Chapter 1863: Dispatching Troops

Daoqi tapped the map, his tone becoming less angry, and he said in a deep voice: "You all know what the loss of the Monongahela River means for us."

"Now I need a plan, a Warrior to fight at the Monongahela River and bring back a victory."

"Let our battle line push forward."

Daoqi braced his hands on the table, swept his gaze over everyone, stared at them, and said in a deep voice: "Now, who wants to be this hero?"

Everyone remained silent, having experienced several battles against the French troops.

Their British army had been utterly defeated; now, let alone fighting the British, they simply did not have the courage.

Daoqi's gaze finally fell upon Qiaozhi, and he smiled: "Qiaozhi, you once led thirty men through the French defense zone; this battle is of vital importance, and you should possess such courage."

Qiaozhi's expression sank; as expected.

Is it the same as with Gelin?

Wanting to use a battle to eliminate him.

Qiaozhi almost failed to control his expression; he looked at Daoqi and smiled: "This is what I should do, but I am not familiar with the environment of the Monongahela River."

"I need an excellent mapmaker, and I also need the cooperation of our troops."

"You should know that this battle requires quite a few troops."

"I think there must be at least ten thousand soldiers; the Monongahela River should be flat terrain, I need Cavalry!"

"And I need Cannon."

"With these, I can guarantee that the French troops will suffer a defeat there!"

Everyone stared blankly at Qiaozhi as he rattled off these unacceptable conditions to Daoqi.

They all saw the veins on Daoqi's forehead throbbing, but they themselves had no reason to refute him, because everything Qiaozhi said was necessary.

Fighting at the Monongahela River requires at least ten thousand soldiers.

But, the current British Front garrison only has thirty thousand men; Qiaozhi wanting ten thousand soldiers is equivalent to taking away one-third of the army's strength.

And the Musket and Cannon, these extremely expensive and rare reserves, were also to be taken away by Qiaozhi.

These were simply unacceptable conditions.

Daoqi used a great deal of effort to swallow the words he wanted to use to curse, looked at Qiaozhi, and said indifferently: "Staff Officer Qiaozhi, you may not yet understand the situation of the troops."

"We currently only have a force of thirty thousand, and these men still need to guard against French attacks on various other strongholds; we simply cannot spare too many men for you to use."

"You know, our current situation is very difficult; the most soldiers I can give you is five thousand, no Cavalry!"

"Cannon can be given to you, but there are only thirty Cannonball; for the rest, I have no Method to satisfy you."

"You know our difficulties."

Daoqi said apologetically.

"No!" Qiaozhi responded directly: "With this force, and no Cavalry, going to fight the French troops is simply suicide."

"You must at least give me enough Cannonball, otherwise, I will not go to this battle where there is no hope of victory in sight."

Qiaozhi said firmly.

Everyone was stunned, not expecting Qiaozhi to directly clash with Daoqi.

They turned their heads to watch Daoqi's complexion turn gloomy bit by bit; everyone sneered, as Daoqi currently held absolute authority within the troops.

Offending Daoqi was basically equivalent to announcing that one had completely said goodbye to this unit.

But they all knew that this operation was basically going to one's death.

Five thousand men could not possibly hold the Monongahela River; although the French troops were few in number, they had the cooperation of Indian tribes.

Their combat effectiveness could not be underestimated.

After a brief silence, Daoqi said coldly: "Fine, I can have all the Cannon in the unit dispatched to you, but you must defeat the French army."

"They must absolutely not cross the Monongahela River!"

Qiaozhi stood up abruptly, gave a standard military salute, and shouted loudly: "Guarantee to complete the mission."

"Alright, go select your troops; this operation is urgent, you must depart today."

"Yes!" Qiaozhi acknowledged the order, stood up, and left.

This meeting was then dismissed.

The Chief of Staff stood beside Daoqi and said in a deep voice: "This is your plan?"

"Giving him all the Cannon?"

"The French army did not notify us of this attack; this is a good opportunity for us to eliminate Qiaozhi, yet you gave him so many Cannonball."

"Is it to let him survive?"

Daoqi turned around, looked at him, and said coldly: "What do you think?"

"Chief of Staff, think about it; can we afford to lose this battle?"

"Use your pig brain to think about it carefully; we are already in great danger."

"The French troops launched this attack unilaterally without notifying us, which shows they no longer want to cooperate with us."

"If this battle is lost, then our camp will be very dangerous, and the situation will be very passive."

"Now we need someone who can control the situation; as long as the war does not end, we can still earn more money."

Only then did the Chief of Staff come to his senses; he squinted at Daoqi: "So you want to use Qiaozhi to defeat the French?"

"Then why not give him all the troops? After all, a force of five thousand, without Cavalry, is also very small and insufficient to stop the French troops."

Daoqi sneered and did not look at the Chief of Staff again.

"We only have thirty thousand troops; if we give Qiaozhi ten thousand, and the French launch a surprise attack at this time, what do we do? Wait for death?"

The Chief of Staff stopped speaking.

He looked at Daoqi, feeling that the other party was more suited for his own position...

After coming out of Dodge's command room, Qiaozhi flew quickly to the General Platform.

He mustered a force of five thousand men, took the only twenty Cannon available along with over a hundred Cannonball, and headed in a grand procession toward the direction of the Monongahela River.

To intercept the French troops.

Qiuer and others who fought side-by-side with Qiaozhi were all arranged by Qiaozhi to be at his side.

The reason was very simple: these people maintained sufficient trust in Qiaozhi.

After hearing about this battle, Qiuer gave Qiaozhi a complicated look.

"Qiaozhi, you shouldn't have agreed to this battle; this is not a good idea at all."

"In case this is a trap set by Dodge, this force of five thousand men, as well as the French troops, are all a huge danger to you." Please exit the transcoding page and download the Ai-Yue app for the latest chapters.

Qiaozhi glanced at him: "I know, so I don't intend to intercept the French head-on at the Monongahela River; take a look at this map."

Qiuer took the map from Qiaozhi's hand, and after spreading it out and looking at the contents marked on it, his gaze flickered slightly.

He looked at Qiaozhi: "You intend to launch a direct raid on the French camp!"

"Are you crazy!"

"There are even more enemies there!"

Qiaozhi smiled and said: "Yes, I am going to raid the French camp at the Monongahela River, to make our soldiers fight the French to the death; when everyone is fighting, who will have the opportunity to assassinate me?"