Chapter 61: The Aggrieved Commander

After a brief confrontation, both sides opened the confrontation mode.

For three consecutive days, the rebel army had no action, and Li Mu knew that the enemy had encountered trouble.

Yangzhou is located on the Jianghuai Plain, surrounded by flat land and water networks, but lacks high mountains and steep ridges.

After so many years of development, there are few trees on the plain.

If you want to build siege equipment, you must send people to collect materials from further away.

This back and forth, the time was delayed.

It was the number of rebel troops that increased rapidly every day.

I don't know if it was the coerced villagers or other rebel armies gathering here.

Determining that the enemy would not launch an attack immediately, Li Mu's hanging heart gradually let go.

As the side defending the city, what he lacks most now is time.

The enemy doesn't attack, just in time to seize the time to conduct training for new recruits in batches.

……

In the government office.

"Commander, why did you summon us here?"

Li Mu asked suspiciously.

After the rebel army besieged the city, in order to facilitate command, military officers were stationed in their own defense zones.

Even if there was something, it was communicated by sending people.

Summoning military officers in the city to hold a meeting was the first time since the war was ignited.

"Just received news that South Tongzhou has fallen.

The navy sent by the imperial court to reinforce was betrayed by traitors, causing the navy to suffer heavy losses, and nearly a hundred warships fell into the hands of the enemy.

The rebel army that seized a large number of warships can go upstream at any time to attack our rear.

For the safety of Nanjing, the reinforcements sent to us by the southeast provinces will be diverted to Zhenjiang."

After Marquis Marquis Wuyang finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became grave.

This bad news came too suddenly; the navy was defeated and lost a large number of warships, which looked like a fantasy no matter how you looked at it.

Li Mu seriously suspected that the navy guys, in order to balance the accounts, deliberately reported false battle losses.

The navy is different from the army; even if infiltrated by the rebel army, it is nothing more than losing control of one or two ships.

The total number of warships in the Jiangnan navy is only over one hundred.

If the enemy could be incited to rebel against one hundred warships, then the Great Great Dayu country should have changed hands long ago.

The world situation is still stable, how could there be so many rebels.

The reinforcements from the southeast provinces are a force that exists on paper.

He himself is from the garrison, and he knows best how rotten the garrison troops in various places are.

Going to reinforce Zhenjiang is fake; fearing exposure of their own weakness in front of the Imperial Envoy is the truth.

The registered troops in various provinces are as high as hundreds of thousands; if there is no problem with themselves, they can completely divide the troops into two routes.

Even if one were to be more radical and directly lead an army over to suppress the rebellion, it would not be a difficult task.

Knowing is knowing, but these are just personal guesses.

In officialdom, things without evidence must never be said recklessly.

Perhaps realizing that there is an inside story, everyone didn't speak first.

"Why is no one speaking? Are you scared by the rebel army?"

Marquis Marquis Wuyang asked dissatisfiedly.

Deep down, he was even more bottomless.

His own military level is limited, and defending the city can only rely on the generals under his command.

If the people under his command have no way, the trouble will be big.

Abandoning the city and running away is too shameful, and he is a person who wants face.

"Commander, the situation may not be so bad.

The fall of South Tongzhou is true, but the navy's defeat and loss of a large number of warships is mostly fabricated.

The Jiangnan navy eats empty pay seriously, and their warships added up, I'm afraid there are not one hundred.

Just wait and see, I guess it won't be long before the good news of the navy's bloody resistance to the rebel army will come!"

Tang Tang Jincheng said disdainfully.

Losing a battle means being held accountable by the imperial court.

It is okay to use defeat to balance the accounts, but atonement must be arranged.

After clearing the relationship in the court, mixing a merit and demerit offset is possible.

In and out, all the rotten accounts of the past can be written off.

Rebuilding the navy afterwards, the court's appropriation will come down, and they can make another fortune.

"Commander, Battalion Commander Tang only said half of it.

It's not just the Jiangnan navy playing tricks, but also the reinforcements from the southeast provinces.

If the rebel army doesn't attack, they will also take the initiative to find an opportunity to fight a battle with the rebel army.

Then they will come up with a battle report with high battle results and high battle losses, so as to cover up the problems that existed in the past.

We are all outsiders, and doing such shameful things naturally has to avoid us!"

After Zhao Zhao Yawei finished speaking, Li Mu only felt great pressure.

Have to admit, these two are really brave.

Many people know the bad habits in the army, but few dare to expose them directly.

The first two have opened big ones; if he helps to cover up, it definitely won't make sense.

Continuing to follow up with big revelations doesn't fit his identity.

Others can lift the lid, but as a garrison child, he cannot lift the bowl and smash the pot.

"Commander, the reinforcements from the southeast provinces were not in our consideration range, and it doesn't matter if they come or not.

The rebel army's internal structure is complex, and it is difficult to reach a unified strategy, so their next actions cannot be judged by common sense.

Perhaps the rebel army in South Tongzhou will come to join the siege of us, or it may directly head south.

Even going straight to Nanjing, they may not be unable to do it.

Previously, the rebel army in Two Huai'an Prefecture had a group of people who didn't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth, and they shouted the slogan of marching north to the Central Plains and went straight to Xuzhou.

As a result, they ran into the Capital Battalion halfway and were completely wiped out!"

Li Mu decisively transferred the topic to military affairs.

There must be smart people in the rebel army, but more are short-sighted people, which is determined by the rebel group.

Such an opponent, making any decision, is possible.

After several possibilities were put forward, Marquis Marquis Wuyang was directly circled.

Going north for a while, going south for a while, and wanting to go west for a while.

Asking him, this commander who doesn't understand military affairs, to make a judgment is really difficult.

"You guys look at it yourselves!

How to fight specifically, I can ignore it, in short, Yangzhou City cannot be lost!

If Yangzhou City is held, this Marquis will ask for credit for you in front of the Emperor.

Those staying in the capital will be promoted at least one level, and those sent to local posts will be promoted three levels directly.

If Yangzhou is lost, then wipe your own necks!"

Marquis Marquis Wuyang drew a pie on the spot; the technique might not be very skilled, and he didn't put the ugly words at the very front.

As a result, everyone's emotions were not mobilized.

Of course, the greater possibility is that everyone has people behind them, and as long as they make military merit, they don't have to worry about not being promoted.

Thinking about it, it is also aggrieved; as the commander of the main army, clearly possessing the highest decision-making power, yet unable to make decisions in time.

Usually he doesn't hold military meetings; the main reason is that every time the military meeting proceeds to the end, it makes him look very stupid.

Especially when the battalion commanders have different opinions, for Marquis Marquis Wuyang, it is a kind of torture.

Feeling that everyone's words make sense, completely not knowing whose plan to adopt, he can only wait for a few people to argue out a result.

Deep down, he had already made a decision; after completing this errand, he would never lead troops again.

This job is not something a human does.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 62 =====