Chapter 171: Should you attack Xinghua first or the salt field?

"The enemy is the enemy. On the battlefield, even if the closest friend is in the other party's camp, it will be a life-and-death relationship between the enemy. Treat the enemy as cold and ruthless as the severe winter. In the test of life and death on the battlefield, either the other party falls down or falls down by himself. You must firmly eliminate the other party. You cannot be kind and ruthless. A woman's kindness cannot survive in troubled times." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, my brother has taught me a lesson." Bian Yuanheng said.

"But in battle, although we aim to eliminate the other party, if we can surrender the other party and transform it into our own strength, it is more powerful for us. Fighting is killing, but killing should stop at killing. Just killing blindly. Who will produce after the war is over? Without enough manpower, how can the country develop?" Zhang Yang's words were said to the corpses on the river surface. The enemies who fall into the water have long lost their combat power. As long as they force them to the killing port and force them to surrender, it is much better than floating on the river surface to become cold corpses. Killing too many people will be punished by God.

Zhang Yang doesn't want his generals to become killing stars like Bai Qi.

"Next, please tell everyone about your next deployment." Zhang Yang said.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at Li Shanchang beside Zhang Yang. There was no one in the war just now. After the war, they had to obey his command.

Li Shanchang stood up behind Zhang Yang and said, "We repelled the attack of the Tartars. Next, we marched eastward and seized the Baiju Salt Field. Then we divided the troops into two groups to take down the north-south salt field. Control several major salt fields from east to west of Gaoyou Mansion."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Attacking the salt field? What's the bad idea? Why not just go west and capture Xinghua City. Xinghua City is a good city with strong walls as a cover. The first priority now is to occupy the land.

"Why don't you fight Xinghua City? What are you doing when fighting the salt field?" Shiyi asked.

"Yes, that's right. There are so many landlords in Xinghua City, and we are just a big eater." Tang He said.

Li Shanchang explained: "We have only about 200 people now to attack Xinghua City, which is impossible. We are playing defense today, and going to Xinghua City is attacking. Can we fight with just a few of us?"

When everyone thought about it, it was indeed the case. The walls of Xinghua City were much higher than those of Furong Village. Moreover, there must be more than a few hundred soldiers defending in a county town. If they really attacked, they would definitely be a tough and unpalatable bone.

"What's the benefit of us going to attack the salt field?" Shixin asked. He came back from Xinghua City in time, rushed to Zhang Yang, and killed several Tartars.

"Is this more necessary?" Li Shanchang's eyes shone, "What do you need to fight a war? People! Money is needed! Although the eldest brother has a secret way to make money, the speed of making money is still too slow. If you want to fight for the world, the silver you need will be an astronomical figure. After we build the salt field, we will get a treasure pot. If we want money, it is better for this sea salt to come the fastest."

"Yes, that's it!" Shi Xin patted his thigh. He worked hard to sell private salt. He made far less than a fraction of the huge profits in the salt farm. The sea water is there, and as long as it is burned dry, it is sea salt. If it weren't for the monopoly of the government, how could the salt price be so high?

"We have captured Xinghua City, isn't it better to eat big people?" Tang He still missed. At the time, he was just scouting the big people's homes in the Red Turban Army. The money was too much to count.

"The big eaters can only last for a while. If you capture Xinghua City, you will have a big eaters. No matter how much money you have, you will have to use it. On the other hand, as long as you build the salt field, it will be a money tree that will never be used up." Li Shanchang explained. "Of course, after we control the salt field, we will not let go of the big eaters nearby."

Everyone nodded, "Yes, it makes sense."

"And there is another advantage in building the salt field. The elder brother and all the brothers have deep feelings for the salt people in the salt field." Li Shanchang said.

"At that time, as long as the elder brother raises his arms, I dare say that the brothers from the salt field will join our team and become part of us. Our team will expand rapidly. At that time, it would be easy to come back and clean up Xinghua City."

"Yes, that's for sure. We were originally a salt-minded person. We were very close to those brothers who were drying salt. They were eager to join us." Shiyi also said. The eldest brother's original team and the current guard were all composed of brothers from the salt field.

"Brother is very popular in the salt field. I only have a few hundred people in our Baima Field. It's no problem to recruit hundreds of people."

"Yes, it's just that. It's so boring. Look at other teams, there aren't a few thousand people in that team?"

"Yes, it's okay to bully the honest salt people by those guarding the salt field. We will deal with him in a few moments."

"Okay, now we will be in combat deployment." Li Shanchang began to move to the point. The question of who to fight has been determined, and the next question is how to fight.

"Wait a minute!" Lu Zhen suddenly remembered a very important question: The Tartar cavalry had just been driven away by us. If they made a comeback, we all went to the salt field. Who will guard here?"

Zhang Yang looked at Lu Zhen with satisfaction, not arrogant when he won, not discouraged when he lost. At this time, he could still think of this problem, and Lu Zhen did have the demeanor of a general.

Li Shanchang glanced at Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang nodded and signaled him to continue speaking. Because, just before coming in, they had interrogated the prisoners.

"Don't worry about this. The Tartars are powerless to attack us any more in the near future." Li Shanchang said.

"How did you know?"

"It's thanks to those prisoners. My elder brother and I have asked the prisoners that this time the invasion was the general of the Yuan Dynasty stationed in Gaoyou, Nasulading. There were 2,000 people. Their main task was to protect Gaoyou. It was their limit to dispatching 500 cavalry to attack us. Before the dispatch of the troops sent back to Gaoyou, they had no strength to attack us. Moreover, I guess Li Qi, the governor of Gaoyou, wouldn't agree to him bring all his troops out to deal with us. In that case, Gaoyou Mansion became an empty city, and Li Qi would probably not sleep well. Moreover, after he was able to capture the salt field, should Li Qi continue to attack us Killing Port? Or should he quickly find a way to take back the salt field?"

Everyone nodded. It was true that the salt field was much more important than the killing port.

Li Shanchang looked at Zhang Yang and continued, "Now is the time when Gaoyou Mansion is empty, so we will take this opportunity to grow rapidly."

Everyone was happy. Taking advantage of the inability of Gaoyou Mansion to launch another attack, they grew stronger again.

"We will still use our current military equipment. Tang He leads your musketeers and spearmen to touch the salt field from the west. Quickly kill the guards of the salt field and control the adults in the salt field. If anyone dares to resist, kill them on the spot. Lu Zhen leads your subordinates to defend Dingxi Field south of Baiju Field. This is a large salt field. I guess there may be rescuers to support them. Eliminate them, and we can follow Chuanchang River and go south to seize this salt field. Bian Yuanheng takes your people to defend Liuzhuang Field in the north."

"In this battle, we seized more than 400 war horses. All the soldiers who could ride horses were given one. The soldiers were very quick and asked the soldiers to maintain the Tianque gun. After resting for two hours, they set off immediately. They rushed to the Baiju Salt Field before dark." Zhang Yang said.

So fast? Everyone was a little surprised. But they had no complaints. They were full of energy and were all thinking about killing more enemies.

"Yes, brother." Everyone agreed in unison and walked out of the hall.

"Shixin, stay." Zhang Yang stopped him, "I will tell you to do something urgent."

"What's up?"

"I will go to the base and inform Li Bosheng to ship the Tianque gun, grenade and spear that have been built in the past few days to ship to Baiju Salt Field."

"Why is it me again? Can't let others go?" Shi Xin was still thinking about killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions.

"Of course it's you. Of course, I have to do such an important thing, of course I have to go to the person I trust the most." Zhang Yang put a high hat on his fourth brother.
Chapter completed!