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Prepare for war! This news quickly spread throughout the entire camp. Before the soldiers in the camp could get excited, Vézé had already called for a meeting of all officers above the rank of Sima. Vézé announced in the meeting that almost all the elites would be deployed for this battle. Those left behind to guard the camp would be the combat training division, as well as the troops composed of women and youths.
This time, everyone was quite frightened. No one thought that Vézé would actually dare to stake everything on one throw. Especially the newly formed commanders of the women's battalion, they were so frightened that they couldn't even speak. Vézé immediately announced that the structure of the women's battalion would be reorganized and young women would be selected to form a purely female troop. Originally, the women's battalion had one soldier, but now it was divided into two soldiers.
"Wei Jiandian, what if Qing Yao sends troops to attack us?" This was the most damaging question. A Sima named Li Xiaohu from the middle-aged group of Li Family Village immediately jumped up and objected.
"Look at the map!" Vézé's face was full of disdain. "Look at the map. If Qing Yao wants to attack us, what route would he have to take to get here? At that time, Qing Yao would have to first fight with Tian Di Hui. After defeating them, he would have to cross the river by boat before finally reaching us. Right now, Tian Di Hui is only afraid that the Qing Army won't leave the city. Why would they be afraid that the Qing Army will leave the city? Besides, our comrades from the combat training division have already stayed behind. They are the elites of the elites! "
However, this didn't make Li Xiaohu feel at ease. Vézé didn't argue and immediately issued an order. "Comrade Li Xiaohu, if you are worried, you can stay behind. When you return, inform the entire army. If you are worried, you can stay behind! "
The elite troops were all young and strong, and they were all very excited at the mention of war. The expected situation of a large number of people choosing to stay didn't happen. In the end, only less than ten people, including Sima Li Xiaohu, publicly expressed their willingness to stay. Moreover, after discovering that they were the minority, these ten people also submitted like the majority.
"Right now, we are all part of the same family!" Vézé said loudly at the mobilization meeting, "Since we're all in the same family, the first rule is to trust others. Right now, we are like a family that has just been built. Naturally, we can't compare to those with big businesses, so we don't have to take too many risks. Now that we are fighting with our lives on the line, everyone should do their part! "
No cheers, no compliments. All the men, women, old and young listened to Wei Ze's words seriously. Vézé came up with only one solution to the problem, "Train!" Training soldiers! Train the soldiers! "
Before setting out to attack Wu Town, Vézé intensified the training of his troops. This was especially true for women and children. Vézé had personally formulated strict training protocols for them. Children could choose not to participate in combat training, but they had to participate in cultural and basic discipline training. There were some soldiers in the army who had already learned three to four hundred words. They were assigned as cultural instructors for the various units. The cultural instructors also had to teach cultural lessons to the children and women in the camp.
The intense training slightly dispelled the uneasiness in the hearts of some of the male soldiers. In any case, the women also went through the same basic training and shooting training as the men. The men who had already gone through this training knew the results of the training. After witnessing the women go through the basic training, the concern that this group of people had for their families gradually dissipated after seeing the women's increasingly proficient control. After all, there were not only women and children in the camp. Some elderly people were also in the camp. These old men were also people who had lived on the edge of a knife.
In fact, Vézé did not care about this at all. Even if he did not go through this so-called "mobilization meeting", he could still carry out his orders. To put so much effort into the mobilization meeting, Vézé was just looking for an excuse to carry out a large-scale training for the entire army.
Even though he admitted that the Taiping Rebellion's system of separating men and women was suitable for the current situation, Vézé still hoped to make more effective use of the situation. In this era, what felt wrong to Vézé was not the attitude of the people who insisted on the family, but the attitude of the men who regarded women as their own private property. The best way to liberate women was to give them the opportunity to work together. The emergence of women's firearms was the best way. Women also possessed almost the same level of violence, which would be a very good influence on the army.
Nothing would happen immediately. After Vézé sowed the seeds, he let them grow freely. He led the members of the military committee and began to prepare for the battle. After looking at the map that Zhang Yingchen took out and listening to his introduction of Wu Jia Town, Hu Chenghe asked a very practical question: "Should we occupy Wu Jia Town?"
If Wu Town was really as Zhang Yingchen said, a town with extremely strong defensive capabilities, the idea of using it as a stronghold was quite attractive.
Vézé poured a bucket of cold water on the idea. "Isn't Yongan City bigger than Wu Jia Town?"
With these ruthless words, the commanders all became obedient. The Taiping army defended Yongan City with twenty to thirty thousand people, but in the end, they still couldn't hold it. Now that there were a thousand men, women, old and young defending Wu Jia Town, the result would only be worse.
"Then what exactly are we going to do?" Wei Changrong asked.
Vézé replied: "We need to pull as many troops as possible, accumulate supplies through mobile warfare, and accumulate combat experience."
In fact, when Vézé first led the troops south, he had the ambition of "a single spark can start a prairie fire". The problem was that after walking for a while, he understood one thing. In the era when a single spark can start a prairie fire, the whole country was in a civil war. The relationship between the various forces was one of life and death. The Red Army was only one of the forces, and it was a relatively weak force. Therefore, the Red Army was able to take advantage of the conflict between the various factions to constantly develop themselves.
The Manchu Qing government in 1852 was still a unified regime. No matter how fierce the conflict between the local and central government was, it didn't reach the point where one side was the enemy. The Manchu Qing government and the rebellious forces were absolutely the enemy. Under such a situation, Vézé could only first "coerce" the people and strengthen the troops before anything else.
"Wei Jiandian, if we take Wuzhou, what should we do?" Wei Changrong continued to ask.
This question was not only what Wei Changrong was concerned about, but also what the brothers who had followed Vézé south were concerned about.
Vézé smiled. "Haha, we only have so few people. After taking Wuzhou, can we hold it? If we want to hold Wuzhou, we must be able to collect money and grain, gather troops, and subdue all sides. What does everyone think we can do right now? "
The officers all looked at each other. Not only could they do so much right now, many people didn't even have the ability to think of so much. Vézé said with a slightly malicious mood, "Even if we take Wuzhou, can we make this Wu Jia Town obediently pay us grain? Is there anyone here who can think of a way? "
"Other than beating them, we have no other way," the leader of the Third Pawn, Ke Gongyu, said in the silence. The brothers were somewhat confused by a problem they had never thought of before. Hearing Ke Gongyu's straightforward and concise suggestion, some of them couldn't help but laugh. Violence was the simplest way to solve problems. Perhaps everyone had stayed in Yong An for too long and was too used to having a city. Now, their thinking had actually become a bit slow.
"Good! Then we will kill our way into Wu Jia Town! "Wei Changrong's entire person suddenly became alert like an unsheathed blade.
Even though Vézé had yelled for the entire army to move out, in reality, the first to move out was only the Second Pawn, which was the leader of the moat. If the Second Pawn could resolve the battle, Vézé would not have sent out the entire army. The brothers of the boat army put in a lot of effort. In one day, they transported more than 100 people to the vicinity of Wu Jia Town.
After meeting up with Ruan Xihao, Vézé found that the Guest villages near Wu Jia Town had already carried out a full mobilization. The men all prepared carrying poles, sacks, and ropes. It was clear that after taking Wu Jia Town, they were going to transport things back to their homes. Vézé couldn't help but ask Ruan Xihao, "Brother Ruan, what exactly did you say to the villagers?"
"Wei Jiandian, are you worried that we won't be willing to serve you as our master?" Ruan Xihao asked Vézé in return.
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