.
It seems that we have to consider coordinating the situation from Xikang, in case the northwest army will inevitably take advantage of the situation once the situation changes. Bo Jinchen was pacing around the table and thinking carefully about how to deal with it.
Thirty thousand people could not withstand a battle and only 8,000 were left. It seems that the strength of the Northwest Army has been underestimated. If the Imperial Army is like this, I am afraid that I will have to admit defeat. They have to arrange it carefully so that Li Wufeng cannot take advantage of it.
Liang Chongxin looked at the urgent message in his hand with a gloomy look. This was an urgent message from Qingyang. It was sent by a special snow pigeon. It seemed that something was not a good thing. Several people around him looked at each other, wondering what happened. What made Liang Chongxin look so cautious
After reading the letter, Liang Chongxin felt a little depressed. These Western Region enthusiasts really know how to pick the right time. They actually want to build a joint defense front at this time. It seems that they are impatient. This so-called joint defense front is too obvious, isn't it? If you are targeting yourself, you are targeting the Luobi people. What will the Luobi people think
Now the battle against the Byzhe people has just begun. I have gathered so many troops and originally wanted to fight a good battle, but it seems that I am going to fail. In the letter, my lord, I want to take a look at the overall situation and not to lose the big for the small. The implication is probably You have to stop fighting against those around you, and don't make the other party anxious. It seems that this cleverly designed battle will be shelved again. He smacked his lips regretfully, and Liang Chongxin glanced at the four people beside him who were looking at him eagerly. , said calmly: "What are you looking at? Go back and rest!"
"Boss Liang, what's going on?" Helian stood up vigorously and asked in a rough voice.
"Yes, Mr. Liang, the children are still waiting for a good fight to teach those Indian bastards a lesson!" The one who was gearing up and looking eager to try was naturally the division commander of the Luzon Independent Infantry Division. Shanzhu, "The fight a few days ago was just like scratching an itch. It was not interesting at all. If you want to fight, just have a big one."
Ignoring the two of them, Liang Chongxin directly ordered: "Come here! Go and ask Mr. Lu Man to come and tell him that I want to discuss with him someone to talk to the Pangzhe people about the ransom of the captives."
"Yes!" The soldier who received the order had just stepped out of the door, and the room seemed to explode.
"What?! Release the prisoners?!" Helianbo jumped up first and screamed: "What's going on? Why didn't we fight? What do you mean by talking about releasing the prisoners now?"
"Then what do you mean by this?" Liang Chongxin turned around calmly and asked.
He Lianbo choked up so much that he almost couldn't speak. His dark face was a little red, "I, I mean, Boss Liang, can you explain to us what is going on?"
"Yes, there must be a reason. We worked so hard to design such a plan, and it just aborted silently. Uh, this, is it ``````?" Shanzhu muttered with thick lips. When he saw Liang Chongxin's eyes glancing over, he had no choice but to take back what he said.
On the other hand, although the other two people also looked puzzled, they didn't say much, but their eyes looking over were obviously waiting for his explanation. After heaving a sigh of relief, Liang Chongxin said: "Do you think I am willing to do this? Don't I want to deal with these guys who are strong in the outside but in the middle? But the situation has changed. Those guys in the north of us are a little restless. We have to deal with that gang first. It’s just the guy.”
"Oh? Are the countries in the Western Region raising their tails again?" Linghu Yi continued.
"Well, I still don't give up. The joint plan at the beginning of the year was messed up by Su Qin. No, it's happening again, but this time it was done in secret. It seems to prevent us from noticing. I don't know where Sir came from. Information obtained?" Liang Chongxin shrugged and said with a smile: "There is no other way, everyone has to obey the arrangements."
"Then, does that mean there's no need to fight?" Shanzhu licked his thick lips and asked with a disappointed look on his face. A large group of brothers under his command had been pestering him all day long to ask for a war, which made his head grow bigger.
No wonder they, who let themselves talk nonsense when they were recruited and selected, will have to fight with Mr. Li, and win the battle. If they win the battle, they can be promoted and make a fortune. Ordinary soldiers don't care too much about being promoted. After all, the number of officers is limited and not everyone can become one. But getting rich is different. As long as you win the battle, I heard that Mr. Li has always been generous and never treats his brothers who win the battle badly. These words were blown up by a group of his subordinates. The troops were training harder and harder. Everyone was holding back their energy, just waiting to give him a good fight. This time was good. They had just caught up with the fight, and they were not satisfied yet. This is yellow again.
"Hey, don't worry, the trees are calm but the wind is not stopping. I think these guys in the Western Region are itchy and need us to scratch their itch. I want to see if this joint defense front can defend us?" Liang Chongxin said in his words He was also full of fighting spirit, and he was obviously unhappy that his plans were disrupted by this sudden incident.
"Division Commander, do you think that when the countries in the Western Region establish this so-called joint defense front, don't they care about the Luobei people in the north?" Qu Bo, who had been silent for the whole time, finally got to the point.
The room that was noisy just now suddenly fell silent. Several people were thinking about this very obvious issue. The establishment of a joint defense front can hide it for a while, but it cannot be hidden forever. Besang, the Luobei people's current general who conquers the east, is not mediocre. Man, once the matter comes to an end, the two parties' joint intervention is enough to plunge the five countries in the Western Region into an irreversible situation. What kind of problem does this illustrate